Zhao Guanhou was not in a hurry, and smiled at the two, "Two, I think this issue should not be talked about so hastily." The location of power plants and the priority supply of electricity are issues that need to be carefully considered, and we do not need to rush at this time. The first-class official seat of our Governor's Yamen is a rare treasure, and if I were the two Excellencies, I would not have missed it. Until then, we should relax and have a little coffee, and the specifics can be talked about slowly. ”

Han Rong beckoned to Zhao Guanhou, "Guanhou, you come with me first, I have something to ask you." ”

The two of them came to the small flower hall on the side, and Han Rong's face sank, "Zhao Guanhou, are you guilty?" ”

"The marshal, the humble post has not consulted the marshal in advance, and he really deserves death. It's just that the matter is urgent, and the matter of the power plant, although there is a plan, it is only an approximation. If you say it in advance, I'm afraid that the handsome friends will not be able to pass the test first. It was a humble duty that he had to keep the plan in his heart, and he had never played it beforehand. If the foreigners could be persuaded to give up the claim, there would be no need to mention the matter of the power plant. However, the foreigners have a resolute attitude, insist on making claims, and have no choice but to make this decision, which is really a helpless move, please forgive me. ”

Han Rong's face was still ugly, but he still waved his hand, "Get up and speak, tell me, what do you think?" Why do you say anything about power plants? Now that the foreigner's heart has been stirred, I can't say it anymore, I'm afraid that the foreigner won't spare me first. Build a power plant at the foot of the Son of Heaven, and when the civil disputes continue, find out countless troubles for me and don't mention it for the time being, aren't you afraid of the wrath of the court and condemn you? ”

"Dashuai, Xia Guan has also understood before, this power supply is like a railway, in the capital, someone has done it. Galeries Lafayette's Summer Palace is also equipped with electric lights. It's just that, as you said, it's not on a large scale, and it's very limited in scope. However, in Taixi, the power plant is developing very fast, and foreigners use electric lights in their homes and fans in summer, all of which are powered by electricity. It's a good thing. Sheng Yuzhai ran a telegraph in Songjiang, and no matter how early he set up a railway, it was all a matter that the ancestors did not make a law and dared to be the first in the world. The marshal is now the leader of the Xinjiang ministers, with authority and majesty, how can he be compared to a mere foolish man, what he can do, why can't we do it? If the power plant is built, in the future, when it comes to foreign affairs in the capital, your name will be the first. ”

Han Rong snorted and didn't answer, seemingly dismissive of it. But Zhao Guanhou knew that if he refused to speak, he was already moved by what he said. Otherwise, why not let yourself say so much, just wave your hand and drive yourself out.

As Zhao Guanhou expected, Han Rong was not conservative, in fact, he was the first person in the capital to use electric lights, which can be seen as civilized. The difficulty of foreign affairs this time is also a real existence, and Weng Fangtian's blow is that he is in a dilemma. Neither can he fight, but also does not allow him to make peace, forcing him to resign from the crown and take back the Beiyang military power.

He believed that Weng Fangtian was trying his best to find his own fault, and if he paid the compensation this time, and he was caught by his sore feet, he would definitely not be able to let go of himself on the road. Even if he borrows foreign debts, he will also have troubles, so Zhao Guanhou will not pay compensation, for him, he is indeed helping.

Moreover, even Zhao Guanhou mentioned Sheng Yuzhai, which did poke at Han Rong's heart. Regardless of background or qualifications, Sheng Yuzhai cannot be compared with himself.

But because he followed Zhang Hefei to run foreign affairs and set up a telegraph office in Songjiang, he now controls the cornucopia of a telegraph office in his hands, and it is difficult for outsiders to interfere. Even a railroad with a lot of profits is also controlled by him, and the huge amount of money for road construction and the heavy profits are in his hands, and outsiders can only share some soup. As the leader of the Xinjiang ministers and the minister of military aircraft, it is not as convenient as him, which really annoys him a little in his heart.

But the power plant is very important, and it is easy for him to make a decision, and for a while, it is difficult to decide.

"Commander, please be humble and courageous. Nowadays, there are many refugees on the ground in Jinmen, and if they are not properly handled, it is inevitable that there will be recurring. Thinking about it, although the imperial court raised food funds to distribute relief, it was still only a drop in the bucket compared to the victims. If a sum of money is allocated in the name of building a power plant, relief can also be distributed in advance to stabilize the situation. In addition, the construction of power plants requires a large number of workers, and the work for relief can also provide food for some people. If they have food to eat and can feed their families, they will not take risks, and they will not repeat the old things and anger foreigners. ”

"This point, this official has already thought about it, and has already transferred to the governor of Shandong, asking him to find a way to get his people back. He also wrote to the imperial court, and ordered the governor of Henan to treat it properly, and it would not take too long for most of the displaced people on the ground of Jinmen to go. The benefits of this power plant repair, if this is the only one, the prime minister will never agree. ”

Zhao Guanhou hurriedly said: "Dashuai, the benefits of repairing the power plant are of course more than that. Although it is a joint venture between Daikin and foreigners, in fact, we don't need to pay much cash, and we can mainly use land to pay for it. The rest of the materials and other items are also converted into the payment, and the so-called compensation of the foreigners, we can pay with this part. Moreover, even if it is the cash part, we do not need to pay for it ourselves, but can jointly organize it by the government and business, attract investment and shares, and raise funds. ”

"Jointly organized by the government and business? This is not the method of the shipyard that Zhang Tong did in the first place? Han Rong remembered that when Zhang Tong ran a shipyard, both commercial and official, he moved back and forth, and after several turnovers, he let hundreds of thousands of silver go unknown, and most of them fell into his own pocket. In my heart, this business, if it is such a practice, it is worth the risk yourself.

Foreigners want to build power plants, and land is a big problem. The concession has its own land boundaries and cannot be expanded at will. Foreigners want to buy land, but the local people are reluctant to sell it, and the price is also high.

It is also set higher when it is converted into the land price of Daikin. However, the government requisitioned land, unlike the foreigners, only symbolically gave some money, and then sent the official army to expropriate, and now the blood of killing the homeless people is flowing like a river, and the land price is lower at this time. One in and one out, there is a lot to do here.

The other is the materials, the Empress Dowager Cixi repaired the Yihe Garden, the money spent is not much, the garden is like a gold-swallowing monster, devouring a huge amount of gold and silver, and the completion period is far away. However, the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and even the material merchants, do not know how many rich people have come out.

Although this power plant cannot be compared with the garden, once it is repaired, it can make a fortune in its own hands. Han Rong's heart was finally moved, and he looked at Zhao Guanhou and said, "Have you ever thought about the problems that the original picture said?" What if someone uses this to attack them? ”

"Shuai, the power plant is just like the railroad in the past. When we built the railway, inside and outside the government and the opposition, many people regarded it as a beast. But now, a lot of railways have been built, and their benefits are obvious to all, so it can be seen that this thing can be done if it is done. At present, electric lights cannot reach the Chinese realm, and the matter of electrocuting people is not yet on the agenda. Besides, let's take foreigners to practice our hands first, and we will learn it ourselves, if we learn how to repair power plants and manage electric lights, it will be convenient for us to do it ourselves in the future. Take the generator on London Road, and in just one turn, the light bulb at the consulate in the Netherlands lit up enough to cover a thousand candles. Dashuai, please think about it, if we use a thousand candles, not to mention fireworks, it is the risk of returning to Lu, and it will be impossible to prevent it. If one day, you also have electric lights here, and it will be much more convenient to work at night. ”

"You don't mention electric lights to me, I use electric lights in my official's house, and there are also them in the Summer Palace, and I have seen a lot. I admit that what you said is true. But here in this official, there is also my reason. Once the lights are turned on, those who sell candles and lamp oil should make a living? When the railroad was built, what the imperial court thought about was how those who drove cars and ships lived. Now that I am running a power plant, I have to think about them first. ”

Zhao Guanhou never thought that the officials of the Jin State were not as modest as he imagined, and they also had outstanding features, and what he said was also extremely pragmatic. Fortunately, he was also prepared, and hurriedly replied: "Dashuai, this matter is not difficult. Our electricity is connected to the concession, and there is no power supply in Huajie, and those people's candles and oil lamps cannot be sold in the concession, so it has no impact. In the future, when we use electricity in Huajie, we can recruit these people to work in the power plant, which can also be appeased. This foreigner's power plant may not be very large, and it can't control the entire concession, and after our power plant is repaired, they may still have to use our electricity. Moreover, just like the railway, we must first learn to cultivate it, so as not to be subject to foreigners and not to ourselves. What does the marshal think? ”

Han Rong nodded, "You kid has some brains, and it's not wrong to think about the way." Let's take the foreign devil to practice first, and see what this power plant is and how to repair it. In the future, we will also repair a few of them ourselves, so that foreigners can also buy our electricity. But this matter is too big, we can't be the master ourselves, first talk to the foreigners about an intention, and then repair the book to enter Beijing, please long live and Lafayette decide. ”

Although he said this, in fact, once the governor and the foreigners came to a conclusion, the matter was basically settled. After all, because of the repentance and breaking of the word, which eventually led to the foreigners entering Beijing, Yin Jian is not far away, and no one dares to make mistakes in this kind of thing again.

When she returned to the conference room, Mrs. Jensen glanced at Zhao Guanhou, obviously, she had also made great progress on her side, and the work of the two consuls was almost done.

The loss of the Albiang concession was not large, and James had the mentality of being dispensable, asking for a sky-high price, and paying back the money on the ground. How much you want, it's all earned, and if you don't do it, you can't talk about losses.

As for Belgium's Warby Bank, in the Albion Concession, as soon as the power plant is completed, it will definitely give priority to sending electricity to the Albion Concession, and he will get greater benefits, so it is naturally a strong support for the power plant.

Antoine, on the contrary, was quite resistant to repairing the power plant, and still wanted to ask for compensation. But as soon as James left the league, he was a little lonely.

This principle of doing foreign affairs in Hefei as the chapter does not make foreigners conspire with me. Although Han Rong is not shrewd enough in handling foreign affairs, his means of observing words and emotions are cultivated in the officialdom of the Jin Kingdom, which is not ordinary. Under observation, it was also found that the two foreign consuls looked inseparable, no longer monolithic, and they praised Zhao Guanhou a little more.

Since the foreigners were distracted, Han Rong's attitude became firm, and the topic of discussion between the two became how the land was discounted and how much the materials were discounted. Antoine objected, but James shook his head, "Antoine, I think this way of dealing with it is very reasonable." If you refuse to accept it, you can leave, and I will continue to contact Jinguo on behalf of Albiang. ”

Mrs. Jenson also said: "If the Capetian government feels that its interests are being compromised, we can discuss the issue of electricity bills." But I think the result is good for all of us. If you do not think it is appropriate at all, I can send this letter of intent to Minister Lubin for his judgment. ”

Seeing her move out of the big Buddha of Luban, even Antoine had nothing to say, and the minister's perspective on the problem was different from that of himself, the consul. Lu Ban himself doesn't want to make enemies with the Jin State now, let alone enter the war. When the time comes, it will definitely support the claims of the power plant, and will not stand out for itself. At this point, he had nothing to say other than to agree in principle.

After an afternoon of tug-of-war, the cooperation intention between the two was basically negotiated, and Daikin invested 300,000 taels of silver to build a joint venture with Warby Bank to build a thermal power plant. And the 300,000 taels of silver were paid in the form of land, materials, etc., and the cash payment was 40,000 taels of silver. And these 40,000 taels were raised from the private sector through the way of businessmen buying shares. Capet, on the other hand, does not need to pay for it himself, but owns shares worth 100,000 francs, and Albion has 2,000 Albion pounds in shares, and the necessary money is paid by Dakin.

Such a trouble was finally preliminarily resolved at this time, and Han Rong also showed a smile on his face, and ordered, "Come on, set up a banquet!" ”

"Shark fin is famous. Under the shark fin is shredded chicken, shredded meat, and cabbage at the bottom.

It's not rotten, and it's not delicious. Whoever has eaten it has given this dish a honorific name, calling it the Angry Hair Rush. But if you look at the shark fin of the Governor's Yamen, it is different, not only is the shape like an osmanthus, but the chef is also attentive. The wings are stewed with high-grade small rib wings, and the chicken soup is stewed on the fire, and then the large purple abalone, the real cloud leg, and the well-borened oily chicken are used to burn the chicken skin and put the ingredients to burn. After cooking, it is steamed again, and it naturally tastes very good, and it tastes good. ”

In the guest room of the governor's yamen, Zhao Guanhou and Jensen were lying in the quilt, and when he was talking about dinner with his eyebrows, the shark fin method, Jensen listened attentively.

"God, your attitude towards food is like that of an artist. No wonder your food can be made so delicious. If you apply this attitude to the office, it must be very scary. ”

"Wait, sooner or later, there will be a day when someone will use the attitude of cooking to do things. But it's good to be hungry like this now, and if they do things with this attitude, how can we get rich? ”

For the construction of this thermal power plant, Jensen originally raised 200,000 Albion pounds, but the problems of land and materials were easily solved, and a large amount of money was saved. The purchase of equipment, installation, and even the erection of poles, etc., calculated that about 50,000 to 60,000 pounds is enough to solve, which saves more than half of the funds, and also makes this exotic beauty deliberately welcome, and Zhao Guanhou, who serves him, is extremely comfortable.

Albion and Cape's share capital was settled by purchasing ordnance. Han Rong fabricated a contract for the purchase of hand-kept ammunition and allocated the money in full, but in fact, those hand-held ammunition and mines only existed in the accounts, and the money went into Jenson's pocket.

Then there is the installation of street lights in the concession, the installation of electric lights and wires for the consulate, etc., these expenses are not a small number. Several interests are superimposed, and in this conflict, Jenson is the party with the most benefits. She looked at Zhao Guanhou with a smile, and felt in her heart: This man is still very good to his own woman, not only a good bed, but also a good partner, this man, she is not wrong. (To be continued.) )