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Tan Yanmin, a native of Chaling County, Hunan. He inherited his family education at an early age, was gifted and intelligent, entered the government in the eighteenth year of Guangxu (1892), raised people in the twenty-eighth year of Guangxu (19o2), and entered the Hanlin in thirty years, and returned to Hunan to run a school. The rise of the constitutional movement, Tan Yanmin actively echoed, belonged to the Hunan constitutional faction, and later served as the chairman of the provincial "Advisory Bureau".

And Tan Yanmin's regular script is the most praised, there is a majestic momentum, although it is the former Qing Jinshi, but its calligraphy has no pavilion style soft atmosphere, is the Qing Dynasty after Qian Feng and another face writing everyone.

"Good words, good words!" Although Chen Wenqiang doesn't know calligraphy, he looks at Tan Yanmin's calligraphy, ah, it's good!

"It's just this" Tan Yanmin shook his head with a wry smile, pointing to the four big characters that Chen Wenqiang had to write "The blood path is unimpeded", and he didn't know what to say.

"Hehe, scareless." Chen Wenqiang instructed his subordinates to put away the words, and sneered: "However, if you really want to stop me from doing things, what does it matter if you let some blood on this railway?" ”

"It's better not to make a big fuss." Tan Yanmin just wanted to put down his rolled up sleeves, and suddenly the foreign woman next to Chen Wenqiang had already laid out the paper on the table and respectfully handed over the brush.

"This is"

"Ah, a foreign devil who advocates Chinese art, Brother Tan is affected, just write two words to her." Chen Wenqiang faced Tan Yanmin's surprised and inquiring gaze, shrugged his shoulders a little helplessly, and said perfunctorily.

Emily gave Chen Wenqiang a blank look. When he turned to Tan Yanmin, it turned into a flattering smile again, "Mr. Trouble, just write poetry." It's more elegant, and it will make people feel good. ”

You can speak Chinese well, but you don't know a few Chinese characters. Chen Wenqiang rolled his eyes, turned around and walked to the side, and discussed in a low voice with a few close confidants.

Fighting down a group of gentry and courtesy, and winning over a group of gentry and businessmen, of course, there is a price to pay. Although the public is full of doubts about the introduction of foreign investment. However, the huge profits of the foreign-funded railways convinced and envied the government and the public: the revenues of the South Manchurian Railway (Japanese-funded) and the Jiaoji Railway (German-funded) both doubled every year, reaching millions of taels. Even more than thirty years ago (1876). The Wusong Railway, which the British secretly built in Shanghai, surpassed the London Railway in terms of profitability per kilometer within a few months of its opening, making it one of the most profitable railways in the world.

What is to be dismantled and destroyed is the shameless gentry who are parasitic on the railway company and consumes the stock money, and the enlightened gentry who want to rely on the profits of the railway to get rich are the ones who want to win over. Preferential freight rates for railway stock transportation companies. Even the management positions of the railway companies at the stations along the railway, etc., are all what the enlightened gentry want to get from Chen Wenqiang, and they are all rights and interests they want to obtain from supporting Chen Wenqiang.

Concessions and profits are inevitable, and Chen Wenqiang didn't want to eat alone, let alone offend all the snakes. As long as the big goal can be realized, so that Yue Hanxun can be completed and smoothly enter the profit period, there will still be huge profits after deducting interest and dilutions. Not to mention the power established by Chen Wenqiang through road construction. caused the impact.

By the time Tan Yanmin, who was pestered by Emily with a headache, finally got out and walked over with a wry smile, Chen Wenqiang had basically decided on the plan.

"Brother Tan, please take a look." Chen Wenqiang pointed to the unfolded map. Pointing and saying: "The Wuchang (Wuhan-Changsha) line can be divided into three sections from Xianning and Yueyang, and the managers of the railway branches of these three sections will be recommended by the Hunan and Hubei Provincial Constitutional Comrades Association and the head office respectively; In the future, those in Hunan Province will be divided into two of us, and they have nothing to do with Hubei Province. For example, this Changzhu (Changsha Zhuzhou) line, Zhuheng (Zhuzhou Hengyang) Hengchen (Hengyang Chenzhou) and so on. ”

Tan Yanmin looked at the map carefully. said: "What about Chenzhou to Shaoguan, what does Guangdong Province say?" ”

"This can be discussed. Isn't there an assistant manager? Chen Wenqiang smiled disappreciatively.

"It's not much, that's it." Tan Yanmin shook his head lightly and touched his chin, a little regretful.

"Brother Tan, please take a look." Chen Wenqiang picked up the pencil and drew a horizontal line across the east and west on the map, passing through Zhuzhou, passing through Xiangtan Loudi Huaihua to Guiyang in the west, and reaching Nanchang directly through Yichun Xinyu in Pingxiang in the east. ”

"Wen Qiang, you're not coaxing me, are you?" Tan Yanmin stared at the random line on the map, and it took a long time to come back to his senses, staring at Chen Wenqiang in disbelief, "Such a project costs a lot of money, even if it needs to be repaired, when will it be completed?" ”

"No matter what time it is, it always has to be repaired." Chen Wenqiang sat in the chair and smiled faintly, "As soon as the trunk line is completed, the branch line will be easy." As for the cost, in fact, it is easy to solve, whether it is foreign debt, or the bank stock is raised by the private sector, it always depends on the construction of the Guangdong-Hanzhou Railway. If it is fast and good, it can quickly enter the profitable period, why worry about no one investing? ”

Tan Yanmin thought for a while, exhaled a long breath gently, looked at Chen Wenqiang and said with emotion: "If the railway is completed, the exhibition of Hunan Province will be a thousand miles in a day." At the beginning, the Guangdong-Hanzhou Railway was originally proposed to enter Guangdong through Jiangxi, and the Hunan gentry were in an uproar, and they fought many times to make the imperial court decide to turn into Hunan. But today, ten years have passed, and the completion of the railway is far away. After several twists and turns, the stubborn and shameless villain held the power of the road mine, and he took care of everything such as the purchase of roads in Tsukiji. As he spoke, he shook his head again and again, very sad.

"As long as Brother Tan mobilizes the full support of the gentry of Hunan Province, the Guangdong-Hanzhou Railway will only be completed and opened to traffic in five or six years." Chen Wenqiang pushed the teacup in front of Tan Yanmin and said sincerely: "As long as there is no obstruction in the place, I have my own way to fund the road construction workers, and the most important thing in China is the people with the spirit of hardship and hard work and outstanding intelligence." ”

Tan Yanmin looked at Chen Wenqiang puzzled, for those foolish people, such an evaluation of course made him not understand.

"The Pacific Railroad in the United States, with a total length of more than 3,000 kilometers, was completed in just over seven years." Chen Wenqiang said in a deep voice: "But what is little known is that the most difficult section of this great railway was built by workers mainly Chinese. ”

"Tan is really lonely." Tan Yanmin sighed again and again. finally made a decision, "Wen Qiang let it go, although the Hunan Provincial Constitutional Comrades Association does not dare to say that all the gentry and businessmen will be included in it." But if you want to move, the power should not be underestimated. The construction of the railway is a good thing for the benefit of the people of the country, the province, and whoever dares to obstruct it will let him be pointed out by thousands of people, and it will be notorious in Hunan Province. ”

Chen Wenqiang got up and was about to thank him, but Tan Yanmin stretched out his hand to stop it again, reminding: "It's just that Wen Qiang is still less violent." Less killing! ”

"It's nature." Chen Wenqiang nodded, but did not make a definite promise. "As long as it's not stubbornly obstructed, I won't rush to kill everything, and I'm even ready to spend money to buy it."

"That's good." Tan Yanmin has not dealt with Chen Wenqiang much before, and most of Chen Wenqiang's methods have not been exposed. Therefore, when he heard this, he was relieved.

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After sending Tan Yanmin away, Chen Wenqiang convened a meeting again and discussed carefully and carefully with the cronies he brought.

At that time, the commercial railway company did not achieve good results, in addition to filling the moths and not building roads, there was another reason, that is, Chen Wenqiang has always paid attention to and emphasized the professional issues. Railway companies, which are composed of businessmen who operate traditional industries, lack the talents to run and manage large railway companies. There is also no qualification to build railways in complex geological environments.

How to hire qualified engineering and technical personnel, how to coordinate the relationship between management and shareholders, how to organize and manage the construction, etc. These are all problems that are impossible for the layman to solve.

And Chen Wenqiang dared to make a military order to Zhang Zhidong, not because he understood, but because he was confident that he would find a group of insiders to do it. The engineering and technical personnel hired from Germany, plus the two great engineers recommended by Zhan Tianyou, Kuang Sunmou (Guanwai Railway Engineering Division, young children studying in the United States) and Yan Deqing (Shanghai-Nanjing Railway Engineering Division, students studying in the United States). As well as Chai Junchou, Yu Renfeng and other engineers and trainees hired from the railway engineering class of the Beiyang Military Academy and the Shanhaiguan Railway School, and then the management personnel hired from Germany from Shanghai. The new railway company is unprecedentedly strong in terms of management and technical strength.

As long as the obstacles can be removed and the road construction project can be successfully taken over, the road construction project will be carried out vigorously. Scientific organization and overall arrangement will be a strong guarantee to ensure that the schedule is shortened. At that time, the survey, design and construction will be carried out simultaneously, and multiple engineering teams will build multiple road sections together, as long as the funds keep up, whether it is technical personnel or construction personnel, there is no shortage.

The technical meeting is naturally simple and clear, starting with the construction of the road section that has been surveyed and repaired, that is, the Wuchang (Wuhan, Changsha) section and the Changzhu (Changsha Zhuzhou) section; At the same time, send people to survey and design other lines; When the railway companies of the three provinces are taken over, they will begin to make comprehensive overall plans. By next year, at least four engineering teams will be required to carry out the construction, and the number of railway patrol officers will be expanded to 500 per province to ensure the smooth progress of the construction.

"Funding is not your problem, and you don't have to worry about the obstacles to building roads, what you have to think about is how to build the railways quickly and well."

"Sweep up the recruitment of workers, set up an engineering team, from training and learning to proficiency, three or four months should be enough!"

"If the survey and design of the trunk line lags behind, then the branch line will be repaired; If the survey and design of the branch line can't keep up, then repair the line. In short, the construction work of the engineering team cannot be stopped. ”

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Ambitious, confident and resolute, Chen's attitude is crucial to the motivation of his men. The enthusiasm of a group often depends on the spiritual will of the leader, and everyone knows that Chen Wenqiang has taken all the difficulties on himself, and has the confidence and ability to solve them, and the only problems handed over to them are technical problems within the scope of the profession.

At the end of the meeting, Chen Wenqiang moved to the back room, his face was solemn and serious. Full of confidence, that's for people to see, he himself knows that it is not so easy to take over smoothly.

In the room, two or three men dressed as civilians were drinking tea and chatting, and when they saw Chen Wenqiang coming in, they all got up and bowed.

"Brothers, don't be polite." Chen Wenqiang waved his hand, sat down casually, paused, and then opened his mouth to ask about the situation.

Qi Tianhui is just a small gang in Changsha, and it is not ranked among the Qing gangs in the Yangtze River Valley. Chen Wenqiang chose them, in addition to their familiarity, because he felt that they were small and easy to control. Coupled with the manpower sent from Xingyitang, Chen Wenqiang has already set up a network of eyes and ears in Changsha.

After listening to the report, Chen Wenqiang thought for a while and sneered: "In this way, the one surnamed Wang is the mastermind, he is planning, and the one surnamed Yu and the surname Jin are responsible for running errands and executing." ”

"Big brother is very right." Yang Hongming arched his hand and said: "Although Yu Zhaokang and Jin Youcheng are fierce and treacherous, they are only Wang Xianqian and Ma Zhan, and these three people have official bodies, using officials to dominate businessmen, using business to conceal officials, controlling the railway company, bullying and indiscriminate, and have been accused by shareholders for a long time. ”

Chen Wenqiang looked at Yang Hongming with interest, the eldest brother of this small gang actually read a book, and he spoke a little crepe, if he polished it, he would be a powerful helper of his own.

"Although Wang Xianqian is the mastermind, he is already old, he must be very sorry for his life, and he should be able to be frightened." Chen Wenqiang thought about it and said, "Let me think about this old dog's life." It's Yu Jin's two minions, but they can't be kept. Two human heads, should be enough to deter, right? ”

"Big brother in the hall." Yang Hongming agreed, and put forward his own suggestion, "Yu Zhaokang and Jin Youcheng are not in harmony with each other, and they are not less fighting. If they are all killed, the finger is too obvious. It's not as good as ......."

"Looks like you've thought it through." Chen Wenqiang nodded appreciatively, and said with a smile: "This matter is over, I will help Brother Yang get an official body, serve as an official in the railway patrol police, and then try to be promoted." ”

"Thank you, big brother, for your support." Yang Hongming was overjoyed and got up and bowed deeply.

This guy has read books, but he has entered the rivers and lakes, and he has some resentment that he has never met with talent, and giving him an official body is really the best way to fight.

Chen Wenqiang thought in his heart, but the expression on his face was as usual, and he discussed the action plan with Yang Hongming, Chen Deping, and Ke Youwei before getting up and leaving.

Yu Zhaokang and Jin Youcheng both want to be killed, but one is an open killing, and the other is missing. Coupled with far-fetched motive speculation, Chen Wenqiang felt that this could not only let Wang Xianqian's moths know what was going on and know that he did it, but he couldn't catch any tricks and couldn't find any evidence.

As for the government's investigation of the case, Chen Wenqiang is not afraid, as long as his hands and feet are clean, as long as the arrangements are appropriate, give the government a clue to solve the case, and give them a reason to close the case, who will be stupid enough to ask for trouble, and have to find out?

And to do this kind of thing, Chen Deping, Ke Youwei and others of Longxingtang have already experienced mature and sophisticated experience in Shanghai, and with the help of Yang Hongming, the head snake, Chen Wenqiang can act with confidence.

…………… (To be continued)