Even Li Hui, who was far away in Beijing, also didn't realize the seriousness of the problem, emotionally, he felt that it was cheaper to rectify those brutes like that, and analyzed it rationally, now he can't be busy with big things, where is there time to worry about such a "trivial matter"?

After learning of the death of Cixi and Guangxu, Li Hongzhang cried decently, and then finally relented and agreed to write a letter for Li Hui, and the big stone in the latter's heart finally landed. But Li Hui can't be completely the shopkeeper, after the letter is written, he must have a purpose, if there is anything he thinks is inappropriate, he has to discuss it with Li Hongzhang.

Since Lao Li has dozens of letters to write, not only is he tired enough, but Li Hui is also not easy, because this is only a small part of his current work.

Also from the death of Cixi and Guangxu, Liu Buyun and others used their connections in their hometown to seize Fujian's plan also began to be implemented, although Li Hui did not like the clan, but still hoped that they could succeed, so after Beijing and Tianjin were roughly pacified, he sent Deng Shichang's coastal defense fleet of the Zhijing second ship to escort a new infantry brigade south to assist. In addition to participating in the Fujian uprising, they also had to send people to garrison or capture Guangzhou and Taiwan Tamsui, and the task was quite heavy. Even if Li Hui didn't ask much about the details, just a general understanding was already quite exhausting.

Compared with the Fujian uprising, Li Hui still had greater expectations for Liu Buyun and other former Beiyang naval generals, that is, they used the connections of the shipyard department to recruit talents for themselves. And they did not disappoint Li Hui, and on the third day after the capture of Beijing, a heavyweight talent came to vote

"Zhan Tianyou?" Li Hui was overjoyed all of a sudden, put down his work and went to greet him personally, this is the first chief engineer of China's railways in history, even if he is called the "father of China's railways", although he has not yet grown to the height of later, but even if it is only for his potential, it is also worth wooing.

What's more, Zhan Tianyou not only has a background in the Department of Shipping Administration, but also is a member of the young children who studied in the United States that year, the latter is also a rare treasure trove of talents in late Qing China, China is a personal society after all, the more connections Li Hui has, the easier it is to attract more talents

Originally, in Li Hui's plan, Zhan Tianyou should have joined his command earlier, because the Guanwai Railway built by Zhan Tianyou was forced to stop work after the outbreak of the First Sino-Japanese War, and due to the continuation of the war, he could not receive the project for a long time after returning to Tianjin, and was actually in a state of semi-leisure, so Li Hui thought that he could find Zhan Tianyou after learning that Tianjin was conquered. As a result, someone was sent to investigate, but it was found that he had gone out before Li Hui's uprising, and Li Hui was worried, afraid that something would happen to this big bull, but fortunately, within a few days, he himself came to the door

"Chengcheng, I wanted to catch you by name before attacking Tianjin City, but I fell short", Li Hui realized that it didn't seem appropriate in the middle of his words, and quickly changed his words, "It's great that you can be safe, I'm worried to death these days, I'm afraid that you will have some accidents."

Zhan Tianyou heard from Li Hui's domineering words that he valued himself, and he was somewhat moved, but he still waved his hand modestly and said, "I can't afford to be a general so much!" ”

Li Hui thought that Zhan Tianyou's expression was just simple modesty, but after talking a few words, he realized that what he said was the truth, "What? Did you go to Jiaodong? cough, if I knew earlier, I would have sent someone to catch you, I would have kept you."

Zhan Tianyou nodded, and said with deep emotion, "Yes, I was thinking that there was nothing to do anyway, and I heard that there was still a railway under construction in Jiaodong, so I planned to go over to inspect and see if there was anything to learn from. ”

"Jiaodong is building a lot of construction everywhere, a thriving atmosphere, what is even more rare is that the army does not bully the people, the government is clean and efficient, I was like coming to a paradise", Zhan Tianyou was full of praise that Li Hui was very useful, he replied with a smile, "You went late, I had already decided to revolt at that time, so I no longer hid, if you went to Jiaodong a few months earlier, except for those engineering construction, I don't expect to see much of the rest (but we might see a brutal repression of the big landlords and usurers)"

Zhan Tianyou described the situation in the base area too well, even Li Hui himself did not dare to boast like this, considering that he was not a flattering person, the only explanation was that Zhan Tianyou was just inspecting the construction of the Jiaodong Railway to learn about the nearby people.

Since the railway line is the area with the strongest control by Li Hui, it is naturally the area with the best governance of the base area, and Zhan Tianyou is from the outside, compared with the area ruled by the Manchu Dynasty, the contrast is too great, and it is reasonable that he will be so shocked.

After Li Hui figured these things out, he also had a preliminary understanding of Zhan Tianyou's personality, "It seems that at least Zhan Tianyou is still just a technical nerd who only thinks about doing things well, this kind of person I like the most."

Sure enough, when it came to engineering construction, Zhan Tianyou became interested, "How did the railway in Jiaodong be repaired, and it was built so quickly?" The quality of construction is also excellent, I have never seen such efficiency in my time in the United States."

"It's actually very simple, better technology and equipment, more investment and better quality of personnel, especially technical cadres." , Li Hui replied lightly, but the three conditions he said could not be fulfilled even by the British Empire, the world hegemon

When Zhan Tianyou heard this, he immediately nodded and said, "Yes, I have communicated with several engineers of the Laiqing Railway, and that is really beneficial!" It's a pity that I haven't seen the chief engineer, I hope you can introduce it, there are a lot of questions I want to ask below. ”

"That's no problem, uh, why don't you go to work on the Laiqing Railway, how about the deputy chief engineer?" , Li Hui readily agreed.

Zhan Tianyou hurriedly refused when he heard this, "I can't afford it, I can't afford it, as long as I can study, the position of the vice president is too high, I'm afraid that I can't do it, in case the construction period is delayed, it will be bad."

Li Hui knew that Zhan Tianyou was telling the truth, the Laiqing Railway was equivalent to the world's leading level in history in 1900, and it was indeed much more advanced than the technology that Zhan Tianyou now mastered, but this did not affect his importance to the latter (to be continued). )