In Shanghai, located on the construction site of the Huayi Machinery Factory more than two miles south of Dongjiadu on the Huangpu River, Qin Tianmin was wearing a seven-grade official robe, and was taking his cousin Qin Xiaocheng to watch hundreds of craftsmen and coolies busy building the exterior wall of the factory...... With a sad look on his face, he took over this errand from Lu Hong's hands, originally thinking that he could show off his skills, but he didn't think that it was, the cumbersomeness of things really gave him a headache...... However, after following his own father-in-law for a while, it was really a real experience.

Next to him, Qin Xiaocheng looked not far away, Wang Daosheng and Chen Huan were busy training the nursing home of the machine factory...... Oh, now in this Huayi Machinery Factory, it is not called a nursing home, but renamed the "Security Group", he immediately came to Qin Tianmin's side, and took out a telegram from his arms, "Big brother, little cousin has a telegram, our coal mine in Fei County, now the monthly income is more than 500 taels of silver, and the momentum of growth is fierce, I can't see that in a year, our Qin family is about to become a big household in Yizhou......"

"Want to go back?" Qin Tianmin turned his head and looked at his cousin with disdain, his brother is not stupid, and he is diligent in doing things, but when he says this, he is really short-sighted.

Qin Xiaocheng turned his head to see that there was no one left and right, and then he whispered: "Big brother, although Lu Dushi is your life-saving benefactor, you can be regarded as helping him a lot with these words...... Now, I haven't found a good errand for you, I think, with the eldest brother's actions, even if you take out 20,000 or 30,000 taels of silver to donate a candidate platform, it is not too much! ”

Qin Tianmin listened to his cousin mention that he had done a lot, and his expression was also a little proud, his own benevolent father, I have to say, he is really a strange person, he has been prosperous in the officialdom in such a short period of time, but, externally, the only people who really know these things are actually the few people at the core of this group, and he is obviously an extremely important one!

He didn't refute Qin Xiaocheng's words, his own brother will undoubtedly be his most important help in the future, all he wants is a little bit of one or two, pointing to the machine factory that quickly restored production capacity on the abandoned factory of the Zhang family, he asked quietly: "Xiaocheng, among the children of our Qin family in Fei County, you are also a shrewd person, Lord Lu's methods, you have also seen it, do you know this industry, how valuable is it?" ”

"Machine Factory...... This is really a big industry! On today's books, a machine can sell for more than 300 taels of silver! Qin Xiaocheng, as the current silver director of the machinery factory, naturally knew the price of these transactions, but he pouted, "Big brother, it's just that in these production capacities, the two of us are insignificant at all, and we don't even have any shares, even if Lord Lu can give a salary of thousands of taels a year, I think it's far better for us to go home and dig coal!" ”

"Stupid!" Qin Tianmin could only despise this guy fiercely when he heard his brother talking about his own private property of a few thousand taels of silver, "Xiaocheng, the industry that Engong has become with his surname has made our Qin family completely turn over in Fei County, do you think this is your ability to operate?" Although we haven't gotten any real profit in the machine factory now, how can Engong be the kind of person who has unknown rewards and punishments...... Your horizons are too low! ”

Qin Xiaocheng obviously didn't expect to be severely criticized by his eldest brother, but, after thinking about it carefully, he also knew that what Qin Tianmin said was true, but now that he is doing things so desperately, he, a rich kid who has always been pampered, is indeed a little difficult to accept, of course, since Qin Tianmin has spoken, he doesn't dare not listen, he immediately sings, and runs to the west treasury with a smoke.

At this moment, Chen Huan, who was training outside the factory earlier, hurriedly ran in, and shouted from a long distance, "Master Qin, Huang Daotai and Master Xue have arrived outside the factory, saying that they want to come in to see the machines we produce!" ”

Qin Tianmin was also stunned when he heard this, and hurriedly beckoned to take the two stewards to hurry outside to greet him, and halfway through, he met Xue Fucheng and Huang Zuluo, who were looking in with interest, he hurriedly stepped forward to give a salute, so as not to be polite again, and he peeked at this Xue Fucheng Lord Xue, who almost died in Huangquan a few days ago, except for his face was slightly pale, he was refreshed, and he did not look unwell.

Huang Zuluo now also has a small number of shares in this machine factory, but, in fact, he also saw Lu Hong's face, so he was willing to pay 20,000 taels to win 200 shares, however, he didn't expect this investment to make a lot of money, but today, when he arrived at this machine factory, he found that his original investment seemed to be an excellent choice.

The factory here was originally a large warehouse of the Zhang family in Wuxi, but over the years, Zhang Shuhe has gradually faded out of the industry, and I heard that Lu Hong and the Zhang family are also very close, so they got this factory only by the river, and in just a few months, the factory turned out to be in full swing, and there was even a small railway of more than 200 meters leading to the riverside!

He pointed to the railroad and asked Qin Tianmin with a smile, "Young Master Qin, what is this railway for...... Why build it in a factory! ”

"My lord, this is Lu Dushi asked to add, although our Huayi Machinery Factory is currently mainly manufacturing silk reeling machines, however, the follow-up is studying the manufacture of large-scale mining machines, in our hometown in Shandong, where a large number of old mineral mining machinery is used, Lu Dushi is ready to carry out a comprehensive transformation...... These small railways were built to facilitate the transportation of large machines! ”

Xue Fucheng has walked on the ghost gate these days, and his body has finally recovered, listening to the eldest son Xue Yiyun mention Lu Hong's various miracles, his heart is even more surprised and grateful, and the letter left by Lu Hong is actually his analysis of the current situation, which even mentions that once the conflict breaks out, it will be a duel between you and me...... The so-called narrow road meets, the brave wins!

The implication of this is that Xue Fucheng naturally understood that what Lu Hong was worried about was not anything else, but the question of whether the Huai military force, which was the main military force of the Qing Dynasty in Beijing, could be fully engaged in the war!

And as a big celebrity around Li Hongzhang, one of the four disciples of Zengmen, he has a very thorough understanding of Li Hongzhang, this Zhongtang Lord, in order to maintain the interests of the entire Huai Army, it can be described as hard work, it is obvious, to put the main force of the Huai Army into the fight with himself, this is not a way to maintain the interests of the Huai Army group...... In addition, there is a more important reason, that is, the East Palace in the Forbidden City of Yanjing, which really holds power.

He carefully visited the production of Huayi Machinery Factory with great interest, and the engineer Cheng Daqi introduced in detail the superior ability and efficiency of the new silk reeling machine, and the silk reeling machine that is being tested is very perfect under the drive of steam power, which also gave him a deep impression, and heard Huang Zuluo mention that now the joint silk reeling factory with 100 sets of 8-strand silk reeling machines has been put into production, and can produce 50 quintals of high-quality raw silk every day, which makes him deeply feel that the Jiangnan weaving layout capacity in Shanghai is outdated.

At the beginning of the year, Li Hongzhang and Liu Kunyi jointly proposed to rebuild the loom, and invested a lot of money to make Sheng Xuanhuai prepare for the reconstruction of the complete, which initially formed the first large-scale textile factory with more than 10,000 spindles in China, however, Sheng Xuanhuai's machines were all ordered from the British at a huge cost, in contrast, Huayi Machinery Factory was obviously more praised by Xue Fucheng.

After some visits, Xue Fucheng asked Qin Tianmin to tell Lu Hong that he would rush to Tianjin as soon as possible to discuss with Li Zhongtang about North Korea and the matter of the capital, but in fact, he was not sure whether he could influence the military strategy of the Huai army.

On May 11, when Lu Hong was struggling to carry out the investigation of the Lushun Beiyang Naval Division, Keisuke Otori, the minister to Korea, exerted pressure on the Joseon royal family in an attempt to coerce the Joseon royal family to express its attitude on the key issue of "whether Korea is a vassal state of China...... Of course, the answer is clear!

At this time, the Qing government accepted a suggestion put forward by Li Hongzhang, and the assassin who assassinated Kim Yujun and the body of Jin Yujun were escorted back to Korea by the Fulong torpedo boat and handed over to the Korean royal family! Britain, France, Russia and other ministers also accepted Li Hongzhang's invitation to intervene in the diplomatic dispute between China and China! For a time, the situation in North Korea was foggy!

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