… It's summer time. Known as the "furnace", the river city of Wuhan is hot and warm

Hankou, German Concession, Binjiang Wharf.

Many four-wheeled carriages come and go in and out of the riverside pier, and although it is getting late and the temperature is not the highest, for those coachmen in linen dresses and cowhide shoes, the temperature is still enough to make them sweat at this time, not to mention the black top hats on their heads. Heavy and impermeable, the sweat of the sideburns falls down the chin, if you don't know the price of firewood and rice, you don't know the hardships of the coachman if you don't work as a coachman

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Sweat and hardship can still be exchanged for benefits, now Wuhan, is China's heavy industry base, Chinese and foreign businessmen gathered, the richer the more people pay attention to a style, now in this year, to be magnificent, this luxury Western carriage is indispensable, although now the central government and local governments are advocating bicycles. But for the wealthy, wearing a dress or a long shirt and pedaling a two-wheeled bicycle is indeed too unpleasant. Although there is a three-wheel bicycle now, I always feel that the means of transportation are a bit shabby and cannot set off the grandeur of the rich, so this is the choice

In this context, the demand for coachmen in Wuhan is becoming more and more urgent, although the car driver is not bad, but compared to the horsewhip-wielding and dress-wearing coachman, the car driver is more or less lacking in the "aristocratic atmosphere", so the treatment of the car driver is not as good as the coachman, and the salary earned by a qualified coachman is enough to feed the family.

Rich people are proud of hiring a skilled coachman, as a rich man, the former president of the Republic of China Xu Shichang also sees it this way, the driver of his carriage is a professional coachman invited from Hong Kong, it is said that he was in the Hong Kong Governor's Mansion to carry the life, this technology is of course first-class, the carriage under his control, that goes steadily.

Now, Mr. Xu Shichang's luxury open-top carriage has just driven out of the riverside wharf of the German Concession, turned east, and went up a small street, and the coachman who drove finally sighed, this small street is very narrow, but the houses on both sides are very high, so that the sun will not shine in, and it can finally be a little cooler.

Xu Shichang did not notice the slight change in the outside temperature, which was due to two reasons: first, although his carriage was open, the cloth canopy was now covered, and there was no sunlight in the car, so the temperature would naturally not change drastically; Second, he is thinking about something now, and he is devoting himself to it, so naturally he will not pay attention to other things.

In fact, what Xu Shichang is thinking about is entertainment in the business field, since he was not the president of the Republic of China, Xu Shichang has stayed away from politics. At that time, the United Front Network had just come to power, and the situation in the country was not very stable, Xu Shichang decided to respond to all changes with the same, hide in the concession and watch the situation unfold, and continue to use the interpersonal relationships accumulated before to support the Zhang Zuoshuang Zhang Zhen Envoy who was struggling in the western Liaoning region, which was also a back road left by him, so that he could go to a powerful figure when there was no way out.

But the situation proved later. The United Front is very combative, and this political bloc has not only seized the core power in a short period of time, but has also further optimized China's international environment, and now President Zhao Da has more means and courage than President Xu Da. He was the leader the country needed right now, so Xu Shichang wisely restrained what little interest in politics he had left. I decided to devote myself to industry and become a real industrialist.

He has worked hard in the former Qing officialdom for many years. Bad rules plus the official salary, as well as the filial piety of Zhang Zuoshuang and others, his Xu family can also be regarded as a rich man, this investment in industry, capital is naturally not a problem, the key is to invest in what industry?

After some careful consideration, coupled with the suggestion of Mr. Zhang Sai, the vice president of the Republic of China, Xu Shichang finally decided to invest in the imitation weaving industry, and he and the military and politician Feng Guozhuan, who also needed to live in the concession, jointly set up an imitation yarn factory in Wuhan, specializing in yarn, selling it to small farmers in the countryside, and then the peasant women used earthen looms to weave half-ocean and half-soil "farmhouse cloth" and then enter the terminal market and sell it to those people in the lower strata of society.

Although there are a lot of people who run a yarn mill now. But the business is still good, Xu Shichang and Feng Guozhang's imitation yarn factory has been set up for only two years, and now the money has almost come back, the two discussed to continue to expand the scale of the imitation yarn factory, and today Xu Shichang rushed to the German concession Binjiang Wharf, it is precisely for this matter, although there is a machine factory in China, but the production of imitation weaving machines can not meet domestic demand in terms of quality and output, Xu Shichang and Feng Guojian want to expand the scale of each yarn factory, they can only buy machinery and equipment from foreign countries.

Xu Shichang went to Germany to place an order, and the batch of machines should have been shipped to Wuhan last month, but because of the "Northeast Asian crisis", Xu Shichang was worried that the situation would be out of control, leading to the resumption of war. Therefore, he specially informed the foreign bank to postpone the delivery time, the batch of German imitation weaving machines in Hong Kong warehouse parked for nearly a month, now see that the situation has stabilized, China and Japan do not seem to break out war, Xu Shichang rushed to the foreign bank today, asked to immediately put forward the machinery and equipment from Hong Kong, transported back to Wuhan, and ran the foreign bank, Xu Shichang is not at ease, but also went to the wharf, to see if the ship said by the foreign bank has now docked in Hong Kong, so as not to delay the schedule. Out of the crowd, the industry boom pays attention to a ratio. As an old politician with a dumb background, Xu Shichang admires the United Front the most that is that this "efficient" political group that is procrastinating in handling affairs is absolutely undesirable for its current achievements, and it is precisely by virtue of this vigorous and resolute attitude that the United Front can rise in the political arena of this country, and it must be admitted that it is indeed the luck of the people and Xu Shichang that the United Front controls the central power of this country. In the past officialdom, Xu Shichang was constrained everywhere, but now, in this also changing shopping mall, Xu Shichang is like a fish in water, and he is very mixed

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Seon lost his horse, how do you know if it is a blessing? If there was no political frustration at the beginning, how could his Xu family show their ability to do business and manage money today?

Just when Xu Shichang was sitting in the carriage and pondering the affairs of the shopping mall, his carriage stopped, and then he heard the coachman's scolding with a Cantonese accent, which made Xu Shichang's thoughts turn around.

It turned out that there was a very ordinary four-wheeled carriage in front of it, which happened to block the way of Xu Shichang's car, and the street was too narrow, it was impossible to make the wrong car here, so either Xu Shichang's car retreated first, or the other party's car retreated first, but the problem was that the reversing of this carriage was not as easy as the car, and the coachmen on both sides were unwilling to take the initiative to back down.

Xu Shichang didn't say anything, let the coachman talk to the other party, officialdom and shopping malls have been mixed for so many years, Xu Shichang has already seen it. This involves self-interest and cannot be reasonable, whoever retreats first will be unlucky first, so. Even if you ignore it, you have to find one. The same is true of the fact that the carriage gives way.

The two sides are at a stalemate. After a while, a person got out of the carriage on the other side, walked to Xu Shichang's carriage, looked into the carriage, and glanced at Xu Shichang.

"It turned out to be Xu Ju Lao, disrespectful, let's give way." After the man finished speaking, he hurriedly turned around and returned to the carriage.

Seeing that the other party has taken the initiative to back down. Xu Shichang wasn't very modest, he just felt that the person just now seemed to be a little familiar, but he couldn't remember where he had seen it, and he thought that it might be the servant of an acquaintance in the business field, but he didn't care much, after all, since the other party didn't even bring his name, then he didn't need to put a hot face on his cold ass.

The carriage finally exited the small street, and then waited at the corner of the street, and after Xu Shichang's carriage passed, it did not enter the small street again, but turned the head of the car and followed Xu Shichang's carriage guessed.

Xu Shichang noticed that his carriage was followed, but he didn't think it was strange, although he could only be regarded as an industrialist in Wuhan, in terms of financial resources, far less than those rich people, but after all, he was the former president of the Republic of China, although the presidential throne did not sit for a few days, and he was almost impeached and removed from power, but this identity is still enough to be admired, coupled with the interpersonal relationships accumulated in the officialdom in the past, there are many businessmen who want to befriend Xu Juren, and every day people rush to his den in the German concession to post and meet, Because some people don't know where Mr. Xu lives, they sometimes follow the carriage of Xu's house.

Xu Shibi was followed by two bodyguards, both of whom were registered in the patrol room of the German Concession, with foreign guns, so they were naturally not too worried about being kidnapped, but this feeling of being followed was really annoying, so Xu Shichang instructed the coachman to speed up, and had already decided to close the door immediately after returning home, and not see this impolite stalker.

Not long after the carriage arrived at the Xu Mansion, Xu Shichang got out of the carriage without waiting for the carriage to stop, hurriedly walked into the mansion with two bodyguards, and glanced back before entering the door, and the carriage that followed it really stopped in front of the Xu Mansion. Obviously, Xu Shichang guessed correctly just now, this is another shopping mall speculator who came to slap his face.

"Lao Cai, if someone visits, I won't see you today."

After telling the butler who greeted him, Xu Shichang went straight into the study.

Changing clothes and shoes, Xu Shichang called a subordinate to serve and put pen, ink, paper and inkstone, but the net picked up the brush, and the housekeeper Lao Cai hurried over.

"Master, I have a guest asking to see you."

Xu Shichang was stunned and said: "Lao Cai, didn't I tell you just now, didn't I see a guest today?" Could it be Feng Huafu and Feng Guozhang coming over? ”

It's no wonder that Xu Shichang was surprised. This steward had followed him for many years and was so good that it was impossible to disobey his orders.

The housekeeper looked embarrassed, took two steps, took the subordinate, and then said in Xu Shichang's ear: "Master, this guest is not an ordinary guest, he is the bait of the government of the Republic of China."

"Criminals?"

Xu Shichang was even more surprised, a general criminal of the Republic of China government came to meet the former president of the Republic of China so blatantly, what kind of song did this sing? Could it be that this person is here to apply for an amnesty? That's.

Maybe it's from you? But since he surrendered to the police station, he went to Xu Shichang, did he want to find a guarantor first?

"Who?" Xu Shichang asked.

"Sheng Xuanhuai." The butler said mysteriously.

"Yo!"

The brush in Xu Shichang's hand fell on the floor, which was enough to explain his current mood, and he seemed to understand who was following his carriage just now. If you want to know what will happen next, please log on to 6... More chapters, support the author, support genuine reading!