Changlong Mountain, which is still more than ten miles away from the Yangtze River, is only an inconspicuous small section of the hills in the south of the Yangtze River, and the river breeze in the spring night is still a little chilly, Chen Moran and Xiao Xinren are the two, but they will climb to the top of Changlong Mountain with a slightly chilly river breeze, and look around, but you can see several hills in the south of the Yangtze River.

Standing on the top of Changlong Mountain, Chen Moran's eyes looked in the direction of the Yangtze River, a hundred years later, this should be a nationally renowned steel city, and at this time the surrounding Ma'anshan is just a desolate scene, that is, the people here only know that "quarrying bends and bends to Hezhou".

Can you really build a big steel mill here? Or even build a steel city here!

Somehow, since Liu Kun gave him the iron ore in the territory of Dangtu, Chen Moran has been immersed in this illusory steel city, and his expectations for him are even far higher than Pudong, and the wealth generated by Pudong is far beyond the iron mine and iron factory, but even so, he still can't help but fantasize about this steel city.

"The Hanyang Iron Works was once regarded by the West as a symbol of China's awakening with its largest scale and strong industrial spirit in Asia. It can be said that if the expected Qingqing is not bad, the imprint of Hanyang will be imprinted on the body of this country for a long time. But from now on, perhaps in the future, our iron works will be a sign of China's awakening! Maybe this country will only be branded with us! ”

Looking at the Yangtze River rolling eastward, Chen Moran said with some heroic meaning, he understood why he wanted to set up this iron factory, not only because of the wealth it brings, but also because whether it is the development of Pudong or the future of the automobile factory, a large amount of steel is needed, just because of a dream.

The dream that he has always avoided, whether it is Pudong or the steel mill, from beginning to end, perhaps he Chen Moran is constantly like painting cakes to satisfy his hunger, using grand blueprints to attract people, so that the simple people of this era can work for themselves, and willingly contribute their talents and wealth, but the reason why he does all this in his heart is because he can never look at everything around him indifferently.

Deep down, Chen Moran fears the revolution, but he looks forward to change, only in this era, will he know that this country, this land has suffered calamity and humiliation, who can sit back and watch it?

Chen Moran has always used all kinds of reasons and excuses to excuse himself, he even looked at himself as a visitor, looking at everything around him like watching a movie, but in the end, when Na Yue shaved off the hair in front of his head and left the pig's tail that symbolized slaves, Chen Moran finally understood that in this era, whether he wanted to or not, he was no different from those insensitive compatriots who had been ridiculed by him.

The calamity and humiliation they suffered will not be spared because Chen Moran has short hair, wears a suit, and lives in the concession, in fact, in the concession and in the eyes of those foreigners, he Chen Moran is nothing more than a "civilized barbarian" with short hair and wearing a foreign dress.

In the past, Chen Moran disguised his blueprint as a "pursuit of wealth", but in fact?

"If you are poor, you will be good alone, and if you are good, you will help the world!"

Do what you can to do something!

Turning his head to look at Chen Moran who seemed to be thinking beside him, Xiao Xinren's eyes changed.

"However, there is no good thing in the world that falls into the cake!"

"Oh?"

"Of course, Lord Liu, or enlightened, but he first allowed my industrial company the right to develop in Pudong, as the backing of our company, and even recommended you to grant a vacancy from the Sanpin Governor's Palace, and even folded your name as a lame man to the court. Such a great thing is already unexpected! ”

Xiao Xinren frowned, looking at the Yangtze River in the distance, the river water was reflected in a white ripple under the moon, but it looked a little bleak against the bright moon.

"Now these iron mines, coal mines, and iron works are granted to you, even from the Governor's Palace, with the cooperation of the local officials. If you Chen Moran is the prince Baylor, you will never have any doubts if you are treated like this, but you Chen Moran is just a rootless small people, at most a small people with a huge amount of money in their pockets, so good is that it is the turn of the world, when will it be the turn of your Chen lame. ”

Laughing embarrassedly, Chen Moran knew that Xiao Xinren's blunt words were telling the truth, in fact, in the past few days, he was worried and thinking about this problem, but he couldn't figure it out.

"I don't know how much money you have in your lame pocket, 10 million 20 million, 20 million, even more expensive than the gentleman! But your family has hundreds of millions of taels of silver, and your lame man is at most a fat sheep in the eyes of the government, and that group of wolf-like evil officials don't pounce on you and bite off a few mouthfuls of meat from you, afraid that your family has burned high incense in the last life, but it is partial, not only does no one pounce on you to bite you a few bites, but also promise you such a good thing! ”

Xiao Xinren shook his head and sighed lightly, if it was someone else, he might say "Your life is so good", but in this lame man, he can't say those words to deceive himself.

"Weiyang, why don't I know?"

Chen Moran bent down and picked up a stone that looked like iron ore from the ground, there were scattered ore veins everywhere on this Changlong Mountain, and the iron ore reserves on this Changlong Mountain alone could reach as many as 10 million tons.

How could he have such a good life, so that people can put such wealth in their hands, if this life is really so good, how can there be what happened at the beginning.

"In the past few days, I have been thinking about the reason why Lord Liu treats me so well!"

Sighing softly, Chen Moran held the cold iron ore in his hand and looked at the Yangtze River like white ripples.

"Mingzhe told me, said that Lord Liu was dissatisfied with Zhang Zhidong with Hanyang Iron Works to hide the leader of foreign affairs, overshadowing the glory of Lord Liu, if it was a few years ago, Xu Na Liu Lord might even invest in his own factory, but now after the Gengzi disaster, at least a few hundred million taels of silver to the foreigners, the government has no silver, and Lord Liu wants to fight for face, so he hopes to borrow the silver in Mo Ran's pocket, do what he wants to do, if this steel plant, iron ore, and even Pudong Development Company can be done, he Liu Kunyi can surpass that Zhang Zhidong, Become the leader of the foreign affairs of the Qing Dynasty. ”

"The world may be utilitarian, but this is definitely not the reason for sending such treasures to you!"

Xiao Xinren shook his head and said.

"That may be the reason, but for this reason, to give you such a fortune to this cripple! I...... Unbelief! ”

"If you don't believe it, how can you believe it silently! Can ......"

With his left hand, he took out a copy of the Governor's Mansion from his pocket, and Chen Moran handed it to Xiao Xinren, with a look of disbelief on his face.

"This is Liu Kun's letter to the governor of Anhui, with this text, we can go sideways on the boundary of the two rivers, open mines, set up factories, it can be said that there is no disadvantage, this favor says that I don't believe people, but the facts are in front of us, what can you and I say!"

If he didn't know his identity, Chen Moran almost really thought that he was like He Kun, silently because of the mole and the love of Qianlong, or because his father had saved Liu Kun's life one by one, but he was just a hundred years later, and he had never had anything to do with Liu Kunyi, so he appreciated himself, and how could he give himself this big peach because of appreciation.

"Silently, there is no cheap in the world, such a big bargain falls into our hands, I am worried about ......"

Xiao Xinren frowned and seemed unwilling to think about it, but he couldn't help it, in the past few months, he had already recognized Chen Moran and the industrial company, and he didn't want to see the industrial company fall into the trap.

"I'm worried that there is something here that we can't see through, and then I'm afraid that you and your industrial company will just make a wedding dress for someone else! If it is not, it may end up in the situation of personal death, and at that time, there will be no chance to regret it. ”

Although the words were short and the words were light, when these words came out, they added a bit of stinging meaning to the already nervous Jiang Feng, Xiao Xinren's words made Chen Moran only feel that his whole body seemed to be colder, but he didn't know why, but he didn't feel a trace of fear.

"Weiyang, are you afraid?"

"I'm afraid? I'm not afraid to lose my head, but ...... If that day comes, I'll only feel sorry for you! You and I are different, you are a person who has achieved things, I ......"

Turning his head to look at Chen Moran, Xiao Xinren's face did not have a trace of vanity, as others said, this lame man is not lame, he also knows that his heart is not only lame, but even bigger than anyone imagined, his dream, his ambition is not just a Pudong. If it was really because of this iron mine, he ended up with his head on the ground, Xiao Xinren couldn't help but feel sorry for him!

"The one who made it happen!"

Chen Moran snorted coldly, threw out the iron ore in his hand violently, and then looked at the river in the distance but suddenly felt a little heroic in his heart.

"Weiyang, do you know what the mountain in front of you is called?"

Pointing to the mountain shadow in front of him, Chen Moran asked rhetorically.

"What mountain?"

"Ma'anshan!"

Quietly spit out a word, Chen Moran looked directly at the mountain shadow in the scene.

"During the Chu-Han War, Xiang Yu, the overlord of Chu, was trapped, embattled, and retreated to Wujiang in Hexian County, and asked the fisherman to cross his beloved mount Wu Ma to the opposite bank. The black horse misses its master, rolls and kills itself, and the saddle falls to the ground and turns into a mountain, which is Ma'anshan, that is, the mountain. ”

Ignoring Xiao Xinren's puzzlement, Chen Moran took a few steps forward, his eyes fixed on the mountain.

"In the future, my steel mill will be called Ma'anshan, and Xiang Yu, the overlord of Chu, will have a good horse, and I will be able to crisscross the world like the overlord of Chu, and there is a conspiracy in this iron mine and iron factory, and what can I do!"

But Chen Moran, who was never willing to be conspired by the people, was unprecedentedly heroic when he spoke, and his eyes looked directly at Yuanma Anshan, as if he saw the saddle of the overlord come to life.

"This iron mine and iron factory are my good horses, three or five years in the short term, five or six years in the long, this place will never be as desolate as it is now, and a steel city will rise by the Yangtze River that is far beyond the imagination of the world!"

There was a cold snort between his noses, and Chen Moran's eyes looked in the other direction, it was Jiang Ning.

"Now, no matter what the "great wealth" he Liu Kunyi gave to himself, or what evil intentions he hid, I wouldn't ask him, even if he wore intestinal poison, he dared to eat it silently, the backbone of iron and the gall made of steel! He Liu Kunyi may have other thoughts, but this steel city is my Chen Moran's guts! At that time, who wants my head! Hum! ”

When he said this, Chen Moran didn't notice the look of surprise on Xiao Xinren's face, but he looked at the Yangtze River!

"Life is a hero, death is also a ghost. So far, I think of Xiang Yu, refuse to cross Jiangdong, today I am in Jiangdong, Lao Tzu is the overlord who has crossed Jiangdong, waiting for the wind and clouds to rise, and then provoked Lao Tzu, not to mention him Liu Kunyi, is the Lingxiao Treasure Hall of Emperor Lao Tzu, I dare to open it! ”

Xiao Xinren was really shocked by Chen Moran's rebellious words, and he looked at Chen Moran standing on the top of the mountain with a cane in his hand, looking like he was about to swallow mountains and rivers.

"However, do you know that your words are enough to punish your nine clans!"

"Weiyang, silently, I am alone, and the revolutionary will of the single person is the most resolute, have you ever heard this? Silently, I have no worries in the world, if I talk about concerns, I am afraid that it is something that has been painstakingly injected, and whoever touches my things, I will dare to twist his head! ”

"You want to rebel!" Xiao Xinren coldly spit out a sentence!

"He said that the officials forced the people to rebel, what if they were opposed!"

As he spoke, Chen Moran turned around, holding a cane in his left hand, his eyes pressed Xiao Xinren, as long as he didn't show any surprise, he never killed anyone, and he didn't mind letting these hands get blood in order to protect himself!

Silent!

Both of them were silent on their own minds, but their eyes were on each other.

Suddenly, Xiao Xinren's lips opened.

"Then, from the moment I saw your braids, I would tear off the pig's tail!"

"Sooner or later, I will not only tear off my pig's tail, but I may also tear off the pig's tail of all our people in China that day, whether he is hanging behind his head or tied in his heart!"

As he spoke, Chen Moran pulled the braid hanging from the back of his head to his body, looking at the pig's tail that symbolized the slave, Chen Moran's eyes were cold, and when he continued this braid, when he was humiliated in his heart, he also had a strange feeling in his heart, except that this braid really integrated him into this era, and the most important thing was that because of the humiliation of this braid, his mentality changed.

"The braid behind the melon seeds on the head is easy to cut! Some people have braided hair in their hearts! ”

"Humph!"

Xiao Xinren's words made Chen Moran look back at him, and then his eyes were cold, but he said something.

"I can't solve it...... I even untied my head with braids! ”

Jiang Feng was cold, his words were cold, Xiao Xinren stared at Chen Moran, although he was a little throbbing because of his words, he suddenly laughed.

"Silent! If you really want to cut the tail of this Chinese pig, you will follow the saddle before and after the horse, and follow the power of dogs and horses! ”

"That's a head-off job!"

Chen Moran reminded him coldly that it was just the worst plan.

"I've never been afraid that this head will fall off one day! If not, I wouldn't have studied military affairs! He will not become a son of Hongmen in the United States. It's business, and it's not what tenacity likes! ”

Xiao Xinren nodded and shook his head, looking at Chen Moran without a hint of pretentiousness on his face as he spoke, "Do you know that I am not a revolutionary!" I can't give you that dream! ”

Looking at Xiao Xinren, Chen Moran said lightly, he was never a revolutionary, he was not, not now, and will not be in the future, the reasons for what he wants and do are different from others, others have other people's dreams, but Chen Moran has his wishes, businessmen will never do loss-making business.

"My dream is very simple, only to expel the Tartars and do the dream of a strong country! As for the rest, Tenacious never asks for extravagance! ”

Xiao Xinren smiled slightly, he is not a revolutionary, otherwise he is afraid that when he is in the United States, he will join the door of Sun Wen, what he studied in the United States is military affairs, and what he values is reality. Following idealism without regard to reality is not what he wants, nor what he wants!

Taking two steps forward, Chen Moran patted Xiao Xinren's shoulder hard.

"That's good! If that day really comes, let's go and cut off the pig tail of our Chinese together, whether he hangs down the back of his head or ties it in his heart! ”

"However, in the past, I sold myself to an industrial company, but now I am working hard!"

After speaking, the two of them laughed at the same time.

"If you don't want your life, I'm a mortal! So do things silently, never do what you can't do! ”

After laughing, Chen Moran said affirmatively.

"So what are you going to do!"

Xiao Xinren was curious, if this big-hearted and life-loving Chen Moran really wanted to cut the pig's tail, he was ready to start from there.

"I don't know yet!"

Facing Xiao Xinren's question, Chen Moran shook his head, and at the same time smiled again. He really doesn't know, he just gave birth to that thought, to put it bluntly, it is also the government forcing the people to rebel, what he thinks is very simple, he is just a fat sheep without the ability to protect himself, if it goes on like this, sooner or later, one day, people have to eat so that they can't even have a bone residue left.

"Weiyang, I didn't want to do it in the past, but now I have to think that before I came to Jiangning, I was just a rich man hiding in the concession and worth hundreds of millions, and now, there is no Liu Kun to send this great wealth to me, but once this iron factory is opened, Pudong will prosper, and it will ...... by then."

Chen Moran smiled helplessly, the husband was not guilty, he was guilty, maybe he really responded to this sentence.

"The vicious wolf that pounced on me was not guaranteed to swallow me and my industrial company alive! If I don't want to do it now, I'm afraid that one day I'll ...... Tenacious, silently afraid that by then, I am afraid that even the corpse will not be able to be collected! Say, "What shall I do?" ”

"Protect yourself!"

Xiao Xinren spit out three words lightly, this is exactly the advice he wanted to give Chen Moran.

"Yes! Captive! What is the way of self-preservation, closing the official and carrying the foreign! Mo Ran's temper is weird, his bones are hard, and he is definitely not silently happy, so one! ”

Then he pointed to the hill in front of him, and there was some hope in his eyes.

"No matter what, I, Chen Moran, may be happy here, or I may be defeated here, from now on, I will fight, I have to see who can make me defeat here! So it all started because of this, and this place is where we started! ”

Xiao Xinren was silent for a while before raising his head to look at Chen Moran.

"Silent! There is one thing I don't know whether to say or not! ”

"Say!"

Xiao Xinren didn't speak, just pointed his hand at Chen Moran's body, and at the same time smiled slightly.

(To be continued)