Hu Chuyuan never thought that he would be greeted by a rain of bullets.

More than a dozen bandits came up with guns, scattered two units, one left and one right, these people were holding revolvers, which were short and easy to hide, and more than a dozen bandits disguised as dock workers, suddenly took out a large number of spears from the wooden box next to them, and shot at Hu Chuyuan and others under the cover of the wooden box.

In an instant.

Seven or eight of the guards around Hu Chuyuan fell, and there were only more than twenty guards in total, but now they are half smaller.

Zheng Xitai also brought more than a dozen people, but they were all temporarily hired grooms and coolies, and in the rain of bullets, they fell faster...... Everyone desperately escorted Hu Chuyuan into a carriage, and the rest of the people relied on the other two carriages as obstacles, shooting at the bandits and covering Hu Chuyuan's carriage to leave.

In this series of moments, Hu Chuyuan only felt as if his consciousness had stopped, and when he woke up, the person had been pushed into the carriage by Chen Shanyuan, Wu Shuzhen also barely got into the car, Chen Shanyuan drove in person, and rushed all the way.

At this time, Hu Chuyuan found that there was some pain in his waist, and when he touched it, his hands were covered with blood, and the blood had stained the hem of the cheongsam, dripping all the way down the silk pants.

"How so?"

Hu Chuyuan was a little puzzled, he suddenly felt that something was wrong, as if his good luck had run out today.

"Ah......h

Wu Shuzhen also saw it, her face turned pale with fright, and she couldn't help covering her mouth, tears were already welling up in her eyes.

She quickly came back to her senses, endured the fear in her heart, tore Hu Chuyuan's robe, tied his waist and abdomen, and pressed the wound hard to prevent blood from flowing out.

She shouted loudly to Chen Shanyuan: "Go to the hospital...... He's hurt! ”

Hearing this, Chen Shanyuan was taken aback, so he could only continue to drive forward, at this moment, the farther he goes, the safer he goes, and it would be better if he could meet the hospital.

At this moment, Hu Chuyuan tried to calm himself down, and he felt that the bullet remained in his abdomen, did not penetrate his body, and his back was not injured.

He thought, maybe it was from a short gun, and the wound wasn't very big.

He hoped he could be saved.

The carriage galloped forward for thousands of meters, and soon reached the Baoshi Apprentice Road, and further north was the American Concession, where there were not many people at all.

Luck was good, when he finally saw a small hospital, Chen Shanyuan immediately stopped the carriage and rushed over like crazy, Wu Shuzhen was also very flustered, and wanted to help Hu Chuyuan get out of the car.

But before they got out of the car, Chen Shanyuan had already forced the doctors and nurses out with guns, and quickly rushed into the carriage with the surgical equipment and disinfectants to be used.

As soon as the foreign doctor got into the car, Chen Shanyuan asked the man in English: "Where is the patrol house in the British Concession?" ”

"No...... There is the Ministry of Industry Bureau, on Hai Boulevard! The foreign doctor is very shrewd, probably having experience in the army, and he did not panic when he was pointed at gunpoint, but said: "I will sit in front and lead you there!" ”

"Okay, you get in the car!"

Chen Shanyuan agreed, sat in front with the foreign doctor, and left quickly in the carriage.

Immediately after, the carriage of the bandits also arrived, and the distance between the two cars was only a few hundred meters, if Hu Chuyuan stayed in the hospital for surgery, he would definitely be robbed or killed directly.

It was because of Chen Shanyuan's shrewdness that he escaped.

A person's shrewdness and ability can be reflected in this moment, and his value is also revealed.

Hu Chuyuan had to thank Zhang Lingpu well, Zhang Lingpu recommended a very shrewd person who saved his life at a critical moment.

When Chen Shanyuan drove into Haidao and realized that he was going to the Ministry of Industry Bureau, the bandits could only stop the carriage and turn back.

The carriage rushed all the way into the gate of the Ministry of Industry Bureau, and when he heard that it was Hu Chuyuan, several British directors of the Ministry of Industry Bureau were startled, and everyone got busy, carried Hu Chuyuan into the building, and temporarily found a rest room for surgery.

The doctor Chen Shanyuan hijacked, who had worked as a ship doctor in the British Royal Navy and had experience in treating gunshot wounds, quickly removed the bullet and stitched up Hu Chuyuan's wound.

Later, it depends on the destiny of heaven, because there is no injury, as long as the wound does not suppurate, it should be able to survive this catastrophe, but if the wound suppurates, it will be troublesome.

Who is Hu Chuyuan?

He was ambushed by dozens of armed bandits in the British Concession, and how big of a deal was that?

Several directors of the Ministry of Industry Bureau, including the Consul General of the British Empire in Tianjin, were so frightened that they quickly borrowed personnel from the French Concession, on the one hand, to strengthen their vigilance to prevent anyone from storming the building of the Ministry of Industry Bureau, and on the other hand, they also sent people to track down and inform the customs to send a coastal defense fleet to patrol to prevent the bandits from escaping from the sea.

Without anesthetic, the severe pain and blood loss he endured during the operation caused Hu Chuyuan to faint.

The next day, the moment when the sky was bright.

He had only slowly woken up from his coma, the wound was still painful, and when he opened his eyes, he saw that he was in a small room, which was filled with the smell of alcohol, as if it had been carefully disinfected.

On the side of the bed, Wu Shuzhen fell asleep on the edge of the bed, her dress was still stained with bits and pieces of blood, and the whole person looked very tired.

Looking at her, Hu Chuyuan couldn't help but think of more things in his heart.

The catastrophe did not die, but he was cast a shadow in his heart, and he once again felt the fragility of life.

There are too many possibilities in a person's life, they may be developed, they may die, they may be attacked, and they may live to a hundred years.

That's life, and you never guess what's going to happen tomorrow.

It's time to cherish his life, he thought.

He is not destined to be a great man, and it is impossible to sacrifice everything for the fate of the country, let alone the era when the Qing court was in power?

He sighed, and his heart suddenly became very relaxed, and he had resolutely wanted to give up those things that he could not afford and could not afford.

Listening to his exclamation, Wu Shuzhen quietly woke up, and couldn't help but feel a burst of joy when she saw that he was also awake.

She said happily and angrily: "You really frightened me, fortunately there is nothing serious, the doctor said that you were lucky, but you were hit by a revolver bullet, which did not penetrate deep into the body, did not hit the vital point, and the bullet was also taken out." If the wound is not infected, it will heal in about half a month. ”

Hu Chuyuan smiled bitterly silently, thinking, is this still called good luck?

He quietly held Wu Shuzhen's hand, and said a thousand words in his heart, but he couldn't say half a word, however, Wu Shuzhen seemed to understand.

She was very happy, smiling leisurely and affectionately, with an elegant posture, and her beautiful eyes were full of warm friendship.

This is fate, she thought, from the day they met, each other's fates have been firmly tied together, and they can no longer be separated.

The two silently pinched each other's palms, as if they were playing something interesting, and their hearts were sweet.

The inadvertent catastrophe seemed to make them both more aware of how painful it was to lose each other, even though they had never really thought about it before.

After a while, there was a knock on the door.

After waiting for a while, Chen Shanyuan pushed the door open, followed by another person, who was in his fifties, thin and small, with a gray beard, wearing a black melon skin hat and a silk satin horse coat with blue flowers on a plain background.

As soon as he entered the door, the man and Hu Chuyuan exchanged their hands and said, "Young owner, are you okay?" ”

Hu Chuyuan was slightly surprised, there was no such person among the shopkeepers he knew, and his accent sounded like a person from Ningbo, Zhejiang.

He still nodded and said, "I'm lucky, I don't have to worry about my surname for the time being!" ”

The man saw that Hu Chuyuan couldn't remember his identity for a while, so he said: "The young owner, the old man Yan Xinhou, a native of Cixi, worked in the old owner's Xinyuan Silver Building for more than 20 years in his early years, and was later recommended by the old owner to Li Zhongtang to handle the accounts in the camp, and now he is in the Beiyang Commercial Bank to manage the distribution of Hebei and Henan salt. ”

"Oh, remember!"

Hu Chuyuan hummed and asked Chen Shanyuan to bring a chair to Yan Xinhou and invite him to sit down.

Xinyuan Silver Building is an industry opened by Hu Xueyan in his early years, and in the eleventh year of Tongzhi, because there were too many businesses in Hangzhou Silver Building, it was not easy to make money in trading, so it was dismantled by Hu Xueyan and entered Fukang Qianzhuang.

It was around that time that many people in the Silver Building were recommended by Hu Xueyan to work in other Silver Buildings, and this Mr. Xinfang went to Li Hongzhang.

In the traditional Chinese business, the branches in each place will record the situation in detail after a day's operation, and remit it to the head office through letters, and the chief shopkeeper will be responsible for full review.

The person who writes and receives letters, and sorts out letters is called the letter room, and its position in the silver building, money bank, pawnshop and other businesses is particularly important.

Yan Xinhou is such a person.

As soon as Yan Xinhou sat down, he took out a letter from his waist pocket and handed it to Hu Chuyuan, and said: "Lord Zhongtang heard that the Shaodong family was attacked in the Tianjin concession last night, and he was shocked into a cold sweat and couldn't sleep at night. ”

"Oh?"

Hu Chuyuan wondered in his heart, of course this "Zhongtang" is Li Hongzhang, but what did Li Hongzhang do when he wrote to him?

He opened the letter and looked at it carefully, but he didn't say anything, just told him to be more careful, saying that he had offended many people over the years and should pay more attention to safety. In order to avoid new accidents, Li Hongzhang specially sent dozens of elite Huai soldiers, dressed in civilian clothes, to temporarily station around the Ministry of Industry and Bureau, responsible for guarding his safety.

He smiled bitterly, folded the letter, and said to Yan Xin: "Then I really want to thank Li Zhongtang for taking care of you." ”

Yan Xinhou said with a smile: "The so-called auspicious people have their own celestial phenomena, and the Shaodong family was attacked this time, and they will die for a lifetime, and they will not die in a catastrophe, so they must be blessed in the future." ”

Hu Chuyuan smiled: "I hope so." ”

He thought to himself, the so-called after-blessing is to let him understand himself...... The most important thing in life is not necessarily money, nor is it necessarily the so-called political career, but the other half.

Yan Xinhou quietly raised his eyebrows, leaned closer and said: "Actually, Lord Zhongtang admires the Shaodong family very much, and Zhongtang specially asked me to give me a word, and I want to ask you to do something." Of course, Lord Zhongtang will definitely not treat you badly, what the Zhongtang in the south will give you, what our Zhongtang can give you...... Moreover, there will only be more, as long as you say a word, Shanghai Steamship China Merchants and Machine Weaving Layout is yours. ”

Cut.

Hu Chuyuan sneered in his heart, but the wound hurt badly, and he didn't want to make any more effort at this time.

In other words, is the Shanghai Steamship China Merchants Bureau and the Shanghai Machine Weaving Layout still a thing for now?

Besides, sooner or later, it's not all his.

Don't look at how much these two bureaus have lost money!

Let's not talk about the steamship China Merchants Bureau, let's talk about the layout of machine weaving in Shanghai.

At the beginning of the establishment of this weaving layout, Li Hongzhang had high hopes and tried his best to approve with the imperial court, and did not allow other official bureaus of the same type to appear within ten years, and also restricted businessmen from setting up similar textile bureaus in the concession through various channels, in order to arbitrarily determine their profits.

On the one hand, he co-founded a textile factory with Cheng Jinxuan and Pang Yunhong in the concession, and on the other hand, he let the United States Wanqi Foreign Company and the French Wanbao Foreign Company jointly set up the Wanqi Textile Factory, the former is to import equipment from the United States, introduce technology and personnel, and mainly engage in low-grade foreign fabrics, and the latter is imported from France, mainly engaged in high-end fine workshops.

The third method is to use Yufeng Society to produce a large number of refined South American long-fiber cotton, all of which are shipped to two textile mills.

The fourth way is to distribute the foreign cloth of the two textile factories through Jiangnan Commercial Bank, Fumao Department Store, and Zhongrun Department Store.

He does not have a government-run textile bureau, but through this series of means to press the Shanghai machinery weaving layout breathless, discerning people can see that the weaving layout weaves how much cloth is lost.

Hu Chuyuan weighed it in his heart, and said to Yan Xin: "Please take me and Lord Zhongtang to say thank you, thank him for his appreciation, it's hard to say whether I can survive this hurdle at the moment." For the time being, I really don't have any intention of thinking about business, so I'll talk about it later. ”

"Good!"

Yan Xinhou snorted, and said with a smile: "Young Dongjia, Lord Zhongtang has an old mansion in the American Concession of Tianjin, which can accommodate more than 100 people, and the real estate is entrusted to my name." Lord Nakado means that I want you to go there to recuperate, after all, this is the Ministry of Industry Bureau of foreigners, I'm afraid it's not very convenient. I thought, the young owner is afraid that he will often come and go to Tianjin and Shanghai, you might as well take stock of this house, anyway, it doesn't cost much, Zhongtang said, if you want to buy, a few thousand taels of silver, he originally only spent a few thousand taels of silver into the account. ”

"Oh?"

Hu Chuyuan wanted to laugh, but he only heard that he gave bribes to others, but he didn't hear that a dignified scholar of the middle hall gave him a bribe.

It's fucking fresh!

He knew in his heart that Li Hongzhang wanted to dig him into the Huaijun camp, even if he couldn't dig him away, at least he had to let him do things on both sides at the same time, so that Zuo Zongtang would not enjoy his benefits alone.

He is much more powerful than Sheng Xuanhuai, Yan Xinhou, Tang Tingshu, and Xu Run, and Li Hongzhang knows this account very well in his heart.

It's hard to refuse this kind of thing.

He nodded, signaling that he had accepted Li Hongzhang's benefits, if Li Hongzhang had something to discuss in the future, it would be easy to say.

Yan Xinhou was quite happy, and he had completed one thing anyway.

With this foundation, it will be convenient to talk about anything in the future.

On the grounds that he would not disturb Hu Chuyuan's recuperation, he hurriedly said goodbye and left.

(To be continued)