Chapter 32 A Visitor Comes from Far Away

In May, the construction of the first circum-island railway in Seris, which was presided over by Avalanche Engineering Company, officially started construction on Luzon, and Chen Zeyu accompanied his uncle to Sizhejiang to participate in the groundbreaking ceremony.

In fact, the technology, capital, and manpower for the construction of the railway were fully equipped by Huameng a long time ago. However, due to the external environment at that time, the construction of the railway project has not been carried out on a large scale. Now it is different, as soon as they heard that the railway around the island connecting the eastern and western economic belts of Luzon was to be built, many people had already come here to inquire about subscribing to railway construction bonds before the project was officially launched.

The entire railway project, passing through all the major towns in Luzon, has a total length of about 4,700 kilometers, and the construction period is about 2 years, and it is estimated that it will cost 30 million taels of silver, equivalent to 4.75 million pounds, to complete all of them.

Although Chen Zeyu did not lack this amount of money at all, in order to promote the comprehensive rollout of railway construction and make this business model mature as soon as possible, Chen Zeyu still instructed Avalanche Engineering Company to inject capital into the establishment of a Seris-Luzon Ring Railway Construction Company to raise equity capital and issue bonds to build this railway.

Of course, it is also the proper meaning of Avalanche Engineering to keep most of its shares......

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Since receiving the summons of Lord Li Zhongtang, he has received an order to go and listen to the truth of Nanyang. Sheng Xuanhuai and Wu Tingfang hurriedly handled the matters at hand, and finally got on the ship of China Merchants a month ago.

As early as the early 70s, Sheng Xuanhuai's Shanghai China Merchants Shipping Company had already built a route between Shanghai and Luzon.

This time, the two were ordered to come to Luzon, but they also went smoothly along the way, taking their own passenger ship, and arrived at their destination in less than a week.

South Seas, Seris Port, Civil Pier 6

"This ...... It's ......"

"It's an ironclad! These dozen or so are all ironclad ships!! ”

Although he couldn't see the specific configuration, Sheng Xuanhuai, who had been serving in Beiyang for many years, could still see at a glance that these Seris warships in front of him were ironclad battleships with tonnage comparable to Beiyang's 'Dingyuan' class!!

Looking at the Seris fleet that untied the cable from the anchorage not far away and gradually left with black smoke, Wu Tingfang and Sheng Xuanhuai, who had just come out of the cabin, were stunned.

Fate seems to be doomed, and the trip between the two of them will not be peaceful.

It wasn't until they were awakened by the whistle of the gradually departing fleet that the two of them slowly walked down the ramp of the China Merchants Steamship "Kaiping" with the support of the accompanying servants.

On the trestle, there are also local employees of China Merchants waiting to pick up the two of them waiting here.

The group slowly left the dock in several taxi four-wheeled carriages, which had long been popular in Seris, and drove towards the company's premises.

The Ceris fleet, which had just disappeared from front of them, seemed to have injected morphine into the two of them, and since they got into the carriage, the two of them had been curiously looking at this young country that had just been born and was not yet a year old.

The first impression of the whole city is that it is clean and tidy, and this city, which is positioned as the temporary capital of the Republic, has been set by Chen Zeyu's political axe a large number of urban management regulations early on.

In addition to the elegant garbage dumping facilities and public toilets built in various urban areas, workers hired by the political axe will also clean the roads regularly every day in various areas of the city. Of course, it is undeniable that several guys who were heavily punished for spitting and urinating also played a non-negligible role in this.

In addition, looking at the pedestrians and carriages on the road, Sheng Xuanhuai found another strange place.

All pedestrians and vehicles on the road drove on the right-hand side of the road, and he seemed to be in order, and he immediately realized the benefits of this rule for the whole city traffic. In addition to this, at several intersections on the road, the two found that there was a public servant suspected of being a police officer standing in each place to maintain traffic order.

As for the zebra crossings that had been run by the carriage he and the two of them had been riding, the two had never discovered it because of the sight problem.

The branch office of China Merchants is located at No. 221 Ningbo Road, Seris City, which is not far from the wharf in consideration of the convenience relationship.

In about ten minutes, the three carriages had already arrived at the company, and several people got off the rental carriage one after another.

Wu Tingfang, who had never had a good rest during the trip, and was still a little sluggish, was looking around, when a sudden sound made him feel excited.

"Second uncle!! ～”

Wu Xiatong, who was shopping with his friends, looked at the middle-aged man in front of him with some surprise.

Wu Tingfang glanced apologetically at Sheng Xuanhuai beside him, and walked to the niece who made him a little embarrassed.

"It's Tongtong, second uncle, I'll come to Luzon to do something."

"Great, second uncle, since moving to Luzon, Abba and Grandma, as well as grandparents, have been thinking about you! ～”

Wu Xiatong happily grabbed his second uncle's arm and said, "Go back with me first, and then talk on the way." ”

Sheng Xuanhuai on the side watched the emotional drama of the uncle and niece with great interest, and watched how Wu Tingfang coped with it.

"This... Tongtong, the second uncle was sent by the imperial court to handle official business..."

Wu Tingfang led his niece to him, "Come, the second uncle will introduce you, this is the official customs supervisor of the imperial court, Sheng Xuanhuai." ”

"Hello Master Shan~" Wu Xiatong bent his knees slightly and made a lady's salute.

Sheng Xuanhuai said with a smile, "Lord Wen, I didn't expect you to have such a beautiful niece, and she is really a famous lady." ”

"Haha" Wu Tingfang was also very happy to hear him praise his niece, "Don't look at her now, she was naughty when she was a child, and she didn't know how much her grandfather's beard was kicked off by her." ”

"Second uncle~~" Wu Xiatong, who was made fun of by the second uncle, pouted unhappily, "You wait"

I saw Wu Xiatong trotting to a short distance and pulling a girl who had just gone shopping with her and walked over.

"Second uncle, Master Sheng, let me introduce you, this is my classmate when I was in a girls' middle school, Chen Cuifen."

Wu Xiatong hugged the arm of a girl named Chen Cuifen and said, "Ah Fen, let me introduce you, this is Master Sheng, the customs supervisor from the Qing Kingdom, and this is my second uncle, Wu Tingfang." ”

"Hello Master Shan, Hello Lord Wu~" The girl generously greeted the two.

"Since it's Tongtong's classmate, it's not an outsider," Wu Tingfang said with a smile, "Let's call me uncle." ”

"Yes, Uncle Wu~"

Sheng Xuanhuai, who was left aside, teased, "Oh, this is not good, I became an outsider after a long time." ”

"Hahaha! ――”

"Haha!! - "Everyone was amused by him......

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Meeting his niece is naturally a surprise.

But what the counselor in the United States did not expect was that the head of state of the newly-born Seris Republic was actually his quasi-niece-in-law, a young man named Chen Zeyu.

Looking at the two girls who were whispering to each other on the sofa opposite, Wu Tingfang and Sheng Xuanhuai, who had silently thought about what was on their minds, glanced at each other as if they had a tacit understanding.

Sheng Xuanhuai nodded at the other party.

Originally, I didn't expect that there would be such a relationship, and the two were going to investigate it in private, but now that they know that this relationship exists, they naturally don't need to make much effort, just contact it directly.

"Tongtong, Ah Fen, let's go," Wu Tingfang beckoned the two girls to get up, "Today we invite your Uncle Sheng to go to the house as a guest......

"Okay, second uncle." "Okay, Uncle Wu~"

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Back home, the Wu family was naturally a surprise again......