On Daxi Road, a small alley, almost hidden and not easy to find, Cheng Biguang took Yang Yuanzhao for almost 10 minutes before he walked to the front of a typical Shanghai house, knocked on the door, a delicate, about fifteen or sixteen-year-old girl opened the door, and saw Cheng Biguang was first happy, and then fell on Yang Yuanzhao's body, his face was slightly confused.

"Chunfeng, he is my little brother, go get some tea, I heard that Erniu sent me some Wuyi Mountain tea!"

"Yes!" Chunfeng whispered, then turned around and left.

Yang Yuanzhao didn't speak, the officers of old China raised more concubines, I don't know if it's the outer room or the concubines, he didn't dare to say more.

Walking into the room, this is a two-story small building, below is the living room and kitchen and the like, above is the bedroom, Yang Yuanzhao was led into a guest room, it looks like a small house of only ten square meters, with a table, it looks a little shabby, but it is very clean.

Cheng Biguang saw that Yang Yuanzhao's eyes were a little **, he glared, and said, "This is my niece!" ”

Then, he introduced here, as well as the origin of the girl just now, it turned out that this was his former daughter of Paoze, in 1894 Dadonggou War, the Beiyang Naval Division was miserable, but there were thousands of people who died in Dadonggou, this girl's name is Xing Chunfeng, his father was Cheng Biguang's robe, the chief engineer of the Guangbing, the naval battle of Dadonggou, the military situation was like fire, the Beiyang Naval Division was defeated, and even the captain of the Guangbing at that time, Cheng Biguang, was also shot and injured, not Xing Chunfeng's father Xing Daolun saved him, He might have died in that part of the sea.

When Xing Daolun died, Xing Chunfeng was only 2 years old, and for so many years, it was her mother who had been pulling her, and Cheng Biguang also met them again by chance, so he took their orphans and widows here to take care of them, and it was only 6 years.

Yang Yuanzhao is very clear about the impact of the war, the two powers that developed together in East Asia, one win and one lose, and Japan, which won the war, stepped into the fast lane, completed industrialization, and seized the opportunity to become one of the great powers, but China, known as the central power, missed the best development opportunity, and finally reached the abyss of no return.

Xing Chunfeng came in with a cup of tea and brought an old-fashioned kettle, Cheng Biguang waved his hand and said, "Chunfeng, you go to rest, wait for us to finish drinking, we will leave, how is your mother!" ”

"She'......!" Xing Chunfeng said, tears couldn't help but fall.

Just went upstairs, Yang Yuanzhao saw that there should be 3 rooms on the top of this small building, and on the top of the building, he also smelled the strong smell of traditional Chinese medicine, obviously, there were patients here.

Cheng Biguang sighed, touched his pocket, and showed a slight embarrassment on his face, Yang Yuanzhao observed his words, and hurriedly took out the checkbook from his arms, turned the number of 50 pounds, and handed it to Cheng Biguang, Cheng Biguang was slightly taken aback when he saw it, but he still handed it to Xing Chunfeng, and said: "You take these, buy medicine for your mother, remember to go to Citibank to redeem huàn!" ”

"This!" Xing Chunfeng obviously hadn't seen a check, she was a little dazed, she recognized a few words slightly, but Citibank's check book was all in English, she knew that it was a foreigner's script, but she didn't know what it was.

"This is the ticket number, 50 pounds, you know, the British currency, it can be equivalent to 500 yuan!"

500 yuan Yingyang, Xing Chunfeng understood this, her beautiful eyes widened suddenly, this kind of money, in Shanghai, can definitely be regarded as a huge amount of money, enough for a family of four, comfortable to live for several years, her mother has always been frail and sickly, and the cost within a year will not exceed 30, with this money, he can make his mother live a little better.

Cheng Biguang continued: "Okay, I'll let Cheng Hu come over to help, let him take you with him, it's safer!" ”

Xing Chunfeng went down, Cheng Biguang looked at Yang Yuanzhao, and sighed: "Thank you Brother Yang!" ”

"Brother Shunguang, what are these words, compared to you talents, I'm afraid all I have is money!"

"Talent!" Cheng Biguang laughed dryly, then looked at Yang Yuanzhao, and suddenly asked, "What do you think of this world?" ”

Yang Yuanzhao was stunned, he didn't expect that Cheng Biguang would ask him this question, according to what he knew about Cheng Biguang's experience, Cheng Biguang should be inclined to revolution, otherwise, before and after the Xinhai Revolution, after he participated in the coronation ceremony of the British king, when he returned to China, he would not directly change his flag and join the Republic of China, but now, he is sitting as an official of my Qing Dynasty, what does this mean by this?

Seeing Yang Yuanzhao's hesitation, Cheng Biguang smiled and said, "I don't mean anything else, I'm afraid you don't know, I have also participated in the revolutionaries!" ”

Yang Yuanzhao was stunned, he seemed to have some brains that couldn't turn around, Cheng Biguang, the director of the Navy Division and the commander of the cruiser's fleet, actually participated in the revolutionary party?

Cheng Biguang said leisurely: "Many people know about this matter, in 1894, after the defeat of Beiyang, I was at home, and my younger brother was good friends with Sun Yat-sen, so I joined the Xingzhong Society, and in 1895 the uprising failed, I ran to Nanyang, and later met Li Zhongtang, and then returned to China!" ”

Yang Yuanzhao didn't know that Cheng Biguang once had such a history, Sun Yat-sen's fellow countryman had joined the Xingzhong Society, no wonder he asked him this question.

"Director Cheng, I am not a revolutionary, and I have never thought of revolution!"

"Oh, you're a royalist!"

"I'm not a royalist, I just want to do something practical, China's life is too hard, and China is too backward!"

"Who said no, just take 10 years ago, the tonnage of the Chinese fleet was stronger than Japan, but why did it fail, the reason is that it is backward, the fleet is broken, there is no way to repair it, all kinds of shells, poor performance, these, hey......"

Cheng Biguang inevitably mentioned more than 10 years ago, obviously, that battle, in his impression, is very profound, Yang Yuanzhao is not an experiencer, can not appreciate the kind of naval spirit cultivated in the smoke of gunfire.

"Director Cheng, my wish is to save the country through industry, revolution, Manchu Qing, in the final analysis, the common people want to live, they must do real things, China now, everything needs to be imported, the production is very small, the people are not living, I studied machinery in the UK, and I also dabbled in agriculture, so I want to give full play to what I have learned as much as possible, so that the people can live a better life!"

"Good!" Yang Yuanzhao has not finished speaking, Cheng Biguang applauded, as a naval officer, Cheng Biguang is not ignorant of foreign affairs, for industrialization, especially after knowing, Yang Yuanzhao's intentions, asked some Yang Yuanzhao about the direction of development, when he knew that Yang Yuanzhao can currently set up, foreign fire, foreign cloth, and foreign noodle field, a burst of excitement, praise.

Yang Yuanzhao looked at the elated Cheng Biguang, his heart moved, and said: "Brother Shunguang, if I don't pay for it, you will set up some enterprises in Shanghai, and I will take out the proceeds and use all the water suppliers!" ”

"What to do?"

"Fire, ash, or just make a weaving layout!" Yang Yuanzhao said that in this era of China, almost everything is lacking, so these industries, as long as they are built and managed a little, can be profitable, not to mention that he has a lot of ideas, with the help of the knowledge and materials of later generations, some machines in this era are modified to increase efficiency and stability, so that the possibility of profitability is greater.

"Ash, fire, weaving layout, you can't!" Cheng Biguang shook his head and said, it turns out that in Beiyang, there are similar enterprises, not only in the base camp Tianjin, but also in Shanghai, and the corresponding market has been formed.

At this point, Cheng Biguang and Yang Yuanzhao quickly reached a consensus, Yang Yuanzhao and the Yang family are responsible for organizing the supply of goods, in the early stage, just some things organized by the Yang family from Shanxi, or Tianjin Wuhan, and the sailor opened a store to sell, mainly some daily necessities and daily necessities, by the way, the relationship between the Harpy will pass guò foreign firms, and adjust a batch of sought-after foreign goods for them, so that they can be supported first, which is enough to solve the employment of more than a dozen people, and provide a batch of resources for the sailor every month, as for the personnel, it is easier to find, the sailor has thousands of people, There are countless relatives and friends, and there are also the children of the sailor robes who have died in the line of duty over the years, just like Xing Chunfeng just now, she will almost inevitably occupy a place.

The conversation was very pleasant, and it was not until late at night that Yang Yuanzhao and Cheng Biguang left, and it was extremely dark in the small room, only the stars in the sky were bright and shining.