The Tengchong was bombed.

This is undoubtedly a major event that shocked the world, first of all, the origin of the Tengchong, followed by the identity of Hu Chuyuan, and finally the identity of the murderer.

On the second day of the incident, the Fujian Navy sent a number of cruisers and salvage ships to the site of the incident, but found nothing, and no survivors were found.

The political axes of the Qing and the United States were particularly shocked, Hu Chuyuan was the official of the Qing court, and dozens of Xiang Yong were killed together...... These are secondary, the key is that the Manchu Qing Dynasty was full of promises at that time to forcefully persecute the political axe and protect Hu Chuyuan.

The fact that Hu Chuyuan has American citizenship has become public, and he has special contacts with both political and business circles in the United States, and his influence in the media industry is even greater.

There is no doubt that everyone has set their sights on himself.

He flatly denied it, but in the media, similar news seemed to be a great news, and all of them were happy.

In the influence of the business circles and the long-term reports of the media, Hu Chuyuan had already become an act of helping the Qing government to exploit Chinese silk farmers, monopolize the world's raw silk trade, and use the low-price policy to attack the economy and take revenge on the restoration of Ryukyu sovereignty.

Some bigwigs in the business and political circles are even more overjoyed, and have begun to talk about investing in the silk industry, as if, as soon as Hu Chuyuan dies, the spring of the silk industry will come.

All believe it...... Hu Chuyuan is dead.

Qing Zhengaxe can't help but have some snickering joy and complicated worries, after all, at such a moment, while continuing to put pressure on Yueben, there are indeed some other people who have begun to think about how to embezzle the property of the Hu family.

Among the industries disclosed by the Hu family, Jiangnan Commercial Bank, CITIC Bank, and Jiangnan Agricultural Cooperative are the most attractive, and the allure of Poly Company is not low, with the Hu family's collections, the Hu family's compound, Yong Garden, Humble Administrator's Garden, Canglang Pavilion, Yu Garden, Yuyuan, and more than 60,000 acres of mulberry fields in Nanxun Town.

Hu Chuyuan invested in more than 60 small factories in Shanghai through Jiangnan Commercial Bank and CITIC Company...... Which one is not tempting.

Everyone is thinking together, how to take the Jiangnan agricultural cooperatives into the ownership of the imperial court, how to blackmail the Hu family's mansion and collections, and the officials of the Qing political axe, large and small, including Prince Su and Prince Gong, almost all have the same mind.

If you really want to start, the key is to go through those officials in Zhejiang, but Mei Qizhao and others who are sitting there have a very unusual relationship with the Hu family, and this person is notoriously pedantic and honest...... If you want to move the Hu family's nest, you first have to change Mei Qizhao's position.

As for Zuo Zongtang, he is also trying to find a way to protect the Hu family, but he is also anxious to find someone to replace Hu Chuyuan.

At this critical juncture, the French launched a battle of Shanxi in Vietnam, and the Qing army was defeated and retreated, which gave the Hu family a chance to breathe, and the attention of the Qing court shifted to Vietnam, and it was too late to blackmail the Hu family for the time being.

At this time, Hu Chuyuan had already cultivated a little in Fuding County, and secretly used another set of encryption methods to send a telegram to Yan Shizhang and Wu Shuzhen, so that they would not have to worry about it for the time being.

A few days later, he secretly moved to Changle County, across the Min River and across the Fuzhou Shipyard.

In Changle County, Hu Chuyuan rented a courtyard and lived quietly for three or four days, and then sent someone to invite Yan Shizhang over and let them meet him in Changle County.

That night, the night was vast, and it rained for a day at the mouth of the Minjiang River.

Hu Chuyuan waited in his room for more than an hour before Yan Shizhang rushed into the house, and as soon as he entered the door, he knelt down with a pounce when he saw Hu Chuyuan.

Hu Chuyuan hurriedly stepped forward to help him up, but he was already sighing with tears in his eyes: "Boss, you really make me wait...... Fortunately, the sky has eyes, and you have escaped again. ”

Hu Chuyuan also sighed.

How could he have imagined that his life would be so bumpy.

He asked Chen Shanyuan to close the door, invited Yan Shizhang to sit down on the low couch, and made a pot of hot tea.

After taking a sip of tea, Hu Chuyuan asked Yan Shizhang, "How is the situation at my family?" ”

Yan Shizhang suddenly couldn't help laughing and said: "Everything is fine, the old man has to congratulate the owner, Mrs. is happy." ”

Hu Chuyuan was overjoyed when he heard this, and thought to himself, this is really a great calamity, and there will be a blessing in the future.

He hurriedly asked, "Is it a man or a woman......?" ”

Yan Shizhang smiled and said: "This matter, where is the old decay clear, even the lady is not clear." At present, it is two or three months, and Mrs. is still happy a few days ago, eating and vomiting as much as she wants, but she has been getting better in recent days. I have here a handwritten letter from Madame for me to pass on to you. ”

Saying this, he took out Wu Shuzhen's handbook and handed it to Hu Chuyuan.

Hu Chuyuan couldn't wait to open the letter and read it, and he couldn't help but feel a lot more relieved.

Wu Shuzhen is Wu Shuzhen after all, and after knowing that he is still alive, he stabilized everything at home, and let the big shopkeepers continue to run the family business.

Although she is happy, things are uncertain, not to mention whether the child is male or female, it is unknown whether it will have a miscarriage or whether it will die young.

Zuo Zongtang mentioned to the eldest lady of the Hu family that he wanted to pass on a grandson from the family of the fourth master Hu Yueqiao to Hu Chuyuan as a stepson, recognize Wu Shuzhen as his mother, and let Wu Shuzhen take care of the family business first, but it was really not possible, so he used this stepson to inherit the family business for Hu Chuyuan.

Hu Chuyuan just got married at the beginning of the year, the second Hu Pinyuan has not yet married, and the third Hu Yiyuan is a special case, and he married He Jing's eldest daughter He Xiaoxia in Fuzhou before going to the United States, and now both of them are in the United States and have no children.

If you want to add a stepson to Hu Chuyuan temporarily, you can only find a way from the fourth master's family, and it stands to reason that you should find a child from Hu Shiyuan's family, it just so happens that Hu Weiyuan's wife is the eldest lady's aunt and niece, and she has three sons under her knees.

The eldest lady chose Hu Weiyuan's youngest son, who was renamed Hu Weizhong by Wu Shuzhen, and has been raised at home.

In this way, no matter whether Hu Chuyuan is dead or not, according to the reason and reputation, Wu Shuzhen has the right to manage the family business, and the big shopkeepers also admit this matter and this reason, and they also look for Wu Shuzhen when they want to remit the account.

With Wu Shuzhen's ability, she is also the most suitable person at this time.

Wu Shuzhen wrote all these things in the letter and told Hu Chuyuan little by little, so that he could handle his own affairs with peace of mind.

She knows, and she also understands, Hu Chuyuan is going to plan now, hide in the shadows to find out who is assassinating him continuously, who provides funds, who is responsible for planning, who is responsible for execution, these people must be found out before they can retaliate.

Anyway, now that he already has a son and a biological child who will be born, Hu Chuyuan doesn't know how happy he is.

When you live to this age, you can understand how important it is.

It's like you have a lot of unfinished business in your life, and you can count on him.

It's as if you've lived for Him all your life.

All your hopes are in him, and you want to create a better tomorrow and a better world for him, even at the cost of your life.

Hu Chuyuan was very happy, patted his thigh, and said with a smile: "I haven't worked in vain, I finally have ......!" ”

Yan Shizhang didn't know when he found a dry cigarette to smoke, and he smiled: "The owner, I knew it now, why bother in the first place...... If you get married earlier and take Miss Pan as a concubine, maybe you can hold two babies now. At your age, I have two dolls, a boy and a girl. ”

Hu Chuyuan smiled.

Hearing the name of "Miss Pan", he asked Yan Shizhang, "Where is Pan Limei?" ”

Yan Shizhang continued to smoke dry cigarettes and said, "Well, she follows her wife to manage the family business, and thanks to this little girl who stayed in the silk factory a few years ago, she gave Mrs. a hand, which is clear-eyed." As a precaution, Lord Zhongtang set up a whole set of targets around the Yong Garden, which was guarded by more than 400 Xiang Yong, and I also assigned some people to be responsible for the search and investigation in Shanghai, and asked Mr. Wang Zhengyi and Mr. Liu Qilan to set up a Shanghai Sports Association to strengthen protection in the vicinity of the Yong Garden. On Ben's side, I asked Pan Qiying to be in charge of secretly tracking down all kinds of intelligence. ”

Speaking of this, he paused slightly, and said in a low voice: "My lord, you are dead, all kinds of big ghosts have surfaced. Pan Qiying sent me a telegram, and according to his inference, the real behind-the-scenes boss should be a person named Inoue Xin. Pan Qiying said that this person is currently serving as the ...... of the book What is the official position of the Secretary of Foreign Affairs, it is difficult to say how many titles it is, this person was adopted by the Zhidao family before, and he was called Zhidao Wenduo, which is a bit consistent with the Mr. Zhidao we are looking for. During this period, he is actively contacting various chaebols, preparing to make a larger investment in the silk industry. His status in the political circles is very high, and he is said to be the big steward of the Mitsui family, so he can use the financial resources of the Mitsui family. A lot of cooperation between the Shibusawa family and the Mitsui family was completed through this Inoue Shin, and in addition, Inoue Shin recently launched a particularly high-profile opening ceremony called the Shikamei Pavilion, inviting a large number of officials, business gentry and foreigners. ”

Hu Chuyuan pondered silently for a moment and asked, "Can you be sure?" ”

Yan Shizhang said: "I'd rather kill by mistake than let go, don't return the color, how can I make them cold." Don't worry, I have already discussed with my wife and am ready to send my wife to Suzhou secretly, and only my wife and I know about the single-family residence. ”

After a pause, he said again: "Pan Limei, that girl...... After all, I grew up in Yueben, and although I have been sending people to keep an eye on it, I haven't found anything abnormal, but I'm not very relieved. I pondered that I would let Madame be separated from her for a while, and not let her know Madame's whereabouts. ”

Hu Chuyuan did not speak.

He carefully pondered in his heart, weighed, these days, he has been thinking about a large-scale revenge, a tooth for a tooth may not be able to save him, but at least it can make the opponent pay the price.

Hu Chuyuan is different.

The power of his ambush in Yumoto was still lurking in the dark corners like a poisonous snake, only a little bit exposed, and it was not difficult to assassinate Inoue Shin, but he did not intend to do so.

Because...... His enemy is not Inoue alone, but the whole of Samoto, the country and all of him.

This decided that Hu Chuyuan's plan must be larger and more far-reaching, and it is not too late for a gentleman to take revenge, ten years is not too late, and it can also be understood that it may as well take ten years to plan a greater revenge.

Thinking of this, Hu Chuyuan and Yan Shizhang said: "Sir, let the Fuqing Society operate secretly, go deeper and investigate more carefully, but don't rush into action, startle the snake, insert the eyeliner deeper and more hidden, and provide us with all kinds of information for a longer time." In addition, you send a telegram to your wife, asking her to raise the price of raw silk supply, and give me a respite for the time being. ”

Yan Shizhang couldn't help but sigh and said, "Okay, don't worry, I'll send this telegram to my wife after I go back." It's just that I succeeded, and the old man was indignant in his heart! ”

Hu Chuyuan sneered faintly and said, "It's okay, if we have to settle accounts with them, there will be more opportunities." We make two preparations, first, let them calm down first, let them invest in raw silk; Second, we secretly intensified the rectification and expansion of the silk industry and the tea industry; When the opportunity is right, I will continue to make a sudden price adjustment to tie up all their funds. ”

Yan Shizhang couldn't help laughing out loud and said: "When it comes to doing business, there is still no one who can compare to the owner, so let's wait and see how much money is available behind me!" ”

Hu Chuyuan snorted and continued to weigh in his heart.

The silk industry is different from the industry, and the silk industry and the tea industry have to go through at least three or five years of brewing from investment to output, and the cost cannot be recovered during this time.

He had to wait, wait for the period when his investment in raw silk was at its largest, and suddenly reduce the price of silk, and he did not hesitate to suppress the economy at a loss.

At that time, he will pay 1 million taels of silver, and he will have to pay 5 million taels of silver.

After Yan Shizhang left, Hu Chuyuan couldn't calm down in his heart, and in his worries, there was more of an extremely special joy.

He's going to be a father.

This feeling is really peculiar, he can't wait to fly back to Wu Shuzhen's side, but he can only hold back this desire in his heart.

He could only write a letter and ask Yan Shizhang to secretly transfer it to Wu Shuzhen.

In addition, he also wrote two other letters to Zuo Zongtang and Mei Qizhao respectively, so that they could all rest assured that he was not dead and that he was going to plan something bigger.

A few days later, although Hu Chuyuan was a little reluctant, he still asked Hu Rong to lie that he was dead, changed his name and surname, and returned to Huizhou to take care of the Hu family's family business.

Hu Chuyuan only contacted Yan Shizhang, and Yan Shizhang contacted other people, covering up the origin of Hu Chuyuan's telegrams through the large number of telegrams in and out of the Fuzhou Telegraph Office, so as to prevent others from knowing Hu Chuyuan's exact whereabouts.

During this time in Changle County, the situation of the Sino-French war also became urgent, because Hu Chuyuan's life and death were unknown, and the Qing court could not summon the Minister of Jiangnan Trade to appear, so it had to continue to appoint Li Hongzhang to be fully responsible for negotiating with the French.

Since Li Hongzhang is in charge, the situation has become very simple.

Li Hongzhang knew very well in his heart that the garrisons of Liangguang were all Huai troops, in case the French wiped out all those troops, what else would he take to return to the throne of Zhongtang, if the French went all the way north, they wanted to fight the Beijing division, or continue to exchange fire with his Huai army.

No matter how it is calculated, it is unlucky for the Huai system, so Li Hongzhang wants to negotiate peace wholeheartedly, and the Qing court does not want to negotiate peace, the two sides hit it off, and desperately want to negotiate peace with the French.

The French have always been empty-sighted, believing that they are the second largest military power in the world, and they do not take Li Hongzhang and the Qing court in their eyes at all.

(To be continued)