Hu Chuyuan knows in his heart, Gu Shouzang is proficient in antiques, calligraphy and painting, but he may not be a "human spirit", not to mention that this person loves treasures like life, and he is already in the world of antiques, unlike Shen Furong, who is playing and not indulging.

Early the next morning, Hu Chuyuan called Shen Furong over to talk secretly for a while, and entrusted him with all the power of "Rong Bao Zhai", a bowl of water was level, and he was also given a share of Yicheng, and the New Year's bonus and commendation of the big shopkeeper were counted separately.

By Hu Chuyuan's side, he has another "Rong", that is, Wang Yirong, it is Wang Yirong in the north and Shen Furong in the south, and these two Rongs add up to be the real "Rong Bao Zhai".

In this regard, Hu Chuyuan pondered a lot, with Wang Yirong's talent, it is easy to pass the Jinshi examination, not to mention the appreciation of Wan Qingquinoa, the secretary of the capital department.

Wang Yirong has the fortune to be an official, and he doesn't want to stop people's future, but he hopes that Wang Yirong will devote himself to academics, study oracle bone inscriptions, study Dunhuang studies and other traditional Chinese studies.

Because, everyone has everyone's talent, and Wang Yirong just doesn't have the talent to be an official.

Yan Shizhang has a lot of talent as an official, but it's a pity, it's a pity, it's a pity, and he's old.

Speaking of the talent of being an official, Hu Chuyuan thought of Tan Zhonglin, he can be regarded as having seen many high-ranking officials, but Tan Zhonglin is really powerful.

He thought, no wonder this person was able to achieve the throne of the governor of Zhili, which was the highest position of power among the governors of the world.

Compared with Tan Zhonglin, Mei Qizhao, the current governor of Zhejiang, and Yang Changjun, the former governor of Zhejiang, are all different from each other.

However, there is a bad place, Tan Zhonglin is a relatively conservative person, he has always held a more disgusted opinion on foreign affairs, on the other hand, he is very fond of the "Jiangnan New Countryside" plan advocated by Hu Chuyuan.

Thinking of this, Hu Chuyuan had to admit that no one is perfect.

Inadvertently, Hu Chuyuan found that he was in this layer of crisis, and he could actually think about things further so calmly, there is no doubt that all of this is due to the existence of the four shopkeepers.

With big shopkeepers like Chen Xiaobai, Liu Chengxiang, Tan Yiyun, and Shen Furong available, housekeepers like Wang Baotian and Hu Rong to be poor, and young talents like Lu Sanyuan and Zhang Lingpu to be transferred, he can sit in the Hu Mansion so with peace of mind.

He quietly pondered about distant events, and felt more and more that after the Jiangnan salt disaster case was decided, he would really gather all his strength to do a few big things.

The first is "Jiaomin", he wants to really prepare for a few good schools in Shanghai, the Good School Museum, the Chinese School Museum, and the Western School Museum must first be properly established, then a few middle schools, followed by the Business Museum, the Engineering Museum, and the Agricultural Science Museum.

Second, he must gather most of the financial and manpower resources to really do a good job in the agriculture of the five provinces south of the Yangtze River, especially the three industries of silk, tea and cotton, and must grasp it, and secondly, the revival of the porcelain industry and the preparation of silk reeling, silk dyeing, tea factories, and cotton yarn factories.

In the end, he has to continue to fight with Sheng Xuanhuai, and if the Shanghai China Merchants Steamship Bureau can fight, if he can't, he will prepare for the Jiangnan Steamship Bureau, and the Telegraph Bureau must be won, and no matter how much money he will do - you must know that the reason why Hu Xueyan will collapse, this small telegram plays a very key role.

Information is always the most important thing.

In the end, he still has to consider the Fuzhou Shipyard, the bottomless pit needs to be filled, and the Fujian Navy Division has to find a way to rectify it.

Otherwise, He Jing will have to stage a good show of escaping again.

He Jing will run away, it's a big deal not to be an official, but Hu Chuyuan will be in trouble, if the newly appointed governor of Fujian and Zhejiang is not a fuel-efficient person, or is it a Qing school, Manchu system, or Huai system...... That would be a big problem, and there was no doubt that there was a fire in the backyard.

Oh yes.

Thinking of He Jing, Hu Chuyuan was angry.

At present, there are many things, and we only seek speed, not momentum and pomp.

Shen Furong and Gu Shouzang soon built a Rong Bao Zhai Shanghai store in Yu Garden, but the real place of office was in Hu Chuyuan's Hu Mansion, and several connoisseurs were mobilized from Suzhou and Hangzhou to appraise antiques in the mansion.

Zeng Guoquan They don't know if the antiques they want to wash are real or fake, if they are fakes, Hu Chuyuan has to prepare the real goods himself. Assets worth ten million taels of silver were sold to him for only two million taels of silver, which was not so easy to earn.

A few days later, Xu Run came to meet Hu Chuyuan.

He came, indicating that there was already news about the raw silk.

Hu Chuyuan went out to greet him in person, and the two met at the door of the English villa.

Xu Runxi took a few steps forward with a smile, and said to Hu Chuyuan: "I want to congratulate Hu Shao on making a fortune!" ”

Hu Chuyuan laughed happily, and immediately invited him into the living room to sit down, and then asked, "Has the matter of raw silk been done?" ”

Xu Run took out a few initialed agreements from his briefcase and said: "In the afternoon, it can be sent to foreigners for inspection, Jardine Matheson, Wanbao and Sassoon are willing to buy 200,000 catties of Jili silk each, Wanbao Foreign Company will buy 100,000 jin of Jili silk, Qichang Foreign Bank will buy 520,000 jin of Susi alone, only those Hangsi ...... This is a bit troublesome, so I took the lead and asked Qichang Foreign Bank to buy 100,000 catties, and the price was not high. In fact, Hangzhou silk is not bad, spring silk is also considered a first and second class, and Xia silk is worse than lake silk. ”

Hu Chuyuan said: "It doesn't matter, I'll keep it for myself." ”

Xu Run couldn't help but be a little surprised, and said, "How are you going to use 110,000 catties of raw silk?" ”

Hu Chuyuan said: "I'm not in a hurry to say this, I want to ask about the price!" ”

Xu Runxi smiled: "So, I want to congratulate Hu Shao on making a fortune." All foreign companies were talking to Pang Yunhong, they were talking about the price, while contacting overseas dealers, but I don't know if Pang Yunhong thought the price was low, and actually refused to sell, just I went to them to talk about selling silk, the quantity and quality are good, they were afraid that I would also retreat halfway, the price was very good, Jili Silk was 7 taels of silver, Susi was 7 taels of silver, and Susi was 7 taels of 4 dollars, even Hang Si had a good price of 6 taels and 8 yuan. As long as the goods are on the ship, half of the payment will be paid immediately, the other 30% will be repaid in three months, and all the balance will be paid off after half a year. ”

Speaking of this, Xu Run smiled again: "Congratulations, Hu Shao, you have really made a fortune." ”

Hu Chuyuan couldn't help laughing, and said to Xu Run: "Boss Xu is really the tea king of Shanghai, and the relationship with foreign companies is indeed extraordinary!" ”

Xu Run also laughed and said, "This, that's really not bragging." To tell you the truth, when I was negotiating with a foreign bank to sell silk, Liu Yong and Ningbo businessmen were also talking, but my face was always bigger, and the foreign bank also hoped to continue to cooperate with me in the future. I gathered all the foreign firms together, and bragged about it by the way, saying that the imperial court had given me all the raw silk confiscated, and if I wanted to buy silk, I would talk about it now, and negotiate it today, otherwise I would lead other merchants to continue to press silk. Of course, the foreign bank was in a hurry, and immediately signed the contract with me. ”

After a pause, he sighed and sighed again: "However, Boss Liu Yong and Boss Pang Yunhong are in big trouble, I sell a lot of raw silk this time, and the major foreign companies can't talk about being full, but they don't worry." I'm afraid that Boss Liu and Boss Pang's raw silk can't be sold for five taels of silver per catty! ”

"yes!"

Hu Chuyuan smiled bitterly, he knew that he had offended a lot of people this time.

But he couldn't manage so much, on the one hand, he asked Tan Yiyun to be responsible for sending the silk on the ship, and on the other hand, he set up a banquet to entertain Xu Run.

Halfway through the meal, Xu Run proposed to borrow another amount of money, but the amount was not much...... 800,000 foreign yen.

Hu Chuyuan felt more and more that there was indeed a problem with Xu Run's capital chain, but he still agreed without thinking, and when Tan Yiyun and Chen Xiaobai came over at night, he asked Chen Xiaobai, and then he knew...... After Tang Tingshu's 20% shares of the Shanghai Steamship Merchants Bureau were confiscated, they belonged to the imperial court, and the official shares of the Steamship Bureau reached 60%.

Even though Xu Run was the real operator, Li Hongzhang still asked Zheng Guanying, an ally of Sheng Xuanhuai, to be the general office of the steamship bureau, and intended to let Zheng Guanying contribute to buy back some of the shares.

In order to maintain his position in the steamship bureau, Xu Run and Zheng Guanying could only buy shares of other businessmen at a bargain to maintain the status of a major shareholder.

Since this is the case, Hu Chuyuan was not polite, and immediately asked Chen Xiaobai and Xu Runming to say that as long as he robbed the share capital of the Steamship Bureau, no matter how much money he had, he could borrow it with preferential interest.