Back in Shanghai, Hu Chuyuan finally knew what kind of long-lost taste "leisure" was.

He is back, and the big ship of "Fukang Company" can also sail out of the world's commercial seas again, and it is natural to be stable for now.

Hu Chuyuan, his idea has always been very direct, since everyone plays capitalism, well, let him be an example of Chinese capitalists and control everything in the world.

Nothing is impossible, as long as you can use enough means to hide everything behind the capital without a trace.

For example, Hu is now preparing dozens of foundations and subsidiaries of the Fukang family.

Everything Hu Chuyuan needs, the third Hu Yuyuan is ready, just waiting for his eldest brother to return to Shanghai, and the brothers work together to draw a strange and unpredictable pattern in the history of commerce in China and the world.

Dick?

Hu Pinyuan is still continuing to be his official, but he has been transferred from the Minister of Culture and Education to the Minister of Transportation, and the construction and operation of railways, highways, ports, and waterways are all under his jurisdiction.

Everyone is relieved that he will never be corrupt.

Back in Shanghai, Hu Chuyuan finally took a leisurely time, and every day he taught his wife and children at home, helped his wife Wu Shuzhen and Pan Limei come up with some ideas, read newspapers to several young sons, talk about the world, and start their ambitions.

It's already April in a flash, Yanjing ...... The new cabinet members have all been determined, although these people are almost all finalized by Hu Chuyuan in advance, but after all, in terms of nominal and real power, they really belong to Qu Hongji's cabinet.

Shanghai in April is warm, the weather is sunny, and there are signs of getting hot at any time.

The sun shone in the courtyard of Splendid Villa, and Hu Chuyuan sat leisurely on a rattan chair in the corridor, swaying, his eyes closed, and humming a strange tune that was neither Peking Opera nor pop song in his mouth.

Dada, da.

He just hummed, enjoying the fun and peace of the moment, about life, about the future, he was already satisfied, those things that he would have worked hard for in his life, or decades of hard work...... Leave the great cause to others.

At such a time, Miss Qiu Jin's words always sounded in Hu Chuyuan's heart from time to time, affecting Hu Chuyuan's decision-making from time to time.

He couldn't help but start thinking about the issue of common prosperity.

The housekeeper Hu Daqin led a man over, who was holding a thick stack of account books.

Time flies.

Zheng Xitai, Lu Sanyuan, Ye Tongguang, Gu Shouzang, Hu Dazong, Zhuang Jiaxian, Hu Baosong...... The chief shopkeepers of that batch, the four shopkeepers in the heyday of the Hu family, have all withdrawn from the business sea one after another.

Zheng Xitai is already a 68-year-old old man, a few years ago he died of tuberculosis in Shanghai Tongji Hospital, Ye Tongguang and Gu Shouzang also died, Lu Sanyuan retired from illness and returned to Nanxun, Huzhou to retire.

Now there are still four people who hold the general shopkeeper seat for the Hu family, Lu Xigui, Li Enfu, Cheng Daye, and Cao Maoxiang.

The four of them are all young children in the United States sponsored by Hu Chuyuan in his early years, and each of them has roughly the same growth experience, and now they can be regarded as the chief shopkeeper and senior partners of several major companies under Fukang Company.

Among these four people, because Cheng Daye is a native of Huizhou, he is relatively more valued by the Hu family, and now he is not only one of the four chief treasurers, but also the general ledger of the general ledger.

Cheng Daye held the general account book of the new statistics, walked over quickly with Hu Daqin, and when he arrived at Hu Chuyuan's side, he didn't even dare to breathe.

Only then did Hu Daqin ask Hu Chuyuan in a low voice: "Master, the accounts are all clear." ”

Hu Chuyuan nodded slightly, continued to close his eyes and recuperate, and said after a while: "Housekeeper, go and move a chair for Mr. Cheng's shopkeeper to sit down, I have something to ask him." ”

"Yes!"

Hu Daqin agreed respectfully and quietly turned around to do something.

After Hu Rong's death, Hu Chuyuan has been sponsoring several children of his family to study and work, some rely on the relationship to do wrong, and some learn well, Hu Daqin is even the most learned one, not smart, better than diligent and faithful, after returning from studying abroad, he has been working as an instructor in Huizhou Business School, and later promoted to director of logistics.

Such a person seems to be very condescending to be a housekeeper.

However, Hu Chuyuan wanted someone like Hu Daqin, and Hu Daqin was also very happy.

Cheng Daye is a different kind of person.

Over the years, the Hu family's business has been dominated by Hu Yuanyuan, and the four chief shopkeepers are all people who were pulled out by Hu Yuanyuan.

Now, these things are going to be decided by Hu Chuyuan again, and Cheng Daye is inevitably a little apprehensive.

After working in China CITIC Bank and rich Asian countries for so many years, Cheng Daye has rarely stood by Hu Chuyuan's side so closely, thinking of Hu Chuyuan's extraordinary identity and status, people like Rao is Cheng Daye are also trembling and afraid.

Hu Chuyuan felt it, but he didn't care, and when the chair came, he asked Cheng Daye to sit down, while he himself opened the general account book and browsed it carefully.

The Hu family has long said that the general account book should be divided into five parts: the rich Asian countries, the China CITIC Bank, the Jiangnan Commercial Bank, the CITIC Society, and the miscellaneous departments; the rich Asian countries are the king of industry, the China CITIC Bank is the king of finance, the Jiangnan Commercial Bank is the king of the commercial banks, and the China CITIC Society is the king of the agricultural industry.

The miscellaneous section contains more and more miscellaneous things, mainly some of the Hu family's investments in Nanyang, and the assets abroad are not counted by the general ledger.

Hu Chuyuan roughly looked through the accounts, covering the market value of each listed company, with total assets of about 21.359 billion yuan, and a debt ratio of 17.3%, an increase of 10.4% over the same period last year, and an average growth rate of 3 percentage points lower than in previous years.

He thought that this was probably the reason why Cheng Daye was worried.

After a little thought in his mind, Hu Chuyuan closed the account and said to Cheng Daye very usually: "In the Hu family, the person chosen by the third child is the person I choose, you don't have to care too much, just do things as usual." ”

Cheng Daye breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this, and said: "Don't worry, no matter who is in charge of the owner, we will treat everyone equally as the shopkeeper, not to mention, the Hu family's family business was not founded by you back then!" ”

Hu Chuyuan hummed and said: "Regarding the matter of this general account, let's not be in a hurry to talk about it, let me ask you by the way, at the moment I want to integrate the Fuguo system into Fukang Company, what are your opinions and ideas?" ”

Cheng Daye immediately said: "I am the shopkeeper, and such a major event naturally has to obey the command of the owner." As for what I think...... The owner, I think this matter is also imperative, the Hu family's current industry is big, but in recent years, there has always been a lack of a real backbone, whether it is CITIC Bank, or a rich country in Asia, or the old Jiangnan Commercial Bank, everyone thinks that he is the eldest son of the Hu family. Whoever is in charge of these things, you still have to listen to the owner to make a clear number. As for the rich countries in Asia, they also have to adjust and adjust internally, such as rich countries, Jiangnan, Hyundai, Yinghua, China Metallurgical, China Iron and Steel Union, China Railway Union, Zibo Petrochemical, ...... These are not small companies. ”

Hu Chuyuan continued to hum and said, "Yes, the momentum of development over the years has been very fast, but I also think it's a bit chaotic." ”

As for how the Hu family's industry should be rectified and readjusted, Hu Chuyuan had the answer in his heart, but he was not in a hurry to say it.

He had to keep weighing.

It is not his style to personally slash the knife, let Hu Xuanyuan do it, then Hu Xuanyuan must sincerely agree.

Now, Hu Chuyuan has some ideas to integrate domestic and foreign industries to form several larger real international chaebols, especially after China, the United States, Britain and France have reached a consensus on a new international trade and investment treaty, and there is already a foundation for forming a giant chaebol across China, the United States and Europe.

Regarding some internal problems of various domestic companies, Hu Chuyuan lacked enough understanding, he still asked Cheng Daye first, and after asking some questions that seemed to have nothing to do with integration, he asked Cheng Daye to go back to the general letter room first.

At present, Hu Chuyuan has only three things in mind, the first thing is the reintegration of the entire Hu industry, facing a more long-term era; The second thing is the overall affluence of the country; The third thing...... Relations between China and the First World War.

There is still a serious problem of uneven distribution in the world, especially after the end of the Far East War, China has become the world's largest country in terms of territory and the second largest overseas colony and protectorate.

Objectively speaking, Britain's industrial strength is also inferior to that of Germany and the United States.

After the Far East War, although Sino-French relations were gradually returning to normal, there was an irreparable hatred between China and Russia, and the contradictions between Russia and Austria-Hungary and the Ottoman Empire were also very deep.

Because of the rapid expansion of China's territory and interests in the world, there are many new contradictions between China, Britain and the United States, but on the whole, cooperation still outweighs conflict.

In Hu Chuyuan's view, the First World War will inevitably break out, the question is when, in what form, and in what combination...... have become unpredictable unknowns.

In a sense, China's enormous gains from the Far East war are tempting the emerging powers to challenge the declining empire of Hu Chuyuan, hoping that he can accomplish the first two things before the outbreak of World War I, so that he can free up more energy and strength to deal with the war.

He understands at least one thing...... The Russians are absolutely unwilling, and if they want to keep the fruits of victory, there will be a bloody war between China and Russia.

It is precisely for this reason that, after the victory in the Far East War, he continued to maintain a Russophobic orientation in domestic compulsory education and propaganda, exposing all the evil deeds done by the Russians against the Chinese in the Far East.

After a two-month recuperation in Shanghai's Yongyuan, the new cabinet began to gradually get on the right track, because the number of republican cabinet officials increased greatly, and the whole political trend began to develop towards the republic throughout the country, and new political parties continued to emerge.

Hu Chuyuan, who continues to hold the post of chairman of the e-Ducal Party and chairman of the State Military Commission, actually controls the political and military affairs of the whole of China, but he has retreated into the background.

May.

Hu Chuyuan took a special train to Hangzhou and Jinqu Basin to inspect the development of agriculture in the south of the Yangtze River, and people always say that the golden autumn is the harvest season, but in the south of the Yangtze River, more than 50% of the annual agricultural income is born before the summer...... Spring tea, spring silk, wheat, rape.

In Zhejiang in May, spring tea has already been listed, rape has also been harvested, and spring silk is about to be listed.

Accompanied by his two wives, Hu Chuyuan took the train all the way through the hinterland of Zhejiang, looking at the yellowing wheat waves, the green mulberry fields and tea fields, and the ...... of the fields being ploughed.

His heart reaped an unprecedented joy.

His accomplishments were many, but in his own heart, he always felt that his greatest achievement was to avoid a civil war.

China is so strong without a civil war.

There is no doubt about that.

The train gradually entered the downtown area of Hangzhou.

In the past 25 years, Hangzhou's development speed is very amazing, as China's largest raw silk distribution center and silk processing production area, is shining brightly.

Hangzhou's textile industry is second only to Shanghai in terms of scale, as the provincial capital of Zhejiang, its economic development in other aspects is also very fast, with a complete system of light and heavy industries, while Ningbo uses the advantages of the port to develop port and petrochemical industry, and Hangzhou's economy is matched.

Hangzhou's education is even more perfect, and it is also the starting point for Hu Chuyuan to set up a school, and at present, the overall education level of Hangzhou should be the highest in China, which provides a good foundation for the development of new industries in Hangzhou.

In Hangzhou, there were countless electrical, mechanical, and dye factories run by other merchants, especially Huizhou merchants, who almost regarded Hangzhou as the first springboard to Shanghai.

Because of its early development, Hangzhou's acceptance of foreign culture is second only to Shanghai's.

Since 1890, Hangzhou has followed the New City and Beautification Movement in the United States, carrying out new planning and development of the city, and within the city, all new buildings need to be aesthetically reviewed by a special institution.

Shanghai has begun to build an underground rail system following New York's example, while Hangzhou is running the Ring Road bus and tram.

The buildings of the Ming and Qing dynasties and the Song Dynasty in the old city are being repaired, most of the buildings in the new city are a kind of neoclassical style, and the momentum of the country is getting stronger and stronger.

To put it simply, the so-called neoclassical style is the layout of the Han and Tang dynasties, the decorative details of the Ming and Qing dynasties, the modern building materials, the architectural symmetry and white walls and black eaves, and the overall layout pursues the asymmetrical surname of the Song and Ming Dynasty structures, the layout is high and low, and the mountains are high and the water is low.

In terms of the actual room set-up, it is more modern.

Jiangnan is the source of neoclassical style, and Hangzhou is the source of the source, in today's Hangzhou, neoclassical style and foreign academic style are very common, almost everywhere.

Hangzhou's garden area is also very large, especially in the area around the West Lake, which is almost a very large national city park, very beautiful.

After the train arrived at the station, Hu Chuyuan continued to ride through the streets, and he was very happy to see the city he had lived in for many years becoming so beautiful.

Especially in the process of driving on the streets, you can often see similar cars, new horse-drawn carriages, rickshaws, tricycles, trucks, and vans, and the streets are also very wide and paved with beautiful asphalt roads.

Hu Chuyuan sighed in his heart, Hangzhou people are rich.

He looked all the way and encountered at least more than 100 cars, some of which were domestic and some of which were of foreign brands, and there were many cars of Jiangnan brand and Shanghai Shenbao brand.

To be able to discover such a beautiful and modern city in China in such an era, Hu Chuyuan believes that anyone must recognize China's strength and strength.

His car slowly drove into the Hu family's compound, and the personnel from the confidential secretariat and the secret service had already arrived, and the whole compound was very lively, and everyone kept arranging here.

Sometimes, Hu Chuyuan also likes to engage in nepotism, and after Chen Sanli left the confidential secretariat to become mayor of Shanghai, Hu Chuyuan promoted Liang Qichao, a native of Hangzhou, to be the foreman of the confidential department, and the general affairs of the secretariat.

Whether Liang Qichao has this ability is another matter, the most important point...... He is absolutely loyal to Hu Chuyuan.

Liang Qichao had already arranged everything that could be arranged in advance, and he went deep into the towns and villages of Hangzhou to conduct research a month in advance, and also prepared a first-hand research report, so Hu Chuyuan could only rest, and he sent the report up.

Hu Chuyuan glanced at it hastily, did not look closely, put Liang Qichao's investigation report on Zhejiang's agricultural economy aside, and let Liang Qichao go down first to do other things.

When Liang Qichao left, he silently looked at the big study on the second floor of Baishi Building.

The large desk left by Hu Xueyan was arranged in place untouched, facing the window, and when the doors and windows were opened, the scenery of the Hu family's compound was even more unobstructed.

Crunch.

The door was pushed open, and Pan Limei quietly walked in.

Hu Chuyuan glanced at her and asked, "What about Shuzhen?" ”

Pan Limei smiled and said, "The eldest sister is cleaning up the bedroom, she wants to live in the mahogany hall, let me ask you what you mean!" ”

Hu Chuyuan nodded and said, "Whatever, anyway, it's at home, and it's the same wherever you live." ”

Saying this, he felt in his heart that this place had lost the charm of home.

His home is in the Zizheng Garden, in the Shanghai Yongyuan.

It was the family home he built for his family, and this is the family home built by Hu Xueyan, who built his own home with his hands, sheltered his family from the wind and rain, and provided a safe place for the children to live.

This is the meaning of home, and it is also the dream and value of every man.

It's a pity that the children have their own worlds one after another, Hu Weizhong has completed his law degree from Yale University ahead of schedule, just went to Yenching, and worked as a secretary for Qu Hongji in the confidential secretariat, Hu Weihui is at Stanford University, Hu Weini is about to get married, Hu Weiya and Hu Weisai also decided to stay in the United States to live, Hu Weitang and Hu Weiting just went to Germany, one is at the Army Academy in Berlin, and the other is at the University of Bonn.

Only the youngest son, Hu Weixin, is still studying at Tongji Public School in Shanghai.

Hu Chuyuan thought in his heart, when Hu Weixin also left Yongyuan, would he and his wife be left in the huge Yuanyuan.

His achievements are so high, his fortune is so much, and the world is so big, what really belongs to him?

looked at the home that his father left to him with hope, but was abandoned by him...... In the Hu family's compound, Hu Chuyuan suddenly had a special epiphany - he thought that the things he pursued frantically when he was young might not be important.

Wealth, power, .......

Maybe not very important.

Seemingly, nothing can be more important than peace of mind.

The question is, can he have peace of mind?

People who don't do bad things...... I can have peace of mind, but, but...... But I've done too much of it!

Hu Chuyuan said to himself so plainly, sighed, stared at the scenery in the Hu family's compound, no one lived for too long, although someone has been cleaning and taking care of it, there is still a lack of vitality here after all, and it is not as luxurious as in the past and memories.

It turns out that without human existence, luxury loses its meaning.

Therefore, "people" are the most important thing.

Looking at the fascinated brilliance in his eyes, Pan Limei smiled slyly, as if she also recalled the bits and pieces she had left in this Hu family compound with his youth.

She smiled faintly, calmly walked to Hu Chuyuan's side, and looked out the window with him.

After a moment, she asked, "Did you think of anything?" ”

Hu Chuyuan replied simply: "The past, the present, and the future ......!" ”

Pan Limei sighed: "It's a lot, me...... I only think of the past, the past is really beautiful, but we are always aging slowly! ”

Hu Chuyuan pointed his finger at his temple very seriously, and said, "Here, you will never be old...... It will never grow old. ”

Pan Li smiled beautifully.

After a pause, Hu Chuyuan said again: "I'm thinking, the achievements I have pursued are actually not so important, at least in my current opinion, if I have more years, I want to pursue another value." ”

Pan Limei asked curiously, "What?" ”

Hu Chuyuan replied more simply: "Grand Duke! ”

Two words.

It's two very simple words, but it's something that countless people haven't done for thousands of years.

Hu Chuyuan also knew that he couldn't do it, but he still wanted to do it to see if he could do it, and whether he could get close to the goal was another.

Grand Duke.

The Grand Duke of the World.

The so-called Grand Duke of the World, Hu Chuyuan's understanding is very simple...... Everyone has money.

He thought that if China could one day achieve prosperity and welfare in the average sense like Sweden and Germany, the Chinese would have really achieved something.

Although she didn't understand what Hu Chuyuan was thinking in her heart, Pan Limei could still understand a little bit about the "Grand Duke" that Hu Chuyuan said, and she smiled silently: "Okay, I will definitely support you, husband!" ”

"yes!"

Hu Chuyuan smiled and turned to look at her.

The two looked at each other, as if they had said a lot of words in an instant, but there was no sound.

(To be continued)