Chen Moran, who was far away in Nanjing, did not know that in Shanghai, a group of people were launching a conspiracy against him, at this time, with a smile on his face and a happy heart, Chen Moran was on crutches and Sun Mingjiu under the guidance of Liu Nengxian, but along the long corridor composed of vermilion painted wooden pillars under the pink walls and tiles, towards the Xuyuan Garden of the Liangjiang Governor's Palace.

The centuries-old Liangjiang Governor's Mansion is a garden landscape in the south of the Yangtze River. Under the warm sun of late spring, the pavilions and pavilions have a quiet and warm feeling. After walking through the winding stone path, we came to the boat boat on the lake.

The governor of Liangjiang, who was dressed in civilian clothes, was sitting in the boat, and as soon as he entered the door, Liu Nengxian and Sun Mingjiu directly lifted the hem of their clothes, that is, they wanted to kowtow, and Chen Moran also followed the local customs with his right hand and a cane, and also followed the two of them to this kowtow ceremony.

And Liu Kunyi, who was on the stone bench between the boats, gave way.

"However, if your legs and feet are not good, you will be exempted, get up, you will be exempted, Mingzhe is not an outsider."

His words made Chen Moran's heart feel relieved for a while, he had never been to Nanjing, but what he was most afraid of was kneeling, the man had gold under his knees, and he only knelt to the sky and his father, but in this world, who asked you this. When he breathed a sigh of relief, Sun Mingjiu knelt down and kowtowed respectfully three times before standing up.

"My lord, when Mingjiu came, my father asked Mingjiu to ask him to say goodbye to my lord."

Liu Kunyi smiled faintly.

"You said Sun Senda, he also didn't come to Jiangning for a long time. How's it going, your body is still strong? ”

Sun Mingjiu was busy admitting.

"Thanks to the blessing of the adult, my father's body is quite tough."

Liu Kun raised a little finger, took a sip of tea, and smiled at the snake beating stick, Chen Moran, who was standing there as soon as he just let go, this lame man was really as his nephew said, and his knee bones were really hard.

"It's not an outsider, come here, watch and sit!"

"Thank you, sir!"

Chen Moran and Sun Mingjiu were respectful at the same time, and only sat down after the maid on the side brought three round stools, although there were still three stone benches around the stone table in the shipyard.

Looking at Chen Moran, Liu Kun immediately stretched out his voice and said.

"Chen Ranzhi, Chen Cripple, to you...... The old man has been famous for a long time! ”

Chen Moran, who had been observing words and expressions, heard this and hurriedly spoke.

"I didn't think that the name of the villain would enter the ears of the adult, I was really frightened!"

Although he said this, there was no fear on his face, when he came to the governor's palace today, he specially visited Liu Nengxian and gave a generous gift, and he also knew from him that the governor of Liangjiang admired him a lot.

"Come on, don't be pretentious, since I heard your kid's name, to now, it's been a few months, and I haven't seen you come to visit the old man, aren't you afraid that when the old man comes, your eight-and-a-half-pound head will not be steady! This is because the old man likes your surname, your bones are hard, and you are also scored! Today, this bone, let's keep it! ”

This will be Liu Nengxian and Sun Mingjiu's turn, and even Chen Moran was shocked, he didn't think that this governor would say such a thing, not to mention Sun Mingjiu, even Liu Nengxian was faintly jealous of this lame man, and couldn't help but envy the blessing of this lame man, although he knew that his uncle was very appreciative of this lame man in the past, but now it seems that this kind of appreciation is beyond the reach of others.

Listening to Liu Kunyi's words, Chen Moran, who was originally reluctant to kneel, would still sit there, pressing his knee with his left hand, and kneeling down as soon as he supported his foot.

"Mistaken love by the adults, silently ......"

This time, Liu Kunyi did not stop Chen Moran, but just smiled slightly, not salty or indifferent.

"Get up!"

"Thank you, sir!"

After getting up and sitting down, Chen Moran raised his eyes lightly, although he saw that Liu Kun looked at him with appreciation, but he had read so many novels and movies, but he knew that the county order of the broken family and the prefect of the door were destroyed, and the governor of these two rivers was the role of turning his hands into clouds and covering his hands for rain on the ground of the two rivers. He is thinking about staying away from officialdom, precisely because he really can't stand such caution.

This will Liu Kunyi took a sip of tea.

"However, I know that you must have nothing to do but go to the Three Treasures Palace, and this time, Nengxian and I mentioned your development zone! There are no outsiders here, so you can just say it. ”

"Thank you, sir!"

Chen Moran thanked him politely, but this Xie Liqi did not have the despicable attitude of others, and then turned his head and glanced at Sun Mingjiu, who hurriedly took out a drawing from the iron cylinder he was carrying.

Liu Kunyi looked at Chen Mingjiu when he pushed away the drawings, and glanced at Liu Nengxian, yesterday he came to the house and mentioned to himself the reason why Chen Moran came to Jiangning, for his "Pudong Development Zone", this word sounds fresh, but it makes him curious.

The map is spread out, but it is not a drawing, but a map of Shanghai.

"Your Excellency, please look! In the eyes of foreigners, the Yangtze River seems to be like a dragon, Shanghai is the dragon's head, and the Yangtze River to the hinterland is the dragon's body. Since the opening of Shanghai, it has been the hub of China's offshore shipping and the distribution center of trade, and it is also the center of China's financial industry, and the number of factories in Shanghai exceeds that of the whole country. ”

After spreading out the drawings, Chen Moran pointed to the concession on a general map, all with a sigh. At the same time, we talk freely without thinking about gesturing.

"Since Britain and Shanghai have sought concessions, countries have even more contended for concessions in Shanghai, and the land prices of the concessions are extremely high, but once the boundary is crossed, the land of 100 yuan will rise by millions and hundreds of thousands of yuan, and by this huge profit, the public concession and the British concession have never stopped building roads across the border to the north, south and west for many years. Today, the concession is over the Suzhou Creek in the north, Shanghai City in the south, and Gordon Road was built in the west last year! I am silently afraid that after more than ten years, with the size of Shanghai, it will not be able to satisfy the interests of all countries. ”

This Chen Moran looked like he was worried about the country and the people, but Liu Kunyi just listened quietly, but his eyes were staring at the map.

"From a silent point of view, he said that if the Nanjing-Shanghai Railway was built and entered into Shanghai County by the railway, it would still be possible to prevent the concession from expanding westward."

Chen Moran, who had been observing Liu Kunyi, saw that when he mentioned that he would use the railway ring to enter Shanghai and block the expansion of the concession, his eyes moved, and he obviously moved.

"However, how can this cut off the heart of the mercenary people in the concession, once it is blocked to the west, it will expand to the east, because there is the Huangpu River blocked, but Pudong is facing the most prosperous place in the concession, and the land price of Pudong is ranging from 100 taels to 2300 taels, if a tunnel or a bridge is built, the land of Pudong can suddenly prosper, if it is then reached, only the place at the mouth of the river is the land of the concession."

Liu Kun nodded, and hummed lightly, the Shanghai concession crossed the border to build roads, is since the opening of Shanghai, the successive governors of Liangjiang are worried, the weak national strength is to protest, how can the concession be expanded by one or two times over the years, if it goes on like this, the land of the mouth of the river is afraid that it is really owned by foreigners, and the previous Chen Moran mentioned that the railway is surrounded by the railway, blocking the road to expansion, it seems to be good, the concession crosses the boundary, and the Yueguanfu railway is afraid of being unreasonable.

"I silently thought that instead of waiting for foreigners to make huge profits from the land of Pudong, I would not promise our people to develop it on their own, build river bridges to connect the two sides of the strait, and build buildings and factories along the river, which would prevent the concession from expanding to the east, and secondly, it would not allow the silver to flow out of the hands of foreigners and foreigners, and the land of Xingpu East would be advantageous, the area of development should be created, and the treasury should be realized with commercial taxes!"

Listening to Chen Moran's words, he looked at this young man in amazement, although he heard Liu Nengxian hear about the benefits of developing Pudong yesterday, but he was not as detailed as Chen Moran said today, looking at the planning on the drawings, Liu Kunyi and Liu Nengxian both raised their faces and asked with a smile.

"Listen to Nengxian yesterday, you have set up an industrial company in Shanghai, and you are buying land in Pudong on a large scale! Maybe you're in the chest! ”

"My lord, others often say, Shanghai is the Shanghai of foreigners, this Shanghai is the Shanghai of my Qing Dynasty, silently courageous, the first time I returned to Shanghai, I wanted to be this crab eater, so I thought about competing with foreigners in Pudong!"

As soon as he said this, Sun Mingjiu spread out the second drawing with interest, and after the drawing was spread, Chen Moran smiled in his heart, this was the first time he had rolled out a blueprint in front of others, a real blueprint. This blueprint is modified on the basis of the modern "big capital" that Fang Jingyuan planned for reading, to be precise, only a few of the drawings were modified to make it close to the topography of Pudong.

Even if Chen Moran admitted that he had seen the "big market" in later generations, he had to admit a fact, that is, this city modeled after the planning of European capitals was stunned, although it was only a sketch, but there were hundreds of drawings and tens of thousands of words of written materials, which still made people admire Fang Jingyuan's "ambition".

As soon as the drawings were unfolded, Liu Arsenic, the governor of Liangjiang, was attracted to the drawings, looking at the planning on the drawings, the drawings were extremely simple, but the scale was divided into roads, commerce, industry, docks, residential areas and other areas.

"My lord, please see, Mo Ran's plan for Pudong can be simply summarized as: one city, one port, one road, and one ocean. Led by the European urban design concept, we will build a comprehensive urban function with advanced market-centric functions, which is of course different from the Bund and a modern city with the charm of China! ”

"Tell me about it!"

Liu Kun twisted his beard and said lightly.

"My lord, in the future, Pudong Development Zone will be a trade port facing the whole world, based on the port externally, and connected to the mainland by railways and the Yangtze River internally, and will be the economic center and financial center city ...... the south."

Chen Moran's words, which could only be heard in the boat at this time, said that when he was excited, he sometimes turned over the other drawings on the table, and showed Liu Kunyi his bank and other buildings with oriental characteristics, when describing the city, he was like those who drew blueprints in later generations, pointing to the maps and drawings, showing Liu Kunyi, the governor of Liangjiang, an unprecedented blueprint.

This blueprint may be the first time that Liu Kunyi, a member of the imperial court, has seen and heard of the grand blueprint, and Chen Moran's mission is to tell him this grand blueprint in words, luring him to use his imagination, imagining a grand modern city that belongs to the Chinese themselves that has emerged in Pudong, and he is not like any traditional city in China, but a completely new model that introduces Western urban development, and is also mixed with the plausible model of the future city that Chen Moran knows.

Although it is just an illusory and ethereal blueprint of the model, it is full of irresistible temptation.

“…… Once this place is built, it will not only break the heart of his concession to expand eastward, but also show the westerners the modern style of our ancient Chinese country, and ten years later, the tax of this place alone can enrich the treasury of millions of yuan every year! ”

Millions of yuan, this figure really made Liu Kunyi moved, because the public and French concessions earn nearly three million yuan a year as a reference, he knew that what Chen Moran said was true, although he was moved, but when he looked at the map, he had other considerations.

"However, how to manage this place, whether to set up another government office, or ......"

"My lord, since the Great Qing Dynasty Xing Foreign Affairs, the official affairs have become geometric!"

"Hmm!"

With a cold snort, Liu Kun looked directly at Chen Moran.

"My lord, the Hanyang Iron Works has spent as much as tens of millions, and it can be used as a front car!"

"Then what do you want, is it like the concession, in the name of development, the reality of the concession!"

"Adult, Mo Ran is Chinese! It's not a foreigner, but as the adults say, the fact that the concession is carried out in the name of development, although Mo Ran is afraid, but he is silently requested! ”

"Bold!"

A fierce cold drink was accompanied by the crisp sound of the teacup falling to the ground, only the three people in the boat jumped in shock, and Sun Mingjiu was almost not frightened by Liu Kunyi's cold drink, and suddenly fell to the ground and kowtowed. And Liu Nengxian also knelt down to calm his uncle's anger.

"My lord, the land of the concession is the land of my China, and the adults have a lot of taxes!"

But after Chen Moran knelt down, he continued to speak in the face of Liu Kunyi's angry glare, but this sentence only made Liu Kunyi snort coldly.

"What you ask for silently is the treatment of the concession, not the reality of the concession! Mo Ran is a Chinese, a matter of bullying ancestors, silently afraid that he will not be recognized by his ancestors after death! ”

"Say! What is the treatment of the concession! ”

"My lord, since the concession was established in Shanghai, can the concession be disturbed by tax history extortion, but there can be a reason for going out of boundary? How can there be such a thing as killing chickens and taking eggs? Silently ask for nothing else, just for this. ”

"If Pudong is not a government official, how will it be managed!"

Liu Kunyi's tone slowed down and asked, which relieved Liu Nengxian, who was originally a little apprehensive, and Chen Moran also realized the change in the attitude of the two governors in front of him.

"My lord, zoom in, Pudong Development Zone is a new city, and if you look small, it can be a company! That is, the company is managed by its own directors. ”

"Public director management?"

"We can treat the development of Pudong as a large company such as Hanyang, and when he says that he will develop, he can convene the election of directors of those who move in and rent under the supervision of the government, and the board of directors of the development zone will manage the affairs of the development zone, and the board of directors of the development zone will be the decision-making body of the development zone, and the board of directors will come forward to communicate directly with the government!"

"It's nothing more than a variant of the concession Gongdong!"

"My lord, what is the difference between the Chamber of Commerce and the public director! All localities and chambers of commerce do not also accept the responsibility of colluding with the government, and act as members! ”

"The Chamber of Commerce has no land!"

"How can the members have no land!"

"The government can collect taxes directly!"

"Killing chickens and taking eggs is unbearable!"

Seeing this scene, Sun Mingjiu, who was originally in a cold sweat and kneeling on the ground, finally breathed a sigh of relief, and the soul that had almost not dispersed also returned to his body, and Liu Nengxian, who was kneeling next to him, was also relieved, the reason why he was nervous was not that Chen Cripple, but himself, he had a recommendation for Chen Cripple, this old man was angry, but he was afraid of the pond fish.

But this will Liu Nengxian see that the old man's face is quiet, his anger is gone, and his heart will be clear, I am afraid that this old man is going to promise this bold lame man something this ten, but he began to think in his heart, if this lame man can really do a situation in Pudong, it is not as good as the concession Bund, and the land price is also astronomical, if it is ...... "Nengxian, get up!" ”

said something not salty, Liu Kun looked at the other two again and again.

"Get up!"

"Thank you, sir!"

After getting up, Chen Moran and Sun Mingjiu were still standing there.

"Seeing your lame leg, the old man wants to break your leg again!"

Liu Kunyi's cold snort made Chen Moran, who had been hanging in the air, completely relax in his heart, but when he sat down, he laughed and made a joke.

"Mo Ran is afraid that I really want to thank Lord Xie, Mo Ran is lame, and I have always wanted to take it, but I can't break it again!"

With a cold snort, Liu Kunyi didn't say anything to Chen Moran's joke.

"It's not a big deal to let your lame man open a company in Pudong, the old man sent an official letter to the past, and he didn't dare to disturb your Chamber of Commerce!"

To put it mildly, Liu Kunyi followed Chen Moran's meaning, and said that the development zone became a company and a chamber of commerce, and he was moved by Chen Moran's words, and on the one hand, it is indeed as Chen Moran said, those foreigners' eyes may be eyeing Pudong at any time, Chen Moran may be ambitious, but he Liu Kunyi is not afraid of his Chen Moran's ambition, he has never been afraid of hundreds of thousands of bandits, and how can he be afraid of his lame ambition to make money.

"Shanghai Dao is just the title of the fourth grade, and the old man will ensure that you are awarded a vacant title from the Governor's Mansion of the third grade, even without the old man's official documents, those officials will not dare to go to your company to flutter around, and those officials do not have the courage to do so."

As soon as Liu Kun's words came out, Liu Nengxian and Sun Mingjiu's faces changed at the same time, especially when Sun Mingjiu looked at Chen Moran, he even looked like his eyes were red, what is the vacant title granted by the Governor's Palace, it is an official title that is filled in the vacancies, although it is an internal post in the Governor's Palace, but no one knows that the vacant titles granted by the Governor's Mansion are all official titles that are not awarded by relatives, this lame man wears this hat, not to mention Shanghai Road and Liangjiang, it is left in the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and others do not buy his face, but also look at the face of Lord Liu. Not to mention the tax collectors who don't know what to do.

Liu Nengxian, who was standing next to him, although he was a little jealous in his heart, but what he would really care about when he was just promoted to the third grade after the year was the silver that Pudong would bring to him in the future. Seeing that Chen Moran was still sitting there in a daze, he reminded him.

"However, thank you for your kindness!"

Silent ...... Silently, thank you for your kindness! ”

When he knelt down to thank him, Chen Moran hadn't figured out what this missing title from the Sanpin Governor's Mansion was, Chen Moran really didn't know, but looking at Sun Mingjiu's appearance, he understood that this official title might really be a big hat, listening to Liu Kunyi's consciousness seemed to be one level bigger than that Shanghai Dao, and his current official was bigger than the mayor of Shanghai!

In another time and space, Chen Moran, who is just a staff member, only feels a little dizzy, thousands of years of official-based thinking still affects his thinking, although he doesn't seem to see the official-standard in his eyes, but it is not his turn.

"Don't thank me first, the current proposal and outline have been decided, the compensation is hundreds of millions, the two palaces are hunting, in this crisis, you should have the heart of loyalty to the country, donate silver to help the court tide over this difficulty, and the court will reward you with a flower feather, you deserve it!"

"Thank you, Lord for mentioning!"

Although Chen Moran said that he had a grateful smile on his face, he was helpless in his heart, and he made it for a long time, that is, he was a donor! If you want that official, go there to donate the yamen to spend silver and donate one, and flee to Xi'an from that Guangxu and the old woman, and it is not easy to have a hard time, not to mention that in the past, the eight-fold county, the four-fold state is the same, and now it is all discounted.

Although he was a little reluctant in his heart, he was thankful for the kindness, and naturally there was no step, Yu Guang saw Sun Mingjiu using his left hand on his leg and gestured to himself left and right, and he understood what he meant, Mingzhe also understood the price of the official position, so he said the donated silver.

"Mo Ran, I am willing to donate 100,000 taels to relieve your worries!"

“……”

Liu Kunyi didn't say anything, but when he raised his eyes lightly, he saw that this old man had his eyes closed, looking at him like this, Chen Moran knew that these people didn't look down on the black in their eyes at all! It's black to be an official! So it has always been! Grit your teeth!

"Silently willing to donate 200,000 taels!"

", you help me draw up an excerpt to invite the queen mother, just say that Chen Moran, a wealthy businessman in Shanghai, took a break from the king's worries and donated 26 taels of silver to show filial piety.

After Chen Moran was surprised that his silver was forced by him to ask for 60,000 taels, Liu Kunyi looked at him with his eyes open.

"So! You're satisfied! ”

"Satisfied, thank you silently!"

Can you not be satisfied? It's just dissatisfied, Chen Moran didn't dare to say that he was not satisfied, but he didn't notice that Sun Mingjiu, who was sitting next to him, would even become short of breath, and his eyes were only slightly red, but this would be bloodshot.

How could Liu Kunyi not know what Chen Moran was thinking in his heart, this lame man didn't know what to do with the affairs of the country, and he knew his intentions when the person next to him mentioned it, looking at Chen Moran who was kneeling there, he pondered for a while.

"If you want me to take the development zone seriously and promise you, the old man still needs your help!"

(To be continued)