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

Although Liu Kunyi's voice was not loud, it was enough for the three people in the boat to hear it clearly, and the three people who only heard this were stunned, Sun Mingjiu and Liu Nengxian were surprised that Lord Liu had something to do with Chen Moran to help.

But Chen Moran cried out bitterly in his heart, although he didn't know much about the officialdom at this time, but these few of them were omnipotent court officials, if they said something for you to help, I was afraid that it would either make people lose their hair or make people lose their skin.

What could it be?

Although he was a little reluctant in his heart, Chen Moran bowed his head.

"Your Excellency has something to do, but you don't care! Silently, never give up! ”

No matter what he does, as long as he really gives himself the development zone, whether it is shedding hair or peeling off the skin, and the money printing factory is run at home, he will be afraid that he will not succeed. As long as he doesn't want his own head!

"Death is impossible! Your eight-and-a-half-pound head, the old man is still of great use to keep it! Get up! Sit and talk! ”

Liu Kun smiled loudly and said with a smile.

"The old man looks at your development zone, and he often builds several floors or even more than ten floors, so he wants to give you a boost!"

But Chen Moran and Sun Mingjiu glanced at each other, but the two of them muttered bottomlessly in their hearts, there is no good banquet for the official banquet, and the official has no reason to do good, these two people still understand, but they faintly regard Liu Kunyi's help as a favor, and this Lord Liu is afraid that he wants to press a cronie in the development zone.

"It's a big deal to spend some money to raise!"

Sun Mingjiu muttered softly in his heart, and glanced at Chen Moran.

The experience of working in the agency made Chen Moran understand what Liu Kunyi meant when he heard those two words, it was nothing more than stuffing a few cronies and earning some silver, and Lao Tzu would set up a "government advisory group" when the time came, consultants and consultants, and they didn't ask, but they just used the silver to support those masters, Sun Mingjiu made his eyes fall in his eyes, and he was afraid that he would mean that.

"So! Thank you silently! ”

"Come on, bring me the share of the array on the ancestor!"

"Nian Zu's stripe array?"

Liu Nengxian was shocked, looked at his uncle, and then at Chen Moran, and couldn't figure out his uncle's intentions for a while.

"The Qing Dynasty knows that between me and the governor of Huguang Zhang Xiaoda, the personal friendship is very strong, the old man is in charge of the two rivers, although his position is above the filial piety, but he may as well have a personal friendship, during the First Sino-Japanese War, the old man led the troops to the north, went to Liaodong, and the governor of Liangjiang was temporarily appointed by Xiaoda. The old man returned to Nanjing, and Xiaoda also returned to Wuchang. This toss has strengthened the connection between the two rivers and Huguang, and also made the personal friendship between the two of them well known. Over the past few years, Wuchang has had a lot of commercial, industrial, military and talent exchanges with Nanjing and Shanghai. Xiaoda's self-improvement army began when he brought back a military camp from Nanjing. A batch of textile machinery in Zhang Zhidong was difficult to build a factory in Wuchang, and it was also sold to Zhang Jian in Nantong. Shanghai's strong society, Xiaoda also helped a lot! ”

When mentioning the personal friendship between the two, Liu Kunyi's eyes looked towards the lake outside the boat.

"The friendship of gentlemen is as light as water, and in the eyes of outsiders, filial piety and I are both the ministers of Zhongxing in the Qing Dynasty! Xiaoda set up foreign affairs in Huguang, and the old man helped a lot, so that he could get today, when it comes to foreign affairs in the Qing Dynasty, everyone is Huguang! ”

From his uncle's words, Liu Nengxian understood his uncle's intentions, when Zhang Nanpi founded Huguang Western, his uncle helped a lot, it can be said that Zhang Zhidong's political achievements are closely related to his uncle, but in recent years, Zhang Nanpi has become more and more famous because of his foreign affairs, and he has become the protagonist of foreign affairs.

Although Zhang and Liu have a deep personal friendship and a lot of friendship, this officialdom has always been like this. After thinking about this, Liu Nengxian understood why his uncle did not reject Chen Moran's "development company", not only enumerated him as a vacancy from the Governor's Mansion of Sanpin, but even made an excerpt to let Chen Moran's name go directly to the court. After turning a corner for a long time, the reason why he treated this cripple so favorably was to compete with Zhang Nanpi in foreign affairs.

"Today, the ancestor is not there, the rebellion of the bandits, the ancestor of the ancestor has entered the old man's door, his people are loyal to the state affairs, the court, there is no pedantry of the master, Guangxu 20 years, the ancestor studied in the United Kingdom, learned metallurgy, the art of mining, the heart of the ancestor is not in the officialdom, but in the mining and metallurgy, hey! It's a pity, it's a pity! ”

Liu Kun sighed as if pity.

"But the child of Nian Zu is a talent, he entered the Governor's Mansion last year, but he discovered several iron ores in Fanchang County, Anhui Province, a place close to Jiangning, with reserves of hundreds of millions, which really surprised the old man!"

Prosperity! Iron ore! A stone's throw away!

From Liu Kunyi's words, Chen Moran vaguely guessed what place he was talking about, it should be Ma'anshan, the steel city of Anhui Province in the future, could it be ...... "If it was three years ago, I'm afraid it was two years ago, it was such a big mine, the old man decided to invite the queen mother and the emperor to set up iron mines and iron factories, steel is the foundation of a strong country, how could the old man not know." However, after this year, the imperial court will pay hundreds of millions of indemnities, and with the financial resources of the government, I am afraid that there will be no funds to open mines and run factories. However, what you ask for is nothing more than the land of the Pudong company, not disturbed by the government, the old man responded, and then sent the rich and noble and you what is the difficulty, but the old man regards such a large mine in the barren mountain, it is really unwilling, if you really collect and distribute capital to rejuvenate Pudong's talents, and there is no ability to open a mine and run a factory! ”

After saying that, Liu Kun kept looking at Chen Moran who was sitting in front of him, as if he was waiting for his answer.

"My lord, it is a blessing to be able to share my worries for adults, but I still have a question in my heart, please explain it!"

According to the ecstasy in his heart, Chen Moran stood up and clasped his fists with both hands.

"Say!"

"I don't know if you silently run this iron mine and iron factory, whether it is an official supervision and a commercial office, or a commercial office!"

"If you want to supervise the business, the old man will fight to help you with hundreds of thousands of taels, if you have the ability, you are a business, what's the matter!"

Liu Kunyi didn't expect Chen Moran to agree so happily, and in a good mood, his tone and demeanor were all the demeanor of the Hunan army's generals, and he didn't see any officialdom dragging his feet.

After thinking about it for a while, Chen Moran's face seemed calm, but his heart was beating wildly, it was he Liu Kunyi who asked him to help him, it was obvious that he gave him a great fortune, how could he refuse.

"With the words of adults, I am silently willing to devote all my resources to this iron mine and iron factory!"

"Good! Okay, you are a cripple Chen, the old man didn't misunderstand you, although your leg is lame, but your heart is lame! ”

Clapped his hands Liu Kunyi cheered for Chen Moran's pleasure, what did Zhang Zhidong rely on to become famous in the weather, and relied on the "loss-making" iron factory that cost tens of millions of taels of silver in Huguang. If this Chen Moran had completed the iron mine and iron factory, then no one in China would have known that he Liu Kun would not waste a tael of silver from the imperial court, and he would have run a large iron factory that was not inferior to Hanyang.

"Praise from the people, but ...... Silently, there is still one thing to dare to ask for! ”

"You lame man, you ask for a lot!"

"My lord, what you ask for silently, not for yourself, but for the iron factory, this matter is related to the survival of the iron factory!"

Liu Kun smiled loudly and said with a smile.

"Oh? If you can really run that big iron factory that is not inferior to Hanyang, say, what is the matter, if the old man can do it, the old man will never refuse! ”

"My lord, Hanyang spent tens of millions, when it was first done, it was only an iron mine and no coal mine, and the cost of coke was far from the price of high-speed rail, which made Hanyang Iron Works fall short, and I want to know about it!"

"Hmmm! Yes, when Hanyang opened the furnace used to open the Luan coal and even foreign coal, so that the furnace was lost, this is not false, Xiaoda is even worse along the river to find coal, and then there is nothing, until Sheng Xingsun explored the Pingxiang mine, only to solve the fuel dilemma! ”

When Liu Kunyi frowned and nodded, he glanced at Chen Moran a few times, thinking that this lame man didn't want to use this excuse to push this iron factory! This cripple seems to be reckless, but his mind turns fast enough.

Raising his eyes and seeing Liu Kun frowning, Chen Moran understood that Lord Liu was afraid that he was thinking that he was a prevarication, so he hugged his fists and bowed deeply.

"My lord, I am silently incompetent, I don't learn, I can't do martial arts, I can't repay the kindness of adults, and now I say that my lord will help me to help my lord, and I will help my lord. If you silently refuse, where is your conscience! But if the fuel problem is not solved, it will be difficult to set up an iron factory. ”

Although Liu Kunyi sounded comfortable when he said this, the meaning of Chen Moran's words was clear, it was not that he didn't run an iron factory, it was that he was a clever woman who couldn't cook without rice! Just as Liu Kun wanted to speak, Chen Moran, who was holding his fists, continued to speak.

"Mo Ran grew up overseas, although in the domain but did not look at the bloodline, after returning to China a year ago, he was taught by the sage, even turned over the history of the Fang Zhi, in order to make up for the lack of learning, in the book had read, Anhui Huainan buried coal mines. Silently courageous, please let the adults have to look for coal here silently! ”

How could Chen Moran, whose family was originally from Anhui, not know that the coal mines in Huainan, the coke needed in the Ma'anshan Iron Mine and even the Shanghai Iron and Steel Plant in later generations were all produced in Huainan.

"The land of Huainan?"

Liu Kunyi muttered in his heart, the boundary of Huainan is also a little too big, the entire south of the Huai River, when will there be coal in that place, although he muttered in his heart, but Liu Kunyi will not say it, since this lame man said that there is coal, let him dig it, dig coal to relieve the lack of fuel, what else can he say.

"This is what it should be, the old man sent a note to the governor of Anhui, and the local government will assist."

"My lord, besides, there are still ......"

"You say, if it has anything to do with the ironworks, the old man should be you!"

"Thank you, sir!"

Chen Moran bowed deeply again, and his heart was so happy!

"My lord, if Huainan is out of coal, I am afraid that a railway will need to be built to reach the riverside! Otherwise, I'm afraid it will be useless! ”

"Railway!"

At this moment, Liu Kun was stumped, he looked at Chen Moran and went around in a big circle, this lame man put a problem for himself that he couldn't solve.

"However, do you know that in the twenty-fourth year of Guangxu, Britain and Germany decided to undertake the Jinzhen Railway without authorization, and in the twenty-fifth year, the imperial court signed a loan contract with the two countries!"

"I don't know!"

Chen Moran replied truthfully.

Huan Qi's face was not pretentious at all, Liu Kun sighed in his heart, and said again.

"According to the practice of the right of way, within 400 miles of the railway line that has been repaired, no parallel railway shall be built, and no line shall be spent without authorization, although the Jinzhen Railway only signed a draft loan contract, and the railway has not been repaired, but the state affairs are not quiet this year, and the old man is ......."

A long sigh when he finished speaking, but he expressed the helplessness in the heart of Liu Kunyi, the governor of Liangjiang, his own family affairs are easy to do, but whenever it comes to foreigners, this matter is difficult to do.

Liu Kunyi's long sigh also made Chen Moran feel sad, in the territory of the Chinese, even to repair a railway, you have to rely on the faces of outsiders, but Chen Moran is a person who is not convinced, if this Liu Kunyi said that he can't repair, it's nothing, but he pulled out that the foreign adults are not allowed to repair, but let him feel unwilling in his heart, and pondered in his mind for a long time.

"My lord, what if it is repaired, I said that my iron mine is a special railway line for transporting coal to the iron factory, what can he do with foreigners, the railway is repaired, maybe he foreigners will have to avoid our railway! This is the boundary of our China! ”

At this point, Chen Moran clenched his fists.

"My lord, but my lord has agreed to run this iron factory, iron mine, coal mine, and railway, even if he is silently broken, he will definitely complete this factory, two mines, and all the way! Fight for us Chinese! ”

"Yes!"

Looking directly at Chen Moran, whose face was sincere, and seeing that there was no trace of contrivedness on his face, Liu Kunyi couldn't help but sigh in his heart.

"Your lame bones are a little harder, and you want to hold your head safely, and you can no longer take the road of the imperial examination and serve the imperial court, I felt a pity before, but now I don't feel so sorry for you for the imperial court."

When he said this, Liu Kun, who was wearing plain clothes but seemed to be half-lazy, sat up straight suddenly, and suddenly showed the official authority when he was in a high position.

"With your businessman, you also dare to say this, how can I, Liu Xianzhuang, dare not promise you all the way to the factory and two mines!"

When he said this, Liu Kun seemed a little generous, and he suddenly hugged his fist into the sky.

"The matter of the factory and mine, the matter of the two rivers of my Liu Xianzhuang Administration, I can be the master, and the matter of the coal railway, I will definitely ask the Queen Mother and the Emperor to try my best to fight for you, and it will be possible if you want to come!" However, now you just need to start preparing, and Ming, I will let Nianzu go to you, and you will talk in detail. ”

An hour later, there were only two people left in the boat hall, the elder man sat on the stool, the young man stood in the boat, but the boat was quiet, only the occasional cup lid and cup light click were heard, Liu Kun, who was sipping tea, raised his head and looked at his nephew.

"Nengxian, are you wondering why I treat his cripple so well today!"

"Capable and stupid!"

"Hmph, you're not stupid, but you can't see through it!"

Liu Kun snorted coldly and drank his tea.

"His lame man, holding those drawings, set up a formation in front of me, how can I not know, if Pudong is not to be done, but I don't believe it, if it is said to be possible, I don't believe it either!"

Uncle's tongue twister made Liu Nengxian a little confused, which one is my uncle singing today.

"That lame man, although his feet are lame, but his brain is not lame, he landed in Pudong, and when everything was not done, he came to Jiangning, so what do you think is really for that concession treatment? If you have the old man's backing, don't treat the concession as a concession, why is it difficult to rent a high estate? ”

Liu Nengxian knew that what his uncle said was the implementation, Sun Jingnan's factory was located in the concession, why did no local official dare to come to the door to extort, Sun Jingnan was an official, but the uncle's plaque hanging in the door of the factory was true, and he came forward to say to Shanghai, not to mention a lot of miscellaneous taxes and harsh donations, even if the tax was afraid of not paying a few taels of broken silver.

Putting the teacup on the table, Liu Kunyi's face showed a smile that seemed to be not a smile.

"That lame man in the past few months, what waves have been turned over in Shanghai, except for spending a small million taels, to buy a foreigner's house, I'm afraid there is nothing to do, but even I live in the house, I have heard his name, this son bought a house to buy a name, you listen to what he just said, Pudong to the bank first, why build a bank, I'm afraid I still want to borrow the name of the bank, to seek fund-raising, he Chen Moran is young, a little reckless but more knowledgeable than others! Take advantage of the Bund to raise the price of Pudong, and in the name of the bank, it is convenient to raise funds! I dare to say that in less than ten years, the name of Sheng Xuanhuai will be difficult to match this lame inch! ”

"Please also ask my uncle to make it clear!"

"Spirit! He has too many apricot flowers, and his spirit is born from his energy, and he has no extraordinary energy, how can he have extraordinary spirit, just the circle that Chen Moran painted in Pudong, ten of his Sheng Xingsun are also out of reach! ”

"Ten! Uncle, I'm afraid I'm exalting that Chen Moran! ”

"Elevated? Hum! Ten years later, just in Pudong, Chen's income will be hundreds of millions! Not to mention ten Sheng Xingsun, but there are a few people in the Manchu Qing Kingdom who are as rich as the country in this world! ”

"Uncle, then Pudong has to succeed to get this wealth!"

"So, he's coming for me!"

Sitting up straight, Liu Kun showed a bit of self-satisfaction on his face.

"This Shanghai, although the foreigners are powerful, but even the British consul has to sell me three points of thin noodles, I Liu Xianzhuang allowed him Chen lame son to develop in Pudong, and he foreigners also have to give three points, if others have the help of the old man, Pudong can be said to be five or five numbers, but he Chen Moran is six or four numbers!"

However, when he said this, Liu Kunyi had a taste that was neither salty nor light.

"With the courage of this son, I not only promised him to set up a large company in Pudong, and what kind of concession treatment, but also promised him the iron ore explored by Nianzu!"

In front of his own family, Liu Kunyi couldn't help his inner thoughts.

"You said that I was to compete with Zhang Nanpi in foreign affairs, so I allowed him to have iron mines and coal mines!"

"Nengxian doesn't dare!"

As soon as Liu Nengxian lowered his head, he thought like this.

"Yes, but ...... Nengxian, the boundaries of the Qing Dynasty, since ancient times, there are a few people who can accommodate the rich and rival the country, now said, Chen's move to Pudong, seeking the treatment of the concession, it is really a bane, there is a disaster of Shen Wansan, I have Hu Xueyan near the encounter, and there are countless far examples, so I will let him run this iron mine, iron factory, whether it is Pudong or a factory mine, it is not a matter of benefiting the country and the people, or there is really that, it is also that lame...... That's how it should be! ”

Picking up the teacup on the table, Liu Kunyi closed his eyes and sighed.

"Ping without roots, after all, there are no roots!"

And this Liu Nengxian had goosebumps on his back, and the cold sweat almost soaked his clothes, but he was faintly excited in his heart.

(To be continued)