After listening to Zhu Daolin's introduction, Wu Jingxian finally put his mind at ease, and a relieved smile finally appeared on his tense old face.

Xu Hongji is still worried: "But as far as I know, Sihai Bank has not only built a large-scale general account in Baoshanwei, which is building a large number of buildings, but also set up branches in Tamsui Port, Phi Dao and North Korea, and has opened ten branches in Beijing, Tongzhou and Tianjin in the past six months!" ”

Zhu Daolin immediately explained: "It's normal! Grandpa Guo, if you think about it carefully, is Beijing, Tongzhou, Tianjin, Phi Island, and North Korea connected together? From Phi Dao to Baoshanwei and then to Tamsui Port, it is also a line, most of which are at the seaside and overseas, don't you understand? ”

Xu Hongji was relieved in his heart, and smiled embarrassedly: "You explain it like this, it's true, but can you reveal how many shares you have in it?" ”

Zhu Daolin replied truthfully: "Sixty percent!" ”

Wu Jingxian and the Xu family's father and son shook at the same time, and they couldn't help but give Zhu Daolin a thumbs up, and the original deep worry suddenly disappeared.

In this way, Sihai Bank is equal to Zhu Daolin's dominance, and it is overseas, and the shareholders of Bofu Money Bank do not need to worry about Zhu Daolin starting a new business, and no one can be jealous of Zhu Daolin, who is superb in means and rich in the world.

Zhu Daolin has long been so strong that he can't be jealous at all, and the other shareholders of Sihai Bank just rely on their many years of sea trade advantages to follow Zhu Daolin, who is strong and has a strong sailor, to make a fortune, even if they make more, they can't shake the foundation of Bofu Bank.

As soon as Zhu Daolin saw the expressions of the Xu family's father and son, he knew what they were thinking, but Zhu Daolin was still as good at talking as before, and he didn't care about any misunderstanding: "The two elders have been in the door for so long, why don't you ask me about the daughter-in-law I brought from Tianshu Pavilion?" Don't you want to give some greeting gifts? ”

Xu Hongji and Wu Jingxian laughed happily, and after laughing, Wu Jingxian said angrily: "No shame or irritability." Are you so greedy? ”

"Our gift has already been ordered to be placed in the main hall, my gift to my nephew and daughter-in-law is not worth a few dollars, just a celadon plum vase handed down from the palace of the Song Dynasty, Wei Guogong's gift is not simple! Knowing that his nephew and daughter-in-law like Danqing, he reluctantly sent his treasured Wu Daozi's masterpiece "Our Lady of Yaochi" and a jade Guanyin, which was hard to buy! ”

Zhu Daolin was taken aback. waved his hand again and again: "It's so precious, I can't help it, I can't help it!" ”

Xu Hongji pouted: "Okay, don't shirk, I'm still worried that you won't like it!" I am a martial artist, no matter how good Wu Daozi's paintings are, they are useless to me, and they are pure pearls in my hands. However, I heard you say that jadeite is more valuable than mutton fat jade in Tianshu Pavilion, so I paid attention to it. This thing looks good, but I can't get it on the table in my Daming, but the carving is okay, so give it to my niece and daughter-in-law to see it fresh. ”

"Hey, you two old people have such a heavy gift, how can I return the gift? Why don't I send a few fortress guns cast by the Longtan Gun Factory? Zhu Daolin asked for opinions very seriously.

Wu Jingxian and Xu Hongji were amused to laugh out loud, and Xu Wenjue was very jealous in his heart. While laughing, he made a request: "If my brother has time, it is better to follow Baoshanwei's example." How about helping my little brother train a marine? ”

Zhu Daolin was stunned for a moment, and immediately agreed happily: "What is this?" Fight tiger brothers, father and son soldiers! Brother Xian should have formed a marine division a long time ago, and now that the world is getting more and more chaotic, maybe hundreds of thousands of anti-thieves will flock to Jiangbei in the blink of an eye, and it is also better to make some preparations in advance. What's more, the Jiangnan Water Division should have developed and grown a long time ago. ”

"Brother Deyi participated in the battle of Liaodong, and benefited a lot from the experience, and immediately recruited troops with the support of Marquis Longping, and rebuilt the Yingwuwei in Jiangnan that had been abandoned for many years. If you can trust the foolish brother, you will send the recruits to the Longtan camp like the virtuous brother of Deyi. ”

"I sent a group of Franc machine instructors from Baoshanwei to the past, and they can be sent to the battlefield after half a year of hard training, and after one or two major battles, they are all elite soldiers."

Xu Wenjue was overjoyed and immediately stood up and thanked him respectfully.

Xu Hongji and Wu Jingxian were relieved, feeling that Zhu Daolin was still the same as before, still so affectionate, righteous and generous, who knew that Zhu Daolin had made an important decision at this moment:

As soon as possible, open a minting workshop inside the Yingzhou Arsenal in exchange for Japanese gold, silver and copper, cut off the claws of Bofu Money Bank that he was hiding from overseas, and tighten Bofu Bank's neck little by little!

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Since Wu Jingxian and Xu Hongji came to visit their nephew and daughter-in-law Chu Mei, the main courtyard of Hushan suddenly became lively.

Longping Marquis Zhang Gongwei father and son, Xincheng Bo Zhao Zhilong and other Jinling dignitaries, Ying family, Yan family, Chang family, Chen family and other family men and women came together, even the eunuchs of the Jinyi Wei Yamen and the two major weaving bureaus in Jiangnan also came in one after another to give generous gifts, and in just two days, the entire back study was full of all kinds of gifts.

The heirs to the throne Ying Changpei, Zhang Deyi brothers, Zhao Liben brothers and Yan Yihe and other officials of the second generation of the rich second generation must arrive every day, the shrewd Ying Changpei quietly sent his two wives and concubines to Chu Mei, plus Xu Wenjue's two favorite concubines and the beautiful lady of the Jinyi Wei Chang command, all day long with Zhu Daolin's concubine Xu Fu, Pei Ruyan and others changed tricks to accompany Chu Mei on a trip, and within a few days, the entire Jinling City was a sensation.

Chu Mei was moved by everyone's enthusiasm, she was quite frightened, she had already planned to use this trip to understand Jinling, to understand the Ming women, especially Zhu Daolin's wife and concubines and friends around her, so she completely let go of her psychological baggage, and soon developed into the city every day to go shopping, and finally go shopping spree, and gradually integrated into the female group of the Ming upper class.

Zhu Daolin is the second generation of officials and the second generation of rich people who keep inspecting the factories under their command, and most of the gentlemen who follow Zhu Daolin are the children of shareholders of major factories in Longtan Industrial Zone, so they are all energetic and extremely concerned during the inspection.

Two cement plants with a monthly output of 30,000 tons, Longtan Iron and Steel Plant with a monthly output of 8,000 tons of pig iron and 500 tons of billets and Longtan Hardware Factory, which is becoming more and more famous, have now become a model of Daming joint-stock enterprises, and have been successfully put into operation after a year of construction, and have begun to bring growing profits to all shareholders.

Only located in the west of Longtan and the eastern foot of Qixia Mountain between the three major factories, no one can touch, the three factories of craftsmen and their families add up to 30,000 people, covering an area of 10,000 acres, self-contained, closely connected to each other, with their own waterworks, two large scale can be called the luxury of the craftsman residential area, a single courtyard is extremely mysterious research institute, a large medical hall and two can accommodate 5,000 children to study in the new school.

The Longtan military camp isolated these three factories from the Longtan Industrial Zone, and the well-armed garrison of up to 5,000 people assumed the responsibility of protecting the entire area.

These three factories are the Longtan Gun Factory, the Longtan Machinery Factory and the Longtan Porcelain Factory, which Zhu Daolin attaches the most importance to.

So far, only Wu Jingxian, the eunuch of Nanjing, Xu Hongji, the Duke of Wei, Zhang Gongwei, the Marquis of Longping, Zhao Zhilong, the Bo of Xincheng, the Yamen of Jinyi, and the two chief officials of the Nanjing Firearms Bureau, have been allowed to enter the core areas of the three factories.

Zhu Daolin really couldn't resist the pleas of Changpei, Xu Wenjue and others, so he had to personally lead more than a dozen brothers into some of the core production areas of the three major factories, and came out after an hour.

Dozens of machine tools sharpened like clay, rows of new guns cast with unbelievable craftsmanship, flintlock assembly lines slowly moved by magical steam engines, steel helmets and knives that were rapidly prototyped on steam presses, and boxes of fine porcelain comparable to those of the Royal Tribute Porcelain that were about to be shipped to Tamsui Port for export......

All this completely subverted everyone's concepts, and the huge impact brought by industrial civilization shocked a group of gentlemen and stunned.

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