When he came out of the hospital, it was close to noon, Xiao Zhenlei saw that it was not early, it was better to have lunch first and then go to Baoshan, so he and Song Shijie found a restaurant, the two drank two cups, drank two pots of tea after the meal, took out the pocket watch and saw that it was already two o'clock in the afternoon, hurriedly checked out and left, and drove a carriage to Baoshan County.

When they arrived at the gate of the Yamen of Baoshan County, Xiao Zhenlei and Song Shijie parked the carriage beside them, and the two stepped forward to walk in front of the officials standing guard, Song Shijie took out a piece of broken silver and stuffed it in the hands of the officials and said: "Trouble this poor brother, contemptible Song Shijie, this is my Master Xiao, my Master Xiao has made an appointment with the county commander, come to visit the county commander, please report!" ”

The official weighed the broken silver in his hand, tested the weight, felt that the weight was not light, and then put it into his sleeve, dropped the sentence "wait", and then turned around and entered the county office.

Looking at the figure of the official who walked into the gate of the county government, Xiao Zhenlei sighed: "Mr. Song, you see that this official collects the money so reasonably, it can be seen how strict the world is, it seems that the number of Qi in the Qing Dynasty is almost exhausted!" ”

Song Shijie was taken aback by Xiao Zhenlei's words, and hurriedly said: "Owner, be cautious, be cautious, don't say this kind of words again, otherwise it won't be far from a catastrophe!" ”

Xiao Zhenlei sneered: "Now that the revolutionary party has turned the world upside down, and the foundation of the Qing Dynasty's rule has been crumbling, where does the imperial court have the leisure to care about the idle things of people like us talking nonsense?" ”

Xiao Zhenlei's words made Song Shijie silent, and it is true, as long as they heard the three words of the revolutionary party, the officials of the Qing court trembled with fear, lest the revolutionary party rebel in their own jurisdiction, this is not a joke, this is a matter of losing their official positions and resigning, and they want to lose their heads.

In recent years, the revolutionary party has held countless uprisings in various places, although none of them succeeded, but it was like sounding the death knell for the rulers of the Qing court, although the uprising was suppressed again and again, but the revolutionary party was not afraid, and the uprising had the potential to spark the prairie fire, which made the officials in all parts of the Qing Dynasty tremble, so now the energy of officials in various parts of the Qing court has been transferred to dealing with the revolutionary party, even if some people are dissatisfied with the court and say something rebellious, no one cares.

The two of them stood at the foot of the steps at the entrance of the county government, Xiao Zhenlei held a cigarette in his right hand and took two puffs from time to time, Song Shijie did not smoke, he took a snuffbox and pulled under his nostrils from time to time to refresh himself.

Not long after, the official who had just gone in to report came out and said loudly: "The county lord, please let the two of you in, come with me!" ”

Xiao Zhenlei raised his hand and said to Song Shijie, "Let's go!" ”

The two followed the official into the county gate, and when they entered the county gate, they saw a wall, the role of the wall is similar to the Xiao wall, the wall is the door screen facing the gate in the palace of the ancient monarch, also known as the "plug door" and "screen", and later the general eunuchs and large households also built a wall in the gate, called the wall, the main role is to block the sight of outsiders, prevent outsiders from peeking into the gate, the courtiers want to go to the palace to see the king, enter the palace first to pass through the Xiao wall, so the Xiao wall refers to the palace.

After bypassing the wall, the two followed the official through the trial hall and entered the inner hall, only to see one wearing a seven-grade official uniform. An old official in his fifties wearing a peaked official hat sat on a chair with a teacup and looked motionlessly at the two people who walked in, and there was also a guy who looked like a master sitting next to him, in his thirties, with a sharp mouth and monkey cheeks.

Xiao Zhenlei bowed and bowed his hand, Song Shijie lifted the hem of his robe and kowtowed respectfully, and the two said at the same time: "Xiao Zhenlei (Song Shijie), a mountain and grass man, greets the county commander!" ”

Before Ge County Ling could speak, the master sitting next to him slammed the table and was furious: "Bold Xiao Zhenlei, you are a grass person, why don't you kneel when you see my county commander?" ”

Xiao Zhenlei glanced at the master with his eyes, and bowed his hand to Ge County Order: "Lord Qiqi County Order, contemptible people don't kneel when they see foreigners, and if the etiquette is not careful, please ask Lord Haihan of the county order!" ”

Song Shijie originally sweated for Xiao Zhenlei's behavior just now, but he was secretly relieved until Xiao Zhenlei carried out the foreigner.

How did you know that the master was looking for fault, and immediately said: "Bold, you little grass people dare to use foreigners to suppress my county commander?" ”

"Don't dare!" Xiao Zhenlei replied neither humbly nor arrogantly.

Ge County Ling saw that Xiao Zhenlei was not timid at all when he saw him, and he could still collide with the master, but he was afraid that it was not small, and it was better not to offend, so as not to kick it on the iron plate, and in the end it was himself who suffered, he hurriedly waved his hand and said: "Forget it, I think this Mr. Xiao has also seen some of the world, if you don't kneel, don't kneel!" Come on, sit down! ”

After the next person brought two chairs, Xiao Zhenlei and Song Shijie thanked Ge County Order: "Xie County Order Lord to sit!" ”

After Ge Xianling and the others sat down, he asked, "This county heard that Boss Xiao came here to buy land to build a factory?" ”

Xiao Zhenlei bowed and said, "Exactly, Lord County Order!" I want to buy a piece of land in Guixian County to build a factory building, and prepare to set up a machinery production factory to produce some machines and machinery, so as to contribute to the industrial development of our Qing Dynasty! Compared with the West, our Qing Dynasty is almost equal to zero in industry, and the only ones that can be called industrial are only Hanyang Iron Works and Jiangnan Manufacturing Bureau, but now the steel production of Hanyang Iron Works is limited, and the quality is still a lot worse than that of foreigners' steel, and the Jiangnan Manufacturing Bureau can only produce bullets and some small-tonnage civilian ships running on the river, which is 108,000 miles different from the industrial pattern of foreigners. As long as the factory can start normally and the machines produced can be used, we can use these machines to carry out industrial production and construction, and then gradually improve the production technology and expand the scale of production! ”

The Westernization movement has been carried out for many years, except for a few typical examples that are quite successful, in fact, there are not a few decent heavy industry factories in the entire Qing Dynasty, which is very clear as the Western-style Ge County Order, under his rule, there is no factory that can be seen, are some small workshops, and there is no factory with assets of more than 100,000 taels, and now Xiao Zhenlei will invest 500,000 taels in advance, which makes Ge County Ling a little excited and looking forward to it, on the one hand, if this machinery production plant can be built, is also his political achievement, on the other hand, as the parents of this county, how can Xiao Zhenlei give him some filial piety if he wants to build the factory peacefully? So the money will not be taken less.

Ge Xianling looked at Xiao Zhenlei as if he had seen a golden bodhisattva, his face was full of smiles, and he said, "Okay, Mr. Xiao, uh, if you don't mind, this county calls you Xiao Xian's nephew?" ”

Xiao Zhenlei felt disgusted in his heart, but he didn't show it on his face, and agreed with a smile: "The county magistrate calls it so, the kid can't ask for it!" ”

"Good!" Ge Xian Ling nodded with a smile and said: "Xiao Xian's nephew, you come here to invest and open a factory, this county is very welcome, I don't know where Xian's nephew plans to build the factory, and how much land is needed?" ”

Xiao Zhenlei hurriedly signaled to Song Shijie, Song Shijie understood his meaning, and immediately got up and walked to the wall under the map and drew a circle on the map with his finger.

Ge County Ling motioned to the master to discuss the purchase of land with Song Shijie, and only Xiao Zhenlei and Ge County Ling were left in the inner hall, Xiao Zhenlei smiled and took out a stack of silver tickets with the same face value from his pocket and put them on the table and pushed them over, "I came for the first time, and I don't know what the county magistrate likes, so I don't dare to buy gifts indiscriminately, lest I buy the wrong one and make the county magistrate unhappy, the kid is used to dealing with foreigners and going straight to the point, if there is something offended, please don't be angry, the place where the point should be mentioned has to be mentioned one or two, There is a little bit of a kid's heart here, and the county order is also very smiling! ”

Ge Xianling's eyes swept the stack of silver tickets and knew that this was a hundred taels of water worth of the Yishanyuan Qianzhuang bank, at least 20,000 taels, and said that this Xiao family kid was so bold, as soon as he shot it, it was 20,000 taels, it seemed that he had really seen the world and mixed with foreigners, he put a smile on his face and quietly put the stack of silver tickets into the cuffs, and then the two talked and laughed and drank tea.

Soon, the master and Song Shijie discussed and determined the specific location and size of the land that needed to be purchased, and the master reported the specific situation to Ge County Ling, who nodded and agreed after listening to it, thought about it and said: "Xiao Xian's nephew, how do you think about the price of eight taels of silver per mu?" ”

Xiao Zhenlei knew that Ge County Commander had made a big concession on the price of the land, and hurriedly said: "The county magistrate said as much as he wanted, and the contemptible people have no objection!" ”

"That's good! That's ........"

Before he could speak, a man who looked like a family man walked in from outside and shouted, "Master! ”

"What's the matter?" Ge Xianling was extremely unhappy.

The man who looked like a family walked up to Ge Xianling's side and whispered a few words in his ear, and saw Ge Xianling's face change when he heard it, and then Ge Xianling stood up and looked at Xiao Zhenlei's face and thought it was not good: "Unexpected, unexpected, Xiao Xian's nephew, you want to die yourself, don't come to harm this county, this county is not young, you can't stand the fright, you hurt foreigners in the ring has been full of trouble, and now you still want to build a factory in the jurisdiction of this county?" You are not afraid of foreigners looking for trouble, this county still wants to live for a few more years, you filial piety to this county really can't afford it, master, send off! After speaking, he took out a stack of silver tickets from his cuffs and slapped them on the table, which was the stack of silver tickets that Xiao Zhenlei sent out just now.

As soon as this incident came out, Xiao Zhenlei knew that the matter of buying land was yellow, and it seemed that he could only make other plans, so he silently put away the silver ticket and bowed his hand to Ge County Ling: "Farewell!" ”

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