After coming out of the Baoshan County Ya, Xiao Zhenlei kept a gloomy face and did not speak, until the two of them drove the carriage into the eastern area of the public concession, Xiao Zhenlei asked Song Shijie to drive the carriage to the riverside and stop.

Looking at the tall back standing by the river, Song Shijie jumped out of the carriage and lifted the hem of his robe and slowly walked over to stand next to Xiao Zhenlei and persuaded: "Sir, you don't have to be like this, you can't buy land in Baoshan, we can still buy land in other places, and we will always open the factory!" ”

Xiao Zhenlei sighed when he heard this, shook his head and smiled bitterly: "Mr. Song, haven't you seen it yet?" The officials of the Great Qing Dynasty are afraid that foreigners are afraid of this, let alone the common people at the bottom, I just went to the ring to compete with foreigners, and injured Opiyin, and the foreigners did not find trouble with me, the party concerned, then Ge County Ling turned pale with fright, lest he be implicated by me, in the long run, if the officials and people at the bottom of the Great Qing Dynasty are as afraid of foreigners as Gexian Ling, do we Chinese still have hope? Don't you think it's ridiculous and pathetic that we have to be bullied by foreigners in our own country, and we are afraid that foreigners will find trouble? Why is it always so hard for us to do something practical? Today, either this official eats and takes a card, or tomorrow the official is afraid of taking responsibility and will not handle the relevant documents for you, so that your enthusiasm will slowly be annihilated, and your body's full blood will gradually become cold! We people are okay, we don't have to have hatred for life for the time being, we have food and clothing, what about the people at the bottom? Many of them have no land, no land, and no one to rely on, so it would be good to have three meals a day, but when will such days end? I just want to set up a factory, recruit some workers so that they can have work, food, clothes to wear, and on this basis, by the way, a little bit of strength for the development of my Chinese industry, why is it so difficult? ”

Song Shijie was very touched by Xiao Zhenlei's words, he didn't know the current situation of the Great Qing Kingdom, but he didn't think about the consequences of the country going on like this, and Xiao Zhenlei's words made him feel uneasy in his heart, and his pitiful sense of responsibility quietly sprouted.

Song Shijie deserved to be mixed up in the officialdom of the Qing Dynasty, he thought for a while and said: "Sir, the reality is like this, if Mr. is determined to change this status quo, he can't be discouraged!" In this big Shanghai, except for Mr., there are not a few people who have opened factories, how did they open factories? This road doesn't work, we can take another road, even if there is no road, we can also open up a road to go out by ourselves, what happened just now is just a coincidence, if Ge County Ling doesn't know about Mr. Morning's competition with foreigners, we will buy land and do it, so Mr. don't care, since Ge County Order can't work here, we will go to Songjiang Mansion, Shanghai Road, I think we will always buy land! ”

After Song Shijie's enlightenment, Xiao Zhenlei was in a much better mood, he was not angry because of Ge County's order, but because this incident happened to make him see the current situation of the Qing Dynasty.

Xiao Zhenlei was silent, pondered for a long time, and then asked, "Mr. Song, who is the current Shanghai Daotai?" ”

Song Shijie knew that Xiao Zhenlei wanted to take the road of Shanghai Daotai, although Songjiang Mansion was not very far from here, but Shanghai Dao was closer, and in terms of the time and number of times he dealt with foreigners, Shanghai Daotai must be much more than Songjiang Mansion, and the official rank of Shanghai Daotai was much higher than that of Songjiang Mansion, and it was also a very good choice to go directly to the upper route, he hurriedly replied: "The current Shanghai Daotai is Cai Naihuang!"

"Cai Naihuang?" Xiao Zhenlei thought about it and shook his head, he just remembered some major historical events and some celebrities during the Republic of China, how could he remember who Shanghai Daotai was?

"What kind of background is this Cai Naihuang?"

Song Shijie introduced: "This student knows that Cai is a person from Guangdong, the word Bohao, Guangxu was raised in the seventeenth year, he was twenty years old at the time, and he only took office in Shanghai Dao last year. When my father served in Liangguang, Cai often went to visit, speaking of which the student and Cai are also old acquaintances, but these years the student's family is in the middle of the road, and he came to Shanghai, some time ago I heard that Cai did Shanghai Daotai, I wanted to go to meet, but at that time the student was down, and he couldn't pull down, so he didn't go, if Mr. wants to see Cai Naihuang, the student is willing to recommend! ”

"Then I will be wronged by Mr. Song!" Xiao Zhenlei said embarrassedly, he knew that it was a little embarrassing to let Song Shijie meet Cai Naihuang for his business, after all, Song Shijie was the second generation of officials, and Cai Naihuang was just a down-and-out person, what a big difference in status between the two, but now it is completely reversed, and it is really a bit difficult for Song Shijie to wipe his face and meet Cai Naihuang, who was not a fart in front of him.

Who knew that Song Shijie smiled and said: "Since I have done things for Mr., since I have been a gentleman, as long as Mr. is good, what is my pitiful face?" ”

Xiao Zhenlei is a fiery and resolute person, he immediately said: "Okay, without further ado, we will immediately rush to the Daotai Yamen to ask to see Cai Naihuang!" ”

The two of them immediately rushed to the Daotai Yamen Mansion located in the east gate of the county seat of Shanghai, the county seat was in the south, and at this time the two of them were in the eastern area of the public concession, separated by the central area of the public concession and the French concession. The two drove the carriage through the No. 1 steel bridge into the central area of the public concession, and then transferred to the French concession, and then entered the east of the county seat of Shanghai.

Stopping the carriage under the shade of the tree at the entrance of the Daotai Yamen, and tying the horses, Xiao Zhenlei and Song Shijie came to the bottom of the steps, Song Shijie stuffed a piece of silver dollar to the soldier standing guard and said: "I bother this poor master to go and inform Lord Cai, and say that the old man Song Shijie is visiting!" ”

The soldier bravely touched the silver dollar in his palm, did not dare to slack off and hurriedly agreed, and asked the two to wait for a while, then he turned around and walked quickly into the Yamen Mansion.

It didn't take long for the soldier to return and say that Lord Cai was invited, and the two followed the soldier into the yamen, and when the two entered the courtyard, they saw a middle-aged man wearing a purple and white horse coat, a round hat with a treasure cover, and a pair of glasses on the bridge of his nose.

Seeing Song Shijie, Cai Naihuang first laughed loudly: "Hahaha, Song Gongzi is a rare guest, and his arrival really makes my humble house shine!" ”

Song Shijie hugged his fists and said with a wry smile: "Brother Bo Hao is too elevated to Shijie, now Shijie is no longer a son, just a down-and-out person, Brother Bo Hao is now a Shanghai Daotai, willing to meet me, a down-and-out person, Shijie is grateful!" ”

Cai Naihuang waved his hand, looking a little disapproving: "Eh, Shijie's words are not right, no matter how things change in the world, our friendship is still there!" As he spoke, he looked at Xiao Zhenlei and asked, "Who is this?" ”

Song Shijie hurriedly introduced: "Oh, I saw that I was talking to Brother Bo Hao by myself, but I forgot to introduce it, sir, this is the famous Daotai Cai in Shanghai today!" Brother Bo Hao, this is Xiao Zhenlei, the current owner of Shijie, the word Huanyu! ”

Cai Naihuang listened to Song Shijie's introduction, and his heart was shocked, he already knew what happened in Zhangyuan this morning, and he got the news before the major newspapers in the afternoon were published, this was the second time he heard the name Xiao Zhenlei, both times were related to foreigners, the first time he defeated three Oriental gambling masters in the casino, and the second time he beat the British Hercules Opiyin, who had been invincible for nearly two months, to the hospital, and said that this person was only afraid that it was not a fuel-efficient lamp.

After Song Shijie's introduction, Xiao Zhenlei bowed and bowed: "Grass people Xiao Zhenlei meets Lord Daotai!" ”

In terms of title, Chinese is completely opposite to Western countries, Chinese are generally accustomed to belittle themselves to elevate others to show respect, for example: "People in the mountains and wilderness visit adults, grass people meet the emperor and Niangniang, in the lower ......", while Westerners are through guò to elevate others and belittle themselves to express respect and respect, such as "great so-and-so, respected so-and-so, your humble servant ......", even Xiao Zhenlei from later generations in such an era as the late Qing Dynasty could not be completely exempt from vulgarity.

Cai Naihuang looked at Xiao Zhenlei, who was tall and tall, and felt unwilling to get close to him, in his opinion, a person like Xiao Zhenlei is obviously not a safe master, he only killed three Orientals in the casino a few days ago, and today he injured the British Hercules, if he continues like this, sooner or later he will cause a big disaster, and with such closeness, he is afraid that he will get into trouble.

Although he thought so in his heart, Cai Naihuang didn't express it on the surface, he smiled and stretched out his hand and said: "Hahaha, it turned out to be Xiao Zhuangshi, no courtesy, please speak in the inner hall!" ”

Xiao Zhenlei and the two followed into the inner hall together, sat down as the guest and host, and after the maid served tea, Cai Naihuang and Song Shijie talked about the old days, and Hu Tianhai talked for more than an hour, Cai Naihuang just didn't ask Song Shijie's intention, Song Shijie could only scold the old fox in his heart and speak first.

"Brother Bo Hao, in addition to coming to catch up with Brother Bo Hao today, there is one more thing I want to ask Brother Bo Hao to help!" Saying that, Song Shijie put the silver ticket that Xiao Zhenlei handed him over to him on the table and pushed it over.

Cai Naihuang glanced at the silver ticket on the table and said with a smile: "Shijie, what are you doing?" What is the relationship between you and me? If you have something to say, just say it! ”

Song Shijie was not polite, and when he was about to say his intention, Cai Naihuang shook his head and said: "Brother Shijie, you and I haven't known each other for a day or two, you should know very well what kind of character this Taoist is, it stands to reason that I should help with your affairs, this Taoist is not afraid of being implicated by you because Mr. Xiao injured foreigners in the morning, I also want this money, but I can't take it, Baoshan belongs to the jurisdiction of Songjiang Mansion after all, and there is a level of Songjiang Mansion between this Taoist and Nage County Order, and not to say what this government says, Nage County Order will not listen, Even if he buys the face of this Taoist, this Taoist can't do this, this belongs to interfering in the administrative affairs of lower-level officials, and it is to destroy my local bureaucratic system in the Qing Dynasty.......

In fact, this is not the case, things are not as strict as Cai Naihuang said, the reason why he is unwilling to help is actually that he is unwilling to have too close a relationship with a person like Xiao Zhenlei who is restless at first glance, because he believes that such a person will cause a big disaster sooner or later, and he doesn't want to be implicated in himself in the future.

What kind of person Xiao Zhenlei is, Cai Naihuang's words have been said about this, how can he not hear it, and hurriedly smiled: "Don't get in the way, don't get in the way, Lord Cai can say it so clearly, it's already very righteous, Shijie and I are grateful, Lord Cai is busy with business, I won't bother when I wait, and I'll visit again in the future!" ”

After the debut platform yamen came out, Song Shijie frowned and said: "No, since Cai Naihuang, this old thing, is not because he is afraid that foreigners will make trouble, why don't you dare to take these silver tickets?" ”

Xiao Zhenlei couldn't think of a reason, shook his head and said: "What is the reason for this, we don't know, but this road can't go through, it seems that we have to think of another way for him!" ”

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