Chapter 857 Wandering Away

European ladies don't care about having another mistress, let alone a lover who needs to take the initiative, because he symbolizes a lot of gold coins to squander. Zhang Guangde, who attended various balls, quickly weakened his body, and rushed to return to China to report on his work, just in time to nourish his body that was about to be squeezed dry. I didn't think that as soon as I had been raised a little, Madame Rambouillet sent someone to invite her, and there was a fierce battle last night, which did not die down until the early hours of the morning. At present, Zhang Guangde feels that his legs are soft.

"The Yanmar style is open and skilled, but it can't always go on like this." sighed with emotion, and in the waiting reception room, I saw this guy Li Mingrui. Mr. Li has been in a bad mood recently, mainly because of the French delegation. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs is a Qingshui Yamen, and if I wanted to get some input in the past, it was called a difficulty. Well, the French delegation came, and the prime minister of the cabinet became generous. The money for the renovation of the pavilion was approved with a stroke of a pen, and the bath fee and clothing fee were also approved for 200,000 yuan.

If you don't take this opportunity to get a sum of 1.8 million yuan back, I'm sorry for myself and my colleagues, isn't it?

Zhang Guangde approached and was about to speak, Li Mingrui said to himself: "The last item, office supplies, ask for a little less, 50,000 yuan is about the same, more is not good." "Poof, Zhang Guangde, the nominal subordinate, was directly happy, but fortunately he wasn't drinking tea, otherwise he would have to spray Minister Li's face.

"You? What laugh at what laughs? You kid is staying in Europe, and you have a relationship with the navy, your own family, and a joint firm, how can you understand the suffering of these Qingshui officials in Jingshi? Li Mingrui naturally knows the meaning behind this smile, but this guy is actually from the navy, and he is a supernumerary in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Without waiting for Zhang Guangde to speak, Wu Meicun came out. He made a gesture at Li Mingrui, and said with a smile: "Lord Li, Chen Xiang is invited." Li Mingrui tidied up his clothes, returned a salute, and said with a smile: "Jun Gong, how is Xiangye feeling?" "Such a blatant question. Wu Meicun knew that this old guy was deliberately embarrassing himself, who let him come the earliest, the oldest, and be blocked out? This retaliation is not technical at all. Dealing with this kind of old guy, Wu Meicun could only smile and say: "My lord, please!" ”

Li Mingrui snorted and strode into the door. Zhang Guangde hurriedly said to Wu Meicun: "Lord Jungong, please ask for tea to eat." ”

People are different from each other, Zhang Guangde's attitude is much better, laughing with him. He said he wanted tea, but he actually found a quiet place to talk. Of course, Wu Meicun knew, nodded and said, "I have the Longjing that was just fried today, you have been in Europe for many years, and you drink most of black tea, right?" ”

As soon as these words came out, they were the words of an insider. Green tea has to drink new tea, and it is definitely impossible to drink new tea when it is so far away in Europe. Even if it's in a hurry. You have to drink tea from three or five months ago.

A few polite words to each other entered Wu Meicun's office. After sitting down, with a cup of tea in hand, Zhang Guangde asked with a smile: "Lord Jungong, what is the specific charter of the French delegation?" "This is the tone of your own people's speech, don't mention anything Xiangye, the alliance is now included in the Daming system. But everyone only recognizes Haigong.

Wu Meicun was surprised: "What, didn't you make the European diplomatic plan?" Why did you ask me instead? With just such a sentence, Zhang Guangde took a reassuring pill and took a sip of tea. smiled: "I heard that your nephew is serving in the navy? ”

Wumei Village does have a nephew who serves in the Navy, and it is also the ghost place of the North American Fleet. For the sake of this nephew, the family has to mention all kinds of thoughts every time they write a letter, which is really annoying. It is said that the current atmosphere of the Ming Dynasty, young people are willing to serve in the navy, although this meal is a bit risky, but the officers who serve overseas, once they are transferred back, the future is naturally guaranteed. Even if you don't transfer it back, in that place in the Americas, the navy is the top of the biological chain.

"It's true, I brought back a letter a year ago, and now I'm a captain's second officer." Wu Meicun replied quietly, Zhang Guangde's background is naturally clear to him, and Li Heng is a sworn friend who wears a pair of pants. With his words, Li Heng will definitely take care of his nephew. It is said that it is not impossible for Wu Meicun to mention it himself, but the navy is quite xenophobic, and if he really wrote a letter to ask for someone to take care of it, this matter may be counterproductive. Wu Meicun, who is already an old oil field in officialdom, naturally knows these doorways. The evil nature of the army in that place is very strong, and it is completely on two tracks with the place.

"Oh, it's called Wu Liben, right?" As soon as Zhang Guangde said a word, Wu Meicun stood up and didn't continue to make a face. It's all about this, so naturally it's people who are sitting in the front. This nephew graduated from the Naval Academy and has only been on the battleship for two years, not to mention the second officer, and the second lieutenant is embarrassed to mention the lieutenant if he doesn't work for two years? Now that the captain has been mentioned, all fools know what the reason is? There are talents in the court who are good officials, and Zhang Guangde has done this thing beautifully, which is nothing more than to figure out the relationship in advance and sell the favor first. It is not enough to let Gomez, a human trafficker, bring a letter to go over and deal with it, speaking of which this human trafficker is now the largest leather and meat dealer in the North American Golden Mountain Colony. This bastard, after returning to Europe, found that what is most lacking in Jinshan is women. It's not that there are no indigenous women, but everyone doesn't like them, but Japanese women are very popular, and the problem is that there is a large price gap. European women only charge five dimes for doing it once, and Japanese Americans charge one yuan.

"Thank you!" Wu Meicun said a word, and Zhang Guangde recovered from his cranky thoughts. He also has a share of the criminal act of human traffickers. Madame Rambouillet, with the cooperation of Carnon, was bent on "freeing" the Protestants in Europe. Well, the main thing is to rescue those young female believers.

When he left the office, Zhang Guangde was in a very happy mood, although he left Europe and returned to China to serve a lot less money, but after returning to China, he could not stand the position of vice president of the Naval Academy. After working hard for so many years, I can finally live a comfortable life in Daming. How to say it, people do things beautifully, and they take out several positions for him to choose. Although the Admiralty of the Beijing Division is noble, there are only a dozen (civilian) major generals in this realm, and there are many bosses on the head, all of whom are a group of old guys, and they are not easy to serve. It's different to go to the Jiaozhou Naval Academy, it's close to home. Rights are also guaranteed. It's also a homecoming, right? It's a pity that this rank of lieutenant general can't seem to be taken down. Thinking of this, regret is regret, but if you think about it carefully, the entire Admiralty combined, there are a total of five lieutenant generals. Three of them are still ghosts who retire at home. Zhang Guangde was psychologically balanced.

It is too difficult for the general of the Ming army to advance. At that time, Li Heng's guy, if he can make some big achievements in North America, maybe he will be able to mix a lieutenant general. Regret is regret, Zhang Guangde is still relatively content. In Europe these years, the relationship with Dengzhou is very good, even if people are not in Europe, the buried trade channels can still have some benefits.

Waiting for Grandpa Chen's summons with peace of mind. A man came in the doorway, with a striking yellow belt tied around his waist. When everyone saw this, they all got up and nodded, and then sat back, even if it was meaningful, no one went up to talk. This person didn't mean to be angry, but greeted people everywhere with a smile. It can be seen that he is very popular here. A group of clerks in the office were polite to him.

Zhang Guangde hurriedly turned his face sideways. He didn't know the man, but he recognized the yellow belt and the buckle of the ruby in the middle. Needless to say, this is a royal prince. After Zhu Cihong was elevated, the privileges of the royal family were declining, and a group of dragon sons and grandsons surnamed Zhu were in the air. How can it add up to a million people, right? Over the years, the prince has become less and less day by day. During the Jianxin period, there was no hereditary saying of the prince.

Wondering who this is? The door inside opened, and Chen Xie personally sent Li Mingrui out, and the old guy smiled triumphantly. Just in there. Taking out a report, the lion opened his mouth and asked for a special fee of 8 million yuan. He really dared to open his mouth, a French delegation arrived, and the reception fee had already been approved for 1 million, and an additional 200,000 yuan. Okay, this is another opening to ask for eight million, and he won't agree to kill Chen Xie. Chen Xiangye simply crossed out a zero with a pen, and then used a seal on the report in Li Mingrui's smiling eyes. When I took this report and went to Wu Meicun, I went not through the channel of the Ministry of Finance, but through the channel of Chen Xiang's special expenses. As for this special fee, Xiangye is also two million per year. Other cabinet members, that is, half a million.

can squeeze out 800,000 from here, Li Mingrui has nothing to dissatisfaction with. Seeing the person with the yellow belt, he smiled and said, "I've seen King Suiyuan." With just one sentence, he turned around and left, not much at all.

Zhu Cican was not angry at all, and replied with a smile. Back then, his fiefdom was Suiyuan City, and when he went, he felt that it was the end of the world, and when he left Zhangjiakou, he felt that he had to die on the grassland in this life. I never thought that this prince would be able to make do when he arrived at the place, but when he became an adult, he found out that this was a treasure land. Over the years, if you want to say who has the best mix in the royal family, it is King Suiyuan, who has a relatively mild personality and likes to do some business. The princes of the Ming Dynasty all changed their methods to run to Beijing, and then found all kinds of excuses to not leave. But he is different, every time he returns to Beijing, the most diligent one is the cabinet. Who knew what he was thinking, and with the intention of sending him away quickly, he agreed to some seemingly inconspicuous conditions.

When the cabinet came to his senses, this guy was already the biggest landlord in Suiyuan City. I built a market and built a shop, and just collected rent, and I lived an unusually nourishing life. Many children of the royal family couldn't get by, so they went to him to find something to do more.

Chen Xie's impression of this prince is not good or bad, but he knows that this guy is the son of Tian Guifei. At the beginning, for the fiefdom, Tian Guifei made a lot of trouble. Now that Concubine Tian is gone, this prince is almost fifty years old.

"Is there something wrong with the prince?" Chen Xie decided to give this prince with considerable business talents a little face, and this was the first member of the royal family to stand up and respond to Chen Xie's call to raise sheep on a large scale on the grassland. Chen Xie also gave up his hand casually, and Zhu Cican hurriedly replied: "It's a little something, just one sentence, just say it here, right?" ”

This person is really smart, go in and speak, melon fields and plums, although Chen Xie is not afraid of gossip, but he can take the initiative, naturally he can't ask for it. "Oh, please advise, lord." Chen Xie put away his smile and showed a businesslike face.

"That's right, this king has scraped together a sum of money and plans to build a railway from Jingshi to Suiyuan. The preliminary survey has not yet begun, which found that there is still a lack of procedures, and the Ministry of Communications refuses to approve the line. "Zhu Cican's ambition is revealed, this is to get involved in the railway business. How could the Ministry of Transportation approve the formalities for him? In the construction and operation of railways, private capital has long been red-eyed, but who have you ever seen calling for raising funds to build railways by themselves? One is that you can't solve it with technology, and the other is that you dare to eat meat from the Chen family's rice bowl? Who gave you the guts?

Chen Xie smiled in front of everyone. Nodding and saying: "This is a good thing, the Ministry of Communications does have an overall plan, and the cabinet still encourages private capital to enter the railway field." In this way, the prince will come again tomorrow when he is free, I will add the people from the Ministry of Communications and the railway company, and we will sit together to discuss the solution, what do you think? ”

Zhu Cican was directly stunned, he came in line with the principle of hitting three poles first with dates without dates, and he really didn't think about getting involved in the railway. This piece of meat is fat, but you have to have this mouth. Chen Xie agreed in front of so many people, which is a strong signal. As for why Chen Xie agreed? Zhu Cican doesn't understand, and everyone doesn't understand either.

Zhu Cican, who had been in the mood for a while, finally came back to his senses, and hurriedly said goodbye and went back to discuss with someone. This thing is too evil, is it true? Chen Xie smiled, gave it away, looked at Zhang Guangde, and said lightly: "You, come in." ”

In the matter of the railway, Chen Xie actually supported Zhu Cican's intervention, what do you say? Daming is not that there are too many railways, but too few. Although the Liaodong Railway Group has been building railways, its own plate is limited. How to promote the construction of the Daming Railway ushered in a new climax, which is related to the development of national strength. Railways can be planned centrally, but there must be no monopoly railway group. Even if it is a weak opponent, there must be such an existence.

The moment the office door closed, the people waiting outside couldn't sit still. They all got up and went out, whether they were looking for someone to bring a letter, or asking a servant to pass on the news, and the news just now should be transmitted back as quickly as possible. Who knows what's going on here? Railway, as long as you grab a small bite of meat, you can eat a mouthful of oil.

The news that Chen Xiang intends to loosen the railway operation has spread far and wide after such a small episode. (To be continued......)