Lin Yuan's face suddenly changed, and he said to Qian Su on the ground: "Bold Qian Su, you want two million taels of silver for one mouth, do you want to fill your pocket?" ”

These words almost scared Qian Su's urine out, and Qian Su thought to himself: "Why did I say this Lin Yuan silently, it turned out that he wanted to harm me, so as to show his loyalty!" ”

Qian Su hurriedly said: "Lord Lin, even if the lower officials eat the bear's heart and leopard gall, they don't dare to embezzle this money!" To repair the mausoleum, two million taels of silver is not only not much, but not enough, you think, Lafayette's mausoleum, no matter what you have to use the best of the wood, just say this wood, you must choose the best gold silk wood, and ask the craftsman to carve, and get the best lacquer, thousands of taels of silver will go out. ”

Lin Yuan said: "It's okay if you just want to fill your pockets, if you let Lafayette pay for the construction of the mausoleum, you will definitely not have a good heart!" With the bad heart behind you, it's not enough to kill you a thousand times! ”

Qian Su hurriedly kowtowed to the ground and said, "Lafayette, the slave is a loyal heart, the world can be learned, I don't know why Lord Daolin wants to say this about me?" ”

Cixi also asked: "Yes, Lin Aiqing, is it wrong for him to build a mausoleum for the mourning family?" ”

Lin Yuan said: "Lafayette doesn't remember that foreign devils used Wang Tianmu to pretend to be a ghost and prevent me from building a railway in the Qing Dynasty?" ”

Cixi said angrily: "Of course I remember, I heard that Wang Tianmu has been hurt to death, it is really clear that heaven, retribution is not happy, good, great!" ”

Lin Yuan said: "The most important thing to build a railway is money, and now my Qing Dynasty is surrounded by foreign powers, when they are eyeing each other, if my Qing Dynasty is not strong, wouldn't the mausoleum of Lu be trampled by foreign devils like the Old Summer Palace!" This Qian Su proposed to rebuild the mausoleum at this juncture and use a large amount of silver, what is the difference between it and Wang Tianmu and others! ”

Cixi was a little moved by Lin Yuan's words, and nodded involuntarily, Qian Su saw Cixi nodding, and her soul flew away, and she hurriedly said: "Lafayette, the mausoleum is indeed damaged in many places, and it should be rested." ”

Lin Yuan said angrily: "When can't the mausoleum be rebuilt, do you have to rebuild it now?" I think you're looking forward to Lafayette's early death! ”

Qian Su kowtowed like a chicken pecking rice, and said repeatedly: "No, no, the mausoleum really has to be repaired!" ”

Lin Yuan asked again: "Then let me ask you, to what extent is the mausoleum damaged?" Is it that if you don't fix it today, it will collapse tomorrow? If that's the case, why are you reporting it now? For your dereliction of duty, you can be beheaded! ”

Qian Su hurriedly replied: "No, absolutely not, there are only a few minor damages in the mausoleum, and the lower officials will find craftsmen to repair them." ”

Lin Yuan then said: "Lafayette, since the mausoleum doesn't need to be rebuilt, then give me the silver to build the railway." ”

Cixi nodded and said, "Okay, the silver will be given to you to build the railway." ”

Lin Yuan then got Cixi's edict and received the silver, but Qian Su was angry, so he began to think that when the time was right, he would stumble on Lin Yuan!

After these things were ready, Lin Yuan used the name of Zhang Hua to set up the Zhang's Railway Company, which was run by officials and merchants, and pocketed Zhan Tianyou and other railway construction talents, and then notified the US Ambassador to China Thomas.

Thomas has been waiting since Lin Yuan gave him the promise to build a railway, and now after receiving Lin Yuan's notice, he was immediately excited, they and the domestic railway company have long been ready, and the American railway giant, the Pacific Railroad, has sent a team of experts to China, just waiting for Lin Yuan's contract.

Thomas sent an envoy to Lin Yuan, and as soon as the envoy saw Lin Yuan's face, he said to Lin Yuan: "Ambassador Thomas invites you to go to No. 10 Dongjiaomin Lane tonight to attend a drinking party. ”

Lin Yuan was a little surprised when he heard this, because the time of the cocktail party was wrong, there was no electric lighting equipment in Beijing in this era, so it was dark at night, and only candles could be lit, compared to electric lights, the light of candles was very dim, and many foods could not see the color at all under the candlelight, so it was definitely not a pleasant thing to dine under the candlelight, and only couples would choose to dine under the candlelight for special reasons.

Lin Yuan then asked, "Is it at night?" You're not wrong? ”

The messenger smiled, "That's right, it's a whole new way of life that has emerged recently. ”

Lin Yuan didn't ask much, he took two entourages at night and came to No. 10 Dongjiaomin Lane, and was surprised when he went in, it turned out that it was not only brightly lit, but also a variety of lamps filled with rare gases, different kinds of rare gases will emit different colors of light when they are energized, adding a lot of color to the house, Lin Yuan thought: "I don't know when they installed the generator?" ”

The room looks very similar to the bars of modern society, behind the long counter, a few bartenders are bartending, the room is divided into separate spaces by dozens of one-person high screens, there are sofas and tables inside, and several blonde men are hugging black-haired and black-eyed women, and those women let out low moans in Japanese.

Lin Yuan found an empty table at random, and just as he was about to sit down, he heard someone next to him say, "You must have made a lot of money this time." Lin Yuan thought to himself: "This is actually the voice of the messenger today!" ”

Another voice sounded: "Of course, the Chinese don't know how to build a railway, they want to build a railway, our company must be indispensable to reap the benefits, and the White House also secretly informed us, let us secretly monitor China's movements, build a railway, but it is a warning signal." ”

"You're right, China has undergone tremendous changes today, as evidenced by the recent war, and we have reason to believe that China will become a force that will change the world, so the White House has asked you to take this opportunity to build a railroad to conduct a secret and comprehensive reconnaissance of China."

"Scouting? Scouting what? ”

"The decision-makers in the White House suddenly found that they know so little about China, they don't even have a map of China, you are an expert in building a railway, I believe you must know the road, before building a railway, you must survey the geographical situation, you will take this opportunity to reconnoiter China's geography and human situation."

The voice laughed and said, "We don't need to do this, the Chinese are similar to the Indians of our country, compared to us, they are a group of uncivilized barbarians, as long as we want, we can also drive them out of the city like the Indians!" ”

"This kind of thinking is dangerous in itself, and China is very mysterious, so we can't underestimate the enemy."

Lin Yuan listened and thought: "It seems that one of these two people is a railway expert, and the other is a government person, on the one hand, they want to use the opportunity of building a railway to reconnoiter the interior of our country, and on the other hand, they want to make money by building a railway, but unfortunately, with me, they will definitely not succeed." ”

At this moment, Thomas appeared in front of Lin Yuan in casual clothes and said with a smile: "I didn't expect you to come, I'll introduce two people to you." ”

Saying that, he called the entourage and whispered a few words, and the entourage quickly brought two people, and as soon as these two people spoke, Lin Yuan could hear it, it was the person who had just spoken.