The young man was in a hurry, but the carriage was moving very slowly in the middle of the city, and he looked out the window through the glass, and after a while the carriage stopped, "What's the matter?" The young man shouted. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

"Red dew nails." The coachman is a native of Guangdong, the official language is not too slippery, the young man listened to it several times before he heard that the coachman said "traffic light", he looked ahead, several people were standing at the intersection in police clothes, waving red and green signs to direct traffic, the carriage and pedestrians on his side were blocked, the young man was anxious to die, "Don't pay attention, rush over." ”

"No, if you get caught, you'll be fined, I can't drive anymore, I can't break into red nails." The coachman shook his hand and rejected the young man, the young man rolled his eyes, helplessly paralyzed in the position, fortunately this intersection is not very blocked, after a while it was the turn of the road to go, towards the road for half an hour, to a very majestic building built with cement and steel bars dozens of meters high, although the use of Western materials but the style is still Chinese-style, it is said that the big businessman who has been to Beijing said, and the appearance of the front door building is almost the same, although the height is insufficient, but the windows are made of carved glass, the whole body is bright, It is very beautiful under the sun, although today's glass is not a luxury, but the price is not low, like here, dozens of windows are made of carved glass, about 13 lines of foreign trade, there is no other place.

The young man got off the carriage in front of this majestic building, threw a copper plate with a face value of "picking up the round" to the coachman, and hurriedly walked to the foyer, obviously the porter knew this person, and did not stop it, four or five carriages had been set up at the wall, several carriages were lined up, all black, big and sturdy, very mighty and handsome, there was a person looking at the door, and the coachman said this, and saw the young man coming, and hurriedly waved and complained, "What's the matter with you?" I'll be back this time! ”

"I came back as soon as I saw the news just now, isn't this a traffic jam on the road? Now the city of Guangzhou is really blocked," the young man stuffed the newspaper to the person who greeted him, "Have you seen this news in Vietnam?" It's killing us! ”

"Do you want to see it? Several masters have seen it, isn't this in a hurry to go to the governor's yamen? You follow me, let's go together, you are in foreign language, maybe it can come in handy. ”

The young man wiped the beads of sweat on his head, answered, and the two of them were waiting at the door, and after a while, four or five men wearing mending clothes came out of the high-style building, and the mending on the chest of the head of the person was a mandarin duck, showing that he had the title of four grades, and the people behind him ranged from five to seven grades.

Several people have a big belly and a graceful posture, but there is no joy on their faces, and they don't speak, they go straight to the carriage, the young man knows that these gods are in a bad mood, and they don't dare to rap, and they get into the carriage with another person, and the convoy goes towards the governor of Liangguang, and after a while, he arrives in front of the governor's line, Zeng Guoquan is an old hero, the shelf is huge, and Goshha is also domineering, but when he saw this line, the iceberg face of the head of the guard for thousands of years actually showed a smile, and when a few people walked up the steps, they also saluted"Greetings to a few adults." ”

The person at the head hurriedly dodged the salute, and then helped the chief of the guard, "Don't dare to be your adult, if you don't dislike it, just call me Lao Mei." ”

"Master Mei, you are a serious official, where do I dare to be so arrogant?" The chief guard laughed.

"We've come to see the Governor, but we don't know if the Governor is available?" That Lord Mei took the hand of the chief of the guard and quietly handed over a silver ticket of one hundred taels, and the chief of the guard put the silver ticket in his sleeve and winked at Lord Mei, "Originally, it was not available, but this time I just sent the Jun Zhi from the court, so I was a little free, but then again, no matter how busy Lord Dutai is, I don't dare to snub you a few gods of wealth." ”

Lord Mei thanked him again and again, and six or seven people entered the side door of the governor's yamen, and the chief of the guard took out the silver ticket, looked at the numbers on it, and whistled happily, "This is really earned," he laughed, "Brothers, wait for the duty, I will treat you, go to Taotaoju, have afternoon tea, brother, I will treat you." ”

A group of people burst into a daze, and one of the people on the side asked in confusion, "Boss, these are just businessmen, why are you so polite to them?" ”

"What do you know," the chief of the guard patted the dumb-headed Goshha on his hat, "Our lords now have to rely on these merchants to do errands, money can make ghosts grind, money can seal the marquis of ten thousand years, don't you say that I respect some of them?" Your level is still too low," the head of the guard shook his head and said pityingly, "Listening to the words of the marshal and reading more is a serious good thing." ”

Several people were led to a flower hall, and the five people with supplementary clothes sat on the sour pear wood official hat chairs in the first two rows and waited, the young man in the vest and another person could only stand at the outermost, the maids served tea and retreated, several people sat silently, the bottom person was a little worried, and the dull atmosphere was a little unbearable, and he coughed, "President, what do you mean by this Governor, will you help us?" ”

Master Mei, who is called the president, shook his head, "This is not good, the Yamen has always been difficult to enter, but Lord Zeng is a martial artist, but he doesn't dislike us doing business, so there are some contacts, filial piety is due, but those things are not worth being used by others, but we, if we are carried out by the French like this, I am afraid that it will be finished!" ”

Speaking of the French, several people were indignant, "I lost the Frenchman and his mother, and others are okay, what should we do if we rely on Vietnam for food?" Now that Vietnam has been lost, it makes no difference that the officials and masters are happy by themselves, but we are unlucky! If it is taken away by the French, the price of iron and coal has risen by 30% compared with last year, and if it falls into the hands of the French, in the future, this price will double, it is not impossible, I am afraid that this is still the French are merciful to us! ”

"yes, who's to say it isn't? Nine times out of ten, our brothers in the Foshan Guild rely on Vietnam for food. The person sitting at the bottom of Lord Mei tilted his head and whispered to Lord Mei, "In the future, this person will be a knife and I will be a fish, and this life will be tight." ”

"What's the hurry, the government can't look at it in vain," Master Mei covered his mouth and coughed, "You must know that our coal yard iron works are all run by officials and merchants, and the government occupies the majority of them, and they can't make money in the future, so they are also anxious." ”

A person shook his head disapprenorantly, "The people in the government are not bad for money, they don't expect this to live, we can't do it, if we lose these harvests, it will be looked down on by those who resell in the Thirteen Lines, if it is pinched by the French, it is really unreasonable, we spent so much silver to buy foreign machinery and equipment, and then if we lose it like this, how can we live?" Naturally, the government wants to help us, he doesn't care about us, who cares? ”

"Okay, don't talk at this time, let's see what the governor means first," Lord Mei stopped a group of people from complaining, a few people waited silently, there were ice cubes in the flower hall, which was already an extremely luxurious thing in Lingnan, Rao was so, everyone's foreheads were also slowly dripping with beads of sweat, the young man's temperament jumped out, he was originally afraid of the grandeur of the governor's mansion, he didn't dare to speak, at this time seeing that everyone was silent, he was interested, and looked up, only to see the garden, Hanging a palm-sized ball made of glass, others don't know what this thing is, but he knows that it is actually an American invention of the "electric light", which can be lit up as soon as the electricity is turned on, and the night can be as if it were day, an American named Edison invented it, which was only a few years on the market, and it was actually in the city of Guangzhou. (To be continued.) )