(Reviewed again, I'll go to the editor)

After hearing Shen Baozhen's words, Su Yu couldn't help but be slightly stunned.

Because of Shen Baoer, after all, it is still slightly different.

Weighing one or two, Su Yu said: "Of course I have no problem, but the key is Ling Yan, is she willing?" Did you wronged her? ”

Shen Baozhen said: "There used to be fate without a part, and creation made people. Now it's a beautiful thing to go back and forth. ”

I don't know why, Su Yu inexplicably thought that Xu Jie would marry his granddaughter to Yan Song's grandson as a concubine.

But soon put this ridiculous feeling behind me, the two things are not the same after all. Moreover, Xu Jie's marriage to his granddaughter is also written in Mingren's notes, which may not be true.

Su Yu said: "Okay, I will immediately ask my sister-in-law to handle the relevant etiquette, and try to give Ling Yan a complete and decent etiquette." ”

Then, Su Yu said: "Mr. Youdan, the population of Jiujiang City will become more and more, and the difficulty of management will become higher and higher, you are a master of internal affairs, and all the internal affairs about Jiujiang in the future, even including the handover with the Hunan army, will be all bothered by you." ”

Shen Baozhen bowed and said, "I don't dare to ask for ears." ”

This person's internal affairs ability is absolutely first-class, and Su Yu really needs him now.

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Next, Su Yu found his sister-in-law Bai Feifei.

She had just arrived in Jiujiang, that is, she had just bathed and changed her clothes.

Hearing Su Yu's words, Bai Feifei couldn't help but be stunned and said, "You, do you want to take Miss Shen as a concubine?" ”

Su Yu said: "Yes." ”

It took a long time for her to accept and digest the news.

Bai Feifei couldn't help but sigh with emotion, and then said, "Okay, I'll do it immediately." It's just that now in Jiujiang City, there are no enough people to be matchmakers, so I think about it for a while, and I always have to find someone with a high enough status and official position. People are already a little wronged when they become concubines, and the etiquette in all aspects should be more in place. ”

Next, Bai Feifei went out directly.

She also has a lot of things, and she can't stop for a moment.

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Hong Renli found Su Yu.

"You need a woman?" She asked bluntly.

Then, she corrected, "I mean, you need a lot of women, 100,000? ”

Su Yu said: "Yes." ”

Hong Renli said, "What do you need them to do?" ”

Su Yu said: "The two factories I run need a large number of women. ”

Hong Ren said: "It's hard. ”

It's really difficult, because the current trend is that women don't want to go out of the door, and they don't step out of the second door, and it's still very difficult to want women to enter the factory.

Because of the current war, many women have lost their families, lost their land, and are lonely.

Hubei, Jiangxi, there are a lot.

Therefore, Su Yu asked the Hunan army to do this and sent a large number of women over.

First, because a lot of work women do, better than men, even much better.

Second, give these hard-working women a good way to live.

On Su Yu's side, there are still many single young adults, and after many women come, they can start a family.

Hong Ren said: "Actually, there are some women who are the most suitable. They are obedient, highly disciplined, and pungent and quick to do things. ”

Of course, Su Yu knew that it was the women's camp of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom.

The perverted policy of the kingdom of heaven separates men and women, and even husbands and wives cannot live together.

Therefore, the women of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom had a very rich experience of collective life.

It's just that most of these women's battalions are in Tianjing, so it should be difficult to get them.

Hong Ren said: "The sisters of these women's camps are actually living very hard, and many of them want to escape from Tianjing. How about we come up with a way to exchange them, whether it's a trade or something else? ”

She also has her own selfishness, and she can't bear to watch the sisters in the women's camp continue to live in that twisted environment, wanting to save them.

Su Yu said: "Hong Xiuquan has a terrible possessiveness of women, and it is difficult for him to let go of these poor women. ”

Hong Ren said: "There is no need to go through Hong Xiuquan, he actually doesn't care about many things, just talk to the people below, the key is what we are willing to pay?" They did not lack gold and silver, and even had a lot of them. But they are short of food, they are short of weapons, are you willing to exchange food, or even some weapons? ”

Food and weapons are very precious to Su Yu.

It's just that the amount of food he bought during this time is really amazing.

Once a full-scale war breaks out, food prices will definitely rise, and they will skyrocket.

It's just that Su Yu never thought of reselling grain, and he was prepared for these grains to ensure that the entire Jiujiang would have grain storage in the next few years.

Although he occupied a lot of land, only part of it was used to grow food, and the rest was used to grow cash crops as raw materials for factories.

Moreover, it is not enough for him to plant these fields.

Therefore, he also needs to go to other provinces to purchase a large number of raw materials.

The Governor of Liangjiang and the Secretary of the State Administration of Jiangsu had a good conversation, but it was not very smooth.

Su Trolling needs a lot of cocoons, a lot of cotton.

But in Shanghai, Jiangsu, Zhejiang there are a large number of cotton spinning, silk spinning.

The Qing court still had three major weaving bureaus in the south of the Yangtze River, and after Nanjing was occupied, Hangzhou weaving and Suzhou weaving still occupied a large share of power.

It can be said that the textile industry is the prototype of the entire Jiangnan industry.

The interests in this are intertwined, even if Su Yu and Wang Youling have a certain relationship, it is useless, an already stable chain of interests, it is difficult for outsiders to break it.

Therefore, Su Yu's negotiations with He Guiqing and Wang Youling were not successful.

Even, they are not optimistic about Su Yu's factory.

Because the entire textile industry in Jiangnan has been extremely rich and fully competitive.

Su Yu rushed in at this time, it was already too late.

But they didn't know that the weaving factory that Su Yu was going to set up was completely a giant.

Although there are enough workshops in Jiangnan, they are strong enough.

But in front of Su Yu's giant factory, it is completely vulnerable. It's like a sampan against a battleship.

Historically, too, after the Qing court market was completely opened by foreigners, the domestic textile industry was defeated and went bankrupt on a large scale.

Not to mention the Western powers, they were finally beaten all over the ground by the Japanese textile industry.

Silk and cloth, which were once China's export advantages, gradually died out of the Chinese cloth, which was once popular in the Western world, and the Chinese market became a dumping ground for cotton textiles from the Western powers.

China is different from Japan, the market is too big, so foreigners salivate, and the offensive against the Chinese market is particularly fierce.

Therefore, it does not matter that Japan is a little late in the development of the textile industry.

But for Su Yu, the sooner the better.

Even in Su Yu's conception, if the domestic market competition is too large and too saturated, it is even necessary for him to unite with the British army to knock on the Japanese market alive.

Not only did it completely kill Japan's textile industry, but it also completely turned it into a dumping ground.

In the most important Jiangnan, Su Yu didn't get what he wanted.

Therefore, Su Yu still has to go to Hubei, and he still has to talk to Zeng Guofan. Because Hubei was another major cotton-growing province in the Qing Dynasty, Hankou Town was also one of the major cotton distribution centers of the Qing court.

Moreover, after years of war, the order of the whole Hubei has been rebuilt to a certain extent, and the original chain of interests has been completely broken.

Sometimes it's really helpless, I fought to the death with the Hunan army before, and I turned around and had to find someone to cooperate.

However, the Hunan army should be willing.

No one is going to get along with money.

Nowadays, in the whole country, there should be no bigger purchaser than Su Yao.

Even, the cotton has not yet matured, and it is even more exaggerated that the cotton has not been planted in some places, so Su Yu needs to take someone to purchase it.

These things will be handed over to Hu Xueyan, Bai Yan, Bai Feifei and others next.

However, the key negotiations still need to be carried out by Su Yao.

Back to the topic of women.

For Su Yao, the women's camp of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom is indeed the perfect candidate for female workers.

Hong Ren said: "Say, are you willing to take out food and even weapons in exchange for these poor women?" ”

Su Yu thought for a while.

Weapons, Su Yu is also very lacking.

However, there is indeed a batch of weapons that are already going to be replaced. Because these rifles have a service life, once the life span is exceeded, the rifling is smoothed out, and the lethality of the gun will be greatly reduced.

And the frequency of use of guns in the new army is very high, and when fighting and training, they are desperately used.

Su Yu said: "Yes, you can talk." I can exchange food and weapons for those women's battalions in Tianjing! ”

"Great...... Hong Renli pounced, sat on Su Yan's lap, and kissed him fiercely.

Su Yu asked, "Are you healed?" ”

Hong Renli said in a magnetic voice: "Okay." ”

"Shall I enter?"

Hong Renli said hoarsely: "You come." ”

This time, Hong Renli is more gentle and passive.

Because her figure is so good, and the degree of cooperation is very high, she not only increases attack speed, increases critical hits, but also reduces durability.

The point is, in the surging moment.

The door to the room was slammed open.

"Mother, mother, look, what did I find?" Lin Xiang'er rushed in and happily showed what was in her hand.

Then, she stared blankly at the two of them.

Then, she covered her eyes desperately and said, "Oh my God, I'm going to be blind again." ”

However, while covering her eyes, the little girl also opened her fingers and looked secretly.

Because, seeing the scene in front of her, the impact on her was really too great.

Mother, is this crying?

Su Yu is too ugly, too scary.

Pound like this.

Then, that mother must not die of pain.

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Next!

Su Yu took Hu Xueyan to Wuchang.

"Lord Su, we agree to the deal you proposed last time." Zeng Guo Fan Road.

The parties do not need to sign a contract, just verbally.

In Su Yu's opinion, this is a very cost-effective deal.

And for Zeng Guofan and Hu Linyi, this is a more cost-effective deal.

Both sides felt like they had made a lot of money.

In the eyes of Zeng Guofan and Hu Xueyan, what is more important than political power and military power?

The Hunan army got the whole of Jiangxi except Jiujiang.

Su Yu said: "Okay, then let's talk about the second cooperation between our two sides." ”

Zeng Guofan was slightly stunned.

The second collaboration?

What else is there to cooperate?

Su Yu said: "I look this way, I found that the cotton in the whole territory of Hubei has been planted, and it will be harvested in more than two months. ”

Zeng Guofan said: "After the war, it is difficult to recuperate, so the planting area is only about half of the heyday. ”

Su Yu said: "I have collected all the cotton in your province this year." ”

Suddenly, Zeng Guofan and Hu Linyi were completely stunned.

Do you want them all?

Do you know how much it costs?

Your Su Yao's factory hasn't been set up yet, so you're in a hurry to purchase cotton?

Su Yu had to be anxious.

Because within two and a half years, his Jiujiang Economic Experimental Zone must see fruitful results.

It's not because of the pressure to divide the money on the British side in the secret agreement.

Rather, he needs to use this achievement to persuade the British royal family to continue to pursue another Sino-British diplomatic line.

It is necessary to prove with sufficiently large interests that the interests of cooperation between China and Britain outweigh the interests of war.

At the critical moment, Su Yu needs to use huge economic and political interests to prove the superiority of another diplomatic line.

Two and a half years later, it was a critical juncture.

For the first time, the gains of the Soviet route were to suppress the gains of the British war route.

In this way, he can turn the tide at the most critical moment.

Or wait for the secret agreement to be signed, and then put in to start building the factory, then transport the machines, and then go to buy raw materials?

The devil knows how many years later.

Time waits for no one, and Su Yu needs several steps to merge into one.

There's a lot of immigration here, a lot of training.

Raw materials are purchased in large quantities here.

And after the Hunan army organizes a large number of immigrants to come over, it will start to build factories.

Everything is accelerating.

Be sure to let the plant wait for the machine, and the worker wait for the machine, not the other way around.

Zeng Guofan was silent for a while, and said, "Lord Su Yu, first of all, I apologize for my previous prejudices against you. ”

He really fully understands what Su Yu said now, I have never regarded the Hunan army as an enemy.

Zeng Guofan continued: "Generally speaking, after our cotton in Hubei is planted, the weaving merchants in the south of the Yangtze River will come to talk, in fact, they have already come to talk. Of course, they are very scattered, and many of them talk to big landlords. Pay a portion of the deposit upfront, then wait until it matures, negotiate a price, and finally complete the acquisition, and pay all the money. ”

"In business, if you want to buy, it means that we have to completely deny those businessmen from Jiangnan, he is our god of wealth, and he will make our Jiangnan businessmen guilty."

"Secondly, if I promise you, you will have to pay a large deposit right now. If I'm not mistaken, you've already spent a lot of money. ”

Su Yu had two million silver in hand, plus a loan of one million pounds, adding up to more than five million taels.

It's been used up a lot.

Su Yu said: "In business, since I want to come to purchase, I will naturally pay a deposit according to the market price." And I have a huge advantage over those merchants, and my purchases are huge. ”

Zeng Guofan was silent for a while, and said, "Lord Su Yu, let me say more, what if your relationship in London fails?" It is very likely that your factory will not be able to open, and all your astronomical investments will be wasted. ”

"There are no secrets in this world, because we had just made a big deal with the British in Shanghai not long ago. Throughout the Shanghai consulate hierarchy, you have become a crazy adventurer, the craziest adventurer in the Far East ever, they call you ...... Don what. ”

Su Yu said: "Don Quixote." ”

Zeng Guofan said: "Yes, the entire Shanghai consulate is very optimistic about the success of your relationship in London. They all think that your crazy adventure will fail, and they will see a classic case of failure in business politics. ”

"You should also know that Wittoma and Sir Henry had a better relationship with you, and they snubbed our side." Zeng Guofan continued: "But now, recently, he has become enthusiastic with us, and has resumed a lot of transactions with us, big arms deals. Because they don't see your adventure and your success in London, they choose to stay away from you. ”

There is also a core reason, the new British minister, the supreme commander of the Far East, Count Elgin, does not like Su Yu.

was even hostile to Su Yu.

Therefore, all the high-level leaders of the British Empire in the Qing Dynasty followed the baton of Earl Ergin and chose to snub Su Yao.

Including Su Yu's former friend Wittoma, and Sir Henry.

Of course, although the Earl of Ergin was hostile, he disdained to regard Su Yu as a political opponent, and he did not think that Su Liu's so-called other Sino-British diplomatic line might be activated.

He felt that Bao Ling and Ba Xiali's operation in London was bound to fail.

Zeng Guofan said: "Lord Su Yu, I originally thought that I was crazy enough to do things. But compared to you today, it's really a drop in the bucket. I don't understand your actions, but I'm deeply moved. ”

What is a huge touch?

Even, Zeng Guofan admired it very much in his heart.

Zeng Guofan offended the entire Hunan officialdom in order to train his troops at that time, and he was indomitable and reckless, and he already felt ruthless enough.

But Su Yu made such a big move, he really didn't dare to imagine it.

A mere governor of China dares to operate the diplomatic line of the world's largest power.

Zeng Guofan said: "Lord Su Yu, you have paid so much, have you ever thought about the consequences of failure?" ”

Su Yu shook his head and said, "No, it's just a ruin." ”

Zeng Guofan said: "At that time, I was training in Hunan, and when there was a mutiny, and when I was chasing and killing me, I thought about giving up. But if I had given up, I wouldn't be where I am today. Of course, if I gave up at that time, I could still be a rich man, but if Lord Su Yu gave up, it would be a catastrophe. ”

Then, Zeng Guofan said: "Your proposal is very important, and it is related to the future relationship between the Hunan Army and the Jiangnan Foundation. We'll need to deliberate, but it will be quick. ”

Then, Zeng Guofan suddenly said: "Lord Su Yu, can you find a replacement place for a large number of cotton raw materials?" ”

Jiangnan and Hubei are major cotton planting areas.

Jiangxi is full of war this year, and there is no planting at all.

Jiangsu and Zhejiang are the base camps of the Jiangnan consortium, and Su Yu can't interfere at all.

And it is also necessary to take into account transportation, so Hubei is almost the only choice for Su Yu.

Su Yu said: "There is no substitute land, Hubei is the only choice." ”

This is not a secret, Su Yu didn't say it, Zeng Guofan also knew it.

"Okay, I got it." Zeng Guofan said: "I will go to Changsha immediately, and we will give you the answer within five days." ”

Of course, he wanted to discuss with Luo Bingzhang and Zuo Zongtang.

"In business, although Lord Su Yu's actions are very important, and even related to the fate of my Qing Dynasty, we will not back down on the benefits we should have, and you can't lower the price and payment method than the Jiangnan Foundation." Zeng Guofan emphasized.

Su Yu said: "That's nature, I'm waiting for good news!" ”

"Digong, junior farewell!"

Zeng Guofan said: "I'll send you." ”

Next, Zeng Guofan personally sent Su Yu directly out of the governor's yamen, and even directly to the Yangtze River wharf.

Zeng Guofan is extremely arrogant, this is really a rare courtesy for him.

Before getting on the boat, Zeng Guofan couldn't help but ask, "Lord Su Yu, are you going back to Jiujiang?" ”

Su Yu said: "Go to Sichuan, go to Yunnan." ”

Zeng Guofan asked: "Is Sichuan important?" Or is Yunnan important? ”

Su Yu said: "Yunnan is important. ”

Zeng Guofan said: "Yunnan Governor Sang Chunrong and Yunnan Governor Wu Zhenqi have no friendship. But according to the inspector Zhang Liangji, I am my deceased, so I will write a letter and ask Master Su to help me forward it. ”

Su Yu suddenly bowed down and said, "Thank you, Zeng Gong." ”

Sang Chunrong and Zeng Guofan are not only unacquainted, they will even be political enemies in the future, and the case of Yang Naiwu and Xiao Cabbage in the future will be presided over by this person, and he will become the blade in Cixi's hand, stabbing at the forces of the Hunan army in the south of the Yangtze River.

And Zhang Liangji used to be the governor of Hunan, and he had a deep relationship with Zeng Guofan, although there were some repetitions in the middle, but this person can be called Zeng Guofan's benefactor. It's just that this old man recently memorized words and was demoted to Yunnan, and his official was demoted several levels.

But the people will rise soon, and it won't take a few years to become the governor of Yunnan and Guizhou.

Zeng Guofan quickly wrote a letter and handed it to Su Yu.

Su Yu thanked him again, and then boarded the boat and left.

Zeng Guofan stood on the shore and watched Su Wei's boat leave.

Hu Linyi walked over and said, "My lord, why did you help him?" ”

Zeng Guofan said: "He is doing a big thing, related to the fate of the country, desperate, our past grievances and grievances are nothing at all." ”

Hu Linyi said: "Can he do it?" ”

Zeng Guofan shook his head and said: "Probably not, everyone in the Shanghai Consulate said that this was a crazy and childish adventure, facing the British Parliament, facing the Earl of Ergin, Su Yu and his British allies, the power is too weak." ”

"But even if it fails, it will be a vigorous act to save the country, and it will go down in history in the future."

Hu Linyi said: "Does the imperial court know?" ”

Zeng Guofan sneered disdainfully: "They know a fart." ”

The imperial court is still ignorant of many things, and is still immersed in a huge diplomatic victory.

Even, Zeng Guofan cultivated enough tacit understanding with the Shanghai Consulate of the British Empire.

This is not only the case now, but also in the coming decades.

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London, England, Buckingham Palace, room 1844.

The two of them, Basha Li and Sir Bao Ling, sat quietly, waiting for Prince Albert's arrival.

No words can describe their nervousness.

By now, they have given too much, most of their savings, all their political future.

And this meeting with Prince Albert directly determined his political fate and even his life fate.

If they fail, they will not even be able to be a rich man, because they will even mortgage the gold mine in Malaysia.

Even Bao Ling and Ba Xiali don't know how they have become such political gamblers.

A little bit of betting, and finally found that it was desperate, and there was no room for recovery, so I could only go all the way to the end.

But as long as they think of Su Yu, they will feel that it is nothing.

Compared to Su Yao's investment, what are they worth?

Su Yu is the real ruin, staking the fate of himself and even the Qing Dynasty.

Bao Ling looked at his pocket watch over and over again, even every minute, and drank water constantly.

Sir Bashali chose to close his eyes and recuperate, reviewing in his mind over and over again, and he had already been familiar with what he was going to say next, even though it was almost entirely a diplomatic strategy written by Su Yu.

But he was still upset by Bao Ling's actions.

"Sir Bao Ling, there is a clock in front of you, you don't have to take out your pocket watch again and again, that kind of loud opening sound is too harsh." "In addition, the prince is very punctual. You'd better not drink too much water, or you'll interrupt our rhythm when you go to the bathroom. ”

Next, he couldn't help but reach out and touch a box beside him.

It was a gift that Su had traveled thousands of miles to bring to London to give to Prince Albert.

And said that this gift is a killer feature, which will bring a huge touch to Prince Albert and can greatly increase the probability of success.

12:58 p.m.!

Several officers entered, inspected the entire interior.

"His Royal Highness has arrived!"

Suddenly, Bao Ling and Sir Bashali stood up suddenly.

A moment later, Prince Albert walked into the room.

"Good afternoon, gentlemen!"

"Good afternoon, Your Royal Highness, please convey our infinite respect to Her Majesty."

Prince Albert smiled mildly: "Don't be nervous, this afternoon, I canceled all the trips, so we have a full half day, if not enough, we can continue in the evening." ”

"First of all, I want to thank you, Sir Su Yu, who is thousands of miles away, the medicine he gave me is very miraculous and very effective!"

"However, personal friendship cannot override national interests, so I need something more convincing."

Sir Bashali said: "Your Royal Highness, first of all, you also agree that the future of this world is technology and industry, right?" ”

Prince Albert said: "Yes, that's exactly what worries me the most. There are no beautiful flowers growing in the desert, and the Qing country is a decaying, ancient desert that cannot grow the flowers of science and technology and industry, and in that decaying country, there is really no hope for science and technology. ”

Sir Bashali said: "The contents of this box are assembled and manufactured by Sir Su Yu himself, and they are a gift to you, which perfectly interprets the light of technology and industry. ”

"Can I take it out and show it to you now?"

Albert was suddenly full of anticipation, he was the one who had hosted the World's Fair, what new things had not been seen? What advanced technology has you never seen?

Sir Qing Guo, thousands of miles away, is still trying to conquer him with technology?

Bashali opened the box and took out a box with a large horn on it.

Then, he began to twist the clockwork.

After tightening the clockwork, he took out a disc and placed it on it.

This disc is an all-natural product, the resin secreted by the lac worm. Su Yu has used a lot of materials, paper shells, wax and so on.

In the end, he took a shortcut to history and sent people to Guangdong and Guangxi to collect a large number of lac insect secretions.

This disc is the most high-tech and difficult part of this device.

As long as the principle is known, the rest of the high school students will be able to make it.

Phonograph!

Su Yu used to conquer and shock the gift of Prince Albert.

Su Yu, under the guidance of the most detailed drawings, used dozens of craftsmen to create the world's first phonograph.

Because it stands on the shoulders of historical giants, this gramophone is many years earlier than Edison, and it is also much more advanced than Edison's.

After twisting the clockwork, Bashali pressed the button directly.

And then...... The whole person held his breath and waited for a miracle to happen.

Prince Albert, too, widened his eyes in anticipation.

And the next scene made his eyes completely wide open and he felt an unprecedented shock.

Because, from the horn of this machine, there was a sound of Su Tuo.

Very standard English.

"Dear Prince Albert, I am the Marquis of Suyu from China, and I would like to extend my high respect and sincere greetings to you!"

It wasn't just Prince Albert who was stunned.

Sir Bao Ling next to him, as well as the prince's entourage, were also completely stunned.

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Note: The second update is sent, and it is still updated today.

Grace Gong, do you still have a monthly pass in your pocket? Give pastries? I have kowtowed to you.

(End of chapter)