Later, Sheng Xuanhuai was invited by Mr. Sun to return to the magic capital from Japan and continued to preside over the steamship China Merchants Bureau and Hanyeping Company.

In 1913, in order to solve the infrastructure construction funds, he signed five contracts with Nippon Iron Works and Yokohama Shojin Bank. With all the property of Hanyeping Company as collateral, it borrowed 15 million yen, of which 9 million yen was used to build Daye Iron Works, 6 million yen to repay Japan's old debts, and it was agreed to use 15 million tons of first-class minerals and 8 million tons of pig iron to supply Japan for repayment for a period of 40 years. And hired Japanese as the top engineering consultant and the top accounting consultant. These contracts enabled Nippon Steel to completely control the operation and management of Hanyeping Company, and gradually declined Hanyeping Company.

So, do these contracts have any elements of betraying the country? Are they considered fake public and private interests? Are they enriching their own pockets?

Qin Di couldn't figure out these questions either. Anyway, the Japanese have a good impression of the Sheng family, that's for sure.

In April 1916, Sheng Xuanhuai died of illness in the magic capital, and his family held an extremely grand funeral, which caused a sensation in the magic capital, costing 300,000 taels of silver, and the funeral procession was lined up from Xieqiao Lane to the Bund.

Sheng Xuan was pregnant with two wives and five concubines, and gave birth to eight sons and eight daughters for him.

Sheng Xuanhuai's wives and concubines are all competing for beauty, and his children are not idle: gambling on horses, prostitution, and smoking .....

It is probably the most appropriate to use "famous family" to describe Sheng Xuanhuai's many children.

In terms of "gentleness", the most outstanding performance is Sheng Xuanhuai's eldest son Sheng Changyi, who spends all day drinking, marrying six women and looking for flowers and willows everywhere, and finally, only 40 years old, he died in a hurry due to profligacy "back pain".

After the death of his eldest son, Sheng Xuanhuai learned from the pain, he knew that with the speed of this group of children's failure, he would die by himself one day, and the Sheng family's century-old foundation would be dissolved.

After thinking about it, Sheng Xuanhuai made a will before his death: to establish the Yuzhai Yizhuang Foundation, half of the inheritance will be distributed to the grandchildren of each house, and the other half of 5.8 million taels of silver will be placed in Yuzhai Yizhuang, the principal is not allowed to be used, and the interest is used for charity.

Obviously, Sheng Xuanhuai wanted to use this method to keep part of the Sheng family's property for a long time.

However, only 12 years after Sheng Xuanhuai's death, the descendants of the Sheng family divided the six costs of Yuzhai Yizhuang in the noisy noise. In order not to be obstructed by the Nationalist Government, they unanimously agreed to donate the rest of the principal to the Government. Since then, Yuzhai Yizhuang has officially come to an end.

"There are no more than three generations of rich, and no more than three generations of poor", and the Sheng family, a big family that dominated the late Qing Dynasty, did not escape this fate.

Sheng Yuyou is one of the more capable descendants of the Sheng family, but when he saw Qin Di at this time, he felt frightened and regretted that he had done something wrong.

Qin Di's gaze fell on the faces of the two young men, and he paused for a long time before he spoke: "Two or three years ago, you slandered me in the newspaper and owed me an explanation. ”

Sheng Yuyou felt the oppression of his gaze, and the cold sweat on his head became more, and said, "I'm sorry, Mr. Qin, I'm young and ignorant, please give me a chance to make amends." ”

Qin Di narrowed his eyes and said, "Since you sincerely apologize, I don't care about myself. Look at your appearance, there will be a small catastrophe in ten years, if you go to this place when the mountains and rivers are exhausted, you may have a creation. ”

As he spoke, he handed over a note with an address written on it.

Sheng Yuyou took it and looked at it, and found that it was a Japanese address, and felt a little strange in his heart, when he was confused, his sleeve was pulled by Ren Zhifang, he looked up and found that Qin Di had left.

"Hey, Mr. Qin, don't go, drink a glass of water and wine and then leave......"

Qin Di waved his hand and left without looking back.

Sheng Yuyou was stunned for a moment, and said to himself: "Why didn't I understand what he said?"

Ren Zhifang took the note and glanced at it, then put it in his handbag and said, "This Qin Da Shao, is his brain broken? He has no beginning or end in his work, he suddenly appears and leaves suddenly, what are he doing? What kind of tribulation are he talking about? What kind of mountains and rivers are exhausted? How is this possible?"

The two of them couldn't think too much, and someone next to them came over and urged them to toast the distinguished guests.

Although they didn't take Qin Di's words to heart, they kept the note, and it wasn't until a few years later, when the two of them worked hard to open a restaurant to sell fritters, that they suddenly remembered it. At that time, they found Qin Hanxu, who was over seventy years old, and helped Qin Xi support Japan's industry.

Sheng Yuyou once studied in the United Kingdom, which is a suitable talent for business, and since Qin Di has met him, he will recruit it by the way. He has no intention of killing people with revenge, and it is better to kill someone than to serve the other person for him.

According to what was agreed in advance, Qin Di and the third uncle's investment in Japan each accounted for 50% of the shares. This was 1940, and when Japan was defeated, Qin Di was still ready to invest heavily and acquire several important enterprises. There are so many enterprises, and the lack of management personnel is also a troublesome thing.

Why did Qin Di leave halfway through his words? Because Sheng Yuyou at this time happened to be young and golden, it was impossible to listen to him explain the story clearly, so let's wait until he was poor.

Qin Di came out of the Paramount Gate and went to Yu Garden unhurriedly.

After a while, he came to Jiyue Pavilion.

In the Jiyue Pavilion, in addition to Zhang Congyu, there was also a middle-aged man, dressed in a suit and leather shoes, with his hair combed back, and black-framed glasses, who looked like a scholar.

Zhang Congyu introduced: "Mr. Qin, this is Zheng Zhenze, who helped me collect a lot of ancient books. ”

Qin Di stretched out his hand and said with a smile: "Mr. Zheng, look up for a long time." ”

Zheng Zhenze is only two years older than Qin Di, but in terms of appearance, he is almost a generation behind, Qin Di is still like a 20-year-old youth, but he is already middle-aged.

Born in Wenzhou, Zhejiang, Zheng Zhenze is an outstanding social activist, writer, poet, translator, art historian, and famous collector, and the first director of the Cultural Relics Bureau of the People's Republic of China.

In the fall of 1931, he became a professor of Chinese at Yenching University and Tsinghua University in Peking. In the spring of 1935, Zheng Zhenze went to the magic capital to serve as the dean of the Faculty of Arts and the head of the Department of Chinese at Jinan University.

Before and after the fall of the Demon Capital, he stayed on the isolated island and rescued a large number of precious documents and ancient books for the country.

Zheng Zhenze searched for books very carefully, and in his own words, he described it as: "The search is close to Shanghai, near Paris, London, and Edinburgh." Whoever publishes a book and obtains it for the rest of his life, he will do everything he can, and he will do his best to get it. Clothes and diets are not taken care of. Therefore, there is often no penny, and the room is full of books. ”

He grabbed Qin Di's hand and said in an emotional tone: "Mr. Qin, it's rare that you are willing to contribute to rescue the lost ancient books and paintings, it's really rare!"

Qin Di said with a smile: "Where, in order to buy books, Mr. Zheng almost went to the point of cutting his flesh and crying blood, which also made him admire." ”

The three of them began to chat, talking about collecting ancient books, which was a painstaking and expensive thing.

Zheng Zhenze said: "Last year, I spent 9,000 yuan to buy a set of "Maiwangguan Copying School Books Ancient and Modern Miscellaneous Dramas", which almost made me vomit blood!"

Qin Di asked, "Then how did you get enough money?"

Zheng Zhenze replied: "Not only this set of books, but also a large number of other books, how can I have so much money alone? I have received a part of the government appropriations from the Republic of China, and the help of Chen Lifu and Zhu Jiahua......