Chapter 65 in Shengfu

The inclined bridge does not mean that the bridge is inclined. East Lupu, a tributary of the Wusong River, bends from north to south. There is a famous entertainment garden Zhangyuan in Hexi and a British country club in Hedong. For the convenience of transportation, the two sides worked together to build a wooden bridge over the river. Because the direction of the road connected to the bridge is also irregular, and the river is curved, the bridge is oblique from any angle, so it is called a diagonal bridge.

The inclined bridge is famous in Shanghai for its clear water, dense trees and pleasant scenery, so it has become the choice of some rich gentry and decent foreigners. Therefore, the design of the inclined bridge residence combines Chinese and Western styles, with both traditional Chinese halls and pavilions and large Western-style gardens and grasslands.

A carriage stopped in front of the gate of Shengfu on Xieqiao Road. As soon as the carriage stopped, Lu Guozheng, who had been standing behind the carriage, jumped out of the car, took a red paper from the car and walked to the gate of Shengfu. Although the gate was a foreign-style black iron gate, there was a green oil beast-faced door ring on the door.

When Lu Guozheng hit the door ring, Chen Moran in the carriage took a look outside the car. When the black iron door opened, it only flashed, and a servant in black could be seen through the sea. When the man took the worship post, he first looked at the carriage, and then at Lu Guozheng, but his face showed a little contempt. After Lu Guozheng took out a few yuan from his clothes, he closed the door and sent the post.

"The style of Shengfu is big enough!"

This scene made Chen Moran feel evil. He didn't see this kind of dog's power. At the closed black iron gate, Chen Moran snorted coldly in his heart. This time, he came to Shengfu to see him. In fact, he sent him money to Sheng Xuanhuai, but he didn't want to be unhappy at the door. What's more, he originally had a preconceived idea about this "patriotic businessman".

"However, Shanda Ren is now under the supervision of the National Railway Corporation. He is also the boss of Han Yeping Company, the General Administration of Telegraph of China and China Tongshang Bank. He has the title of second-grade political envoy and a seven-grade official in front of the prime minister's door, which is also expected."

Sun Mingjiu whispered beside him and looked at Chen Moran's appearance. He thought that if it hadn't been for his father, he would have been afraid that Chen Moran would not even be able to enter the door of Shengren.

The closed black iron gate was not opened, but the side door was open, and the doorman, who was more than 50 years old, stood outside the side door.

"Mr. Sun, please go to the front hall."

The arrogance on his face only blocked Chen Moran's heart, but Sun Mingjiu got out of the car with a smile and punched the porter.

"Exaler!"

When he spoke, Sun Mingjiu took out an ingot with his right hand between his sleeves and stuffed it into the doorman's hand. As soon as the doorman saw the silver, his face slowed down slightly and smiled. At this time, the kung fu porter revealed that the servant should have his duty. He bent his waist and asked with his right hand.

"Please, Mr. Sun, please, Mr. Chen!"

"Ling you to lead the way!"

After Sun Mingjiu got out of the car, his posture and perverseness only made Chen Moran sigh in his heart. The gap between this person and people was right here. When he met this kind of person, he was so angry that he didn't say anything, and even thought of stroking his sleeves. But this Grand Duke Sun, although he was not in the officialdom, he also donated the official title of Liupin. This was for a doorman. Respectfully.

He sighed that he had to learn from others, so he followed Sun Mingjiu into the yard and walked towards the main house.

Sheng Xuanhuai, sitting in the hall, with a little worry on his face, not for anything else, but just for the Hanyang Iron Factory thousands of miles away. Two days ago, he received another telegram asking him to go back to the factory to host, saying that he would go back to the factory to host, but what was inside, he knew very well that the iron factory did not The money.

Five years ago, Zhang Zhidong, who had been running the Hanyang Iron Factory for seven years, was worried and lost all the cost. He also owed five million taels of debt. He really couldn't hold on any more. He came to Shanghai to ask Sheng Xuanhuai to pick it up. This made Sheng Xuanhuai see a big joke and secretly had fun in his heart.

In those years, Zhang Xiaoda wanted to run a Hanyang Iron Factory, and he discussed with Sheng in Shanghai. Sheng Xuanhuai told him that he wanted to do business but never official. Commercial offices, shareholders are careful and calculating, and they will not do business at a loss. And the official office, everyone is not in pain. Anyway, it is an official foundation. Life or death has nothing to do with it. It is easy to breed right and wrong. Things are delayed, and you can get half the effort.

On the one hand, the reason why he said this is that Sheng Xuanhuai has been plotting for the iron factory for a long time. It has been more than ten years since he went to Hubei for prospecting in the 13th year of Tongzhi. Although the mine was not completed in the end, Xuanhuai's reputation of losing his family fell at that time. For example, Zhang Xiaoda's official office of Daye Iron Mine and Iron Mine, Sheng Xuanhuai could not intervene. This is for personal gain, and on the other hand, he wanders between officials and businessmen. He knows the officialdom very well, and he is also telling the truth.

However, Zhang Zhidong did not listen. He was full of ambition, thinking that running a heavy industry could be like suppressing twists. With a drum and foreign guns and cannons, he was expected to seize the top of the mountain. Now that Zhang Zhidong can't do it well, what's his best move for Sheng Xuanhuai? The reason why he dares to move forward is that he has his own way. First, he dragged his partner Zheng Guanying to serve as the general office of Hanyang Iron Factory, and seized the opportunity to rectify the key points of the factory.

The reason why Zhang Zhidong of the iron factory can't continue is that the root knot is the fuel. Due to the lack of combustion fuel, Hanyang Iron Factory cannot produce normally. With Kaiping coal or Japanese German coke, the coke price is much higher than the iron price. The furnace ironmaking will lose money. If the furnace is closed, the fixed expenditure will be 80,000 taels per month, which is also a loss. The most urgent difficulty for desperate people is coke, which cannot be produced without fuel.

In order to solve the fuel problem, we began to use Western method to mine Pingxiang coal mine. At the same time, we also had to build a railway to transport coal out. Three years ago, we first asked for a loan from the Bank of Germany, and two years ago, we signed a "coal coking iron ore exchange contract" with Japan for a loan, and finally opened the Pingxiang Coal Mine. Although the Pingzhu Railway has not been repaired and only used to transport coal by water for the time being, the problem of coal has finally been solved.

The iron factory can start construction, and the steel factory has finally come out of iron. Since then, the Hanyang Iron Factory has been able to flow silver, but when he met one before the New Year, Sheng Xuanhuai did not expect anything. Steel is refined, but it is popular to say, "I'm not afraid of not knowing goods, but I'm afraid of shopping." The steel produced by Hanyang Iron Factory somehow looks very good, but it doesn't like it. The quality is very brittle and often breaks. It is really incomparable with steel imported from foreign countries.

The quality of steel is not good, and naturally it can't be sold. Hanyang Iron Factory is still a factory that compensates for silver. For this reason, Sheng Xuanhuai can be said to be very worried, but there is no way at present. He can only hold it like this, but even if he holds it, he has to stick tens of thousands of taels of silver to Hanyang Iron Factory in a month. The silver is all held by Sheng Xuanhuai and borrowed it as a guarantee from the ship investment bureau and the telegraph company. If you can hold on for a while, you can't hold on for a lifetime!

"It's hot!"

Thinking of the appearance of the iron factory now, Sheng Xuanhuai can't help sighing. Eighteen years ago, he fell the name of "Xuanhuai's loser" on the coal iron. Unexpectedly, Han Yeping, who took over from Zhang Xiaoda now, was also very hot!

When sighing, Sheng Xuanhuai, with a sad face, looked at the post on the table, which was a letter from Sun Jingnan. Sheng Xuanhuai met him when he was in charge of the ship investment bureau. Although he was worried, he did not want to touch the face of his old friend. Although the two did not have a deep friendship, he still wanted to live.

"Sir, Mr. Sun and Mr. Chen have arrived!"

"Please let them in!"

With a restrained look, Sheng Xuanhuai stroked his hand and ordered.

When he stepped into the hall and saw Sheng Xuanhuai sitting on his head, Sun Mingjiu lifted his robe and knelt respectfully.

"My little nephew Sun Ming has seen Uncle Shi for a long time!"

When saluting, Sun Mingjiu's words narrowed the relationship between the two.

"Ming Jiuxian's nephew, free, free, please get up quickly..."

Although he said so, Sheng Xuanhuai sat down and received the gift.

"The younger generation Chen Moran has met the adult!"

Chen Moran, who was inconvenient for the leg script, didn't want to kneel like Sun Mingjiu. He just hugged his fist and made a long bow.

An received Sun Mingjiu's big gift and saw the young man in Western-style clothes next to him. Sheng Xuanhuai frowned slightly, but he glanced at Chen's silent crutch and contacted his name. He remembered a person he had seen in the newspaper before. When he walked in contact with him, he was lame when he entered the house, and his heart suddenly became clear.

"Chen Moran, is it the "Chen family lame hao" who reported the house with the twelve classes?"

Being called like this by Sheng Xuanhuai, Chen Moran hurriedly bowed again.

"I dare not, in front of the grand people, the younger generation dares to be proud!"

"Dare to get, dare to get, how dare not, at your age, not to mention more than a million taels, I'm afraid it's a hundred taels, I'm afraid it's hard to come out. You deserve this luxury word!"

All right!

Sun Mingjiu, who was still standing next to

, was shocked. What happened to this grand man today? He actually praised a descendant like this.

But in fact, after recognizing that Chen Moran was the "Chen's lame tycoon who returned from Jinshan", Sheng Xuanhuai, who was worried about Han Yeping, instantly moved his mind and added a commercial stock, which could always make Han Yeping hold on, accept commercial stocks, increase investment and transform equipment.

However, until Sheng Xuanhuai asked the two to sit down, Sun Mingjiu still did not figure out the joints, and was suddenly "complied" by Sheng Xuanhuai. Chen Moran was so comfortable that a little evil feeling in front of the door disappeared in an instant.

It was in the atmosphere of different plans that Chen Moran and Sheng Xuanhuai, an official and businessman who "connected with Southeast Mutual Insurance", laughed and talked about overseas interesting things. He could not avoid mentioning the industrial theory, while Sun Mingjiu complimented "Uncle Shi" on the sidelines. For a while, the atmosphere in the hall was not harmonious.

"Hehe, it's rare for you to have this kind of experience!"

Listening to Chen Moran's theory of industry, enriching the people and strengthening the country, Sheng Xuanhuai smiled and praised.

"I want to make a lot of money, I'm afraid that the printing factory is just a small test!"

Speaking of this wealth, in the ears of outsiders, Xu and Cai retreated, but Sheng Xuanhuai meant "money".

"To tell you the truth, this time I have something to discuss with you!"

"Oh!"

Sheng Xuanhuai raised his eyes and looked at Chen Moran sitting on the left.

"I don't know what's going on!"

"The Iron of Hanyang!"