Chapter 73 Huo Hongji's Future

It was already late at night. Hu Chuyuan didn't sleep for two nights. He was very sleepy. The matter was settled, so he asked someone to send Mei Qizhao and Huo Hongji away.

Next time, as soon as he woke up, Huo Hongji came again.

This time, Huo Hongji also brought a small gift, saying that he wanted to thank Hu Chuyuan for giving him Kangxi Dibao yesterday.

It's clear that there is something to ask for!

Hu Chuyuan understood in his heart and invited him to have breakfast in the lake pavilion of the West Garden.

Talking about a few interesting things casually, Huo Hongji said to Hu Chuyuan, "Speaking of yesterday, I think Hu Qiwei's talent is not only far better than me, but also the governor is not as good as you!"

Hu Chuyuan said, "Lord Huo is flattered. That's just because you see my strengths, but you don't see my weaknesses."

Huo Hongji smiled and said, "If a person can have this, he can achieve a great career in his life. Huo has a merciless request. I hope Lieutenant Hu can mention me so that I can better serve the court."

Hu Chuyuan thought for a time and said, "Your Excellency, you might as well learn a foreign language and read the original foreign books. Although the translated book is easy to understand, if the translator himself does not understand it, the translated book will lose its original value. I once discussed Western learning and middle school with Lord Zhongtang, and I felt that 'middle school is the body and Western learning is used' is outdated. If you want to achieve something, you should put aside the struggle between China and the West and learn from the strengths of all families.

Huo Hongji was a little surprised.

Among other things, he is still considering the words "middle school is for the body, Western learning is for use".

But those who can achieve a career in this era, especially the Han people, are basically not simple, and they also have their own ideas. Huo Hongji, who is the last military minister of the Qing school in the Qing Dynasty, is not simple.

Even when he was young, he was a person who said less.

Speak less, see more, and do things concisely.

If it is not for such a person, it is impossible to rank first in the Hanlin Academy college entrance examination. Such a college entrance examination is undoubtedly another champion, and it is more practical than the champion, which is the symbol of the most official talent.

People like him are very intelligent and have their own opinions and reading surnames. He will not feel anything because Hu Chuyuan said "the middle hall thinks".

After waiting for a moment, he and Hu Chuyuan asked, "Captain Hu, can you say this to me in detail?"

Hu Chuyuan is not a very constrained person. He carefully discussed some useful things in Western learning with Huo Hongji, and also discussed some rigid and pedantic points in middle school to verify each other.

When the two talked until noon, Huo Hongji still did not fully accept the idea that "it is appropriate to put aside the struggle between China and the West and learn from the strengths of all families", but he gradually understood and experienced it.

In the chat, Hu Chuyuan gradually found that Tan Zhonglin, Huo Hongji and Liu Kunyi were generally a kind of thought, that is, they should be relatively conservative, not biased towards foreign affairs, and had a repulsive and sober self-awareness of foreign affairs.

The ideas of these three Hunan people are almost the same. They hope to restore some policies during the Kangqian period, reduce the amount of gold and miscellaneous taxes, avoid a large amount of expenditure caused by the provincial foreign affairs movement, and the resulting amount of gold and miscellaneous taxes, so as to rest and recuperate with the people.

Liu Kunyi had certain changes during his successive governors of Guangdong and Guangxi. Relatively, there were some changes at the beginning, but he was still opposed to it.

For example, Liu Kunyi has long opposed the construction of a railway, which he believes will make a large number of domestic traffickers who rely on trafficking unemployed.

Tan Zhonglin is now opposed to Hu Chuyuan's planning of a silk factory in Suzhou, and said to Zuo Zongtang, "The process equipment used in the silk factory are mostly foreign methods. Everything depends on foreigners. If it doesn't work, it will be subject to foreign countries, and it is also prolific. And the production of restrains the local art of the Soviet people, affecting the pond fish, that is to say, the silk factory uses foreign crafts and employs foreign countries." Technicians will definitely be controlled by foreigners. If the output is too large, it will be very unfavorable to the local silk reelers in Suzhou and further imped with others.

Huo Hongji believes that it is okay to open a silk factory in Hangzhou, at least it can be opened first, and we will talk about it later.

With such an understanding, Hu Chuyuan circled around and spoke directly from Tu Qiang's silk industry and tea industry in China. Although Huo Hongji's idea was conservative, to some extent, it coincided with Hu Chuyuan.

When it comes to these things, the two of them have the same idea.

The more he talked about it, the more Hu Chuyuan found that Huo Hongji was not a simple person, and it was not necessarily worse than Tan Zhonglin, but Huo Hong also had a feature of Mei Qizhao on his body - Zizhen.

Hu Chuyuan now generally has a prediction. Most of the people who cherish themselves are in the scope of the Qing school. In other words, Huo Hongji belongs to the Hunan school in the Qing school, while Tan Zhonglin belongs to the conservatives in the Hunan school. Everyone's position seems to be the same, but in fact it is very different.

Mei Qizhao belongs to the Wanqing quina, that is, the Qing school, but unlike Wanqing quina, Mei Qizhao's own political thought belongs to a relatively small number of Westernisms in the Qing school.

This is the case in the political arena of the late Qing Dynasty. Those who can really be named, and those who can have a position in the court have their own ideas. They seem to be the same and different from others, and it is difficult to synthesize each other.

It is very difficult to reverse Huo Hongji's idea, but Hu Chuyuan attaches great importance to this person and is willing to spend energy and time talking with Huo Hongji slowly.

Sometimes, two people have too different views and don't argue with each other. It's almost like I'm talking about me and you talking about you.

But in the evening, Huo Hongji finally woke up more and more and realized that Hu Chuyuan's idea was really reasonable. The rest of the Qing school, Westerners and conservatives were not as effective as his ideas, and... Hu Chuyuan looked too far away.

Hu Chuyuan can not only see the competitive situation of the silk industry and tea industry in the whole international environment, but also analyze the situation in China after the decline of these two industries, analyze the afterlife of Britain, France, Germany, the United States and Russia, and analyze the changes in domestic politics... Looking at a long way, it can be expected for a hundred years.

When it comes to the dark and lighting the kerosene lamp, Huo Hongji and Hu Chuyuan sighed, "The talent of the cavalry captain, who has not been able to the right of you in a hundred years, is a hundred times stronger than me. After that, I will be the head of the cavalry captain, and I hope that the cavalry will be cultivated more."

In order to hear these words, Hu Chuyuan almost said something wrong.

But he just smiled very flatly and said, "Cultivation is not enough. The magistrate is ambitious. Let's work together slowly. We are not in a hurry. Everything in the world has its rules and energy. Only by taking advantage of the situation can we get twice the result with half the effort.

Huo Hongji nodded slightly, but his heart was full of joys and sorrows.

I am happy that I finally see through the situation. With the law of response, I can still stand with Hu Chuyuan and work together. With such a foundation and Hu Chuyuan's help, his future career will certainly be smooth.

Worry, that's the same point.

He couldn't help asking in his heart, what does a world-old genius like Hu Chuyuan want to do?

Before leaving, Huo Hongji chose another piece of Kangxi Ye's imperial calligraphy from Hu Chuyuan. Only then did he leave the Hu family's courtyard gratefully. He was satisfied and seemed to be infused with a magical force in his heart, but it seemed to be a little swollen.

When he left, Hu Chuyuan also thought about it in his heart.

He is not the kind of person who can easily invest in others in politics.

Helping several editors of the Hanlin Academy to serve as magistrates and magistrates is not a real investment. For him, this is just a piece of hand.

When he was very young, he found two beautiful kittens in the wild and took them home for adoption, but his parents disagreed, so he had to build a small hole for them outside the yard and send them some milk and porridge every day.

After keeping it like this for half a month, the two golden kittens gradually grew up, but they were bitten to death by weasels.

This incident was a great stimulus to Hu Chuyuan, who was still in primary school at that time. Not only was he sad and blamed himself for many days... After growing up, this trauma has also tormented him, making him understand that once he decided to take care of something, he should really take good care of it.

The same is true for doing business. If you decide to invest in a project, you must stick to it, give the best support and care to this project, and prevent all possible accidents and blows.

Investment politicians are a kind of business.

Tan Zhonglin, Mei Qizhao and Yang Changjun are all people he can invest in, but he only wants to invest in Mei Qizhao for the time being, because he has identified this project and believes that Mei Qizhao is the most suitable candidate.

Where is Huo Hongji?

Hu Chuyuan thought that of course he has the ability to take care of Huo Hongji, and Huo Hongji is indeed a person who deserves care. So why don't he take care of him?

It's just... Huo Hongji's characteristics and surname, and he still needs to figure it out.

This person is not simple. With a little push to the flames, it will be unlimited... Therefore, it seems that we should also be cautious.

In the afternoon, Liu Chengxiang also came to Hu Chuyuan to talk about the Hangzhou Silk Factory. The Xizhen Association sent three Japanese technicians. At present, they have arrived in Hangzhou, and the factory sites have been selected.

The investment amount of this factory is not high. Counting machines, labor and factories, Hu Chuyuan has invested a total of 200,000 yuan. Liu Chengxiang is responsible for the control, and Hu Chuyuan is estimated not to lose money.

I felt that this was an opportunity to exercise people. Hu Chuyuan discussed with Liu Chengxiang and left Pan Limei as a translator. By the way, he followed Liu Chengxiang to run the factory and let her learn more real skills.

Pan Limei's help to him at this time is not very great, but he believes that this girl's potential and talent can be slowly cultivated, and he can afford to wait.

Hu Chuyuan took out the book fold he wrote yesterday and gave it to Liu Chengxiang. He said, "Uncle Liu, the matter of Jiangnan Silk Industry Cooperative is up to you. For the specific matter, you can ask Lu Sanyuan to handle it and take time to keep an eye on the dyeing factory. As for what to do behind the cooperative, I have written it all in this fold.

Liu Chengxiang hummed and said, "My host, don't worry, I will try my best to do these things."

Hu Chuyuan added, "There is another thing. I want to run a company in Shanghai. You can set up another tea house under the name of this company and go to Qimen, Huizhou to buy tea fields in the name of tea houses. As long as it is a good tea field, you can collect as much as you want."

"Oh?" Liu Chengxiang was secretly surprised and said: Such a large-scale investment is not small, and I'm afraid the owner has other ideas.

He thought for a moment and said, "Today's tea prices are getting worse day by day. Qimen County is a large tea-producing county, which has suffered the greatest impact, and the price of fields is decreasing every year. The current price should be less than 20 taels per mu. We are going to collect tea fields now. As long as the price is moderate, we should be able to buy a lot of high-quality tea fields.

Hu Chuyuan said, "Then speed up the process. First, temporarily register a Qihong tea company in Shanghai. There are many tea houses in the following branches, which separately hold the tea fields in various towns in Qimen County. In short, it's not too much to collect, and 300,000 mu is not too much. For retail investors, they can sign a contract in advance and be free of rent for three years, as long as they sell tea to us at the price.

Listening to this, Liu Chengxiang, who was used to the big scene, couldn't help but take a breath and said, "This investment is not small, and it may not be able to recover in ten years!"

Hu Chuyuan was very calm and said, "Not much at all. I have a way in my mind. You can do this matter first... My cousin Hu Weiyuan is a very good person. Originally, I wanted him to follow Manager Tan. It's better to put it with you first and let him take care of the affairs of the tea house for me."

Liu Chengxiang said, "That's okay."

After Liu Chengxiang took Pan Limei to see the factory first, Hu Chuyuan meditated alone in the study.

Qimen black tea is one of the four major black teas in the world, which is as famous as Ceylon black tea.

Poorly speaking, China is clearly the birthplace of black tea, but it can only occupy one seat among the four major black teas in the world. After all, it is not the lack of traditional craftsmanship of black tea such as Zhenghe Gongfu and Tieguanyin, nor the reason for tea trees, but the lack of modern agricultural and tea business concepts.

In addition, the bad business methods of Chinese tea merchants, such as shoddy as good, and old and new, are also one of the reasons for the decline of Chinese tea. All kinds of excessive taxes and miscellaneous taxes levied by the imperial court are a major malpractice.

Hu Chuyuan could not tolerate such a thing to continue. He decided to start officially getting involved in China's tea industry now. He wanted to do a good job of Chinese tea, restore the dignity of the tea kingdom, ensure the export share of tea, and continue to maintain the inflow of silver.

The decadet of the porcelain market is already well known. If even the market of tea and raw silk is handed over to the United Kingdom and Japan, what else is there in China that the Chinese are good at? It can compete with others in the international market, and can it be exchanged for real money?

The answer is no.

If we want to maintain China's economic scale and China's status, the tea and silk industry must be maintained. Not only should it be maintained, but also it must develop rapidly and revive the glory of the past.

This is what Hu Chuyuan is going to do.

It's just that he hasn't figured out how to enter the Chinese tea industry, if he changes and improves the Chinese tea industry, and how to operate... He hasn't figured out many details.