Chapter 152 After the Tengchong Case

Tengchong was blown up.

This is undoubtedly a major event that shocked the world. First of all, the origin of the Tengchong, secondly, the identity of Hu Chuyuan, and finally the identity of the murderer.

On the second day of the incident, the Fujian Marine Division sent a number of cruisers and salvage ships to the site of the incident, but found nothing and no swers were found.

The political axes of the Qing Dynasty and the United States were particularly shocked. Hu Chuyuan was the third-grade official of the Qing court, and dozens of Xiang Yong were killed together... These were the second. The key was that the Qing Dynasty promised to force the original political axe to protect Hu Chuyuan at that time.

Hu Chuyuan's possession of American citizenship has been made public, and he has special contacts in both the political and business circles of the United States. He has a greater influence in the media industry. For a while, the American newspapers have also condemned the atrocities and asked the American political axe to find out the truth.

There is no doubt that everyone has set their goal on themselves.

The Japanese political axe categorically denied it, but in the Japanese media, similar news seemed to be a great good news, and all of them were happy.

In the influence of the Japanese business community and the long-term media reports, Hu Chuyuan has already helped the Qing government to exploit Chinese silk farmers, monopolize the world's silk trade, and use the low-cost policy to hit the Japanese economy and retaliate against the sovereignty of the Japanese government.

Some bigwigs in the business and political circles are even more happy. They have begun to talk about investing in the original silk industry, as if the spring of the original silk industry will come as soon as Hu Chuyuan dies.

Everyone believes that... Hu Chuyuan is dead.

Qing Zhengxu can't help but have some eavesdropping and complex worries. After all, at such a moment, while continuing to put pressure on Japan, there are indeed other people who have begun to figure out how to embezzle the Hu family's property.

Among the industries opened by the Hu family, Jiangnan Commercial Bank, CITIC Bank and Jiangnan Agricultural Cooperative are the most attractive, and the ** power of Poly Company is not low. There are more than 60,000 mu of mulberry fields in Hu family's collection, Hu Family Courtyard, Yongyuan, Humble Administrator's Garden, Canglang Pavilion, Yu Garden, Yuyuan and Nanxun Town.

Hu Chuyuan invested in more than 60 small factories in Shanghai through Jiangnan Commercial Bank and CITIC Company... Which is not attractive.

Everyone is thinking about how to take the Jiangnan Agricultural Cooperative into the possession of the imperial court, and how to blackmail the Hu family's mansions and collections. The officials of the Qingzheng Axe, large and small, including Prince Su and Prince Gong, almost have the same intention.

If you really want to do it, the key is to go through those officials in Zhejiang, but Mei Qizhao and others sitting there have a very unusual friendship with the Hu family. This person is also famously pedantic and incorruptible... If you want to move the Hu family's nest, you must first change Mei Qizhao to another position.

Zuo Zongtang is also trying to protect the Hu family, but he is also eager to find someone to replace Hu Chuyuan.

At this critical juncture, the French launched a battle of Shanxi in Vietnam, and the Qing soldiers were defeated, which gave the Hu family a chance to breathe. The attention of the Qing court turned to Vietnam, and there was no time to blackmail the Hu family for the time being.

At this time, Hu Chuyuan had already cultivated himself a little in Fuding County and secretly used another set of encryption methods to send telegrams to Yan Shizhang and Wu Shuzhen, so that they did not have to worry for the time being.

A few days later, he secretly moved to Changle County, across the Minjiang River and Fuzhou Ship Administration.

In Changle County, Hu Chuyuan rented a yard and lived quietly for three or four days. Then he sent someone to invite Yan Shizhang to Changle County to meet him.

That night, the night was vast, and it rained all day at the mouth of the Min River. It was drizzling and the cold wind was killing.

Hu Chuyuan waited in his room for more than an hour before Yan Shizhang rushed into the house. As soon as he entered the door, he knelt down when he saw Hu Chuyuan.

Hu Chuyuan hurried forward to help him up, but he was already rubbing with tears in his eyes and sighing, "My boss, you really make me anxious... Fortunately, heaven has eyes, and you have escaped again."

Hu Chuyuan also sighed.

How could he have thought that his life would be so bumpy?

He asked Chen Shanyuan to close the door, asked Yan Shizhang to sit down on the couch, and made a pot of hot tea.

After taking a sip of tea, Hu Chuyuan and Yan Shizhang asked, "How is my family?"

Yan Shizhang suddenly couldn't help laughing and said, "Everything is fine. I still want to congratulate the boss. Madam, I'm happy."

Hu Chuyuan was really overjoyed when he heard this. He thought that this is really a disaster, and there will be a blessing in the future.

He hurriedly asked, "Is it a man or a woman...?"

Yan Shizhang laughed and said, "How can the old man know this matter? Even his wife doesn't know it. At present, it's only two or three months. Madam was still happy in the past few days. She ate and vomited as much as she ate. In recent days, she has been better. I also have a handwritten letter from my wife, which I want to forward to you.

With this, he took out Wu Shuzhen's handwriting and gave it to Hu Chuyuan.

Hu Chuyuan couldn't wait to open the letter and read it, and he couldn't help but feel relieved.

After all, Wu Shuzhen is Wu Shuzhen. After knowing that he was still alive, she stabilized everything in the family and let the shopkeepers continue to run the family business.

Although she is happy, the matter is uncertain. Not to mention whether the child is a man or a woman, it is unknown whether she will have a minor or not and whether she will a babyss.

Zuo Zongtang made a statement to the eldest wife of the Hu family. He wanted to adopt a grandson from the fourth master Hu Yueqiao's family to make Hu Chuyuan a stepson. He recognized Wu Shuzhen as his mother and let Wu Shuzhen take care of the family business first. If it doesn't work, he will use this stepson to inherit the family business to Hu Chuyuan.

Hu Chuyuan just got married at the beginning of the year. The second brother Hu Pinyuan has not yet got married. The third brother Hu Zhenyuan is a special business. Before he went to the United States, he married He Xiaoxia, the eldest daughter of He Jing in Fuzhou. Now both of them are in the United States and have no children.

If you want to add a stepson to Hu Chuyuan at the moment, you can only find a way from the fourth master's family. Normally, you should find a child from Hu Shiyuan's family. It happens that Hu Weiyuan's wife is the eldest lady's niece, and she has three sons under her knees.

The eldest lady chose Hu Weiyuan's youngest son, who changed his name from Wu Shuzhen to Hu Weizhong, and has been raised at home.

In this way, no matter whether Hu Chuyuan dies or not, according to the reason and fame, Wu Shuzhen has the right to manage the family business. The big shopkeepers also admit this matter and this reason, and they also go to Wu Shuzhen when they want to remit the account.

With Wu Shuzhen's ability, she is also the most suitable candidate at this time.

Wu Shuzhen wrote all these things in the letter and told Hu Chuyuan little by little, so that he could deal with his own affairs at ease.

She knew, and she also understood that Hu Chuyuan was going to scheming at the present. He hid in the dark to find out who was constantly assassinating him, who provided the funds, who was responsible for the plan, and who was responsible for the execution. These people had to find out before they could retaliate.

Anyway, there is already a son and a biological child who will be born. Hu Chuyuan doesn't know how happy he is.

When people live to this age, you can understand how important it is when you encounter this kind of thing.

It seems that you have a lot of unfinished things in your life, and you can count on him.

It's as if you've been living for him all your life.

All your hopes are in him. You want to create a better tomorrow and world for him, and even give your life for it.

Hu Chuyuan was very happy. He patted his thigh and said with a smile, "I didn't live in vain. Finally, I have...!"

Yan Shizhang didn't know when he found a dry smoke. He smiled and said, "My boss, if I had known it now, why did you do it at the beginning... If you got married earlier and took Miss Pan as a concubine, maybe you could have two babies now. At your age, I have two dolls, a man and a woman.

Hu Chuyuan smiled.

Hearing the name of "Miss Pan", he asked Yan Shizhang, "Where's Pan Limei?"

Yan Shizhang continued to smoke dry smoke and said, "She is in charge of the family business with her wife, thanks to the little girl who stayed in the silk factory a few years ago and set up a hand for her wife, which is rigid and eye-catching. In case of emergency, Lord Zhongtang sent a whole mark around Yongyuan, which was guarded by more than 400 Xiang Yongyuan. I also transferred some people to be responsible for searching and exploring on the beach. I also asked Mr. Wang Zhengyi and Mr. Liu Qilan to form a Shanghai Sports Association to strengthen protection in the area of Yongyuan. On the other side, I asked Pan Qiying to be responsible for secretly tracking all kinds of information.

At this point, he paused for a moment and whispered, "Your Excellency, all kinds of big ghosts have surfaced. Pan Qiying sent me a telegram. According to his inference, the real behind-the-scenes boss should be a person named Xin Inoue. Pan Qiying said that this person is currently in charge of the Japanese... It's hard to say that he has a few titles. This person was adopted by the Zhidao family before. He was once called Zhidao Wenduo, which is a little consistent with the Mr. Zhidao we are looking for. During this period, he is actively contacting various Japanese chaebols to prepare to make a larger-scale investment in the Japanese silk industry. He has a very high status in the Japanese political world, and there is also the saying that the big housekeeper of the Mitsui family can use the financial resources of the Mitsui family. Many of the cooperation between the Shibusawa family and the Mitsui family was completed through this Inoue Xin. In addition, Inoue Xin launched a high-profile opening ceremony called Luming Hall, inviting a large number of Japanese officials, business gentry and foreigners.

Hu Chuyuan thought silently for a moment and asked, "Are you sure?"

Yan Shizhang said, "It's better to kill by mistake than let it go. How can they be scared by color? Don't worry, I have discussed with my wife, and I'm going to secretly send her to Suzhou. Only my wife and I know how to live in a single family.

After a pause, he said, "That girl Pan Limei... After all, she grew up in Japan. Although I have been sending people to keep an eye on me, I haven't found anything abnormal, but I'm not very relieved. I thought about it and let my wife separate from her for a period of time, and didn't let her know her whereabouts.

Hu Chuyuan didn't say anything.

He thought carefully in his heart and weighed that these days, he has been thinking about a large-scale revenge. A tit for tat may not save him, but at least it can make the opponent pay the price.

Hu Chuyuan is different.

His ambush power was still lurking in the dark corner like a poisonous snake, exposing only a little bit. It was not difficult to assassinate Xin on the well, but he did not intend to do so.

Because... His enemy is not Xin Inoue alone, but the whole Japanese version, which is the whole country and all the Japanese himself.

This determines that Hu Chuyuan's plan must be bigger and more far-reaching. It is not too late for a gentleman to take revenge. It can also be understood that it is better to take ten years to plan a bigger revenge.

Thinking of this, Hu Chuyuan and Yan Shizhang said, "Sir, let Fuqing Society move secretly. We should go deeper and deeper and investigate more carefully, but don't be in a hurry to act, startle the snake, insert the eyeliner deeper and more concealedly, and provide us with all kinds of information for a longer time. In addition, you send a telegram to your wife to raise the supply price of raw silk and give me a chance to breathe for the time being.

Yan Shizhang couldn't help sighing and said, "Ouch, don't worry, I'll send this telegram to my wife when I go back. It's just that I'm succeeding, and the old man's heart is indignant and can't calm down!"

Hu Chuyuan sneered and said, "It doesn't matter. If we want to settle accounts with them, there are many opportunities. We make two preparations. First, let them ease down and let them invest in silk. Second, we secretly increase the rectification and expansion of the silk industry and tea industry. When the opportunity is right, I will continue to make a sudden price adjustment and trap all their funds.

Yan Shizhang couldn't help laughing and said, "When it comes to business, no one can compare with the owner. Well, let's wait and see how much money is available behind me!"

Hu Chuyuan hummed and continued to weigh in his heart.

The silk industry is different from the industry. The silk industry and the tea industry have to go through at least three or five years of brewing from investment to output, and the cost cannot be recovered during this period.

He is going to wait, waiting for me to invest in raw silk at the largest scale. Suddenly, he lowered the price of silk and did not hesitate to suppress the Japanese economy with losses.

At that time, he will pay one million taels of silver, and he will have to pay five million taels of silver.

After Yan Shizhang left, Hu Chuyuan's heart could not calm down. Among the worries, there was still a kind of extremely special joy.

He is going to be a father.

This feeling is really strange. He can't wait to fly back to Wu Shuzhen's side, but he can only resist this desire in his heart.

He could only write a letter and let Yan Shizhang secretly pass it on to Wu Shuzhen.

In addition, he also wrote two other letters to Zuo Zongtang and Mei Qizhao respectively, reassuring them that he was not dead yet, and he had to plan something bigger.

A few days later, although Hu Chuyuan was a little reluctant, he still let Hu Rong lie that he was dead, changed his name, and returned to Huizhou to take care of the Hu family's family business. In addition, Hu Changnian was secretly transferred to his side for appointment. The general letter room and the general account room were still in Shanghai, while Yan Shizhang stayed in Fuzhou to assume the role of an intermediate station.

Hu Chuyuan only contacted Yan Shizhang, and Yan Shizhang contacted others again to cover up the origin of Hu Chuyuan's telegrams through the entry and exit of a large number of the Fuzhou Telegraph Bureau, and did not let others know the exact whereabouts of Hu Chuyuan.

During this period in Changle County, the situation of the Sino-French War also became urgent. Because Hu Chuyuan's life and death were unknown, the Qing court could not summon the Minister of Commerce of Jiangnan to appear, so it had to continue to appoint Li Hongzhang to be fully responsible for negotiating with the French.

Since Li Hongzhang is in charge, the situation has become very simple.

Li Hongzhang is very clear in his heart that the garrisons of Guangdong and Guangxi are all Huai armies. In case the French defeat all those troops, he will return to the throne of the middle hall. If the French go all the way north and want to fight the capital, he will continue to exchange fire with his Huai army.

No matter what it is, it is unlucky. Therefore, Li Hongzhang wanted to talk about peace, but the Qing court did not want to make peace. The two sides hit it off and desperately wanted to make peace with the French.

The French have always been arrogant. They thought that they were the second largest military power in the world. They didn't pay attention to Li Hongzhang and the Qing court at all. While talking, they attacked the Huai army through the expeditionary force stationed in Vietnam. Li Hongzhang was so anxious and wanted to agree on any conditions.

(to be continued)