Chapter 164 Kang Youwei

Time is like running water.

The spring of 1888, March.

In the big study of the Garden, Hu Chuyuan completed the largest general ledger liquidation in his life.

His career is so big that he has to use the left, middle and right three general accounts, three general accounts, more than 20 main accounts, and more than 100 help accounts to complete the monthly accounting.

In this year, in this month, he calculated that his total assets had reached 4.793 billion yuan.

However, don't pay too much attention to this figure. All of this is just the product of the paper money era and the speeding economic development of China's concession. The Shanghai concession industry alone has created a value of 1.47 billion yuan for Hu Chuyuan, and the Shanghai stock market has contributed 1.258 billion yuan to Hu Chuyuan, while the Tianjin concession The scale of contribution to the real estate of Haiphong Concession is not low.

The adequacy of money supply has caused a large amount of funds to pour into the market. Capital is profit-seeking, and it will naturally flow to the concession with the highest mobile surname, which will also lead to a sharp expansion of the real estate and stock economy of the concession.

The scale of the Shanghai Concession and the Tianjin Concession has exceeded the threshold of 20,000 mu. The average land price of the former has recovered to the threshold of 100,000 yuan/mu, while the latter has unprecedentedly broken into the threshold of 30,000 yuan/mu.

Banknotes, banknotes.

The root of everything is on the paper money.

CITIC Bank is the source of all evil.

Another evil is the excessive concentration of capital. In the process of the surge of real estate in Shanghai and Tianjin, not only Hu Chuyuan, a super-rich man, was created, but also a number of billionaires, second only to Hu Chuyuan are Xu Run and Yan Xinhou.

With the emergence of the Shanghai stock market, a large number of national industries began to enter the market, and a large number of multimillionaires were born.

The capital rolling in the stock market and real estate, in addition to bank loans, foreign bank loans, private banks, and squire savings, there is also a large amount of bureaucratic capital, and even officials' money.

Prince Su, Prince Li, Prince Chun, Li Hongzhang, Zeng Guochun, Zhang Zhidong... and so on, their money entered the stock market through Hu Chuyuan CITIC Securities Company, and entered the real estate industry through CITIC Financing Company. Which one did not earn cramps.

In the words of Prince Su Longqin, since there was a Hu Chuyuan in our Qing Dynasty, it's really easy to make money.

March 5, 1885, the fourteenth year of Guangxu, the twenty-third day of the first lunar month, Waking of Insects, avoid traveling far away.

Hu Chuyuan continued to calculate the changes in accounts in his big study. After two years of capital work, he has hidden most of his wealth and separated Jiangnan Agricultural Cooperative from Jiangnan Commercial Bank. The purpose is to break away from the audit of official stocks, hide the accounts, and reorganize them into the new China Agricultural Credit. Cooperatives, referred to as CITIC Society, are used to control Jiangnan agricultural cooperatives and agricultural cooperatives in other provinces.

With the gradual rollover of the joint venture system, the accounts to be reported by Jiangnan Agricultural Cooperative every year are very horrible, which is already imperative.

Money is not the key. The key question is the amount of joint land, which is what Qingzheng Axe is most afraid of.

When it comes to the issue of holding land, CITIC is not too much. Yufeng and other seven secret grain cooperatives are the big trouble.

Looking at the accounts of Yufeng Society silently, Hu Chuyuan also sighed in his heart. He thought that it was time for Yufeng Society to come to an end... He wanted to sell a large amount of land held by Yufeng Society in exchange for real money.

These fields add up to almost equivalent to a later Shanghai. Now that they are re-selling, they can almost be exchanged for billions of yuan.

He thought, the key is what can be exchanged?

A bunch of CITIC clear baht?

He wants to change silver. The question is, is there so much silver for him in China?

But what can I do if I don't sell it?

When I was worried about this problem, the door of the big study was pushed open. Chen Shanyuan came in and said, "Your Excellency...!"

Before he finished speaking, Hu Chuyuan couldn't help asking, "Have Liu Chengxiang and Hu Dazong arrived?"

Chen Shanyuan shook his head and said, "That's not true. Mr. Kang Youwei from Guangdong came to see me again. This is the third time, and he also took a letter from Mr. Xu Run!"

Hu Chuyuan frowned. He didn't like Kang Youwei and always felt that this person was sick, so he refused Kang Youwei's visit twice in a row.

It's troublesome now. You can't even give Xu Run's face, can you?

He sighed and said, "Let him come in and tell him that I only have ten minutes of free time... What else do you have later?"

Chen Shanyuan looked at the itinerary book in his hand and said, "In another half an hour, Sir Butterfield and Sir James Keswick will come to negotiate with you about the budget of the two British banks for this year."

?

Hu Chuyuan was depressed. He thought for a moment and said, "Let your wife come to me in ten minutes. Just find a reason!"

Chen Shanyuan smiled and understood what Hu Chuyuan meant... Obviously, he wanted to squeeze out Kang Youwei's itinerary.

He said yes, and went out to arrange for Kang Youwei to enter the big study.

It is not easy to enter the garden to meet Hu Chuyuan. There is a very luxurious welcome building between the gate of the garden and the second gate, which is completely built with white marble and is specially used to receive guests.

Entering the Yingbin Building does not mean that you can see Hu Chuyuan. It's okay to have an appointment and a worship post recommended by an acquaintance. The second is the same hometown of Huizhou and Hangzhou, and the rest of the people will wait slowly.

Kang Youwei thought that he had achieved great knowledge and was famous all over the world. The first two times he came directly to ask to meet Hu Chuyuan. As a result, he waited for two days in the Yingbin Building.

This time, I learned to be obedient, and I actually asked for a letter from my fellow countryman, Boss Xu Runxu.

Chen Shanyuan called Mr. Qian, who was guarding the Yingbin Building from the general secret room, and asked people to lead Kang Youwei into the garden. Those who came in for the first time inevitably had to look up and down, so as not to carry weapons.

Kang Youwei is 31 years old this year. He is not tall, with two small beards on his mouth, and a little beard. He is not very clean.

Born in a family of scholars and eunuchs, he was quite famous in Guangdong in his youth. In recent years, he has traveled to Hong Kong and his knowledge has gradually increased. He claims to be "learning has become a great success", but he has repeatedly encountered obstacles in the Guangdong township examination. This year, he is planning to go to the capital to try his luck.

When he passed through Shanghai, he didn't know why. He suddenly remembered that he wanted to visit Hu Chuyuan, so he stopped and tried his best to meet Hu Chuyuan. The last time he specially sent someone to send a manuscript of his own.

Hearing that Hu Chuyuan agreed to see him, Kang Youwei was a little happy, but he thought to himself that the businessman was a businessman, or only looked at the businessman's face.

After waiting for a while, several nurses invited him to the dark room for inspection. This search made Kang Youwei even more unhappy. He always felt that Hu Chuyuan was still stingy. Would people like him plot others?

He is a scholar who reads sages.

After the inspection, the two nursing homes were responsible for introducing him to the garden.

After crossing the second iron gate of Hujiaong Garden, Kang Youwei found that he suddenly opened his eyes. It was like a palace of a foreigner, full of beautiful and strange buildings, and like a small city of foreigners.

In the woods on both sides, you can casually see some wonderful stone sculptures like living people, and there are more vivid and real landscape scenes, which are full of praise.

In front of the Hu Mansion, there are some more wonderful sculptures in the huge and round square, and the fountain is extremely wonderful.

Around the square, there are dozens of steps in front of it, and then go up to the magnificent Hu Mansion, which is like a foreign cathedral and a Roman temple in the album.

Oh my God.

Does this person live in such a place every day?

Kang Youwei was a little scared. Suddenly, he felt that Hu Chuyuan was indeed a personal object. People who could live in such a place should not be simple.

On the second floor of Hu Mansion and passing through the east corridor, Kang Youwei saw not only Westerners' things all the way, but also dozens of guards on both sides, with strict guards and real guns and ammunition.

When the housekeeper and Chen Shanyuan pushed the door of the big study open together, Kang Youwei looked up and saw the man sitting behind a large desk, on the white jade steps half a meter high. He had to look up at him. He couldn't help thinking, did he think that this person... was the emperor?

Hu Chuyuan is still continuing to check the accounts, because Butterfield and Keswick are coming. He is now temporarily looking at the year-end remittances of the two major banks of Taigu and Yihe.

Hearing the sound of opening the door, he also looked up and saw a scholar about 30 years old coming in, so he continued to read his account.

"Your Excellency, Mr. Kang Youwei is here!"

Chen Shanyuan told him that the door was then closed, and he did not quit. He often met such unfamiliar guests, and he would stay to prevent the other party from suddenly starting to do something.

There is also a dark bell on Hu Chuyuan's desk. As long as he presses it, the six guards guarding outside the door will immediately rush in. Whoever dares to make trouble, it will be a beating... Such a thing has never happened. Most of them are people who want to borrow money and can't help swearing if they can't borrow money.

Hu Chuyuan closed the account, and he was still thinking about Yihe Yangxing and Taigu Yangxing.

After a while, he seemed to react. He looked up at Kang Youwei and asked, "What do you have to do with Boss Xu?"

Kang Youwei smiled and said, "My hometown, he is from Xiangshan, and I am from Nanhai, not far away."

Hu Chuyuan asked curiously, "Because it's a fellow countryman, will he recommend you here? As far as I know, Boss Xu usually doesn't do this.

Kang Youwei smiled and couldn't help but be a little proud. He said, "Kang has a little bad life in Guangdong. He is outstanding in knowing the world. He is broad in the past and modern times. Boss Xu is a person who knows etiquette and values sages. Naturally, he looks at Kang differently, which is not worth mentioning."

Hu Chuyuan smiled.

He just teased Kang Youwei and spent these ten minutes by the way.

For other things, he doesn't know what kind of person Kang Youwei is, and he doesn't know. He only knows one thing, that is, Kang Youwei always said that he and Weng Tonghe had letters, and how Weng Tonghe appreciated his talent and knowledge.

But as far as Hu Chuyuan knows, Weng Tongqi still hates Kang Youwei, because Kang Youwei wrote him a letter for no reason and said something irrelevant. For the sake of Kang Youwei's teacher being Zhu Ciqi, Weng Tongyu also politely replied, but he didn't expect that Kang Youwei was like a psychopath. He kept sending letters to feel the rise and fall of the country, but only he had a way.

This annoys Weng Tong to death, so he will no longer reply.

No matter what others evaluate, Hu Chuyuan judged that Kang Youwei was a very opportunistic person because of this matter. Like Li Hongzhang, he wanted to be an official, and he wanted to be the first official in the world.

Hu Chuyuan didn't say anything and just wanted to get through these ten minutes.

Seeing that he didn't say anything, Kang Youwei continued, "Your Excellency, I don't know if you have seen the clumsy work sent by Kang before?"

Hu Chuyuan said, "Recently, I've been busy with my official business, and my private affairs are more busy. I really can't find time. In half an hour, I still have two friends who have just come from England to talk to me about things. Well, if you have anything, please say it quickly. Let's talk directly and do whatever you have!"

"Good, my lord is refreshing!"

Kang Youwei had a happy high-five, and then looked around and wanted to find a chair to sit down and talk.

Hu Chuyuan stood up and said to Kang Youwei, "Let's go and talk."

There is a special guest arrangement on the right side of the large study. Hu Chuyuan sat down on his sofa, and Chen Shanyuan arranged someone to refill the tea.

When Kang Youwei also sat down, Hu Chuyuan asked him, "What's going on?"

Kang Youwei took out a handwritten book from the cuff and said, "Your Excellency, this is a thousand words of saving the country written by Kang in recent days. Please have a look."

? This is the most troublesome thing for scholars. It's always a thousand words.

As soon as he heard that it was "a thousand words", Hu Chuyuan's head became big.

He took the handwriting and browsed it roughly.

Then he was silent.

He can only say... bullshit, bullshit.

But he laughed.

Kang Youwei saw him smiling and couldn't help asking, "Your Excellency, what do you think?"

Hu Chuyuan still smiled and said, "I remember an old thing ten years ago... Time flies so fast that it happened ten years ago. In that year, my father passed away, and Zuo Lao Zhongtang came to my house to preside over the funeral for my father. One night, Lao Zhongtang asked me what I thought of the national affairs. I was only 18 years old at that time. I was young and said a lot. Lao Zhongtang only said one sentence later. In short, it is easy to know and difficult to do.

Kang Youwei is a shrewd man. He said, "Is it possible that your excellency wants to tell me like this...?"

Hu Chuyuan nodded and said, "It can be said, but I now look back on the past ten years. With the support of Lao Zhongtang, I have finally done a lot of things. Therefore, it is true that it is easy to do. Knowing that it is difficult to climb to the sky, you have to climb to the sky. Even if you can't climb it, you can at least climb Huashan.

Kang Youwei was overjoyed and praised: "What the adults said is very true. Kang is determined to save the country and wants to use the power of communiqué to widely promote the theory of saving the country. The adult has rich financial resources and has an enviable network in the court. If the adult is willing to fund Kang, Kang wants to run a national salvation newspaper in Shanghai, called "Strong Guo Gong Pao".

Hu Chuyuan said, "It's easy. You go to find Xu Run. Isn't he in Shanghai? He has no less financial resources than me, and he appreciates you very much. He should be very supportive of you. After all, I am a court official. Some things are inconvenient to do. What do you think?

"This...!"

Kang Youwei can't help but hesitate. Of course, Xu Run is good, but how can he be compared with Hu Chuyuan's reputation?

He was about to pull Hu Chuyuan into the water. Hu Chuyuan's name was hung on the "Strong Country Communique". At that time, everyone would know that Hu Chuyuan appreciated him and supported him, so wouldn't he be able to step on the clouds immediately?

Hu Chuyuan smiled enthusiastically and said, "Don't worry. I'll call Boss Xu now. He also has a lot of connections in Shanghai and Tianjin. Guangdong businessmen are still very powerful. With their support, there is nothing you can't do in China."

As soon as he heard this, Kang Youwei couldn't help laughing and said, "Well, then I have to ask my lord to take care of him."

Hu Chuyuan hummed and smiled.

When he is a child, don't you look at who he has been fighting with for so many years?

It can be said that it is very, very difficult for Hu Chuyuan to get to this day. Only he knows the difficulties and dangers. Today, the word "inticed" is not enough to describe him.

He doesn't like Kang Youwei and looks down on Kang Youwei, but it doesn't mean that Kang Youwei can't be used by him.

Kang You shouted for a ghost, posing a greater threat to the court. Isn't he safe?

Why can the Qing court tolerate Hu Chuyuan? The key is that Hu Chuyuan does not engage in any new policies and reforms, but only fine-tunes the economy. The Qing government's annual income is hundreds of millions of yuan. The fiscal income is higher and higher, and the civil and military ministers are weak.

Kang Youwei... That's another thing.

Hu Chuyuan immediately called Xu Run to finalize the matter and let Xu Run and Guangdong businessmen come forward to support Kang Youwei.

With Hu Chuyuan's position in China's economic and political circles today, as soon as he opens his mouth, it is not a trivial matter.

Especially for Guangdong businessmen, Hu Chuyuan is the boss of their boss. Their boss is Yanghang. Isn't the boss of Yanghang Hu Chuyuan?

The top ten foreign banks on the beach are on the beach, seven of which are Hu Chuyuan's. The so-called four major foreign lines are all Hu Chuyuan's.

The three major foreign banks in Shanghai, Citigroup, HSBC and Huili, are all the main shares controlled by Hu Chuyuan.

As long as Hu Chuyuan says, "Kang Youwei is a good young man", Guangdong businessmen and buyers can praise Kang Youwei like heaven.

After making the phone call, Wu Shuzhen came in with a smile. Seeing Kang Youwei, she asked Hu Chuyuan with some surprise, "Aren't you resting during this period? Why are you visiting guests... I have something to discuss with you!"

Hu Chuyuan hummed and was very happy. He immediately apologized to Kang Youwei, and then asked Chen Shanyuan to send Kang Youwei out.

Close the door and wait for Chen Shanyuan to come back, Hu Chuyuan told him, "Don't let him come again in the future, but I won't say it."

Chen Shanyuan nodded slightly and left the big study again.

Wu Shuzhen asked Hu Chuyuan with great interest, "Who are you? You are so annoying that you have used me?"

Hu Chuyuan smiled and gave Wu Shuzhen the "Thousand Words to Save the Country" left by Kang Youwei and let her see it by herself.

After all, Wu Shuzhen is Wu Shuzhen. After watching it, she also smiled and said, "It's like having a family with a child. It's the same as the truth, but it doesn't have any practical meaning... Although I didn't talk to him face to face, I think this person is quite conceited. It seems that he is the only one in the world who understands the truth. Other People are far worse than him."

Hu Chuyuan sighed and didn't plan to talk about Kang's questions again.

Wu Shuzhen sat beside him with a smile and said, "I'm free today. Let's talk about your concubine. You can't always avoid talking about it. The eldest lady and the fourth master are in a hurry."

Hu Chuyuan smiled awkwardly and said, "We are still young. What's the hurry? I'll find a way for the eldest wife and the fourth master."

Wu Shuzhen smiled, but said, "Don't just care about me. Do as the local customs go. I'll look for a good candidate for you. Just be beautiful." It's no secret that she likes you and you like her. I introduced her to two very good people, and she refused. Thinking that she will be an old girl by your side for a lifetime in the future, it's hard for me to say. Anyway, she calls me sister.

Hu Chuyuan was speechless for a while.

He was also very sad to think of this.

Since she followed him, Wu Shuzhen has suffered a lot. In the past two years, she was worried every day. He knew it in his heart, so he didn't want to have a second wife.

However, since Wu Shuzhen gave birth to her eldest daughter Hu Jiali, there has been no sign of pregnancy again, and the Hu family is in a hurry.

There are three kinds of unfilial piety, and no queen is the most. Hu Chuyuan is in charge of such a big family business, in case he has no children under his knees... How can he do that?

Hu Chuyuan doesn't care much. He has already thought that even if he really doesn't have a biological son, he can adopt one from the second and third family. If it doesn't work, he will recruit a son-in-law!

The daughter and son are not the same, but there is no little JJ!!!!

It's a pity that the eldest lady and the fourth master Hu Yueqiao disagreed.

Hu Chuyuan didn't care, but he was also very sad when he thought of Pan Limei's fate.

He likes Pan Limei, which can't be hidden from Wu Shuzhen, but although he and Pan Limei are often together, they are absolutely innocent. Wu Shuzhen knows this better.

Seeing that he couldn't speak, Wu Shuzhen understood in her heart. She smiled faintly and said, "Well, I'll invite someone to the Pan's house to propose marriage tomorrow. Let's do this well, which can also save more trouble. Besides, Limei has been with you for ten years, and at least you have to give her a home.

Hu Chuyuan nodded slightly and said, "Os, let's do what you say... But you have to ask, after all these years, does she still agree?"

Wu Shuzhen smiled and teased, "What does she think? Don't you know yourself?"

Hu Chuyuan had nothing to be proud of, just smiled silently.

Times are different. Sometimes, he really can't crack what other people think.

(to be continued)