In Jiangning Mansion in spring, singing and dancing along the Qinhuai River create a prosperous scene.
In the main hall of the Liangjiang Governor-General's Office, which was rebuilt on the site of the original Taiping Heavenly Kingdom Palace, Liu Kunyi, the sick-looking governor of Liangjiang, who had been an important official in the late Qing Dynasty for more than 20 years, was lying on the couch in casual clothes. His eldest son Liu Nengji
Behind him, Zhang Jian, Yi Shunding, and Fu Kaisen were sitting at the bottom. Lin Shuo, wearing a fifth-grade military attache's patchwork uniform, was standing on the other side with his hands hanging down. His expression was respectful, but he was murmuring in his heart: "Grandma, even Fu Kaisen
A foreign devil like Sen can have a seat, but I am the only one who is forced to stand here!"
Liu Kunyi, however, seemed to be sleeping rather than sleeping. He squinted his eyes and occasionally turned his gaze to him with a hint of taste. On the short table in front of him, there was a calligraphy and painting drawn by Zhang Jian himself: the desolate wilderness outside the Great Wall, the army.
Marching against the new wind, a white-haired veteran stood beside the only dead tree in front of the mountain, looking into the distance.
"The old general helped Zi out of the border and regained thousands of miles of old rivers and mountains; two hundred years later, Zuo Gongliu spoke of those days on Luntai Road!" Liu Kunyi read the poem on the painting softly, and suddenly opened his eyes and looked at Lin Shuo: "This
Did you write the poem?"
"Yes, this junior did it accidentally, I hope you can correct it!" Lin Shuo had no choice but to lean forward again, as if asking for advice.
"What dare I correct? If Zuo Wenxiang wasn't happy when he saw someone praising him like this, I'm afraid he would make you a confidant! It's a pity that he can't read it in person." Liu Kunyi said.
"The juniors are only telling the truth. Anyone who has traveled to the northwest will definitely tell the story of Duke Wenxiang who personally led tens of thousands of Hunan warriors to restore Xinjiang! When I read history in my later years, I only admire Duke Zuo Wenxiang!"
Shuo raised his head and said seriously.
Liu Kun sat up straighter, stared at Lin Shuo for a while, and suddenly said, "Why are you a military attache?"
"Junior, thanks to my ancestors, I help with the military camp affairs as a garrison." Lin Shuo bowed and replied, wondering in his heart that this old guy couldn't beat me in the name of his immediate boss, right?
"Oh, if you didn't tell me, I would have forgotten that Liu Shengsan wrote to me to take care of this matter. Are you from the Lin family in Taiwan?"
"Yes, Dongjun was able to be preserved and rebuilt after the inner crossing thanks to the support of Master Tai. The Wufeng Lin family and the entire Dongjun are very grateful to you!" Lin Shuo replied, Dongjun was preserved, although it was thanks to Liu Mingchuan's sponsorship, but
Liu Kunyi actually made a great effort.
"How can I not do the things that were entrusted to me by Sheng San when he was dying?" Liu Kun couldn't help but look sad when he thought that he was the only one left among the founders of the Hunan Army who conquered the world together. Then he suddenly changed the subject: "Why did you remember that?
Come to open a coal mine?"
"This was mainly due to the request of Yuanzhou gentry and merchants. Sheng Xuanhuai set up a government-run mining bureau in Shangli. The business people of Pingxiang were afraid that it would embezzle people's interests!" Lin Shuo said: "Sheng made a promise when he took over the Hanyang Iron Works from Xiangshuai.
Three years have passed since the collector raised a total of 10 million yuan, but the amount raised is only a few hundred thousand yuan, and the operation is ineffective. It is just misappropriating official funds from the China Merchants Bureau to maintain the livelihood of the iron factory. Today, the Pingxiang Coal Mine is just relying on business.
By borrowing foreign money, no matter whether the factory or mine loses or loses, the Sheng family will gain."
Liu Kunyi did not speak, but after a while he said: "I heard from Ji Zhi that the Dasheng Cotton Factory was able to start operations with your full support, but now the business is booming. You really have a good vision!"
"This junior is just looking for profit. I just believe in Mr. Ji Zhi's vision and ability."
"Haha, businessman Tuli, I heard Ji Zhi keep praising you as a business wizard. I have never seen him praise anyone so much. Even Yuan Weiting, who became the governor of Shandong, he didn't look down on him. I heard that the few businesses he did were all
Made a fortune?"
"This junior is just lucky. This kind of speculation business is not worthy of Mr. Ji Zhi's praise." Lin Shuo lowered his head and said.
"Well, it's good to understand this. Opportunism is not a long-term solution. I will agree to your request and agree to open the Pingxiang Mining Bureau." A smile appeared on Liu Kun's face. It's rare for this kid to be so proud at a young age and still have such a mind.
Sober, "However, this mining
Liangjiang could not afford this amount of money, and the debts from the Sino-Japanese War of 1999-1999 had not been paid off yet. This time I heard that the Eight-Nation Allied Forces asked for one hundred thousand taels of silver, and the capital was still occupied. This time compensation was unavoidable.
Yes, the place is already difficult, and this time we can’t even get any money.”
"I don't have to worry about the money for mining. I will definitely handle this matter beautifully."
Speaking of mining, others also chimed in. Lin Shuo's plan is to invest about five million in the coal mine and build a railway to Zhuzhou, but this requires Zhang Zhidong's consent. After all, Hunan is
His territory.
"In fact, he didn't agree, so he built the railway to Yuanzhou and made it possible to transport it by water along the Gan River." Lin Shuo said.
After hearing this, Liu Kun laughed and said: "Zhang Nanpi is not as bad as you say. You won't have much problem building the railway."
Immediately, Liu Kunyi asked his subordinates to apply for the official letter and license to open the Pingxiang Coal Mine, and sent an official letter to the new Jiangxi Governor Li Xingrui asking for his assistance in the process.
A few days later, Lin Shuo received the operating license of Pingxiang Coal Mine from the Bureau of Commerce, and made a special trip to the Governor's Office to say goodbye. This time, Liu Kunyi received him alone and only said some insignificant words of encouragement. Just as Lin Shuo was about to excuse himself, he was surprised.
Liu Kunyi suddenly said:
"Take Dongjun and two battalions to Yuanzhou. The gentry and people there are not easy to mess with. Besides, you have made a lot of money from private salt in the past few years. Don't think I don't know. This year, when the Queen Mother celebrates her birthday, you can donate
Three hundred thousand as a gift is considered a filial piety!"
Lin Shuo broke into a cold sweat when he heard this. He dared to take advantage of Dong Jun's inspection of illegal salt and work with salt merchants to sell illegal salt. People already knew about it. This bad old man just said that he had earned a fortune from selling illegal salt through hard work over the past few years.
Half the time, it was useless, and I had to pretend to be willing and have no regrets.
Oh my god, it feels really uncomfortable to have someone pull your pigtails.
Lin Shuo could only obey Liu Kunyi's wishes and reluctantly donated 300,000 taels of silver.
The spring breeze was very refreshing. Looking at the 300,000 taels of silver notes handed over by Lin Shuo on the table, Liu Kunyi felt even more nourished. The 500,000 taels of silver notes that the court spread to Liangjiang were all spent by him in the blink of an eye.
.Lying on the bamboo deck chair, smelling the fragrance of the flowers in the garden, he seemed to fall asleep.
After Liu Nengji sent Lin Shuo out, he quietly walked to Liu Kunyi's side.
"Father, are you not afraid of looking down upon you by treating him this way?"
"Shit, this kid has never looked down on me from the bottom of his heart!" Liu Kun didn't even open his eyes, raised his hand and touched the banknotes on the table, "This time he finally got rid of the bad breath in his chest."
"But he looks very respectful to you?"
"That's because he asked me for something. This kid is very ambitious. He is eyeing the Hanyang Iron Works. I set up a stage for him and let him sing with Sheng Xingsun. This time it is the turn of that old guy Zhang Nanpi.
I have a headache. Can you stop it?
To choose Sheng Xuanhuai, it depends on his own ability." Liu Kun raised his face and sighed: "Two hundred years later, on Luntai Road, Zuo Gong Liu said what he said about that year. Zuo Wenxiang's life is worth it. I don't know what happened to me.
The same can always happen!"
Lin Shuo, who was scolding Liu Kunyi on the boat at this time, could not have imagined that if he could flatter Liu Kun in person and say a few nice words, Master Liu would not be so cruel with the sword.
During the Guangxu period, Pingxiang had formed several coal mining areas including Gaokeng, Jianyuan, Xiangdong, Shangli and Chishan. The annual coal production was about 200,000 tons, but they were all old-fashioned tunnels mined using local methods. The mining efficiency was very low.
Very low.
After the Reform Movement of 1898, Sheng Xuanhuai saw that Wen Tingshi had lost power in the court, so he wanted to monopolize Pingxiang coal mine resources. On the grounds that Wenjia Guangtaifu Company could not fulfill the contract to supply coal and coke to Hanyang Iron Works, he sent Mo Yinfang and Lu Hongchang as the
Representatives established the Hanyang Iron Works Coal Bureau in Shangli and began to use bureaucratic power to openly annex coal wells run by local merchants.
But recently, Zhang Zanchen, the General Office of the Coal Bureau, found that it has become very difficult to acquire local businesses that were squeezed out of bankruptcy by the Bureau of Mines. After careful inquiry, he learned that a new Pingxiang Mine has been established in Liangjiang.
The Bureau of Mines has absorbed the situation of these originally bankrupt merchants investing in mines and mines. Some merchants who originally begged the Coal Bureau to purchase mines and mines have already ignored the Coal Bureau of the Iron Factory.
Zhang Zanchen hurriedly ran to Shanghai to find Sheng Xuanhuai, but Shanda people were accompanying Li Hongzhang in Beijing to negotiate with the foreign devils about the Gengzi compensation. They went back and forth. By the time Sheng Xuanhuai returned to Shanghai, half a year had passed. The mines and coal mines in Pingxiang area
Most of them fell into the hands of Liangjiang Pingxiang Coal Mine General Administration founded by Lin Shuo.
In anger, Sheng Xuanhuai ordered Hanyang Iron Works to stop purchasing coke produced from Pingxiang Coal Mine, which made the already sluggish Hanyang Iron Works worse and suffered even greater losses.
Lin Shuo felt relieved. Anyway, the coal mine needed to be transformed into machine mining, and it was not a problem to settle the existing workers. Moreover, many economic forests such as tung trees, camphor trees, tea gardens, mulberry gardens, etc. in the mines belonged to the coal mine also needed to be developed. Sheng Xuanhuai played this trick but
This is exactly what he wants. If this happens, the Hanyang Iron Works will soon suffer huge losses that even Zhang Zhidong will not be able to bear.
Sure enough, Sheng Xuanhuai found Zhang Zhidong. Old Zhang was very angry, Liu Xianzhuang, aren't you trying to undermine me? So he sent a telegram to Liu Kunyi to question him, but Liu Kunyi called back and said that he felt that it was inappropriate for Sheng Xuanhuai to borrow foreign money to open the mine.
Yuanzhou gentry merchants intend to independently raise funds to run a mine.
So it was agreed that the merchants would raise funds on their own. Later, Lao Liu assured Zhang Zhidong that Pingxiang merchants were willing to provide coal to Hanyang Iron Works at a price of three taels per ton lower than that of Shanghai coal to meet the needs of Hanyang Iron Works.
Coal and coal for coking will be given priority to meet the needs of Hanyang Iron Works.
The implication is that I am planning all this for you, Lao Zhang, which is interesting enough. You can't always extend your hands to Liangjiang's territory.
Zhang Zhidong hit a soft nail, but he had nothing to say.
After more than half a year of this stalemate, Sheng Xuanhuai finally couldn't stand it anymore. The Hanyang Iron Works was losing hundreds of thousands of taels of silver every month, and the steel it produced was not up to standard. No one could stand it.
Sheng Xuanhuai took the initiative to resign from Zhang Zhidong, but Zhang Zhidong repeatedly asked to stay. Sheng Xuanhuai asked if you could get the Pingxiang Coal Mine for me.
Lao Zhang looked embarrassed. This matter is very difficult to handle. Liu Kunyi was behind the Pingxiang Coal Mine. The court had to come forward to resolve the matter. It would not be possible in a few years. Moreover, the Queen Mother was busy returning to the palace and had no time to care about it.
When Sheng Xuanhuai saw this, he had to give up the Hanyang Iron Works. Although this mess was not a piece of fat for him, in his heart, he hated Lin Shuo to the bone.
As soon as Sheng Xuanhuai left, the Hanyang Iron Works stopped production again, and Zhang Zhidong was impeached by the court officials, saying that the Hanyang Iron Works he ran was a waste of money despite being very expensive. Lao Zhang sent a telegram to Liu Kunyi, and the Hanyang Iron Works was today
At this point, you, Liu Xianzhuang, are holding me back. Now that I'm in such a difficult situation, you, Mr. Liu, can't just ignore me.
Liu Kunyi called Lin Shuo to Jiangning and showed him Zhang Zhidong's telegram, "Lin Shuo, aren't you thinking about Hanyang Iron Works? Now the opportunity has come. I have made the decision for you and said that you are willing to come forward to take over Hanyang Iron Works."
Lin Shuo said: "When did I say that I wanted to take over Hanyang Iron Works? Sir, you can't accuse me so unfairly."
Liu Kun said: "Don't do this to me. I can't tell you what you had in mind when you wanted to open the Pingxiang Coal Mine. You can go to Zhang Nanpi to complain. Let me tell you first, how can Mr. Zhang treat you now?"
It’s full of fire.”
"I have to drag Mr. Zhang for a while to calm him down and negotiate the price."
"Pull him down, I'm afraid Zhang Nanpi will get angry and send troops to capture you."
"Master Taiwan, we also have soldiers in our hands."
"Oh, I forgot about this. Grandma is such a bear. Do you dare to rebel?" Liu Kun glared.
"Juniors don't dare!"
"It's good to know that Zhang Nanpi is the most face-saving person. You should say more flattering words in person and don't contradict him."
Lin Shuo returned to Shanghai from Jiangning, still feeling uneasy, and found Zhang Jian and Xu Jianyin to act as lobbyists. Both of them had a good relationship with Zhang Zhidong.
Wen Tingshi now moved to a mansion newly built by Meize in Yangshupu near the shipyard. The two discussed the matter of continuing to acquire coal mines. When Lin Shuo left, it was Mrs. Gong who saw him out. At the door, Mrs. Gong
He took out a letter and asked, "Master Lin is going to Wuchang to meet Xiang Shuai?"
Lin Shuo nodded.
Mrs. Gong handed the letter to Lin Shuo, "When you arrive in Wuchang, bring this letter to Liang Dingfen, who works for Xiang Shuai. This person is trusted by Xiang Shuai. After seeing this letter, he may be able to say something for you.
But don’t mention Yunge’s name in front of him.”
Lin Shuo took the letter with some hesitation.
Back at the shipyard, Lin Shuo told Zhang Jian about the matter. Zhang Jian thought for a while and said, "Do you know who this Mrs. Gong is?"
Lin Shuo shook his head.
"Actually, Mrs. Gong was originally Liang Dingfen's wife. Wen Tingshi and Liang Dingfen were both disciples of Chen Li, a famous Confucian scholar in Guangdong. Their friendship was not very close. Liang Dingfen was very successful in the examinations and won the Jinshi at the age of 21. He was famous at that time.
The talented man married the current Mrs. Gong after becoming a Jinshi. Mrs. Gong was beautiful and talented. At that time, the marriage between the talented man and the beautiful woman was envied in the capital.
Liang Dingfen had an upright temperament and regarded himself as a clean-blooded person. During the Sino-French war, Li Zhongtang insisted on peace, which immediately angered Liang Hanlin. So Liang wrote a letter to impeach Li Hongzhang, accusing him of six murderable crimes. As a result, Li Hongzhang was fine.
, Liang Dingfen was found guilty for speaking out, and was demoted five levels in a row by the Queen Mother's decree, and was punished to work as a music clerk in Taichang Temple. Liang resigned in anger and left the capital.
When Liang Dingfen left Beijing, he had no food and clothing, so he entrusted his wife to his good friend Wen Tingshi to take care of her. Unexpectedly, Wen and Gong fell in love for some reason, and Mrs. Gong actually followed Wen Tingshi back to Jiangxi to live a small life.
Liang Dingfen was furious after hearing the news, and divorced the Gong family with a letter of divorce, and cut off their relationship with Wen Tingshi. But this also fulfilled Wen Tingshi's wishes, and the two actually lived together publicly as husband and wife.
However, I heard that there was something hidden in it. Liang Dingfen never married again and seemed to have never forgotten the Gong family. Some people also said that Liang Dingfen was born with a disability and could not do the things that husband and wife did, so he simply fulfilled the good deeds of Wen and Gong. Indeed.
It seems that Liang Dingfen did not kill Wen Tingshi. If he reported the matter to the official, Wen Tingshi's career would definitely be ruined. However, Wen Tingshi's behavior was eventually despised by scholars all over the world. After all, friends and wives should not be deceived. This matter
What Yunge did was really outrageous." Zhang Jian shook his head and sighed. Wen Tingshi had long been famous for his talents, but his official career had always been unsatisfactory. This was probably related to this.
"So there is such a story, no wonder Mrs. Gong told me not to mention Yunge's name in front of Liang Dingfen!" Lin Shuo understood then.
A few days later, Zhang Jian, Xu Jianyin and Lin Shuo took a boat to Hankou.
Lin Shuo personally gave Mrs. Gong's letter to Liang Dingfen. Unexpectedly, Zhang Zhidong's chief master showed no expression after reading it, wondering what his calculations were.
The Governor of Huguang, Zhang Zhidong, was worried about the Hanyang Iron Works in his hands. Due to the tight treasury of the Hubei vassal, he was unable to continue investing in the iron works. Now the iron works he presided over had been suspended for several months. Sheng Xuanhuai insisted on resigning, and Zheng Guanying also resigned.
As the general office of the iron factory, he could only ask his son-in-law Chen Niancheng to temporarily take over the errand of the Hanyang Iron Factory.
Zhang Zhidong was taking a nap in the back garden of the superintendent's office, revealing his gray and sparse braids, and was slobbering at the corners of his mouth. At this time, Chen Niancheng came over and said, "Father-in-law, that Lin Anhua is outside the office asking for an audience!"
"I don't know!" Zhang Zhidong shook his head, then raised his hand and wiped the saliva from his mouth with his sleeve.
"It's the wealthy businessman Liu Zhitai mentioned in the telegram who is willing to take over the iron factory. Also here are Zhang Jizhi and Xu Zhonghu. I remember that I went to Shanghai years ago, and Xu Zhonghu couldn't get away precisely because he supervised the shipyard for this man.
." Chen Niancheng said loudly, the old man's memory is not very good now, and he has completely forgotten what he just said a few days ago.
"Oh, since Zhang Jizhi and Xu Zhonghu are here, why don't you invite them quickly?"
Zhang Zhidong knew that Liu Kunyi and others said that the wealthy businessman surnamed Lin was very young, but he did not expect that he would be so young. He looked up and down at the standing Lin Shuo with suspicion, and could not believe that the ordinary-looking man in his twenties was in front of him.
The young man was Liu Kunyi, Zhang Jian and others who praised him as "the first-class industrial and commercial genius in the Qing Dynasty".
"Are you Lin Anhua?"
"That's right, junior!" Lin Shuo replied with his head lowered, but with a respectful expression on his face.
"Humph, it was the good deeds you did that forced Sheng Xuanhuai to resign from the iron factory, and I am about to settle the score with you!" Zhang Zhidong said sternly, "You are so young, you are so evil-minded!"
"Your Majesty is right. What I did was to force Shanda people away!" Lin Shuo raised his head and said, "It has been more than three years since Shanda people took over the Hanyang Iron Works. Has the operation of the iron plant improved? I just can't bear to see you.
All my hard work has been squandered arbitrarily, so I came up with this bad strategy."
"So you are using this cunning method for my own sake?" Zhang Zhidong snorted heavily, "You tell me all your reasons first, and I want to see how you defend yourself!"
"Coal, iron and other items are the cornerstone of modern industry. Your Excellency's establishment of the Hanyang Iron Works is a very wise move. People who are not as far-sighted and persevering as your Excellency would never be able to accomplish this task. This move was launched
The pioneer of China's Westernization. If future generations talk about the modern Westernization industry, they will not mention your name and the Hanyang Iron Works. The Hanyang Iron Works is definitely not comparable to the dozens of factories established by Li Zhongtang in his decades of Westernization." Lin Shuo.
First, he put a high hat on Zhang Zhidong. Seeing that the old man's face was ashamed and softened, he changed the subject: "However, your Excellency made hasty decisions at the beginning of the establishment of the factory. The operation of the iron factory is like a government office, full of redundant personnel, extravagance and waste, and malpractice."
This trend has been banned for many times, and the younger generation cannot hide it. I think a Western iron factory, the size of the Hanyang Iron Factory, only costs more than three million, so why does the Hanyang Iron Factory need five or six million?
The amount of money spent is very huge, sir, I don’t blame the people in the world for ridiculing and slandering me, this is the truth.”
Zhang Zhidong's complexion became very bad again.
"Since the iron plant was built, you must have taken great pains to know that the steel-making furnace purchased is not suitable for the iron plant. If you want to make qualified steel, the iron plant needs to purchase a new Thomas method alkaline steel furnace. Purchase this kind of Nissan
A one-hundred-ton steel-making open-hearth furnace requires about three hundred thousand silver each. Including iron ore, coal mines, etc., a total investment of about eight million is needed to maintain normal steel plants. This is also a difficulty for adults. In fact, major Western iron plants
However, the larger the scale, the more steel is produced, the lower the cost of steelmaking is. On the contrary, the smaller the production, the less money can be made. I heard that the major ironworks in Germany and the United States often have assets in the tens of millions. This is not the case.
Scale without profit." Lin Shuo ignored Zhang Zhidong and continued to talk, "The younger generation admires your courage and insight in building the Hanyang Iron Works, and cannot bear to see the iron works declining day by day, so I asked Ying to take over the iron works and am willing to devote all my efforts.
I have a total net worth of tens of millions of dollars. If I invest in an iron factory and cannot produce qualified steel within three years, I will not get a penny. The iron factory belongs to me. You can take it back and hand it over to others!"
"What if I don't agree?" Zhang Zhidong said. Lin Shuo surprised him by betting tens of millions of his net worth, but he couldn't stand this guy's arrogance and became a beggar with me, Lao Zhang?
"China is so big that iron ore can be found everywhere." Lin Shuo smiled. If you don't agree, I will go elsewhere. If I don't convince you first, how can I negotiate terms with you?
"Arrogant!" Zhang Zhidong slapped the table. He really wanted to throw this kid into jail and punish him with the crime of disrespect. However, Zhang Jian and Xu Jianyin were still standing aside, so they only drank the tea cup angrily.
"see a visitor out!"
Well, Lin Shuo was kicked out by Marshal Zhang without saying a few words.
"Anwar, you've gone too far with what you said today. Xiangshuai is a soft-spoken person, so this matter will most likely be ruined." Xu Jianyin complained after leaving the office.
"Haha, it's not that serious. The old man understands. As long as he wants to run this iron factory well, I won't worry if he doesn't come to visit him after a while. I'm going to impose conditions on him!" Lin Shuo said with a smile.
Zhang Jian smiled and said nothing.
In the garden of the Governor's Office, Chen Niancheng was persuading Zhang Zhidong, "My father-in-law, Lin Shuo is young and arrogant. Don't be the same as him. It's important to take care of yourself."
"Haha, Nian Reng. If I were really angry, I would have chopped off his head." Zhang Zhidong said, "Do you think he is so arrogant? This kid is up to something. He is pretending to be stupid just to make demands on me. Why?
Give him a chance to speak!" He turned around and looked at Liang Dingfen, who was silent on the side, "Jie'an, what do you think we should do at this time?"
"I heard that Zhang Jizhi helped him a lot by opening a cotton mill, and the shipyard he opened in Shanghai was so large that even Xu Zhonghu was willing to use it. If they didn't have some real skills, how could these two people be their lobbyists in person? Your Excellency, you might as well
Give him the iron factory. When the time comes, the tens of millions of investments he has invested in the coal mine and iron factory will be in the hands of the manufacturer. Are you still afraid that he will not be honest and obedient? "
"Haha, Jie'an knows me very well. I want to see how deep this guy is!" Zhang Zhidong said with a smile, "I'll let him go for a few days. After a while, he will ask for any conditions. I can give them all first."
Let’s talk about it later.”
A few days later, Lin Shuo was summoned to the Governor's Mansion again. This time Zhang Zhidong was much more polite. In fact, the conditions he requested were not excessive. First, if the quality of the rails produced by the iron factory was up to standard, the rails purchased by domestic railways would
It is necessary to give priority to the products produced in Hanyang. The second point is that for the convenience of transportation, Lin Shuo can build the railway in the name of the iron factory. The third point is that the operation of the iron factory is completely controlled by Lin Shuo, and the government is not allowed to interfere.
One tael of silver was extracted from each ton to repay the official funds, and after the principal was repaid, it was used as official capital to generate profits.
Zhang Zhidong agreed to Lin Shuo's conditions immediately, which made Lin Shuo feel a little unreal. Isn't the old guy trying to plot against me?
In the autumn of 1902, Zhang Zhidong petitioned the imperial court for approval, and Lin Shuo was officially appointed as the general office of the Hanyang Iron Works. Since he had donated money to build the palace and had made meritorious service in business and industry, he was specially appointed as the post of Jiangxi Houbu Dao, and was given the title of third-grade chief envoy and was rewarded.
Wear a single-eyed flower feather.
Another "red-top businessman" appeared in the Qing Dynasty, but now the court is really short of money, and this red-top businessman is already flying all over the sky, so it is not really a rarity.