Chen Wenqiang seemed to have not seen it, and waved at the door and asked the person to send two wooden boxes into it, put it on the table, and opened it one by one. [+New^^+

"This is a new production of Yazhou Glass Factory. Please watch it." Chen Wenqiang took out a binoculars and presented them to Zhang Zhidong with both hands.

"Qianli Miles? Binoculars?" Zhang Zhidong reached out to take it, was very surprised. After repeatedly rubbing and observing, he asked in confusion: "This is neither gold nor iron, hard but not heavy, what is it?"

"Plastic, this shell is made of plastic." Chen Wenqiang pointed to several pairs of glasses in the box and said, "These are all frames made of plastic, which are strong and light."

"Is this what I gave it to me?" Gu Hongming pointed to another box, reached out to take out a pair of sunglasses without hesitation, looked at it for a while, and smiled and said, "Is it dark this day? Wouldn't it take to wear it?"

Chen Wenqiang laughed and said, "This electric light will be used in less than a month, so there is no need to worry about wasting candles."

Zhang Zhidong picked up one by one, nodded repeatedly, and said, "Okay, okay! You are afraid that you can achieve this in more than a year if you build a factory in Yazhou. It's really amazing. I'm afraid there are not even foreigners, right?"

"It has it in Germany." Chen Wenqiang replied honestly: "This mirror making technology is taken from Germany, and the plastic technology is also shared with it."

"Germany?" Zhang Zhidong nodded and asked uncertainly: "You have to borrow money from Germany when building railways, right? I wonder why you like Germany alone. Are the British and American powers not stronger than Germany?"

"Germany is developing rapidly and is already the strongest in Europe. Except for the navy, it is not as weak as Britain, and nothing else is inferior to England and Geely." Chen Wenqiang explained: "As an emerging power, if you want to compete with the old powers in the market, you naturally have to lower your status and ask for less. Unlike Britain and France, you have too much appetite and too much bullying."

"It makes sense." Zhang Zhidong nodded thoughtfully, "What about the United States? The previous Guangdong-Hankou Railway dispute was unpleasant. Why do you still plan to borrow from the United States?"

"It's just an idea. Whether it can be realized depends on the specific situation." Chen Wenqiang pondered for a moment. He said: "But from the international situation, Japan's rise is a threat to the United States in the Far East and the Pacific region. The formation of a confrontation between the United States and Japan in the Pacific seems to be a foregone conclusion. At home, the trend of arriving in the United States has caused losses to the United States, making it eager to remedy the image in the minds of the Chinese. In this way, it should be feasible to win over China and boycott Japan. Therefore,"

"Well, the analysis is very accurate." Zhang Zhidong sat back in the chair, playing with the binoculars in his hand, and said thoughtfully: "One time and another time, the situation will change, and the policies will also change. China's great enemy, Tsarist Russia and Japan. If we can resist Russia and unite the whole country, it will be a way to seek integrity in a weak country."

"Far from a distance, attacking near and near, Germany and the United States are obviously not as good as Russia in terms of geographical relations. Japan is a serious threat and urgent." Gu Hongming interrupted: "If we want to boycott the British-Japanese alliance, Germany and the United States seem to be the best choice. Although China is weak but large, it is also the target of Germany and the United States wins over."

"It is related to the center of the court and the diplomacy of the country. If the headquarters report the memorial"

"Sir, no." Chen Wenqiang saw that his goal had been achieved. He immediately spoke to stop him. Facing Zhang Zhidong's puzzled expression, he said in a deep voice: "I believe that the emperor is better than me. The most important thing is to do diplomacy. If the matter is not secret, it will harm oneself and others. Moreover, the time is not yet ripe. He is testing, and he is also observing. It is the best strategy to lay the groundwork first and then come naturally. If you rush up, wouldn't you have to get much less benefits? There is no room for bargaining."

"As the saying goes, "Going up is not a deal." Gu Hongming glanced at Chen Wenqiang meaningfully and said, "Staying calm and waiting for the price is the safe way. As for this preparation, you can express it appropriately and attracting the De and the United States to take care of it."

"How to express it?" Although Zhang Zhidong was smart, he lacked understanding of the handling of such international affairs and the complex international relations, just like the Chinese people at that time.

Seeing Gu Hongming turning his attention to him, Chen Wenqiang hurriedly said: "The trend of arriving in the United States is coming to an end. Adults can go with the flow and invite the US consul in Hankou to discuss and end the arrival of the United States in Hubei Province. Then, they may negotiate with him whether the United States can pay some of the Boxer Indemnities to implement its Boxer Indemnity Plan; or..."

The influence of the arrival trend in the United States led President Roosevelt to decide to implement a "refund" from 1909 to pay more than 10 million taels of Boxer indemnity that had not been paid at that time.

The "refund compensation" is not returned by the United States, but is deducted from the "refunds" that were originally due every year. That is to say, the amount must still be collected by the Chinese government from various tax levies every year. After being handed over to Citibank in the United States, it will not be dominated by the Chinese government, but will establish a separate "school fund" and be supervised and used by the US government.

In addition to providing for the method of sending students to the United States, the Boxer Education Program also includes plans for building schools, including an attached Beijing School School School, which is a preparatory school specially established for Chinese youth studying in the United States, which is Tsinghua University in the future.

The arrival movement in the United States has continued to this day. In addition to Guangzhou's enthusiasm, other ports are feeling tired and relaxed. Chen Wenqiang and his joint group also feel that they have achieved their goal and the funds they occupy are urgently relaxed. But as long as they are not made public, it does not mean that they end. Chen Wenqiang has been planning how to make another purchase by stopping, and borrowing money to build roads is undoubtedly an option.

Zhang Zhidong was not very skilled in dealing with foreigners and was reasonable, so he turned his attention to Gu Hongming.

"This kind of matter is quite time-consuming, so I handed over it to Mr. Chen and asked the Governor to allow it." Gu Hongming understood it and stepped forward to volunteer.

"Yes!" Zhang Zhidong nodded and said, "You two are proficient in Western Affairs. If you go to do this, don't worry."

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The Guangdong-Hankou Railway is of great importance and involves all aspects very complex. Although it has received the full support promised by Zhang Zhidong, Chen Wenqiang still needs to operate first, and funds, talents, local relations along the railway, etc. must be raised, recruited and cleared first.

Moreover, Chen Wenqiang is a new representative of the constitutionalist. If possible, he does not want to stand ahead and offend the constitutionalist officials and gentry of the three provinces because of road construction. If he insists on charging forward, he must communicate with Zhang Jian and other constitutionalist leaders and reach an understanding.

As for borrowing foreign debt, it may be difficult for people today to imagine the situation at that time, that is, the great powers are seeking capital output, and they are rushing to take over when they hear about the loan. It is not like the difficulties of attracting investment in later generations. And Zhang Zhidong's willingness to agree to Chen Wenqiang's conditions is really troublesome and he is eager to throw out this hot potato.

At that time, the British and French consortiums specifically targeted the construction of railways in central China, and jointly established the Central China Railway Company in 1904. After the Guangdong-Hanzhou Railway's road rights were redeemed for commercial offices, the company relied on its financial resources and had its own governments to help it. The special commissioner visited Zhang Zhidong through the Hankou consul, who wanted to borrow money to build the road, but also put forward the conditions of "must interfere with China's road rights". Zhang Zhidong made his "all unreasonable demands are beyond the truth". The negotiations were made for several months, but there was no result. However, Zhang Zhidong knew that Britain and France would not give up on the competition for railway loans, so he was eager to hand them over to Chen Wenqiang, and he was happy to be quiet.

Moreover, since the construction rights of the Guangdong-Hanzhou Railway were recovered from the United States, both the funds and the progress were difficult to satisfy. Although Hunan Yuehan Railway Company collected more than 8 million silver dollars in various shares, it was a lot of money and was unable to make ends meet due to the shortage of funds. The originally planned Wuchang-Changsha section has not started construction for a long time.

Various reasons, whether it is obvious or secret, finally led to Chen Wenqiang taking over the Guangdong-Hankou Railway. The conditions are very generous, because Chen Wenqiang is a Chinese and Zhang Zhidong is unaware of the loss of the road power.

When the ship sailed into the Huangpu River, half a month later, Chen Wenqiang arranged the Hanyang Iron Factory and formed a railway patrolman and other work. He returned to Shanghai in a hurry and prepared to hold a meeting with his allies.

Large pieces of white clouds hung low on the fields, and the air was filled with water. Chen Wenqiang stood on the deck and looked at the hazy city.

There is change, although he didn't see it completely, he roughly knew the number of immigrants from Shanghai to Qiongzhou. It should be tens of thousands, right? In other words, the poor and destitute people gathered from all directions to Shanghai, at least tens of thousands of people changed their lives and joined the army developing Qiongzhou.

As soon as the boat approached the dock, Chen Wenqiang saw the person who came to pick him up, several of the backbones of Longxingtang.

The carriage was thrust, and Chen Wenqiang and Li Yapu talked and discussed in the car. Although Chen Wenqiang rarely lived in Shanghai during this period, the development that had already been on track still showed good momentum. Especially the joining of the backbone members of the Revival Association, such as the Chinese Association in Shanghai and various factories, the work has become more scientifically managed due to these knowledgeable talents.

"After receiving the telegram, I began to select capable brothers, and with the hundreds of people drawn from the business group, I had already collected enough of what you want." Li Yapu stroked his beard and said steadily: "It's just that something happened recently. Yu Qiaqing is anxious to find you, wanting to use the power of Xingyitang."

In December 1905, a sensational case occurred in Shanghai. At that time, a Guangdong-born official wife, Li Huang, died because of her husband, returned to Guangdong with fifteen maids from Sichuan. When she passed by Shanghai, she was arrested on charges of human trafficking by the British Concession Police Office in Shanghai.

When the concession trial committee tried the case, there was another dispute between the judges of the Chinese and British governments about where the female criminal should be detained. The judges of the British government rudely declared, "I don't know that there is Shanghai Road, and I only abide by the consul's orders." The judges of the Chinese government angrily said, "Since that is the case, I don't know that there is a British consul." After the dispute, De ordered the police to use force to rob the prisoners and tore Guan Jiongzhi's court ward.

The Chinese who were attending the audience responded strongly to the humiliation of their own officials. They rushed to the court, surrounded the police stations and the cars of the Deweimen. The British police blatantly shot and killed many people and arrested more than 500 Chinese people. After the bloody incident, Chinese merchants in the British Concession stopped the market and protested, while the foreign police were not willing to be outdone, and they all stopped their posts, and the concession suddenly fell into chaos.

In the newspaper, Chen Wenqiang had already seen this news and guessed Yu Qiaqing's plan.

As early as 198, when Yu Qiaqing first showed his talent for "relaying people", it was a similar situation. The French Concession authorities were arrogant and tough, and forcibly destroyed a cemetery and grave of Ningbo merchants on the grounds of establishing hospitals and slaughterhouses. Ningbo merchants were originally in Shanghai with huge power, and announced a general strike in anger.

When the two sides were in a stalemate, Yu Qiaqing ran to find his fellow villagers' "short friends" and encouraged these poor men to strike together. He specifically persuaded the maids in the concession to not wash clothes and cook for foreign employers, but he paid for the money behind the scenes. The merchants stopped the market, the coolies went on strike, and the maids stopped the bailing, and the French concession immediately became a mess, and Yu Qiaqing went to the authorities alone to negotiate. The French had to give in, and the property rights of the cemetery were finally returned. After this battle, Yu Qiaqing became famous in Shanghai.

Now Yu Qiaqing wants to re-use the same trick, but the British Concession is several times larger than the French Concession. If you want to succeed, you must rely on the power of Xingyitang, the leader of the Shanghai gang. Moreover, with his personal financial resources, it may be difficult to support the cost of helping "short-term friends".

"Xingyitang can support him, and I intend to make this big. The U.S. campaign will end and another U.K. campaign." Chen Wenqiang sneered. He is best at using all kinds of complicated things to develop in a direction that is beneficial to him.

The Guangdong-Hankou Railway had to borrow foreign debt, and it happened to exclude Britain by using the arrival movement in the UK. Moreover, Chen Wenqiang had other roundabout ways to make Britain and France unable to succeed in competing for railway loans.

"According to information, the British asked Ji Yunqing to send him a threatening letter. Zhu Baosan and others were afraid of retreating, so only Yu Qiaqing was unmoved." Li Yapu said in a deep thought: "If you want to do it, I think you must get rid of Ji Yunqing first to avoid making trouble with his disciples."

Ji Yunqing was appointed as the leader of the Qing Gang in Shanghai as an "old man", becoming a gangster of the Qing Gang Tong generation, and has always been active in the British Concession with his disciples. Because there was no conflict with Xingyitang, he did not suffer any blows. Xingyitang has unified the world in the French Concession, and its development in the British Concession has been underway. Li Yapu has this idea to clear the way for future development.

"Kill him at this time." Chen Wenqiang shook his head gently and said, "If Xingyitang supports Yu Qiaqing and boycotts the British, wouldn't it be known that we did it? Even if we want to do it, we must be clean and leave no handle."

"Ji Yunqing has an enemy. We can use the hands of outsiders to make him lose him, or lead him out of Shanghai." Li Yapu said coldly: "He also opened an incense hall to accept apprentices in Wuxi, which is also an opportunity."
Chapter completed!