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"Me?" Zheng Abao was stunned for a moment, and then laughed: "How can I help me when I deal with a group of local tycoons in this ghost place?"

Zhao Zhenduo became serious, and Zheng Abao quickly sat upright, pricking his ears like a student listening to the teacher's lecture. He only watched Zhao Zhenduo's cigar flying in the air with his gestures, drawing out white smoke, as if the trajectory of shells fired on the battlefield. In the smoke of inaudible sounds, Zhao Zhenduo preached: []

"Your Majesty wants our country to be fully noble. In a word, learn from European and American brothers. Election is to learn from Western politics and the east. With this election, our army also learned a few more. There were also a large number of Prussians in the army serving as military officers, second only to those of British and French brothers. After the Battle of French, we admired the great military achievements of Prussian brothers. The military department specially summoned the Prussians who served in the Song Dynasty to consult the military, economic and cultural conditions of their hometowns. Of course, we also asked the political system. Our top leaders unanimously agreed that the dual constitutional monarchy in Prussia would be the most helpful for the imperial power and national stability. However, among the civil servants of the court, he heard that His Majesty hoped to realize a political system between Britain, the United States and Prussia. His Majesty was very talented and we could not see the prospects, but this matter shows one thing: the power of our country's parliamentarians should be a little more than that of the Prussian parliamentarians."

"What?" Zheng Abao was stunned. He didn't understand the binary constitutional monarchy at all, but the following sentence made him very happy - the power was a little more powerful.

Zhao Zhenduo continued: "It is difficult for us to predict what the parliament looks like, because we have never seen it before. However, we can learn something from the news of your elections: in the past, the officials were promoted by His Majesty, but now, we may donate a batch from the people, which means that the king and the people have overwhelmed the officials."

Speaking of this, Zhao Zhenduo paused, looked at Zheng Abao and smiled, and quietly organized the words in his heart - because he was going to talk about serious matters after all, he said: "Although our actions were a little slower this time, and the election was only one week left, I want to overwhelming headlines, and one sentence can give the emperor, officials, and people the opportunity to hear at the same time. Maybe this is the only time. So our army wants to ask you to call on the newspaper industry on the surface of the Liberal Party: to open up restrictions on the construction of railways by private funds, and to build railways by shares."

"What? Let me talk about building railways in the private world?" Zheng Abao opened his mouth and yelled, the cigar in his mouth fell to the ground like a hammer.

Zhao Zhenduo used his hand to make a posture that passed under the invisible thing and said, "The civil servants will definitely get stuck, and we are too lazy to debate with those scum. It just so happens that you are taking advantage of your election, and you have to ask for it. With the enthusiasm of newspapers and elections, this is simply the same as the public opinion indirectly dialogue with His Majesty. The only old prime minister, Huanzhuguo, who is a little capable of confronting the lord in the court, has been thrown overseas. His old-fashioned power has fallen apart. At present, the ministers are all newcomers promoted by His Majesty. The entire civil servant group is in the hands of His Majesty. Who dares to sing a rebellion with His Majesty even if they don't talk about power, the ministers and His Majesty's eyes in domestic and foreign affairs are just the same.

Just a group of apprentices, in terms of knowledge and sophistication, we cannot fight against the Holy Lord. His Majesty thinks that the public opinion is fierce and hopes that the railway will be built independently. Once his golden mouth opens, the civil servants can't say anything at all. As long as the people can build roads, they must have professional companies to build, manage and operate. We can use the people's money to do our own business. What the group of civil servants mean is to use the court's money to promote their own officials. Isn't the money from the court also come from the people? Isn't it better for us to indirectly engage in the people's money to do our own business? We have saved even taxation, and we have contacted two other state-owned railway companies, waiting to go with the flow and use the public's opinion to call on the emperor to force the court's civil servants.

The other two railway companies are very sensible, and they hate Weng Jianguang so much that they are so angry that they are itchy. Especially since Songbei Railway Company was cheated by Weng Jianguang, his boss said that if the Army could avenge him, he would hand over the private shares of 95 to us, because he understood: He is now a 100 yuan industry. After we intervene, it can become 10,000 yuan, and 500 yuan can be obtained; and if we don’t defect to us, Weng Jianguang will eat him sooner or later, and he will not have a penny."

"If I did this for the Army, how many people would I offend?" Zheng Abao did not answer. He opened his mouth wide in fear and did not dare to say anything.

Because this may not offend the emperor and the civilians, but the civil servants in the middle could not hate him.

Zhao Zhenduo was so excited that he continued to talk: "The gangsters of the imperial court said: It's not ten years ago. At that time, the construction of railways was the same as destroying Feng Shui and destroying people's ancestral tombs. People hated the railways so much that they gritted their teeth. Now they are used to this Western object. On the contrary, they all say that railways are water, and water is beneficial to wealth. Where there is a Tie River, they will promote employment and commerce. As long as their own ancestral tombs are not planned, the people actively demanded the construction of roads. Therefore, they not only impose railway taxes, but also a plan to issue huge national debts to the people. Since you think that the people have strongly acquired your railway treasury bonds, why should I take your path and give you the money? We indirectly follow the Western countries' methods. Isn't it necessary for private equity to raise funds to build railways? Let the scum civil servants stare at and eat shit."

Zheng Abao only felt that there was a centipede crawling behind his back, and his back must have been wet. He looked at Zhao Zhenduo, who was talking and talking, and had already figured out how to get out of this dangerous thing. His godfather and godmother had started fighting. Anyone he helped might be revenge to death. However, if he didn't help anyone, he would offend anyone, especially his godfather, and if he didn't help someone like him, he would immediately treat you as his enemy. How could he wear you to death if he didn't help him in the future.

Moreover, arms dealers are born to stand with the military.

"Is this... Is there any place that has not been considered? Even if His Majesty agrees that private shares will build railways, what should the civil servants do if they continue to interfere? For example, if you still let Weng Jianguang manage the railway? Or take control of the railway management agency in your hands and designate their relatives to operate it. They want to do it." Zheng Abao said carefully, now he is specifically picking the possibility of failure.

Zhao Zhenduo glanced at Zheng Abao and said, "Don't worry, the civil servants of the court are not a solid piece of iron. Lord Song Deling firmly stood on our side. Because with the introduction of Western learning in recent years, the Ministry of Works has been developing too fast, and the financial resources and resources in charge have increased. Lord Song Deling didn't want Xu Zhiyue's Ministry of Works to continue to develop like this. He planned to divide the Ministry of Works, at least it would be divided into technology, industry, commerce, etc. The more he divided, the better. Although he stood at the highest peak of the court, we established the country with gods, and he was in charge of faith, culture and propaganda, just like a glance. Xu Zhiyue's Ministry of Works is like a hand. Although he saw it, he knew it was smelly, but he couldn't resist the scumbag's hands and wanted to stuff them into his mouth with shit. So Lord Song Deling absolutely supported us. If His Majesty agreed with our opinion, he would definitely insist on restarting the two small railway companies, Song Bei and Song Zuo, to start a competition."

"Oh, I want to stumbling up my eyes. Is this too confusing? Can you help me? Help me? Help me who is closest to the prime minister or help me manage myself? Oh my god, why did the army and the court secretly fight to the election? I might not have come here at all..." Zheng Abao was sweating profusely, and he opened his mouth and didn't know what to say.

Seeing Zheng Abao's embarrassment and being able to guess why the other party was like this, Zhao Zhenduo coughed and said, "Xiaobao, there is something else I'll know about you."

"Ah? What? Please tell me, brother." Zheng Abao was shocked and said in a panic as if he was awakened.

"Do you know what this year's imperial examination is called?" Zhao Zhenduo asked leisurely.

"The imperial examination? What is it called? It is called the imperial examination?" Zheng Abao said in surprise.

Zhao Zhenduo raised his finger and waved his fingers, expressed his denial, and said, "I deliberately expanded the number of seaweed soldiers, called the Crown Prince You Xuexue Enke, do you know?" He didn't jump.

"I know, I know, this year the crown prince is going to study in England. His Majesty is so great. Prince, the prince is sent abroad to study abroad. It is amazing. He is a wise king who has been seen in the ages. He is really for the sake of lofty, and he will let the precious crown prince wander thousands of miles and take risks with his own life......" Zheng Abao finally caught a topic that would not make him frightened, and in panic, he immediately turned into a chatterbox.

Zhao Zhenduo stopped this guy's nagging. He narrowed his eyes and the cold light lit up again. He sneered: "Xiaobao, you are a smart person. You know that your Majesty established a country with martial arts. Not only did he use a bamboo gun to stab a new Song Dynasty, but he also proposed to send the princes into the army for military study for the first time in a thousand years. How excited we are. We are no longer Qiu Ba who is looked down upon like the Qing Dynasty, but a military squad with the Western military who is a military commander. The social status of soldiers has been greatly improved. In those years, our Royal Army once fiercely competed with the Royal Navy for the belonging of the Crown Prince. Unfortunately, the Navy used their broken ship to deceive Your Highness away. But very well, the second son of the Emperor then entered our Army to serve in the army for further study. He was a biologist. It is really the glory of our Royal Army. Do you understand?" Don't jump.

"I understand? What do you understand?" Zheng Abao widened his eyes and thought to himself: You are all statements, and they are all gossips of previous years. Of course I know, but what do you mean?

Zhao Zhen sneered and said, "You don't understand yet."

Zheng Abao was stunned for a moment, and immediately lit the rattle: "I don't understand."

Zhao Zhenduo said, "Think about it, His Highness the Crown Prince is going thousands of miles away to study for 3 to 4 years. During this period, it is impossible for His Highness the Second Prince to go abroad. There must be a crown prince in the country. In other words, in the next three years, the Crown Prince is not in the navy, but His Highness the Second Prince is in the army three years later. When the Crown Prince returns to China after completing his studies, the event can also be predicted: His Highness the Crown Prince likes the navy and goes to the naval school. Isn't he going back to China?

Will the navy's group of idiots singing with birds crawl onto our heads? The key is that within these three years, we cannot let His Majesty's high hopes alone, nor can we let His Royal Highness, the second son of the emperor waste his youth because of the incompetence of the army. Within three years, we must provoke one or two local wars against the Qing Dynasty, and let His Royal Highness visit the battlefield to experience it personally, and we must also win to establish His Royal Highness's reputation and protect the Royal Army's prestige."

Speaking of the excitement, this brother-in-law, who is actually not a soldier, burst out with the same eyes as a soldier, and it was a cold light as bright as an eagle.

"We always have to ensure that we are the most invested and capable military personnel in the empire." After that, he patted Zheng Abao on the shoulder and said earnestly: "To win the war overwhelmingly, in addition to devout faith and soldiers who are not afraid of death, we also need new weapons; and before each war, there is a large-scale hoarding of military supplies; Xiaobao, calculate it: There is a batch of gun replacement bidding in front of you that may come, and there will be war purchases that will inevitably occur one or two times. In the past three years, will your company go up again? But if the plan for the Great Leap Forward of the Railway is based on Xu's plan of the time travel, with the court's finances being strong, where can we have money to fight? Where can we buy your guns, cannons and bullets? I figured out that the court's money is so much, one hand is more divided, and the other hand is less."

Zheng Abao already understood: In fact, Zhao Zhenduo had nothing to say just now, that is, the second son of the emperor is intimate with the army. Once he has established his authority in the war, he will be the second heir to the throne. This reputation among the court and the people will increase exponentially and become the prince and general respected by all people. The prince will always have risks when he goes thousands of miles away to study. If there is a shipwreck or illness, in short, if the crown prince cannot come back or comes back, he is not as powerful as a younger brother with military skills. Who will belong to the future throne? The army is not going to rebel, but they need to rely on the second son of the emperor to fight to establish a common prosperity relationship between the two. This is true.

Secondly, His Majesty was extremely warlike. He said in person: He did not trust how long the shelf life of the army was in the peaceful period, under the conservative culture, so he was not afraid at all, and even repeatedly found various excuses to provoke small-scale local conflicts. First, it was to suppress the morale of the Qing Dynasty and the other was to sharpen the knife. No matter whether the main force was the navy or the army, in any case, the army would strengthen its vigilance at the border, ready to resist or fight out; they were not idle, and they did not like to be idle. When they were idle, His Majesty would have to reorganize the army, find the army's affairs, and make a few military heads. Ding Yuzhan, the leader of the Navy's Little Knife Legion, took a soft knife from the peacetime period and is still being dismissed.

It is related to the interests of the army's heads, because many nobles have enfeoffed fiefs near the national border, giving you thousands of acres of fertile land or a street in a big city as a territory, it is really cool to replace them with hereditary substitution, but generally speaking, the Qing Dynasty can be indirectly hit, and it is hard to say that the navy is, and the army always hopes to push the border line more, and its own territory is safe, and there may be new territory to be distributed to military aristocrats.

So the Army really had an intention and had a motive to take advantage of the absence of the crown prince, and his younger brother provoked the Song and Qing war at this time window of the army.

Only when there is war can arms merchants make money.

After the three elements of victory in the war were abandoned, the court's operation level was only "money, money, money". The Qing emperors were not short of hungry soldiers when fighting. What's more, the Song State was fully fired in military affairs, which was to make money and have no money to fight a single battle.

From this point of view, Xu Zhiyue and the others may really infringe on their own interests.

"After the matter is completed, I will give you 5 shares to you, so I won't let you do it in vain. You can also take the opportunity to enter the railway industry. In this industry, Zhong Jialiang and foreigners are jealous. It will not be a profitable transaction." Zhao Zhenduo said at the end.

Zheng Abao took a deep breath, reached out his hand cleanly and shouted, "Isn't it just a railway? I have long disliked ** Party and the others, but I haven't found a good opportunity to mess with them yet. Thank you for giving me a shell. What should I do if I promote it for you? Do you have specific plans?" I won't jump.

Zhao Zhenduo smiled with satisfaction and took out a map from the box. Because there was no coffee table in the house, Zheng Abao thought it was in trouble and asked someone to move it away. Several people spread the map on the ground and knelt on the ground to see it.

This is a secret "The Iron River Planning Map of the Great Song Dynasty" by the imperial court.

Zhao Zhenduo walked south along Longchuan with his hand and finally pointed to Chaozhou. He said, "We don't want to get up and ask to touch the main line. You are the first tentative shot, so you have to hide. You proposed to build this second-level auxiliary line from Longchuan to Chaozhou. This line can shorten the distance from inland to the ocean in Guangdong, which is equivalent to opening a new harbor for the inland. It has extremely high military value, allowing our army to quickly reach the fortress and fortress around Fujian, be able to defend and monitor, and can also attack Fujian indirectly on land. If you propose this line, just say if you

If we want to be elected successfully, the court asked the court to raise funds for private funds to establish a joint-stock company to build this route. This will have a complete transformation of the economy and people's livelihood of the entire Longchuan and Chaozhou. Therefore, they will be willing to support the people by giving them the excuses. We will start crazy support from the newspaper industry behind the scenes, and countless merchants will immediately take out money to prove that they are going to invest. There are Song Deling in the court to beat the side drum, and it depends on how His Majesty decides. Anyway, if he lets go, Song Deling will immediately climb along the pole and defeat the conspiracy of Xu's Crossing Group to monopolize the iron river business."

Then he looked up at Zheng Abao: "This is a local railway, and the interests are closely related to the ghost place you are running for. It will not be too confusing. You will make people think that you are using any means to win, so don't reveal us openly. Anyway, everyone thinks you are a nonsense person, so even if the situation changes, you will say that you have burned your head to win, and you always have evidence to advance and retreat."

"Don't worry, brother, leave this to me." Zheng Abao nodded and said.

"I believe that the abilities of your brothers in the Zheng family are all amazing talents." Zhao Zhenduo carefully folded the map, sat back on the chair again, took out his pocket watch from his arms and looked at it.

"Brother, do you have something to do? Why are you doing so urgent? Have dinner together tonight?" Zheng Abao shouted.

"I can't have dinner with you anymore, so keep a low profile." Zhao Zhen sneered: "I also want to meet Song Dongsheng, because I want to keep this matter secret. You are half the leader. Come here to see that the election is indeed a national alarm, so I'll come to you. Atting focuses on gun accuracy and heavy artillery. Recently, he has been very close to the Navy's group of birdmen. Moreover, Atting is not your group of people in the election, nor is it from Zhong Jialiang's group. I don't know what he is doing, and I don't know if he will leak the secret to the Navy or Zhong Jialiang. I'm a little hesitant..."

"Don't look for him, Li Tuzi has become Zhong Jialiang's follower with a bag. You told him today that the telegram at Songyou Railway Station will be given to Zhong Jialiang tomorrow. Don't look for him. We will do it for you." Zheng Abao shouted.

Zhao Zhenduo naturally knew the grudges between the two families, especially the prospect of large-scale ordering of arms, but he didn't think that Li Yuting dared to offend the army blatantly, so he smiled and said, "In fact, you and Huang En should cooperate in this matter. We are facing a powerful and shameless civil servant group, and one-handedly may be wiped out. Everyone makes money together, you know."

Speaking of this, Zhao Zhenduo hesitated for a moment, as if he was going to say something difficult to say, but he still sorted out the wrinkles on his robe and said, "I read the newspaper, your election is not good now, there are only two candidates left? There is actually another one, a gambler and liar. I am also deeply influenced by the beliefs in the military and don't like people like Zhang Qijie, even if there are 1 and a half. Song Dongsheng has at least one safe one in his hand. The two of you have two and a half, and they are barely evenly matched with the ** party. If you can't win, you say you want to build a road, and you are sneered by the local unruly people at a price and no one will pay attention to you. It doesn't matter if you are miserable, you can choose again next time, but it would be bad if we are destroyed by Xu Chuanyue and others before the Great Leap Forward Plan is finalized."

Afterwards, Zhao Zhenduo's face became solemn and he had a faint sense of threat: You kid are more aware, don't smash my pot just because you have a few taels of rice in the bowl.

However, this is already talking about family business. The Zheng family has always believed that business can take risks: without my little brother's hot water, they may not be able to win the world, so Zheng Abao sneered at Zhao Zhenduo and said:

"Brother Zhao, since you are familiar with the election, you should know that I know that killing horses is clear? I can promise you that within a few days, I will kill the dark horse of the emperor's kindness. He will not have a candidate at that time, and you will be completely kicked out. You will talk to him about railway cooperation. How can he promote you, incite the people, attract the newspaper industry, and how can this matter be heard?"

"What? Do you want to destroy the emperor's grace?" Zhao Zhenduo and his three subordinates were shocked.

"Yes, in these few days, will it be better to make another decision until next Monday?" Zheng Abao begged.

"Next week is the last week." Zhao Zhenduo did not fully trust Zheng Abao. He knew this group of arms gangsters too well. In terms of slandering his opponent, one of the ten sentences was really good, but he still asked for him at this moment. Besides, he seemed very serious and performed very well in the election. Zhao Zhenduo thought for a while and said, "We urgently need to unite you to incite public opinion. I can't wait that long. About 23 hours later, I will give Song Dongsheng a business card at 12 noon on Friday. We will not hinder your election, because we will never delay the major matters that Your Majesty values. Besides, the better you win in the election, the greater our voice, so I will give you 24 hours. If you want to be powerful, you will destroy Song Dongsheng, but you are not allowed to launch the Tiehe private camp within 24 hours. Either you two are together; or if the emperor is out, you will do it yourself. What do you think?"

"Don't worry, my brother will only be my brother's arms family in the game within 24 hours." Zheng Abao gritted his teeth and sneered.

After seeing off Zhao Zhen and his party, the housekeeper Lao Du closed the door and turned his head to see that Zheng Abao was already paced back and forth with his nails biting his nails.

"My master, you just said that you would kill the emperor's grace within 24 hours? Is it true?" Lao Du asked anxiously without jumping.

"It's really nonsense that a policeman named Xi has collected evidence from Weng Quanguang, and now it is in the hands of Ou Xingsun. I originally wanted to buy him these evidences and file a lawsuit. It takes time. How can I kill him in 24 hours? Even if I get it, it may not be possible." Zheng Abao turned his head and said.

"But, you still have to cut off the Zhang Qijie. If there is only one candidate left, the army will definitely look for Song Dongsheng. If you really destroy Song Dongsheng, the Liberal Party's 1 horse faces the ** Party and 3 horses have decided to have a disadvantage without voting. If the defeated general is not sure, his words may not attract the attention of His Majesty and the people. Will the military think that you have ruined their good things? Why did you dare to say these big words just now?" Old Du shouted.

Zheng Abao sat back on the chair weakly, slapped the table in anger and shouted: "I can't say no to the military."
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