Chapter 99 Threesome
In addition to the two above, Wang Yi also made three additional small requests.
The first was that the court used all the books collected by the imperial palace, Danei and Hanlin Academy, for Dawen to print and publish them all over the world. The subsequent income was profitable, and everyone added 5 yuan to half of the money, and the big merchant promised to use all the income from this income to develop education.
The second Wang Yi asked the palace to lend some national treasures regularly to the Dashang Museum for the world to visit. The income was also half of the income, and the Dashang promised to use the income for public welfare undertakings.
The simplest thing is, Wang Yi asked the court for three people: Yan Fu, Zhan Tianyou, and Tang Shaoyi.
Finally, Li Hongzhang and Cixi said in the memorial: "One of the king holds heavy troops, and his power has been achieved, and it cannot be solved by swords and weapons. The national treasury is empty, and it is useless to start a war and waste money on the court. Moreover, this person is patriotic and xenophobic, so he stays in Fengji and black inner and outer Mongolia. One can resist Tsarist Russia's look east, and the other can stop the Japanese from looking west. The benefits are more than disadvantages..."
After watching it, Cixi pondered for a while, then smiled and said, "Wang Yi is really a businessman, and she still wants to do business with the Ai family..."
Li Lianying smiled and said, "This is also because he has a good vision. The Lady Buddha is a person of all kinds of blessings. If he just gets some blessings, he will be lucky."
Cixi nodded with a smile. "As long as she doesn't become a ungrateful wolf!"
Li Lianying was so clever that she didn't dare to answer again.
After discussing with the court officials, Cixi agreed to Wang Yi's request. As for where the five million silver came from, it was not the issue that Lao Fu had to worry about. The two families were doing business together, Cixi sent it to Li Lianying. At first, Eunuch Li didn't care much, but later she found that the money was really a lot. After reporting to Cixi, Laifu was jealous of money, but later she thought that Wang Yi was quite good.
Five million taels were also a considerable amount for Da Shang, and the court could not afford so much money at once, so it only gave Da Shang two million, and the remaining three million became Da Shang's commercial loan. The collateral was 30% of the mineral income that Da Shang had originally opened. When he talked to the court about this part, he needed to hand over. Now he directly returned to Da Shang until he paid off the three million yuan in a row.
Zhang Jingxiao got five million taels of silver, and her face looked like a chrysanthemum was blooming. She was happy! However, the dock was not enough, so she opened two more branches in Lushun and Huludao. She held orders from the North and South Oceans in her hand, with a total of seven warships.
In addition to his happiness, Zuo Zongtang was also happy. If all the warships of the Dashang Shipyard were out, the strength of Nanyang would be greater than that of Beiyang. Li Hongzhang was in a good mood. Although there were more ships in Nanyang than Beiyang, the two ships in Beiyang were directly obtained, and the warships in Nanyang would have to pay all the money before they could be controlled and commanded by Nanyang. According to the current repayment speed, it would be necessary to wait three or four years.
Of course, Wang Yi came here for a moment, although he did not really come to the capital to usurp the throne. However, it really scared the group of Manchu nobles. Later, he transferred heavy troops from Beiyang and Mongolian cavalry to defend Jinzhou and Shanhaiguan together, and then he felt at ease. They actually knew that Wang Yi's insurance team could fight with the Tsarist Russians in a difficult way, and it was impossible for him to win in this regard. However, with these soldiers, he could not win, so it would be okay to delay some time for him to escape?
In early 1882, Yan Fu, Tang Shaoyi and Zhan Tianyou came to Fengtian. They were completely shocked by the scene in front of them! They had never heard of the name of Da Shang, but they knew the Northeast Republic. Wang Yi met them. In fact, he didn't think much about it when he wanted these three people. He was always famous people in later generations, and he wanted to see them. If it was used together, he would stay and if it was not suitable, he would be repatriated. Yan Fu, Tang Shaoyi and Zhan Tianyou were of course shocked when they saw Wang Yi. Unexpectedly, the person who recruited him from the court was so young, more than ten years younger than them.
Wang Yi talked to them for a while and found that the three of them did have their own expertise and extraordinary knowledge. Of course, this is compared to other places in the Qing Dynasty. In the Da Shang Dynasty... it was just that.
"Zuncheng, Shaochuan, a few roads, you can be the director of the Da Shang Yixing exhibition." Wang Yixiao.
Tang Shaoyi asked slightly embarrassedly: "I wonder how the chairman plans to arrange the three of us?"
"I have thought about this question. I will go to the Maritime Academy to study for another two years. Our place is different from that of the United Kingdom. Many things are not available in foreign countries, so you can go and take a look."
Yan Fu stood up and said, "Aspect the Chairman's arrangements." (Yan Fu, originally named Zong Guang, and his courtesy name was Youling, but later he changed his name to Yan Fu, and his courtesy name was Jidao. The second name here is chosen, and everyone is familiar with it.)
"Zuncheng, my professional relationship with you include Dashang Heavy Industry, Dashang Train, and Dashang Railway Construction Company. I will send someone to take you to watch tomorrow, and which one you like."
Zhan Tianyou nodded. This man was not very talkative.
"As for Shaochuan, you will stay at the Dashang Headquarters for the time being to help me handle some things, and I also found a master for you."
Zhao Liewen, who had been by the side, stood up with a smile and said, "It's me."
Wang Yiyi smiled and said, "He is Zhao Liewen, who was originally the first aide under Zeng Wenzhenggong, and is now in charge of the foreign affairs of our Da Shang Shang."
To be honest, Tang Shaoyi has never heard of Zhao Liewen's reputation, which is not surprising. When Zhao Liewen was in the world, Tang Shaoyi might have been only a few years old. Later, Zhao Liewen retired and Tang Shaoyi also went abroad.
"See sir!" Tang Shaoyi stood up and saluted.
Wang Yi smiled and nodded, saying, "Old Zhao, take them to the industrial laboratory for a visit, and then arrange their residence for them. If you encounter any problems in the future, you can call me." After that, Wang Yi picked up three business cards from the table and handed them over to the three of them.
Wang Kaiyun was happy today because the first batch of books from Danai and Hanlin Academy in the capital had been shipped. Three days later, the treasures from Danai of the Palace will also arrive at the museum under the escort of the insurance team, including the Qingming River During the Qingming Festival, Sanxi Tang Phrases, and the jade cabbage. The exhibition of Danai of the Palace has been spread in Fengtian, and many people have booked tickets and are preparing to visit the museum of the affiliated schools. In order to prevent accidents, Wang Yi specially opened a branch door on the other side of the school and established a closed channel to avoid affecting the normal teaching order of the affiliated schools.
Zhao Liewen brought Yan Fu and others back from the industrial laboratory at this time. Although the three of them had studied abroad and were prepared for Wang Yi's introduction before, they were still shocked by the huge scale and advanced level of the industrial laboratory!
"Brother, why are you so happy?" Zhao Liewen looked at Wang Kaiyun and smiled.
"The things from the capital are here!"
"So fast!?"
"No, for these things, Dashang's insurance company also specially puts insurance on them, and it is said that the amount is very huge." Wang Kaiyun sighed: "These three are..."
"The chairman and the court asked for three people, you three come and greet you. This is Mr. Xiangqi, Wang Kaiyun! The director of the Dashang Museum, and a master of the Confucian scholars."
"See sir!" The three of them saw that the person in front of them was extraordinary and bowed at the same time.
Afterwards, Zhao Liewen took the three of them to the school dormitory and sent them an identity card. There was a photo of the avatar on it, which I just got started today. Each person had a room, and they were all alone.
"This is the dormitory for our junior high school students in Dashang. It is usually four people per room, but your identities are different, so each person has one. After you go to the factory, there is also a dormitory there, and this ID card can still be used."
"Sir, can we use Dashang's library as well?"
Zhao Liewen smiled and said, "Of course, those with this identity card can go in and read books, but only the lower two floors are open. The upper two floors require special approval to enter. In addition, you can go to the cafeteria every day, and the food is not expensive. There are many people in this school now and there are many cafeterias. If you want to eat better, you can go to a small restaurant, but it will cost money there."
Later, Zhao Liewen taught the three people the use of some living facilities, such as making hot water, shower, bathhouse, bathroom, electrical appliances, etc.
After he left, the three of them washed up and chatted together. Tang Shaoyi and Zhan Tianyou met, Yan Fu was very talkative, and they quickly became enthusiastic.
"I have never heard of Da Shang before, but I didn't expect it to be much more advanced than the Citi Country where we studied abroad." Tang Shaoyi sighed sincerely.
Zhan Tianyou nodded and said, "It is indeed as Shaochuan said. I thought the Yale University Hall I attended was originally the most advanced laboratory in the world, but now it seems that Dashang's industrial laboratory is several times more advanced than that."
Yan Fu was looking forward to it at this time because he was going to report to the Maritime Academy tomorrow, saying: "For some reason, when I was in Nanyang, I didn't have the chance to board the ship. Now I have seen such things from Da Shang. I want to thank them!"
Zhan Tianyou and Tang Shaoyi looked at each other, nodded, and said, "It seems that we are equally lucky, so I don't know how the chairman knows us?"
"It should be that the chairman needs talents in Western learning. This should not be difficult. Just check the list of overseas study abroad in recent years." Tang Shaoyi explained with a guess. What he said was not wrong. Wang Yi originally wanted to choose Liu Buchan, Lin Taizeng and others. Later, he thought about it, let's leave some people for Nanyang.
After looking at the time, Yan Fu suggested at this time: "Zuncheng, Shaochuan, I have nothing to do anyway, so why should the three of us go to the museum and library to see how?"
"Okay, I'm just thinking!"
The three of them were chatting and joking, and the museum was not open to the public today because it transported the imperial collection of books, so they went to the library.
The lights here are bright, there are many students, but they are very quiet. The three of them fell in love with the atmosphere here as soon as they arrived.
The three of them have different hobbies. Zhan Tianyou prefers books on mechanical theory, while Tang Shaoyi is reading some history of North Korea and Japan. Later, he heard that it was the task assigned to him by his new master Zhao Liewen. As for Yan Fu, he was reading Darwin's Theory of Evolution, there is no Huxley's Theory of Heaven. I wonder if this book has anything to do with Yan Fu in the future? Perhaps China will have an additional admiral and a missing educational thought master. Who knows whether it is good or bad?
Chapter completed!