Xuan Yuemeng replied to Timothy Lee, "Mr.
Timothy Lee, don't be anxious, after they see the benefits of using electricity, they should consider using electricity from our power plant."
If they develop the power plant on their own, on the one hand, the procedures are complicated, and they must have the support of the Beiyang Yamen, and the cost will exceed the electricity price we set, which is completely unnecessary.Then open another power plant, unless it's someone like Zhilin who likes to hurt people with his roots.Have you talked with the British and French concessions, as well as the Tianjin prefect's yamen, to let the Beiyang Yamen and the Tianjin prefect's yamen be equipped with electricity, and then the rich officials and gentry will follow suit, and drive the people of the whole city to live a life of electricity, and it is best to persuade the Tianjin prefect's yamen to allow the installation of public street lights, just like our American concession. ”At this time, the sky will be dark, all the street lights in the American concession are lit up at the same time, and the celebratory crowd cheers, this scene, in Xuan Yuemeng's opinion, is the most primitive and old-fashioned light bulb, but for the people who are used to lighting with open flames in this era, the scene of thousands of lights illuminated at the same time is simply like in a dream.Timothy Li sighed, "I've looked for it, Lord Li Zhongtang, you should go and talk about it, I feel more hopeful, as for the Tianjin prefect, don't mention it, I recently heard that the Tianjin prefect seems to be going to be replaced, after I went."
I didn't even have a cup of tea, I sat down for an afternoon, as for the whole city to be electrified, it must be supported by the Tianjin prefect behind the back, I feel that this matter is not simple, I heard that the finances of the Qing State are separated layer by layer, even if it is Lord Li Zhongtang, he should not casually order the yamen on the next floor to use our electricity" Xuan Yuemeng smiled bitterly, "You don't know Li Zhongtang yet, he himself will not use our electricity, he is a person who only enters and can't go unless we send electricity to the Beiyang Yamen for free" Timothy Li was surprised: "Mr.
Yuemeng, The Beiyang Yamen is not small, a large area of the Yamen is next to each other, Tianjin Machinery Manufacturing Bureau, as well as Tianjin Customs Road, and several patrol barracks, how can this lose how much silver a year, this is absolutely not good.Our foreign bank is now almost breaking even, and it is very difficult to scrape together a little more money, and we must not be able to afford such a large amount of expenses for free. ”Xuan Yuemeng nodded, "This is free, it is unavoidable, so I didn't go to Li Zhongtang in person, did you find him" Timothy Li smiled bitterly and shook his head, "I have been there seven or eight times in person, and every time I was met by Sheng Xuanhuai, I deduced that Li Zhongtang was busy with something and didn't have time to meet him, so it is estimated that as you said, he is waiting for us to be free." ”Xuan Yuemeng also sighed secretly, he really couldn't think of any good way, everything he had to deal with people, things to deal with officialdom, Xuan Yuemeng was very troubled, he already knew the ugliness of officialdom, but he couldn't avoid it.His original intention is for the convenience of the people, for the people of this era to take the lead in opening the wisdom of the people, to see the miracle caused by advanced science and technology, to obtain the convenience of life, to obtain the power of industrial take-off, but if he does not get the support of the government, he will increase the cost, through bribery to force the promotion of electricity, then it is inevitable to increase the huge cost and then forcibly add to the people's heads, then, he is not providing convenience to the people, But it hurt people Xuan Yuemeng suddenly realized that he had taken another wrong step, in order to adapt to the medium-term development requirements, he advanced the schedule of the power plant, at this time, his ability is not enough to make a power plant run normally, electricity, there must be so many people to use electricity.The power plant is put into modern times, it is definitely a state-owned enterprise, it involves energy, this is what he can do with a small, fledgling foreign bank, but if he ran a very small power plant, it is also very cost-effective, the scale is very small, there is no need to open his own mines, but manpower can not save much, and to buy coal from the government at a high price, but also to increase the cost of long-distance transportation, the cost may be higher than now.Xuan Yuemeng thought about it, and sighed, in this era, it is too difficult to do any little thing Li Hongzhang and Zeng Guofan It is already difficult for them to do foreign affairs, and Xuan Yuemeng will only be more difficult than them, because they still have the Qing court behind them, and Xuan Yuemeng has no bullshit behind them.Xuan Yuemeng and Timothy Li were dull for a while, and they couldn't think of a solution.Xuan Yuemeng's eyes lit up, and when he saw Zhao Qingluo coming, he originally thought that Zhao Qingluo would not come Since the last time he asked Xuan Hongtao to write him a contract, let Zhao Qingluo be arbitrarily dominated by himself in the future, Zhao Qingluo has been avoiding him, even if he is face-to-face, he will never look at him.Zhao Qingluo in the spring breeze, the hair on her forehead fluttered gently with the wind, a pair of willow eyebrows, big apricot eyes, she seemed to look at it, dignified and generous, no matter how she looked at it, she didn't look like a girl from a small family.Xuan Yuemeng's first glance at Yaxin Gege was amazing, she didn't expect that a girl could be exquisite like that, but Yaxin Gege, who was in her early tens, was just Young Master Meng's appreciation of beauty, and when he saw Zhao Qingluo at this time, the cannon had already been dripping, which was a man's instinctive reaction.Zhao Qingluo didn't sit next to Young Master Meng, and vigorously understood the young master's thoughts, "Director Zhao, you can't sit here, come with me, you represent the entire development zone, and you must be the middle." ”Zhao Qingluo softly refused, "It's the same wherever you sit." ”Dali: "Please Director Zhao don't embarrass the people below us." ”Zhao Qingluo heard Dali say this, so she could only follow Dali, and Dali hurriedly arranged a place next to Young Master Meng and let Zhao Qingluo sit.As soon as Zhao Qingluo came, Young Master Meng immediately put the business difficulties behind him, "Why have you been avoiding me recently" Zhao Qingluo said softly: "How dare I avoid you, Young Master, I am your slave." ”Xuan Yuemeng sweated, it's not too exaggerated to be a slave, "I'm angry, I just want you to have a stable job, I want you to be happy, you know I won't force you." ”Zhao Qingluo glanced at Young Master Meng, and happened to see Yue Meng setting up a tent there, her face turned red, and she turned to the side to chat with Timothy Lee's wife, Catherine.Xuan Yuemeng smiled, embarrassed Xuan Yuemeng gently tugged at Zhao Qingluo's sleeve, in this warm wind, he was almost drunk.Zhao Qingluo turned around and glanced at Xuan Yuemeng, "What are you doing" Xuan Yuemeng smiled: "I'm tired of sitting, you can hold me" Zhao Qingluo was angry and funny, "You high sofa chair, this is your special seat, it's not soft" Xuan Yuemeng smiled: "No matter how soft it is, it's not as soft as you." ”Zhao Qingluo's pink face blushed, although Xuan Yuemeng often told him something that he didn't have, but recently, Zhao Qingluo can feel more and more a man's hope for a woman."
If you don't hug me, I won't hug you again."
Xuan Yuemeng smiled, "Don't forget, you are my slave girl" Zhao Qingluo heard the word slave girl, she was angry, her eyes were a little red, and her nose was a little sour, "Slave girls are also people" Xuan Yuemeng saw that Zhao Qingluo was angry, and hurriedly said: "It's not a joke like this, okay, okay, I won't say it, Mrs.
Catherine wants to hug me" Catherine came over happily and hugged Xuan Yuemeng, "My little gentleman, I am very happy to hug you You are the most famous person here, I have been here these days, and I found that you are more than the American consul, Both the British consul and the French consul were famous. ”Xuan Yuemeng laughed: "You are too polite, I can't compare to them, your Mr.
Timothy Li is famous, he is this" Xuan Yuemeng said, and shook her thumb at Catherine Catherine glanced at Timothy Lee, and then looked at Xuan Yuemeng, I don't know why, she suddenly had a feeling, it seems that Xuan Yuemeng, who is only one year old, is actually able to do a lot more than her husband In fact, Timothy Lee's level is relatively mediocre, if it weren't for Xuan Yuemeng to put Timothy Li from an ordinary person, Timothy Li estimated that he was still working as his temporary missionary Zhao Qingluo saw Catherine holding Xuan Yuemeng, talking and laughing, and there was a faint pantothenic acid in her heart, so she came over and took over Xuan Yuemeng, "I'll hug it." ”Catherine teased: "Look, Miss Qingluo still cares about you, I'll just hug you, and she's not happy." ”Xuan Yuemeng was very satisfied with Zhao Qingluo's performance this time, and nodded, "Well, she has always cared about me" Zhao Qingluo's face flushed, and she snorted softly, "Who cares about you very much Lady Catherine is a guest, how can you be embarrassed to let people hold you to death, after a while, I won't be able to hold it." ”Xuan Yuemeng smiled: "That's right, when you can't hold me, I'll hug you." ”After a while, the British minister Wittuma and the French minister Loshua actually came, and these two people were idle and panicked, and they both liked to join in the fun.Because the relationship has eased, Timothy Li and Xuan Yuemeng both accompanied the two of them to say a few words of gossip, and the two of them also said congratulations and the like, Xuan Yuemeng saw that these two people were not only just joining in the fun, but also to see the situation of their electricity on the spot, and they didn't take it to heart.At this time, Zhilin came with someone, Young Master Meng didn't expect Zhilin to come, and he didn't know when he would return to Tianjin, anyway, Zhilin ran at both ends of Beijing and Tianjin, Xuan Yuemeng didn't care much about Zhilin's movements, when Zhilin was in Tianjin, someone was staring, once Zhilin left Tianjin, and there was no arrangement to continue tracking, so Young Master Meng didn't know that Zhilin had returned.Zhilin brought Shouchuan and Ito Hirofumi, as well as Xuan Hongbo, these four people, Xuan Yuemeng didn't really want to see, originally he had a slightly softened impression of Xuan Hongbo, but when Xuan Hongbo was a dog's leg to Zhilin, he knew it, and now his impression is even worse.In addition to these four people, there is another person who Xuan Yuemeng does not know.Xuan Dali whispered in Young Master Meng's ear: "The one who came with Zhilin is Jing Duo, the son of Chonghou. ”Young Master Meng sweated, when he was just born, he caught up with Xuan Hongtao and was beaten by Jing Duo, I didn't expect this guy to dare to come to his own territory, and I don't know if Chonghou is okay to come back from France Chonghou and his grandfather Xuan Zonglu were opened together in the Tianjin teaching case.Ito Hirobumi's etiquette is very thoughtful, and everyone he sees is a ninety-degree bow, and Xuan Hongbo also socializes with everyone.Xuan Hongbo: "Yue Meng, congratulations on your high school talent and Lord Zhilin, one is to congratulate you on your successful examination, and the other is to generate electricity smoothly for your power plant." ”Xuan Yuemeng nodded and did not speak.Ito Hirofumi gave Xuan Yuemeng a big bow, "Young Master Meng, I haven't seen you for a long time, please take care of me, congratulations on your high school talent, and you can run this barren land so well in just a few months, I admire it very much" Xuan Yuemeng said lightly: "As long as people are willing to pay, they are very good to achieve my achievements, and the American Concession can have the current reputation, it is all the credit of our owner, Mr.
Timothy Lee, and it has nothing to do with me." ”Ito Hirobumi said with a smile: "Everyone knows that Young Master Meng is the think tank of Mr.
Timothy Lee, and Young Master Meng doesn't need to be too modest.Young Master Meng's talent, everyone knows, I heard that Young Master Meng's father, Mr.
Xuan Hongtao, is specifically responsible for the trade treaty with our Japan, and I also ask Young Master Meng to take care of it. ”t1706231537: