Li Hongzhang smiled: "Of course it's okay, don't say it's a donation of one million taels, it's okay if you donate ten million taels, as long as you take it out."
Because you are now a quasi-forehead, it will not be too much in the palace of filial piety, and besides, you have earned so much silver at once, and the public should have spread it all over the capital now, and the palace must have known it, and it will spread throughout the entire Zhili tomorrow, and in two days, the entire Qing Kingdom will know that this is much faster than the speed of the rapid spread of eight hundred miles, so well, your step is very right, and it is impossible to say that you don't donate a large amount of silver to the palace.Your identity can donate money, your net worth is enough to donate money, and you are not a court official, so no one can speak how much you donate, the more the better. ”Young Master Meng sighed, and asked with a smile: "Is Lord Zhongtang still used to living here" Young Master Meng didn't want to talk about donating money anymore, one million and ten million Li Hongzhang obviously talked more than usual today, and Young Master Meng didn't know what Li Hongzhang was happy about, the more the better, not your silver to know, how valuable the silver is at this time, one or two silver is equal to hundreds of yuan in later generations, like Qiu Yun's salary of two taels of silver a month, which is already equal to five or six thousand yuan a month in modern times, that is, Klinsmann Foreign Company, That is, the people around Xuan Yuemeng, put in the yamen, are already equal to the salary of the management personnel that Xuan Hongtao used to get in the Tianjin Machinery Manufacturing Bureau.At this time, the average level of chickens in the eight alleys, at most a month, about five taels, that five taels are fighting for their lives, and they have to pick up more than ten men a day on average, and the speed of people getting old is very scary, many sixteen or seventeen-year-old girls are already like young women who are almost thirty, like Qiu Yun, the daily maintenance is good, and the work is easy, that is, to do some auxiliary work for the young master, you can have two taels of silver, those Qiu Yun's original sisters, are envious to death, it is simply the gap between the life in the sky and the underground.If the life of chickens is underground, then the living standards of the Chinese people in this era are eighteen layers of hell, and chickens will never be at the bottom no matter what era they are in, otherwise, there will not be so many women going forward.Ordinary families can get the whole family to eat and wear, and they are all good families, such as Beijing and Tianjin, where the market for selling children and daughters is larger than the vegetable market, and human meat is cheaper than pork.Although Young Master Meng is now making a fortune, he doesn't dare to forget his background for a moment, the suffering he suffered in his previous life, in modern times, although it is not so miserable, but, in modern times, he should belong to this era, he can only eat one meal a day, but he has to do more than ten hours of heavy physical labor every time he thinks of modern life, Young Master Meng feels that the life of the late Qing Dynasty, the current life, is simply heaven, he is now a vested interest, otherwise, How could Li Hongzhang let Li Hongzhang hug and hug Li Hongmeng put Xuan Yuemeng down, took Xuan Yuemeng's hand, sat on the luxurious sofa, patted the sofa, and looked at the gorgeous layout of the whole room, "So spacious, so luxurious, the Qing Kingdom is only here for you, there is no such pomp in the palace, how can the old man not be used to hearing that this room is exclusive to Yuemeng, and he won't be unhappy because the old man lives" Young Master Meng sweated profusely, the old man played official with him, and said with a smile, "Lord Zhongtang can come to live, Yue Meng is stained with the blessing of Lord Zhongtang, how can I not be happy This is the ancestral tomb of the Xuan family, green smoke. ”Li Hongzhang laughed: "The ancestral tomb of your Xuan family must be smoking, otherwise, you are more than a year old, you can be close to Jiegege, do you know what is Jiegege's identity in the Great Qing Kingdom, that is the most noble Gege, you are equivalent to the same generation as the emperor, and your grandfather is higher than the queen mother." ”Xuan Zonglu was shocked, "Lord Zhongtang, this joke can't be made. ”Young Master Meng is very strange, Li Hongzhang usually doesn't joke like this, he is obviously in a good mood today, or is this the true nature of Lord Li Zhongtang Your old boy usually looks sanctimonious, and he can really pretend.It's not that he's in a good mood, or the old man is too good at acting, Young Master Meng recognizes Li Hongzhang's acting skills very much Li Hongzhang is outside, no matter what time it is, he always has the aura of a big man who overwhelms everything, and he looks like a respected elder in his private space, and he is knowledgeable and humorous, which is easy to make people feel awe and cordiality.Young Master Meng is very envious of Li Hongzhang's personality charm, saying that everything is decent, in the entire Qing Dynasty, Lord Li Zhongtang should be ranked first Li Hongzhang pointed to the sofa with a smile, and motioned for Xuan Zonglu to sit down too, "Zonglu, they are all their own people, close the door, everyone is a prince, it's nothing to make a joke." ”Young Master Meng is sweating profusely, and it is the prince who closes the door Li Hongzhang today, but it can also show that Li Hongzhang really treats him and Xuan Zonglu as his own people, and he will speak so without scruples.Young Master Meng and Xuan Zonglu didn't know how to answer Li Hongzhang's words, and in front of Li Hongzhang, it seemed that the whole world could only sit with him.Li Hongzhang said again: "Yue Meng, just right, tomorrow, let's go to Tianjin with the headquarters" Young Master Meng is having this intention, if he can go with Li Hongzhang, the security aspect is a great guarantee, and he has to transport a large amount of gold and official silver, but Young Master Meng still has some things to deal with, and he can't leave immediately.Although Young Master Meng's silver tickets in Dashunzhuang are very reliable, however, Young Master Meng still likes to exchange them for physical objects, such a large batch of gold, it is really unsafe not to follow Li Hongzhang."
Can Lord Zhongtang wait for me for a day" Young Master Meng said: "I also really want to go with Lord Zhongtang, but I have to redeem the silver ticket first." ”Young Master Meng deliberately explained his intentions to show that there was no secret in front of Li Hongzhang.In fact, Young Master Meng is not just dealing with finances, he also has to meet Li Hongzao and Zuo Zongtang.Li Hongzhang also eats Xuan Yuemeng's set, especially in this Klinsmann Hotel, it is really a pleasure, Li Hongzhang is indeed a person who knows how to enjoy, keen to enjoy foreign wine, coffee and high-end foreign goods, Li Hongzhang drinks water, to be imported from the Netherlands, the fish eaten, there is a special fast horse transportation, from his hometown all the year round, Li Hongzhang's monthly living expenses, compared to the young master Meng, it is luxurious to the limit.Young Master Meng arranged a perennial private room for Li Hongzhang in the Klinsmann Hotel in Tianjin, and there was a beautiful woman in it, Li Hongzhang would go to stay for one night every month, a bottle of foreign wine worth hundreds of taels of silver, like tap water.It was as if the room was an annex, and in the Klinsmann Hotel, it was convenient to hide people's eyes.Young Master Meng scored Li Hongzhang and Zuo Zongtang in his heart.Li Hongzhang's morality is fifty points, that is to say, he will do things for the country, half and half, and he is quite selfish.Li Hongzhang's ability is eighty points, this, Young Master Meng is very admired, not only smooth and capable, but also think about things, do things are very thoughtful, Young Master Meng thinks, people like Li Hongzhang, no matter what era, can become a giant Zuo Zongtang's morality is eighty points, not to say that Zuo Zongtang is completely selfless, these days, Young Master Meng has learned more about Zuo Zongtang, Young Master Meng thinks, even if Zuo Zongtang is more famous, it is also a common problem for scholars, Zuo Zongtang's patriotic fervor is very commendable.Zuo Zongtang's ability is fifty points, which is the same as Li Hongzhang's morality, it is also half and half, he is more arrogant in doing things, and he is often anticlimactic, but many modern industries are made by people like Zuo Zongtang, and those who are the bosses do need to be arrogant.In short, Young Master Meng likes these two people very much, however, Young Master Meng will strictly guard against Li Hongzhang, he is here in Li Hongzhang, relaxed, that is also fake relaxation, every word and deed is tight.Li Hongzhang thought about it, holding Xuan Yuemeng's little chubby paws, "Okay, stay one more day, stay one more day, the headquarters hasn't had a good rest for a long time, you live in this room, people are really reluctant to go, your dishes are also very good, hurry up to the palace, especially the charcoal-grilled sea bass, the headquarters likes it too much." ”Young Master Meng smiled: "Several chefs in this hotel are retired from the imperial chef in the palace, and the level is no worse than that in the palace, and the dishes are also added with monosodium glutamate, which makes the taste a lot more delicious. ”Li Hongzhang was overjoyed, and he was really unkind, and smiled faintly: "Okay." ”"Prime Minister Hefei is thin in the world, and Si Nong Changshu is barren in the world" This is a famous couplet popular among the people in the late Qing Dynasty.Shanglian wrote Li Hongzhang, Li is a native of Hefei, Anhui Province, and was once the prime minister; The next link writes Weng Tonghe, Weng is a Changshu in Jiangsu, and Sinong is equivalent to the current Minister of Agriculture.This couplet is a pun, fully revealing the resentment of the common people at that time against the dog officials who smoked the people's fat and the people's ointment, and every reform involved the redistribution of power and the adjustment of the pattern of interests.The Westernization Movement of the late Qing Dynasty in the late nineteenth century was no exception.To measure the success or failure of each reform, I think it is an obvious yardstick to see who gets the most benefits.So, what are the people who made a fortune in foreign affairs and the Westernization movement promoted by the court of the Great Qing Dynasty from top to bottom, as the beginning and attempt of China's modern modernization, it cannot be completely denied.However, as far as the Chinese people are concerned, they do not have much exposure to foreign affairs, and there is no way to make a fortune by relying on foreign affairs.Those who made a fortune in foreign affairs were none other than Li Hongzhang, Sheng Xuanhuai, and other important foreign affairs officials and bureaucratic compradors.Young Master Meng can also be regarded as a bureaucratic comprador and the like, but Young Master Meng is much more successful than others.Li Hongzhang, the lord of the middle hall, recognizes the rumored that Li Hongzhang is rich in the world.Li Hongzhang has millions of gold industries in Zhili and Jiangnan.Even if Li Hongzhang is not the richest person in the Great Qing Dynasty at this time, but at least he is also the richest group of people in the Great Qing Dynasty, although Young Master Meng at this time plays a role in the cash flow of tens of millions of taels of silver, he does not dare to say that he has entered the ranks of the richest people in the Great Qing Dynasty, Young Master Meng is at most the third echelon, the hidden rich man of a country, and non-civilians can imagine it.Young Master Meng can't estimate Li Hongzhang, Sheng Xuanhuai, Chonghou, Prince Gong, these people's net worth can't be estimated at all.Like Hu Xueyan on the bright side, he can only become the target of the hidden rich, Hu Xueyan's behavior is recognized by Young Master Meng, but Hu Xueyan and Zuo Zongtang are both tragic characters, relying on their personal strength to go against the trend, it is strange if they do not die.For example, last time, the young master Meng helped Waitab buy an official for Ruilin, the governor of Liangguang, and it was more than two million taels of silver at one time, and they could meet each other, the governors, none of them lacked money, the Great Qing Kingdom, bitter means bitter people, and the officials of the Great Qing Kingdom are very rich.Young Master Meng also wants to go against the tide, but he will not rebel within the Qing Dynasty, that is looking for death, not looking for death, but also looking for abuse.Young Master Meng wants to find a new direction, Xuan Zonglu saw that Li Hongzhang promised to stay for another day, and he was very happy, "This is great, Li Zhongtang, just stay for two more days, I will accompany the adults to play for two more days, this Jingshi is good." ”Li Hongzhang said with a smile: "Hello Jingshi, why don't you say that it is Yuemeng's hotel, and you don't need to delay here for more, with Yuemeng's financial resources, you can upgrade the Klinsmann Hotel in Tianjin." ”Master Meng Khan, you say upgrade is upgraded, is it specially for you to enjoy alone, Beijing's Klinsmann Hotel can reach this level of luxury, that is because there are many big foreign houses, many big commercial houses, many big businessmen, businessmen are hugely rich, and there are groups of high-ranking officials, Tianjin has such a source market, Master Meng smiled and said: "Tianjin's market is not as good as Jingshi, but it is true that I can upgrade a suite for Lord Zhongtang." ”Li Hongzhang nodded and smiled: "That's because Yue Meng doesn't often come to Beijing, so this residence is so good, there is a place to live in Tianjin, Zong Lu, your Lu Garden is very mysterious, now, I heard that your Lu Garden is more luxurious than the palace" Xuan Zonglu was shocked again, and hurriedly said: "This is absolutely nothing, and those money are all from Yue Meng, that is, the house that has passed, Lord Li has not been there" Li Hongzhang smiled: "Your Lu Garden is still called a passable house, There are no mansions in the Qing Dynasty.The headquarters heard that Yuemeng's moe garden is almost completed, and when the time comes, the headquarters will go and see it in person. ”"Welcome, welcome."
Young Master Meng said incorrectly: "Lord Li Zhongtang can come, it is a blessing for three lives." ”"It's already finished, just right, this trip to Tianjin, Lord Zhongtang can go and have a look."
Xuan Zonglu smiled and said, "Yue Meng, you can let people prepare now, will I tell Dazhi later, there must be a lot of people who come this time, I'm afraid it's too late if you don't prepare early." ”Young Master Meng didn't know that the Meng Garden had been repaired, and he was surprised: "It was completed so quickly, many months ahead of schedule, I originally thought it would be completed in March next year." ”t1706231537: