As a famous writer said, the unfortunate people in this world are different, but the happy people are similar. Chen Zaixing, like most happy people, took off the heavy burden on his shoulders and was relaxed. After handing over the official talisman seal in Hanjing, he took a boat down the river and rushed to Shanghai, where he was preparing to meet the big men who issued loans to Myanmar, and then took a boat to Myanmar. He was unwilling to have anything to do with Beijing, and he was light and scattered by his friend Shen Hongmao on the dock.

"Brother Fusheng, you and I will meet again today!" Shen Hongmao dressed in green clothes, took two glasses of wine from the servant beside him, and handed a glass to Chen Zaixing: "Come on, you and I will drink this glass of wine together. I wish you a great journey in Myanmar and a world of success!"

"Thank you, Brother Chen!" Chen Zaixing drank the wine in the glass and smiled: "To be honest, this is the second time I have resigned from office and left Hanjing. But last time I was full of resentment and was empty in books; this time I was full of confidence, which is really a big difference!"

"That's natural. Last time I was lonely, but this time I had a beautiful lady, so it was very different!" Shen Hongmao also knew about the love between Chen Zaixing and Luo Lin. He and Chen Zaixing were friends of the same year. At this time, there were only a few trusted servants beside him, so naturally there was no taboo to speak.

When Chen Zaixing heard this, he couldn't help laughing: "Brother Chen, Brother Chen, I thought you were a Taoist master, but I didn't expect you to be so arrogant!" At this point, he nodded: "Yes, I really want to go with the Regent Princess for a while!"

"Oh, it's true that there's no wind!" Shen Hongmao folded his fan and slammed his palm: "No wonder you don't want to be a good senior official, and you have to go to Princess Shang of Myanmar! Yes, even if you become Pingzhang's military and national affairs, how can you be king in the south of Myanmar? If you don't replace me forever?"

"What did you say? I went to Myanmar this time mainly for my own foundation. Even if I don't have that eldest princess, I will go there too!"

Speaking of this, Shen Hongmao's face became serious: "When it comes to Jiye, last time you mentioned to me about buying the two Bessema converters, you have already completed the matter of buying them. Should you ship to Shanghai and transfer them to Myanmar with you?"

"No need!" Chen Zaixing shook his head: "I have already assigned this matter to Kong Zhang to deal with it. I plan to arrange the steel mill in Yunnan. Mr. Kong has already gone to Yunnan to purchase land and build a factory. This time I will go to his place first, and then go to Myanmar. I will come back to find you in the next month after I leave. Then you can get more convenience to him!"

"That's natural? They are all their own family!" Shen Hongmao nodded and asked, "I thought you were going to build it in Myanmar. I saw the map that the rivers were crisscrossing and the water transportation fee was cheap. If you set up the factory in Mandalay, it would be great!"

"You are right, but Myanmar is not a local area after all. The British war situation this time was unfavorable, so they were willing to give China and Myanmar to us. Who knows if there will be another incident? The steel mill is built there. Once the war is unfavorable, wouldn't it be a wedding dress for others? Secondly, steel is a weapon of the military and the country. The strength of the country and the rise and fall of the nation are all related to this. I built a steel mill not only for my own profit, but also for my great success, not for Myanmar's strength. Thirdly, although there are many iron ore in Myanmar, there are not many coal mines suitable for steelmaking. Even if there are, they are far from iron ore, which is not conducive to mining. This is far inferior to Yunnan."

"Then where are you going to build it?"

"There are initially selected coal mines near Kunming in central Yunnan, Chuxiong, Yuxi and Kaiyuan in central Yunnan, and there are iron mines in Yuxi, Kunming and Wuding. The local terrain is flat and the transportation is convenient. Transportation is relatively easy in various places, whether it is to build a factory or others."

"So you have already made a plan! That's good!" Shen Hongmao took the wine pot from his servant, filled Chen Zaixing with wine, poured it on himself, and said in a deep voice: "It's getting late. You and I are both men, so it's not as good as that woman and children. Remember, there are confidants in the sea, and the world is like neighbors!" After that, he raised his head and drank it all.

"Okay! Men are in the mountains at different distances, but what's the harm if they have similar ambitions?" Chen Zaixing also drank the wine in his glass, threw the wine glass into the water, and turned around and took the boat away.

Anning, Yunnan, inn room.

Kong Zhang threw the bamboo stick to the side tiredly, sat down with his butt, pounded his waist twice, spread his short and thick legs, and let out a painful moan.

"I have crossed mountains and rivers, climbed ditches and caves these days. I have been suffering for three lifetimes in this way!" Kong Zhang cursed and complained a few times: "I am also helping Chen Fusheng to do business. Why does that bastard from the Liu family go to Mandalay to eat and drink? But I have to cross mountains and rivers here as a mountain rat. Damn, when Chen Fusheng comes back, I must talk to him well!"

The dark-skinned man next to him smiled as he looked at the mine he had just dug, "Mr. Kong, this is your fault. This mining is a chore. The boss was like this in the forest in Myanmar back then. After all, it is now in China, which is only a hundred miles away from Kunming, and there are documents issued by the government, which is the best."

"This is the best? Feel it from my mother!" Kong Zhang accidentally touched the foot board that had been ground into a bubble while taking off his shoes. He couldn't help but scream, pointing to the shoes covered with red soil and shouting: "Look at this shoe, it weighs two pounds, it's been a pound of people alive! I said, Master Ji Jianzhang, you have been tossing for two months. If you continue to toss like this, I won't be with you!" Kong Zhang threw the shoes he had just taken off aside, accidentally touched the bubble on his feet, and couldn't help screaming again.

Seeing Kong Zhang's embarrassing appearance, Ji Jianzhang smiled and threw the mine into his pocket. He stood up and grabbed one of the other's legs. He smiled and said, "I see that you have never suffered any hardships. Get two buckets of hot water, soak it well, pick the foot bubbles, apply medicine, and grow calluses, and you won't be afraid!"

"What? You still have to climb a mountain?" Kong Zhang stared at Ji Jianzhang's face in horror, and quickly pulled his legs back from the other party: "Are you going to build a factory or do? You have been running for almost two months, are you tired?"

"He asked me for a high price of 150 taels of silver a month. I have to be worthy of this price. Besides, building a steel plant is not a trivial matter. You have to consider the source of iron, coal, lime, and water sources, geology, and food and clothing of workers. You have to leave room for future development. If you don't think about it, you will be a big trouble in the future!" Speaking of this, Ji Jianzhang's face was already full of red light, as if he was talking about something extremely exciting: "I heard that you ran to Myanmar for business last year and walked hundreds of miles in the chaos army, but I didn't expect you to endure such a hard time!"

"I can't bear the hardship?" Kong Zhang almost jumped out of the chair when he heard this: "I was blowing my bullets at that time! If you had been wet your pants long ago! But at that time, I was putting my money in front of me to make money. What about now? I ran around the valley all day long, and I couldn't even see a corner of the silver. Can it be the same?"

"The mouse is short-sighted!" Ji Jianzhang sneered: "The mouth is full of silver. After digging the mine and refining the steel, it is not a waste of silver for you to take! No wonder some people say that the money shops are all silver rats, and their eyes cannot see anything three inches away."

"Little bastard!" Kong Zhang finally could no longer suppress the resentment he had accumulated over the past few days: "I am short-sighted? Without me stuck with you, how much more unfair money would be spent these days. Just the hired porters, animals, and craftsmen would be worth hundreds of dollars. These are all cost money! You said that you opened a factory to make steel? But how long did that happen? Now you just throw the white silver into the water, and you can't see a silver corner. Not to mention whether you can practice it or not, even if you make steel, who knows if it will be more expensive than the steel from Hanjing, foreigners, and steel with high prices and poor quality, it would be strange if you can buy it!"

"You--" Ji Jianzhang was also hit by Kong Zhang and couldn't help but glared. It turned out that this person was an engineer hired by Chen Zaixing from Shanghai with a lot of money. He was a madman in industrial saving the country. Chen Zaixing asked him to take charge of the site selection and preparation work of the steel mill, and asked Kong Zhang to take charge of the expenditure and negotiate with the government. These days, Kong Zhang saw the white silver going out like flowing water, and the stall was getting bigger and bigger, but the day of paying for the money was nowhere to be long. Although he was not using his own money, Kong Zhang couldn't help but feel pain and occasionally stuck Ji Jianzhang's expenditure. In this case, the relationship between the two was naturally not much better.

The two looked at each other for a while, and Ji Jianzhang finally couldn't hold on anymore. He snorted and turned his head to sit down, sneered, "I'm too lazy to talk to you, a vulgar man like you, how can you know the major affairs of the country? In the world, a country does not have a lot of steel, so there is nothing. What's the use of silver alone? When the foreign devils fight, can you use silver to fight the enemy back?"

Kong Zhang was not willing to be outdone and sneered and retorted: "What's the use of just having money? If you have the ability, don't ask me to reimburse the bill? Use your steel to hire someone to work? What are the fears of foreigners who fight here? As long as there is money, they can buy it if there is no gun or cannon. If this one is not sold, it's not the only one in the world. As long as it's cheap and good quality, do you have to make it yourself? Then why don't you farm yourself, textile yourself, cut clothes yourself, and buy it with silver?"

"You, you--" Ji Jianzhang was so angry that he was speechless by Kong Zhang's words that he couldn't speak for a long time. Finally, he said angrily: "The major affairs in the world are ruined by you short-sighted vulgar men!" After that, he pushed open the door and slammed the door and went out.

"The world's big thing? You're just a craftsman. Do you think you're Chen Fusheng and you dare to mention the world's big thing! A joke!" Seeing Ji Jianzhang being so angry that he looked like this, Kong Zhang raised his voice more and more so that Ji Jianzhang, who lives next door, could hear his voice.
Chapter completed!