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Volume D, Chapter 74, Seven Injuries

It seems that he is finally coming to his destination. The American guide, Ball, turned around and said in his gusto American language: "Listen, guys, what you are going to see will be Mr. Percival Farquar, a big man from Pennsylvania, the Yale University graduate, he was a member of the New York State Assembly, but now he is more important than the member. The whole of Brazil, no, the whole of South America has his business... Gentlemen, since you have a large number of laborers, you can do business with him. The railway being built now requires many workers... Oh, I forgot to tell you, Mr. Farquar comes from a Quaker church family. Do you know what Quaker is? This is..."

The American guide hired at Rio at a low price was a disabled person. He claimed that he was a manager on the Madella-Mamore Railway before. Of course, why the manager was crushed by the rails was not a question that Yu Huizu considered. The key was that he could bring himself here and then ask professional railway construction personnel to judge when this not-too-long railway could be completed.

"Does it be necessary for us to meet that Farquar?" Zhang Kun had no good feelings for the American guide who loves to brag and yell. A beggar-like person always looks like a big shot, which is really ridiculous.

"It's necessary." Before Yu Huizu could answer, Ji Runzhi, who came with the two to investigate the progress of the railway construction, took the lead in speaking. "It is extremely difficult to build a railway in the tropical rainforest. Various diseases, beasts, natives, and floods will delay the railway construction process. I have to go and take a look. I will chat with the workers to know how long it will take to complete this short railway." At the end, he looked at Yu Huizu and Zhang Kun again and said, "The two masters should wait here. But we must first negotiate with the Faquar. It's better to find an excuse so that I can take people to the railway construction site to take a look."

Ji Runzhi is an overseas Chinese and actually studies architecture. However, Chinese architects have never been recognized by foreigners. Therefore, he designed a public toilet for the San Francisco Municipal Government, and then was ruthlessly opened by foreigners. He was humiliated and could only join Chen Yixi's railway company. In China, where talents are scarce, he, an architect who is not popular, finally found a place to use it. Although he didn't know what the bosses were going to do, it was not difficult for him to investigate the progress of the entire railway construction and determine when the railway will be completed. Moreover, it is reported that there are many Chinese workers in the railway construction team, and the villagers in the village can investigate all the information.

"No, my people are going to Guayalamime. Only from the rubber forest can they calculate the real cost of South American rubber." Unlike Yu Huizu who was purely curious about making soy sauce, Zhang Kun, who was careful in his work, had to go to the place of origin to take a look and then he could rest assured. He came to Nanyang, and South America could not let it go.

"If you want to see it, go and have a look." Yu Huizu was only in his early forties. He was in his prime. There was no one who didn't go in to take a look when he arrived at Baoshan. After he said that, he suddenly saw Ball running among several Americans in his forties. He said to an American in his forties, that person was in his forties. Judging from his momentum and the live ammunition guards around him, Yu Huizu immediately understood that this should be the big man, Mr. Farquar.

After Ball and Farqual finished talking, they waved their hands at Yu Huizu and signaled to Yu Huizu and others to go over. Yu Huizu and others were not particular. After bowing and introducing, Farqual, a big man from New York, said: "Gentlemen, you are here just the right time. I want people and many laborers. I hope you can transport people here as soon as possible. These workers will not only receive generous rewards, but also obtain land along the railway. Do you know, land, as long as they are willing and hardworking enough, they will become a wealthy manor." Farqual did not concentrate on saying such a call to the Chinese people he saw and left, but in order to get the Chinese to call the workers, he left another sentence before leaving. He pointed to another white man beside him and said, "This is Mr. Wells. You can talk to him about specific issues."

Yu Huizu, who was regarded as nothing by Farquar, did not react violently. Since they went abroad, they had already understood that as long as the Chinese with yellow skin and big braids that were different from the Japanese, the treatment they received was extremely bad. As soon as Farquar left, Ji Runzhi went up to negotiate with Mr. Wells and proposed to go to the construction site to see it in person. Mr. Wells initially disagreed, but suddenly agreed. Because he found that these Chinese people really wanted to go to the scene to see it, even if he refused, they could go there secretly. The railway was built along the Madaila River. Because the river was turbulent and turbulent, he could only build a railway to connect Weiliu Port, which could go out to sea, and Guayalamirin, the border.

The Madella-Mamore Railway was called the Demon Railway in later generations. According to official statistics, nearly 30,000 railway construction workers died of more than 6,000 due to various diseases, accidents, attacks, etc. After completing the railway, they did not know how many people died. Although the railway has only started construction for more than a year, the various tragic situations still scared Yu Huizu and others. Even three months later, the unknown graves in the secluded areas along the railway still made everyone feel scared.

"Even if the railway is mandatory, it will be difficult to complete without more than three years." In the independent cabin of the cruise ship, Ji Runzhi came to this conclusion after introducing everything he knew. In fact, what he said was right, the public toilets in San Francisco do not represent his professional level. In fact, this one was opened to traffic in 1912.

"Three years?" Zhang Kun listened to his judgment and knew that Yang Rui's inference in the plan might not be correct. In the plan described by Yang Rui, the rubber stock market would collapse in two years. Combined with this situation, that is, the market did not collapse due to the railway construction. Of course, as long as the railway was being built, speculators could also create some fake news to make the stock market bearish, which would eventually collapse the market. In fact, Yang Rui, who only read the novels, did not understand the whole story of the rubber stock trend in the late Qing Dynasty. In fact, the Chinese people's extremely gamble, too high expectations, and the internal struggle of the Qing government were the main reasons for the market collapse. The Madella-Mamore Railway, which was about to be repaired, and the decline in rubber prices caused by the U.S. policy restricting rubber consumption restrictions issued by the United States in 1910, were just inducements.

"Yes. It does take more than three years, or even four to five years. In addition to the inefficiency caused by the large-scale death of workers, the long rainy season in the rainforest is also an important reason why the railway is difficult to build. Once many repaired railways encounter floods, the roadbed is often destroyed as soon as they are rushed, and the construction team will turn back and refilm the roadbed, or even choose another route. This railway is really..." Ji Runzhi shook his head vigorously. Although he also wanted to do such a grand project, even if the railway in the rainforest was handed over to him, he could not continue to build it. This was really miserable.

"Okay. We will consider your opinions carefully, and we will study these materials carefully. If there is any problem, I will ask you again." Zhang Kun said. Seeing that the boss accepted his point of view, Ji Runzhi nodded and went out.

"If you want to operate as planned, you still have to rely on the fanaticism of the market itself." Zhang Kun, who had been pondering after Ji Runzhi left, said. "Especially from Sheng Xuanhuai, you must stop him from protecting the market afterwards, otherwise the market will not collapse completely and will only decline slightly, so the plan will be difficult to achieve."

"By operating on the iron factory stocks, we might be able to bring him to our side and invest in rubber company stocks to make a fortune, but we have to sell the stocks later, as his current Minister of Posts and Communications Department, and the finance department controlled by Zaize. Is it difficult to do this? They have no reason to shoot themselves in the foot?" Although Yu Huizu did not manage the specific business of Tianzi, he only lived in officials and businessmen for a long time, he was very clear about the situation and sphere of influence of various factions in the court.

"Xingjian. Have we built several leather bag companies in Nanyang now, and we immediately hoarded rubber company stocks, so we didn't make enough money? Why did we have to collapse the rubber stock?" Yu Huizu thought of the difficulties in the plan and couldn't help but reiterate the old sayings. He just wanted to raise the stock market, but it didn't have to collapse the stock market.

"Mr. Hanzhang, in fact, the silver for speculative rubber stocks will not only belong to major banks, but also to the bank of the Qing court. If these banks are not trapped and then evaporated, the Qing Dynasty will not lose blood. Also, if those banks are not defeated, the financial system after the founding of the People's Republic of China will be uncontrollable. Only when the stock market collapses completely and most banks go bankrupt can we take this opportunity to clean up the financial market and then fill in the financial loopholes. Only by plugging the loopholes can foreign banks be blocked in the concession." Zhang Kun was very decisive and made a fundamental change to Yang Rui's plan, that is, to destroy all banks outside the Fuxing Society system, because in addition to relying on the Yuanfengrun Money Bank and Yishan Yuan Piao of the Qing Dynasty, most of the other banks are potential branches of foreign banks. It is because of them that foreign banks such as HSBC can operate in China's inland China.

"Xingjian! This is going to die. And those serious families who come in by the way. Once the stock collapses, they will have no way to survive. I really don't know how many people will die at that time." Yu Huizu shook his head and sighed. There were many people who died in Hu Xueyan's debt-breaking trend more than 20 years ago. He was young at that time, but he still remembered it.

"Mr. Hanzhang, it's better to cry than a country, and it's better to cry every year than to cry every year. Even if a dead person is dead, there is nothing to do." Zhang Kunhan looked. He fully understood the consequences of the matter, but there were many reasons for him to implement the plan.

"Okay! Tell me, what should I do specifically?" Yu Huizu said.

"After we have almost the same amount of stocks in Nanyang, and the stocks in our hands, we hype rubber stocks, let major money banks enter the stock market, and then let the US government and Farquhar company release some unfavorable news when the stock price is most fanatical, suppressing the rubber stock price to cause stock market turmoil. In order to prevent Sheng Xuanhuai from protecting the market, in addition to making foreign banks in Shanghai cut off assistance to him, it is more important to join forces with the imperial parties such as Zaifeng to strictly investigate the accounts of the Ministry of Posts and Communications and the Ministry of Revenue at this time, and remove the follow-up funds of Sheng Xuanhuai and others, so that he has no money to protect the market." A new operation plan was shown in Zhang Kun's words, which made Yu Huizu look at Zhang Kun a few times. He didn't understand that this was the only way, but Zhang Kun did it on purpose. He knew that Zhang Kunzhi's father died because of Hu Xueyan's incident, and Hu Xueyan collapsed because of Sheng Xuanhuai.

Seeing Yu Huizu's doubts, Zhang Kun said: "Mr. Hanzhang. If Zaize became the Prime Minister of the Cabinet, then in order to stabilize the economy, Sheng Xuanhuai would not be indifferent to the stock collapse. He could only let the powerful and powerful Party attack Zaize, and strictly investigate the Ministry of Revenue and the Ministry of Posts and Communications from the Ministry of Revenue and the accounts of the Qing Dynasty Bank in the name of collecting power in the central government, so that the stock market would collapse."

"But Zaize and others are pro-American, while those of the Imperial Party are pro-German. What if the US government does not release adverse news? And even if we spend money to bribe American officials and introduce any policies that are unfavorable to rubber, aren't you afraid that the American banks will lend money to Sheng Xuanhuai to stabilize the stock market? Even if he can't receive money in the Qing government, doesn't he still have an iron factory? It's not difficult to use this as a mortgage to lend to any bank." Yu Huizu finally became rational and pointed out the many loopholes in Zhang Kun's plan. He wanted to see how Zhang Kun made up for these places.

"The US government is not worried. Let's not talk about who the president is, but according to Roosevelt's current public expectations, the next president must have a close relationship with him. Zaize can promise that Americans, Guangxu and Zaifeng can do the same. Even if everyone can't buy them, the railway halfway through Farquar can start operating halfway. We can ask reporters to take photos of the train full of raw rubber, and even if Farquar promotes the railway, it is not bad to let Farquar promote the railway. American banks can also block Sheng Xuanhuai's loans, and this kind of loan is not only for banks.

There was no other return besides the high interest rate. Especially when they found that Sheng Xuanhuai was about to fall, they would not lend him money to help him. In the end, if Sheng Xuanhuai used the iron factory's stock as collateral, Mr. Han Zhang, what if we just put Sheng Xuanhuai in a huge lawsuit at this time? If the court ruled that the iron factory's assets could not be mortgaged out, this last way would be cut off." The plan had been in Zhang Kun's mind for a long time, and he said these measures in one breath, and then watched Yu Huizu not speak.

"The Qing yamen can also issue ban orders like foreign courts?" Yu Huizu still felt that things were difficult to handle, so he asked again.

"Mr. Hanzhang, don't forget that this iron factory has foreign shares. According to the practice of extraterritorial legal power, the lawsuit is not tried by the Qing yamen, but will be tried in the concession's government. There, the laws of foreigners are naturally used. Once the government issues an injunction, Sheng Xuanhuai will not be able to mortgage the iron factory's shares and assets. Even if the case is serious, his other property will be banned by the court." Zhang Kun said.

"Other property?" Yu Huizu asked again, "What excuse do you plan to use to ban Sheng Xuanhuai's other property?"

Seeing that Yu Huizu finally asked this question, Zhang Kun had to bite the bullet and said, "It can only be accusing him of embezzling shareholders and the Qing government's property, and turning the iron factory from public to his own. However, if this case is really investigated, I don't know if Sheng Xuanhuai would tell the matter of speculation in the New York stock market the year before yesterday. Once this happens, the millions of dollars that the iron factory has collected from the New York stock market will be under trial."

Seeing that Zhang Kun mentioned the money-making incident in the New York stock market two years ago, Yu Huizu immediately stood up and said anxiously: "So, will the font size be involved that day?"

"Mr. Hanzhang, don't be anxious," Zhang Kun said hurriedly: "Tianzi and Tonghua Railway have been listed on the US stock market for a long time. And the iron factory was listed in the US late, and it even re-registered a brokerage company to help the iron factory underwrite stocks. Even if Sheng Xuanhuai took advantage of the world and told the matter of our calculations on the Americans, it would not involve Tianzi. Moreover, according to actual judgment, he would not make a fuss to that point. Once this matter was told in court, Sheng Xuanhuai was selling his country. Although he was old, his family was all in Shanghai. Even if the Qing Dynasty confiscated the shares of the iron factory under his name, considering that the New York stock market did increase profits for the country, he would be dismissed and investigated at most. Once the matter of the New York stock market was ignited the previous year, then he would..."

At this point, Yu Huizu had already fully understood what Zhang Kun meant. If the stock market collapsed, in addition to speculating on some unfavorable news, more importantly, kill Sheng Xuanhuai, who might protect the market, and to kill Sheng Xuanhuai, that is, how he made money in the past and made a waste of money to the Hanyang Iron Factory from public to private, and provided the imperial party with shells to crack down on the ballast. Yu Huizu remembered that Zhang Kun strongly supported Sheng Xuanhuai's acquisition of shares in Hanyang Iron Factory, and the operation was also done by him and Xie Taofu. Could it be that he was already planning today's matter at that time?

The more Yu Huizu thought about it, the more he felt that Zhang Kun was so mean. He only looked at this weak young man with a few glances and let him go out. He now knew the plan code-named "Seven Injuries". Seven Injuries and Seven Injuries. Isn't it the Seven Injuries Fist in the novel department published by the Propaganda Department of the Revival Society? Everyone was injured in this box, but it was good for foreigners and the Revival Society, and Zhang Kun. In this way, his family feud was avenged. Sheng Xuanhuai, who was convicted of embezzling the court's property, was not far from death even if he was not dead.

The journey from Brazil to the United States is not very long. A week later, Yu Huizu and others arrived in New York. At this time, Yu Zixun, who was in charge of the United States, and Wang Jitong, who came from Europe, were all on the dock to greet them. After a little greeting on the dock, they drove to the headquarters in Tianzi, the New York City, a very grand office building on Fifth Avenue.

Yu Huizu had been to New York before, but it was several years ago. This time, he came back. He saw skyscrapers everywhere. He sat in the carriage and poked his head out to look and felt very moved. However, after a short rest, his joy of first arriving in New York was replaced by the solemnity of Wang Jitong and Yu Zixun.

"Brother Hanzhang, the revolution is now in sight. We are very worried that we will become Napoleon if we don't want to be Washington." In the quiet study, looking at the silent Wang Jitong and the somewhat inexplicable Yu Huizu, Yu Zixun started the topic in this way.

"Ah..." Yu Zixun's words surprised Yu Huizu very much. He didn't expect that he was invited to the study to discuss this matter. "Zixun, he turned out to be... he turned out to be that kind of person, right?"

"No matter what kind of person you become, no matter whether you become a leader or a leader's rights are restricted. Absolute rights lead to absolute sacrificing sacrificing sacrificing sacrificing sacrificing sacrificing sacrificing sacrificing sacrificing sacrificing sacrificing sacrificing sacrificing sacrificing sacrificing sacrificing sacrificing sacrificing sacrificing sacrificing sacrificing sacrificing sacrificing sacrificing sacrificing sacrificing sacrificing sacrificing sacrificing sacrificing sacrificing sacrificing sacrificing sacrificing sacrificing sacrificing sacrificing sacrificing sacrificing sacrificing sacrificing sacrificing sacrificing sacrificing sacrificing sacrificing sacrificing sacrificing sacrificing sacrificing sacrificing sacrificing sacrificing sacrificing sacrificing sacrificing sacrificing sacrificing sacrificing sacrificing sacrificing sacrificing sacrificing sacrificing sacrificing sacrificing sacrificing sacrificing sacrificing sacrificing sacrificing sacrificing sacrificing sacrificing sacrificing sacrificing sacrificing sacrificing sacrificing

Yu Huizu glanced at Wang Jitong who was silent, and then looked at Yu Zixun and said, "Zixun, now he has become a revolution, but he has endured hardships in the mountains and valleys in China. We cannot do such things behind our backs. If this is not good, we will destroy the Great Wall ourselves!"

Seeing that Yu Huizu completely misunderstood his meaning, Yu Zixun was about to speak, but Wang Jitong spoke, "Brother Hanzhang, we are not trying to usurp power. We just feel that the power is too great now and we need to check and balance him. The reason why Washington is Washington is because it has the external environment of becoming Washington, and it is impossible to make a correct decision based on human morality and faith. We are revolutionizing now, for the revival of a country. Even if we have great contributions, he will have to be supervised by something, otherwise we are not saving the country, but chasing the country."

Wang Jitong's words made Yu Huizu feel a little relieved, but he felt a chill on his back and felt even more weak. He only blamed Yu Zixun, a fellow villager, for such a thing, why did he have to bring him up? He is not a member of the seventh Standing Committee of the Revival Association. He is just a shopkeeper who is in charge of the Tianzi. He can have this position but only an arrangement within the association. Apart from the management team arranged within the association, he cannot effectively manage the daily affairs of the Tianzi.

Perhaps knowing what Yu Huizu thought, Yu Zixun said: "Brother Hanzhang, you are in charge of the industry in the association, and the Ministry of Commerce will be the successful revolution in the future. This department is a big deal. As long as you agree with our point of view, checks and balances will be easier."

Seeing that Yu Zixun looked at him eagerly, Yu Huizu lowered his eyes and asked again: "What does Xian Qian mean? If he agrees with this, then I agree too."

If he had known that Yu Huizu would ask Zhong Guanyu, Yu Zixun smiled and said, "Although Xianhua did not clearly agree, he did not object. He understood very clearly. As long as he did his best for the country, we would agree with anything he wanted to do. If the behavior would harm the country, or he would think of arbitrary behavior, then Xianhua would object as much as we did."

After all, Yu Zixun is still too young. His words only made Yu Huizu think of the "Seven Injuries" plan in his hand. This is actually a plan that harms the country and the people. However, from a rational point of view, if you want to paralyze the Qing Dynasty's financial system and cut off the money veins of the Qing Dynasty's court, you can only do this. Thinking of this, he smiled and said, "Then how do you judge what is beneficial to the country and what is unfavorable to the country? You are willing to arrange flowers but don't show up, and you are unconscious to plant willows and willows to form shade. Everyone has been together for so many years.

, Which event he did not do for revolution? And which one could be judged by common sense? It was born to be successful, and the revolution was hoped! It was born to be successful, and China had hope! As long as the country could be revived and the people had food to eat, so what if they became emperors? I don’t believe that the success would be more stupid than Guangxu, nor do I want to believe that he would do the whole world. After all, the world needs constitutional monarchy. You..., I don’t know what happened today, so you should do it with it!"
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