The Spring Festival is approaching, and the whole country is in jubilation, and people in Henan are even more jubilant - because the north and the south have been unified, because Yuan Shikai has taken office as president in Beijing, and because Yuan Shikai is from Henan. Henan has a president, and Yuan Shikai is from Henan.

, this Henan has not shown any royal spirit since the Northern Song Dynasty. Now it is a republic, but the president who is in charge of affairs is a Henan native. How can Henan not celebrate more!

However, this is just a saying!

This day falls on the second day of the second lunar month. According to folk custom, this day is the day when the dragon raises its head. In addition, the Qing emperor abdicated and the north and the south were unified. Therefore, on this day, the joy and laughter in every household are higher than in any previous year. The kitchens of every household

Inside, there are steamed steamed buns of various birds and animals: ganzang, grain bags, magpies, snakes, hedgehogs, and hogs. The head of each household has already rushed before dawn to use the ashes from the stove fire to make steamed buns in the yard.

It is filled with large circles, and in the center of the circle, a handful of grains are placed and fastened with tiles: this is called a grain hoard, which means that the year will be prosperous, the family will be rich, the grains will be abundant, and the country will be peaceful and the people are safe.

After daybreak, when the chickens come out of the nest, open the flap in the grain hoard and let the chickens happily eat the grains in the grain hoard, because the second day of February is a festival for humans as well as for poultry.

Young girls and wives love to be clean. On the second day of February, they get up early. After finishing their work in the kitchen, they boil a large pot of hot water, wash their hair, feet, and clothes, while mumbling something to each other.

Singing auspicious harvest songs. The elderly at home do not pay attention to cleanliness and are not busy washing their hair and feet, but they are never idle on this day. Instead, they pick up a bamboo pole and knock on the lintel, and sing the same words in their mouths.

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"On February 2nd, knock on the door, and the grain will flow out..."

The children in the family are like the old people. They don't pay attention to cleanliness and are not busy washing their hair and feet. But they are not idle. Instead, they knock on the tiles with small wooden sticks and sing in their mouths.

"February 2, knock on the tiles, scorpions and crickets have no claws..."

Even in the capital, the four-nine cities where the "Eight Banners" are everywhere, it doesn't matter whether they are the Han Chinese who have "turned the throne" or "those who are under the banner", as long as there are children at home, this

People would line up at hair-shaving stalls or shops, waiting to have their children's heads shaved. Who doesn't look forward to getting a good shave?

"Hey, that fifth master!"

"Hey, this is not the Second Master Sun! You are always..."

Early in the morning, outside the entrance hall of Wangji Tea House on Qianmen Street, two people, a middle school student and an old man, wearing cotton mandarins and carrying bird cages covered with black cloth, met each other, playing courtship and making love.

Yes, the two of them had been polite to each other for a long time. As the elder said "please", this person finally entered the teahouse.

Teahouses are a major feature of the capital. They sell tea here, as well as simple snacks and rice. Bird lovers, after walking around with thrushes, yellow birds, etc., come here to rest, drink tea, and

The birds were made to perform and sing. Those who discussed matters and those who talked about matchmaking also came here. In those days, there were often group fights, but there were always friends who came forward to mediate between the two parties;

He said that if everyone drinks a bowl of tea and eats a bowl of rotten meat noodles, they can turn the hostility into friendship.

In short, in the four-nine cities, the teahouses scattered throughout the four-nine cities are very important places. You can come and sit for a long time whether you have anything to do or not. As for the guests here, they are old and young. In short, they are just eating the royal food.

The people who work are the Manchu Eight Banners, the Mongolian Eight Banners, and the Han Eight Banners. Those who work under the banners eat the imperial rations.

Although during the revolution last year, the situation in the south really shocked them, and they even dreamed of having their heads chopped off, but now, peace has been negotiated between the north and the south, and Mr. Yuan has become the president, not to mention the preferential treatment regulations.

, the iron grains were distributed again when the new year was over, which really made them breathe a sigh of relief.

So, the bird slipped away again, and the tea was naturally drunk. As for the banner people practicing arts and so on, these people who have never farmed or worked since their ancestors are now practicing arts to make a living, whatever they practice.

Ah! As long as this imperial food is still distributed, one day will pass, let it count as one day!

Here you can not only see the "style" of the men from the Forty-Nine Cities, but you can also hear all kinds of "news", such as Mongolia's independence is to regain the Qing Dynasty, and Lord Yuan's support overtly and covertly.

, where the toads turned into sperm, how to boil opium well, the pink-headed butt garden there, etc... In short, just relax and talk about whatever is interesting.

At this moment, some tea guests were squinting, shaking their heads, clapping their hands and singing in a low voice. Two or three tea guests were engrossed in teasing the birds in the cages. A few more were chatting in low voices.

"Hey, Mr. Qing, did you read the newspaper yesterday?"

In an unnoticed corner, a man sitting drinking tea asked the person next to him.

"Why didn't you watch it?"

The person who answered was wearing a very long and very dirty gray cotton robe, and had a few small pieces of paper from cigarettes stuck in his ears.

"76 million U.S. dollars, do you know what U.S. dollars are?"

While talking, the tea drinker took out a ticket.

"This is U.S. dollars. One U.S. dollar can be exchanged for one tael, five cents and four pieces of silver!"

"One thousand one thousand seven hundred and four taels!"

The people at the table next to him immediately responded. When he spoke, everyone in the teahouse stopped what they were doing, and their eyes lit up.

"My dear, this guy named Li is really rich as hell!"

"Isn't that right? Back then He Shen only had this amount, and even those named Li had cash in cash!"

"you do not say!"

"I heard from Mr. Wei who often runs around Dongjiaomin Alley that when that man came back, he had chartered a whole boat. That was not for pulling people. The money in that boat was all money! The white American America

Big bar of silver!”

"Hey, how many are there?"

"Isn't that right? I heard that the American fleet was afraid that someone would steal the money, so they specially sent a large warship to escort him! They are the escorts!"

"Ignorant thing!"

The man who responded with a formal expression was carrying a small yellow birdcage, and behind him was a person who walked very boldly, carrying a large and tall thrush cage. The waiter from the waiter came over quickly and made a bowl of tea. They brought their own

tea.

"Second Master Wen, Fourth Master Sun, please use it with ease!"

After the tea was brewed, the waiter bowed and retreated. As soon as he sat down, Mr. Wen Erye responded to the greetings of others and said.

"That money looks like a lot, but if you bring it back, it's just a ticket! Morgan & Co. issues a ticket and you can get it in cash anywhere in the world."

What these people are talking about is not irrelevant. In the past few days, almost all newspapers in China are reporting on the same news, even if they are reporting on the president or the Tang cabinet.

"Chinese people raise their eyebrows overseas, patents sold for hundreds of millions!"

All newspapers, big newspapers, tabloids, party newspapers, people's newspapers, society newspapers, there will be only one news, one person, a Chinese, a Chinese who is only 22 years old, what kind of new model is sold to a big American company?

The blast furnace was sold for 76 million U.S. dollars. It is said that the blast furnace was not as advanced as anyone else in Germany, America, or Great Britain. It was designed by the Chinese. It has been over a hundred years. This is the first time this has happened.

, not to mention selling it for so much money!

"Eleven thousand seventeen million taels!"

When he put down the newspaper, Sun Yat-sen even glanced at the number in disbelief. This number was too scary, too much, so much that it was unbelievable! He felt that this was nothing but a joke.

But even the minister to the United States sent a telegram mentioning this, and even the American minister here confirmed it. Even the British and Japanese were wondering if they could buy the new iron-making blast furnace from Li Zicheng.

Moreover, newspapers also reported on the conversation between Situ Meitang, the "Anliang General Hall", and Situ Meitang, who even called him "the number one industrial person in China in the future."

"What is a capable person?"

When asked, Sun Wen cast his eyes on the three words "Li Zicheng" on the newspaper. This was a name that no one in China had ever heard of in the past. But now it is this name that makes the Chinese people feel that they are Li Zicheng for the first time.

He raised his eyebrows and sighed.

He invented the most advanced iron-making blast furnace and sold it at an unprecedented high price.

Thinking that I was only a moment away from Li Zicheng, I regretted that I had left New York a few days earlier. If I had left New York a few days later, if I had made friends with him, the situation in China today would have been very different.

What a big difference! When I returned from abroad, although I was talking about bringing back the spirit of revolution, the spirit was spirit, and there was no money... That is, there was no money, which made Yuan Shikai become the president.

"If we can borrow tens of millions of taels from him, all problems will be solved!"

Problem, what kind of problem.

Thinking about that question, Sun Wen thought of the report he saw in the newspapers. Some newspapers suggested that when Li Zicheng returns to the country, the president should award him a medal. What is the purpose of this? I am afraid it is not just foreigners.

He was described as a figure like Edison, but at the root of it all, he was probably still thinking about the money in Li Zicheng's pocket.

"Prime Minister, a telegram has been sent from San Francisco, saying that Li Zicheng and his party have boarded the "Oriental Hope" cruise ship and are expected to arrive in Shanghai in 23 days!"

Twenty-three days, there are still twenty-three days to go. The telegram from Situ Meitang over there made it very clear that Li Zicheng had no enthusiasm for politics, but he was very enthusiastic about investment and industry, and he wanted to return to China to set up a factory.

"Silver! No matter what, I just hope that Li Zicheng will never lend his silver to Yuan Shikai!"

Thinking in his heart, Sun Wen leaned in front of the case and began to write a letter to his Japanese comrades. He was going to Wuchang to inspect, but he did not forget that on the one hand, he was inspecting industry, and on the other hand, he was also investigating the future.

To build momentum for the campaign, he was halfway through writing the letter when he suddenly stopped writing, looked up at Hu Hanmin and said.
Chapter completed!