"You are not afraid, I am!"

When everyone left the room, Sheng Xuanhuai's smiling face immediately turned cold. While sipping the bitter tea, he was churning inside.

Li Zicheng was a stupid young man. He used a soft punch to deal with it, and he took it. He was not afraid of Japanese people, but he was afraid of Sheng Xuanhuai, who had dealt with many foreigners in the decades of ups and downs in the officialdom and business world.

But I have never looked down upon the Asians. The ambition and greed of the Asians are ten times greater than those of the Westerners.

Because of this, every time I deal with the Japanese, I will be careful to prevent them from playing tricks. Although I have been cautious in the "Pig Iron Pre-Sale Contract" and left myself the opportunity to breach the contract, if this is because of this, I will be cautious.

If we fall out with the Japanese, I'm afraid there will be trouble in the future.

Li Zicheng wanted to offend the Japanese. He first borrowed money from Japan, but it was not just Japan, but also other countries. In the end, it was nothing, and then his Liuhe Company poached the workers in Dalian.

The Japanese can hold it back for the time being, but now he wants to cut the iron ore and pig iron of the Japanese Iron and Steel Works. Others may not know the importance of the iron ore and smelting ore of the Han Factory to the Japanese Iron and Steel Works, but

I know it myself.

Since the Sino-Japanese War, Japan's industry has risen rapidly. Domestic railways and manufacturing have developed rapidly. There is a great demand for coal and iron. However, the country lacks coal and iron resources, so it is natural to focus on Han Yeping in its own hands. Now Japan

The largest iron and steel enterprise, Bapan Iron ore, basically imports its iron ore from Han Yeping.

Han Yeping's ore is of high quality and easy to transport. Therefore, Japan is bent on controlling Han Yeping. It uses capital input, technical support, and dispatches management personnel to infiltrate Han Yeping. However, it has always grasped one thing, that is,

Without losing sovereignty. After the Wuchang Uprising broke out last year, the Japanese government and the public were shocked and paid great attention to it. On the one hand, they sent warships to Wuhan to pay close attention to the movements around Han Yeping in the name of protecting overseas Chinese. If there were any foreigners at that time,

If they interfere, Japan will immediately send troops to occupy Hanyeping. Li Zicheng doesn't know the Japanese's ambition, but he knows it well.

"Now, what should I do?"

Sipping the bitter tea, Sheng Xuanhuai's heart was even more bitter than this tea.

On the one hand, the pig iron pre-sale contract was signed out of necessity. When Jinpu Road was first built in the early years, despite Sheng Xuanhuai's connections in the Qing government's postal department, he only received 17,000 tons of steel rails for the southern section of the road.

orders, and the northern section was blocked by German foreign factories. Although the road supervisor was helping, the company still had to withdraw from the bidding halfway, resulting in the purchase of all German materials for this section.

This was a big blow to the newly restructured Hanyeping Company. At that time, the company could only hope that Jinpu would become a large-scale business company, so it had no choice but to make another plan. If there was no such business, it would have to change its steel plate production, and the equipment needs to be modified.

money, but the company had no money. In the end, it had to rely on exporting Japanese pig iron to barely maintain the company's operations. In the end, in order to renovate the equipment, it had to sign the contract and borrow 5 million yen.

But now, Sheng Xuanhuai wants to tear up the contract more than anyone else. After all, the Japanese are never honest when doing business. The company is not only generally subject to the constraints of international market prices, but also suffers a lot due to factors such as production costs.

Moreover, he was bound by an unfair contract and suffered particularly heavy losses.

On the other hand, it has just entered August. Just for the construction of Lianyungang by Liuhe Company and the construction of Lianyungang by the Dutch Port Management Company, twelve orders have been signed, and 10,000 tons of rails and steel materials have been ordered. And I heard that

A steel rolling mill is going to be built in Lianyungang, specializing in the production of construction rebar. The steel required by this factory is 60,000 to 70,000 tons a year. The steel comes from Han Yeping.

When doing business with Liuhe, at least Li Zicheng, who is stupid and young, is far more kind than the Japanese. Although Li Zhiyuan is just involved in the business world, his reputation as "a man who treats people with sincerity" has already spread.

Muttering in his heart, Sheng Xuanhuai was in a bit of a dilemma now. For the sake of profit, he wanted to use the secret chess he kept last year to tear up the contract. But on the other hand, out of safeguarding interests, Sheng Xuanhuai did not dare to tear up the contract.

But Sheng Xuanhuai is Sheng Xuanhuai after all. He knows how deep the water is in this pool. He is not the kind of person who just plunges in and can't get it out when something goes wrong. Instead, he plays the chess pieces one step at a time and sees five moves, and is never disturbed by his mind!

There was always one move that didn't work, and then the next move. He would never drink, compose poems and write "Li Sao" whenever he encountered a setback, let alone face this situation that he had already expected.

So, after thinking about it for more than half an hour, Sheng Xuanhuai quickly started laughing again.

"Since you, Li Zicheng, are stupid, then... no wonder my husband used you as a weapon!"

Then as soon as he leaned down, Sheng Xuanhuai began to write a letter. In the past few days, telegrams were only used occasionally in his correspondence with Lianyungang for fear of leaking secrets. Most of the time, he used this original letter.

After finally finishing the long letter, Sheng Xuanhuai picked up the tea cup on the desk and carefully read the words in the letter. Sheng Xuanhuai laughed:

"Hey, Li Zicheng, you can't blame me! Ever since I was born, I, Lao Sheng, have never had the habit of taking responsibility for others' troubles. Lao Sheng is happy to do anything to add icing on the cake, but this kind of thing that can cause trouble, ugh

, you young man is very enterprising, it’s better for you to shoulder the responsibility!”

While muttering to himself, Sheng Xuanhuai shouted towards the door.

"Five sons."

As soon as the voice fell, a man who looked tall and thick, but with a glint in his eyes walked in. This man in his forties was Sheng Wu. Sheng Xuanhuai had been kind to him in his early years, and he was also the most trusted person around Sheng Xuanhuai.

personal.

As soon as she entered the study room, Sheng Wu quickly bowed down.

"Master." Sheng Xuanhuai picked up the letter from the desk and looked at Sheng Wu.

"This letter, just like last time, will be delivered to Lianyungang in person and delivered to Li Zicheng in person. Do you understand?"

"Yes, sir!"

There was no nonsense, just the same obedience as always.

When Sheng Wu was about to withdraw, Sheng Xuanhuai waved his hand and said.

"Fifth son, your daughter is going to leave the government next month, right! Let your wife pay three thousand taels of silver to the accountant later. After all, she is also the daughter of our Sheng family, and she cannot end up in a miserable family!"

Upon hearing this, Sheng Wu, who was so grateful that he almost burst into tears, quickly bowed and said.

"Thank you, sir."

Everyone can win people's hearts. Sheng Xuanhuai has been buying people's hearts all his life, so he naturally knows what to do and what to do. What he wants now is Sheng Wu's gratitude.

"This guy named Sheng is really cunning and cunning!"

Putting down the letter in his hand, Mu Yipi sat down on the sofa, and then he also laughed:

"Haha, Zhiyuan, it seems that you and Sheng Xuanhuai are evenly matched. Ever since Hu Xueyan, no one has been able to take advantage of someone named Sheng."

Hearing what he said, Li Zicheng actually laughed.

"Cheap? Do you think I am the one taking advantage?"

I never take advantage. At most...well, I just cheat a few people, and people have to be willing to do it. Taking advantage is such a dirty thing, I don't have the time to do it.

"What? It's obvious that Sheng Xuanhuai wants to use you as a spearman. Is there any room for him to come back?"

"Of course, Sheng Xuanhuai did the same thing! He wanted to bring me into Hanyeping and share the interest on the money we gave him, just to get the top of the pot, but he didn't expect that I would still be here.

Stay behind."

"Then where is your backup?"

Li Zicheng rolled his eyes and smiled.

"Well - this matter, as Sheng Xuanhuai said, is no different than usual. I want to cut off the supply of food to the Japanese iron works. How could the Japanese not know that? If they really make a desperate move, I don't know what will happen.

trouble!"

You also know

Mu said softly in his heart and said quickly.

"So, I say, we shouldn't go into this pond. The water is rough and rough, and we might get into some trouble."

Li Zicheng shook his head and said again.

"No matter what, I have to do this. Japanese people, I am determined to offend them. If there are too many lice, I won't bite them. I have offended them two or three times, but I don't care if I offend them to death this time!"

Although he said this, Li Zicheng still didn't want to be used as a gun.

"But if they come to us and cause trouble, we have to think about it."

After taking a sip of tea and thinking for a while, Li Zicheng bowed and said.

"So, we have to think about it, and we have to get this thing done, and we can't let him surnamed Sheng use me as a gunman!"

"I'm afraid it's a bit difficult. If we don't agree, I'm afraid Sheng Xuanhuai will find an excuse to come back to us! Then we will be at a loss. I'm afraid we will still have to buy steel materials from him before the steel plant is built!"

Hearing this, Li Zicheng smiled.

"Sheng Xuanhuai, this old cunning guy!"

After sighing and putting the tea down, Li Zicheng continued.

"We have to plan this matter carefully. We can't let someone surnamed Sheng use us as a weapon in vain,"

Li Zicheng lit his cigarette and raised his eyebrows.

"Ouchu, there's no harm in letting him surnamed Sheng use me as a spearman this time. In less than five years, I will have swallowed up his Han Yeping, and will even take back the capital and profits."

, as for here, whether he is willing or not, I have to put him between me and the Japanese and cut off his path. Originally, I thought, if he is really willing to take the responsibility this time, from now on

From now on, I will recognize this person. It’s good now. I’ll help him and it’ll be even. In the future..."

Humming coldly, a flash of light flashed in Li Zicheng's eyes.

"Chinese people are afraid of foreigners, and Asians are afraid of Westerners. There is a way to do this!"

As he said this, a person appeared in front of his eyes.

"Ouchu, let me tell you, you write, I want to send a telegram to an old friend!"

When referring to "old friends", Li Zicheng deliberately emphasized these three words. This is really easy to do when you have more friends.

Sorry, the update is late today. I worked overtime in the afternoon and just got home. I hope you can forgive me! But it will definitely be updated three times!)...
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