《Jiang Hai Chao Sheng》It is based on the turbulent social changes after the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1899 and revolves around the life practice of Zhang Jian, a modern national industrialist and educator.The story focuses on the turning point of Chinese society at the end of the Qing Dynasty and the beginning of the Republic of China: the old order is constantly loosening, foreign capital and modern industry have brought impact, and local society is also looking for new ways out.Zhang Jian stepped out of the traditional official career from being the top candidate in the imperial examination, and gradually put his personal ambitions into a broader realistic situation.What he faced was not only the choice of personal destiny, but also the issue of how a generation of intellectuals understand the country, people's livelihood and the responsibilities of the times.

The series uses Zhang Jian's process of setting up an industry as an important clue, presenting the difficult decision he made between ideals and reality.In 1895, he began to prepare for Dasheng Cotton Mill.For China at that time, the start of national industry was not easy. Capital, technology, market and institutional environment may all become obstacles.Zhang Jian chose to respond to the predicament of the times with industry, hoping to allow local production to truly enter the market competition.This path requires both the vision to judge the situation and the determination to take long-term risks.The work uses various difficulties in the entrepreneurial process to show the historical picture of the difficult emergence of national industry in modern China.

The development of Dasheng Cotton Mill is closely linked to the local handloom industry and market competition.The industrial exploration described in the play is not limited to the success or failure of a company, but puts production, employment, business transactions and ordinary people's lives in the same picture.Zhang Jian realized that industry was not simply a tool for pursuing profits, but also related to whether local society could obtain a stable foundation for development.Against the background of the continued impact of foreign commodities, he tried to create a more sustainable living space for the people by developing local industries.This kind of thinking that extends from business operations to social responsibility also constitutes an important driving force for the characters' actions.

Promoting national prosperity through education is another core thread of Jiang Hai Chao Sheng.Zhang Jian did not limit his industrial income to capital accumulation, but continued to invest in education, charity and local public undertakings.He promoted the establishment of different types of schools such as normal schools, textiles, medicine, and agriculture, hoping to give more people the opportunity to master new knowledge and skills.The drama thus juxtaposes education and industry: the former cultivates talents, while the latter provides space for practice and development. The two support each other and point to the longer-term future of local society.The process of Zhang Jian running between different careers also makes the character's ideals no longer remain in slogans, but are presented in specific choices one after another.

Zhang Jian’s story is also about personal gains and losses and perseverance.He not only has the glory of being the top pick, but also has to face the pressure and practical obstacles in industrial operations; he has to deal with the immediate difficulties and endure the loneliness of not being able to realize his ideal immediately.The work does not describe the character as a symbol separated from life, but through his choices, frustrations and commitments, it presents a person who is constantly looking for answers in the tide of the times.Faced with the unpredictable situation, he insisted on breaking through stereotypes and daring to be the first. He also understood the weight of responsibility through repeated practice.The hard-working spirit, resilience and feelings of family and country in the characters have become the driving force for the continuous advancement of the narrative.

《Jiang Hai Chao Sheng》 directed by Wang Weimin, written by Zhang Qiang, starring Wang Ou, Yang Lixin, He Bing, and Hao Ping.The title of the play not only points out the regional characteristics of Nantong, which has rivers and seas, but also echoes Zhang Jian’s open vision of being based on the local area and following the trend of the times.The work is based on historical facts and puts themes such as national industry, educational development and local construction into the fate of the characters, trying to let the audience see the actions and beliefs of modern sages when facing the problems of the times.Zhang Jian's pursuit of saving the country through industry and rejuvenating the country through education is not only an ideal belonging to a certain historical stage, but also transformed into a spiritual expression of responsibility, creativity and long-termism in the play.

In the 20th year of Guangxu's reign, the results were released in the spring of the Jiawu Enke period. Zhang Jian, a famous scholar from the south of the Yangtze River, won the appreciation of Emperor Guangxu for his river canal strategy and won the first place in the high school.At that time, he was full of ambitions to help the country and protect the people. He had no intention of dealing with the joy of everyone's celebration, and he treated everyone as polite compliments.

In July of the same year, the Toshima cannon was fired, the Japanese army raided and cleared the ships, and the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1894 broke out completely.However, the army and navy of the Qing Dynasty were defeated again and again. Zhang Jian was angry and talked with his mentor Weng Tonghe all night long. He criticized Li Hongzhang for running coastal defense for 20 years and spending tens of millions of money. When facing war, he could only talk about peace and had no power to defend the enemy.

That night, Zhang Jian decided to go to court to impeach Li Hongzhang and informed Weng Tonghe in advance. Unexpectedly, this move angered the Empress Dowager Cixi.Everyone in the court was in danger and tried to avoid Zhang Jian.Just when his career was frustrated and he fell into depression, the sad news came that his father Peng Niangong had died of illness. Zhang Jian was ordered to return to his hometown Dingyou. His official career of just 120 days came to an abrupt end, and half of his achievements were wasted.

Nowadays, the situation is getting tighter, and the ambitions of the Japanese invaders are clearly revealed.As the magistrate of Tongzhou, Zhao Yingde was naturally worried about the territory and the safety of the people under his rule.Zhang Jian came to inform them of the tragic situation of the destruction of the Beiyang Navy and the successive losses along the coast. He bluntly said that if the Japanese warships were to move south along the coast, Chongming would become a dangerous area and Tongzhou would choke the rivers and seas. The only way to do this was to prepare early defenses.

Zhang Jian urged Zhao Yingde to recruit Xiangyong and organize team training.Just when Zhao Yingde was about to make a decision, his master Huang Mu hurriedly stopped him, saying that regiment training had always been used only to suppress bandits, and setting it up without permission would definitely arouse the suspicion of the court.Zhao Yingde was convinced and decided to put the matter on hold and asked Zhang Jian to draft a maritime defense charter before submitting it.

Japan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Foreign Secretary Kaoru Inoue, reported to Prime Minister Hirobumi Ito on the candidates for economic penetration into China, and already had new goals.On the other hand, in Tongzhou City, Gao Baoshan, the commander-in-chief of Langshan Town, was ordered to lead the Zhongzi Sixth Battalion to station in Tonghai. Zhao Yingde went to greet him in person and invited Zhang Jian to discuss defense together.

However, Zhang Jian was late for the banquet, which made Gao Baoshan dissatisfied and his words were sharp.Gao Baoshan asked for quotas and money and food to expand the army by two thousand, while Zhang Jian insisted on recruiting a new regiment of local warriors to train. Zhao Yingde was caught in the middle.Zhang Jian tried hard to persuade Gao Baoshan to recognize the pros and cons of the current situation, but he was stubborn and refused to comply, and they broke up unhappy during the dinner.Afterwards, Huang Mu offered advice to Zhao Yingde. The state government raised money and food as usual and watched Zhang and Gao compete. The winner would get the food and salary. If Zhang Jian needed to raise money by himself, the excess money would be put into the state treasury.

At this moment, Zhang Jian bravely walked into Sihai Pawnshop to raise money and explained his purpose to his boss, Jiang Mengsheng.Zhang Jian had borrowed money many times before when he went to Beijing to rush for exams and arrange for funerals. Now he couldn't ask for more money, so he simply pawned his collection of books. Jiang Mengsheng paid the thousand gold without saying a word.

Shen Yuhe, a businessman from Rugao, wanted to visit the Zhang family to inquire about the marriage contract between Zhang Jian and his adopted daughter Wu Daomin, lest the new champion change his mind and regret the marriage.Wu Daoyin believed that Zhang Jian had a good character. If he used this as a blackmail during Ding You's period, it would appear that the Shen family was petty. If Zhang Jian betrayed his trust after gaining power, he would not want to marry him.

Soon after, Dong Yihong, a householder in Tonghai, heard that the Zhang family was recruiting brave men and led several brothers to defect to him. It was called defecting, but in reality they were just eating and drinking.Zhang Jian saw that they were sitting on empty meals, like gluttons who could only get in and out, so he had an idea, grabbed Dong Yihong, and pushed a cart of grain and rice to the salt field to reward everyone.The young people present were deeply moved and rushed to sign up to join the group.

After this incident, Dong Yihong saw clearly who Zhang Jian was and confessed that he was originally a subordinate under Ye Zhichao and had accompanied the army to the DPRK to quell the chaos. However, the commander was too timid to fight and fled for 500 miles. He led his troops to break out of the encirclement. All his colleagues were dead and he was left alone.Zhang Jian admired Dong Yihong's loyalty and bravery and invited him to preside over team training. Dong Yihong vowed to follow his lead from now on.

Japanese cotton spinning giant Nishimura Matsuhei asked Inoue for help and was gearing up to enter the Chinese market.Gao Baoshan saw that Zhang Jian was determined to train in the regiment, so he sent troops to put Zhang Jian under house arrest in the name of sympathy.Late at night, Shen Jingfu came to Zhang's house to discuss countermeasures.Zhang Jian asked Shen Jingfu to go to Shanghai immediately and present the book "Coastal Defense Regiment Defense Camp" to Zhao Fengchang, Zhang Zhidong's staff; Jiang Mengsheng and his third brother Zhang Jian tried their best to recruit Xiangyong, not only to stabilize people's hearts, but also to make Gao Baoshan dare not underestimate him.

Zhao Fengchang submitted the report to Zhang Zhidong on his behalf. Zhang Zhidong was very satisfied with the content. It was a pity that he did not come to meet him in person, so he asked Zhao Fengchang to convey to Zhang Jian that if he had anything to do in the future, he could come directly to him.Taking into account Gao Baoshan's obstruction to the recruitment of heroes for the group training, Zhao Fengchang planned to wait for the group training to take shape, and he could go to review it with the commendation letter. This would test Zhang Jian's ability to do things, and secondly support Zhang Jian after the task was completed. Zhang Zhidong readily agreed.

On March 24, 1895, the third round of peace talks at the Shimonoseki Shunho Tower in Japan ended. Li Hongzhang returned to his hometown in a sedan chair, but was assassinated by the Japanese Toyotaro Koyama on the way, thus losing an eye.The country's humiliation led to the humiliation of the envoys in a foreign city, the court only wanted to seek peace, and the empress dowager was artless and sat there waiting for death. This incident made Zhang Jian extremely indignant.

Soon, the Civil Defense Team Training was formally established, and Jiang Mengsheng and others came to the stage to speak in person.On the other hand, after Gao Baoshan received the news about Yong Lian, he immediately led troops to surround him and threatened to capture the gangsters.Zhao Yingde was worried that something would happen, so he quickly notified Zhang Jian to rescue people. When the two sides were in a stalemate, luckily Zhao Fengchang arrived in time. He first gave Zhao Yingde a demerit, then severely punished Gao Baoshan with twenty sticks, and finally gave Zhang Jian a batch of weapons and food.Even though Gao Baoshan was unwilling, he could only hold his breath.

Nishimura Matsubei brought people to look for Zhang Jian, but Dong Yihong happened to see him, so he blocked his way and took him to see Zhang Jian.It turned out that Nishimura Matsubei and Zhang Jian had a relationship. Zhang Jian gave him a helping hand at the beginning, so Nishimura Matsubei hoped to cooperate in business. Zhang Jian bluntly said that he had no interest in doing business.

As the Treaty of Shimonoseki came into effect, the imperial court ordered the withdrawal of regiment training. Zhao Fengchang handed Zhang Zhidong's letter to Zhang Jian, and everyone present was shocked.For this reason, Zhang Jian went directly to Jiangning to visit Zhang Zhidong and personally wrote an article - "Articles on the establishment of a country and self-improvement", which involved opening mines, setting up investment promotion bureaus, building gun factories, and opening new schools.

However, Zhang Zhidong did not hold out any hope. After all, it would take a huge sum of money to open a new school, and the only way was to start with industry and then educate.It was precisely because of the encouragement of Zhang Zhidong and Zhao Fengchang that Zhang Jian made up his mind to set up a factory and engage in industry, and went back to discuss specific directions.

Shen Jingfu was forcibly charged for transporting goods at various levels, and he was imprisoned because of his dissatisfaction.Zhang Jian told Zhang Qing about starting an industrial business, but he did not expect the other party to object strongly.Zhang Jian had always relied on business to make money for Zhang Jian's education. It was not easy for his younger brother to gain fame, but suddenly he had to abandon his official position and go into business. This made him very puzzled and a little worried, fearing that people with ulterior motives would attack behind his back and make a big fuss.

In order to show that he was not angry, Zhang Jian decided to set up a cotton mill based on the local cotton production.Zhang Qing sounded familiar. He had the same idea when he started sericulture, but there was still no improvement.While talking, Zhang Jian received news that Shen Jingfu was imprisoned for resisting donation.

Thanks to his connections, Jiang Mengsheng finally got Shen Jingfu out of prison and advised him not to make the matter too big.Shen Jingfu was angry that the government wanted to squeeze the people and rob the people of their wealth.Zhang Jian was greatly indignant. Jiang Mengsheng sat nearby and listened to the two men's rebuke. He couldn't help but sweat, fearing that they would say something disrespectful again.Although Jiang Mengsheng helped get the goods back, this year's insect infestation resulted in a poor cotton harvest. He said that those businessmen could only clean up their own business and could not help much.Then Zhang Jian went directly to Zhao Yingde and told him about the matter. Zhao Yingde lamented that he wanted to reduce his donation back then, but now he wants to cut it and put his little governor on the fire.

Zhang Jian went to Jiangning again to meet with Zhang Zhidong. He bluntly stated that Tongzhou cotton farmers were struggling to make a living, and repeatedly stated that it was imperative to pledge donations.He analyzed the interests and benefits, and cut off the monopoly of foreign merchants and forced them to sell at low prices. He pledged donations to stop the corruption of officials, and returned one share of the proceeds from layer-by-level exploitation to the public and benefited farmers.

In this way, it will not only prevent officials and officials from enriching their own pockets, but also save redundant bureau card fees. It will be convenient for both officials and people, the treasury will be full, and businessmen and people can go about their business unimpeded by paying one tax.Zhang Zhidong thought so, and immediately prepared a petition. If the order was accurate, he would reduce or reduce the Tonghai Cotton Mill's tax. If not, he would make small donations in Liangjiang to protect business strength.

At home, Mrs. Xu Duan had not had any heirs for many years, so she invited her third brother Zhang Jian to discuss, and she was willing to take Wu Daomin as his concubine for Zhang Jian to continue the Zhang family.Zhang Jin understood Xu Duan's hard work and went to Shen's house to meet Shen Yuhe in person on her behalf.Shen Yuhe criticized Zhang Jian for abandoning his official position and going into business, but Wu Daoyin was determined and asked Zhang Jian to deliver a paper umbrella and a letter.

Now that the market is depressed due to heavy taxes, cotton farmer Ni and his daughter came to Hengji Cloth Village and begged Shen Jingfu to recommend a florist to harvest cotton.Shen Jingfu looked embarrassed and told the cloth merchants that the cotton merchants had agreed to go on strike to resist donations, and no store dared to accept them.Halfway through pushing his cart, Mr. Ni saw the police arresting people who were resisting the donation. Because he said a few words, he was accused of taking the lead in making trouble.At the critical moment, Zhang Jian stepped forward to stop it, appease the public anger, and promised to try his best to reduce taxes.

At this time, the newly opened Mitsui & Co., Ltd. posted a cotton collection notice. Zhang Jian came closer and saw that the person in charge was Nishimura Matsubei.Foreign companies offer free shipping and no tax on cotton, which seems to be a benefit, but in fact they require cotton farmers to sign a pledge and promise to only sell cotton to Japan in the future.

Father Ni would rather the cotton rot at home than sell it to the enemy who killed his compatriots.Zhang Jian confronted Xi Cun face to face and pointed out that he was purchasing goods at low prices with the intention of controlling the price of cotton and exploiting farmers at will in the future.Nishimura denied it and instead invited Zhang Jian to cooperate.

Soon after, Zhang Zhidong sent a message saying that the imperial court had acquiesced to the previous petition and awarded Zhang Jian the title of Tonghai Commercial Prime Minister.Although he has no real power, he is still justified.Zhang Zhidong warned Zhang Jian that the trade sea is dangerous, what you see may not always be what you get, and not all colleagues may be of the same mind, so preparations must be made in advance.

Zhang Jian deeply felt that local officials were mediocre and wealthy businessmen only pursued their own interests, so he firmly determined to save the country through industry.He believed that to make a country strong, it must first strengthen its species, and to strengthen its species, it must first develop education. Since the resources for education are in industry, the only priority is to set up factories and start operations.Shen Jingfu tested Zhang Jian's determination to engage in business, and Zhang Jian responded with a couplet written by himself to reassure him.

Later, Zhang Jian personally visited Sheng Xuanhuai, hoping that he could help organize the cotton mill.Sheng Xuanhuai persuaded Zhang Jian to rein in the situation. Seeing that Zhang Jian was determined not to change, he stopped trying to stop him. He only said that he would know the joys and sorrows of it after it was done. He hoped that by then, he would not complain about himself.

On the other side, Nishimura Matsubei talked about investing in the factory, and Yamamoto Jotaro proposed a slight adjustment in the shares. Half of the total shares would be given priority to Tanebuchi Textile shareholders, the other half would mostly be owned by the Mitsui family, and the remaining shares would be recruited from ordinary shareholders.Faced with such conditions, Nishimura Matsubei thought twice and no longer had any objections.

Zhang Jian returned home and gathered with Shen Jingfu and Jiang Mengsheng to discuss setting up a factory. Shen Jingfu had persuaded several cloth merchants to invest in the factory, but Sheng Xuanhuai did not invest directly. Instead, he introduced a foreign comprador, Guo Huamao.When Jiang Mengsheng heard this, he quickly waved his hands, thinking that the comprador was backed by foreigners. Even if he was not short of financial resources, if foreigners got involved, he would probably make things difficult for him at every turn.However, Zhang Jian knew that he needed capital to start a business. After much deliberation, he decided to rely on Guo Huamao. The top priority was to have money. Regardless of his background, he devoted all his efforts to financing the establishment of a cotton mill.

In the middle of the night, Nishimura Matsuhei came outside a bar and recalled that the industrialist Shibusawa Eiichi introduced him to a person named Shizuki Yayanaga, who specially opened the Sakura Nomori Izakaya in Shanghai to make it convenient for him to stay here.Nishimura Matsubei's goal in coming to China is very clear, that is, he has determined that China's industrialization is lagging. Even if the Shanghai machine weaving layout monopolizes the market, he is still confident that he will use Chinese cotton to defeat Chinese companies and completely occupy the Chinese market.

Zhang Jian took Shen and Meng to visit Guo Huamao. They were both scholars, but their ideas were slightly different.Compared to Zhang Jian's patriotism, Guo Huamao was more interested in making money. After listening to Zhang Jian and others' ideas, he directly asked two questions, pointing out that the cost can be reduced if it is high, but the donation must not be reduced.

They have to collect donations for growing flowers, and they have to collect donations for weaving. They have to collect donations over and over again. They are completely inferior to Western woven fabrics, because they only need to pay enough customs duties at one time, but the cost of this is hugely different.In addition, Guo Huamao felt that the cotton mill was dependent on the government and would collapse quickly if those court officials who were not familiar with business were allowed to take random orders and enrich their own pockets.

After listening to Guo Huamao's words, it was like an enlightenment, which made Zhang Jian feel that it was necessary to think clearly about the issue of commercial shares and official shares, otherwise there would be endless troubles.In Zhang Jian's view, as long as the official shares come in, there will be officials, and they must manage them as soon as they come. They will talk nonsense even if they don't understand, and they will boss around and yell at you all day long. They will use the same officialdom style all day long, and then they will end up getting paid, taking bribes, nepotism, and excluding dissidents. Not only can they not make any money, but they will also have to collect money when they lose money.Therefore, whether it is official shares or commercial shares, Zhang Jian feels that he must get all the say and do his best to rely on human resources.

Guo Huamao was invited by Nishimura Matsubei and came to the wine house to meet him in person.Nishimura Matsubei hopes that Guo Huamao can help him buy a stake in Zhang Jian's yarn factory.As soon as these words came out, Guo Huamao lost his smile and said frankly that this matter made him very embarrassed. Unexpectedly, Nishimura Matsuhei took out the records of kickbacks he had received over the years to blackmail Guo Huamao into completing the matter.Guo Huamao was completely unthreatening and mocked Nishimura Matsuhei for sending him the account book, but he didn't care at all.

Not long after, Zhang Jian received a transfer order, asking him to go to Yichang, Hubei Province to take charge of the Sichuan Salt and Caligraphy Bureau. Zhang Jian felt that this job was troublesome and tricky, and it was easy to get caught between his superiors and the people, which made Zhang Jian a little worried.But Zhang Jian also wanted to benefit one party, so he asked Zhang Jian to have a drink with him tonight as a farewell.

At Sheng Xuanhuai's residence, Guo Huamao mentioned Zhang Jian to Sheng Xuanhuai and thought that he was a humble man and worthy of consideration for cooperation.Similarly, Sheng Xuanhuai also had the same intention. He felt that Zhang Jian was a good person and should not be underestimated, but he did not explicitly say whether he would buy shares.

Zhang Zhidong was about to return to Huguang, so he specially asked Zhang Jian to discuss the cotton mill and firmly opposed the commercial operation.By then, the country would not be able to enrich itself by strengthening its army, but it would only enrich a large number of speculators and profiteers, and the cotton mills would have to be run by the government.However, Zhang Jian disagreed with Zhang Zhidong's words and left angrily. Zhao Fengchang hurriedly chased Zhang Zhidong and explained Zhang Zhidong's difficulties. He was begging Sheng Xuanhuai to accept the mess regarding the Huguang matter. Zhang Jian was angry that the New Deal for Westernization had failed because of the government. If these things were not eliminated, no industry would be able to run well. Even if he could not completely change, he should find a way out in the cracks.

When he was in Bingshen, he was defeated in the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1894. Li Hongzhang signed a treasonous treaty and was reviled by the world.The empress dowager took away his crown for the sake of the common people. After the Russian emperor's coronation, he invited Li Hongzhang to attend the ceremony. However, the empress dowager immediately withdrew her order and appointed Li Hongzhang as an imperial envoy again, thus avoiding another incident in an instant.Not wanting Li Hongzhang to meet with the Queen Mother before his visit to Russia, he listed fifty-seven people who were not allowed to be appointed, and Zhang Jian was at the top.

Xu Duan's health was getting worse day by day, so Zhang Jian made some decoction for her before going out again.Wu Daoyan stood on the bridge holding an umbrella and watched him off. He was filled with joy when he saw Zhang Jian holding the umbrella he sent.Zhang Jian took the initiative to see Liu Kunyi, the governor of Liangjiang, and begged him to allow the Tongzhou cotton mill gentry to run the business without collecting official shares. Liu Kunyi finally came to his senses.

Guo Huamao came to Zhang Jian and showed him the plan of the cotton mill, thus indicating that foreign businessmen would gradually build more factories, and that opening a cotton mill would be equivalent to seeking skin from a tiger.Zhang Jian believes that foreign merchants are now dumping cotton yarn. If things go on like this, the cotton spinning market will all fall into the hands of others. If his own enterprises do not revitalize, they will not be able to strengthen the country. If every factory works together, foreigners will not be able to take it away, and there is no reason for them to make money.

However, Li Hongzhang suddenly recalled the list, putting Zhang Jian in an embarrassing situation. Just as Guo Huamao mentioned the matter, Nishimura Matsubei came over, and Guo Huamao quickly stepped in to deal with it.Seeing this scene, Jiang Mengsheng was worried that Guo Huamao was secretly colluding with the Japanese. Zhang Jian felt that there was no need to worry. After all, it was understandable for businessmen to pursue profits. As long as their cotton mills were planned well enough and the benefits were generous enough, they would definitely bring Guo Huamao into the team.

Later, Guo Huamao visited Sheng Xuanhuai in person. His original intention was not to offend the Japanese or the No. 1 Scholar, but it turned out to be self-defeating.Sheng Xuanhuai gave Guo Huamao a few words of advice, meaning that China has been coveted by Japan many times since the beginning of the Tang Dynasty, which is why the Sino-Japanese War of 1895-1895 occurred a thousand years later. As for promoting the trade layout in China, it will not happen overnight.Hearing this, Guo Huamao felt convinced that Japan's so-called investment and construction of factories were all vain. He wanted to invest in Zhang Jian, who was more reliable, and wait for the opportunity. When Japan had everything ready and only needed the east wind, he would try again.

Jiang Mengsheng returned to the store and complained angrily because of Guo Huamao's back-biting attitude. Shen Jingfu smiled and comforted them, then showed them the various spinning yarns sold in Tongzhou and asked Zhang Jian if he was determined to break out of the siege.Zhang Jian thought that he had gathered the right people at the right time and the right place, but reality gave him a blow. He spent more than a month raising shares but got nothing, and many directors in Shanghai asked to withdraw their shares. Fortunately, Tonghai cotton industry was famous all over the world. He planned to return to Tongzhou to visit the local gentry and sages, believing that he could solve the dilemma.

Soon, Zhang Jian convened everyone to discuss countermeasures and prepared to adopt a shareholding system. The so-called shareholding system was to split the 600,000 taels of silver used to build the factory into shares. Each 100 taels of silver was one share, and 6,000 shares could be recruited. Anyone could become a shareholder as long as they contributed 100 taels of silver.Because of Zhang Zhidong's oral instructions and the imperial approval of the Holy Emperor, everyone present had confidence in their hearts.

At this time, Guo Huamao came in from the outside and announced in public that they were willing to invest in the construction of the cotton mill with 4,000 shares.When other people heard this, they all offered to buy shares.Witnessed by Zhao Yingde and others, Zhang Jian signed a contract with the shareholders and named the spinning mill "Dasheng".

Immediately afterwards, Zhang Jian selected Taozhuba, a wasteland, and planned to build Dasheng Cotton Mill there. However, the problem was that the land belonged to a squire named Gu Shuji. If he wanted to rent the land, he had to negotiate with the other party as soon as possible.Gu Shuji was more cheerful and sold the land directly to Zhang Jian and others.Since there was an isolated grave on this land, a group of people came unexpectedly, claiming to be the descendants of the isolated grave. Their real surname was Chang. They claimed that some of their relatives were officials in the capital, and that their ancestor worship was a lie, just to get some benefits.

Faced with this situation, Zhao Yingde was in trouble again. It was not easy to offend Zhang Jian, but he could not offend the Chang family.Huang Mu thought of a way, that is, let the Chang family force Gu Shuji to increase the low price. They would split the extra part 50-50 with the manufacturer. If Zhang Jian refused, that would be fine. If he did, it would give them one more profit. Zhao Yingde readily agreed.

The Chang family sent a representative, Chang Xixin, to negotiate with Zhang Jian and made it clear that they were willing to move the tomb, but the condition was that they must give five thousand taels of silver.Jiang Mengsheng was furious when he heard this. He argued with Chang Xixin on the spot. Zhang Jian immediately stopped him. When he returned, he asked him to draft a notice for purchasing land and building a factory. He copied dozens of copies and distributed them to busy markets and rural thoroughfares for posting.Although Jiang Mengsheng was puzzled, he still did as he was told.

On the other hand, when Zhao Yingde heard that Zhang Jian was suspected of having nothing to do, not only was he not happy at all, he was even worried that the money would be hot. Once he took the money from the Chang family, he would be giving the other party the leverage. If the Chang family regretted it one day, his support would not be preserved.Zhao Yingde has always been superstitious. Today, his hand was burned by incense ashes. He felt that the Bodhisattva was enlightening him, so he quickly asked Huang Mu to distance himself from the Chang family.

When the villagers in the neighborhood heard that Zhang Jian was going to take over the land to set up a cotton mill, they all went to discuss selling the land. Chang Xixin did not have Zhao Yingde as a backer, and seeing that Zhang Jian was not worried about losing the land, he went to Zhang Jian again to discuss reducing the price by one thousand taels.Zhang Jian's hard-to-get game worked, so he thought of hanging on the Chang family again.

Guo Huamao was dissatisfied that they bought land to build a factory without prior notice, so the stock money never arrived.Shen Jingfu and Jiang Mengsheng asked Guo Huamao about the situation. Guo Huamao bluntly said that the factory should be built in Shanghai. After all, the sea conditions were unpredictable and the built warehouses and factories could not be flooded by the tide, especially because Shanghai's geographical location was more convenient. As a result, all his suggestions were rejected by Jiang Mengsheng, and they were well-founded, leaving the shareholders speechless.In the end, Guo Huamao made it clear that he did not want to pay more to buy the land. Zhang Jian came forward and assured Guo Huamao that he would be able to obtain the land title at the original price within three days, and his share capital would be received by then.

On the other side, Chang Xixin saw that Zhang Jian had lost interest in the ground and became anxious. He ran to Huang Mu for help, but Huang Mu turned his back and refused to recognize him.When Jiang Mengsheng heard the conversation between the two, he knew that the Zhizhou government was behind the scenes. He was so angry that he was about to take people to settle the score with Zhao Yingde, but when he turned around, he found that Dong Yihong and the others were busy with their own affairs.

For this reason, Jiang Mengsheng went to see Zhao Yingde alone. He was originally full of anger, but immediately lost his temper when he saw him. Zhao Yingde repeatedly denied that he had anything to do with the Chang family, and pretended to be serious in reminding him not to disturb the countryside when building a factory.After he finished speaking, Huang Mu led Jiang Mengsheng away.

Because Zhang Jian did not express his position for a long time, Chang Xixin was worried that the money he had received was gone, so he went to Gu Shuji again for help.Unexpectedly, Gu Shuji did not side with him, so he had to increase the price on his own and concluded the deal with one hundred taels of silver.Gu Shuji considered that Zhang Jian's building a factory would benefit the country and the people, so he decided to give the land to them for free. Zhang Jian was deeply moved and proposed that the land could be regarded as Gu Shuji's investment in Dasheng Factory, which made Gu Shuji smile with joy.

In the 22nd year of Guangxu (1896), Dasheng Factory officially broke ground. In order to counter the Japanese businessmen, Zhang Jian did not dare to slack off at all, just to enrich the country and the people.However, after the establishment of the factory, there was an urgent need for a batch of equipment. Zhang Jian remembered that Zhang Zhidong had imported a large number of spinning machines from the UK, and those machines happened to be gathering dust at the dock in Shanghai, so he approached Gui Haoqing, the chief envoy of the General Office of Jiangning Commerce Bureau, hoping that the other party could help them get the spinning machines.

In order to raise more funds for the factory, Shen Jingfu decided to sell his cloth shop.Upon seeing this, Dong Yihong quickly pulled Shen Jingfu into the next room to stop him from selling his last property. However, in Shen Jingfu's view, only letting the Dasheng Factory be built is the foundation for everyone to truly live and work. This small cloth village does not count for anything.

Although Gui Haoqing found out that there were indeed a large number of yarn machines, they belonged to the government after all. Since Zhang Jian's yarn mill was not owned by the government and was all run by commercial companies, there had to be a charter to collect it, otherwise he could not afford to be charged with selling yarn machines privately.Gui Haoqing said that he would discuss it with everyone and report it to the Prime Minister's Office to confirm the cash purchase. But the problem was that it would take 180 days to complete this process. Zhang Jian really couldn't wait any longer and could only do as the other party said.Shen Jingfu closed the cloth shop, firmly believing that he and Zhang Jian could successfully run the yarn factory, and finally looked at it reluctantly for the last time.

When Zhang Jian and Jiang Mengsheng came in a hurry, they found that Shen Jingfu had sold the cloth village long ago, and he felt deeply guilty.Shen Jingfu said that he was not completely out to help him. After all, only by joining the cloth village could he truly devote himself to the cotton mill. Moreover, he believed that as long as this hurdle was passed, gold would be divided among the masses and silver among the small groups. Jiang Mengsheng also believed that Zhang Jian had the ability to run the factory well.

Shen Jingfu's daughter Shen Lanjun came to Xu Duan every now and then and invited Sha Yuanbing to check her condition. Xu Duan knew her physical condition. She had been in a state of illness since her daughter died in infancy.On the other hand, Shen Jingfu entrusted a friend to contact Thomas, a foreign machine builder. Jiang Mengsheng tried all kinds of tricks when he saw the other person. Apparently Thomas was more pragmatic and directly explained the timely billing.

Immediately afterwards, Zhang Jian led Thomas to the warehouse where the machine was placed. After careful inspection, Thomas confirmed that 70“ to 80” of the machines were usable. Even if there were rusted parts, he could contact the production company.When everyone heard this, they felt relieved. Guo Huamao found a storefront for them, which made Zhang Jian and others very satisfied.Zhang Jian told Guo Huamao about the spinning machine, but Guo Huamao still had doubts and repeatedly emphasized that the spinning mill must not be a joint venture between government and business.

Nowadays, there are rumors in the outside world that Zhang Jian is raising shares for a cotton mill and has encountered obstacles everywhere in Shanghai. Shen Yuhe is distressed that his daughter still marries a business woman.But Wu Daoyin felt that Zhang Jian was capable enough and believed in his vision.On the other side, Zhang Jian went to see Zhang Zhidong again and discussed with him that the government would invest in the business and let the merchants run the business themselves. He also asked him to borrow 300,000 taels of silver. Zhang Zhidong was so annoyed that he had no choice but to agree that the government would invest in the company and only get official profits. The yarn mill would also be run by business directors.

Later, Zhang Jian went to Sheng Xuanhuai to explain the difficulties of dividing the official power equally.Sheng Xuanhuai did not hesitate and directly stated that he would split the official money in half. He would be responsible for the other half and leave the rest to Tonghu Director to handle on his own.In the end, thanks to Zhang Jian's unremitting efforts, all official machines were successfully transferred into the factory, and the yarn mill no longer had any worries about equipment.

When everything was settled, the Zhang family and the Shen family also made preparations for their wedding. Zhang Jian naturally advocated keeping it simple and just invited some relatives and friends.Unexpectedly, Nishimura Matsubei suddenly paid a visit, hoping to buy a stake in Dasheng Cotton Mill. Zhang Jian pointed out that the reason for the Japanese investment was that Shanghai was dominated by British-owned cotton mills, and Sheng Xuanhuai's Huasheng Cotton Mill was extremely strong. Japanese-owned cotton mills had no foothold in Shanghai, so they wanted to occupy a position in Shanghai through equity participation.However, when Japan invaded China, Zhang Jian saved Tu Qiang, and he and Nishimura Matsubei did not agree with each other, and finally decisively rejected each other.

After Zhang Jian married Wu Daomin, the three-year period for his father's obedience to his father had expired, so on Wenchang's birthday, a replacement ceremony was held to congratulate the number one scholar.Looking back, the Dasheng Cotton Mill has gone through a lot of hardships, and it has achieved initial results, but it is difficult to describe it. Because 70“ of the people spend their personal energy negotiating with officials, and only 30” are dedicated to Dasheng operators.

Zhao Yingde took the initiative to find Zhang Jian, reminding him that the Dingyou period had expired, and urging him to return to Beijing as soon as possible to cancel his leave.Zhang Jian bluntly stated that Tiexin wanted to set up a cotton mill, but Zhao Yingde could not persuade him any more, so he simply pretended that he had not read the letter from the Hanlin Academy.However, the recruitment of workers in the factory was not going smoothly. No one was willing to come even if they offered a high price. Shen Yuhe sighed anxiously.

Wu Daozhen was pregnant and was about to give birth soon. When Zhang Jian thought about Xu Duan's situation, he was afraid that something would happen to the child again.Fortunately, the mother and child were safe. Wu Daomin gave birth to a boy. Zhang Jian was very happy and named him Zhang Yizu. Born in troubled times, he only hoped that the child could grow up in peace of mind, body and safety.The next day, Lu Runfeng, the imperial concubine, came to see him off in person, and Zhang Jian said goodbye to him at the pier.

The two were on the same boat, and Zhang Jian asked Lu Runfeng for advice on his experience in running a factory. Lu Runfeng said that although the Su Jing and Sulun yarn mills were already in operation, it was just an explanation. It was difficult to raise funds in the early stage, but they had some sympathy.Although the cotton mill was in operation, there was still no profit. Moreover, due to insufficient recruitment of business stocks, the construction of the factory was seriously overrun, so we had to look forward to the future.

Lu Runfeng told Zhang Jian that now that Ding You's period had expired, he had taken the opportunity to step down from his duties at the cotton mill. The mill had long been rented to Suzhou gentleman merchant Zhu Chenggui, and he had retired with success.Zhang Jian felt that it was a pity to give up suddenly. The purpose of a gentleman's study is to seek the Tao. The so-called Tao is the way to strengthen a country.

Nishimura Matsubei and Yamamoto Jotaro went to the Japanese Consulate in Lu. Consul General Oda Shinnosuke mentioned the yarn mill and reminded them to find Chinese people who might cause trouble or could be used.When the ship arrived at the dock, Zhang Jian said that he and Kang Liang were non-Party members. After the closure of the Qiang Society, he had been busy preparing to set up a cotton mill. He was completely unaware of the subsequent plans of Kang Liang and others. He was afraid that the emperor was eager to reform and his methods were too drastic, and it would be difficult for them to escape unscathed.

While they were talking, Nishimura Matsubei came with someone and said that he had been ordered to invite Zhang Jian to the consulate.Initially Zhang Jian and Lu Runfeng refused, but Nishimura revealed that they had invited Wen Tingshi, one of the six sons of Wengmen, He Sikun, the Prime Minister of Nanyang Public School, and Zheng Guanying, the general manager of Hanyang Iron Works. Zhang Jian heard that all his friends would attend, so he simply agreed to go with Nishimura alone.

In the consulate, elites from the business community gathered together. Shinnosuke Oda explained one thing straight to the point. Only by making the Qing Dynasty as powerful as Japan can they survive. If China is willing to join forces with Japan to dominate East Asia, no one in the entire world can compete.The Treaty of Shimonoseki cost the Qing government 260 million in silver. Zhang Jian clearly saw the Japanese ambitions. He turned and left the conference room without waiting for Shinnosuke Oda to finish his words.

Soon, Weng Tongsu sent someone to convey the news that the emperor personally issued an edict in Zhubi, ordering him to open a vacancy and return to his hometown (dismissal of his official position and return to his hometown).As soon as Zhang Jian received the news, he braved the heavy rain to see his mentor off and promised him that he would do anything useful and not be a shameful official with eight or nine lives.Looking back on the past, Zhang Jian felt sad, and finally made an appointment with his mentor to meet again in Jiangnan.

Xiaoquan worked day and night to recruit workers, leading people to go door-to-door to persuade, and earnestly persuaded the women to work in the factory. After several rounds of going back and forth, there were still very few applicants.Father Ni prevented his daughter Jiujin from working in the factory, so Jiujin had to seek help from Wu Daomin.

For this reason, Wu Daoyin personally came forward to find Father Ni to understand the situation, and found out that he was worried about the many foreign devils in the factory, and worried that his daughter was still a young girl, always joining in the fun with men, and it would definitely be difficult for her to get married in the future.When Shen Lanjun heard this, he immediately pulled Jiujin out and decided to marry Jinlan to her. Wu Daomin also recognized the child and promised to personally host the wedding when she got married. Father Ni was overjoyed and readily agreed on the spot.

In the twenty-fifth year of Guangxu (1899), since the signing of the official-commercial contract, both Sheng Xuanhuai and Gui Haoqing have not fulfilled the contract, causing the Dasheng Cotton Factory to fall into financial difficulties again. It turns out that Gui Haoqing has already accepted the order of the Governor of Hubei to put aside the official business, which is true, and it is false to fund the Dasheng Cotton Factory. Sheng Xuanhuai has invested elsewhere. Zhang Jian cannot count on the two of them. In order to stabilize Dasheng's stocks, he can only continue to go to Shanghai and raise shares again.

Seeing that the official factory was being made so impressive by Jiang Mengsheng and the others, Zhang Jian felt mixed emotions in his heart.Seeing that Zhang Jian was in a low mood, Wu Daozhen persuaded him to go to Zhang Zhidong in person. Zhang Jian was deeply inspired and asked Zhang Zhidong for money the next day. Zhang Zhidong was helpless by Zhang Jian's manipulations and agreed to repair a book and ask for money from Sheng Xuanhuai to help him out.

At this time, it was less than a few days before the scheduled start of construction, and most of the machines in the factory had not yet been installed.It happened that at this juncture, Thomas suddenly stopped talking and said that he must leave for home immediately and leave all unfinished matters behind.Shen Jingfu asked the reason and found out that the factory had not paid Thomas, so he tried to persuade him to stay and promised to make up the money.On the other side, Zhang Jian finished eating at a roadside stall and came up with the idea of ​​selling calligraphy to raise money.

Dasheng Cotton Mill is approaching its trial run, but its accounts are already tight.In order to raise money for Zhang Jian to sell calligraphy and paintings, the public opinion outside was very unpleasant. Dong Yihong complained for him, but he himself did not want to spend his energy on explaining.He kept part of the income from selling letters for daily expenses and paid part to the accounting office. He just wanted to get over the difficulties of the factory first.At this time, Liu Yuan, who understood machines and laws, came to Zhang Jian with a letter, expressing his willingness to join Dasheng and take risks with everyone.

What Jiang Mengsheng fears most is spending money: working overtime at night requires burning coal, and there is a new employee in the factory, so everything is an expense.Zhang Jian did not make a promise immediately and only asked Liu Yuan to participate in the test machine first.In order to dispel outside speculation about Dasheng's suspension of work, he published the news of the scheduled test run in the newspaper.Liu Yuan marked the parts one by one and led the workers to reinstall the machine; Thomas tried to borrow a screw to cause an accident, but Liu Yuan's preparation was revealed on the spot.

The machine started running smoothly, and Zhang Jian decided not to keep Thomas anymore.But the successful test run does not mean that the financial problem has disappeared. Jiang Mengsheng and Shen Jingfu must sell the cotton to get back wages and working capital.When the villagers heard that Zhang Jian collapsed from exhaustion, they chipped in fifty taels to help. He did not regard the donation as charity, but made up the amount and counted it as a shareholding in Dasheng.

Jiang Mengsheng and Shen Jingfu had another dispute over whether the cotton should be sold immediately: one was afraid that it would be more dangerous if it continued, and the other wanted to wait for a better price.Zhang Jian finally set a deadline, and he would take action the next morning regardless of profit or loss. He could not delay the whole factory just to make a little more money.With the return of the funds, Dasheng Cotton Mill finally officially started operation, and the initial financing, installation and instability of people's hearts were temporarily resolved.

After the Dasheng Cotton Mill was put into operation, Zhang Jian and his partners finally overcame the most pressing difficulties of financing, machine installation, and labor costs.The factory began to really operate, but cotton sales and subsequent operations still depended on everyone to continue to hold on.

Now that Da Sheng has been married, but because he does not have a trademark, Zhang Jian went to his mentor to discuss it, and finally decided to use Kuixing as his trademark based on his mentor's suggestion.Guo Huamao suddenly wrote a letter to Zhang Jian, arranged to meet and proposed to acquire the cotton mill. Liu Yuan and Jiang Mengsheng strongly opposed Guo Huamao, but Shen Jingfu felt that they could listen to the other party's opinion.

After arriving in Shanghai, Zhang Jian met with Guo Huamao in person. Guo Huamao proposed to rent the management rights of Dasheng for a fake sum of 430,000 taels. Obviously, Zhang Jian would not agree at all.Zhang Jian said that he felt sorry for the Tongzhou elders by selling Dasheng, and he had not yet reached the end of his life by renting it out. If he was not willing to help, he would be willing to carry on.

Jiang Mengsheng complained about having no money every day, which made Shen Jingfu very angry and reminded him that if his subordinates heard him, they would definitely create trouble and affect the entire factory.Matsuhei Nishimura learned that the Daiso Spinners were in a difficult period and it was the best time to enter the Chinese yarn industry. Shinnosuke Oda asked him to help major Japanese trading companies such as Mitsui Products lead ordinary trading companies to gradually break away from the East Asian Chinese trade network established by the Chinese and independently carry out trade with China.

At noon, Dong Yihong brought food to Zhang Jian and wanted to know what to do next. Zhang Jian said that he would survive the downturn in the gauze market and wait until the spring comes and the flowers bloom, which is when the big life will come back.In addition, Zhang Jian thought of a good idea, that is, all the funds from the Shanghai Stock Exchange were received, and all the machines of the Dasheng Cotton Mill were turned on. At present, the yarn price was low, and the cotton price was even lower. He should stock up on cotton and yarn. Once the market improves, he can make a lot of money. In this way, he can establish various academies, both science and Chinese studies, to cultivate the pillars of the country.

While he was talking, there was a commotion outside. Zhang Jian found a man buying cotton yarn against the market, so he took the initiative to talk and found that the man was Xu Gengnian, a Ningbo businessman.Xu Gengnian invited Zhang Jian to meet at Wangjiang Tea House. Zhang Jian offered to entertain Xu Gengnian and even sold calligraphy and paintings to raise money.The owner of the calligraphy and painting shop didn't believe Dong Yihong at first, but he finally believed it until he saw Zhang Jian himself.

In Wangjiang Teahouse, Zhang Jian took a bundle of cotton yarn to Xu Gengnian and negotiated a price of 80“ to sell it, but hoped that the other party would pay half of the payment first.Xu Gengnian was worried that Dasheng would be shut down halfway, so he did not agree to Zhang Jian's conditions. Zhang Jian bluntly said that the yarn would be produced at 70”. Xu Gengnian saw that he was in urgent need of money, so he said that when he returned to Ningbo to handle the payment, the monthly order would be remitted to Dasheng Spinnery.

In the days that followed, Zhang Jian decided to ask the factory to arrange production, and Liu Yuan was put in charge of Dasheng's Shanghai accounting office.Nishimura paid a special visit to Zhang Jian and gave him a statue of the God of Wealth. Zhang Jian knew the purpose of his visit and once again emphasized that he would not rent or sell the statue. As a Chinese, he would never do anything to forget his ancestors.

After a while, Xu Gengnian's money did not remit as scheduled. Instead, they spent a fortune buying cotton and yarn, and accumulated a lot of goods that could not be sold.Jiang Mengsheng was so anxious that he couldn't help complaining that Zhang Jian should not trust Xu Gengnian so easily, and felt wronged for himself.

Shen Jingfu thought Xu Gengnian was not that despicable. Jiang Mengsheng guessed that Xu Gengnian was setting a trap for them. He only wanted to force Dasheng Cotton Factory into a desperate situation so that Guo Huamao and the Japanese could eat Dasheng, and he was the pawn of the two of them.When Zhang Jian heard Jiang Mengsheng's words, he felt as if he was enlightened. He realized that the mountains and seas were far more dangerous, and the comprador's face was revealed. The payment promised by Xu Gengnian was supposed to be a life-saving straw, but now it seemed to be a scam. The backlog of cotton yarn was hopeless, which made him extremely anxious.

Early in the morning, Zhang Jian found Shen Jingfu and Jiang Mengsheng, apologized for having listened to Xu Gengnian earlier, and took out the land deed of his ancestral home to exchange for money.In addition, Zhang Jian plans to go to Shanghai again to rent the Dasheng Cotton Factory to Guo Huamao, and when the rent arrives, he will compensate everyone.However, Jiang Mengsheng and Shen Jingfu strongly opposed it. They had faced difficulties together for so many years and would never agree to break up.

At this time, Xu Gengnian's payment arrived, and Liu Yuan received news from Shanghai that the market price of cotton yarn had continued to rise for three consecutive days and would continue to rise in the future.Dasheng Cotton Factory had made a turnaround. In order to expand its influence, Zhang Jian summoned people from all walks of life to visit and make progress. Sheng Xuanhuai, at Guo Huamao's suggestion, prepared to go there in person.

From then on, various merchants went to the yarn mill to place orders one after another. The Dasheng yarn mill was very prosperous, and it immediately resumed work and production. In response to the sharp increase in yarn prices in the market, the shareholders saw Dasheng's happy events, and stopped waiting and paid dividends.In August and September, yarn prices and flower prices went from negligible to profitable. Zhang Jian saw that according to this momentum, yarn prices would rise steadily from October to the end of the year. He took this opportunity to expand recruitment and fully operate the machine.

On the day of the visit, Zhang Jian specially hung four paintings on the wall to express their meaning.Sheng Xuanhuai led a group of people to Dasheng Cotton Factory and saw four "factory warning pictures" on the wall. Liu Yuan introduced to them that the original intention of the pictures was not to forget the hardships in the process of running the factory.However, people around Guo Huamao saw the clues and thought that the four paintings were scolding him and Sheng Xuanhuai. Guo Huamao believed them to be true and hurriedly found Liu Yuan to remind him not to try to offend Sheng Xuanhuai or face a good end.

Afterwards, Zhang Jian asked Jiang Mengsheng to organize a meeting for everyone. Everyone knew that the factory made a lot of money and insisted on letting Jiang Mengsheng treat him.On the other side, yarns from various factories in Shanghai were piling up like mountains, but sales at Dasheng Cotton Factory were booming. This made Sheng Xuanhuai feel depressed, so he asked Guo Huamao to do something.

Shen Jingfu planned to buy more cotton, but Jiang Mengsheng still had several expenses and did not want to spend all the money on purchasing goods.Zhang Jian came up with an idea and planned to build a cotton field. Shen Jingfu felt that land reclamation was not reliable at all and did not agree with his idea.

At this time, Guo Huamao carried two boxes of silver and sent them to Jiang Mengsheng, saying that he had an old acquaintance who wanted to buy a house in Tongzhou for his wife. Since there would be a large amount of money, he asked Jiang Mengsheng to help.Jiang Mengsheng was a little moved when he saw it, and directly explained his attitude to Guo Huamao. Guo Huamao apologized for the previous stock capital, and finally made Jiang Mengsheng accept the business. Jiang Mengsheng reminded his son not to let anyone else know.

Soon, Zhang Jian set off again, taking Dong Yihong to visit Liu Kunyi, still hoping to obtain the wasteland he needed previously.However, something unexpected happened, and the Queen Mother still did not give up the idea of ​​deposing the emperor. She issued an edict to appoint Pu Jun, the son of Prince Duan, as her eldest brother, and urged Liu Kunyi to go to Beijing to express his attitude. Liu Kunyi was currently in a dilemma. If he resisted going to Beijing, he might be blamed by the court. If he went to Beijing, it would be difficult to let him return south.

Zhang Jian felt that Liu Kunyi was an important minister of the country and had to speak, but fortunately there were all the generals of the Hunan Army here. When the time came, he could ask the feudal lord to report to the court, saying that the generals of the Hunan Army could not be restrained except by Liu Kunyi. The court would not force Liu Kunyi to stay in the capital.

After returning to the inn, Zhang Jian couldn't sleep at night, so he talked with Dong Yihong.Dong Yihong advised Zhang Jian not to lose heart. Zhang Jian thought that the right way was to let the people have enough to eat first.The Gengzi Rebellion caused great trouble due to the stubbornness and conservatism of the imperial court. It provoked provocations from the eight countries, which plunged the north into a crisis. Major newspapers continued to publish the evil deeds, and everyone in the country was panicked.Likewise, the Japanese are also watching.

Because the Japanese were behind the scenes, the price of cotton yarn was extremely unstable, and Dasheng Cotton Mill could not receive any cotton at all.Boss Cai borrowed money to buy the goods and begged Jiang Mengsheng to be accommodating. Jiang Mengsheng was not moved at all, but Shen Jingfu was willing to help. The two had differences of opinion again and had a heated argument.

After Zhang Jian came back, he immediately went to Meng's house to understand the situation.Jiang Mengsheng felt aggrieved, thought he was not wrong, and even couldn't figure it out.Zhang Jian helped Jiang Mengsheng distinguish the interests, sorted out the clues and clearly understood the situation, and pointed out that someone was taking advantage of the chaos to hoard cotton and raise prices, but they were passive from the raw material side. If all the yarn merchants collapsed, Dasheng Cotton Factory would be attacked from both sides.

Therefore, in the face of this situation, Zhang Jian advocates that we should unite yarn merchants to deal with the outside world and avoid internal strife.While they were talking, Jiang Mengsheng's wife prepared a meal, and Shen Jingfu and others also came over. Jiang Mengsheng was enlightened by Zhang Jianyi and finally figured out many things.

In the middle of the night, Zhang Jian cooked the medicine and gave it to Xu Duan, and then went back to work.Xu Duan sat next to her while sewing. She looked at her husband frequently and swallowed the words several times.Early the next morning, everyone in the factory held a meeting to discuss the chaos in cotton prices in the market. Zhang Jian remained silent throughout the whole process, until he finally mentioned Nishimura's ambition to win the cotton pricing power, and asked Liangzu to go to Shanghai to investigate. Regardless of whether there was someone behind the scenes, they must consider the source of the raw material market and must not be strangled on this issue.

Then Zhang Jian and others went to find Father Ni and asked him whether cotton could be grown on the deserted beach.Mr. Ni believes that it is difficult to grow cotton on barren land, and it will definitely not take three or two years to cultivate fertile land on saline-alkali land. Moreover, when the tide comes, no matter whether it is a thousand acres of fertile land or brick houses and thatched houses, they will all be washed away into the Dragon Palace of the East China Sea.Zhang Jian listened to what Father Ni said and understood something else. As long as the saline-alkali land was turned into fertile farmland and then seawalls were built, there would be no problem. Everyone thought it could be done.

Soon, Liangzu came back from Shanghai and found out that the bank responsible for speculating on the price of Khmer cotton was the Sino-Russian Fuchang Bank. They had a long-term plan to control the cotton pricing power and targeted Tongtai Spinners, hoping to raise costs so that the spinners would be unable to repay the loans and then annex it.

During the meal, Jiang Mengsheng saw that everyone was in a low mood. Zhang Jian decided to reclaim the Lusi Wasteland and plant cotton. No matter what, he had to get the right to plant the raw materials in his own hands.Jiang Mengsheng was worried that the failure to improve the wasteland would be equivalent to investing a lot of money in vain. Doing so would chill the shareholders, so he left the meeting angrily.

The Japanese worked hard but still missed the opportunity. Tongtai Cotton Mill was sold to cotton merchant Wenzhenghao for 380,000 taels of silver, and it was now renamed Wenzheng Cotton Mill.For this reason, Nishimura and Yamamoto reported the situation to Shinnosuke Oda and asked him to give them some more time. Shinnosuke Oda was very disappointed and specially found Taro Ikoma. From now on, he arranged for him to be with Nishimura. It was for training and learning, but in fact he was responsible for surveillance.

Jiang Mengsheng was still losing his temper. Shen Jingfu planned to do ideological work for him and Zhang Jian, but this time Zhang Jian was resolute and insisted on cultivating cotton.Shen Jingfu felt that to reclaim such a large wasteland, to build a bottom to prevent moisture, to improve the soil and to grow cotton, it would definitely be necessary to set up a company, and there would be a shortage of manpower.Zhang Jian recommended several students from Jiangning Academy. Shen Jingfu suspected that these people needed time to familiarize themselves with the situation. If they were too young, it would be difficult to manage things. Instead, he thought of Zhang Jian coming back to help. Zhang Jian, on Shen Jingfu's suggestion, planned to write a letter to his third brother.

Nishimura introduced Taro Ikoma to Lan Zhiming, the assistant manager of the business group. Unexpectedly, Taro Ikoma was skeptical of Lan Zhiming because he was Chinese and asked to take over the most difficult task.Jiang Zhili, son of Jiang Mengsheng, liked Shen Lanjun. In order to win the beauty back, he discussed with Liangzu to help ease the relationship between several uncles.

Nishimura saw that Ikoma was an informant sent by Oda Shinnosuke, so he came to Yamamoto to discuss countermeasures, and deliberately took Ikoma Taro to Yayonaga Shuzuru's wine shop, but Ikoma Taro was not interested in the prostitute at all, and only had work and tasks in his mind.To this end, Nishimura sent Kotaro to Tongzhou to collect all information about Dasheng Cotton Mill and Tongmian Market, and temporarily transferred him away from Shanghai.

In Sihai Pawnshop, Jiang Zhili rushed to inform his father that Zhang Jian was going to remove his money director because he refused to engage in land reclamation and animal husbandry, so that Liu Yuan could take over as his replacement, and the first thing Liu Yuan did after taking office was to use all the money in his account to engage in land reclamation and animal husbandry.Jiang Mengsheng believed it and immediately went to Dasheng Cotton Factory.

On the other hand, Liangzu planned to lure Zhang Jian to the factory, but Zhang Jian exposed it at a glance.In order to ease the conflict between Zhang Jian and Jiang Mengsheng over farming and herding, the two juniors asked them to sit down and have a good discussion. Zhang Jian explained the importance of planting cotton on land. Even if something went wrong, one should not stop moving forward out of fear. He could not hold on to success at all, so he had to keep moving forward.As Zhang Jian said, if Jiang Mengsheng stayed at Sihai Pawnshop, how could he agree with them to open a factory? Jiang Mengsheng felt that Zhang Jian's words were reasonable, and finally agreed to set up a reclamation and animal husbandry, and the two reconciled.

Jiang Zhili was waiting outside the door to eavesdrop, but his father grabbed the back of his neck and dragged him back to the pawn shop. His heart was racing, thinking that Jiang Mengsheng was to blame him.However, Jiang Mengsheng knew in his heart that Jiang Zhili had good intentions. Instead of blaming his son, he decided to hand over the management of his pawnshop to his son in order to focus all his attention on Dasheng Cotton Mill.

Zhang Jian received Zhang Jian's letter in Jiangxi and knew something about his reclamation, but he had not yet decided whether to go back to help.Nowadays, affected by the Boxer Rebellion, sales on the Northern Veil Road are stagnant, and shareholders all have complaints. Zhang Jian convened a special meeting to convene everyone, and promised to give two cents of profits to the yarn merchants, encouraging them to expand overseas and open up sales.

At the meeting, Shen Jingfu emphasized that the big students should give up profits. He just wanted to pull them out of the quagmire. Even if there was a war in the north, it would still not hinder them from doing business. No matter how chaotic the world was, there would always be peace. He reminded everyone not to talk too much and do everything.Similarly, Zhang Jian followed Shen Jingfu's words and promised that no matter who opens the market, he is willing to give up another profit.

Zhang Jin thought about it again and again, and finally decided to resign and return to his hometown, where he and his brother would co-operate in many matters related to cotton mills and land reclamation.After he returned to Tongzhou, his family reunited. Zhang Jian personally explained the pros and cons of the land reclamation in detail, and received Zhang Jian's full support.

On the other side, a man named De Ye% brought a snuff bottle to the pawn shop, hoping to pawn it. Jiang Mengsheng asked the man to pawn the money to buy cotton yarn at Dasheng Cotton Mill.Jiang Mengsheng immediately invited De Ye to the side for a chat and came up with a solution for him. De Ye brought a money order and promised to send the money to Dasheng Cotton Mill within three days. He hoped to send the goods to the north first. After all, the war in the north was tight.Jiang Mengsheng thought about it again and again, and simply believed in Mr. De's character, agreed to cooperate with him, and then returned to the factory with the money order to claim credit.

Zhang Jian talked about his current difficulties and gave Zhang Jian a vaccination in advance. This matter is indeed not beneficial at the moment, but if we look at it three, five or even ten years later, it will not only be beneficial, but also benefit the people's voice.Because Zhang Jian agreed readily, Zhang Jian found it incredible.

Nishimura found Lan Zhiming and questioned him for betraying him. Lan Zhiming hurriedly explained that he was threatened by Taro Ikoma. If he didn't listen to him, he would be fired by Oda.Lan Zhiming confessed to Xi Cun that he was ordered to pick up more than 3,000 pieces of goods shipped from Dasheng Cotton Mill.At the same time, Liu Yuan came to the warehouse and found that three thousand pieces of cotton yarn had been taken away without authorization, and suddenly realized that something was wrong.

Jiang Mengsheng thought he had negotiated a big deal and couldn't wait to find Zhang Jian and Shen Jingfu. He wanted Zhang Jian to write a letter to Yuan Shikai and send troops to escort three thousand pieces of cotton yarn.After Zhang Jian and Shen Jingfu learned the whole story, they felt very strange and worried that something would happen.

Sure enough, Liu Yuan hurried from the warehouse and truthfully informed that three thousand pieces of cotton yarn had been shipped without approval last night.Jiang Mengsheng still didn't think there was a problem. Zhang and Shen quickly called everyone to the dock and tried to stop the ship. However, when they chased them to the dock, they found that the ship had already left the port.

Shen Jingfu angrily accused Jiang Mengsheng of being deceived. He defrauded 3,000 pieces of yarn from a deposit of 2,000 taels. If the balance was not paid, he would be in big trouble.Jiang Mengsheng recalled the details and later realized that he had been trapped. Zhang Jian broke down the scam to Jiang Mengsheng, which made Jiang Mengsheng wake up and regret that he had done bad things with good intentions.

Dong Yihong led people north and south by land to intercept the cotton yarn at various ports, but never saw the shipment. Based on the clues he had so far, Zhang Jian suspected that the Japanese were manipulating it and trying to negotiate terms with Dasheng with 3,000 pieces of cotton yarn.Zhang Jian asked Shen Jingfu to send a message to his friends in Shanghai, telling him to notify him as soon as possible if he saw the shipment. In addition, he ordered to take a warning and improve the factory regulations. No matter whether it is water or land, it requires approval at all levels before it can be transported. It would be best if the cotton yarn could be recovered. Don't be discouraged if you can't find it.

Nishimura rebuked Taro Ikoma for using despicable means to defraud Daisheng cotton yarn. He was worried that this would affect the reputation of Japanese businessmen in China. Taro Ikoma vowed that he would never be discovered.Since Jiang Mengsheng found out that he had been deceived, he had been feeling sorry for himself in the pawnshop all day long. Zhang Jian and Shen Jingfu came to persuade him. Shen Jingfu hated Jiang Mengsheng, but Zhang Jian asked Jiang Mengsheng to report and publish his experience of being defrauded. On the one hand, he wanted to alert his peers, and on the other hand, only by being honest with each other can shareholders regain their confidence.

On the other side, Shinnosuke Oda was very satisfied with Taro Ikoma's results and publicly appointed Taro Ikoma as the deputy leader of the Japanese team of the International Merchant Group.Taro Ikoma accepted the new appointment and did not take Nishimura seriously at all. He directly explained the next plan and emphasized that it was supported by Oda.Li Lianying reported Zhang Jian's secrets. When the Queen Mother heard that Zhang Jian was going to open up wasteland and grow cotton, she felt like a practical person, so she sent an order for him to work hard.

Taro Ikoma then went to see Guo Huamao in person and stated straight to the point that Dasheng Spinnery had suffered a huge loss of more than 190,000 yuan. He hoped that Guo Huamao could unite with shareholders who were dissatisfied with Dasheng and withdraw their shares in Dasheng Spinnery.In return, Taro Ikoma promised to give him shares of equal value in future Japanese-owned cotton mills. Guo Huamao had long disliked the practices of the Eight-Power Allied Forces, let alone cooperated with the Japanese. He did not accept Taro Ikoma's threat, but pointed out the eight words of business.

Zhang Jian was somewhat flattered when he received the Empress Dowager's grace and permission to cultivate wasteland, but he also hoped that the court would allocate funds to encourage him, but the court only gave verbal encouragement.Fortunately, Dong Yihong and Jiang Mengsheng's efforts were not in vain, and they successfully recovered 3,000 cotton yarns and recovered their losses.On the other hand, Nishimura took this opportunity to beat Taro Ikoma.

Back at the factory, Zhang Jian called everyone and said that he had invited a Dutch engineer, Naige, to help survey and map the terrain of Lusi. Naige saw the Dasheng Cotton Mill and felt that their factory was very grand, no less inferior to European factories.

Zhao Yingde regarded Zhang Jian as a thorn in his side and felt that he had stolen his limelight. Huang Mu gave Zhao Yingde a damaging move, revealing that Zhang Jian's farmland involved the military fields of Langshan Town, so he could go to Gao Baoshan to discuss dealing with Zhang Jian.When Gao Baoshan heard that Zhang Jian was attacking his territory, he became furious.

Huang Mu specifically reported the situation to Gao Baoshan. Although they did not understand the reason why Zhang Jian wanted the wasteland, Gao Baoshan decided to test the other party, especially when he made himself suffer the old hatred of Twenty Army Sticks, so he had to vent his anger.Zhang Jian found Li Shenzhi, the squire of Lu Si, who strongly supported Dasheng's reclamation, and the shareholders also contributed money, which relieved everyone's worries.

Now Naige took his students to survey the wasteland and happened to be standing on the military field, so he was caught by Gao Baoshan's men.No matter how Naige explained, Gao Baoshan refused to communicate due to the language barrier until Zhang Jian came in person to explain the situation and begged Gao Baoshan to be noble and let him go.

Soon after, the Eight-Power Allied Forces entered the city, and the Queen Mother and the Emperor were forced to hunt westward in a hurry. They learned from the pain and issued an imperial edict on the way, and then issued a series of edicts to open up channels of speech and accept advice and seek talents. Anyone with a discerning eye could see that there seemed to be another intention to implement a new policy.Liu Kun came to Zhang Jian to discuss reforms and asked him to write a charter and submit it. Zhang Jian proposed three reforms. He always believed that the integration of the old and the new was the best, so he named it - Reform Pingyi -.

The students of Yingzhou Academy expressed their dissatisfaction and became restless due to the invasion of foreigners. Only one student named Jiang Daomin remained calm and composed.Jiang Daomin took his classmate Jiang Qian to find Zhang Jian for answers, hoping that the other party could answer his questions.Zhang Jian told them that the destruction of the world is in danger of the destruction of the country, and protecting the country is something that kings and ministers should consider. Protecting the world is closely related to everyone. What's more, the two palaces still exist and the country is not destroyed. The students only need to study hard and save the country. As long as the cultural context and morality are continuous, the world will naturally not be destroyed.

In Zhang Jian's view, people should not mourn when their hearts die, and the country should not mourn when its people die. The so-called subjugation of the world means the subjugation of the people. There are only two things that lead to the subjugation of the people. One is moral decay, and the other is poverty of livelihood. Poverty is due to the lack of industry, and moral decadence is due to lack of education. That's why he decided to set up industry and provide education in return. He encouraged students to work with him to save the country after graduation. Jiang Daomin and others were deeply inspired.

In order to resolve the military field matter as soon as possible, Zhang Jian led his people to negotiate with Gao Baoshan in person, and frankly stated his intention and sincerity. Unexpectedly, Gao Baoshan asked for a price of 10 taels per mu for both wasteland and farmland, and he could only rent it for two years first, and the subsequent rent would be negotiated after the expiry.Obviously, no one could accept this condition at all, and the negotiation came to an end. After Zhang Jian returned, he felt that Gao Baoshan was not sincere in negotiating business, and suspected that someone was instigating him behind the scenes.

Shen Yuhe came to see his daughter with money. When he heard that Zhang Jian was reclaiming wasteland, he was definitely not optimistic about it, but Wu Daomin believed in Zhang Jian's ability.Seeing his daughter supporting Zhang Jian so much, Shen Yuhe couldn't say anything else. Originally, he wanted to give Zhang Jian a banknote, but he was afraid that Zhang Jian would invest all the money in reclamation, so he simply gave it to Wu Daomin.

Everyone continued to prepare for land reclamation locally, even if the conditions were difficult. Naige told them the history of land reclamation from the sea in the Netherlands, which gave everyone confidence.On the other hand, Huang Mu was sowing discord around Gao Baoshan, saying that Zhang Jian would definitely not retreat despite the difficulties and would come back sooner or later. He analyzed Zhang Jian's profit from it with a villain's heart and encouraged Gao Baoshan to raise prices.

On the other side, Jiang Zhili, Shen Lanjun, and Liangzu were spreading lime in the fields. The three of them were talking and laughing when suddenly a group of people rushed up and pushed Jiang Zhili to the ground without saying a word, cursing and telling them to get out.Liangzu talked to the other party in a good voice, but these people were unreasonable at all. They claimed that the wasteland was owned by an owner. They occupied the fields and benefited from it, and the local people had no way of living.

Jiang Zhili was so angry that he started to argue with them. One of them became angry and raised a stick to hit someone.Liang Zu had quick eyes and quick hands, and stood up to block a stick from the two of them.Upon seeing this, Jiang Zhili hurriedly went to find the doctor, and happened to meet his father. Jiang Mengsheng also immediately told Zhang Jian the news.

Jiang Mengsheng immediately told Zhang Jian about the matter, thinking that it should be reported to the government immediately, and the government would personally deal with it, otherwise something would definitely happen one after another in the future.Shen Jingfu rarely agreed with Jiang Mengsheng, pointing out that Tian Erlang, who was leading the trouble today, was a well-known rogue in Lu Si, and it was best to kill them with their arrogance.

However, Zhang Jian felt that there was no need to worry at the moment, and it was better to let Liang Zu seek medical treatment first to ensure that he was fine.He believed that there was someone behind the group, and everything was due to the issue of land rights. Jiang Mengsheng found that the land rights involved too many people, and it was far more complicated than they imagined. Zhang Jian directly made it clear that the people would not suffer losses. They first defined the land within the boundaries of the reclamation and animal husbandry company, and he personally went to meet Sun Dagui, the owner of the salt farm.

Shen Yuhe was worried that Zhang Jian would suffer a big loss, so he took the initiative to visit Gaobaoshan and presented a large gift. He directly explained his relationship with Zhang Jian and expressed his disapproval of his son-in-law's land reclamation and animal husbandry.After listening to Shen Yuhe's words, Gao Baoshan felt that the other party had the same idea as his, so he simply softened his attitude.

The local officers and soldiers forced the people to hand over 50,000 barrels of salt. The people heard that Tian Erlang had beaten the nephew of the No. 1 Duke, and they were worried that they would get into big trouble.Zhang Jian met Sun Dagui himself under Dong Yihong's introduction, and he was so frightened that he thought Zhang Jian was here to investigate.After the two sat down calmly, Zhang Jian learned about the difficulties of the salt farm. He Wenwen explained to Sun Dagui that reclaiming land for cultivation was a good thing, and promised to give a group of people resettlement fees and a new livelihood.Sure enough, Sun Dagui felt that Zhang Jian was sincere and had a change of heart towards him. Zhang Jian asked Dong Yihong to distribute steamed buns to everyone. Dong Yihong explained everyone's doubts and made them completely put aside their prejudice against Zhang Jian.

Not long after, Zhang Jian drafted an article of association, hoping that Gao Baoshan would join Dasheng as a shareholder in Bingtian. From then on, he would no longer have to worry about Bingtian, and the profits could also be collected annually.In addition, Zhang Jian and others emphasized that dividends would be distributed to shareholders after four years, but the land rent within four years would still be paid, and the details of the reclamation were explained in detail.

On the other side, Shen Lanjun was grateful to Liangzu for saving his life and accompanied him to see the doctor.During this period, the two met Tian Erleng. Dong Yihong immediately chased him and subdued him in a few strokes.Liangzu and Shen Lanjun were kind-hearted. Seeing that Tian Erlang was a filial son for getting medicine for his mother, they gave him money and let him leave. Tian Erlang felt guilty and bowed deeply to them.

Gao Baoshan was still worried. When he mentioned Shen Yuhe, he emphasized that he had thousands of elite soldiers under his command. It was these military fields that people and horses depended on. If there was a risk in the future, Zhang Jian and others could tear down the east wall and make up for the west wall to carry it through, but he would not be able to deliver.Zhang Jian said that he had been ordered by the Ming Dynasty to reclaim wasteland in order to make money from the mines and expand his family's business. Regardless of whether the military field was a shareholding or not, reclamation was inevitable, and he persuaded Gaobaoshan to make a living for the people.

As soon as he said this, Gao Baoshan put forward a condition, that is, if he wanted him to buy shares, he must be allowed to buy shares in Dasheng Cotton Mill.Zhang Jian revealed to Gao Baoshan that half of Dasheng's shares were official shares. When Gao Baoshan heard this, he immediately withered because if his Bingtian invested in Dasheng, it would naturally be merged into official shares and would have little to do with him.

Sun Dagui thought twice and finally came to Zhang Jian, fearing that he would be deceived again.Zhang Jian understood Sun Dagui's concerns and bluntly said that it was better for them to stay home than to leave their hometown. He needed a lot of people to reclaim the wasteland. In the future, he would also need manpower to store water and plant cotton. So he decided to let the Yanding brothers stay and work. If they were willing to stay, they would sign the contract. If they didn't want to stay, they would still pay the resettlement fees and make proper arrangements.With this layer of protection, Sun Dagui was filled with gratitude to Zhang Jian and promised to discuss it with his brothers when he returned.

In the middle of the night, Lan Zhiming met Huang Mu alone, bribed him with money to do work for the Japanese, and tried to persuade Gao Baoshan to become a stumbling block for Zhang Jian.As soon as he left Huang Mu's house, he was caught by Dong Yihong. Zhang Jian immediately called Jiang Mengsheng and Shen Jingfu to emphasize the importance of the matter.

The next day, Zhang Jian and others gave Gao Baoshan a bloody horse, which made Gao Baoshan very happy.Zhang Jian told Gao Baoshan about the collusion between Huang Mu and Lan Zhiming, making him realize that he had become a pawn used by the Japanese. Gao Baoshan decisively changed his attitude and agreed to use Langshan Bingtian as a stake.

Lu Si entered the spring famine after experiencing a bad harvest. Some people on the construction site had already fainted from hunger. The rumors about people starving to death made the people even more uneasy.Zhang Jian first asked Li Shenzhi to go to the city to raise food. Even if he was borrowing or buying food, he had to deliver the first batch of food as soon as possible.However, the grain transport ship crashed in the wind and waves, and the rescue plan failed again. The civilians who had been without food for many days began to stop work, and the situation could get out of control at any time.

Zhang Jian did not see the problem as just a shutdown at the construction site.On the one hand, he tried to bring in food to alleviate the immediate crisis; on the other hand, he listened to the opinions of the squire and realized that Tongzhou's local food sources were insufficient and that he had to find ways from outside.Zhao Yingde hoped that he would take the lead in donating money, and Zhang Jian agreed to help lobby shareholders, but he also explained that all the pressure could not be put on one company.

In order to make grain from other places willing to flow into Tongzhou, Zhang Jian proposed to first raise the price of grain to attract supply, and then sell it at a fair price after the grain was concentrated.As soon as the list came out, it was difficult for the people to understand it, and other places also held Tongzhou accountable due to the increase in refugees.Zhao Yingde hesitated at first, but finally adopted the plan.At the same time, Guo Huamao threatened to withdraw investment on the grounds that the cost of land reclamation and animal husbandry was too high, and Shen Yuhe did not understand why Zhang Jian focused on the deserted beaches.

Zhang Jian put the solution to the grain shortage and the promotion of land reclamation and animal husbandry on the same line: first let the people survive, and then let them have a long-term livelihood.He proposed to move the sea festival to Lu Sihuangtan, with Dasheng bearing the expenses, hoping to use the ceremony to gain local support; he also asked Wu Daoyin to prepare Liu Kunyi's favorite chili sauce and personally win his presence.Wu Daoyin also asked his father to contact businessmen to stabilize Guo Huamao. In the end, the sea festival was successfully held, the resistance to land reclamation and animal husbandry was lifted, and migrant workers returned to the construction site.

After Liu Kunyi came to Lusi to participate in the Sea Festival, Kenmu received clearer local support.Guo Huamao did not withdraw his capital rashly, and the number of migrant workers began to rebound. Zhang Jian finally opened up the situation for Tonghai Reclamation and Animal Husbandry to continue to advance.