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.