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.