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Lin Yuan's expression changed suddenly, and he said to Qian Su who was on the ground, "Bold Qian Su, it costs 200 million taels of silver per mouth, do you want to fill your own pocket?"

These words almost scared Qian Su out of his urine, Qian Su thought to himself: "I said, why is this Lin Yuan so quiet, so he wanted to harm me, so as to show his loyalty!"

Qian Su hurriedly said: "Lord Lin, even if you have the guts of a bear, you don't dare to embezzle this money! To build a mausoleum, two million taels of silver is not only not much, but not enough. Think about it, Lafayette." The mausoleum, no matter what it is, must use the best, just for this wood, it must be made of high-quality golden nanmu, and it must be carved by a craftsman, and it must be painted with the best lacquer, and it will cost thousands of taels of silver .”

Lin Yuan said: "It would be fine if you just think about filling your own pockets. You must have no good intentions to let Lafayette pay for the repair of the mausoleum! Just relying on the bad intentions behind you, killing you a thousand times is not enough!"

Qian Su hurriedly kowtowed to the ground, and said, "Lafayette, this servant is loyal, and the world can learn from it. I don't know why Master Lin said that about me?"

Cixi also asked: "That's right, Lin Aiqing, is it wrong for him to build a mausoleum for Ai's family?"

Lin Yuan said: "Doesn't Lafayette remember that the foreign devils used Wang Tianmu to play tricks and prevent me from building the railway in the Qing Dynasty?"

Cixi said angrily: "Of course I remember. I heard that Wang Tianmu has been tortured to death. It's really clear, and the retribution is not good. Good, great!"

Lin Yuan said: "Money is what is most needed to build a railway. Now my Qing Dynasty is surrounded by great powers, and if my Qing Dynasty is not strong, wouldn't the mausoleum that was built be trampled by foreign devils like the Old Summer Palace! This money is always there. At this juncture, it is proposed to rebuild the mausoleum and use a lot of silver, what is the difference with Wang Tianmu and his ilk!"

Cixi was a little moved by what Lin Yuan said, and she nodded involuntarily. Seeing Cixi nodding, Qian Su was so frightened that her soul flew out of her mind, and quickly said, "Lafayette, the mausoleum is indeed damaged in many places, and it should be rested."

Lin Yuan said angrily: "When can't the mausoleum be rebuilt, does it have to be rebuilt now? I think you are looking forward to the early death of Lafayette!"

Qian Su kowtowed like a chicken pecking rice, and said repeatedly: "No, no, the mausoleum must be repaired indeed!"

Lin Yuan asked again: "Then let me ask you, to what extent has the mausoleum been damaged? Does it mean that if it is not repaired today, it will collapse tomorrow? If that is the case, why did you report it now? Just because of your dereliction of duty, You can ask to beheaded!"

Qian Su quickly replied: "No, absolutely not, there are only a few minor damages in the mausoleum, and the officials can just find a craftsman to repair it."

Lin Yuan then said: "Lafayette, since the mausoleum doesn't need to be rebuilt, then give me the water transport money to build the railway."

Cixi nodded and said, "Okay then, the money will be given to you to repair the railway."

Lin Yuan then got Cixi's letter and received the money, but Qian Su was furious, so he began to think, when the time is right, he will put Lin Yuan in a serious stumbling block!

After these things were properly prepared, Lin Yuan set up the Zhang's Railway Company under the name of Zhang Hua, which was run by the government-supervised merchants, and included Zhan Tianyou and other railway construction talents, and then notified the US ambassador to China Thomas.

Thomas has been waiting since Lin Yuan gave him the promise to build the railway. Now that he received the notice from Lin Yuan, he was extremely excited. They and the domestic railway companies have already made preparations. The American railway giant—— The Pacific Railway Company has sent a team of experts to China and is waiting for Lin Yuan's contract.

Thomas sent an envoy to look for Lin Yuan, and the envoy said to Lin Yuan when he saw Lin Yuan's face, "Ambassador Thomas invites you to attend a reception at No. [-] Dongjiaomin Lane tonight."

Lin Yuan was a little surprised when he heard this sentence, because the time of the reception was wrong, Beijing in this era did not have electric lighting equipment, so it was pitch black at night, and only candles could be lit. Compared with electric lights, the light of candles was very dim, and many Food can't see the color at all by candlelight, so dining by candlelight is definitely not a pleasant thing, and only couples choose to dine by candlelight for special reasons.

Lin Yuan then asked: "At night? Are you right?"

The messenger said with a smile: "That's right, this is a brand new way of life that we have recently emerged."

Lin Yuan didn't ask any more questions. At night, he took two followers and came to No. [-] Dongjiaomin Lane. When he went in, he was surprised. It turned out that there were not only bright lights, but also various lamps filled with rare gases. Different types of rare gases will emit different colors of light when electrified, which adds a lot of color to the room. Lin Yuan thought to himself: "I wonder when they installed the generator?"

The appearance of the room is very similar to bars in modern society. Behind the long counter, several bartenders are mixing drinks. The room is divided into independent spaces by dozens of screens that are as tall as one person, with sofas and tables inside. , there are a few blond-haired, blue-eyed men hugging black-haired, black-eyed women, and those women are moaning softly in Japanese.

Lin Yuan randomly found an empty table, and just about to sit down, he heard someone beside him say, "You must have made a lot of money this time." Lin Yuan thought to himself, "This is actually the voice of the messenger today. !"

Another voice rang out: "Of course, the Chinese don't know how to build railways at all. If they want to build railways, our company will definitely benefit from it, and the White House also secretly informed us to let us secretly monitor China's movements and build railways, but A warning signal."

"You are right. China has undergone tremendous changes today, as evidenced by the recent war. We have reason to believe that China will become a force that changes the world. Therefore, the White House allows you to take this opportunity to build the railway. China conducts covert and comprehensive reconnaissance."

"Reconnaissance? Reconnaissance of what?"

"The decision-makers in the White House suddenly discovered that they know very little about China. They don't even have a map of China. You are an expert in building railways. I believe you must know that before building railways, you must understand the geographical situation. To carry out the survey, you will use this opportunity to conduct reconnaissance on China's geography and humanities."

The voice laughed and said: "We don't need to do this, the Chinese are similar to the Indians in our country. Compared with us, they are a group of uncivilized savages. As long as we want, we can also drive out the Indians. Drive them out!"

"This kind of thinking itself is very dangerous. China is very mysterious, so we cannot underestimate the enemy."

Lin Yuan listened and thought to himself: "It seems that one of these two people is a railway expert and the other is a member of the government. On the one hand, they want to use the opportunity of building the railway to conduct reconnaissance in the interior of our country, and on the other hand, they want to make money by building the railway. , Unfortunately, with me here, they will definitely not be able to succeed."

At this moment, Thomas appeared in front of Lin Yuan in casual clothes, and said with a smile, "I didn't expect you to come already. Let me introduce two people to you."

As he spoke, he called the attendant to whisper a few words, and the attendant quickly brought the two people. As soon as the two spoke, Lin Yuan recognized that it was the person who had just spoken.