I am rich in martial arts, but choose culture to win

Zhu Fugui couldn't believe that his wife's pet was so narrow-minded and didn't learn Susu's generosity at all.

The breeder brother quickly explained with a bitter face.

Who in the zoo does not know that this uncle who goes to work on time at 9:3 am and leaves work on time at [-]:[-] pm every day is the pet of Grandpa Long Live?

It wants to stroll in the zoo, who can stop it!

So Messi's work in the zoo has changed from being appreciated by people to appreciating animals these days.

Sometimes when she sees animals like tapirs, sambars, and sambars, she will drool.

The breeders had no choice but to pretend they didn't see it.

Fortunately, Messi appeared frequently with Concubine Yin in various social occasions.

The common people in Fengdu liked her very much, and there was no trouble for the time being.

At most, parents have to pay more attention to their own bear children, lest they owe money and the like.

……

After looking at the tiger for a while, Messi yawned and went back to his mountain for an afternoon nap.

Zhu Fugui didn't want to disturb her either.

After all, she is working to subsidize her family.

According to the employment agreement signed with the zoo, Messi's daily salary is 0.5 silver dollars, which is comparable to that of female workers with clumsy hands and feet.

In comparison, Zhu Fugui felt that his dogs and mules were even more useless.

Walking around, Zhu Fugui also finished feeding the dried meat, carrots and hay that Zhu Fugui had prepared.

Not surprisingly, the three clouded leopards were still missing.

The western part of North America is so vast, there are wastelands and mountains beyond Fengdu, and the three clouded leopards want to hide, so looking for them is like looking for a needle in a haystack.

Zhu Fugui didn't make things difficult for the zoo either. After all, they didn't lose it, so they could only pay more attention to it.

……

Speaking of the emptiness of the west, Zhu Fugui has a deep understanding.

Because in two days he will go to the Great Salt Lake area to join Julie.

Speaking of which, compared to the two imperial concubines who stayed in Fengdu all the time and went camping in Yellowstone National Park at most, Zhu Fugui and Julie Little Elk played with a much richer background board.

This time at the Great Salt Lake, more poses and backgrounds must be unlocked.

Of course, Zhu Fugui's rush to the Great Salt Lake was not purely for a tryst with his lover.

In fact, every time Zhu Fugui meets Julie in various strange places, it is basically for work.

It's just that, the work that can be done in two or three days, with the little elk here, Emperor Zhu usually has to do it for ten days and a half months.

Low EQ: Big Tianzi paddles for fish, low work efficiency.

High emotional quotient: Da Tianzi strives for perfection and is full of details to win the craftsman spirit.

The reason why I want to go to the Great Salt Lake with Julie for vacation is naturally because [Shuangzhu Group]'s Central Line and South Line of the Pacific Railway have been put on the agenda.

In contrast, the Northern Line Railway, which has already been opened to traffic, uses the valleys washed out by the Columbia River and the Missouri River to cross the mountains, and the construction difficulty is the lowest.

This is also the reason why Zhu Fugui was able to easily persuade old Vanderbilt to bet.

The southern railroad can also take advantage of part of the gap between the Colorado River and the Rio Grande, and the construction difficulty is next.

The most difficult and most important of the three is the Pacific Central Railroad.

The "eighth wonder of the world" that has left countless bones of Chinese laborers in history is this middle-line railway.

Xinhu (San Francisco) has a superior geographical location and is a good port and industrial base that must be vigorously developed.

In order to fully activate the potential of Xinhu, it is imperative to build a railway linking it with the hinterland of the mainland.

However, the towering Sierra Nevada Mountains and the endless Great Salt Lake desert are all obstacles in front of the workers of the Daming Railway.

The Sierra Nevada is over 2000 meters above sea level and over 100 kilometers wide.

To make a comparison, its construction difficulty is no less than that of the miracle on the Taihang Mountains, the artificial Tianhe-Hongqi Canal.

Even simply looking at the height of the ridge, the Sierra Nevada is higher than the Taihang.

The Great Salt Lake Desert, also known as the Utah Desert, or the Great Western Basin Desert, is located between the Sierra Nevada, Rocky Mountains, and the Colorado Plateau, and is the only feasible place to lay railroad tracks.

This continuous desert covers an area of ​​12 square kilometers, slightly larger than one Zhejiang, equivalent to two Tongliao.

I have just forcibly climbed over a mountain comparable to the Taihang, and I have to cross a huge desert of 2T. It is no wonder that Americans call such a celestial road a miracle.

Of course, tens of thousands of Chinese laborers, the builders of the miracle, died or were disabled. They survived by luck, and the Chinese Exclusion Act was finally arranged clearly.

But in any case, no matter how much you pay, this railway will have to be built after all.

This time the construction of the railway will not bother Li Zhongtang to become a shareholder.

As early as two months ago, before Xingzhen's birthday, Zhu Fugui had secretly offered an olive branch to the Chu army, inviting Zuo Zongtang to contribute some money to subscribe for some stocks.

To be honest, Zhu Fugui was not short of money at all, and asking Lao Zuo to recognize a share was firstly to pull him on board and give him a drink of soup, and secondly, it meant to force him to submit a nomination certificate.

It has to be said that Li Hongzhang was completely determined to break with the Qing court, and the role of the railway stocks in his hand was probably much more important than the national righteousness in his heart.

And Zuo Zongtang, not only rejected the title of the Duke of Han, who was conferred by the Ming Dynasty, but also like a rebellious adolescent child, he established himself as the Duke of Chu.

Chu Han Chu Han, you want me Han, but I want Chu!

I am a barbarian from Chu, and I am not convinced by Zhou!

This was almost like slapping Zhu Fugui in the face, and it really seemed like something Zuo Zongtang could do.

Fortunately, he still has a sense of propriety, and he doesn't have such ghost things as the king of Chu or the overlord of Eastern Chu, otherwise Zhu Fugui really wouldn't be able to spoil him.

Now it's just the Duke of Chu...

Hey, who told him to be Zuo Zongtang?

As long as another person comes, look at Zhu Fugui and it will be over if he doesn't cut him!

In short, although Zuo Zongtang was rebellious, but Zhu Fugui didn't believe that his Chu army didn't need to eat, so he threw the meat and bones over.

Sure enough, Lao Zuo was just enjoying his mouthful. As soon as he heard the news of Daming Railway's secret IPO, he immediately gave Zhu Fugui a seal.

Zhu Fugui read the other contents of the secret book at a glance, except for the first sentence, Zhu Fugui read it a dozen times with a smile.

"Minister, Zuo Zongtang played to the sky to hear..."

……

After staying in Fengdu for a few more days, the beleaguered Zuo Chu secret envoy finally arrived in Fengdu.

Zhu Fugui, officials from the Ministry of Household Affairs and the Ministry of Industry, and security personnel will take him by train to Xinzheng, and then transfer to inland boats to travel south along the Columbine Snake River (New Yellow River) to the Great Salt Lake area.

The name of Zuo Zongtang's secret envoy is Hu Xueyan.

Chapter 416 What to do if there is too much food

This year marks the fifth year of Dewu in the Ming Dynasty, and it is also the year of the decisive battle at the end of the "First Five-Year Plan of the Ming Dynasty".

Of course, since Zhu Fugui basically led the aborigines to drill gullies and fight guerrillas during the first year of Dewu, the so-called first five-year plan was actually only four years.

However, from the current point of view, the first five-year plan formulated in the second year of Dewu was still too conservative.

For example, in the "First Five-Year Plan of the Ming Dynasty", it was stipulated that by the end of December in the fifth year of Dewu, the Ming Dynasty would build a land reclamation area of ​​more than 150 million mu to ensure food self-sufficiency.

But so far, Daming has completed 130 million mu of the Xinjin Military Reclamation Area, 70 mu of the New Yellow River Reclamation Area, 350 million mu of the New Pearl River (Colorado River) Reclamation Area, and 1700 million mu of the Central Great Plains Reclamation Area.

Including the scattered arable land cultivated by ordinary people, the total arable land is 2700 million mu.

Even with rice direct seeding and coarse corn planting, Daming's total crop output now exceeds 1800 million tons, with an average per capita of 5000 jin!

Ten times the biological requirement of 500 catties per person per year.

The extra grain is mainly used to brew wine, feed pigs and cattle, and transform it into higher-value meat, eggs, milk and non-staple food.

The remaining grain was exported to Zuo and Li in exchange for population and other resources, or to the southern government for watermelons, cotton, and sugar cane.

Of course, the Aztec Grand Duchy also needed relief in extreme poverty.

The food-for-cocoa program is progressing steadily.

But even so, there is still a lot of rich food, and the storage cost is very high.

Zhu Fugui could only sell it to the platform cheaply with tears in his eyes.

……

Therefore, in order to solve the problem of overcapacity of grain, Zhu Fugui still attaches great importance to the arrival of Hu Xueyan.

Hu Xueyan is probably the most famous red-capped businessman in modern Chinese history.

The story about how he rose to the top, how he enjoyed himself in the world, and how he collapsed overnight, dismissed from his job and ransacked his family, has always been talked about.

Today, the Li-Zuo dispute does not exist, at least it is not in a heated state.

Sheng Huaixuan and Hu Xueyan, who are the pocketbooks of Li Hongzhang and Zuo Zongtang respectively, can also ask questions and be confidantes of each other in addition to disputes over the Ming population trade.

It remains to be seen whether the final drama of Wanqing's generation of business legends will be staged.

However, in Zhu Fugui's view, Hu Xueyan's failure was caused by Zuo Zongtang's old age and loss of power in history.

In terms of high emotional intelligence, capital has never been able to completely kidnap power.

As the saying goes, the poor do not compete with the rich, and the rich do not compete with officials.

Of course, the comment that "profiteers make profits, sicken the country" is very biased, but it cannot be said that there is some truth to it.

It's really hard to say which one is more prone to degeneration, capital or bureaucracy.

At least from Zhu Fugui's standpoint, he is naturally wary of big capital.

Of course, if you ask who is the biggest capitalist in Daming today...

That is naturally Zhu Banguo, Zhu is rich and expensive.

In the living room of the Tian (E) brand on the second floor of the Zhaixing Terrace, Zhu Fugui met with the delegation of the Duke of Chu represented by Hu Xueyan.

Speaking of which, this was the first time that Zhu Fugui saw a living historical celebrity in the late Qing Dynasty.

Whether it was Li Hongzhang and the others, or Xing Zhen'er, Zhu Fugui was just a friend of God.

Even if it is broadened to the entire modern history, the real person Zhu Fugui saw was Ito Hirobumi, who was abducted by Morishita.

Shoot Lincoln or something...

It is less reliable than shooting the first generation with a shuriken eight hundred miles away.

Judging from Zhu Fugui's limited experience, these historical celebrities may not have such powerful talents.

Take Ito Hirobumi as an example. He is indeed a very useful top-level secretary, but he is not as smart as a monster in the wild history novels.

There is a saying in later generations.

Why are many big bosses superstitious, not only superstitious about idols, but also superstitious about themselves?

For example, there was a successful real estate developer who went to the emergency room at night because of heart pain.

The doctor judges that the condition is serious and needs to be hospitalized immediately, otherwise there is a risk of sudden death.

But he confidently stated that he had seen through the tricks of doctors to cheat money, and posted on Moments: "The money has not been spent, the work has not been completed, the daughter is still young, the wife is still young, God will not accept it."

A look of arrogance that my fate is up to me.

As a result, 4 days later, his obituary was issued.

The reason for this is that there is a saying that, in fact, the reason why many successful people are successful is that countless accidental factors are superimposed together.

Many times, they don't even know why they are successful.

In the end, it can only be attributed to the fact that I am special and have the "destiny" to add to my body.

According to Zhu Fugui, Hong Xiuquan's younger brother, who is still dancing around in Nanjing, is the best of them, and he is dying of illness.

Of course Hu Xueyan is not a guy like Hong Shengun who succeeds in a daze, but his success is also deeply bound to this era and the old bureaucratic system.

Therefore, Zhu Fugui had no intention of wielding a hoe to poach corners, so he naturally did not give him any courtesy of walking backwards to greet him and sleep on his feet.

Instead, he adopted the most popular form of red-top businessmen like him - red envelopes and kickbacks.