"Alang." His female steward rushed over and whispered: "I just found out that Jia's boss's original surname is Li. He is a young man who calls himself Jiulang."

"How come the big boss of Jia's Trading Company is named Li?"

"It is said that when the old boss died, he divided the business into many shares. One part was given to the Jia family in Taizhou, and the other part was left to a Mrs. Zhao. Mrs. Zhao was not easy to manage, so she divided it among several children."

"Li Jiulang, right?" Zhang Hongyi nodded and asked, "What is this person's temperament?"

"I only know that he mostly works behind the scenes and rarely comes forward. The only one he manages personally is the charity home. This time he was only willing to come because he met A Lang."

Zhang Hongyi took a deep breath and asked, "Where is Mr. Zhu?"

“I went to the venue in person to confirm.”

"Let's go."

The meeting place was on the outskirts of the city.

Zhang Hongyi felt familiar when he saw Li Jiulang from a distance.

"Have I seen Kuro somewhere?"

"Handsome people are always the same." Li Jiulang smiled.

He is a joker.

A group of wealthy businessmen chatted for a while and then boarded a temporary high pavilion.

Li Jiulang asked: "Why don't you see Mr. Zhu?"

"I'll be here soon." Zhang Hongyi was a little nervous, raised his finger and pointed not far away, and said: "Everyone, please look over there."

Just hearing the rumbling sound, something slowly came from a distance along the railway track.

"Really did it?"

Everyone, including Li Jiulang, leaned forward and stared at the direction of the tracks until they saw a locomotive that looked very similar to the one in the Gewu illustrated book.

“Really did it!”

"Is that Mr. Zhu?"

"Hello!"

Someone was standing on the front of the train waving to this side and shouting loudly.

It wasn't until the locomotive got closer that everyone could hear clearly what Zhu Shijie was shouting.

"We are going to change the times!"

~~

"Can I drive the car?"

This is Li Jiulang's only request today.

However, Zhang Hongyi, who had prepared a lot of speeches, was stunned for a moment.

However, he deliberately refused to readily agree to Li Jiulang's request, but said: "As long as Jiulang is willing to invest in the Northwest Railway together."

"This business is very risky." Li Jiulang said: "There is no railway in the world that can actually be opened to traffic."

"Step by step, first build from the capital to Fengzhou."

"But if your locomotive fails, I will lose everything."

"I have this confidence. Moreover, Fujian merchants, Hui merchants, and northern business groups have all united. Only by cooperating with me can Jiulang get this opportunity."

"I may not need this opportunity. If we merchants from the southeast go to the northwest to compete with others, we will probably die miserably."

Zhang Hongyi hesitated for a while and said, "I might as well tell Jiulang a secret."

"All ears."

"The end of this railway is my backing." Zhang Hongyi said: "Therefore, I am bound to win, and I will not hesitate to lose my fortune."

"Really?" Li Jiulang said: "But no one can guarantee that the train can drive that far, without experiments, right?"

"I have Mr. Zhu, our train will definitely work."

Li Jiulang laughed again and said, "I'll talk about it after driving."

Zhang Hongyi had no choice but to say: "Okay, Jiulang please."

Li Jiulang didn't look like a businessman, so after hearing this, he called his wife and walked towards the train.

"Yitian, come on, take the train."

~~

In the 40th year of the founding of the People's Republic of China, the construction of a railway jointly built by 17 Southeast maritime merchants began and was named the Jing-Feng Railway.

On the planning drawings, it is only a small part of the entire east-west railway.

The end point of its planning was Neihai City, the royal city of the vassal king that had just been enthroned by the Tang Dynasty.

But no one knows how long and long it will take for such a huge project to be built...

~~

The twenty-third year of Taihe.

Zhang Hongyi is getting old and sitting in a wheelchair in the flower garden, not knowing what he is thinking.

A middle-aged man came in and said, "Grandpa, it's time to eat."

"I just had a dream." Zhang Hongyi said: "So, I have a decision."

"What did Grandfather decide?"

"I think," Zhang Hongyi struggled to even speak and finally finished his sentence, "Go to Neihai City to meet Erlang."

"grandfather?"

Zhang Hongyi murmured unwillingly: "I want to go there once before I die."

The middle-aged man behind him was stunned for a long time, and finally sighed and said: "Then grandson is going to send a telegram and tell the king in advance that his grandfather will come over."
Chapter completed!