Go back to the past and be a schoolboy

Chapter 190

"Hey, second uncle, you are here again, what's the matter, it's still the same, come to Hu Biluochun?"

Beijing Sijiu City, in a certain teahouse.

An old man was of middle to upper class, thin, with a long and old face. He was dressed in a blue satin gown, covered with flowers, shining brightly.

Holding a bundle of books in his left hand, he pulled the bench out with his right hand, lifted the hem of his skirt and sat down straight.

"I can't do it today, I brought some minced powder from home, please help me steep it, master."

"Come on, it's what you say." The clerk took off the towel from his shoulders and quickly wiped the table round: "Another side dish?"

The old man stroked his beard and lowered his head to think for a while, then looked at the buddy: "These days are good, besides the fennel beans, give me half a catty of 'blind fried', and I will also serve a plate of Manchurian bread !"

"Okay, then wait a moment, and I'll make tea for you." Seeing that the other party ordered so much, the waiter's attitude became more enthusiastic.

The so-called "blind frying" is a kind of tea food in old Beijing. The Islamic Muslims call it Chacai, and the locals call it Baishuling.The general method is to cut sweet potatoes into slices, wrap them in flour and deep-fry them in a pan. After they are out of the pan, they are hung with caramel water, pasted with golden cakes, green and red silk, etc. It tastes good too.

Usually, although the old man went to the teahouse to drink tea frequently, he didn't spend much, that is, he ordered a pot of Biluochun, served with side dishes from the dish, and drank it freely.

It's rare to be generous now, and some familiar tea drinkers were amazed when they saw it, and those who didn't know it thought the sun came out from the west.

Especially the crushed tea leaves that have just been taken out, although the appearance is not good, but after brewing, the tea fragrance is overflowing, and it smells like a high-quality tea, which is far from what ordinary products like Biluochun can compare to.

Those who are not familiar with it look back at the old man from time to time, and use it as a conversation piece with their companions, whispering.

The acquaintance took advantage of his close relationship and sat down directly.

"Old Ge, what's the matter, I changed my temper today and picked up money, and suddenly I am so generous to myself." The friend was not polite, and poured himself a cup of tea, put it in front of his nose and said intoxicated: "Fragrant fragrance, quiet Not vulgar."

After saying this, the person took a sip of the tea fragrance and praised him even more: "The aroma is fresh and tender, the taste is fresh and mellow, good tea, good tea, although it is only broken powder, but Lao Ge, you are really ruthless." A lot of blood was poured out!"

Uncle Ge glanced at his friend, hugged the teapot over, and snorted coldly: "You're not welcome, what's the matter, I just want you to spend a lot of money every day, and don't allow me to be extravagant? It's just that I've figured out a lot of things and I'm in a good mood. "

"Don't be so stingy, I'll give you a taste of my Dahongpao next time." The friend laughed and moved the teapot over, but this time he was more polite, knowing that he would pour a cup for Uncle Ge first, and then fill himself up. Above: "Let me drink the first tea, leave the essence to you, enough friends."

Uncle Ge nodded in satisfaction, but even though he was drinking tea, he ignored his "friend", took out a newspaper from a stack of books, and spread it on the table to read silently.

If you were an ordinary person, you should have drunk your tea at this time, so you should be boring yourself and go back wherever you came from.

But this friend is really thick-skinned, so he picked up a piece and fried it blindly, and ate it on his own, and suddenly seemed to have discovered something serious, wiped the crumbs from his mouth, and leaned forward go:

"Hey, Lao Ge, you are so old, don't you want a pear tree to crush the crabapple? Let me tell you first, I definitely support you, but can you pass the test of my sister-in-law?"

"Fuck off, where are you talking about, you really don't eat 'blind fried' for nothing, you'll talk nonsense." Uncle Ge was so angry that his old face turned black, and he immediately raised his hand to drive him away.

"Then what's going on with you today, it's not like this usually." My friend frowned, a little confused.

Uncle Ge was a little tired, and didn't want to go around in circles anymore, so he simply opened up the conversation, handed over the newspaper in his hand, and introduced: "The trade with China between Germany and Austria has completely stopped, and the countries of the treaty have gradually stopped importing goods. Reduced, ship imports, very few...

At the time when domestic products should be self-reliant, China is weak, foreign products are flooded, interests and rights are prospering, and the age is over tens of millions, trying to save it, promoting domestic products. Domestic products, Chinese people should use Chinese products! "

My friend was a little puzzled: "Isn't this good? Advocating domestic products is what every aspiring Chinese should do. Unfortunately, domestic products are too weak. Compared with foreign products, the price is high and the quality is not superior. Just shouting slogans is not enough. Use it, domestic products should be self-improving.”

Uncle Ge knocked on the newspaper: "Look at the next newspaper, the domestic products have become self-reliant, the price is far lower than the foreign products, and the quality is several times better, and now the foreign products are beaten to nothing in the market. It’s the first time after Zi Nian, shouldn’t we celebrate it?”

Hearing this, my friend immediately turned to that side, and quickly looked up, the more surprised he looked on his face.

Seeing this scene of his friend, Uncle Ge took a sip of tea, stroked his beard and said with emotion: "In the busy schedule every day, I must read ancient and modern masterpieces. At least a few pages, without interruption. To find meaning, you must turn to Duofang To study, it is even more necessary to drill into the depths, and don't take superficial understanding as real enlightenment.

However, looking through the ancient books, I can't find the way for future development. I often suffer from the fact that domestic products have no way to save themselves, and the rights and interests have been reduced.

Now Professor Cheng's Chinese brand of soda ash has come out, which has given us a big sigh of relief for our countrymen. How unhappy and displeased I am, if I am not old, I will have to drink for a few days before I can give up! "

In the end, the tea in Uncle Ge's hand seemed to turn into wine, and he drank it all in one gulp.

"Happy, very fast!"

Just when Uncle Ge wanted to refill another glass, his friend stopped him suddenly:

"Wait a minute, didn't you read all the news about Lao Ge? Now the Zhonghua brand is about to die!"

Uncle Ge's heart twitched, and he quickly grabbed the newspaper to read it. It was the accusation against the government for raising the salt tax.

"Could it be that the report in Shenbao is wrong? The Zhonghua brand is of great significance now, who can stop it?" Uncle Ge was hopeful and wanted to read other newspapers to prove the falsification of the news, but the more he turned to the back, the colder he felt. Finally, he slapped the newspaper: "That Feng man is so short-sighted? What a trick!"

My friend also became more and more angry. I wanted to drink tea to suppress my anger, but I felt nauseous. Drinking tea at this time is simply a waste: "Those who protect the tax rules, because my country's industry is immature, and I am afraid that it will be suppressed by advanced countries. There is no hope of development, they are sinners who want to do the national cause!"

"No, if I don't write at this time, when will I wait? I must send five articles in succession to attack that Feng man! Five articles won't work, I will only ten articles, twenty articles, or I will die, or the salt tax will be cancelled!" Uncle Ge was furious.

"Okay, add me too, I just recently studied vernacular poetry, and used it to kill their prestige..."

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In teahouses and in theaters, in workshops and in schools.

When they learned that Beijing was about to increase the salt tax to kill the Zhonghua brand, many people with lofty ideals began to cry out to withdraw the decree.

Whether it was newspapers or leaflets, they tried their best to express their support for Cheng Nuo and the others through various channels.

Even some opponents who had been repelled in the political struggle began to speak out, criticizing Feng Guozhang for not being a human being, harming the people of the country, and betraying the national interests.

Especially Duan Qirui, who retired to Tianjin, was not to be outdone at this time. He spread the importance of the Chinese brand of soda ash, the damage of the increase in salt tax, and how short-sighted the public is.

Regardless of whether Duan Qirui used it to hype up and criticize his opponents, for Cheng Nuo, the effect has already been achieved, and his support is getting more and more.

Politics, business, learning, teaching, engineering, etc., all contribute vigorously and speak loudly.

Of course, the main reason was that Cheng Nuo represented the interests of the largest group of people at this time, and had the bonus of the general trend of the times.

Since [-], the political status of the Chinese bourgeoisie has been greatly improved, and many people from business circles have participated in the central and local governments, which has influenced the formulation of economic policies to a certain extent.

In this situation, although Yuan Datou, who stole the political power, encouraged and rejected dissidents politically and attempted restoration, he also adapted to the needs of the objective situation economically.

Coupled with the huge military and political expenditures of the Beijing government, the treasury is empty and the finances are in dire straits.In order to solve the economic difficulties, Yuan Datou and his successors also expressed their desire to "revitalize industry".

In order to strengthen the foreign competitiveness of national industry and commerce, boycott foreign products, and promote domestic products, the Ministry of Agriculture, Industry and Commerce provided some financial and technical assistance to some industrial enterprises.

For example, in 1914, the government successively organized industrial and commercial groups from various provinces to participate in the Taisho Exposition held in Tokyo, Japan, and the International Exposition held in Panama, and Chinese products won many awards.

The following year, the Ministry of Agriculture and Commerce held a large-scale domestic products exhibition in Beijing.In addition, the Ministry of Agriculture and Commerce also set up the Encouraging Industry Committee, with an attached industrial laboratory, industrial and commercial visit office and commodity exhibition office.

In the follow-up, a certain red wine, which is common among our advertisers, won the gold medal, a certain Fenjiu won the first-class gold medal at the Panama Expo, and a certain chicken essence won the gold medal at the Philadelphia International Exposition, etc., all happened in this era.

Of course, the current scene is so hot, and it cannot be separated from Cheng Nuo's behind-the-scenes push.

In private, they also mobilized contacts to fight public opinion wars.

Especially in the country that has just experienced 21 treaties of humiliation and humiliation, and has promoted a wave of boycotting Japanese products and advocating domestic products. At this time, there is unprecedented support for domestic products represented by the Zhonghua brand.

Especially at this time, Fan Xudong also ushered in the Association for the Maintenance of Chinese Domestic Products and the Association for Persuading the Use of Domestic Products, and made a big publicity about the Chinese brand.

And Cheng Nuo also knew that reciprocating, as long as a single tree can never make a forest.

Actively contribute money and effort, add preachers with these organizations, be responsible for persuading the society to buy domestic products, and give speeches everywhere.Add sponsors to contribute or contribute to various domestic products.

There are many ways to promote the use of domestic products, including but not limited to: calling on shopping malls to list only domestic products, inserting pictures of domestic products in movie theaters, inserting speeches on domestic products in storytelling venues, and sending promotional posters made by themselves to shopping malls to display.

For a time, Zhonghua Brand was vaguely the leader of domestic products, and brought many younger domestic products to attack the foreign product market.

The foreign goods in the entire market were wiped out, and the entire market took on a new look.

But the British obviously don't intend to just let it go, and still want to force the implementation of the salt tax bill.

Cheng Nuo said bluntly in the newspaper: "Salt tax exemption is not only approved by the Salt Affairs Administration, but also approved by the President's order at the same time as the tax exemption, and it is published in the government gazette. The Salt Administration is only an agency under the Ministry of Finance. , why resist the order of the President?"

However, the red-eyed British had nothing to say, saying that "the selling price of Sinocaine must be the same as that of cyanine, and the price should be higher than that of cyanine in order to be exempted from tax."

Cheng Nuo laughed angrily when he saw it. He was indeed an Anglo-Saxon, and he would never consider stealing or cheating if he could.

Let me tell you clearly that the price of Zhonghua alkali must be higher than that of Bu Neimen.

Of course, Cheng Nuo and the others refused to give up, especially with the support of so many people behind them. It was not directly a competition between Zhonghua Brand and Bu Nei Men Brand, but a struggle between domestic products and foreign products.

After discussing with Fan Xudong, he filed a complaint with the Pingzheng Yuan, accusing the Salt Administration of the Ministry of Finance of breach of trust and breaking the law, and announced the "Regulations on the Taxation of Industrial Salt", expressing his intention to make my country's emerging soda industry fail.

At this time, Feng Guozhang had been roasted on the fire. Seeing the steps passed by Cheng Nuo, he hurried down the slope and specially instructed Pingzhengyuan to be "fair and open".

Sure enough, although there were some minor turmoil during the period, it ended with the victory of the Zhonghua brand in the end.

After losing the support of legal principles, Bu Neimen felt a little guilty and wanted to take advantage of it to ease the relationship.

But in Cheng Nuo's view, if the salt tax bill is not removed, the sword of Damocles will always be hanging over his head, and it will be cut off one day.

For the Anglo-Saxons, a peace contract and the like are a piece of flexible waste paper.

A contract that cannot be broken, can that be called a contract?

After discussing this with Cheng Nuo, Fan Xudong directly lashed out: "Those who say that foreign soda is sold in China, but the insiders are very powerful. Now your association wants to protect your country's foreign soda, and it does not hesitate to destroy China's soda industry. After all, China is not How can India be subject to such conditions of national subjugation? The role of the Guild today is entirely to protect the internal sect, not to increase China's annual income.

Even though he is an Englishman, he is now a Chinese official and uses the power to destroy Chinese industries. He is really a shameless robber! "

Of course, Cheng Nuo would not naively think that the British came to China to serve as officials just to benefit the Chinese people.

To put it bluntly, it came from searching.

The trouble has reached this level, the two sides have completely torn their skins apart, and there is no room for relaxation.

Cheng Nuo simply used Fan Xudong's contacts to increase the tax payment of Yongli Alkali Plant, blocking the appetite of Zhili and Beijing.

In this way, no matter how the British make trouble, Beijing knows that foreigners are not easy to mess with, and although they fully agree, they are actually fooling things.

Flexible use of Indian time and drag words.

No matter how powerful the foreigners are, they are not as happy as the wages paid by the Yongli Alkali Factory after paying taxes.

In this way, Zhonghua Brand has temporarily overcome the biggest difficulty since its birth.

(End of this chapter)