Siheyuan: If I marry Qin Huairu, I will become stronger by showing off.

Chapter 429 The treasure is too tempting, rich enough to rival a country!

Chapter 429 The treasure is too tempting, rich enough to rival a country!

When it comes to port freight,

Wu Youde thought of a person, Li Chaoren.

Many people only know that Li Chaoren is a real estate tycoon, but in fact his port business is also very large.

His Hutchison Ports is one of the world's largest port operators.

It has 52 ports around the world, five of which are among the top ten ports in the world.

In Kowloon alone,
He controlled twenty-one of the thirteen ports, including Kwai Tsing Port.

But it was only 1954. What was Li Chaoren doing at that time?

He just took the 7,000 Hong Kong dollars he had saved from selling plastic flowers over the years and borrowed another 50,000 Hong Kong dollars from his uncle...

Officially started my own entrepreneurial journey!
Li Chaoren bought some obsolete equipment from Europe and the United States and opened a factory to produce plastic toys and household products, named "Yangtze Plastic Factory."

Meaning: The Yangtze River does not discriminate against small streams, so it can flow thousands of miles.

Therefore, there was no Kwai Tsing Port at that time, and there was no trace of Li Chaoren’s “Kowloon International Container Terminal”.

Wu Youde then told Chen Xueru in the letter that they could take over the northwest seaport of Victoria Harbour, which would be the location of the future Kwai Tsing Port and one of the world's largest container transport centres.

As for the construction of the port,

Wu Youde also referred to the practices of Li Chaoren in later generations and asked Chen Xueru to refer to those large ports abroad to build a modern container port.

He knew very well how convenient containerized freight was, how much manpower, material and financial resources it could save, and how much it could promote the development of a port!

Of course, he also knew that it would be difficult to build a modern container freight terminal from scratch, especially since Chen Xueru had never been involved in this field before...

How easy is it?

In the reply letter to Chen Xueru,
Wu Youde mainly elaborated on the prospects of modern containerized freight, and then told Chen Xueru to take it slow, first acquire the land, and then work slowly.

……

Do not know why.

Ever since Chen Xueru took Tian Zao, Li Hongli and others to Kowloon, Wu Youde felt that life was becoming more and more dull, so dull that it was boring.

Especially after sending Niu Longtai, Tong Fu and others away, this feeling became even stronger.

But there are so many people at home, and the house is still so lively every day.

You can’t finish playing cards in one night!

But Wu Youde still felt that this day was dull...

He felt that he was already living the life of a 70 or 80-year-old in advance. Every day he just drank tea, basked in the sun, wrote and listened to music.

During this time, I eat, drink, take a bath and play cards.

That's all.

After some self-analysis,
Wu Youde felt that his heart must have flown away...

Although the current environment is actually quite good and relaxed, there are still many constraints, such as when doing business.

From the beginning,
Wu Youde is just doing this for fun. He knows very well that he won't be able to do it for long, so why bother with so much effort?
Just play around with it.

But to be honest, it's quite boring to do things with such an attitude.

Because, without a sense of accomplishment, without a sense of expectation, it can't provide any emotional value!
And there is,

Looking at the chaotic situation of the Kowloon gang described by Chen Xueru in the letter, how could Wu Youde, as someone who has watched Young and Dangerous, remain calm?

Even Chen Xueru seemed a little bit overwhelmed, let alone him?
in fact,

To put it bluntly, Wu Youde is now a little restless. He also wants to go out and make a big splash and do something big. It is a bit too boring to stay in this courtyard every day.

……

Wu Youde, feeling unwell all over, decided to go out for a walk.

He rode his bicycle around the capital, going wherever he wanted. He first went to the Forbidden City and looked at the huge building with its gates closed...

He sighed with emotion. How did that sentence go?

Time has changed, and the world has undergone tremendous changes.

The country is permanent, but the emperors come and go.

"Tsk tsk tsk..."

Hundreds of years ago, the emperor who was high above and looking down on all living beings probably couldn't have imagined that the future would be like this?

Wu Youde expressed his emotion and went to Antianmen again.

I admired it...

immediately,

He tilted his bike and drove away from there, and unknowingly arrived at Shichahai. He decided to take a walk along the coast. When he reached the south bank of Shichahai, he suddenly met many young girls.

They were all girls, at least twenty of them in the group.

They are all still very young, and most of them look to be around 20 years old. They wear blue cotton jackets, have long pigtails, and walk with their gaits swaying from side to side.

Wu Youde was stunned and surprised.

Hey?
Where are we?
Why are there so many girls here???
Wu Youde stepped on the brakes and stopped. Looking up, he found that there were many girls walking towards him in the distance. They all came out of a yard.

Using all his eyesight, he looked towards the gate of the courtyard.

Eh?
Prince Gong's Mansion?
Wu Youde was stunned at first, then he suddenly realized.

Yes, that's right.

Since Prince Gong's Mansion was sold to Fu Jen Catholic University by Pu Ru, it became a house for foreigners and was renamed Fu Jen Women's College, which was managed by the Sisters of the Holy Spirit.

after that,
Fu Jen Catholic University was merged into Beijing Normal University, and Prince Gong's Mansion became the Women's College of Beijing Normal University.

However, due to its huge size, Prince Gong's Mansion was the largest palace in the Qing Dynasty. It was successively the residence of Heshen, Prince Qing Yonglin, and Prince Gong Yixin.

The entire Prince Gong Mansion covers an area of ​​about 60,000 square meters and has more than 30 architectural complexes of various types! !
The Prince Gong Mansion that was bought by Fu Jen Catholic University was only a part of it.

The remaining Prince Gong’s Mansion is still empty.

Wait till later...

The rest of the Prince Gong Mansion was successively occupied and used by several institutions, including Beijing Art Normal College, Beijing Art Academy, and China Conservatory of Music.

But at this time,

These schools have not yet been established.

So, now in Prince Gong’s Mansion, there is only the Normal University Women’s College, and most of the other courtyards are still empty!

It’s a full 60,000 square meters. How much of the space can a mere Women’s College of the Normal University occupy?

Thinking of this,

Wu Youde's heart moved, and his gaze towards Prince Gong's Mansion suddenly became hot, and his eyes became brighter and brighter...brighter and brighter...

Almost glowing!!
This is because he suddenly remembered something.

how to say……

There is a treasure in here!!

What a treasure!!
It’s a huge treasure!!!
Speaking of treasures, we have to talk about the history of Prince Gong’s Mansion…

The first owner of Prince Gong's Mansion was Heshen. At that time, it was not called Prince Gong's Mansion, but He Mansion.

Who is Heshen?

The most corrupt official of all time!

Wealth can rival a country.

Not a lie.

He is really rich enough to rival a country!
After Qianlong's death, Jiaqing immediately took action against Heshen and seized treasures from Heshen's home worth a total of 800 million taels of silver!

What concept?
At that time, the Qing government's total annual tax revenue was in the floating range of 30 to 50 million taels of silver.

Based on the maximum annual tax revenue of 50 million taels, the money seized from Heshen’s house was equivalent to the total tax revenue of the Qing government for 16 years!
The total tax revenue of the entire country for sixteen years!!

It's simply horrifying and unbelievable.

So there is a saying that "Heshen fell and Jiaqing was full."

After Heshen's downfall, this huge and luxurious mansion was awarded to Prince Qing, and later to Prince Gong, and later it fell into the hands of Fu Jen Catholic University.

It stands to reason,
After so many owners and so many years, there is now a school here where people can study and live...

This Prince Gong Mansion should have been turned upside down and even dug up deep. Whether in theory or in practice, there should be no secrets left!

Treasure?

ridiculous! !
If there was a treasure, it would have been found and emptied long ago!

That’s what everyone thinks!!
However, in the new century, a large-scale renovation of Prince Gong's Mansion began. In 2008...

The Yanlou of Prince Gong's Mansion is also known as the Treasure Tower.

The construction team accidentally discovered a treasure cellar here! !
This treasure cellar was built by Heshen, the first owner of Prince Gong's Mansion. Heshen was an extremely shrewd and cunning man. He had left a trick up his sleeve when he first built this treasure cellar.

He secretly instructed the craftsmen to use double-layer bricks and stones when building the walls of the treasure house, that is, the gap wall.

Then build a passage in the gap wall leading to the treasure cellar.

The cellar is filled with countless precious treasures that are dazzling to the eyes.

Silver and gold alone amount to 800 million taels!!!

In addition to silver and gold,

There are also gold enamel pocket watches, Emperor Qianlong's twelve-month jade pendants, and rouge-red and blue-ground acacia vases.

This blue-ground rolled acacia bottle is extremely delicately crafted, and only one successful one is possible among thousands.

It is quite precious, and it is no exaggeration to say that it is priceless!
There are also chime bells from the Spring and Autumn Period more than 3 years ago, a yellow-ground enamel phoenix-dancing peony bundle vase from the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty, and the Mount Tai, a wonder of jade, which are worth up to million yuan.

All kinds of precious and gorgeous watches,

Emperor Qianlong once married his beloved daughter Princess Heshuo Gulun to Heshen's son Fengshen Yinde, and specially made a gold and jade crown for her, which was very noble and gorgeous. In addition, there are countless other gold, silver and jewelry.

What is even more unexpected is that,
Heshen was a devout Buddhist and even built a small Buddha palace under the cellar!

This Buddha's Crown Palace is quite amazing. When Wu Youde visited Prince Gong's Mansion, he was deeply shocked...

He simply couldn't imagine that there was someone in this world who could do such an amazing thing!

Although the area of ​​the Buddha's Crown Palace is not particularly large, the entire palace is magnificent, majestic and beautiful!

There are also many Buddha statues and Buddhist treasures enshrined in it.
There is even a sacred Buddhist relic, the Buddha's skull bone, stored in a five-ton golden pagoda. It is a symbol of the supreme wisdom in Buddhism and is awe-inspiring!
……

The more Wu Youde thought about it, the more excited he became! !

At this time, the cracks in the wall of the treasure house had not yet been discovered, the cellar was still hidden from the world, and the gold, silver, rare treasures in it were still sleeping...

“If God doesn’t take what he wants, he will suffer the consequences!”

Wu Youde muttered to himself in his heart: "If I don't do it now, I will suffer the consequences..."

Now that I have come here today and suddenly thought of this matter, there is no reason to let it go...

Otherwise, God would not be able to bear this and might even send down two bolts of lightning to strike you.

In order to save his life, he had to find a way to get the Prince Gong's Mansion...

in addition,

In addition to the treasure underground, Prince Gong's Mansion also has many treasures on the surface.

Golden nanmu column.

There are sixty-eight golden nanmu pillars in Prince Gong's Mansion. According to modern economic value, one pillar is worth at least US$400 million, or RMB 2.8 billion.

One pillar = 2.8 billion yuan.

Sixty-eight pillars, how much is that?
One hundred and ninety-four billion yuan!!!
Damn it! Damn it!!
“If God doesn’t take what he wants, he will suffer the consequences!”

"If you don't do it now, you will suffer the consequences!!"

Done! !
Wu Youde got on his bicycle, pedaled hard and rode away.

……

As he rode, Wu Youde calmed down a little when the cold wind blew.

I'm thinking too much. The Prince Gong Mansion is so huge. I want to take over the whole thing by myself... This is obviously impossible!
in addition,

Even if it is possible, it would be too ostentatious!
A royal palace covering an area of ​​60,000 square meters, being taken in the hands of a powerless person like himself, would definitely attract a lot of attention, causing unnecessary complications and disturbances.

And there is,

Now that teachers and students from the Women's College of the Normal University have settled here, it would be difficult to drive them all out. As I said before, I am not that big of a celebrity.

Wu Youde was very clear about this point.

……

thinking about it,

Wu Youde thought it would be better to get the rear building at the deepest part of Prince Gong's Mansion first.

This back building has two floors, and the treasure house is located in this small courtyard.

As for the "Xijinzhai" with sixty-eight golden nanmu trees, it is located in the courtyard on the west side of Prince Gong's Mansion.

The Prince Gong Mansion is divided into three parts: east, middle and west. Each part is composed of multiple courtyards with a strict central axis running through it from south to north.

That is,

This back building is a bit far from "Xijinzhai", so it's a bit difficult to have both.

So, I can only give up for the time being.

Compared with those golden nanmu trees, Wu Youde still prefers those rare treasures, so he will slowly pursue the golden nanmu...

……

the next morning,
Wu Youde changed into some neat clothes, dressed up neatly, then pushed his bicycle out.

If one wants to buy a house in Prince Gong's Mansion, people like Zongren and Suo Qian will be of no use as they are just ordinary people now.

What Beile and Beizi, they are all old news.

Wu Youde naturally had to find someone with status and connections. For ordinary people, it might be a little difficult to find friends who meet these two requirements.

But for Wu Youde today, it is really nothing.

However, he was still in trouble.

Because he has... quite a lot of friends like this now.

He didn't know who to turn to...

For example, Feng Sicong, Sun Shen, Li Huanzhi, Wang Shen, Lu Ji and others in the music circle; Shu Qingchun, Zhang Henshui, Shen Wenjun, editor-in-chief of Wenyi Bao, Ning Yuanshan of Beijing Daily and many others in the literary circle.

These people can be considered as top figures in their respective circles, and their network of relationships is even more developed and unimaginable.

Take Feng Sicong for example. He is the vice chairman of the China Music Association and the president of the Central Conservatory of Music. He knows so many people and has a very wide network of contacts.

There is also Shen Wenjun, who is the editor-in-chief of the Literature and Art Newspaper, but he is an old subordinate of the Minister of Rites and can often go to chat with his old leader.

Of course, Shu Qingchun also knew the Minister of Rites, and they had a good relationship.

In addition to the Minister of Rites,

Shu Qingchun also knows General Manager Zhou, and they have a good relationship.

This is even more awesome!

Standing at the intersection, Wu Youde frowned and thought for a moment, and finally went to Lou's house...

That’s right, it’s Lou Zhenhua’s place.

Lou Zhenhua is doing well now. It has been two years since the restructuring of the Red Star Steel Mill. After two years of development, the scale of the Red Star Steel Mill has become larger and larger...

It has tripled or quadrupled! !

Today, the Red Star Steel Rolling Mill has grown into a state-owned heavy factory with 10,000 workers, covering an area of ​​more than 2,000 acres and directly under the jurisdiction of the Central Ministry of Industry.

As the helmsman of such a large company, Lou Zhenhua's weight can be imagined.

Let’s not talk about anything else, just talk about his level.

——Minister.

In terms of level, if you can go one step further, you will reach the Shangshu level.

This, of course, is the pyramid.

The higher you go, the harder it becomes. The top of the tower is so small and the space on top is limited. Only a handful of people can stand on it.

But even so, Lou Zhenhua now has considerable power.

I'm afraid that none of the people he comes into contact with on a daily basis are small characters.

It shouldn't be a problem to ask him to buy some houses in the palace.

As for why looking for him?
Wu Youde felt that the relationship between the two was rather special.

How should I put it, it's the kind where both of us know each other's little secrets.

It was only after Wu Youde analyzed the pros and cons for Lou Zhenhua, which helped him see the general trend, that he made up his mind.

Later, when he donated supplies to the northern battlefield, he was boycotted by other people in the business community and was unable to purchase supplies. This was also a problem that Wu Youde helped him solve.

Therefore, although the two have not had any contact in the past two years, their relationship is still very strong and close.

……

This is indeed the case.

When Wu Youde knocked on the door of the Lou family and was led into the house by Aunt Xu, who was still working as a nanny in the Lou family, Lou Zhenhua, who was drinking tea and reading a newspaper, looked up and was about to speak when he was suddenly stunned.

"Wow!"

He subconsciously went to put the teacup down, and his movement was so fast that he tore the newspaper in his hand.

Lou Zhenhua didn't care about this, he put down his teacup, stood up, and strode over with a smile on his face.

"Hahaha……"

"Youde, what wind brings you here today?!"

"Okay, that's great, hahahahaha..."

As he was speaking, Lou Zhenhua walked up to Wu Youde, and instead of shaking hands, he grabbed his arm and pulled him to the sofa.

"Sit, sit."

After letting Wu Youde sit down, Lou Zhenhua personally turned over a teacup from the tea tray and poured a cup of tea.

"Thank you, Director Lou. I'll do it myself."

"It's a great pleasure to have friends coming from afar, so of course I have to entertain them in person, haha. Besides, how long has it been since you last came?
You don’t know, Xiao’e often talks about you in my ears, and my ears are calloused from talking about you…”

Lou Zhenhua smiled bitterly, then turned around and shouted upstairs: "Yali, Xiao'e, look who's here!"

Seeing that Lou Zhenhua was still so enthusiastic about him,

Wu Youde laughed and leaned back on the sofa, knowing that he hadn't made up his mind. This trip must have been the right one...

……

(There have been too many things going on at home recently. My child was sick and hospitalized. I have been running back and forth between home and the hospital. I am really exhausted both physically and mentally, and I don’t have enough time.

It's been ten days and there's still no improvement.

So the updates these days have been unstable, with ups and downs, and of course I'm not in a good state either.

Raising a child is so hard, being a parent is even harder!!!

I recently subscribed to Avalanche, and I would like to ask all my brothers and sisters to support me and try to subscribe this month.

Otherwise, I won’t get any royalties this month… and I’ll have to eat dirt next month…

Raising a child is a bottomless pit. All the money I earn goes to the hospital. I work for the hospital!)
(End of this chapter)

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