Super dictator.

"Namo Amitabha Ye, Dotagata Ye,..." When Wei Jichen returned to the city from Haikou, he heard a burst of powerful and deep Buddhist mantras wafting in the wind in the city.

Looking up, he saw Monk Guixi sitting cross-legged on the city wall, with his eyes closed, holding the Amitabha seal in his hand, and reciting the secret words of Buddhism with a solemn face. His shoulder-length eyebrows were pure and white. It seemed that he saw a faint red light emanating from his body, as if the Buddha came to the world.

Wei Jichen stopped unknowingly, closed his eyes, and could feel his body getting lighter and lighter, and the ghosts in the city were all heading towards the west, and he no longer had the oppressive and gloomy feeling before.

Slowly opening his eyes, Wei Jichen found himself peaceful and relaxed.

"This is the curse of rebirth!" Wei Jichen muttered to himself without a teacher.

"Wei Shuai." Wang Huaiqing saw Wei Jichen opened his eyes and opened his mouth, and walked over with a strange expression.

"What's wrong?" Wei Jichen was a little confused by Wang Huaiqing's appearance.

Wang Huaiqing said hesitantly, "You have been standing here motionless for an hour."

Could this be the epiphany of Buddhism? Wei Jichen glanced at Monk Guixi above the city wall with a complicated expression.

"Did you hear the monk chanting scriptures?" Wei Jichen turned his head and asked Wang Huaiqing.

Wang Huaiqing shook his head.

"Then did you see the monk sitting on the city wall?" Wei Jichen asked again, pointing to the wall.

Wang Huaiqing replied with a smile: "Such a big living person, of course the subordinates saw it."

Fortunately, at least the monk is real.

In the next three days, Wei Jichen saw Monk Guixi sitting on the city wall without eating or sleeping for three days and three nights, reciting the mantra of passing away, and the atmosphere in Lushun City gradually became more relaxed. Of course, this may also be Wei Jichen's psychology effect.

With the concern of Yi Ketanga, Wei Jichen and others, the Fengtian Coal and Iron Mining Bureau was finally quickly established in Haicheng. Originally, it was chosen to be established in the provincial capital of Fengtian, but because the iron mine is close to Haicheng, Wei Jichen proposed to establish it nearby.

The general office of the General Administration was Zhou Fu, the former Prime Minister of the Enemy Affairs Office who asked for a vacancy after the signing of the "Treaty of Shimonoseki".

When Zhou Fu was Li Hongzhang's staff, he actively planned to establish the Beiyang Navy. He also founded China's first military training school—Tianjin Military Equipment. He followed Li Hongzhang in foreign affairs for more than [-] years. The governor and Nanyang minister, in foreign negotiations, can maintain national integrity, and his ability is beyond doubt.

After the defeat in the Sino-Japanese War, Zhou Fu wrote a poem "Since the ancient master and Fang conquered the enemy, how can he seek medical treatment urgently" to express his resentment and grief in his heart. Buying more warships, but the ministers in the court were drunk and dreamed of death, and they didn't bother to pay attention to him. His son Zhou Xuexi was also a great industrialist in the late Qing Dynasty and early Republic of China.

Zhou Fuyuan only re-emerged in 1898 in history.

This Fengtian coal and iron business requires capable and seasoned talents, and Yan Dunyuan is still immature, so Wei Jichen urged Li Hongzhang to invite Zhou Fu to come out of the mountain.

As soon as Zhou Fu took office, he set up the Anshan Iron Works, ran around, and began to raise funds. Due to the government-supervised and commercial-run model, the establishment fund was initially set at 300 million taels. , other funds were raised from the private sector. Wei Jichen injected 70 taels through Zhang Zuolin and Yan Dunyuan respectively, and another 50 taels was invested on the surface. A and others also invested 50 taels.

When the initial funds are in place, the equipment is waiting to be purchased.

At this time, the Hanyang Iron Works run by Zhang Zhidong, due to the high phosphorus content in the Daye iron ore, the equipment purchased was not suitable for refining, so Wei Jichen focused on this.

The composition of iron ore in Anshan area is complex, and Daye iron ore is not suitable, so it may not be that Anshan iron ore is not suitable.

Wei Jichen knew that after Sheng Xuanhuai took over the Hanyang Iron Works, he would send people to investigate abroad and purchase other equipment, and a batch of old equipment would be shelved.

Therefore, Wei Jichen suggested that Zhou Fu mine some iron ore first and transport them to Hanyang Iron Works for refining. If the steel materials that meet the requirements of railway rails can be smelted, he can buy these machines at a low price. If not, he can buy new machines from abroad. .

Of course Zhou Fu didn't have any objections.

The iron factory was finally getting on the right track, but Wei Jichen became frowning. Why, because he was running out of money. Wei Jichen estimated that his money was only enough to repair the port on Changxing Island. After that, he would be empty-handed and penniless. Back to before liberation overnight.

Wei Jichen now has three properties, one is the brothel, which is very profitable, but the money is small; the second is the Kuaima Shipping Company, which has a balance of income and expenditure, and Wei Jichen takes on some official jobs through connections from time to time; the third is the escort agency. The business of the Escort Bureau is doing well. Due to strong people and strong horses, there are already more than a thousand bodyguard masters, and they have won the trust of merchants in the three eastern provinces. develop.

Money, money, Wei Jichen stood on the deck of the small ship going to Changxing Island, and began to think about it in a distraught manner. The money for starting a business is slow, so why does it come fast?Robbing the bank, Wei Jichen laughed when he thought of this.

However, the word rob made him think of another way out, not to rob banks, but to rob bandits, horse thieves, um, it's time for the A troop to enter the actual combat training.

"Wei Shuai, the boat has arrived at the shore!" Wang Huaiqing's reminder interrupted Wei Jichen's train of thought, and when he looked up, he saw that Changxing Island had already arrived.

At this time, there were only a few small fishing villages on Changxing Island, and Wei Jichen planned to move these people to Lushun to free the island. Today, he brought a group of technicians borrowed from the Navy Yamen to investigate.

The sight is a lush virgin forest with rolling hills and lush trees.

The small ship sailed into the fishing port, and there were four or five fishing boats moored inside. The people on board all looked at Wei Jichen and his party curiously.

But the eyes of the technicians behind Wei Jichen were shining, and one of them stepped forward and said excitedly to Wei Jichen: "Congratulations to Wei Shuai, this is simply a natural and excellent port. The usable coastline is probably no less than 30km. The water is deep and the waves are small. There is no silt, as long as we expand a little bit, we can dock large freighters, but if Wei Shuai is not satisfied, as long as we invest a little more money, even warships like the Dingyuan can also dock."

Even though Wei Jichen knew it well, when he arrived at Changxing Island, he couldn't help but smile when he heard the technicians doing this.

"It's better to divide the port into two parts, one for small and medium freighters, and one for large freighters in the future." Wei Jichen said with a smile.

"There is no problem with this. After I lead other people to investigate carefully, I will be able to give Wei Shuai a satisfactory answer." The lead engineer said without any pressure.

"Well, I'll trouble you then." Wei Jichen nodded, stepped onto the plank and said, the small ship had already stretched out of the plank and landed on the shore.

The technical engineers were busy carrying the equipment and went to investigate, while Wei Jichen took his entourage to the fishing village.

Because the Japanese occupied it for too short a time, they have not had time to harm this remote place, so the small fishing village is still peaceful and quiet.

The smoke from the cooking is rising to the sky, four or five children are playing in the village, and the fisherman is returning home with a smile on his back, obviously a good day's harvest.

If possible, Wei Jichen would not want to disrupt the tranquility of this place, but for the sake of confidentiality, these people will be relocated to Dalian, Lushun and other places.

"My lord." Upon receiving the news, the head of the village led a few men to come to see him in a hurry.

"The old man is very polite." Wei Jichen stepped forward to help him up, and said with a smile.

"I would like to invite you to go to the little man's house to rest for a while. I don't know what you are talking about today?" The chief looked at the senior official with double-eyed feathers in front of him, and asked cautiously.

"Old man, you must also know that Lushun, Dalian was invaded by Japanese pirates, and the population in the city is less than one tenth, so some people need to be replenished from nearby. This official is here to investigate this matter." Wei Jichen said straight to the point as he walked.

Not long after, he entered the house of the elder family here. The house was made of local materials, and the structure was made of wood all day long. Wei Jichen stepped on the floor, making a creaking sound.

Want to relocate?Although it is difficult to leave the homeland, Dalian Bay is just across the road, not too far away. The old village head did not object, but asked about the time of relocation.

"This official will build a port on Changxing Island, so all the men in the village can go to work and earn some money. After the port is built, it may take two or three months. You can leave when it is built." Wei Jichen said calmly.

While Wei Jichen was working hard on the construction of the port, at Dagukou, a British merchant ship set off. This ship will sail to Nagasaki, Japan.

On the pathway outside the first-class cabin, Princess Maud, who was wearing a sky blue dress, leaned against the guardrail, quietly looking at the blue sky.

Several guards stood guard from a distance, and the old attendant stood behind her with his head down, obeying Maude's orders at any time.

"Is Japan the last stop?" Maud asked with his lips slightly parted.

The old attendant took a step forward and said in a low voice: "Yes, Your Royal Highness, from now on you will go from Vladivostok, via Siberia, to Moscow to congratulate the Russian Emperor on his coronation."

Nicholas II was Maud's cousin-in-law, and William II was Maud's cousin.

"Your Highness, the Danish royal family has called again to urge you to go back quickly." The attendant reminded.

The second son of King Frederick VIII of Denmark proposed to Maud, and Maud's father, Prince Edward, had already agreed. Although Maud had never met the prince, political marriages are like this. Opened, neither distaste nor joy in the slightest

"Louis and little Victoria both cruised the Mediterranean and India and got the Order of the Empire, and I, Maud, was going to cruise the globe and become the first British princess to leave footprints all over the globe, and when you get to Nagasaki, you call back and say I will get married at this time next year." Maude said unhurriedly.

Louise and little Victoria are both Maud's sisters.