late Qing Dynasty arrest

?Now the Empress Dowager Ci'an of the East Palace lives in Qichun Garden, and the Empress Dowager Cixi of the West Palace lives in Wanchun Garden, enjoying the coolness of summer. In autumn, she goes hunting in Rehe, and has good relations with various ethnic minority nobles and religious leaders in the frontiers of the Qing Dynasty. After lunch at noon, it was time for the two of them to get together.

The large and small rivers connect the large area of ​​Fuhai Lake, the smaller Houhu Lake, and many small areas to form a complete river and lake water system. The hills, island embankments, and barren rocks lined with aggregated soil are unique and beautiful, and they are still a kind Empress Dowager An and Empress Dowager Cixi loved the garden, watching the water and flowers, appreciating the endless heritage in the garden, seeing the sparkling lake in front of them, the two empress dowagers couldn't help sighing slightly together.

Only when you lose it will you know how to cherish it. After canceling the curtain to listen to the government, people relax and have nothing to do all day. In the days when there is no authority, the time is wasted. You look like you're thinking about your book!"

The Empress Dowager Cixi waved her hand, and the four maids serving beside her retreated knowingly, nodded slightly and said: "Well, my sister, although I can still see the notebook, I can't lift the pen. I pick it up and then put it down, and put it down and pick it up Woke up, feeling so empty in my heart, in order to avoid suspicion, Prince Gong was afraid that Chun'er would kill his whole family, so he didn't even dare to come here, hey..."

The Empress Dowager Ci'an smiled sweetly and said: "Sister, when the fate is finally over, don't force it, you have not been in vain for more than ten years, you are still the mother of the country!"

The Empress Dowager Cixi replied shamelessly: "My sister has no conscience. If I hadn't been willing to be a beautician, you would still be imprisoned in the deep palace of Rehe by the Eight Kings. How could you enjoy such glory and wealth!"

The two colluded together for the sake of imperial power and status, and they had already forged a close friendship.

The Empress Dowager Ci'an sighed: "Although I like quietness, it's too boring to have nothing to do all day long. I hope that as Li Guolou said, the little train can let us have a good time, and we can enjoy the beautiful scenery outside the window while eating." , I am now thinking about what a foreigner’s little train looks like, oh, sister, it’s good to have two steam iron-clad ships in Fuhai!”

There is something in the Empress Dowager Cixi's words: "Sister, you have so many tricks, you want to bankrupt Tanhualang!"

The Empress Dowager Ci'an glanced at her wonderful eyes, and retorted: "How could it be, my sister, I have a lot of money for myself, so let Li Guolou buy two luxury yachts. Next year we will take the luxury yacht first, and the year after Take the steam train, cluck cluck!"

"That's good." The Empress Dowager Cixi's face showed longing. Now that her son is in charge, she can only spend her energy on the enjoyment of traveling in the mountains and rivers. The endless green lake is fascinating and fascinating Endless loss.

In the afternoon, Li Guolou was called to Fuhai by the eunuch, and once again visited the empress dowagers of the two palaces. There seemed to be a small drum in his heart, and he felt that there was nothing good, and another layer of skin would be pulled out. Sure enough, the Empress Dowager Cixi asked him to buy it. The unquestionable tone of the two steam ironclad ships made him feel unspeakable.

Li Guolou plucked up his courage, and mumbled, "I want to report to the Empress Dowager, the servants have already handed over the funds, and it's already scheduled for the beginning of next year. It's not easy for foreigners to be fooled. They want to see the deposit. This steam iron-clad ship To take care of it, we need to build docks, warehouses, and new and repaired sheds. One year is too tight, and the servant dared to ask, whether to make a deposit next year, and the next year will be counted together with the steam train." After finishing speaking, Li Guolou raised his hand. In front of the two empress dowagers, they are ready to kneel and speak softly at any time.

"Hmph, Li Guolou is bold, dares to argue with his words, are you afraid that I will punish you?" The Empress Dowager Cixi looked unkind, and would order Li Guolou to be punished at any time.

Li Guolou smiled honestly and said: "The empress dowagers of the two palaces are all compassionate people, how can they care about the slaves? Here, only the slaves dare to say a few witty words. The empress dowagers of the two palaces just laughed when they heard it. No, my slave will tell you a story about Wu Song beating a tiger, hehehehe!"

The Empress Dowager Cixi's face softened after hearing Li Guolou's speech, and she said slowly: "Li Guolou, don't interrupt, my palace needs two iron-clad steamships now, and I want to be able to play next year. I will support you as the supervisor of Longevity Mountain. I just want to do my job well, otherwise why would I flatter you!"

Li Guolou saw that the empress dowagers of the two palaces were in a good mood, so he said with a cheeky smile: "Zha, my slave will definitely manage it well, and I will build the two iron-clad ships in a stable and luxurious way, but I have a request, please The empress dowagers of the two palaces are complete!"

"Well, what's the matter?" The Empress Dowager Ci'an couldn't help showing a smile when she heard Li Guolou promised to do it well.

"Slave, please ask the empress dowagers of the two palaces to save your own money, please come to the bank, so that the slaves can have capital turnover, interest... Hehe, empress dowagers of the two palaces, 10% every year is good! "

"It's only 10%." The Empress Dowager Ci'an was already tempted after hearing this, but she didn't let go. She put a thick stack of bank notes in the dowry box, and didn't even bother to count them.

"It's too low for Li Guolou. Outside usury is 30% per month." The Empress Dowager Cixi knows the market of usury. In the past, when her father died when she was a child, she borrowed usury several times, and she still remembers it now. new.

After hearing this, Li Guolou couldn't refute the fallacy of the Empress Dowager Cixi. The interest on saving money in the bank is very low. Otherwise, it would be a loss-making business. If you have a new understanding, then 20% is fine, but it can only be the personal money of the empress dowagers of the two palaces, and the personal money of other empresses, slaves cannot afford such a high interest rate!"

"Well... Li Guolou, you step aside and let me think about it." The Empress Dowager Cixi was happy, but she couldn't let Li Guolou see that she was satisfied with the money.

"Zha." Li Guolou walked backwards, secretly pleased, as if he was issuing government bonds, use them first, and then talk about it. As for messing up the financial market and causing inflation in the future, he doesn't care.

"Sister, how many bank notes do you have in your hand?" asked the Empress Dowager Cixi.

"Oh...let me think about it, save 100 million taels first, and my sister will see if it will work." Empress Dowager Ci'an liked to listen to Empress Dowager Cixi's words in everything.

"It seems too little. Li Guolou will only ask 20% once, and the interest I deposit in Citibank abroad is only 1.5%. Hehe, Li Guolou was brutally slaughtered by my palace." Yes, she still knows the affairs of the national economy clearly.

"Oh, is that so, my sister, I will listen to my sister, save more money, I always have 200 million silver notes on hand, the change is waiting... Zhang Satisfied, take my dowry box Come." The Empress Dowager Ci'an is usually too lazy to move, but today she is happy and ready to make a big move.

The Empress Dowager Cixi ordered Li Lianying to get her own money, and then called Li Guolou. Just now he said it himself, he would say that Wu Song beat the tiger, so he asked Li Guolou to say "Three bowls are not enough for the hill, and Wu Song beat the tiger at Jingyang Ridge." !"

Li Guolou was also not humble, so he asked for a pot of tea, put it in front of the desk, and began to say: "It is said that Wu Song traveled on the road for a few days and came to the ground of Yanggu County, which is still far away from that county. At that time, walking hungry and thirsty, I saw a hotel in front of me, holding a banner in front of the door, with five words written on it: "Three bowls are not over the hill", Wu Song went in and sat down, holding the stick. Leaning on it, he shouted loudly: "Master, hurry up and eat the wine."

The owner of the store put three bowls, a pair of chopsticks, and a plate of hot dishes in front of Wu Song, and sifted a bowl full of wine. Master, if you have a full stomach, buy some wine,'

The restaurant slightly tilted his head and said: "Only cooked beef,"

Wu Song slapped the table and said loudly: "Okay, cut two or three catties and eat."

The owner of the hotel went inside and cut out two catties of cooked beef, made a large plate, put it in front of Wu Song, and then sifted another bowl of wine. Bowl of wine, no more sifting.

Wu Song knocked on the table and shouted: "Master, why don't you come to sift the wine?"

The restaurant said casually: "If the guest officer wants meat, he will add it."

Wu Song yelled: "I also want wine, and I want to cut some meat."

The restaurant smiled and said: "The meat will be cut and added to the guests to eat, but the wine will not be added."

Wu Songdao: "But it's a mischief again," and asked the master, "Why don't you sell wine to me?"

The restaurant pointed to the signboard and said: "Guest officer, you must see the banner in front of my door, which clearly says: Three bowls can't pass the hill."

Wu Song asked: "Why do you call three bowls but not the hill?"

The restaurant said: "Although the wine in my house is village wine, it tastes better than old wine. Whenever a guest comes to my shop and eats three bowls, he will be drunk and can't pass the hill in front of him, so it's called three bowls." Gang, if the past guests come here, they will only eat three bowls, let alone ask,'

Wu Song laughed and said, "It turns out that I ate three bowls. How can I not get drunk?"

The restaurant warned: "My wine is called 'Traveling Fragrance from the Bottle', and it is also called 'Pouring out of the Door'. When you first drink it, it is mellow and delicious, and it will be poured after a while!"

How could Wu Song believe it? He shook his head and said, "Stop talking nonsense. I won't pay you back if you don't have any land. I'll eat another three bowls."

Seeing that Wu Song didn't move at all, the restaurant sifted three more bowls. Wu Song ate and said, "Good wine served, master, I'll eat a bowl and pay you back for a bowl, just sieve it."

The restaurant said: "The guest officer just wants to drink, and the person who serves this wine will be drunk, and there is no medicine for it."

Wu Song still couldn't believe it: "Hugh told Hu Niao that even if you put sweat medicine in it, I also have a nose."

The shopkeeper was overwhelmed by his words, so he sifted three more bowls in a row. Wu Song said: "The meat will eat another two catties."

The restaurant cut another two catties of cooked beef, and sifted three bowls of wine. Wu Song ate it so smooth that he just wanted to eat it. He went to his side and took out some broken silver, and shouted: "Master, come and see me for the silver, and return your wine and meat." Is money hooked?'

The restaurant looked at it and said, "I have more than enough, and I have some money for you."

Wu Songdao: "You don't need to post money, just sift the wine."

The restaurant said: "Guest officer, when you want to drink, there are still five or six bowls of wine in it. I'm afraid you won't be able to eat any more."

Wu Song shouted: "There will be more than five or six bowls, and you can sift them all."

The restaurant smiled bitterly and said, "You long man, if you get drunk, how can you help you live?"

Wu Song replied: "It is not a good man to ask you to help him."

The restaurant was willing to sift the wine, and Wu Song said anxiously: "I don't want to eat you for nothing, so don't provoke my father, I will teach you to smash it in the house, and turn your bird shop upside down."

The restaurant said: "This guy is drunk, don't mess with him." Sifted another six bowls of wine and ate them with Wu Song.

Wu Song ate a total of fifteen bowls before and after. After playing the stick, he stood up and said, "I'm not drunk yet." He walked out of the door and said with a smile, "But he didn't say that three bowls are too high." ······"

Li Guolou's storytelling is straight to the point, clean and tidy, without nagging, his yelling is buzzing in his ears, and he can tell the truth when he talks about the key points, but he also portrays the characters in detail, emphasizing the details of the plot that ordinary people don't care about. , The voice may be fast or slow, urgent or slow, intermittent or continuous, high or low, the words are reasonable, penetrating to the bone, and the ears of the empress dowagers of the two palaces stood up, and they were full of admiration.

This joke is an old joke in the teahouse, and most storytellers will say it, and the empress dowagers of the two palaces have naturally heard it, and the old joke has the benefits of an old joke, and one can tell that Li Guolou's words are okay, and there is no fool, so he will relish it listen.

Li Guolou talked for an hour before it came to an end. The empress dowagers of the two palaces were still not satisfied. The Empress Dowager Cixi asked Li Guolou to sing a military song, and then let Li Guolou pass.

Li Guolou left Yuanmingyuan with more than 400 million taels of banknotes and passbooks in his arms. He was happy and worried at the same time. Used in the national economy, the industrial revolution of the Qing Dynasty had a financial background, and the worries were a little bit low, and it was hard to talk about them. Is there a way to survive? Even the nine grandmothers in the family will be hacked into "human pigs" by the eunuchs. Now even Prince Gong dare not step into the bedroom of the Empress Dowager Cixi. A man of integrity who is as high-spirited as the teacher Li Hongzao, to share