第七十三章 荣辱与共
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“邹鸣鹤!你这个老王八蛋给我等着!不报此仇,我誓不为人!”
花了不少的力气和时间,吴超越总算是弄明白买办爷爷为什么给自己大办丧事的原因吴健彰派人去镇江打听吴超越的下落消息,碰巧遇上了和吴超越有仇的邹鸣鹤,为了报仇出气,邹鸣鹤就捏造了吴超越已经在江宁战死的消息,还是他的部下亲眼看到太平军把吴超越的脑袋砍下来,吴健彰信以为真,所以就有了给宝贝孙子出丧的闹剧。龙腾小说ltxs520.com
不过也不算浪费,吴健彰给宝贝孙子搭的灵堂没办法给吴超越治丧,却正好可以拿来给两江总督陆建瀛办丧事,同时只要宝贝独苗孙子能够活着回来,对吴健彰来说就已经什么都够了,自然也不会心疼这么一点小钱,抱着孙子嚎啕大哭得天昏地暗后,吴健彰也就答应了吴超越的要求,把陆建瀛的棺材给搬了进来,以下属身份给陆建瀛举行隆重丧礼。
与买办爷爷抱头痛哭,向七个奶奶请安,与一帮洋朋友互道别来之情,替惠征向众人做介绍,派人送酒送肉去犒劳吴军练勇,一直忙活到了天色全黑,吴超越才总算逮到机会和帮自己管理工厂的族叔吴晓华说话,了解自己与洋人合开的纺织品厂现在情况。
吴晓华颇有些歉意,说道:“超越,我有些对不起你,族叔和你把纺织厂交给我,开始生意倒是非常好,但是这段时间因为长江上游一直在打仗,航线不通,所以布匹积压有些严重。不过你放心,我已经安排了人去北方开拓市场,还有和日本、琉球那边的港口联系,争取尽快把积压的布匹卖出去。”
“还有。”吴晓华又赶紧补充道:“因为打仗,长江上游的难民纷纷东逃来了上海,上海这边人口爆增,想进我们工厂干活的百姓要多少有多少,工资再低都愿意,所以我和比利先生商量,打算适当削减一些工人的工钱,节约成本开支。”
“这事你和比利先生商量着办,别太狠了就行,要让工人起码能够养家糊口。”吴超越懒得去过于关心经营上的事,又安慰道:“至于布匹积压,也不用怕,长毛那边同样要穿衣服吃饭,等缓过这口气,生意肯定会重新好起来,所以你和比利别去想什么减产停产,那是鼠目寸光的行为。你只要劝比利派洋人出面,让洋人去和长毛做生意,我们积压的布匹就一定能卖出去。”
吴晓华有些傻眼,看着吴超越有些张口结舌,吴超越明白他的心思,便笑道:“怎么?觉得和长毛做生意很惊奇?我们是生意人,布匹又不是什么军需物资,长毛出银子买我们为什么不卖?只要我们别出面,让洋人去和长毛联络交涉,朝廷也管不了。”
悄悄看了看左右无人偷听,吴晓华这才低声说道:“超越,你比族叔的脑子活泛,这事其实我早就在心里盘算过,就是怕族叔不同意,所以提都不敢提。”
“别让他知道就行。”吴超越低声笑笑,然后又突然问道:“族叔,我们的纺织品厂里,现在有多少苦味酸?”
“苦味酸?”吴晓华楞了一楞,回忆了一下才说道:“就是染黄布那种染料吧?好象有六百……,哦不,好象还有七百多磅,你问这个干什么?”
“怎么才这么点?”吴超越开始后悔自己之前没有大量囤积这种宝贵物资了。
“这还少?”吴晓华喊冤了,“超越你又不是不知道,朝廷有规定,明黄色和平黄色只能由皇家使用,民间用的黄布少得可怜,所以黄布的销量最差,我们的纺织厂里,剩得最多的染料也就这苦味酸了。”
“那好,把那些苦味酸全部封存起来,我全要了。”吴超越无奈的说道:“告诉比利,让他替我大量进口苦味酸,有多少我要多少,银子我明天就给你。还有,再给我弄一套苦味酸的配方和生产线,再替我顺便买块地,建一个染料厂,我要大量生产苦味酸,还要连原材料都能生产。”
“超越,你怎么又想起要搞染料厂了?”吴晓华丈二金刚摸不着头脑,疑惑说道:“我刚才告诉给你,说黄布在大清不好卖啊?你怎么还要生产这么多苦味酸?”
“我为了拍马屁行不行?”吴超越无可奈何,鬼扯道:“长毛攻下江宁,江南肯定要大乱,江苏是大清最大的纺织品生产基地,江南大乱布匹肯定要严重不足,京城里那些王公贵胄和紫禁城里不就缺黄布了?我这里能产出黄布,皇帝能不高兴吗?”
“那也用不了这么多啊?”
吴晓华还是不明白吴超越的意思,吴超越则懒得再和这个钻牛角尖的族叔罗嗦,马上拿出了一分早就写好的采购清单,上面有硝酸、、甘油、硅藻土、石蜡、油漆、小型炼钢炉、金属锻压机和各种实验量杯等物,交给吴晓华让他帮自己向洋人采购,还要求越快越好。结果吴晓华看了清单后吓了一大跳,忙又说道:“超越,这些东西如果全都买下来,银子肯定花费不少,你爷爷会答应给你这么多银子么?”
“用不着他给银子,我自己也有积蓄,明天我就给你十万两银子,不够再补,你只管替我买就行。”手里握着陆建瀛大把遗产的吴超越连眼皮都懒得眨一下,只是催促道:“记住,越快越好,还有,再帮我招聘几个炼钢工人和会操作金属锻压机的工人,我有大用。”
毕竟是自家族叔,虽然很是不理解吴超越为什么要这些古怪东西,吴晓华还是老实点头答应,承诺立即着手帮吴超越采购这些物件。吴超越满意之余,又在心里嘀咕道:“咸丰侄女婿,你叔叔我这次可真是帮了你,把苦味酸炸药和迫击炮或者掷弹筒先搞出来,起码我们在洋人面前说话也可以有点分量了。”
在家里休息了一个晚上后,第二天早上,吴超越才刚吃完早饭就找到了自己的买办爷爷,和买办爷爷商量扩编上海团练的大事,结果让吴超越哭笑不得的是,此前巴不得自己拼命扩军的吴健彰这一次的态度突然来了一个一百八十度大转弯,不但不答应,还冲着吴超越训斥,“你还要扩军?还要上战场打长毛?你是想让老夫为你担心死是不是?不准再办团练了,不然朝廷肯定还要再调你去打长毛,老夫可不想再为你担心得天天睡不着觉,吃不下饭!”
“爷爷,我知道你是为我担心,但你别忘了,现在就算朝廷不调我去打长毛,长毛也会主动来打我了。我如果不赶快扩军备战,等长毛打过来,我就是连还手的力量都没有了!”
被迫无奈之下,吴超越也只好把自己在江宁与太平军发生的事仔细告诉给了吴健彰,介绍了自己和林凤翔、李开芳、吉文元等太平军名将结仇的经过,又说了自己在突围大战中一枪打死韦昌辉的事。末了才说道:“爷爷,你想一想,我和长毛结下这么多的深仇大恨,他们听说我成功杀回了上海,怎么可能不带着军队来上海找我报仇?还有,长毛如果要想继续闹大,就肯定会攻打镇江切断漕运,到时候镇江一破,长毛的水师就可以顺江而下直接打到上海,到时候我们临抱佛脚再想练兵,怎么可能还来得及?”
根本就不相信宝贝孙子能在江宁打出这么多漂亮,吴健彰一度怀疑吴超越在胡说八道,最后还是惠征和吴大赛等人纷纷给吴超越做证,吴健彰才终于明白他的宝贝孙子在军事上确实有很大天赋,最后再加上上海的局势同样已经是危如累卵,还有太平军对吴超越的切齿痛恨,吴健彰才咬着牙齿答应了让宝贝孙子继续当官,也更进一步扩大团练。最后,吴健彰又问道:“超越,那你这次打算办理多少团练?”
“三千!”吴超越伸出了三个手指头,斩钉截铁的说道:“孙儿已经仔细计算过,要想让长毛不敢窥视上海半眼,至少得有三千团练!”
说罢,吴超越又赶紧补充道:“但是爷爷,因为这一次我还想把炮兵给办起来,所以军费花消肯定比以前更大,这点得请你一定帮我的忙。”
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