Hu Xueyan is not strange to the foreign affairs,When Zuo Zongtang organized the Fujian ship political in 1868,Hu Xueyan controlled to purchase foreign merchant machine,munitions business .

• 胡雪岩对洋务并不陌生，1868年左宗棠创办福建船政局的时候，所有购买外商机器、军火事务便都是由胡雪岩一手操办的。