"Amsterdam... no, Guangzhou, I will be back. [Latest chapter reading] i." Xiao Zishan stood in the courtyard, looking at the blue sky in the distance and the first Lingnan building on the hill. The red sandstone building has heavy eaves and a broken roof. Ancient buildings - oh, not ancient buildings. He smiled unconsciously, "It's a modern building."
This residence is full of Lingnan style with blue brick paving, white walls and black tiles. Xiao Zishan remembers that in the 21st century, this should be Huifu Road. A street of cheap and good restaurants, many of which are well-known restaurants that have been in business for decades. He has been to eat the "Yinji" rice rolls and "Chengji" porridge noodles... This place in this time and space is a quite deserted place. Although you can see residential buildings, there are still abandoned gardens and even farmland and vegetable fields, as well as woods and small ponds everywhere.
Xiao Zishan has been very familiar with such scenes since he was a child. The southern city he lived in when he was a child is very similar to this one. Traditional Chinese cities have farmland and wasteland within the city. In some places, in the 1960s and 1970s, there were still rural areas in the city - in the urban areas, there were large areas of farmland and cottages, and there were even production teams.
This place has been chosen as the future stronghold of the crossing regime in Guangzhou. The place on Haopan Street is now only used as a cross-trading trade point, and will be a backup stronghold in the future.
The new house was paid for by Gao Zhou, but the place was found by Sun Chang. Now Xiao Zishan likes this young man more and more. He is neat in doing things and good at understanding the thoughts of time travellers.
The house we found was located on a higher ground than the surrounding area. The area was very irregular and it was surrounded by water on both sides. The owner who first built the house built a small house and used the remaining open space to create a garden. Nowadays, this place has been resold several times, and the garden has been abandoned into a wasteland full of rubble and thorns. Only a pool of clear water, half a rockery, a few big trees and a pavilion that has not completely fallen down in the garden reveal a hint of this place. The scenery of the past.
Among the several houses Sun Chang found, this one was the most dilapidated, and the price was also cheap - almost all the houses and courtyards needed to be renovated. But it is remote and quiet, and the area is large, so there is a lot of room for expansion. I decided to buy it immediately.
The entire house renovation plan was completely completed by the architectural designers of Traverser. The design idea is to modernize the interior without destroying the overall Ming Dynasty appearance of the residence to adapt to the needs of travelers who will use it as their base in Guangzhou in the future.
Among the Executive Committee's future uses for the Canton stronghold, the place would serve as a center for trade, intelligence, and communications across the Guangdong coast.
The architect retained the structural appearance of the original residence and only carried out comprehensive renovation and reinforcement. This part will serve as a place for dealing with local people.
A part of the abandoned garden close to the house was designated as a garden for restoration. The other areas are all planned for various modern facilities, including planned offices, dormitories, control rooms, telegraph rooms, warehouses, and vaults. Of course, these houses will have the appearance of a traditional courtyard building. Internal facilities and structures will be in full compliance with modern architectural principles to maximize space utilization.
The Chuangtong Army needs to arrange various technical defense facilities and communication equipment in the stronghold, which involves the issue of electricity. It is obviously not feasible to use wind power in the city. Not to mention the limited wind power, the tall and large shelf is too conspicuous. Solar power efficiency is also too low. Although the Executive Committee could not find a safe and secure way to send the motors to the Guangzhou stronghold for the time being, it was still planning to build an underground motor room with sound insulation facilities - to be prepared.
There are wells in the garden and in the house, and they generally pass the test. Local well workers are asked to dig deep once, and then they can be used as domestic water. For drinking water, the well water has to be purified.
Although this Guangzhou base will have no electricity or running water for a long time, during the construction, underground trenches will be opened in advance where additional equipment and wiring will be needed in the future.
In terms of defense, the original creeks and ponds on the northwest sides were dredged and the revetments were repaired. The original collapsed courtyard walls have been increased to 6 meters in height. The backyard walls of wealthy families here are even as high as 8-9 meters. And plant climbing roses on the wall - the dense spikes can also have a certain anti-theft effect.
However, all of this only remains on the designer's computer at the moment. The current funds are not abundant, and it is not appropriate to invest too much in a project that is not urgently needed. The energy of the wormhole is about to disappear. In order to preserve the last energy, the time-travel trade will stop after this time. The travelers who have been active in the Ming Dynasty time and space for several months will all withdraw to this time and space until the final time-travel operation comes.
Therefore, only a small part of this grand building plan has been implemented at this time. Sun Chang invited plasterers to repair the house and the surrounding walls. Seeing the workers busily transporting bricks and mixing mud, Xiao Zishan felt a little nostalgic for this place. He didn't know how long it would take before he could come back here again.
After officially crossing over, they are no longer harmless Australian businessmen who come here to make money with novel goods, but a unique political force intent on rebellion. As a member of the executive committee, it is unlikely that he will be sent to Guangzhou City under the enemy's influence again. I wonder how long it will take before the flag of the time traveler can fly on the first floor of Lingnan?
Just as he was thinking about it, he saw Wen Desi coming in from outside with a cheerful face. Xiao Zishan has been supervising the work in the new house for the past week, and Mr. Wen and Gong Wang are responsible for the cross-trading trade.
"Zi Shan, are you still supervising the work?"
"Mr. Wen, why are you here? You have to show up less recently."
"It's okay, I have a powerful escort following me, and I have my magic weapon for protection..."
"Haha, it's the three old ones again: spray, folding knife, stab-proof vest?"
"No, I learned the lesson from last time and added a simple gas mask." Mr. Wen patted the bulging waist. He had just gone to visit Gao Ju and made a lot of nonsense about Yu Eshui's rhetoric.
"What expression do you hold high?"
"It's hard to tell!" Wen Desi thought for a moment, "Looks like he ate a dozen green olives in one breath! However, he knew that we were willing to give him all the goods on credit before leaving, and he was so moved that he wanted to cry..."
Both men burst out laughing.
Considering that for a long time after time travel in the future, time travelers will not be able to take out a large amount of so-called Australian goods as easily as now. So after discussion, we gave Master Gao a large amount of goods on credit. He was so moved that he almost shed tears. This batch of goods was worth 200,000 taels! In fact, for the executive committee, there is not much risk in this credit loan, and the total amount is only more than 30,000 yuan. It will not affect the use of funds here in this time and space.
"Then he also paid a lot of money, right?"
"Two thousand taels of gold. There are also many things that we didn't dare to sell in the past. Anyway, this is the last time. We will leave after selling." Wen Desi stopped laughing, "These are our last income before crossing over. .”
"Is it enough?"
"I've done the calculations several times. Excluding this income, the current reserves are enough. I've also made a contingency of two million yuan."
"At that time, someone asked me for something new."
"If it's not enough, don't buy it. Everything you should have has been accounted for. If you want to add anything else, it's just the icing on the cake. It's optional."
"I'm afraid there are some key things that we haven't thought of. We have to rebuild a complete industrial system. Don't lose the chain at this critical moment." Xiao Zishan is still a pessimist.
"Forget about spoiling the fun, let's take care of everything here." Wen Desi said.
Returning to the newly repaired house, Sun Chang was waiting in the house with a ledger. He now seems to be in charge. In modern times, no one would do this to entrust such a large portion of the family fortune to someone they had known for less than three months, but at this moment, the time travelers had no choice but to trust.
"Sun Chang, we are going back to Australia this time. The next time we come back will be next year. You are here to take care of the house and don't cause trouble. If you encounter any problems, please discuss it with shopkeeper Sun. If you have any difficulties, you can also go to Gao Gao for advice. Mr. Gao, I have told him that he will definitely see you."
"Yes. Please tell me, sir, where should we go to greet you next time?"
"No, we will send someone to contact you when we get here." Wen Desi took out an aluminum medal cut with a saw from his arms and gave half of it to him. "When the time comes, I will take this as a record. Can you listen?" Someone comes and gives orders.”
"Yes, there is one more thing I would like to ask you."
"What's up?"
"This house is so vast, and I'm the only one, so I'm worried that I won't be able to take care of it well. Could you please ask me to buy off one or two more family members?"
"No need, after we go back, Gao Qing's family will move here. Gao Di is learning from your uncle again, you should teach him more in daily life, so that he doesn't grow up like his good-for-nothing father.
"All the money coming in and out of the house is your expense, and Gao Di is responsible for keeping the accounts. Gao Qing's family has a quota of money, money, rice, and they will be given according to the regulations. Your monthly silver is two taels, and the monthly rice and rice are half a stone."
"Here."
"Although I'm telling you not to cause trouble, I'm not telling you to stay in the house!"
"?" Sun Chang looked confused.
Wen Desi realized that he had let slip, but did not change his words. He continued to admonish with a serious face: "Go around more and ask for information. When we come in the future, we will report it."
"yes."
"Just wait and see, we will be back soon."
The day after the travelers left, Gao Qing's family was packing up their belongings and preparing to move to Master Australia's new house. Manager Yan called Gao Qing out at the door of the house again.
When Gao Qing heard the voice and was about to go out, his wife got up and said:
"Go, go, go, and show your courtesy again! Let's get in first, but later on Sun Chang quit his citizenship and became a steward. It's better for you! If you get in first, you'll still be a handyman after a long time!"
Gao Qing remained silent, meaning he still wanted to go out.
Gao Qian simply cried and started making trouble again: "I have been unlucky for eight lifetimes as a coward like you. Do you still have any brains? What do the Gao family give us? How do Mr. Wen and the others treat us? You're better off, go. Selling them for money!"
"Master Wen is always from outside the vassal...from now on..."
"What's wrong with the foreigners? I'd be happy to follow you to the end of the world if you treat us well! Just sell it and stay in the Gao family to be your good slave!"
Their two children watched their mother lose her temper and remained silent. Both children have reached a sensible age, and they know that their parents have their own opinions, but emotionally they both feel that the man from Australia is nice, he speaks kindly, and he often gives them delicious and fun Australian gadgets. Naturally, my heart was on my mother's side.
Gao Qing lowered his head and said nothing. Taking this opportunity, Gao Xian had already walked out and said to Manager Yan with a smile on his face: "What a coincidence, our man went to the house over there to clean up the house early in the morning. The slave family I'm taking my children to pack things. I'll go over there after I've collected them. What can I do for you? Can you ask him to come over and give you a reply tomorrow?"
Manager Yan knew that she was lying and didn't dare to do anything to her. He had no choice but to leave, cursing in his heart: These overseas businessmen are really fucking good at getting drunk! It’s only been a few days, but every one of them has become loyal!
