Phoenix Villa had already begun to take shape when Mei Lin and Zhou Dongtian went to Nanjing. Zhao Yingong did not hesitate to pay and ordered the wooden cabinets to be completed as quickly as possible. By the time they came back, the main part of the Villa had been roughly completed, with only the outbuildings and water supply and drainage facilities. Still under construction. 【Read full text】
Treating everyone to dinner this time also includes the "joy of moving" as Hangzhou Station moves into its official address.
Celebration elements included. Zhao Yingong took this opportunity to reward and express condolences to the elders active in Jiangnan.
Since Zhao Yingong used the gentry as his cover in Hangzhou, he arranged all kinds of luxuries in life.
There are many places where he spends money in Hangzhou, but he is a modern person after all. He does many things by himself. Most of the people around him are naturalized citizens, and he has a strict system for purchasing and payment.
The usual routine of "taking kickbacks" and "taking the difference" from wealthy gentry families will not work in Hangzhou Station. Naturally, a lot of money is saved.
Regarding the personnel, finance and property management of the foreign stations, the Department of Foreign Intelligence, the Department of Colonial Trade and the Department of Finance Director-General developed a management system covering all aspects based on the experience of Guangzhou and Leizhou. The rules are very detailed and come with various forms and management rules.
This system effectively reduces the burden on the veteran webmaster: he only needs to supervise whether the naturalized people under his command are doing things according to the rules, instead of having to do everything himself.
The sedan chair goes from Yongjin Gate to Fengshan Gate. After coming out of Fengshan Gate, the sedan walked onto a gravel road that had just been repaired. This was a supporting project of Fenghuang Villa. It was built from the entrance of the Villa to the front of Fengshan Gate to facilitate transportation inside and outside the city.
The road is not wide, just big enough for two sedans to pass side by side, but the road surface standard is not low, it is evenly paved, there are drainage ditches on both sides, and new street trees have been planted.
The sedan was carried all the way to the front door of Fenghuang Villa. There was an open space paved with stone slabs in front of the door. There was a newly built stone slab pond in the open space. The pond is used to store rainwater from the hillside. There is a lot of rain in spring, and the pond is already turquoise and the water quality is very clear.
Many trees have been planted around the villa, most of which are economic forest crops. Fruit trees, mulberry trees,
Fast growing tree. Although the trees are short, they have grown lush and green. The originally barren hillside seemed full of life. There are servants wearing green cloth, holding wooden sticks, patrolling around, and the security is very tight.
The sedan was carried all the way through the gate to the front of the inner house. Zhang Yingchen got off the sedan chair. Sun Wangcai, the manager of Hangzhou Station, was already waiting in front of the door and personally introduced Zhang Yingchen into the inner house. If he hadn't been told in advance, Sun Wangcai wouldn't have known that there was such an "Australian great man" among Australian gentlemen.
Unlike most elders, Zhang Yingchen has always tried his best to downplay his status as a elder. Even the Jesuits, who are extremely interested in the religious situation of Australians, mobilized almost all the Jesuits active in the Lingao regime to conduct overt and covert visits for nearly a year. It was initially determined that the "leader of the Lingao Taoist Church who does not worship idols" has a close relationship with the Australians, but the identity of Zhang Yingchen's elder was still not confirmed.
Zhao Yingong hired a local Hangzhou cook to take care of the banquet. He taught the cook several old-time Hangzhou dishes, and at the same time resolutely changed the cook's habit of adding chili pepper to all dishes.
Northern Zhejiang has always been a land of plenty, with plump chicken, duck, fish and plenty of vegetables. The dishes produced taste fresh.
Zhou Dongtian, Mei Lin and others were full of praise. Several people who had not seen each other for a long time were joking with each other during the banquet, and the topic unknowingly led to the orphans adopted by Zhao Yingong and the Taoist boy sent by Taoist Master Ma of Qingyunguan to serve Piquanzi.
Everyone first made fun of Zhao Yingong's "Guangyuanji Project..." and then brought up Zhang Yingchen's aesthetic taste. He repeatedly stated that he despised young people and was a so-called "uncle control".
"Now everyone knows that long-term assignments are a bad job. It's a pity that we can't get it as a construction worker." After downing a glass of Guoshi Wushuang, Merlin smacked his lips and sighed, "If it weren't for this inspection, by the time we sweep the Boar Skin, , Not to mention that Dong Xiaowan and Liu Rushi have become wives, Li Xiangjun may also have become a Taoist nun, tsk tsk, it only gives the bandits an advantage and is a waste of natural resources."
This time he went to Nanjing with Zhou Dongtian. He wanted to go to the Qinhuai River and enjoy the beauty of Baimen. Unexpectedly, Zhou Dongtian has been busy running the printing workshop since he came back from Sanshan Street, recruiting craftsmen everywhere, sheltering refugees, and buying many books and Nanjing souvenirs.
Not to mention going to the Qinhuai River to find beauty, I didn’t even have any free time.
The harvest was huge. We purchased about 30 kinds of books, recruited 20 to 30 printing workers, and took in a number of refugees.
By the time Zhou Dongtian's affairs were settled, the money was almost spent. Mei Lin had no choice but to return disappointed. Zhou Dongtian promised again and again that they would go to the Qinhuai River together before leaving Jiangnan.
"I will pay you a special fee." Zhou Dongtian said, "I guarantee you will have the opportunity to go to the Qinhuai River to broaden your horizons."
"Lao Mei, what are you in a hurry?" Zhao Yingong opened a bottle of kvass and poured it for everyone. "The girl on the Qinhuai River can't run away. Liu Ru is Chen Yuanyuan or something. She is still a little brat now and you don't know where she is. Wait until next time. They will come out to pick up guests again. If you can't wait: there are boat girls with the nine surnames on the Qiantang River, who are also famous in this time and space. Why don't I take you for a walk? "
"Thank you. No matter how good the boat girl is, she can't be compared with the Eight Beauties of Qinhuai." Merlin muttered, looking very uncomfortable. "What a good girl, don't let anyone get there first..."
"Lao Mei, you have watched too much "Peach Blossom Fan". Besides, I don't control married women, and I don't love lollies. Not to mention me, not many people in the Senate can compete with you for this. Your opponent is Hou Fangyu. , Mao Pijiang, and "The water is too cold." Zhang Yingchen shrugged indifferently, picked up a piece of shrimp and put it into his mouth, "But I really don't expect you to win their favor. "As he said that, he looked at Mei Wan's dark and rough skin and thick and strong body that had become dark and rough after working on the construction site for a long time.
Merlin was furious. With my appearance, in the old time and space, I might still be loved by girls who "like masculinity", but it would be difficult for me in this time and space. It depends on their financial ability. These key members of Donglin and Fushe are not paupers. The Mao Pijiang family is one of the richest families in Rugao. Qian Qianyi is a so-called wealthy gentleman in Changshu.
Even if they really couldn't afford the money themselves, given the popularity of these people at the time, if they really wanted to see a famous prostitute and couldn't afford the ransom money, naturally many people would rush to become "yellow shirt guests".
In contrast, Merlin actually couldn't even afford a single penny. Of course the old man will not recognize his circulation certificate.
"The aesthetics of the late Ming Dynasty is famous for its perversion, and things like pedophiles dressed as transvestites are just enough to satisfy the taste of the dead house. We, if we are destined, would be interested in getting a naughty shot of Huang Degong before Huang Degong does. Zhang Xianzhong is interested , but looking at the portrait of Amakusa Shirou Tokisada, I feel deeply that the documentary records are really unreliable." Zhang Yingchen said with a sigh.
Meilin didn't understand this nonsense at the time, and Zhang Yingchen didn't explain it.
Zhao Yingong knew about this public case, but he didn't think anyone would be interested in it, so he didn't talk about it. Everyone also talked about the work arrangements that have been reported from the "center" in recent days. Zhao Yingong received a telegram: The second batch of inspection teams had set off from Guangzhou. There were more people in this group, and they included members of the special reconnaissance team.
"It seems that we are preparing for the Dengzhou Rebellion in the second half of the year." He said, "The Xinjiang drought will happen next year, and we will be very busy from the second half of the year."
"Only one-third of the hydrological conditions of the Qiantang River have been measured. I wonder if it can be completed as scheduled?" Lu Zhongxing is a little worried that he has been doing this work recently. "The refugee problem in Shandong is not big, and they may not need to go to Zhejiang, but Zhejiang is big Refugees suffering from drought will have to export from Hangzhou."
The most important task is to arrange for people to arrive in Shandong as soon as possible. This is a dangerous job. Without official support, there may be chaos and there will be little chance of survival. Therefore, the center sent several telegrams asking Zhao Yingong to open up the relationship between Xu Guangqi and Sun Yuanhua as soon as possible.
The key to opening up this relationship is the Hangzhou Catholic Church. Zhao Yingong's visit has achieved initial success. The next step is to win over the leading figures as soon as possible and try to establish a relationship with Xu Guangqi's family, thereby gaining Sun Yuanhua's trust and setting up a stronghold in Shandong.
In order to establish a relationship with Xu Guangqi's family as soon as possible, Zhao Yingong has been frequently attending church activities in Hangzhou recently. So I got a lot of information. He gave some general information about the church activities in Hangzhou that he participated in. Zhang Yingchen listened carefully and summarized several key issues - his next move has a great relationship with the church.
However, Zhou Dongtian received an additional piece of information: The Japanese version does have a high-definition novel based on Jin Ping Mei.
The comic Yibu is written by a Wagonkou cartoonist. All the wives and concubines in Ximen Qing’s house have become handsome men, and the ending is that Ximen Qing is raped by Wu Song and Sister-in-law Gu.
Zhou Dongtian frowned when he heard this story. He really couldn't bear the unrestrained imagination of the undercover worker. He looked at the robes worn by his tall colleague who was talking about such a heavy-tongued topic, and suddenly felt a sense of absurdity that time and space were out of place, and he didn't know what to say.
"It's not a big deal." Someone who looked like an immortal was holding the kvass and shrugging without any image: "These guys in the late Ming Dynasty had a lot of double plugs. Don't let the brainwashed people of the Jesuits see this thing." That’s it. What’s more, the original work of “Jin Ping Mei” contains a lot of words about Ximen Qing playing with pedophiles. The heavy scenes can be put into that chapter and used as illustrations. As for the small ones, they can be used openly and honestly, and they can’t be released. Isn't there a light novel version of the manga version? Anyway, all the Zeros in the manga look like women. The Grand Library has the entire electronic version of this manga, the work of a Japanese manga artist named Mizuki, please ask them Just go check it out."@.
