Meilin saw Zhao Yingong walking into the study room wearing a green robe, a pin fan in his hand and a Xiaoyao scarf. He was indescribably chic and elegant, and he couldn't help but feel envious, jealous, and hateful in his heart. Fortunately, Feng Hua's appearance made people think of him. Don't be interested, otherwise Merlin's heart will be even more unbalanced. [No pop-up novel website]
Zhao Yingong didn't know what Merlin was thinking, because both of them were veterans and they were not polite; "What's the matter?"
"I just came down from the construction site. Ask your girl to get me a glass of water." Merlin felt unhappy, and his movements and words became rude.
Zhao Yingong was such a meticulous person that he immediately noticed the clues. He immediately got up and quietly opened the wine cabinet and took out a bottle of kvass. Open it yourself and bring it to him.
"The weather is a bit hot, so let's drink a refreshing drink."
Merlin picked up the glass bottle and drank half of it in one gulp before wiping his mouth. He took a breath and said;
"The work in the bookstore is almost finished. There are still some small odd jobs. We are just waiting for the goods to arrive from Lingao."
Zhao Yingong nodded; "You have been busy these days, it is really hard enough."
"It doesn't matter whether it's hard work or not. I want to go to Nanjing again." Mei Lin made no secret and went straight to the point.
Zhao Yingong frowned secretly. No one had time to go to Nanjing at the moment. He would be worried if Meilin was asked to go to Nanjing alone. After all, Meilin was on a temporary business trip and had not received much training for foreign assignments, so he could easily fall into trap. If something happens in Nanjing, it will be very troublesome to deal with it.
However, Meilin made great efforts in the infrastructure construction process of Hangzhou Station, which can be said to be his best efforts. If he refused, it would appear that he was too ruthless, and Merlin would definitely hold a grudge after returning. In the future, I will have many places to seek advice from the Construction Corporation...
But for a while it was impossible to send someone to accompany him to Nanjing. Zhao Yingong pondered for a long time, thinking that there were boat ladies with nine surnames on the Qiantang River, and there were flower boats on the West Lake. Why not just hold a table of flower wine locally, invite Mei Lin and other senior officials on a business trip to enjoy it, and kill seven or eight flies with one slap, and everyone would be happy. Take care of it. Whether other elders like the boat girl is their own business.
"Nanjing is not empty now. If we just set up a bar on the West Lake, wouldn't the beauties from Hangzhou be as good as the rouges of Qinhuai?" Zhao Yingong said, waving his fan, "I'll build a boat on the West Lake just for everyone to have fun. Besides, let's talk about it. , one of the Eight Beauties has long since passed away, and there are seven others who are very young and some are not yet in Nanjing. You can’t see them even if you go to the Qinhuai River..."
"It's just that they are young, that's why..." Merlin said angrily. Suddenly he realized that people would think he was a pervert if he said this, so he quickly stopped. "Children are easy to educate, but it will be difficult to change them when they officially debut." Thinking about it..."
"Lao Mei, think about it, if you educate them according to our ideas, can they still be called the Eight Beauties of Qinhuai?" Zhao Yingong pointed out, "The growing environment is the most important, you transplant them into our society How different are they from the female students in Lingao National School in the environment?"
Merlin was helpless. Zhao Yiggong's words were full of truth and he really couldn't think of anything to refute. In fact, he is not very obsessed with women, but just wants to experience the "dream scene" that he dreamed of when he was studying.
He was not interested; "Okay, you can arrange it as you like."
Zhao Yingong smiled; "The Eight Beauties of Qinhuai can't escape." He changed the topic: "It's better to choose a day than to hit it. Since the bookstore has been completed, it will be the first day of May in the lunar calendar in a few days, and the West Lake race will be held. Let’s go and have a look at the dragon boat, ****.”
Mei Lin had nothing to say about this. Zhao Yingong immediately called a sedan chair and went to Qinghefang's residence with Mei Lin.
Qinghefang has been undergoing reconstruction in recent months, so Zhao Yingong moved to Fenghuang Villa - where Hangzhou Station is located.
The sedan returned to Qinghefang, and Cai Shi took care of it in front of the door, instructing the craftsmen and civilians to move waste materials and various objects. The streets that were originally filled with muddy water and scattered rubble have been cleaned up, and the entire street that was originally just randomly paved with gravel has been paved with bluestone slabs. This handiwork made the neighbors around Qinghefang admire the handwriting of this "Master Zhao" with admiration.
Originally there was only one house gate and one corner gate, but now there are two main gates. On the left is the original residential part, and on the right is the "Cultural Bookstore". This completely newly built bookstore occupies most of the abandoned residential garden and adopts the design of a front shop and a back square. The front is the business space of the bookstore, and the back is the printing workshop. Behind the printing workshop, there are workers' dormitories. On the side of the bookstore, there is a small garden for customers who come to buy books, drink tea and chat.
The garden is currently empty and undecorated, and the gardener Sun Wangcai invited has not yet arrived. When it came to building traditional gardens, Mei Lin thought it was better not to make a fool of himself—Jiangsu and Zhejiang were originally the main stages for top gardeners at the time.
The original residential layout has also been restructured, and the space has been re-divided according to the architectural concepts of the old time and space. Improved lighting and water supply and drainage. After all, this is the "front" for Zhao Yingong's activities in Hangzhou. In terms of design, Merlin tried its best to retain traditional elements, so that it would not look shocking and ensure sufficient comfort for the people living there.
Zhao Yingong felt very satisfied as he walked all the way, but he had some doubts about the widespread use of glass windows. Even in Guangzhou, this thing is not used by wealthy gentry - high-yield flat lighting glass is very expensive.
Isn’t it a bit shocking that he used so many in one breath in Hangzhou? But then I thought that if I wanted to be famous in Hangzhou, I had to be a little bit different.
After walking through the main courtyard, Merlin took him to the side. After a month's cave gate, there was a small courtyard with only one small room. There were two magnolia trees and two golden hanging trees planted in the courtyard. There is also a moon cave door in the yard. Merlin led him in. There was a cave inside, but it was a rather large courtyard with towering walls. The building inside is a modern-style two-story blue brick building. The courtyard is paved with yellow sand mixed with white ash, and there are flower gardens and fitness equipment around it, much like a primary school.
This is the dormitory where Zhao Yingong took in the orphans. Zhao Yingong planned to teach a group of foxes himself. In order to facilitate day and night teaching, this courtyard was attached to the residence in Qinghefang as the school at Hangzhou Station.
The study room, bedroom and conference room of the school and Zhao Yingong are located in the deepest part of the house. The environment is extremely quiet and hidden, and the doors are locked. No one can enter here without someone to guide them.
"This place can accommodate up to forty-eight children, evenly divided between men and women." Meilin introduced. "The upstairs is the dormitory, and each room can accommodate up to six people. I designed the left and right stairs, and the middle partition can be divided into men and women."
There are classrooms downstairs, a restaurant that doubles as an activity room and reading room, and a small library. There is also a dedicated kitchen, laundry room and storage room next to the small building. There is even a large classroom prepared for use as a craft workshop. It can be said that the facilities are complete and it is simply an independent small world.
This school in Hangzhou Station is equivalent to Zhao Yiggong's "sī private school". His plan is to personally train twenty or thirty children here as his future minions—or, it can be said, adopted children. Of course, only the smartest, most enlightened, and most loyal children to the cause and himself could bear his surname.
Zhao Yingong was very satisfied after seeing it, even though the construction of Cultural Bookstore and Phoenix Villa cost most of the funds he brought, and many of the materials and equipment used in the project were allocated free of charge from Lingao. But he firmly believes that the current tight financial situation will improve once the Cultural Bookstore project opens.
Wanyou, Qiwei and Delong, led by Hangzhou Station, have opened branches all over the Yangtze River one after another. Once these branches are operational, they can also provide certain financial support to Hangzhou Station. The Ministry of Colonial Trade is planning to sell Australian goods directly in Jiangnan through Wanyou. Once sales start, the money will roll in.
When he established a network among the gentry and gained the ability to protect himself, he directly intervened in the business of silk and tea. Even if there were no local customers, Lingao's Colonial Trade Department had a huge appetite. Si Kaide had sent him a telegram a few days ago, asking him to determine the amount of raw silk and silk that Hangzhou could purchase each year and its silk production capacity. In addition, the Ministry of Colonization and Trade also had a strong interest in Zhejiang tea. In the telegram, Zhao Yingong was asked to report the quantity and market situation of local tea supply, and also asked whether it was possible to set up a local factory to manufacture brick tea.
Although Europeans do not drink tea at present, Hou Jin's demand for tea is quite strong. Because of the blockade of the Ming Dynasty, some tea can only be obtained through small-scale sī channels and from North Korea. The price is not low. Tea can not only be the main export product of Lingao and Houjin, but can also be sold to Mongolia through Houjin.
Thinking of silk and tea, he suddenly remembered something - he could set up a sericulture school in Hangzhou. This time and space could be called a poor people's workshop or something like that. Tiandihui should have professionals in the field of sericulture and hire a student who came to teach a model class first and then use the normal class as a teacher - Fei Xiaotong followed the same routine when he set up a female silkworm college.
By running a sericulture school, students can of course keep it for their own use, but the biggest advantage is that it can legitimately recruit and take in a large number of children and women among refugees. When the time comes, he will set up a training workshop and promote a semi-mechanized silk reeling field... He began to have countless ideas in his mind.
Merlin knew what he was thinking, shook his head and said, "Stop thinking nonsense, eat your food one bite at a time, and finish the bookstore affairs first."
Zhao Yingong was shocked by his words, Mu De came to his senses and laughed a few times: "Let's go to the bookstore."! .
