Li Ziyu glanced inside at the busy construction scene and said, "It's okay. I can just stand here and chat while Brother Zhang's house is under construction. {}{} suimeng][}"
"It's so rude. Please forgive me, Brother Ziyu. I'm really busy during this period. I hope we can expand the scale of production. He asked us to pay for goods to expand the storefront and also asked us to open a direct sales store to create a front store and back factory model. This I’ve been looking at the loan policies for a few days and it’s very confusing. Our place is too small and we have to choose a place all over again.”
Zhang Yu's father was accompanied by Zhang Yu to the big world half a month ago, saying he was going to "say thank you" - Zhang's walnut pastry shop is now doing a booming business, so Zhang Yu's father thought of going to say thank you to Hong Chang. As a result, Hong Chang didn't see him and saw Zhang Yikun. After a few words of conversation, the Zhang Yu family had already signed a loan agreement with Delong when they came out.
When they got home, the Zhang family and his son felt something was wrong. They had no intention of expanding production and even reluctantly renovated the store, but they signed a loan contract in a daze, which required them to renovate the old store and open a new one. workshop.
However, it was absolutely impossible to regret it at this time, so the Zhang family had no choice but to bite the bullet.
Land is not difficult to find - there are many vacant lots and houses in Guangzhou. Zhang Yu thinks that if he wants to open a shop, the market entrance is very important, and a good market entrance is hard to find. It is really difficult to open a front shop and a back shop. Our old shop is not only in a good location, but also has been passed down by our ancestors for three generations. It is quite famous, so it is more appropriate to put the main store where it is.
But if you put it in place, you have to expand the scale, and you have to take care of your home, so the space is very cramped. For a while, the neighbors didn't want to sell their houses. The Zhang family and his son discussed for a long time, and finally decided to move out of their home and renovate all the original shops into a front shop and a back square layout, and only set up simple dormitories in the shop for apprentices to live.
This would be a big hassle. The series of tasks of finding a house, moving, and demolishing the house were about to get busy, and they also had to find a place for temporary production and supply: Fortunately, Zhang Chang was very generous and temporarily loaned an empty shop in the big world to them for production.
In addition to providing transitional housing, the care of the elders is simply "meticulous": specifically designated suppliers for bank loan procurement expenditures, for example, all decoration and construction projects were introduced by Delong - the whole Guangzhou knows how Australians repair and decorate houses. There are really not many cabinets - for example, for the cutting and laying of floor tiles, there are only two or three wooden cabinets in Guangzhou that have dealings with Great World and Ziji. Since Delong is willing to specify, the Zhang family and his son are happy to have it simple.
In addition to the construction contractor, the equipment also had to be ordered from Lingao, and the loan was not rich at all.
"The amount of this loan is really not small," Zhang Yu was a little worried. "Although the annual interest rate is only 18%, I am always afraid of what might happen."
In fact, he was still a little confused, because he actually didn't see a single tael of silver in this loan: what Delong gave him was a check book, something like a book of scriptures. After the contractor completed a job, Zhang Yu's father Just fill it in according to the numbers on the "contract" document in advance, sign it and tear it off, which is considered payment.
Although the small bourgeois class like the Zhang family has no access to bills on weekdays, they probably know about such things. However, the unit of money on the Australian bills in their hands is not "liang" or "wen", but " Yuan".
If we talk about "yuan", the people in Guangzhou know a little bit about the concept of "Australian negotiable coupons", and Zhang Yu naturally knows about it, so he doubts whether this is the "tradable coupon" of Australians.
Whether it is a negotiable voucher is not a big problem, because the contractor and supplier have all received the check, but how to repay the loan in the future becomes a problem-where can Guangzhou get the negotiable voucher? Besides, Zhang Yu had no idea how many circulation certificates one tael of silver would exchange for.
"You also know Australians, the elders like big factories the most and hate small workshops, so the cost is naturally higher. But since the elders have used your family as an example, Brother Zhang, your family is going to be prosperous. Congratulations. ah."
Australians always talk about "industrialization" and "scale", which are often mentioned in magazines and newspapers. They are all familiar theories to a few good brothers who are familiar with "Kun Xue". This last sentence made Zhang Yu feel a little relieved and said with a smile:
"Haha, where is it?"
"Mr. Zhang! Could you please come in and see where these tiles are installed?"
"Okay, okay, I'll come right away."
Li Ziyu saw that he was very busy and said quickly: "Go in and do your work quickly. I'm going to find Zeng Juan."
"Zeng Juan is preparing to take the Australian civil service exam during this time. You can go and help him with the details. Please forgive me for not greeting you well today. Next time I will invite Brother Ziyu to tea." Zhang Yu said as he spoke Yi Yi.
"It's okay, don't be polite." Seeing that his family's business was booming, Li Ziyu felt happy even though it was not his own business. It's strange that since Xijiang took the risk and fled back to Guangzhou, the relationship between him and his few brothers seems to have become deeper.
Zeng Juan was sitting in the room looking at the latest recruitment information, with exam syllabuses and papers piled on the table.
In the high summer heat of Guangzhou, just sitting on a stool was a form of torture for Zeng Juan. In order to escape the heat, he soaked his bare feet in a basin of cold water and slowly read the newspaper. From time to time, squint at the exam syllabus.
The failure of the last police examination had a great impact on Zeng Juan. He originally thought that as a scholar, he could easily get a job in an Australian government office, but the Australians did not show even the slightest interest in him. Li Ziyu told The large number of instructors who came from Lingao in his police station gave Zeng Juan a strong sense of crisis. Obviously, Australians tend to use the people they have trained.
It is probably difficult for a scholar as helpless as himself to catch the eye of Australians.
Just when Zeng Juan was in despair, a civil servant recruitment notice from the Guangzhou Municipal Government gave Zeng Juan renewed hope.
"There is no end to the road. I thought I would spend the rest of my life doing this."
So Zeng Juan bought a bunch of syllabuses and question banks according to the exam requirements in the notice. The whole set cost a full four taels of silver. Although it is not cheap, it is not much more expensive than the collections of various periodical ink scrolls used in social studies in the past. In addition, Zeng Juan bought some books with his classmates in the club, which prevented Zeng Juan's parents from looking particularly ugly. But they also knew that this was because their son was trying to earn a living, or he had to bite the bullet and pay for it—at last he was not in the position of some "examination friends" who had to borrow an "examination loan" from Delong.
I bought the book, but it was not easy to read. Because the book is not only in simplified Chinese characters, but the font direction and format are also different from the original ones. Not to mention the writing habits. Many people don't even understand how to read it when they get it. At this time, the benefits of Zeng Juan going over to read Kun's book became apparent - he had no difficulty getting up and understood the meaning of the text much more thoroughly than others.
However, the Australian departmental duties still weigh heavily on Zeng. The Australian Civil Service Examination is a new thing that has not happened in three thousand years. There is no precedent at all, so it is difficult to prepare for the exam in a targeted manner.
"It would be great if Brother Huang, who is proficient in general affairs, is still here. There is no one to discuss with now." Zeng Juan sighed lightly and continued to flip through the book randomly.
"Is Brother Zeng here?" At this time, Li Ziyu's voice came from outside the door and Zeng Juan's eyes lit up.
"Yes! Brother Ziyu, long time no see. Are you okay?" Zeng Juan didn't even bother to dry his feet and almost rushed out of the house to greet him.
"I'm really ashamed. I haven't come to visit any of you brothers these days. I wonder how Brother Zeng is doing these days?"
"Brother Ziyu is an official in the city government and he still remembers us brothers. It's very rare."
"Brother Zeng is right, does it mean that in Brother Zeng's eyes, I, Li Ziyu, is such a powerful person!?"
"Hahaha, absolutely not. The Senate has taken over Guangzhou and is looking forward to doing business. The police station is naturally busy with a lot of work. Just talking about this Patriotic Health Month will probably tire you out."
"Then you know you still say this, I think you are itchy!" Li Ziyu said, clenching his fists as if to hit someone.
"Officer Li, I was wrong. Don't arrest the little people. They are good citizens of the Song Dynasty."
After joking for a while, Zeng Juan invited Li Ziyu into the house.
"Hey! Zeng Juan, you work really hard. There are so many books. Why didn't I see you working so hard when I was in social studies?" Li Ziyu pointed at the pile of books on the table and said with a smile, "I heard Zhang Yu say that you Are you going to take the civil service exam?"
After Zeng Juan brewed a pot of herbal tea and handed it to Li Ziyu, he said: "I didn't think there was hope before. It was just wishful thinking to get an official position just by relying on the moral articles I wrote. But it's different when the Australians come." Everything is new, even the civil service exam is fresh. Although I failed the police exam last time, I still want to try again."
"What Brother Zeng said is absolutely true. The Song Dynasty is indeed different from the previous Ming Dynasty in every way, and there are many opportunities. Elders say that failure is the mother of success. With Brother Zeng's intelligence, he will have a bright future in the future."
"Brother Ziyu is so ridiculous. Now I still have to get admitted to be a civil servant in the Song Dynasty. It's more important that Brother Ziyu came here today. I just have some questions that I want to ask for advice."
"I have always said that scholars are sour. I didn't feel that before, but now I really can't stand it. Just ask, and I will tell you everything I know."
"I just can't figure out the official positions in the Song Dynasty government. I don't know how to choose. The people being recruited this time seem to be all officials. I don't know which one will have a better future. I also deliberately studied some historical materials from the former Song Dynasty. There is nothing useful”8
