Chapter 2290

This malady in the Annan government started from top to bottom, with very few exceptions. Therefore, even if foreign businessmen wanted to complain, they had no way to complain. As time went by, the businessmen gradually gave up their plans to enter Annan to do business on their own, and instead went to Annan to do business.

Several ports operated and managed by Haihan are engaged in trading activities. These ports belong to Annan in name, but are actually under the control of Haihan. The business environment is much better than the ports operated by Annan itself, and the interests of merchants are also better.

Relatively safe.

As for whether a big shot like Zheng Zha knows that the people below are doing such nonsense? Li Jifeng thinks that there is a high probability that he knows, but the local custom has always been like this. If Zheng Zha wants to deal with it ruthlessly, it will inevitably affect the interests of all aspects, and it is estimated that in the end

All we can do is turn a blind eye.

Naturally, Li Jifeng would not mention these things in front of Zheng Zha, but his impression of Annan officials was not immune to this, and he always had doubts about Zheng Zha's true purpose of coming to Guangzhou. But he did not want to give up this

Regarding the opportunity to expand Furifeng's overseas influence, Li Nai can only be told to deal with it carefully and pay attention to the next moves of the Annan people.

Li Nai felt that his father's views were a bit fussy. After all, asking merchants to eat cards was not unique to Annan. It was similar in all parts of the Ming Dynasty. At most, the food was not that ugly. But he also knew his father's views.

It has always been accurate, and there is nothing wrong with being more cautious, so I did not express any objection at the moment.

Li Jifeng's intuition was actually right. Not only Zheng Zha, but also the entire Annan high-level officials were greedy for the land in the south of the Ming Dynasty. However, Annan did not dare to use force against the Ming Dynasty without the support of Haihan. But Zheng

The establishment of the office in Guangdong presided over by Zha did originally have the purpose of taking this opportunity to collect intelligence about the Ming Dynasty. Li Jifeng had deliberately mentioned He Xi when talking about the Haihan Office in Guangdong, and also wanted to see what Zheng Zha would say about it.

What's the reaction?

Li Jifeng originally invited Chen Tianqi, the current head of the Office in Guangzhou, today, but unfortunately Chen Tianqi went out of town for the past two days on business and was not in Guangzhou. Li Jifeng planned to wait for him to come back and meet to discuss Annan's actions.

Early the next morning, Li Nai's men paid a visit to Zhang Jinbao and gave him two arrangements for him to choose. First, Zhang Jinbao and his party could freely roam in Guangzhou for a few days to learn about the local real estate transactions and see if they could.

He can find a suitable place to open an academy on his own. Another option is to go directly to the place provided by Li Nai. If it is suitable, he can start the formal implementation stage.

Regarding the location of the academy, Zhang Jinbao has already considered it. Regardless of whether the environment is suitable or not, Zhang Jinbao must go to the place provided by Li Nai. The arrangement of inspecting the market conditions is even more important.

It is indispensable. Zhang Jinbao wants to understand not only the local real estate market, but also the employment needs in Guangzhou, so that he can choose to open subjects suitable for local conditions in the subsequent operation of the college.

Zhang Jinbao chose to inspect the market on his own first, and after collecting the required information, he would then visit the place provided by Li Nai. If the place provided by Li Nai was satisfactory, it would be a good time to bargain with him when discussing the terms of cooperation.

Measurement. It has been a year or two since the planning of this project. Now that it has reached the stage of on-site inspection and site selection, Zhang Jinbao will not be in a hurry for two or three days.

Although it was a free activity, Li Nai still provided a guide and carriage for Zhang Jinbao and others to facilitate their travels. As Li Nai had many affairs, he naturally did not have that much time to accompany Zhang Jinbao around Guangzhou and outside the city.

What's more, there is a young prince from Annan who is also inspecting Guangzhou at this time. His schedule must give priority to Zheng Zha's schedule.

Zheng Zha has a special request for the location of the office in Guangdong, that is, he hopes to be close to the Haihan Office in Guangdong. And his starting point is also very simple, that is, he hopes to use the influence of the Haihan Office in Guangdong to make his company

The office in Guangdong can be established smoothly. If there is any emergency, it is better to be close to the Haihan Office in Guangdong to take care of it.

After hearing this request, Li Nai felt that Zheng Zao had overestimated the situation in Guangzhou. Even if the Annan background of this organization was exposed, the local government was unlikely to take strong measures against it, let alone allow Haihan to come forward to provide asylum.

However, since it was Zheng Zha's serious request, he could only provide the other party with a solution: "Little prince, the land near the Guangdong Office is basically in my hands. If you want to buy it for your own use, of course there is no problem.

, but since this matter concerns the Haihan Office in Guangzhou, it is best to discuss it with Mr. Chen from the Office in Guangdong to avoid any misunderstandings."

The land around the Guangdong Office is in the hands of Furifeng. This is not because Furifeng has any special plan, but at the request of Haihan, he stepped forward to acquire the land around the Guangdong Office one after another for safety.

If the Guangdong Office needs to be expanded in the future, there will be ample space available.

Of course, the cost of acquiring so much land is not a small amount, and only a wealthy customer like Haihan would adopt such a simple and crude solution.

Li Nai's answer was slightly beyond Zheng Zha's expectations, but he still responded calmly: "When I come to Guangzhou this time, I will definitely go to visit Mr. Chen, so I will make a decision after meeting with Mr. Chen."

Chen Tianqi returned to Guangzhou exactly one day later than Zheng Zha and Zhang Jinbao. The first news he received when he arrived at the Guangdong Office was that Zheng Zha had arrived in Guangzhou and sent a greeting card hoping to meet him.

In fact, Chen Tianqi had received the telegram a few days ago and knew the general purpose of Zheng Zha's visit to Guangzhou. However, the executive committee did not give clear instructions on this matter. Chen Tianqi's understanding was to wait and see what happens, and first look at the Annan people

What to do.

Chen Tianqi has never met this young prince of Annan before, and almost all the information he knows about him comes from information provided by the intelligence department. However, this paper information alone is not enough for him to judge the other party's true identity.

Purpose.

Later, new news came from Li Nai. The Annan people intended to locate the office in Guangdong near the Haihan Office in Guangdong. This made Chen Tianqi seem to smell something.

"Reply a message to the people of Annan, and in my name, hold a banquet to welcome Zheng Zha." Chen Tianqi quickly made a decision. He still wanted to meet this little prince who likes to show his face in person for a while to see what the other party is trying to do.

What is the real purpose of establishing an office in Guangdong?

As for Zhang Jinbao, who came to Guangzhou to seek to open an academy, although he also sent a greeting letter to the Guangdong Office, Zhang Jinbao's status was naturally not as good as Zheng Zha's, and there was no big shot from the executive committee to say hello in advance.

Dharma received special care.

Businessmen like him come to Guangzhou to submit posts to the Guangzhou Liaison Office dozens of times a month. Chen Tianqi will also meet him when he is free, but he will definitely not be as active as he is with Zheng Zao, let alone professionally

A banquet was held to welcome him. At most, it was just to see if he was free one day, so he could meet with other Haihan businessmen who had recently arrived in Guangzhou.

However, Zhang Jinbao was not in a hurry. He came to Guangzhou to organize the academy and could not leave in just a few days. He would have to stay here for ten days and a half at least. It didn't matter if he waited a little longer. He sent a message asking to see Chen Tianqi.

The main purpose is to become familiar with the Guangdong Office. After all, running the academy in the future will inevitably have to manage the up and down of the Guangdong Office. Start building contacts early, and maybe they will come in handy.

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Due to limited financial resources, it would be difficult for Zhang Jinbao to afford the related expenses if he wanted to build an academy by himself after purchasing land in Guangzhou. Moreover, considering the construction period, building a house by yourself is certainly not as fast as buying a ready-made house. Therefore, the direction proposed by Zhang Jinbao is

It is a ready-made house suitable for transformation into an academy. As for whether it is located in Guangzhou City, that is not a necessary condition. Anyway, Qiongxi Academy is not in Danzhou City, so there is no need to have too high requirements for a branch.

According to Zhang Jinbao's request, the guide arranged by Li Nai took them to see several large houses for sale inside and outside the city.

Zhang Jinbao walked out of the door and looked back at the house with some reluctance. It is said that this place was the residence of a certain prefect in the past. The fourth courtyard also has an east-west crossing. The area and hardware are completely in line with Zhang Jinbao's vision, and this

The building materials used in the courtyard are of the highest quality, and the layout of the courtyard is also quite ingenious. The location is located in a secluded wealthy area of ​​the city, making it almost impossible to fault it.

The only problem is that it is too expensive. The seller asked for 120,000 taels of silver, and it was a good price. This figure directly dissuaded Zhang Jinbao from including this place as a candidate location. The psychological price he could accept was far lower than this.

The difference in the amounts was so great that there was no need to even counter-offer.

"The house is a good house, but this price is not a good price..." Zhang Jinbao smiled bitterly and said to the guide: "If we were in Danzhou, even if we buy land and build a house, we wouldn't spend so much money in total!"

The guide's name was Gan Wei, a native of Guangzhou. Hearing this, he responded with a smile: "Master Zhang doesn't know that there are fewer and fewer big houses in Guangzhou. Things are rare and expensive.

The price will naturally rise. Don't think that today's price is too high. If you come here in another three to five or seven days, it may have to increase by another ten thousand taels of silver, or it may have been bought by someone else."

Zhang Jinbao was quite curious after hearing this, so he asked again: "Why are houses in Guangzhou so in short supply?"

Gan Wei responded: "In recent years, businessmen in Guangzhou have been doing business with the Haihan Kingdom. Money comes quickly. When you have money, you naturally buy houses and land. In addition, many Haihan merchants also come to Guangzhou to buy houses. When the tide rises, all boats will be raised.

Lift it up. If you had come three to five years earlier, you might have been able to close the deal for half the current price, but now there are more people buying houses than selling them, so people will naturally insist on high prices and won't let go."

Zhang Jinbao laughed dumbly and said: "Looking at it this way, the skyrocketing housing prices in Guangzhou City have something to do with Haihan!"

Gan Wei did not directly respond to Zhang Jinbao's statement, but still gave his own evidence: "Master Zhang, to tell you the truth, in recent years, more than half of the properties that the villain has brokered have been bought by Haihan people.

Not to mention the distance, don’t all the adults in the Guangdong Office have a house in the city? The price is not cheap at all..."

Zhang Jinbao heard this guy talk about the Haihan officials stationed in the Guangdong Office. He did not dare to pick up the conversation casually, so he could only cough dryly and said: "It is reasonable for these officials to be stationed in Guangzhou and purchase real estate locally.

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Why officials from the China General Office in Guangdong want to buy a house in Guangzhou city? Of course it is for the convenience of life. Although the place of the China General Office in Guangzhou is large, there are quite a lot of people coming and going every day, so it is not suitable for people like Chen Tianqi to live in.

If you are already married and have children in Guangzhou, then of course you will have to buy your own house to live more comfortably.

These officials of the General Office of the People's Republic of China are in charge of a large amount of business resources. They can earn profits by providing high-value business information without running the business themselves. And senior officials like Chen Tianqi, who has the status of a time traveler, are not short of money.

Buying real estate in Guangzhou is easy, and you don't have to worry about the price like Zhang Jinbao. You can just buy the one that suits you.

As for the various living facilities in Guangzhou, the inside and outside of the city are basically two different worlds. If you want to live comfortably, it is of course better to buy a big house in the city. In addition, the relationship between Haihan and Daming has tended to ease in the past two years, so it is

There seems to be no danger in Guangzhou city.

Zhang Jinbao does not have the financial strength of senior officials. For him, this house worth hundreds of thousands taels is still too much. Although the condition of the house is good, it has to be paid in cash after all. Zhang Jinbao thought about it again and again, and could only

I reluctantly gave up on this candidate.

Then I looked at two more properties in the city, but they were far less suitable than the first one. One place was too small and could only be used as a private school for elementary students, and it was too stingy to be used as a branch. The other place was

It is located in a busy city. It was originally a business inn, with carriage shops and banks next to it on the left and right. This place is good for doing business, but it is not suitable for opening an academy.

Zhang Jinbao didn't find a suitable property in the city, so he asked Gan Wei if he could go to a similar place outside the city.

Gan Wei responded: "Yes, there is, but the place may be a little more remote. I will take Mr. Zhang to have a look."

The group of people took a carriage out of the city and visited a manor seven or eight miles away from the city. It is said that this place is the property of a retired official, but now that the old man has passed away, his descendants plan to move to another place.

, I am going to sell this manor.

This manor is quite large. Including the farmland around the manor, it covers an area of ​​about fifty acres. It only costs 30,000 taels of silver to buy it all. However, Zhang Jinbao sees that the buildings in this manor are in disrepair and need to be used.

Opening an academy will probably require large-scale renovations, and the corresponding expenditures will certainly not be small.
Chapter completed!