Two hundred and twenty-seventh Runshitang flagship store
"What did the visitor say?"
"Said to come back in three days for an answer.?"
"I see."
Logically speaking, Zhang Dai's matter should be handled by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs - the Senate does not have such a role as the United Front Department - but the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has no representative in Guangdong, so for the time being it will be managed by Liu Xiang's municipal government. The general United Front work with famous indigenous figures
When it comes to work, either he will do it in person, or Lin Baiguang will do it.
Why did Zhang Dai suddenly appear in Guangzhou? Liu Xiang thought about it and suddenly remembered something. He took down a thick memo from the bookshelf and looked for it in the "z" column in the keyword search column. No
After a while, I found a telegram summary.
The telegram came from Hangzhou Station more than three months ago. Keywords: Zhang Dai, Hangzhou, Zhao Yingong, Lingao. Zhao Yingong reported in the telegram: Zhang Dai intends to go south and is very likely to come to Lingao.
Fortunately, I still remember this story! Liu Xiang thought to himself, our level of information processing and sharing is still too low.
He immediately copied the number on a note and rang the bell to call the new secretary: "Go and get a copy of the full text of this message!"
Yang Shixiang was sitting in the brand-new Runshitang Guangzhou flagship store, looking at the bright hall and crystal clear glass counter, feeling extremely satisfied.
After the liberation of Guangzhou, Yang Shixiang moved his head office from Lingao to Guangzhou under Liu San's persuasion. Although Lingao's prosperity and population are not inferior to those of Guangzhou today, the geographical disadvantage makes it difficult for both the sales market and Guangzhou.
The raw material production areas are too remote.
Yang Shixiang was also eager to expand his business in a "big wharf" like Guangzhou. The two hit it off and the head office of Runshitang was moved to Dajijie. In addition to store retail, Yang Shixiang was also preparing to open a new pharmaceutical factory locally.
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Because it is a brand new head office, Yang Shixiang has made a lot of money in recent years and strives to be "magnificent". He has "spared no expense" in the decoration and has rented the largest storefront on the commercial street in the world. According to tradition
The medicinal materials shop has been renovated. The huge gold-lettered signboard was taken from an old shop in Lingao - to show that "the roots are not forgotten". The wall behind the counter facing the door is a huge medicine cabinet one foot high, made of camphor wood.
The surface is made of white pine, which is much taller than the oak medicine cabinet in the old Lingao store. The counter is no longer the old-fashioned large wooden cabinet, but a glass counter like the one used in Ziminglou
, which displays all Chinese patent medicines, as well as some "Australian miracle medicines". When he was originally designing, he also proposed to change the large medicine cabinet to an all-glass one, but Liu San rejected it because it was "too traditional".
Yang Shixiang deeply regrets this, and at the same time feels completely incomprehensible - Australians themselves are the most "untraditional", so why should "losing tradition" be used as an excuse for such a high-end and elegant design like a large all-glass medicine cabinet.
I thought that my dream at that time was just to bring my own brand back to Foshan one day, so as to give my father a good fight. Who would have thought that now Runshitang would go to Guangzhou and open such a large brand! It’s quite like what my father used to do.
I crossed the sea to buy medicinal materials, but were plundered by pirates. The cargo was all gone, and I fled back to Lingao alone. I cried endlessly in front of my grandfather, the Lord. The scene today was enough to comfort my father's spirit in heaven.
Not mentioning these unpleasant memories, Yang Shixiang thought of the latest instructions conveyed by the military commander named Ye: Ye Siman was Liu Dafu's personal bodyguard, and he couldn't help but feel a little uneasy. Today, in addition to "inspection"
In addition to "guiding the work of the Guangzhou flagship store", he also had a special task, which was to receive a Jiangnan scholar who specified that he wanted to meet the "Master of Runshitang". Although this "eldest son" had a difficult time in the examination, he was still in his forties.
He didn't even take the exam to gather people, but he managed to become famous as a scholar. This was what Ye Junye told Yang Shixiang, which shows that he must be outstanding. However, when Guangfu changed the world, one day
It is thought-provoking that a scholar from the south of the Yangtze River appears in Guangzhou and wants to meet the "Master of Runshi Hall"...
Liu San is a senator, and his status is self-evident. In recent years, with the expansion of the power of the Senate, the authority of the senators has become increasingly strong. Even though they still maintain a low-key style that is close to the people, ordinary naturalized people and indigenous people also feel that they have status.
The gap is getting bigger and bigger. If something happens to him, Yang Shixiang cannot afford it.
I asked the clerk on duty that day - according to Australian custom, he should be called a salesperson - only a boy came that day and handed over a famous card and an "eight lines" letter. He didn't say that he wanted to see a person that day.
In other words, I just ask the salesperson to hand over the famous thorn and mention the request: "Come back in three days and wait for a reply."
Yang Shixiang is already over 40 years old. From this point of view, he can see the tension and expectation of the other party. He also roughly believes that the other party is not a spy or the like, and has no intention of kidnapping the elders - this is what he wants to see. "
"Master of Runshitang" obviously does not refer to him, Mr. Yang, but to the sworn elder Liu San of Jinlan.
This morning, the servant who came to deliver the name card came again to inquire about the news. Yang Shixiang, who had received Liu San's notice yesterday, responded in person and said that he could meet at any time from afternoon to evening. The old servant replied that it would be inconvenient at night.
, when the weather was hot and there were few visitors, his owner came to ask for a consultation. The two parties made an appointment to meet.
Compared with Shaoxing, the sun in Guangfu is of course more poisonous. According to Kun Ren's book, this land in the south is close to the equator, and the angle of the sun is higher. If you compare the length of the shadow, at the same time, you will be there.
The shadow in Guangfu should be shorter than that in Shaoxing. After a while, Zhang Dai came to his senses and became "distracted" again. As a middle-aged man who had no doubts and gloriously joined the old scholar army, he was very
He understood that the reason why he failed to pass the Juren examination was not only due to bad luck and his inner dislike of eight-legged essays, but also because he was "confused" when he saw the test questions.
I just "don't understand". Speaking of which, the word "thinking scattered" used by Kun is really exquisite... However, it seems that the thinking has become scattered again...
A small sedan has been parked outside the small gate of the small courtyard where he lives. In order to avoid suspicion, he did not use the Liang family's sedan today, but hired one from an outside sedan company. Zhang Dai was already dressed and walked out of the door.
The doorman of the Liang family said, "I'm going to go shopping in the market today," and then he got into the sedan chair. The servant opened the rattan box in his hand, and inside was an insulated box with a thick kapok insulation layer.
Several bottles of kvass were chilled with crushed ice from the Liang family's ice cellar. The boy pressed down the marbles and handed the bottles to Zhang Dai respectfully. Then he closed the box and followed him outside to wait.
The sedan slowly stood up, and Zhang Dai took a good gulp of the cold drink - he needed to calm down again.
Although today's action can be regarded as "thinking twice before acting", it is not frivolous after all. Although I am not an important person, my reputation in the Jiangnan literary world and the power of my old Zhang family in the Jiangnan generation have made me finally
It seems to be of some value. With such an embarrassing identity and a "visit" with unknown purpose, what will the other party think? If the other party is Donglu and a thief, I will probably never have the idea of "seeing"
The idea is that even if he is unfortunately "trapped" like now, besides trying to escape, he should also choose to commit suicide to maintain his loyalty and filial piety. Where did this Kunren give birth to "Jian Yi Jian"
What's on your mind?
The sedan was moving slowly - not because the bearer was delaying on purpose, but because the streets in Guangzhou were being renovated and it was really "digging all over the city" - Zhang Dai was also slowly sorting out his thoughts in the sedan.
At noon in the summer in Guangfu, people who can't go out will not go out casually. In the lobby of Runshitang flagship store, apart from the clerk, there is Yang Shixiang, the big boss. The big boss is sitting in the hall, and the air pressure in the whole store is high.
It's down, and the newly recruited clerks are so intimidated that they are rummaging through the boxes one by one to check the medicinal materials in each medicine drawer, or wiping the glass counter with a dry and wet rag until it shines, no matter if they are really busy or not.
, none of them dare to take their time off.
The doctor sitting in the flagship store is Xu Zhiling, the second son of the Xu family of Baohe Tang, an old store in Wenchang County. Although the two families are "far apart", there are only a few medical clinics in Hainan Island that have both medical schools and shops.
, they can be regarded as family friends. According to tradition, Xu Zhiling is not qualified to inherit the family business, but he failed to enter school and only loves to study medicine. His talent is higher than that of his brother Xu Zhishen. The Qiongzhou medical community
They all thought that the tradition of only direct descendants among the four generations of Baohe Hall would be discontinued in this generation, but they didn’t expect that as soon as the Australian came, Xu Zhiling would abandon her roots in her hometown and go to Lingao to take the Australian exam for Chinese medicine.
Medical qualification certificate. After getting the certificate, I passed Liu San's screening and entered the establishment. I went all the way to the countryside and mountains to deliver doctors and medicines and accumulated merit. Now I have finally been promoted to sit in the flagship store of Runshitang.
Xu Zhiling saw that there were no patients coming for consultation at noon, and the boss was sitting in the hall under pressure. Everyone was busy busy for a while, but they were more tired than when the patients came, so he took out the "Chinese Pharmacopoeia" published by the Elders' Academy and flipped through it at will.
In Chapter 1, they went to "Uncle Yang" for advice. When the guys in the store saw that Doctor Xu sitting in the hall was having a heated discussion with the boss, they relaxed a little and stopped busy trying to establish their presence.
Time passed quickly amid the arguments. The shouts of the bearers getting off the sedan came from the door of the store, which attracted Yang Shixiang's attention. Xu Zhiling excused himself quickly - he knew that the big boss was actually waiting for someone today.
That day, the waiter who received the "Jiangnan scholar" saw the young man coming up to post a message and knew that the person the big boss was waiting for had arrived. He nodded and signaled inside. Yang Shixiang also straightened his clothes, rolled up his sleeves, and walked slowly.
Walked to the door of the store. (To be continued.) 8