While he was busy, someone had already sent a thick stack of greeting cards and gifts. Guo Yi took it and flipped through it, and couldn't help but sigh in his heart: It seems that power is truth and strength is friendship in any time and space.
Compared to last year's scene of a deserted and hasty escape, it was really disappointing.
There are all kinds of greeting cards, some are just greetings, some are invitations to be guests, and of course some are requested by Baba. The greeting cards are classified according to the status, distance and purpose of the owner of the greeting cards.
Some of them require a reply, some require an interview, and some of them don't need to be ignored, just say "the master is not at home". As for the gifts, some are accepted, some are not accepted, and some receive half and keep the other half. These all belong to Zheng Shangjie
Make up your mind. Although she rarely appears in the external interactions of Guangzhou Station, she actually plays the role of a "housewife". She is not only in charge of general affairs, but also responsible for all courtesy matters.
Yi Liu pressed through the posts and left a few important posts that Guo Yi had taken care of. The others were given to Zheng Shangjie to deal with.
The first one is a high-profile post. In the post, there is a clip inviting him to a banquet. Of course he is going to the banquet. Not only does Guangzhou Station have some dealings with him to settle, but he also has to thank him in person for his benefit to Guangzhou Station over the past six months.
Of course, it also includes future cooperation plans for the Foreign Intelligence Service and the Ministry of Colonial Trade to come to Beijing.
The second one is from Liang Cunhou, and it is also a post inviting people to a banquet. Although the Liang family did not help much in this crisis, relying on their brand, the Cihuitang, which was used by Guangzhou Station to absorb homeless people, was saved.
Because Cihuitang had a lot of real estate and land, there were a lot of people who were looking at it at that time. Some of the Zishi Enterprise's guys couldn't escape in time and were caught, and the Liang family also stepped in to protect a few. This favor must be repaid.
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The third post is from Li Xijue. This person is currently Li Fengjie’s designated contact person in the Guangdong officialdom.
Apart from these three people, the other posts don't matter. As for the young masters and young masters who are hanging around Pei Lixiu, she will wait until Ziming Building is restored to order, and she will come out to entertain them.
Mei Lin and Li Xiaolu, the architects accompanying the Lingao Construction Company, came in. They had just conducted a detailed survey of the damage to the entire Huifu Street building complex in order to formulate a repair and reconstruction plan.
Both of them were wearing nondescript Mingren attire, with Mei Lin wearing a Liuheyi hat and Li Xiaolu wearing a fake bun that was crooked. They looked very uncomfortable.
This is the core part of the mansion. There are political security personnel at the entrance of the courtyard for security. Except for the elders and elders' secretaries and confidential officials, neither naturalized citizens nor local clerks are allowed to enter unless summoned. They can have a more casual conversation.
The place.
Guo Yi greeted Yiliu while helping him pour tea.
"How's the situation? Will it take a long time to repair?"
Merlin took a sip of tea, straightened his legs, and tugged on his clothes: "It's not that bad. The house itself is not damaged, but the building accessories are severely damaged. There is not much muddying work, and there is a lot of carpentry work. As for repairs,
How long it will take depends on how quickly you can provide parts here. I looked at the remaining parts and found that many of them are very well made. I'm afraid they won't be available in a month or two, right?"
"Yes." Guo Yi nodded, "Just recruit more local carpenters and let them work harder. As for the wood, go to Gao Li's warehouse and have a look. He has good wood that has been stored for many years and can be used immediately.
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"Look at this, we don't have enough interior accessories. I'm afraid we have to order more from Lingao." Li Xiaolu looked at the book and said, "I don't know what the situation in Ziming Tower is like..."
"It won't be much better." Zheng Shangjie interrupted, and she sighed.
"My plan is this," Mei Lin said. "First, we will focus on repairing the access control facilities and overhauling the walls and roofs. Then we will restore the facades of Zizhenzhai and Zichengji so that they can resume business as soon as possible. As for the residences..."
"First repair the area in front for entertaining guests and entertaining guests. It's also best to repair the garden as soon as possible. This is the place where we entertain and entertain. We have a lot to entertain guests when we return to Guangzhou, so we need a place."
"Okay." Merlin wrote down his request in the notebook, "I will also arrange for people to repair the inner house first. At least restore the water supply and bathroom equipment so that you can use it."
"I want to go see the condition of Ziming Building tomorrow," Li Xiaolu said, "so I can estimate the construction period and materials."
The next day, Zheng Shangjie and Pei Lixiu accompanied Li Xiaolu and others to Ziming Building to check the situation on the spot and opened the locked door. Although the inside had been cleaned, it was still in a mess.
As Guo Yi estimated, the damage to Ziming Building was not inferior. Half of the carpet was cut off, all the glass on the windows was broken, and the window sash and carved hood were removed. The glass chandelier was gone. Although the large bath was passed
We had to clean it, but a large number of statues, plumbing hardware and tiles were missing. Apparently someone also tried to dismantle the plumbing equipment and sanitary ware in the private room, which resulted in a lot of damage. The toilet, bathtub and various pipes were almost completely destroyed.
The loss was serious. Because the pipes were damaged, the water in the water tank leaked out, leaving traces of water erosion everywhere. Almost all the furniture, furnishings and other items in the building were lost, and even the animal-powered machine used to feed the water tower was demolished.
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There were many things piled up in the hall, which were all items "returned" by the government, a miscellaneous pile of junk. Zheng Shangjie looked at it, and saw that many of them were just scraps, and some were items from Ziming Tower, but had been removed.
It was a mess. There were several large sofas that were originally placed in Pei Lixiu's "salon". The brocade fabrics on them had been torn, exposing the kapok filling inside. Zheng Shangjie looked at them and found that the springs were gone.
The full-length mirror and the large clock in Pei Lixiu's boudoir were missing. These two items had been taken by others, and their whereabouts are now unknown. Her dressing table and Zheng Shangjie's desk are still there. They are fine rosewood furniture, but I don't know why.
It was carefully chopped into pieces with an axe.
"I'm looking for hidden drawers." Zheng Shangjie sighed regretfully, "What a pity. This table is very useful."
Pei Li was so delicate that she was speechless. Seeing that the boudoir and salon that she had carefully decorated were ruined, she almost cried. Zheng Shangjie also felt very angry. This is simply trashing things!
Mei Lin and Li Xiaolu also made a repair plan after reading it. The repair here is not an urgent matter. Moreover, the building materials that need to be ordered from Lingao are much more than those on Huifu Street. They have to put the construction period at the back. Although Pei Lixiu is not
Satisfied, I had no choice but to admit it.
"I think you don't have to worry for a while." Zheng Shangjie sat on the same sedan as her and persuaded her, "After the repairs are done over there on Huifu Street, you can stay on Huifu Street first. Here, first invite all the regular customers from the past.
Let’s go visit again. It doesn’t matter if the house is not repaired. Keep the relationship in order.”
"That's all we have to do." Pei Lixiu said gloomily.
"It's okay. It's just a matter of time to reopen. Besides, hasn't the Planning Institute approved our flagship store plan? The second store is much bigger. Let's make detailed plans first."
Guo Yi went out to visit guests every day or entertained guests at the mansion of a local prostitute. He met Gao Ji first, and Gao Ji's face was full of enthusiasm. The relationship between the two parties seemed to be much warmer than before. Gao Ji said: "This time it can be considered a good time."
We have been through adversity together, and the bond between our brothers is no longer what it used to be." But Guo Yi knew that this was the result of them fully demonstrating their strength. The wealth and life of high-ranking officials are all in Guangzhou, and their financial resources are on the sea, so of course they have to be with each other.
Their looming rise in maritime power maintains a more friendly relationship.
In addition to words of thanks, the two parties discussed the work of cleaning up the remaining accounts. At the same time, they also had in-depth discussions on the next step of cooperation. When Gao Ji heard that Australians would import a large amount of spices into Xiangshan Australia, he knew that there was a new opportunity to make money.
arrive.
Spices were a bulk consumer product in China at that time, and they were also one of the few goods that China was willing to import in large quantities. In addition to edible spices, other fumigating spices produced in Nanyang, such as benzoin and incense, also had a large market in China. If Australia
If a person can supply large quantities of goods, his financial resources will not be much less than his current experience with Australian goods.
"It's easy to talk about." Gao Ju nodded repeatedly, "To tell you the truth, brother, I can sell a lot of goods here. If brother has a ship that can be shipped overseas, brother, the goods here are complete, and there will be as much as you want."
"That's the best." Guo Yi thought that he would immediately bring big business to Hong Kong. Gao Li was both a big importer and a big exporter. With him as the fundamentals, the goods shipped by the Dutch and
The transported goods are all accounted for. The elders only need to transfer them in Hong Kong.
Guo Yi said: "There is one more thing I would like to ask my brother to tell me."
"If anything happens, brother, just ask."
"Shopkeeper Wen wants to send some people to the capital to do business," Guo Yi looked at Gao Zhan's face, "I want to ask my brother to help me."
The raised face became tense for a moment and then relaxed. He did not answer immediately. He thought for a while before asking: "We brothers will not speak outsiders' words among ourselves. Now that you have established a firm foothold in Qiongzhou, you now want to go to Beijing.
What exactly is the plot?”
"Of course we make money."
Gao Zhang smiled slightly, leaned back and shook his head: "Brother, what you said is too unreasonable. Although the eldest brother is not an inquiring person, there are some things that you still need to know in order to feel at ease."
Guo Yidao: "We traveled far and wide to reach the Ming Dynasty, just to do business and make money. When we arrived in the capital, of course, we still wanted to make money. We must also look at the face of the court, explore the wind direction, and ask the elder brother to introduce a few friends.
', lest the court one day unleash the wrath of thunder..."
"Haha." Gao Ju smiled and nodded repeatedly, "Shopkeeper Wen is indeed extraordinary."