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 couldn't help but feel envious, jealous, and hateful in his heart. Fortunately, Feng Hua's appearance made people laugh.
I can't get interested, otherwise Merlin's heart would be even more unbalanced.
Zhao Yingong didn't know what Mei Lin 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 stood up and opened the wine cupboard quietly, took out a bottle of kvass, opened it himself and brought 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 breath, then wiped his mouth with chun. 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've been busy these days, it's been hard enough."
"It doesn't matter if 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 he asked Meilin to go to Nanjing alone. After all, Meilin was on a temporary business trip and had not received much training for foreign assignments. He could easily fall into trouble. What if he was in Nanjing?
It's very troublesome to deal with something if something happens.
However, Meilin has made great efforts in the infrastructure construction process of Hangzhou Station. It can be said that he has tried his best. If he refuses, it will seem too ruthless. Meilin will definitely hold a grudge after returning. In the future, he will have many places to seek advice from the Construction Corporation.
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But there was no way to send someone to accompany him to Nanjing for a while. Zhao Yingong pondered for a long time, thinking that there were boat girls with nine surnames on the Qiantang River and there were flower boats on the West Lake. It would be better to hold a table of flower wine locally and invite Mei Lin and others.
The elders who were on a business trip enjoyed it, and everyone took care of it by slapping seven or eight flies to death. 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 of Hangzhou be as good as the rouges of Qinhuai?" Zhao Yingong said, waving his fan, "I will pack 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 in Nanjing yet. You can’t see them even if you go to the Qinhuai River..."
"They're just 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?"
Mei Lin was helpless. Zhao Yiggong's words made sense and he really couldn't think of anything to refute. In fact, he was not very persistent in women, but just wanted to experience the "dream scene" he had 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, in a few days it will be the first day of the fifth lunar month in the lunar calendar, 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. Zhao Yingong immediately called a sedan chair and went with Mei Lin to his residence in Qinghefang.
Qinghefang has been under reconstruction in recent months, so Zhao Yingong moved to Fenghuang Villa - where Hangzhou Station is located.
When the sedan chair returned to Qinghefang, Cai Shi took care of it in front of the door, instructing craftsmen and peasants to carry waste materials and various objects. The streets that were originally covered with mud and water and scattered rubble have been cleaned up, and the entire street that was originally just paved with gravel has also been cleared.
They were all paved with bluestone slabs. This handiwork made the neighbors around Qinghefang admire the workmanship of this "Master Zhao" with admiration.
Originally there was only one house entrance and one corner door, but now it is divided into two main entrances. On the left is the original residential part, and on the right is the "Cultural Bookstore". This completely new bookstore occupies most of the original residential abandoned garden.
It adopts the design of a front shop and a back square. The front is the business space of the bookshop, and the back is the printing workshop. Behind the printing workshop, there are workers' dormitories. On the side of the bookshop, there is a small garden where you can buy books and drink tea.
Customer tours with simple conversations.
The garden is currently empty and undecorated, and the gardener Sun Wangcai hired has not yet arrived. When it comes to building a traditional garden, Meilin thinks it is better not to make a fool of himself - Jiangsu and Zhejiang were originally the main stages for top gardeners at that 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. The lighting and water supply and drainage have been improved. After all, this is the "facade" of Zhao Yingong's activities in Hangzhou. Meilin tried his best to retain it in the design.
Traditional elements make it look not 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 was not used by wealthy gentry - high-yield flat lighting glass was very expensive.
Isn’t it a bit shocking that he used so much in one breath in Hangzhou? But then I thought that if I want to be famous in Hangzhou, I have to be a little different.
After walking through the main courtyard, Merlin took him to the side. After passing the Moon Cave Gate, there was a small courtyard with only one small room. There were two magnolias and two golden hanging trees in the yard. There was also a Moon Cave Gate 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 was a modern-style two-story blue brick building. The courtyard was paved with yellow sand mixed with white ash, and the surrounding walls were covered with yellow sand.
There are also gardens and fitness equipment, 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 a 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 door is heavily locked. No one can enter here without someone to guide them.
"This place can accommodate up to forty-eight children, half male and female." 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 male and female children."
There are classrooms downstairs, a restaurant that doubles as an activity room, a 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 handicraft workshop.
The large classroom has complete facilities and is simply an independent small world.
This school in Hangzhou Station is equivalent to Zhao Yiggong's "si private school". His plan is to personally train twenty or thirty children here as his future minions - or it can also be said to be adopted children. Of course, only the smartest and most enlightened will
xing, only the children who are most loyal to the cause and to him personally can bear his surname.
Zhao Yingong was very satisfied after seeing it. Although 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 from Lingao for free. But he firmly believed
As soon as the Cultural Bookstore project opens, the current tight financial situation will improve.
Wanyou, Qiwei and Delong branches led by Hangzhou Station have been opened one after another in various places in the south of the Yangtze River. Once these branches are operational, they can also provide certain financial support to Hangzhou Station. The Ministry of Colonial Trade is preparing to pass Wanyou
Sell Australian products directly in Jiangnan. Once you start selling, the money will roll in.
When he established a network among the gentry and had the ability to protect himself, he directly intervened in the business of silk and tea. Even if there were no local customers for tea, the Colonial Trade Department in Lingao would have a huge appetite. A few days ago, Skade
I sent him a telegram and asked him to report the amount of raw silk and silk that Hangzhou can purchase each year and its silk production capacity. In addition, the Ministry of Colonization and Trade also has a strong interest in Zhejiang's tea. In the telegram, Zhao Yingong was asked to report on the local tea supply.
Quantity and market price, and also asked whether it is possible to set up a local factory to make brick tea.
Although Europeans do not drink tea at present, the demand for tea in Houjin is quite strong. Due to the blockade of the Ming Dynasty, some tea can only be obtained through small-scale Si channels and from North Korea. The price is not low. Tea can not only be used as a
Lingao's main export products are Houjin, and they 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, which could be called a poor people's workshop in this time and space. Tiandihui should have professionals in sericulture, invite one to come and teach a model class, and then
Using students from normal classes as teachers—Fei Xiaotong followed a routine when he set up a junior college for female silkworms.
By setting up 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. At that time, it will also set up a training workshop and promote semi-mechanized silk reeling fields...
···He began to have countless ideas in his mind again,
Merlin knew what he was thinking, so he shook his head and said, "Stop thinking nonsense, eat your food one bite at a time, and finish the matters in the bookstore first."
Zhao Yingong was shocked by his words, Mu De came to his senses and laughed a few times: "Come on, let's go to the bookstore."!