Lin Gao Qiming

Chapter 901 Zhao Yingong's Private School
Mei Lin saw that Zhao Yingong came into the study with a blue straight dress, a gold fan in his hand, and a towel. If you can't get interested, or Merlin's heart will be even more unbalanced.

Zhao Yingong didn't know what Mei Lin was thinking, because both of them were elders, so they were not polite: "What's the matter?"

"I just came down from the construction site. Ask your little girl to pour you a glass of water." Merlin felt unhappy, and his actions and words inevitably became rough.

Zhao Yingong is such a fine person, he immediately saw the clues, got up and opened the wine cabinet calmly, and took out a bottle of kvass.Open it personally and bring it in front of him.

"It's getting hot, let's have a refreshing drink."

Merlin picked up the glass bottle, drank half of it in one gulp, and then wiped his lower lip.He took a breath and said:
"The work in the bookstore is almost done, and there are still some small odd jobs, just wait for Lingao to get the goods."

Zhao Yingong nodded: "You are busy these days, it is really hard enough."

"It doesn't matter if it's hard or not, I want to go to Nanjing again." Mei Lin didn't hide it, and got straight to the point.

Zhao Yingong frowned secretly. Right now, no one is free to go to Nanjing. If Mei Lin goes to Nanjing alone, he is worried. After all, Mei Lin is on a temporary business trip and has not received much foreign training, so it is easy to be exposed.In case something happens in Nanjing, it will be very troublesome to deal with.

However, Meilin has made great efforts in the infrastructure construction of Hangzhou Station, which can be called dedication.If he refused straight away, it would seem that he was too heartless, and Merlin would definitely hold a grudge when he returned.In the future, there are still many places where I can ask for advice from the Construction Corporation...

But it was impossible to send someone to accompany him to Nanjing for a while.Zhao Yingong pondered for a while, thinking that there are boat girls with nine surnames on the Qiantang River, and there are also flower boats on the West Lake, why not set up a table of flower wine in the local area, invite Mei Lin and other veterans on business trips to enjoy, and kill seven or eight flies with one slap, everyone It's all taken care of.As for whether the other elders have a crush on the boat lady, that's their own business.

"Nanjing can't do it right now—there's no one. Just set up a bar on the West Lake, can Hangzhou beauties compare to Qinhuai Rouge?" Zhao Yingong said, waving his fan, "I'll charter a painting boat on the West Lake, just to invite everyone to have fun. Besides, one of Bayan has long passed away, and the other seven are very young, and some are still in Nanjing, and you won’t be able to see them even if you go to the Qinhuai River..."

"It's because they are young, that's why..." Merlin resentfully said, suddenly he realized that he would be considered perverted if he said this, so he quickly stopped, "It's easy to educate people when they are young, and it will be difficult to change their thinking when they officially debut ..."

"Lao Mei, think about it, you have educated them according to our ideas, so is that still called Qinhuai Bayan?" Zhao Yingong pointed out, "The growth environment is the most important thing, you transplanted them to ours. In the social environment, how different are they from the female students in Lingao National School?"

Mei Lin was helpless, Zhao Yingong's words were all reasonable, and he really couldn't think of any rebuttals.In fact, he is not very obsessed with women, but just wants to experience the "dream scene" he dreamed of when he was studying.

He was not interested: "Well, you can arrange it as you like."

Zhao Yingong smiled: "Qinhuai Bayan can't escape." He changed the subject: "It's better to hit the sun than to choose a date. Since the bookstore has been completed, it will be the first day of May in the lunar calendar in a few days. Dragon boat, let's go and see, it's corrupt."

Mei Lin had nothing to say about this, Zhao Yingong immediately called the sedan chair, and came to Qinghefang's residence together with Mei Lin.

In the past few months, Qinghefang has been undergoing reconstruction, so Zhao Yingong moved to Fenghuang Villa——Hangzhou Station is located in Fenghuang Villa.

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 and various objects.The street that was covered in mud and water and rubble had been cleaned up, and the entire street that was only randomly paved with gravel was also paved with bluestone slabs.This handwriting made the neighbors around Qinghefang look at this "Master Zhao" with admiration.

Originally, there was only one house gate and one corner gate, but now there are two main gates.On the left is the original residential part, and on the right is the "cultural bookstore".This completely newly built bookstore occupies most of the original abandoned residential garden, adopting the design of the front shop and the back shop.The front is the business space of the bookstore, and the back is the printing workshop.Behind the printing factory, there are dormitories for workers.On the side of the bookstore, there is a small garden for customers who come to buy books, drink tea and chat.

The garden is still empty and unfurnished, and the gardener Sun Wang hired has not yet arrived.When it comes to building traditional gardens, Mei Lin thinks he should not make a fool of himself—Jiangsu and Zhejiang were originally the main stage for top gardeners at that time.

The original residential layout has also undergone several modifications, and the space division has been re-divided according to the architectural concept of the old time and space.Improved lighting and water supply and drainage.After all, this is the "front" of Zhao Yingong's activities in Hangzhou.In terms of design, Merlin kept the traditional elements as much as possible, so that it doesn't look shocking and can ensure that the people living in it have enough comfort.

Zhao Yingong looked all the way and felt very satisfied, but he had some doubts about the widespread use of glass windows-this thing is not used by wealthy gentry even in Guangzhou-the price of high-yield flat lighting glass is very expensive.Isn't it a little shocking that he used so much in one breath in Hangzhou?But then I thought that if I wanted to gain some fame in Hangzhou, I had to be a little different.

Walking through the main courtyard, Merlin took him to the side, and after a month's passage through the cave gate, it was a small courtyard with only one small room. There were two magnolia trees and two golden hanging trees in the courtyard.There is also a moon cave gate in the yard.Merlin led him in. There was no cave inside, but it was a rather large courtyard with towering walls.The building inside is a modern two-story green brick building. The yard is paved with yellow sand mixed with white ash, surrounded by flower beds and fitness equipment, very similar to an elementary school.

This is the dormitory where Zhao Yingong takes in the orphans.Zhao Yingong intends to teach a group of orphans himself.In order to facilitate day and night teaching, this courtyard was attached to the residence in Qinghefang as the school of Hangzhou Station.

The school and Zhao Yingong's inner study, bedroom and meeting room are located in the deepest part of the house, the environment is extremely secluded and secluded, and the door is locked, no one can enter here without a special person to guide them.

"It can accommodate up to 48 children, half male and half male." Meilin introduced, "The upstairs is a 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."

Downstairs there are classrooms, a dining room that doubles as an activity room and 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 large classroom ready to be used as a craft workshop.It can be said that the facilities are complete, and it is simply an independent small world.

The school in Hangzhou Station is equivalent to Zhao Yingong's "private school".His plan is to personally train twenty or thirty children here as his future minions—or it can be said to be adopted children.Of course, only the smartest, most savvy, and most loyal child to Daye and himself would be able to bear his surname.

Zhao Yingong was very satisfied after reading it, although most of the funds he brought were spent on the construction of the Cultural Bookstore and Phoenix Mountain Villa, and many materials and equipment used in the project were transferred from Lingao free of charge.But he firmly believes that the tight financial situation will turn around as soon as the cultural bookstore project is launched.

Wanyou, Qiwei, and Delong, led by Hangzhou Station, have successively opened branches in various parts of the south of the Yangtze River. Once these branches are in operation, they can also give Hangzhou Station a certain amount of support in terms of funds.The Department of Colonial Trade is going to sell Australian goods directly in Jiangnan through Wanyou. Once the sales start, the money will roll in.

When he established a network among the gentry and gained the ability to protect himself, he directly intervened in the silk and tea business—even if there were no local customers, the colonial trade department in Lingao had a great appetite.Scaled sent him a telegram a few days ago, asking him to find out the amount of raw silk and silk Hangzhou can purchase each year and the silk production capacity.In addition, the Ministry of Colonization and Trade also has a strong interest in Zhejiang tea.In the telegram, Zhao Yingong was asked to report the quantity and price of local tea supply, and at the same time asked whether it was possible to set up a local factory to make brick tea.

Although Europeans don't drink tea at present, the demand for tea in Houjin is quite strong-because of the blockade of Ming Dynasty, some tea can only be obtained through small-scale smuggling channels and from North Korea.The price is not low.Tea can not only be used as the main export commodity of Lingao Xianghoujin, but also be sold to Mongolia through Houjin.

Thinking of silk and tea, he suddenly thought of one thing—he could set up a sericulture school in Hangzhou—this time and space could be called a workhouse for the poor.Tiandihui should have professionals in sericulture, and invite one to come and teach the normal class first, and then use the students of the normal class as teachers——Fei Xiaotong followed a routine when he started the female sericulture college.

Of course, the students of sericulture schools can be kept for their own use, but the biggest advantage is that he can justifiably recruit and accommodate a large number of children and women among refugees.At that time, we will set up an internship workshop and promote semi-mechanized silk reeling... He started to play countless ideas in his mind,

Merlin knew what he was thinking, shook his head and said, "Don't think about it, eat your meal one bite at a time, and let's talk about the bookstore first."

Zhao Yingong was shocked by his words, Mu De came back to his senses, and laughed a few times: "Come on, let's go to the bookstore."

(End of this chapter)