Chapter 153: Photography
The second more
As soon as Zeng Fan and the others arrived in Fujian, they also received the good news from Zhong Xian, Xi'er gave birth to a big fat son in the royal hospital, and the mother and son were safe. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 The capacity of the info telegram is also a little larger. Besides, it also had to be translated from English into Chinese by the telegraph personnel of the British army, and An Hai naturally would not say much. However, this is enough, the safety of mother and son, for Zeng Fan and his wife, this is the most important thing.
"Alas, I don't know if the foreigners' chickens will be as good as those in our country?" Li Ping sighed again.
"Thinking so much about what to do, I didn't see that she was a child who went to the hospital to give birth. There must be a lot of doctors. Zeng Fan thought about it and said, in fact, he didn't know what the concept of a hospital was. I only know a little from Huang Ge's letter.
"Okay, since you can't see it, don't worry." The eldest lady thought that she had become a mother when she saw Da Xi'er, and she was really a little emotional.
"Foreigners have a machine that can draw pictures, how many do you ask them to draw back?" Li Ping didn't understand what it was, anyway, she heard that there was such a machine. She didn't care about it at the time, but when she was on the construction site, she saw the two foreign engineers, sometimes with a big wooden box covering their heads, what were they doing there. Later, I heard from the interpreter that they were painting the factory and saying that it could be exactly the same. But now she didn't see the picture, but she remembered it.
"yes, I'll have someone take a picture of us." Zeng Fan thought of something all of a sudden, and hurriedly asked the translator to find the two foreigners, put on official clothes himself, and asked Li Ping and the eldest lady to change their clothes and comb their hair quickly.
The eldest lady has never heard of it, but when she thinks of painting, she feels a little awkward, the countryside is not interested in this, and how long do you have to sit in the painting. But Li Ping thinks it's a good idea, I can't see my grandson now, but I can leave a portrait so that my grandson can see me in the future.
When the eldest lady heard this, she also left a portrait. followed Li Ping back to the room to change clothes.
Now the two engineers are very obedient, they arrived as soon as they called, and they also knew that they were going to take pictures of Master Zeng and them, and they both came with cameras. Thinking that they were afraid that Mrs. Zeng didn't know what a photo was, they brought some photos for them to see.
Li Ping knows her own factory, and she is very moved to see that the factory she is familiar with can be preserved so clearly. Specially showed the eldest lady, where it was, the eldest lady saw that there were still some villains in the photo, squinted and looked at it far away for a long time.
"It's too small."
"Godmother, this is to paint the scene, let them paint us, naturally it will be bigger." Li Ping doesn't like to use photographing, only uses drawing.
But no one dared to say 'no', let the old lady sit in front, and the couple stood behind and took a picture, and the old lady was startled when the fireworks flashed. But fortunately, Li Ping comforted them and let them take a few more photos. The old lady also took a single photo, Li Ping and Zeng Fan also took a single photo, and there was a group photo of the two sitting together.
Li Ping thought about it, "Is this machine expensive?" ”
"It's okay, Madame wants to buy one?"
"yes, it's nothing to buy one, you have to find someone who can use it. I want to paint some for my father-in-law, my father-in-law, and my father-in-law. Li Ping didn't want to say unlucky things, but the old lady was not young, and her parents were much older this time, thinking that her mother-in-law had been strong all her life, I was afraid that the children would not remember what their grandmother looked like. With these portraits, there will be a credential for remembering them in the future.
Zeng Fan gently hugged his wife, "Okay, it's not difficult to shoot, I heard that it is difficult to prescribe, it is a potion, and what kind of paper, there are some things that cannot be forced." ”
Li Ping sighed lightly, and hurriedly said to the foreigner, "Then print a few more copies, I'm going to send them back to my parents and family to see." ”
The two of them were busy going back, and Li Ping asked the translator by the way, so that he could remember to settle accounts with the two of them, and others would let them lose money. The translator nodded and went back, Li Ping looked at the photos left, "These portraits have to be kept, I have to say, foreigners are good." If you want to leave a picture of everything, it will be our merit in the future. ”
Zeng Fan also sat down and took a look, "Yes, our first factory in the real sense of the word, it can be said that it will be famous in history, if these photos can be preserved, it will also be of great significance to future generations." ”
The eldest lady doesn't care about leaving a name in history, for her, the focus is on belonging.
"Is this factory Ping'er's, or is it from the imperial court?" She often put this factory on her lips when she listened to it, but listening to Zeng Fan's meaning, this was to prepare for the imperial court to make an arsenal in the future. But I heard my daughter say that this is her factory, and she will hand it over to Anhai in the future. She just couldn't figure out whose factory it was.
"It's Ping'er's." Zeng Fan smiled, looking at his wife and glaring at him, he didn't dare to say that this was from the imperial court.
At that time, it could not be done in the name of the imperial court, for the British, the weaker they were, the better, the weaker, the greater their say here. But for individuals, if you really build such a factory, you can't get it down without the support of the imperial court. At least, the money for this factory was obtained by the sailors. Of course, because it was Ding Tong who operated this in the water division, even Zhong Xian didn't know the specifics.
He thought about it carefully, after the Fujian sailors were under the management of Zhongxian, his family's industry seemed to have risen in a straight line. The children had estates in England. They have a factory here. Come to think of it, you can't say he's corrupt again. Because of all this, the original intention was still for the court.
"Don't worry about it, in a few years, when it is really on the track, and the imperial court can slowly accept it, I will donate the factory to the imperial court, and I will not let the old man leave a stigma in history." Li Pingneng didn't know Zeng Fan's concerns, and rolled her eyes.
Zeng Fan laughed, feeling that if he had a wife like this, what more could his husband ask for.
The eldest lady quit, "Why, such a big property, you donated?" Didn't you say it to Xi'er for them? ”
"Godmother, this money is actually from the imperial court, but it is not good to hang the name of the imperial court, and when the time comes, the imperial court will be straightened out, I said that it was donated to the imperial court, but in fact, the wool came out of the sheep. At that time, it will still be Anhai Guan, how can anyone else in the court be able to manage it. Li Ping sighed.
Zeng Fan couldn't listen to it anymore, he knew it in his heart, but don't say it! Gently patted his wife's forehead, went back to the study to read, and wrote a letter. The matter of taking pictures gave him a lot of inspiration, and he felt that the three hundred and sixty lines were really useful. For example, this photography is not a strange and obscene technique, and it is used for fun. Here's the information. From this, he also extended a number of ideas, which he also wrote in the secret fold, along with a few photos of the factory, locked them one by one, and sent them to Beijing.
The excerpt never mentions his impeachment. In fact, no one in the family mentioned this, and the eldest lady didn't know. And Li Ping knew, but ignored it. I just feel that my brain is not good, and I have to be cured.