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Liao Wanyu observed Tang Tingou's expression, but the other party has been crawling in the social circle over the years, and there is always a smiling face on his thin face, which is really difficult to understand.

"Little girl."

Tang Tingou spoke very slowly, and the tone of his voice was not obvious, Liao Wanyu heard him call herself, and only said "um" faintly.

"I heard that your family also deals in shipping?"

Liao Wanyu understood in her heart that Lin Keji must have told Tang Tingou about her, "Yes, my father started from scratch, at first he only built ships, and later developed the shipping trade. ”

"So, what do you think of the development of the shipping industry in Luzhou?"

How's it going?

Liao Wanyu's heart trembled slightly, because she was a concubine at home, she couldn't interfere in internal and external affairs, and her father and cousin Zhen Gu, who helped him take care of the family's business, didn't like to mention company matters, so whether it was the business situation of the Liao family or the development of the overall shipping industry in Luzhou, Liao Wanyu was not very clear.

But fortunately, when she just left the Liao family, she was arranged by Zhen Gu to work in her own shipyard, and she had heard people complain at that time, but now that she thinks about it, she can also catch the problems thrown by Tang Tingou.

"If you talk about the development of the shipping industry in Luzhou......" Liao Wanyu shook her head slightly, "I don't think it's good." ”

Tang Tingou still smiled kindly, he glanced at Lin Keji with his gaze, and then he still looked at Liao Wanyu, "Why is it not good?" Let's hear it. ”

"In the early years, there were many shipyards in Luzhou, but at that time, most of them were making fishing boats. Later, for a period of time, the previous dynasty issued a ban on the sea, which led to the closure of many shipyards due to lack of orders, except for a few shipyards that had a relationship with the government. ”

The "several" mentioned by Liao Wanyu, including the Liao family.

Liao Zhanshan was willing to spend money, and he didn't have a relationship with him.

"My father's business is to seize that opportunity to make the Liao family bigger." Liao Wanyu felt that she was very itchy because of the broken hair of the forehead, but she still held back and did not touch her hair.

Later, although the ban on the sea was abolished, Luzhou also became the first city to open a port, and for a time many shipyards and shipping companies sprung up, but the level and quality of ships were uneven, and there were many swindlers who fished in troubled waters. Therefore, if I want to say, the development of Luzhou's shipping industry and shipping is not good and scattered. ”

"I had the opportunity to visit Nanyang some time ago, although there are many shipyards and shipping trading companies there, but under the management of the British government, whether it is the approval of business qualifications or the quality supervision of ships, there is a clear system of requirements. If we can also concentrate the existing resources in Luzhou, I believe that in the future, the reputation of Luzhou's shipping business will be better than now. ”

After Liao Wanyu finished speaking, Tang Tingou did not speak for a long time.

Luzhou does have a large number of shipyards, but in the whole country, the reputation is not very good. In order to receive orders, many small shipyards have kept prices very low, but low prices do not mean low profits, and the reason for this is understandable.

Today, the director of the Luzhou Shipping Bureau came to visit him, and what he said was the same as Liao Wanyu's words.

One is a political official who has been in the officialdom for decades, and the other is a sixteen or seventeen-year-old half-grown girl, which one is more surprising to Tang Tingou, it is obvious.

"You, and a younger brother?"

"Yes, and a sibling."

Tang Tingou's body leaning back in the chair moved, "Then I'm afraid you won't see him for a long time." ”

Liao Wanyu silently repeated these words in her heart, and gradually jumped up, "Tang Gong...... What does Tang Gong mean by being willing to accept me as an apprentice? ”

Lin Keji didn't speak from beginning to end, and then he chuckled, "I sent someone to prepare for the apprenticeship." With that, he got up and walked to the door of the study.

Lin Keji went out and closed the door again, leaving only Liao Wanyu and Tang Tingou in the room for a while.

"Why do you think I would take you as an apprentice?"

Liao Wanyu was still dreaming, and she didn't feel the slightest bit of reality, but she listened to his words and suddenly woke up in her heart.

Why did you take her as an apprentice?

For the first time, Liao Wanyu thought of the reason that Lin Keji was, but she quickly denied it.

She didn't want to speculate, so she honestly said she didn't know.

Tang Ting'ou nodded, "You can think about it, when I worship tomorrow, it's not too late to answer me." ”

He was in his early sixties, and although his body and spirit were much better than those of his peers, he was still old, and he had met two groups of people during the day, and in the evening he had come to his nephew's dinner, and by this time he was already a little tired.

Liao Wanyu couldn't see his tiredness, but as soon as the clock rang at 11:30, she immediately reacted, "Okay, Master...... Rest early. ”

They hadn't done the apprenticeship yet, but Tang Tingou didn't mind what she was called.

When she came out of the small building, Liao Wanyu looked at the colorful light bulbs hanging on the trees in the garden, and finally smiled.

She succeeded!

No, Tang Tingou argued whether to give Lin Keji face, or if she really had something in the eyes of his old man, anyway, she succeeded.

Since she was going to worship tomorrow morning, Liao Wanyu did not go back this night, but temporarily stayed in the guest room of the main building of the Lin family.

Fortunately, in the afternoon, the Lin family dialed a girl to take care of Liao Xi, and she was not worried.

But that night, she really didn't say it well.

To be exact, it's because of excitement that I can't sleep all the time.

In the tenth year of Tang Tingou's founding of the Yihe Foreign Bank, he also accepted an apprentice, named Zhang Dingyun, from a famous family, and his family originally arranged for him to go to the official career, but Young Master Zhang refused to obey the arrangement, ran away from home and went incognito, and started a small job in the Yihe Foreign Bank.

He is highly educated, although he did not stay abroad but studied under a famous family, Tang Tingou did not understand his background earlier, although he used it, but he did not reuse it.

Later, the Zhang family finally found Zhang Dingyun and sent someone to interrogate him, and Tang Tingou finally knew his identity.

That night, the two of them talked for three or four hours, and when they left the room again, Tang Tingou announced that he would accept Zhang Dingyun as an apprentice.

Early in the morning of the second day, the news that the big businessman Jia Tangting Ou had accepted the famous son of the apprentice appeared on the first page of the local newspaper.

Liao Wanyu lay in the quilt and turned over, and she didn't know if she would be in the newspaper like her senior brother at tomorrow's apprenticeship.

But compared to whether to publish in the newspaper, she couldn't fall asleep while lying on the bed, and most of the time she thought about why Tang Tingou would take her as an apprentice.

Liao Wanyu closed her eyes, thought carefully about what she had done and said after seeing Tang Tingou, thought about it for a long time, and finally fell asleep when the sky was white.

When the girl of the Lin family came to wake her up, it was only a quarter past six.

Liao Wanyu opened her eyes with difficulty, sat up with a sniff, held back her yawn, and began to go to the bathroom to freshen up.

The girl who was sent to her house yesterday to take care of Liao Xi was a clever person, and seeing that she didn't go back, she took three sets of clothes in the closet. Fortunately, she is a smart person, otherwise, Liao Wanyu would have to wear yesterday's clothes.

Because I want to apprentice, I vacated the place for a small dance floor yesterday, and at this moment I put an incense burner for the case, and there is a low table, where the prepared six rites are placed.

Liao Wanyu was a little nervous, and when she went downstairs, she kept looking for Lin Keji's figure, and it was not until she stepped down the last flight of stairs that Lin Keji walked in with a young man with a camera around his neck.

The young reporter was very polite to Liao Wanyu, shook hands with her in a foreign manner, didn't say much, and then walked to the table where the six salutes were set up to take pictures.

Liao Wanyu looked in the direction of the incense case for a while and sighed softly.

It was not the first time she had participated in the apprenticeship ceremony, if you want to go back to it, the first apprenticeship she participated in was when she first entered the school, but at that time, a gentleman accepted many disciples at the same time, which was different from the meaning of today.

Tang Ting'ou didn't appear until before the auspicious time, the lean old man was dressed in a straight suit and three-piece suit, full of energy, and he smiled at everyone.

As soon as he came, the apprenticeship ceremony naturally began.

All walks of life, have their own ancestors, every major festival or apprenticeship, are must worship, Liao Wanyu worshiped Tao Zhugong's god card, and to the Tang Tingou on the throne three kowtows, and then took the red envelope and the teacher post handed over by the girl on the side, held it with both hands, kneeling and dedicated to Tang Tingou.

After this step is completed, it stands to reason that it should be the master's lecture, but Tang Tingou did not forget the question that Liao Wanyu did not answer yesterday, "Have you thought about last night's question?" ”

Liao Wanyu tilted her head and looked firmly. For those who do business and do business, the first thing is faith, the second is righteousness, and the last is profit. ”

Tang Ting'ou nodded approvingly, "Not bad, not bad, not bad." It seems that you don't need to say it for the teacher, you have already figured it out. ”

A solemn and joyful apprenticeship ended, an hour later.

"Master, when are you going back to Fuzhou, should I pack my things in advance?" Liao Wanyu's heart was full of joy, as if after this apprenticeship, what was waiting for her from outside would be a completely new world that she longed for.

"I'm leaving, but I'm not going back to Fuzhou."

She used to think that Fuzhou was very good, because the two places were very close, and it was only two or three hours away from the train back to Luzhou, and she could come back to see her little brother when she was free, but now Tang Tingou suddenly said that she would not go back to Fuzhou, Liao Wanyu was a little confused, "Then where are you going?" ”

Tang Tingou is in his early sixties, has no children and no daughters, but in fact, he himself likes children very much, if he had a pregnant wife who had not drowned in an accident that year, the child would be one and a half years younger than Lin Keji.

Liao Wanyu is Lin Jiashu's peer friend, and he calls Lin Keji an uncle, so he should be the child of his grandchildren.

"Don't you want to go somewhere else?"