Chapter Ninety-Two: The Ceremony
At the same time, in the city of Gusu, in the cold incense garden.
Zhao Gongzi was also neatly dressed by his sisters, and he came out of the Shuiyun Pavilion where he stayed last night.
Who knew that he was almost startled when he came out, only to see Master Huatai, Wang Mengxiang, Wang Shimao, Chen Huaixiu, Lu Kuang, Gu Dashou, Gu Dadong, Dai Gao, Liu Zhengqi and other group executives, all waiting outside the Water Pavilion.
"Scared, why are you all doing here if you don't go to Shantang Street?" Zhao Hao thought that he was here to catch the traitor, and said in his heart, fortunately, Xue Ying took the first step...... Phew, we're innocent!
"I'm here to greet my son." Hua Cha smiled and said, "I want to ask Gongzi to wait for me before the ceremony begins!" ”
"Childe has worked hard." As he spoke, he led everyone and gave him a deep look.
"Serve the people, oh no, it's all for the tribe, bah, for the group." Zhao Hao relieved his panic with his mouth, quickly helped Hua Cha up, and smiled at everyone: "What are you doing here?" Get up quickly. ”
"This time the shipping is successful, and the work of the son is unprecedented, and it will determine the century-old foundation of my Jiangnan Group in one fell swoop!" I only heard Lu Kuang, Gu Dashou and others say excitedly.
"Back then, Gongzi said that he would take us to open the sea with dignity, and today it was really successful, not the power of Gongzi, and Anneng can do this big thing?" The two directors of Taicang Wang wept emotionally: "We can protect the lintel and not dishonor the ancestors, thanks to the grace of the son's reconstruction!" ”
Saying that, the two of them knelt down and kowtowed heavily to Zhao Hao.
Lu Kuang, Gu Dadong and Hua Bozhen, the original members of the Nine Families, also bowed to Zhao Hao to thank him for his great kindness.
Zhao Gongzi really deserves their gift. No matter what the hardships were at the beginning, it was illegal for everyone to participate in smuggling. It's like more lies need to be told in order to cover up a lie; In order to cover up this crime, they had to do more and more to do the crime, so that they fell deeper and deeper until they were completely cleared.
In fact, they all became a thorn in the side of Emperor Longqing. Think about it, can the forces that cause the emperor to have to shoot and change places when he goes to bed at night can end well? Either you die or I live.
And with the end of Yan Shifan, Lu Bing, and Xu Jie, the nine families seem to be full of flowers and boiling oil, but their power is declining greatly, not to mention fighting with the emperor, a governor of Yingtian can force them into a corner. Not to mention that there is a tiger eyeing each other,
The Beard that will end the skill cooldown at any time.
It can be said that they have no chance of winning, and when Gao Gong Dongshan makes a comeback, it is time to slaughter them one by one for the New Year.
It was Zhao Hao who came out of nowhere and saved them. Not only did they successfully wash them away, but they also eliminated the hostility of Emperor Longqing with a huge amount of pen money, and successfully legalized the sea trade through the big means of turning the clouds and rain!
The past has been written off, and from now on they can trade overseas in a bright and open way? There is no need to worry about being wiped out, and there is no need to worry about humiliating the ancestors.
The four words "Entong reconstruction" are as heavy as Mount Tai? But when it comes to their relationship with Zhao Hao, it couldn't be more appropriate.
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"Hahaha? Don't do that? God help those who help themselves, and I would like to thank you for your trust and support in me. "Zhao Hao helped Wang Mengxiang up again? Smiled sincerely:
"Especially at my age? Your trust is even more precious! I have to be worthy of this heavy trust! ”
This is true. Although when Zhao Hao went south, he had already made a great reputation in the capital. But what is the saying that seeing is believing, and hearing is false? Wang Mengxiang, can they believe that he, a stinky boy who has not dried up, decisively invested heavily in him before the crisis first appeared and was hopeless, this vision and courage? and they are worthy of their harvest today.
Or how else Zhao Gongzi can speak? In a few words, the old foxes said that their hearts were warm? I felt that it was worth dying for him.
Seeing that the two sides are almost performing? Secretary Ma whispered in Zhao Gongzi's ear at the right time: "Childe, it's not too early." ”
"Oh yes, let's go. You can't let Xue Ying deal with it alone. Zhao Hao beckoned everyone, went out of the Cold Fragrance Garden together, and took a boat to Shantang Street.
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Before three o'clock, the guests arrived, and Hua Bozhen, who served as the master of ceremonies, sang loudly: "The auspicious time has arrived, play music!" ”
The orchestra that had been waiting for a long time immediately played the strings and sounded in unison.
There are also 99 employees in ceremonial dresses, holding aloft long pennies full of explosive battles, lit by their companions, crackling into a pot of porridge.
When the red dust and firecrackers stopped one after another, Hua Bozhen read out the list of VIPs attending the ceremony.
The guests wondered why his voice seemed to be amplified so much that the whole room could hear it clearly. Ordinary copper horns don't have this effect, right?
In fact, this is not a secret, in the book "Elementary Physics" compiled by Zhao Gongzi, there is a similar acoustic experiment. It's very simple to say - the elongated copper microphone in front of Hua Bozhen, but between the radio port and the amplification port, a tight spring is added.
Because sound is produced by vibration, when a person speaks into the radio, the vibration caused the inner spring to vibrate, and the sound is louder than it sounds. Coupled with the radio and amplification functions of the copper speaker, you can hear him clearly in the corner.
It's easy to say, but no one else really can't make it. Because at present, only Zhao Gongzi has coil springs in the world...... That was when he explained the 'Hook's Law' to his disciples, he asked the skilled craftsmen in the capital to use mild steel to create it.
The use of coil springs was much greater, and the use of primitive amplifiers was only an insignificant by-product.
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After the reading was completed, Hua Bozhen asked Niu to deliver a congratulatory speech on behalf of the governor Yamen.
Of course, Hai Gong would not waste time on such a boring matter, so he handed this matter over to Niu Moyan. Lao Niu is happy to show this face, his term of office will expire next year, whether he can go further in the future, it has to be lifted by the people in Jiangnan.
Niu Shishi stood in front of the loudspeaker and delivered a speech full of enthusiasm, praising Zhao Gongzi and the Jiangnan Group as the great savior of the people in Jiangnan, and the guiding light of the gentry officials, Zhao Gongzi was embarrassed.
It's a pity that there is no mute button, so I can only patiently listen to him finish speaking, and then Hua Bozhen can't wait to announce the next item, cutting the ribbon.
The guests saw eighteen beautiful and handsome girls in costumes, holding eighteen large red flower balls connected by long ribbons. This is a new trick they have never seen, and their hearts say that this is going to enter the cave room collectively?
Members of the Board of Directors of Jiangnan Group, Chen Huaixiu, Liu Zhengqi, Lu Kuang, Gu Dashou, Gu Dadong...... As well as Niu Yanshi, Wu Guan, the two prefects and the county magistrates, were led to the stage by their respective guides and picked up scissors. In the exciting sound of drums, the red silk in front of them was cut.
Eighteen big red flower balls fell firmly into the arms of the girls, but unfortunately they could not be taken home......
Then Zhao Hao and Jiang Xueying jointly removed the two zhang red silk hanging on the hall door, revealing the four golden characters of the "Jiangnan Building", which shone in the afternoon sun.
Looking at the payment again, it is not surprising that Emperor Longqing wrote the inscription.
This is the most expensive of the inscriptions that Zhao Gongzi exchanged for 300,000 taels of silver. Each word is as high as 5,000 taels!
Because it's big, it's one of the best!
Then Chairman Hua Bozhen and Su Songbing prepared Wu Qing, and unveiled the couplets on the left and right sides of the hall door together. But it was inscribed by Wang Shizhen, the leader of the literary league:
'The building is not made of wood; The run of the sea is not the return of the first-class. ’
It is just two sentences, without the slightest exaggeration, in order to let ordinary people understand it and experience the group culture of Jiangnan Group.
But in addition to modesty and mutual encouragement, there is also the pride of 'peach and plum is self-evident', which makes people involuntarily think of the status of Jiangnan Group's high mountain admiration, and Wang Mengzhu really knows the way of pretending to be a Boyi.
And a total of 5,000 taels of pen fees were given for twenty words, but this still made Zhao Gongzi feel distressed. said that they were all their own people, and they didn't give a discount. The arrogance of spending a lot of money in front of Emperor Longqing is gone......
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After the ribbon cutting and unveiling, Zhao Hao led the guests into the Jiangnan Building to visit.
Well, in fact, he is also the first time to come back, and he has only seen it on drawings before......
But Zhao Hao was not unfamiliar with it, because the exterior and interior of the entire building had a restoration degree of more than ninety percent of the drawings.
As we all know, the higher the degree of building reduction, the greater the cost, and it is geometrically incremental. It can be seen how much effort President Jiang has put into this Jiangnan Building.
Zhao Hao glanced at Xue Ying's sister distressedly. Alas, this stupid girl always treats the things she assigns as a great task.
Jiang Xueying smiled sweetly at him, in fact, she didn't feel hard at all, because this was her and her brother's child......
Oh, what are you thinking? President Jiang blushed, and Zhao Gongzi's heart fluttered when he looked coquettish.
Knowing that Zhao Hao came for the first time, and it was inconvenient for the president to be a commentator, Hua Bozhen took the initiative to take on the task of introducing the guests.
The interior of Jiangnan Mansion also boldly breaks through the tradition, using a large window and glass ceiling structure, so that the interior borrows a large amount of skylight, which is very bright and transparent. The traditional building is beautiful, but the lighting is very poor and the inside is dim.
And through the large pieces of glass, you can see the pond rockery, small bridges and flowing water, pavilions and bamboo forests outside the window, which is a beautiful garden carefully designed by Mr. Wen Shui.
This makes people feel like they are in the middle of the landscape, but they are familiar with all kinds of gardens.
Although the interior decoration is also simple and elegant, the money spent is too much. Don't say anything else, just say that the big square bricks on the ground are smooth like black jade, smooth like a mirror, but not slippery or astringent, the guests are knowledgeable, know that this is the gold brick produced by the imperial kiln village of Yuanhe Town, Qimen, Suzhou, and the Jinluan Palace in the north and south of Beijing, is used in this kind of brick.
This makes the guests' evaluation of the interior naturally higher than the outdoors......