Merlin saw Zhao Yinggong dressed in a green Hu Luo straight embellished, holding a pin fan in his hand, wearing a scarf into the study, indescribably chic and elegant, and couldn't help but feel envious and jealous in his heart, fortunately, Fenghua's appearance made people not interested, otherwise Merlin's heart would be even more unbalanced.

Zhao Yinggong didn't know what Merlin's turn was, because they were both veterans and were not polite; "What's the matter?"

"I just came down from the construction site. Tell your chick to pour a glass of water to drink. Merlin's heart was unhappy, and his movements and words inevitably became coarse.

Zhao Yingong was a thin person, and immediately saw the clue, and immediately got up silently to open the wine cupboard, and took out a bottle of kvas. Open it yourself and bring it to him.

"It's a little hot, so let's have a cool drink."

Merlin picked up the glass bottle and poured half of it in one go, before wiping his mouth. He took a breath and said;

"The work of the bookstore is almost finished, and there are still some small odd jobs, just waiting for Lingao to get the goods."

Zhao Yinggong nodded; "You're busy these days, it's hard enough."

"It doesn't matter if it's hard or not, I want to go to Nanjing again." Merlin made no secret of it, and opened the mén to see the mountain.

Zhao Yingong frowned secretly, no one had time to go to Nanjing at the moment, if he let Merlin go to Nanjing alone, he would not be at ease, after all, Merlin was on a temporary business trip and had not received much training in expatriation, so it was easy to fall into it. In case something happens in Nanjing, it is very troublesome to deal with.

However, Merlin made a great effort in the construction of the Hangzhou station. If he refuses, he will inevitably seem to be too ruthless, and Merlin will definitely hold a grudge when he returns. In the future, there will be many places to seek advice from the construction company・・・・・・

But for a while, he couldn't send someone to accompany him to Nanjing. Zhao Yingong sank for a while, thinking that there were nine boat girls on the Qiantang River, and there were also huā boats on Xizi Lake, so it was better to set up a table of huā wine locally, and invite Mei Lin and other veterans on a business trip to enjoy it, and slap seven or eight flies to death Everyone took care of it. As for whether the other patriarchs look up to the boat lady or not, it's their own business.

"Nanjing is no one at the moment. Just set up a table and bar on the West Lake, can't Hangzhou beauties compare to Qinhuai Rouge? Zhao Yingong said and waved his fan, "I will pack a painting boat on the West Lake, and I invite everyone to have fun." Besides, one of the eight yàn is long gone, and there are seven very young and some are not in Nanjing, and you can't see them when you go to the Qinhuai River... ・・”

"It's small, that's why ・・・・・ Merlin said stupidly, and suddenly he realized that if he said this, people would think that he was a pervert, so he quickly stopped・"People are small and easy to educate, and it will be difficult to change their minds when they officially debut・・・・・・"

"Lao Mei, think about it, you educated them according to our ideas, are they still called Qin Huai Ba yàn?" Zhao Yinggong nodded, "The growth environment is the most important, if you transplant them into our social ring, how different can they be from the NV students in Lingao National School?" ”

Merlin was helpless, Zhao Yinggong's words were full of truth, and he really couldn't think of words to refute it. In fact, he is not very obsessed with NV people, but wants to experience the "dream scene" he dreamed of when he was studying.

He was not interested; "Okay, you can arrange it as you like."

Zhao Yinggong smiled; "Qin Huai can't run away again." He changed the subject; "It's better to choose a day than to hit the day, since the bookstore has been completed, it will be the first day of the fifth month of the lunar calendar in a few days, and the dragon boat race on the West Lake, let's go and take a look, ****."

Merlin had nothing to say about this, and Zhao Yinggong immediately called a sedan chair and went to Qinghefang's residence with Merlin.

In recent months, Qinghefang has been under reconstruction, and Zhao Yinggong moved to Phoenix Villa, where Hangzhou Station is located.

The sedan chair returned to Qinghefang, and Cai Shi was taking care of it in front of the mén, instructing the craftsmen and people to carry waste materials and various objects. The streets that were originally muddy and rubble have been cleared, and the entire street that was originally just a huluàn paved with gravel has also been paved with bluestone slabs. This gesture made the neighbors around Qinghefang look at the hands of this "Master Zhao" with admiration.

Originally, there was only one house mén and one corner mén, but now it is divided into two positive méns. 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 residential abandoned garden, and adopts the design of the front store and the back shop. In the front is the business space of the bookstore, and in the back is the printing workshop. Behind the printing workshop, there are also workers' dormitories. On the side of the bookstore, there is a small huā garden, which is used by customers who come to buy books and drink tea and talk.

This huā garden is still empty and unfurnished, and Sun Wang has not yet invited a gardener. When it comes to building traditional gardens, Merlin thinks he should not make a fool of himself – Jiangsu and Zhejiang were originally the main stage for the top gardeners of the time.

The original residential layout was also rebuilt, and the space was redivided according to the architectural concept of the old time and space. Improved daylighting and water supply and drainage. After all, this is the "mén side" of Zhao Yinggong's activities in Hangzhou. Merlin has tried to retain traditional elements as much as possible to make it look less shocking and to ensure that the people who live in it have enough comfort.

Zhao Yingong felt very satisfied all the way, but he had some doubts about the widespread use of glass windows, which was not used by the gentry even in Guangzhou.

Isn't it a bit appalling that he used so much in Hangzhou in one go? But if I want to make a name for myself in Hangzhou, I must also be a little different.

Walking through the main courtyard, Merlin took him to the side, and after a month, it was a small cross-courtyard, with only one small room, and there were two yù orchids and two golden trees in the courtyard. There is also a moon dòngmén in the courtyard. Merlin led him in, and there was no dòng heaven inside, but it was a large courtyard with high walls. The building inside is a two-story blue brick building in a modern style, with a white ash yellow sand paving in the middle of the courtyard, surrounded by a huā garden and fitness equipment, much like a primary school.

This is the dormitory where Zhao Yinggong took in the orphans. Zhao Yinggong plans to personally teach a group of foxes. In order to facilitate teaching day and night, this courtyard was attached to the residence of Qinghefang as a school for Hangzhou Station.

The study, bedroom, and meeting room of the school and Zhao Yinggong are located in the deepest part of the residence, and the environment is extremely secluded and secluded, and the heavy mén lock is that no one can enter here without a special person to lead it.

"There can be up to forty-eight children here, half male and half female." "Upstairs are dormitories, with a maximum of six people each. I designed the left and right stairs, and the middle partition can be divided into male NV. ”

Downstairs, there is a classroom, a dining room that doubles as an activity room, a reading room, and a small library. Next to the building there is a kitchen, laundry room and storage room. There is even a large classroom that is ready to be used as a craft workshop. It is fully equipped and is simply a small world of its own.

This school in Hangzhou Station is equivalent to Zhao Yinggong's "sī juku". His plan was to personally raise twenty or thirty children here as his future minions -- or adopted sons. Of course, only the brightest and most enlightened children, who are most loyal to the cause and to him personally, are likely to bear his surname.

Zhao Yingong was very satisfied after reading it, although most of the funds he brought for the construction of the Cultural Bookstore and Phoenix Villa were gone, and many of the materials and equipment used in the project were transferred from Lingao free of charge. However, he firmly believes that as soon as the project of Culture Bookstore opens, the current tight financial situation will turn around.

The branches of Wanyou, Qiwei and Delong led by Hangzhou Station have been opened one after another in various parts of the Yangtze River, and once these branches are put into operation, they can also give Hangzhou Station some financial support. The Ministry of Colonial Trade was ready to sell Australian goods directly in Jiangnan through Wanyou, and once the sales began, the silver would roll in.

When he established a network of contacts among the gentry and had the ability to protect himself, he directly handled silk and tea, and even if there were no local customers, Lingao's colonial trade department had a great appetite. Skade had telegraphed to him a few days earlier, asking him to buy the quantity of raw silk and silk and the silk production capacity of Hangzhou every year. 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 quantity and market of tea supply in the local area, and at the same time asked whether it was possible to set up a local factory to make brick tea.

Although the current Europeans do not drink tea, the demand for tea in the Later Jin Dynasty is quite strong, because of the blockade of the Ming Dynasty, they can only go through the sī channel on a small scale and obtain some tea from North Korea. The price is not low. Tea can not only be used as a major export commodity from Lingao to Houjin, but also can be sold to Méng Gu through Houjin.

Thinking of silk and tea, he suddenly remembered one thing -- he could set up a sericulture school in Hangzhou, which could be called a poor people's art institute in this time and space. There should be a professional in sericulture, and invite a teacher to come to the normal class first and then use the students of the normal class as a teacher -- Fei Xiaotong did this according to a routine when he started the NV Silkworm College.

Running a sericulture school, of course, the students can keep it for their own use, but the biggest advantage is that it can legitimately recruit and accommodate a large number of children and fùnv among the homeless people. When the time comes, he will set up an internship workshop and promote a semi-mechanized silk reeling field・・・・・・ and he will start to have countless ideas in his head.

Merlin knew what he was thinking, and shook his head; "Don't think about it, eat one bite at a time, and then talk about the bookstore."

Zhao Yinggong was shocked by his words, and he came back to his senses and laughed dryly; "Let's take a look at the bookstore."