On this issue, the Foreign Intelligence Service conducted in-depth discussions. Obviously, Zhao Yinke can't be associated with Australians. Jiangnan is not Guangzhou, not under the fire of the Senate. Unlike in Guangzhou, Guo Yi has been active in a semi-public capacity from the beginning.

With the assistance of historical researchers in the Grand Library, Jiang Shan finally decided to impersonate Zhao Yinggong.

With the momentum of the Senate in Guangdong and the help of the petty officials and officials who were willing to run for the Australians for the sake of money, Zhao Yingong conveniently impersonated Sanshui County, Guangdong, not only impersonated his nationality, but also took the road of Guangdong Xuezheng and used a few hundred taels of silver to get a "multiply" fame in Sanshui County. It's also a dignified talent. Jiang Shan is also going to give him another meritorious name when he takes the Guangdong Township Examination, so as to facilitate further activities.

With the identity of Xiucai, in the Ming society, they are not ordinary ordinary people, and all kinds of cows, ghosts, snakes and gods must be taboo. The personal safety and social activities of the patriarchs were quite guaranteed.

As soon as the people settled down, Zhao Yinggong took care of Bei Wang and immediately went to look for a house. For him to integrate into Hangzhou society, he must have a residence worthy of his identity. That is, it can't be too extravagant, and it has to show the graceful style of the descendants of the Great Song Dynasty.

Of course, there is also an authentic Zhao and Song clan family in this time and space, which is the descendant of Zhao Ruohe, the king of Yuechong County in the Song Dynasty, who built Zhaojiabao in Fujian. The ancestors of Zhaojiabao were able to restore their surname Zhao with the permission of Zhu Yuanzhang during the Hongwu period, which can be regarded as restoring the identity of the descendants of Zhao and Song.

Jiang Shan once considered whether to contact this family and endorse Zhao Yinggong's identity.

But in the end, let's not get into trouble. Anyway, the official position of this family is not obvious, and in the twenty-eighth year of Wanli, he retired to the forest. Not much influence.

"I don't think it's appropriate to publicly state that I'm a member of the Zhao Song clan, at least in a few easts." Yu Eshui said after thinking twice about this issue at the meeting of the Foreign Intelligence Bureau, "Because many of the things you have done are for the public welfare. If you are suspected of buying people's hearts, you will also have the title of a descendant of the Great Song Dynasty, which will attract you some unnecessary suspicion. ”

Yu Eshui suggested that before the time came, he could only show his extraordinary background, but he must not publicly and clearly say his identity.

"Okay. But isn't the idea that I want to build an ancestral hall in vain? ”

"You can fix it in your own home. Don't go to Phoenix Mountain and West Lake. Yu Eshui said, "To show a little bit of the Song Dynasty style" to make people feel nostalgic for the past......

"Da Song Fan'er?" Zhao Yingong scratched his head a little. He knows a little bit about the style of the Republic of China,

Light tui cheongsam and the like, what does the Great Song Fan look like?

"It's just that there is a little bit of great Song style in life, and he leaves." Yu Eshui said, "When the time comes, I'll get you a booklet about the interior decoration of the Song Dynasty, as well as a guide to the decoration and arrangement." You just do what you are told. ”

"Done. Let's see if we can get some antiques from the Song Dynasty to put them on display. ”

"It's not easy to get this thing, and the price won't be too low." Yu Eshui said, "Take your time. The real thing is not good, and the imitation comes first. Just have a meaning. ”

However, so far, Zhao Yinggong has not figured out what is called "Da Song Faner", which seems to be a beautiful and elegant way. He was thinking about how to make it clear to Bewang, "The house should be bigger, and the location should be quieter.

But not too remotely. Zhao Yinggong explained in detail, "There must be a hu garden." If the location is suitable, even if it is an abandoned house and an abandoned garden. Zuihou added, "When you go out, stop by the dock to see if there is that mark." ”

Dao Quanzi traveled with him all the way, but broke up before arriving in Hangzhou. The Taoist chief thought that it was best for the two groups of men and horses to enter the city separately.

"You know I've arrived safely when you see my mark." The Taoist chief said, "Don't come to me, I'll look for you when the time comes." ”

"Look clearly, if not" you will go out every day to see it. ”

Sun Wang responded, and then went to find a house.

It's not easy to live in a place like Hangzhou, and it's especially hard to find a suitable house. Although Zhao Yinggong carried a few thousand taels of silver, he had to cope with a lot of expenses and had to save as much as possible. Bewang searched for several days before he found a suitable house. It took another ten days for the sale and purchase deed to be delivered.

There are no hidden things to do in the inn, so Zhao Yingong and his staff walk through the streets and alleys of Hangzhou every day to familiarize themselves with the local human and geographical environment. By the way, I also reviewed the official dialect of Hangzhou.

Hangzhou in the Ming Dynasty is no longer the line of the Song Dynasty, and there is not much trace of even the line. In the second year after the fall of the Song Dynasty, a fire destroyed the temple of the Southern Song Dynasty court on Phoenix Mountain. In April of the first year of Yuan to Zheng, Hangzhou caught fire, extending from southeast to northwest, nearly 30 miles of official and private pavilions burned half of it, a total of 15,755 official and civilian houses, public houses, temples and temples, 10,797 households and 38,116 people were affected, and Yang people were burned. The following year, Hangzhou caught fire again. A total of more than 40,000 houses were burned, and the fire was unprecedented for hundreds of years.

At the end of the Yuan Dynasty and the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, Zhang Shicheng abolished Jiuqu City, rebuilt Hangzhou City, and sent 200,000 people to open the river along the city.

However, soon after the city was built, it encountered a frequent spring attack on Hangzhou. The siege of the city lasted for more than three months, the grain routes were cut off, and six or seven out of ten people in a city starved to death. Most of the soldiers who retreated died of the epidemic.

It was not until the Yongle period that the city of Hangzhou gradually regained its vitality. Restore the glory.

As the first good district in Zhejiang, there are many businessmen here and all industries are prosperous. Jiangnan was the most prosperous place in the late Ming Dynasty, and according to modern estimates, the permanent population of Hangzhou was more than 500,000. Zhao Yingong walked around the city and outside the city a few times, feeling that there was more potential to be tapped here than in Guangzhou.

The house is in the "upper city", as the name suggests, this is the "upper area" of the city of Hangzhou. The house is a five-bay main house, a total of three entrances, left and right wings, the front sedan hall, and a large garden behind, but it has been completely deserted for most of the time, and the original owner circled out a part of the small one

Garden. Other terms of office were deserted. Zhao Yingong looked at it and felt very satisfied. Although the house itself is not too big, the area of the abandoned garden is very large, and there is enough land to expand the house in addition to the expansion of the hu garden.

The quality of the house itself is very good, and it is said that this past is the house of an official eunuch, since the death of the master, the children are not good, and soon fell into defeat, so the house was sold in order to divide the family.

Bei Wangshou knows that buying a house and buying a land is most afraid of encountering the problem of children competing for property, and there will be endless troubles after going around. He did not hesitate to spend more money in the brokerage office, and specially filed in the household of the county yamen to do things solidly.

After buying the house, Bie Wangcai went to the tea party to find a wooden cabinet to build and renovate the whole house. At the same time, the abandoned garden will be renovated slightly: there is no financial and energy to expand the HU garden at the moment.

All kinds of furniture and daily guys are in a hurry to buy, Zhao Yinggong takes care of not buying too many things for the time being, just buy all the furniture items necessary at the moment.

Furniture can only be bought semi-old, fortunately Hangzhou is a provincial capital, the gentry are very large, ups and downs, there are always a few fallen down to sell property, there are many officials here, the next official has to deal with the furniture and sundries that are inconvenient to carry before leaving. Therefore, there are many items in the thrift store, and the trade is prosperous, and the price is not too expensive.

Zhao Yinggong is reluctant to show the taste of nouveau riche, but he feels that it is difficult to grasp what is called "Da Song Faner", but all nouveau riche always like new, big, and expensive things. If you want to be low-key and tasteful, you have to have "old goods".

But the price of this old product can't be lower. In short, what seems to be worthless is actually very valuable. After such a measurement, he asked Bie Wang to buy half-worn rosewood tables and chairs, and then equipped them with some ornaments, and laid them out first.

As for calligraphy and painting, he brought a lot of works by many of the small masters of Liangguang.

There are also some scholars who are officials in Guangdong. It not only shows his Cantonese origin and strength, but also looks elegant.

"I've got to find a gentleman." Zhao Yingong thought, otherwise, he would have made all these things by himself, and he would definitely have to read more history books, and he would not be a person of this era.

It is easy to do things with money, the wooden cabinet has been repaired, and a group of people have moved from the inn to a new house, but it takes three or five days to do everything. Even the cooks in the kitchen, the gatekeepers, the sedan chair bearers, the rough maids, etc., are hired one by one, and this is a typical consumer city, and the population engaged in the tertiary industry is very huge.

Of course, these people are not reliable, but there is no ulterior activity at the Guangzhou station at the moment. He had to brace up the scene before he could carry out the activity. In the future, we will slowly select reliable and suitable candidates.

In his newly completed study, he pondered the question of replenishing personnel.

Reliable people in Lingao are a lot. Talents from all walks of life can be found among the naturalized people who have passed the political examination in Lingao, but most of them are people from Guangzhou, Fujian, Jiangxi, and Hunan. There are a few Zhejiang, which are also mainly in southern Zhejiang. There are very few people from the Gangnam area.

And what he needs most now is the local "Belt and Road Party".

In Guangzhou, they have exalted. In Hangzhou, they are black-eyed. Gao Ju has some business contacts in Jiangnan, but the friendship is not good. His main connections are in Beijing. So the only use from the exaltation is to provide some business partners.

Li Luoyou also does not have great connections in Jiangnan. Therefore, it is quite difficult for him to open up a social situation in Hangzhou. The identity of the Xiucai brought by the Intelligence Bureau is too low, and it lacks a literary name, so it is difficult to open up the situation from this. Zhao Yinggong thought about it again and again, and thought that it was necessary to start with the fresh goods of KitKat's skills.

By opening shops to sell new products, to attract the attention of local merchants and even gentry, so that they can slowly enter the circle of local gentry and big families. @。