【Ticket Request】

Early in the morning of the Winter Solstice Festival, every household in the city of Guangzhou will get up early to adjust the rice balls, and the big families will also select two large dumplings and paste them on the door knocker to make an auspicious picture.

Today's Huifu Street is also very lively, in front of a shop in the street is now standing full of people who have come to congratulate them, and with the winter weather, the brocade hat and leather jacket also sets off the identity of the guests.

On the bluestone road outside the shop, there are two lions dancing back and forth with the sound of firecrackers and sprinkled colorful flowers, just looking at the posture of the lion dancer, you can see that it should be the famous Oujiaban in Nanhai County, and the owner of the shop has a little more pride on his face. Some of the biggest names in Guangzhou's business community sent representatives to attend the opening ceremony of this new store today, which shows that the identity of this owner is unusual.

After the ascension thunder and firecrackers dissipated, it was already clear that several tables had been set up in the shop, all of which were ordered from the Songhe Tower outside the city yesterday, and they could be delivered as soon as the city gate was opened in the morning. As a dumpling dumpling that every household has today, the people who helped to play the pressure on the street also took the reward money given by the lord's family, and they all smiled, and it was always a happy scene until noon.

It is true that outsiders vaguely know that the owner of this new store has some origins, but it is still because of the face of Master Gao that he can get many peers on the day of its opening, and the reason why Master Gao can care so much about this Belle Pavilion is naturally because he was shocked by the performance of these Australian maritime merchants in Yuyu Island not long ago.

According to Gao Chongde, who was a little distracted after coming back, he said to him personally, those few Australian and Song merchants who followed Gu Ziming all day long were all immortals and demons, not only a few people knocked out the strongholds set up by the two big gangs in Guangdong for many years, but also easily rescued their captured companions, although it was not said that it was the first of ten thousand armies, but they could easily kill and kill from the nearly 100 people on both sides of the melee and rescue the meat ticket unscathed, that is also a terrifying stroke, Especially when I heard my son say that these Australian businessmen at least killed more than a dozen pirates with their own hands.

Even though it was rumored that the momentum of You Yuzhou that night was just a few bandits themselves, and it was Liu Xianglao, who had recently become famous in the Guangdong Ocean, who secretly attacked Yuan Jin and Lin Xinlao's men, but Gao Ju obviously believed more in what his son Gao Chongde saw with his own eyes, and when the family members he sent to investigate later learned that all kinds of assets hoarded by the Yuan and Lin families in You Yuzhou were bought by Gu Ziming from Liu Xiang at less than half the price in the market, this judgment became even clearer.

The Australians just don't want to be too ostentatious, but if Liu Xiang hadn't colluded with the Australians, how could he have sold the things he had just arrived at such a cheap price, after all, there are still a lot of gunpowder and pig iron among those materials, and no big gang will easily use these materials that can improve combat power with people, and the friendship between the two forces is completely under his nose, but his ears and eyes do not know the slightest news in advance, which makes him have a deeper understanding of the methods of the Australians.

As for how Gu Dongzhu and this Liu Dajiao met and 'cooperated', Master Gao is now reluctant to delve into it, but since this incident, Gu Ziming and the Australian maritime forces behind him have had another weight in his heart.

It was this time that the Australian opened this jewelry store in Guangzhou, and under the strategy of Mr. Gao, many local gentry came to support it.

It is true that the face of Master Gao's family alone is naturally not enough to achieve such a scene, and officials like the Qing Army's Haidao Yamen and the officials in Nanhai and Panyu counties are more likely to look at the four-character plaque of 'Shangshan is like water' on the high hanging hall in the hall.

After returning from Macao, Gu Ziming did not forget to put gold on Tian Zhaoyuan's face in his busy schedule, and publicized Tian Shengjin's redress of North Korean prisoners in the name of the Macau Council. Yuan Huaiyi people's plaque, and privately sent a number of ceremonial gold to Luo Zhiding and other important officials, Luo Zhiding naturally instructed the officials to do a good job of the market and departure from the port as soon as possible for a righteous businessman like Gu Dongzhu.

Tian Shengjin also reciprocated at this time, and gave Gu Ziming a return gift, and then he gave the plaque in the lobby of Baoli Pavilion now, and Gu Ziming, who received the gift, was naturally very sensible and privately gave Tian Anyuan a share of cadres, and through Tian Shengjin's recommendation, he finally met Zhou Jiamo, the governor of Liangguang, in Zhaoqing, and received some admonitions from Shangguan in person.

Today, this inscription may be nothing more than a whim for Tian Shengjin, but for the officials in Guangzhou, this undoubtedly gives a clear signal that this Gu owner is a person with great support.

With this signal, Gao Ju gradually saw that although everything was only deliberately done by Gu Ziming, but under the operation of this Gu proprietor, but in a few months, the banner of Australian maritime merchants actually opened up the situation in both black and white roads in Guangzhou. In addition, now that Su Zhen's Wantong Dart Bureau is very close to Gu Ziming, and the Australians are not only colluding with the newly rising pirates, but they also have a very strong appearance in private, so trying to make friends is obviously the best way for the Gao family to deal with it.

Fortunately, Australians are still very low-key in their own issues, in addition to selling some high-end Australian jewelry, this Belle Pavilion does not have the intention of competing with Gaoju, not only promised that the future bulk business will continue to hand over to Gaoju agents will not break the promise, but also agreed to Gaoju's request to invest in Baoli Pavilion, so that there is a common bundle of interests and see the integrity of Australian maritime business, Gao Lao is beneficial.

The store's newly decorated façade looks magnificent, and the windows on the second floor facing the street have been replaced with flat glass, making people feel that the goods sold in this store must be extraordinary.

The rows of cabinets in the lobby of the store are all inlaid with large pieces of glass, which seems to prove the judgment of passers-by. Although they had heard of the Australian maritime merchants who were rumored to be able to make delicate mercury mirrors, when they saw the dazzling array of glass cases, all the curious guests cast their burning eyes. Even if the exaltation is among the guests, there are still people who are willing to undertake some business of Australian commercial goods, and for these intentions, Gu Ziming and sophisticated pushed to the Guangdong 'general agent' of Australian goods, so that the heart of the old man who was surrounded by all the merchants was more useful.

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Different from the hustle and bustle of Polly Pavilion, there is a large mule and horse shop in a few miles of Huifu Street, and the backyard is another lively scene.

Fu Xiaofei and Huang Yuluo are taking a few relatives to distribute dumplings to the displaced people who are settled here, and the two also prepare the winter solstice festival dishes of their hometown in the future, Fu Xiaofei personally boiled a large pot of mutton and haggis, and Huang Yuluo directly made dumplings on this mutton soup, just like the winter solstice festival she spent in her hometown in Tianjin before going to college.

The nearly 200 displaced people who came in one after another were mostly in stable physical condition under the careful management of several elders, and they had food, drink, and new clothes to wear here at the chief's place, except for more rules, there was nothing wrong with it. Anyway, it's all a signed deed, and some rules of big families are nothing, not to mention just a trivial matter like queuing up to eat.

And today's Fu Xiaofei's behavior is even more moved by the owner of the Roman shop, he can't remember how many years he hasn't seen such a kind-hearted master, and privately said that these homeless people have accumulated several generations of yin virtue and met such a good family.

Naturally, there is also a teenager from Luodingzhou, Liang Gui, who has eaten a few full meals since he was taken in, and now his face is gradually getting better, but the happiest thing in every day is to be able to see his mother and sister also use it without worry. These masters not only tried their best to provide for their subordinates, but they were also polite when they met them in the courtyard occasionally, not only did not want people to bow down, but also revealed an indescribable comfort in their speech and demeanor, which made Liang Gui feel that these chiefs did not seem to have any difference in identity with himself, and there was no master's style at all. This made Liang Gui, who was accustomed to seeing the world, very surprised at first, and even felt that he would have such a rebellious idea of his benefactor in his heart and was very frightened.

Later, he inquired among the homeless people and a few fellow villagers who were familiar with each other that the chiefs were merchants who went to the sea, although they planned to buy a Zhuangzi Tuntian elsewhere, but they could not say that they would have the idea of going to sea again in the future, and Liang Gui, who was full of food, was also active at a young age, and began to pay attention to the words and deeds of the patriarchs on weekdays.

Liang Gui is especially envious of those who usually follow the chief to do things behind him, although these indigenous soldiers who wear makeup to protect the elders are not handsome, but there is a heroic spirit between their eyebrows, and their outfits are even more refreshing, somehow Liang Gui always feels that these people are even more powerful than the city army in Guangzhou City, so that he can save a little bit of thought about one day being able to do things with the chief.

It is said that the patriarchs were not idle during this time, not only the location of the remaining shops and workshops needed to be supported, but also with the big families and officials to socialize, although the situation in Guangzhou was initially opened, but the affairs that needed to be dealt with suddenly increased by more than ten times.

Especially after returning from the Macao delegation, Gu Ziming deliberately made friends with Tian Shengjin and Zhou Jiamo, and the officials in Guangzhou seemed to be able to rely on them like cats smelling fish.

In less than a month, Australian businessmen have gained a little fame in the city of Guangzhou, and a large number of people have also moved from Huaiyuanyi to a safe house after the renovation of the new courtyard house.

Fu Xiaofei was the most exceptional of all the patriarchs, during this time he spent the most effort on teaching children, and a large room was set aside in the inn where the homeless people lived as a temporary classroom, where he would take some time every day to teach children Chinese and some Qiongzhou geography.

Originally, the thorough sanitization work had to be left to Hainan because there were still some scruples in the city of Guangzhou, and now it is only ordered to supply hot water to the store so that the displaced people have to take a bath every three to five days.

And Fu Xiaofei didn't dare to teach homework other than literacy, after all, these knowledge and Confucian classics are too contradictory, just to make money, if it is because of the teaching that has attracted the attention of the readers in the city, it is not the result that the elders are willing to see today, after all, the daily mundane affairs have made people anxious, where do you want to make extraneous branches in such things.

After distributing everyone's food easily, Fu Xiaofei and Huang Yuluo simply set up chairs in the corner of the courtyard to make a pot of tea. Two cups of tea went down, but it was Jin Yanze who walked in outside.

"Lao Jin, don't you entertain those officials on Huifu Street, and come to me to hide and relax?"

"It's okay, why am I here, you can take it and see for yourself, I'm afraid you have to prepare in advance." As he spoke, he smiled and handed over a piece of paper.

Just glanced at it, Fu Xiaofei saw the big red official seal on it, and quickly took it to take a look.

Sure enough, it was the Qing Army's yamen's departure from the port, and the name of the newspaper for these homeless people was actually a sailor, and he almost let Fu Xiaofei spray a sip of tea on it, he quickly reined in and got up, and his heart was also lost to the little officials below to figure it out.

Ordinary merchant ships that go to sea every year, Daming has meet the requirements, especially since Longwan, the sea is closed to the open, at least on the surface of the management of maritime merchants is still stricter, domestic and foreign ships entering and leaving Daming must have this ship can be sealed, not to mention the two ships that are about to leave the port or tribute ships. In addition to a few things that need to be controlled, Kanhe is not strict in its inventory of goods, but it is a little careful about the population, especially the number of displaced people transported away from Guangzhou this time, so many displaced people want to cross the sea, although it is only Qiongzhou, but there is no official ship of the sea road to follow all the way, who can say that there will be no trouble elsewhere, and population loss is not a good thing for the locality, so if there is no background, it is not easy to do on the official face.

I just didn't expect the little officials below to help come up with such a way to report the identity of sailors to all these homeless people.

It must be known that the role of a sailor is only twenty or thirty people on an ocean-going merchant ship, even if Fu Xiaofei hired two more local ships in order to transport these more than 200 homeless people, but on average, this ship is also hundreds of homeless people, so is it really necessary to transport goods? With so many displaced people going to sea, the local government cannot afford to take such responsibility if something happens.

After reading it, Fu Xiaofei couldn't help but sigh, the silver was really good, and the matter that they were going to rack their brains and think about was easily solved by the officials below with their pens.

As for whether Shangguan really doesn't know the disadvantages or if it is for the sake of Gu Dongzhu's face and money, it is no longer important, anyway, the big red official seal has been stamped, so there will be no more obstacles to Daming coastal defense along the way, thinking of this, Fu Xiaofei immediately called the pro-soldiers who gave the order.

"Assemble everyone! Named! ”