Gongsun Hao was jealous of the life of the local tyrant's family, but he didn't show it on his face, and waved his hand to make the Indian woman stand down.

Sun Caixi saw Gongsun Hao's thoughts, and he jokingly said to Gongsun Hao: "Assistant Gongsun seems to be very interested in Indian women, as an assistant, it won't be difficult for you to get one home, right?" ”

Gongsun Hao's face changed when he heard such a joke, he first glanced at Secretary Xing on the side with his spare eyes, and then said: "The little owner laughed, my Huaxia has civilized regulations, and as a yamen official, I am not allowed to adopt Indians, Secretary Xing, right?" ”

Gongsun Hao brought the topic to Secretary Xing's upper body.

Secretary Xing hurriedly said, "Yes, yes." The Indians were our friends, so we treated them like a second-class person, and because of their small numbers, the Yamen had a rule that the officials of the Yamen could not adopt the Indians for private service. ”

"Admire! Admire! Sun Caixi picked up the teacup, "We use tea instead of wine to express our infinite respect for the two!" ”

Gongsun Hao and Secretary Xing picked up the teacups at the same time and drank with Sun Caixi.

Gongsun Hao observed the living room while drinking tea, the living room furnishings are very exquisite, the furniture is antique, he noticed that the living room is also equipped with electric lights, to his strange thing, there are electric lights in the living room that are not turned on, but the candles on the candlesticks illuminate the living room.

"You even have electric lights here?" Gongsun Hao pretended to be surprised and admired.

Sun Caixi hurriedly explained: "The electric light was installed recently, but it can't be used now, wait for the next time, the next time you come, we can use electricity here." ”

Secretary Xing said: "I noticed when I was outside the road that your farm has been wired. ”

Sun Caixi said: "The wires are pulled up, and there will be a period of time for the power on." ”

Gongsun Hao said: "Come on! Hurry! A batch of transformers has already been shipped to Chang'an, and the power department is stepping up the installation. ”

At this time, Sun Caixi's cousin Sun Caike came over and said to Sun Caixi: "Brother, it's time to eat." ”

Sun Caixi stood up and said to the guests: "The meal is ready, I respectfully invite the two of you to sit down!" By the way, what about one of you? ”

Gongsun Hao said: "Oh, he is with our carriage." ”

Sun Caixi said: "Call him over too." ”

Sun Cai was pleased to see that the two had no intention of objecting, so he asked Sun Cai to go to the stable to ask for a handlebar.

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The lunch was over soon, Gongsun Hao and Secretary Xing were very satisfied, after eating a full meal, the three of them were ready to leave, and when they came to the courtyard, Gongsun Hao saw the chimney in the distance, and suddenly asked Sun Caixi: "What are you doing with so many chimneys here?" ”

Sun Caixi was about to keep these guests from the city hall for a while, and when he heard Gongsun Hao's question, he invited very warmly: "That's our flue-cured tobacco factory, if you are interested, I can take you to have a look." ”

Gongsun Hao was a very curious person, and he immediately agreed to Sun Caixi's invitation, so Sun Caixi brought three guests to his flue-cured tobacco factory to visit.

The flue-cured tobacco factory has five rows of workshops, and a large chimney is erected in the middle of each row of workshops, and the big chimney is emitting black smoke outside, and the smoke is blown by the north wind, forming five black belts, which spread far into the sky, and occasionally the birds flying in the sky have bypassed these black smoke and quickly escaped from this place.

In addition to the billowing black smoke in the sky, there was also a lot of dust flying out of the factory, and the air smelled of tobacco.

Gongsun Hao's nose was not well-informed, and he was so uncomfortable that he was smoked by the smell in the air, he stopped moving forward, took out a handkerchief from his trouser pocket and covered his nose.

Sun Caixi also stopped, and said to Gongsun Hao apologetically: "The air in the flue-cured tobacco factory is really not good, if Gongsun Assistant doesn't adapt, we won't go in." ”

Gongsun Hao put down his handkerchief and asked, "I see that there are a lot of black people coming in and out of your place, are these black Africans doing all this heavy labor here?" ”

Sun Caixi said: "Yes." The blacks were the ones who did the heavy work in the factories, of course, and there were some Indians who ran them. ”

Gongsun Hao asked: "There are no Chinese people engaged in heavy physical labor inside, right?" ”

Sun Caixi swore and promised: "Absolutely not, if you don't believe it, you can go in and take a look for yourself." ”

"Just go in and forget it." Gongsun Hao had an ugly expression on his face, "The environment here is so bad, if you want to see it, you should wait for someone from the Ministry of Labor to come and see it, but I will go back and report the situation here to them." ”

Sun Caixi said: "We very much welcome the city hall to supervise. ”

"Let's take a look at another place." Gongsun Hao suggested.

Sun Caixi said: "Let's take a look at the tobacco we grow, the air there is very fresh. ”

Gongsun Hao asked Lao Duan: "Is it too late for us to go back to the city?" ”

"No problem." Lao Duan gave an affirmative answer.

"Since it's okay, let's go check it out!"

So, Sun Caixi took everyone out of the compound and came to a large tobacco field.

Gongsun Hao looked at a large patch of tobacco and asked, "How much tobacco is grown here?" ”

Sun Caixi replied: "There are 400 acres. ”

"Oh my God, it's as many as 400 acres!" Secretary Xing, who followed behind Gongsun Hao, exclaimed.

Gongsun Hao asked, "How is the harvest?" ”

Sun Caixi said: "Of course, the harvest is very good. It's just that there is a lack of sales, and now it has caused a backlog of some tobacco leaves, but fortunately, these tobacco leaves can be stored. ”

Gongsun Hao said: "It is also the obligation of our city hall to help your company solve difficulties, and if you need our help, you can ask us as much as you can." ”

Sun Caixi said: "The key is the issue of transport ships, we urgently need transport ships to help us transport tobacco to the UK. ”

"Is it easy to sell in the UK?" Gongsun Hao asked with concern.

"As soon as our 'Dewang Tobacco' arrived in the port of London, it was snapped up by British tobacconists, so we didn't worry about selling it at all." Sun Caixi complained to Gongsun Hao, "What we are worried about is the lack of transport ships. ”

Gongsun Hao said: "Regarding the issue of the transport ship, we will help you report it to the relevant departments after we go back, but you don't have too much hope, because there are a lot of goods in every industry that need to be transported out." ”

Sun Caixi said: "As long as Assistant Gongsun can speak for us, we are already very content." ”

After seeing the tobacco field, Gongsun Hao and the others were ready to return to Chang'an, Sun Caixi found an opportunity to separate Secretary Xing and Lao Duan, and he said to Gongsun Hao: "Brother Gongsun, are you interested in investing in our tobacco farm?" ”

"Stake? How do I get a stake? Gongsun Hao was interested.

Sun Caixi said: "You don't need any funds and manpower, you just need to use your rights to help our tobacco farm get some transport ships, and I will transfer 20% of the shares to you." ”

Gongsun Hao wanted to make his head fiercely: "There are clear regulations in the city hall, and yamen officials can't do business. Once I found out, I had no choice but to leave the town hall. ”

Gongsun Hao couldn't help but refuse, although he knew what it meant to have a two-percent share. Huaxia State is very strict in supervising officials, and the normal supervision includes the Metropolitan Procuratorate, the General Affairs Bureau, and the Political Guidance Bureau, which are also responsible for supervising local and military officials.