After dinner, he went back to the room to rest, and after a while, Old Man Liang called someone to call him over. Liang Sihan vaguely remembered that he needed to kowtow to greet his grandfather, and this era paid great attention to etiquette, and a big family like the Liang family was even more particular.

So as soon as Young Master Liang entered his grandfather's room, he knelt down and kowtowed to Old Master Liang, of course, he didn't need to kowtow like the ministers in the palace to the emperor, so he had to knock his head dizzy. I really don't understand how that kind of kowtow bleeding didn't get a concussion, it seems that kowtowing is also a technical job.

Old Man Liang didn't think about it so much, he liked and valued this eldest grandson very much. The old Chinese tradition is that the eldest son succeeds to become the future head of the family, but of course, if the eldest son is really not successful, it is a different matter. Even the emperor's succession is generally inherited by the eldest son, and the so-called eldest and youngest are orderly. That is to say, if the old man Liang dies, the eldest son Liang Haoye, who will succeed the head of the family, will get a large share of the family property, and the remaining six second-generation men will share the remaining family property equally. The advantage of this is that it can ensure that the main power of the family will not be reduced, and the long-term inheritance of the family can be more guaranteed. The corresponding requirements for the ability of the next generation of family heads must be relatively high, otherwise it is not conducive to the development of the family.

Liang Sihan is the eldest son and grandson, if nothing else, he is the head of the next generation of the Liang family, and of course Old Man Liang attaches great importance to him. Young Master Liang has been smart and cute since he was a child, and he is very loved by his grandfather, and the relationship between his grandfather and grandson is naturally close.

"Grandson, how are you doing?" The old man's love will not be revealed easily, and he cares about his grandson's studies as soon as he opens his mouth.

"Grandpa, my grandson is not ashamed of you, I graduated with the first grade in the school, and the principal, Mr. Jensen, specially talked to me and wanted to recommend me to study in England." When it comes to learning, he has always been a scholar in two lives, and he is very confident.

"Good, good!" Mr. Liang was very happy, "Then do you want to study in England?"

"Grandpa, to be honest with you, I really don't want to go."

"Kid, you don't want to study in England, so where do you go? Wouldn't it be a pity to waste such an opportunity? ”

"Grandpa, I don't want to study anymore"

"Huh? No way! Old Man Liang was taken aback, "At your age, how can you not study well!" ”

"Grandpa, I want to help the family"

"There is me at home, your father, your uncles and uncles, there is no shortage of people in our family now, you should study hard at such a young age, learn your skills well, and only when you grow up can you do things, you say that you are so big now what can you do?" Old Man Liang was already a little unhappy.

Young Master Liang is still very firm, "Grandpa, don't worry, listen to me slowly", "Well, you say", Old Master Liang is not a person who can't listen to his words

"Grandpa, let me talk about the general trend first," Young Master Liang calmed down and said slowly, "After two Opium Wars in the Qing Dynasty, the Longhair Rebellion was pacified, the country gradually stabilized, the country was stable, and commerce should develop better, but in Guangzhou, the trading volume of commodities has not increased compared with previous years, and it cannot be compared with before the Opium War, why is this?"

When Old Man Liang heard this, his eyes lit up, but he didn't make a sound. Young Master Liang continued: "Because the Qing Dynasty opened many treaty ports, from south to north, and then extended to Jiujiang and Hankou in the interior of the Yangtze River, there are a total of sixteen treaty cities. With so many trade cities, the foreign trade transaction volume is diluted and shared by various places, will the transaction volume of Guangzhou increase? In the future, it will only gradually decrease, because other treaty ports will slowly develop, and Guangzhou will not be as prosperous as before."

"The second point is that the export commodities of the Qing Dynasty are mainly silk, tea, and porcelain, and the output of silk in Jiangsu and Zhejiang is the largest, and the quality is also the best in Jiangsu and Zhejiang; There are many tea producing areas, most of them are in Fujian and Zhejiang, Liangjiang, Huguang and all over the country, and the quality of tea production in Guangdong is not high. Porcelain is mainly in Jingdezhen, Jiangxi. The origin of these commodities is not near Guangzhou, on the contrary, there are treaty ports near those commodity producing areas, so in the future, the part of these export commodities will definitely flow to Guangzhou less and less."

Young Master Liang continued to crack down, "Now in the whole of Guangzhou, our Liang family's business is the best, first, we have more abundant funds, second, we have more sufficient manpower, my father and several uncles are in the right year, under your teaching, they are all good hands, and third, our Liang family has a good reputation, whether it is the upper or lower family for so many years, we have made a lot of customers and friends, so our Liang family's business is not bad now, but in the whole of Guangzhou, so many businesses, the business must be going downhill, the so-called nest under the eggs, the overall decline, It is impossible for the Liang family to stand alone for a long time, otherwise the Liang family will become the target of public criticism, which is definitely not the result you want."

Old Man Liang's eyes narrowed, staring at his eldest grandson: "Yes, you continue" In fact, he was already in turmoil in his heart, this child was only thirteen years old, and his vision was more than that of many adults, could it be that the school in Hong Kong was so powerful, and the students taught would understand so much?

"The thirteen banks, the three commercial banks of the Pan family have basically withdrawn, and most of the others are barely maintaining, and even the Wu family is almost unable to hold on, which shows that the general trend is like this, and if it does not change, it will be eliminated."

"Then tell me how to change it," Old Man Liang continued to take the school entrance examination for his grandson

Young Master Liang decided to enlarge the move: "First of all, the Liang family's business should be spread to all treaty ports across the country, and we can do this, because we have the advantage of capital and manpower." Second, the commercial banks we have set up in various places are no longer a single commercial bank, but include a commercial network of the trinity, including the commercial bank, the bank, and the dart board. Among them, the commercial bank is engaged in commodity trade, and the dart bureau is responsible for the transportation and safety of commodity goods, and the money bank can be opened in various places to facilitate the exchange of silver and silver, and it is no longer necessary to carry a large amount of silver with you to do business, which is both safe and convenient. Given the current state of affairs in the Qing Dynasty, safety comes first."

"Well, it's a bit interesting, in this way, the stall is very large, and the people in other places are not familiar with the place, so I am afraid that something will make a mess", Mr. Liang still focuses on stability.

"Of course, there will be all kinds of problems, so we don't need to do it in one step, we can come one by one, add one, stand firm and do it well, and then open another one, and after having some experience, we can gradually roll it out, so that it is more stable."

Old Man Liang became more and more interested when he heard this. Of course, he understands the current situation in Guangzhou, and he and those old fellows will often communicate, and some people go to other places to develop, but they are all difficult, after all, they are a foreign land, and they are not familiar with the place, and if people make things difficult, you will be in trouble. The Chinese have a strong sense of local knowledge and local protection. Therefore, it is not easy to do business in other places. Sun Tzu's idea still has many new ideas, and this trinity is unprecedented. Old Man Liang couldn't help but fall into deep thought.