Tianbaoxing Shanghai branch is located in the most famous Bund Street in Shanghai, located between Jiujiang Road and Hankou Road in the later generations, a rectangular plot of land with an area of 35 acres, the French Concession in 1868 has not yet formed a climate, and it is worse than the Anglo-American Public Concession to the north of her, the municipal road construction, public supporting facilities are not perfect, and affected by the return of a large number of people from Changmao Pingding, the land price is not very high, and it cost more than 30,000 taels of silver to buy. However, these 35 acres of land were more expensive than the 800 acres of land in the education center that Young Master Liang had a fancy for, and the purchasing power of silver was still very strong in 1868.

Now the French Concession has a total of nearly 1,000 acres of land, but it is already the largest French concession in the Qing Dynasty, and the French Concession in Guangzhou is called small, with a total of only 66 acres of land, and the French Concession in Hankou is 187 acres. It was not until after the Qing-French War in 1885 that France began to pay attention to the development and construction of concessions in various parts of the Qing Dynasty.

The Shanghai branch of Tianbao is still in the design stage, and Liang Haoye's current residence is a bungalow on Father Jin Road in the French Concession. The two places are not far apart, only 20 minutes walk.

The father and son were chatting in the study, but the topic was not the family matter just now, but the order-based agriculture that Young Master Liang talked to his father about last time. Because the helpers brought by Liang Haoye were all Cantonese and could not understand the dialects of Jiangsu and Zhejiang, he continued the cautious style of Mr. Liang, for fear of leaking the news, so he did not rashly send people to investigate the origin of raw silk, but bought five local boys in their teens and six local girls of about the same age from the labor market, these children were orphans who lost their support because of the Longhair Rebellion.

Leung bought the children for nothing else, to teach them Cantonese, and he wanted them to act as their translators. These children entered the Liang family, which is the Liang family, everyone has a new name, and all of them have changed their surnames to Liang, and these orphans who have lost their support will gradually cultivate loyalty to the Liang family, which basically eliminates the possibility of leaking secrets. This is something that Young Master Liang didn't expect, it seems that his father's experience in the shopping mall is much stronger than him, and it has become the consistent principle of the Liang family to plan and then move.

Master Liang looked at the design of the French architect, along the Bund designed two connected five-storey sister buildings, the appearance design is very gorgeous, the two buildings extend to the west of Hankou Road and Jiujiang Road respectively, on the side of the rectangular plot facing the Bund, that is, the side facing Sichuan Road also designed two connected three-storey sister buildings, the appearance is relatively simple, these two buildings extend east along Hankou Road and Jiujiang Road, the whole rectangular structure is connected together, Hankou Road and Jiujiang Road each leave a gate to facilitate vehicle access, In the middle of the rectangle is a large courtyard of more than 2,000 square meters. I have to say that the design of this French architect is perfect, except for the young master Liang who thinks that the floor is slightly lower, he suggested that the Bund building be heightened to seven floors, so that the whole building in addition to the gorgeous design, more magnificent, the other two buildings are correspondingly raised to five floors, each building in the lobby design reserved for the elevator space, the rest do not need to be modified.

Liang Haoye then asked about the crown plot by the Suzhou Creek, after all, he had to explain the purpose of such a large expenditure to the board of directors: "Han'er, do they agree with the old man about this education center?" ”

"I haven't had time to tell them yet, but this matter must be done immediately, the Liang family can't break their trust, and I'll tell them when I return to Guangzhou." Father, the success of your business in Shanghai is undoubted, and if you become a well-known businessman in Shanghai, and you have made no contribution to Shanghai's public welfare, you will be questioned and criticized by all walks of life in Shanghai, and even boycotted by the people of Shanghai. Building bridges and paving roads is only a means for rural landlords, but in a big city like Shanghai, which will be famous at home and abroad, running schools and opening hospitals is the first-class means, so that you can become a socialite tycoon who is recognized and accepted by the society. To put it bluntly, this is the aura of your social status and the best umbrella to put on your head. ”

Liang Haoye meditated carefully, and soon understood the mystery, and resented his son's far-sightedness and superb means, and he was not convinced and couldn't, thinking that he Liang Haoye was also a capable person with outstanding ability and high self-esteem, but compared with his son, it was like a Go master met a national master, people always think more far-reaching than him, and his vision is broader than him. Alas, it's good that this is my son, otherwise how frustrating and humiliating, and now it only makes me more proud! Lao Tzu is a hero! It is nothing more than this situation for the Lao Tzu in this world.

The next day, the two old seniors came to him, and Rong Hong said as soon as he opened his mouth: "Your kid was still squeaking and unhappy yesterday, I have seen the daughter of Brother Xuecun, she is definitely a talented and good-looking girl, I can't help but be tempted when I see it (you are not serious, it seems that Lori is really the nemesis of the uncle), seeing your reluctant appearance, I am angry, I am really sorry for Huiying's girl!" ”

Young Master Liang said with a narrow smile: "Senior Rong, you are moving your heart, don't worry, your marriage is wrapped up in me, what kind of girl do you want to find, is it a Jiangnan girl here in Shanghai, or a Nanyue Xiugu in our hometown, I will definitely help you do it." ”

"Forget it, just me and Brother Kuan, such fake foreign devils, in the eyes of the Qing Dynasty, are really not welcomed, people with a bit of identity don't look down on us, Brother Kuan's marriage is proof, in front of the two of you, I will tell the truth, I was in my youth when I was studying at Yale University in the United States, and I liked those beautiful American girls very much, but at that time, I was shy in my pocket, and it would be good to take care of food and clothing, how dare I think of these good things." It seems that Rong Hong's adolescence is very sour, and his heart is full of regrets.

Young Master Liang said with a look of regret: "In fact, the Qing government does not use two talents, it is simply a tyrannical thing, if I am the person in power in this Qing Dynasty, let Senior Rong become the ambassador of studying abroad in China and the United States, and Senior Huang is the ambassador of studying abroad in China and Britain, at least a senior official of the three grades, responsible for sending a large number of young students to the United States and the United Kingdom every year, supervising and managing their study and life, so that in ten years, our country will gather a large number of useful talents, and the development of the country will have reliable talent support, just around the corner!" ”

This sentence really speaks to the hearts of the two, they have worked hard to return after studying, don't they just hope to return to serve the motherland? At their level at that time, they could live a good life if they stayed in the United States and the United Kingdom, but they still came back resolutely with a pure heart, but they were unexpectedly treated coldly after coming back, although the economy was relatively rich, but it was ridiculous and sad that they couldn't even find a wife, and this society looked down on fake foreign devils like them. The mainstream consciousness of the Qing Dynasty is really not an ordinary backward and ignorant! And this backward and ignorant force is still very strong!

To break this backward and ignorant turtle shell!