Chapter 3 Liangjia Business Network (1)
Young Master Liang and his entourage soon boarded a small boat and sailed to Liangjiazhuang on the outskirts of Guangzhou.
Looking at the Pearl River at your feet, the water surface is wide and the waves are clear. Guangzhou developed because of this golden waterway, and the Liang family also prospered because of this waterway. There were no automobiles in this era, and there were no railways in the Qing Dynasty. The transportation of bulk goods is mainly dependent on shipping, as shipping has the lowest transportation costs. If you take the land route, the freight of goods worth 1,000 taels of silver from Guangzhou to the capital will exceed 1,000 taels, and you have to guard against bandits and thieves along the way, which is neither safe nor cost-effective. There were many bandits in various parts of the Qing Dynasty, which were extremely difficult to deal with, and to a certain extent, hindered the development of commerce. Young Master Liang was thinking and thinking all the way······ The thirteen-year-old boy didn't say a word, his brows were tightly locked, he looked like a young man, and even Liang Qiang and Liang Zhuang next to him calmed down and looked at the eldest young master silently. Could it be that this is the legendary homesickness?
An hour later, the boat docked at the Liangjiazhuang wharf. Entering Zhuangzi, Young Master Liang had already seen his mother with a group of people at the door, he just had time to call "Mom", and was hugged by his mother, Liang's mother was taller than him, so poor Young Master Liang was held by his mother in the chest, with a pair of plump on his head, so that a forty-seven-year-old uncle with a soul is embarrassed.
"Mom, it's too tight, I can't breathe!" Young Master Liang exclaimed urgently, and then let Liang's mother let go of her hand, but she still grabbed her son's shoulders, stared at her son carefully, and said that her son was the meat of his mother's heart, although Liang Sihan had not seen this kind of family affection for a long time, a warmth still surged from his heart to his whole body.
"My precious son, can worry me to death, fortunately the ancestors bless, the Bodhisattva bless, everything is okay now?" When my mother said something, Young Master Liang understood that he was referring to the high fever two months ago.
"Mom, take a good look, I'm fine now, I'm strong", Young Master Liang said as he took his mother's hand and learned to be coquettish with his mother.
"I haven't seen you for half a year, but I've grown a lot taller" Liang's mother was finally relieved at this time, and began to give the command, "Cuicui, take the eldest young master to wash, Xiaolan Xiaoyue, go to the kitchen and bring the food." Young Master Liang was still a little confused about the direction, so he just followed the girl named Cuicui to wash up.
Under Cuicui's careful service, I deeply experienced the enjoyment of young masters from large families, which I could not enjoy in Hong Kong. Then Cuicui took him to the restaurant, the restaurant was luxuriously furnished, a complete set of sandalwood dining tables and chairs, dining cabinets, wine cabinets, there were many foreign red wines in the wine cabinet, the Liang family was engaged in import and export business, and it was not strange that there was foreign wine at home. Although there are no modern luxury lighting, the overall furnishings are several notches higher than the modern ones, because these are real materials, and even the porcelain plates on the dining table are exquisite. A popular saying from the previous life: "Bring me a bottle of '82 Lafite", now it's nothing, and any bottle of red wine in this wine cabinet will surpass that '82 Lafite, because it's 1868.
"Eat more, you can't eat anything good at school", Liang's mother pulled her son to sit down together. Because the meal has passed, everyone in the family has eaten, and only Young Master Liang eats the dishes on the table, Liang Sibao and Liang Qiang and Liang Zhuang are impossible to eat with the master, and Young Master Liang eats it unceremoniously, and the food at home is fragrant.
Liang's mother watched her son eat with relish, her face was full of smiles, thinking that her son was the time to grow his body, and she would have to give him more food in the future to make up for his body.
Liang's mother is only in her early thirties this year, she is also born in a large family, her mother's family is the same Shunxing Wu family in the thirteen lines, authentic women, literate and reasonable, plus beautiful, tall and plump, exuding a charming charm, with a charming and shrewd temperament. In addition to Liang Sihan's eldest son, she also has a younger son and a daughter, the younger son is ten years old, and the daughter is only seven years old, all of whom are studying in the private school of the clan.
Although he has a beautiful wife like Liang's mother, Liang's father still married two concubines, and the two aunts gave birth to a pair of children and a son respectively, which means that Master Liang has three younger brothers and two younger sisters, and it is really a big family. The key is that Liang's father Liang Haoye is only thirty-four years old, young and strong, and he may bring him a few younger brothers and sisters in the future.
Young Master Liang was thinking nonsense while eating, a smirk appeared on his face from time to time, and Liang's mother instructed him beside him: "After eating, the old man is taking a lunch break, and he will definitely call you over when he wakes up in the afternoon."
"Grandpa has been in good health lately?"
"Okay, now he doesn't care much about business", Liang's mother said with a smile, "The old man is looking for you to find a martial arts master to teach you martial arts, last time you suddenly fell ill and scared everyone, your father also approved of your martial arts training with a martial artist."
"Practicing martial arts", Young Master Liang was startled, he learned a lot in two lives, full of advanced knowledge beyond this era, but he has never practiced martial arts, although he participated in formal training in the army in his previous life, and also practiced military boxing, but he has not practiced authentic Chinese martial arts, he has only seen Chinese kung fu in film and television works, but those are all special effects shots, authentic martial arts have really not been seen, and I am really a little eager to try.
"Did Grandpa say that you were looking for someone to teach me," Young Master Liang suddenly turned into a curious baby. People are always curious about the unknown.
"I don't know, the old man and your father haven't said, we don't lack martial artists in Guangdong, now there are the famous Guangdong Ten Tigers, and there are more masters hidden in the folk and mountains, this martial artist is not difficult to find, I guess the old man still has to ask whether the martial artist's character is reliable, our Liang family has a big business, and we can't lure wolves into the room", look, looking for a martial artist also has to be investigated in many aspects, and the caution of the Liang family can be seen.
Old man Liang is actually not old, he is only fifty-six years old this year, and he has an older brother above him, but his elder brother died young, leaving two sons and a daughter who were young at the time. Therefore, Liang Jingzong, the old man of Liang, is to support the entire Liang family alone, all aspects must be considered and arranged, break out of the world, make a career, the Liang family can survive the war is not easy, the old man Liang can be called a generation of masters, his vision and means are very accessible.
In addition to the eldest son Liang Haoye, the old man Liang has four sons, his brother has two sons, and now there are seven adult men in the second generation of the Liang family, these seven people have become a good hand in the business field under the strict training and teaching of the old man Liang, and it is a little regrettable that the seven people have no results in the imperial examination, so the old man Liang is ready to focus on cultivating talents in the imperial examination in the third generation, the third generation of the Liang family now has twenty-three boys, and there are more than 100 children of the clansmen, except for the eldest grandson Liang Sihan, as long as he is four years old, They are all studying hard in the family private school, and the teachers invited are all famous Confucians in Guangdong, and the famous teachers teach and study hard, I believe that there are always a few who can get ahead and become famous in the field. If these people become officials in the future, they will be able to escort the Liang family.