Old man Liang saw that the seven brothers all agreed with this plan, and everyone supported it, so it proved that this plan was indeed beneficial to the Liang family, and he thought that it could be implemented after thinking about it for so long, and since he was unanimous, he opened his mouth to agree to this plan: "No one raised objections, and I also think that this is a good plan, so we will pass this plan." In the future, our Liang family will change the existing model and develop in the direction of this business network, and I am very happy that you are united and working together. I repeat, brothers work together to break the money, as long as we work together, we can solve the biggest difficulties, and we can break away no matter how big the resistance. Old Man Liang said as he glanced around: "Since we have decided to implement this plan, then we will discuss and discuss, what details need to be paid attention to, what needs to be added, let's pick up the missing pieces together."

This time, the sixth child of the anxious child spoke first: "So where do we open the first outlet first?" Also, what will be developed in the future? Do you want to put it in order? The sixth asked three questions at once, but these questions really need to be decided after everyone discusses.

Liang Haoye couldn't help it: "I think it's better to set up the first outlet in Shanghai, Shanghai is now a fresh trade center, with a leading position, can radiate the entire Yangtze River Basin, the geographical location is indeed more superior than Guangzhou, and the influence in Shanghai is undoubtedly the largest." The area of the concession in Shanghai is also the largest, and it is relatively safe and more secure to open in the concession, so the pressure on the dart board will be less, and we can adapt more quickly in management. ”

The boss Liang Haomin continued: "I also think that Shanghai is suitable, the people in Shanghai are more docile, Shanghai is now more open, not xenophobic, there are many foreign banks and foreign merchants in Shanghai, and the trade volume is large, so it is easier to open up the situation." ”

Mr. Liang interjected: "If it is opened in Shanghai, what difficulties will it have? What are the issues to be aware of? ”

Everyone was silent for a while, and Young Master Liang spoke: "There are two concessions in Shanghai, the French Concession and the Public Concession, and the Public Concession was formed by the merger of the British Concession and the American Concession. The gangs in Shanghai are relatively strong, and the concession is relatively safer and more civilized. If it is set up in the concession, it needs to have a good relationship with the manager of the concession, and the manager of the Shanghai concession is the Ministry of Industry Bureau of the Concession, and there is also a Concession Public Board of Directors above the Ministry of Industry Bureau, but the Public Board of Directors does not participate in the management of specific affairs, so as long as it has a good relationship with the Ministry of Industry and Bureau of the Concession. Land prices and real estate in the Shanghai Concession rose very high during the Longhair Rebellion, which had subsided for several years, and now prices have fallen back a lot. He said a lot in one breath, and by the way, he livened up the atmosphere.

Sure enough, under his guidance, the scene began to be lively, everyone discussed and discussed for a long time, and finally gave a unified answer to the three questions raised by Lao Liu: the first outlet was set up in the Shanghai concession, and the specific location was determined after sending someone to investigate, and the right land was selected in the concession, and the Liang family bought the land at the expense of the Liang family, and designed and built the house according to the need. Because of the need to open a Trinity outlet, and the need to build a solid underground vault, it was impossible to buy a ready-made house. The second is the next development sequence, and the decision after discussion is to gradually develop from north to south along the coastline from Shanghai to Guangzhou, that is, Ningbo, Fuzhou, Xiamen, and Shantou. The model is the same as in Shanghai, where the land is purchased first, and then the house is designed and built.

Old Man Liang spoke again: "Then how to arrange the responsible persons in various places, you can also discuss it." ”

Everyone began to have a heated discussion again, each with their own ideas, and competition and competition were inevitable. Lao Qi has just asked him to be in charge of the preparation and operation of the dart bureau. No one grabbed this from him, so it was undoubtedly unanimously passed. The person in charge of Shanghai is the most important, served by the third Liang Haoye, and the next four places are respectively responsible for the boss, the second, the fourth, and the fifth, and the sixth stay in Guangzhou.

The seven brothers are a little excited, originally nested together in Guangzhou, under the nose of the old man, after all, a little depressed, now everyone is in charge of a stall, there is a kind of sky high and let the birds fly wide and the sea is wide with the feeling of leaping fish, everyone wants to show their talents, and the excitement is overflowing.

Young Master Liang put forward another plan at this time: "There is another thing that is also very important at the moment, our Liang family must take the lead, otherwise it will definitely be robbed by others." , He spoke mysteriously, everyone couldn't figure out what was going on, the sixth Liang Haozhong couldn't help it: "Just say it directly, what is the matter"?

"Do you know the telegram"? Young Master Liang looked at his uncles and uncles and said.

His father said: "I have heard that before the Qing Dynasty, Hong Kong has it, and it is said that if you send a telegram from Hong Kong to the UK, you can receive it on the same day, and the news will be transmitted the fastest." Young Master Liang took over his father's words: "We should preemptively run this telegram now, with the telegram, our outlets can be really smooth, which will be of great help to the deposit and exchange business of the bank, and the news transmission between the commercial banks will be faster and more timely, and there will be more business opportunities."

The sixth asked again: "But what should I do with this telegram?" We don't know anything." It is true that this telegram is too much beyond their imagination, and the entire Qing Dynasty does not understand much about high-tech things.

Young Master Liang said slowly: "Now the developed countries in the world have already telegraphed, the Qing Dynasty is a blank, and the profits of the telegraph are relatively large, and the foreigners will introduce the telegraph into the Qing Dynasty sooner or later, but they have problems with the communication with the imperial court, the imperial court of the Qing Dynasty does not want to have any cooperation with the foreigners, the embassies of Britain and France and other countries are located in Beijing because of the defeat of the war and were forced to agree, and the officials of the entire Qing Dynasty do not like to interact with foreigners, for fear of causing trouble,"

He paused for a moment and continued: "Then our opportunity has come, we can talk to foreigners about cooperation, set up a telegraph company, and undertake the telegraph business of the entire Qing Dynasty." The foreigners are afraid that the Qing court will not agree, and the local officials will not pay attention to them, so they can't figure out the attitude of the Qing Dynasty, so this matter has been dragging on, and we can promise the foreigners that the court and local officials will take care of it, and the foreigners will definitely be willing to cooperate with us, and they can't ask for it."

His father understood, but had questions: "But will the court agree to us to make a telegram"?

"In fact, we don't need to apply for a telegram to the imperial court at all, and if this matter is reported, the ignorant guys in the imperial court will definitely not agree. Let's do it first with the signboard of a foreigner's company, and the current court and local officials don't dare to provoke the foreigners, and they won't come to trouble at all. The foreigners just don't understand this, and the telegram needs to involve all places, and the foreigners don't have so much energy and manpower, otherwise they would have done it a long time ago." Young Master Liang said with a smile.

Old Man Liang also smiled: "To put it bluntly, you are a two-headed deception." It's really like this, a group of people have figured it out, and they immediately shushed each other, who would dare to think of such a loss? One side is a foreigner, and the other side is the Qing government, neither of these two sides is easy to mess with. The stakes are so great that no one dares to express their opinions.

In fact, due to the restrictions of the times, my thinking is still not broad enough, and I am still afraid of the government, let alone the imperial court.

Young Master Liang can only continue to do ideological work: "You are worried about the imperial court and local officials, in fact, as long as the telegram is completed, everyone will find it convenient, and even the imperial court does not need any eight-hundred-mile express delivery if there is an emergency, how convenient a telegram is, as long as it is used, it will feel good, who will close it?" Everyone will say that it is a good thing for foreigners to do this to bring convenience to the Qing Dynasty, isn't it just to let foreigners earn some silver, so that the imperial court will not care about such a trivial matter"?

It makes sense for everyone to think about it, but they still don't dare to agree.

Young Master Liang was anxious: "Then otherwise, I will talk to the foreigner first, if the foreigner agrees, I will set up the telegraph company in Hong Kong, and sign a contract with the foreigner in my English name, but we have the majority of the company, so the control of the company is in our hands, and we can deal with anything else."

Old Man Liang nodded: "You talk to the foreigner first, and then we will discuss it next." Well, that's all there is to it.

It's not easy for this Qing country to do something.