The next day, Master Liang and his entourage rushed back to the wharf construction office, joined the fifth uncle Liang Haowen, left a steward and six guards, and more than 30 construction workers worked here, leaving a big ship and two small boats, and the rest of the personnel took two big ships back to Guangzhou. The second batch will bring more materials, more workers, and Master Liang will come over, and he will personally guide the design and construction of the training base and factory. The construction plan of the Hainan base officially began.

When he returned to Guangzhou, the Liang family firm came to inform him that Lihe and Swire wanted him to come over, and it should be that the quotation for the last time he went to them to order goods came out, and it seems that the service of foreigners is quite high.

The young master Liang is getting more and more out of time, and the matter of practicing martial arts can only be put aside for the time being, and the two masters in turn were arranged by him to send envoys, respectively, to set up stalls in Guangzhou to recruit people, recruit guards, recruitment requirements: 16 to 25 years old male youth, good moral character, good health, good eyesight, flexible, no opium smoking and other bad habits, not the only child in the family, can read and count are preferred, once hired, free accommodation and clothing, shoes and socks, a monthly salary of four taels of silver. Young Master Liang originally wanted to give each person a settling-in allowance of ten taels of silver, but the old man denied it, the old man said, it was not to save money, if the settling-in allowance was issued, the government might think that the Liang family was recruiting, and could not cause this kind of trouble, Young Master Liang once again admitted that Jiang was still old and spicy.

The Liang family did not specify the number of recruits, also in order not to expose the size of the escort team. With the signboard and influence of Tieqiao San and Huang Qiying's Guangdong Ten Tigers, more and more people were recruited, and after only three days of recruitment, the number of people who had converged between the two masters had exceeded 1,000, but Young Master Liang did not stop recruiting people, and asked the two masters to recruit for another four days. The recruited personnel are not hired on the spot, but only register their names and addresses, family information, and contact information, and inform them to wait for the notice. The purpose of this is also to conceal the number of people, and when the time comes, they will be sent to the base for training in batches, and even these escorts themselves will not be able to figure out the total number of people.

When Young Master Liang arrived at Lihe Foreign Travel, Loew had been waiting for him for two days. Young Master Liang could only open his mouth to apologize: "I'm very sorry, Mr. Love, I went out on a long trip, I just came back today, and I rushed over when I got the news, I still want to ask you to forgive me for being late."

"Oh, it's okay, my friend, it's not your fault", Loew said with a straight look: "The quotation you asked for last time has been called back in China, this is a detailed quotation, please take a look".

After taking the quotation, Young Master Liang looked at it carefully and found that the quotation was much lower than that of Britain and France. Now Prussia has not yet become the German Reich, and their machinery and equipment do not have the brand influence that they later had. Even the newly unified German Empire, in order to compete with Britain and France, also adopted the way of price reduction to win more market share, Germany, as an industrial power, but did not have much share in the international market, and did not have many colonies in the world, compared with Britain and France, it was far behind, so the Germans have been trying to catch up.

Maybe it was because the impression that Young Master Liang left on Loew last time was a very expert in the industry, or maybe it was that Prussia wanted to compete for market share at a low price, so the price he came up with was really realistic, which can be called the conscience of the industry. After reading it carefully, Master Liang felt that he should give Loew a face, and he should be sincere to each other when making friends: "Mr. Loew, this offer of yours has made me see your sincerity, as your friend, I will also express my sincerity, needless to say, let's sign the contract directly."

"I'm very happy to be your friend, if you weren't so young, I would have almost thought you were a soldier like me, I have to say that you have the coolness of a soldier, I believe we would have a very pleasant cooperation, my friend." Of course, it is a pleasure to be able to do business so smoothly.

"Mr. Loew, I've been busy with a big business recently, it can be said to be a big business, I don't know if you are interested" The atmosphere was so friendly, Young Master Liang wanted to continue chatting.

"My Ronnie, knowing you has brought me good luck, and I am very willing to cooperate with a friend like you", I have made money, and the mouths of the Prussians have actually become sweet, oh buy karma, money is really the devil, Amitabha, money can make ghosts grind.

"Telegram, some friends and I are going to promote the use of telegram in the Qing Dynasty, do you think this business is big"?

"Oh! My God! Is the Great Qing Halal allowed to open a telegram? Oh, my friend, this couldn't be a bigger business! You know, it's really inconvenient to have no telegraph, it's not only a profitable business, it's also a good thing to provide convenience for mankind, it's the best news I've heard since I came to China", Loew was simply ecstatic.

"You Europeans have a saying: opportunities are only for those who are prepared. We also have a saying in China: things are done by people. The meaning is the same, I think, as long as you have the strength and put in the effort, you can succeed! What do you think? My friend. ”

"That's right, I'm proud to have a friend like you, and I'll spare no effort to support your plan," Loew vows. Being able to participate in such a big business and believing that the benefits you will get are too great to predict.

Well, it was easier to deal with the upright Prussians. Only the British, who have dealt with arrogance and arrogance, will have a sense of accomplishment.

"I'm sorry, Mr. Robin, I've been busy with a big business recently, and I've been out of the house, and I just came back today, so I've kept you waiting." In fact, Swire & Co. only informed Tianbao Xing yesterday, so Young Master Liang was not late, he just left a handle for the next play.

The British are not as direct as the Germans, they like to go around in circles first, slowly lead the conversation to business, and then do it in one go. They think this is the art of talking about business, this is the gentlemanly manners. As soon as it came up, it went straight to the point, it was too vulgar and would make a gentleman spurn. So he smiled and said, "I've heard that your Liang family's Tianbao Xing has made a big move recently, and your father is going to Shanghai, right?"

Young Master Liang gave a thumbs up: "Mr. Robin is really well-informed." The British do attach great importance to intelligence, and they have to be admired for their ability to infer accurate information from a wide variety of sources. "Yes, our Liang family is ready to expand to every treaty city in the country, so we will cooperate more in the future."

"We at Swire & Co. are very willing to cooperate with a reputable firm like Tianbao, my Mr. Ronnie, this is the quotation you need." You see, the British turn to business is always so fluid, they are too good at seizing opportunities.

Master Liang took a closer look: "There is no problem with the design and configuration of the ship, and the delivery time is acceptable, but the price is a bit high, Mr. Robin, although I am very young, I am very familiar with the situation in Europe."

The corners of Luo Bin's mouth twitched, in fact, he just thought that the other party didn't know much about being young and could be deceived, but the young man saw through it at a glance, and the scene was slightly embarrassing. However, being thick-skinned is an excellent tradition of the British, and he quickly adjusted: "Ronnie, this is just an offer, not the final transaction price, everything can be negotiated", you see, thick-skinned, if you can't be deceived, you can still say it eloquently.

"Okay, then I want to know the transaction price, if it is really fair and reasonable, I can sign it right away".

"Of course, the transaction price of this list is eighty-five percent off the quotation", in fact, the normal transaction price is eighty-five discounts, and the British devil really does not give up.

As soon as he said this, Young Master Liang could reason and deduce the normal transaction price, he decided to mess up the other party's thinking and win in the chaos: "That's it, Mr. Robin, this kind of ship was originally ordered for two, but now I order five ships at once, you give me a seven-fold price, and we will make a deal, otherwise I will go to the French or the Prussians", he said this very seriously, leaving no way out, and suddenly made Robin confused.

"Five?" That's a big business, Robin, who had taken the initiative, suddenly turned red, if this order was cheap to the French or those vulgar Prussian countrymen, he would definitely not forgive himself, Schet, this kid is really difficult to deal with, his heart struggled slightly, he shrugged his shoulders and spread his hands (try to make himself a gentleman): "Okay, my Ronnie, you win", he admitted defeat in his mouth, knowing in his heart that this big order is still worth money, and it is better to earn less than not to earn at all.