Chapter 3 Selling Watches
Qin Guangcheng was the most righteous person, and he was grateful to Wang Hengyue for saving his life, so he patted his chest and agreed.
After drinking seven or eight points drunk, Qin Guangcheng stumbled to his feet and asked his family to help Wang Hengyue to the guest room to rest.
I slept soundly this night, and when I woke up, I was already on the third pole.
There was already a maid waiting there, and when she saw that Wang Hengyue was awake, she hurriedly brought the toiletries.
The big families are really different, and they don't have to do anything by themselves, Wang Hengyue sighed. Although tooth powder gargling is not very customary, it is acceptable after all. Hurriedly washed, and was led out of the house by the maid.
Before he went out, Qin Guangcheng was already waiting there, and when he saw Wang Hengyue, he smiled and said, "Brother slept well?" ”
"Okay, very good." Wang Hengyue also smiled and arched his hand.
While accompanying Wang Hengyue towards the dining room, he asked: "Although it is okay for my brother to cut his braids, it looks a little dazzling after all, but do you want to prepare a fake braid for my brother to cover people's eyes and ears?" ”
Qin Guangcheng is right in saying this, cutting braids is no longer a crime of killing the head at this time.
The Gengzi Revolution of 1900 was a very important event in Chinese history. Since then, the prestige of the Qing government has been discredited, its control over various places has weakened, and local forces have begun to grow. In 1903, the "Hubei student circles" in China proposed to cut braids and change clothes.
After 1903, with the return of foreign students, a small number of young students began to cut their braids in the southern provinces where the Qing government was less controlled. After the Qing government axe established the new army, in order to facilitate the wearing of military hats, some soldiers also cut off their braids. For this reason, Qing Zhengaxe issued an order on May 6, 1907, strictly prohibiting student soldiers from cutting braids. If found, punishment will be imposed. However, at this time, because the control power of the Qing political axe was no longer what it used to be, this order was not strictly enforced in various places.
Qing Zheng had no choice but to take a tacit attitude towards this.
Therefore, in all parts of the country, especially in the southern provinces, there are many students and soldiers who have cut their braids. As long as they do not openly claim to be a "revolutionary party", the government generally does not interfere.
Wang Hengyue sighed slightly: "Big brother, when my brother was overseas, he had already cut his braids and let me drag such a tail, which is very unaccustomed." ”
Seeing that Wang Hengyue insisted on this, Qin Guangcheng no longer insisted, accompanied Wang Hengyue to dinner, led him to the living room, chatted a few words, and his family reported that there were guests.
Bringing the two guests in, Qin Guangcheng greeted him with a smile: "Brother Luo, Brother Du!" ”
said that he first introduced Wang Hengyue, and only introduced that he came back from overseas, and his surname was Wang Hengyue, and he said it in words. The word "Shuzhi" was originally the name that Wang Hengyue's grandfather first helped him take, and yesterday during the banquet, Wang Hengyue simply took this as his own table.
Then he pointed to the two guests and said, "This is the shopkeeper of the Hengtong Jewelry Pawnshop, and this is the manager of the Dragages Foreign Goods Store, Charlie Du." ”
Luo Taiwu is dressed as a well-behaved Chinese businessman, and he has seen it. Charlie Du is a foreign style, he does not have braids, he wears a dress, a top hat, and a civilized stick in his hand, when he saw that Wang Hengyue was dressed like himself, he suddenly felt a sense of cordiality, and opened his mouth and said: "Hello, I'mcharliedu, gladtomeetyouhere!" ”
A mouth is a mouthful of foreign language, and finally Wang Hengyue has not forgotten the bird language he learned, and he also smiled and said: "Hello, iamwanghengyue, gladtoseeyouhere!" ”
"Gee, this is a real time abroad." Charlie Du was overjoyed, seeing that Qin Guangcheng and Luo Taiwu were confused, showing off and showing off: "This is the way for real foreigners to greet each other, and I don't know if I haven't stayed abroad." Brother was sent to the United States by his father, and finally got a glimpse of the world, and returned to Sichuan, where no one could talk to his brother. ”
This is another standard fake foreign devil, Wang Hengyue thought with a smile in his heart.
After inviting a few people to sit down and serving tea, Qin Guangcheng carefully explained how he was in danger and how he got Wang Hengyue to rescue him, and Luo Fuzhi and Du Charlie, who listened to it, were amazed.
After talking for a while, the conversation changed: "Shu's family is a big family overseas, well-managed, and the business is all over the United States and England, this time Shuzhi came back from overseas, and he was originally ordered by his family to return to open up business, but the remittance has not arrived, and the position is tight."
Wang Hengyue almost squirted out, this Qin Guangcheng is such a sincere person, but he doesn't blink his eyes when he makes up nonsense. Dealing with these business people really takes a few more eyes.
looked at Luo Taiwu and Charlie Du again, and when they heard that they were going to adjust their positions, they suddenly looked embarrassed.
Qin Guangcheng had already prepared, and without waiting for the two of them to speak, he smiled slightly: "Don't worry, you don't have to ask you to borrow, if you want to talk about money, I can still get tens of thousands of taels of silver, how can I take more than tens of thousands of silver for this life?" ”
Luo and Du were relieved at this time, but they didn't understand the meaning of Qin Guangcheng's words.
Qin Guangcheng glanced at Wang Hengyue, and Wang Hengyue said: "The younger brother came back from the United States and the United States, made a detour to Switzerland, and purchased a batch of Swiss gold watches, because my father's remittance had not arrived, so I wanted to sell this batch of gold watches. I wonder if you are interested? ”
When they heard that it was a Swiss watch, Luo and Du's eyes lit up.
As the old saying goes, "Swiss watches, German clocks", Swiss watches and German clocks are the most famous in China. Luo and Du were originally in the jewelry business, and there are a number of Swiss watches, so how can they not be interested?
Charlie Du fixed his mind: "Since it was brought by Brother Shu from Switzerland, it must be good, how about taking the liberty of asking Brother Shu to take out this batch of watches?" ”
Wang Hengyue nodded, stood up, confessed his guilt, asked a few people to wait, and turned back to Qin Guang to become the guest room arranged by himself.
After thinking about it in the guest room for a while, he took out three copycat gold watches from his bag for future needs, and then returned to the living room with a full bag of copycats.
"Long wait, long wait." Wang Hengyue smiled and put the bag on the table, and Luo Fuzhi and Du Charlie, who had long been impatient, quickly got up and surrounded them. Qin Guangcheng also walked over curiously.
opened the bag and took out a few beautifully crafted boxes, as soon as they opened the boxes, Luo Fuzhi and Charlie Du's eyes suddenly lit up.
Charlie Du took the box and couldn't stop exclaiming: "Good goods, good goods, what the things brought by foreign countries are different, such goods are rare even when brothers are in the United States!" ”