"How can you have such a strange idea?" the corners of Bafour's mouth twitched, thinking to himself what young people are thinking about nowadays.

"You see that this Zhao Dagui is familiar with English, and he seems to have a deep understanding of the situation in Britain, could it be that the Chinese government sent him to inquire about the news and want to extract some secrets or something?"

"How did you end up thinking of going there, it's... However, it is also good to be a little scheming in a foreign country.

You usually pay more attention to Zhao Dagui's actions and see if there are any strange behaviors. Bafur wanted to correct his men's thoughts, but when he thought that he was only twenty years old and was the most curious and energetic, he shook his head and gave up that thought.

"Don't worry, I will definitely keep a good eye on this Zhao Dagui. Mai Huatuo listened to it completely, happily took the task, and after a while he left with a resolute face, and went out in a hurry.

Bafur couldn't help shaking his head and smiling bitterly in the room, to be honest, Bafur was not worried that the Qing court would send a spy over, nor did he feel that he had any confidential information worth stealing here, let alone what kind of spy Zhao Dagui would be.

In contrast, Bafur is more worried about Zhao Dagui's integrity and greed.

Yes, in Bafour's eyes, Zhao Dagui is a greedy adventurer, whether it is Britain or China, there is no shortage of such people, and Bafur has seen a lot.

Therefore, Bafur is more worried about Zhao Dagui because of a bad control, he will trap the British businessmen, causing economic losses, as for whether to work for the Qing government or not, he does not care much about him.

"To what extent can such a person be trusted to ask for the position of comprador when he has not been in contact with him for a long time, and he has no friendship at all?" said to himself thoughtfully, tapping his finger on the table.

Just now, when Zhao Dagui was about to set his position as comprador, the corners of Bafur's mouth twitched, and there was a reason.

Many people may not understand, but compradors, generalists, and procurements are all official titles of the Qing State that existed in the era of the Thirteen Foreign Companies, or more clearly, a kind of official position.

Among them, the comprador has the highest position, and is in charge of all the affairs of the foreign businessmen who cooperate with him, from personnel hiring, management to living expenses, and even the silver and goods brought by the foreign businessmen must be handed over to the comprador for safekeeping, which is equivalent to the chief housekeeper and general manager;

The status of the general secretary is second to that of the comprador and the merchant, but it is also a very important position, and the foreigner can not deal with any personnel of the Qing government without the general affairs, and the general also helps foreigners manage many employees, or a fat shortage, and they have to pay tens of thousands of yuan to the household department to hold the fee;

The position of purchasing and looking at the silversmith is relatively low, just buying various items according to the instructions above, but it is also a real power position, and there are many opportunities to enrich one's own pockets in the middle.

Bafur mentioned the position of general affairs and procurement at that time, and he had the intention of testing Zhao Dagui's greed, but he didn't expect this person to be extremely greedy, and he wanted the highest comprador position as soon as he opened his mouth, considering that the two sides had just met, and there was no personal relationship before, this kind of cheekiness was close to shamelessness.

By the way, according to the regulations of the household department of the Qing court, the salary of compradors was between 500 and 600 yuan on the surface, and the salary of generals was between 200 and 300 yuan (of course, there was a lot of gray income), and the procurement was much lower.

Since he wants to recruit Zhao Dagui, he will not arbitrarily set a position to fool people, but will give corresponding salary and treatment according to the official job titles of the Qing court, which is very different from the black-hearted bosses of later generations who always want to cheat employees' wages.

Moreover, Bafur knew very well in his heart that the clothes and accessories that Zhao Dagui wore today were worth forty or fifty pounds, and if he wanted to use the position of a general secretary with an annuity of only two hundred yuan, it was estimated that the other party would not be interested.

Personally, Bafur is not particularly willing to hire a greedy person of unknown origin like Zhao Dagui, but because there is really no one to use under him, and he urgently needs Chinese employees to open up the situation in the magic capital, he will agree to give a high price of 500 yuan a year.

In contrast, Zhao Dagui did not know enough about the old-fashioned character of the British, thinking that the job title was just a good name, and when he mentioned the word comprador, it was actually only because this was the only kind of position related to foreigners that he knew, and he never thought that because he insisted on being called a comprador, he could directly raise his annual salary from two or three hundred yuan to more than five hundred yuan.

However, even if you think about it, with Zhao Dagui's virtue, you won't be humble.

On the other hand, Zhao Dagui's first job after joining the company officially began.

The more than 20 Englishmen who went ashore with the British consul were all overjoyed when they learned that the consul had hired a local gentleman who was familiar with English as a comprador, praised the consul for his vigorous and resolute work, and extended an extremely warm welcome to Zhao Dagui.

However, they also especially hoped that Zhao Dagui would start work as soon as possible, and Zhao Dagui could only reluctantly make it difficult.

In this enthusiastic atmosphere, Zhao Dagui's comprador career began.

Mai Huatuo introduced Zhao Dagui to a consulate attaché named John, and then asked the two to go to the street together to buy necessary daily necessities, so Zhao Dagui's work in the consulate began.

At present, there are about 25 Britons living in Yao's compound, and they have been living here since November 10, and they have to buy their own rice, white noodles, vegetables and soybean oil, and many things need to be replenished on the streets.

As soon as he saw that there were Chinese like Zhao Dagui coming forward to lead the way, in addition to John coming over according to his duties, Hula also followed seven or eight foreigners, saying that they wanted to meet Zhao Dagui together.

In this regard, Zhao Dagui smiled a little bitterly in his heart, to be honest, he was not very familiar with the prices of the magic capital, and the prices of Sanlipu were not of any guiding significance to the magic capital.

At this point, Zhao Dagui could not show his timidity, he could only step forward to lead the way, fortunately, it was not very difficult to fool these Britons, who were unfamiliar with life and did not know much Chinese.

First, I went to the grain store to buy polished rice, flour, grain and oil, and asked the guys in the store to help point out where the fish and meat were cheaper, and then bought tea and paper, in short, there were a lot of things to buy.

These things, just rice and noodles have ten bags each, if Zhao Dagui and others take it themselves, they will be tired and lie down, fortunately, the service here is very good, there are people in the store who specialize in delivery, and if you give some money, it will be sent to Yao's house.

Zhao Dagui has no intention of helping the British save money, basically the shopkeeper in the store says that he will pay as much as he wants, and the occasional bargaining is not fierce, which has already made the British amazed, and praised that the things in the store can be so cheap.

Zhao Dagui paid a little attention and found that he took these foreigners to buy things, which may be four or five percent more expensive than buying them on the street, and according to the statements of these Britons, the price of what they brought out to buy was definitely more than twice the normal price.

Oh, the lovely people of the Devil's Land.