Wang Tao and Li Xinlan know a lot of people in the Western academic circle, and they are suffering from the fact that they can access too few Western books, and it is easy to contact Westerners here in the magic capital, and it is much easier to obtain books.

Moreover, according to the standards proposed by Zhao Dagui, the remuneration given to scholars is extremely generous and attractive.

As for Maddos, there are also many candidates for teachers here, and it is a big deal to call some missionaries to come and teach English, and the income level of ordinary people in European countries is only seven or eight yuan per month, and Zhao Dagui's salary is still very good.

Next, several people went their separate ways, each wrote a letter to relatives and friends, explaining the situation, and asking people to at least come to the magic capital to have a look, and it was almost said that the people here were stupid and the money came quickly.

Li Xinlan has strong mathematical ability, has a high reputation in the Western academic circle, and is the first student in the contemporary Western academic circle, he can find many outstanding mathematicians and Western scholars in his letters, and just find a few students in the school he runs in Jiaxing, which will be of great help to the school.

The next thing is simple, Zhao Dagui is responsible for building a school building on the pidgin side, Li Xinlan and the other three go everywhere to pull people, and scholars are constantly called to gather from all around.

However, Zhao Dagui knew in his heart that after all, this Western academic circle was relatively narrow, and it had nothing to do with the imperial examination, and if he could gather more than ten professors and more than thirty graduate students in the short term, he would have to burn high incense.

With the backing of the school, Zhao Dagui's heart has inexplicably settled down, and many things that he couldn't do before that he didn't want to do can also start running.

For the next period of time, Zhao Dagui did civil engineering everywhere and spent money everywhere, which dazzled the foreign firms and compradors in the magic capital.

Zhao Dagui originally had more than 800,000 silver dollars in his hand, but because the money was easy to earn, he didn't care much, and it wasn't until this time that he understood how valuable the money was.

The shopkeepers of the Dagui Commercial Bank went out in all directions and soon bought nearly 3,000 acres of land in the future Three Kingdoms Concession, of which more than 600 acres were originally scheduled to be 830 acres in the first batch of British Concessions.

Zhao Dagui originally thought that it would cost at least 30,000 to 50,000 yuan to buy these lands, but because there were more barren beaches among them, he finally only spent about 20,000 yuan to take all the land--- saying that the more barren land in the future, the more valuable it is.

In 1843, there were only seven foreign foreign firms doing business in the magic capital, and by this time there were already thirty or forty, including five or six such as Jardine Matheson, which rented peasant land and built warehouses and wharves in the concession area.

Zhao Daguibian cooperated with these foreign banks, and each set up a body called the "Road and Wharf Committee" to coordinate and manage the construction of roads, wharves, residences, shops, etc. in the concession area.

According to the original opportunity, this institution would have appeared at the end of 45 years after the establishment of the concession, and managed all the municipal construction in the concession, which was equivalent to the municipal government of later generations, and the right to speak in the construction of the concession was still above the consuls of various countries;

Soon after the outbreak of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom in the 50s, taking advantage of the occupation of the county seat of Shanghai by the Little Knife Society, this committee was formed as the "Ministry of Industry Bureau" despite the opposition of the consuls of the three countries, and officially grasped all the municipal governments in the Modu Concession with all its might, excluding the consuls, and was the real ruler of the Modu until 49 years ago.

Zhao Dagui holds a large amount of land and has great influence in this committee.

Then, Zhao Dagui also paid for various public constructions, such as building roads, renovating wharves, and cleaning up silt;

At his own expense, he placed a barge at Wusongkou, where the Huangpu River and the Yangtze River meet, as a lighthouse;

Wooden pavilions were built on the side of the road in the concession area for people to rest and shelter from the rain, and even on both sides of the road, there were many wooden pavilions parallel to the road with eaves to protect them from the rain.

Of course, these public buildings are printed with the words "Produced by Dagui Commercial Bank" and "Made in Great Noble (GN)", and the font is huge and visually striking.

In addition, Zhao Dagui also ordered a number of printing presses from foreign banks, and prepared to follow the example of Maddox to set up a printing factory, subsidize and expand the Renji Hospital of Maddos, and also planned to build a library and other public facilities.

This act was very beneficial to the operation of foreign merchant ships and foreign companies, and made the foreigners full of praise for Zhao Dagui; the Chinese compradors were a little puzzled, and Zhao Dagui was going to change his career to eat grass.

Then, the business of the Dagui Commercial Bank became more and more delicate.

In the past, foreign merchant ships went to the magic capital to do business, and when they returned, they had to prepare supplies such as grain and fruits, and the foreign companies and compradors thought that this business was very profitable, and the people on the ships handled it themselves, but now the Dagui trading houses are involved in the supply business, and they specialize in selling rice, noodles, vegetables, and fruits to merchant ships at very fair prices.

At the same time, Western restaurants and inns for foreigners also began to operate.

Zhao Dagui sent shopkeepers to other places during this time to pull boatloads of coal from the coal kilns in the Yangtze River basin and Dayuan Jilong Mountain, which can be used by foreigners' steamers and can also be used by locals to cook salt.

After more scholars came to the "Oriental School of Science", Zhao Dagui also began to run the first Chinese newspaper.

"He's losing money and making money. Lin Aqin heard that the foreigners kept praising Zhao Dagui, looked unhappy, and slandered him in private.

Zhao Dagui himself thinks that all this does not cost much money, and it is a lot more affordable.

Buying land, building schools and doing other public construction costs only 70,000 or 80,000 yuan, but the effect is very good, the influence and soft power of Dagui Commercial Bank are constantly improving, and the trade of foreign goods, which has plummeted after the original sale of Suzhou business, is also rising little by little.

Considering that Dagui Commercial Bank is now only engaged in cash delivery business, this is very valuable.

"Zhao comprador, when did you start making railways?" asked the foreign businessmen impatiently every time they saw Zhao Dagui.

After the original sale of the Suzhou business, Dagui Commercial Bank and Zhao Dagui himself were silent for a while, making the foreigners feel that the original proposal to build a railway was just talk.

It's just that now seeing that Dagui Commercial Bank has purchased a large amount of land, reserved coal, and continued to invest in infrastructure, foreign businessmen feel that Zhao Dagui is definitely not playing false, which is a sign that the project will be done seriously.

"It's coming, it's coming. Zhao Dagui always said perfunctorily, but he didn't give the letter.

In October, when the foreign cloth trade in the magic capital reached almost its peak, a large amount of foreign cloth was transported in by merchant ships, and then another shipload was transported to Suzhou, and everyone felt that it was easy to make money, and compradors with a net worth of hundreds of thousands or even hundreds of thousands continued to appear.

Many people regret that Zhao Dagui quit too early and can't enjoy today's lush scenery.

"Zhao Dagui is a good person, it's a pity..."

"No matter how profitable the railway is, it will be a few years later..."

"How much money can you make by opening a hotel and making supplies. ”

The businessmen who were close to Zhao Dagui were shaking their heads and sighing, but Zhao Dagui himself didn't seem to feel it at all.