Guo Zhiqi left the Guangdong Governor's Yamen angrily. Anyone who can hang out in the Yamen is not a good person. Of course he knows the contradiction between the Western Guangdong Civil Service Group and the Zheng Group, both of which are royalists. In other words, Guo Zhiqi and Chen Kai

I'm not speculating, this is a normal phenomenon. If one day two people hold hands and swim together, talk hand in hand, and they are sincere, then they should look up and see if the sun is coming out from the west.

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One of them left in anger, while the other had good luck in the office room for a while, and with a harsh word in his heart, he returned to reviewing official documents.

It took nearly two months to go back and forth from Guangzhou to Fuzhou, and then from Fuzhou to Guangzhou. In terms of civil affairs, litigation and prison, Wang Jiang and Cao Conglong's chief envoy Si Yamen and prosecutor's envoy Si Yamen were responsible for the administration.

The system is sound enough to support normal operation. What Chen Kai needs to do now is to understand more. Only with a sufficient understanding of the current situation can he continue to do things on this basis.

After experiencing internal and external difficulties, some things could no longer develop according to the old plan. After redefining the goals, Chen Kai devoted all his mind to the preparation work, which actually reduced his worries.

He was concentrating on reviewing official documents, his brain was running rapidly, and he couldn't even care about the passage of time. He was busy in the office room from noon to late at night. If it weren't for the book boy who made some noise when he came in to change the candle, Chen would have come out.

Kai was probably going to have to stay up all night in the office.

"The villain deserves death for his crime."

Seeing Chen Kai raise his head, the book boy quickly fell to the ground. Chen Kai stretched his already sore back and yawned involuntarily. Stretching out his arms, Chen Kai glanced at the book boy, knowing that this guy was very smart.

He was even more energetic than his earliest student, Chen Song. This was purely intentional, just to let Chen Kai know that he could pay attention to the time, so that Zheng Xiyuan would not worry in the back house.

"Get up."

No need to point it out, Chen Kai looked at the number of official documents that still needed to be reviewed and it seemed that there weren't too many left. Seeing this, he packed it up and followed the boy back to the back house. As expected, Zheng Xiyuan was still waiting.

He comes back.

"It's because of your father that you kept your wife waiting for a long time."

"My husband is serious in your words. Just as you are busy with state affairs, you must also take care of your health."

It was late at night. It is said that the two children waited for Chen Kai for most of the day but did not see Chen Kai come back. They couldn't bear it any longer, so they went to rest under the care of the wet nurse and the maid. When they returned home, although there was only a wall between them, they were in a nervous and busy spirit.

The state disappeared suddenly, and the relaxed accelerant stimulated the feeling of fatigue, and at the same time, the hunger of two unused meals was displayed in everyone's ears.

There was dissatisfaction about the lack of tributes in the Temple of the Five Internal Organs, and the servants did not dare to do anything. Zheng Xiyuan, on the other hand, hid her face and smiled, but then her face darkened: "Eating late night snacks is easy to accumulate food, so your husband must only taste it briefly."

It was as if he was giving instructions to a child, but when he pouted the cherry, there was another emotion. Holding the soft and boneless hand, the couple sat down at the table. There was no need to wait, just a wave of the hand.

, a few exquisite snacks and a bowl of warm soup were delivered directly to Chen Kai.

"Originally, Madam knew that Master was coming back, so she specially cooked some delicious dishes. Later, she saw that Master had been busy with official duties, so she coaxed Young Master to rest, so she went to the kitchen again and made this soup, and..."

"Talk too much."

There was a hint of complaint in the soft voice. Zheng Xiyuan immediately glared, and the story stopped abruptly, and was replaced by a confession of "the servant knows his fault."

He had already picked up a small snack and was about to eat it. When he heard this, Chen Kai put down his chopsticks and held Zheng Xiyuan's little hand. The old saying "If you don't touch Yangchun water with ten fingers, I will make soup for you" came to his mind, and the palm of his hand came to mind.

The temperature could not help but be a few degrees higher.

Less than a month ago in Fujian, in that study, he and the Zheng Group were on the verge of parting ways. During the days of returning by boat, Chen Kai made the assumption again and again that one day he might

He had more unhappiness with the Zheng Group, and even broke up. However, he had never questioned the feelings between Zheng Chenggong and Zheng Xiyuan. Even though they were two completely different feelings, the principles were the same.

Chen Kai had a great time eating the midnight snack. He exercised a little, quenched his appetite, and after washing up, he went directly to the room to rest. Lying on the bed, the swaying feeling in the cabin no longer appeared here, which made Chen Kai still feel

He was not used to it. Seeing this, he turned to Zheng Xiyuan and asked about the current situation of the Guangdong Business Alliance, but all he got in return was a look of jealousy.

"Okay, let's go to bed early and talk about this after we get up tomorrow."

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The sky is bright, and the largest restaurant in Shunde County is already a busy scene. It was originally an ordinary restaurant, and at most it had a reputation for elegance among the literati and merchants in the county. Not long ago, in Guangzhou Fucheng

The silk weaving workshop, mainly businessmen and silk workshop owners in the county, bought this restaurant to use as their clubhouse in Shunde County. For this reason, they even expanded it and specially hired people who were good at making it.

The cooks of other dishes come here to cook together with the famous chefs of the county.

Face is the most important thing. This is not something flashy, but a clear way to show their strength to others, from a side perspective.

Today is the day of the workshop's shareholders' meeting, and they are still busy preparing the ingredients and singing and dancing for the banquet. They are in a large house dedicated to meetings in the city. Everyone is sitting around on a Taishi chair, some sitting upright, and some

His back was leaning on the back of the chair, and some of his body was leaning forward, but no matter what the posture, he was staring intently at the largest shareholder on the stage who was running around so much that his belly became smaller, making reports and prospects to everyone.

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"...After this year, we have worked hard and developed rapidly under the care of Mr. Fujun. Now, in Shunde County, the towns that originally had a prosperous silk weaving industry have gradually restored prosperity. From planting mulberry to raising silkworms,

, from silk reeling and spinning, to weaving, printing and dyeing, silk is continuously supplied to Guangzhou’s Cantonese embroidery workshops, as well as shops in Guangzhou, Hong Kong and other places, and is gradually regaining our Guangdong silk market!”

Years of war have caused an immeasurable blow to the silk industry in Shunde, causing the silk manufacturing industry here to slump for a time. However, with the capital injection and management of the Guangdong Commercial Alliance and the extensive use of hydraulic machinery, silk production recovered very quickly.

After all, this thing is in short supply there, even in normal times, let alone now.

There was no need to worry about the market, which gave them the motivation to continue to expand. During this period, the silk manufacturing industry was modeled on the two towns of Longjiang and Longshan, which integrated silkworm breeding, silk reeling and spinning, weaving, printing and dyeing, supplemented by supply

The successful experience in growing vegetables that industrial workers consume daily has quickly spread throughout Shunde County. Even food is no longer grown locally, but purchased directly from other prefectures and counties.

In this case, it is no wonder that the county magistrate would talk to his family in private, saying that the economy of Shunde County is now completely tied to silk manufacturing.

This is what Chen Kai likes to see, and it is also what the beneficiaries here are concerned about. Here, the major shareholders talked freely, telling these shareholders the development situation of the previous year in detail, and then raised the question

They, the shareholders who are usually responsible for the main operations, have their vision and plans for the next development.

"We have already opened up all the stalls for silk weaving production in Shunde County. Next, the county will focus more on further in-depth development. For example, planting more mulberry trees, breeding more silkworms, and increasing

Great output in reeling, spinning and weaving.”

"These will definitely require more funds and personnel. In terms of funds, what we are discussing is to still follow the old rules, invest a certain amount of money to obtain shares, and receive dividends based on the shares. As for personnel, we have sent people there a few days ago.

After meeting with Mrs. Chen, Mrs. Chen said that Mr. Fujun is happy to see us create more jobs for the people, and the labor market in the northern part of Zhaoqing Prefecture will be open to us."

"Boss Fujun is considerate of the people."

"Mrs. Chen is also a hero among women, and she is not inferior to men!"

There were compliments in the audience. They all knew that the Shunde Silk Weaving Workshop was originally a joint-stock enterprise developed under the framework of the Guangdong-Hai Commercial Alliance, with a huge capital injection from the Guangdong Trading Company. Among them, the Guangdong Trading Company was Chen

Not to mention the family's business, it is said that Mrs. Chen's dowry was included in the capital injection, which shows the strength of their support.

Representatives of the Guangdong Trading Company were also present at the meeting. The middle-aged shopkeeper sitting in the front row was Zheng Xiyuan's close family member who had been hired by Zheng Hongkui. Hearing the sincere compliments from everyone, they also smiled.

The following noise lasted for a while, and then the major shareholder spoke again and continued: "Next, we will continue to expand to existing mulberry forests in other counties, whether it is to acquire mulberry silkworms or further develop

When investing in setting up factories, we must first start and seize the area. This is what Mrs. Chen taught us. As for the target, after investigation, we initially selected two places. One is Xinhui County, where the population has dropped sharply and the government has

The channels have been opened, and the land is very cheap; and the other place is Nanhai and Panyu counties near Fucheng. Not only do these two counties have a large amount of idle land, but also many people who came back from Chaozhou have been allocated it.

All the fields and soil can be used, which will also benefit the hometown."

One in the south and one in the north are all available to choose from. However, their total amount of funds at this stage is not enough to lay out all the situations they want to build. They can only choose the most suitable place to do it first and develop it bit by bit.

Steady progress is also more in line with the traditional business style.

These two places have been selected in advance. But which one to choose, they still decided to vote according to the rules. The voting papers and pen and ink were distributed. This time, unlike the first time, they had to write down

Position, the words "Xinhui", "Fucheng", "Both" and "Abstain" have already been written on the ticket paper. Shareholders only need to draw a circle on the handwriting to represent their opinions, and there is no need to worry about some discord.

The opinions of others, especially opinions that may offend the government, are leaked out.

The servant handed out the voting paper and pen and ink, and then everyone hurriedly wrote with their heads down, and then there were servants holding the ballot boxes and walking past in order...

Here in Shunde, the members of the Guangdong Business Alliance are still busy making their own choices for the next development. Far away in Qiongzhou Prefecture in southwest Guangdong, in the large cotton fields, the farmers employed by the Qiongzhou Cotton Spinning Association are also

He was bending over and busy, completely ignoring the scorching sun above his head.

On the ridge of the cotton fields, a group of well-dressed members of the Guangdong and Hainan Business Alliance looked at the cotton fields here, and their hearts were filled with pride. However, compared with the Shunde side, which had large tracts of mulberry forests as support, they wanted to purchase

Land, cotton seeds, hired farmers, step by step, the results will inevitably be much later.

"If you have a good meal, you are not afraid of being late. The output of silk is not as good as that of cotton. Besides, our cotton production in Qiongzhou Prefecture has a tradition. If Huang Dao Po had not returned to her hometown back then, it would not necessarily be whose name belongs to the world of clothes and quilts."

The member said this with confidence, which immediately aroused the echo of everyone. In fact, after the rapid development of the Song and Yuan Dynasties, by the Ming Dynasty, cotton had surpassed silk, linen, wool and other other raw materials to become China's most important raw material.

Textile raw materials. Song Yingxing's "Tiangong Kaiwu" once recorded that "cotton cloth can be found in every inch of soil" and "there must be a loom in every ten rooms". This shows that cotton planting and cotton textile industry had spread all over the country at that time.

Before the Opium War, China was not only self-sufficient in cotton and cotton cloth, but also exported to Europe, America, Japan and Southeast Asia. American merchants came to China to traffic goods, mainly homespun cloth, which were not only sold to the United States, but also to Central and South China.

America and even Western Europe and the United Kingdom also used to sell large quantities of Chinese homespun cloth. In the early 19th century and 30 years ago, the average number of homespun cloth shipped from Guangzhou was more than 1 million pieces per year, and the peak reached more than 3.3 million pieces in 1819.

Last year, they had purchased a large amount of cotton. In terms of processing, with the gradual construction of workshops on the banks of the Limu River, the production of cotton cloth continued. With the help of hydraulic machinery, the efficiency was naturally higher than that of human labor.

It is much better than that.

"I heard that the silk production in Shunde has rebounded rapidly, and the boss of Fujun has shares there..."

"The first to get the moon near the water and the tower is really an advantage for those guys."

With the shares of the Chen family, the local government naturally gave the green light, and it was extremely easy to get through. At this moment, those who heard the news were inevitably sour, but the leader, the old man with white beard and hair, seemed much calmer and very calm.

I quickly gave them a piece of reassurance.

"I made a special trip to Fucheng a few days ago and asked shopkeeper Liu there to deliver a letter to Yuan Cai. The reply has arrived. Mrs. Chen said that she will inject capital into our Qiongzhou Cotton Spinning Association this year. It can be seen that the boss of Fujun is very fond of us.

Treat everyone equally.”
Chapter completed!