"Wang Jieshan's ambitions are not small."

That night, the delegation finally retreated from the banquet hosted by Wang Pu. Everyone was still in high spirits and gathered together to drink tea and chat. Of course, the topic at the banquet was full of heroic words and high spirits.

Flying Future Tianjin Prefect.

Wang Pu got himself drunk at the banquet - he insisted on toasting to everyone present and asked them to support his Tianjin Port development plan. Even the ladies did not escape, but this group of modern people almost every drinker

Those who were older than him, such as Hu Wen, Wang Jiaojiao and others, were even more outstanding among women. As a result, Wang Pu got so drunk that he couldn't even complete one turn, which made everyone laugh at him.

However, Wang Pu still persisted until the end of the banquet even though he was swaying. He went out several times during the process and obviously vomited before coming back in. His persistence also made others admire him, so everyone more or less accompanied him.

He drank some, and several comrades in charge of the trade port sincerely gave him some ideas.

"It's too late today. Tomorrow I plan to arrange for Wang Pu to meet Zheng Cai again and have a good talk. If Tianjin Port wants to develop, in addition to our trading company's own business, trade with Japan is also a very important route. If

If the Zheng family is willing to increase investment here, the chance of success of Wang Jieshan's idea will be much greater."

Zheng Zhilong followed Wen Desi to the north of Liaodong, and Zheng Cai is now in charge of the Zheng family's merchant fleet. They made a lot of money along the way, and now Zheng Cai has sufficient funds in his hands. In the past, the Zheng family still had a traditional style: getting money

Just send them to Anping's hometown, buy land and build a house, and hide the extra money in the cellar - this is what the wealthy rich people in the Ming Dynasty did. But now they have more dealings with Qionghai Trading Company, and they have gradually accepted some modern circulation.

Concept, although I don’t dare to imitate short-haired people and engage in “debt investment” or “advanced consumption”, I don’t always think about burying money in the ground.

If Wang Pu can make Zheng Cai see the bright future of investing in Tianjin, and then obtain Zheng Zhilong's consent, he may be able to keep several shiploads of silver in Tianjin. This will be very important for the just-started Tianjin Port.

benefit.

Wang Pu himself should have thought of this, but since he has been dealing directly with Qionghai Trading Company for a long time, and the Zheng family is absolutely weak in front of Qionghai Trading Company, Zheng Cai and others should not say that they are facing Julie.

In person, even when dealing with her secretary, he was always groveling, which led Wang Pu to always despise the Zheng family. In addition, he himself was about to be promoted to a fourth-rank official, and the Donglin Party regarded him as a

A backbone figure... This kind of arrogance is not taken seriously by everyone in Qiong Haijun, but in front of the Zheng family's maritime merchants, he can still show off!

In a word: Although Wang Pu is now aware of the importance of the economy, it is still unrealistic for him to please investors for economic development like later generations of officials did. His position in front of everyone in Qiong Haijun is relatively low, because Qiong Haijun

The navy was not only outstanding economically, but also showed advantages over the Ming Dynasty in all aspects. However, the Zheng family was not as prosperous in this time and space as it was in history. Although the money may not be a lot, its power and reputation are far behind.

Far.

Therefore. At the banquet in the evening, despite Lin Hanlong's several pulls, Wang Pu barely clinked glasses with Zheng Cai a few times. Apparently, he did not pay much attention to the deputy of the Zheng family - it might have been better if it had been Zheng Zhilong himself.

For his brothers, and they are not real brothers like Zheng Zhihu and Zheng Zhibao, it is not surprising that Wang Pu is too lazy to socialize.

But Lin Hanlong knew Zheng Cai's energy. This strong man who once stood on his own in history and almost replaced Zheng Zhilong's position was definitely not comparable to Zheng Zhilong's simple-minded brothers. In fact, Zheng Cai's talents have grown over the years.

It has gradually emerged and gradually gained more and more say in the economic affairs of the Zheng family. Due to the suppression of Qiong Haijun, the development of the Zheng family in terms of force has basically reached its peak. Brave general talents like Zheng Zhihu will be able to exert their full potential in the future.

There is not much room for him, and Zheng Cai, who is better at business economics, can be said to have unlimited future. Even if Zheng Zhilong deliberately suppresses him, he cannot go too far - there is a more attractive Qionghai Trading Company poking there, really

Zheng Cai was driven to panic, so she patted her butt and led a group of people to defect to Qionghai. It would be no problem to become a district-level manager in a trading company.

Zheng Cai actually has a big say in investing in Tianjin. If he can be persuaded, Zheng Zhilong will probably not object. Wang Pu missed this opportunity tonight, but Lin Hanlong is a kind person and plans to wait until he sobers up tomorrow

After that, have a good talk with him and arrange for him to have a formal meeting with Zheng Cai to finalize the investment in Tianjin.

But this way he won't be able to leave tomorrow - the original plan was to leave for Beijing early tomorrow morning. The delegation had already spent New Year's Day on the ship, and they didn't want to spend the Spring Festival on the road.

"Fortunately, the road is not far away. I'll catch up with you quickly when the time comes. If that doesn't work, I can go to Beijing alone."

Lin Hanlong didn't care about this. Anyway, he was a big man and could easily arrange anything. He decided on his own itinerary in a few words and then turned around to care about others:

"By the way, Xiao Chen, are you going to sleep on the Princess tonight too?"

——Chen Tao made a special trip from Beijing to greet everyone, including Chen Dalei and Chen Yue'er's father and daughter. They arrived a few days ago and have already lived in Tianjin for a few days. When we met today, apart from saying goodbye to each other after a long time,

In addition to greetings, Chen Tao gave a very useful piece of advice to all members of the delegation:

"Never stay in a local inn. Even if it's a high-end hotel, even if it's winter, there will still be lice and fleas. Ever since I left my little home in the capital, I haven't been able to sleep well for a few nights!"

As expected, Chen Tao's complaint was immediately listened to by Hu Wen. After personally inspecting the premises prepared by Wang Pu for them, Hu Wen felt that it would be better to sleep on her own boat this night in Tianjin. As for the accommodation issue on the road, she would look back later.

It would be nice to think of a way to enjoy one more night - including the fact that they are drinking tea and chatting in their own activity room on the Princess.

When I talked about this matter with Wang Pu just now, I didn’t make any other excuses. I just told him that I thought there were too many fleas in the building. If it were another Ming official, I’m afraid he would not be comfortable with this. He felt that these short-haired people were too

Squeamish. But Wang Pu can completely understand it - in fact, even he himself, after returning to Beijing from Qiongzhou, spent a lot of time to re-adapt to the sanitary conditions in the Ming Dynasty.

The "idyllic" life of having fleas in your hair or finding lice in your underwear.

Chen Tao took good care of his home in Beijing, but after he came out, he couldn't do anything about it. The lack of sleep for several consecutive days had made him depressed, and when he thought about having to stay up for a few more days on the way back, he became even more unhappy. So even if

For just one night, he wanted to stay on the Princess and did not want to go to the hotel again.

After receiving Chen Tao's affirmative answer, Lin Hanlong suddenly laughed twice:

"Then there's a little problem - there's only one empty cabin left on the Princess."

"What's wrong?"

Chen Tao was stunned, brother, I am a "really short-haired" person who holds the original shares. Since there is an empty cabin, who else here can't grab it from me?

Lin Hanlong then said:

"I heard from Sister Hu that Miss Chen Yue'er wanted to borrow the bathroom facilities on the ship, so... that cabin has been reserved for her, and it seems to be in use now."

——Even a grown man like Chen Tao can't stand the fleas in the building, especially the spoiled Miss Chen. And as a southern girl who has developed hygiene habits similar to those of modern people, if she is asked not to take a bath for several days in a row.

, that would be really fatal. So tonight after attending the welcome banquet, I also came directly to the ship. I just bit Hu Wen's ears for a while and then went into the cabin.

"That's it..."

Chen Tao was stunned and shook his head:

"Forget it, I'll go back to the library and spend the night."

This useless answer made all the wolves present laugh. After everyone rushed up and crumpled Chen Tao's head into a ball, Guo Yi, who had a good relationship with him, laughed and said:

"The cabins on our ship have universal keys. Don't say that everyone doesn't take care of you."

Guo Yi took out a small copper key and waved it in front of Chen Tao, but the latter didn't seem to be tempted by such temptation. He only glanced at it casually, shook his head and smiled:

"It's not necessary and it's impossible."

"Aren't you already engaged to her?"

Someone next to him said in surprise, Chen Tao nodded:

"Yes, that's why I don't want to create any complications. It's not the first day you came to Ming Dynasty. In Ming Dynasty, don't you know the difference between engagement and marriage?"

"Tch, isn't this just to help you create some fun? A wife is worse than a concubine, and a concubine is worse than a thief."

"I love her very much and respect her very much. Although she believes in Catholicism, in other aspects, she is still a traditional Han girl... She will become my good wife. In fact, today, if it were not for her timely

Warning, I almost made a big mistake."

Under the cheers of the crowd, Chen Tao told the truth - he had been picking up people at the dock with the Ming Dynasty officials earlier, and when he was about to wear clothes, he was a little undecided - the time traveling people always wore suits as their formal attire.

, because this was the clothing that best reflected the characteristics of their era. Chen Tao had a mixed job in Qintian Prison, and of course he was also issued the official uniform and gauze hat. So he hesitated between the two types of clothing.

At first, he planned to wear official uniforms because he felt that he had to stand with other Ming Dynasty officials when he was greeted. It would be too incongruous for him to wear a suit while others were wearing official uniforms. His hair was not a problem anyway, and he would not look at all when wearing a hat.

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