After dinner, everyone said goodbye to Zhao Weizhong and Zhao Ping and left the Zhao family. Zhao Weizhong then called Zhao Ping to his study to have tea together. Zhao Ping also knew that it was time to know the answer, so he felt quite uneasy.

Zhao Weizhong said: "I have discussed with Lan'er about your affairs with Qiuqing. Laner has no objection to this. She only asks you to treat Qiuqing well in the future and don't despise her because she is a maid. Qiuqing is willing, so let's settle it like this."

When Zhao Ping heard this, a big stone in his heart fell to the ground, and he couldn't help but feel ecstatic and said hurriedly: "Thank you for your fulfillment."

Zhao Weizhong waved his hand and said, "You don't have to thank me. Although Qiu Qing is just a maid, she has been serving Lan'er for 7 or 8 years in our family, so she can't get married too shabby. You only have five days off this time, and you must not have much preparation. Moreover, after you return to Qingdao, you will go to Germany soon. It's been more than 4 months and you can't find time. What I mean is that this time you just settle the marriage, and then you still go back to the army. This time you go to Germany, you have to follow the arrangements of the troops and perform well. After you come back from Germany, it's not too late to prepare for the marriage."

Zhao Ping nodded repeatedly and felt that Zhao Weizhong's words were indeed reasonable. Of course, he knew that the task of going to Germany to receive a new warship was of great importance, and being selected was a very important opportunity. If this task was successfully completed, it would be of great benefit to his future development prospects. But this means that before returning from Germany, he really did not have time to arrange marriage, so he said: "Okay, I will follow my uncle's arrangement."

Zhao Weizhong was also very satisfied and said, "That's it. Men should focus on careers. Moreover, you are now the rank of a second lieutenant. You are considered to be a 7th-rank military general in the Qing Dynasty. You are not young at home. However, I still hope you can be promoted to the first and second level. This will not only improve our family's rank, but also make you more glorious when you get married?"

Zhao Ping hurriedly said, "Yes, I will definitely work hard and live up to my uncle's expectations."

Zhao Weizhong said: "Okay, you can rest early tonight and you will have to accompany me tomorrow."

The next morning, Zhao Ping accompanied Zhao Weizhong and his daughter for breakfast. Zhao Weizhong also formally confirmed the marriage between Zhao Ping and Qiuqing in front of Zhao Shuilan and Qiuqing. Zhao Shuilan also congratulated Zhao Ping and joked that they saluted Zhao Weizhong together. Qiu Qing was still a young girl after all, and she was so embarrassed that she even had her ears red, but she still gave a big gift to Zhao Weizhong with Zhao Ping.

After breakfast, Zhao Shuilan went to work in the government administration building, while Zhao Weizhong took Zhao Ping and more than 10 people to go out in person.

Yesterday, Zhao Weizhong invited a total of 11 businessmen, all of whom were well-known figures in the business world in Tianjin. In terms of wealth and property, they were all far above Zhao Weizhong. Not only did they have assets in Tianjin New City, but they also had a large number of industries in the old city. Zhao Weizhong specially bought a large private room in Lishunde and wrote several movies to show his importance to the party.

After everyone arrived, Zhao Weizhong first introduced Zhao Ping to everyone. Everyone knew that Zhao Weizhong had only one daughter, and a nephew suddenly appeared. It was not clear what was going on. Moreover, seeing that Zhao Ping was a soldier, it was obviously a person arranged by Zhao Weizhong on overseas Chinese. Therefore, his attitude towards Zhao Ping was very different. He was very polite. No one dared to put on airs in front of Zhao Ping. Some people introduced Zhao Ping to Zhao Ping to the younger generation he brought.

Everyone who came was not single, but brought a lot of followers, and some people came with their younger generations, mainly to take this opportunity to let them see the world and also to know some people. This is a very common thing in such gatherings.

After visiting each other, the younger generations gathered to watch a movie, and then everyone began to discuss the important matters. Zhao Weizhong first talked about the establishment of the Federation of Industry and Commerce, which immediately aroused everyone's interest.

Although after hearing Zhao Weizhong's statement, everyone understood that the East China Government's Federation of Industry and Commerce will be very different from traditional chambers of Commerce. Not only is it broader in scope, it does not limit industry, but also has closer ties with the government. This will of course be conducive to the management and control of industry and commerce by the Tianjin government, but it can organize all industry and commerce in Tianjin. Although it is based on the principle of voluntary participation or not, everyone also believes that once the Federation of Industry and Commerce is established, Tianjin industry and businessmen will join, so that they can join forces to play interests with the government, express their opinions, and better safeguard the interests of industry and businessmen. This is of course beneficial to the entire industry and business community.

Moreover, everyone is not worried that the government will turn this Federation of Industry and Commerce into a simple restraint, which will even narrow the tools of industry and businessmen, because the time travelers have controlled Tianjin for two years, which shows that they not only attach importance to the development of industry and commerce, but also have a fair and notarized administrative management.

Everyone is in Tianjin New City, and there is industry in the old city, so there is no harm without comparison. Although the ruling of Tianjin Old City is Yuan Shikai, who is also a member of the Westernization Party and attaches great importance to industry and commerce, whether it is the transparency of government policies, administrative efficiency, municipal public settings, and supporting settings, Tianjin New City is far superior to the old city.

This is still the case under Yuan Shikai's ability and knowledgeable Westernization official's administration. If another official is changed, I don't know what the situation will be like. Everyone is calm. The custom of the Qing court is that politics will follow people, and politics will follow people to perish. The policies of a local area will rise and fall with the coming and going of local officials. Of course, it is not clear whether the East China government is like this, but the East China government's policies are very open and transparent, and the general policies are published in the name of the East China government. In this regard, it is indeed much better than the Qing court. Therefore, everyone is very enthusiastic about promoting the establishment of the Federation of Industry and Commerce.

Of course, the Federation of Industry and Commerce is not able to make it up with these more than 10 people, but it is much easier to handle with them, so everyone negotiated and decided to set up a preparatory committee first, recruit more people to carry out work. So everyone talked about it and determined the list of the preparatory committees, and allocated the personnel to recruit, as well as the time for the next meeting, etc.

Next, Zhao Weizhong explained Li Songchen's analysis of his business composition and his suggestions for the next development to everyone in detail. After listening to this time, many people were moved and changed their colors because the development bottlenecks of Zhao Weizhong's face have also encountered some of them, but their foundation and paths are much deeper than Zhao Weizhong, so they seem less urgent and prominent. But everyone knows their own affairs, and these situations will happen sooner or later.

This is mainly because most of these merchants are compradors. They rely on assisting foreign merchants and merchants to conduct trade activities in China, acting as intermediaries or managers, and drawing commissions from them. At the same time, they also take advantage of their positions to start their own business by being the privileges of foreign merchants. The business activities they engage in are mainly foreign trade and sales.

However, under the rule of the East China government, foreign merchants lost the privilege of doing business and increased tariffs, because the government controlled most of the import and export trade, so the compradors also lost the market for both sides of the past and could only turn to self-operate. However, because these merchants lacked the industrial foundation and sales could not form the advantage of scale or brand, they would face some difficulties in their operations.

The development suggestions put forward by the time traveler were also inspiring these people and pointed out a path of transformation. Zhao Weizhong's proposal for a joint venture has also aroused the interest of many people, because joint ventures can reduce personal risks, and collect everyone's strengths and work together. Guan Jian can also bring Zhao Weizhong in. Everyone knows that Zhao Weizhong has a deep relationship with overseas Chinese. With him together, the insurance coefficient is much greater.

After discussing it, everyone thought that the transformation paths proposed by the time traveler were all feasible, so they decided to form two groups, develop integrated large shopping malls and open factories at the same time, and choose voluntarily by individuals. Of course, you can also choose these two items at the same time, or neither. Of course, there is another one that brand management is a single act, so there is no need to engage in a joint venture.

Because of the haste today, everyone has to carefully evaluate the pros and cons of these two items, and at the same time, they also entrusted Zhao Weizhong to communicate with overseas Chinese again to understand what kind of help overseas Chinese can provide them. They also agreed to gather to discuss in three days.

The next day, Zhao Weizhong invited Li Songchen again to report the progress of the two things to him. Li Songchen was also very happy after hearing this, because it was his suggestion to establish the Federation of Industry and Commerce. If the pilot was successful in Tianjin, it would of course be one of his political achievements. And it also promoted the transformation of these merchants from compradors to industrialization and promoting the development of the private economy.

So Li Songchen explained to Zhao Weizhong that the help the government can provide to merchants is mainly in the scientific management system and production technology of the enterprise. If the factory is determined to be opened, the government can improve basic supporting facilities such as transportation, water and electricity supply, and help contact foreign countries to purchase required machinery and equipment, and personnel training, etc. Of course, this must first determine the type of factory production, factory location and other matters so that the government can formulate corresponding plans; if it is a large comprehensive supermarket, Li Songchen suggested that they go to Qingdao for inspection. There is now a large comprehensive supermarket like this in Qingdao, so you can go and experience it yourself, and the time traveler who runs the supermarket introduces them to the management and operation process of the supermarket.
Chapter completed!