1627 Rise of the South China Sea

Ning Qi asked with a smile: "The business you took on a temporary basis is expedited again, so you need to pay more?"

Liu Guiming quickly waved his hands to defend, "How dare the grassroots increase the price for what the Haihan army wants, it's just a fee."

For these leaflets printed for the Haihan Army, Qingliu Printing House needs to temporarily deploy personnel to make plates and cut paper, and also occupy printing equipment that has other production arrangements. It stands to reason that this business should be paid more.However, a considerable part of the printing company's business is the long-term business of the East China Sea Garrison. Naturally, Liu Guiming will not be confused and take advantage of this small advantage.

Compared with the Wansong Academy that he went to before, Ning Qi felt that the top and bottom of the Qingliu Printing Society were much more sensible, they knew what to do and what not to do, and they were very good at using the advantage of being backed by the government to do business.

But Liu Guiming's shrewdness is not limited to this. Seeing that the visit is almost over, he leaned forward and begged: "Master Ning, Caomin is going to open another bookstore in Hangzhou next month. I wonder if I can ask you to give me calligraphy and write a name for the store. ?”

Ning Qi was in good spirits right now, he hesitated for a moment, then nodded and agreed to his request.

Liu Guiming was overjoyed, and immediately asked someone to prepare pens, ink, paper and inkstone.Ning Qi thought that this would take a while, but he never thought that several people immediately brought out the book case and the four treasures of the study, it seemed that they had already prepared it, and they were waiting for him to nod.

Ning Qi said with a smile: "Boss Liu, you are afraid that I will repent!"

Liu Guiming said with a sneer: "Where is it, my lord is joking, Caomin prepared these things in advance, so I dare not waste your precious time."

Ning Qi didn't take it seriously either, he immediately picked up his pen and wrote down the four characters "Qingliu Study" requested by Liu Guiming on the paper, and then ordered his attendants to take the seal and stamp the seal on the paper.

Liu Guiming didn't ask for this word for nothing, and immediately asked someone to present a brocade box, and handed it to Ning Qi with both hands: "Caomin recently got a piece of Tian Huangshi, please don't dislike Master Ning."

This field yellow stone is produced in Shoushan, Fujian, and it is one of the top seal stones. There is a folk saying "one or two fields of yellow and three liang of gold", which shows its preciousness.It was really right for Liu Guiming to send this thing to Ning Qi.

Ning Qi saw that the field yellow stone contained in the box was like a piece of pure yellow grease or solidified honey. It was as big as his own fist, so he could imagine that it must be very valuable. He couldn't help but sigh that Liu Guiming was really willing to buy it capital.

Ning Qi declined and said: "Boss Liu, your gift is too expensive. I won't be rewarded for nothing, so I accept it with good intentions!"

Liu Guiming took out all his things, but he was not willing to take them back easily, so he immediately persuaded: "My lord, if this piece of Tianhuang stone is ordinary, the grass people will keep it by themselves, but this stone is really the best, it should not be left among the people, the grass people I just want to make the best use of it by giving it to my lord, so please don't refuse me, my lord!"

Ning Qi didn't expect Liu Guiming's rhetoric to be so weird, but the other party's attitude was firm, and it seemed that he would not accept it.

This piece of Tianhuang stone is indeed a good thing, but Ning Qi has been in power for 30 years, and among the tributes he has received from various places over the years, there are many good things, and he will not be particularly sensitive to it. gifts.

Compared with Ning Qi's inspection itinerary, Qiao Zhiya's schedule is much harder.

One of his tasks in this trip to Hangzhou was to inspect the implementation progress of several key industrial projects in the East China Sea Region on behalf of the Ministry of Industry.And where these industrial projects are located, almost all of them are not too close to Hangzhou.So after the arms sales meeting with the envoys from various countries, he immediately embarked on a trip and left Hangzhou.

The first destination Qiao Zhiya inspected was the hydroelectric power project located in Jiande County, Yanzhou Prefecture.In addition to inspecting the progress, he also had to take on the task of directing the installation of generator sets during his trip.

Even if you don't have to go off to participate in the labor in person, working as a supervisor on a field construction site for a long time is by no means an easy and pleasant job.

When Bai Kesi visited the East China Sea region before, he also personally visited the construction site of the hydropower station in Jiande County.

At that time, the hydropower station was still in the initial stage of infrastructure construction. After more than a year, the progress of the project here was rapid, and the progress of the project even exceeded expectations.

Zhang He was still the one who accompanied Qiao Zhiya to visit the construction site, and he was also the one who accompanied Beks when he came last time.However, at that time, he was still the former magistrate of Yanzhou, but now he has officially changed his family and became the person in charge of the Yanzhou Management Committee.

But on this construction site, Zhang He is not the number one leader. The person in charge here is Huang Zhichang, Yu Feng's favorite student.

From the beginning of the construction of this construction site, Huang Zhichang has been the project leader, and this is one of the few naturalized people who can be independent in the field of civil engineering.Yu Feng has brought many apprentices over the years, and Huang Zhichang is definitely one of the best.

Huang Zhichang and Qiao Zhiya are also old acquaintances. When he was still an apprentice, he was sent to Changjiang by Yu Feng to practice under Qiao Zhiya for a year.Although Huang Zhichang has not formally worshiped under Qiao Zhiya's sect, the two of them can be regarded as a mentor and apprentice. Every time Huang Zhichang sees him, he still holds the gift of a disciple.

Huang Zhichang briefly introduced the current project progress. The dam body of the hydropower station has been basically completed. After the generator set is installed, the commissioning can begin.If all goes well, it is expected to be about half a year earlier than the planned production date.

"Half a year in advance? That's pretty good!" Qiao Zhiya praised this nominal disciple without hesitation.

Huang Zhichang was very calm, he did not immediately claim the credit, but did not forget to share a part of the profit with Zhang He next to him: "My lord, this is all thanks to Lao Zhang, who has continuously transferred labor from surrounding counties to participate in the construction over the past few years. , to ensure the progress of the project.”

Zhang He quickly responded: "This is a matter of the lower officials' duties, as it should be, Mr. Huang has praised you."

The process of building a hydropower station involves a lot of civil engineering work. Even though Haihan has successively transported a batch of large-scale construction machinery here, manpower is still an indispensable and important condition.

For example, the hydroelectric generators that arrived here with Qiao Zhiya today need at least several hundred people to be unloaded from the ship to the shore, and then transported to the installation location on the dam.

The construction site of the hydropower station maintains no less than [-] construction workers all year round. This is indeed thanks to the coordination of Zhang He, the local official, who has allowed the surrounding counties to send migrant workers here to serve in corvee.

Having said that, if Zhang He hadn't performed well in this project and tried his best to assist in the progress of the project, Shi Diwen would not have let him, who was a magistrate in the previous dynasty, turn himself into the head of the local management committee.A well-informed and practical official like him will most likely be promoted after the completion of the hydropower station project.