Xiguan, Mashacang Street.

It is said to be a street, but in the eyes of Yi Zhifen, it is small and pitiful, no more than five meters wide, and the street is not paved with stone slabs, it is a hard mud floor, and there are many shops along the street, mostly loom rooms and related printing and dyeing, pulp and satin shops, as well as clothing, hats, shoes, socks, velvet and other shops.

There are a lot of pedestrians on the street, it is a little lively, Yi Zhizhi and a few people walked all the way to see all the way, until they reached the end of Xitou Street, and the Yalang who saw it was still walking forward, Yan Shikuan couldn't help but say: "What about the shop you said?" Don't entertain us, right? ”

"Look at what this master said." Yalang said with a smile on his face: "The little one eats the leopard gall, and he doesn't dare to deceive a few young masters." As he spoke, he pointed forward and said, "Just the fork in front, turn north." ”

The turn is a newly built short alley, but dozens of meters long, the four computer rooms that Yalang said are at the end of the alley, and before entering the computer room, Yi Zhizhi likes it, because the four computer rooms are opposite a large open space.

Inside and out, after turning around back and forth, Yi Zhida was satisfied, and said to Yan Shikuan and Wu Changqing: "Here, go and tell Yalang that you want everything, and tell him that we want the open space opposite and the open space in the north." ”

"Still want to buy land?" Wu Changqing said: "These four computer rooms are not enough? ”

"Sooner or later, it's going to expand." Yi Zhisuff said with a smile: "Buy it first, so as to avoid trouble in the future, anyway, there is no shortage of silver on hand." ”

"It's settled." Yan Shikuan said happily: "This Yixue and the watch factory have been decided, and the next thing is to go to the money bank." ”

"Money is not so troublesome." Yi Zhishu looked at Wu Changqing as he spoke, and said, "How many families have paid the money?" ”

"The 50,000 silver dollars of the Pan family of Tongfu Bank, the Lu family of Guangli Bank, the Xie family of Dongxing Bank, and the Liang family of Tianbao Bank have all been posted." Wu Changqing said: "In addition, Zhonghe Xing, Shuntai Xing, Renhe Xing, Tongshun Xing, Dongchang Xing, and Anchang Xing have all expressed their stance to Grandpa, invested 50,000 yuan, and are raising silver. ”

"In other words, including the three of us, the money bank has received 350,000 yuan." Yi Zhizhi said: "Enough, inform them, tomorrow morning...... Go to the merchant office to discuss the bank's affairs. ”

Saying that, he pointed to the computer room and said: "Here is still to be rebuilt, I will come up with the renovation plan, the craftsman is responsible for contacting, and the matter of buying land must be implemented as soon as possible, otherwise it is inconvenient to circle the wall, and the door can be done first, and the signboard will be displayed first." ”

The three of them simply divided the labor, and then separated, Yi Zhizhi stayed in place and went in and out seven or eight times, and only left after he had a good idea of the general reconstruction, and hurried to the house, so many things were spread out at the same time, and he was the busiest.

As soon as he entered the East Cross Courtyard, Lin Da'an, a little servant, greeted him and reported: "Third Young Master, the statistics of the Qian Zhuang ticket number and money number redemption store in Xiguan have been completed....... ”

"Show me."

I took the statistical table and looked at it a little, the statistics are very detailed, the font size, the business started, the location, the semicolon, the shopkeeper, the owner, etc. are all listed one by one, and it can be seen that it is a lot of effort.

Yi Zhizu nodded and said: "Yes, the slight deficiency is that there is no detailed classification, and there is no final summary statistics, you can sort it out again, take the money bank as an example, how many money banks are there in total, how many money banks have joint number transfer business, and how many exchange and loan issuance money bills... In this way, it can be seen at a glance. ”

"The little one understands." Lin Da'an took back the statistical form with some surprise.

"Don't be embarrassed, it's good to be able to do this for the first time." Yi Zhixiang praised a sentence, and then said: "These days have been hard, and one person who participates in the statistics will be rewarded with two oceans, and you are responsible, and you will be rewarded with four." ”

"Young Master Xie." Lin Da'an hurriedly bowed down and thanked, his face flushed, not because of the reward of the four oceans, but because he was excited to get the praise of Yi Zhi, and now who in the East Cross Courtyard didn't know about the third young master's opening of a money village to run a watch factory, and they all worked hard to show their performance, hoping to get the young master's appreciation.

Yi Zhizu waved his hand and said, "Don't be idle these days, write an invitation to all the watch workshop owners in the last statistical survey, and ask them to take all the apprentices to visit Tianbao Watch Factory five days later." ”

Li Wang hurriedly reminded: "Young master, I'm afraid I won't be able to complete the reconstruction within five days..." ”

"Visiting is just a start." Yi Zhizhi smiled and said: "The young master is setting up a Hongmen banquet. ”

Early the next morning, Yi Zhilu, Wu Changqing, and Yan Shikuan met at the Tianhai Pavilion Teahouse as usual to drink morning tea.

Out of Tongwen Street, when he saw the wall in front of the merchant office, Wu Changqing smiled and said: "It's best to be content, it's best to be prepared, it's not just a group of juniors who come to participate in the council today, but a group of merchants from the Thirteen Lines are estimated to come." ”

Hearing this, Yan Shikuan said: "Changqing is worried about it, the third brother can talk eloquently in front of your old man, and he will be timid on this occasion?" ”

"It's hard to say." Wu Changqing said: "Speaking at a meeting of dozens of people is completely different from talking alone. ”

Yi Zhishu said with a smile: "I teach Changqing a trick, when you speak on a crowded occasion, you either don't look at them, or you simply treat them as if they are nothing, just speak to a stone, and it's fine." ”

"The problem is that they're all looking at you."

"If you don't look at them, it doesn't matter what they think of you."

The three of them talked, they had come to the front of the office, Yi Zhizhi had come here a few days ago, the architectural pattern of the business office looked similar to the official office from the outside, but it was much more magnificent than the official office, after all, it was the face of the thirteen lines, and it was reasonable to pay attention to some.

It was still early, the front of the public office was deserted, there was no one and no sedan chair parked, Wu Changqing took the two into the gate, and led the two into a hall with a familiar way, explaining: "This is used by merchants to hold a conference, when there were more than thirteen merchants in the past, there were thirty or forty, but now there are no more, no less, just thirteen, just thirteen, which is in line with the name of the thirteen lines." ”

"Third brother, come and see." Yan Shikuan said softly.

Yi Zhishu leaned to the window to take a look, and saw that it was three foreigners coming slowly, and as soon as he changed his mind, he asked: "Are they the three foreigners in the six-person group of clearing the debts of Xingtai Bank?" ”

"Not bad." Yan Shikuan said in a deep voice: "The one on the left is called Budger, the one in the middle is called Archer, and the other one is called Green." ”

Bumpy ground? The famous crow. The filmseller was on the ground, Yi Zhishu took a closer look at him, he looked quite young, he should be around thirty, Yan Shikuan said softly: "Do you want to tease them?" ”

"Don't mess around." Wu Changqing said in a low voice: "This is the business office, besides, your family Xingtai is still asking for them now, don't think about it." ”

Yi Zhizhi asked, "Are you familiar with the land?" ”

"The land is the owner of Baoshun Foreign Company." Wu Changqing said softly: "Baoshun Foreign Company is mainly engaged in crows. Chips, tea and raw silk are one of the three major foreign companies in Guangzhou, how can contentment be interested in him? ”