Chapter 117 English Businessman!
Liang Yuanxia took a cigarette fiercely and motioned Liang Pengfei to go on. Liang Pengfei began to analyze the benefits of the old Liang family in establishing a clan. Lao Liang's family opened a clan school, and naturally benefited from these Liang's children, who taught them to read and improve their knowledge. This kindness naturally fell on their Lao Liang family.
In addition, it can also send a large number of talents for the gradually expanding business of the Liang family. At the same time, it can also cultivate a group of excellent interpreters for the Liang family to prepare for international trade. In addition, the Western scientific classics collected by Liang Pengfei from Luzon also need a large number of translators... "In a word, run a The ethnic learning brought to our Lao Liang family is not only the immediate benefits, but also a hundred-year plan. Liang Pengfei's expression was as solemn as a heart-wrenching gardener.
Liang Yuanxia looked at her son, and her green eyes were nailed to Liang Pengfei's face, which made Liang Pengfei's hair stand upside down. Dad, what's wrong with you?
"It's not bad. It seems that you think more deeply than Dad." The official Liang clapped his hands and looked gratified: "Yes, let's build a clan school. These Liang's children will enter the school in batches, so that they can grow their knowledge and understand what reason is."
"by the way, in addition to Liang's children, we are also open to the outside, so that those poor children can also come here to study and read. Grandma, if you want to play, you have to play a little bigger. Our Lao Liang family also has to earn some reputation."
"Dad, you are really my own father. This is a good thing." Liang Pengfei patted his thigh and stood up. Yes, in addition to our Liang's children, if they are poor children who are interested in learning, our family's ethnic studies will also be accepted, and we can also choose some smart and capable people from them, which will be used by my Liang family later. In addition, there are also those old people in our Liang family. As long as they are willing to learn, they can enter school in batches. In addition, the children of those subordinates can also be stuffed into the ethnic school. In this way, won't those subordinates do their best to our old Liang family?
What Liang Pengfei thought in his mind was that at that time, he could select a group of students with excellent character and learning from these ethnic studies. At that time, he could send them to the West to study or do business. In short, let them become the first group of people to contact and learn Western science and technology culture. At that time, they will absorb and eliminate them. The transformation of those knowledge and technology is of great help to the re-emergence of the Chinese nation.
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"Hehe, it's good, that's what it means. Do you know that Lu Guanheng, the Lu Mao official of Guangli Yanghang, in Guangzhou City, nodded when anyone mentioned Lu Maoguan. Why did he have such a good reputation? We rely on charity. We have donated more than 700 mu of land for stone Lu's Yixue and Yicang funds; we donated more than 500 mu of land to Xinhui County's Yixue and Yicang's funds... Let's simply run our own ethnic school, and we will pay for all the expenses, which is just tens of thousands of taels of silver every year. Buying a good reputation is not just for our Lao Liang's family. It is also helpful for your career.
"Dad is far-sighted, and the child is out of reach." Liang Pengfei said to Liang Yuanxia that there was an old man in his family, and if there was a treasure, it was really not wrong.
Liang's father and son were all people who said they would do it. On the same day, they began to discuss the affairs of running a ethnic school. The next morning, Mr. Liang went to the state school to inquire about various problems about running a ethnic school, and Liang Pengfei took the white scholar and the monk Chen out of the city and went to the Liang family. A farm at the foot of Baiyun Mountain on the outskirts of Guangzhou.
Because Liang Pengfei doesn't want to run a ethnic school in a prosperous city, there are actually two reasons. One is that he is worried that the prosperity of the city will disturb the normal mind of these students. The second is that Liang Pengfei's ethnic studies can teach more than four books and five classics, but also arithmetic and various foreign languages, as well as others. Some special subjects, in the city of Guangzhou, where there are many people, are not allowed to report to the official one day. You know, these days, those scholars are still quite noble in the eyes of the common people. In case of annoying them, it is not necessarily a storm. The favorite thing for Manqing is the word prison. Liang Peng Fei doesn't want to ruin his great future and long-term plan for this.
Therefore, after synthesicing the above ideas, Liang Pengfei persuaded Liang officials to go outside the city to build a clan study.
"This house is quite spacious, but sometimes the master occasionally rests for a night or two when he comes to see it. The surrounding area is a field property built by our Lao Liang family before 30 years ago. Now there are a total of 800 mu of land outside, which are left to those farmers to take care of. The saries stationed here took Liang Pengfei to walk in this slightly old-fashioned but still very neat house.
After a hard time making a circle, Liang Pengfei nodded with satisfaction: "Yes, but the room is a little less. I'm afraid it's hard to live in more than 300 people. This is not a teacher to invite. In this way, when we came here just now, was the large piece of barren land on the left also ours? Liang Pengfei stepped out of the courtyard door and came to the left side of the house. There was a large barren beach adjacent to the river. From time to time, one or two wild birds appeared in it. The tall wormock grass looked yellow and green because of the arrival of winter, with a desolate scenery.
"Yes, that barren land is also ours. From the river to our house, to the right is near the foot of the mountain. Because we don't have many farmers here, we have not reclaimed Narita land, about 80 mu." The siding siding replied respectfully.
Liang Pengfei nodded: "Okay, in this way, there won't be too many students and teachers at the beginning. Let them squeeze in the house for the time being. In the future, after the new family is built, this house will be given to those teachers to live in.
"New Family Studies?" The sergeant didn't react at once, but Bai Shusheng already understood what Liang Pengfei meant. Young master, do you mean to use that barren beach for architecture?
Liang Pengfei nodded and walked forward about ten meters. He found that the land was getting softer and softer, and the wormock was getting higher and higher. He had to stop and say, "This barren beach is the school site of our Liang clan. Scholar, after going back, recruit manpower for me. First, flatten half of the barren land, and then find some craftsmen for me. At that time, I will give them a design drawing and let them build it according to my plan and layout. Since we want to build a clan, we have to build the best and newest one.
Just as Liang Pengfei drew the blueprint for the future for himself and for those who will become his subordinates, a fast horse, rising smoke and dust, and the rapid hoof sound in the distance made Liang Pengfei couldn't help raising his eyebrows and looking over. There have always been few here. Uninhabited, except for the local farmers, there are almost few people in a dead corner area. How can there be fast horses running here?
"It's the boy Wu Qianjin." Monk Chen's eyes were sharp and he soon saw the rider clearly. Liang Pengfei also recognized the person. It was the pirate leader who was sent by him to report the good news to Pan Youdu last time.
"What's the matter? Is there something going on at home or something wrong with the business?" Liang Pengfei saw Wu Qianjin jumping off the horse and asked faintly, but he also beat a small drum in his heart.
"No, young master, it was Boss Pan who sent someone to his house and said that he wanted to invite you to his foreign bank to talk about business. The master went to the official office and was not at home, so his wife urged me to come and report to you." Wu Qianjin raised his hand to wipe the sweat on his forehead and gasped.
"Did the person sent by Boss Pan say what it means?" Liang Pengfei turned his eyes and asked with understanding.
"At that time, the little one was waiting on the side, talking as if it was a cigarette. What other patents are there?" Wu Qian twisted his brain and said after recalling for a long time.
"So that's it." Liang Pengfei couldn't help smiling: "Okay, there's nothing wrong here. Let's go back together. Unexpectedly, my uncle Pan is really sharp enough."
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In less than an hour, Liang Pengfei rushed back to Guangzhou and arrived at the gate of Tongwenyangxing on the famous 13th Avenue in Guangzhou. The shopkeeper here had been ordered by Pan Youdu for a long time. As soon as he saw Liang Pengfei's arrival, he respectfully invited Liang Pengfei to go in.
After passing through the lively front shop and the long corridor, Liang Pengfei came to Pan Youdu's office in Tongwen. A unique Western-style small foreign-style building stood in front of a small pond. The yellow color of the climbing plants on the wall of the small foreign building did not make the small building look desolate, but It sets off a European style.
"Nephew, I'm waiting for you anxiously, hehe..." On the balcony on the second floor, he was dressed in a decent dress and holding a glass of red wine in his hand. Pan Youdu, who looked elegant, stood up and smiled at Liang Pengfei, who was crossing the small wooden bridge on the pond.
Pan Youdu's dress made Liang Pengfei, who was in a robe, stunned, but Liang Pengfei's eyes soon fell on the other two Xiyi people who were dressed in the same way as Pan Youdu.
"Hello, Mr. Liang, I'm an English businessman named John? Smith, nice to meet you." One of the tall foreigners came forward first, stretched out his hand to Liang Pengfei, and introduced himself to Liang Pengfei in his stuttering Chinese with a strange accent, but there was a faint sense of pride and reservedness in the gray-green eyes under his high eyebrows. This is my assistant Thomson, an excellent accountant and an excellent lawyer.
"Mr. Smith, Mr. Thomson, it's nice to meet you both. I apologize for making you wait for business." Liang Pengfei let the two British stay in place with a pure London accent, and then closed their mouths for a long time.
"My God, you are the most authentic English-speaking person I have ever seen." John? Smith seemed to be really surprised, but Pan Youdu sat down next to the small round table with a smile to watch the fun.
"You are also the Englishman I have seen so far. I don't know if Mr. Smith is an Englishman, a Scotsman, or an Irish?" Liang Pengfei asked kindly with a gentlemanly smile on his face.
"I'm English, and my assistant is Scottish." John? Smith has put away his pride just now. He feels that he seems to have underestimated Pan Youdu's young partner.
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(to be continued)