Chapter 169: Back to Qiongzhou
After coming out of Yaoshi'an, Zhao Fuxiang and Zhao Chongfang went to the Zhaojiacun Ancestral Hall. Zhao Chongfang had exhausted a lot of energy last night and originally wanted to rest for a day, but Zhao Fuxiang was unwilling to delay for a day, so he immediately took Zhao Chongfang to continue the family tree.
The Zhao Family Ancestral Hall is specifically located in Foshan Town, Nanhai County, which later became Foshan City. Although it was only a town in the Ming Dynasty, its population size was no less than that of some small counties.
The Shunde area in Foshan has been the iron smelting center of Guangdong and Guangxi since the Yuan Dynasty. In the Ming Dynasty, thanks to the great development of maritime transportation, Foshan has become the largest iron smelting center in South China. According to Ming historical records, in the Jiajing decade, Guangdong Province's private sector was
The iron output was 27.64 million kilograms, which is more than 13,000 tons.
This is still an official statistical figure. If some private railways are included, the total is about 20,000 tons, and the output has accounted for one-tenth of China's output. At the same time in Europe, although the United Kingdom had begun the industrial revolution
, but the iron output was only about 8,000 tons. Russia, known as Europe's roller, produced only 2,400 tons of pig iron at this time, and the iron output in Europe was only more than 30,000 tons, which was slightly more than the output of Guangdong's private iron plants.
In the past few years, the world has been uneasy, and the north has been in chaos. Strategic materials such as steel have immediately become in short supply. The price of pig iron has been increasing year by year. Now pig iron has reached a high price of eight coins per pound of pig iron.
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Looking at the prosperous blacksmith shop outside Foshan Town, Zhao Fuxiang's eyes turned blue. He was envious of these guys' high prices. You must know that Zhao Fuxiang's every purchase is a large purchase of several thousand kilograms. Now his Nanyang Trading Company sells it every month.
The cost of purchasing pig iron was nearly ten thousand taels of silver, so the old man Zhao Zhikuan always complained that there was not enough pig iron.
Looking at the smiling blacksmith shop owners, Zhao Fuxiang vowed that he would build the Shilu Iron Mine when he returned. Not only would he be able to save a lot of cash, but he would also be able to sell the pig iron in exchange for more precious strategic resources.
Zhaojia Village is not far from Foshan Town. You can already see the village after turning around the town. As the tallest and largest building in the village, the Zhaojia Ancestral Hall can be seen from the entrance of the village.
Arriving in front of the ancestral hall, Zhao Chongfang led Zhao Fuxiang into the ancestral hall, and first went to pay homage to the patriarch, Zhao Guangguang.
Zhao Guangguang, the patriarch of Zhaojia Guangwentang, is an old guy in his sixties, with a goatee and a skinny figure like a white-bone demon in a cartoon.
After Zhao Guangguang heard Zhao Chongfang tell what happened to Zhao Fuxiang, he said feebly: "Zhao Chongfang, it's not like you don't know the rules of the clan. This kind of clan member who lives overseas without genealogy certificate cannot be included in the genealogy!"
When Zhao Chongfang came in, she had already told Zhao Fuxiang that the patriarch Zhao Guangguang was very difficult to talk to, but this old guy had a weakness, that is, he loved money, so if there was any problem, he would just take the money.
Now that Zhao Fuxiang heard what this old guy said, he cursed in his heart that the old guy was so fucking difficult, he just wanted money!
Zhao Fuxiang took out a money order of one hundred taels of silver from his arms, placed it on the table in front of Zhao Guangguang, and then said with a smile: "Chief, this is a little thought from the Zhao family of Luzon. I see that many ancestral halls in the clan are damaged. These
Donate the money to the clan to repair the property!”
Zhao Guangguang opened his eyes and looked at the money order. When he saw the writing of one hundred taels on the money order, he nodded slightly, reached out and put the money order into his sleeve, and then said weakly: "I accepted the money for the tribe, but
This matter of entering the genealogy is still a bit difficult!"
It seemed that the money was not enough, so Zhao Fuxiang took out another two hundred taels of money order from his pocket, put it on the table and said with a smile: "Clan leader, I heard Zhao Chongfang say that you are highly respected and dedicated to the clan, so these two hundred taels of silver
It’s the junior who respects you personally!”
The one hundred taels just donated to the clan, Zhao Guangguang could not get any benefits, but the two hundred taels in front of him were actually given to him. After Zhao Fuxiang said this, Zhao Guangguang's little eyes immediately lighted up, and his face that was originally unable to smile disappeared.
Squeezing out a smile: "Isn't this good? After all, the old man also leads the clan's offerings!"
Zhao Guangguang said something bad, but he quickly put the two hundred taels of money order into his sleeve. After finishing it, Zhao Guangguang's attitude immediately changed a lot and asked: "Zhao Fuxiang, my eighth-room Guangwen Hall is Wei."
The direct descendants of the bastard Zhao Dewen Gong, the clan is sorted according to De, Cheng, Ke, Shu, Zhi, Gong, Yan, Husband, Shi, Ruo, Si, Chong, Ci and Guang. Do you remember what the names of the elders in the family are?
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Zhao Fuxiang’s ancestors were farmers, there. (The next page will be more exciting!)
Who knows what generation? In addition, Zhao Fuxiang’s family may not really be the descendants of Zhao Song. Naturally, there is no such thing as a genealogy. However, Zhao Fuxiang is very smart. He rolled his eyes and said: "Patriarch, the younger generation’s family has been in exile in Luzon for many years.
I have long forgotten what the nickname is, but my grandfather’s name is Zhao Ruohua, shouldn’t he be the character Ruo?”
Zhao Fuxiang's grandfather is called Zhao Zhenhua, which was a new name given after the founding of the People's Republic of China. According to his father Zhao Zhikuan, his grandfather used to be called Zhao Laosi. How can a poor farming family have such a famous name?
This time, Zhao Fuxiang changed his grandfather's name to Zhao Ruohua in order to add to Zhao Song's genealogy. Zhao Fuxiang secretly said in his heart: Grandpa's spirit in heaven must not blame his grandson for changing your name. However, the name Zhao Zhenhua was also changed later. I guess grandpa will not.
Blame yourself!
Zhao Guangguang took advantage of Zhao Fuxiang, so naturally he couldn't say anything. He nodded and said: "Okay, since you are the Ruo generation, you should be the Chong generation, and your son is the second generation. Do you remember clearly?"
After hearing this, Zhao Fuxiang nodded repeatedly, and Zhao Chongfang smiled and said: "Brother, from now on we will be brothers of the same race!"
Zhao Guangguang asked for a family genealogy, found an extinct branch in it, and then filled in the names of Zhao Ruohua, Zhao Sikuan, Zhao Chongxiang, and Zhao Ciheng in order. Zhao Fuxiang was very disapproving when he heard that the old guy had changed his name.
His name is Zhao Chongxiang in the family tree, but in his heart he still thinks he is called Zhao Fuxiang.
Zhao Fuxiang waited for Zhao Guangguang to continue the genealogy, and then added incense to the ranking of his ancestors. From then on, Zhao Fuxiang was the twelfth grandson of Wei King Zhao Tingmei. Zhao Fuxiang knelt on the ground and looked at the branch he had continued, the last tablet
When writing about the Duke of Zhao Fuzhi, I was thinking that this Zhao Fuzhi must have been dead for hundreds of years. He probably didn’t expect that he could still pass on the incense after hundreds of years, let alone become an emperor in the future!
After coming out of the Zhao family ancestral hall, Zhao Chongfang was very excited. He invited Zhao Fuxiang to play at Yaoshi'an tonight, but Zhao Fuxiang declined because he was tired. It's not that Zhao Fuxiang was tired, but he was afraid of going to *Mei*.
Poison and other diseases.
Last night, Zhao Fuxiang saw that it was his brother's wife, Du Shi, and he couldn't control himself in excitement. Afterwards, Zhao Fuxiang was very worried. He prayed in his heart that the two times when Du Shi received guests, there must be no syphilis carriers, otherwise he would get infected.
It's a terminal illness.
In fact, what Sun Jing said when Zhao Fuxiang left was all lies to him. Zhao Fuxiang has a small body that has been ravaged by various antibiotics in later generations. He is immune to most bacteria and viruses of this era. The toxicity in his body is stronger than syphilis.
Much more.
Seeing that Zhao Fuxiang was not going, Zhao Chongfang smiled and said: "Since my brother is not going, then I will go by myself! I made an appointment with Mrs. Cui last night, and we will renew our relationship tonight!"
Zhao Fuxiang chuckled and said: "Okay, brother Xian can go and have fun by himself. Don't worry about brother. Brother will go back to Qiongzhou after finishing his work in the past few days. Brother Xian, if you are free, you can come to Qiongzhou to play with me!"
Zhao Chongfang nodded and said goodbye to Zhao Fuxiang at the west gate of Guangzhou. Zhao Fuxiang returned to Li Zhengdao's home with his men.
In the next few days, Zhao Fuxiang stayed at Li Zhengdao's house. At night, he either went to accompany Meng or played with Du. He lived a very happy life.
Li Zhengdao was indeed very tired these days. Not only did he purchase 10,000 kilograms of pig iron for Zhao Fuxiang, but he also purchased three thousand kilograms of wrought iron and three thousand kilograms of fine steel. In addition to these, Li Zhengdao also visited several iron smelting plants to spend money on Zhao Fuxiang's behalf.
Paying a lot of money to bring back two iron-making masters is what Zhao Fuxiang needs most at the moment.
After hearing this, Zhao Fuxiang nodded repeatedly, and for the first time poured a cup of tea for Li Zhengdao, and then said kindly: "Thank you for your hard work, dear brother! As for the purchase, you can make the final decision later. You don't have to report everything to me.
After all, you are the general manager now!"
Li Zhengdao was very grateful to hear what Zhao Fuxiang said. What does a subordinate need most? Isn't it unconditional trust from his superiors? Li Zhengdao didn't know that this kind of trust came from the pillow-like relationship between his wife Meng and his wife Du, and he thought he had gained it.
Happy with the boss's trust, Li Zhengdao smiled and said: "Brother, please don't worry. I will leave the business of the business to my younger brother, and I will definitely satisfy him!"
Zhao Fuxiang nodded and said: "The right way, now that the matter in Guangzhou is over, my brother is going to follow the merchant ship back to Qiongzhou in a few days. Brother sees that you are not welcome in Guangzhou, so why not take your family and leave our home and follow my brother to Qiongzhou?"
How about conquering the world wholeheartedly?"
In fact, Li Zheng. (The next page is more exciting!)
Dao has thought about this matter in the past few days, but Guangzhou is his hometown. He grew up, got married, and had children here, and now he is really reluctant to leave.
But Li Zhengdao turned his head and thought about it. His brothers had always looked down upon him. Not only had they stopped spending money at home, they had also canceled his position in the store. If he wanted to live to support his family, he had to
You have to look for ways to make money.
Although the Zhao Fuxiang in front of him is not a good thing, he really has nothing to say to Li Zhengdao. When Li Zhengdao was at his lowest point, he was able to reach out and give him a hand. Not only did he become the boss of Nanyang Company, but he also gave him great power.
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Li Zhengdao thought for a moment, then smiled and said: "Okay, since I have already given up on my family, I might as well follow my brother!"
When Zhao Fuxiang heard this, he was overjoyed. As long as Li Zhengdao arrived in Qiongzhou, he would arrange some business trips for him. Then wouldn't the Meng family and the Du family belong to him, and he could have fun as he wanted?
Chapter completed!