Chapter 215 Xiao Wu's Whereabouts
Except for his own house, he was quickly rising up.
Xiaolongwan Harbor is also being built every day as quickly as possible.
Two of the planned ten piers have been completed. These two are old piers that were previously available in the harbor. They have undergone some renovations and expansions, so they were completed in more than a month. The remaining eight piers are being built at the same time, and the shore base has been invented.
In addition to the dock, the canals and sewers planned for the first, second and third phases of the harbor have basically begun to end, the foundations in the core area have been laid, and some have begun to build walls.
Xiaolongwan is not short of money at the moment. Even though Wu Qian left Qingyuan Mansion, there is no one who came to refund the money. Many waiters found that no one took the lead, so they put away their intentions to refund the money and continued to wait. Xiaolongwan did not disappoint them. They were still spending money to buy building materials on a large scale to recruit craftsmen and porters to speed up the construction of the harbor. Some anxious merchants went to the construction site every few days and found that there were new changes every day. After these news came out, many customers who were still a little nervous slowly calmed down.
There are even some hard-core customers of Xiaolongwan Harbor who respect Wu Qian's character very much. After learning that he resigned as the prefect of Qingyuan Prefecture and applied to go to the front line to fight against the Mongols, he even came to express his support to Zhao Qi and Manager Liu, and he would never refund and withdraw his investment.
Even after Wu Qian left, the county magistrate of Yin County, Hu Yong, the Qingyuan Prefecture Maritime Bureau's Maritime Bureau's Supervisor Sun Tao, and the Qingyuan Prefecture's Grain Transport Department's Supervisor Sun Fanli and others inspected Xiaolongwan one after another. There were more small officials such as some guards, Kongmu, police officers, and civil officials. They almost came over to drink and visit the kilns like visiting Zhao Qi and Liu. They all said that although Duke Chongguo left Qingyuan Prefecture, they would continue to help take care of Xiaolongwan Harbor as always, and just say hello when he has something to do.
As the saying goes, county officials are not as good as current management. Although these low-ranking officials are not of high rank, they are still very generous in Yanggong Town. With their care, many troubles can be settled casually. Therefore, during the engagement between eating, drinking, whore and gambling, Manager Liu will secretly stuff some silver bills, which is considered a protection fee.
Hello, I, Hello, everyone, this has been the case with officials and businessmen since ancient times.
If you don’t have money and power to trade in business, ghosts will think you are lying.
Since the construction of the harbor became formal, Zhao Qi basically didn't worry much. It was Jiangui Liu, Yang Dayuan and others who were standing on the construction site every day.
But Zhao Qi will come to see it every now and then. After all, almost all this harbor was planned and built by him.
Especially in order to facilitate the future life of the harbor, a complete water supply and drainage system is needed, as well as sewage discharge and livestock carriage management. Therefore, in the planning, there are public facilities such as canal toilets and sewers, stable patrols and fire protection, which Zhao Qi cares very much about.
He didn't want to turn his Xiaolongwan Harbor into a messy appearance in Yanggong Town Harbor now.
Cows and horses shit and urinate anywhere.
Help the worker find a corner to solve the problem on the spot.
There were even crew members standing on the boat and peed down, standing in a row to see who was peeing far away.
What made Zhao Qi laugh the most was that sometimes when the two ships were closer, the sailors on the crew would bet to pee at each other, and to win by peeing on the other's boats.
Tens of thousands of people come and go every day, hundreds of ships docked, and a thick layer of garbage floated on the sea all day long. There were piles of cows and horse manure on the dock, crushed by wheels everywhere. Therefore, when the sun in the entire harbor was sunny, it would smell steaming. In addition, the fishy and salty water of Shanghai could make people unable to escape their eyes at noon.
Therefore, Zhao Qi vowed to change the sanitation of Xiaolongwan Harbor this time and build it into a clean, tidy, beautiful and livable garden-style port.
That evening, when the sun was about to set, Zhao Qi drove a small four-wheeled carriage to the harbor construction site with Lai Fu and Facai.
The autumn is clear and cool. Under the afterglow of the sunset, the blue sea shines with golden waves under the sunlight.
The two small islands are like a big door, covering Xiaolong Bay with tranquility and beauty.
Taking advantage of the cool weather, the construction site is the best time to speed up the work. Therefore, the entire three-mile-long bay is filled with people and colorful flags, and the busy people are carriages and horsemen. The long swinging arms of eight wooden towers on the coast are still swinging back and forth.
Yang Dayuan, Yang Dahu, Ermazi, Ermao, Liu Dong and other groups of senior executives were still inspecting and supervising the construction site, with knives, saws, axes, iron picks, shovels one after another, Ding Dingdang's voices gathered together, and the loud sounds of horns also came one after another.
Outside the construction site, as usual, there were many villagers watching the fun in Dawan Village.
Zhao Qi's carriage was dozens of feet across the construction site gate, and several security guards on duty had dragged the fence away. When the carriage reached the door, several security guards were still standing at the sight and pounding their chests to salute, with a group of serious expressions.
"The boss is here!" A tall and thin young man who was dancing with Ermazi and others at the door quickly dropped his spear and greeted him.
"How is it today? Did something happen?" Zhao Qi stopped and asked with a smile.
"I went back to my boss and I was safe today. We were bored and practiced swords, guns, sticks and the others!" The tall and thin young man quickly answered.
"It's fine. Keep practicing. I'll go inside and take a look!" Zhao Qi nodded and waved his whip to drive the carriage through the gate and soon arrived at the previous sales office.
The house was sold out, and the sales office had no effect. Therefore, most of the sales ladies returned to the brothel and returned to their old business, but they still left a few of them with good figures and appearances. Xiaolongwan Harbor spent some money to redeem them and stayed for some subsequent reception and management work. One of them was Yang Dayuan's relationship. What surprised Zhao Qi the most was that Aunt Lin actually agreed to Yang Dayuan marry her home, but the requirements were also very high, that is, Yang Dayuan also had to build a mansion as big as Zhao Qi.
Therefore, in order to satisfy his hope of marrying a mistress, Yang Dayuan has worked very hard recently. He got up early and worked late. He wanted to repair the harbor as soon as possible and then spend a lot of money to repair the house.
Thinking about it with fullness and warmth, this sentence will never change forever. Since Yang Dayuan became rich, Zhao Qi has discovered that Uncle Yang, who was once stable and down-to-earth, has become more greasy and powdery. Not only do he like to drink and go to the kiln, but he also likes to dress up and dress up. He dresses like a scholar on the construction site every day.
Of course, it was not only Yang Dayuan who started to eat well and dress up, but also Yang Dahu, Yang Dabiao, Ermao, Ermao, Li Guidonggua and others also began to learn to dress up. They all wore long gowns and soap robes when they went out, and their greasy heads and pink faces were neatly tidy and looked like cultural people, but as soon as they opened their mouths, they greeted you, your mother, and they were still vulgar in their bones, and the nature of gangsters did not change at all.
"Welcome to the shopkeeper!" Zhao Qi took two children from the carriage, and a woman in a sling dress in the sales office quickly came out to greet her.
"Okay, it's okay, you go busy, I'll go around!" Zhao Qi smiled and waved his hand to walk towards the busy construction site.
After walking around the construction site of Sanlilong, it was already an hour later.
The sun has completely set and the sky has become much darker. The sound of gongs on the construction site has been knocked three times. Many craftsmen and porters have packed up their tools and started to leave the construction site one after another.
Zhao Qi, Yang Dayuan, Ermao and Liu Dong were chatting and laughing. When he returned to the sales office, he found that several children were preparing to go home together. When he saw Zhao Qi, he hurriedly bowed.
Zhao Qi looked around and found that two were missing. He asked in confusion: "Where are Xiaowu and Xiaojiu?"
The children looked a little dodged and looked down and did not dare to answer.
"Xiao Wu and Xiao Jiu have left early recently. I seem to have heard that they were going to a place on the pier. I didn't ask in detail, but it's almost time to come back. Maybe I can meet you when I walk to the entrance of the village!" Donggua said next to me.
Zhao Qi looked at the three teenage children with a strange expression, "Do you know what Xiaowu and Xiaojiu are doing?"
Several children shrank their necks and peeked at each other, which made Zhao Qi feel that they had something to hide from him.
Everyone has their own privacy, and Zhao Qi is not harsh on these children, and is even very tolerant. On weekdays, he is only allowed to help with housework, except for serving food, drink, defecation, and sleep. Especially these older children are helping on the construction site. Zhao Qi rarely cares about private matters except for his concern in life. Moreover, Yang Dayuan and Ermazi are watching him on the construction site, so Zhao Qi is not worried about something.
But Xiao Wu went elsewhere secretly, and a group of children also dodged like this, so Zhao Qi couldn't ignore it.
Chapter completed!