Chapter 2513
While everyone was drinking tea and chatting by the Gaoping River, Sanya quickly responded to Li Dou's application and agreed to allow Tao Hongfang and others to stay temporarily in Kaohsiung, and Li Dou had full authority to arrange related inspection activities.
"Look, I said there is no problem with this matter." Li Dou showed the message he just received to several young people: "I think the main purpose of Fort Victory sending you out is to increase your knowledge. . But if you just take a quick look at each place, your understanding of the local society and people's livelihood will definitely only remain superficial. It is better to stay for a few more days."
"Uncle Li is right. It's just that our sudden disturbance may delay Uncle Li's official business." Tao Hongfang responded humbly.
Li Dou smiled and said: "It doesn't matter. I should give priority to receiving you both in public and private matters. Besides, Kaohsiung is neither a frontier nor a trade center. The area under its jurisdiction is Tainan, with a population of more than 100,000. How many people can there be?" Can’t finish the business?”
As Li Dou expected, Tao Donglai and other high-ranking officials sent their sons who had high hopes for them overseas on official business. The purpose was of course to expand their horizons and understand firsthand the operation of this huge empire. As an advanced area for agricultural development, Kaohsiung naturally has many places worthy of their study and attention. Since Li Dou is willing to take the initiative to arrange inspection trips for these young people, Fort Victory will definitely be happy to see it happen.
So Tao Hongfang and others suspended their trip north and stayed in Kaohsiung for a short three-day inspection. However, their whereabouts were also discovered by the outside world, and invitations from all over the place were immediately delivered to the Li Manor where they settled down like snowflakes.
These people who wanted to meet were basically the heads of various large commercial organizations based in Kaohsiung. They usually did not get this kind of opportunity to contact senior expatriate officials in Sanya, so naturally everyone competed for the first place. Even if you know that the possibility of getting an interview is very slim, you still have to send the posts and gifts correctly. Otherwise, if others send gifts, you will not. Then it will not be worthwhile for these young officials to hold grudges.
Li Dou also knew that they probably had little experience in dealing with this kind of thing, so he took the initiative to screen them. Naturally, all ordinary trading firms were eliminated, leaving only a few with a background, and a unified interview was arranged for them. This can not only satisfy the wishes of businessmen, but also eliminate the need for Tao Hongfang and others to spend a lot of time socializing. In the process, young officials can also learn some information about the operation of agricultural products, which will also be beneficial to them in broadening their horizons.
During their stay in Kaohsiung, they spent more time following Li Dou to visit various local plantations and farms to learn various knowledge about agricultural development. This is a novel experience for the young officials who have been in the Sanya agency all year round. After all, in the past, they rarely had the opportunity to actually go to the fields to understand how the food they eat for three meals a day is produced. Now, taking advantage of the opportunity to inspect in Kaohsiung, they finally have a general understanding of the entire process of agricultural production. .
Three days passed in a blink of an eye, and it was time for Tao Hongfang and others to restart their trip. On the day before leaving, Li Dou personally sent them to Kaohsiung Port to say goodbye.
Several young people were naturally very grateful for Li Dou's warm reception during this period. When they left, they expressed their gratitude to Li Dou again and said that they would continue to maintain contact with Kaohsiung in the future.
Tao Hongfang said: "Uncle Li must inform you in advance when he comes to Sanya in the future. We will arrange the trip and show our friendship as a landlord."
Li Dou smiled and said: "If it is convenient for you all, when you return to Sanya in the future, take the time to check for me whether my two naughty children are studying well."
Li Dou now has four sons and two daughters. Among them, the eldest son and the second son have been sent to Sanya to receive the higher education that only the children of the time are eligible to enjoy. This time I met Tao Hongfang and others, and I took advantage of this opportunity to see if I could integrate my son into their circle. "Zijing, Letong, I will leave it to you two to handle this matter at Uncle Li's house!" Tao Hongfang knew the meaning after hearing Xian Ge, and immediately assigned tasks to his companions.
The educational resources enjoyed by the children of time travel are naturally different from those of ordinary people. Much of the knowledge they learn is even content that is inaccessible to the public. The relevant education work has always been personally responsible for Ning Qi Zai, who is in charge of culture and education. Ning Zijing and Bai Letong were Ning Qi's eldest son and Ning Qi's direct disciple. The matter of supervising the Li family's children's studies naturally had something to do with them.
The two of them were very happy and had no intention of shirk, so they agreed immediately. Since he received a warm reception from Li Dou in Kaohsiung, it is only natural for him to help his elders complete some simple tasks in return. When they were still studying in the early years, many of their companions were the children of high-ranking officials sent from other places. They probably understood the situation of these children. When they returned to Sanya in the future, they would visit Li Dou's two sons and see how they were studying. If you need any help in life, it will be considered as completing the task.
Before leaving, Li Dou also gave them some gifts, all of which were local specialties, such as beer brewed from local wheat in Kaohsiung, toffee made from brown sugar and cream, and refined ham that took several months to make. , as well as hundreds of kilograms of fresh seasonal fruits and vegetables for them to enjoy on their way north.
Although these things may not be very valuable, due to limited production capacity, they are not products that ordinary people can enjoy. If official ships have to purchase their own supplies at the port, they will probably not be able to buy these things.
However, several young people left in a hurry and had no plans to stay in Kaohsiung, so they did not prepare gifts in advance. They had no choice but to thank Li Dou first and planned to buy some gifts to send to Kaohsiung as a thank you when they came back from the north. .
In order to take care of the schedule of these young officials, the official ship also waited in Kaohsiung for a few days. However, the original reason for arranging this ship was to send them north, and the material and mail transportation tasks during the period were just along the way, so other tasks could only be postponed due to temporary changes in the itinerary.
After the official ship left Kaohsiung, its next stop was Dinghai Port in Zhoushan, Zhejiang, and there were no other stops along the way. However, they can still take a look at the important places they pass along the way from a distance on the boat.
The first place is Taiyuan Port in Taiwan, not far from Kaohsiung Port. This is also the only place on the island of Taiwan that is operated and managed by other countries.
The Dutch East India Company has occupied Damuan Port longer than the founding of Haihan. However, due to limitations of construction capabilities and the suppression of Haihan in the later period, the development here has been stagnant in the past twenty years, and is far inferior to that in the south. The prosperity of Kaohsiung Port.
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