Ning Qi asked with a smile: "This is a last-minute deal, and it's urgent. Do you need to pay more?"
Liu Guiming quickly waved his hands and defended: "How dare ordinary people increase the price for what the Haihan Army wants? It's just to collect the cost."
To print these leaflets for the Haihan Army, Qingliu Seal Society needed to temporarily deploy personnel to make plates and cut paper, and it also occupied printing equipment that had other production arrangements. Logically speaking, this transaction should cost more. However, a considerable part of the Yinshe's business is the long-term business of the East China Sea garrison. Liu Guiming will naturally not be confused about the importance and take advantage of such a small advantage.
Compared with the Wansong Academy that he went to before, Ning Qi felt that the people at Qingliu Seal Society were much more sensible. They knew what to do and what not to do, and they were also very good at taking advantage of the government to do business.
But Liu Guiming's shrewdness didn't stop there. Seeing that he had almost finished the tour, he came closer and begged: "Master Ning, the common people are planning to open another bookstore in Hangzhou next month. I wonder if you can please give me a calligraphy treasure to inscribe the name of the store." ?”
Ning Qi was in a good mood at this time. After a little hesitation, he nodded and agreed to his request.
Liu Guiming was overjoyed and immediately asked someone to prepare pen, ink, paper and inkstone. Ning Qi thought that this would take a while, but he didn't expect that several people immediately brought out the desks and the prepared four treasures of the study. It seemed that they were already prepared, and they were waiting for his nod.
Ning Qi smiled and said: "Boss Liu, you are afraid that I will regret it!"
Liu Guiming said with a sneer: "What, sir, you are joking. The common people have prepared these things in advance, so they don't dare to waste your precious time."
Ning Qi didn't take it seriously. He immediately took up his pen and wrote the four characters "Qingliu Study" requested by Liu Guiming on the paper. Then he ordered his entourage to take the seal and stamp it on the paper.
Liu Guiming didn't ask for this word for nothing. He immediately asked someone to present a brocade box and handed it to Ning Qi with both hands: "The common people recently got a field of yellow stones. Please don't dislike it, Lord Ning."
This field yellow stone is produced in Shoushan, Fujian Province. It is one of the top seal stones. There is a folk saying of "one liang of field yellow and three liang of gold", which shows how precious it is. Liu Guiming was right to give this thing to Ning Qi.
Ning Qi saw that the piece of Tianhuang stone in the box was like a piece of pure yellow grease or solidified honey. It was the size of his fist. It was conceivable that it must be worth a lot of money. He couldn't help but sigh that Liu Guiming was really willing to buy it. capital.
Ning Qi declined: "Boss Liu, your gift is too valuable. I will not receive it for no merit, so I accepted it out of kindness!"
Liu Guiming had taken out all the things, and he was not willing to take them back easily. He immediately advised: "Sir, if this piece of Tianhuang stone was of ordinary quality, the common people would keep it by themselves, but this stone is really of the highest quality and should not be left among the people. I’m giving it to you just to make the best use of it, so please don’t refuse!”
Ning Qi didn't expect Liu Guiming's remarks to be so weird, but the other party's attitude was firm, and it seemed that he couldn't accept it.
This piece of Tianhuang stone is indeed a good thing, but Ning Qi has been in power for thirty years and has received tributes from various places over the years. There are countless good things, so he is not particularly sensitive to it. Even if he ordered his entourage to accept it, This gift.
Compared with Ning Qi's inspection trip, Qiao Zhiya's schedule was much more difficult.
One of his tasks during this trip to Hangzhou was to inspect the implementation progress of several key industrial projects in the Donghai Region on behalf of the Ministry of Industry. Almost all of these industrial projects are not far from Hangzhou. So after holding an arms sales meeting with envoys from various countries, he immediately embarked on his journey and left Hangzhou. The first destination Qiao Zhiya inspected was the hydropower project in Jiande County, Yanzhou Prefecture. In addition to inspecting the progress, he also had to take on the task of commanding the installation of generating units during his trip.
Even if you don't have to go to work personally, working as a supervisor at a field construction site for a long time is by no means an easy and pleasant job.
When Bai Kesi came to Donghai Region for inspection before, he also personally visited the hydropower station construction site in Jiande County.
At that time, the hydropower station was still in the initial stage of infrastructure construction. After more than a year, the project progress here was very fast, and the progress of the project even exceeded expectations.
The person who accompanied Qiao Zhiya to visit the construction site was still Zhang He, who was also the one who accompanied Bai Kesi last time. However, at that time, he was still the former magistrate of Yanzhou, but now he has officially changed his position and became the head of the Yanzhou Management Committee.
However, Zhang He is not the leader at this construction site. The person in charge here is Huang Zhichang, Yu Feng's protégé.
From the beginning of the construction of this construction site, Huang Zhichang has been the project leader. He is one of the few naturalized citizens who can take charge of the field of civil machinery. Yu Feng has led many apprentices over the years, and Huang Zhichang is definitely one of the best.
Huang Zhichang and Qiao Zhiya are also old acquaintances. When he was still an apprentice, he was sent to Changjiang by Yu Feng and interned under Qiao Zhiya for a year. Although Huang Zhichang has not officially become a disciple of Qiao Zhiya, the two of them can be regarded as masters and disciples. Huang Zhichang treats him as a disciple every time he sees him.
Huang Zhichang gave a general introduction to the current project progress. The dam body of the hydropower station has been basically completed. After the generator set is installed, debugging can begin. If all goes well, it is expected to be about half a year ahead of schedule.
"Half a year ahead of schedule? That's really good!" Qiao Zhiya did not hesitate to praise this nominal disciple.
Huang Zhichang was very calm and did not immediately claim the credit. Instead, he did not forget to share part of the profit with Zhang He next to him: "Sir, this is all thanks to Lao Zhang. In the past few years, laborers from surrounding counties have been continuously transferred to participate in the construction. , to ensure the progress of the project.”
Zhang He quickly responded: "This is a matter within the lower official's duties, and it should be so. Mr. Huang has given me the reward."
The process of building a hydropower station involves a lot of civil engineering work. Even though Haihan has successively transported a batch of large-scale construction machinery here, manpower is still an indispensable and important condition.
For example, the hydroelectric generator that arrived here with Qiao Zhiya today would require at least several hundred people to unload it from the ship to the shore and then transport it to the installation location on the dam.
There are no less than 3,000 construction workers on the construction site of the hydropower station all year round. This is indeed thanks to the coordination of the local official Zhang He, who allowed surrounding counties to take turns sending migrant workers to work here.
Having said that, if Zhang He had not performed well in this project and assisted the project with all his heart, Shi Diwen would not have allowed him, who was a prefect in the previous dynasty, to become the person in charge of the local management committee. Officials like him who are knowledgeable and capable will probably be promoted after the hydropower station project is completed.