Chapter 120: A thousand golds to buy bones!

Smith and Liang Pengfei had a pair of eyes, and felt like a bucket of cold and bone-bending snow water. When they poured their heads down, the blood all over their body seemed to be stiff, and their body couldn't help but have a cold war.

Liang Pengfei just glanced at him indifferently. Just this glance made Smith feel completely seen through, and that indifference that looked down on everything made Smith feel like a humble creature who would be trampled under his feet by a giant at any time.

"If this young man is really an ordinary Qinghai businessman, then I am a pig." Smith wiped the cold sweat from his forehead. He felt that he came over excitedly and took on this big business. He originally thought it was his luck, but now it seems that it was the beginning of his nightmare.

Smith is a typical European, with the European concepts and principles of dealing with things that only believe in strength and only succumb to strength. Now he already understands that the young man in front of him is definitely not a master who he can fool. In that case, it would be like to completely send his wealth and life on a path of no return.

He also knew that in Europe, there were also many people with dual identities, just like the East India Company, which seemed to be a regular company specializing in commodity trading, but in fact, under the company, there were several privateers who specialized in illegal activities, and sometimes even attacked their trade rivals for the East India Company.

The boy in front of him must be like this, a person with multiple identities, a very dangerous guy. "Mr. Liang, please rest assured that we British merchants are absolutely credible. I am willing to swear to God." Smith now seems very humble. It is common for merchants to fight openly and secretly in business behavior, and to use rules to seize the robbery. However, once they meet a desperate person, they can only give in.

"By the way, since you just came from India, you must know the East India Company." Liang Pengfei's eyes turned and he thought of another question.

Smith nodded: "Yes, when I first came to the East, I was an employee of the East India Company. But later, I started my own business and left the East India Company. However, I still have a few friends in the company." Smith felt that he didn't need to hide anything. He didn't want to anger the boy who claimed to be a serious maritime businessman.

Liang Pengfei nodded, but did not ask any further, because Pan Youdu was present. You should know that in this era, the proportion of opium among the goods imported from Britain to China has become increasingly higher and higher. However, only a small amount of this kind of thing flows into the mainland through formal channels. Most of the remaining opium enters the mainland through illegal channels. You should know that merchants will never touch this kind of thing. They have countless wealth earned by just regular trade goods. Why should they risk touching this kind of thing?

In fact, some of the opium smugglers were pirates, while more were the Qing Dynasty navy and the private ships of officials.

Since Liang Pengfei talked to Pan Youdu about Cai Panlong last time, he conducted a deeper investigation of the navy, and found out the news that made him dumbfounded. This is a kind of irony, the biggest irony of the Qing army and the Qing government system that has clamored for decades of smoking bans but has banned more and more.

The next step is much simpler. After learning that Liang Pengfei is definitely not a person they can easily cheat, Smith and others became much more cautious about the cigarette trade issue. Although at this time, in addition to Liang and Cai, several cigarette factories appeared one after another, the favorite brands of all people were the ones exported by Liang's tobacco factories.

These cigarettes have been sold to Suzhou and Hangzhou to the north, and to the south, even in Luzon, Liang Pengfei also saw his tobacco products. Smith hopes to obtain the exclusive overseas operating rights of Liang's Tobacco. Liang Pengfei will definitely not agree to this.

However, in the end, Liang Pengfei did not make things difficult for Smith, and he allowed him to purchase goods from his tobacco factory and sell them overseas. However, the monthly quantity starts from one hundred boxes.

After bidding farewell to these two British merchants who were satisfied and left, Pan Youdu shook his head: "Pengfei, I really don't understand why you spent so much money to buy a dye patent. You know, that's 100,000 taels of silver."

"Uncle Shi, in fact, the 100,000 taels of silver for my nephew is just an ancient story of buying bones with a thousand gold coins." Liang Pengfei smiled at Pan Youdu, and his eyes showed shrewdness and cunning.

"Uncle Shi has been dealing with these Westerners all year round. I believe you also know that many of the things that Westerners have are that our Qing craftsmen can't make yet. For example, those spinning machines that allowed Britain to gain a lot of wealth, those huge warships, and the dyes and the thunder and mercury I need today."

"This is true. If we can create these things ourselves... Haha, I understand, but my nephew knows that it is one thing, but it is another thing to do." Pan Youdu patted Liang Pengfei's shoulder in the spoken language of a person who has experienced it and sighed.

"There is nothing difficult in the world. I am afraid that those who are determined can be passed down to this day because of their own reasons. And I happen to be one of the people who are determined. In my eyes, in the world, no matter now or in the future, there will be no things I want to do but cannot do, and there will definitely be no!" Liang Pengfei walked to the railing of the balcony on the second floor, looking at the sea shadow in the distance, thousands of sails were fighting over the glazed sea surface, white sea birds were shuttled and chirping among the clouds, and the air with a slight smell of sea seemed extremely fresh at this moment.

Pan Youdu held the wine glass of red wine in his hand and looked at Liang Pengfei's straight backbone, and Liang Pengfei's seemingly casual but confused words echoed in his ears. He couldn't help but feel a little relieved and panic. It seemed that Liang Pengfei's nephew Liang Shi's eyes were not only limited to this land.

Is it a good thing that he thinks about getting involved in the officialdom? It is a good thing to have such confidence? However, it is hard to say whether Pan Youdu has such ability, and he dare not say it, so he can only wait and see.

"Miss, what are you looking at?" In the small pavilion in the garden not far from the villa, the maid came up curiously and asked Pan Bingjie, who had been looking at the small western building.

"Ah, I'm scared, are you looking for a fight?" Pan Bingjie withdrew her gaze in panic and glared at the girl beside her angrily.

"Miss, I don't mean to scare you, but you're just too focused." Pan Bingjie's close maid said with a narrow smile on her lips, and she deliberately pretended to be pitiful on her face.

"Why are you so much talking? I'm so attentive to ask for a fight!" Pan Bingjie's pink and tender face turned red, as magnificent as the clouds rising from the sky, and unparalleled charming.

Liang Pengfei, standing on the balcony, heard the laughter coming from the cover of grass and trees not far away, and couldn't help but look over, but only saw a beautiful figure in a green shirt without a trace...

The old Liang family's actions in establishing the Liang clan in Guangzhou were quite low-key. When the Liang clan children arrived one after another, the Liang clan had already begun to take shape under the high attention of Liang Pengfei.

The flat roads, two-story brick-constructed houses that are different from ordinary Chinese houses rose up. Liang Pengfei asked his subordinates to invite more than 300 craftsmen. In addition, there is almost no frost in the winter in Guangzhou, so the construction speed is quite fast. Two and a half months have been enough to build such a two-story building to the ceiling. Now the rest is to do some interior decoration, paint lime, and level the playground between the school house and the classroom.

Among the teachers hired, Liang Pengfei did not select the elderly scholars and gentlemen, but mostly hired some of them who had studied but failed to pass the exam. He had no choice but to serve as accounting rooms for various merchants, or to serve as translations for those young and middle-aged people who traded with foreigners.

Although these people didn't understand the subjects set up by Liang Pengfei, they were not as stubborn as those old men who stick to the old and traditional ideas. At least after the generous salary of the Liang Mansion and the Young Master Liang personally communicated with them, they decided to accept Liang Pengfei's arrangements. The Four Books and Five Classics would be selected to teach them, which not only allowed students to read and read, but also could deal with the inspections of officials who specialize in education and academic affairs.

At the same time, students should also teach different foreign languages. Of course, this needs to be taught in different categories...

"Now there are fifteen teachers arranged in the house, three of whom were originally accounting rooms, and the others were all translators before. Five of them applied for the job the day before yesterday. One of them had been a translator for the Macau Governor for two years in Macau, and..." The manager here presented the list to Liang Pengfei, and reported the resumes of these people to Liang Pengfei based on the memory in his mind.

"Well, they are all pretty good, but I still have to meet in person and only then can I feel at ease." Liang Pengfei sighed long. These days, he has really been busy with the tobacco business, the issues of tribesmanship, the arrangements of the Liang family's children after they arrived, and the remote control of various affairs of migrating people from Luzon to the Central Islands.

If it weren't for the news of the court in Guangzhou, Liang Pengfei and his father might have gone to Nanyang to check the new territory.

While communicating with the manager about clan studies, Liang Pengfei suddenly heard the screams and cheers of the servants at home, and rapid footsteps were coming here.

Soon, a servant with a happy face rushed into Liang Pengfei's study. "Young master, you are so happy, you are so happy. The government has come and you have also brought an imperial edict. You are really going to be an official!"

Liang Pengfei stood up straight. After the servant repeated the news again, Liang Pengfei took a deep breath and closed his eyes. It seemed that he had indeed stepped onto the stage of history, and everything would start to change from this moment!
Chapter completed!