Looking up at the stars in 1946

The conversation was divided into two parts. After Qisi came back with the opium seeds, Master Qi told him that Chen Dadibao and Guo Dashan were looking for him for the sale of opium in the gambling shop.

Master Qi smiled and said, "I said you were doing the selling of opium, and I didn't intervene."

Qi Si raised his eyelids to look at him, and said, "When you were doing this, you had to think of today. I don't have the skills to deal with those two people."

Master Qi said: "I've thought about it, anyway, don't meet the three of you, it's a day if you can delay it. Didn't you say to go to Harbin a while ago? Now you are rushing to go."

Qi Si thought about it and it made sense, so he went back to the house to pack his things.He is ambitious and has long been dissatisfied with being a landowner. He wants to learn to do business and become a real businessman.At the beginning, when Master Qi was selling opium in the gambling shop, Qi Si had this idea. In all fairness, he was unwilling to sell opium, but it was too easy to get money for that thing, so Qi Si had no choice but to get his hands on it.Lu's medicine hall also has the earthwork for making opium, and it can be grown in its own field.But he has always felt that this is not a legitimate business, and it will end at some point, so he has been thinking for a while whether he can find a reliable one. Si went with him.

Feng Xin's uncle is a capable man who opened a paper mill in Harbin. Over the years, the scale of the factory has expanded and now employs hundreds of people to help.

Feng Xin's mother is his uncle's only younger sister. Although the two families are far apart, it is convenient to travel after the train has been connected in recent years, and the number of visits has increased.Feng Xin privately revealed to Qi Si that if nothing unexpected happens, his family will move to Harbin in two years.

When Feng Xin and Qi Si arrived at the train station, Uncle Feng Xin sent a driver to pick him up at the gate.The two got into the car after leaving the train station. Feng Xin deliberately asked the driver to drive slowly so that he could introduce some scenery and streets to Qi Si along the way, but Qi Si just listened and said nothing.

The car drove all the way into the Lin mansion.It was a building imitating European style. There was a small garden in front of the door, and several small flower beds were built and filled with roses.A small pool was also built in the middle of the garden, and a stone platform was built in the middle, on which stood a little boy peeing carved in marble.

The housekeeper greeted them and led the two of them into the house.The hall is very delicately decorated, the floor is covered with intricately patterned carpets, a set of chiffon white sofas are placed on it, and crystal clear crystal lamps hang from the roof in the middle. You can imagine how brilliant it is when the lights are on.

Qi Si's heart was shocked, this is the real capitalist, this is the life of the real upper class.

Feng Xin's uncle is in his forties this year. He is wearing Chinese-style home clothes, his face is weather-stained, and he wears gold-rimmed glasses. There is imperceptible shrewdness in him.My aunt is a standard noble lady, with a fashionable hairstyle and a delicate bright yellow dress. She smiles when she looks at people. As soon as Qi Si and Feng Xin are seated, she greets the servant to serve them. Serving desserts with black tea, the gestures are both decent and enthusiastic.

Qi Si thought to himself that the decoration style of this hall was most likely by her handwriting.

Feng Xin first introduced Qi Si to his uncle and aunt.Qi Si took advantage of the situation and called out a few words: "Mr. Lin" and "Mrs. Lin".The aunt said: "You have been with Feng Xin for so many years, and Mrs. Lin is too strange, if you don't mind calling me aunt!"

Banner Four Respect is worse than obedience.

Uncle asked Feng Xin: "Have you figured it out? Are you really coming to my factory to help? Let me explain first, you are not allowed to leave if you want to come."

Feng Xin said with a bitter face: "Uncle, if others don't believe me, how can you not believe me? After so many years, when did I tell you to do something serious? Now that I have decided, I will never regret it! Don't worry. "

Uncle's face softened, "I'm afraid you won't be able to bear that hardship."

Feng Xin was taken aback and said, "Uncle, isn't it? It's so rare that you want me to work as a coolie in the factory? Isn't it for business outside?"

Uncle glanced at him and said, "Do you think it's easy to run a business? The entertainment at the dinner table is also very tiring!"

Feng Xin said: "Hey, isn't it just drinking and chatting and blowing cannons?"

Uncle frowned and said, "It's not as easy as you think? Every order is related to the future development of the paper maker, which is more labor-intensive than helping in the factory!"

"Oops! Feng Xin has just arrived, and he hasn't even started working yet, so you beat him like this? Fortunately, you are still an uncle, and your nephew wants to make progress, so it's fine if you don't help, and it's just a hindrance." The aunt said. He interrupted the conversation of his uncle and nephew, and greeted Qi Si graciously, "Si, come, try this black tea and dessert, which are prepared by the new chef. Feng Xin, take it yourself."

After being interrupted like this, Feng Xin remembered that he didn't eat much for lunch, and now he was really hungry, so he stopped talking, and picked up the dessert on the table to eat.

Qi Si tried the black tea and dessert, they were soft and creamy in the mouth, which was different from the desserts he had eaten before, and praised: "The taste is very good."

My aunt smiled and said, "Then eat more, there is still some in the kitchen. It is rare to come to Harbin once, and there is also a guest room at home. Stay a few more days, and let Feng Xin take you shopping tomorrow."

Feng Xin said with a smile: "Auntie, Qi Si is not here to play, he just wants to see what serious business is going on here."

The uncle was drinking a cup of tea, and looked at Qi Si: "Harbin does have a better chance than Zhuhai County. What do you think? Do you want to set up a factory here? Or open a shop?"

Qi Si shook his head and said, "I haven't thought about the specifics yet, I just want to take a look first."

Uncle put down the teacup and said: "It's good to have a look first, I can't eat hot tofu in a hurry." After a pause, he asked again: "I heard from you Feng Xin that your father is also a big grain householder in your place. How is the harvest this year? ?”

Qi Si said: "This year the south has suffered a disaster, and the food price is higher than in previous years."

The uncle said: "But it's not much higher. It's not as good as doing business. Once the market rises, there is money to earn an extra car with one order."

"However, in Harbin, it's impossible to find a business without capital. Not to mention the various tax items, even if you go to the government to run up and down, you have to give the clerk some money, otherwise he will delay you until the year of the monkey!" the uncle mentioned. point.

Qi Si nodded. He had been thinking about how to raise the first sum of money all the way from Harbin to the train station.If he is willing to start in Zhuhai County, the cost will be much less.But Qi Si was not reconciled. He thought that if he wanted to do it, he would make it bigger. In the entire Songhua Province, Harbin was the largest, so Qi Si stubbornly wanted to find a place to stand here.It's just that at present, the number of silver dollars he has is probably not enough.

"However, the most important thing is that people must be steadfast and willing to work, otherwise the money will be in vain." The uncle added that he was used to business, and he couldn't stop talking once he brought it up.The aunt quickly interrupted him again, "Okay, the two children are tired after sitting in the car all day, please stop talking and let them go to rest first." She pointed at Feng Xin, her eyelids shrugged, and her head twitched. Also bit by bit.

In fact, Qi Si was holding on to the conversation, seeing his aunt say this, he hurriedly said, "Excuse me."

Only then did my uncle realize that something was wrong, and quickly called the servants at home to send the two of them to the guest room to rest.

Qi Si stayed in Harbin for six days and then left. He didn't go to any interesting places, but followed Feng Xin to different factories every day to figure out and watch.Sometimes Feng Xin gets tired of watching, and Qi Si goes by himself.

The government of Harbin still attaches great importance to the development of industry and commerce. In addition, the area is rich in natural resources. Not only locals, but also foreigners from Russia, Japan, and the United States also have a lot of business here.Even because their capital is stronger than that of local capitalists and they have political advantages, etc., they run larger businesses and employ more workers.

This is a capital world.Only money is the only passport here. Qi Si has lived for 23 years and felt the magic of money deeply for the first time.In the past, when he was still in the Qi family compound, he was surrounded by farmers, so there was no comparison, so that Qi Si felt very superior to his position.However, when he arrived in Harbin, Qi Si realized how big the world was. If he died, he could only be regarded as a small landlord, or the kind who couldn't get on the stage.

A fire was ignited in Qi Si's heart.In the past, due to some personal reasons, he has been spending too much time on sexual matters, and now thinking about it, he really regrets it.

Qi Si made an item in his mind, calculated the cost of the machine and the salary of the labor, and his heart sank a little, this is not a small amount.He knew that although he was in charge of the Qi family compound now, Lord Qi would never allow him to sell the Qi family's land to set up a factory.Qi Si had to rethink a way to raise money.How to quickly raise money has now become the biggest anxiety of Qisi.Inevitably, he thought of expanding the scale of opium - this is indeed the fastest way for him to get money at present.

Qi Si made this decision without much hesitation.In the face of money, conscience is insignificant.

Qi Si seems to have embarked on the same path as Master Qi.