The end of the Ming Dynasty swept the world

At the beginning of March, Ding Yi was still in Jinhua Mansion.

On this day, he introduced Xie Sihai to Yao Qingqing, and the Jinhua government officially notified that all counties and towns would include Dongxiao Beer as a drink for entertainment.

The market of Dongxiao Beer has been further expanded.

Then Ding Yi accompanied Yao Qingqing to run all over the place. Every time he went to a county, he was given money to clear the way, first to the county magistrate, and then to the master book. It's less than getting the whole Jinhua mansion.

At this time, Dongxiao Beer found that the production volume could not keep up with their sales, which made Qin Nan's mother and daughter very happy.

Seeing Ding Yi's expression now, Yao Qingqing's eyes are full of spring.

Ding Yi returned to Dongyang County in mid-March.

He has officially become the General Banner, so he will go back to Hengdian for the time being, but Hengdian has a hundred households. Feng Jianwei means that after a while, he will operate and transfer Ding Yi to another town. Yi is the boss.

After returning to Dongyang County, Ding Yi first met with Yan Kuan and Feng Jianwei, and then asked Qin Nan and Yao Qingqing to talk about things.

Ding Yi also wants to engage in real estate in Dongyang County, and wants to cooperate with the Yao family.

That day Qin Nan and Yao Qingqing finished listening to Ding Yi's narration, and the two mother and daughter did not speak for a long time.

Yao Qingqing was looking at her mother, while Qin Nan was thinking about something.

Ding Yi was not in a hurry, and waited slowly.

After a long time, Qin Nan said slowly: "It sounds like this real estate is very profitable, and it may develop rapidly in the future."

Ding Yi was overjoyed: "Miss Qin, you have a vision. In the next few decades, at least four to fifty years, as long as the population continues to rise, real estate will definitely be a big hit."

At present, Dagan has a population of more than [-] million, far exceeding the same period.

Another time and space is now the Daoguang period, with a population of just over 4 million.

However, Dagan's territory is larger than that of Daoguang's period, and its development is more stable, so the population has exceeded [-] million.

Real estate is also a matter of time, even if Ding Yi does not come to do it, in a few years, someone will definitely do it first.

Qin Nan propped up the Yao family's brewery as a woman. Her ability is beyond doubt. After listening to Ding Yi's explanation, she also felt that the real estate could make money in the future.

"How much do you need to invest?" Qin Nan asked at this time.

"Our Shengtong Group's real estate branch in Dongyang County has an initial investment of about 4000 million yuan and more than 1000 mu of land, including Hengdian."

The land price in Jinhua Mansion is [-] yuan. Ding Yi and Yan Kuan talked about it. Dongyang County is suitable for [-] yuan, and Hengdian is [-] yuan, because Hengdian has a large population, which is more than Dongyang County.

"4000 million? Where did you get so much money?" Qin Nan was dumbfounded, even if his brewery was sold.

"The cash is only about 1000 million." Ding Yi said: "Then we use the land to borrow money from the bank, and the money obtained from the loan is used to buy land and then use the land to make a loan."

He is like this in Jinhua Mansion, because more than 800 mu of land is divided into more than ten pieces. Every time he takes a few pieces of land, he uses these pieces of land to make loans.

There is no auction process now, no one knows about it, no one is competing with him, and it is very easy to get the land.

He already owes a lot of money to the bank, but he is not afraid, because he owes a lot of money, he is the uncle, and the bank also counts on him to start the real estate business.

"You take out 400 million, and I'll let you own [-]% of the shares." Ding Yi said at this time.

Qin Nan smiled, and she had a very interesting smile. Ding Yi was slightly taken aback when she saw it, and quickly looked sideways, and found that Yao Qingqing was staring at him.

He has a thick skin, of course his face is expressionless, but he has already compared the mother and daughter in his heart.

Yao Qingqing is youthful and energetic, Qin Nan is mature and charming, but if you have to choose between the two, well, of course you should choose Qingqing.

He was a little lost in thought, and couldn't hear Qin Nan's words clearly, so he quickly asked, "What did you say?"

It turned out that Qin Nan said that she didn't have that much cash, and she didn't dare to invest so much money. The most she could invest was 200 million, accounting for [-]% of the shares.

"Sister Qin, you can't do this. My company has invested so much, and you have to own 200% of the shares for [-] million?" Ding Yi was dissatisfied.

Qin Nan said calmly with a blank face: "I heard that you and Qingqing are in a relationship, and this will be settled in the future. We are a family, and we Qingqing are all yours. Shares are nothing."

"..." Ding Yi, when did we fall in love?

Yao Qingqing swiped, her face flushed, then she bit her lips and looked at Ding Yi: "Mom, what nonsense are you talking about, you haven't written your horoscope yet?"

"..." What do you mean without a horoscope, nothing at all, okay?

Ding Yi was furious, you mother and daughter, you can't fool me together.

"Sister Qin, I have a girlfriend—" As soon as he said the words, Ding Yi felt a murderous intent behind him.

When he glanced away from the corner of his eye, Yao Qingqing's expression was already half a smile.

He quickly swallowed his saliva: "Sister Qingqing is beautiful and gentle, which man doesn't like it, but I'm under a lot of pressure, what if someone robs me? Then it's time to rob my company."

Qin Nan laughed again, she seldom smiled, she usually had a straight face, and when she laughed, Ding Yi felt that something was wrong: "A big man can have three wives and four concubines. Now, Qingqing is yours, and this share will never be taken away by anyone."

"Mom, tell me I'm leaving again." Yao Qingqing said angrily, but still sat there motionless.

The corner of Ding Yi's mouth twitched slightly, did he meet an opponent?
"We'll talk about the engagement later, 200 million is 200 million, and that's it."

As a result, Dongyang Real Estate Branch of Shengtong Group was formally established, mainly engaged in real estate in various places in Dongyang County, including Hengdian.

Ding Yi stayed in Hengdian until the end of March. Du Zixiong came to him and told him good news.

Qianhu Feng Jianwei called and asked Ding Yi to go to Hangzhou Jinyiwei Training Base for training in early April.

This is a training camp for the provincial general banner and above.

When Du Zixiong spoke, he looked envious. Basically, this kind of training camp was for gaining prestige and achievements, and providing proof for future promotion.

Ding Yi is the only one among the dozens of general banners in Dongyang County.

"When you go to Hangzhou, go see Feng Qianhu first, maybe I have something to say to you."

"Understood, thank you Du Baihu." Ding Yi smiled.

Du Zixiong used to look down on Ding Yi, but now that Ding Yi's road is getting wider and wider, he is a little panicked. After all, his daughter Du Yiyi is not very beautiful, and her face is still a little baby fat, chubby, and the key point is quite fierce.

"The Hengdian real estate matter you mentioned last time, I told Yiyi and asked her to participate. I asked her to resign and stop working for Tianxia Magazine."

Ding Yi looked shocked: "Yiyi studied literature in university, isn't this her hobby?"

"She doesn't like literature anymore, but real estate." Du Zixiong said calmly, "You can arrange a job for her."

The corners of Ding Yi's mouth twitched slightly. With Du Yiyi's temperament, would he fight Yao Qingqing?

In order to prevent the two from fighting, Ding Yi asked Yao Qingqing to be the person in charge of Dongyang County, and Du Yiyi was the person in charge of Hengdian Town, each in charge of their own area. Du Yiyi only needs to report the data to Dongyang County every day, so that The other party can sum up.

At first, they lived in peace, and the two women thought that the other was just an ordinary member of the company.

At the beginning of April, Ding Yi packed up and went to Hangzhou alone to participate in the training camp.

At the same time, at the beginning of April, Dagan's first spring imperial examination of that year also entered the registration stage.

Ying Tianfu.

Zeng Guofan is saying goodbye to Guo Fang.

Yu Changqing and Guo Fang's husband and wife run Shengtong's express delivery business here. After half a year of operation, it has been on the right track, with outlets all over the counties and towns of Yingtianfu.

However, because Ding Yi invested more in the construction of outlets in the early stage, he has not officially made a profit yet, but in the long run, he will start to make money in a short time.

Yu Changqing has now gone to Zhenjiang Mansion to the west of Yingtian Mansion to develop a new branch, and Guo Fang is in charge here.

Zeng Guofan has lived here all the time in the past, helping out, doing odd jobs, with a light workload, and reading books, watching the express business grow bigger and bigger with his own eyes.

He admired Ding Yi very much in his heart, for taking a business that he had never done before to this extent.

If he fails the imperial examination, Zeng Guofan will follow Ding Yi to do this after he is ready.

He bid farewell to Guo Fang today, because after the exam, he will go home to worship his ancestors, and then come back in May.

If you pass the exam, you won't live here.

When Guo Fang heard that he was leaving, she settled his salary first, and gave him another 100 yuan: "Take it as travel expenses, it will not be easy for you to go home."

"How can this be done?" Zeng Guofan was embarrassed.

"Ah, brother Yi said, take it, the boss gave it to you." Guo Fang forced it into his hand.

Zeng Guofan was very moved, and left with a thousand thanks.

He first went to the old place to apply, and when he got there, there was a sea of ​​people, all of whom came to apply for the exam.

Dagan has no restrictions on registration, you can apply wherever you want, and if someone wants to be an official in the capital, they can go to the capital to apply.

However, there are too many applicants in the capital and the admission rate is low, so many people will go to remote areas.

For example, Shaanxi, Guangxi and others have a high admission rate.

But that place is remote and the conditions are not very good, so not many people are willing to go.

Zeng Guofan came to Yingtian because of the good conditions here.

Not long after he arrived at the registration place, he saw an acquaintance on the side of the road, who was a fortune teller.

This fortune teller will meet every time he signs up, and many people will ask him to tell their fortunes.

"Master Luo, do you still recognize me?" Zeng Guofan went up and asked with a smile.

"Mr. Zeng, have you changed your name?" Master Luo actually knew him.

Because Master Luo asked him to change his name last time.

"Changed, changed to Zeng Guofan."

"Guofan, Guozhipingfan, good, good, good name, I said, after you change your name, you will meet noble people, and it will be smooth sailing in the future." Master Luo laughed.

"Thank you, Master Luo, for your good words." Zeng Guofan was overjoyed, took out ten yuan, threw it in front of his stall, and strode forward to sign up.

He was ecstatic in his heart. Could it be Ding Yi that the nobleman Master Luo mentioned was Ding Yi? It sounds very similar.

Because of the large number of applicants, he queued behind.

After standing for a while, someone suddenly patted him on the shoulder from behind.

Zeng Guofan looked back and said happily, "Zhongyue, you're here too."

The visitor was Luo Zenan, styled Zhongbing, from Shuangfeng County, Hunan Province, and was from the same county as Zeng Guofan.

Luo Zenan likes miscellaneous, while studying the imperial examination, while "studying books on water conservancy, frontier defense, and river hazards".He is also a man of great talent for "astronomy, geography, laws and calendars, the art of war, and salt, river, and water affairs, all of which are explored."

Yuan Shi and Zeng Fan organized regiment training together, and later died in the Taiping Army's Battle of Wuchang.

Now he is 24 or [-] years old, and he is not young. When he saw Zeng Guofan, he shouted: "Where have you been all this time? I haven't seen you. I thought you didn't want to take the exam anymore and went back to your hometown."

"No, no, I met a noble man and stayed with him temporarily, studying and working at the same time."

"There is such a good thing." Luo Zenan's body is a little smelly, he probably hasn't showered for several days, and it seems that he has not been happy recently.

The two talked a few words, and Luo Zenan said that if he failed the exam again this time, he didn't plan to take the exam and went back to his hometown.

Zeng Guofan asked, you are in your 20s, what can you do when you go back to your hometown?
Luo Zenan was speechless for a moment.

"Well, if you don't pass the exam, go to my nobleman. He needs talents now." Zeng Guofan told him about the express delivery business.

Luo Zenan's eyes lit up: "This can be done, your boss has vision, but why should we do it with him? Can we go back to Hunan and do it ourselves?"

Zeng Guofan said that the initial investment requires a lot of money. Also, Boss Ding does not have many people, and the salary is high and the shares are returned. There is no need to do it yourself, and there are risks.

Luo Zenan seemed to make sense after thinking about it.

The two were chatting, Luo Zenan suddenly pointed to the front, Zeng Guofan looked back, it turned out to be Zuo Zongtang.

Zuo Zongtang lined up on the other side and hadn't seen them yet, but he shrugged his head and seemed to be in a bad mood.

"Jigao, hahaha." Luo Zenan suddenly laughed.

"What are you laughing at?" Zeng Guofan was puzzled.

"You don't know?" Luo Zenan asked back.

"I changed places later, and I wasn't with Ji Gao."

The two said, and walked in the direction of Zuo Zongtang.

Luo Zenan hurriedly whispered: "Last year, No. 10 in the Jigao written test, the top nine entered the interview."

"Unexpectedly, someone suddenly had a car accident and couldn't go. Ji Gao made up for it with No. 10."

"Is there such a thing?" Zeng Guofan asked in surprise, this luck is too good.

"Ji Gao was very arrogant at the time. He felt that he would be successful, but unexpectedly he got the lowest score in the interview and was brushed back. Hahaha, I laughed so hard." Luo Zenan laughed, and immediately said: "You can't take it for a while. know about it."

I understand, I understand, Zeng Guofan nodded with a wry smile, thinking, if Zuo Zongtang listened to me and entered the interview to find Boss Ding, he might already be an official.

The two walked over to say hello to Zuo Zongtang. When Zuo Zongtang saw Zeng Guofan, his expression was extremely strange, and he hesitated to speak.

"What did you report?" Zeng Guofan asked.

"Master of Dantu County." Zuo Zongtang said, "What about you?"

"Professor of Confucianism in Yingtianfu" said Zeng Guofan.

Luo Zuo and the two were surprised, because now Confucianism is a sub-subject in the school, and the professor of Confucianism in the magistrate's yamen was considered a good position in Ming Dynasty, but now he is idle.

"Nine grades?" Zuo Zongtang said, "So low?"

"There are few people competing." Zeng Guofan said, "Go ashore first."

He took three people for this position, and the number of applications was more than 300. Zuo Zongtang only had one position, and the number of applications was more than 600, which was six times his.

The three chatted while waiting for registration.

After a while, Zuo Zongtang couldn't take it anymore, pulled Zeng Guofan aside, and asked in a low voice, "Is what you said last time true?"

"What's the matter?" Zeng Guofan asked deliberately.

Zuo Zongtang was furious: "You said there was someone in the interview."

"Don't Ji Gao rely on himself?" Zeng Guofan teased.

"Bah, in this world, no one can do it. I can see it through." Zuo Zongtang said angrily.

"I don't know if it's true or not, let's talk about it after the interview." Zeng Guofan sighed.

"Don't forget me." Zuo Zongtang said quickly.