Back to the Republic of China to open a department store

The next day, Young Master Liang took two distinguished guests from Shanghai to tour Suzhou.

After the heart-to-heart talk last night, the relationship between the three became more and more harmonious, and Luo Xiazhi also untied the knot in his heart, and visited various gardens very happily.

In a few days, they listened to Suzhou Pingtan, watched Kunqu Opera, tasted Taihu Sanbai, ate rice dumpling candy, went to Baoen Pagoda Temple to burn incense, and went to Hanshan Temple to ring the bell. In the warm wind.

One day before the return trip, Master Liang took them to visit his own textile factory, and by the way, he also brought the foreigner Richard over to explain while walking.

"Master, here is the spinning workshop, and there is the roving workshop."

Richard's Mandarin is getting better and better. It may be that he has been in Suzhou for a long time, and he can still hear a bit of Wu dialect.I heard that he was planning to ask a Suzhou girl to be his wife, but I don't know if it is true or not.

He led the way, Luo Xiazhi and Li Ye followed, and finally Gu Hanlin and Liang Shaolong led the way.

The machines roared in the workshop, and the workers in uniforms shuttled among the rows of machines. Although the whole workshop was noisy, it was orderly, which showed that the management had worked hard on weekdays.

"Hey, how's it going?"

Seeing that they were chatting vigorously, Liang Shaolong touched Gu Hanlin's arm with his elbow, raised his eyebrows, and asked with a strange face.

"How about what?"

Gu Hanlin followed the steps of the person in front of him, and replied absent-mindedly.

"Tsk, what happened to you and Xiaoxia?"

The thumbs of both hands were bent towards each other, Liang Shaolong had an expression of "you know what I mean".

"He is willing to travel with you to relax. This thing is done."

"No."

Gu Hanlin paused, put his hands behind his back, and said expressionlessly, "It's still the same."

Although he has reached the stage of pulling little hands, he can't go any further after that.

It was frustrating to say, but after finally coming out, Liang Shaolong specially arranged for the two of them to have adjacent guest rooms, but the two of them still made no progress.

"Hey... I heard that you knock on Xiao Xia's door every night. What are you doing!"

Liang Shaolong's voice was slightly louder, which attracted Luo Xiazhi and Li Yeqiqi to turn their heads.

"Master Liang, what's the matter?"

"It's okay, it's okay, you go on, go on."

Liang Shaolong waved his hand, and smiled "Zhi Xi Xi".

"Master, this is the combing workshop, and the post-processing is over there."

Richard was interrupted and couldn't continue his thoughts, so Li Ye simply opened his mouth and continued to explain.

"Okay Xiaoye, you have only been here for a long time, and you are so familiar with the factory."

Rorschach's eyes lit up.

Encouraged, Li Ye simply said in detail, "After we collect the cotton, the first step is to 'clean the flowers', remove the cotton seeds and sundries in the cotton, and then lay it on the carding machine to make a sliver. After that It is combing, drawing, mixing and elongating the fibers, and what is produced at this time is called 'cooked sliver'..."

The voice of the teenager who is still in the voice-changing period is a bit hoarse, but there is a strange sense of youth, which makes people feel like spring breeze.

"Hey, what are you doing every night?"

Liang Shaolong put his mouth close to Gu Hanlin's ear and asked in a subdued voice.

"Discuss national affairs."

"... What are you talking about?"

Gu Hanlin replied solemnly, "Economic situation, world situation, national structure, education policy, military strategy..."

Seeing Liang Shaolong's unbelievable expression, Gu Hanlin also sighed slightly in his heart.

In the past few days, every night he knocked on his door either with a chessboard or a collection of poems, wanting to "discuss" with Luo Xiazhi.

Taking advantage of this breezy night, the two opened their hearts to each other and exchanged their feelings well.

This trick, he has used it on others before.Although it can't be said that they succeed every time, at least they can have a happy conversation, which can somewhat promote and sublimate the relationship.

Who knew that Rorschach would not accept this at all.

He said he doesn't know how to go, but only chess.Otherwise, backgammon is not bad...

So he put on chess again, and after killing him until it was dark, he somehow managed to discuss the current situation of North-South confrontation from the Chuhe-Han circles, to the Beiyang-Nanjing government, and then turned around and talked about the American War of Independence.

Let's discuss the novels of "Mandarin Duck and Butterfly School" with him. The original intention is to express the friendship in the heart through the mouth of talented scholars and beautiful ladies.Who knew that he would discuss the vernacular movement and the new wave of literature with him when he came up, turning his tender feelings into swords and daggers, and even he himself couldn't help expressing his opinions later, forgetting his original purpose, We chatted until the chicken sings, and then we returned to the room with unsatisfied feelings.

"Cousin..."

Liang Shaolong couldn't help shaking his head when he heard it, he stopped talking for a while, and finally let go of his courage and said, "Nong...is it, 'no way'?"

Otherwise, it really doesn't make sense, how did this love talk turn into a discussion of the revolutionary process in the end.

"What 'doesn't work'?"

Gu Hanlin narrowed his eyes in puzzlement and tilted his head.

"that……"

Liang Shaolong stretched out his finger and pointed to a certain place on his body.

"Not here."

After three seconds...

"fart!"

Gu Hanlin, who came back to his senses, pressed his head angrily and pushed it aside, so that Richard, who was standing beside them, ran away in horror.

Liang Shaolong had quick eyesight and quick hands, he hurriedly grabbed one side of the railing, and stopped before falling towards the running machine.

Gu Hanlin didn't expect this to happen, so he hurriedly helped him up by the waist.

But for a second or so, both of them broke out in a cold sweat from fright.

"You guys are crazy! This is a workshop, these machines are 'tiger machines', they can eat people, you want to die!"

Before Luo Xiazhi could react, Li Ye, who happened to see this scene when he turned his head, cried out first, rushed in front of the two, and separated them.

"Safety first, don't you know! Didn't you see the slogan written on the wall before you came in? It is strictly forbidden to laugh and play in the workshop, otherwise you will be caught in the machine, and you will not even be able to keep the whole body, don't you know!"

His little face was flushed red, and he yelled angrily, everyone was stunned for a moment.

Seeing everyone looking at him in unison, Li Ye finally came to his senses, his face turned red and then pale, and he ran out without saying a word.

"It scared me to death...how did Xiaoye become so powerful."

Luo Xiazhi was also taken aback, patted his chest, and exchanged glances with Gu Hanlin, who shook his head to express that he didn't know.

"Cousin, I'm sorry."

Thinking about that scene just now, he still has lingering fears in his heart, and his soul almost lost his mind.

"I'm fine... Li Ye might be scared again."

"again?"

Rorschach looked at him puzzled.

"The day Li Ye first came, there was a worker who was about his age..."

Liang Shaolong frowned and said, "After eating at noon, I went to the workshop and joked with my colleagues. Then I was caught in the machine of the yarn blocking machine..."

Gu Hanlin and Luo Xiazhi gasped.

"Richard turned off the machine immediately, and the big guys pulled him out together. His life was saved, and he lost an arm."

Liang Shaolong patted his right arm, "The bones were turned into dross, and the machine was full of blood. That day Li Ye was standing at the other end of the roving frame, listening to the workers explain the process, when he saw the white cotton tube was dyed It was bright red...all the cloth that day was wasted, and the factory lost a lot."

Luo Xiazhi's Adam's apple rolled, and he felt nausea in his stomach.

Just listening to it felt terrifying, and he couldn't even imagine how Xiaoye, who had witnessed everything with his own eyes, reacted at that time.

"What about the worker? What happened afterwards? Did he lose money?"

Gu Hanlin asked.

When such a thing happened, it undoubtedly dealt a heavy blow to the factory.But no matter how big it is, no one's safety is important.

"I was sent to a hospital in Shanghai for treatment, and I lost a 'little yellow croaker'. The factory was shut down for a week, and the loss was heavy. It also cost a lot of money to start work again in order to clear up the relationship."

Liang Shaolong lowered his head and said in a low voice, "Later, Richard and Xiaoye worked together to sort out a safety production specification process, and painted safety slogans on conspicuous places in the workshop. Today...it's really my fault..."

"It's my fault...it's me who got carried away for a while."

Gu Hanlin walked up to Luo Xiazhi, "Student Li Ye has always listened to you the most. You should find an opportunity to tell him later that it was Principal Gu who made a mistake. The principal apologized to him and promised not to do so in the future."

"And I……"

Liang Shaolong said wearily, "This brat, you are the only one who can take care of it, so please tell him for me."

It was rare to see this pair of brothers so deflated, Luo Xiazhi looked serious, and agreed wholeheartedly.

And he has made up his mind to carry out "safe production" education activities after returning to Shanghai.

Although there are no human-eating industrial machines in the department store, there are also a lot of electrical appliances. A few days ago, he saw a new salesperson playing around with the escalator as a treadmill!

"Master Liang is so honest, Xiaoye will definitely forgive you."

He could see that although Young Master Liang looked like a husky in the world every day, he was still reasonable. In addition, he had endured hardships, finally Master Liang's hard work was not in vain.

"Master Liang's floral cloth sells very well in our department store. The quality is high and the colors are beautiful. It is very popular with ladies."

"Hey, I invited the gentleman from the 'Hangzhou Art School' to order these designs for me. He is a professional student of painting, so his vision is different."

Liang Shaolong rubbed the back of his head in embarrassment.

"Then, has Young Master Liang ever thought about expanding production further?"

After seeing Liang Shaolong's factory, a thought that had been hovering in Luo Xiazhi's mind for a long time came to his mind again.

"Do you want to consider entering the ready-to-wear market?"

"Ready-to-wear?"

Liang Shaolong and Gu Hanlin looked at each other.

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In this day and age, ready-to-wear stores are still a minority.Most people, from civilians to officials and dignitaries, still mainly wear custom-made clothes.For rich families like Luo Xiazhi and some large houses in the north, tailors are regularly invited to come to the house for clothes throughout the year, with food and housing included. The clothes of the old lady are also included.

The clothes of the two young masters Luo were all made by "Hongxiang" Ningbo Red Gang tailors. Apart from the suits, all kinds of accessories were also custom-made.Of course, after buying good accessories such as collar clips and sleeve pins, according to the styles of these accessories, the corresponding suits can be customized in turn.

The words of female relatives are a little more complicated, because Shanghai is a place where Chinese and Western are mixed. Some wear cheongsams, some wear skirts, and some wear western clothes. Therefore, not only the tailors at home, but sometimes they also go to get acquainted. Customization at clothing stores and tailors.Covering the crafts that each tailor is good at is also different.

Poor families usually make their own clothes, or buy fabrics and ask the small tailors in the alleys to make them for them. They only pay labor costs, which is much cheaper than buying them directly in clothing stores.

Of course, Shimai Department Store also sells ready-made clothes, but most of them are coats and mink jackets.Although there are also white-collar leather shoes, urban beauties come to buy shirts, suits and dresses, etc., but after buying them, they have to do some fine-tuning in the sewing department of the department store to make them fit.

In this day and age, there are usually two places that need a large supply of ready-made clothes-factory uniforms, and then... the army.

Before Young Master Liang figured out what Luo Xiazhi meant, Gu Hanlin had already thought of it, and looked at Luo Xiazhi with burning eyes.

"There are many hills in the north. I don't know if Young Master Liang met a couple when he went back to his hometown to visit his relatives. Besides, Nanjing is not far from Suzhou..."

For the sake of Luo Xiazhi's words, Liang Shaolong understood no matter how stupid he was.

"Xiaoxia's courage...it's really much bigger than I thought."

Young Master Liang raised his head and smiled.

Rorschach lowered his head humbly. He just calculated the current time and historical progress.

In any case, the coming of war is irresistible.He figured it out, instead of haggling with Modern Department Store on the main road and making small troubles, it would be better to take a detour to the rear and open up a new world.

Speaking of running a department store for these years, except for the part of the profits that have to be handed over to the company, Luo Xiazhi's small coffers are full and basically untouched.

Although I am a little embarrassed to admit it, Luo Sanshao is a veritable super rich man!

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"Master Liang, let's discuss the land price near Suzhou. Do you think the land price in Wujiang will be cheaper? How about the quality of the workers? In fact, I think the night school model in Shanghai can also be copied to Suzhou... Gu Principal, Principal Gu is also here to discuss."

When talking about starting a career, Luo Xiazhi immediately regained his energy, pulled the two of them over and began to talk endlessly.

Seeing his excited face and his energetic appearance, Gu Hanlin pursed his lips helplessly.

Well, although the relationship between the two of them has not developed much, at any rate, Luo Xiazhi has completely recovered his spirits now, like a fighter who is ready to start again!

The trip to Suzhou can be considered complete.

The author has something to say: along the Suzhou Creek in Shanghai, all the way to Suzhou Wujiang and other places, wherever the shore is a little prosperous, basically there were textile factories from the 30s to the 90s.At that time, the spindles were processed all the way along the river, and after being processed in Shanghai into wool spinning, cotton spinning, and even garments, they were sent all the way along the Yangtze River to all parts of the country—these industries were basically owned by the Rong family (that is, the Rong family of the Rong family). It was later taken over as state-owned and became a state-owned cotton textile factory.

On today's Macau Road, there is the China Textile Museum. Looking at their models, you can tell that the scale of the industry was flourishing at that time, and every household in Shanghai had textile workers.

莫干山50号（M50）的棉纺织厂，曾经是我妈在下岗前战斗过的地方，现在已经是创意产业园了，有很多艺术工作室和广告公司驻扎其间。M50旗下的厂房沿河而立，我也曾经在其中的公司里供职过。我妈是作为纺织女工，我在同样的地方是做运营，真的感慨无限。感谢在2020-10-0517:20:56~2020-10-0618:07:08期间为我投出霸王票或灌溉营养液的小天使哦~

Thanks to the little angels who irrigate the nutrient solution: hee hee, 琑: 1 bottle of Xiaoyaozi;

Thank you very much for your support, I will continue to work hard!