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    "Then are you willing to be hired by me?" A smile appeared on Gillings's face: "For five pounds a month, if the cooperation is pleasant, I can write a letter of recommendation for you before I leave here and let you go  Maersk works! " "Are you telling the truth?" A look of disbelief immediately appeared on Jiang Zhiqing's face.  "Of course it's true. If you agree, I can pay you this month's salary immediately!" "Great, great!" Jiang Zhiqing almost jumped with excitement. He hurriedly took off his hat and asked Jilin  Si bowed: "Of course I am willing, thank you very much sir!" At this point, he realized that he had not asked the other party what his job was.  Jiang Zhiqing smiled awkwardly and asked: "But before that, can I ask you why you hired me?" "Guide!" Gillings said with a smile: "My friend Mr. Duncan and I want to travel in China  A three-month trip, but we need a guide. I don¡¯t know if you are willing!¡± ¡°Of course, sir!¡± Jiang Zhiqing glanced at Gillins with some doubts, as if asking the obviously wealthy foreigner in front of him.  Why hire someone like yourself to be his guide? After all, five pounds a month can hire a safer and more trustworthy person, instead of a guy who was born in a slum and has various relationships with thieves. "You can  Call me Gillings, here are five pounds." Gillings took the five pounds from Duncan and handed it over. Jiang Zhiqing, who was still a little confused, took the money and said, "Take it and prepare it. In two hours, we will be here  Let¡¯s meet here!¡± ¡°Yes, Mr. Gillings!¡± Jiang Zhiqing bowed to Gillings and turned to leave.  When Jiang Zhiqing's figure just walked away, Duncan whispered: "Mr. Gillings, why do you hire such a bastard? You clearly know that he -" "Duncan!" Gillings interrupted Duncan's question: "You  Remember the purpose of our trip? We are not here to visit the wonderful scenery and exotic customs of this ancient empire, but to provide material for Mr. Balfour¡¯s speech in Parliament. We must go deep into the fabric of this empire and observe it carefully.  The most remote place in this country, what do their poor people eat, where do they live, where do the factory workers come from, what kind of life do they live, how much money can they earn, and so on. To achieve this goal, we must focus on it!  Go into the sewer and turn the sludge inside. Chiang understands English, grew up in the slums, and is very smart. The most important thing is that he wants to climb up so that I can control him. There is no one better than him.  "You're right, Mr. Gillings!" Duncan nodded: "What should we do now? There are still two hours!" Gillings took out the wallet and carefully checked the documents and a stack of documents inside.  It was a very fine map of Dashun, which he got from the British Far East Fleet especially for this trip. Yibin smiled and said, "Of course it's a meal! From morning to now, apart from a cup of light coffee and two  I didn¡¯t eat any slices of bread. Even if a roasted camel was brought up now, I could eat it all!¡± Two hours later, when Gillings and Duncan returned to the dock, Jiang Zhiqing was already standing on the lamppost!  Standing aside, still more than 20 meters away, Jiang Zhiqing saw them and came up to them quickly: "Mr. Gillings, Mr. Duncan, I'm ready and at your command!" "Very good.  "Jiang!" Gillings looked up and down at the guy in front of him. Although he was struggling to pull the corners of his clothes down, he still couldn't hide the fact that this silk coat of good quality didn't fit him well. Seeing Gillings's eyes,  Jiang Zhiqing smiled awkwardly: "I thought the entourage should not be too poorly dressed for the occasion where the two gentlemen were going, so I went to get a better top." "No, Jiang, we are travelers, you can do it."  Put on the previous clothes, this one is too small for you!" "Okay!" Jiang Zhiqing lowered his head in frustration, obviously he didn't want to change into the previous blue coarse cloth clothes.  It took Gillings a while to figure out why.  It turns out that the cunning translator and guide thought he could cut ties with his humble origins, but Gillings's request to change into his original clothes undoubtedly frustrated his original fantasy.  Two minutes later, Jiang Zhiqing, who had put on his original coarse cloth jacket, stood in front of Gillings: "Sir, where do you want to go first?" "I want to go to the market where ordinary people in this city buy things!" It was already dark, Gillings  Sitting in front of the desk, writing furiously with the help of weak candle light.  "Mr. Balfour, today - the first Sunday in May 1886, I arrived in Shanghai. This is the most populous and the richest city in China. She has a good port and a  Perhaps a river five times larger than the Rhine connects it and the center.??The richest places are connected, and through this large river, warships with a displacement of less than 5,000 tons can sail directly to the capital of the empire.  There is no doubt that location is the most important reason why the city has become so wealthy and large.  The Chinese built military factories and shipyards in this city, and also built a large number of forts at the mouth of the river. Obviously, they were well aware of the military importance of this city.  When I first arrived in this city, an unpleasant thing happened to me: a quick thief stole my wallet when I wasn't paying attention. When I went to the local police station and asked them to recover my wallet,  These rotten fellows prevaricated me when I asked for my wallet.  But luck was on my side in the end. Best of all, not only did I get my wallet back, I also found a good guide, which will be very beneficial for my future travels.  In the afternoon of that day, I went to the local market. In the market, I found a lot of British products, but to my surprise, there were not many British textiles.  Most of the cotton and woolen fabrics are produced in Chinese factories.  Most of these cloths are made by machines, and the quality is very good. In terms of price, the advantages of Indian goods and British goods do not have much advantage. It seems that our Chinese counterparts have grown into Manchester factories.  The main enemy.  More importantly, manpower here is very cheap. A skilled textile worker only costs about two pounds a month, which is about one-third of that in Manchester. This is not good news for Britain.  But even though the wages are so low, there are still many unemployed people. People begging can be seen everywhere on both sides of the road. And according to my guide, more than ten times the number of disaster victims from surrounding provinces are pouring into Shanghai, looking for work and  Bread, and in inland provinces, the situation will be even worse, so factory owners can continue to lower wages.  This is simply too bad. The Chinese simply have unlimited manpower and they have a huge advantage in the competition.  Sometimes I even wonder if if this continues, one day the empire's textile industry will fail in the competition, Chinese goods will flood London's shops, and Manchester's huge factory area will turn into ruins.  Hordes of textile workers were tortured by hunger and had to revolt, and the empire fell into a terrible civil war.  Maybe I'm too tired today, that's why I have such crazy ideas.  The Chinese already have instruments such as bills of exchange when conducting large-amount transactions, but when conducting small-amount transactions in shops and markets, the currencies they use are very complex, including copper coins, silver ingots, various silver dollars, etc.  It is complicated and there is no unified standard, but the Chinese can take it calmly and do business very well. This is really a wonderful nation.  I'm curious why their emperor doesn't use a unified currency, just like England, which would be very beneficial to his government and people.  Finally, I want to tell you something happy. I enjoyed a very sumptuous dinner tonight. We ate at a restaurant next to the garden called "yuyuan". It is said that this famous  The garden belonged to a certain governor hundreds of years ago.  Dinner consisted of soup, fish, poultry, and pork and flour pies.  I swear to God, compared to the Chinese, our ancestors were primitive people in cooking. Our chefs killed the fish once before cooking it and killed it again during cooking.  , if you have the opportunity to come to China, you must try it!  I have decided that when I leave this country, I must take a cook with me.  Well, it¡¯s getting late. If I end this letter right away, I¡¯m afraid I won¡¯t be able to continue my trip tomorrow morning.  Hope the above is beneficial to you.  Yours faithfully, Gillings." After completing the letter, Gillings carefully waited for the ink on the paper to dry, folded it, put it into the envelope, then melted the beeswax on the candlelight, sealed it with his own  He pressed the seal hard on the beeswax. After everything was completed, he went to bed with satisfaction. Soon there was a loud snoring in the room. The next morning, Gillings asked Duncan to send the letter to the British Consulate in Shanghai.  The letter will be delivered to Belfort's desk on the fastest cruise ship in about a month. The five-story building has thirteen steps on the front of the Bund in Shanghai.  There is a row of thick light yellow marble pillars, and the thick outer wall is made of granite with light red patterns. On the gate is a stone plaque written by Zhang Bingguo, the former Pingzhangjun State Minister, Zhang Bingguo thirty years ago -  "A gentleman's virtue carries all things with him", all this seems to show off the strong financial resources of Houde Bank and the huge influence that comes with it to those who come in and out.
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