Chapter 2595
Chapter 2595
Chapter 2595
Tao Hongfang and others have already received a clear explanation from Shi Diwen about the Yangzhou salt merchants' contribution to the railway project, and they can also understand that the East China Sea Region uses such channels to raise funds for the construction of the project from the private sector. necessity.
Although Shi Diwen did not disclose the specific investment scale of Yangzhou salt merchants, it must not be a small amount.And the foundation stone laying ceremony of this railway will naturally be attended by representatives of salt merchants.Tao Hongfang even thought that perhaps one of the purposes of Dai Yingda coming from Yangzhou hundreds of miles away was to attend this ceremony and show his presence.
After all, according to the information disclosed by Shi Chengwu, the people who will be present at the ceremony will be mainly officials at all levels from the East China Sea region, and many of them will be chief officials from various departments. This is a rare opportunity for Dai Yingda to show his face.It would be a worthwhile trip if we could make friends with a few more high-ranking officials by the way.
In addition, a group of social celebrities like Dai Yingda will also be invited to watch the ceremony. For these people, this is undoubtedly a competition of social status.Of course, the list of invitees has been carefully screened by the officials. They are basically people who are pro-Haihan and have certain influence. Voluntarily absent from special occasions like this.
Ning Zijing thought about it immediately: "I have read the directory of the Hangzhou Chamber of Commerce before. There are only three to 40 local businessmen who are really powerful and powerful. Plus some senior gentry and elders who are more prestigious among the people, the number should be about [-]. Not more than a hundred. The invited guests were probably selected from these people. But this is only the situation in Hangzhou, and there may be people like Dai Yingda who came from other places to participate."
Tao Hongfang said with a smile: "Don't worry, the number of people actually present at an event like this will definitely far exceed the number of people who received invitations. Generally, people with a little knowledge will try to get in. After all, as long as they are invited to attend, they are considered to be seated." Once you have confirmed your status as a celebrity, you will also have the capital to brag about in the future. Those who usually call themselves celebrities will be embarrassed by whoever is missing at the scene."
During Tao Hongfang's tenure in the Ministry of Commerce, he also participated in the organization of similar ceremonial activities. Naturally, he is very clear about the attitude of non-government people towards attending official activities.He believes that the scene of the upcoming groundbreaking ceremony of this project should be more lively than expected by the local government, even though the location of the ceremony is on the south bank of the Qiantang River, which can only be reached by crossing the river from Hangzhou City, and the traffic is not very high. It is convenient, but this small difficulty should not affect the enthusiasm of the invited guests to attend the event.
Although Bai Letong still has some knots in his heart about Dai Yingda, he really wants to see the excitement. After all, the construction of this railway is of great significance to the future development of this area. After the capital is moved, everyone will enjoy the benefits brought by it. When it comes to convenience, it is indeed worth paying attention to the progress of the project.So everyone agreed to arrange their own time, and then go to participate in the event together.
Two days later, it was the day when the foundation stone laying ceremony of the project was held.Everyone got up early, and after breakfast, they took a carriage to the Qiantang River together.Ning Zijing made arrangements in advance. A merchant ship under the name of Qiong Lianfa parked at the shore early, and was responsible for their group's round-trip transportation today.
The crowd crossed the river by boat, and there were already several carriages belonging to Qiong Lianfa waiting for their arrival on the south bank.After switching to a horse-drawn carriage, we continued to travel south. Along the way, there were special personnel holding signal flags to indicate the direction of travel. Presumably, this arrangement was made because of the large number of guests participating in the event today, so as to prevent people from being lost.
The location of the foundation laying ceremony is the planned Hangzhou Railway Station. Considering the convenience of people and goods crossing the river in the future, this railway station is not too far from the river bank.Before this, it should have been a flat cropland, but now a large area has been leveled out, with a size of [-] to [-] mu.
Tao Hongfang and his party got out of the carriage and found that at least forty or fifty carriages and dozens of soft sedans had been parked here. It seemed that there were many people who were more active than them.If there is anyone who can grasp the information of all the guests, apart from the officials who organize the event, it is probably these coachmen who gather together to brag and chat.
Although Tao Hongfang and the others had been in Hangzhou for some time, they spent a lot of time dealing with various government offices, but few people knew them among the people, so no one paid attention to their appearance for a while.
But soon Shi Chengwu noticed their arrival, walked over to greet them, and then led them to the official viewing area.
After walking out of the area where the cars and sedans were parked, Tao Hongfang and his party noticed that a simple meeting place had been set up here, with hundreds of chairs arranged for the guests to sit. Judging from this posture, a speech session should be specially arranged for Shi Diwen.
Arriving here, the acquaintances increased, and one after another, local officials who knew them came over to say hello and exchange some pleasantries.Then some officials who hadn't dealt with them lost no time to get close to each other, and soon there were so many people in three circles inside and three circles outside that everything was tight.
It wasn't until Shi Chengwu came forward and reminded the guests present with a tin horn to take their seats as soon as possible, that these officials dispersed and sat back in their seats.The few people who were dizzy from the quarrel were relieved. There were too many new faces, and they couldn't remember the self-introductions of these officials.
Of course, they can also understand the mentality of the officials. After all, their identities are no longer secrets in the circle of local officials. The appreciation of the children, wouldn't it be a chance to save 20 years of struggle.
The area where guests are seated is divided into front and back. The front rows are filled with officials, while civilians are seated in the back.However, there were exceptions. Dai Yingda and Dai Chengrong showed up at the venue, and their seats were arranged in the first row just like Tao Hongfang and others.
After Dai Yingda saw them, he didn't take the initiative to come over, but just nodded from the air to salute. It seemed that he was still a little worried that he would run into trouble with Bai Letong.But Bai Letong's heart knot was still unresolved, so naturally he would not take the initiative to greet the Dai family father and son, and he didn't even turn his eyes to that side, as if he didn't see it.
Not long after everyone was seated, Shi Diwen's carriage arrived surrounded by armed cavalry.All the guests present hurriedly stood up to welcome Shi Diwen.
(End of this chapter)
Tao Hongfang and others have already received a clear explanation from Shi Diwen about the Yangzhou salt merchants' contribution to the railway project, and they can also understand that the East China Sea Region uses such channels to raise funds for the construction of the project from the private sector. necessity.
Although Shi Diwen did not disclose the specific investment scale of Yangzhou salt merchants, it must not be a small amount.And the foundation stone laying ceremony of this railway will naturally be attended by representatives of salt merchants.Tao Hongfang even thought that perhaps one of the purposes of Dai Yingda coming from Yangzhou hundreds of miles away was to attend this ceremony and show his presence.
After all, according to the information disclosed by Shi Chengwu, the people who will be present at the ceremony will be mainly officials at all levels from the East China Sea region, and many of them will be chief officials from various departments. This is a rare opportunity for Dai Yingda to show his face.It would be a worthwhile trip if we could make friends with a few more high-ranking officials by the way.
In addition, a group of social celebrities like Dai Yingda will also be invited to watch the ceremony. For these people, this is undoubtedly a competition of social status.Of course, the list of invitees has been carefully screened by the officials. They are basically people who are pro-Haihan and have certain influence. Voluntarily absent from special occasions like this.
Ning Zijing thought about it immediately: "I have read the directory of the Hangzhou Chamber of Commerce before. There are only three to 40 local businessmen who are really powerful and powerful. Plus some senior gentry and elders who are more prestigious among the people, the number should be about [-]. Not more than a hundred. The invited guests were probably selected from these people. But this is only the situation in Hangzhou, and there may be people like Dai Yingda who came from other places to participate."
Tao Hongfang said with a smile: "Don't worry, the number of people actually present at an event like this will definitely far exceed the number of people who received invitations. Generally, people with a little knowledge will try to get in. After all, as long as they are invited to attend, they are considered to be seated." Once you have confirmed your status as a celebrity, you will also have the capital to brag about in the future. Those who usually call themselves celebrities will be embarrassed by whoever is missing at the scene."
During Tao Hongfang's tenure in the Ministry of Commerce, he also participated in the organization of similar ceremonial activities. Naturally, he is very clear about the attitude of non-government people towards attending official activities.He believes that the scene of the upcoming groundbreaking ceremony of this project should be more lively than expected by the local government, even though the location of the ceremony is on the south bank of the Qiantang River, which can only be reached by crossing the river from Hangzhou City, and the traffic is not very high. It is convenient, but this small difficulty should not affect the enthusiasm of the invited guests to attend the event.
Although Bai Letong still has some knots in his heart about Dai Yingda, he really wants to see the excitement. After all, the construction of this railway is of great significance to the future development of this area. After the capital is moved, everyone will enjoy the benefits brought by it. When it comes to convenience, it is indeed worth paying attention to the progress of the project.So everyone agreed to arrange their own time, and then go to participate in the event together.
Two days later, it was the day when the foundation stone laying ceremony of the project was held.Everyone got up early, and after breakfast, they took a carriage to the Qiantang River together.Ning Zijing made arrangements in advance. A merchant ship under the name of Qiong Lianfa parked at the shore early, and was responsible for their group's round-trip transportation today.
The crowd crossed the river by boat, and there were already several carriages belonging to Qiong Lianfa waiting for their arrival on the south bank.After switching to a horse-drawn carriage, we continued to travel south. Along the way, there were special personnel holding signal flags to indicate the direction of travel. Presumably, this arrangement was made because of the large number of guests participating in the event today, so as to prevent people from being lost.
The location of the foundation laying ceremony is the planned Hangzhou Railway Station. Considering the convenience of people and goods crossing the river in the future, this railway station is not too far from the river bank.Before this, it should have been a flat cropland, but now a large area has been leveled out, with a size of [-] to [-] mu.
Tao Hongfang and his party got out of the carriage and found that at least forty or fifty carriages and dozens of soft sedans had been parked here. It seemed that there were many people who were more active than them.If there is anyone who can grasp the information of all the guests, apart from the officials who organize the event, it is probably these coachmen who gather together to brag and chat.
Although Tao Hongfang and the others had been in Hangzhou for some time, they spent a lot of time dealing with various government offices, but few people knew them among the people, so no one paid attention to their appearance for a while.
But soon Shi Chengwu noticed their arrival, walked over to greet them, and then led them to the official viewing area.
After walking out of the area where the cars and sedans were parked, Tao Hongfang and his party noticed that a simple meeting place had been set up here, with hundreds of chairs arranged for the guests to sit. Judging from this posture, a speech session should be specially arranged for Shi Diwen.
Arriving here, the acquaintances increased, and one after another, local officials who knew them came over to say hello and exchange some pleasantries.Then some officials who hadn't dealt with them lost no time to get close to each other, and soon there were so many people in three circles inside and three circles outside that everything was tight.
It wasn't until Shi Chengwu came forward and reminded the guests present with a tin horn to take their seats as soon as possible, that these officials dispersed and sat back in their seats.The few people who were dizzy from the quarrel were relieved. There were too many new faces, and they couldn't remember the self-introductions of these officials.
Of course, they can also understand the mentality of the officials. After all, their identities are no longer secrets in the circle of local officials. The appreciation of the children, wouldn't it be a chance to save 20 years of struggle.
The area where guests are seated is divided into front and back. The front rows are filled with officials, while civilians are seated in the back.However, there were exceptions. Dai Yingda and Dai Chengrong showed up at the venue, and their seats were arranged in the first row just like Tao Hongfang and others.
After Dai Yingda saw them, he didn't take the initiative to come over, but just nodded from the air to salute. It seemed that he was still a little worried that he would run into trouble with Bai Letong.But Bai Letong's heart knot was still unresolved, so naturally he would not take the initiative to greet the Dai family father and son, and he didn't even turn his eyes to that side, as if he didn't see it.
Not long after everyone was seated, Shi Diwen's carriage arrived surrounded by armed cavalry.All the guests present hurriedly stood up to welcome Shi Diwen.
(End of this chapter)