Chapter 2789
Chapter 2789
Chapter 2789
Under the guidance of the wharf staff, the huge fleet of cargo ships drove into the berths one after another, occupying the coast of Dalixu in one fell swoop.There are probably very few fleets of this size visiting Qingdao Port, which attracted a lot of people to watch, most of them were laborers who came to work after hearing the news.
After the cargo ship docked, the stewards on the ship immediately disembarked and contacted the wharf for cargo loading and unloading and supplies.According to the voyage plan, the fleet will only stay here for one day, and will leave at this time tomorrow, so we must hurry up to complete the task.
And the few inns near the pier immediately ushered in a peak occupancy.There are hundreds of passengers in the fleet with Qingdao Port as their destination. Among them are public officials who come to perform their duties, and businessmen who come here to do business. The first thing after disembarking is naturally to find a temporary place to stay.
There are also Shandong natives who returned to their hometowns from the south. After disembarking at Qingdao Port, they changed to small boats and went to inland Jimo, Laixi and other places via inland waterways such as the Dagu River and the Mo River.
Naturally, Bai Kesi and his party did not need to consider the issue of board and lodging. Immediately after arriving at the port, several local officials took the initiative to board the ship to greet them.
The official in charge of Qingdao Port is named Jiang Jianzhang. He is over forty years old. He behaves, talks, dresses, and looks like a standard Haihan official. He is completely different from the local officials who were naturalized from the Ming Dynasty in Hangzhou.Bai Letong and Ning Zijing both agreed that he should be an official sent from the south.
But Bai Kesi seemed to know Jiang Jianzhang's details very well, and even asked about his family's situation during the small talk, which was rare when meeting local officials.
Jiang Jianzhang did not appear to be overjoyed by this, and replied calmly: "The official went back to Dengzhou to visit relatives at the end of last year. Everything at home is fine, and I am concerned by Mr. Lao. If you are going to Fushan County next time, please be sure to pay attention." Hang around for a few days, so that my family can fully enjoy the friendship of the landlord."
Bai Letong and Ning Zijing looked at each other, and only then did they realize that this person had a special relationship with Bai Kesi.But when it comes to famous figures in Fushan County, Dengzhou, the only ones who are married to Chen Yixin are the Ma family.
They expected well. Although Jiang Jianzhang's surname is not Ma, he has a close relationship with the Ma family.Jiang Jianzhang's father, Jiang Sheng, is the eldest brother-in-law of Chen Yixin's father-in-law, Ma Dongqiang, and the biological uncle of Ma Yuling.When Chen Yixin married Ma Yuling, Jiang Sheng was also one of the contributors.
Later, because of recruiting this son-in-law, the Ma family prospered rapidly and became the leading local tycoon in Dengzhou.And Jiang Jianzhang, as Ma Yuling's cousin, naturally got the opportunity to become an official in Haihan.
However, being in charge of the management of such a large project as Qingdao Port is not a position that can be secured only by connections. Jiang Jianzhang was sent to Sanya by Chen Yixin to study for three years in his early years.With his background and Chen Yixin's recommendation, he was selected as a reserve magistrate in the colonial area for training, and he learned a lot of real skills in three years.
After graduating from school, Jiang Jianzhang also worked in Danzhou, Hainan, Kaohsiung, Taiwan and other places, and was not transferred back to Shandong until more than ten years ago.With his ability and qualifications, after returning to Shandong, he was naturally reused by Chen Yixin, so he became the official in charge of Qingdao Port.
During his training in Sanya at that time, Beks also taught Jiang Jianzhang several times. Strictly speaking, the two can be regarded as a master-student relationship.The letter of appointment for the transfer of the Qingdao Port official was issued by the executive committee, and the person who signed the letter of appointment at that time happened to be Beks, and the two were quite close.
After the two exchanged pleasantries, Jiang Jianzhang introduced several other local officials who came with him to Bai Kesi.It was probably the first time these officials had seen high-ranking Haihan officials other than Chen Yixin, and their performance was not as relaxed as Jiang Jianzhang's. All of them were trembling, for fear of being disrespectful in front of Bai Kesi.
Jiang Jianzhang had already prepared an evening reception banquet for Bai Kesi and others at the official residence, but it was still early, so Jiang Jianzhang proposed to disembark and go to the pier to inspect the construction status of Qingdao Port.
The inspection of Qingdao Port was originally part of the itinerary, and Beks naturally readily agreed.After everyone got off the boat, they found that Jiang Jianzhang had prepared the open carriage in advance, and he was very thoughtful.
Bai Kesi took two juniors in the same carriage with Jiang Jianzhang, accompanied by armed cavalry guards, and walked slowly in the dock area, watching and listening to Jiang Jianzhang's introduction.
Bai Letong had doubts for a long time, and took this opportunity to raise it: "Master Jiang, I heard that Qingdao Port started construction last year, but judging by the progress of the port's construction, it doesn't look like the amount of work that can be completed in a few months." ! Could it be that there is some secret here in Qingdao Port, or that a huge amount of manpower has been invested?"
Jiang Jianzhang explained: "Qingdao Port officially announced the start of construction in the second half of last year, but in the two years before that, the land boundary has been demarcated in advance, and the local government organized civilians to settle in, complete the foundation leveling, and build new roads. These preliminary works, so the current progress seems to be pretty good.”
Jiang Jianzhang pointed to the warehouse buildings that were rising beside the road and said: "For warehouse buildings like this, the land is owned by the government, but the projects are all subcontracted out, and some powerful businesses follow the unified plan provided by the government Plan to build. After completion, they own half of the property rights, which can be used for their own use or rented out. In this way, more funds will be invested in the construction of the port area at the same time, and the progress will be faster than that organized by the government.”
The development process of Qingdao Port also has obvious Haihan characteristics. Private funds are introduced to speed up construction, and the settlement of these capitals will further promote local commercial development.This has been tried and tested in the past port development, and Qingdao Port naturally used this plan according to the gourd painting.
Ning Zijing asked: "I have a question to ask Mr. Jiang, do the private funds invested in the development of Qingdao Port mostly come from the local area or from the south?"
Jiang Jianzhang said: "In the early years in Shandong, there were many natural and man-made disasters, and only the situation in Dengzhou was slightly better. Denglai and Haihan had earlier contact with Haihan, and the trust of the people was higher. Therefore, Shandong's local funds Most of them come from the Jiaodong Peninsula, but the total amount is indeed inferior to the merchants from the south.”
Jiang Jianzhang's statement is actually very conservative. In fact, almost all investors in Shandong are concentrated in Dengzhou, especially the gentry group centered on the Ma family.Although this group's family background is also very rich, but compared to those large-scale commercial giants in the south, it is indeed not enough.
If Chen Yixin hadn't restricted the proportion of private capital invested in Qingdao Port out of the consideration of protecting the development of local businesses, then perhaps the outsourcing projects in this place had been outsourced by southern businesses long ago.
(End of this chapter)
Under the guidance of the wharf staff, the huge fleet of cargo ships drove into the berths one after another, occupying the coast of Dalixu in one fell swoop.There are probably very few fleets of this size visiting Qingdao Port, which attracted a lot of people to watch, most of them were laborers who came to work after hearing the news.
After the cargo ship docked, the stewards on the ship immediately disembarked and contacted the wharf for cargo loading and unloading and supplies.According to the voyage plan, the fleet will only stay here for one day, and will leave at this time tomorrow, so we must hurry up to complete the task.
And the few inns near the pier immediately ushered in a peak occupancy.There are hundreds of passengers in the fleet with Qingdao Port as their destination. Among them are public officials who come to perform their duties, and businessmen who come here to do business. The first thing after disembarking is naturally to find a temporary place to stay.
There are also Shandong natives who returned to their hometowns from the south. After disembarking at Qingdao Port, they changed to small boats and went to inland Jimo, Laixi and other places via inland waterways such as the Dagu River and the Mo River.
Naturally, Bai Kesi and his party did not need to consider the issue of board and lodging. Immediately after arriving at the port, several local officials took the initiative to board the ship to greet them.
The official in charge of Qingdao Port is named Jiang Jianzhang. He is over forty years old. He behaves, talks, dresses, and looks like a standard Haihan official. He is completely different from the local officials who were naturalized from the Ming Dynasty in Hangzhou.Bai Letong and Ning Zijing both agreed that he should be an official sent from the south.
But Bai Kesi seemed to know Jiang Jianzhang's details very well, and even asked about his family's situation during the small talk, which was rare when meeting local officials.
Jiang Jianzhang did not appear to be overjoyed by this, and replied calmly: "The official went back to Dengzhou to visit relatives at the end of last year. Everything at home is fine, and I am concerned by Mr. Lao. If you are going to Fushan County next time, please be sure to pay attention." Hang around for a few days, so that my family can fully enjoy the friendship of the landlord."
Bai Letong and Ning Zijing looked at each other, and only then did they realize that this person had a special relationship with Bai Kesi.But when it comes to famous figures in Fushan County, Dengzhou, the only ones who are married to Chen Yixin are the Ma family.
They expected well. Although Jiang Jianzhang's surname is not Ma, he has a close relationship with the Ma family.Jiang Jianzhang's father, Jiang Sheng, is the eldest brother-in-law of Chen Yixin's father-in-law, Ma Dongqiang, and the biological uncle of Ma Yuling.When Chen Yixin married Ma Yuling, Jiang Sheng was also one of the contributors.
Later, because of recruiting this son-in-law, the Ma family prospered rapidly and became the leading local tycoon in Dengzhou.And Jiang Jianzhang, as Ma Yuling's cousin, naturally got the opportunity to become an official in Haihan.
However, being in charge of the management of such a large project as Qingdao Port is not a position that can be secured only by connections. Jiang Jianzhang was sent to Sanya by Chen Yixin to study for three years in his early years.With his background and Chen Yixin's recommendation, he was selected as a reserve magistrate in the colonial area for training, and he learned a lot of real skills in three years.
After graduating from school, Jiang Jianzhang also worked in Danzhou, Hainan, Kaohsiung, Taiwan and other places, and was not transferred back to Shandong until more than ten years ago.With his ability and qualifications, after returning to Shandong, he was naturally reused by Chen Yixin, so he became the official in charge of Qingdao Port.
During his training in Sanya at that time, Beks also taught Jiang Jianzhang several times. Strictly speaking, the two can be regarded as a master-student relationship.The letter of appointment for the transfer of the Qingdao Port official was issued by the executive committee, and the person who signed the letter of appointment at that time happened to be Beks, and the two were quite close.
After the two exchanged pleasantries, Jiang Jianzhang introduced several other local officials who came with him to Bai Kesi.It was probably the first time these officials had seen high-ranking Haihan officials other than Chen Yixin, and their performance was not as relaxed as Jiang Jianzhang's. All of them were trembling, for fear of being disrespectful in front of Bai Kesi.
Jiang Jianzhang had already prepared an evening reception banquet for Bai Kesi and others at the official residence, but it was still early, so Jiang Jianzhang proposed to disembark and go to the pier to inspect the construction status of Qingdao Port.
The inspection of Qingdao Port was originally part of the itinerary, and Beks naturally readily agreed.After everyone got off the boat, they found that Jiang Jianzhang had prepared the open carriage in advance, and he was very thoughtful.
Bai Kesi took two juniors in the same carriage with Jiang Jianzhang, accompanied by armed cavalry guards, and walked slowly in the dock area, watching and listening to Jiang Jianzhang's introduction.
Bai Letong had doubts for a long time, and took this opportunity to raise it: "Master Jiang, I heard that Qingdao Port started construction last year, but judging by the progress of the port's construction, it doesn't look like the amount of work that can be completed in a few months." ! Could it be that there is some secret here in Qingdao Port, or that a huge amount of manpower has been invested?"
Jiang Jianzhang explained: "Qingdao Port officially announced the start of construction in the second half of last year, but in the two years before that, the land boundary has been demarcated in advance, and the local government organized civilians to settle in, complete the foundation leveling, and build new roads. These preliminary works, so the current progress seems to be pretty good.”
Jiang Jianzhang pointed to the warehouse buildings that were rising beside the road and said: "For warehouse buildings like this, the land is owned by the government, but the projects are all subcontracted out, and some powerful businesses follow the unified plan provided by the government Plan to build. After completion, they own half of the property rights, which can be used for their own use or rented out. In this way, more funds will be invested in the construction of the port area at the same time, and the progress will be faster than that organized by the government.”
The development process of Qingdao Port also has obvious Haihan characteristics. Private funds are introduced to speed up construction, and the settlement of these capitals will further promote local commercial development.This has been tried and tested in the past port development, and Qingdao Port naturally used this plan according to the gourd painting.
Ning Zijing asked: "I have a question to ask Mr. Jiang, do the private funds invested in the development of Qingdao Port mostly come from the local area or from the south?"
Jiang Jianzhang said: "In the early years in Shandong, there were many natural and man-made disasters, and only the situation in Dengzhou was slightly better. Denglai and Haihan had earlier contact with Haihan, and the trust of the people was higher. Therefore, Shandong's local funds Most of them come from the Jiaodong Peninsula, but the total amount is indeed inferior to the merchants from the south.”
Jiang Jianzhang's statement is actually very conservative. In fact, almost all investors in Shandong are concentrated in Dengzhou, especially the gentry group centered on the Ma family.Although this group's family background is also very rich, but compared to those large-scale commercial giants in the south, it is indeed not enough.
If Chen Yixin hadn't restricted the proportion of private capital invested in Qingdao Port out of the consideration of protecting the development of local businesses, then perhaps the outsourcing projects in this place had been outsourced by southern businesses long ago.
(End of this chapter)