Mo Rongxin now lives in a luxurious garden-style villa in Dongshan, while Duan Yitian, the president of the Guangdong Sea Chamber of Commerce, lives in a big house south of the Xiguan area.

This large mansion with Lingnan characteristics has a tall and bright overall layout, with a combination of halls and exquisite interior and exterior decoration. There is a Qingyun Lane on both sides of the house, which means to make it a swaying sky. This kind of lane is also called cold alleys, fire alleys, water rolls, etc. It has ventilation, fire prevention, drainage, lighting, drying, transportation, planting flowers and trees.

Although the summer is hot, the Duan Mansion's house is still cool. In this era, there are already refrigeration equipment, but no one still uses them as air conditioners. However, the cooling equipment in Duan Mansion uses an ancient technique called "Liangdian".

This "Cool Palace" is usually built beside the water, and it uses water circulation to push the fan wheel to rotate, slowly sending the cool air from the water into the house. Or use machinery to send the water to the roof, and then down the eaves to make "artificial water curtains" to allow the cool air to enter the house. The Tang poet Zhang Zhongsu wrote a poem "Miscellaneous Songs: Palace Music": "The Jiangguo Yao Chi is solid, the golden plate is dewy and the well is ice. The sweet spring will escape the heat, and the platform hall is bright and light is condensed..." It refers to this "Cool Palace" built using "water circulation".

The "Color Palace" not only uses wind wheels to deliver cold water and air, but also houses various flowers around the reservoir and hall, making the cold wind fragrant and fragrant. The cooling effect is as good as entering winter. With the continuous advancement of science, the Ming Dynasty literati Gao Lian gave a wonderful description of the cooling at that time in "Zunsheng Bajian": "The Huodu Villa opened seven wells in one hall, and they were all carved and covered with plates. Sitting on it in summer, the seven wells are cool, and they don't know the heat." It is not difficult to see that the people of the Ming Dynasty took another step forward, and they cleverly used their geographical advantages, which is also scientific. I think that the ancient "cold house", "Color Palace" and "Huodu Villa" had better cooling effect, fresher air, and more in line with the concept of environmental protection than the air-conditioned rooms that are not airtight today!

But unfortunately, there were no such seven cold wells in Duan Mansion, but only two shallow wells for daily use.

Of course, these cooling equipment are not affordable for ordinary people. I won’t talk about the funds and manpower they consume. Just the maintenance fee required every period of time is a large expenditure. Only wealthy businessmen like Duan Yitian, a CSRC, can do this. Ordinary ordinary people and even some small military officials cannot afford this expense.

Two men were sitting in front of an Eight Immortals table in the side hall of Duan Mansion. The older one was burly, bloated and broad, with thick limbs and wide shoulders. His face was square, wide, tall and majestic, with cold eyes flashing and cold, and he leaned against both sides of the bridge of his nose, like a pair of poisonous snakes. He was Duan Yitian, the president of the Guangdong Sea Chamber of Commerce. The whole of China was a top-notch figure.

The whole person looks natural and majestic and the charm of a successful person. Although he is not handsome at all, his temperament will definitely be memorable at first sight. At this time, he was sitting upright on a mahogany round stool near the south, leisurely tasting the precious Maojian tea. On his right hand, there was a young man with beautiful eyebrows, starry eyes and white teeth, and extraordinary handsomeness. He was Duan Yitian's eldest son Duan Haicheng.

Her skin is white, tender and delicate like a rich daughter. Her smooth and fair face reveals a round and soft warmth. Her thick eyebrows, high nose, and beautiful lips all show nobility and elegance. Such a handsome prince charming, combined with her prominent family background, has fascinated the hearts of many girls in Xiguan and the resentful women from the family.

Many Duan Yitian's commercial opponents maliciously speculate whether Duan Haicheng is Duan Yitian's biological son. After all, the image gap between the two is too big and does not conform to the laws of genetics.

"Dad, you really took out eight million silver dollars to buy those broken copper and iron?" Duan Haicheng said angrily, "I don't understand, where are those things worth so much money?"

The relationship between Duan’s father and son has never been very good, not because of rumors about their bloodlines, but because of the huge differences in personality between the father and son, which led to constant friction and disputes in daily life. Just like this time, Duan Haicheng strongly opposed the deal between Duan Yitian and Chen Ze. He believed that it was not cost-effective to spend so much money to run a cigarette factory, and it was better to use it for political investment. This is also the thought of many businessmen in this era. The atmosphere of opening a factory was lively for three years before the end of World War I, but now it is becoming less and less popular when filming by foreign forces.

Duan Yitian didn't give a good look when his son dared to contradict himself: "You are a thing that is not motivated, and you can know how to spend money and drink all day long. What else do you know besides causing trouble?" He put down the teacup in his hand and saw Duan Haicheng turning his head and still angry. Duan Yitian felt even more angry: "Look at you, you don't know how to use your brain when you are so big. I have told you a long time not to get too close to Mo Rongxin and other people."

"Dad, I want to grow up too, but you didn't give me a chance. I didn't let me touch the things in the chamber of commerce. What else can I do except live around?"

Duan Haicheng was actually right. Duan Yitian has always refused to let him take over the Guangdong Chamber of Commerce. In addition, Duan Yitian is busy dealing with the business of the Chamber of Commerce all day long, so he has no time to educate Duan Haicheng, which has led to Duan Haicheng becoming a famous flower girl in Guangzhou.

However, despite this, Duan Haicheng is not a second young master who bullies men and women. At most, he spends money and makes money. Occasionally, he can suck the brothels and clubs, which is not considered a mess. However, out of his youthfulness, he is naturally a bit arrogant and arrogant. With his identity, he has made friends with powerful figures of all sizes in Guangzhou.

Duan Yitian's suppression and restraint, and Duan Haicheng's arrogant personality would not be convinced, so he often got very close to the Guangxi warlords, hoping to make some achievements that would make his father look at him with admiration. But this was also the thing that Duan Yitian was most annoyed. Duan Yitian was always disgusted with Duan Haicheng and Mo Rongxin getting too close.

On that Chinese-style face, the thick lips were shaking violently: "Haicheng, it's not that I don't leave the business to you to manage, but that you are really dissatisfied. Every time I ask you to read more books, you always push me and stop me. How can you rest assured about you? And Mo Rongxin, this place is always Guangdong. If you get too close to the Guizhou clan, you will not have any good fruits after all."

"The books in the room are meaningless, why do you have to read them?" Duan Haicheng, who doesn't like reading the books the most in his life, was most disgusted with this topic. Seeing Duan Yitian getting angry again, he quickly changed the topic: "Dad, even if you really want those machines, there is no need to spend so much money, just give it some."

"What do you know? Do you think I only want that batch of goods in Guangzhou? I don't know how many pairs of eyes are staring at me. If you don't take it down quickly, would you give it to that old guy Huo Renxuan?"

Although the Guangdong Sea Chamber of Commerce is the largest chamber of commerce in Guangzhou, it refers to the joint efforts of the entire Shangshe Association. The richest person in Guangzhou is always the Huo family under the leadership of Huo Renxuan. Unlike regional joint organizations such as the Guangdong Sea Chamber of Commerce, the Huo family represented by Huo Renxuan is a family-based business organization. There are no other members of the other surnames, but adopt a family-run business model.

"You are my father, you can just tell me what's the matter, I can't control it anymore." After saying that, Duan Yitian's face was not seen. Duan Haicheng straightened his clothes and left the side hall. He didn't know where he was fooling around, but Duan Yitian shook his head when he saw it.

Although he was very dissatisfied with his son's behavior, his earnest tone also showed a father's care and expectations for his son. After all, he was the only biological son, so why didn't Duan Yitian really want him to become a talent? It's just that Duan Haicheng has always been young and energetic, and he is ignorant of his family background and is unwilling to calm down and learn some power and tricks and intent, so Duan Yitian has always been worried about handing over his assets to him for management.

Recently, Duan Yitian and Duan Haicheng have had a lot of quarrels about bulk purchasing cigarette production lines. Duan Yitian himself has several tobacco supply channels, especially high-quality tobacco leaves from Yunnan and Guizhou. However, there was no suitable machinery and production process before, Duan Yitian could only sell these tobacco leaves that were only roughly processed to foreign buyers.

However, as an insightful and ambitious business tycoon, Duan Yi clearly knew the huge profit difference between selling tobacco leaves and selling finished cigarettes. He had always been struggling with no chance before, and foreigners would not give such machines and production processes to others, and it would be useless to have money. Therefore, Chen Ze's appearance gave Duan Yitian a rare opportunity. Although the price was a bit high, Duan Yitian was absolutely satisfied with the cost-effectiveness of those machines.

Duan Yitian found some foreign engineers and a group of skilled and skilled technicians. After testing the work efficiency of those machines, it was indeed worth the money. Duan Yitian had thought of taking advantage of it. After all, 8.2 million silver dollars is not a small amount. The Guangdong Chamber of Commerce also took a lot of trouble to raise such a sum of cash in a short time. The only thing that made Duan Yitian worry was that those people had the background of the Chinese Revolutionary Party.

Before the other party's identity was found out, Duan Yitian, who was a mature and stern Duan Yitian, did not want to provoke the other party at will. He could always make money back when he lost money, but if he accidentally provoked someone who could not afford to offend, it would be a complete tragedy. As the person in charge of the Guangdong Chamber of Commerce, Duan Yitian has never been an impulsive person. The larger the organization, the more he hopes to be stable, and would rather make less than take too much risk.

A businessman who dares to be a brave man can easily start from scratch. But if he wants to continue to grow bigger and stronger, he has to learn to be mature and persistent. This is also the reason why Duan Yitian has never dared to hand over the affairs to Duan Haicheng. Young people are always impulsive, which is not a good thing for a large commercial organization like the Guangdong Chamber of Commerce that spans the entire Southeast Asia.

However, even if he is mature and steadfast, Duan Yitian is not an honest businessman. Nowadays, who has achieved success is not a businessman? If Duan Yitian really finds out Chen Ze's background, he might send someone to kill and rob.

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