After a few days of busyness, Xiaoxi and Xiaozhi had a bright future in their schooling, and soon they had to go to Sany Hall Girls' School and St. Francis School to go to school respectively. In order not to have too many differences, Afa hired a tutor to give his sister and brother a tutoring first.

Both schools are Western-style schools. Although they are not in the best conditions in Shanghai, their enrollment is relatively loose and they are bilingual. As for religion, Ah Fa does not believe it, but he does not object. If his sister and younger brother believe in religion in the future, he doesn't care. He respects other people's beliefs.

New Year's Day passed in a blink of an eye, and time entered 1903.

"A sudden fire broke out at Shiliupu Wharf last night, and several warehouses were burned down; big businesses were released together, and Guo Yuanmao was attacked and destroyed by strong people..." Ah Fa sneered, and turned over this page of newspaper. Several of the ten major local merchants from the Chaozhou Gang were burned and killed. He knew it in his mind and didn't need to look closely.

During this period, Ah Fa either personally reconnaissance or Jin Sanye provided information and disappeared for a few days. He finally took action again. This time, he was no longer a robbery, but directly destroyed the warehouse that helped Chaozhou store ravens and the business shops. Compared to the last time, the losses caused by the arson and murder were even heavier, and a large number of ravens turned into ashes. Although these ravens are worth millions, Ah Fa did not feel sorry for destroying these harmful things, and it was even more regretful.

Now, Afa still has a blacklist that records the addresses of several opium opium restaurants and the names of several big local merchants. The removal plan has been brewing for a long time, and the war against all drug-related criminals has begun by one person.

Moreover, his plan is far more than that. With his assassination and destruction, the price of the Eggs will rise, and the value of the opium he robbed will double. Therefore, when he eats black, he will make more money.

After reading the newspaper, Afa came to the office and handled his work.

Qin Manguo's ideas were creative and very effective. Through the efforts of Afa and Neumann, they sent samples and instructions to foreign merchants in San Francisco, New York, London, Paris, Berlin, Vienna and other places, and lowered the price to compete for business with foreign Oceanic Banks.

The agency's business is not just Qin Ji. Although they enjoy priority, Afa has also established contacts with other Chinese business banks to organize agents, and the supply of goods can be sufficient, and more and more buyers will be added. This is the benefit of independent agents, and there are no need to tie them to Qin Ji.

"These invoices will be sent out today." Ah Fa basically finished his work today, told his secretary Caifeng, turned around and walked back to his office, and observed his face in the mirror.

There seemed to be no change, only eyes, with a meditative spirit, staring at oneself from the unfathomable place, like a vigilant beast peeking at it.

The door was knocked gently, and Caifeng came in and told Ah Fa that a young man came outside and said he had come to apply for the job after seeing an advertisement in the newspaper.

"Oh, that's the case, let him come in!" Ah Fa sat back in the chair and kept touching his face, as if he could become a different person in this way.

Afa was quite satisfied with Caifeng, the female secretary. If Caifeng had practiced writing, it was much better than his cockroach. If Caifeng was not unfamiliar with people and things, Caifeng was not unfamiliar with it and did a good job.

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Wang Zhuoran was a little nervous. Under the guidance of a little girl, he went upstairs to Afa's office. In order to prevent himself from returning to his hometown with broken dreams, to continue learning his favorite chemistry, and to make the increasingly difficult life at home. Wang Zhuoran took a deep breath and stepped into the office.

Speaking of Wang Zhuoran, he can be said to have grown up in a scholarly family. His hometown is Jiading, just a few feet away from Shanghai. His grandfather and father were both teachers, and he showed extraordinary intelligence since he was a child. At the age of ten, he passed the exam for the exam. However, as his grandfather was idle at home, the livelihood of the nine-member family was all on his father who was a teacher. The family became embarrassed and he was kicked out of the private school by his husband.

Although my grandfather wanted him to study in a private school again, and wanted him to read poetry and books, and to inherit his father's business in the future, he would become a respected teacher. But Wang Zhuoran's heart had already flown away, and he had his own love and yearning.

When history entered the 20th century, the continuous efforts of the Westernization faction, which had been experiencing the Opium War, and the increasingly strong European and American rains, made Jiading, like Shanghai, quietly undergo changes.

Some Jiading people who keenly felt this change went to Shanghai, Nanjing and other places, entered foreign schools or new schools run by foreigners, and some even traveled across the ocean to study abroad. Most of these people have achieved considerable achievements after they have finished their studies. These things that happened to them are undoubtedly "unstoppable temptation" for the young and smart Wang Zhuoran.

After being driven out of the private school, despite his grandfather’s objection, Wang Zhuoran resolutely left his hometown and came to Shanghai alone, and was admitted to the Guangfang Dialect Hall.

In the Guangfang Dialect Museum, Wang Zhuoran seemed to have entered a brand new world. Before class, he no longer had to kowtow to the character of Confucius, nor did he make a slap in the hands of the teacher. Those "foreign teachers" with blue eyes and white skin were not as strict as those of private school teachers, and were as kind as friends as their students. All of this greatly inspired Wang Zhuoran's desire and interest to study hard.

With the opening of Western learning courses such as astronomy, geography, and chemistry, Wang Zhuoran became fanatical about chemistry. If he had not done it himself and saw it with his own eyes, he would not have believed that by putting things that were not related to each other in a certain proportion and giving appropriate conditions, he could create a third thing. This was a completely new world for him, full of tempting magical colors.

However, the young Wang Zhuoran's dream of chemistry had just begun, but he had to face a broken ending. Since all provinces had opened new schools with Western learning as the main educational content, Zhou Fu, the governor of Liangjiang, believed that the imperial court needed enough translation talents, and "there is no progress in all industries in industry and commerce", so he submitted a petition to the court to change the Guangdian Pavilion to an industrial school, focusing on cultivating industrial talents. Now, Emperor Guangxu has approved the report, and the Guangdian Pavilion will change its signboard and recruit new students in the Guangdian Pavilion. The students of the original Guangdian Pavilion will be dismissed.

When Wang Zhuoran heard this news, he seemed to fall into an ice cellar. Because, in the Guangfang Dialect Museum, students can stay in the hall for free, and they also pay food and literature fees every day, which allows Wang Zhuoran, who is in trouble in his family, to study hard.
Chapter completed!