Galaxy Shipyard is in a bay in Jinhai City, in the shape of "concave", occupies a land area of 1.16 million square meters, a sea area of 1.28 million square meters, a dock shoreline of 1,400 meters, connected to the 10,000-ton dock that is about to be completed, a total of large and small docks, a total of 6 slipways, at present can produce and manufacture a variety of fishing boats, passenger and cargo ships and small and medium-sized military ships below 10,000 tons, employing more than 4,000 employees, the shipyard assets of about 7.5 million gold coins, on scale and manufacturing strength, It can be ranked third in Gimhae City.
The scale of such a family business has gone through five generations of nearly 100 years of development to complete the accumulation, from the grandfather's generation of Grandpa Zhang Tietai, until the generation of Grandpa Zhang Tie, the Jinhaicheng Xinghe Shipyard has completely completed the transformation, from a small simple slipway for repairing small fishing boats, to a large shipyard in Jinhaicheng and Jinyunguo.
Zhang Tie's grandfather played a great role in this, when Zhang Tie's grandfather took over the family business, the scale of the company's assets was less than 100,000 gold coins, that is, in the decades that Zhang Tie's grandfather operated, the scale of this shipyard increased dozens of times.
Listening to the uncle's introduction, Zhang Tie found that he actually admired the old man he had never met.
After visiting the shipyard, coupled with his understanding of the situation in his father's home these days, Zhang Tie can probably guess what the situation was in his father's original home.
The old mansion of the Zhang family is a beautiful manor, covering an area of more than 20 acres, from the outside, although there is no sense of splendor, but it also has the posture of a wealthy mansion, that is, in this old mansion of the Zhang family, Zhang Tie finally had the first profound experience of the two words of the family.
Zhang Tie's grandfather has four wives, including Zhang Tie's father, a total of eleven children, five daughters among the eleven children, six sons, two of the five daughters married outside Huaiyuan County, did not rush back today, three married within Huaiyuan County, all rushed back today, among the eleven children Zhang Tie's father ranked eighth, in addition to two uncles and a sister-in-law, Zhang Tie suddenly had four more aunts and three uncles, aunts and sisters-in-law uncles are okay, one for each person, After introducing it, Zhang Tie could still recognize it, and the aunts and aunts of the uncles were dazzled together, and even Zhang Tie was a little dizzy.
Zhang Tie finally understood why Huaiyuan Hall wanted to build a Zongren Pavilion, everyone had too many relatives, and if they didn't get such a special institution, no one would be able to get around the famous hall here.
In short, when I returned to the old house of the Zhang family today, Zhang Tie suddenly had twenty or thirty more elders, and the number of cousins, cousins, cousins, and cousins of Zhang Tie's generation was also more than 20 people, including some who were unable to attend this family gathering for various reasons, and many of Zhang Tie's cousins and cousins had already given birth to children, and Zhang Tie suddenly had more than ten more descendants of children and nephews.
Among the descendants of Zhang Tie's children and nephews, the oldest is already twelve years old, and the age difference between Zhang Tie and Zhang Tie is three or four years old, which is the age of the bear child, and when he called Uncle Zhang Tietang, his expression was very unhappy.
Among all the relatives and elders, that is, the two uncles born to Zhang Tie's father and mother, the people in the family gave Zhang Tie a more cordial feeling, and the other people, although they were also very enthusiastic, but for Zhang Tie's family who suddenly ran out, under the enthusiasm, they were a little more curious and indifferent that was difficult to hide.
In this regard, Zhang Tie doesn't mind much, after all, he hasn't seen him for decades, and there is no communication and contact, it is impossible to have no estrangement among half-siblings, not to mention, in this kind of rich family, those bloody plots such as fighting for property are indispensable, and the return of my father, in the eyes of some people, may be another competitor who will divide the family property in the future.
"Zhang Ping, where does your family live now" At dinner, when Zhang Haitian, the old man of the Zhang family sitting at the main table, calmly asked this sentence, the dining room, which was full of people sitting at five tables a second, suddenly fell silent, and everyone suddenly lost their voice.
Even the servants who served the food in the dining room stood obediently to the side at this time and stopped moving.
"Dad, Zhang Ping came back a little suddenly this time, I first arranged for them to live in a rented ordinary apartment on Xinhai Road," Zhang Tie's uncle said.
The old man groaned slightly.
"Dad, I didn't think about this matter thoroughly, the eighth brother and younger siblings were not ready when they came back, and they were wronged" Seeing that the old man didn't speak, Zhang Tie's other uncle, who was also sitting at the main table, also hurriedly spoke.
The uncle who opened his mouth in the back is the eldest son of the old man's long house, named Zhang Lin, who is also the successor designated by the old man in the future, and the future head of this big family sitting here.
At this time, Zhang Lin naturally made a good posture.
"This time I came back too suddenly, and I didn't want to trouble my family too much, so I didn't inform my eldest brother, and I asked my eldest brother not to be surprised, it's still good that we live on this side of Xinhai Road now, with three bedrooms and two living rooms, enough for the family," Zhang Tie's father quickly explained.
The elders in the family all knew how Zhang Tie's father came back this time, but no one talked about Zhang Tie's father faking his death and eloping back then, and everyone knew it, feeling like Zhang Tie's father had been wandering around for decades.
The old man looked at Zhang Tie's father's face that seemed more vicissitudes than other brothers, and he didn't speak for a long time, no one knew what the old man was thinking, "I didn't take enough care of you at home before, and I have suffered a lot over the years, this time when you come back, the shares of the shipyard at home will give you five percent, and these five percent of the shares only participate in the dividends of the shipyard, not in the daily operation and management."
Hearing the old man say this, Zhang Tie's father simply stood up, looked at the old man, and said categorically, "Dad, the shipyard at home can have the scale it is today, all because Dad, you and a few big brothers have worked hard bit by bit over the years, I have not been at home all these years, and I have not done a little bit for the family, I always feel ashamed, how can I accept the shares of the shipyard at this time, I will not ask for these shares, if Dad, you insist, it is forcing our family to leave Jinhai City." ” Zhang Tie had never found that his father had such a man, such a backbone side, and after seeing his father say these words, he turned his head to look at himself and his brother, Zhang Tie didn't speak, but a bright smile bloomed on his face, and he quietly gave his father a thumbs up under the table.
Zhang Tie's elder brother also smiled and nodded to his father, seeing the appearance of the two sons, Zhang Ping's heart warmed, and he almost burst into tears.
Zhang Tie saw that his mother was also smiling, and gently held his father's hand under the table.
The elder brother quietly slapped his sister-in-law's leg twice.
After looking at Zhang Ping seriously for half a minute, the old man was relieved and sighed in frustration.
"Master, since Zhang Ping doesn't want the shares of the shipyard, then, just give him the house in Changman, and let their family have a place to settle down in Jinhai City, Zhang Ping's two children are also older, and it is time to start a family, if the lord has this heart, it is not too late to help your two grandsons more in the future" The old lady in the long room sitting next to the old man said leisurely.
The old man's eyebrows moved, and after glancing at Zhang Tie and Zhang Yang, he nodded slowly.
"Eighth brother, if you don't even accept a house, then I don't know where to put the rest of the family" Zhang Lin also spoke.
"Then thank you, Dad, I will accept the house, and our family will move in tomorrow" Zhang Tie's father thought about it, then expressed his attitude and sat down again, and the uncle at the same table also nodded.
I don't know if it's an illusion, Zhang Tie felt that when his father took over the house, many people present seemed to be relieved, and the atmosphere at the dinner table suddenly became harmonious and vivid again.
"Zhang Yang, I heard that you have just retired, do you have any plans for the future" The old man turned his gaze to Zhang Yang again, and asked with half concern and half elegant.
This question, Zhang Yang has already discussed with Zhang Tie in the past two days, and Zhang Yang has already decided, "Huaiyuan County has developed commerce and trade, bringing together many commodities from the East and West Continents, and I am going to prepare a commercial house to specialize in trade."
"Are you having financial difficulties?"
the old man asked very directly.
"There is no difficulty, I will start small, first set up a store in Jinhai City, slowly operate and find out the way, I believe I will succeed" Zhang Yang replied calmly.
The old man nodded, and no one here laughed at Zhang Yang's starting too low, because what the old man often said was that people who can be down-to-earth, as long as they look for the direction, it is only a matter of time before they go to a high place.
"What about Zhang Tie, what are your plans for the future" The old man's gaze fell on Zhang Tie's face again.
"I'll report to the family's Qianlong Hall next Monday."
When Zhang Tie said this, the whole room fell silent again, everyone's eyes were focused on Zhang Tie, there were surprises, surprises, envy, and shock, everyone sitting there, everyone knew what kind of place Qianlong Hall was, as the name suggests, it was the hidden dragon land of the Zhang family of the entire Huaiyuan Hall, the descendants of the Zhang family who could enter here and finally come out of it, and finally all became the pillars of the family, those elders who could enter the family elders, Nine times out of ten, almost all of the big people who are in charge of the cardinals and authorities in Huaiyuan Hall come out of the Qianlong Hall.
Because Zhang Tie had already explained this plan to his parents yesterday, so no one in Zhang Tie's family was surprised, originally Zhang Tie thought that his parents would object, but he didn't expect the two of them to support his decision.
"Okay, good, good" The old man laughed, "I didn't expect that among my Zhang Haitian's descendants, there would be two people who could awaken the ancestral bloodline and enter the family Qianlong Hall, hahahaha" "Your cousin is also in Qianlong Hall, and he didn't come back today, if you go this time, you can get close to him" Zhang Lin also said with a smile, seemingly happy, but Zhang Tie felt that this uncle was happy, and there seemed to be some other meaning in his eyes: