.Gui Youguang was very curious, but Chen refused to let him see it, and Zheng Ruozeng didn't show it.
Zheng Ruo was not a person who was ignorant of importance. He did not forget what he said last night. Of course, he knew Shenji's answer. He was likely to be ruthless, so he carried the box and did not dare to go home. He simply asked his brother-in-law to find a yard in the government office, locked the door and refused to show up again. "What's the mysterious thing?" Gui Youguang muttered in a low voice, and buried his questions deep in his heart. He knew that there must be their reasons for doing this.
Time was tight and the task was heavy. That night, Shen rushed to Suzhou Institute of Technology, where the president of the dual-department department of Suzhou Research Institute and Suzhou Institute of Technology could not wait.
Suzhou Institute of Technology is located in Shipi Lane in the southeast corner of Suzhou City. It was originally a thatched hut house where small vendors and handicraftsmen live. Compared with the noble houses on the outer corner of Shiquan Street, it is even more dilapidated. It is called "Broken Lane" because it is considered indecent, so it is called "Shipi Lane" by the demolition method.
But that is all the old calendar. In recent years, Suzhou has experienced many wealthy businessmen. It has long passed the two capitals and Hangzhou, and has become the world's most prosperous and prosperous place. It is no exaggeration to say that every inch of land is worth every inch. So many businesses want to enter Suzhou, so many adults want to build a house in the city, but Suzhou is just a little big, and it is still occupied by "small bridges, flowing water, pink walls, black tiles, and famous gardens". How to arrange these urgent needs has become a problem for the Suzhou government.
In fact, when Shen was the governor of Su Song, he felt this strong demand for construction, but he was not interested in large-scale renovation and expansion in Suzhou. He gave three instructions: First, no matter who or for what reason, the name of the ancient ruins of Suzhou City cannot be demolished, and the cultural style cannot be changed; second, only those who are willing to demolish can be demolished, and those who dare to use their power to suppress others and force demolition will be severely punished; third, please go east to purchase the industry. The newly built Shanghai city is big and spacious, with unique transportation conditions, and all supporting facilities are world-class, so don’t make the idea of ​​old Suzhou.
The idea of ​​Shenji is very clear. First, with the rise of Shanghai, the Southeast Economic Center will undoubtedly move eastward. Shanghai will replace Suzhou and become the leader of the economy of the Southeast and even the Ming Dynasty. Although Suzhou will still be an important commercial port for transshipment to the mainland, there is no need to build a large-scale construction... In his planning blueprint, Shanghai is the economic center and Su Zhi is the humanistic center. The two cities echo each other and become the Gemini star that illuminates the Ming Dynasty.
In his opinion, as a humanistic center, it does not depend on how prosperous the city is. It depends on its strength and rich connotation. Therefore, his vision for Suzhou is to maintain the historical style and work hard in the fields of culture, education, science and technology, rather than building gardens all day long!
But he had his ideas, and everyone had their own ideas. He could not stop all kinds of shops, houses, clubs, villas, and pavilions from springing up like mushrooms after a rain, making Chen feel helpless. In fact, it was not that everyone deliberately disobeyed him. In fact, there was no longer a governor with more prestige than him, but everyone had a hobby to join in the fun... Everyone knows the bright future of Shanghai City, but people live in the present after all, right? It is said that "there is heaven above and Suhang below". Not only those foreign translators regard Suzhou as a paradise, but the wealthy businessmen and gentry in the Ming Dynasty were also obsessed with this world's best romantic and wealthy place.
Moreover, the attractiveness of Shanghai itself is still poor. After all, it is an emerging port and commercial city with huge crowds and mixed fish and dragons. The one who lacks the least is the desperation, and the one who lacks the most is the noble foundation. This makes it not difficult for the nobles of the Ming Dynasty who like to enjoy it at all when making choices.
Shen had no choice but to do this. No matter how powerful he was, he could not send someone to watch him on the street and arrest anyone who built a house. He could only repeat the ban and pray that Huang would not cause any trouble.
But the chaos must come out, and it comes out of this Shipi Lane. As I said just now, this generation is a shanty town where small merchants and handicraftsmen live. The rich man would not have entered the past, but the place in Suzhou City is limited, and after the continuous construction, the good land has already been exhausted. Some of the visionary households have set their sights on the slums in the area of ​​Shipi Lane and Xiangwang Nong... The land price here is several times lower than that elsewhere and no one cares about it, but because the environment is not good, no one wants to live in the poor.
But if we look at it in the opposite direction, if we move all the poor out, rebuild this urban area and renovate it, we will definitely appreciate immediately, and we will definitely make a lot of money. It is exciting to think about it. Moreover, these big men with business vision have accumulated enough wealth and courage to support them in their own way.
So the masters of the family began to make preparations in full swing, but because they were worried that they would cause unhappiness, they only dared to secretly acquire real estate in the slums. It was also advantageous to keep it confidential, which was that they could receive the land deeds from the poor at a very low price. When the news came out, the poor would definitely raise the price.
At that time, Chen Ji was concentrating on building Shanghai City, which really made them rush to the point of being in trouble and never noticed. Finally, a few months after he returned to Beijing under the order, this long-planned major project completely surfaced.
Several large companies that have attracted enough chips have connected more than a dozen other companies and jointly announced the establishment of the "Xinsu Trading Company" and the old city renovation project were revealed, and used more than 600 house deeds to mortgage it, and applied for bonds from the Suzhou Stock Exchange to raise renovation funds. It is worth mentioning that what they promised to repay is not interest, but the future income of the dealer.
This kind of bond with stock nature proves that as long as there is a suitable mechanism and the wisdom of the Chinese people and without anyone's guidance, they will continue to innovate on the basis of skilled use of the rigorous ones.
But Chen didn't feel much happy. On the contrary, he felt angry. These Xinjin, who had developed through industry and commerce, were really arrogant! A group of frogs who were watching the sky from a well did not know everything in Suzhou City. No matter what the appearance was, they were actually as delicate as young buds. As long as there was a chaos, it attracted strong intervention from the court, or even if it was affected, it would be possible to lose all the time...
What he unexpectedly unexpected was that when he checked the prospectus of Xinsu Business and Bu, he suddenly saw the approval letter of the Suzhou Prefectural Office allowed reconstruction. In addition, Chen used 800 miles to question Gui Youguang and asked him to explain the matter.
Gui Youguang's reply arrived soon, and he reported to Shen, because when those people asked him to approve it, he thought it was a good thing... As the prefect of Suzhou, he felt that the existence of those shanty towns was to smear and disturb the dreamy city, so he approved the project on the premise of obtaining the other party's compliance with the ban.
If he could return to Suzhou at that time, Chen would definitely point at his nose and scold, "Old man, you are so naive!" He knew too well what the demolition would lead to. If he really took the opening of the business and did not take the king's law seriously, then what would be a promise?
But because Chen knew about this, it was not the first time, and then he had to wait for Suzhou Prefecture's reply. After a while, a month passed. In this month, Xinsu Shop's new bonds had been listed and were widely sought after, and it was already hard to collect... Unless Chen wanted to offend the rich people in Suzhou and completely destroy the economic model he had worked hard to launch.
He could only strictly order Gui Youguang to protect the interests of the poor at all costs; he also wrote to the leaders of the companies, asking them to keep their promises and do their own things, and to maintain the destruction of the demolition area in an extremely powerful way.
But it still cannot stop the intensification of the conflict... Don't think that the poor are stupid. Living in the commercial city of Suzhou, many powerful people's vision is no worse than those of those big households. As soon as the demolition plan was exposed, a group of people emerged immediately, claiming to be the leader elected by the residents of the shantytowns. They negotiated with the big households on behalf of everyone, and soon made the big households believe their strength one by one. At the order, all the families south of Shiquan Street and east of Shipi Lane held the house deeds tightly in their hands, and no matter what the price they had negotiated, they would not sell them.
Proletarian handicrafts are indeed more organized and more insightful than traditional farmers... They have noticed something strange from the sudden increase in housing transactions in slums, and must have been prepared for it, so they reacted so quickly and fully.
But this is not good news for ambitious big players. They first wanted to bypass these leaders and buy a few at a good price to defeat this poor alliance.
But these poor households, mainly factory handicraftsmen, are very stubborn. Not only do they not sell themselves, but they also speak out that if anyone dares to betray their neighbors, they will destroy their enemies!
Several families could not resist the temptation and secretly sold the house, but that night, the male owner was beaten to death, the money obtained from selling the house was stolen, and the things at home were smashed to pieces. The effect was immediate, and no one dared to trade with outsiders in private.
The big families tried to put pressure on the people who took the lead in causing trouble through the workshop. Who would have thought that it would lead to a strike. The mechanics quit and went home to look at their houses... According to the land prices in Suzhou, even a small house without a courtyard would have to work for a hundred years without eating. Everyone knows which is more important.
Now the big families had no choice but to sit down and talk honestly, but when asked about the other party's conditions, they would either build suitable housing for the residents on the new site so that they could move back after the renovation was completed; or they would buy their deeds at the house price of Suzhou City this month, otherwise everything would be free of negotiations.
But these two conditions are obviously unacceptable. Do we have to work hard to renovate the living conditions for you poor people? And if you really want to relocate, it will become a shanty town again. Who would buy our house?
It is not realistic to acquire an average price. If the acquisition alone is at least ten times the budget, plus the funds required for opening and miscellaneous expenses, how can you make it back? No one can do such a transaction.
The negotiations were deadlocked, but for both parties, their mood was different. For residents, just drag it down, and there was no loss, but the big players were in trouble. They had invested more than one million taels of silver. These prophecies were borrowed by Huilian. They were interest of several thousand taels every day. Moreover, the project was blocked, which was directly reflected in their bond sellers. New bonds were ignored, and those sold were listed by buyers, but no one dared to take over. As a result, the price fell again and again, which not only caused their financing to go bankrupt, but also suffered a severe blow!
A person cannot stand without trust. For the gentry of the Ming Dynasty, reputation is reputation and is the top priority. It is precisely because the other party saw this clearly that he was in a state of conflict and never let go. Days passed day by day, and the wealthy families became more and more anxious. Finally, on a dark and windy night, a fire suddenly ignited in several places in the shanty town. If Gui Youguang had not always been tense of his heart, he ordered the thief to patrol day and night, and ordered the firefighting officer to take turns to change on the Wanghuo Tower, on duty day and night, and Houduo - unimaginable.
But fortunately, the fire alarm appeared early, and the alarm bell sounded. The officials and soldiers of Suzhou City rushed to the fire scene as soon as possible... Thanks to Shen Ju's assessment method, which always kept the officials of Suzhou maintaining a high sense of responsibility. There was no need for the prefect to make arrangements. Following the daily drill plan, all departments could cooperate closely. Some were alert and suppress, maintain order, some rescued, resettled injured residents, and some rescued property... Of course, more soldiers pushed the water dragon and fought against the fire.
At this time, the benefits of the water town are revealed. You can draw water from the river by entering to ensure that all the water dragons can be shot. The people also fetch water from the river to put out the fire. With the cooperation of the military and civilians, the fire finally stopped and gradually extinguished the fire by dawn.
However, even so, one-third of the houses were flat on the ground, more than 30 people were burned to death, and more than 200 people were burned.
The residents who suffered a sudden disaster were angry. Although there was no evidence, they firmly believed that the fire was released by the big players in order to acquire the land; the angry crowd rushed into the Xinsu Store located on Shiquan Street, smashed the storefront and injured the shopkeeper and more than a dozen friends.
At this point, Gui Youguang realized that the adults had not been worried anymore. In the face of absolute interests, their personality would be distorted, and even lost their minds, and could do anything. After seeing the situation clearly, he calmed down and asked Shen for instructions on how to deal with it, while appeased the angry people, while ensuring that the case was solved within five days.
The rabbit was anxious and wanted people, not to mention that Gui Youguang was much more powerful than the rabbit. He ordered the arrest of the officers and soldiers who were patrolling the shanty town that day. After severe interrogation, he finally learned that someone had bought them and deliberately exposed their flaws. Then he followed the clues and all the way, he concluded that Lu Ji's remnants set fire to the fire in order to retaliate against Suzhou and provoke the relationship between the wealthy households and residents.
Moreover, the arrested arson admitted it personally, which made the residents unable to believe it.
At this time, Gui Youguang took the opportunity to come forward and talked to the leaders of both sides, and told the wealthy people that although the fire was not released by you, it did arise because of you. Therefore, you must be responsible for the people who are suffering from disasters, and the dead must also be given pensions.
He also scolded the residents' representatives and said, "You have a responsibility, if it weren't for being greedy and having trouble, how could the bad guys give the opportunity to take advantage of it?" As he said, he took out a stack of confessions, they broke into the door, beat the residents who compromised with the big households, robbed the residents, and even raped them. He said, "No matter what the matter is, this accountant will definitely be detrimental to you."
The Kui were frightened and knelt on the ground to beg for mercy. Gui Youguang also said, "It's enough to advise the residents to stop making trouble. I will not blame you." The few people agreed timidly.
The negotiations were difficult to start again. Although both sides made concessions, the differences were still very large and the gap was still difficult to bridge. Just when Gui's luck was out of his way, Chenji's order came. He proposed a new plan, with the compensation based on the maximum acceptable limit for the big players, but at the same time, Xinsu Business Company invested by the Xincheng District to establish a engineering college for ordinary people in the future, hired senior masters from various industries to teach Bai Ding's professional skills.
This was not a temporary idea. In fact, Chen had long wanted to set up such a school, and this time it happened, so he took the opportunity to take it out. On the one hand, with the development of the commodity economy, some pillar industries were booming, and almost all the Southeast large households opened workshops. The demand for workers in the other industry was getting bigger and bigger. The traditional method of master-apprentice teaching seems to be inefficient and far from meeting the industry's demand for skilled workers.
On the other hand, a large number of poor people flocked to the city, but because they had no skills, they could only engage in the primary physical labor. Such income was difficult to support their families in the city. A simple example is that in a weaver factory, a small worker who only carries, carries water, and treadmills only have two cents of silver every day, while a skilled weaver or satin worker can get more than one cent a day; in an iron smelting factory, the income from fanning and watching the fire is only loading materials, one-tenth of the minting, and the gap is very amazing.
Both parties involved in the market have needs, so this technical school has the need to exist. It depends on whether they want it. Through questionnaires in various industries one by one, not all industries have this demand. In traditional industries where private workshops are mainly produced, there is almost no supporters, and it is not difficult to understand that in this relatively small industry, if you teach your apprentices, you will indeed starve your master to death. So although the Bai Dings really want to learn the technology of these industries, they do not have the conditions for opening classes.
What really needs this method are those industries that benefit from overseas trade and are booming, such as shipbuilding, cotton spinning, silk weaving, pulp and vegetables, as well as several industries such as metallurgy and tool manufacturing that benefit from it.
But not all industries with a wide market are like this, such as tea, papermaking, and porcelain making, so they are not interested in such technical schools...
Chapter completed!