173 The True Identity of Tie Tou Tuo
"Sir, I'm really a clever idea. I'll give you a cup...dry!" The white porcelain wine cup hit the air, and the hot wine fell into the belly like a line of fire, and everyone's throats made a refreshing squeak.
Late at night, in the flower hall in the front yard of the Xiao family's mansion, Xiao Letian was inviting several heroes of the operation. Tietoutuo, Wang Huaiyuan were the protagonists, Xiao Hexin, Sima Yun and Master Long were accompanying him, and the six people sat together, and the fragrance of wine and vegetables filled the entire flower hall.
After three rounds of wine and five flavors, Sima Yun patted Tietoutuo's bald head and said with emotion, "Toutuo, I think when you joined the prince's command, you were still a young monk in your teens. After so many years, you are over thirty, right?"
Tietoutuo nodded with emotion, "Yes, when the Kingdom of Heaven first emerged, I was still a little monk in the temple. If the Qing Yao had not slaughtered the five or six villages at the foot of the mountain and left the temple with no more incense money, I might have been guarding the ancient Buddha of Qinglantern..."
This Tietou Tuo was not a monk from the side at all. He was actually a veteran of the Heavenly Kingdom on the top of Taibai. When he was young, this guy once became a monk in a Buddhist temple. Later, because the war caused the temple to be abandoned, he had to go down the mountain to travel around the world. It was precisely because the murderer who destroyed the temple was the army of Qing Yao, so Tietou Tuo defected to the army of the Heavenly Kingdom without saying a word.
By chance, Tietoutuo became a general under Xiao Letian again. In this Feng Shui drama, Xiao Letian, who was keen on the wise and sang this drama well with him as the center.
What a bullshit Feng Shui eye, it was prepared in advance by the experts in the martial arts world, and there was also the sound of ghosts in the daytime. It was because Tietou Tuo was proficient in ventral verbalism. As for the whispering fire and changing colors, it was a must-have ability to go around the martial arts world, and there was nothing strange about it.
Everything is a show or acting, but this Feng Shui drama hits the fatal point of the ancient Chinese. Aren’t you superstitious? Then I will defeat you with superstitiousness, let alone this trick is very evil, there is no way to do it.
Xiao Letian knew that the power of tradition was very powerful. Not to mention that it was the Tongzhi Dynasty of the Qing Dynasty, even in the era when compulsory education was already popular in the previous life, there were still many people who believed in cults, and there were still markets for the gods and witches in the countryside. Even among the high-ranking officials and nobles, there were senior Feng Shui masters mixed in.
Many luxury houses need to be asked by Feng Shui master to change the design. Those top rich people and politicians can talk about state affairs on the screen, but there are many people who burn incense and worship Buddha in private.
Superstition has long been engraved into the bones of the Chinese people and cannot be relieved by oppression.
Xiao Letian can use the power of the government to force land acquisition, but you can acquire land but cannot recruit people's hearts. When the special zone starts construction, you will not even recruit workers.
Of course, Xiao Letian can also use Jiao Sier and other scoundrels to force the people away with family scoundrels, but paper can never be kept in the news. When the matter is exposed, the people's hatred for Xiao Letian will double, which is not what he wants.
"Sir, it's really easy to plan. In this way, we can get land and win over the people's hearts of a city. Moreover, when the SAR is established in the future, the people around us will not have much resistance. The recruitment will be much smoother at that time... But I have something unknown. Since Mr. has such a clever plan, why should we use Jiao Sier in advance?" Tietoutuo asked in confusion.
"Well, good question!" Xiao Letian nodded and picked up a big prawn ball and put it in his mouth, muttering, "This is the trick of Shi En. Have you heard of the allusion of "Shen Mien to fight against rice? A poor man, if you give him a liter of rice enough for him to eat for three days, he will thank you very much, but if you give him a liter of rice enough for him to eat for half a month, he will have to think about your granary..."
"These people will say, "You can give me a bucket of rice, why can't you give me a warehouse of rice? Look, people have no end, and there is a bottom line in greed? So, I must sacrifice the old dog Jiao Sier in advance to let these people know what the bad people in the world are like. Only when there is a comparison can they tell the difference..."
"What is black? That's because there is black because of white contrast, what is bright? That's because you have seen the night, you can understand what light is... So, when you want to give him a paradise, you might as well let them taste what hell is like first, and only by comparing them will they be grateful..."
What Xiao Letian said made the people in the room silent for a long time. After a long time, Master Long sighed and said, "Why are there so many things? It's really a brain-consuming task. I'd better be my warrior honestly!"
Xiao Letian did not continue this topic, but turned his head to ask Wang Huaiyuan, "It's time for Master Qing to go to the capital now, right? Hurry up and report good news to Master San, and I said that I'll solve the problem of land acquisition for him... In addition, how have you been inquiring recently? Is there any situation in Shanghai and Guangzhou?"
What Xiao Letian asked about was the Shanghai Industrial Zone and Guangzhou Industrial Zone promoted together with Tanggu Special Zone. These were the three bold attempts of the Qing Dynasty. Xiao Letian's intelligence network has always been closely following the competitors' every move.
"Shanghai Industrial Special Zone has now been captured by the Hunan Army forces. Zheng Dashui appointed Li Hongzhang as the overview, while Li Hongzhang chose the wealthy Hu Xueyan. As expected, as Mr. had guessed before, the entire Industrial Special Zone was no different from the Qing dynasty, with clear levels from top to bottom..."
"But Hu Xueyan is the richest man in Jiangnan after all, and his land acquisition work is smoother than ours. Some big landlords do not want to sell the land. The Hu family opens the entrance to Jiangnan to pick up the fertile land, one acre and three acres. In this way, many landlords around Shanghai all went to Suzhou and Hangzhou... "
"But Hu Xueyan does not have the Western learning skills like Mr., and he doesn't know what to do next after land acquisition. Now I heard that countries like Britain, France, and even Spain, Italy have sent merchants to help him formulate plans. As a result, one country has one standard, one country has one plan, which is very confusing..."
Xiao Letian laughed as soon as he heard this. It seems that Hu Xueyan was also disgusted with the outside world. Can you use the industrial design of Spain and Italy? Weak Western countries are not materials for large-scale industries. If they use their standards, your special zone will be really ruined.
"Where is in Guangzhou? Tell me about the situation there..."
"Hi... don't mention it. A few days ago, the foreign captain brought the latest news. These beautiful demons actually had the founding style of the country, and they were just fucking enclosures!"
Guangzhou Special Zone and Tanggu Special Zone are both private lands of Manren. At the beginning, Manren wanted to occupy all the industrial special zones, and wanted to create another willow edge in the Central Plains and add an extra piece of iron-core crop for their Eight Banners that can ensure the harvest of drought and flood.
However, under the interference of Qingliu and the secret resistance of the Hunan Army, the Shanghai Special Zone was taken away by Zeng Guofan and others, and only two pieces of the Special Zone were left under the control of the Qing Dynasty.
The Tanggu Special Zone is very special. There are Mr. Qing San and General Xiao Letian here. The bad habits of Manchus have not yet penetrated. But Guangzhou is different. The Qing Dynasty masters actually understood the Special Zone as another rush to grab land. Even if they didn't even have the money in place, they had already started to occupy land.
The generals in Guangzhou, with the Eight Banners soldiers, rushed out of the city in a mighty manner. They saw good land and got stakes. In less than three days, they actually circled six or seven thousand acres of arable land, and all the people got was an IOU.
"A good acre of irrigated land is worth at least 50 taels of silver near Guangzhou, but this group of clear demons gave 15 taels of IOU. In order to prevent the farmers from reclaiming farming, they even destroyed the canals in the fields and even sprinkled a lot of big stones. Now the whole city of Guangzhou is crying, and the people are going to Beijing to file a blood letter for the emperor..."
At this moment, no one at the table had eaten, and everyone was full of anger. Everyone here was a vanguard of anti-Qing, and they all had a deep hatred of the Qing demon. How could they bear this anger?
"I'm not afraid of not knowing the goods, but I'm afraid of comparing goods. I'm also engaged in this special zone. After all, the Hunan Army is Han people. They also have some feelings for the same tribe, so they will offer high prices to exchange land. And these Eight Banners do not treat us Han people as humans at all. They just think we are beasts and dare to enclose land. They force a kingdom of heaven to come out, and I'll see who else can save them!"
"We adults are kind-hearted. Not only are they not clear about robbing, but they can also come up with a clever plan to calm people's hearts. The people of Tanggu are blessed!"
Just as everyone was talking, the personal soldiers suddenly came over and reported, "Sir, Jiao Sier is here, and is now in the study. He said that he must meet the Sir today, otherwise he will not leave..."
"What? He dares to threaten the adults, I'll throw him out..." Sima Yun wanted to go out after saying that, but Xiao Letian stopped him. "No need for you, I'll go see him..."
At this time, there was not even a basin of charcoal fire in the study room, only the candles on the silver candlesticks were beating, pulling Jiao Sier's figure long. In the shaking candlelight, Jiao Si's face changed into a strange look, and his eyes were filled with resentment and resentment.
"Jiao Sier! Why are you looking for me to look for me so late?" Xiao Letian pushed open the door, and Jiao Sier was shocked.
"Please pay me a favor..." Jiao Sier called a thousand, followed by a resentful voice.
"Master, you are not particular about doing this. How can you go back on your word? You agreed to hand over the land acquisition to the slave, but during the day you took away all the land by yourself. You just don't want the slave to make some money?"
When Xiao Letian heard his dissatisfied tone, he felt angry and said coldly, "Jiao Sier, are you a little forgetful? Don't forget that you are a slave in this room, and I am the master... Kneel down!"
Jiao Siyi was so angry that he almost jumped up from the chair. "If you have money, you are the master. If you don't make money, you still want to be my master? You admire it too..."
"Kneel down!" Xiao Letian smashed the tea bowl with a bang, then rushed in from outside the door, pulled Jiao Sier and kicked him hard into the knee.
"Damn it, is the old dog deaf ears? The lord told you to kneel down, but you still dare to stand up... Kneel down!" Another hard kick, Jiao Si's knee hit the floor.
At this time, Jiao Sier had already made his promise. The land acquisition transaction he mentioned was a big business of 100,000 taels. An old rich man like him couldn't pull it out in his eyes. What's even more terrible is that this transaction is not just his own, but the traits coming from the capital must also be shared. If they can't eat this bite of meat, Jiao Sier will not want to get involved in Sijiu City in the future.
More importantly, Jiao Si has already mastered Xiao Letian's core secret. With this big handle in his hand, is Jiao Sier still afraid of him?
"Xiao Letian, don't be arrogant. You can't hide the things you do behind your back. I haven't seen anything in my life? If you smash my job, don't blame me for being ruthless..."
"Oh, do you have something to say? Tell me, what kind of affection do you want to tell me? I'll listen carefully today!"
Chapter completed!