Zhao Fuxiang came out of the prefect's Yamen and got everything he needed. Not only did he get the land deed of Xinbu Island, Cai Sichun even promised to coordinate with the Hainan Wei Yamen for him and allocate the military land on Haidian Island to Zhao Fuxiang.

In addition to these, Cai Sichun also promised that as long as Zhao Fuxiang can invite wealthy households in the city, he can come forward to vouch for Zhao Fuxiang in the name of the government. This is what Zhao Fuxiang hopes for most, so that he can lock his own interests with the gentry in Qiongzhou Prefecture.

Tie them together in one place, and truly achieve both prosperity and loss.

Zhao Fuxiang has been in the system for more than 20 years, and he knows deeply what the essence of politics is, which is to unite the majority to defeat a small group! Those powerful officials and heroes who had the last laugh in history, didn't they pretend to be grandsons and make friends with heroes in the early days?

After attracting sponsorship, he accumulated a lot of experience and became a master.

For example, Cao Cao, without the support of the Yingchuan gentry in the early stage, it would have been impossible to compete with Yuan Shao, who occupied the four states of Hebei. And Liu Bei, if the Jingzhou gentry group had not supported him, it would have been impossible for Liu Bei to hold the six counties of Jingzhou

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With these precedents, Zhao Fuxiang knew that if he wanted to quickly establish a foothold in Qiongzhou Prefecture, he would definitely need the support of local people, so Zhao Fuxiang came up with such a cooperative business model.

Zhao Fuxiang returned home excitedly, and Kong Shouzhen was already waiting at home with several leaders of the refugees. According to Zhao Fuxiang, these leaders were really awesome, and each one looked like the reincarnation of the goblin in Journey to the West.

The leader was a middle-aged man in his forties, wearing a shabby coat that was so dirty that the color could no longer be seen. His hair was sticky and unkempt, like a mess of grass.

This leader looks pretty good. He probably washed his face before he came and can still see his appearance clearly. The other two people can't even tell their appearance and age, so they can only tell that they are two men.

When the three of them saw Zhao Fuxiang coming in, the leader knelt on the ground with a grunt and cried: "Master Zhao, I heard that you are willing to lend a helping hand to save us dying people. I am here to kowtow to Master Zhao."

Got it!"

These three guys smelled bad. Zhao Fuxiang covered his nose and said: "Fan Jian, take these three out to wash themselves first, and then put on new clothes and come back!"

Fan Jian quickly entered the house and took the three guys out. Kong Shouzhen said guiltily: "My boss, this is the case in refugee camps. Kong didn't expect it!"

After the three leaders left, the smell in the room slowly dissipated. Zhao Fuxiang took a long breath and said: "I can't blame Brother Kong, these guys are so stinky! Who were those three people just now? Are they the leaders of the refugees?

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After Kong Shouzhen's explanation, Zhao Fuxiang knew that there was no organization at all in the refugee camp. Those three people were not even the leaders. They were just landlords in Shandong and had some knowledge. So when Kong Shouzhen wanted to find the leader, the three of them were

It's just elected by the refugees.

Landlords? Zhao Fuxiang didn’t expect that even landlords in Shandong would flee. After Zhao Fuxiang asked, he realized that these three people were not big landowners, but small and medium-sized landowners with hundreds of acres of land.

A big landowner with acres of land, and the manor he lives in is protected by private soldiers. How can he flee with the refugees?

Just as Zhao Fuxiang and Kong Shouzhen were chatting, the three leaders came back. They put on clean clothes again, but because the clothes did not fit, they looked awkward. Their hair was wet and had not been dried, so Fan Jiantu would not give it to save trouble.

They boiled hot water for bathing and rinsed directly with well water from the backyard. As you can imagine, the temperature of the well water was so cold in February that all three guys were shivering from the cold.

After washing, Zhao Fuxiang could finally see the faces of the three people. The first one was in his forties and of medium build, and the two behind him were both in their thirties. One of them looked very similar to the first one, and he was probably a nephew.

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Zhao Fuxiang asked Fan Jian to bring hot tea to the three of them to warm them up, and then asked: "What are your names? What did you do before?"

The forty leader took a sip of tea to relieve the cold. After hearing what Zhao Fuxiang said, he said tremblingly: "Back to Mr. Zhao, the villain's name is Meng Decai. One of them is called Chen Sibao and the other is Meng Delu! The villain and Meng Delu are brothers. They used to be brothers.

He is a wealthy family in Yanzhou Prefecture, Shandong, and Chen Sibao is a wealthy family in Kaifeng, Henan!"

It turns out that two are from Shandong and one is from Henan. It seems that these refugees are mainly from northern provinces.

"How many of you refugees are there now? How many men and how many women? How many old and weak men and how many strong men and women?"

Zhao Fuxiang's words stumped Meng Decai. People were dying in the refugee camp every day, and at the same time, new refugees were crossing the sea every day. Who knows the detailed figures?

Kong Shouzhen said from the side: "Lao Meng, there is no need to give detailed figures, my boss is just asking for a rough idea!"

The approximate figures are there, Meng Decai said: "Back to Mr. Zhao, there are about 36,000 people in the camp now, and the number of strong men is about 30,000. The rest are old and weak, and the number of strong men is between 26,000 and 7,000.

, there are fewer strong women, only three or four thousand!"

Zhao Fuxiang's eyes lit up when he heard that there were more than 20,000 strong men. No wonder all dynasties have been very wary of refugees. Just imagine that more than 20,000 people have no food to eat. If they are incited by someone with ulterior motives, they will immediately become a source of chaos. Thinking of this, Zhao Fuxiang has a thought in his heart.

The idea was that he could use these refugees to squeeze more money from the wealthy scholars.

After making up his mind, Zhao Fuxiang smiled and said: "Lao Meng, there are so many of you. It is basically impossible for me to feed you. If you want to have enough food, you still need yourself!"

Meng Decai's eyes widened when he heard what Zhao Fuxiang said. Just now he heard Kong Shouzhen say that someone was willing to care about the lives of the refugees, so he hurried over in a hurry. But knowing that Zhao Fuxiang let them rely on themselves, isn't this the same as before?

Kong Shouzhen saw the confused eyes of Meng Decai and the others and said with a smile: "You three, my master means to provide you with a job. You can work in exchange for daily meals!"

Meng Decai breathed a sigh of relief after hearing what Kong Shouzhen said. They were now so poor that they had nothing but a lot of strength. As long as they had enough to eat, they could do anything.

Meng Decai said quickly: "On behalf of the refugees, I would like to thank Mr. Zhao. As long as Mr. Zhao provides a job, I promise that I will not disappoint Mr. Zhao!"

Zhao Fuxiang nodded and then asked: "How many years have you been in Qiongzhou Prefecture? Why don't you organize a guild to fight for your own rights?"

When it comes to this matter, Meng Decai is really a child without a mother. It’s a long story. Meng Decai came earlier than Kong Shouzhen. He had already crossed the ocean and arrived in Qiongzhou in the 14th year of Chongzhen. At that time, there were not so many refugees outside the city, only a few.

Just a thousand people.

Meng Decai arrived here because he was from Shandong, and because he had read some books and knew things, he planned to take fellow Shandong fellows to work at the Nandu River Wharf. However, there were many guilds on the wharf, and they were a group of outsiders who could compete better than others.

Some local guilds contacted subordinate officials on the docks and falsely accused the refugees of robbing shipping ships. More than 20 of Meng Decai's refugees were arrested by the government, and five or six of them died in prison. Finally, Meng Decai went to the guilds and promised not to do so in the future.

Hui was going to grab business, so the government released the remaining refugees.

In addition to these local people, they are also eyeing them. Although there are not many women among the refugees, there are still some. These families sell these poor women to locals as wives through kidnapping and trafficking, because the refugees do not have the support of the government.

So I have always dared to be angry but dare not speak out.

Zhao Fuxiang listened to Meng Decai talking here for half an hour, which was nothing more than how the government was doing things, how shameless the guild's methods were, etc. Hearing Zhao Fuxiang just yawned, Zhao Fuxiang waved and said: "Old Meng, stop it, you half

People always say how sorry the government is to you, why don't you look for the reasons within yourself? There are more than 30,000 of you, and you will only wait to rely on the sky for food. If not, who will starve to death?"

Meng Decai cursed Zhao Fuxiang in his heart, but now that he was asking for help, he had no choice but to say duplicitously: "Yes, Mr. Zhao is right to scold him, it's all our fault!"

Zhao Fuxiang snorted: "Hmph, it's good that you know! But from today on, you have to listen to me! I will solve the problem with the government! But you have to organize according to my requirements, so be it, you refugees will also organize

What should I call a guild? How about calling it the Tiandi Guild?"

Tiandihui? What is this? Meng Decai and the other two looked at each other and asked, "Mr. Zhao, is this Tiandihui a guild?"

The guilds of the Ming Dynasty were the predecessors of the underworld in later generations. Due to the great economic development in the Ming Dynasty, various organizations emerged among the people, such as the boat gangs responsible for shipping, the grain gangs responsible for transporting grain from north to south on the Grand Canal, and the begging poles in major cities.

Gangs, etc., these half-official and half-black social organizations take over most of the grassroots operations that the government should be responsible for, so the government turns a blind eye to them. As long as they don't do anything illegal, the government doesn't bother to take care of them.

Zhao Fuxiang laughed, took out some pieces of paper and said, "Yes, it's similar to those guilds! Now you have nothing. Heaven is your father and earth is your mother, so we formed this guild and called it the Heaven and Earth Society!"

Kong Shouzhen took the paper. On it was the organizational constitution of the Tiandihui written by Zhao Fuxiang. Of course, these organizational structures were completely copied from The Deer and the Cauldron, and even the name of the hall was copied.

Zhao Fuxiang has actually been thinking about guilds for a long time. The Ming Dynasty was different from later generations. Ordinary people in the Ming Dynasty received nine years of compulsory education. The illiteracy rate in the Ming Dynasty reached 99%. If you talk to these illiterate people about world harmony, they don't understand at all, so they must find

Communicate with them in a language they understand.

Zhao Fuxiang thought of the Tiandihui. This organization was very famous and its life cycle was even longer than the Manchu Dynasty. Since the Tiandihui had existed for hundreds of years, it must have its advantages in adapting to the society at that time, so Zhao Fuxiang decided without even thinking about it.

Form a mafia under your own control.

As for the system, they are all copied from The Deer and the Cauldron. In addition to the main hall, there are ten halls across the country. The first five halls are Lianhua Hall, Hongshun Hall, Jiahou Hall, Shentai Hall, and Honghua Hall. The last five halls are Qingmu Hall and Chihuo Hall.
Chapter completed!