Deluge left Gordon Hall in despair, returned to her home, and immediately closed the door, for three days without going to work at the Customs Department, and refused to receive all guests. The consuls of various countries in Tianjin were also amazed, and they speculated about what kind of blow De Xuanlin had received from overseas Chinese to become like this.

And three days later, De Xuanlin finally walked out of the house and came to the Customs Department, but announced to the staff of the Customs Department that he would resign from the post of director of the Tianjin Customs and Taxation Department, and after his resignation, all the affairs of Tianjin Customs were handed over to the overseas Chinese to manage, and immediately went through the handover procedures with the subsequent travelers, and the People's Army was stationed in the customs to protect the relevant archives. Subsequently, the provisional government of Tianjin New Area claimed that it had taken back the Tianjin Customs from foreigners and upheld China's sovereignty.

The traverser who took over the Tianjin Customs was named Deng Yongjian, the deputy political commissar on the Kunming ship, with the rank of lieutenant colonel. He is also the highest-ranking military member in the current military to be transferred from the military to the administrative staff.

Although the customs is only a division-level administrative unit, it has always been an important position, and the customs tax is currently the most important source of tax revenue for the crossing group, and the customs is also a department that is very prone to corruption, and there are no professionals in this area among the current crossers, so after discussion by the interim executive committee, it is believed that the military is still in charge, and the provisional military commission chose Deng Yongjian to serve as the director of the customs department.

Tianjin Customs Bijing has been established for a long time and has complete information, so if it can receive Tianjin Customs in a balanced manner, it is of course conducive to the work of the group. In addition, although the top management of the customs is controlled by foreigners, it has also cultivated a group of experienced grassroots Chinese employees, which is also a very considerable human resource for the crossers.

Three days ago, Qin Zheng gave De Xuanlin a condition that he resigned from Tianjin Customs and left Tianjin. And the Tianjin Customs will be smoothly handed over to the Tianjin Provisional Government, and the traverser will protect De Xuanlin's behavior of his attempt to annex the Kaiping Coal Mine and protect De Xuanlin's reputation. And De Xuanlin had no choice but to agree to the traverser's request. After all, if his attempt to annex the Kaiping Coal Mine is blown up, he will definitely not be able to keep the position of director of the Tianjin Customs and Excise Department, so it is better to use this position to protect his reputation, after all, as long as the reputation is still there, there will be a chance to make a comeback.

After taking over Tianjin Customs, Deng Yongyou announced that all customs staff would be retained at a rate, but from now on, Chinese and foreigners working in the customs will have equal opportunities for promotion and development space, and those who want to leave will not be retained, and a severance pay will also be paid, but the work and materials at hand must be handed over clearly, and if there are people who maliciously conceal work or destroy materials, they will be arrested and punished for the crime of destroying public property.

As a result, the handover of Tianjin Customs was very smooth, although many foreign employees left, but because the handover was clear and the information was complete, it did not have a major impact. The smooth change of ownership of Tianjin Customs also made the consuls of various countries realize that unless the Eight-Nation Coalition reoccupied Tianjin and drove out this group of overseas Chinese, the overseas Chinese could only have the final say in Tianjin.

At the same time that the Provisional Government of Tianjin New Area took over the customs, the first battalion of the People's Army led by Luo Yue set out from Tianjin and stationed in the Kaiping Coal Mine.

After De Zhulin and Hu Hua signed the share transfer agreement of the Kaiping Mining Bureau, the British army immediately sent troops into the mine and took control of the Kaiping Coal Mine, which was of course not afraid that the Chinese would repent, but that other countries would intervene again, thus causing the fact that the British army occupied it first, and at this time there were more than 60 British troops stationed in the Kaiping Coal Mine, most of whom were Indian soldiers, and the British only 15 were officers.

Tianjin was occupied by the traversers, but the British troops stationed in the Kaiping coal mine were not affected, because the Kaiping coal mine was about 120 kilometers away from Tianjin, which was not close in this era, and after the traversers occupied Tianjin, they focused on stabilizing the situation in Tianjin, and internal adjustments, and did not expand their influence to the periphery of Tianjin. Therefore, the British troops stationed in the Kaiping Coal Mine actually fell asleep soundly on the side of the traverser's couch.

When the Eight-Nation Coalition counterattacked Tianjin, the British troops stationed at the Kaiping Coal Mine also heard the letter and originally planned to return to the army to participate in the war, but before they could arrive, the Eight-Nation Coalition Army was defeated and retreated to Beijing. As a result, the British army still continued to be stationed in Kaiping, at this time the Kaiping Coal Mine area has formed a town area, which can fully supply the survival of more than 60 British troops, and Tianjin was lost, and the British troops stationed in the Kaiping Coal Mine were not managed, and although the Kaiping Mining Bureau was not properly operated in recent years, after all, there were still quite rich funds and materials, and the British soldiers took the opportunity to take possession of them, and as a result, everyone made a small fortune.

However, when the traverser freed his hand, the good days of the British army stationed in the Kaiping coal mine came to an end, the first battalion itself had a certain combat experience, and both the number and weapons and equipment were far stronger than the British army, so this battle only lasted twenty minutes before it ended, the British army suffered more than 30 casualties, and the rest all raised their hands and surrendered. Subsequently, Luo Yue led the army into the Kaiping Coal Mine. The Tianjin New Area Government immediately announced that it had successfully recovered the Kaiping Coal Mine, which had been occupied by the Eight-Nation Alliance.

Because the Kaiping coal mine is relatively remote, and there are British troops stationed here, so there is no damage, after the British control the coal mine, the mining operation is still carried out as usual, and to supply coal to various countries, and the crosser to take over the Kaiping coal mine, also did not cause any conflict, for the coal mine workers, it does not matter who controls the coal mine, as long as the wages are paid on time.

Five days later, the traverser established the Kaiping Coal Mine Management Company, with He Shengdong as the general manager of the company, and formed the company's leadership team, and the Kaiping Coal Mine also resumed production, while leaving a company to stay in the Kaiping Coal Mine for a long time. This is also the first large-scale modern enterprise controlled by the Crossing Group in this time and space.

He Shengdong is an engineer, originally a project manager, and participated in the new rural construction project, has a wealth of middle-level management experience, he was appointed as the general manager of Kaiping Coal Mine Management Company, and the other management personnel are all engineers who have participated in the construction of the new countryside, which also shows that the interim executive committee resolution, engineering personnel, and personnel with grassroots work experience will be given priority to promote the employment system has been thoroughly implemented.

This is the first time that the traverser has expanded its influence beyond Tianjin, and it also indicates that after the adjustment within the traversal group, it has begun to set its sights on areas outside Tianjin.

A month later, De Xuanlin bought all her properties in Tianjin to the traverser, with a total value of about 1.2 million taels of silver, and a contract of 200,000 pounds. De Xuanlin has been operating in Kaijin for more than 30 years, and has more than 10 subordinate industries, including many excellent assets, such as the Tianjin time-honored Li Shunde Hotel behind Gordon Hall, which has become the first batch of industries for the travelers.

However, the traverser did not lower the price, basically bought De Xuanlin's property at the market price, more than 1.2 million taels of silver was a huge fortune at that time, and the cost of Gordon Hall was not more than 30,000 taels of silver, and the valuation of the entire Kaiping Coal Mine was six or seven million silver, so De Xuanlin did not suffer a loss.

And De Xuanlin left Tianjin by boat with the funds he bought, and came to Shanghai to join Li Hongzhang. At this time, Hoover happily returned to China from England with the agreement of the new company, and went to Tianjin via Shanghai, ready to receive the first pot of gold in his life. I didn't know that when I met De Xuanlin in Shanghai, I learned that the current situation in China had undergone major changes, and the Kaiping Coal Mine had been confiscated by overseas Chinese, and his dream of making a fortune was completely shattered. And De Blaine was afraid that Hoover would be entangled, so she gave him five thousand pounds, and the matter was completely closed.

In fact, 5,000 pounds is a huge amount of money for Hoover at this time, as an engineer, his highest monthly income is only 200 pounds, but compared with the benefits brought by the encroachment on the Kaiping coal mine, it is too insignificant, but although Hoover is unwilling, he is now just an ordinary engineer, and now even countries have no way to take this group of overseas Chinese, what can he do if he is unwilling, so he had to accept 5,000 pounds from De Xuanlin. Of course, the embezzlement of the Kaiping Coal Mine was messed up, and Hoover could not stay in the Merlin Company, so he returned to the United States with the 5,000 pounds to start a business.

And De Xuanlin came to Shanghai to take refuge in Li Hongzhang, and wanted to make a comeback, but at this time Li Hongzhang had lost power, so he could only avoid forcing through Hude, and found another errand for De Xuanlin in Shanghai Customs, but compared with the former director of the Department of Taxation of Tianjin Customs, it is tantamount to a world of difference, and De Xuanlin developed the habit of spending money like falling into the water when he was in Tianjin, although he was down, but the driver still did not fall, and as a result, he mixed in Shanghai for another three years, and squandered most of his savings, but he still achieved nothing, so he had to return to the UK for retirement. However, during her time in Shanghai, De Xuanlin has always been silent about the reason for her resignation from her official position and leaving Tianjin.

De Xuanlin's loss of power, several of his sons-in-law naturally fell sharply, or left China, returned to China for development, or faded out of China's current situation, so the De Xuanlin family, which was prominent in China for a while, disappeared in this way.

Another party in the Kaiping Coal Mine Incident, Zhang Yi, who was the general office of the Kaiping Coal Mine at the time, was kept in the prison of the crossing group as a political prisoner until the time-travelers seized power in the whole country, and then he was released as an amnesty.

However, at this time, most of the parties are no longer alive, and there is not much attention paid to it abroad, so it did not cause much sensation, but it was just a typical example of the new government's propaganda of the corruption and incompetence of the Chunting, the loss of power and the humiliation of the country, and the courage of the travelers to defend the country's assets.