The weather has become colder and colder, and the sparkling Haihe River has been officially frozen, and the transportation has come to a halt. Not only Caoyun, but even shipping has now entered a downturn, Chinese merchants are now preparing for the New Year, and Western maritime merchants will not choose to come to the cold Bohai Bay at this time, Tanggu City has finally become quiet.

Everyone can rest, but Xiao Lotian can't, he is galloping on the wilderness with Qing Sanye, Mike, Matthew and others, and the construction of the special industrial zone will start here in the spring, and it is not possible to do a field trip.

"The first thing to do in the special industrial zone is steel, we have shipping and water transportation here, and there are coal mines and iron mines in Kailuan in the north, which is enough for us to do, anyway, the Carnegie family started with the steel industry, and I think it should not be difficult to build a small-scale iron factory......

"When we have steel, we will build mechanical processing factories and arsenals, the future world arms trade is the most profitable, as long as you can ensure quality and output, you can sell as much as you produce......"

Xiao Letian's face was red from the cold wind, but the fire in his heart could burn more and more, and it was an exciting event to be able to witness the rise of China's heavy industry base in 1865.

Xiao Letian had already planned that he would build a huge fortress in the Tanggu Special Industrial Zone, and the first stronghold of his new army would be chosen here. At that time, the new army was shuttled between high walls, thick barbed wire, and crisscrossing communication canals, and the entire SAR was a military camp.

Regardless of whether he came to power in the Manchu Dynasty or shaved his head to rebel, no matter what republican democracy or constitutional monarchy, he had to be careful to deal with Lao Tzu's foreign guns and cannons, and the elite of a hundred battles. As long as you have money and soldiers in your hands, you can influence the trend of China's history, and no matter what major events happen, Xiao Lotian has the right to speak.

Long Ye looked at Xiao Letian's excited look, sighed secretly and decided to be a minister, and splashed a scoop of cold water, "My lord, Beijing City is going to be chaotic today, why are you like no one? Why don't you let Huaiyuan send some more people over......"

Xiao Letian glanced at him, "When did I disappoint you? Since you chose to follow me, you have to believe me absolutely, this little wind and waves still want to stump me? Don't say that I look down on them, they will have to cry to death in less than three days......"

Qing Sanye's ears were sharp, and he hurriedly rode over and asked, "What do you mean?

"Hehe, if the plan hadn't changed, the capital would have been scolded now. Countless movers and talents gathered together, first storming Prince Gong's Mansion, and then pressuring the court to take my life. I seem to have heard the sound of the tide rising, and the scolding is like a tide......"

Fuqing said embarrassedly, "Brother, you just give in, don't fight with these readers, it's no ...... to bow your head a little."

"... Is it that I am going to fight with them? Is it that they have been rushing up to bully me, okay? Spreading rumors, slandering and pouring dirty water, and then hiring murderers to assassinate and provoke the local gentry to become enemies of me, how can you make me succumb? If they want to kill me, I can't defend myself?"

"Then what do you want to do? You can't kill people again, can you? In the past, you had a reason to kill people in self-defense, but now that people are scolding the streets, do you still raise a knife?"

The corners of Xiao Letian's mouth curled, "Oh... I understand, the third master, don't believe that I can calm this mess, do you think I will only use violence......? Let's go, let's go home, I'll show you a Western product..."

Just when Xiao Letian took the third master home to open his eyes, the spring thirteen niang in the capital made a move.

"According to last night's plan, all the torture halls will be dispatched to let this group of scholars know that we are powerful... Release carrier pigeons......" At the sound of the order, dozens of carrier pigeons were released at once in the pigeon room hidden in the private house, and they flew to their respective targets with secret instructions.

Disguised as young men from all walks of life, the spies ran wild in the streets and alleys, and one secret stronghold after another began to act, and Xiao Letian's forces finally began to fight back.

Almost all the intersections in the capital are sneaky characters, holding a brush and carrying a paste bucket and starting to paint the wall, turning their heads to see that there is no one on the left and right, and the big-character poster under the creaking nest is pasted on the wall.

At the top of the black letter on a white background is a big injustice word, which can be seen clearly from a distance, and after a while, people discovered this sudden big-character poster, and soon surrounded a large number of people.

"Oh my God, this, this...... That's outrageous......"

The detectives were ghostly on the streets of the alleys, and thousands of big-character posters were all posted in an instant. This is not the end, just when those protesting long queues shouted, a master of light skills flew up to the roof, and as soon as he raised his hand on the courtyard wall, a large number of propaganda leaflets flew in the wind.

"The people of Sijiu City take it and take a look, don't let these liars be coaxed, listen to Xiao Letian's wrongs..."

Leaflets like snowflakes flew in the sky, and the readers forgot to shout slogans, and slapped a leaflet in his face with a snap.

Tearing off the flyer and looking at it, the lifter's eyes were bigger than the copper bell, "Shameless, this is really shameless, Xiao Letian actually beat a rake upside down......"

The leaflet is very rudimentary, and the words on it are vague and have no beauty at all, but they will definitely make you see clearly. And the text is simple and naïve to the extreme, really like an old farmer who has never read a book and shouts grievances there.

"Xiao Letian's Seven Questions, What is this......

That's right, the leaflet is full of all Xiao Letian's questions about the court and Xianxue, and the artillery fire is open.

"First question: How could Xiao Letian want to drive the imperial court to assassinate him? Sun Sanhu secretly transferred troops to besiege Lotte with the secret decree of the imperial court and the waist card, and asked where is the national law?"

"The second question: Is Tongzhi Yamen the yamen of the imperial court, and is Tongzhi Zhou Mingkui appointed by the imperial court? If so, why did Sun Sanhu's dead soldiers carry explosives and blow up dozens of houses, killing and injuring more than 300 officials? They're all rebels too?"

"The third question: Since ancient times, disasters have not been enough for my wife and children, even if I Xiao Letian should be killed, it will not be to the point of being beheaded all over the house, and even if it reaches this point, the court will be punished by the canon. May I ask why Jiao Si and Sun Sanhu poisoned my inner family members? My concubine's life is in danger, even if she is cured, she will not be able to have children, why does the imperial court want to dismiss my Xiao family's descendants?"

"Fourth question: Does the imperial court say that I have privately stored the army? May I ask if Lotte Yang is the richest man in Tanggu, and he handles more than 20 million silver in a year, is there a large number of guards of 200 people?

"Fifth question: Sun Sanhu and the soldiers have already confessed, and the purpose of his mobilization of the army is not only to deal with me, but also to take advantage of the chaos to rob money.

"Sixth question: The brazen night attack of the Green Battalion has frightened all the foreigners in the port, and now the foreigner soldiers have landed, the armed sailors have begun to block the streets, and even the foreigners have shouted to take over the security of Tanggu Port. Now it's my Xiao Lotian who is struggling around, so I didn't let the foreigners make the situation bigger. May I ask the imperial court, should I Xiao Lotian be in charge of it in the future?"

"Question 7: The people of the imperial court want to rob me of my property, want my life, and even poison my family members in an attempt to make me die. After doing this thing, I still dare to babble and say that I, Xiao Letian, want to rebel? And I rebelled with a guard of 200 people... I, Xiao Letian, ask the people of the Qing Dynasty, where is the righteousness and where is the morality?"

Xiao Letian's seven questions always poured out all the grievances in his heart, and the words were full of grievances and injustices, and all the viewers were dumbfounded.

"Hahaha, Xiao Letian is running out of words, he is already afraid of us, what is the use of this kind of child-like grievance shouting......?

In the final analysis, this group of scholars is just a toad who grabs urine and bullies the soft and fears the hard. In fact, they were most afraid of Xiao Letian's rough moves, if those soldiers killed a few people in the night, they were really afraid to die.

But now Xiao Letian has chosen to debate with readers, which has been the traditional position of scholars for thousands of years, and this group of people has never lost a lawsuit. They are the newspapers, television, and Internet of the Qing Dynasty, and their throats control the ears and eyes of the people, and if they say that the briquettes are white, they are white.

What did Confucianism rely on to control China for thousands of years? What it relied on was the control of public opinion and the penetration of people's hearts. From high-ranking officials of the imperial court to local gentry, and even talented children, they formed an incomparably huge network of public opinion. These huge networks woven together by relying on teacher-student relationships, classmates' relationships, and same-year relationships can instantly screen out remarks that are beneficial to themselves and then indoctrinate them in every person.

They say that whoever is a Ming monarch is a Ming Jun, and they say that whoever is a Qing official is a Qing official. In the late Qing Dynasty, when compulsory education was not popularized, they were the core force controlling the hearts of the people.

Now Xiao Lotian actually dares to hand out leaflets? He actually chooses to reason with these readers? This is really his own shortcomings and strengths. All the people reading on the street jumped with excitement, and even the protest slogans were a little louder.

At this time, none of the Confucian scholars could understand Xiao Letian's countermeasures, and they still analyzed it with the traditional old eyes.

Time passed minute by minute, the slogans of the lifters still resounded in the sky, and the leaflets flying like snowflakes in the sky had no intention of stopping. There is still a figure on the courtyard wall on the ridge, everyone knows that it is Xiao Letian's subordinates, but none of the scholars and the soldiers who maintain order care.

After all, they just threw some pieces of paper, and in the final analysis, it was a crime of polluting the environment, and it was all messed up like this, and no one bothered to compete with them.

But I never expected that the change would happen quietly. There are not a few literate people in the capital, and people pick up leaflets and gather together to read them and mutter to each other.

"Take a good look, this is a flyer thrown by Xiao Letian, the seven questions are about to catch up with the seven ruthlessness at the time of the founding of the country, do you say it's true?"

"Tsk, it's really hard to say, now I just don't know if there is evidence for Xiao Letian, if there is evidence, this matter is really wrong with the court, and it will be the queen of the Xiao family, which is too poisonous......"

"Look, look again, the water in here is too deep, the public says that the public is reasonable, the mother says that the mother is reasonable, let's be stupid one by one, listen to the wind is the rain. I've seen it through, we really can't get involved in this......"

There will always be a part of the crowd that is good at thinking, they are not easy to fall into frenzy, and even if they are temporary, they will quickly jump out and analyze the situation at any time. It was this group of people who discovered Xiao Letian's good moves.

"Tell me, why did Xiao Letian get so many old leaflets all at once? How rich he is, if this is spread out by the whole Qing Dynasty, this matter will really make a big fuss......"

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