Chapter 124: Determination

There were 10,000 troops accompanying him, and when he learned that many of the officials in the governor's palace were the children of various families, the local wealthy families were even more apprehensive. However, Shan Zeying quickly dispelled everyone's concerns. His explanation is very simple, especially because Ye Tao is a concubine in the future, and it seems that he will definitely be a talent in the future, so now he must pay more attention to the official reputation, and will never take drastic measures to forcibly build the canal.

In one respect, Shan Zeying is right. Although he has 10,000 troops in his hands, if there is a disturbance in the place, it is enough to use it to suppress it. But Ye Tao has some ideas about whether to use the violent machine in his hand and how to use it. In Ye Tao's view, the biggest reason why Tan Xiaopei transferred 10,000 troops, especially the 3,000 forbidden army, to him was not to let him use them, but to let the forbidden army compare and supplement them in the synchronous training of recruits with the Blood Qi Army, and faintly asked Ye Tao to help solve the embarrassing situation that the combat effectiveness and mental outlook of the current forbidden army were far inferior to the Blood Qi Army.

On the other hand, Ye Tao is a traverser who grew up in a free and democratic environment, and he still has many scruples about understanding and using the state violence machine. And he, even in the face of such a large number of large landlords, has no interest in fighting the local tyrants and dividing the land, after all, in the final analysis, except for a few people, everyone else just wants to protect their private property.

Now that the situation has developed to this point, Ye Tao is simply not in a hurry. While adjusting the office procedures of the governor's palace at all levels, he established a coordination system of holding a joint meeting of the heads of various departments every three days, and sent an investigation team to conduct a more detailed investigation of the area under the jurisdiction of the canal governor's palace. This investigation, on the one hand, continues to carry out the survey of the canal and river channel, and on the other hand, it goes deep into the people. Understand the local products, people's living standards, consumption levels and other factors. On the other hand, Ye Tao transferred all the land transaction records and land ownership records from the local government offices. Judging from the tone revealed at the beginning, Ye Tao seemed to be checking all the land that was not concentrated in the hands of the big landlords, and the land that was ownerless.

Ye Tao was step-by-step, but there were some strange behaviors, which made the landlords gathered in Sufeng Town a little confused. They originally thought that once the Governor officially started working, they would have to use thunderous means to suppress them, if they were not actively wooing them, they were going to use thunderous means to suppress them. And Shan Zeying is in the little news that comes out. Smelled a bad smell. Could it be that Ye Tao deliberately did not follow Shi Xiu's plan to build the canal?

The two bell towers in Yicheng and Danyang, especially the bell tower in Danyang that can be replaced, have been completed and put into use, making Ye Tao a well-deserved first person in the Dongping project, if Ye Tao makes up his mind, I am afraid that no project can stump him. If Shixiu's canal plan was not used, the diversion of the canal in order to avoid the land that was used as a bargaining chip in the hands of Shan Zeying and other landlords would basically be abandoning the easiest route to build the canal, although the cost of the project would have increased. However, it is not a solution to recoup the saved land replacement costs.

Shan Zeying was a little nervous, if Ye Tao really did this, then his early expenses in trying to obtain Shixiu's canal plan, purchasing a large amount of land, and transporting those big landowners with different intentions would all be wasted. Once the canal is completed, Ye Tao's voice in canal affairs and his growing influence in Dongping will continue to increase. Not only will his desire to take the opportunity to make a fortune be disappointed, but he will also encounter all kinds of obstacles in the future.

The more Shan Zeying thought about it, the more wrong it became, and finally he couldn't bear it anymore and prepared gifts to visit.

"Mr. Shan. Please take back the gift. What Shan Zeying didn't expect was that although Ye Tao was very happy to agree with him, the gift could not be sent. Not to mention gifts, even if you hand a red envelope to the porter, you can't stuff it.

"This is the heart of the villain, the Governor has worked hard for the canal to benefit the township, and I can only talk about respect." Shan Zeying's words are high-sounding.

"I got it. But I don't accept gifts. Ye Tao replied lightly, "Gold and silver jewelry silk silk." There's nowhere to pile up this stuff. If the technique is interesting, there is no place in the world that can compare to my workshop. I'm not going to take gifts for the sake of receiving them. ”

Ye Tao's attitude is quite powerful, and it is quite different from Shan Zeying's previous thought that Ye Tao is only good at engineering, and there are many children of the family to support him and the princess to support him in order to sit firmly in the position of governor.

"In that case, I have to obey my fate." Shan Zeying arched his hand and said helplessly.

"Mr. Shan, just say something. There are some things that everyone knows. There's no need to hide it. Ye Tao tilted his head slightly. looked at Shan Zeying and said, "You came to the land for so much real estate in your hands." ”

Shan Zeying saw that Ye Tao was straightforward. He simply let go, bowed deeply, and said, "My lord." ”

Ye Tao smiled. On the issue of how to contact Shan Zeying, there have been several discussions in the Governor's Palace, but everyone has not been able to form a unified opinion. Shi Xiu advocated that Shan Zeying be taken down for questioning. Although Shi Xiu is a typical technical official, a scribe next to him is very skillful, and the document he drafted lists the terms and conditions of Shan Zeying's criminal responsibility, just "hoarding land", "gathering crowds to make trouble", "holding public opinion", "confronting the government" and other crimes, to put it mildly, may make Shan Zeying and his family disappear completely.

Even if Shi Xiu supported Shan Zeying's questioning, he was frightened by the accusations made by his own scribe. In the Governor's Palace, although there are also many officials like Shi Xiu who are born in commoners who support the questioning of Shan Zeying, more and more critical positions are still the children of the family, and even the relatively distant relatives of the Tan family and the Zhuo family. In the eyes of these people, it is normal to use news that is a little faster than others to find ways to seek some benefits for their family, but Shan Zeying has gone a little too far. A young son of the Zhuo family proposed to find a representative of the big family to suppress Shan Zeying and let him voluntarily sell the land in his hand at an equal price, but this suggestion was approved by many people.

But Ye Tao's thoughts are different. Putting aside the authority of the imperial court and the characteristics of this era, Shan Zeying was actually a speculator with a vision but not enough caution in action. If he had quietly hoarded land, not to get together with other landlords, or even to give some superficial help and establish good relations when the Governor's Palace was working, maybe his current situation would not have been so passive. Therefore, Ye Tao felt that it was a simple, clear and good way to pick things out.

"Look at these," Ye Tao threw a copy of the document written by Shi Xiu's scribe in front of Shan Zeying. Shan Zeying suspiciously picked up the paperwork and glanced at it a few times, and began to break out in a cold sweat. As the governor of the river, Ye Tao now has the power to decide the nature of Shan Zeying's problem. If Ye Tao really dealt with the Shan clan on such a charge, with Ye Tao's current relationship, although he would be impeached by the officials, if Ye Tao was indeed extremely angry at what Shan Zeying had done, and really wanted to ask for the crime, Shan Zeying would have no choice.

Shan Zeying said nervously: "Adult, the villain is just for a while...... Eager for profit. There is absolutely no intention to blackmail public opinion and confront the government. He lost his previous calmness, nervously wiping the cold sweat on his head. In this still cold season, it's not easy to sweat like this.

Ye Tao said in a timely manner: "Are you eager for profit? I still want to fight against the government. It doesn't matter to me anymore. Today, I have decreed that the registration of all land transactions shall be suspended in the area of the Canal Governor's Palace. The government is not responsible for any disputes over privately traded land. As for the land in your hand, you will truthfully quote the price of your purchase. I'll add one and a half percent of the profit to you, and take it all. Except for some of the expenses you spend on such a big thing, you will be able to make a profit, although you may not be satisfied. But there is an explanation. What do you think? ”

Shan Zeying didn't speak, what he originally considered was that it was normal to make a profit of about 30% from the one in and one out of the land. He privately inquired about the different prices of different types of land and land for the purchase of land originally prepared by the Canal Governor's Palace. A large part of the land he bought was even bought at a lower price. Naturally, he couldn't be reconciled. However, Ye Tao pressed him with that extremely terrible crime, which made him have no temper. Dongping is business-oriented, but the crackdown on speculation is not ruthless, and Ye Tao's handling of it can stand up to it in terms of procedure and reason.

Ye Tao saw that Shan Zeying didn't say anything, smiled again, and said, "You don't have to be nervous. Regardless of whether you sell it to the Canal Governor's Mansion or not, it is not enough to hold you accountable. The canal doesn't have to go from your land. Although Lord Shixiu's plan is superior, it is not completely unrecorded. I'll just dig from somewhere else. ”

Shan Zeying struggled for a long time, gritted his teeth and said: "My lord doesn't know the suffering of my Shan family, the money to buy land, but the Shan family's entire savings for decades. Some foreign debt was also borrowed. I'm afraid I can't explain the profit of five percent. ”

Ye Taole is happy, in this case, he has to fight for the interests of his family, regardless of the threat of the whole family being imprisoned or even beheaded, this determination is not easy to make. Ye Tao asked rhetorically: "You actually borrowed money to buy land?" Are you so sure you can make money? ”

Shan Zeying said resolutely: "I believe so. "The Shan family was really just a family based on the acquisition of land, but over the years, it seems that the land has become less and less valuable. In particular, due to the gradual diversification of food sources in Dongping over the years, the channels for purchasing grain from Chunnan have become more and more smooth, and it has become more and more difficult to maintain the development of the family with land. Shan Zeying didn't know much about how to do business, but the news of the canal had led him to come up with this method that might have been reckless, but he was sure he could make money.