Chapter 123: Differentiation

Ye Tao, Ye Laogeng and even several of Ye Tao's senior brothers were invited to the palace as guests and had a dinner with the Dongping royal family. Usually, even if Ye Tao is already a colt, there is no such rule. But Tan Xiaopei's decision to treat the Ye family in this ordinary way fully shows the importance he attaches to Ye Tao, and on the other hand, it also shows Tan Xiaopei's characteristics as a modest and generous and unruly king.

As for the Canal Governor's Mansion, what happened in Sufeng Town, Ye Tao was not in a hurry at all. Although Tan Weixin is still immersed in the fact that her currency reform plan has been refuted and she is reluctant to deal with too many messy things, it does not prevent her from wanting to help Ye Tao do his errand. Under Tan Weixin's instructions, Zeng Man sent a group of his most powerful subordinates to Sufeng Town to investigate the situation. And after Zeng Man obtained Tan Xiaopei's consent, he also retrieved a large amount of information that had been stored from the Ouchi database, which he could no longer fully call, and selected a considerable part of it and handed it to Ye Tao for reference.

The situation is not complicated. While the canal project has the potential to bring a lot of benefits, the cost to be paid for the intricacies of local forces is also obvious. The town was not originally a large town, and its expansion plans alone would take up a large area of land in the surrounding area.

The construction of the canal involved even more land. Unlike the relocation of those residents when the new city was built in Danyang, in Danyang, since the new city has been approved by the state, even if some people will suffer some losses in the whole plan, they dare not do anything to blame. But in the place, even if this place is not very far from Danyang, the situation is completely different. Some local families rely on the land in their hands to survive and develop. It is also expected to maintain such a situation with these lands. As for the canal, although people of insight in various families can see the future benefits, after all, not everyone can understand how much capital and materials the canal can drive, and how much business opportunities can be integrated. In the face of change, there will always be people who will selectively ignore some opportunities and benefits to avoid entering areas that they are never familiar with, as is the case in any era.

And there are others, although they see such an opportunity. But he still feels dissatisfied, and is getting more bargaining chips for himself. A large part of the total budget for the construction of the canal was allocated to the land purchase and population resettlement, which amounted to almost half of the total budget. This is also determined by the special circumstances of the present. After all, most of the land is now private property, and the construction of the canal this time is concentrated in the relatively rich plain area, and if the canal is forcibly built without compensation to the landowner, there will be a relatively large rebound. However, the use of manpower and material resources in the construction of canals does not take much cost. After all, there is also a national conscription system, which can be centralized in the conscription of people, and all that needs to be borne is the daily consumption of food, drinking water, accommodation, medicine, and compensation in case a citizen dies on the construction site.

In this case, a person named Shan Zeying was born. Shan Zeying is the head of the Shan family, the third largest landlord in Sufeng Town. From the very beginning of the news that the canal was going to be built, he began to use various means to acquire land in the relevant areas. When Shi Xiu led a large number of officials from the Ministry of Industry and some of the officers of the Blood Qi Army who were proficient in mapping and mapping to conduct detailed surveys, some of Shan Zeying's men took the opportunity to ask for more detailed canal routes from the mouths of those scheming technicians, and then compared them with the land they already mastered. It has also greatly collected a number of key land. Of course, there is also Ye Taodi's responsibility in this, because of everything, he was dragged in Danyang for too long, so that Shan Zeying had enough time to operate. At a time when Shan Zeying thought that the land in his hands had enough influence on the canal project, he captured the mentality of some local landlords who would rather hold land than try greater business opportunities, and gathered them together to incite passive confrontation under various names. That's it. According to the existing canal construction plan, almost half of the length of the canal is related to the land in Shan Zeying's hands or the part of the local forces he represents. Whether Shan Zeying is willing to let go of his mouth or not seems to be the key to whether the canal can start quickly.

Knowing such a situation, Ye Tao was also a little annoyed, if he took office as soon as he was appointed as the governor of the canal, he might not give so many people a chance to brew opposition, let alone give Shan Zeying the opportunity to control the land in so many key locations to blackmail.

"Father wants me to tell you that he has been very kind to let you know what is going on. Within the purview of the entire Canal Governor's Palace. He won't help anymore. You're on your own. When Ye Tao was thinking about how to open the situation with a sad face. Tan Weixin sent such bad news again.

“…… This one...... Why? Anyway, I'm my own family, right? Is your dad still mad at me? Ye Tao said dejectedly, for this situation. He really hadn't learned much. In any case, he used to be just a technical white-collar worker.

In the not too cold weather in Danyang, Tan Weixin was still a little unbearable. Her heart pulse was so weak, probably in the winter, more energy had to be used to maintain her body temperature, and she was particularly weak. However, no matter how weak she was, she couldn't stop Tan Weixin's brain, she chuckled and said, "Because my father has studied it, I think that although it is tricky, the key to handling this matter is still in your own hands." He doesn't feel the need to say anything, or, what to do before you completely mess up. ”

Ye Tao thought about it carefully and asked, "Are you sure it's all within my purview?" ”

Tan Weixin said: "This ...... I don't know, I haven't studied your governor's terms of reference. However, since my father said so, and it seems that Lord Huang doesn't think it's too troublesome, it should be like this. Tan Weixin said with relief: "This is probably an important performance appraisal for you." ”

"Performance appraisal?" Ye Tao was stunned. If becoming a Governor was just a performance appraisal for him, what would it be in the future? Do you really expect someone like him to become the ruler of a country? Judging by the rank of this canal governor, there is not much room for promotion.

Ye Tao's vigilance and rejection were expected by Tan Weixin: "Lord Pony, my country has never had regulations restricting relatives from becoming officials, and even if there is, it is just to comply with the worries of some officials and imperial history. On the contrary, your own family is more trustworthy, at least, judging by your father's character and his evaluation of you. ”

"But......" Ye Tao couldn't think of anything to refute at once. He knew that Tan Xiaopei still had some rejection of him in his heart, but this rejection had nothing to do with business and his ability at all, it was just a simple feeling of a father who was jealous of his dearest daughter being taken away by another man, from this point of view, Tan Xiaopei was very cute. "Dear future wife of Lord Pony, it's not very desirable to die for your father."

Tan Weixin smiled, a little indifferent, she turned the topic back to the thorny things in Sufeng Town, and said, "It shouldn't be difficult to deal with this problem. You just don't understand what it's like to be an official, or rather, you don't understand how interesting power is. You're not a white-collar worker after all. In that group of people, except for Shan Zeying's guy and a few people who were more compatible with him, most of them did not think about what they wanted to gain from the affairs of building the canal, but were just worried about losing something. Although the landlords were generally more difficult to deal with than the merchant groups, because they were simpler and more stubborn, they were not monolithic. How can you forget the fine traditions of our party and our army in united front work? ”

Ye Tao immediately understood that what Tan Weixin was talking about should be the "unity...... For...... Hit ...... something, nodded. How exactly should it be operated, it will still have to wait for him to officially start working in Sufeng Town.

There was no delay in Danyang, as soon as the New Year was over, Ye Tao led all the officials who returned to Danyang for the New Year, and officially transferred to the 3,000 forbidden army under the Canal Governor's Palace, and 5,000 city defense troops from all over the country.

In Sufeng Town, the Governor's Mansion has been quite large-scale, adhering to the principle of combining Ye Tao's large office and cubicles, the most important departments have already had relatively qualified office space, and the original Xiaolinghe River Yamen is more lively than ever. Although the Governor's Mansion chose a small and low-key mansion very close to the Governor's Mansion according to Ye Tao's wishes, Ye Tao was still very satisfied with the courtyard and the flowers and trees in the garden that were very reasonable.

And after Ye Tao settled down, Deputy Governor Shi Xiu came to visit. This very honest official's face was a little unpleasant, and he said a little apologetically: "I originally thought that the construction of the canal was a great thing for the benefit of the country and the people, and everyone would definitely support it, but I didn't expect it, I didn't expect it." ”

Ye Tao was not naïve, before encountering such a thing, he didn't think that this river governor was just commanding the people and craftsmen to build the canal and the supporting city? He might have been more naïve.

Although he hadn't decided what to do with it, Ye Tao still calmly comforted Shi Xiu: "It's okay, let's take a closer look at the situation, there is always a way to solve it." ”