Chapter 736 Moisturizing Things Silently (Medium)

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Gui Youguang is curious. But he was silent and didn't let him see it, and Zheng Ruozeng didn't let him see it.

Zheng Ruozeng is not a person who doesn't know the seriousness, he hasn't forgotten what he said last night, of course he knows that the silent answer is likely to be a big rebellion, so he carried the box and didn't dare to go home, so he simply asked his brother-in-law, found a courtyard in the mansion, locked the door and didn't show up again.

"What's mysterious?" Gui Youguang muttered in a low voice, and buried the doubt deep in his heart, he knew that the two of them must have their reasons for doing this.

Time was urgent, the task was heavy, that night, Shen Mo ran non-stop to Suzhou Institute of Technology, where the double dean of Suzhou Research Institute and Suzhou Institute of Technology couldn't wait.

Suzhou Institute of Technology, located in the southeast corner of Suzhou City, Shipi Lane, was originally a thatched hut where small merchants, hawkers, and small handicraftsmen gathered. Compared with the dignitary mansion of Shiquan Street at the outer entrance, it is more dilapidated, and it is called 'broken alley', because it is indecent, so it is called 'Shipi Alley' by splitting words.

But that's the old yellow calendar, these years Suzhou has developed rapidly, rich businessmen gathered, has already surpassed the two Beijing, Hangzhou, become the world's first-class romantic and wealthy place, it is not an exaggeration to say that every inch of land is gold; So many businesses want to enter Suzhou, so many rich people want to do business in the city, but Suzhou is such a big place, and it is also occupied by 'small bridges and flowing water, pink walls and tiles, and famous historical sites and gardens'.

In fact, when Shen Mo served as the governor of Susong, he felt this strong demand for construction, but he was very uninterested in the large-scale reconstruction and expansion in Suzhou, and gave three instructions: first, no matter who and for what reason, the historic sites and gardens of Suzhou City cannot be demolished, and the cultural features cannot be changed; Second, you can only demolish if you are willing to do so, and those who dare to use power to force others to demolish will be severely punished; Third, please go east to buy industries, the newly built Shanghai city is large and spacious, the transportation conditions are unique, and the supporting facilities are world-class, so don't fight the idea of old Suzhou.

The idea of silence was clear. First of all, with the rise of Shanghai, the southeast economic center will undoubtedly move eastward, and Shanghai will replace Suzhou and become the economic leader of the southeast and even the Ming Dynasty; Although Suzhou will still be an important commercial port for transshipment to the mainland, there is no need for large-scale construction...... In his planning blueprint, Shanghai as the economic center and Suzhou as the cultural center, the two cities echo each other and become the twin stars that illuminate the Ming Dynasty.

In his view, as a humanistic center, it is not how prosperous the city is, but the abundance of the heritage and the richness of the connotation, so his vision of Suzhou is to maintain the historical style, in the fields of culture, education, science and technology, etc., instead of building gardens all day long!

But he has his own ideas, everyone has everyone's ideas, and he can't stop all kinds of shops, houses, clubs, garden villas, and pavilions from springing up in Suzhou City, making Shen Mo feel helpless. In fact, it is not that everyone deliberately disobeys him, in fact. There is no more authoritative governor than him, but everyone has a hobby of joining in the fun...... Everyone knows the bright future of Shanghai, but people live in the present after all, right? Not only a few foreign translators regard Suzhou as a paradise, but also the wealthy merchants and gentry of the Ming Dynasty are also infatuated with this world's first-class romantic and wealthy land.

And the attraction of Shanghai itself is still not good, after all, it is a new port trade city, the flow of people is huge, the fish and dragons are mixed, the most lacking is the outlaws, the most lacking is the noble heritage, which makes the Ming nobles who like to enjoy it, it is not difficult to make a choice at all.

There is nothing he can do about this, no matter how strong his authority is, it is impossible for him to send people to watch on the street, and whoever builds a house will be arrested, so he can only repeat the ban repeatedly and pray that there will be no chaos.

But the chaos should come out, and it will come out of this Shipi Lane. Fang just said that this generation is a shantytown inhabited by small traders, hawkers and small handicraftsmen, and the rich people will not set foot in it, but the space in Suzhou City is limited, and under the continuous construction, the good land has long been exhausted. Some discerning households have set their sights on the slums around Shipi Lane and Xiangwang Lane...... The price of land here is several times lower than that of other places, and no one cares about it, but because the environment is not very good, no one wants to live in a poor nest.

But if you look at it the other way around, if you move the poor out, rebuild the city, and then renovate it. will definitely immediately roll over the appreciation, and make sure to make a lot of money, which is exciting to think about. And these business-minded men have accumulated enough wealth and courage to support them to do it.

So several masters began to make intensive preparations, but for fear of causing the unhappiness of silence, they only dared to secretly buy real estate in the slums; There is also an advantage to strict secrecy, you can receive the title deed in the hands of the poor at a very low price, and when the rumor is released, those poor ghosts will definitely sit on the ground and raise the price.

And Shen Mo's preoccupation with preparing for the construction of Shanghai City at that time really made them fish in troubled waters, and they never noticed it. Finally, a few months after he was ordered to return to Beijing, this long-planned big project completely surfaced.

Several large households, which have already absorbed enough chips, have connected with more than a dozen others, jointly announced in a high-profile manner the establishment of the 'Xinsu Firm', and the old city renovation project and the inventory will be entrusted to the Suzhou Stock Exchange with more than 600 purchased house deeds as collateral to apply to the Suzhou Stock Exchange for the issuance of bonds. Funds were raised for the renovation, and it is worth mentioning that they promised not to pay interest, but the future earnings of the business.

This kind of bond with the nature of equity proves that as long as there is a suitable mechanism, with the wisdom of the Chinese, without anyone's guidance, there will be continuous innovation on the basis of skillful use.

But silence did not feel much joy, on the contrary, he felt anger. These new jin, which have risen by industry and commerce, are really arrogant! A group of frogs sitting in the well watching the sky, not knowing everything in Suzhou City, no matter what the appearance, are actually as delicate as young shoots and cubs, as long as something goes wrong, it attracts the strong intervention of the imperial court, and even only needs to be affected, it may die......

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What made him even more unexpected was that when he checked the prospectus issued by the 'Xinsu Firm', he saw the approval letter of the Suzhou prefect's yamen to allow reconstruction. Shocked, Shen Mo urgently questioned Gui Youguang with eight hundred miles and asked him to explain the matter.

Gui Youguang's reply soon came, and he reported that he was silent, because when those people asked him for approval, he thought it was a good thing...... As the governor of Suzhou, he felt that the existence of those shantytowns was a discredit to the fantastic city, so he approved the project on the premise that the other party complied with the ban.

If he could return to Suzhou at that time, Shen Mo would definitely point to his nose and scold: "Old man, you are really naïve!" "He knows too well what the demolition will cause, if he really pushes the developer into a hurry, and Wang Fa doesn't pay attention to it, then the promise is a fart?

But because Shen Mo knew about it, it was not the first time, and then he had to wait for the reply of the Suzhou government, and a month passed. In the past month, the new bonds of Xinsu Firm have been listed on the market, and they are widely sought after, and they have been overwhelmed...... Unless you want to offend the rich people in Suzhou and completely destroy the economic model you have painstakingly introduced.

He can only strictly order the return of the light, and protect the interests of the poor from harm at all costs; He also personally wrote to the leaders and told them to keep their promises so that they could do what they wanted. Maintain the stability of the demolition area.

However, it still cannot stop the intensification of contradictions...... Don't think that the poor people are stupid, living in the commercial city of Suzhou, under the influence of many powerful people, the vision of many powerful people is no worse than those big households. As soon as the demolition plan was exposed, a group of people came out, claiming to be the leader elected by the shantytown residents, negotiating with the big families on behalf of the big guys, and they quickly convinced the big guys of their power -- an order, all the families south of Shiquan Street and east of Shipi Lane held the deed in their hands, and no matter what price was originally negotiated, they would not sell it.

It is true that the proletarian craftsmen are more united, more organized, and more discerning than the traditional peasants...... They had already noticed something unusual in the sudden increase in housing transactions in the slums, and they must have been prepared for it, which is why they reacted so quickly and forcefully.

But this is not good news for the ambitious big families, who first want to bypass these leaders and buy a few of them at a good price to break this poor alliance. But these poor households, who were mainly craftsmen in the workshops, behaved very stubbornly, not only did not sell themselves, but also said that whoever dared to betray their neighbors was an enemy who would destroy their homes!

A few families could not resist the temptation and secretly sold the house, but that night, the man was beaten half to death, the money obtained from the sale of the house was robbed, and the things in the house were also smashed. The effect was immediate, and no one dared to trade with outsiders in private.

The big farmers tried to put pressure on those who took the lead in making trouble through the workshop, but who thought about it, but it led to a strike, and the mechanics simply quit and went home to look at their houses...... According to the land price in Suzhou, even if it is a small house without a courtyard, these mechanics are required to work for a hundred years without eating or drinking, which is more important, everyone knows very well.

At this time, the big families had no choice but to sit down and talk honestly, but when they asked the other party, the conditions were crude again - either to build suitable housing for the residents on the new site, so that they could move back after the renovation was completed; Or, buy their deed at the current month's house price in Suzhou City, or else everything is not negotiable.

But these two conditions are obviously not accepted, do we big families bother to work hard just to renovate the living conditions for you poor ghosts? And if we really want you to move back, this will become a shanty town again, who will buy our house?

It is also unrealistic to buy at an average price, so that the purchase money alone will exceed the budget by at least ten times, plus the funds required for development, as well as miscellaneous expenses, how can it be earned? No one will do such a deal.

The negotiations were deadlocked, but for both sides, the mood was very different. For the residents, it is delayed, and there is no loss, but the big households are miserable, they have invested more than one million taels of silver, which is borrowed by Guan Huilian, and it is thousands of taels of interest every day; Moreover, the blockage of development projects is directly reflected in their bond sellers, new bonds are not cared for, and those that have already been sold are also listed by buyers, but no one dares to take over, and as a result, the price falls again and again, not only making their financing almost bankrupt, but also taking a serious blow to their reputation!

People do not stand without trust, and reputation is the top priority for the gentry of the Ming Dynasty. It is precisely because the other party sees this clearly that he has no fear and will never let go. As the days passed, the mood of the big households became more and more anxious, and finally in the dark and windy night of a month, several places in the shantytown suddenly ignited a fire, if it were not for Gui Youguang always tightened his heartstrings, ordered the robber arrester to patrol day and night, and ordered the fire officer to take turns on the fire tower, day and night duty, the consequences were unimaginable.

But fortunately, the soldiers discovered the fire early and sounded the alarm. The officials and soldiers of Suzhou City rushed to the fire scene as soon as possible...... This is also thanks to the silent assessment method, which has always made the officials in Suzhou maintain a high sense of responsibility, and there is no need for the prefect to make any further arrangements, and according to the plan of the weekday drills, the various ministries can cooperate closely, some are on alert to maintain order, some are rescued, the injured residents are resettled, and some are rescued property...... Of course, there are more soldiers, pushing the water dragon to fight the fire.

At this time, the benefits of the water town were shown, and they could draw water from the river to ensure that all the water dragons were launched to their heart's content, and the common people also fetched water from the river to extinguish the fire, and with the cooperation of the military and civilians, the fire was finally stopped, and the fire was gradually extinguished at dawn.

However, a third of the houses were burned to the ground, more than 30 people were burned to death, and more than 200 were burned.

The inhabitants of the catastrophe were outraged, and although there was no evidence, they were convinced that the fire was set by the big families in order to acquire the land; The angry crowd rushed into the Xinsu Merchant on Shiquan Street, smashed the storefront, and injured the shopkeeper and a dozen of his fellows.

At this time, Gui Youguang realized that the adults were not overly worried, and in the face of absolute interests, their personalities would be distorted, and they would even lose their minds, and they could do anything. After seeing the situation clearly, he calmed down instead, asking Shen Mo for instructions on how to deal with it, while calming the angry people and promising to solve the case within five days.

He ordered the arrest of the officers and soldiers who patrolled the shantytown at night that day, and finally learned under severe torture that someone had bribed them to deliberately expose their flaws, and then went all the way down the vine and quickly came to the conclusion that Lu Ji's remnants set this fire in order to take revenge on Suzhou and stir up the relationship between the big households and the residents.

Moreover, the human and material evidence is complete, and the arrested arsonist also admitted it himself, so that the residents could not help but believe it.

At this time, Gui Youguang took the opportunity to come forward to make peace, called the principals of both sides together, and said to the big households, although the fire was not set by you, but it did start because of you, so you should be responsible for the people who suffered the disaster, and the dead should also be compensated.

He also reprimanded the representatives of the residents: "You are also responsible, if it is not for the lack of greed and the difficulty of the strong, how can you give the bad people a chance?" Saying that, they made a stack of confessions, they all broke into the door, beat the residents who compromised with the big households, robbed the residents, and even had a ** evidence, saying: "No matter what this matter is, this account clerk will definitely settle it with you." ”

The leaders were frightened, knelt on the ground and begged for mercy, and Gui Youguang also relented: "It's almost okay to persuade the residents, don't make any more trouble, and the official will not blame the past." A few people only agreed.

The negotiations have been reopened with difficulty, and although both sides have made concessions, the differences are still large and the gap is still difficult to bridge. Just when there was nothing to be done, the silent order came, and he proposed a new plan, the compensation was according to the maximum acceptable limit for the large households, but at the same time, the Xinsu firm funded the establishment of an engineering college for ordinary people in the new urban area in the future, and hired senior masters in various industries to teach the Bai Ding vocational skills.

This was not a temporary idea, in fact, Shen Mo had long wanted to set up such a school, and this time it happened to be a meeting, so he took the opportunity to take it out. On the one hand, with the development of the commodity economy, some pillar industries are booming, and almost all the large households in the southeast have opened workshops, and the demand for professional workers is increasing.

On the other hand, a large number of poor people are pouring into the cities, but because they have no skills, they can only do the most basic manual labor, and it is difficult to support their families in the cities. A simple example is that in the same weaving workshop, small workers who are only engaged in carrying, carrying water, and treadmills have only two cents of silver a day, while skilled weavers or satin workers can get more than one penny a day; In the iron-smelting workshop, the income from fanning and watching fire is only one-tenth of that of feeding and casting, and the gap is very alarming.

Both sides of the market have needs, and this technical school has the need to exist, and then it depends on whether people want it or not - through the questionnaire survey of various industries, not all industries have this demand, and those traditional industries dominated by private workshop production, there are almost no supporters, and it is not difficult to understand that in this relatively small market industry, the apprentice is taught, and the master will indeed starve to death.

Therefore, although Bai Ding is eager to learn the skills of these industries, they do not have the conditions to open the course.

What really needs this approach is those industries that benefit from overseas trade and flourish, such as shipbuilding, cotton spinning, silk weaving, pulp and dyeing, as well as several industries such as metallurgy and tool manufacturing.

However, this is not the case for all industries with a broad market, such as tea planting, papermaking, and porcelain making, which are not interested in this kind of technical school......

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