The train from Henan to Shandong, as soon as it arrived at Jinan Station, a red and blue top, dazzling people in front of their eyes. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 infoShandong Wenwu Science and Technology, and even Yuanmen listening to the drums, referring to the alternate Taoists distributed by the province, are all here to greet the marshal.

After the incident of Songjiang, not only did Zhao Guanhou make a lot of money, but more importantly, his face was also very bright. beat the feudal division as a governor, and then ran away in anger and went to the concession to have a good time. The result was that the feudal division returned to Beijing and was appointed, and the governor did not move. This is tantamount to the imperial court bowing its head and giving in to the local officials, which is a rare thing after Dajin implemented the new policy and took over the power of local governors.

Moreover, the personnel and material resources transported back from Songjiang are endless, and the fact that the marshal is in Songjiang and the collapse of a bank has also spread in Shandong officialdom. Although smoking has been banned on a large scale in Shandong officialdom, the gambling trend is still very strong, and many officials who are good at gambling are itching in their hearts when they hear it. When talking about this gambling game, their eyebrows danced, and when they met the handsome, this obedience was not made.

The scene was perfunctory, it took half a day's effort, and when he arrived at the inner house, it was already afternoon, he went straight to Fengzhi's room, and saw that in the courtyard, Fengzhi was having a clear eye, teaching Jingci to box. smiled and said, "What, senior sister wants to teach this rabbit cub to practice kung fu?" He is so skinny, and if he knows kung fu again, he will not be allowed to go to the house to uncover the tiles. ”

"There's no harm in boys' skins, it's good to be a boy, it's a coincidence to be a girl, I've been skinning since I was a child, and my father always said I was a tomboy."

Feng Zhi said as she asked the girl to take Jingci out, and then twisted a towel to wipe Zhao Guanhou's face, and asked, "Are you using dinner here, or are you going to the big kitchen?" I'm clumsy, I can't do anything delicious, and if I want to eat here, I can only give you pancakes and a few fried dishes. ”

"Senior sister, cook some home-cooked meals, I like to eat the most, but I'm not in a hurry to eat, come, I'll tell you something first."

Feng Zhi was beside him, and naturally leaned her head on her husband's shoulder, "You haven't eaten at my place for a long time, and when you're tired of eating, you don't want to eat." ”

"If you can't eat enough in your life, how can you not love it. To be honest, the food on Songjiang's side is not too much to my taste, and it is best to eat the food from my hometown. ”

"Really?" Feng Zhi's face was happy: "You really don't like to eat Songjiang's food?" That's great, if you like to eat hometown food, I'll make it for you every day, you can eat whatever you want. ”

"Let's talk about things first, are the second aunts and third aunts here?"

"I've been here, and I've brought a letter, I'll get it for you." Feng Zhi took out the letter from a jewelry box, and there were no words on the letter, as if it was an empty envelope with white paper. But Zhao Guanhou asked for vinegar, soaked it in vinegar, and the handwriting was naturally displayed.

"It's written in rice soup, without vinegar, and it's not visible. The Yuan family buddies are really doing things properly, this errand is done well, you go back and tell the two sisters, their men, I have a good future. And then give them five thousand pieces of silver, which is a small reward, and when the matter is over, there will be another reward. ”

Feng Zhi has already learned a lot of words in the past two years, and looking at the words on it, he can recognize more than half of them, and asked on the side: "Do you want to do it now and arrest them all?" ”

"What are you doing with them, this time I went to Henan, and my brother-in-law told me about fishing, which made me deeply experienced. Let the fish flutter with the strength of the fish, and when the water is stirred, it will not be too late for us to do it, hook them on their gills, and the thread is in our hands, and there is nothing to fear. ”

Feng Zhi didn't seem to understand it, but she could understand the general meaning, she nodded and said, "Anyway, I listen to you for everything, I will do what you say." ”

"Okay...... Then I say, we have to do this now! In Feng Zhi's laughter, Zhao Guanhou had already picked her up, and Feng Zhi, who had always been bold, also responded enthusiastically without twisting, with Cuiyu's pregnancy, her pressure was getting bigger and bigger, and she needed to give birth to a child for her junior brother to stabilize her position and please him.

At dawn the next day, the governor's yamen finally resumed its office, and Xia Manjiang and other four staff members were all seated, waiting for Zhao Guanhou to assign orders. During this period, it was all thanks to the office affairs of the four friends of the shogunate, and there were no mistakes in official affairs. Therefore, as soon as Zhao Guanhou entered the door, he first saluted and thanked the four people, and the four friends didn't dare to really accept it, so they all got up and returned the salute and said hello to Zhao Guanhou.

Zhao Guanhou not only kept himself safe and sound, but the court failed to move him at all, but on the contrary, because of his meritorious service in rectifying the Songjiang economy, he rewarded two strings of court beads. Although this thing is not worth much, it is a court's heart, and it takes the initiative to show goodwill, hoping to adjust the relationship. On Zhao Guanhou's side, he guaranteed the future of the four staff members respectively, and he would never refuse.

He also said: "Tonight, there will be a banquet in my house, and all four of us will come at that time, and whoever does not come will not give face." ”

Immediately asked about official affairs, Li Runnian said: "There is nothing important in official affairs, the peasant associations and thousand-person associations in various places were originally run by us. As for the bandits in Yimeng, they all suddenly disappeared. ”

Zhao Guanhou naturally knew what the situation of those bandits was, so he didn't talk about this issue, and then asked about the tax and market situation, especially since there were more than 100,000 people at once, and the resettlement problem should not be underestimated.

Xia Manjiang said: "This thing is very easy to do, according to your instructions, a factory was set up for Mrs. Zou, which is called Shandong No. 2 Textile and No. 2 Yarn Factory, and some of the workers can be placed there." Other workers, some are robbed. They are all skilled workers, and they can do things as soon as they come, which is a good hand that is difficult to find in factories with lanterns. If there are tens of thousands of such workers, there will be no shortage in Shandong. There is a big gap in labor in Shandong, and there is not too much manpower. ”

Originally, Meng Siyuan set up a factory in Shandong first, but now in Shandong, a large number of textile and yarn factories have been set up, which can digest a large part of the workers. As for those that can't be digested, don't be embarrassed, there are refugee shelters in Shandong, you can give food first, and then make plans. If you can't afford it, you can also go to work in places such as canning factories and quilt factories. In short, with the current strength of Shandong, it is not difficult at all to arrange 100,000 people.

However, there are also difficulties at the moment, the most important of which are the Consultative Bureau and the Three Holy Mansions in Shandong. At the beginning of its establishment, the Consultative Bureau was originally part of the new policy of the imperial court, which was an attempt to co-govern the gentry and the government. At the beginning of its establishment, the cooperation between the two was still pleasant, and the squires also helped the government a lot.

However, at the beginning of the establishment of the Consultative Bureau, the purpose was not to manage Shandong Province alone, but one day, to run the National Assembly in Beijing, and the speaker of the Consultative Bureau must be a member of the National Assembly, so that he could influence the government and guide the world, and as a squire, he would have great power in the army, and everyone would be concerned about this good thing.

The establishment of the imperial cabinet was a blow to these people, and even the most stupid people could understand at this time that the so-called constitutionalism was nothing more than a fool's trick, and from the very beginning, the imperial court never thought of ruling the world with the gentry.

Anger out of joy, despair out of hope, and then the anger of the gentry. The Shandong Consultative Bureau began to hinder Shandong's government affairs, and the local work became more and more resistant.

Zou Jingze also asked the government to increase its power and form a militia to protect the safety of the countryside. If there is a militia group, there must be weapons, but the Shandong Arsenal has strict management of munitions, and no one has the right to extract them without authorization. The defenders were foreign soldiers, and the squire's strength could not reach them, and there were several disputes between them. According to the latest situation, Zou Jingze seems to have taken a Prussian line and purchased nearly 100 guns.

With the current public security situation in Shandong, there is no need for so many foreign guns to defend themselves, and their intentions make people have to be suspicious. Secondly, Shandong has Yan, Ya, and the Three Holy Mansions, and the power is extremely huge. Even in the county seat where the Yansheng Mansion is located, the county order must be selected by the Yansheng Mansion, and outsiders are not allowed to interfere.

They sway public opinion, manipulate public opinion, and are often suppressed in the name of Taoism, which makes it impossible for people to refute it. In the past, the relationship between them and the Shandong government was still harmonious and they did not offend each other, but recently, the Sanshengfu side has also begun to criticize Shandong's policies.

There are now dozens of private newspapers in Shandong, and several of them have published Sanshengfu's criticism of the Shandong Silk Reeling Factory, saying that it is immoral and should be closed immediately.

Wang Hexuan said: "There are female and male workers in the silk reeling factory, and the female workers have a very miserable life, especially in the silk reeling room, the boiling water is hot, all year round like the middle of the summer, and there is occasionally the wind in the middle of the summer, and the silk reeling room is hot and stuffy. In order not to go there, some women workers have to curry favor with the foreman, and what do they rely on to curry favor with the foreman? Isn't it a natural capital? It is inevitable that men and women will be caught by their pigtails and criticized by them, saying that they want women to return home and not come out to work, otherwise people's hearts will be ruined and the world will be bad. In fact, in the final analysis, Shandong wants to set up a Confucian church, advocate retro, pay attention to ancient etiquette, make a fuss about us, and give us a dismount. ”

Zhao Guanhou nodded and said: "These two things are not small, we have to discuss how to solve these problems." The silk reeling factory is not good for me, I haven't been to see it since it was built, and I went back to make a charter, and this kind of hard work is handed over to male workers to do, and female workers only do idle work. After all, men can be naked in the workshop, but women can't, how can women be allowed to do that. Confucius Church and Zou Lao's side, and then slowly find a way to deal with it. In short, I don't care how they toss, if they want to take the power of Shandong, there is no door. There is no rush in business, let's eat first, and then discuss the solution. ”

During the banquet in the evening, Zhao Guanhou deliberately asked Ah Jiu to serve the banquet, intending to match her and Xia Manjiang's good deeds. However, when the two met, they did not develop as Zhao Guanhou thought, although it confirmed that Ah Jiu's sister Qiaoyun was Xia Manjiang's good relationship. But then, when asked if he intended to let Ah Jiu replace his sister's vacancy, he was rejected by Xia Manjiang.

Qiaoyun is empathetic, gentle and considerate, so that Xia Manjiang can relax physically and mentally. Although Ah Jiu is a red man, he is not very good at taking care of people, and he still needs someone to take care of him.

What Xia Manjiang wants to find is a good wife and mother who can be a family with him and help him take care of his diet and daily life, not Xiaoxing, who is beautiful and moving, but needs to take care of it with his own heart, and he is not satisfied with this matter here. Ah Jiu also thought that Xia Manjiang was too old and not a good match, so he only mentioned this matter, and there was no follow-up.

But Zhao Guanhou's care made Xia Manjiang very useful, and he couldn't help it, and mentioned another difficulty in his current situation. He married a wife in his hometown, but the relationship between the husband and wife was not good, and they did not communicate for a long time. Not long ago, his two sons from the countryside came to him, only to learn that his wife had passed away, and the two sons couldn't survive in their hometown, so they asked their father to find a way.

Father and son nature, no matter what, Xia Manjiang will not treat his own flesh and blood badly, with his identity and ability, it is not difficult to arrange two people to work. But after the father and son talked, he found that the two sons were educated by the new school, and in addition to constitutionalism in their heads, they were driving Tartar, and they almost wanted to persuade Lao Tzu to join Ge Ming, so he didn't dare to keep people.

It is also his absolute trust in Zhao Guanhou, this kind of thing that may lead to the killing of the head is also said in the open, and he spread his hands and said: "This ...... What can I do? I gave them a sum of money, and I could do it, but if they took the money, if they went to cause trouble for me again, how could I be worthy of the handsome? ”

Zhao Guanhou said with a smile: "This matter is nothing, I don't care what they learn, I only think that it is the son of your Master Xia, because the father respects the son, and they should be treated differently." I'll think about it......" He pondered for a moment and wrote a note, "I'll give the two sons a thousand taels of travel money in the afternoon, and send them to the ninth town. Xu Shaozhen, the commander of the ninth town, asked me to borrow money, and he had to pay me back for this favor. The atmosphere there is relatively civilized, and when Ling Lang arrives there, he promises that he will not suffer. ”

Xia Manjiang thanked him again and again, went home and called his two sons, and thanked Zhao Guanhou in person. These two people are dignified and very powerful, but they are soldiers, and joining the army is also what they want. When the banquet was over, Ah Jiu suddenly pulled Zhao Guanhou's sleeve, "Master, can the slave and maid talk to you a few words." ”

"I said, you are not a slave, and you don't need to call me master, if you have anything to say, just say it."

Ah Jiu's head was lowered, and after a while, he said: "The slave maid is in Songjiang, and she thinks she is a red man, and she has a very high vision. As a result, I later met the third lady and realized what a beauty is. Now even Mr. Xia refuses to ask me, it can be seen that Ah Jiu is an ugly girl that no one wants. So...... I want to beg the master, reward me with a bite to eat, and leave me to be a girl in the house...... Don't win people around Miss Three, I'm ...... I want to be like Fengxi and be her confidant. ”

It's hard to ask whether she is talking about being a cook like Fengxi or having a son like Fengxi, but looking at her shy eyebrows, most of the latter has more thoughts. Zhao Guanhou didn't want to find a burden to enter the door, so he thought about it for a while

"Ah Jiu, how old are you this year, and your life is still unsettled, so I'll send you to study first. In Jinan, we have a women's normal school, and the principal there is a good friend with me, so if you go there to study, she will definitely take you in. …… Yes, her surname is Yu, I call her Jade Beauty, you can call her Principal Yu. I'll write to you and send you over. After you graduate, let's talk about how you will be placed. If you are still willing to stay in the mansion at that time, I will not refuse you. ”

"Thank you...... Thank you, sir......" Ah Jiu happily grabbed Zhao Guanhou's arm, but before she could make any other moves, Feng Xi's cough rang out violently, making Ah Jiu jump backwards in fright. I saw Feng Xi said with a calm face: "Guanhou, the second master is here, waiting outside, do you see it or not?" (To be continued.) )