Guangzhou Taihe Bank has branches in Shanghai and Nanjing, the branch in Nanjing is located in an antique mansion on the bank of the Qinhuai River, which is a wealthy mansion, and was later the mansion of the puppet king of the Taiping Army.

The land on the banks of the Qinhuai River is expensive, has hit the highest in the country, not to mention when Hong Kong and Shanghai opened the port, dozens of acres of land are only a few dozen pounds, and it is a buyout, in Yanjing, buying a courtyard house is only seventy or eighty taels of silver, even if it is such a luxurious house as leased by Taihe Bank, a thousand taels of silver can always be bought, and on the bank of the Qinhuai River, the annual rent is seven or eight hundred taels.

No way, everyone knows that the Qinhuai River bank will be the most prosperous red light district in the future, there is a far-sighted one, and they will know that after the opening of the Shanghai-Nanjing Railway, I am afraid that the Shanghai tycoons will also be intoxicated by the lights of the Qinhuai River and forget to return, businessmen want to have a foothold here, and most of the land on the Qinhuai River bank has become a terra nullius, which has been nationalized, and all of them are subleased to businessmen in the form of leases, and are not auctioned off, and the rental price can be imagined.

A large number of ownerless land houses on the banks of the Qinhuai River were originally discussed by the Ministry of Public Works and the Ministry of Finance to be allocated to Prince Qian's Mansion, first, to make up for the deficit in the treasury over the years, and second, after all, it is not a real society ruled by law.

Ye Zhao naturally refused, and ordered the Ministry of Public Works, the Ministry of Finance, the Ministry of Communications, the Ministry of Supervision, and other ministries to transfer capable officials to jointly set up a "State Property Management Committee" to manage state-owned real estate, state-owned equity in various industrial and commercial banks, and so on.

In the area of Suzhou and Anhui, there are many ownerless farmlands, and according to past practice, these fields are afraid that they will be absorbed and redistributed by local clans, but now they are also auctioned off by the political axes of the Southern Dynasty.

In fact, Ye Zhao's ultimate dream is to create such a society, so that the large-scale annexation of land will no longer pose a threat to social development, but will enable a large number of hired farmers to finally break free from the shackles of land and become a member of the industrial army, and the income of a small number of landlords and hired farmers in the countryside will naturally increase greatly, and farmers will become synonymous with wealth.

Of course, the premise is that the development of agricultural tools, fertilizers, and other means of production can enable a small number of people to cultivate a large amount of land, and industry must be developed to a certain extent enough to absorb countless labor forces to create wealth.

If this goal is truly achieved, with China's population, there is no doubt that it will be a terrifying kingdom of industrial monsters that will make the world tremble, and an industrial production base with the surname of the world.

Of course, Ye Zhao also knows that he is too idealistic, and he is afraid that he will not be able to see the realization of this goal in his lifetime, what he can do now is to try his best to improve agricultural production materials such as tools, fertilizers, seeds, and planting techniques, so as to lay the foundation little by little. As for the population, at present, a large population is a good thing, it is a powerful competitive resource, after all, because from the whole world, the production efficiency is still at a very low stage, and a country's industrial production capacity is actually inseparable from the number of workers, as long as food production can be guaranteed, a little attention is paid to population control.

Sitting on a two-storey wooden building in the courtyard of Taihe, outside the window, the eaves of the beast's head are simple and elegant, not far away, surrounded by the clear water of the Qinhuai River, the colorful boat is picturesque, the Vermilion Bird Flying Bridge, such as a dream.

While sipping tea, Ye Zhao looked through the paper in his hand, and the information collected by the Internal Affairs Office gave a very detailed introduction to the struggle between some powerful daimyos, the founding faction, and the Yiyi faction.

Ye Zhao also just learned that the shogunate was now implementing the policy of opening the country, and the emperor supported by the shogunate faction was going to close off the country, and it seemed that there was still a process for the shogunate to accept the "reform and opening up", and when the Meiji emperor ascended the throne, the shogunate faction would gradually realize that the shogunate could not be done by closing the country to the country, but would make the bullying of the people worse.

At the sandalwood round table, the graceful Grandma Jin Er gently helped Ye Zhao fan the fan, and opposite, Rui Si and Ding Qimei bowed their heads slightly, and stood solemnly with their hands down.

When Ye Zhao chased out, Zhu Sisi had disappeared, thinking that she had returned to the police station, and it happened that Ruisi sent a letter, so Ye Zhao came to Taihexing with Jin's second grandmother.

"Jin Feng, you also go, go to Yuben with the seventh sister." Ye Zhao put down the note, thought about it, and said to Rui Si: "The people who call you listen to Jin Feng." ”

Sending the third aunt to go, naturally to loot gold, now the ratio of gold to silver is 1 to 5, the international market and China, but it is about 1 to 15, while it has not yet attracted the attention of the person, naturally to make a lot of money.

In the previous life, before I discovered this loophole, the loss of gold had exceeded 100,000 taels, so I don't have to be polite in this life, I can draw as much as I can, although the Nagasaki War I must have made me hostile to China, but Rui Si already had manpower in Edo and other places, and bought off the eyeliner of the businessman, and prepared for his plan early.

Rui Si and Ding Qimei bowed down.

Looking at Ding Qimei, Ye Zhao couldn't help but think of the tough voice in the army, and even showed signs of expansionism, speaking of which, he also complained to himself, and instilled the national ideology in the Pingyuan Army more ruthlessly, of course, he instilled the concept of the country, the concept of China, deliberately downplaying the nation, and avoiding ideological confusion in the army, after all, in the Pingyuan Army, to be divided according to the standards of later generations, there are a considerable number of minorities, but with the passage of time, they are slowly integrated.

Their own indoctrination, coupled with the fact that the Chinese people have not experienced the Second Opium War, the First Sino-Japanese War, the Eight-Nation Alliance's entry into Yanjing, etc., are extremely confident mentally, and even many times, their own future generations may not necessarily have their self-confidence, after all, these shames are buried deep in their hearts, but they have never experienced it, and they have been brainwashed by themselves for several years, so it is not difficult to understand that there are such anomalies as Ma Dayong.

"Alas, it's just hard for you." Ye Zhao looked at Jin Feng, the ship set off from Nanjing tonight, so that Jin Feng didn't have a good night's sleep.

Jin Feng pursed his lips and smiled, without squeaking. With Ye Zhao's subordinates, she rarely speaks, and she can't be more low-key.

"Your Highness is forgiving, the slave and maid must protect the safety of the mother." Ding Qimei bowed, her voice was crisp, but she was ruthless.

Ye Zhao smiled: "You, of course I'm relieved." ”

…… In the courtyard of the police dormitory in Lantern Lane, the red gauze lantern is lightly picked, Zhu Sisi is pacing in the yard with her little hands behind her back, in the Nanjing patrol system, this beautiful and capable female police officer with a clear distinction between public and private has gradually won the respect of those who do not know her very well for patrolling, and Zhang Jinfeng, the bureau seat, also admires her very much, otherwise she will not be asked to go to the rural counties and townships to inspect instead of herself, this is a rare opportunity to show her power, and it is also an opportunity to show her power and consolidate her power in front of the inspectors of the patrol houses in the counties. That would definitely be seen by her subordinates as a sign of her elevated status in the bureau.

Zhu Sisi was thinking, Zhang Juzuo suddenly became very enthusiastic about herself, and even asked herself to have lunch at noon in a few days, saying that she was introducing the "dog" to herself, his son was in his twenties, as if he was on an errand in the Salt Transportation Division of Jiangsu and Anhui Province, what did Zhang Jinfeng mean? Shouldn't you be like someone else said, you want to match yourself with his son, right?

How to push it, otherwise I'm sorry for the pervert. Zhu Sisi suddenly became angry, how could she really think of herself as this pervert? Where is he good, but he just forcibly occupied his body, and he is really not angry, what do you say with Guo Ziqiang and them? If you want to find a husband who you like and only like yourself, and give this pervert in a daze, will you accept your fate?

But what can it be? Zhu Sisi bit her lip, although Guo Ziqiang said that it doesn't matter how many times you marry, the most important thing is to find what you like, but you still can't accept it.

And, it seems, I used to dream of perverts all the time, but I just refused to admit it, this is just like him, think about it, before coming to Nanjing, I didn't see him for a long time, and I secretly ran to inquire about him.

It's just this, but you must not let him know, otherwise, he will not want to die?

A few nights ago, I had a nightmare in the countryside, I dreamed that he sold himself and Hua Ji to someone else, and when he woke up, he found that the pillow towels he was crying were wet.

I haven't seen him for more than ten days, I really missed him, and I went to his room to see him, who knows, I haven't seen him for a few days, he can't hold it back, in the room, there is a woman hidden in the room, a glimpse, but the charming jade arm wrapped around him, the looming enchanting style, the faintly exposed red rose juice under the carpet makes her a woman who wants to kiss the demonic jade feet, this woman, is really charming, the stunner in the eyes of a man is like this, right?

It's the Oiran in the Qinhuai River Painting Boat, right?

Zhu Sisi knows that the pervert likes women's feet, and when she encounters such a good-looking one, her soul is gone? I don't know how many times I kissed it.

Thinking of Zhu Sisi, she was depressed for a while, and picked off a few weeping willow branches and leaves that floated to her side, and pinched them hard, as if the willow leaves had a deep hatred with her.

"Sister, someone is looking for you outside!" Luo Zhaodi ran over with a burning fire, and there was soap foam on her hands, just now she was washing her clothes and going outside to pour water, when she met a friend from the bureau.

"Who?" Zhu Sisi asked.

"Just that time, Mr. Ye who was eating together."

Zhu Sisi sighed and said, "You just said I slept." ”

Luo Zhaodi rubbed her face with her sleeve, although it was strange, she still agreed and ran out to spread the word.

When Zhu Sisi was thinking that she was not too ruthless, she even wanted to go out to meet this pervert and listen to what he had to say. Who knew that Luo Zhaodi quickly turned back, saying that there was no one left to go out.

Zhu Sisi was speechless for a long time, she couldn't do it anymore, it was difficult to ask the pervert to do a thing that made her feel comfortable, could it be that she was hooked by a beauty?

…… Ye Zhao looked at the telegram in his hand with a serious face, Xiyin Academy, the lights were bright at the moment, and more than a dozen rooms in the staff room were lit.

Although Ye Zhao nominally wants to reorganize the staff room into the Royal Navy and Army Department, and even the official position framework is in place, and the military newspaper has been published, but in fact, this is naturally not an overnight thing, the military newspaper is still good to say, there has always been a special group in the staff room to plan this matter, and the cooperation with the Times Publishing House is extremely efficient, because the Navy and the Army have the same division of labor in the staff room, it is also simple to divide it. However, the integration of other departments is more troublesome, such as the science laboratory, which naturally involves the original research projects of Royal Guangzhou University, which projects should be classified as military management, and how to allocate human resources, which are all problems that need to be solved slowly.

Although the staff room seems to have changed the brand, it is still a long way from the army and navy department conceived by Ye Zhao.

Now, the entire staff room, that is, the officers of the Army and Navy Department, have returned to the academy, and the telegraph room is even more busy with people coming in and out.

A Russian fleet appeared off the coast of Shanghai, and it is said that it was the Northern Governor who invited it to visit Shanghai, and this fleet of more than a dozen ships was undoubtedly the newly integrated Far East Fleet of the Russians.

With the arrival of a telegram, the armament of this fleet gradually took shape, including three armored battleships, which should be its capital ships, with a displacement of about 4,000 tons, each ship carrying more than 80 guns, in addition to two fast and flexible ironclad gunboats, with a tonnage of about 2,000 tons, about 30 guns, and the rest were wooden sailing ships without steam-power, and there were supply ships and coal carriers.

Ye Zhao compared it in his heart, although the strength of the Russian Far East Navy has been greatly enhanced because of his butterfly wings, it is obvious that it is not the opponent of the Pingyuan Navy, of course, the premise is that the Pingyuan Navy is all assembled.

Coming to Shanghai, for the prestige of the northern country, at the moment when he was preparing to hand over arms and silver, and when he was negotiating the status of Shanghai, the Russians suddenly appeared, what kind of demon moths were the six kings playing?

From the moment the war broke out, the Russians declared their support for the North, and among the countries in the Far East that had interests in the Far East, Russia was the only country that did not have a consulate in Canton or Nanjing.

Ye Zhao also knew that a large number of Russian officers had entered the new army of the Northern Dynasties as instructors, and Russia, whether out of personal grudges or out of geopolitical considerations, did not want to see a rising China appear in southern Xinjiang, and the current strategy of supporting the north and resisting the south was undoubtedly correct, but directly driving warships to Shanghai, the support for the north was getting stronger and stronger.

Tasting tea, Ye Zhao groaned, Zhenhai and several other ships were preparing to set sail, and when they went to see Zhu Sisi, they had just sent Jin Feng to the ship, but now, the Russian fleet came.

Ye Zhao glanced at Admiral Ma Dayong, who was sitting on the soft pier next to the table, and said, "Gongying, what do you think the Russians are here for?" ”

Ma Dayong hurriedly got up and said: "The Rakshasa people are wolf-like ambitions, but they are not sure of victory in Chinese waters, and they are constrained by Britain and France, so they dare not provoke for no reason, but they are just opening their eyes for the northerners." ”

Ye Zhao smiled, Shi Beisan said that he was impressed, unconsciously, Ma Dayong has grown into an excellent admiral, and he is not as ignorant as before about the situation in the Far East.

"Then tell me how we can deal with it." Ye Zhao put down the teacup with interest.

"The subordinates believe that Zhenhai and other ships are still setting off, and when they leave Wusongkou, they should be careful that the navy will gather in Nagasaki, first, to deter Dongying and stabilize the situation in the East as soon as possible, and second, once there is a change in Shanghai, they can return to the division to fight a decisive battle with the Russians, which is to kill two birds with one stone."

Ye Zhao nodded slightly, Ma Dayong coincided with him.

"It's just that my subordinates have a question, in case the Russians are extremely vicious and shell Nanjing, I really don't know if the artillery of the sixth town can suppress its ship artillery fire in the Yangtze River."

Ye Zhao nodded again, don't say Ma Dayong, I'm afraid that no one in this world can say clearly, because the ironclad steamship has just appeared, and there is no example of fighting with field artillery, but Ye Zhao believes that if the Russians are really ready to help the northern country forcibly cross the river to attack Nanjing City, in this Yangtze River, it will not be able to please it. In the Pingyuan Army, the artillery of the Sixth Town is the largest, not counting the small earthen artillery, just counting the various howitzers, cannons, mortars, etc., which can pose a threat to the gunboats in the middle of the river, there are hundreds of guns, different calibers, different firing ranges, but it is more than enough to strike at the fleet in the middle of the river, and in fact, the artillery regiment of the Sixth Town is mainly formed with heavy cannons with excellent coastal defense.

"Don't worry about this, the Sixth Town Artillery Regiment will defend Nanjing City as steadily as a rock." Ye Zhao said and said, "I have put the entire army of the Sixth Town on alert. ”

Ma Dayong bowed his head slightly and said, "My subordinates will order the Zhenhai to set off." "The prince said that the city of Nanjing is as stable as a rock, then it must be as stable as a rock, and he will follow the prince from the exit, whether it is a big strategy or a small battle, the prince has no last resort, and he has never missed a time.

Ye Zhao waved his hand, and Ma Dayong immediately bowed down and stepped back.

At this time, the sea near Shanghai, the night is like ink, and the jade plate is reflected on the sea, sparkling.

In the conference room of the St. Petersburg, the flagship of the Russian Far East Fleet, Vladimir is pacing, he is in his forties, his gray curly hair, cold and gloomy brown eyes, the whole person exudes a kind of eagle vulture atmosphere, when his eyes look at you, you will be reminded of the rattlesnake in the desert, the kind of snapping full of death makes the scalp tingle.

Vladimir was the commander of the newly formed Russian Far East Fleet and a rising star of the Russian Navy, in the Crimean War, Russia suffered a crushing defeat, and the Black Sea Fleet also suffered heavy setbacks, but the formation he led was very difficult for the British, French and Austrian navies.

However, due to the defeat of the Crimean War, according to the peace treaty, the number of the Russian Black Sea Fleet was not allowed to exceed the number of the Ottoman Navy, and several straits were not allowed for the Russian fleet to pass, and the westward advance was completely blocked.

Vladimir was very eager to revive the Black Sea Fleet and fight again with Britain and France, and who knew that with a paper order, he was appointed commander of the newly formed Far Eastern Fleet, and it seems that His Majesty the Tsar has completely set his sights on the East.

Vladimir was unwilling, but there was no way, before he came to the Far East, he was depressed for a long time.

But when he came to the Far East, he learned that Governor Muravyov, whom he respected, had suffered an extremely embarrassing defeat in the Far East, but at that time, it was at the end of the Crimean War, and the eyes of St. Petersburg and Moscow were all on Turkey and on the Black Sea, and the setback of Far Eastern expansion did not cause too many ripples in the country.

However, when he arrived in Rovsk, he found out what kind of suffering Mr. Muravyov endured, suppressed a strong sense of pain and defeat when dealing with the Chinese, and established inextricable ties with the northern Chinese to fight against the aggressive South China.

And it was the leaders of South China who turned Mr. Muravyov's expansion plans in the Far East into a piece of waste paper, killing hundreds of thousands of Russian immigrants, an executioner whose hands were stained with Russian blood.

Now, Vladimir felt that he had made a wise choice to come to the Far East, and that sending the Chinese executioner to the gallows would be the most anticipated of his long-term goals in the Far East.

(To be continued)