Tiger Mountain Main Courtyard.

Seeing that the atmosphere in the main hall was a little dull, Xu Hongji broke the silence and asked Zhu Daolin: "What do you want to do with those two pieces of land that can't be cultivated or planted?" ”

"That's right! Our family also makes you confused, the place west of Longtan is full of hills, ponds and thorny rocky beaches, the Bagua Island surrounded by water is even more useless, the reeds are infested with snakes and scorpions, every time the Yangtze River rises and floods, most of the Bagua Continent will be flooded, and even the ghosts don't want to stay in the place where you want to come to do it? Wu Jingxian was also confused by Zhu Daolin.

Zhu Daolin slightly, truthfully said his plan: "Although the place in Longtan is desolate, but facing the Yangtze River, suitable for building a workshop, I want to first build the 55-mile avenue and wharf from Shangyuan to Longtan, and then invest in it year by year, slowly build, and in a few years it may become an industrial and commercial area for the benefit of one party." ”

"The same is true of Baguazhou, as long as you fill in the earth on all sides as embankments to block floods, gradually eradicate the reeds and wild grasses and thorns on the island, and widen the two small rivers that run through it, you can get 40,000 acres of fertile land, on which you can build a Ziyang Temple and a farmhouse, and hire farmers to cultivate the land."

"It is estimated that in five years at most, that deserted land that no one wants to look at will be transformed into a land of fish and rice for the benefit of the people."

Xu Hongji shook his head again and again, he wanted to say that the two pieces of broken land outweigh the losses, but in order to maintain his image, he didn't say it in the end.

Wu Jingxian does not mix with officialdom, and he is the sworn enemy of civil officials, so he objected without scruples: "It's not worth it, it's not worth it!" How much do you calculate how much it will cost you to spend as many as five years on those two pieces of land where birds don't? How much manpower and material resources are needed? ”

Zhao Xunting and others echoed Wu Jingxian's opinion, and even Feng Yuanbiao nodded slightly, thinking that Zhu Daolin's choice really outweighed the losses and was not considered.

Zhu Daolin did not take everyone's opinions. Instead, he calmly explained: "If the Yellow River does not break its embankment and thousands of victims do not rush over, the lower officials will definitely not consider the two pieces of land west of Longtan and Baguazhou, and would rather spend money to annex the existing mountainous paddy fields around it......"

"The reason why I plan to do this is entirely because the resettlement of the victims cannot provide for tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands of victims for a year and a half, right? If the victims come. In addition to relief, we must also let them have something to do, keep them busy, if there is nothing to do, so many victims can easily cause civil unrest, or even riots, and no one can afford to do it at that time! ”

Speaking of this, Zhu Daolin paused, looked at Zheng Sanjun and the others, and said with a smile: "Lord Zheng, Lord Feng." And all of you, the lower officials have said what should be said, and I ask you to carefully consider the suggestions of the lower officials. ”

"Today is the 10th day of June, four days have passed since the Yellow River burst, and it is estimated that in two more days, the vanguard of the victims will arrive. Unexpected troubles are likely to happen......"

"But once it is given. Rice grain and salt bear the brunt, if the grain merchants and salt merchants in Jiangnan take the opportunity to hoard frantically and raise prices to make the country difficult to make money, then it is not something that Xiaguan, a four-grade military attaché, can solve! ”

"When the time comes, if no one takes care of it, the lower officials can only keep their own family business...... Compared with his life, the name and the four-grade military attache hat on his head are a fart! ”

Zheng Sanjun, Feng Yuanbiao and others were tired of listening to it. Xu Hongji couldn't help but bow his head and cover his mouth, and Wu Jingxian simply laughed out loud.

But what Zhu Daolin said was the truth, Zheng Sanjun had no doubt that this guy with strong means did what he said, not to mention that Zhu Daolin was helping the Jiangnan Navy Division and the Land Division to train tens of thousands of recruits, and when the time came, he would definitely dare to transfer these tens of thousands of recruits out to defend Hushan Manor and Ziyang Temple. Then sit at home and watch the excitement.

However, Zheng Sanjun wanted to know, why did Zhu Daolin need those two huge pieces of land with little value? Is he telling the truth?

If it is true, will it be another dark and poisonous plan against its own side?

After thinking about it, Zheng Sanjun was embarrassed, and he wanted to immediately agree to Zhu Daolin's conditions, in exchange for Zhu Daolin's huge investment and huge manpower and material resources to resettle hundreds of thousands of disaster victims, so that he would be more sure of protecting the large number of Donglin Party officials who had already sold out of the official warehouses in various parts of Jiangbei.

However, before he figured out Zhu Daolin's true purpose, Zheng Sanjun was really difficult to agree, and the joint attack between Xungui and the eunuch had already made the Southeast Family Gate Valve angry, and he Zheng Sanjun was burdened with a heavy burden, and he still did not get the forgiveness of the Southeast Family Gate Valve.

Zheng Sanjun and the others, who were so entangled, left, Xu Hongji and Wu Jingxian couldn't persuade Zhu Daolin, who was bent on going his own way, so they could only leave one after another with a few words of advice.

Zhu Daolin immediately seized the time to convene a meeting of the general manager and told everyone his true thoughts: "Even if we can't get the two pieces of land west of Longtan and Baguazhou, we must take action immediately and do our best to help the suffering victims." ”

At noon the next day, Zhu Daolin stayed at home and worked out a series of resettlement plans for the victims with his master Ye Liangchen, calculating the maintenance troops and approximate costs that needed to be invested in the early stage.

The officers and men carefully led more than 500 horses off the two large ships, and the dock workers began to unload bundles of leather goods and pieces of bulk pig iron from the two warships, and some officers and men remained on the ships for final sorting and inspection.

Simeno, the captain of the instructor of the Franco, led his subordinates who returned with a full load to land first, and in strict accordance with the requirements of the army, they lined up to report to Zhu Daolin.

It wasn't until Zhu Daolin was satisfied with the announcement of his dissolution that Simeno excitedly came up and shook hands with Zhu Daolin cordially: "Dear general, your country is too vast and incredible......

"We found that all kinds of exquisite food in Tianjin Port tasted very delicious, the mutton they cooked was very in line with our taste, many handicrafts were exquisite, and our warriors bought a lot of them as souvenirs, of course, the girls in Tianjin Port were also very beautiful, haha!"

Zhu Daolin lowered his voice suspiciously: "Did you go to the Qinglou collectively?" ”

"Of course, we're not monks, we're warriors, you know? Warrior! Ha ha! Please forgive me for having to say goodbye to you, I need to go back to the barracks to tidy up my personal belongings, then take a good shower, calculate how much I have left in my savings, and I want to go shopping in the beautiful and prosperous city of Nanjing for the next three days of vacation. ”

Simeno saluted, picked up the filthy baggage tied with leather ropes on the ground, and walked briskly to the barracks.

Zhu Daolin, accompanied by Xu Wentao, a proud deputy Qianhu, walked north, and while listening to Xu Wentao's report on the voyage and the loading and unloading of goods, he passed through the camp and bypassed the rear of the fort in the north to the shooting range, which had not yet been occupied by horses again. (To be continued......)