The lively opening ceremony ended successfully after a banquet.

On the way back to the county seat, in the carriage, Master Lu leaned on the soft pillow, stroked his belly and sighed leisurely: "What the Yang family did was very different from what this official had thought before. It seems that they are not spies sent by Yangyi, nor are they evil cultists like foreign priests who want to destroy the teachings of our saints, let alone businessmen who simply want to make money and make a fortune. Tsk, it's quite a lot to think about! ”

Master Zhuang stroked his beard and muttered: "Dong Weng, in fact, no matter what he does, as long as he doesn't raise an army to rebel, we just need to sit back and enjoy the results." ”

Lu Zhixian laughed and said, "How can there be such a fanfare rebel in the world? It's nothing more than learning Yangyi's set, for fear that others will take away his property, so he has to scare his teeth and raise thugs to take care of his home and home. Hmph, look at their stingy style, the left is just a group of Shanxi old pickers! ”

The magistrate is still so rich to Yang Hao, but he only gave him a very small gift, and he is full of resentment!

Master Zhuang didn't say more, the hand in his sleeve was copied, but he subconsciously touched the thick stack of Rishengchang silver tickets. It was given to him quietly by Yang Hao, and the shot was one thousand taels! The harvest that he had been busy for two years was over.

"The Yang family is not ignorant, but too good at doing things! It's just that you, the county master, are kept in the dark. ”

Master Zhuang sighed secretly with satisfaction, he understood the Yang family's routine. Anyone in the entire county who had a little power was now tied to his chariot.

The military, which could not be defeated, made huge profits from reselling foreign goods to the garrisons of Qingdao, Dengzhou, and Haizhou, and of course would not find fault. The officials in the county are all dead, dead and crippled, and hundreds of front-line officers and soldiers are still brainwashed in the school, and they will inevitably become their people when they come out.

Almost all of the gentry led by Cai Qu have become its down-line distributors and shareholders of hundreds of factories that have started to level the foundations. Those who have no money take land in exchange, and even people have to send them to their schools, which can be described as a hundred responses, and the county magistrate is not good for him to speak.

Li Yingjiu's strongmen in the market were all taken care of, and they were used as the backbone of the militia that had expanded many times, and they naturally listened to the Yang family's words when they took the Yang family's money.

At least half of the hundreds of thousands of people in the county hope that the Yangjia factory will be completed as soon as possible, so that they can support their families with a high salary to ensure income during drought and flood. Nowadays, more than 10,000 people have signed up to repair construction sites, reservoirs, roads and docks! Whoever dares to ruin their way of life will definitely be torn apart by the crowd!

A small number of people, such as themselves, the teachings, the salt ambassadors, the tax ambassadors, the gate officials, and the Hebo, are also taken care of according to the amount and will never be disappointed. In other words, the Yang family has a lot of money, and they can't spend more than 100,000 oceans in half a month? It's like running water.

The county lord who should be honored the most, but he gave the least benefits. On the contrary, the Yang family is still a little stuck so that Lu Zhixian has to support it, although this will definitely be able to make political achievements and get good reviews, but compared to real money, this is far from enough!

Master Zhuang could only guess that the Yang family didn't want to raise the mouth of the magistrate at the beginning. You must know that there are very few officials who are not greedy, you give him a thousand taels of silver at the beginning, and then you have to double the amount, and it won't take long to make you unbearable. It's better to stretch him like this, give him some sweetness when necessary, if you want to benefit Lu Zhixian, you have to cooperate with some to help do practical things.

It is indeed a good idea to unite the civil forces of the gentry and the county officials.

The rubber-wheeled carriage is equipped with steel plate shock absorption, and it will be slow and swaying all the way, and you will definitely be able to get to the county seat before dark, and it is okay to sleep. Master Zhuang thought that the conversation would be finished here, but Lu Zhixian suddenly said: "The excerpt of the report to the Yizhou Mansion has to be considered." The county's economy is booming, and there must be a full-time county assistant. ”

Master Zhuang secretly complained: "My Lord Taizun, why are you bothering here? Do you think that the prefect can intervene and suppress the Yang family? As an official, you can't be too naïve! ”

But if you eat other people's salaries, you naturally have to do things. Master Zhuang had no choice but to think quietly, find an opportunity to say hello to Yang Hao in advance, and make a good deal of it.

The carriage of the magistrate gradually moved away, and the loud sound of literacy recitation sounded in the classrooms, and the drunken gentry each set a share of goods that satisfied them, and scattered one after another. Outside the school, a construction site of about 1 square kilometer is dusty, and the sound of shouting trumpets is one after another, and there is a lot of noise.

This scene was clearly seen by An Zhitai, who was holding a telescope on the top of a small hill more than 200 meters above sea level three miles away.

He paid special attention to the rows of neat and uniform board houses, and the stainless steel flagpoles shining in the slanting sun, and a meaningful smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, and he said indistinctly: "Maybe this is God's will, so that a miracle can be born in the place that the empire wants." ”

Putting down the binoculars, An Zhitai took two retinues and a guide, turned and walked along the ridge towards the county seat.

On Ma Mountain, Yang Hao stared at his back with a large magnification binoculars until it was covered by a pine tree, and snorted coldly: "Doesn't this foreign devil know how strict the reflection of the lenses is?" It's really enough to come out to scout at this level! ”

Liu Dafu next to him was very dog-legged flattering: "That's, who can compare with you, young master!" Neither can foreigners! ”

Yang Hao crooked his mouth: "Don't pat yourself on the back, sue Fang Yunhai, and keep an eye on them for me!" Find an opportunity to seize the guide and torture him clearly. Also, see if you have done anything to hurt the people. If so, kill him! ”

In these years, the two devil disciples who help foreigners fight for tigers are even more hateful. Most of them are born in local ruffians, idle and scourge the township, and they are not really religious, but they help foreigners to easily break into the people, obtain a large amount of information that is extremely difficult to obtain, act as a leading party, bully men and women and extort money, and do all the bad things!

"Understood!" Liu Dafu simply agreed, turned around and ran away.

Fang Yunhai was one of their eleven thieves. The family is in a village ten miles away, and my father is a chaotic talent who is confused by the exam, and his limbs are not diligent and he can't do anything.

Fang Yunhai has been learning from enlightenment since he was a child, and he can memorize three hundred thousand, but he doesn't know how to support himself, and once he was deceived into going to the street to blackmail people, and he was beaten out with a stick for Lao Xiucai and not allowed to go home. After more than half a month of education, he has almost changed. was sent back by Yang Hao ceremoniously, and was forgiven by his old father, and since then he has been working on errands.

As the "cultural person" who knows the most and can write and calculate among the eleven people, he temporarily takes turns with another person, Huang Laoba, to sit in the county seat and take charge of intelligence collection and sorting work.

Fang Yunhai's actions were really neat, and he was arranged to stop that night, and early the next morning, An Zhitai and the others were targeted by them as soon as they entered the county. At lunchtime, I somehow quietly poured a high concentration of magnesium sulfate mixed with glucose into their water, which caused several people to have diarrhea and become dehydrated! Don't talk about inquiring about the news, half a life is gone.

It's just that Yang Hao couldn't see this scene, at that time, he had quietly bypassed the county seat, boarded a sailboat from Taoluokou, and sailed north with Song Yunsheng and his party, who were completely bored.

Yang Hao is the first time to sit on this thing, all made of wood, with a fishy smell inside and out, swaying with the wind, inexperienced people can get dizzy and spit into a pile in three or two--- such as the hero Wang Renyi. This master who traveled all the way from south to north and was a master of kung fu, was stunned and didn't go out of a mile, so he contributed breakfast to the fish, turtles, shrimps and crabs in the sea, his face was sallow, even if he took the seasickness medicine given by Yang Hao, he didn't care about it.

Yang Hao used to take speedboats and cross-sea ferries, but he couldn't bear the shaking, his head was dizzy, and he shouted: "No!" Gotta get the big boat quickly, this thing is too uncomfortable! ”

Song Yunsheng didn't do anything at all, stood on the deck with his legs firm, and smiled at the salty sea breeze: "Even if Brother Yang gets a big ship, there is nowhere to dock right now!" Our conditions are limited, and we will be done! ”

In recent years, he has often run from Tianjin to Yantai or Niuzhuang for short runs, and he has long been used to it.

Yang Hao helplessly supported the boat gang, tried to look into the distance, and expressed his complete helplessness at the speed of only 7 knots, and when he arrived in Qingdao, which was only a hundred kilometers away, he was not allowed to run until it was dark!

But he couldn't do it any other way. In these years, if you want to drive through the state and county by land, it is not shocking, and there is no place to refuel. The boat ride was the smoothest. However, in 1894, not only did Rizhao have no motorized ships, but there were only regular shipping on the long-term lines along the coast of the country, namely the steamship China Merchants Bureau, the British Taikoo and Jardine Matheson. Most of them are small boats under 1,000 tons. The route to the north is also limited to Shanghai ---Zhifu --- Tianjin --- Niuzhuang.

Qingdao Koucai built an iron wharf (that is, the later trestle bridge) for two years, and the docking ships were all sailboats, and occasionally there were planes and boats of the Beiyang Naval Division, and there were no fixed flights.

If Yang Hao wants to go to Tianjin with Song Yunsheng, he must endure this swaying low speed, and run to Zhifu like a relay race one stop at a time.

In this way, they swayed until the evening, when they arrived in Qingdao, Yang Hao went to meet Cai Qu's relative--- the owner of the iron factory named Cai Yongwang, received the land contract entrusted to him to help buy, and after discussing the cooperation in the start-up of the factory, he rested hastily.

In the early morning of the next day, after a long day and night, they finally arrived at Zhifu Port in the afternoon of the third day. Fortunately, there is not only a Jin merchant ticket number here, but also a Shanxi guild hall, Yang Hao, who has never felt so tired, dragged his body that was about to fall apart and stayed with Song Yunsheng and others.

On the fourth day, while Yang Hao was waiting for the cargo transfer and the arrival of the ship, he turned around Yantai, which was already prosperous in this era, took enough photos and video materials, and received the land they helped buy, as well as a large amount of gold sand from Zhaoyuan.

After another day's rest, on the morning of April 15, they boarded a steamship of the Jardine Steamship Company "Tianlong" and sailed slowly to Tianjin.