Fogang knows the yamen, Mo Wenning is walking in a circle, where the wall has to be painted, where the floor has to be re-paved, and where the partition has to be rearranged, he has to do it himself. Feng Shui is very important, and he moved from the Zhixian County in the poor land of Guangxi to the respect of this half of the government, relying on Feng Shui.

Of course, Mo Wenning also admitted that in addition to feng shui, the large area of Guangdong officialdom also took advantage of the ebb tide. Three months ago, Prince Yong came to Guangdong for a ride, and it is said that many stories happened. After that, the imperial court strictly controlled Guangdong, and the local officials were transferred away, and the sick were reported, and many official vacancies were vacated at once. He was also able to move from the poor countryside of Guangxi to a prosperous place near Guangzhou.

"Dong Weng, I'm afraid this rectification will cost thousands of taels of silver, right?"

Hearing that Mo Wenning was going to build a gossip garden behind the yamen, the master frowned.

"Although Fogang is small, it is not a barren place like Guangxi, and the rules and etiquette of the official arrival will cost tens of thousands of taels of silver, otherwise wouldn't this Tongzhi even be as good as the county?"

Mo Wenning disagreed, in this Qing Dynasty, aren't the officials and masters fully offered by incense wherever they go? A few thousand taels is nothing, he thinks that he is not a harsh lord, and he just goes to the market.

"But in Guangdong, it is said that the rules are different, and the people who stand in front of the proprietor say that it is not easy to stretch out their hands here."

The master wanted to speak and stopped, it should be that the proprietor has always been used to being domineering, and it is not easy to say it so directly.

"What rules? In this Fogang, is it possible that what I said is not the rules!? Haven't you checked it before? There are no important eunuchs in Fogang, you can check again to see if there are other annihilators. ”

Mo Wenning was annoyed, based on his experience, there should be some underworld forces controlling Fogang and setting up another rule. But this kind of force, as long as there is no important backer behind him, he can easily clean it up.

The master only listened to what the subordinates said, and he didn't know very well, just after he responded, the disciple reported that someone asked to see him.

"Come and be my master? Where does this start? ”

Hearing that someone recommended himself to come to the door to be his master, Mo Wenning was only surprised.

The person who came was a philistine with an air of a philistine, his eyes were like abacus beads, and the young man who was always turning, opened his mouth and made Mo Wenning's eyes widen.

"Master Tongzhi, you must accept me, and all the affairs should be in my hands, otherwise...... There are unspeakable consequences. ”

Hearing this inexplicable threat, Mo Wenning was furious, and without waiting for the young man who called Fang Hexin to finish speaking, he waved his hand and took it into the class room.

"Qingtian Company? my! Then Qingtian Company still thinks it is the imperial court? ”

When the master came back after a turn, when he talked about the "new rules" of Fogang, Mo Wenning only felt angry, and the people and businessmen actually dared to coerce the court officials!?

"The imperial court newspaper said that the situation in Guangdong is a bit chaotic, and it is better for the lord to act safely and find out the way first."

The master dutifully persuaded Mo Wenning, but Mo Tongzhi waved his sleeves impatiently.

"You go and arrange, after five days, there will be Qi Fogang businessmen and celebrities, inform him in advance, if the etiquette is not good, businessmen, don't want to do business in my Fogang, squire, I owe money and grain, I will all turn to him!"

Mo Tongzhi gritted his teeth with hatred: "Master, I don't believe it, this Buddha, is it difficult to achieve the Buddha Gang that is not my Qing Dynasty?" The madman surnamed Fang first hit eighty boards, and then detained him, asking the Qingtian company to redeem it with silver! ”

used to be a county official in Guangxi, although the place was barren, but the majesty of the court was always sufficient. As soon as the official seal is raised, the silver will arrive, and if you can't lift the board, if the merchant squire wants to live in peace under his rule, then he has to follow the rules of the court.

In a guild hall in the west of Guangzhou, looking at the ruined Guangxiao Temple, businessmen from all over the world are emotional.

"The court thundered loudly and the rain was small, so Li Sanjiang was so stable, it was unbelievable."

"After all, there is still blood, in the case of Qingpu, dozens of people involved in the case have been killed."

"All the thieves who were killed were caught in the chaos of Guangxiao Temple, and they were just guilty of the Qingpu incident."

"How much Li Sanjiang has to do with this matter, none of us can see clearly, and we can't just push it all on him casually. It depends on the measures of the imperial court, and we want to ban foreign things and the sea, and we have to report everything, and this board has hit all our businessmen. ”

The businessmen talked a lot, and the accents were also varied, Fujian, Jiangxi, Hunan, and even the tunes in the south of the Yangtze River.

"! This newly appointed Fogang Tongzhi is sending something, and he gave me the rules of Baohetang 3,000 taels of silver! I don't make more than 3,000 taels a year in Fogang! ”

"We Feiyunxing has passed through Fogang, and we have to collect six hundred taels, this newcomer really doesn't know the rules?"

"I'm afraid I'm stunned, let's find someone I know first."

Several merchants complained while entering the hall, and after hearing their words, one merchant spoke: "Why don't you go to Peng Xianzhong?" We're all from the Sanjiang Chamber of Commerce. ”

The proprietor of the Baohe Hall frowned and shook his head: "At this time, except for ordinary business, I don't dare to have anything to do with that Li Sanjiang." ”

Another person sneered: "Half of the Zhengyin of the Guangdong County Government has been sealed, and all the people who come are extremely vicious." Not only Fogang, but also Qingyuan County is the same. You don't dare to look for Li Sanjiang, I have to look for it. My business is all in Qingyuan, even if there is any trouble in the future, I can't care about it now. ”

Everyone is in response, look at this situation, Li Sanjiang has set off such a big storm, and he is still sitting firmly on Mount Tai, taking advantage of this effort, he can get a few more points of profit. Didn't he Li Sanjiang say it earlier, when he joined the Sanjiang Chamber of Commerce, he had to take care of it.

The proprietor of Baohetang and the shopkeeper of Feiyunxing glanced at each other, and it was okay to do business, in this Qing Dynasty, doing business was to cause trouble, since there was a way to save money, and he was still thinking about doing so much.

A few days later, Mo Wenning's fellow acquaintance Yamen came to another group of people, led by a young man with a lofty spirit, although he was not wearing an official uniform, but he had a noble spirit that had been experienced in a big scene. Menzi didn't dare to slack off, and welcomed into the back hall living room, Mo Wenning also came to meet with apprehension, this person who claimed to be Liu Xingchun, seemed to have something to do with Li Zhushou, the prefect of Guangzhou.

"I didn't come here on the orders of Governor Li, but by the order of General Secretary Li."

Liu Xingchun said lightly.

"Mr. Li?"

Mo Wenning only felt that this title was extremely strange.

"The proprietor of Qingtian Company, Li Shi, Li Sanjiang."

Liu Xingchun said this, Mo Wenning's face did not change, he really didn't know. This is not the era of information explosion, I just came from Guangxi, and I have not yet come into contact with the official face and business circles in Guangdong, so I don't know who Li Xi is, which is normal.

"Qingtian Company? It's a crooked and heretical place to come to the door to blackmail the official!? How dare you do such a rebellious thing? I'm not afraid that the official will take the lock in one piece!? ”

Mo Wenning was angry, what kind of Qingtian company is this, it is still dying.

"The words have been brought, the people who were arrested before, hurry up, keep the position of the master next to him, and he will be in charge of the official affairs. For the sake of Mo Tongzhi, you still don't know much about Qingtian Company, I will give you three days to inquire and consider, and say goodbye. ”

Liu Xingchun didn't have the time to talk to him, so he expressed his attitude directly, and left, leaving Mo Wenning alone and trembling with anger.

His master was dutiful and made a lot of efforts to investigate, but outsiders couldn't enter the circle of the locals after all, and all he learned was vague news about the power of some Qingtian companies and great power. Mo Wenning was so angry that the Three Buddhas were born, beat the room and the letter half to death, and inserted a sign of "Qingtian Demon" on his back, and threw it out of the yamen.

"I really didn't expect that there would be a second stunned person who is better than Yinzhen......"

Hearing this news, Li Xi was very surprised, although the information is indeed asymmetrical, but relying on the official authority of the little Tongzhi, he is unscrupulous in Guangdong, I am afraid that he has been the emperor of the soil in Guangxi for too long.

"Then let's do it, including that Qingyuan Zhi County, well, in broad daylight, let the locals see clearly."

He gave orders to Sang-joon.

It was almost noon, Mo Wenning was still trying the case in the main hall of the county government, and the shocking wood was snapping, so he thought about using this case to establish the official authority. The original defendant in this case was a local squire, and he pressed the defendant and then the plaintiff by usual means, preparing to press both sides to no longer dare to hold the case, and went straight to him to confess.

There were dozens of people from each of the two families watching outside the hall, and hundreds of people were waiting outside the county office, many of whom were sent by the local squire, to see what kind of way this new acquaintance was doing, so as to decide how to deal with it in the future.

Just when Mo Wenning felt that the heat was almost over, and he was about to announce the suspension of the trial, there was a loud crowd outside the yamen, which seemed to be an exclamation. Mo Wenning frowned, and was about to throw the sign and send the fast squad out to suppress the scene, when the crowd parted, and a team of soldiers poured in. These soldiers were dressed in blue and silver helmets, and their upper bodies were also covered with sleeveless shirts with black backgrounds, and the front and back of the uniforms were embroidered with a strange white pattern, two concentric circles, and in the middle was the word "well", like a copper coin.

"Fogang Tongzhi Mo Wenning beat up the important members of Qingtian Company and blackmailed the local squire and businessman, and we were ordered to lock Mo Wenning to the case!"

A man who was supposed to be an official in the soldiers read out the "arrest warrant" in a deep voice, and then waved his hand: "Take it!" ”

The scene seemed to be covered by an invisible thick curtain, and everyone felt like they were in a dream, this is the ...... What is the situation? Where is the yamen, what order did they give to arrest a fellow intellectual?

When several guards tore Mo Wenning off the main seat in the lobby and put on the shackles, Mo Wenning hadn't come back to his senses until he left the lobby and the bright sun was shining down, and then his soul returned to his place.

"Where are you from? Why arrest me!? I'm a state ......."

As soon as he wanted to shout the word Tongzhi, he was smashed in the face by the butt of a gun, and his nosebleed flew with teeth.

"Save the master!"

Several entourages chased after them, and there was a loud noise, and more than a dozen guards in the rear raised their muskets, and the muzzles of the black holes were pointed at them, and those entourages were all scared out of a cold sweat and did not dare to move for half a minute.

When Mo Wenning was arrested, the people spoke out one after another, and the entourage roared at the third-class officials who were still standing on the pile, asking them why they let their master go, and their boss was arrested by thieves of unknown origin.

The fast head catcher sneered: "Unknown origin? That's the guards of Qingtian Company, they came on Li Sanjiang's orders, and they knew that the master wanted to oppose Li Sanjiang, wasn't this looking for death? ”

The family members have no master, and they are discussing going to Guangzhou to complain, and the head catcher and his subordinates all cast pity on them.

At this time, Guangzhou is very lively, hundreds of businessmen gathered at Qingpu Cargo Station, the first floor of the main building opened up seats, rows of seats straight up, no banquet, only tea, and no people accompanying the seats, so that these businessmen are very uncomfortable.

But if you don't adapt to it, everyone has to be patient, Peng Xianzhong, who called them, said that this conference is very important, if you don't make it to the meeting, don't think about doing business in the future. Businessmen speculated that Li Sanjiang would release some big news, such as how he would deal with the hotly discussed ban on the sea in the court, so that the Nanyang Company he led the formation of the company would be officially opened.

There are three or four hundred people, including the shopkeepers of large businesses, the proprietors of medium-sized businesses, and even many workshop owners in Dongguan, Foshan. was talking to each other from front to back, left and right, and the guards standing in the front row stomped their feet neatly, and a guard who looked like an official raised his voice: "The general secretary - arrived!" ”

Li Xi appeared, still dressed in old clothes, in a medium-length blue coat, wearing a wide-brimmed round cloth hat, and there were still two bulging bags around his waist. He has turned twenty-one years old this year, his eyebrows are still so delicate, the faint scars on the side of his temples have erased the bookish energy, the brilliance in his eyes is no longer so sharp and dazzling, and the whole person shows a gentle and generous soft spirit.

But it was this face that made the hearts of hundreds of people in the audience also lift, and his words would determine the business of the entire Guangdong, and no one dared not to treat each other intently.

"Since the change in Guangdong at the beginning of the year, I have not been able to talk to you in detail, and Li apologizes here."

Li Shi's voice was a little tired, and everyone thought that he should be busy with officialdom.

"Today, I will call you all, and Li will thank you first!"

He solemnly bowed to hundreds of people in the audience, many of them subconsciously did not dare to sit anymore, this ruthless man with hands and eyes to the sky, even Brother didn't pay attention to him, and the governor was even more helpless, who dared to worship him?

was in a hurry, Li Xian straightened his chest, stretched out his arms to signal for exemption, and the audience quieted down.

"What Li wants to thank is that you gave Li his trust! In this business field, what is missing is trust. Relying on everyone's trust, Li's career can come to this point. ”

Then Li Xian sighed: "But everyone has seen the current situation." We merchants, all dynasties and dynasties, are the objects of clamping and oppression, and if we want to do business in peace, we have to go our own way, and we have put our own fate in the hands of others. ”

There was a sound in everyone's hearts, and in a certain direction, a big-character signboard was looming.

"Corrupt officials! That's right, the biggest enemy who stands in everyone's way is corrupt officials! ”

These words concealed the signboard again, and everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

"After experiencing the previous turmoil, many of you are thinking, what am I going to do. I clearly tell you, I, Li Shi, will never be a thief! ”

Li Xian held his head high and shouted out these words, but added in his heart that he would never be a thief in Huaxia.

(To be continued)