Linsha River is a golden waterway that flows through several counties under the rule of Linzhou Prefecture, relying on this waterway transportation line. Much of the commercial trade under the Linzhou government was transported through this waterway. If the common people and officials under the rule of the Linzhou government need to go to the provincial capital Hero City, most of them will choose to take a boat down the river. It takes half a day to basically reach the river terminal of the Hero City.

However, when I wanted to return, because ordinary wooden ships could not sail against the current, most of them had to be towed back by ships managed by the government. Generally, ordinary people who want to save money still do not choose to take this small steam ferry, but choose to return by land.

Early in the morning, on the river wharf of Orange City, a team that looked like a rich boy traveled. At the beginning is an old man who looks like a housekeeper leading the way, and in the middle is a pair of young men and girls dressed by rich children.

Behind the young couple were four bodyguards who looked like they were clearly guards. When their group of seven appeared at the docks, they quickly attracted the attention of passers-by. For fear of colliding with these arrogant and domineering rich children, the pedestrians who brought unwarranted disasters also avoided one after another.

Even the soldiers of the river defense battalion, who were in charge of security and defense at the dock, couldn't help but take a few more glances when they saw this team of travelers.

Compared with other individual passengers, most of whom stood on the edge of the pier, waiting for the arrival of the passenger boat, this team of seven people went into the dock-like waiting room and ordered a pot of tea after buying seven tickets for the steamboat, and leisurely sipping tea and waiting for the arrival of the ferry.

These travel teams, who seem to be freshly dressed and have a lot of money, are precisely after handing over the cottage affairs to the second uncle and Li Chengbing, and taking Xu Yiren, who used to accompany Xu Yizhong and the dead Xu Yiren, to the hero city several times to buy guns from Uncle Du's old Uncle Du's boss Xu Bin.

In addition to the old Uncle Du dressed as a housekeeper, who was with Xu Bin as a little daughter-in-law, it was Bai Mulan who heard that Xu Bin was going to the provincial capital and was going to come with him. The four bodyguards dressed as members of the Xu family army were specially selected by Xu Bin for this trip.

Originally, Xu Bin wanted to bring Li Chengbing, an absolute henchman, to the old man, but he thought that he would be outside for at least a few days on this trip, and he was afraid that the second uncle of the cottage would not be able to control it. For this reason, Li Chengbing was left in the cottage by Xu Bin to preside over the overall defense of Xu Jiajun. The one who was selected to accompany him to the Hero City was Wang Erscar, Xu Bin's new henchman.

In addition to Wang Erscar, the dog from the last sneak attack on the incense burner peak was also brought out, and there was also a Zhao Tielin who Xu Bin admired a little kung fu foundation. The only person among the four who didn't look like a bodyguard was Tian Youliang, who had just participated in three days of military training.

The reason why Tian Youliang was selected was that in a conversation with Tian Youliang, Xu Bin learned that Tian Youliang was on an errand before entering the Tufu Mansion. I once followed a distant cousin and worked in a foreign company in Hero City for a while. Later, the cousin was dismissed by the foreign bank, and his relational was also dismissed by the manager of the foreign bank who came later. In the end, after finding a suitable job in Hero City, he returned to Orange City and joined the Tu family as a member of the guard.

Although Tian Youliang has only worked in the Hero City Foreign Bank for less than two months, he has some understanding of the foreign company in the Hero City. In addition to purchasing arms and equipment in the Hero City this time, Xu Bin is more hopeful that he will purchase arms.

With these foreign arms dealers, who have almost monopolized the high-end arms market in Longhuaguo, establish a relatively stable supply and marketing channel. Xu Bin even wants to purchase some industrial equipment if he can. Let's see if we can find another stable financial route in Orange City.

Since the last time the villagers of Huangjiazhuang lived in the cottage for a few days and learned that Heifeng Village was not as murderous as the legend, several young people who liked the military appearance and discipline of the Xu family army. Before going down the mountain, he also took the initiative to apply to join Xu Jiajun. This made Xu Bin feel happy, and returned the title deed scavenged from the Tujia family to the villagers of Huangjiazhuang for free.

Seeing these free land deeds, the villagers of Huangjiazhuang have a good impression of Xu Bin to the point of being parents again. Fortunately, Xu Bin also politely told them that although these land deeds were returned to them, he also hoped that they would be able to support them when Xu Jiajun needed food in the future.

In this regard, Huang Youren, the village head of Huangjiazhuang, directly said that as long as they took out the grain, they would definitely provide it to Xu Jiajun. Knowing that at this time, the common people attached great importance to the land deed, Xu Bin also deliberately found this shrewd old village chief and communicated privately. When he told Huang Youren that he had 80% of the land deed in Baofeng Town, the old village chief was completely shocked.

It's just that these land deeds, compared to the land deeds given to Huangjiazhuang for free, and the people of other villages, Xu Bin doesn't want to give them away for free. Instead, I hope that after Huang Youren goes down the mountain, he will privately talk to the village chief who can be trusted about the conditions for the return of the land deed.

According to Xu Bin's meaning, it is useless for him to keep the 80% of the land deed, and sooner or later it will be returned to the surrounding people. However, he hopes that while returning these land deeds, the people who get back the land deeds will be able to unconditionally support the development of Xu Jiajun in the future.

This kind of support includes providing food and supplies to the Xu Jiajun, and if there are many young and strong people in the family, one or two children can be appropriately sent to join the Xu Jiajun. For the villages that helped Xu Jiajun more and more, Xu Bin also promised to maintain them well. No matter whether these sheltered villages are harassed by bandits or oppressed by the government in the future, Xu Jiajun will stand up for them.

After listening to Xu Bin's words, Huang Youren was shocked that this was like a rebellion, and he also felt that ordinary people like them really had nothing to be reasonable. Since Xu Bin was able to relieve the danger of the whole village for them, who were completely strangers before, he must also be a person who believes in his word.

Therefore, Huang Youren said that Huang Jiazhuang will definitely be with Xu Jiajun in the future, and at the same time, he also said that he would promote Xu Jiajun according to the situation. As for how many villages will be willing to accept the protection of Xu Jiajun like Huangjiazhuang, it will take time to operate and develop.

It is precisely in consideration of Xu Jiajun that the future Shili will not only be in the situation of Heifeng Village, Xu Bin also wants to develop the fortress village at the foot of the mountain. Secretly build some small processing factories to find a way to make a living for the people, and at the same time, you can also earn some money for Xu Jiajun. Of course, this is just an assumption of Xu Bin when he travels, and whether the trip can be made or not will be determined by the results of the trip to Hero City.

After sitting in this kind of waiting room, which is a bit like the waiting room of the distinguished passengers in later generations, enjoying the tea and water served by the employees of the ferry company, the passengers who boarded the ship at the Orange City Pier soon heard the whistle when the ferry arrived at the pier. As for those individual passengers who had been waiting at the dock to board the ship, most of them took the wooden boat with a relatively low price and left the dock early.

There are not many people who can spend half a dragon and a vote in this orange city. Therefore, passengers who buy this kind of ticket can also enjoy superior treatment. Of course, they arrived at the City of Heroes by ferry much faster than the wooden boats.

When he learned that most of the ferries sailing on the Linsha River waterway were monopolized by foreign capital, Xu Bin also felt that this was the case. It is somewhat the same as the Yangtze River waterway in the previous Republic of China period, which was occupied by foreign ferries. The only thing that is a little different is that this waterway was not available in his hometown in his previous life.

By inquiring with Uncle Du, the oldest in the team, Xu Bin learned that this river was originally unable to pass through this kind of ironclad steamship with high water depth requirements. It's just that the last two emperors before the collapse of the Longhua Dynasty, out of hatred for the transportation of grain and silver in Gannan Province, were always robbed by the green forest heroes on land.

The officials of Gannan Province were specially ordered to spend huge manpower and material resources to widen and repair this golden waterway. After the rectification of the last emperor and several governors of Gannan Province, it finally formed the appearance of today's Gannan Golden Waterway.

After the expansion of this waterway, a lot of materials and tributes in Gannan can be transported to the surrounding provinces through this river. And on the waterway into the Hero City Wharf, there is also a route to the largest river wharf in Gannan Province. Through that route, things within the territory of Gannan Province can even reach all parts of Shijie.

Because, the Jiangdu wharf in Gannan Province is a river transport wharf that can directly lead to the sea area of Longhua State. For this reason, the passage of this river shipping channel has promoted the development of trade in Gannan Province to a certain extent. Of course, it also allows more people to see the favorable conditions of Gannan and regard it as an ideal place for soldiers to fight.

Fortunately, the governor who now controls Gannan Province is a meritorious minister who overthrew the last emperor, and he is also well-known in the military and political circles of Longhua. Coupled with the support of the government of the warlords who are now in power, Gannan Province is still outside the smoke of war for the time being.

Another reason is that there is a lot of capital from foreigners on the land of Gannan. This also made the governor of Gannan Province, who ruled the territory, to some extent have the support of many foreign capitalists.

After listening to these introductions, Xu Bin also began to feel that he was a little too idealistic before. If he wants to use Gannan as the territory of the Xu Jiajun, he not only has to deal with the governor of the Liuyang faction here in the United Front, but also needs to deal with these greedy foreign shili. If a jihua is not careful, it is very likely that he will lose all the games!