These 6,000 immigrants walked into Jiujiang City with apprehension, and their eyes couldn't help but light up.

Of course, it's not because of how good Jiujiang's urban construction is.

Although it is a big city in the south of the Yangtze River, it must be very good. But in terms of prosperity, it can't be compared with the capital.

But the important thing is neatness.

Unprecedented cleanliness.

Also, the neat and straight new army.

Gorgeous marching band.

As soon as the 6,000 new immigrants entered the city, the "Welcome March" of the military band sounded.

Then more than two thousand new troops greeted.

Banners were plastered all over the city.

"Welcome newcomer brothers."

"It's a family when you come."

"Handsome Wansheng."

And so on and so forth, dozens or hundreds of pieces of content.

Six thousand men passed through the gates in turn.

Everyone enjoyed the performance of the marching band, and everyone was greeted by the new army with guns raised.

In their hometown, they all have no way, they are all people who help everywhere, where did they go through this kind of encounter.

The whole person was suddenly blinded.

Everyone suddenly fluttered.

After passing through the welcoming crowd, there is a whole row of tables.

Dozens of military doctors, sitting there in a neat row.

"Brothers, everyone should check their bodies and drink a bowl of herbal soup to reduce the heat."

Next, 6,000 people lined up, and each of them had to check their basic body.

Everyone had to drink a bowl of sweet, slightly bitter herbal soup.

Because of the large number of people, the steps to check the body cannot be too detailed, but the whole process still has a strong mental impact on the newcomers.

It's nice to feel cared for, to be valued.

After the physical examination.

Immediately someone directed them to the next place, where supplies were concentrated.

Basic necessities.

This time, they came to Jiujiang from the capital as fast as they could, just carrying a little dry food on their backs and one or two packages on their way.

Therefore, the first batch of daily necessities were all distributed free of charge.

Thin quilts, two shirts, toothbrushes, towels, etc., more than a dozen things.

"My lord, don't you need any money?" Lin Guangzu asked cautiously.

"Of course I don't want money, and I'm not an adult, I'm a soldier of the New Army."

Lin Guangzu said: "Is that to be deducted from the An family's silver?" ”

"If you don't deduct it, it's just hair."

These 6,000 immigrants were stunned, after they got half of the settlement silver, in fact, they no longer expected the other half of the settlement silver, and the government would definitely try all kinds of ways to deduct it.

But...... After receiving the basic necessities, the place in front of you is the place to receive the silver.

Each person has eighteen taels of silver, and after signing and pressing the handprint, the silver will be directly in hand.

There are no conditions and no embarrassment.

Some people even tried to give the manager two taels of silver, which is also the old rule of the government.

But the manager said in a trembling voice: "Brother, don't come to harm me, you will kill your head." ”

And such an official government?

Really make money? Something for real?

Who would dare to believe it?

After receiving the money and supplies, the 6,000 people were guided to the residential area.

"A room for six, a bed and a box for each person."

"Of course, these are temporary, and after three months, the sale of the house will begin. You are special and can buy a home for a tenth of the price. ”

"For three months, you will participate in a group literacy class and learn to read and read."

"After three months, there will be an exam. Those with excellent grades can be arranged for better positions and can be assigned a house. ”

"During these three months of study, each person has a basic half-salary per month, which is one or two or five dollars of silver."

"All group activities, must participate."

"Next, I will be in charge of your area, a total of ninety-six people, you can report to me if you have anything."

"My name is Lin Zhiqiang!"

Then he gave a military salute to everyone with one arm.

After these battles, the New Army also suffered casualties, adding up to more than 2,000 people.

Those who are seriously disabled will not be able to go to the battlefield, and all of them will be arranged to work on the second line.

Lin Guangzong said in a trembling voice: "My lord, what are you talking about excellent grades and better positions that can be arranged?" ”

Lin Zhiqiang said: "That is to say, if you have ever studied and have special talents." Then you can be an official, a manager of a farm, or a factory. In the future, you can also participate in higher studies and become a full-fledged official. ”

Lin Guangzong couldn't help but shudder, they were just thinking about coming to farm, or working in the factory.

I didn't think that I could become an official?

You can even be an official.

"My lord, isn't being an official to test your fame? Or spend money to buy officials? Lin Guangzong trembled.

Lin Zhiqiang said: "It's different here. ”

"There is one thing, it doesn't hurt to tell everyone, you should know that Dashuai raised money everywhere in order to set up a factory, and each of you has spent all your savings to support Dashuai." Lin Zhiqiang said: "But Dashuai doesn't need to sell his land at all, and he doesn't need to borrow money from everyone's parents. There are many people who are vying to give the lord silver, as long as the lord sells all the official positions, as long as the lord contracts out the taxes for the past three years, the seven million taels of silver will be available, and even more. ”

"Now this 10 million taels of silver, the marshal is equivalent to saying that he is borrowing, but as long as he sells all his official positions and all taxes to Shanxi merchants, he does not need to bear this huge debt, but he is unwilling."

"Because of the heavy burden of taxes, it finally fell on your heads, on the people of Jiangxi, these years of war, the people are too bitter, he is not willing to let the people suffer."

"Now the imperial court is selling officials and lords on a large scale, so that ordinary people have no chance at all, even if it is a small official position, it has to be sold. So there are quite a few of you who have actually read books, but they don't have a chance to get ahead at all. ”

"Although there are huge profits, the adults just don't want to sell their officials, they just want to keep the positions of these officials, let you come forward, and let you do this position."

"You may be curious, why did the marshal borrow so much 10 million taels of silver? for a great part of this silver shall be spent on you. ”

"Okay, everyone will be able to see it clearly in the future, now let's have a good rest and eat collectively for a while."

After Lin Zhiqiang left.

The six people in the room were silent.

That state of being very excited, excited, but suddenly speechless.

Next, it's time for a group lunch.

Eat very well, at least they are reluctant to eat at home, everyone is ready to eat bran vegetables, and it turns out that they eat so well.

This...... Where did you come to live a hard life?

Isn't this falling into a honeypot?

"Brothers, since you are not married yet, everyone will have to eat in the big cafeteria next."

"This first meal doesn't cost money, and the next one is money, Feng Jian is by people, it will be very cheap, and it will definitely be better than you eat at home."

"In addition, in the next three months, everyone will have to carry out all kinds of studies, and they will also have a salary, one or two or five dollars, everyone knows. Everyone's salary will be calculated from today, and at this time next month, they will start to receive money. ”

"Of course, many brothers may not want to participate in the study, and if they want to be free, they want to be landlords. That's no problem, after a few days, you can go and see your fields, and you can just plow. ”

"Even if you don't plan to cultivate things yourself, I will take you to see where the land you bought is, and there will be a special land deed for you."

The three brothers of Lin Guangzong glanced at each other, and suddenly said, "My lord, I have something to say." ”

"Brother, get up and speak."

Lin Guangzong said: "If you sell us the land, you don't owe us anything." Now we are given accommodation and all sorts of things. Let's learn literacy, put it somewhere else, at our own expense, and pay us a salary. We don't feel at ease with this Anjia silver, and I want to return it to Dashuai. ”

As soon as these words came out, a few people responded.

"Yes, Dashuai is so good to us, how can we take Dashuai's settlement money, we have to return it to Dashuai."

There are definitely people who are touched, but there are many more people who want to be positive because they see the future.

Lin Li said: "I am very happy that everyone has this thought. But the system is the system, and if the money is distributed to everyone, that is everyone, and there is no reason to take it back. ”

"Alright, eat!"

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"Zeng Guofan takes the order!"

"Fengtian carries the emperor's edict and said, the state affairs are difficult, Hubei can not be without a secretary for a day, Ding is worried in March, you have shown your filial piety, I have won the love, the official is reinstated, and he will take office immediately, and he will do this!"

"Thank you, Lord Longen, but don't dare to follow it!"

Hearing this will, Zeng Guofan suddenly breathed a long sigh of relief.

But you can't just accept it, you still have to carry out the drama of three pushes and three rejections.

After the eunuch left, Hu Linyi walked out.

The two were silent.

After a long while, Hu Linyi said: "Who would have thought of this result? ”

Zeng Guofan sighed: "Yes, who would have thought? ”

Hu Linyi said: "In this way, I really admire this Su Yao." In order to run a factory and engage in foreign affairs, he did not hesitate to offend the emperor and directly cut off his holy family. ”

A moment later, Luo Bingzhang and Zuo Zongtang walked in.

Obviously, this is a very important matter, so these four bigwigs will gather.

Hu Linyi said: "We are extremely worried, like a great enemy, we feel that after Su Yu gets the post of governor of Jiangxi, he will definitely use the holy family to wantonly squeeze out us, and we are also worried that their monarchs and ministers will join forces to squeeze our power space step by step." I really didn't expect that this Lord Su Yu was really ...... Aim high. ”

"Knowing that it was the emperor's rebellion to do foreign affairs, he still did it, and he was the governor of Jiangxi, as if it was completely for the purpose of running a factory and engaging in foreign affairs."

"This person is really amazing."

"But he can't do it, now the world is in chaos, he has lost his holy family, and he can't be alone in Jiangxi. To run foreign affairs and factories, we must have the support of foreigners, to be precise, the support of the British. And Ye Mingchen's side was tough and excessive, and he had completely offended the British. The British and the Qing Dynasty were about to turn their faces, and it was absolutely impossible to support Su Yu to set up a factory. ”

"This time Su Yu left Beijing, the emperor gave the word to send it an hour and a half late, but Su Yu left Beijing ahead of schedule, and when Zenglu sent the emperor's inscription to Su Yu's house, Su Yu had already left, and he didn't even wait for an hour and a half. Afterwards, the emperor was extremely angry and directly smashed a jade Ruyi. ”

Zuo Zongtang said: "It is said that Zeng Disheng has a hard neck, and now it seems that this Su Yu's neck is even harder than yours." ”

Luo Bingzhang said: "Why? It doesn't make sense, in order to run a factory, you don't even want the holy family? The gains outweigh the losses, we can't ask for this thing, but he abandons it. ”

"Shen Baozhen was left by the emperor to be summoned alone, and this matter has also spread in the capital, let's see if Shen Baozhen will betray Su Yu again and become a slave with three surnames."

Hu Linyi said: "Three adults, we are gathering this time to discuss a key issue. ”

"How do you get along with Su Yu next?"

"Fighting for the enemy? Or does the well water not interfere with the river water? ”

This is the core reason why the four giants met and held a meeting this time.

This is also related to the direction in which Xiang Jun and Su Yu get along next.

However...... Just then, someone rushed in.

"Four adults, Su Yu...... Su Yu is here. ”

The four of them were stunned, what was Su Yu doing at this time?

Suddenly, Luo Bingzhang and Zuo Zongtang immediately avoided leaving, leaving only Zeng Guofan and Hu Linyi.

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A moment later, Su Yu entered.

"Lord Zeng, Lord Hu!" Su Yu arched his hand.

Hu Linyi stepped forward and said, "Xiaguan Hu Linyi, meet Lord Futai." ”

He is the political envoy of Jiangxi, and Su Yu happens to be his chief official.

However, the political envoy was nominally a subordinate official of the governor, but in fact he was very independent and powerful.

Especially Hu Linyi, the political envoy, also added the rank of right attendant of the military department for the first time. This is basically none, and it is generally the rank of governor and squire.

What's more, the chief soldier of Ganzhen is still Li Xubin.

Hu Linyi, the political envoy, not only has political power, but also indirectly controls military power.

Su Yu said: "Di Gong, has the emperor's will come?" Hubei really has no day without Zeng Gong, and it is reasonable for the emperor to seize his affection. ”

Zeng Guofan arched his hand.

It is said that he should say that during the period of filial piety, he was extremely sad and had no intention of official position.

But in front of Su Yu, he was reluctant to say such hypocritical words.

This time, the reason why Zeng Guofan was able to win the favor so quickly and reinstate the official was that the person he had to thank the most was Su Yu.

Because of the unhappiness between Su Yu and the emperor, the emperor felt the need to let Zeng Guofan come back and suppress Su Yu a little.

The art of trade-offs.

Su Yu said: "Lord Hu Linyi, you are the political envoy, and I am the governor. Especially since both of us have military power in Jiangxi, it is said that we should fight to the death, but I said straight to the point, there is no need. ”

"I will focus on Jiujiang, my army can be withdrawn from Nanchang and let your Hunan army station."

"I can also let out the military affairs of the green camp in Ganzhen."

"I can also let out Jiangxi's government affairs."

As soon as these words came out, Hu Linyi was completely stunned.

This...... It's a.

What you want to fight for, people just throw it all at you, and you don't want it at all.

"I want two things." Su Yu said.

Zeng Guofan said: "Please speak!" ”

Su Yu said: "As long as the land that my new army walks in the circle, it will belong to me." I can tell you how many there are in total, six million nine thousand acres! ”

"These fertile fields used to belong to many landlords and heroes, and when the war was torn, they fled to Suzhou and Shanghai, and now that Jiangxi has recovered, they will definitely come back and try to take these fields."

"I need you Hu Linyi to block all these troubles for me, whether you kill them or send them to prison. In short, I want all of these 6.9 million acres of land, and I don't want any trouble, I just need you to hand over the complete field book to me. ”

Zeng Guofan said: "The second condition. ”

Su Yu said: "Jiujiang Mansion has been ten rooms and nine empty after the war. I don't care what you do, but in the next two years you will get me 300,000 people, 100,000 of whom are women, between the ages of sixteen and forty. ”

"There are 100,000 people left, and eight will become young and strong!"

"Whether you arrest or rob it, no matter what you do, send people to my Jiujiang Mansion."

When Hu Linyi heard this, he was stunned again.

After a long while, he couldn't help but say, "Lord Su Yu, why?" ”

Hu Linyi couldn't understand at all, what exactly did Su Yu want to do?

The whole of Jiangxi is yours, and after the war, there are still 10 million people.

How many official positions are there, how many taxes are there?

You don't want any of this, but you just stare at a Jiujiang?

And 300,000 people to emigrate from outside?

They certainly don't know that what he wants is to start from scratch, a pure, unintricately untangled economic experimental zone.

"In addition, I need 6 million acres of fertile land for cattle, farm tools, seeds, etc."

"You're going to do it all for me."

These things, of course, are astronomical costs.

But......

The Hunan army has various ways to do this.

In exchange, Su Yu ceded the power of most of the state capitals in Jiangxi, as well as most of the power of the green camp in Ganzhen.

The Hunan army attached great importance to these things, but Su Yu abandoned them as if they were shoehorny.

What he wants is the Jiujiang Economic Experimental Zone.

Two or three years later, as soon as the key node came, he Su Yu directly made a big leap forward and entered the center.

Hu Linyi said: "Lord Futai, let's discuss it for a few days, is it okay?" ”

Su Yu said: "Of course. ”

Then he arched his hand and said, "Farewell!" ”

Hu Linyi couldn't help but say after all: "Lord Su Yu, you paid such a big price, just to set up so many factories?" Is it all worth it? ”

Yes!

The secret agreement over there has not yet been settled, and Su Yu has already paid a huge price here.

It's all or nothing, is it all worth it?

Sir Basha, for the sake of our common destiny, you need to fight hard.

After Su Yu left, Zuo Zongtang walked out and said slowly: "Su Yu, this person, amazing!" ”

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Capital!

"Six hundred miles expedited!"

"Six hundred miles expedited!"

"Guangzhou victory, Guangzhou victory!"

In the Heart Cultivation Palace, the emperor was overjoyed when he heard this: "Come in." ”

This time, it was a staff member of Ye Mingchen, the governor of Liangguang.

"The emperor is overjoyed, the British in Guangzhou, all retreated, and the British troops guarding the consulate all retreated!"

The emperor said, "What's the matter?" ”

"Some time ago, the Governor discovered that the Yarrow merchant ship had expired, so he sent troops to seize it, and the British demanded its release, and issued a threat of war, and let the garrison of the Guangzhou consulate approach the governor's palace."

Governor Ye immediately dispatched troops to confront him, and dispatched 20,000 or 30,000 troops from all over the two provinces to support Guangzhou one after another. Then he said to Yangyi, if you want to fight, then fight! ”

"Someone in Yangyi made disrespectful remarks and insulted the imperial court, which affected the emperor, and Governor Ye immediately arrested the two and imprisoned them."

"Our two armies confronted each other for more than ten days, and Governor Ye transferred more and more troops to Guangzhou, and finally the Yangyi army retreated in a hurry."

"Governor Ye ordered the Yangyi to let them withdraw their troops from Guangzhou, otherwise we will retain the right to take any measures, and then our army pressed again, and the Yangyi army could not bear the pressure, and all of them had withdrawn from Guangzhou and retreated to Hong Kong."

"Your Majesty, at that time, Su Yu negotiated with the British, claiming to let the British withdraw unconditionally, but only part of the troops were withdrawn, but there were still hundreds of troops around the consulate in Guangzhou, and they did not really retreat. And this time, Governor Ye won a more complete victory, allowing all the British troops to retreat. ”

"If Guangzhou can, then Xiamen can too, and other cities where the British troops are stationed can do the same, forcing them all to withdraw. How can I let the British garrison the country? ”

The emperor was overjoyed.

This is indeed a huge credit, no less than Su Yu at that time to let the British retreat.

So, the emperor ordered Ye Mingchen to be completely reinstated, and wrote a letter to encourage Ye Mingchen to be tolerant as the upper kingdom of the Celestial Empire, since Yangyi is sensible, then don't persecute too much.

Next, the emperor publicly made a public statement of merit at the court meeting.

"Ye Mingchen did a good job, this is another diplomatic victory after the talks between Su Yu and the British."

"Proposed purpose, promote Ye Mingchen to a first-class viscount, and enjoy the dazzling eyes."

In fact, from the beginning of Ye Mingchen's seizure of the Yarrow merchant ship, the emperor was a little worried, lest Ye Mingchen's toughness would provoke the British to send troops again.

As a result, after the British were tough for a while, they did not send troops, but withdrew their troops from Guangzhou.

Then, the DPRK and China trumpeted this diplomatic victory.

But the implications are self-evident.

The last time Su Yu asked the British to withdraw unconditionally, now it seems that it is not a big deal.

Didn't Governor Ye Mingchen do it too?

Even when the emperor and Concubine Yi were having dinner, they couldn't help but say a word.

"Now it seems that Su Yu's so-called unconditional withdrawal of the British from the army was exaggerated, and I exaggerated it a little."

"He can do it, and Ye Mingchen can do it too."

"There is also the current new army, Su Yu is not here, and Rong Lu is also training very well."

"This person, you must not think too highly of yourself, as if this world will not work without you, otherwise you will laugh and be generous."

Concubine Yi on the side smiled but did not speak, her mind was complicated.

The imperial court is celebrating here, but they don't know that an unprecedented catastrophe is coming!

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London!

Baling and Sir Bashali finally met Prince Albert.

For this brief opportunity to meet, Bashali exhausted what few political resources he had in London.

The queen's husband is the heaviest person in the entire British Empire royal family.

Her Majesty, who was almost obedient to him, had this strong spiritual attachment.

However, it is very unfortunate.

The Prince was invited temporarily, and it was also an invitation to events related to the French Empire.

So, this meeting had to be canceled.

And this time the meeting was canceled, and I don't know when the next time will be.

And the time is too urgent, Su Yu can't wait here.

Basha Li and Bao Ling can't wait.

So, despite his gentlemanly demeanor, Bashali stopped directly in front of the prince's carriage.

Suddenly, everyone was shocked.

This prince has always been kind.

But at this time, in the face of the rudeness of the Basha ceremony, the prince's face suddenly turned cold.

"I'm sorry, two sirs, I know what you claim, and I beg your pardon for not being able to do anything about it."

"That Oriental man's name is Su Yu, right? He was a nobleman of the Qing Kingdom, and I don't think there was any need for the British Empire to cooperate with him. ”

"I need to go to an event and I'm going to be late, so I'm sorry!"

Then Prince Albert was about to board the carriage, and his face was very unhappy, and he was going to refuse the two men's requests for a complete meeting in the future.

If you miss this opportunity, you won't have a chance in the future.

Bashali pleaded: "Your Royal Highness, please give me three minutes, just three minutes!" ”

Prince Albert took out his pocket watch and said, "Okay, just three minutes." ”

Ba Xia Li took out a glass bottle from his bosom and said: "Your Royal Highness, Sir Su Yu, who is thousands of miles away, heard that you are suffering from some complex and mysterious disease, so I have specially developed this miraculous medicine to treat your illness. ”

As soon as these words came out, Prince Albert's face changed slightly.

His illness is certainly not a secret, and many people know about it.

Not only the British Empire, but also the whole of Europe were helpless.

It's fine when I don't have a seizure, but at most I have a lot of diarrhea. And once it happens, it is simply painful, completely rolling in bed, almost as painful as when a woman gives birth.

Moreover, this pain is becoming more and more frequent.

There is no cure at all.

So the prince's body is getting weaker and weaker.

Famous doctors all over the world are helpless, and the nobles of the Qing Kingdom, who are thousands of miles away in an ignorant country, have developed the so-called miracle drug?

Able to treat his eccentric condition?

It's not a fantasy what it is.

Her Majesty even said that whoever could cure her husband of this strange illness would be knighted.

Sir Bashali pleaded, "Your Royal Highness, please accept it, and give it a try with the hope of chance?" Please. For your body, and for the sake of the British Empire! ”

He held Su Lu's bottle of metronidazole high.

It's as if he raised the only political hope for himself, Bao Ling, and Su Yu.

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Note: The first update was sent, and it was written from six o'clock to now, and it was a little late, so I'm very sorry.

I went to sleep for a few hours, I haven't been out for a whole month and a half, and today I have to go out to dinner with my daughter-in-law.

Do you still have a commuter pass? Would you like to give you a few pastries?

(End of chapter)