Bury the Qing Dynasty

Chapter 207 The Four Heavenly Kings Have Five

Looking at the excited Luo Fangbo, Jiang Wubo couldn't help laughing and said, "The chief executive is so excited that he won't even walk?"

Luo Fangbo shook his head with a smile: "It is said that we are close to the hometown, but we are not just close to the hometown, are we?"

Pointing to the merchant ships flying the flags of various countries in the port, as well as the people shuttling on the pier, Luo Fangbo couldn't help but have a complicated look on his face: "If this is still the Qing Dynasty, even if we come back now, we will have to see The faces of those barbarians are now reversed."

Jiang Wubo also nodded: "Yes, everything is reversed."

After finishing speaking, Uncle Jiang Wu let out a sigh, squatted down, and touched the ground under his feet: "This ground..."

Luo Fangbo also squatted down, and tapped the ground with his fingers: "Why is it so strong?"

Just at this time, there was another loud noise of "dirty" in the distance, and thick smoke came out of the head of a steel behemoth, and then accompanied by a bang and bang, the steel behemoth also began to slowly move towards move forward.

Luo Fangbo was startled in his heart, wondering: "What is this?"

Uncle Jiang Wu was thinking that this is the first time you have returned to the Central Plains in recent years, and so am I. If you ask me if you don’t know, who should I ask?
Just as Uncle Jiang Wu complained secretly, a person passing by said casually: "It's a steam locomotive, it pulls goods, and it's much better than a horse-drawn carriage. It only needs to burn coal and doesn't need to eat feed."

After finishing speaking, the man looked at Luo Fangbo and Jiang Wubo curiously and asked, "Did you guys visit this road when it was being built? Even if you didn't, you should at least read it in the newspapers, right?"

Luo Fangbo and Jiang Wubo looked at each other and shook their heads: "It's true that I have never seen it before. I have been living abroad for more than ten years, and this is the first time I have come back. As for the newspapers that Xiongtai mentioned, there are very few of them. opportunity to see."

The person who answered looked stunned, looked Luo Fangbo up and down, and said, "So that's what happened, then you have to take a good look at it. Now our Daming's life is getting better every day, whether it's farming or farming. You can earn money by working, and the two elder brothers might as well take a walk and have a look."

Luo Fangbo responded with a smile, and after thanking him, he asked with a smile: "Brother, I see that there are many people on the pier, some with long hair and some with short hair. Does the court care?"

The man smiled and said, "Why does the imperial court care about this? As long as you don't leave the disgusting things like money and rat tails, you can grow your hair however you want. It's inconvenient for us to work on the docks, so we just let it go." Some had short hair, and some had their heads shaved."

"The emperor said in the newspaper that the body, hair and skin should not be lightly destroyed by the parents. It means that you should honor your parents, remember your ancestors, and not damage them easily. It's not because of this that you can't trim your hair, let alone that you have to grow hair. send."

Changed, completely changed, became unknown.

Usually, the Qing Dynasty used swords and boards to regulate the hair style of the common people, and only allowed the common people to wear the hair style of the money rat tail. Now it is better to change to the Ming Dynasty, except that the money rat tail cannot be kept, and the rest are all ignored!
Luo Fangbo and Jiang Wubo both thanked the person who answered the question, and walked around the pier slowly until it was almost dark, then Luo Fangbo seemed to have made up his mind and said, "Don't go home yet. Alright, let's take the brothers to the Thirteenth Bank to handle the goods, and then go directly to Jinan Fumiansheng."

Jiang Wubo also nodded and said, "That's fine. We are abandoned overseas during the Qing Dynasty. The government is always on guard against us. We wish we could die outside. Now it's Daming. Wait for us." It's included, and with Daming household registration, you can come back anytime you want."

Guangdong Shisanhang does not refer to the thirteen kinds of businesses, nor does it refer to the thirteen commercial firms, but the synonym for the thirteen dental firms.

For example, Wu Bingjian, who was appraised by the "Wall Street Journal" as "the world's largest commercial asset and the world's richest man", whose family is Jardine House, one of the thirteen firms, was named "the world's richest man" by the "French Magazine" Pan Zhencheng, his family is Tong Wenxing, one of the thirteen lines.

Let's put it this way, in the Guangdong Thirteen Banks during the Qing Dynasty, any leader of any family was qualified to become the "richest man in the world". If you pull out any one, you will be richer than some kings in Europe.

But when Luo Fangbo and Jiang Wubo came to the location of the Thirteen Banks on the edge of the Pearl River, they were stunned in shock.

What about the thirteen lines?

What about the Guangdong Thirteen Banks, which was known as the "Nanku of the Son of Heaven" back then?

Luo Fangbo wandered around for a long time but couldn't find the shadow of the Thirteenth Line. In desperation, he had to ask someone casually on the side of the road: "Dare to ask, brother, but the Thirteenth Line has moved?"

The man looked Luo Fangbo up and down, and asked doubtfully, "Aren't you a citizen of our Daming?"

Luo Fangbo patted his chest and shouted: "Why not? My younger brother is from Shishanbao, Jiaying Prefecture. Although I went overseas for livelihood more than ten years ago, my younger brother has never forgotten that I am a citizen of the Central Plains."

The man snorted and said, "That's no wonder—to tell you the truth, the Qing Dynasty has been dead for many years, and the Thirteen Banks of Guangdong have also disappeared for many years. It is said that they all followed the original governor of Guangdong and Guangxi, Mei Shiyao, He went overseas, and he said he went to some Lanfang country."

After hearing this answer, Luo Fangbo was stunned.

Mei Shiyao, governor of Guangdong and Guangxi?
The governor of Guangdong and Guangxi has always been held by the Lord of the Eight Banners, and the name Mei Shiyao is a Han Chinese. Han people still want to sit on the position of the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi?

Besides, even if this Mei Shiyao really got into the position of governor of Guangdong and Guangxi, and took the Guangdong Thirteen Groups away overseas, they definitely didn't go to Lanfangguo, otherwise, I, the big brother of Lanfangguo Does the head office know about this?
After thinking about it, Luo Fangbo simply skipped the matter, just cupped his hands and asked: "Then dare to ask brother, who is doing this dental work now? Let's tell you the truth, brother, I brought some with me on this trip. Overseas things, I want to sell them, but I can't find the way for a while."

The man oh again, and said: "This matter, it depends on how much goods you bring. If there are two ships in one ship, then you can just find a merchant tomorrow. If there are ten ships, eight ships or If there are more, then you have to go to the Wenchang or the Four Seas."

"It is said that the Wenchang Company is controlled by the government, but the Sihai Company is behind the Shaofu. The two companies are large in scale and do business fairly. Although there are many other companies, they are not as large as these two companies. The goods are okay, but if you have too much, you can’t eat it.”

Luo Fangbo continued to be confused.

What is this?The emperor led the court to compete with the people for profit?
After Luo Fangbo found the location of the Wenchang according to the information he inquired along the way, he became more and more sure of his previous thoughts.

As soon as he arrived outside the gate of the Wenchang, someone sneaked up to Luo Fangbo and asked Luo Fangbo if he had any goods to sell. After Luo Fangbo gave an affirmative answer, the person said that he would If you want to sell the goods quickly, you go to a certain shop opposite and spend some money to buy a broken iron nail. If you are reluctant to spend this money, then the speed of the goods will be sold is hard to say.

With a skeptical attitude, Luo Fangbo first went to Wenchang by himself, expressing that he had some goods to sell, and the final result was exactly as the person at the door said, he had to line up and check. In short, it took a long time and the process was troublesome. .

And after Jiang Wubo went to the opposite shop and spent 100 taels of silver to buy a rusty iron nail, the following things suddenly became easier. It took only half a day for more than a dozen ships of goods. shot.

After all the goods were sold, Luo Fangbo couldn't help sighing again after he was on his way to Jinan Mansion again: "It seems that the Ming Dynasty is not perfect, although it is much stronger than the Qing Dynasty, but this corruption But the wind can't be stopped no matter what."

Jiang Wubo frowned and said, "Why didn't we report it? Didn't the "Law of the Ming Dynasty" allow people to sue officials?"

Luo Fangbo shook his head and said, "Of course we can sue the officials, but suing the officials will take time. Many maritime merchants have to swallow their anger just because they can't afford the time."

"Besides, didn't you hear people say that the imperial court is behind the Wenchang and the Four Seas?"

"The price given was fair, and there was no forced buying or selling. We could earn nearly ten thousand taels of silver this trip, but they just asked us to spend a mere hundred taels of silver to buy a nail. Speaking of which, we still made money."

"Forget it, let's go slowly. We were too urgent before, but now it seems that there are still many troubles waiting for us."

……

In the yamen of the Yushitai Yamen in Guangzhou, Guan Sheng, a hundred households of Jinyiwei, was sitting in the guest seat, sipping tea, and at the same time looking at the face of the doctor Yushi in the main seat, but saw that the face of Chen Cheng, the inspector of Guangzhou, turned black and then red, just like Changing his face back and forth like changing his face.

It wasn't until a long while later that Chen Cheng sighed and said, "I admire, I admire. As expected of the world-renowned Jinyiwei, he can even find out such secret information."

Guan Sheng put down his teacup, chuckled and said, "It's not that Jin Yiwei is great, but these people are too stupid. Also, I didn't come here to drink tea with you when I came to see you today."

However, Chen Cheng frowned and said, "You know who is involved in this matter, if there is a trouble, no one can cover this matter."

Guan Sheng nodded, and said: "Of course I know who is involved. However, although he Xu Zhendong has good hands and eyes, our Jin Yiwei may not be a vegetarian. Besides, he Xu Zhendong violated the law of the Ming Dynasty first. , it’s not our Jin Yiwei who framed him.”

Chen Cheng sighed again, got up and left for a while, then turned back again, and handed a driving sticker in his hand to Guan Sheng: "This is the driving sticker you want, you go and get it, I will go to the Metropolitan Procuratorate and Guangzhou Prefect Yamen."

Guan Sheng hummed, stood up after receiving the driver's sticker, and said, "I'm going to get someone first."

After returning to the Hundred Households Office in Guangzhou City, Guan Sheng directly ordered all the Jinyiwei captains under his command, and said with a gloomy face: "From now on, no one is allowed to contact outsiders, and this operation is not allowed to tell anyone Disclose any information, and offenders will be punished by family law!"

After receiving Guan Sheng's order, all the captains of Jinyiwei in the courtyard responded solemnly.

There are four institutions in the Ming Dynasty that are above the "Law of the Ming Dynasty", Jinyiwei is one of them, and the other four institutions are juxtaposed with it, one is the more notorious Dongjishi Factory, and the other is the more mysterious Xijishi Factory, one is an institution under the Dudufu of the Five Armies.

The other is an expert factory that even Jin Yiwei doesn't know the exact news about.

There are five of the Four Heavenly Kings, which is common sense.

Each of these four mysterious institutions has its own set of tasks, and each of them has a part of its staff responsible for dry and wet work. Even if there is an internal problem, it is often not resolved by the government, but by its internal execution. Law.

Family law is a hundred times and a thousand times crueler than the "Law of the Ming Dynasty".

Therefore, when all the captains of Jinyiwei heard the word family law, they knew that today's matter was absolutely serious.

(End of this chapter)