Lu Ming

Chapter 576 The end of the first half

Facing the impolite questioning of the little official from Annan in front of him, Comrade Sha Zhengming, the general of the Great Ming Dynasty, smiled and showed an expression of "not being as knowledgeable as a person with low scientific level": "Isn't this nonsense, of course the ink is wet. With regard to Annan's horrible weather, it rains every day, how can the secretary do anything?"

Ruan Chuntang was helpless when he heard the words: Once the ink falls off the paper, it will dry out in a moment, so what has it to do with the rain?In this way, in the whole world, where there is rain, it is impossible to preserve copybooks? .absurd!

However, even if he was clear in his heart, even if there were countless old documents in the county government office, Ruan Chuntang could not refute the other party's words at this moment - the county magistrate could see that this person was deliberately fooling around.That being the case, in the current situation, it is naturally impossible for him, a civil servant, to argue with this Ming general.

Fortunately, Ruan Chuntang knew clearly what his family was going to do this time: it was enough to find out the origin and attitude of the other party, and the rest of the work was not his job as a small county magistrate.

Shaking his head helplessly, County Magistrate Ruan asked the next key question: "Then the owner of the land lease, Franji businessman Mei, um, where is the Mei family?"

"Oh, you're talking about Messi, well, I'm an old acquaintance. When Franji City was broken, he used his own legs and feet to run around in the chaos, but his leg was broken. He will be recuperating in Macau."

Ruan County Magistrate also laughed when he heard the words, showing a "sure enough" expression: "So, then Haishang Teng, the Ter Stegen family is probably not here?"

Sha Zhengming's face was full of memories: "Oh, that guy is a Prussian hero. It's a pity that he insisted on guarding the gate when the city was broken, and now his leg has been broken. If the county magistrate Ruan wants to find someone, he can send his men to visit the city of Macau. , presumably this gang of sea merchants is still around."

Ruan Chuntang laughed angrily: "My lord general has no certificates, and no official certificates. With the help of these scraps of paper with wet ink on them, he sent troops to set up a camp in the country. Huh, the seals are all wrong. How could I ever come to Hengpu County?" Have you ever had such an official seal?"

Sha Zhengming smiled when he heard the words: "This general was ordered by my family's commander-in-chief to take over the land. He acted according to military law and recognized it as a military order. As for the official seal on the hand of you, a small official from Annan, the place of the poor, it may be Carved from wood, the lines are blurred, who has the patience to compare?"

Hearing such outrageous and unreasonable words, Ruan Chuntang felt that his family had completely figured out the intention of the other party.

The next moment, County Magistrate Ruan slowly got up from his seat, put one hand behind his back, and shook the stack of land deeds with the other: "Dare to ask, the general's trip, the whole court of your country, the Emperor Chongzhen knows?"

General Sha raised his head and laughed, stretched out his arms triumphantly and drew a circle: "I want to teach you to know that all those present here today are nobles of the Ming Dynasty, the humerus of the imperial court. Your Majesty, hum, you native has no eyes, and you have seen this father-in-law." No, it is Mr. Du, the most important minister of the emperor."

Ruan Chuntang was born in a wealthy family, and he was a high-level intellectual who was able to read classics.When he just sat down, he had already had a panoramic view of everyone in the room, he knew that this generation was dressed in an extraordinary manner, and he knew that what Sha Zhengming said was probably true.

This situation made Annan County Magistrate even more gloomy.

The endorsement of the upper-level political group, combined with the crazy construction of the city outside, such a large-scale national investment behavior does not require high analytical ability Ruan Chuntang, he realized that this time the Ming people are playing for real, "The whole country is coming to commit crimes. "Are.

As a local official on the front line of the conflict, Ruan Xuantang's view of the future is extremely bad.He already vaguely felt that he was about to face great danger, both internally and externally.

Stretching out the sleeves of his robe, he patted the dust on his legs that did not exist before. The county magistrate Ruan lightly waved his hand and threw the beautifully printed waste paper on the ground: "So, I will bid you farewell!"

"No delivery."

After hastily bowing his hands and saluting, Ruan Xuantang slowly turned around and walked towards the door under the gaze of many eyes.

When he was about to step on the threshold, Ruan Xuantang failed to suppress his patriotic sentiment in his heart.The next moment, he turned around, with a sarcastic look on his face: "Everyone offending Annan this time is about imitating the story of Emperor Yongle 300 years ago."

"Since he is a nobleman from the Ming Dynasty, he must have read a lot of history books. You know that 200 years ago, the Chief Secretary of the Jiaozhi disappeared overnight.

"Hmph. If you want to imitate the absurd actions of your predecessors, I dare to ask you, is there a decisive way to die as a guest?"

After Ruan Chuntang finished these few words, he looked up at the sky with his hands behind his back and his chest straightened out, ready to kill with his neck.

However, things are not as he imagined.

Originally thought that he had stabbed Mingren's lungs, and he was probably going to be pulled out and chopped up.However, after waiting for a while, Ruan Chuntang found that the room was abnormally quiet, and Mingren didn't seem to be furious.

Then something that surprised Ruan Xuantang happened.Sha Zhengming, who was sitting at the top, thought for a while, instead of getting angry, he nodded slowly, and said word by word: "Mr. Ruan is right, Emperor Yongle was too hasty back then. In the end, he couldn't overcome it, and in the end he lost a lot, and Annan was spit out again."

"Well, it's different this time."

Sha Zhengming smiled when he said this, and leaned on the armrest: "We are history students, so we have learned our lessons. This time, let's take our time, step by step, and start from Hongji Port."

Ruan Xuantang finally walked out of the gate of Hongji Fort safely.This time he successfully completed the task of investigating the enemy's situation, and he gained more than he expected: Mingren revealed his intentions without hesitation, and he didn't even bother to cover up, let alone embarrass him, an official from Annan.

The rest of the matter is beyond the hands of County Magistrate Ruan. His remaining job is to report everything he hears to Shenglong Mansion.As for the future direction of the relationship between the two countries, it is something that the big figures above need to plan carefully, and it has nothing to do with him, a small official.

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Speaking of planning, when Ruan Chuntang walked out of Fort Hongji, Sha Zhengming and Shao Qiang were also doing market analysis for investors.

Originally, they planned to wait for the guests to rest for two days before talking about it.I never thought that an Annan official would come, and the two sides had something to say in this line-up.Since this is the case, we have no choice but to strike while the iron is hot and give Amway to investors.

So Shao Sha and the two started to fool around.

"This place is called Hongji, and the mining area is hundreds of miles away. It is rich in anthracite and steam coal. The stratum here is shallow, and there is no need for miners to drill wells. You only need to peel off a layer of soil to mine. Steam coal is specially used to burn boilers. Charcoal. Boiler Boilers You don’t need to study carefully, in short, it’s right that this place is rich in coal.”

"With charcoal, everyone, all of our early expenses will be paid out. Note that all charcoal does not exist in the official business, whoever digs it out will own it, and we will buy it unlimitedly here! You only need to 'please' some When the natives come here, they can sit on the ground and make money.”

"What, the title deed? What kind of title deed is needed at this time. The big guys will go out to enclose the land early tomorrow morning, race horses, run around, and circle as much as they can. After the deed is completed, my master will print and distribute it in a unified way! Don't forget To leave a big one for the emperor!"

"Annan people? Annan people don't need to think about it!"

Having said this, Sha Zhengming walked to the wall and opened a large-scale military map: "It is the rainy season, which is not conducive to the movement of the army, and the Annan people can't move. Let's dig mines in Hongji Xiuzi with peace of mind. Wait until 10 month later."

Sha Zhengming showed a lewd smile on his face at this moment, and drew a circle on the picture with a pointer: "Have you seen the Zhenman when it came? You don't need to trouble the Annan people to come here, I will lead the shore bombardment fleet by myself." Take a walk around Shenglong Mansion, fire a few rounds of cannonballs, talk to that living Cao Cao, and ask whether my land deed works or not!"

"At that time, don't talk about rice, everyone can go to Zhuangzi in the surrounding area to grow lychees. Let's build a cannery on the ground and sell them directly to the capital to earn a lot of money!"

Hearing what Sha Zhengming said, among the investors, the eyes of a few people from the south of the Yangtze River shone with excitement—they were all witnesses to the grand occasion when a certain ship bombarded the Xu family in Shanghai that day. The Annan people were going to be bombarded again, and the melon eaters suddenly became excited.

Although there were some speculations before coming here, today the Sha and Shao two revealed their hole cards so nakedly.So far, investors who have just arrived have completely learned a lesson of the jungle.

However, the more this is the case, the more investors have confidence in this Annan strategy.

First of all, there are so many ready-made examples of Yizhou, which has long been a paradise/big granary, and the wealth-generating industries under Cao's hands.Therefore, in terms of making money from development, the original investors still have confidence in the Cao family's plan.In this case, it will be a gold medal trust fund in later generations.

Secondly, those who can sit here today are all meat-eaters who drink blood and knock bones for a living.In Daming, it seems that they have to be more careful, but now they have come to Annan to reclaim wasteland. To be honest, if Sha Zhengming and the others are not ruthless, evil, or tough, the big guy will not agree.

So, in the next few days, most of the people in the investment group made agreements with Shao Qiang one after another.

The content of the agreement is very simple: Daming investors provide funds to open mines and farms in Hongji.The traverser is responsible for providing security protection for the investor's property. In addition, the traverser is also responsible for providing various science and technology to increase mine production and use in the fields of planting, processing, and transportation of agricultural products.

Of course, the so-called investment, the bigwigs don't need to carry money to Annan at all.Don't forget that the traverser has a base on the coast of Daming, and they can send telegrams at any time.

Therefore, investors only need to hand over the silver to the local bank account opened by the traverser in the capital or Jiangnan.The silver will be turned into shelters locally, as well as food, cloth and fuel.In the end, the resources will be converted into boats of refugees going south and goods going north, making the "traversing the economic circle" flourish.

In this regard, the Annan Raiders have finished the first half and entered the intermission stage.With the deepening of the rainy season, this game will not be able to continue the second half of the show until after October.

(End of this chapter)