The sun never sets in America

Chapter 304 African Development: Era

On the endless East African ocean, several large ships flying blue sea flags are sailing against the turbulent sea wind. In the center of the sea flag is a koi carp. The koi carp jumps, giving people the feeling that they are about to transform into a dragon, but they cannot do so. a feeling of.

This kind of flag is called the blue fish flag, also known as the "Wanghai flag". It is the official flag of Wanghai City and is also the standard feature of Wanghai City.

The designer of the flag is the "famous" "Tang Gong", Tang Linwang, Master Tang.

Someone first planned to build a sea dragon flag as a "symbol" of Wanghai City, but Master Tang denied it. The reason given was that he was a Han Chinese. How could he use a dragon flag, even a dragon flag, without the permission of the Han Dynasty? , he was not allowed, and even said:

"I am a Han, and the Han Empire rules the world. If I use the shape of a dragon, wouldn't I be causing chaos, and be disloyal and unfilial!!"

"It's okay to use carp. Carp is also of the dragon genus, but it is not a dragon. It shows nobility and is not overbearing. It also fits the name of my Wanghai Dudu Mansion. The world says that dragons swim in the sea. We use carp to call it the king of the sea." Ba!!”

According to "rumors", there is also a shrine to Emperor Longwu in Tang Gong's home, which must be "worshiped" every morning and evening to bless Emperor Longwu's good health and the prosperity of the Han Dynasty.

Even at certain moments, Mr. Tang especially liked to imitate Emperor Longwu's famous sayings, such as "Rich will build roads", "Development requires boldness to find the right tips" and "Don't talk about major national affairs."

Although Liu Peng failed to achieve any of these, he did not "hinder" those people, such as careerists like Mr. Tang, who used Liu Peng's "quotations" to bluff people, euphemistically saying: "Follow the footsteps of the Holy Emperor and create a sea The island is beautiful every day."

These are what Master Tang said at certain public meetings, and they are all recorded on the "Wang Poster" issued by Wanghai City.
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The merchant ship carrying goods purchased from South Africa slowly docked at the port. On the shore, dozens of local earthworkers rushed in like locusts as soon as the cabin was opened. The reason for this was because some people had already I left, completely, even "very suddenly".

Tap! !

Bai Erwen, who was wearing a white lace top hat, stepped off one of the merchant ships, and behind him, Luo Daniu, who was wearing a cowboy suit and long riding boots, was directing the earthworkers to move the "expensive" goods. .

"Slow down, slow down!!"

"Slower---"

Bai Erwen listened to Luo Daniu's hurried shouting behind him, his face still as calm as water, and chatting with the port envoy in front of him about the latest "tobacco prices."

"Boss Bai, this number is already the best choice, there is no way it will drop again!!"

"You know, recently those British businessmen are rushing to get our Haizhou tobacco."

Zhang Gang looked at the difficult boss Bai in front of him and kept talking about the "hotness" of their business recently.

On the opposite side, Bai Erwen listened to what the other party said with a smile on his face, and then replied:

"Master Zhang, since your tobacco is so easy to sell, why do you need me to buy it?"

"And if I remember correctly, you just said that we have a sufficient supply of goods. I am confused, how can a product that is always popular in the market still have such a sufficient supply? Don't tell me, these tobaccos of yours are all in stock from last year. Where can I get them? Only sold this year??”

Bai Erwen bluntly exposed the other party's so-called "hotness".

"Ha ha……"

"Don't be angry, Boss Bai. The people down here don't understand. Maybe they just made a mistake. Our recent shipments are a bit nervous!!"

"A little nervous!!"

Looking at this "shameless" Ambassador Zhang Gang, Bai Erwen still expressed "as plain as water":

"Since you don't have that much goods, we, Shirogishi Company, don't want them, so as not to disturb your other orders."

After saying that, he planned to leave. As soon as he left, he was grabbed by Ambassador Zhang Gang from behind. When he turned around, he saw the expression of "trying to stay" on Ambassador Zhang Gang.

In the end, Bai Erwen took away goods worth half a million Chinese dollars at the cost of a 10% reduction in the tobacco business.

That night, in Wanghai City, Bai Erwen exchanged cups with those "scum" and held a local girl in his arms. It was so enjoyable! !

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The early morning sunshine shines into the suite decorated in English style. This is the highest-level suite in this hotel. It costs at least 100 yuan per night, which is equivalent to the annual income of ordinary people.

This hotel is an asset under the name of Mr. Tang. It was originally built to entertain foreign businessmen and separate them from the local workers. But later, with the expansion of the entire Wanghai City and the increase in population, the relevant The demand for high-end facilities surged, so this British-style hotel named Wanghai Hotel was expanded again and now has more than 700 rooms.

It is even bigger than Master Tang's Governor's Mansion. Because it is designed to imitate the clock tower of the Imperial Bank, this castle-like hotel also has a huge clock tower that can be seen throughout the city.

The clock tower will chime every hour on the hour, except at night. At six o'clock every morning, the chime will be loudest and resound throughout the city.

Those noisy guys who like to sleep in have to thicken their doors and windows to prevent the "thieves" from entering their ears and disturbing their sweet dreams.

The reason why the time is set to six o'clock is because Master Tang himself ordered it. It is euphemistically called "the plan of the day lies in the morning". In fact, the real situation is that Master Tang has learned to "keep in good health" and go to bed at ten o'clock every night. I woke up at six o'clock the next morning. The first thing I did after getting up was to play Wuqinxi again.

Of course, the reason given was "to move the muscles and bones", but the real purpose was actually very simple. Master Tang was "afraid of death"! !

Master Tang is now, as usual, inspecting "official affairs" every day and giving fifteen-minute "lectures" every week, but after all, he is already in his forties and has limited energy, so it is impossible for him to do everything as he did a few years ago. , everything must be done personally.

In this way, delegating power becomes the only option.

Although Master Tang is called "delegating power", in fact, he is always on guard. After all, how he got here in the first place, even if others don't tell, everyone knows it, except those "brainless fans" of Master Tang.

Therefore, in order to protect his "hard-won" rights, Mr. Tang usually insists on holding meetings every day, firstly to understand the specific situation, and secondly to express his existence.

As for privately, it is "creating people".

After all, Master Tang is getting older. Even if he is always "feather fan and silk scarf" and "pointing out the country" in front of others, the real situation is that he still has no children.

Yes, Master Tang has no son, which is simply a huge crisis for a force.

After all, if something unexpected happens to Mr. Tang, Wanghai City, and even the entire Haizhou foundation, will be at risk of collapse or even overthrow.

This is something that no one wants to see, so not only Master Tang is anxious, but also his subordinates, who often search for "lucky" women for him.

Then there were some so-called folk remedies, but in the end, without exception, they gave birth to three children, all of whom were daughters, and none of them were sons.

For Master Tang, this was no less than a "bolt from the blue", so much so that he once regretted whether he had done too many "good deeds" and used up all the blessings.

In order to solve his "posthumous problem", Master Tang has been praying to gods and Buddhas and visiting famous doctors in the past two years. However, all those people said that fate has not come yet. Only a blind fortune teller told the truth:

"I was born with the appearance of a coyote, cunning and cunning to seize opportunities!!"

"The country changes hands, but the luck of the next generation is ruined!!"

Suddenly after listening to the first half, Master Tang thought the other party was scolding him. It was not until he heard the second half that Master Tang sighed and said the only truth he had ever said in his life:

"My personal ethics have failed and I have offended God. That's all. It's time and destiny!!"

Then he asked, what should I do? ?

And the blind man said:

"Looking for an adoptive heir!!"

From then on, Master Tang developed Wanghai City and Haizhou Island while asking people to search for his blood relatives.

In the end, he actually found a little boy named Tang from a distant relative in China. Because he and Master Tang were the same ancestor, he brought him back and changed his name to "Jiye".

From the name, we can see Master Tang's "expectations" for this child. He usually holds it in his mouth for fear of melting, and holds it in his hands for fear of getting hurt.

It can be called a "baby"! !

After Master Tang had his son, the development of the entire Wanghai City, and even the entire Haizhou Island, got on the right track. In Master Tang's words:

"As long as I have enough wings, I can lead my army to destroy the country and achieve eternal success!!"

Of course, no one knows when this "Qiangu" will come, not even Master Tang himself.

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Governor's Mansion! !

There are more than 200 servants in the huge city lord's mansion, and there are more than 300 tile-roofed houses in total.

The largest room among them is the "Carp Pavilion" in the middle of the main courtyard. This is where Master Tang lives, and it is also the most "domineering" place in the entire Dudu Mansion.

When Master Tang first built it, he borrowed some "feng shui changes". Later, after he took control of the entire Wanghai City, the originally simple Dudu's Mansion once again ushered in "prosperity" and the entire Dudu's Mansion was expanded by five More than twice that. The entire Dudu Mansion is basically located in the West City, which has the best Feng Shui in Wanghai City. The reason why it is called the West City, not the South City, is because there is an underground river under the West City. According to the original Feng Shui master, water is wealth, and it is also luck and fortune. Regardless of family, Mr. Tang is the dragon crossing the river, which is in line with the water destiny. The character "tang" means water. Wanghai City is close to the sea and there is water underneath. The three waters gather together. Isn't it "destiny".

Of course, Master Tang did not believe this kind of "nonsense", but the Chinese people since ancient times have been very particular about "rather believing what they have than what they don't have." Even if he still didn't believe it, Master Tang still insisted on expanding the Governor's Mansion. Go to the faucet of Xicheng Water Vein.

The entire Governor's Mansion looks like a typical Jiangnan garden style from the outside, but from the inside it looks like a palace, with a military fortress design, a main hall for meetings, tunnels, and even a military fortress.

The entire Dudu Mansion is actually a "hybrid" that has everything but is proficient in nothing, which is the so-called "mongrel".

These are the private words of some "smart people". In the eyes of the public in Wanghai City, this is the most "noble" place in the entire city, because there are "Wanghai Gong", "Tang Gong", "Governor" and more. "Benevolence and righteousness"! !

"Haha, you can't catch me, you can't catch me!!"

On the tree branch, a boy about five or six years old, dressed in "pocket fine clothes", was riding on the tree branch. Looking at the anxious expression of the "doll" below, he laughed like a bell. , scared the servants below to death, and kept shouting words such as "little ancestor", "Jiye", "don't be joking".

When Mr. Tang, who was handling official documents in the front yard, learned that Tang Jiye climbed the tree, he ran to the backyard in a panic.

Tang Jiye was standing on the big tree. He heard "Jiye, my son" from far away. He was so frightened that he wanted to come down immediately, but he didn't dare to come down. He was so anxious that he almost cried.

The people below were even more "scared" after hearing Master Tang's voice.

When Master Tang came to the tree, Tang Jiye climbed down gently on several stacked servants, and there was someone waiting beside him.

"Jiye, what are you going to do? Do you know it was dangerous just now!!"

"The so-called gentleman does not stand behind dangerous walls..."

After Master Tang saw the "safe and sound" Tang Jiye, he was immediately criticized. He put away his previous worries and showed the look of a strict father.

It's just that this strict father didn't pretend for five seconds before he was destroyed by Tang Jiye's "wow". He could only hug him and continue to "coax" him, and finally went out to play in exchange for the "ancestor"'s listening. advise.

"Ugh!!"

"Jiye, you can't do this next time. You have to know that you have to work hard to do everything for the subordinates. Only when you don't work hard for everything can you become a superior..."

Tang Jiye "deceived" Master Tang, who was "like a human spirit", by saying he wanted to pick oranges.

"Well, Dad, I understand. I won't study anymore. This book is for an old man. If I study it, I will become a servant!!"

Tang Jiye rolled his eyes and gave Master Tang's "serious" answer in a childlike voice.

"You boy, you are so naughty!!"

Master Tang looked at Tang Jiye who was as "sincere" as he was when he was young. Although he was happy in his heart, he still had an "unhappy" expression on the surface.

Master Tang hugged his "baby" for a while, then excused himself and left. It wasn't that he wanted to leave, but if he didn't leave, he was afraid it would be delayed until night just like last time.

After leaving, I still gave these instructions before leaving:

"You must take good care of me. If something happens, I will blame you!!"

Those servants, of course, said "yes" and did not dare to violate it at all, because the people who violated it were not there before, but now they can no longer be seen.

After Master Tang left, this "ancestor" once again changed his ways and tortured those poor "dolls", as Tang Jiye said:

"Since my father bought it for me, I can play with it however I want. If it breaks, I can just replace it with another one!!"

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"Tang Gong, look."

“This is this month’s account book!!”

Ambassador Luo Shang handed a piece of import and export data to the "Master Tang" in front of him.

After Master Tang took it, he looked at it for a few times, and then asked without raising his head:

“How come we only sold so much tobacco this year??”

"Mr. Tang, there has been too much rain in the interior recently, and the tobacco fields have damaged our vitality..."

"In addition, these foreign businessmen are really hateful. They all take advantage of the opportunity to lower the purchase price. There is nothing we can do!!"

Luo Shangshi's "sincerity" resounded in his ears. Master Tang raised his head and met the other party's "fearful" eyes. He didn't speak for a long time. Just when the other party was about to be unable to hold on any longer, he suddenly grinned:

“It’s okay, it’s just one year, let alone one year, three years can be enough!!”

Hearing this, Ambassador Luo Shang breathed a sigh of relief, but just when he thought Duke Tang had "relented", a few words came out of the blue:

“Haizhou’s immigration needs and construction needs all require money. If you don’t have money, you may not be able to do anything.”

"If we can't carry out our big plan, I'm afraid it will delay the opportunity and let the natives take advantage of it."

"In this way, starting with me, my monthly salary will be reduced by half, and the same will be true for everyone else. Except for soldiers, everyone will be reduced in the same way!!"

"Mr. Tang, this..."

Upon hearing this, Ambassador Luo Shang immediately became anxious. After all, this half reduction is not a small amount. In order to win over people's hearts, Master Tang gave those people a lot of benefits. The expenses of these people were already huge. It threatened Haizhou's finances, and it still does so now.

By reducing tobacco production, Master Tang ostensibly took the lead in cutting salaries. In reality, he was cutting power step by step, eliminating the elderly including Luo Shangshi.

As a person who could get to this point under the "cunning as a fox" Master Tang, Luo Shang naturally understood the meaning. He thought that after these few years, no matter how dissatisfied Mr. Tang was, there would be nothing he could do, but who would have thought , this time suddenly took advantage of tobacco and opened the knife to them.

Master Tang looked at the "horrified" Luo Shangshi with a puzzled look and asked:

"Luo Shi, is there something wrong??"

"This is the time for the whole Haizhou to work together. If we don't surrender, what will happen?"

"Is it possible, Luo, that you can't bear to part with those yellow and white things??"

"This……"

Seeing Master Tang's "innocent" eyes, Luo Shang was stunned.

Master Tang continued:

"Since ancient times, bloated employment and redundant personnel have been seen in all dynasties."

"Although Haizhou has not been established for a long time, as Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty said, we use history as a mirror."

"The governor has decided to reduce personnel and financial consumption starting from the Governor's Mansion. What does Luo Zhi think?"

When Luo Shangshi met Master Tang's "eager" gaze, he seemed to have fallen into "hell".

Master Tang continued to ask:

"Where do you think the cuts should be??"

bump! !

Luo Shang made a plop and knelt on the ground, kowtowed to Master Tang and shouted:

"We are wholeheartedly planning for Mr. Tang and Haizhou. We have absolutely no selfish intentions. Such a heart can be judged by the sun and the moon. Mr. Tang..."

Looking at Ambassador Luo who was kowtowing like "pounding garlic", Master Tang stood up and said:

"As the saying goes, talented people come out from generation to generation, and a new generation replaces the old one!!"

"You are all meritorious ministers. Wouldn't it be great to receive rewards and go home and have a leisurely trip!!"

Luo Shang, who was still kowtowing on the ground, looked ashen, and finally asked his servants to pull him up.

A few days later, the process of Haizhou's replacement was spent in "quiet" and "busy".

Master Tang has once again established his "unparalleled" and "unrivaled" authority! !

　Monthly tickets, rewards, rush rush

　　

　

(End of this chapter)