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Chapter 1128: "Glorious Era" Entering the City

"Since they are acquaintances, why don't you go over and have a drink with them?" Old Master Mu said thoughtfully at the side.

"That's right. It's fate that we meet on the second day of the first lunar month. What's more, he's your friend!" Mu Chunhua also felt that what the old man said made sense.

"Indeed!" Lin Hao glanced at Bai Ling and the others, then took a bottle of wine, brought his own glass, and walked to the table of four.

"You don't mind having an extra set of bowls and chopsticks, right?" Lin Hao asked with a smile.

"Of course I don't mind. I'm already welcoming you. Come and sit down!" Hao Pingchuan said with a smile on his face.

Lin Hao sat down and opened the bottle of wine.

This was the wine he brought with him. It was Erguotou that he had asked the tavern to send from Niulanshan.

It’s not that Lin Hao didn’t want to take the famous liquor, it’s just that their identities and the occasion were not appropriate, and they definitely wouldn’t drink it even if it was taken out.

Lin Hao filled the glasses for all four of them, then he raised his glass and said:

"It is fate that we can gather here again today. Let's raise a toast together!"

"Come on, let's have one!" Everyone raised their glasses.

After Lin Hao drank it in one gulp, he pointed the rim of the glass downwards, leaving not a drop of wine left.

"By the way, when did you enter the city? Didn't you say we had to wait until the 31st?" Lin Hao asked after putting down his wine glass.

"The official entry into the city and handover was on the 31st, but we took over the defense on the 29th. And we started taking over the city's public security work as early as the 25th!" Lao Luo said with a smile.

The takeover work has been basically completed, so it’s okay to say it now.

"Besides, the troops in the city are evacuating one after another. If we don't take over in advance, what will happen to the city's public security? We can't just let those diehards destroy it!"

"That's true. I really didn't expect this. I was wondering why those patrolmen were nowhere to be seen in the past few days. It turns out that you have taken over!"

Lin Hao smiled. People from the Red Party were never pedantic, so Lin Hao said with admiration:

"I just heard that in order not to disturb the people's New Year celebrations, you waited until the 31st to enter the city and then led everyone into a new era, but forgot about public security!"

"The phrase 'moving towards a new era' is well used!" Lao Luo raised his glass and said, "Come on, let's toast to breaking away from the old era, moving towards a new era, and running towards a new life!"

"Cheers!" Everyone raised their glasses to celebrate.

Everyone put down their glasses, and Lin Hao continued:

"By the way, how is the takeover going now? Are there any difficulties? If you have any problems, please tell me. Maybe I can help!"

Lao Luo took a bite of mutton and then whispered:

"In addition to taking over public security this time, we are also preparing to welcome the army into the city and cleaning up those bad apples lurking among the people!"

"As for reorganizing the black patrolmen, it's not a difficult task, but most of them are local tyrants and old hands. They have abilities, but they are a bit sloppy. As long as they are reeducated, they will all be good hands!"

"With the help of these people, we can have a good meal today!"

At this point, Lao Luo looked at Zheng Chaoyang and said with a smile:

"I heard that Donglaishun mutton is good. Before the main force enters the city, Comrade Chaoyang, as a local boss, insisted on inviting us to taste it. Isn't that right, Comrade Chaoyang?"

Zheng Chaoyang said with a smile:

"I would like to treat everyone to a good meal, but the capital is short of supplies right now. Not only are the prices high, but there isn't much meat every day, so we can only make do with Donglaishun!"

"You call this making do? I told you you're fat and you're still panting!" Lao Luo said unhappily, "Also, you treated me to a meal and asked me to pay the bill, how dare you say that!"

Lin Hao nodded and said with a little emotion:

"The prices in the capital are really too high. One silver dollar can only buy a few kilograms of flour, and this is the result of me transporting large quantities of grain in!"

"The main reason is that the fighting was so intense before that the traffic in many places was destroyed, so many trade routes were blocked. Whether it was meat or food, it was not easy to transport it into the city."

"The price of food we eat now is six or seven times higher than when it was cheaper before."

"Oh, I really hope you can act faster and restore the original order of the entire capital city as soon as possible." Lin Hao said with some emotion.

Hearing Lin Hao talking about food, Lao Luo's heart moved, and then he asked in a low voice:

"By the way, can you still transport a large amount of cheap food? Prices in the capital are extremely high right now, and the higher-ups have decided to stabilize prices. We are in urgent need of all kinds of supplies!"

Lin Hao smiled. How could he not be prepared? Considering that the other party had already completed the reception work, he also whispered:
"What you can think of has actually been thought of by the higher-ups a long time ago. They asked me to prepare a large amount of food supplies a month ago, just waiting to stabilize the prices after entering the city!"

In fact, three months ago, in addition to purchasing a large amount of military supplies, Lin Hao began to stockpile meat, grain, oil and other daily necessities in large quantities, waiting for the next two grain and oil wars.

Lao Luo's eyes lit up when he heard this. A leader is a leader, and he is indeed far-sighted. After he took over the security of Peking, he discovered that the prices were so outrageous.

Since Lin Hao had already started making preparations, Lao Luo's brows instantly relaxed. His work had not been going smoothly recently.

So Lao Luo said with a smile: "That's good"

You don't know, the two most troublesome things about taking over Peking are not only to win over those black patrolmen, but also to win over some small business owners and let them start the commercial circulation as soon as possible.

"Only in this way can people's lives get back on track and prices return to stability. We have done a lot of work for this, and my hair is almost turning grey with worry!"

"What's the matter, Lao Luo? From what you said, it seems that they are unwilling to cooperate?" Lin Hao asked seriously.

"It's not that they are completely uncooperative, but they always have some concerns. Although they didn't say it explicitly, it should be the factors of those large commercial banks, the Thirteen Hongs in Beijing."

"These guys are very powerful and have been operating for hundreds of years. Some of them are even the royal merchants of Shanxi back then, and their business has been passed down all the way."

"They have all grown into giants a long time ago. It doesn't seem too much to say that they are as wealthy as a country!"

"So these small merchants and vendors dare not make any decisions without their approval, for fear of offending these large businesses."

After Lao Luo complained like this, he originally wanted to see if Lin Hao had any solution, but he didn't expect to hear such good news from Lin Hao. Then he would have the means to punish these guys! "Actually, you can do a pilot project first. You know Qianmen Street, right?" Lin Hao thought for a while and prepared to give them an idea.

After all, stabilizing prices is not Lin Hao’s job alone, nor can it be solved by an administrative order from the future government. It still depends on the cooperation of these small vendors.

"I know, it's the most prosperous place in South City." Bai Ling heard the hidden meaning in Lin Hao's words.

"Yes, Qianmen Street is the most prosperous commercial street in the entire South City. Although it has declined slightly recently due to various factors, I believe this is only temporary.

"I have an acquaintance on Qianmen Street. We have a very good relationship. Her name is Chen Xueru. She opened a Chen's Silk Shop there. It is a well-known merchant on the entire Qianmen Street and has some influence!"

"I can talk to her and ask her to cooperate with your work. When the time comes, I will provide enough supplies, and with her influence among the merchants, you can give her some preferential policies, and the entire Qianmen Street should cooperate with you."

"If Qianmen Street is made more prosperous than other places, all the commercial streets will have to follow suit."

"Businessmen put profit first. When small vendors from other places see that the merchants on Qianmen Street are not affected, they will naturally come to you."

Lin Hao is very familiar with these small business owners, because they do not have a strong foundation and are not able to resist risks.

Although the Thirteenth Bank can now say a word to them and make them not cooperate in stabilizing prices, but if no one comes to buy things for a long time, won’t they still not make any money?

It doesn’t matter about the Thirteen Hongs. They have a profound foundation and hundreds of years of wealth. Not doing business for a period of time is just to do better business in the future and make more money.

How can these small vendors survive a month without business? They can't be alone.

By then, Lin Hao's massive amount of supplies will be distributed through them, and prices will naturally be stabilized.

In fact, with Lin Hao's supplies, plus the administrative orders of the future government, or even by opening a grain store himself, the same effect can be achieved.

But the problem is that those vendors will inevitably suffer from unexpected disasters. Although prices will be stabilized by then, they will also lose their livelihoods. If things go wrong, there may be another big trouble.

"The instructor is right. If we give some people a little sweetness first, then others will rush over when they see the sweetness, right?" Zheng Chaoyang said, patting his thigh.

"You're right!" Lin Hao gave Zheng Chaoyang a thumbs up, then said with a smile:

"This move is also called divide and conquer. Although they are all merchants, ordinary merchants and the Thirteen Hongs' merchant group are two completely different concepts~!"

"We will first attract the ordinary small vendors and prioritize the daily lives of ordinary people. Then when we have time, we will give them a hard blow!"

If the People's Liberation Army cannot even guarantee basic living after entering the city, then they will probably be laughed at by the people in the southern capital, and still talk about liberation.

When the time comes, they will say, I can’t beat you on the battlefield, but your management is a mess.

"That makes sense, instructor. You think much further ahead than we do!" After hearing these words, Lao Luo's mind opened up instantly, and he said with shining eyes:
"At first, we just wanted to stabilize prices quickly and get people's lives back on track. We didn't think too much about other things. Now it seems that we really killed two birds with one stone!"

Hao Pingchuan also nodded vigorously and said:

"Yes, the instructor is smart. When the time comes, we will first do a good job of this, uh, pilot project, yes, pilot work!"

"Ah~!" Lin Hao sighed in his heart. He had just gained the administrative rights of this country and had no experience in governing a country.

Although there has been regional management in the old district, Hongtashan and Xibaipo, there is no deeper governance experience.

What they are facing now is a country of nearly 10 million square kilometers. They are almost completely in the dark and have to cross the river by feeling the stones. Everything they do is copied from the governance experience of Big Brother.

To put it bluntly, the national strategy was a process of trial and error, and a lot of tuition fees were paid for it~!

"Okay, now that we've come to this!" Lin Hao stopped the topic in time, and then deliberately brought up the old matter again:

"By the way, you just said you were short of manpower?"

"It's not enough. We've been so busy these past few days that I've been working 24 hours a day. Today I finally had some time to relax and have a meal."

Speaking of this, Hao Pingchuan had a lot of complaints.

Those black skins are more oily than each other. Although I have to listen to them now, it is inevitable that I will pretend to obey you but disobey you at times.

In Hao Pingchuan's opinion, this group of people are simply too lazy and they have to do many things themselves.

Hao Pingchuan finally realized that in his current job, he had to run much more distance every day than during the forced marches in the war. He even felt that his calves had become thinner due to the running.

Moreover, this job does not require direct confrontation with the enemy. The most important thing is talking, which annoys him to death.

He is not good at speaking and his voice often gets louder while he is talking, which eventually leads to a quarrel.

"Since you are short of manpower, I will recommend you a few decent people who are absolutely good in all aspects and should be able to help you."

"And they were in this line of work before, but now their status is not high enough, so they can't do too many things, but their abilities are definitely no problem!"

Lin Hao immediately recommended talents to them. These people were the talents Lin Hao collected when he was wandering around the capital.

Of course, they are people with clean identities, decent personalities, and no connections with the Fruit Party’s undercover personnel.

"Oh, you have such a talent, why didn't you tell us earlier?" Bai Ling muttered, "If you had told us earlier, we would have saved a lot of effort!"

It seems that what happened in the past few days has made this top student who graduated from Moscow University anxious.

"Then I have to have a chance to speak too!" Lin Hao said helplessly:

"You didn't come to see me after you entered the city. I didn't even know you entered the city early, and I think it's not too late to tell me now."

Lin Hao shrugged, looking like it was none of his business.

"Then tell me what kind of talents they are?" Lao Luo actually felt very sorry for his subordinates.

Look at these people, they look tired, they haven’t had a good rest in the past few days.

"I don't avoid relatives when promoting talents. I have a sworn brother named Xu Tian. He works in the Baizhifang Office as a team leader, but his abilities are far more than that."

"It's just because my sense of justice is too strong. I have offended my superiors many times in the past. So even though I solved many cases and made many contributions, I still couldn't get a promotion. Until now, I am still a small captain of the administrative office."