Damn it, I'm in the garbage book I wrote

Chapter 411 Super Double

Many people say that barbarians are good at martial arts, but in fact, according to Xia Lin, these Han people are the top martial artists. When chatting with his subordinates these days, these people were really eager to ask Xia Lin when they could wipe out these barbarians.

It can be seen that these young soldiers really want to make achievements, and in their eyes, those Manchu people are nothing but walking military merits. They never regard those people as human beings at all, and they have even reached the point of being extremely cruel. Xia Lin has no doubt that these people will do something shocking once the ban is lifted.

In about seven days, the construction teams arrived one after another. Manzi had never seen such an orderly construction team. From surveying to the start of construction, the whole process was not slow at all. And this was not Fuliang's construction team but the assets accumulated by Xiao Chenzi when he was studying under Xia Lin.

Now with the addition of the technical backbone personnel brought by Xia Lin, the overall construction team is not much different from the Fuliang team.

It would definitely not be possible for them to complete the tasks within two months alone, so Xia Lin simply asked the leader of the Black Water tribe to join in the construction. There would definitely be no problem mixing cement, carrying sand, and sawing wood.

Take care of food.

Let alone anything else, just the fact that they were provided with meals was enough. After all, the days when they could have enough to eat throughout the year were very few and far between, but now they could eat the same food as the Han masters.

The food for the engineering team was not that good. After all, business trips did not require four dishes and one soup for every meal. But what was quite ordinary food for the engineering team was already a delicacy for the people of the Blackwater tribe.

There was unlimited food and extremely salty salt. Many of them had never eaten such delicious food in their lives. Sometimes they could eat five bowls of rice soaked in salt water.

Although the barbarians are pitiful, they work honestly and their values ​​are simple. Basically, they work hard to get enough food. Of course, this concept will turn into another form, that is, they will kill your whole family for a bite of food.

Nothing in the world has only one side. The more honest a person is, the more cruel he can be. This does not seem to be a question worth discussing.

Xia Lin stayed here temporarily for a while. Actually, there was not much for him to do, but the food in Northeast China was much more delicious during this season.

Not to mention the wild delicacies, the pheasants were fat, the bear paws were thick, and there were all kinds of mushrooms and wild vegetables. The whole meal was a delight.

But on the other side, in the capital, the atmosphere was extremely tense.

The businessmen thought they could finally breathe a sigh of relief now that Xia Lin was gone, but who knew that Zhang Zhongchun, who replaced him, was even more ruthless than Xia Lin.

As soon as he came up, he directly overturned several of Xia Lin's measures. For example, the previous land purchase was on a first-come-first-served basis, but this was no longer the case. All the silver was refunded. If you want it, you must first pay a deposit of 20,000 taels of silver, and then participate in the auction on the 10th of this month, and the highest bidder will win.

If the land is not purchased, the deposit will naturally not be refunded, but the 20,000 taels will not be completely lost. Instead, it will be deposited into the account of a new department, the Jinling Commercial Management Committee, which is specifically used to manage businessmen.

You have to know that behind all the businessmen nowadays there are aristocratic families, big or small, and this move is basically to strip some of the power from the aristocratic families. So can they do it?
As a result, some aristocratic families immediately withdrew, but as soon as they withdrew, many merchants like Tang Baoer who had been waiting for opportunities and had money but no background flocked in.

It's only 20,000 taels. With 20,000 taels, you can enter the protection of the government in the capital. Isn't this much better than being bullied by the aristocratic families now?

When the aristocratic business houses saw this, they immediately felt that they had fallen into a trap, but the problem was that if they joined, they had to hand over power, and if they didn't join, they would not be able to control the other merchants. After all the calculations, they still lost some power.

Only then did the smart people realize that this was not simply an attempt to amass wealth but an attempt to gather scattered business power in the name of amassing wealth.

This move was so covert and vicious that it was almost impossible to find fault with it.

From then on, many people realized that this "Hanlin scholar" who had always been taking shortcuts in painting actually had some real skills.

And this was only the first step. The second step was to divide the new city into districts. Because the new city had no specific jurisdiction and he did not have the power to set up a county, he submitted a memorial to the crown prince to ask for permission to set up a new market management method.

Specifically, the original smallest governance unit, the township, is reduced by one level to form a well system. As the name suggests, a management unit is set up for each well, but in fact, a small management organization is set up for about one hundred households, with only three people in it to be responsible for the basic people's livelihood and public security issues within this small area.

The pilot project of this new city was immediately approved by His Highness. He thought it was worth a try. After all, a new city only had a population of only 100,000, so he wanted to see what he could do.

But in fact, this management system is actually the community management module that Xia Lin once told him about, but he never had the opportunity to try it. Now there is a new city to try it.

The third change is about the royal land. When Xia Lin was here, he didn’t say that one had to pass an identity review to be eligible to purchase it.

This identity verification is very strict. How strict is it?

Those with criminal records within three generations are not allowed to buy.

Those who make a living from brothels, whores, gambling houses, etc. are not allowed to buy.

Those with a bad reputation cannot buy it.

Even those who have seriously ill family members cannot buy it.

The strictness of the review is laughable.

But the more this happened, the more intense the fight for this piece of land became. It was even cruel. Some people even used their connections to the central government. In order to disqualify others, various reports and denunciations came one after another. Even though the Dugu family had already said that they were determined to get this piece of land, others just ignored it. "Xia Daosheng, Xia Daosheng."

When Lao Zhang was looking through the list of people who met the criteria, he suddenly laughed out loud: "No one can surpass this in manipulating people's hearts."

At this moment, Wu Ning walked forward and glanced at the list: "Wow, so many people?"

"Yes. No wonder Daosheng said these people would fight tooth and nail for this expensive piece of land. I really believed it at the time."

Wu Ning took the audit project and looked around, then said with a smile: "Do you know what it means to be able to pass this audit?"

"How could I not know that?"

Why did they want to seize this place? Was it really to get some dragon energy? That was pure bullshit. In fact, the real focus was on this review.

If this review can be passed, it means that the family has a clean background, good health, decent character, is kind and generous, is extremely intelligent, and has great wealth.

If such a reputation spreads, it will be equivalent to a golden signboard recognized by the royal family. These businessmen are so smart. They are all octopus-like characters. They can naturally figure this out.

They are even willing to take a gamble with the wealthy Dugu family for this little thing. Moreover, this place is adjacent to the Royal Academy. If someone buys a house this year, he will be a businessman, but in two years, he will be an official.

So now Lao Zhang finally understood that what these people were fighting for was not a piece of overpriced real estate but a golden road leading to the upper world.

This is your chance to change your destiny.

Thinking of this, Lao Zhang suddenly put down his pen, leaned back in his chair and sighed: "Daosheng once told me that the most painful thing for a country is to have no hope in this life.

I have been trying to figure out what this means, and today I finally understand it."

Wu Ning walked forward and filled Lao Zhang's tea cup: "You understand again."

"Yeah, I understand." Lao Zhang stretched. "Daosheng once told me a story about gods and Buddhas. He said that mortals who want to become immortals need to go through 138,200 difficulties, but when they try to overcome the difficulties, they will fail. I asked why he failed. He had already gone through 138,200 difficulties, so why did he fail in the end? Guess what Daosheng told me."

"what?"

"He said that just when he was about to be enlisted in the immortal class, two immortals in the upper realm suddenly gave birth to a child, and the child just happened to take his place."

"This is not fair!" Wu Ning frowned. "How can this be? What should we do?"

"Daosheng didn't say it, but he said that everything we say now is fake. The imperial examination is fake, the selection of filial and honest people is fake, and the recommendation is fake. Even if we do more, it will be difficult for the future to be fair."

"Isn't that a dead end?"

"No." Lao Zhang laughed firmly, "There is no dead end in the world. It's just that he and I haven't found a way to break the deadlock. Otherwise, with his lousy mouth, he would have taught me a lesson a long time ago."

"You really know him."

"Of course, I have known him for many years."

Old Zhang raised his head and sighed, "Life is hard. I've been reading the outline of the history book he compiled these days. There is a sentence at the beginning of the outline that is very touching."

"Just tell me, you're still keeping me in suspense."

"I'm afraid you can't catch it." Lao Zhang looked Wu Ning up and down and said, "In ancient times, all those who changed the law had to make sacrifices.

Looking through history books, most people hated the reformers. Do you know why?"

"Why?"

"Because most reformers make the people suffer first, so who wouldn't hate them?"

"Then why can't we let the officials and merchants suffer a little?"

"I don't dare." Lao Zhang chuckled: "Yes, I don't dare. I don't dare to sacrifice, I don't know what to do."

Then he suddenly stood up and said, "Now I finally understand why Daosheng refused to be an official in the capital and insisted on going outside to command the army. An official position is useless. You can decide who to speak and who not to speak, and how to speak. This power does not lie in the hands of the emperor or the nobles, but in the blade of the steel knife, the red tassel of the spear, and the iron hoof of the war horse!"

(End of this chapter)