Yu Garden, Dianchun Hall.
This largest garden in Shanghai County has changed its owner again, from "Luo Yaoguo" to "Luo Xueyan"!
According to Luo Yaoguo's plan, in the future his official office in Shanghai will not be located in a narrow and noisy county town. The ideal location for his official office is the current racecourse of the Shanghai New Army at the junction of the original British Concession and the Chinese border.
However, at present, the racecourse is just a large open space and a few simple Western-style wooden houses, which cannot accommodate his New Army Headquarters and Shanghai Municipal Government Office.
In addition, with the arrival of Wen Xian, the number of British troops in the original concession area of ​​​​Shanghai has now increased to hundreds, and this does not include the sailors on the paddle wheel gunboat that Wen Xian was riding on!
In the near future, the French Minister Bourblon and the American Minister Marsali will also arrive from Hong Kong, and the number of French troops who followed them to Shanghai will only be one or two hundred US troops.
By then, the number of foreign soldiers stationed in the original concession area may reach 1,000. In this case, Luo Yaoguo would have to be careful.
Therefore, the day after Wenxian arrived in Shanghai, he moved his headquarters from the racecourse to Yuyuan Garden in the county seat.
At the same time, he also ordered Wang Dalong, the leader of the First Regiment of the New Army, to build a position at the racecourse to prevent changes in the concession. He also ordered Feng Zicai, the leader of the Second Regiment of the New Army, to use Beiguan, the former Jianghai Pass, as the core stronghold, north of Shanghai County. Construct a position. Li Kezhong, commander of the Third Regiment of the New Army, was also ordered to move his troops from Luodian to Wusongkou, control the two east and west forts facing each other in Jiajiang, and purchase ten of the eighteen 12-pound cannons purchased from foreigners. Two gates are arranged on these two old forts built during the Kangxi period. The other six gates will be arranged on the Beiguan position to control the river near Shiliupu.
After some arrangements, Luo Yaoguo felt a little relieved. Finally, he could summon Wang Kuiyi, Cheng Fupei, Wu Jianzhang, Wu Chaoyue, Wu Ruxiao and others to Dianchuntang to discuss how to manage the newly acquired Shanghai Bund. ."Master Luo..."
In the Dianchun Hall, Wu Jianzhang was the first to speak. He glanced at Luo Xueyan, who had taken off his fake braids, revealing a bald head, and his heartbeat could not help but speed up.
"Don't call me sir, call me Xue Yan." Luo Yaoguo smiled gently and interrupted Wu Jianzhang, "Brother Shuangguan and I are our own people, so calling me sir seems awkward."
"Xue Yan," Wu Jianzhang said with beads of sweat on his forehead, "now the magistrate of Shanghai County is gone, you see..."
"Shuang Guan, can you just act for a while?" Luo Yaoguo said with a smile, "Let's jointly give the emperor a break later and tell the emperor that Shanghai Huayang Department is a mixed bag of good and bad. The situation is very complicated. If you are not Shuang Guan, you will not be able to manage the government, and if you are not Xin The army cannot guard it. In addition, I also request the emperor to let Wang Bowen of Taicang Prefecture act as the agent of Baoshan County.
In this way, Shanghai in the future will be the world of our two brothers!" "No, no, no...it's all yours, Xueyan, and I have no share."
Wu Jianzhang was still self-aware and knew that he was not destined to be an official or a warlord - he spent his own money to hire a group training set up by his fellow villagers and got him arrested. The level of this group training was definitely the last in the Qing Dynasty!
"Brother Shuang Guan, you still have a share!" Luo Yaoguo said with a smile, "Your level as an official is average, and you are definitely not good at leading troops, but you still have the skills to do business... And Shanghai in the future will definitely be the city of the Far East. There is a lot of potential for China’s wealth gathering place! Brother, why don’t you become a big chaebol with my support in the name of Su Songtao and Jiang Jiang Customs Supervisor of Shanghai County?”
Wu Jianzhang looked confused: "Xue Yan, I'm afraid business in Shanghai isn't that easy, right?"
"Oh? Why is it difficult to do?" Luo Yaoguo asked with a smile.
Wu Jianzhang sighed: "Xueyan, you don't know something. Business in Shanghai is easy because of Sino-foreign trade. Shanghai is just a port. The market for foreign goods and the origin of local goods are not in Shanghai, but in the provinces along the Yangtze River. Now the coast of the Yangtze River is owned by the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom. It is difficult for foreign goods to enter and it is difficult for local goods to come out!"
"Don't worry, Shuangguan," Luo Yaoguo said with a smile, "The Taiping Heavenly Kingdom will not block trade. Not only will it not block trade, it will even encourage trade! And the wealthy people in southern Jiangsu controlled by the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom can also They took their savings and ran to Shanghai to buy houses and run industries and commerce, and the people of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom would not stop them."
"No way?" Wu Jianzhang stared at Luo Xueyan and said in his heart: "You can do this too, the master of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom? Who are you?"
"Brother Shuangguan," Luo Yaoguo said with a smile, "I won't tell you much else, but there are a few things for sure. One is Shanghai County, Baoshan County, and Jiading County's Nanxiang, Huangdu, and Anting. None of the three towns will be attacked by the Taiping Army; second, the trade channel from Shanghai to the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom will always be unimpeded; third, wealthy people in the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom’s jurisdiction can come to Shanghai. Therefore, there will be no shortage of Shanghai in the future. People are not short of money, not short of goods, and not short of stability. In troubled times, can there be such a pure land outside the world, can it still prosper?"
Are you related to Luo Yaoguo, the Holy Angel of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom?
When Wu Jianzhang heard what Luo Xueyan said, he began to doubt his relationship with Luo Yaoguo - if everything he said could be fulfilled, his relationship with the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom would be too strong!
"If so, Shanghai is really a blessed place!" Wu Jianzhang nodded.
Luo Yaoguo said again: "Blessed land must be managed well! Shuangguan, this is what I think... From now on, the government affairs of Shanghai County will be managed by Cheng Gain, and the customs will be managed by Brother Ruxiao. Let's establish a big Shanghai company together." , specializes in real estate, banking, ports and other industries that are the easiest to make money in Shanghai New Area, and is managed by Shuanguan and Chaoyue.
Bowen, in addition to taking care of the affairs in Baoshan, you can also take charge of my Jiangnan Salt Law Road office. With the name of Jiangnan Salt Law Road, we can go to Jiangbei to buy salt. Try to let the salt from Jiangbei pass through our Sold all the way to Hankou!
As for myself... I will first set up a Shanghai Governor's Office here at Yuyuan Dianchun Hall! I will first take charge of the four offices of Shanghai County, Baoshan County, Jiangguan Road, and Jiangnan Yanfa Road in the name of Shanghai Governor!"
Wu Jianzhang was thinking about how to open a big Shanghai company when he suddenly heard that Luo Xueyan was going to set up a private yamen. He quickly stopped his thoughts and asked: "Xueyan, do you want to ask the emperor for permission for this Shanghai governor's yamen?"
Luo Xueyan nodded and said with a smile: "Of course I want it... Not only do I need permission from the Qing Emperor, but I also need permission from the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom!"
"What? You want to surrender to the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom?" Wu Jianzhang thought with fear: "Sure enough! He is colluding with the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom..."
Looking at Wu Jianzhang with a gloomy expression, Luo Xueyan smiled lightly and said: "Shuangguan, if we don't collude with the Kingdom of Heaven, how can we occupy this precious land in Shanghai? It's difficult for the Kingdom of Heaven to connect with foreigners in its current way, but they are also They need foreign guns and cannons, so they also need us as middlemen. And the Qing Dynasty also needs our Shanghai Governor's Office to maintain the dignity of Jiangnan as a solitary loyalist. As for the foreigners, their embassies can't go to Beijing, and they can't stay in Hong Kong. It's boring. It's just right in Shanghai... They also need us as the Shanghai governor!
Therefore, I, the governor of Shanghai, am a double loyal minister, and must be loyal to all three parties! Today’s largest middleman... it’s hard not to think about it!”
"Oh, which hall is this young lady? You came to Yuyuan..."
In the Divine Ruler Hall of Yu Garden, Xu Yuegui, who had just been promoted to the chief steward of Yu Garden, was looking at the extraordinary Zhou Xiuying in a daze!
She was sitting in the Shenchi Hall in person today to interview male and female servants. Yu Garden has more than thirty acres of land, with small bridges and flowing water, pavilions, rockeries and strange rocks. It is also the residence of the Shanghai Governor's Mansion, where officials are stationed. There will be no shortage of soldiers, and there won't be a large group of servants that can't be taken care of.
And when Zhou Xiuying was brought in by a local Shanghai Tiandihui leader, Xu Yuegui could tell at a glance that something was wrong.
This kind of temperament and figure cannot be cultivated by a poor family. Even if she wears a patched coat and skirt, she can't hide the good figure that can only be formed by eating, drinking and exercising every day.
Xu Yuegui, who was born into the family of a big boss in the Tiandihui Society, could tell Zhou Xiuying's background at a glance - in this way, she could only be the second generation of a big boss in the world! No official or gentry family could raise someone so sassy. My daughter!
Accompanying Zhou Xiuying was the "middle-aged man" whose surname was Du. He was a disciple of Zhou Lichun and had opened a church in Shanghai County. Now that Zhou Lichun had retreated to Qingpu, he could not be contacted for the time being, so he had to Listen to the command of the eldest lady Zhou Xiuying.
But she didn't expect that she would be exposed just after entering Yu Garden. When she was panicking and not knowing what to do, Zhou Xiuying was already in tears. While crying, she said: "This eldest sister has good eyesight. The little girl's surname is Zhou and she is from Zhouzhuang, Kunshan County, Suzhou Prefecture. My father is the leader of the Tiandihui in Suzhou City. That dog officer Yiliang is arresting the Tiandihui everywhere in Suzhou City. My father is also... Eldest sister, this little girl is desperate. Please accept me!"
A bit suspicious!
Xu Yuegui wants to recruit people who know their roots well. It is best if their family is in Shanghai County, and they can run away from the temple, but not the monks!
This girl Zhou looks like a Jianghu woman at first glance. She came from Suzhou.
However, Boss Xu was also working on the street. When he saw the Hongmen children in trouble, he wanted to help, so he took out a few pieces of gold and gave them to him and said: "Miss Zhou, we are recruiting servants here. I don't think you are a good person." You know how to work, here are a few silver dollars, you can take them first and use them."
Chapter completed!