When Luo Yaoguo and Xu Yuegui were talking, the carriage they were riding in was already rolling forward. There were six guards in front and behind the carriage carrying Colt 1851 revolvers to protect them.
The carriage headed north and soon left Shanghai County and entered the newly established "Chamber of Commerce Management Area".
The so-called Chamber of Commerce Management Area is actually the original British Concession and French Concession. After the sovereignty of the concession was taken back by Luo Yaoguo, in order to maintain the stability and prosperity of the concession before the establishment of the new Shanghai Municipal Government, Luo Yaoguo took the name of "Warlord Luo Xueyan" The "Chamber of Commerce Management Area" was ordered to be established. A committee composed of representatives from the British Chamber of Commerce, the French Chamber of Commerce, the American Chamber of Commerce, and the Chinese Chamber of Commerce was fully responsible for managing municipal, judicial, public security, taxation and other affairs in the area.
If a judicial case involves Chinese nationals, then the self-established tribunal within the administrative area has no jurisdiction to hear the case and must be heard personally by Cheng Fupei, the magistrate of Shanghai.
The defense of the administrative area is entirely responsible for the Shanghai New Army.
According to Luo Yaoguo's plan, after the new Shanghai Municipal Government is established, this "Chamber of Commerce Management Area" will automatically become a district government under the municipal government, called the Shanghai New District Government, and will be at the same level as the Shanghai County Government and Baoshan County Government.
The committee originally responsible for managing the "Chamber of Commerce Management Area" will become part of the Shanghai Council envisioned by Luo Yaoguo.
According to Luo Yaoguo's idea, squires and businessmen in Shanghai County and Baoshan County, as long as their taxes exceed a certain amount, are also qualified to recommend advisory members to join the Shanghai Advisory Council. In the future, Shanghai New Area, Shanghai County, and Baoshan County can recommend a total of thirty people Advisory committee members attend the advisory meeting.
The Shanghai Consultative Council will be a local council with certain legislative and deliberation functions...it means "certainly", not "all", because the one who really has the final say in Shanghai must be and can only be Governor Luo Xueyan.
According to the assumption, any local regulations and resolutions passed by this council must be approved by the governor before they can be implemented. The members of the council must also be appointed by the governor - the chamber of commerce and the squires can only recommend them, and Governor Luo has the right to withhold approval. , and also has the right to appoint one of his own people to parachute directly into the council.
At the same time, Governor Luo can also deprive any advisory committee members of their seats and kick them out.
Moreover, Governor Luo can also directly issue decrees in the name of "Governor's Order" without going through the consultative council.
In short, Governor Luo will be the Supreme Emperor of Shanghai from now on, the "beach owner" who really has the final say! And the reason why he can do this is because he has given the future administrative power of the Shanghai Bund Government and the legislative power of the Shanghai Council, and it is Shanghai that discusses political power. The decree issued by the Governor's Office. The army of the Shanghai Governor's Office is the foundation for the existence of the new Shanghai city in troubled times.
However, at present, this foundation is not very solid.
When Luo Yaoguo's carriage passed by the Bund Main Street, he saw through the carriage's glass window a steam paddle-wheel gunboat moored on the river with tricolor flags flying. Shortly after the British Minister Bonham arrived, French Minister Bourblon and American Minister Marsali also arrived.
Among them, Bulbulon arrived on a steam paddle-wheel gunboat from the Indian Ocean, while Marsali arrived on a clipper merchant ship.
Although the Americans currently have little force in Shanghai, in a few months, Matthew Perry, the protagonist of "The Black Ship", will lead a U.S. Navy fleet to the Far East... In the original history, This guy even coveted the island of Taiwan!
In addition, more than a hundred French troops arrived with Bourblon. With their arrival, the number of French troops currently stationed in Shanghai's "Chamber of Commerce Management Area" has reached nearly 200, while the number of British troops has reached four hundred.
Although the army of only 600 people is less than one-tenth of the number of Shanghai New Army, this foreign army is stationed next to Luo Yaoguo's bed...
"Sir, the British steam sailboat seems to have left!" Xu Yuegui suddenly said to Luo Yaoguo at this time.
She followed Luo Yaoguo to the "Business Management District" every day these days, crossing the Bund twice a day on average. She had long been familiar with the Hermes, but today she saw no sign of it.
"Wen Xian took it to Tianjing to see God. The King of Heaven probably won't be able to see him, but God may still be able to see him!"
As he spoke, Luo Yaoguo said in a cold tone: "I think he left early this morning... He didn't even say hello to me, the governor!"
"See God?" Xu Yuegui blinked, "Is it God Yang?" Luo Yaoguo smiled and said, "Besides him...is there any other God in the world?"
"Not anymore," Xu Yuegui paused, then asked a little worriedly, "Sir, will Wenxian reach any agreement with Dongwang that is unfavorable to us?"
"It's hard to say..." Luo Yaoguo thought for a while, "It seems that I also went to Tianjing City."
In the original history, Wenxian achieved nothing during his trip to Tianjing. He even didn't even get off the boat because he was unwilling to kowtow, and relied on middlemen to pass messages. But this time the situation is hard to say... After all, "angels" really do exist. !
Luo Yaoguo's "speeding car", "angel suit", "angel hat" and the mooncake box he brought should all be in Tianjing City now. Maybe they will be offered up. Wen Xian can't knock one of them when he goes there?
Now that we have kowtowed, it is no big deal if we give Hong Xiuquan or Yang Xiuqing another kowtow, right?
Therefore, Luo Yaoguo felt that it was best for him to rush back and take a closer look, and not let Hong Xiuquan and Yang Xiuqing, the "silly sons of God's family", be deceived by the cunning British imperialism.
"Sir, the road between Shanghai and Tianjing is not smooth. Now Queen Su's army only occupies four county towns and a dozen towns in the five counties of Kunshan, Zhenyang, Changshu, Zhaowen and Jiangyin. From Jiangyin County to The territory between Dantu County is still in Qingyao's hands."
Because Changshu and Zhaowen counties share a county seat, there are only four county seats among these five counties. Among them, the county seats of Kunshan and Zhenyang counties were given to Su Sanniang by Luo Yaoguo. Changshu and Zhaowen were captured by Su Sanniang under the leadership of the previous army. Jiangyin was captured by Zeng Tianyang, who led the Second Army. As for Suzhou Fucheng, Su Sanniang only led the main force of the First Army to make a false shot and did not actually attack the city. After Luo Yaoguo led the Shanghai New Army back to Shanghai , she immediately led her troops to evacuate from Suzhou City and return to capture Kunshan and Zhenyang. She also established Prince Wu's Mansion on Yufeng Mountain outside Kunshan County.
In this way, Luo Yaoguo can run between Kunshan and Shanghai in the future. He will be the king of Wu in Kunshan and the warlord in Shanghai, and he will have two jobs.
"Yuegui, don't worry. There should be ten brigades equipped with foreign guns in the first and second armies now. Just two brigades plus my pistol company will be enough to escort me to Tianjing. "
Luo Yaoguo smiled and told Xu Yuegui that he was not worried at all about whether he could reach Tianjing safely.
He successively bought more than 12,000 foreign guns in Shanghai, 6,000 of which were given to the Shanghai New Army, 1,000 were given to Liu Lichuan and Li Yunxian, and the remaining 5,000 were left in Kunshan Yu Fengshan, gave it to Su Sanniang.
As long as Su Sanniang mobilizes a thousand foreign gun troops to protect Luo Yaoguo, the journey from Jiangyin to Tianjing will not be passed casually?
"Yuegui, I'll leave Yuyuan to you. After I leave, you can announce to the public that I have caught a cold and will stay in bed for a few days without seeing any outsiders." Luo Yaoguo then ordered, "Sanniang will stay in Kunshan. Prince Wu’s Mansion, if something happens here in Shanghai that you, Ruxiao, Dalong, and Kezhong can’t make up their minds about, go and ask Sanniang for instructions.”
Luo Yaoguo's team in Shanghai is relatively streamlined at the moment, mainly consisting of Xu Yuegui, Wu Ruxiao, Wang Dalong, Li Kezhong, Cheng Fupei, Wang Kueyi, Wu Jianzhang and others, but the only ones who really belong to the core team are Xu Yuegui, Wu Ruxiao, Wang Dalong, and Li Kezhong Waiting for four people.
Among them, Xu Yuegui is in charge of Yuyuan, Luo Yaoguo's residence, Wu Ruxiao has taken over Jianghaiguan, the money-collecting yamen, and Wang Dalong and Li Kezhong are in charge of controlling the Shanghai New Army.
"I understand, sir, don't worry, nothing will happen in Shanghai as long as we are here." Xu Yuegui nodded, then changed the topic and mentioned Zhou Xiuying again, "Sir, do you think you should let Xiuying accompany you? Tianjing? You are already a king. According to the rules, you can have six queens, but now you only have one, Queen Su. Queen Su is also very anxious. She even asked her subordinates to check if there is a suitable one for you. , I think Xiuying is very good..."
Luo Yaoguo frowned slightly when he heard this. Of course Zhou Xiuying is fine...but it's a bit dangerous!
Xu Yuegui seemed to have noticed Luo Yaoguo's thoughts, and immediately patted her big breasts and promised: "Sir, if you are worried about Xiuying, my subordinates will definitely make arrangements for you..."
Arranged properly? How do you want to arrange it?
Just when Luo Yaoguo wanted to ask more carefully, the carriage he was riding in had stopped outside a garden house. Li Hongzhang, Wu Chaoyue and a short, elegant young man wearing a long gown had already hurried out of the house to greet him.
Luo Yaoguo patted a thread-bound book on his lap that read "The Second Book of the Great Prophecy" on the cover. He smiled and said to Xu Yuegui: "Yuegui, we'll talk about Xiuying later. Let's meet together first." Li Shaoquan, Wang Lanqing, do you still remember what to say?"
"Of course I remember!"
Chapter completed!