Chapter 279 Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, going to the world (please order, please vote)
Many people in later generations blame the lack of support from the mother country for the suppression of the Chinese in Southeast Asia. However, in the view of Luo Xueyan or Luo Yaoguo, the lack of support from the mother country is not the main reason. After all, there are a lot of Chinese in Southeast Asia, and they have even more financial resources.
An overwhelming advantage! Although the force is not strong, the motherland in the north has been in chaos for more than a hundred years, and there are many veterans who want to run away, and not everyone can squeeze to the island.
If the Chinese in Southeast Asia really want to spend money to organize Chinese mercenaries, not to mention wiping out the entire Southeast Asia, it is not impossible to capture one or two countries outside of Po County.
But why can't it be done?
The problem is that there is no strong organization taking action on this matter!
Although there are Hongmen, various hometown associations, and some clan forces overseas, the Hongmen, hometown associations, and clans are still not well organized enough to build a country through fierce struggle.
In contrast, the so-called indigenous people in Southeast Asia did not have a large numerical advantage when the colonial tide receded. Their financial resources were even worse than those of the Chinese, and the knowledge and talents of the indigenous elites were not as good as those of the Chinese elites. But they
But they have more powerful organizations than gangs, hometown associations, and clans, and that is Tianfang Sect and Theravada Buddhism.
Within their respective spheres of influence, Tianfang Sect and Theravada Buddhism can integrate the upper-level dignitaries, middle-level elites, and lower-level cattle and horses to form a huge whole. Whether it is "violent non-cooperation" or "non-violent non-cooperation", they can
It can stir up a lot of movement.
When faced with the blows of foreign adults, the huge organization can bear the burden together, making the damage that ultimately falls on individuals less serious.
Foreigners can destroy a disobedient Chinese family, but they cannot eliminate Tianfang Sect and Buddhism. They may even shrink from facing such a group that can incite thousands of people because they are afraid that the situation will be completely out of control.
But when it comes to regulating Chinese families, there is no such concern.
In China today, there happens to be an organization that can unite the masses. That is the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom!
Although this group of dancing masters are not popular with future generations, their organizational capabilities are definitely better than those of the Tiandi Association and the Township Association.
Maybe we can even compete with white Americans in California!
In Shanghai, the American Minister Marsali, the British Minister Bonham, and the French Minister Bourblon respectively signed several agreements concerning the export of Chinese labor, the full opening of Shanghai (the governor's jurisdiction), the leasing of fleets, the introduction of technology to establish shipyards, and the freedom of mutual missionary work.
After the interim agreement.
Xueyan handed over the establishment of HSBC Bank, Sanxin Company, Xueji Real Estate Company and Shanghai Development Company to Wu Jianzhang, Xu Yuegui, Cheng Peifu, Jiao Hong and others, and then lingered with Zhou Xiuying for two days.
"Leading troops to fight" again, went to Kunshan to attack Su Sanniang.
Accompanied by Xiang Xun, the newly appointed commander of the First Regiment of the Shanghai New Army, Luo Xueyan passed through the heavily guarded Anting Pass and Huaqiao Pass and entered the jurisdiction of Prince Wu's Mansion of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom. He once again transformed into the Holy Angel of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom.
, the commander-in-chief of the army, the military advisor of Westernization, and the chief lecturer of the God-worshiping Society, King Luo Yaoguo of Wu.
Waiting for Luo Yaoguo at Huaqiaoguan under the control of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom was Su Sanniang, who was already more than a month pregnant. Perhaps because she had a great appetite after pregnancy, she had reduced her physical activity a lot. Now Su Sanniang is much plumper than before, and her lines are slimmer.
The round, originally handsome face has become softer and more charming. A mountain-building movement seems to be underway.
The carriage was driving quickly on the official road leading to Kunshan County. Luo Yaoguo, who had been intimate with Su Sanniang, opened the curtains and admired the scenery outside the carriage window.
Now is the time when summer is coming to an end. Kunshan County under the rule of Prince Wu of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom is full of greenery. The fields on both sides of the official road are full of thriving rice. From time to time, you can still see Taiping soldiers and farmers measuring the land——
This should be about redistributing land.
When Luo Yaoguo was in Shanghai, he received a report from the Jiangnan Branch of the God Worshiping Society, informing him that the land reform pilot was being launched throughout Kunshan.
Kunshan is a typical hometown of fish, rice and mulberry trees in the south of the Yangtze River. There are paddy fields and mulberry trees everywhere in the territory. The transportation is extremely convenient. In the Qing Dynasty, it was definitely a first-class wealthy town. However, the population density of a wealthy town is also extremely high.
, even if the land is divided equally, the per capita cultivated land will still be
There are very few old people, and they can only survive by farming alone. Fortunately, farmers in this area have always had the side business of planting mulberry and raising silkworms. In the fields, even on both sides of the official road, and in the villages where the smoke is lingering, the shadows of mulberry trees can be seen everywhere.
It can be seen that this has given the farmers in Kunshan another mouthful of food.
But even so, doing whatever you want in the countryside of Kunshan is still not as profitable as going to the prosperous Shanghai to work, not even 10% of other people's income!
As the landowners and gentry in southern Jiangsu rushed to Shanghai with their families and property, the real estate business in Shanghai suddenly boomed. Not only was the business of Xueji Real Estate owned by Luo Xueyan booming, but the Wu family's Tongshunxing and Qichangxing were also booming.
,Liu Li
Sichuan's Yixing Company, Sanxin Company run by Xu Yuegui, foreigners' Yihexing, Baoshunxing, and Remyxing are now enclosing land to build roads and build houses. With the start of these infrastructure projects, Greater Shanghai
The demand for labor has reached a new level.
Sister Yue Gui's Sanxin Company has not yet started "selling piglets" overseas, but it has already received a large number of orders to help recruit laborers from the war-torn southern Jiangsu.
For such an order, Xu Yuegui naturally accepted it all!
So when Luo Yaoguo was rushing to Kunshan in a carriage, he could often see groups of strong men following the Red Gang disciples carrying the "Xin" flag, rushing to Anting Pass on foot. Sometimes he could also see
The landowners who took care of their families and ran away in small sedans - they also had a "Xin" flag to protect themselves. However, when these landowners saw a group of Taiping Army cavalry escorting a four-wheeled carriage passing by them,
Still couldn't help but shiver.
Xu Zhenghui, the landlord of the Xu family in Kunshan, who was sitting on a sliding pole, happened to see a heavenly boss in a yellow robe staring at him through the glass window of the carriage. He only felt a terrifying coercion coming over him, and he almost
He was startled off the sedan chair.
Although Xu Zhenghui himself was just a scholar and did not enter the officialdom, he was a descendant of the famous Kunshan Sanxu. He still had many relatives and friends who were officials and secretaries, and several of them were involved in officialdom in Hunan.
Through correspondence with them, Xu Zhenghui learned too many rumors about the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom’s division of land and killing of landlords. Each one was more horrifying than the last. So when Luo Xueyan’s army retreated from Kunshan, Xu Zhenghui began to find ways to sell off his property and at the same time send his son
I went to Shanghai with my housekeeper to purchase land and prepare to build a house there.
But he didn't expect that there were too many landowners in Kunshan who had the same idea as him. Land prices fell again and again, and no one cared about it. Before he could dispose of the property, the Taiping Army had already entered the city.
Fortunately, the Taiping Army that arrived in Kunshan was not as ferocious as the Taiping Army in Hunan. They did not immediately send people to the countryside to divide the fields. However, they posted notices everywhere, announcing that they would start dividing the fields before this autumn harvest. They also announced that
All usury loans owed by farmers to landlords will be void!
Now Xu Zhenghui finally knew that he could not stay in Kunshan and must run to Shanghai immediately!
But how to escape? Just when Xu Zhenghui was desperate, his son in Shanghai suddenly sent a fellow villager Huang Huangbao, who had been in Shanghai for several years and joined a gang, back to his hometown to give Xu Zhenghui and several fellow villagers directions.
A way to transfer cash and escape.
Now the money of the Xu family has been transferred out, but people have not yet passed Huaqiao Pass, and the security here in Huaqiao Township is obviously much tighter!
You won't be able to run, right?
Thinking of the brutality of the Taiping Army, Mr. Xu Zhenghui made the sign of the cross on his chest and recited something: "The Great Merciful and Great Compassionate Namo Guanshiyin Bodhisattva bless you."
And when he saw the Taiping New Army lined up for training inside Huaqiao Pass, equipped with foreign guns with bayonets, he secretly made up his mind: He couldn't stay in Shanghai for long, he had to keep running. The farther he ran, the better!
Chapter completed!