Ye Zhao smiled and put Rong'er down, and the little guy glanced at her, and was even more happy. He touched her little head and said, "Madam, is the new family good?"

Before Rong'er could speak, a graceful and delicate voice came from outside: "Master, Li Xiaocun is asking for a meeting."

Ye Zhao smiled, yes, thinking that he should come too.

There is a mahogany corridor on the east side of the Lotus Tower, which leads directly to the reception hall. There are a few cages of birds chirping and jumping on the corridor. Ye Zhao smiled bitterly. It must be brought by his confused Ama's call to Rong'er, but his heart is warm.

The living room has been redecorated, and the wooden chairs have been replaced with European sofas, mahogany coffee tables, green bamboos and green flowers all over the place. The Chinese and Western styles complement each other, making them a unique luxury.

Although it was very comfortable to sit on the sofa, Li Xiaocun didn't know what it was, and always felt that it was better to sit on a wooden chair.

Hearing the sound of footsteps, Li Xiaocun hurriedly stood up. Ye Zhao walked in quickly and reached out to press, "Xiaocun, sit, sit." He walked over and sat opposite the coffee table.

But Li Xiaocun didn't dare to sit anymore. How brave is he to sit on an equal footing with his grandfather?

Ye Zhao also discovered the problem. When he was using the new living room for the first time, Western designers still did not understand oriental customs. It seemed that they would redesign the sofa.

Seeing a thick stack of documents on the coffee table, Ye Zhao smiled: "What are they?" He picked it up and looked at it. Nowadays, foreign merchants and Chinese merchants are very enthusiastic about the development of Guangzhou City, and there are countless investment plans. This stack of documents is a solution selected by Li Xiaocun and thought it was feasible.

The top plan is that several major overseas commercial banks plan to prepare for the construction of a fire factory to supply gas for residential lighting in Xiguan and the General's Mansion in the center of Guangzhou. In order to attract customers, it also plans to install several gas street lights for free in Xiguan and the city center.

Ye Zhao thought it would be feasible. After all, the application of electricity will take twenty or thirty years, and the popularity will be even further away. Even if he can advance the era of electricity, it will be a long time later. Moreover, no technology can be developed independently. For example, a light bulb, he knows that using carbonized bamboo wire or even tungsten wire can achieve the best effect, but before the exhaust vacuum device technology reaches a new level, his knowledge is actually useless.

It seems that in the 21st century, a few gas street lights have been preserved in Hong Kong.

"It's feasible. You can install more gas street lights. You can discuss with Guo Jingzhi, Guangzhou Prefecture, and ask him to allocate some silver every month, and pay the silver at 20% of the market price. If he doesn't do it, he won't install street lights. Who told him that the street lights are advertising? This invisible income is quite large."

Ye Zhao said, put down the first book, and picked up the one below to read.

Several British, French and Chinese merchants were planning to organize "rental carriages", "carriage houses", etc. Nowadays, there are gradually carrying sedans as they come on the streets of Guangzhou. It is considered a taxi now. However, these merchants have set their sights on this cake and asked the government to manage the chaotic sedan market, such as issuing licenses and taxes, and the company they set up will naturally be easy to manage.

As for the carriage house that was preparing to set up a carriage rental business, Ye Zhao shook his head. If the carriages were running all over the streets, it would be too unhygienic. Of course, I think there are not many families who can afford to rent a carriage at present.

"It's feasible, but the coolies carrying sedans are all poor people. They don't have to join their car rentals and other businesses. They want to eat this cake and buy sedans and hire people themselves! Moreover, there are Guangdong businessmen, right? They have to take care of their own people."

Ye Zhao said, Li Xiaocun wrote it down in his notebook. After all, there are too many things today, and it would be awful to misunderstand the orders of the Duke of the Kingdom. Ye Zhao couldn't help but laugh when he saw this scene.

Looking further down, another British businessman was about to introduce steam buses from London. Ye Zhao frowned. He heard Hall say that this huge guy is more bulky than a road roller and is inconvenient to operate. He often rushes around and smashes the shops along the street. London citizens can't stand it and repeatedly ask the government to ban their bus companies, let alone Guangzhou people?

"Not feasible!" Ye Zhao put down the book and said, "You told him that if it is a carriage and bus that lays the rails, you can consider it." From the city center to Xiguan and then to Huangpu Port, a public transportation should indeed be launched.

Looking further down, there are also newspapers, letter halls, post offices, milk sheds, churches requesting schools, etc. In addition, there are some suggestions, such as setting up fire hydrants in Xiguan and the center of Guangzhou, and water plants to supply water to them; setting up health departments to vaccinate cowpox, check for prostitutes and women's diseases, etc. This should be the suggestions put forward by some Westerners who have concerns about the living safety and sanitation environment in Guangzhou. After all, there is a Ministry of Industry in Shanghai, and businessmen have a say in all affairs, but there is no Guangzhou concession. With the consistent style of Chinese officials, it is normal for some businessmen to have concerns about the development of Guangzhou.

In fact, some suggestions are nitpicking, even London and Paris have not yet been realized.

Ye Zhao looked at it one by one and made comments and answered one by one. Li Xiaocun wrote it carefully, and his admiration was comparable to Pang Tong in the novel of Romance of the Three Kingdoms. But Pang Tong was just dealing with errands in a mere county. The Duke of the State was a national affairs he had done in one go, and he made a wise decision. Every comment made him feel enlightened. The more he had a close contact with the Duke of the State, the more he felt that the Duke of the State was really a strange person and the national hero was unparalleled.

After turning over a stack of documents, Ye Zhao looked at Li Xiaocun and said, "Tell me what are the difficult things."

Li Xiaocun was shocked and then bowed and said, "Master and Master Shengming!"

Ye Zhao picked up the tea cup and tasted the tea.

Li Xiaocun sighed and said, "There is nothing next to you. There are two main things that students are not capable of. First, the villagers of Xin'an County obstructed the laying of electric poles. The students went to Xin'an in person, but were almost beaten by the villagers. The magistrate Huang Guangzhou was perfunctory, but privately he was afraid that he was the mastermind behind the indulgence of the villagers. Second, the businessman of Xiguan, Liu Jin, was imprisoned a few days ago for carving and printing Western books. It was Lord Shengbao who named him, but the students could not protect him."

Liu Jin and Ye Zhao knew this person. Since the 1930s, the craze for printing and publishing books in Guangzhou has been rising and falling. Looking back on the whole story, Ruan Yuan, the former governor of Guangdong and Guangxi, made a good news in Guangzhou to publish a series of books on a large scale. Later, many foreign businessmen and wealthy people from thirteen industries also participated in this ranks, including Pan Shicheng's "Haishan Immortal Hall" and Wu Chongyao's "Yue Yatang Series", etc. In addition, there are many novels, dramas and poems published to cater to the culture of citizens.

Liu Jin is a bookseller, and Ye Zhao has an impression of him because he had heard that after the Guangzhou Treaty was signed last year, Liu Jin was preparing to run a newspaper, "All national and political and military situations, secular pros and cons, business prices, ship freight transactions are all recorded." Of course, the current newspapers and newsprints are mainly based on business conditions, with shipping information on ships and shipping on docks at the docks, copper coin prices such as foreign silver and copper coin exchange rates, price information in various places, land purchase and sale and rental, and other advertisements.

But he didn't expect him to be arrested by Sheng Bao.

Ye Zhao frowned slightly.

Li Xiaocun looked at Ye Zhao's face and stopped talking. Shengbao went to the Zhaoqing military camp a few days ago, but it seemed to be intentional. The monk and Shengbao were both in Zhaoqing. According to etiquette, the prince should have gone to visit him. Nowadays, those well-informed people in Guangzhou City are afraid that they are all observing the every move of these three giants and speculating on the situation in Guangzhou City in the future.

"You go down, I understand." Ye Zhao said lightly.

Li Xiaocun hurriedly bowed and said goodbye, but before leaving the living room, he couldn't help it. He turned around and asked carefully: "Master, can you go to Zhaoqing in the next two days?"

Ye Zhao said calmly: "Don't go."

Li Xiaocun felt at ease, nodded, and walked out quickly.

Xin'an County is adjacent to Hong Kong Island. In the past few years, Chinese people have been ferrying from Xin'an to Hong Kong Island to make a living. There are not many congregations who fled from Xin'an to Hong Kong. Foreign merchant agents who sell "piglets" to Australia and work as gold-digging slaves, also like to recruit villagers who live in poverty in Xin'an.

In the partial office of Xin'an County, the magistrate Huang Guangzhou was secretly discussing with Master Kong. Huang Guangzhou has always hated Western strange tricks. He must pass by Xin'an when setting up a telegram line from Hong Kong to Guangzhou. He heard this clause and felt like he was stuck in his throat every day. Although he did not dare to directly discuss Jing Shuai's fault with others, he felt a lot of fire in his heart.

The court issued an order to call Lord Sheng Bao as the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi. Huang Guangzhou immediately felt that the guard was clear and the moon was bright. As soon as Sheng Baoren arrived in Guangzhou, his memorial was presented.

Half a month ago, the villagers beat up the ghost who came to set up a telegraph pole. It was originally a joy, but when Jing Shuai returned to Guangzhou, it was a frightening feeling.

"Mingshi, I will go to Guangzhou tomorrow to ask the Duke of the State to apologize. How do you think?" Huang Guangzhou was a little fat man. He looked dull, but his squinting eyes were shining and extremely sharp.

Master Kong touched the goatee and smiled and nodded: "That's what it should be."

Huang Guangzhou picked up the teacup and seemed to be talking to himself: "I really have the intention to do good jobs in the barbarians. But, the people are angry, and it is difficult for me to do it!" He said and sighed.

Master Kong smiled and said, "That's right, Shuai Jing will definitely understand the heart of the adults and will not be blamed."

Huang Guangzhou smiled slightly and drank tea slowly.

"Sir! There is a commission official from Guangzhou City asking for a meeting!" A commissioner walked in quickly and reported with his fists.

"Guangzhou official? What official?" Huang Guangzhou was stunned and his eyes narrowed.

"It seems to be the waist card of the Governor's Office!" The officer did not see where the person came from. He heard that it was a Guangzhou official, so he showed off his waist card. He was so scared that he rushed in to report the news.

"Oh? Please!" Huang Guangzhou stood up and greeted Master Kong out of the side hall.

On the pebble road, the officers were in front of him, and laughed and attracted three young men with deep blue dresses in Zhongshan dresses to come in. Seeing the official uniforms of these officials, Huang Guangzhou snorted coldly in his heart, "The strange clothes are in a strange clothes, but do you still remember the ancestors? Guangzhou City is so messy.

But he smiled and said with a polite look: "Huang Guangzhou, Xin'an County, I wonder what the officials are from the ranks of the ranks?" Now there are many ranks in Guangzhou, and there are more ranks.

The leading young man took out his blue-skinned document and opened it for Huang Guangzhou to see it. There was also a photo of the young man with red lead type stamps. The young man said calmly: "I am Wei Ming, an adjutant of the Operations Department of the General's Office!"

"Oh, Adjutant Wei!" Huang Guangzhou said that this was a mess, but he had to pinch his nose and greet him.

The young man put away the officer's certificate, and solemnly took a piece of blue paper from his subordinates next to him, spread it, and stood at attention with a bang, saying loudly: "General's Mansion Order! Huang Guangzhou, the magistrate of Xin'an, obstructed military affairs construction, delayed military aircraft, and was dismissed from the Internal Affairs Bureau, and was reported to the Ministry of Personnel and the Ministry of Justice convicted!" After saying that, the young man waved his hand: "Prepare! Kill the flower feather!"

"Bastard! What is this? What is this? What is this? What power do you have..." Before he finished speaking, he was pressed to the ground and the top of his head was removed.

"You are lawless! What are you?" Huang Guangzhou was about to be angry and didn't know where the official officer came from. He was so guilty that he dared to directly remove the black veil from his seventh-rank official hall. What did he say?

"Shut up! The general has an order. If you resist, kill me, don't worry!" Wei Ming took out his pistol with a dark face. Huang Guangzhou had never seen this posture, and his legs became weak.

"Take it away!" Wei Ming gave a cold command.

The two members of the operation team dragged Huang Guangzhou who was lying on the ground and walked out. Master Kong stayed for a while, ran after a few steps, and forced a smile and said, "This, this, the official, the county government must not be without a master for a day..." Seeing Wei Ming's cold eyes as if he was slammed, Master Kong immediately held back half of his words.

"Are you Master Kong?" Wei Ming asked coldly.

Master Kong felt cold. He didn't know that the Interior Bureau had to investigate clearly before the operation of the Interior Bureau. Moreover, the information of the county chiefs had already been archived in the Interior Bureau, and he laughed: "Yes, I'm down..."

"The general's oral order, the county government affairs are handled by the county magistrate Zhou Jingshan, and they are pending!" Wei Ming's cold tone also eased, "I was going to leave the county magistrate Zhou. Since you are here, I'll let you know."

"Yes, yes..." At this time, Master Kong dared not say more than to claim yes?

In the study of the General’s Mansion, Ye Zhao was quietly tasting tea.

Guangdong Governor Bai Gui stood by the table, not daring to show his vigor and sweated all the time on his forehead.

"Then Shengbao said he would arrest the person, and he would arrest him. He said he would still be taken into prison. I want to ask you, what kind of crime did Liu Jin commit? Didn't he just print a book? Look, look..." Ye Zhao pointed to the layers of books on the bookshelf against the wall, "I still have a book, why didn't you arrest me?"

"Highly position, humble position..." Bai Gui sweated coldly all over his body, and he trembled with a handkerchief to wipe his sweat.

Ye Zhao sipped the tea and said slowly: "I know your difficulties too. Let's go back now and protect Liu Jin for me. If you, the governor, can't even take care of the men's and women's prisons, then what else can you expect?"

"I know the crime of being a low-ranking official! I will do it now!" Bai Gui never expected that his grandfather would face Shengbao when he returned to Guangzhou. He thought he would maintain a harmonious face. So he used Shengbao to arrest people and Bai Gui cooperated very much, but when he saw that his grandfather did not pee, Shengbao, would he say that? The grandfather was about to collapse. With his reputation in the capital, wouldn't he be dismissed immediately?

Now I have made up my mind and just follow the grandfather all the way, and the end is black or white, and there is nothing I can do about it.

He hurriedly expressed his thoughts: "Mr. I understand now, I will definitely not do anything confused in the future."

Ye Zhao nodded slightly, without saying a word.

Bai Gui hurriedly said goodbye and stepped back.

Ye Zhao took a few sips of tea and walked out of the study room. He saw the pretty girl Ruyi coming from the corridor. Fu said, "Master, report outside, the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi Shengbao asked for a meeting."

Ye Zhao nodded, and heard that he had returned to Guangzhou, thinking that it was also for Xin'an County.

Shi Shiran immediately left the Lotus Tower, standing respectfully on the east door. Although he was the one who was a husband, he did not dare to step into the Lotus Tower.

In the living room, Sheng Bao was sitting on the Western sofa with no expression on his face. He was thin, but he looked strong and powerful, and had a sense of power.

Hearing the sound of footsteps, Sheng Bao stood up, greeted Ye Zhao, and bowed slightly: "Master, the emperor is polite."

Ye Zhao smiled and said, "The National Taiwan Master came to Guangdong. I have long wanted to visit me, but unfortunately I have been plagued by affairs and have never been able to go to Zhaoqing."

As they spoke, the two guests and guests sat down, and someone presented incense tea.

"The prince is so powerful that he defeated both Guangdong, defeated Rakshasa, defeated Britain and France, and set off the sword in Vietnam. Sheng Bao has always admired him very much. When he saw him today, he forgot his wish." Savoring the tea, Sheng Bao said very politely.

Ye Zhao waved his hand and said, "Master and Prince Bodolgatai were unified by Zhelim, Zhuo Suotu, and the powerful brigades of Zhaowuda Mongolians destroyed the North and fled Yu Jinghai, and killed the bandit leader Lin Fengxiang and Li Kaifang. This is a merit of the unparalleled merit. How dare I compete for the first place in the Fluorescence Fire?"

Sheng Bao's face was completely dissatisfied. He was obviously a very deep person. After tasting the tea, he turned to the topic: "Mr. Master is clear and heard that he had taken the official position in his house. Is there any such thing?"

Ye Zhao smiled slightly: "The slogan is so serious. Although the Interior Bureau is under the General's Mansion, it is the yamen that eats imperial grain. Its organization is registered and is a special bureau for military law and secret organizations to attack and eliminate bandits. The two empress dowagers once praised this official's move, but it is not a private court in our mansion, let alone a private one."

Sheng Bao's face was gloomy and said, "Although that's the case, why did Huang Guangzhou be a seventh-rank official hall? I can use his chin on behalf of the grandfather. If the grandfather said he would take it, it would be a violation of the law?"

Ye Zhao smiled and said, "Huang Guangzhou missed the military opportunity. The platform was afraid that the station would not know. The telegrams from Hong Kong to Guangzhou were convenient for transmitting military information. This official is still preparing to wait for this line to set up the Internet and immediately put the telegram networks in Guangzhou, Shaozhou, Zhaoqing and Nan'an. The military information is well-organized and the dispatch is moderate. The bandits will be broken, and the bandits will be given a great help. Now, because Huang Guangzhou is short-sighted and ruined our major affairs, he has been able to eliminate the bandits and delay the northern expedition of the God Cannon Camp. This is a great crime. It is afraid that it will be difficult to redeem his crime if he cuts his ten heads."

Sheng Bao was stunned, and he didn't understand what Ye Zhao said, but when he saw Ye Zhao's words were rumored, he was very confident. Sheng Bao frowned slightly and said, "No matter what, the prince should tell the officials in advance."

Ye Zhao said calmly: "Military affairs must be carried out vigorously and vigorously, so that there are laws to follow and orders to be implemented. I can take and do anything that disturbs our military affairs! Do the platform agree?"

Sheng Bao picked up the tea cup and tasted the tea, his face became more and more gloomy. After sitting for a while, he immediately stood up and said, "Secretary of the Lord, take his leave!"
Chapter completed!