A fleet of ships docked in Shanghai. Before unloading the cargo, the passengers on board the ship disembarked first.
Today there are no pure passenger ships. If you want to travel across the ocean, you must take a cargo ship along the way.
There was a very arrogant passenger on this trip, and before anyone showed up, the sedan was waiting at the cabin door. Then he took the sedan to the deck, and even when he got off the ship, he was still sitting in the sedan.
At the front of the entire team are four servants holding scimitars, followed closely by four servants holding long sticks. These eight servants are all wrapped in turbans. The only difference is between robes and short robes. The caste levels should be similar.
Later, a servant was also wearing a turban and holding a water bottle in his hand. He was more distinguished in his clothes and tattoos.
This person was accompanied by several servants, both male and female, all holding daily necessities, obviously responsible for daily life.
Then there was a large sedan carried by four people. The shape was very different from the Chinese sedan. It was long, with a curved dome, and the metal frame was covered with curtains. The owner was lying on his side in the sedan, with a layer of soft velvet underneath him.
Velvet, also called Zhang Rong, is originally produced in Fujian and is very expensive in China. The price of velvet when transported to South Asia is very outrageous.
The four bearers were of lower caste and were not qualified to wear turbans. They had no robes and were only wearing shorts and shorts.
Behind this long sedan, there are two short sedans, each sitting with a female family member.
Further behind, there are several servants, all wearing turbans and carrying long sticks.
Such pomp and circumstance, marching on the pier, immediately attracted waves of sideways glances. It is not that there are bigger pomps, but when disembarking from the ship, they all ride in sedan chairs. This is the first time in Shanghai Port - there is no fear that the bearers of the sedan chairs will stumble and step on the air.
The man took the sedan chair and fell into the sea.
Of course, Fei Wenwei, a prostitute, has returned to China, and the two female relatives in the sedan are his third and fourth wives.
As for the eldest wife and the second wife, they are staying in Bangladesh to wait for delivery because they are pregnant.
While walking, the team suddenly stopped.
Fei Wenwei lay on the sedan chair and asked, "Why don't you leave?"
The leader of the servants holding the kettle quickly ran to the sedan chair and said, "Master, we don't know the way."
"Forehead……"
Fei Wenwei pretended to be in an accident and looked a little embarrassed, so she could only say: "Go to the right."
The group arrived at the inn, and before getting off the sedan, servants spread a rug on the ground.
Fei Wenwei stepped on the carpet, stepped into the door of the inn, and said to the innkeeper: "How many rooms can I buy for you, and I can help you buy a boat ticket to Hukou."
"okay!"
Seeing the wealthy guest coming, the shopkeeper personally came forward to greet him.
The big shopkeeper asked: "Can the guest bring me the deed?"
Fei Wenwei took out a copy of his household registration to register, pointed behind him and said: "These are my family members and entourage. They have no domestic routes."
The big shopkeeper wrote down the situation according to the rules, and said while writing: "It turns out that he is a nobleman doing overseas business, disrespectful, disrespectful!"
"Easy to say." Fei Wenwei waved her folding fan and smiled.
The two wives also came to Fei Wenwei's side. They were fair-skinned and beautiful in an exotic style, which made the shop assistant next to him a little distracted.
The big shopkeeper asked: "The distinguished guest's surname is Fei, and he is going to Jiangxi. But is he from the Fei clan?"
Fei Wenwei used every opportunity to brag about his identity: "Yes, and no. My grandfather and your Majesty worked as slaves in the Fei family together and lived in the same courtyard for several years. Your Majesty raised an army, and our ancestors also served as dragons."
The big shopkeeper hurriedly bowed to greet him: "It turns out he is the young master from Fei Ge's hometown."
Fei Wenwei shook his head and said with a smile: "No, no. My grandfather and Mr. Fei Ge were just good friends when they were young. However, when it comes to the opportunity with His Majesty, my grandfather met His Majesty earlier than Mr. Fei Ge.
"
Although he didn't know who Fei Wenwei's grandfather was, as soon as these words came out, the big shopkeeper already knew how powerful he was.
The big shopkeeper asked: "Young master, are you returning from overseas? If you plan to visit Shanghai, I can send a guy to be your guide."
"No, I haven't been home for many years. Now I just want to return home quickly," Fei Wenwei said. "I was just a minor official in Bangladesh. Later I resigned from the official position and started a business partnership with Her Royal Highness the Princess.
I have set up property in Bangladesh, which is just 10,000 acres of fertile land and a few shops."
"What a big deal!" the big shopkeeper said with envy.
Fei Wenwei took the opportunity to say to the shopkeeper and waiters: "The land of Bengal, as far away as Tianzhu, is full of opportunities. If you have relatives who are down and out and are willing to go to sea to make a living, you can come with me. If nothing else, I guarantee that you will have enough food and clothing.
, if you do well, you can even buy land."
Everyone didn't believe it. Even if there was such a good thing, Fei Wenwei would not take the initiative to say it.
Fei Wenwei said with a smile: "When I returned to China, Mr. Xia, the Governor of Bangladesh, had a long talk with me. There were few Han people there, and he encouraged immigration. He asked me to return to China to promote more. You can also help promote it, if you are willing to go to Bangladesh.
Yes, you will wait for me here after the Lantern Festival next year. I guarantee my grandfather’s reputation that as long as I live to Bangladesh, I will have food and clothing without worries. Those who don’t know how to farm will work in Bangladesh. Those who know how to farm will be given land directly by the governor!
"
With that said, Fei Wenwei said it loudly again, asking the diners in the hotel lobby to help spread the word.
There was a lot of discussion at the scene. Not only did people inquire about the immigration policy, but there were also people who came to inquire about business opportunities in Bangladesh.
Fei Wenwei boasted half-truthfully: "I might as well tell you that Bengal is a fertile land with fertile fields everywhere. But most of the fertile fields are in the hands of the princes of the feudal states. Although the two governors of Zheng and Xia,
Some land has been confiscated, but there are not enough Han people to cultivate it. Now there is a shortage of people as well as land. Thousands of immigrants have immigrated in the past few years. If we wait and see if we wait for the land to be allocated, we will miss the opportunity."
A businessman asked: "How to deal with the original alien landowners?"
Fei Wenwei smiled and said: "The landowners of the confiscated land have long been killed. Those princes of the feudal states actually helped the Mughal emperor fight and offended our country to death. When the land was confiscated, there were not enough Han people.
The governor is worried that the land can be farmed by foreign tenants, and he wishes the Han people would come over quickly."
"Can we divide the fields after we go there?" the shop assistant asked.
Fei Wenwei said: "In the first few years, it was regarded as sharecropping. After three years of farming, the governor's office issued the land deed, and then paid a little more tax every year to redeem it."
It turned out that the land was not given away for free, but fertile land was redeemed in installments through taxes.
The conditions seem to be more stringent, but everyone feels more at ease. After all, there is no such thing as a free lunch.
Some local people have already planned to go home to spread the news and let the poor children in the village form a group to go overseas.
Taking a boat from Shanghai to Hukou, Fei Wenwei would always publicize every time he docked. Firstly, he was showing off and boasting about himself, and secondly, he was fulfilling Governor Xia Wanchun's instructions.
When he returns to his hometown in Qianshan, he will continue to promote it.
Immigrants from other prefectures and counties can be resettled along the coast. As for the compatriots from Qianshan, Fei Wenwei will personally make arrangements to help them gain a foothold in their own "turf".
As the family fortune grows, Fei Wenwei, a free prostitute, becomes increasingly guilty.
Because he is located on the border of Bangladesh, the Han population there is negligible. If a riot breaks out and the governor fails to send troops to rescue him, he is likely to be torn into pieces by the natives.
It is necessary to organize more fellow villagers to go there and help them settle down and live in peace, so that they can help each other.
With two wives and twenty or thirty servants, Fei Wenwei returned to his hometown in fine clothes.
When arriving at Hekou Town, Qianshan County, Fei Wenwei appeared in a sedan chair, which immediately caused a great sensation.
After all, this guy is a prodigal, he was penniless when he left his hometown, and within a few years he became rich again.
Immediately, a friend who used to hang out with me ran away from a shop in the town and asked, "Brother Fei Wu, do you still remember me?"
"Haha, You San, why don't I remember?" Fei Wenwei laughed.
You San said flatteringly: "Fifth Brother has done a great job and is really promising. I hope Fifth Brother will support you in the future."
Fei Wenwei said: "If you dare to go out to sea with me, I guarantee that you will eat well and drink spicy food."
"Really?" You San was delighted.
Fei Wenwei said: "If you can recruit 50 good people from all over the country, we will go to Bangladesh together. If nothing else, you will definitely get 500 acres of land. The other good people will get 100 acres each."
The land is no big deal!”
This guy wants to play a big game, and what he says is unclear and untrue, but it is not pure deception!
In Bangladesh, the Zamindar system is implemented.
There are approximately 25,000 villages in the entire area, divided into more than 1,600 land tax areas.
In a large land tax area, a big Chai Mindar is responsible for collecting taxes. As long as he pays the full amount of tax to the governor (formerly the emperor), the rest of the tax can be put into his own pocket. Below the big Chai Mindar, there are several small Chai Mindar.
Mindar and Taluk Dal.
Agricultural taxes are subcontracted at many levels, and even the governor (or emperor) doesn't know what's going on below. The big Chaimingdar also doesn't know what the situation is like for the little Chaimingdal.
This kind of regional taxation rights can be inherited, bought and sold, or can be rewarded by the governor or prince.
You can even rent it temporarily.
For example, some people who took refuge with the Mughal emperor were deprived of their tax rights by Zheng Sen. The tax rights in those areas were leased to other princes by Zheng Sen, and they could take them back at any time.
As for who a certain piece of land belongs to, no one can figure out because there is no land deed at all!
Anyway, my grandfather and father are cultivating this piece of land, so I will cultivate this piece of land. In other words, my grandpa and dad have reclaimed wasteland, so the right to cultivate this piece of wasteland is mine. But in principle, farmers can only cultivate it.
The ownership of the land used to belong to the emperor, but now it belongs to the governor-general.
There is no land deed, no yellow book, and it is assumed that someone can cultivate a certain land.
A small Chamindar is responsible for collecting the agricultural tax from one or several villages. They then hand over the agricultural tax to the larger Chamindar, and hand it over layer by layer without interfering with each other.
Historically, the British colonists were deceived and had no way of knowing how many farmers and land they had, so they had to deal with some big Chamindars. They tried to implement a more advanced landowner ownership system, but failed. Then they forcibly
The Chai Mindar rights were collected and the tax rights were auctioned, but because the tax amount was too high, they could not be auctioned at all.
Finally, the British surrendered.
Fei Wenwei claimed that he had 10,000 acres of fertile land, but in fact he only had the taxation rights to 10,000 acres of fertile land. And the means of obtaining it were extremely shameful. Part of it came from the dowries of his four wives, and part of it was obtained through clever plunder with his four father-in-laws.
When he returned to China this time, he planned to recruit hundreds of fellow villagers and lead people to seize more taxation rights.
If you can get the right to tax on credit from the governor, do it on credit. If that's not enough, ask the governor for help with a loan and buy it at a low price through buying and selling.
forced into bankruptcy).
Why did Governor Xia Wanchun cooperate?
Of course, the tax farming system was too backward, making it inconvenient to manage population and land, and making it inconvenient for governors to exploit colonies.
Zheng Sen and Xia Wanchun discussed maintaining the old system in the face of the indigenous people and promoting the creation of landlords and peasants through Han immigration.
Fei Wenwei learned about the policy and planned to bring his fellow villagers there, so that everyone would become Chaiminda. Even ordinary farmers would be able to obtain the taxation rights of 100 acres of land as long as they followed him. After that, through various
By means of immigration, or by rewarding native slaves, the tax rights were converted into land ownership, and eventually they became landowners recognized by the Governor-General.
As long as you don't occupy land randomly, this approach will not arouse the dissatisfaction of the princes of the feudal states. It will only usurp the interests of tax collectors and farmers. You can even join forces with the princes of the feudal states to extract more benefits.
The premise is that you must have the ability to collect taxes!
Fei Wenwei currently collects taxes, relying on the support of the governor on the one hand, and the reputation of his four father-in-laws on the other. This has reached the limit, and more fellow villagers must be attracted to come over, so that each fellow villager can develop their strength, and only by uniting can everyone continue to grow.
Fei Wenwei asked You San to help with publicity. The more people he could recruit, the better. Even market gangsters who didn't know how to farm could be brought to Bangladesh to work as tax collectors.
This guy returned to his family's house, and his mother and two brothers had received news of his return.
"Mom, I have thousands of acres of fertile land overseas. Don't be afraid that I will come back to fight for the family property," Fei Wenwei held her head high and said in an arrogant voice upon meeting her, "These are my wives, concubines, slaves, and two more wives."
I'm pregnant, and I couldn't stand the travel and didn't bring her back. I, Fei Laowu, am not a prodigal, I have made my own fortune overseas and become a master!"
The mother and two younger brothers looked at each other in shock when they saw this battle.
At this moment, the shop assistant of the Fei family in Ehu Town ran quickly and said: "Madam, old man, the old lady has returned to her hometown!"
The old man is Fei Yinghuan, and his title was promoted to Duke of the State.
Of course, Fei Yinghuan's title of Duke is an honorary title. After all, his son Fei Ruhe is already a prince. After Fei Yinghuan's death, his second son can inherit his original title of marquis.
When they heard that Fei Yinghuan and his wife had returned to their hometown for retirement, everyone rushed to greet him, even ordinary farmers came to pay their respects to him.
Fei Wenwei, who was planning to show off, was suddenly interrupted. He must not be able to pretend anymore.
He said to his Bengali wife and servants: "Quickly put down the sedan and come with me to see the Duke of the country!"
(The whole family was Yang, and Lao Wang seemed to be Yang too. However, he did not have a fever. Instead, he had low temperatures for several days, often below 36 degrees. Apart from fatigue and lethargy, he had no other symptoms. Moreover, most of his allergic rhinitis was inexplicably cured.
Everyone, take precautions and try to avoid the sun as late as possible.)
