Guangzhou in October 1895 meant a brand new experience for the Chinese people who pursued progress: white terror. Before this, although the Qing court and the rulers of previous dynasties had massacred the city, burned books and harassed Confucians, etc.
Large-scale indiscriminate killings, but most of them were indiscriminate killings, and this time, the targets of the killing were young people.
Young students, kill.
A young man who seems to have some backbone, kill him.
Young people who were dissatisfied with the Qing army's interrogation were killed.
In a brutal and inhumane way, the Qing army desperately hunted down those innocent men who were bent on saving the nation and trying to survive. They would rather kill a thousand by mistake than let one go.
But there is another powerless young man in Guangzhou who is living a good life without worrying about the fate of beheading him. That is Lin Youde, the boss of Lin Ji Salon.
At that time, the Guangzhou government received a secret report, believing that Lin Youde had a close relationship with Wang Tianlin, the housekeeper of Xia Fanglan, the eldest daughter of the Shangjiu Xia family, one of the biggest driving forces behind the uprising, and that he might know where Wang Tianlin, who had not yet been arrested, was hiding.
Because the Xia family is so powerful and is closely related to the Chen family in Guangdong, they can be said to be representatives of local snakes. Therefore, officials at all levels found this secret report extremely troublesome and did not know how to deal with it. In the end, this originally simple report was sent to the governor of Guangdong.
Lu Chuanlin (in this time and space, he was transferred to this position four years earlier).
Lu Chuanlin has worked in Guangxi and Guangdong for many years and is well aware of the power of local clans in Guangdong (in fact, as of 2011 in real time and space, the clans in Guangdong are still very powerful), and Lin Youde happens to be the eldest daughter of the Xia family.
He is a celebrity, and he is very popular among the local ladies in Guangzhou, so he is really not easy to move.
So Lu Chuanlin brought the matter to Tan Zhonglin, the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi.
Tan Zhonglin, like quite a few bureaucrats in the late Qing Dynasty, is difficult to evaluate whether he is a "good guy" or a "bad guy." You say he is a bad guy, but he has made many achievements under his rule, including resolving ethnic conflicts, providing relief to victims, and combating speculation.
He built water conservancy and promoted education, and he did a lot of good things. When he left the post of governor of Shaanxi and Gansu, the finances of Shaanxi and Gansu were strong, millions of grains were stored, and the people's lives were prosperous.
When he was transferred to the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi, he resolutely stood on the front line in order to resist the penetration of French colonial forces into western Guangdong - of course this happened in the original time and space, it was 1898, and Tan Zhonglin had just arrived.
The governor-general of Guangdong and Guangxi took office not long ago.
But you say Tan Zhonglin is a good person, but his hands are stained with the blood of progressive youth, and he is a genuine diehard.
That's all, these things have nothing to do with our story.
When Tan Zhonglin received Lu Chuanlin's report, he thought at first that this must be arrested for interrogation, but then he thought about it and thought it was wrong. He was only transferred to the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi in April this year, and he spent almost a month and a half on the road.
It has been six months since I took office. I have just gained some connections in Guangzhou in the four months since I took office. It is really difficult to touch these local wealthy families. However, Wang Tianlin is one of the first offenders in this turmoil, and several of them have already confessed.
All the rebels corrected this, and reported that Wang Tianlin was injured and was probably still in Guangdong and could not be transferred to Hong Kong and Macau.
So he came to Lu Chuanlin to discuss the matter. Lu Chuanlin thought, if I have an idea, can I still go to you?
I brought him a grandson of my family. This grandson said he stayed with Lu Chuanlin to see the world and learn his skills. In fact, he came to eat, drink and have fun as the second generation ancestor. Lin Youde and Lin Ji Salon had long been familiar with each other.
Lu Chuanlin led the grandson to the Governor's Mansion. Without saying a few words, the governor asked the grandson: "What kind of person is this Lin Youde?"
The grandson replied: "A playboy has no long-term plans and is not worth worrying about."
Then the boy revealed everything he saw and heard in Lin Ji Salon. Why did Lin Youde dominate the eldest lady of the Xia family? How did Lin Youde deal with the eldest ladies of the various families? Lin Youde used the name of "maid"
He raised more than thirty female slaves for his own pleasure. In short, he portrayed a sensual and lascivious person who only cared about eating, drinking and having fun, and had no ambitions.
Tan Zhonglin is old and cunning, and of course he will not draw conclusions after hearing this. At this time, Lu Chuanlin spoke: "Master Tan, this Wang Tianlin is injured. It is difficult to hide an injured person without revealing the truth. We only need to strictly monitor Xia
We have dealings with major pharmacies and medical clinics, and we strictly follow up on the sale of medicines to ensure that we have no worries."
Tan Zhonglin pondered for a long time, then nodded and said, "It makes sense."
Neither of these two old foxes expected that Wang Tianlin died and asked Lin Youde to bury him directly in a small dilapidated courtyard at the execution site. The Wang family had served the Xia family for generations and was considered a powerful family in Guangzhou. The eldest son of the Wang family was just casually buried by Lin Youde.
Who would have thought of such a thing?
What Tan Zhonglin, a die-hard die-hard, never imagined was that his "reasonableness" saved many progressive young people who should have been arrested and then died tragically.
**
On the night of the Double Ninth Festival, after Lin Youde buried Wang Tianlin, he said to Miyazaki Tozō: "In the future, the Qing army will definitely hunt down progressive young people and revolutionaries. I am prepared to help as much as possible. I need your help."
Before and after Wang Tianlin's death, Lin Youde's performance and Miyazaki Tozō were all aware of it. These performances themselves were genuine and "revealed true feelings", but that "true feelings" were different from what others thought.
After all, no one knew that Lin Youde was a time traveler and had a golden finger.
Since it was "revelation of true feelings", even a guy who understands the world well would not be able to see the flaw. So it is not surprising that Miyazaki Torzo agreed to Lin Youde's request.
In order to avoid the limelight, Lin Kee Salon was closed for the first two days, and Miyazaki Torazo hid in Xia Fanglan's room. She knew how to use deception anyway, so it wasn't a big problem. After Lin Kee Salon reopened, Miyazaki Torazo hid in Xia Fanglan's room.
So he moved to Lin Ji Salon and temporarily lived in the wing room prepared by Lin Youde for himself.
After reopening the business, Lin Youde used the relationships he had developed among wealthy young men to open up channels and began to "purchase" the arrested female revolutionaries and the female relatives of the revolutionaries' families, under the guise of being used as escorts for the new nightclub in the future.
Drunkard. Of course, Lin Youde’s influence can do nothing about those “heinous” female revolutionary parties or the female relatives of “bandit leaders”, but those less famous female revolutionary parties, and the female relatives of miscellaneous fish, as well as the female relatives who are simply wronged
The girl caught, Lin Youde, still had a lot of activities smoothly.
At first, Lin Youde was worried that these girls would cause trouble for him because of their disobedience. For example, he might think that Lin Youde was really a bad guy and then hang himself while crying, or he might want to show off his face and refuse to "go to work", etc.
Wait. As it turned out, the development of the matter proved that he was completely over-worry. His golden finger was extremely powerful and he coaxed all the girls to work with just a few words. Lin Youde was actually quite sorry for this development. He originally thought that among these girls, there should be
There are many talented people who can be used, but none of them are immune to his golden fingers.
Thinking about it, those female heroes were all "bandit leaders" who could not be released by the Qing government. Of course Lin Youde couldn't get them by "detecting leaks" like this.
The second day after Lin Youde coaxed the girls he had sold into work, he was immediately despised by many dignitaries in Guangzhou. The label of a "shameless person" was immediately placed on Lin Youde's head.
Lin Youde didn't care. In his opinion, it's better for you to scold him, so that he would not be on the Qing court's blacklist. Relying on this infamy as a cover, Lin Youde secretly gathered together those revolutionary parties who were hiding because of the Qing court's arrest.
They arrived at the execution site, and then used Miyazaki Torazo's deception method to transfer them to the ship in batches and transfer them to Hong Kong.
Although Lin Youde was careful not to tell the transferred revolutionary party his name, several people at the key links in such a large transfer project must know Lin Youde's name.
As a result, Lin Youde's reputation rose by another level. Lin Youde hesitated for a long time on how to use this newly acquired skill point. After Wang Tianlin's death, Lin Youde's mood changed subtly, and he quietly decided to change his original attitude of sitting back and watching.
After ten years of changes, he would calmly speculate on revolutionary ideas and plan to join the revolutionary tide earlier. Because of this, Lin Youde seriously considered turning to covert operations in an all-round way and first highlighted all the relevant skills.
But Lin Youde, a veteran of strategy games, certainly knows that the development direction must be focused at the beginning in order to gain advantages faster. Now he has selected a business skill and a self-defense skill that has not been used yet.
It seems that it is really not good to spread the focus of development further.
After thinking about it again and again, Lin Youde continued to click on the skills of the business department:
Customer first: The service quality of your employees will increase by 10%, and the probability of generating repeat customers will increase by 2%.
After clicking this skill, Lin Youde thought a little self-deprecatingly: Others who traveled back in time to the late Qing Dynasty and the early Republic of China were setting up industries and then building armies. I, Lin Youde, traveled back in time and opened a nightclub. The service quality has also been improved by 10%. If I start running a brothel in the future
When buying and selling, will the satisfaction of the customers also increase by 10%?
Complaints are complaints, skills are still important, and industries also need to be developed. Since it is said that a new nightclub is to be opened, it naturally has to be opened. Protecting the Revolutionary Party is not a completely "righteous act". Lin Youde also received some uprising funds from the Revolutionary Party.
, say more, say less, and then raise some funds from a familiar young man, and the preparations for opening a nightclub are completed. Lin Youde also obtained a dilapidated property through the connections of a young master from a declining clan in Guangzhou, and modified a familiar car.
After that, the first nightclub in Guangzhou opened.
Lin Youde didn't know what the situation was like in Shanghai, known as the Magic City. Lin Youde's Jinhuihuang Nightclub was truly the first in Guangzhou.
At this time, the marketing knowledge brought by Lin Youde from later generations came into play again. The ladies in the nightclub were all female revolutionary youths or their family members who were "brought" by Lin Youde.
They are not on the same level as the prostitutes in brothels. How can they not be packaged and used when Lin Youde comes here?
Therefore, first of all, the escort girls in Jinhuihuang Nightclub do not sell their bodies. This is regarded as a selling point by Lin Youde - yes, it is a selling point. This distinguishes Lin Youde's escort girls from those prostitutes. As for
Why not sell yourself? You have temperament and connotation! Do you understand the connotation? Based on these points, Lin Youde organized a whole set of marketing plans, and a set of combination punches was played.
The few wealthy young men who had invested in the stock at the beginning were still doubtful. Among them, the second most popular young man in Guangzhou said confusedly that if women don’t sell b, then what’s the remaining selling point? Lin Youde laughed and didn’t answer.
As a result, the market response was as good as Lin Youde expected. The reason is actually very simple. Rich men in this era have long been tired of drinking with women in their arms. It is not unusual for them to drink with their gay friends while talking about state affairs.
Things, but drinking wine and talking about state affairs with the beautiful woman in your arms will instantly make you look fashionable and value-for-money!
In addition, Lin Youde's skills have a 10% improvement in service quality and a 2% bonus in the chance of repeat customers. Can business be good?
In addition, Lin Youde also innovated the profit model of nighttime entertainment venues. Nominating a girl is free, tea fees and other fees are meaningful, and drinks and snacks are the bulk.
Through his connections with the Revolutionary Party, Lin Youde hired a few down-and-out foreigners to serve as chefs, and then branded himself as a five-star Italian chef, and openly raised the prices of the foreign dishes produced in the kitchen - in fact
The cooks in Shanglin Youde's kitchen are all Chinese who have returned from their studies, no matter which country they cook.
In Jinhuihuang Nightclub, if you order those expensive dishes, you will see a foreigner wearing a tall chef's hat pushing a trolley out, respectfully helping you open the lid of the silver plate and putting on your napkin.
Then he respectfully stands aside and watches you finish eating.
These days, foreigners are all domineering. Who has seen foreigners being respectful to Chinese people? For dignitaries, this alone is worth the price of admission.
This is selling service and taste, do you understand?
There was also red wine like Jin Huihuang, which was a large-scale red wine imported from Hong Kong. However, Lin Youde ordered the labels to be torn off and no new labels were put on them. They were just served to the guests in the shape of pigs. He taught the ladies who were accompanying the wine how to drink wine.
First, shake it gently, which is to allow the aged wine to fully contact with the air and eliminate the odor. This is called "decanting". Next, you need to look at it, which is to appreciate the color of the wine, then smell it, and finally taste it.
As for where these wines come from, Lin Youde told the ladies to answer that they must all be made from the Burgundy region of France. What, you want to drink from the Bordeaux region? OK, add money.
A fool who can spend a hundred taels of silver to drink a bottle of Burgundy wine will not mind spending another two hundred taels to taste the fine wine of Bordeaux.
The marketing concept that was a hundred years ahead was so powerful that at that time, let alone China, there was no such thorough idea of selling services in the world.
Jinhuihuang Nightclub opened in mid-November, and until the beginning of December, it was packed with people every night. If you came after six o'clock, if you didn't book a seat, just queue up. No matter how rich you are, you wouldn't be able to get in within an hour.
The key is that others can't learn Lin Youde's tricks. These days, where can you find so many girls who are good-looking and knowledgeable? Even if you find them, without Lin Youde's golden finger, these girls are willing to lower their status and sit on a man's lap.
Drinking company?
By the end of 1895, the first Guangzhou Uprising was a complete failure. China's revolutionary cause paid a heavy price, but Lin Youde made a lot of money. The biggest profit came from Wang Tianlin. Originally, the industries Lin Youde started in July and August were nominally
Wang Tianlin's largest shareholder is also Wang Tianlin, and now Wang Tianlin has lost his hair - of course he claims to the outside world that he is still missing, so Lin Youde is only "escrowing the share capital", but what is the difference?
For Lin Youde, the only unsatisfactory change is probably the change in Xia Fanglan's personality - she suddenly changed from an energetic girl like Xue Baochai to sister Lin. Although her affection for Lin Youde is still very deep, her behavior when getting along with her is still very deep.
But it was completely different. Lin Youde looked very distressed at first, and tried his best to make her happy, but to no avail, so he had to give up in the end. Anyway, Xia Fang, Lan and Lin were sitting there as beautiful as a painting.
**
Of course, Lin Youde was not thinking about how to formally marry Xia Fanglan at this time. His fair-weather friends had started to boast a month ago that "Lin, the great shopkeeper, is a talented man and the old man of the Xia family will not be picky." And several major local clans other than the Xia family are not picky.
There were many attempts to recruit Lin Youde for two months. For example, the Chen family, the most prominent family in Guangzhou, sent someone to propose a marriage, but Lin Youde refused.
Now Lin Youde really feels that it doesn't matter whether he marries or not, he has a lot of beauties at his disposal.
After entering December, the nightclubs were basically back on track, the white terror of the Qing court began to fade away, and Lin Youde began to seriously plan for revolution.
At this time, Lin Youde had calmed down. After re-examining the situation, he still felt that the possibility of the revolution's success before the start of World War I was not high, so he had to lurk, prepare, and then wait patiently. Different from the previous strategy, Lin Youde did not intend to let it go anymore.
Brother Pao sent batches of good young people to death. In Lin Youde's view, those early revolutionary youths were indeed a little naive and a little idealistic, but they were also of Chinese blood. If they had not died in Cannon's chariot
There's no telling how many talented people there will be in it.
To reduce casualties, Lin Youde can no longer just smile leisurely and watch the changes in the world.
So on December 24, Christmas Eve, when the Christmas party carefully planned by Lin Youde reached its climax, he quietly disappeared from the venue.
In the huge office on the top floor of Jinhuihuang Nightclub, Miyazaki Tonzo is waiting for Lin Youde. The Japanese girl still wears a ponytail and is dressed like a high-ranking miko from Ise Shrine. Her red and white miko uniform is illuminated by the lights in the room.
Plated with a layer of gold. Different from ordinary miko uniforms, Miyazaki Torazou's miko uniform has an extra layer of feather fabric called "Chihaya" on the outermost layer, which shows that her level can at least serve as the shrine master in a local shrine.
The sunflower, auspicious clouds, phoenix and feather pattern tattooed on the sleeves and hem of Haori is a mark that can only be possessed by high-level shrine maidens above Ise Jingu Shrine. As for the obvious red pattern on the sleeves, it is unique to ronin shrine maidens.
sign, indicating that she is not currently affiliated with Ise Jingu Temple.
Lin Youde thought to himself that this girl was really not an economical person. The fact that she would wear such formal clothes showed that she knew what Lin Youde wanted to talk to her about tonight.
"Miss Miyazaki, I called you here to say that the task of covering the relocation of the revolutionary party that failed in the uprising has officially ended today." Lin Youde said straight to the point.
"Yeah, but I guess Mr. Lin won't let me leave like this."
Lin Youde smiled, walked around behind his huge desk, sat down, and then pulled out an extra-large Havana cigar that was almost as thick as a baby's arm from the exquisite cigarette box on the desk.
"Ms. Miyazaki, do you think there are any shortcomings in this uprising organized by the revolutionaries?"
"I would like to hear your advice from Mr. Wen."
"First of all, their understanding of the uprising was too superficial. In August, the Revolutionary Party internally determined that the preparations for the uprising were basically completed, but the most critical arms arrived in Guangzhou just before the uprising failed. How could they not get the arms?
Do they think that the preparations for the uprising are basically completed? Do they think that as long as they have enthusiasm, the uprising can succeed? Their understanding of the uprising is too superficial and naive. This is the first point."
Lin Youde paused, looked at Miyazaki Tonzou's expression, and then continued: "Second, they lack a strict organization. Do you know why Lu Haodong was arrested? Because so many revolutionaries, after learning that the uprising was exposed,
During the evacuation, no one thought of destroying the roster of party members! Lu Haodong had to return to the temporary headquarters of the uprising to destroy the roster before he was arrested. I would say he deserved it! How could such a loose organization achieve the success of the uprising?
Woolen cloth?"
"This third and most important one: the revolutionary party relies too much on the Youth Gang. Gangs such as the Hongmen join the party. These parties are a mixed bag and have impure revolutionary motives. If you want to rely on them to achieve revolutionary victory, it is better to wait for the Qing government's reforms.
Self-improvement is real.”
Lin Youde paused, looked at Miyazaki Tonzou intently and asked, "Ms. Miyazaki, what do you think?"
Then Lin Youde saw Miyazaki Torazo's smile for the first time. The miko smiled and said to Lin Youde, "I'm waiting for you, sir, to continue to convince me."
Lin Youde raised his eyebrows and curled his lips.
"Why do I feel like it's no longer necessary?"
"No, please continue, because I also want to know the direction of our actions in the future."
Lin Youde and Miyazaki Tozo looked at each other for twenty seconds, and finally took a deep breath and replied: "Okay. As mentioned above, for the revolution to succeed, it must be supported by military forces that are completely loyal to us. So I plan to start from accumulating military force.
Start with strength.”
If Lin Youde traveled back to the historical era, it would be tantamount to wishful thinking to establish a military force now. But the problem is that this is an alien version of the Republic of China. In this world, there are two things, Shen Ji and General Feng Jia. Although it is random
With the advancement of science and technology, conventional force has become more and more important and has even taken a dominant position in wars. However, in areas like China, the combat power of Shenji and Jiangfeng cannot be underestimated.
More importantly, regardless of the wind armor, this goddess is a good thing that is easy to hide and maintain and saves money.
"I plan to invest in opening a new nightclub focusing on Japanese style within next year. At that time, Miss Miyazaki, how about you change your name to...well, just change your name to Yukiyoba and officially debut in the new nightclub as a geisha?"
Is this a good cover? Like me, most people think that Miyazaki Tomazō is a man, and even the revolutionary party has rarely seen you in person, so they will definitely be able to fool you. In addition, I will bother Miss Miyazaki next year.
When you go to Japan, be sure to mobilize some ronin witches who share the same goals with you."
"Well..." Miyazaki Tonzo fell into deep thought. After a moment, she said, "It shouldn't be a big problem to get some sisters to come over, but when I go back to Japan to lobby, who will protect Mr. Lin? Even if the Qing court doesn't send assassins.
, they sent Shen Ji, who specializes in intelligence spying, to explore your true identity. How will you deal with it without me by your side?"
Lin Youde was speechless.
"It would be better if the situation permits, I will accompany you to Japan in person." Miyazaki Tozo said with a snicker on his face, "I think the effect of your personal lobbying will be more significant."
Lin Youde also laughed, "The number one prostitute in Guangzhou and so on, do you think it's a joke? It probably won't be a problem to charm a silly witch."
So Lin Youde stood up and extended his hand to his first "Japanese rape": "I hope we can have a happy cooperation in the future, Miyazaki... no, Miss Yukiyoba."
"Yes, of course. I have placed all my hopes for the revitalization of China and Asia on my husband. Although my daughter is not talented, she will definitely go through fire and water."