Chapter 136 finally became the way he hated the most

(A digression first—can you please not be so knowledgeable—the garland under the mountain was the first film that made me cry and my heart filled with anger.)

I remember Commander Lei's words very deeply, and I remembered them inexplicably when I was writing about Li Dingguo just now.

I was going to brag about it, but it turned out to be overturned in an instant, do you remember what happened more than 30 years ago...... That's it, let's take pity on 2, can you lower your IQ? Otherwise, it would be difficult for me to write. ）

Xu Wu thought that since he came to the capital, he was desperate!

Before he came, he had been infinitely concerned about the difficulties of arriving here, and as a result, after seeing the capital, he found that this place was more than ten times worse than his worst expectations.

The plague, the homeless, the hungry, the shabby, the hooligans, and the people of the capital who have no backbone.

After seeing the appearance of the capital, Xu Wuxiang clearly understood that when the autumn breeze was cool, the plague would definitely reappear.

Therefore, for the governance of the capital, we cannot first engage in economic recovery, but find ways to let these people survive first.

The capital was originally harmed by Zhu Ming's corrupt officials and eunuchs, and the soldiers, and later they were exploited by Li Hongji.

Where the wealth is hidden from the people, it is best to manage, because the people themselves can feed themselves.

Where the government and the people are poor, it is very troublesome.

For this reason, after Xu Wu thought of the capital, he immediately froze the batch of silver that Xia Wanchun and Mu Tiantao got!

No matter how the treasury ambassador urged, and no matter how the household department urged, Xu Wuxiang did not let go, even if Zhang Guozhu sent the transfer document, it was bravely pushed back by Xu Wuxiang.

In a word, if you don't want money, you have to die!

However, there is money and a fart in the capital!

Even rats will starve to death in the land of Shuntianfu, where there is surplus food to feed the nearly one million people in the capital?

In the summer, the fields are verdant with vegetation, and the people can still get a little food, but if a large amount of food cannot be transported when the grass and trees wither in winter, there will definitely be a scene of a large number of starving people here.

When Li Dingguo entered Beijing, the Prime Minister's Office had already anticipated this situation, so he brought a lot of grain, but when Li Dingguo left the capital and was about to enter Shanhaiguan, he took a lot of grain with him.

completely threw a mess to Xu Wuxiang.

These days, the officials sent to the capital from Lantian have been chased around like frightened donkeys by Xu Wuxiang, and all of them have only one purpose, that is, to find enough food to feed the people of the capital for a year.

Fortunately, Mu Tiantao's idea for Liu Zongmin was very good, and the saddle-shaped silver plate could be carried by these officials, which greatly saved the time of buying food.

At the same time, a large amount of grain has been sent out from Lantian, and in another month and a half, it will be able to solve the urgent need.

It's sad to say, only Lantian officials are really busy for this city and these people.

There is only deathly silence for the people here.

You give him food, and he does, and you order him to do things, and he does things, and you order them to clean up the corners of the city and start exterminating rats, and they wander around the city all day, and they catch rats, and they don't care if they catch them or not.

Xu Wuxiang opened countless bathhouses in the capital, hoping that these people could go in and take a bath, but they were still very obedient, and after taking a bath, they put on their dirty clothes full of lice and fleas again, and then waited for the next bath.

When it gets dark, the capital becomes a dead city!

Even the businessmen from Lantian who wanted to seize the market gradually lost confidence in the city.

The human heart is dead, and there is nothing left.

"How much grain has been brought back today?"

Xu Wuxiang leaned back in the chair tiredly, and a sense of powerlessness that he had never felt before permeated his whole body.

"Six hundred and eighty-seven loads of grain." His deputy, Zhang Liang, replied weakly.

"Not enough!"

"Xia Guan knows that within a radius of five hundred miles, we basically can't find excess food."

"How's it going over there in Tianjin?"

"The situation there is slightly better, we encourage the people to go to the sea to catch fish, the production is not bad, everyone eats fish every day, at least they don't starve to death."

"Can you increase the intensity of fishing?"

"There are no extra boats!"

"What is Shi Lang doing to eat, he has already sent him a document and asked him to transport grain to the north, why hasn't he arrived yet?"

"It's already set off, but now is the time of the storm, and the lower officials don't think they can put their hopes on them."

"Let it go, the price of grain and straw in the capital will rise by another two percent!"

Zhang Liang, who was originally weak, was taken aback when he heard Xu Wuxiang say this: "The price of grain in the capital is already sky-high. ”

Xu Wuxiang said with a cold face: "If you don't build the canal, the food in Shuntianfu will never be enough." ”

"Fu Zun thinks that adding 20% of the money will make the canal accessible?"

Xu Wuxiang picked up the horsewhip from the table and said, "Let's go, let's go visit Caokou!" ”

"Fuzun has murderous intent?"

Xu Wuxiang looked at Zhang Liang and said, "Do you think I will only blindly be soft?" ”

Zhang Liang said with a smile: "Naturally not, the documents of the secret spy department have also been read." ”

When Xu Wu wanted to arrive at the Caokou Club, it was already surrounded by soldiers.

An old man with gray hair stood straight in the courtyard, even if he looked at Xu Wuxiang coming in, he looked proud and ignored Xu Wuxiang.

"Let's get lucky!"

Xu Wuxiang looked coldly at this boss of Caokou in the capital called Tang Tongtian.

Tang Tongtian sneered and said, "The canal is cut off, how can it be transported?" ”

Xu Wu thought: "Then build the canal." ”

Tang Tongtian smiled: "This requires a lot of silver. ”

Xu Wu thought and said, "I have the silver." ”

Tang Tongtian smiled again: "Fu Zun has agreed to come according to the rules of my Caokou?" ”

Xu Wuxiang didn't answer, but walked to a middle-aged man in his thirties and looked at it carefully, and then said to Tang Tongtian indifferently: "Daming relied on the southern grain transfer of the canal to the north, supplied the Beijing division and border defense, and maintained the Cao Yun for nearly three hundred years.

In the past 300 years, around the collection and transportation of grain, a set of intertwined unspoken rules has grown, called "Cao Gui".

The Cao Gui is a private modification of the way in which benefits are distributed by law.

First of all, we should revise our relations with the peasants and scrape the peasants a few more times through the "floating harvest."

Then adjust the internal relations and collude with the government to distribute fertilizer as fairly and reasonably as possible.

Over the years, with the corruption of the Ming Dynasty, you have become the ones who really control the canal.

This river makes you rich, you strong, and you become unsightly.

You are not interested in the great changes in the world, because you think that you people live in symbiosis with the canal, and whoever ascends to the imperial court cannot do without your help.

As long as you still have the canal boats in your hands and the food lifeline of the city, you can continue to live the good life you want.

Tang Tongtian, I'll tell you today, you're wrong. ”

Xu Wu wanted to speak, and casually pulled out the long knife on the guard's waist, and with a flash of cold light, the middle-aged man's head slipped from his neck and fell to the ground.

A stream of blood spurted out of his neck, Xu Wuxiang didn't dodge, let the blood splash on his face, and then said to Tang Tongtian, who was still indifferent: "Open Cao!" ”

Tang Tongtian didn't seem to have any feelings in the face of his son's death, and still said coldly: "Fuzun can try to cut off the old head together and see if it can be opened." ”

Xu Wu wanted to laugh, but his face was stained with blood, and some of it even flowed into his mouth and stained his teeth red, which made his smile extremely hideous.

"You people already have your own underground court, and you are well-organized, you have your own interests, and you seem to be fair, you have your own arms, and you think you are powerful.

For many years, Lao Tzu had been thinking about how to forget his identity as a robber.

Now, you have succeeded in arousing my ferocity.

Silting up the canal and colluding with wealthy merchants in the southeast to raise the price of grain in the capital, and then controlling the canal transportation, so that you can continue to be rich and prolonged, this is the way to die.

Tang Tongtian, do you really think that we can't kill? ”

Tang Tongtian looked at his son's headless corpse and said lightly: "If the adult can kill all 100,000 workers, there is no need to be so embarrassed." ”

Xu Wuxiang sighed and said: "The Lantian Imperial Court has just taken control of the world, and it is really not good to kill 100,000 people in one go, but from now on, you can go to the desert and continue to play your own Cao Yun!" ”

The smile on Tang Tongtian's face gradually disappeared, he looked at Xu Wu and thought, "It's going to be a big mess." ”

Xu Wu thought and said: "Just 100,000 people, it's not enough for General Li Dingguo's spoonful of stew, where can it be messed up?" ”

Tang Tongtian slowly squatted down, picked up his son's head and held it in his arms, and said to Xu Wuxiang: "Old man Rong will discuss with each Caokou. ”

Xu Wuxiang shook his head and said: "Your whole family must be sent to the Western Regions to do Cao Yun, I will only continue to negotiate with your second master, if he doesn't agree to open Cao immediately, let him go to the Western Regions Desert with you to do Cao Yun."

And so on, until there are people who are willing to unconditionally follow the rules given by the government.

Tang Tongtian, I am not here to discuss with you today, but to give you a final order.

At the same time that I was looking for you, my Lantian Secret Spy Division had already sent someone to all of your Caokou, and those who did not obey - kill! ”

Tang Tongtian was taken aback, and hurriedly said, "My lord, Caokou is wronged!" ”

Xu Wuxiang was no longer willing to talk to him, and came to Ke Dashan, the second master with gurgling eyes, and said, "Open your mouth!" ”

Ke Dashan looked at Tang Tongtian, who was tied up and thrown into the prisoner car, and said in a trembling voice: "Open the mouth!" ”

Xu Wu thought: "Two months later, the first batch of grain must enter Beijing, and not a single grain of grain must be floated, and the price of grain will rise by two percent." ”

Tang Tongtian, who was huddled in the prisoner car, immediately howled when he heard this: "My lord, the villain is willing to take on it." ”

Xu Wuxiang sneered: "You must go to the Western Regions Desert to make luck, if you can't do it, your children and grandchildren will continue." ”

Ke Dashan kowtowed again and again: "Back to the adults, as long as there is silver, the small ones will definitely be able to transport back the grain that the adults need." ”

Xu Wuxiang touched the top of Ke Dashan's head and said: "Okay, good, good, if it happens, the official will allow you to make a fortune, if not, your whole family will be sent to Java to grow sugarcane......"