"Lord Wang, the book has been brought back." The pro-soldier looked apprehensive.

"Oh!" Wang Youhong immediately came to the spirit, "Hurry up and bring it." ”

"My lord, the thief is asking for a very high price this time." The pro-soldier said.

"How much?" Wang Youhong didn't care too much about this.

"He wants a thousand taels ......," the pro-soldier said the result.

Wang Youhong's eyebrows furrowed, one thousand taels is not a small number, but it is not too big a number for Wang Youhong. To Wang Youhong's surprise, how could they have the courage to offer such a price. Aren't you afraid that the asking price will be too high and will be rejected by Wang Youhong?

The thief said that he had come back from some party school training this time. There are too many books, if you don't want such a price, I'm sorry for himself. The soldier replied a little angrily.

"How many are there?"

The thief said, it's still the old price, two taels of a thousand words. Two pennies per word, all these books get a thousand taels. My lord, there weren't so many of them before, I think that guy is lying to adults. ”

"How much did you buy?" Wang Youhong doesn't care about money, but looks at how many books he buys back.

"The thief said that the book in his hand could only be sold for a hundred taels first."

"Bring it in." Wang Youhong urged.

After placing the books, Wang Youhong sat comfortably in the study. Since opening the Constituent Assembly, Wang Youhong is no longer afraid of someone saying that he is hiding a book against thieves. If you talk about anti-thieves, Yuan Shikai is the biggest anti-thief in the Qing Dynasty. Believe it or not, Wang Youhong is completely sure that Yuan Shikai has reached an agreement with the People's Party. In 1911, the complete end of the Manchu Qing Dynasty was already a sure thing. Many gentry themselves have begun to call themselves "revolutionary parties", and Wang Youhong is a fart to read a few "anti-thief" books.

Stroking the spine of the thick manuscript, Wang Youhong was looking forward to the contents of the book. A few years ago, Wang Youhong began to collect intelligence on the rebellious party in Anhui in order to deal with the rebellious party in Anhui. After reading several high-priced People's Party "intelligences" such as "Analysis of China's Classes," "Labor and Social Development," "Analysis of Rural Classes," and "Urban Laborers and Lumpenproletarians," Wang Youhong saw that what he saw was not the nonsense of the revolutionary party, but a subtle exposition of China's current situation in extremely clear regulations.

Since then, Wang Youhong has gradually changed from an opponent to a learner. If you want to be an official, you have to understand the way of the world. Wang Youhong was born in the army, and his understanding of society is far less profound than that of those who read. And there are too many eyes in the hearts of readers, even if Wang Youhong hired the master, the master did not always base it on Wang Youhong's fundamental interests.

After reading the People's Party's book, Wang Youhong truly realized his position in this society for the first time, and all kinds of fogs were gradually lifted before his eyes. Seeing the fundamental contradictions hidden under the surface of various interest entanglements, Wang Youhong understood what to do to protect his best interests.

The only problem with these books is that there are so many revolutionary things in them that they affect the reading very much. Wang Youhong himself revised these articles and selected the parts that were useful to him. These rewriting processes are a painstaking process of speculation and learning, and when Wang Youhong can sort out his own ideas, the people around him will be able to see clearly and thoroughly.

Money has never been a problem, after jumping from a commander to the current position of "constitutional vanguard" and "governor of Jiangsu", he has gotten tens of thousands of dollars, and Wang Youhong doesn't care about these expenditures at all.

After taking a deep breath, Wang Youhong opened the cover with great interest, and the first chapter of the table of contents reads "Chairman Chen's Speech at the Closing Meeting of the Party School". Wang Youhong's eyes narrowed slightly. The People's Party's party building work is really incomprehensible. If Wang Youhong had Chen Ke's insight, he would never tell anyone about this. In this world, what everyone asks for is that the more stupid others are, the better. As it is said in "The Life of Cixi", "The more foolish and loyal the people around you, the safer the people in high positions will be." For them, the people can make it to them, but they cannot know it. That's the way rulers do it. ”

Wasn't Chen Ke ever afraid that after the people below learned these things of his own, they would usurp Chen Ke's position?

Thinking about it, Wang Youhong will never give Chen Ke this wake-up call, he sincerely hopes that before he fully learns the knowledge that Chen Ke has mastered, Chen Ke will be able to continue to write things like he is now, and tell the true face of the world in detail.

After reading the first few pages, Wang Youhong couldn't help but be amazed. The passage that resonated with Wang Youhong is like this.

"Doing wrong is a very general word, so we must have a clear division in the People's Party. Failures, mistakes, crimes. This is a judgment for different outcomes, but also for a judgment that touches on different systems. A crime is a violation of the law and must be dealt with in accordance with the relevant law. Mistakes are the guiding direction of doing things, and they need to be held accountable through the organizational system. The failure is the failure to complete a certain link in the process of implementing the organization's decision due to the failure to grasp the rules of these specific practices, which in turn leads to the inability of the original plan to be completed according to the plan itself. This requires a re-articulation of the plan and a summary of the laws of the matter itself. It is not advisable to stop working immediately and be overly accountable for failure. ”

This royal technique is really clever. Wang Youhong praised it in his heart. The Manchus never cared about the process, only the result. If the matter is not satisfactory to the person who gives the order, the person who gives the order can dispose of his subordinates at will. The subordinates shirk each other's responsibilities, as long as the final punishment does not fall on their own heads.

The method proposed by Chen Ke finalized the scope and straightened out the process. I don't know how much better than the traditional practice of the Manchu Qing Dynasty. Wang Youhong picked up his pen and began to excerpt this passage. While writing, he was thinking about how to train the people under him according to this method. As soon as I finished copying, I suddenly heard someone knocking on the door outside. "Your Excellency, the representative of the council asks to see me."

Wang Youhong frowned, he had already explained that except for a few special things, no one was allowed to disturb him when he was studying. One of the situations in which you are allowed to disturb yourself is that "the council does have great troubles that cannot be solved." ”

His subordinates once didn't understand this rule, because they received money and bothered Wang Youhong for something not too big. Afterwards, he was beaten to death by Wang Youhong with family methods. It shouldn't be a trivial matter that they dare to do this now. Put the book away carefully. Wang Youhong walked out of the study. "What the hell is going on?" He asked flatly.

The soldier shrunk his neck slightly and said, "My lord, the representative of the parliament said that this year's silk can't be sold, and there has been a big incident. They wept and shouted at the door, and knelt for almost an hour. The villain saw that they were really reluctant to go, so they had to disturb the adults. ”

Wang Youhong waved his hand, "Lead the way." ”

The pro-soldier was Wang Youhong's confidant, and seeing that Wang Youhong was not angry, a relieved look immediately appeared on his face. However, he hurriedly lowered his head and trotted all the way to lead the way.

There were three councillors in the living room, their faces still tear-stained, their hair disheveled, and the placket of their silk robes crumpled. It seems that he has been crying and kneeling for a long time. The pro-soldiers dared to disturb Wang Youhong, it seems that it is really not a joke. As soon as they saw Wang Youhong come out, several of them hurriedly wiped their faces a few times, because they didn't notice that the dust on their hands had been sticked, and their faces, which didn't look very clean because of tears, were immediately dirty. However, the parliamentarian didn't care about this matter at all, and after stepping forward to salute, before Wang Youhong sat down, the short congressman Zhang Yutong who was leading the way had already blushed and shouted with a thick neck: "Lord Wang, the raw silk exported to Citigroup this year can't be sold, no matter what price this spring cocoon is on weekdays, it has long been sold out." It's already July, and the summer cocoons have been down for a long time, but the foreign devil shops don't accept it. Your Excellency, you have to call the shots for us. ”

Wang Youhong has already heard about this matter, but the government cannot interfere in the affairs of trading. Wang Youhong really couldn't think of how the parliamentarian could find his door.

While asking the councillor to sit down, Wang Youhong asked, "Councillor Zhang, why doesn't the foreign bank accept our silkworm cocoons?" ”

Zhang Yutong's buttocks hadn't sat down yet, and when he heard Wang Youhong ask, he jumped up like a spring, "My lord, we asked the people of the foreign company." They said that they had reached an agreement with the Anhui rebels. In addition to the best silk, they will not accept our cocoons this year. My lord, we didn't dare to disturb you. But if it goes on like this, how many people in our Jiangsu will have to go bankrupt this year. Your Excellency, you must save us. ”

dared to ask Wang Youhong, Zhang Yutong and several other parliamentarians also made great determination. Thinking that a lot of the cocoons of the white flowers have begun to mold and deteriorate, I am afraid that they will not be able to sell them, and even if they are sold, they will definitely not be able to sell at a high price. Thinking that he would lose money this year no matter what, Zhang Yutong began to cry again.

Wang Youhong didn't sort it out for a while, and the People's Party negotiated an agreement with Citigroup, what does this have to do with the cocoon trade in Jiangsu? And it seems useless to ask for such things at your own door. Could it be that Wang Youhong can still force Citigroup to forcibly buy silkworm cocoons from Jiangsu?

However, selling silkworm cocoons is a major pillar of income for Jiangsu. Zhang Yutong and the other two legislators are all specialized in the silkworm cocoon and silk business, and they can be anxious like this, but I am afraid that the life of other silkworm farmers will be even more difficult. Since he wants to gain control of Jiangsu in the next year or so, he has to solve this matter. Thinking of this, Wang Youhong asked as pleasantly as possible: "Councilor Wang, you speak slowly and explain the ins and outs to me clearly." I've never done silkworms, so I really don't know what is going on here. ”

Although Zhang Yutong wanted to speak, he choked up even more when he was emotional. The other two parliamentarians were also anxious, Zhang Yutong cried, and they also cried. Wang Youhong saw the three of them like this, turned his head to the soldiers and said, "Come over with a basin of water and let a few people wash their faces." ”

Wang Youhong was so magnanimous that he not only did not care about the loss of the parliamentarians, but was so comforting. Zhang Yutong and the three of them felt that they had found the right place, even if they knew that if they were so cowardly at this time, they were afraid that Wang Youhong would seize the handle and blackmail them fiercely. But as soon as the mood was excited, they fell to their knees and cried even more.

Finally, the three of them regained some calm and washed their faces. The three of them began to speak. Originally, Nanjing's silkworm cocoons were bought and sold very well. Foreigners, especially foreign companies in Citigroup, buy a lot of silkworm cocoons, and the families who grow mulberry have a lot of profits. However, since last year, the trading of silkworm cocoons has not been easy to do. I finally sold the cocoons at a low price. This year, Citigroup only harvests raw silk in the spring. After April, except for the fine filament, even ordinary raw silk was not collected.

After making a lot of inquiries, these people learned that Citigroup had reached an agreement with the Anhui People's Party to buy a lot of raw silk from Anhui, Hubei and other places. They also looked at the raw silk from Anhui, and the quality was really good. And the price is at least two and a half percent cheaper than Jiangsu's.

Some large silkworm farmers in Jiangsu don't know what it means to sell raw silk at such a low price in Anhui. I sent people to Anhui to take a look, and the situation they saw was really jaw-dropping. The land across Anhui has been turned into a continuous stream of large flattened land. And everywhere is not suitable for planting but can be planted mulberry trees, and the mulberry forests are endless.

Unlike Jiangsu, the rebels in Anhui have set up silkworm houses next to mulberry forests. According to the inquirer, the silkworm houses are almost as large as the villages. From mulberry trees to silkworm farming, there are special people to take care of them. The mulberry leaf pickers are hired hands. But they don't have to sell mulberry leaves at all. As long as the mulberry leaves are picked and sent to the cleaning place to be washed and dried, and then sent to the silkworm house.

After the silkworm formed a cocoon, it was immediately sent to the silk reeling factory built by the chaotic party at the key point of transportation. It is said that there are machines and electric lights. Twelve hours a day of non-stop reeling. The raw silk produced was collected and transported directly to Anqing and Wuhu by water.

This is already appalling. The People's Party actually produced mulberry wine and silkworm sand in large quantities, and even the silkworm chrysalis was fried in oil and turned into local food.

Wang Youhong listened quietly, this is indeed the style of the People's Party. The brutality of the People's Party's land reform in Jiangsu is something I have heard of, and the landlords who once surrounded the country have a large number of guns and armed forces, and they are running amok in the local law. Within a radius of dozens of miles, whose new daughter-in-law is good-looking, then the landlord of Weizi has to sleep first, and then it is the turn of the married person to take it home to live. The People's Party has changed the history of the Weizi landlords in Anhui. Now the grass on the graves of the overlords in these places has grown taller.

After studying many documents of the People's Party, Wang Youhong knew about the People's Party's new plan for land. In light of local conditions, good land that can be used to grow crops is distributed to the masses to grow crops, and the people's party organizations and the masses have engaged in water conservancy activities on a large scale, and grain output has become higher and higher. Land to grow mulberry trees is so easy to find. But in Jiangsu, people can die for the ownership of a mulberry tree. Often in the end, the mulberry tree is cut down, and it can't be cheapened by others.

Wang Youhong remembered that the People's Party had an investigation report on the mulberry sericulture, but he just casually skimmed it and didn't pay attention to it again. Thinking of this, Wang Youhong asked these people to wait first. He went back to the study and searched for it, but he couldn't find it.

Could it be that someone came to steal his own things? Wang Youhong, who was annoyed by the inquiry work, suddenly thought of this possibility. However, thinking that his family and soldiers didn't dare to do this, he resisted his irritability, and carefully checked it, and finally found the document. After opening it and looking at it for a while, Wang Youhong's eyes lit up. He nodded frequently, it turns out that this is what the sericulture industry does.

When he came out again, Wang Youhong was radiant, while the mood of the three councillors outside had gone through great ups and downs, and they were already languishing sitting there.

"Three councillors, what do you want me to do when you come to me?" Wang Youhong asked.

"My lord, we want you to come forward and discuss with our silk reeling manufacturers in Nanjing, as long as they are willing to buy our silk, no matter how cheap it is, we will do it." Zhang Yutong said with tears in his eyes.

"Why doesn't the silk reeling factory in Nanjing accept everyone's cocoons?" Wang Youhong asked strangely.

"At the beginning of the year, the bids of silk reeling factories in Nanjing, Zhenjiang, Suzhou and other places were very low, and we refused to sell. Now they can't use up the cocoons they bought at a low price. Never buy our cocoons again. Zhang Yutong was heartbroken when he mentioned this matter.

"I can talk about that. But at the end of the day, I can't guarantee that it will be done. Wang Youhong said with a smile.

"My lord, as long as you are willing to help, we are grateful to Dade. It is not only a few of us that have suffered, but the whole of Jiangsu will not be able to survive. Mo said Jiangsu, we have contacted Shanghai, and Shanghai is also very difficult. When Zhang Yutong said this, tears began to roll out again.

"Councilor Zhang, I want to ask, do you raise your own family or sell mulberry leaves?" Wang Youhong asked.

"My family also raises silkworms and sells mulberry leaves." Zhang Yutong didn't expect Wang Youhong's words to be quite knowledgeable.

"Oh......" Wang Youhong asked a few others. Sure enough, they all grow their own mulberry leaves and sell them.

"Have you opened a silk reeling factory?" Wang Youhong continued to ask.

"I opened one, but there are so many cocoons that I don't have time to reel silk." Zhang Yutong replied.

Wang Youhong nodded slowly, the People's Party's mulberry sericulture survey report clearly wrote that China's mulberry sericulture is divided into two kinds, one is that the small homesteaders take care of the whole process. From planting mulberry, picking mulberry to raising silkworms, and then to silk reeling. This is something that only big families can do. Because the production capacity of each link is very uneven, the situation is different from year to year. Either there are more mulberry leaves, or there are fewer mulberry leaves, or a large number of silkworm babies are sick and do not spit out silk cocoons at all. Anyway, if something goes wrong in any link, it will lead to a year's hard work being in vain.

So there is another situation, which is to sell mulberry leaves, silkworm seeds, and then sell silkworm cocoons. Other farmers who are willing to raise silkworms borrow money to do so first, and then repay them after the cocoons are sold. This is not a small amount of money, and if it fails, the arrears can make the farmers unable to pay it off for half a year and a year. It can even lead to bankruptcy.

These three parliamentarians are the representatives of the sale for profit, and they do not want to take risks themselves, so they pass them on to the farmers. But the current situation is that the BJP has affected sales in one fell swoop. Jiangsu's mulberry sericulture is mainly exported, foreigners do not buy silkworm cocoons and raw silk, and Nanjing's silk reeling capacity is also very limited. No wonder these parliamentarians are in such a hurry.

"Councilor Zhang, don't you need such a cocoon for silk reeling in your own workshop?" Wang Youhong continued his investigation.

"It's too expensive to hire people right now. The silk reeling factory was black-hearted, taking advantage of the sharp drop in the price of silkworm cocoons, and the price was extremely low. We reel the silk ourselves, and we couldn't sell it at the original price. I can't live this day. My lord, we have come to beg you today to save us. Zhang Yutong knelt down again for Wang Youhong as he spoke. The other two lawmakers also knelt down.

Wang Youhong's heart was very happy, and the parliamentarians were arrogant in the parliament on weekdays, but now they finally knelt at their feet. However, Wang Youhong has also understood that if the situation continues like this, something will happen to Jiangsu.

After settling the parliamentarians, Wang Youhong sent someone to invite the owner of the Nanjing Silk Reeling Factory. Several factory owners didn't know what the governor asked them to do, and they were all terrified. Unlike Wang Youhong, Wen Yan asked about the purchase of silkworm cocoons, and the factory owners immediately became excited, and they all knelt down for Wang Youhong.

"Your Excellency, it's not that we won't buy it. It's just that they are asking for too much. The steam engine we used was to burn coal, and northern Jiangsu was occupied by the People's Party, and the price of coal went up. There are also all kinds of foreign medicines used for silk reeling, which are not cheap. This price has reached the highest, if it is higher, we will lose money in our own silk reeling. Your Excellency, you can't force us to buy them just because we listened to them. And many of the cocoons are a little mildew. If you don't believe me, let them bring the cocoons and we'll inspect them ourselves. They're here to pit you. You can't trust these people. The factory owner was already in tears as he spoke. Compared to those parliamentarians who grow mulberry and raise silkworms, it looks even more pitiful.

Wang Youhong originally thought that as long as he could mediate a little, he might be able to make an agreement between the two sides. I didn't expect things to be so difficult. Now the timing is very special, if Wang Youhong wants to completely control Jiangsu, he can't offend any side for the time being. Now there is no way to get a grant from the imperial court. All income is based on taxes. Feeding more than 40,000 troops of all kinds is already stretched. If you don't raise these armies, what does Wang Youhong rely on to be the master.

Thinking of this, Jiangsu Governor Wang Youhong's brows were already furrowed.