In order to avoid unnecessary losses, several Datang ships were unmoored immediately after the return of the people on the shore, so that the barrel car that Chen Mo and others were riding really couldn't get back on the ship, so they could only be temporarily discarded on the dock. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

After Chen Mo got on the boat, he looked at the people who were like carnivals, and his heart was not happy. It was as if they had won a battle on their own, and someone stood on the roof of the buggy, waving his hands as if it were their trophy. Chen Mo thought of the annoying Baoshan magistrate, and his complacent face seemed to appear in front of him, and he couldn't help clenching his fists tightly.

Wei Chifeng said: "Commissioner Chen, why don't we go to Shanghai County first, maybe the situation will be better." ”

At this time, Chen Mo had no other way, he expected that the people would not welcome the king, but Chen Mo felt that he could watch a group of pigtailed officials leave in disgrace, and then he could occupy these places in a grand manner. But the reality is really cruel, a group of incited people put Chen Mo in trouble.

Along the Huangpu River to the south, although the port on the Huangpu River is a river port, it is actually the same as Hamburg, Philadelphia and other ports, and has the nature of a seaport. The total length of the river channel is about 60 kilometers, the average width is 260 meters, and the shallowest depth of the river is 9. More than 1 meter, the maximum water depth is 17. 4 meters. This navigability and port conditions have made the Port of Shanghai a world-class port in the future (once the largest port in Asia, and in 2014 it ranked second, behind the port of Ningbo-Zhoushan). However, even in later generations, the largest berth of inland waterways was 3,000 tons of ships, and Shanghai built Yangshan Deep-water Port for berthing huge ships, in fact, the Changmao Ship departed from Yangshan Port in Shanghai. It's just that at this time there is no port here that can accommodate such a huge ship.

The boat line is close to Shanghai County. Chen Mo and the others prepared to go ashore at the dock. Wang Tao holds a telescope. He seemed to grit his teeth and said, "I can't go ashore." ”

Chen Mo was startled, and hurriedly picked up the bow of the boat to look at the shore, only to see that the dock was full of people, crowded, and colorful flags fluttering, but it was definitely not to welcome the arrival of the Tang people. Like the people of Baoshan, the people here are armed with all kinds of tools for civil warfare, even if the fleet is large. It looked amazing, but at this time it was unknown what emotions supported these people, and they shouted and cursed, and stood all over the dock, making berthing impossible.

Chen Mo's face was as dead as ashes, and he muttered: "I know, I know ......."

Wei Chifeng stepped forward and said, "Commissioner Chen, shouldn't you reflect the situation to the top?" ”

Chen Mo came back to his senses and said, "What about the communications personnel, send me a letter back to China." ”

He was not happy at all. I encountered this situation myself, although it was not my own fault. However, if you don't handle it well, let the country clean up the mess, obviously it can only play a negative role in your political career. He has worked hard in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for many years, and has done many major things before, and is a political star who is favored by many people. Many people believe that after Su Liangxing, the ambassador to foreign countries Chu Bai may win the title of foreign minister, and Chen Mo is obviously the second in line, and there is even hope to compete with Chu Bai. But if Chen Mo loses points this time, let alone running for the position of the next foreign minister with Chu Bai, I am afraid that he will basically come to an end in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and there will be no further progress.

Although domestic officialdom cannot be said to be without intrigues, it is generally relatively pure. But rising stars emerge in endlessly, and after Chen Mo's generation is forty years old, a group of officials will inevitably be born among the new immigrants, and they will all actively climb to higher places.

"Governor Bainan still has two months to return from China, and before that I have to figure out the affairs of the Shanghai Special Administrative Region." Chen Mo made up his mind.

The Shanghai Special Economic Zone is the core of the United Governor-General of China, the place where Bainan is stationed, and it is an important fulcrum that affects the south of the Yangtze River, an important fiscal and tax place of the Qing Dynasty, and at the same time ensures that Shanghai can enable Sichuan and Chu immigrants to arrive by shipping from the Yangtze River normally, and then migrate to China. Obviously, now that Sazai and Jiangnan officialdom are passive and uncooperative with the Tang Dynasty, then the displaced people from Sichuan and Chu will obviously not be sent away by the Tang people so smoothly, which will seriously affect the domestic colonial plan, it can be said that this is a very heavy political responsibility, Chen Mo feels very scared when he thinks about it.

He was a civilian, a commissioner of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, even if he was a director-general, but he did not have the right to transfer troops, and the Marines and the Majestic Regiment that came with him were not assigned by him to carry out any military activities. At most, the officers cooperated with him, but it was impossible to launch a campaign of any scale. So even if Chen Mo planned to ignore the issue of public opinion and keep going to Jiangning and kill Sa Zai, he didn't have this option.

Chen Mo is not a mediocre talent, although he may not have much skill before the crossing, but after many experiences after the crossing, he can't wait to ignore it, after calming down, Chen Mo also made his own decision, he said to Wei Chifeng: "Let the comrades of the Marine Corps escort our public officers, go to the Chuansha Hall, Chuansha is not better than Baoshan and Shanghai County, it should be much smaller, and the population itself is also small, and the importance is low, it should be the easiest breakthrough for us to win." After I went, don't talk nonsense, immediately enter the yamen, and let the pigtail officials pack up their things and leave. ”

Yu Chifeng hesitated: "Is this semi-coercing them?" ”

Chen Mo said with coldness in his eyes: "They have already coerced us, although the skin of the face has not been torn, but we should not pretend to be gentlemen with them." If you want to play with me, we'll have fun. ”

He paused, pondered less, and said: "In addition, give me the person in charge of our intelligence department in Jiangnan, I need to know whether the actions of Baoshan and Shanghai County are an example, or if there is really an anti-Tang sentiment in the whole of Jiangnan." In addition, I need more information from the Jiangning Governor's Palace, they should have infiltrated a certain level, and if we want to fight, we can't come with both eyes. ”

Yu Chifeng said: "Yes, knowing oneself and knowing that the other is invincible in a hundred battles." ”

Chen Mo waved his hand and asked Wang Tao to bring a map of the Shanghai area, which was not drawn by later generations, but by the Tang people according to the current situation of the Qing Dynasty, which was more refined. The difference between the map of Shanghai in the 18th century and the map of the 21st century is definitely greater than that of the map of Jiazhou in the three centuries. Changxingsha and Hengsha, which were only available in later generations, have not yet appeared, and the precipitation of the Yangtze River is constantly changing the topography here. Moreover, this map is biased towards the administration, where there are residential areas, where there are official offices, they are clearly marked.

Chen Mo pointed to the map and said: "Here, that is, the area of Huangpu, Jing'an, and Zhabei in the later generations, fortunately, there is no inch of land like we did at that time, and there are people everywhere. Shanghai County is in the south, that is, the area of the southern urban area in later generations. Huangpu Zhabei and other places are now farmland villages, the geographical environment is also good, we set up a special zone new city, originally planned to start anew, not in Shanghai County, since we can not enter the county now, then directly in Huangpu Zhabei construction! ”

Wei Chifeng said: "However, with the style of these people, they will definitely obstruct us, incite the people to attack our construction, or use some unsavory methods to make trouble for us, which is difficult to predict." ”

Wang Tao also interjected: "Commissioner Chen, you said that most of the farmland there is village, and the land must be owned by the owner, and if we want to build a new city, it will definitely not agree with the interests of the local people, and they will inevitably oppose us." ”

Yu Chifeng said: "Does the land need to be compensated to the landowner at the market price?" ”

Chen Mo said: "According to our established plan, according to our understanding, most of the land is still ownerless or even uncultivated, and there is more wasteland here, which is not quite the same as that in southern Jiangsu." In addition, we will compensate for what should be compensated, but we will never be wronged. ”

Wang Tao sighed: "We have all won this land, but in the end we still have to pay for it." ”

Chen Mo said with a smile: "According to the Tianjin Treaty, the locals here are already Tang people, and we can't seize the private property of our people." ”

Immediately, Chen Mo smiled and said, "Didn't Governor Bainan prepare a batch of anti-riot equipment for us?" I have to say, he was really prescient, at first I thought that we came to Qingguo and used riot control equipment to do something, but now it seems that it is really needed. ”

Wang Tao said: "We have a batch of anti-riot shields, batons, electric batons, tear gas and stun bombs, the number is okay, enough for us to equip 100 comrades." ”

"A hundred people is enough, I don't believe that the current pigtail officials can have strong organizational skills, and we are acting in Huangpu Zhabei, which is a distance from Baoshan and Shanghai County, even if they incite people to make trouble, they will not travel dozens of miles to find trouble if there is no benefit, so we mainly communicate with the locals."

Chen Mo said again: "The area of the Shanghai Special Economic Zone is not small, and I am afraid that it is a little unrealistic to eat one bite at the beginning." Since this is the case, we will take every step of the way, swallow and eat, and eat Shanghai into our stomachs one bite at a time! ”

Chen Mo, who had already made a plan, immediately left Shanghai County and anchored near the Bund. Speaking of Shanghai, as the oriental shipping center, it is really not built, and the Huangpu River, with excellent hydrological conditions, is enough to berth many medium and large ships. Datang's fleet is dominated by ships of 3,000-8,000 tons, and larger ships may not be able to berth, but passage is unimpeded.

After disembarking, Chen Mo immediately organized personnel to build a simple wharf and install large machinery to assist in loading and unloading. Their actions obviously frightened a group of locals, but unlike the villagers in Baoshan and Shanghai counties who were instigated, they did not even dare to approach and ask about the truth, and some even fled far away, for fear of being arrested as laborers or something.

Of course, Chen Mo really had the heart to find some labor, but he would pay for it. (To be continued.) )