Chapter 631 Shura descends into the world, absorbing the sun and devouring people

"Grandpa expected to be true, three years! At most, in three years, Jiangnan will be included in Yinghua, and it is likely that Jiangnan people will donate their land, why? Recently, my grandfather found that the raw silk in the south of the Yangtze River is gathering more and more to the south, and the price of silk weaving from the south is getting lower and lower. After some time, Jiangnan's self-produced silk weaving may not be sold, millions of people have to help the south produce silk, rely on the south to live, the south to get Jiangnan, just a piece of proclamation. ”

"Grandpa is from the Qing Dynasty, and in this life, he has helped the two emperors to support the finances and taxes, appease Jiangnan, and ask himself to be loyal. But grandpa is also entangled with the south for this finance and tax, and once the court asks for the guilt, he can't argue. So, grandpa doesn't think about himself, but he also has to think about you juniors. Aren't you a good book? Yuexiu College in the south has opened a library of books, and it also accepts women, which is just right for you. ”

Suzhou Weaving Mansion, Li Xu said this to a little girl who was not as good as cardamom, the little girl had a calmness beyond her age, and her thick eyelashes were slightly fanned, as if she understood these words.

Li Xu's granddaughter Li Xiangyu, who is eleven years old this year, has been smart since she was a child, and loves to read.

Li Xiangyu said: "Brother Zhan'er is also going?" Not...... I'm afraid it can't, his name can be on the coat sheet of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. ”

Li Xu sighed, and said in his heart that he could still manage the Cao family, Yongzheng copied the salt merchant four years ago, but he copied it happily, and he was afraid that he had been thinking about it again.

But Jiangning Weaving not only holds the official business, but also the overall situation of the Jiangning Lijin Bureau, and the whole body is moved, Yongzheng is afraid that Yinghua will be suspicious, so he has been enduring it.

Thinking of himself from the Cao family, Li Xu's heart was even more desolate. The reason why he began to arrange the aftermath was that the silk weaving industry in the south was gradually moving northward, and the silk weaving shops in Guangzhou were reselling Jiangnan silk less and less, and the amount of raw silk was getting bigger and bigger, and he and the Jiangnan silk weaving industry had become Yinghua's abandoned sons.

His value revolves in the north and south, producing silk in the south of the Yangtze River and transporting it to Yinghua, which then resells it to the people or overseas. Now Yinghua produces its own silk, the pattern is getting more and more refined, and the output is getting bigger and bigger, it is said that a weaving workshop of 100 people can produce 20,000 or 30,000 pieces of silk a year. And the price is getting lower and lower. Guangzhou red silk, the quality is not bad Jiangning red silk, the price per square foot is three points, the price is eight yuan, only half of Jiangning. Panyu green satin, the price per square foot is two cents, and the price is five dollars. It is actually forty percent of Suzhou green satin. 【1】

Why the price of Yinghua silk is so low and the quantity is so large, Jiangnan Silk Weaving Industry is puzzled, but Li Xu understands in his heart that it must be the loom that uses a steam engine. Earlier, he had talked to a weaver he knew well with in the south, hoping to introduce a steam engine into his weaving workshop, but he was cleanly refused, and made it clear that whoever dared to sell a steam engine to the north would commit a great militaristic sin, and the emperor could not cover it.

So he had to be the Shang Dynasty of Yinghua weaving, and this time, naturally, fell into the hands of Li Fu, and was entangled more and more deeply by the benefits of Yinghua. From the salt merchant thinking of himself, and from the Cao family thinking of himself, Li Xu naturally had to plan early.

The granddaughter's crisp and tender voice pulled back his heart: "Grandpa, I am a banner man after all, and when I get to the south, won't I be escorted to Qiongzhou or even Nanyang to mine?" ”

Li Xu smiled, "The banner people in Qiongzhou were only sent after losing the war with the south, and now they are no longer banner people, but Han people who are self-defeating." The people in the south still follow the rules, and they will not harm people for no reason. ”

Li Xiangyu blinked her big clear eyes, and said with some fear: "Everyone says that the Holy Dao Emperor was born by Shura, in order to let the mortal world fall into the animal path, and the Aunt Pan who was burned to death before was a doppelganger of him. He eats 300 children a day and sucks 300 women at night...... Yuan Yin, the entire south is pressed by black clouds, like ...... It is the underworld of the world. ”

Li Xu didn't speak, just smiled and looked at her, and the little girl said again: "This is hard to believe, but he is not a good person, right?" ”

Flashing back to the situation of the secret fight with Li Shi in Guangdong more than ten years ago, his cronies Ji Heizi, the corpse is still unknown, Li Xu said with a smile: "That's right, then Li Shi is definitely not a good person!" But...... You're sure you're not going to get a chance to see him. ”…,

The little girl stroked her chest comfortingly, nodding as if she was cheering herself up, "Those southerners I usually meet know a lot about etiquette and know a lot, but they are really good people." ”

Jin Shanwei heard a shrill voice shouting: "We are all good people, help you find a way to live, just ignore it, and still spew blood like this!" You are the Buddha who cuts meat and feeds the eagle when we are British and Chinese!? ”

Yang Bailong frowned, why is this voice so familiar?

Now the Longmen has been extended to the vicinity of Jinshanwei, although the two sides dig a trench, a picture of a big fight at any time, but in the middle of the trench abruptly spread out a long street, and there is a white line in the middle. There is a stone tablet squatting at the entrance of the street, with the words "spear line street" written on it. It is said that this street was originally demarcated here by Fan Jin, the head of the Jiangnan camp, and Bai Daolong, the head guard of Jinshanwei, who picked up a spear and drew a line on the ground, and then the shops on both sides stood up according to the line to exchange goods.

Longmen only allows Jiangnan people who work and negotiate business in Longmen to enter and exit, and can only operate outside Longmen, and the transactions are all large transactions, and small businesses are concentrated here. When Yang Bailong came to Jiangnan, he naturally wanted to see the scenery of Jiangnan, so he went to Spearline Street. Before I got to the street, I heard this voice.

A Jiangnan accent shouted: "Dare to confront Master Zhong, you don't want to live anymore!?" ”

Another Jiangnan accent full of resentment shouted, "You Nanban ruined my home in Songjiang, cut off my weaver business, and now you are giving me an inexplicable crime, and you want to sell me to Jiaozhi to dig coal, this is to give me a way to live!?" If you want me to die, hurry up and slash it with a knife! ”

Yang Bailong just leaned over, and while listening to this, he also saw the owner of the sharp voice before, and his eyes suddenly bulged, Zhong is on the throne!? I heard that digging coal in Jiaozhi has dug up a lot of money, and now this is ......

Zhong Shangwei waved his hand irritably: "Go!" You want to go to Jiaozhi, I don't want it yet! Zhao Guerrilla, I don't want this person. ”

There was a green battalion general standing beside him, nodding and saying, "Yes, this kind of people are causing chaos for the master!" ”

Zhong Shangwei said again: "Those who are willing to go are the pillars under the mine, and they are in charge of people!" I have Jiaozhi people and Luzon people under my command, so I have to rely on us Han people to manage them. Bitterness is bitterness, but after three or five years of hard work, Master Bai here can help you get rid of your crimes, and you can still save some silver, and everyone will benefit each other. ”

Opposite him was a group of dozens of prisoners from the Green Battalion, their clothes were ragged and their eyes were dull, and the only one who had a bright look was the man who had just refuted angrily, and he shouted: "The prisoners working at the Longmen Wharf are still wearing shackles!" Silver? It's okay if you don't starve to death and don't die if you don't get tired! You southern dogs are crazy! Instigating the government here to turn our good citizens into prisoners! God, why don't you open your eyes and ...... you southern dogs"

The Zhao guerrilla rushed forward with the soldiers, with sticks and fists and feet, and beat the man to the ground in three or two strokes, and his nose bleeded.

Zhao Guerrilla spat hatefully: "Phew! I don't know if it's good for you! Yinghua old men are what you scumbags can scold? ”

In the nine years of the Holy Dao, Yinghua, the three constitutions of the king, business, and people are already well known to the country. treats his compatriots so harshly, and the subject is Zhong Shang, who was very unaccustomed to before, Yang Bailong stepped forward angrily: "Zhong Shangzheng, what are you doing!?" ”

Zhong Shangwei turned around, squinted for a while before he recognized Yang Bailong, who was simple but already noble, and his fat face suddenly surged with the joy of meeting his old acquaintance in a foreign country: "Ouch, old Yang! I haven't seen you for years, and you've made a fortune too? What's going on? Hey, although you can't get on the stage, everyone in Longmen knows it, don't tell me you don't know what prison power is. ”

When the word prison power was said for the second time, Yang Bailong gasped, and what the manager of Baihualou and the Longmen Federation of Industry and Commerce had talked about before suddenly reappeared in his mind.

"Here in Jiangnan, serious labor is not too cheap, if you want to find a cheap one, you have to contact Jinshanwei, they sell prisoners there, and they call it prison power in our place.

As long as Jin Shanwei is given a sum of money per capita, the convicts who have been bought do not have to pay wages, and they can be fed and used as they please, and no one will be killed. According to the sentence, it can be used for three or five years, or even ten years. ”

Yang Bailong didn't have any concept before, but now when he saw the prisoner who was beaten and had a nosebleed, he couldn't bear it: "You also know that this matter can't be put on the table, so you're not afraid of being poked in the back and held accountable by the government?" ”…,

The guerrilla Zhao next to him was dissatisfied: "Where did you come from, dare to point fingers at Master Zhong's affairs?" Feudal official? Such a big government is standing in front of you, and you are blind and don't you see? Yes, I'm the government! ”

Yang Bailong was so angry that he couldn't speak, and Zhong Shangwei shook his hand again and again: "Don't intervene, this is my fellow countryman, the official mansion he said is our official mansion, not your muddy official mansion." ”

Zhao Guji's face suddenly brightened, and he bowed again and again: "It's also the lord of the south, it's gone, the lord forgives the sins!" Master Zhong is right, our government is to serve the masters, and to rule the people who can't get along with the masters! ”

Yang Bailong gasped again, this is the official master of the Manchu Qing Dynasty? How can it be like a horn dog, this Jiangnan favor is really weird.

Zhong Shangwei said again: "Chief Fan has turned a blind eye to this matter before...... Oh, he's just one eye, and he knows it anyway, but he doesn't care. It's good for everyone. Their prisoners can have food, and even some wages, and once the sentence is over, they may be able to earn long-term jobs, and the government here will also end up with ease. ”

Yang Zhaolong shook his head, he couldn't make a big sense, but he felt that this was wrong.

Zhao Guerrilla looked at Zhong Shang, his brows furrowed, although he was polite to Yang Bailong, he obviously didn't want to let this matter come to the table.

Zhong Shangwei leaned over and whispered to Yang Bailong: "Old Yang, don't use it in vain, these prisoners will be sentenced to 250 yuan for one month, where can they get such cheap labor?" The one who called just now was just a stupid fork from Songjiang Mansion, and he hated us, and the others were looking forward to it. What are the chances of surviving in the class room and in the cell? Can you eat the rice and vegetables we offer? How many people can't ask for it! ”

Yang Bailong turned his head to look, except for the one who was lying down, everyone else stared numbly at Zhong Shangwei, their mouths were still squirming, and they seemed to be waiting for Zhong Shangwei to eat.

My heart is soft, and then I am happy, two hundred and fifty Wen a month!? Counting the food, it is less than 500 wen a month, where can I find such cheap labor!? Even if you can't see the machine and can't do technical work, the paper mill also needs a lot of handymen, isn't this a pie falling from the sky!?

The conscience was like a blister, he struggled twice, and then burst with a pop, and Yang Bailong asked in a low voice: "Is there much?" Let me have some. ”。 ）

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