Li Jifeng's mind exploded in an instant, Li Jiazhuang is the front 'door' to reject the tiger, the back 'door' into the wolf, the bandits outside the village have not been completely repelled, and the Haihan militia who rushed to fight the fire has made its own idea again...... The update is so fast. (The most infuriating thing about Bi Qi Chinese Wen Net Shou Fa is that this Haihan militia group is begging others to come by itself, which is simply luring wolves into the house and inflicting self-inflicted problems.)

Is there a secret treasury in Lijiazhuang? Of course, there is, and the scale is not small, just as Wang Tom said, part of the wealth earned by the Li family operating "Fu Ruifeng" is placed in the city of Guangzhou, as "Fu Ruifeng" The other part is needed for daily operation, and the other part is transported back to Lijiazhuang and stored in the secret silver vault on the village, as for the specific amount, even Li Jifeng himself has not made a detailed statistical inventory, because the silver stored in the silver bank is not only the income after he took charge of the family, the oldest can even be traced back to the inheritance of the ancestors of the Li family a hundred years ago.

Due to the age, many of the silver boxes that were put in the early days were decayed, and it was not very convenient to carry them, and all the cellars in the silver vault had to be moved out and counted, and the movement was too big. In addition, "Fu Ruifeng" has done smoothly in the past year, almost only in and out, and a large amount of cash continues to enrich the secret treasury of Lijiazhuang. At the beginning of this month, the Li family father and son were still discussing whether to expand the scale of the silver treasury, because at the current rate of income, I am afraid that the secret silver treasury of Li Jiazhuang will be filled within the year.

Although it is not a mountain of gold and silver for the time being, the cellars here are already astronomical for ordinary people. The reason why Li Jifeng was willing to 'spend' money to hire the Haihan militia to cross the sea to help in the war was also because there were too many treasures collected here and there was no room for loss.

Li Jifeng was worried about annoying Wang Tom, so he didn't dare to deny his speculation directly, and he was afraid that admitting it would attract further oppression from Wang Tom, and he didn't want to admit Li Jiazhuang's wealth, so he had to respond vaguely: "Captain Wang really likes to joke, how can there be any treasury and silver treasury...... But this time, I have also prepared a little light gift for all the chiefs, so don't dislike it!"

Li Jifeng made a look, even if someone sent a few wooden pallets, each plate was placed with ten golden ingots, which looked very 'tempting'.

Wang Tom was stunned for a moment when he saw this, waved his hand and said: "Boss Li, this is not necessary, the military expenses for our militia to fight this time, there will naturally be the Guangzhou Office to settle it with you when we go back, as for the individual, there is no need to be rewarded, you should put away this gold." ”

Li Jifeng hurriedly said: "Captain Wang is too little? This is just a little gratitude to the commanders for their hard work and crossing the sea, and after this battle, I will be rewarded in the future!"

Wang Tom stared at Li Jifeng, and suddenly laughed: "Boss Li, you don't think we are fighting Li Jiazhuang's idea, right?"

Li Jifeng was taken aback, and quickly denied it: "No, no, there is no such ridiculous idea in the future." ”

Wang Tom smiled and said: "The matter of me mentioning money to you is not implying that you will take out the benefits, you gold and silver treasures, I won't need to take them back to Victory Port......"

"There is also a silver ticket issued by the 'Haihan Bank' on the following side......

"Listen to me first!" Wang Tom interrupted Li Jifeng, who was eager to show his heart, and said: "How much money your Li family has, that's your family's business, the executive committee sent our Haihan militia to fight here to protect the safety of Li Jiazhuang, not to come here to rob your money, do you understand?"

"Yes, yes, I naturally understand the good intentions of the Executive Committee. Li Jifeng replied again and again.

"The bandits who came to Lijiazhuang to make trouble this time, we will naturally help you fight back. But ......" Tom Wang said in an aggravated tone: "This does not completely solve the problem of your Lijiazhuang being coveted, and as soon as we leave, there may be other bandits behind to attack Lijiazhuang." Even if we are willing to come to the rescue, it is difficult to say whether we will be able to arrive in time next time. If the sea conditions are not good or there is some other reason, then the safety of Lijiazhuang will not be in jeopardy?"

"What does Captain Wang mean?" Li Jifeng also hesitated a little at this time, listening to the meaning of Wang Tom's words, it seemed that he didn't simply want to squeeze a sum of oil and water from Li Jiazhuang. (’)

"If we want to protect the personal and property safety of the people of Lijiazhuang, I think that the defense function of Lijiazhuang should be further strengthened, and the normalized defense force should be maintained. After Wang Tom finished speaking, he saw that the Li family's father and son were at a loss, and hurriedly explained: "It is to let there be armed personnel stationed here for a long time!"

Li Jifeng said: "But the Li family militia has now been incorporated into the 'Golden Shield Security', and the Dingkou of the Honzhuang is limited, how can more militia groups be trained?"

Wang Tom pointed to himself and said, "You don't have soldiers, we have soldiers!" We can station a certain number of militia groups to come to Lijiazhuang, so that you don't have to go all the way to rescue troops every time something happens." ”

"But this plague is not always there, the bandits around Guangzhou Mansion have been troubled for several years, and this is the first time that Lijiazhuang has been disturbed by the rogues, your garrison is here, and the cost will outweigh the losses!" Li Jifeng did not dare to refuse Wang Tom's suggestion, so he could only go around in circles trying to find some objective reason for the other party to give up this plan. The Haihan militia is well fed, well-dressed, and well-lived, and it costs a lot more money to raise such a group of uncles than to raise one's own militia group, not to mention that their own militia group can still work to make money and subsidize expenses; if the Haihan militia is stationed in Lijiazhuang, who would dare to ask them to do things in normal times? If they don't pay their military expenses, they will have to thank God.

Tom Wang said: "The bandits in Guangdong have been in trouble for several years, and there are quite a few people who have fled, right? I remember the last time I went to Guangzhou, I also saw groups of ordinary people who had taken refuge in Guangzhou outside the 'gate' of the city. ”

"That's really a lot, Qingyuan, Conghua, Zengcheng, Long'men and other counties in the north, as well as some counties and districts in Huizhou, Shaozhou, and Zhaoqing, all have people who have fled to Guangzhou to make a living. These places were first hit by natural disasters, and then they were **, and the government couldn't manage it, so it was difficult not to be 'chaotic'!" Speaking of this topic, Li Jifeng couldn't help but sigh again and again.

In fact, in recent years, the surrounding areas of Guangzhou have been hit by disasters one after another, and Lijiazhuang has also encountered two droughts here, leading to poor grain harvest. If it weren't for the Li family's strong financial resources and the purchase of a large amount of grain on their own to ensure local supply, this Li family village might have been 'chaotic' long ago. So far, there are still many long-term workers in the village who owe Li Jifeng at least one or two years of rent and have not been able to pay it back. However, Li Jifeng has now focused his attention on the cooperation project with the Haihan people, and he does not particularly attach great importance to this bit of land rent in Lijiazhuang, although there have been years of rent arrears, but there is no demand for these locals with the same roots.

"With so many refugees pouring into Guangzhou, they won't be able to find food for a while, and if they just eat relief food, the government can't afford to feed so much. Instead of letting these people become beggars and die on the side of the road, it is better to let them go to Qiongzhou Island to open up wasteland, and exchange their labor force for a chance to survive. Boss Li, what do you think?" said that, Tom Wang changed the topic, from the defense of Lijiazhuang to the immigration.

Li Jifeng didn't care, since Wang Tom asked, he replied honestly: "In fact, the Shantang opened in Guangzhou has also been sending people to Qiongzhou, and the affairs of it are all 'operated' by your office in Guangzhou, and Captain Wang will know it as soon as he asks." ”

"Too little, too slow, too inefficient. Tom Wang shook his head and said: "When it was young, only one hundred and eighty people were transported a month, what can such a few people do when they are transported to Qiongzhou Island? ”

"After all, the government pays close attention to the migration of the people, and if it is a big move, it will inevitably attract attention, Captain Wang forgive me!" Li Jifeng was also helpless about this. In fact, the matter of absorbing immigrants in Haihan Shantang has always been handled by the Guangzhou Office, and the Haihan people should also be very clear about the difficulties. If a large-scale resettlement is organized outside the city of Guangzhou, within two or three days, they will be targeted by several special agents in the city, and perhaps even the ships carrying the migrants on the Pearl River wharf will be detained.

"You're right, there are too many people staring at the city of Guangzhou, and it's not convenient to organize immigrants. Wang Tom affirmed Li Jifeng's statement, and then said the real purpose: "But if all the refugees are organized to Panyu to get on the boat, there should not be so much trouble." ”

Li Jifeng was stunned and said, "What do you mean...... Turn this place in Lijiazhuang into a concentration of immigrants?"

Tom Wang nodded and said, "This place is very close to the mouth of the Pearl River, the waterway is smooth, and the sea ships can also enter. There are no government agencies nearby, so there is no need to worry about people from the government coming to 'meddle' in local affairs. Moreover, with such a large Zhuangzi, it is relatively easy to expand some temporary residences. As for public security, Boss Li doesn't need to worry, didn't I just say it, we will send a militia to come and station, and by the way, we can also help maintain local law and order. ”

Li Jifeng already knew this in his heart, and secretly slandered himself that you are by the way, you have clearly made a comprehensive plan a long time ago, and after you have defeated this group of rogue bandits, you will implement it in Lijiazhuang.

The situation that Li Jifeng expected was roughly correct, the plan mentioned by Wang Tom was not his own personal idea, but an action plan that had already been communicated to the Executive Committee, but this time several high-ranking officials had no time to go out to participate in this military operation, so this persuasion work could only be reluctantly 'handed over' to Wang Tom to complete. And Wang Tom's mouth skills are indeed far behind Tao Donglai and other famous mouth cannons, and he wants to express his purpose in a tactful way, but after going around two circles, he almost got Li Jifeng's heart attack out.

At present, the main source of immigrants in Sanya has gradually changed from the Han Chinese in the Ming Dynasty to a considerable proportion of North Vietnamese immigrants, and the number of North Vietnamese immigrants arriving at Shengli Port every month has risen from several hundred per month in the second half of last year to 1,200 to 2,000 per month now. Although most of the North Vietnamese immigrants were fluent in the vernacular of the two Cantonese and Guangzhou, and there were no particularly major obstacles to the flow of 'exchanges', the Executive Committee believed that in the long run it was still necessary to make the structure of the naturalized people mainly Ming people, so as to ensure the stability of the entire population structure.

The reason for this is that the Ministry of Civil Affairs believes that the institutions in Guangzhou, mainly for security reasons, have no way to let go of their hands to solicit and organize large-scale migration transportation in the local area, so they can only take the route of emphasizing quality rather than quantity, and mainly bring in skilled workers, down-and-out literati, and orphans who have nothing to worry about. As for the solution, the easiest way to achieve it at present is to find a place with convenient 'transportation' in a place not too far from the city of Guangzhou, and build a special 'door' resettlement and transshipment base.

The Executive Committee's idea for this transshipment point is that it can not only undertake the task of collecting refugees from the vicinity of Guangzhou, but also echo with the two strongholds of the Guangzhou Office in Guangzhou and Dawanshan Island at the mouth of the Pearl River, forming the prototype of the Haihan Influence Zone with the Pearl River as the 'communication' link. During the discussion of this topic by the Executive Committee, they happened to receive a request for help from the Guangzhou Office, and after comparing the location of Lijiazhuang and the surrounding environment, the Executive Committee members all thought that Lijiazhuang could be regarded as a very good choice.

The location of Lijiazhuang is only forty or fifty miles away from the city of Guangzhou, which is very much in line with the needs of the migrant transfer station, which is not only outside the monitoring range of the city of Guangzhou, but also not too far from the city of Guangzhou, and needs to be reached by immigrants who need to travel long distances to reach it. Although the width of the waterway is limited, it cannot be developed as a large commercial port, but it is not difficult to stop a few ships with a displacement of about 200 tons to transport migrants.

Of course, the most important point is that this area is currently controlled by the partner Li family, and the Li family now happens to have a request for the crossing group. It is certainly much less difficult to establish a resettlement and transshipment base in the area of Li Jiakong than in other places where there is no one to rely on. Moreover, with the Li family's identity as a wealthy businessman in Guangzhou, there is a more reasonable excuse for organizing refugees from the vicinity of Guangzhou City to Panyu, after all, Lijiazhuang has tens of thousands of acres of cultivated land in the local area, and the land assets are still increasing year by year, and the number of long-term workers and hired farmers needed is not small.

The Executive Committee believed that it would be difficult to find such a reasonable opportunity to send troops to the local area to take over military control, and although it was a bit hasty, and there were still many omissions in the establishment of the immigration station, the Executive Committee decided to seize the opportunity to carry out this intention first. As for the possible resistance of the Li family, the Executive Committee also expected it, but everyone thought that doing this would still have more advantages than disadvantages for the Li family after all, and Li Jifeng should eventually choose to cooperate with the Executive Committee to implement the plan as long as his head is not muddy.

"Boss Li, our plan can effectively alleviate the 'tide' of refugees in Guangzhou, so that these people who have left their homes can have a chance to survive, and reduce the possibility of them joining the bandits for a living, which can be regarded as a good thing for the benefit of the country and the people. Besides, after a large number of refugees moved to the vicinity of Lijiazhuang, the population here increased, and the bandits who dared to attack Lijiazhuang naturally did not dare to come again. As for the resettlement and living expenses of immigrants, this does not have to be borne by Lijiazhuang, and we will have a special 'door' agency to be responsible for it. After telling the true purpose, Tom Wang finally breathed a sigh of relief, and when he persuaded Li Jifeng again, his tone was much smoother.

Li Jifeng coughed dryly and said, "According to what Captain Wang said just now, your militia will be stationed here, and I dare to ask, who will have the final say in this Li Jiazhuang in the future?"

This problem is one of the things that Li Jifeng is most worried about at present, although Wang Tom has already made it clear that he will not fight the Li family's money, but if the Haihan militia is stationed in Lijiazhuang and takes over the local affairs, then won't the old and young of the Li family become subjects of the Haihan people? Although the Haihan people are well-known for their good governance of civil affairs, Li Jifeng does not intend to let all the people of the Haihan family join the naturalized people of the Haihan.

Tom Wang responded: "Then let me explain our principles in this matter to Boss Li." First of all, the distribution of property in Lijiazhuang and the resettlement of the Li clan are all internal matters of your Li family, and we will absolutely not 'interfere' in it; second, the land that belongs to the Li family in this vicinity will continue to belong to you, and as for the area set aside for the construction of the resettlement station, we can negotiate and settle the cost of this; finally, the authority of the resettlement station to manage civil affairs is limited to the immigrants recruited, excluding the residents of Lijiazhuang. ”

Li Jifeng then asked, "Then how does Li Jiazhuang need to cooperate with you?"

"Provide labor, set aside land, cooperate with us in the preliminary construction of the resettlement station, of course, we will also settle the wages of the personnel involved in the construction according to the market price, and will not let the people contribute in vain. "The conditions proposed by Wang Tom are very simple, so simple that Li Jifeng feels a little unbelievable that the Haihan people have gone around in such a big circle, and finally put forward these two conditions, which is too easy to dismiss, right?

Land zoning, work, and building an immigration station are not a big deal in Li Jifeng's view, and the Haihan people have also made it clear that they will pay for it, so there will be no loss for Li Jiazhuang. Divide two or three hundred acres of land on the side of the Shawan waterway for the Haihan people, which is enough to settle thousands of immigrants, but the local land price is definitely not as good as Shengli Port, Li Jifeng is not very good at opening his mouth to report a big number to the Haihan people, he is already thinking in his heart about asking for "sex" to report the number of symbolic "sex", which can be regarded as sending the Haihan people a favor, after all, they have also done Lijiazhuang a big favor this time.

As for whether the Haihan people are really so easy to deal with, Tom Wang knows better than anyone else. This immigration station was built here, and basically even if it was a nail pierced by the Pearl River, unless it was surrounded and suppressed by the Ming official army, it was unlikely that this nail would be pulled out in the future. The military can also follow this opportunity to have the Executive Committee pass a resolution to further increase its military strength in the Guangzhou area, so as to lay the foundation for the future mainland strategy. With this stronghold and Dawanshan Island off the coast of the Pearl River Estuary, it will be much easier to control the Pearl River waterway in the future. And the strategic significance of this is not something that a Ming businessman like Li Jifeng can see through now.

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