C173 Tie Toutuo's real identity

"My lord, you are truly clever. This subordinate offers you a cup of wine …" "Cheers!" The white porcelain wine cup clattered in the air, and the spicy wine fell into their stomachs like a stream of fire. Everyone's throats made pleasant creaking noises.

Deep in the night, in the hall of the Xiao Family's Great Mansion's front yard, Xiao Letian was inviting the few meritorious officials for this event. Tie Toutuo, Wang Huaiyuan and the Dragon Lord were the main characters as they sat together. The entire hall was filled with the smell of wine and food.

After drinking three rounds of food, Sima Yun patted Tie Toutuo's bald head and sighed emotionally, "Ah, monk, back then when you joined the Prince's side, you were still a young monk in your teens. After so many years, you should have already passed thirty years by now, right?"

Tie Toutuo sighed and nodded, "That's right, back in the days when the Kingdom of Heaven had just risen up, I was still a monk in a temple. If not for Purging Demons slaughtering five or six villages at the foot of the mountain and making sure that no more money is spent in the temple, I might still be guarding the Green Lantern Ancient Buddha now …"

This Tie Toutuo was not a wandering monk, he was actually a Heaven veterans cultivator. When he was young, he had once lived in the Buddha Temple, but because the flames of war had affected the entire temple, he had no choice but to go down the mountain and wander the world. It was precisely because the culprit who destroyed the temple was the army of the Purging Demons, so Tie Toutuo chose to rely on the army of the Kingdom of Heaven.

In a coincidence, Tie Toutuo had once again become one of Xiao Letian's war generals. In this big show of Feng Shui, Xiao Letian, with his sharp eyes, raised him up, and singing this big show with him as the center.

It was all prepared beforehand by the experts of the martial arts world, and there was even the sound of ghosts hearing it during the day. This was also because Tie Toutuo was an expert in venom arts, and as for the ability to spew fire and change colors, it was an essential ability of the martial arts world, it was nothing out of the ordinary.

Everything was just a show, an act, but this Feng Shui drama just hit the dead spot of the ancient Chinese people. Aren't you superstitious? Then I will use superstition to defeat you all, and don't say that this trick is very evil, this is a pure solution.

Xiao Letian knew that the power of tradition was very strong. Forget about the Great Qing Dynasty, even in his previous life, when compulsory education was already widespread, there were still plenty of people who believed in demonic teachings. Even among the dignitaries and dignitaries, there was a high level Feng Shui master among them.

Many mansions had to be designed and modified by Feng Shui. Those top rich and powerful figures could talk about the affairs of the country on the screen, but there were also quite a few who were privately burning incense and worshipping buddha.

Superstition had long been branded into the people's bones, and could not be removed through oppressive means.

Xiao Letian could use the power of an official to forcibly take over the territory, but if he could take over the territory, he could not take over the people's hearts. When the special administrative region starts construction, he would not even be able to hire workers.

Of course, Xiao Letian could also use the rascals from the Jiao Si'er, and let them use the rascally methods passed down in his family to force the citizens away, but paper could not contain fire, and when the matter was exposed, the hatred the citizens had towards Xiao Letian would multiply, and this was not what he wanted.

"Mister, it's such a good plan. If we can get the land and win over the hearts of the citizens in this city, the conflict between the citizens and the Special Zone won't be that great. At that time, recruitment will be much smoother …" Since Mister already has such a brilliant plan, why did you have to use someone like the Jiao Si'er in advance? " Tie Toutuo asked in confusion.

"Well, that's a good question!" Xiao Letian nodded his head, picked up a large prawn ball and placed it in his mouth, and muttered to himself, "This is the trick to doing kindness. "For a poor person, if you give him one grain of rice, he'll eat for three days. He'll be extremely grateful, but if you give him one grain of rice for half a month, he'll have to figure out your family's grain depot …"

"These people will say, if you can give me a ton of rice, why can't you give me a grain of rice? Look, there is no end to human desire. Where is greed? That is why I have to bring out the old dog, Jiao Si'er, and let the people know what the villains in this world are like. Only when a comparison appears will they be able to differentiate between good and bad … "

"What is black? That is because there is a white contrast to black, what is bright? That's because you've seen the night, so you can understand what light is... "So, when you're giving him a heaven, you might as well let him have a taste of hell first. Only when you compare them will he feel grateful …"

Xiao Letian's words made everyone in the room silent for a long time. After a long while, the Dragon Lord finally let out a long sigh and said, "Why are there so many?

Xiao Letian did not continue with this topic, and only turned his head to ask Wang Huaiyuan: "Qing San Ye should be in the capital by now, right? Quick, tell San Ye that I've solved the problem of acquiring land for him … Besides, how's your investigation going? What's the situation in Shanghai and Guangzhou? "

What Xiao Letian asked was precisely the Shanghai and Guangzhou industrial areas that he had pushed into together with Tanggu District. These were the three bold attempts of Great Qing, and Xiao Letian's information network had always been paying close attention to the movements of his competitors.

"The Industrial Zones in Shanghai has been captured by the Xiang Army, so the Great Marshal Zeng appointed Li Hongzhang as the overall view, while Li Hongzhang chose the Wealthy Hu Xueyan, and it is as Mister had guessed, the entire Industrial Zones is no different from a cleared yamen, the levels are clear …"

"But Hu Xueyan is still the richest man in Jiangnan after all. He has a lot of land and his land expropriation work is smoother than us. Some of the bigger landowners do not want to give up their land and the Hu Family can change three acres to three mu of fertile land in Jiangnan. And just like that, many of the landlords around Shanghai all ran off to the other parts of the city … "

"However, Hu Xueyan didn't have Mr.'s Western knowledge and skills. He didn't even know what he should do with the land, but I heard that British, French, and even Spanish, Italian and other countries have sent merchants to help him plan his plans. The result is a standard for each country, a plan for each country.

It seems that Hu Xueyan is blind to the outside world, then can you use the industrial designs of Spain and Italy? Weak countries in the West are not made for big industries. If you use their standards, your Special Zone will be destroyed.

"What about Guangzhou? "Tell me about the situation over there …"

"Hey …" Don't mention it, a few days ago, this group of Purging Demons's captain brought back the latest news.

The Guangzhou Region and the Tanggu District were both personal lands of the Manchu. Originally, the Manchu wanted to occupy all the Industrial Zones s and get them another willow branch to add an extra piece of ironclad crop beside the Central Plains.

However, due to the conflict between the clear water and the Xiang Army, the Shanghai area had been snatched away by Ceng Guofan and the others. There were only two places left under the control of the Qing Dynasty.

The Tanggu District was very special, with the Qing San Ye and Xiao Letian in charge of this place, even with their bad habits, they would not be able to infiltrate this place. However, Guangzhou was different. The Qing Dynasty lords had already started to occupy the land before the money even arrived.

The generals of Guangzhou city led the Eight Flags Soldier out of the city, killing everyone around them. In less than three days, they had been able to complete six to seven thousand acres of farmland, but the commoners only received a promissory note.

"An acre of good watering land is worth at least 50 taels of silver near Guangzhou, but these Purging Demons gave 15 taels of silver in promissory notes and took it away. "In order to prevent the peasants from farming again, they even destroyed the irrigation ditches on the ground, and even threw a lot of big rocks on the ground. Now, the entire Guangzhou City is filled with weeping, and the commoners are going to take the blood of the people to the capital to complain about their actions …"

The table of people were no longer eating. All of them were enraged, all of them were anti-Qing vanguards, all of them had deep grudges against Purging Demons, how could they endure such rage?

"They are not afraid of not knowing what , but rather that they might try to compare their goods. They are also in this special area, and since the Xiang Army is after all a Han Chinese, they would still learn some things from their own race, which is why they would offer such a high price for the exchange of land. And these eight banner dogs, they don't even take us Han Chinese as human beings. They think we're animals and still dare to circle around. If we force out another heaven, we'll see who else can save them! "

"In the end, our masters were kind and honest, not only did they not rob us, they were even able to think of a good plan to pacify the hearts of the people, the citizens of Tanggu are truly blessed!"

Just when everyone was discussing amongst themselves, a personal guard suddenly ran over and reported, "Master, Jiao Si'er has arrived. He is currently waiting in the study room. He said that he must see the lord today, otherwise, he will not be leaving …"

"What is it?" "He still dares to threaten our lord? I'll throw him out …" After Sima Yun finished speaking, he wanted to leave, but Xiao Letian stopped him: "There's no need for you guys, I'll go see him …"

At this time, there was not even a single flame lit in the study, only the flickering flame of the candles in the silver candlestick, causing Jiao Si'er's figure to appear long. In the flickering candlelight, a strange expression appeared on Jiao Si's face, his eyes filled with resentment and unwillingness.

"Jiao Si'er! Why are you looking for me so late at night? " Xiao Letian pushed open the door of the room, and the cold wind caused the Jiao Si'er to quiver.

"Greetings to the lord …" Jiao Si'er casually hit him for a thousand times, following that were words filled with grievance.

"Master, you haven't done this very well, how can you go back on your word? "You've already agreed to give the matter of seizing the land to your servant, but you took the land away by yourself in the day. Do you really not want your servant to earn some money?"

When Xiao Letian heard his unsatisfied tone, fire burned in his heart as he said coldly, "Jiao Si'er, aren't you forgetting something? Don't forget that you're a servant in this house, while I'm the master … Kneel down! "

Hearing this, Jiao Si almost jumped up out of his chair, "You're the one who should earn money, you should be the master instead of giving money to others. You want to be my master?" "You also want to …"

"Kneel!" With a pa sound, Xiao Letian smashed the tea bowl. Immediately after, two guards rushed in from outside, pulled Jiao Si'er and fiercely kicked him into the pit of his knees.

"Damn it, is the old dog deaf? Since the lord told you to kneel, you still f * cking dare to stand up straight … Kneel! " With another ruthless kick, Jiao Si's knee hit the floor.

At this time, the Jiao Si'er was already giving it his all. The land expropriation that he was talking about was a huge business deal worth a hundred thousand taels of silver. What made things worse was that this transaction was not only for him, the henchmen who came from the capital had to share too. If they could not get the meat, Jiao Si'er would not be able to survive in the Beijing.

Most importantly, Jiao Si had already grasped Xiao Letian's most important secret. With such a big handle in his hands, why would the Jiao Si'er need to be afraid of him?

"Xiao Letian, don't be arrogant, the things you do behind the scenes cannot be hidden from me. What have I not seen in my life with my Fiery Eyes of Truth? "If you smash my rice bowl, don't blame me for being heartless …"

"Aiyo, is there some meaning behind your words? "Tell me, what feelings do you have for me? This grandpa is listening attentively today!"