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Chapter 37 - Parties' reactions

Tongzhi was destined to be troubled in the spring of these four years. If it was said that Xiao Letian's《 Journey to the West》 had stirred the hearts of the scholars in the beginning, then the concept of the Industrial Zones could be considered as truly shocking.

After Xiao Letian had left the Residence of Prince Gong, it had only been a day but the teahouses and restaurants on all the streets and alleys in Beijing were filled with discussions about this special region.

”Aiyo, Yellow Lord! Lucky for you, are you drinking here? Have you heard that the Alone overseas gave six gifts to the scumbag, and four words were exchanged for a second rank assistant minister … ”

I know, I know, I've gone completely crazy today. Those scholars were so angry that they wanted to eat someone, but it's no wonder that after studying for so many years, they have only entered the government with their sixth or seventh rank and their qualifications are so low. When they reach the second rank, their hair will probably be completely white.

”That's right, those Chinese Officer s are all very enthusiastic about their achievements. If it wasn't for those with surname Xiao who rejected General Liu on the spot, I'm afraid that a large group of people from Han Lin's family would have already reached Xiao Letian's house …”

”Haha, let's ignore their headache!” No matter how many times we win, it's still a piece of cake to say that the most expensive is Qing Fu. Those who can enjoy the most are all lucky, what do you say? ”

”Yellow Lord is indeed extraordinary, but brother, I have really thought about it. I heard the news that came from Prince Gong's Mansion, if this Industrial Zones succeeded, then it would be our second willow tree, our Manchu's steel-like crops, and the place we chose would be very busy with the foreigners. At that time, won't everyone have jobs to do?”

”Aiya, you're still the smartest. Looks like you really have to keep an eye on this matter …”

In contrast to Manchu's excitement was naturally the anger of the civil officials of Qing Liu and the unwillingness of the Chinese officials. There was no need to talk about the Qing Liu team. In any case, they were still alive from just talking. No matter what policy they were up to, they would still scold them. First, let's talk about the Chinese officials' representative, Ceng Guoquan. He had been out of thought for the past two days and was busy thinking about what Xiao Letian had said.

Ceng Guoquan knew better than anyone what Da Qing looked like. When the three powers fought each other, everyone hoped to gain a bit more power. If Xiao Letian really started to experiment with his plan in Industrial Zones, then his first choice would definitely be to the south. After all, that was the place where he and the foreigners trade the earliest.

”This Xiao Letian really knows how to give me a hard time. Isn't this purposely letting Manchu burrow into my area of influence? ”If there really are those large iron factories, military factories, machinery factories of that kind, then I won't be able to handle the annual production of 100,000 Gun, it isn't a blessing for the Chinese to be able to quickly arm the Manchu …”

No, this treasure definitely cannot be gifted to Qing Dynasty. Luckily you did not agree to it at the time, otherwise your fate would have been hard to predict. Thinking about this, Ceng Guoquan shouted loudly, ”Men, bring the old mountain ginseng that I have hidden with me to Wang Shizheng, I will also get into a relationship with this group of Han Lin …”

Jiu Shuai had always loved to do things that displeased Qing Dynasty. His biggest dream was to overthrow the Qing Dynasty and make his brother be Zhao Kuangyin. As for whether or not he could become Zhao Kuangyi, that was hard to say. If this dream was not fulfilled, Ceng Guoquan also hoped to be able to control this rich place known as Jiangnan for a long time.

This was not only Ceng Guoquan's own idea, but also the thought that many generals of Xiang Army had. These military groups, with their families and village friends as the core, had managed to easily take control of Jiangnan's political and economic control. How could they so casually hand it over to the imperial government?

Tongzhi, the governor of two rivers that belonged to the imperial court for nine years, Ma Xin Bao, was actually assassinated in public after the military parade at the drill grounds. Furthermore, the murderer did not even try to escape but had already shouted 'I, Zhang Wen Xiang, am the assassin'.

Not only that, but just a few days after Ma Xin's death, there were countless satirical operas in Jiangnan, which made up a play about Ma Xin's capture and surrender of the bandits, and how he had bribed the high officials. It could be said that the new horse had been annihilated spiritually and physically.

This was the real history of the Four Great Strange Cases of late Qing, the 'Thorn Horse' case. From this, it could be seen how wise it was for Xiao Letian to not jump onto one of the boats.

Just as Ceng Guoquan was about to send people to get in touch with the Qingliu Leader s, Yi Nan, the brother-in-law of the Zi Wu Xia, was sitting on a chair across from him. The woman who was watching his plan on the couch was his second sister-in-law, Ci Xi.

Ci Xi was only 30 years old, the age when a woman would burst with rage. She would lie on the bed and read the imperial report, the afternoon sun would shine through the glass window and fall on her face, her entire body releasing a unique charisma. How could a woman who could charm the Emperor of the Great Qing not be beautiful?

Yi Yuan had a good relationship with this sister-in-law. Otherwise, he wouldn't have been so supportive towards a 20 year old girl in Sin-uni coup d'état. However, Ci Xi's position of authority was becoming more and more stable, so Yi Du did not dare to act impudent like she usually did. She only stole a few glances at Ci Xi from the corner of her eyes.

Ci Xi had already noticed his sister-in-law's crafty gaze and laughed to himself. ”This Xiluo's family is really younger than his peers. Thinking of this, Ci Xi put down the secret scroll.

”Uncle, you've worked hard. For us, mother and son, you've truly troubled yourself …” To be honest, I never thought that this Second Fiend would actually come up with such a plan. We should first try to make the Gui Chen unable to say anything, even if it doesn't work out, it's just a small circle. We should get our spirits up, otherwise, this group of foreign people might not know how to bully us in the future. However, there are not many in Manchu who can really get their heads up … ”

Although Ci Xi had the authority, she was not stupid. She was very clear on what kind of people the Baji was, Uncle, we are really not very knowledgeable about these things, if you do not find some wise man to control them, I would not dare to nod my head.