C144 (2/2)
”San Ye, don't worry, Mr. Xiao has brought back a letter. He will be back in half a month at most. When the time comes, he can help me check his pulse …” Manager Fan, who was in the great hall, frowned as he guided Qing San Ye. He did not expect that the moment he heard the name Xiao Letian, Qing San Ye's eyes lit up with fire.
”Don't mention his name in front of me …” Fu Qing was so angry that his face flushed red, he was unable to say the latter half of the sentence. Actually, Manager Fan also knew what the Qing San Ye was angry about. Currently, the entire Beijing, TIANJIN Wei and the rest were all talking about it, saying that the Qing San Ye used his own sister as a red packet in order to get Xiao Letian's help. Otherwise, there wouldn't be any Industrial Zones present.
In the end, even the old farmers around the Tanggu knew about it. The Qing San Ye who had traded his sister for an official position became a celebrity in the Qing Dynasty.
The things that were worrying were not only these, the preparations for the Industrial Zones was also not going well. In Qing Dynasty's initial plan, it should be enough to grant over 1000 mu of land to Tanggu Industrial Special Zone, but later on, he asked Xiao Letian for advice and found out that even a small Steel plant in the Western Ocean would need around 400 to 500 mu, not to mention those machinery processing plants and weapons factories, 1000 mu would not solve any problems.
After discussing it over and over again, the Head Office finally decided to grant Industrial Zones five thousand acres of land. Furthermore, she gave Qing San Ye two hundred thousand taels of silver as starting funds.
Five thousand acres of land, of which the officials had confiscated more than two thousand five hundred mu of High Scholar Huang's land, this was without a single penny being spent. The remaining two thousand five hundred mu of land, including one thousand five hundred mu of land, could be expropriated from the's family.
As the Tanggu was located at the bottom of the ocean, although the land here was easy to irrigate, the salinization was very strong. In the Great Qing Dynasty, it was not a good land at all. The best watered land was only worth twenty taels of silver, so ten taels of silver would be sufficient for the rest of the normal fields.
A thousand mu of land was enough for Qing San Ye to pay twenty thousand taels of silver. However, San Ye didn't expect that no one would be willing to sell their land to a landowner after the latter went down to make contact with them. Someone even raised the price to four hundred taels of silver per mu of land.
At this time, in the countryside, the majority of the people who owned the land were scholars with high reputations. Elementary Scholars and High Scholars made up a large percentage of people, and even some farmers were affiliated with large families.
Countless yamen runners and clerks labored to spit, even to the point of being scared, they had only bought more than 200 mu of land from farmers. Even now, there were only 800 mu of land that could not be filled, the Industrial Zones's plan had been completely stranded.
It is not only the land issue that is difficult, but also the people's hearts. Ever since the official establishment of the messenger office in the Qing San Ye, strange rumors started to spread around the vicinity of the Tanggu.
The machinery of the foreigners was driven by the hidden demons. Every time the engine was turned on, it had to be sacrificed with the blood of children. What kind of westerner used the Iron Giant Spirit to destroy the earth's feng shui? In fact, Industrial Zones was just a prison, she would be a slave if she was caught, and if she was so tired, he would just throw it into the machine and burn it like firewood … With all the strange rumors and rumors, the messenger yamen had become the forbidden zone in the hearts of the commoners.
Of course the Qing San Ye knew who spread these rumors. Other than those who had nothing to do after eating their fill, who else would do such a thankless task?
”Manager Fan, you don't need to enlighten me, I understand … Right, how is your family now? How has Hu Niu been during this period of time … ” Qing San Ye was very annoyed and quickly changed the topic, but it was fine if she did not say anything, but this statement made Fan Lian feel so much pain that she was about to cry.
”Life, this is all life!” Hu Niu's life is not so good, I never thought that this girl's life would be so bitter … ”
Qing San Ye smiled bitterly and said: ”I'm sorry, I did not manage my servant properly, but …” However, I really can't do anything about it now. Other than my sister stepping in, there really isn't anyone else who can deal with that old bastard … After all, this is the palace that is being guarded by him. ”
It turned out that it was not only the Qing San Ye who was suffering, even the manager Fan Lian was sullen because Beijing had sent a butler and a group of maids to help him. He had already taken over Xiao Letian's backyard, and although the Qing San Ye was his nominal master, it was strange that the Qing San Ye was unable to order this butler to stay.
The Jiao Si Shu had been nicknamed the Jiao Si'er, Pickled Sugar. Ever since his grand father's generation was an outer sect steward of the Fuca's house, and with the growth of his family, he had started working alone from the Jiao Si'er generation. Of course, there were also reasons for the fall of his clan. However, ever since he had become an official in the Qing San Ye, when the Jiao Si Shu saw that there was hope for a new lease on life in the main house, he quickly used that little bit of lewdness that was plastered on him and started camping in the main house.
He did not know what Fu Hui was thinking about it, but she was actually sent back to the clan and was even given the position of an outer court housekeeper. This continued until half a month ago, when Xiao Letian's name resounded throughout the East Ocean, the Jiao Si Shu was actually sent to the Tanggu to serve Xiao Letian.
It was from that day onwards that Xiao Letian's inner chamber was completely thrown into chaos.