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When the month of December, which was four years after Tongzhi entered the Tanggu, the overseas trade of the entire Tanggu Port had stopped, the only thing left was for the Chinese to reward themselves.

The streets and alleys were filled with family members who had gone out to visit their friends and family members to buy large amounts of food. The two annual riots had not only not dampened the enthusiasm of the public for New Year's, but they had become even more fervent due to the sudden increase in income this year.

As the Letian Firm's dominion over the Tanggu gave all the Chinese Shang s a strong financial backing, the value of the trade in the entire Port of Tanggu had increased by a full forty percent throughout the year.

This was a number that none of the merchants dared to think of in the past. All the merchants had their smiles on their faces. Even the most stingy merchant had increased the wages of his workers this year.

The streets were filled with people holding shiny silver coins. If they were to put aside their stinking mud poles, would they even think of using silver coins? But this year, everyone had all been blessed by Xiao Letian, and the foreign currency that would echo with a single blow could finally be kept in the pockets of the commoners.

The streets were filled with live chickens, live ducks, frozen meat tofu, grain and oil stores, and grocery stores. Almost all the merchants had never seen such a large number of people with purchasing power.

This year, not only did the laborers who worked under the various merchants enjoy a good year, even the farmers who were usually the most reluctant to spend their money became energetic. The group of farmers who had lost their lands, represented by Little Wang Manor, actually also became the vanguard of consumption.

In order to thank the villagers for helping him when he was at his most critical, Xiao Letian had arranged for a good job to be done for the villagers.

It was winter and he couldn't move the soil, but there shouldn't be any problems building a fence. In any case, what Chinese citizens feared the most was not working. As long as they earned money, there wouldn't be a single person who felt tired.

Along the edge of the Special Zone, a long fencing fence was woven. Countless farmers were holding onto their daily wages while looking at the land that was being surrounded with money with regret in their eyes. They knew that when spring came next year, they would never know what the fields would become.

Fortunately, everyone had the protection of the Mr. Xiao, and the temple was going to be built next year, so the citizens' hearts would be at ease. At that time, it would be better to find work in the industrial area than dig out the soil.

There was a reason why the entire Tanggu City was flourishing with prosperity. Just as they were about to enter the Moon Slaughter Devil Nest, twenty thousand elite Xiang Army s stopped in their tracks in the Azure Province. With the orders of the imperial government, Weng Tonghe finally stopped the army in the Azure Province.

No one knew how the Qingliu Leader and the Xiang Army Marshal, these two elite Chinese men had talked about it. In any case, Ceng Guofan had only brought 24 guards and his Ninth Brother Xing Ye to Beijing as they headed there.

When the Xiang Army retreated, the Qing Liu and the others became well-behaved. Enke was still going on as usual, but suddenly, he seemed to have forgotten about Xiao Letian, and no one knew the outcome of the negotiations between Zhou Daoying, Er Mao and Xiao Letian. They only knew that when Er Mao returned to the capital, he immediately levelled up, and was already a Chief Eunuch on the same level as Li Lianying.

All of the political figures were monkey spirit, they didn't even need to rub the sand in their eyes. Just from the treatment of Hairy # 2 showed, even if Xiao Letian succeeded in clearing the trial this year, Qing Liu could do nothing to him.

Even in the secret battle between the imperial government and Xiao Letian, he still wasn't able to do anything to Xiao Letian. This meant that Xiao Letian's foundation was already very strong, and if he couldn't cut through, then he could only borrow weight from now on.

The protests from all over the Beijing disappeared, the flyers and newspapers that flew all over the sky disappeared, and the eyes of the people returned to the pots and pans, the rice, the oil, and the salt.

Xiao Letian being safe meant that the Industrial Zones would be safe. The entire business circle of the Tanggu was in high spirits, the invitations to Xiao Letian's banquets were piled like a small mountain, but Xiao Letian did not have the time to bother with them these few days, he was busy giving his new army salaries.

Now that Xiao Letian's new army had cleared the path, the imperial government allowed the Tanggu to form a merchant self-governing army of no more than 400 people. On the surface, it seemed like they were in charge of security at Tanggu's port along with the rest of the officers and soldiers. However, all the citizens of Tanggu knew clearly that these soldiers in dark blue military uniforms could not afford to offend anyone. They were the actual rulers of Tanggu.

”There's no need to hide anymore. Brothers, we don't need to hide in warehouses and train at night. We're like thieves. From today on, we can openly walk on the streets as guards of the Merchant Shop …” Qing Dynasty has finally given in! ”

Xiao Letian's roar, was met with a roar that was like thunder. Victory! ”Victory …” Xiao Letian was so scared that he started sweating. Luckily these idiots didn't shout ”Long live”, otherwise, it would have been a huge sin.

When they saw the majestic military posture, they subconsciously retreated. This was the Hubby that crippled Green Camp and ambushed the eight great lords, it could be said that today was truly an eye-opener. With the God of Death shaking the Tanggu, they might even be able to live past a few years.

Xiao Letian looked at his army with satisfaction, nodded and laughed, ”Brothers, ever since we became armies in the summer, we have been fighting all the way to the Home Country. It has been half a year, and I, Xiao Letian, actually have not given anyone a single piece of salary. ”Today, I will make up for everything that I owe everyone …”