The four hundred and fifty-second chapter receives the wind banquet
Huang Huangkun saw that everyone was a little disbelieving, so he briefly talked about the various measures that Lingao had taken since the arrival of the Australians, such as building roads, suppressing bandits, building water conservancy projects, clarifying tax acres... Lala talked a lot. Listen.
Make everyone fascinated.
After a while, Liang Cunhou finally breathed out: Australians seem to be capable ministers in governing the world."
Huang Hankun was silent. He inadvertently said a lot of good things about Kun thief, which even he didn't expect - how could he contact loyal people like this? However, he was unwilling to tell lies to belittle Kun thief's deeds.
"Australians really have a new attitude!" someone praised.
"Brother Huang is probably also working for the Australians. Otherwise, how could he know so clearly."
"He learned martial arts and sold his goods to the emperor's family. Brother Huang is full of knowledge and can teach Australians the truth."
"I heard that there are very few scholars in Australia. "Since ancient times, we can conquer the world immediately but cannot rule the world immediately. It is natural that Brother Huang is given important positions..."
Although he says "Brother Huang", in his heart he is "me".
Most of these scholars have little family property, no way to become an official, their writing skills are average, and their prospects for passing the imperial examination are slim. Although they live in the south, they have better information channels than ordinary people. They saw the imperial court in Shaanxi and Shandong
The suppression of the chaos is not effective, and there are rogue bandits all over the mainland, and there are Eastern barbarians knocking on the border outside the customs... There are internal and external troubles. The desire to gain fame has also become much weaker. The Australians who are entrenched in Qiongzhou are very powerful, and they need financial resources, financial resources, and military force. Give them
A vague temptation for these people who see no future.
There are some people in the family who have a low income, but they just hope to hook up with the Australians like Mr. Gao, sell Australian goods, and make a fortune; those who have always been ambitious and poor, secretly hope to become rich as soon as possible and earn themselves the world's wealth.
It’s just that they had no chance to talk to the Australians at all. Although Guangzhou City is a big commercial port for Australians as soon as it leaves the city gate, the people working inside are all local people, and Mr. Liang also said: In this grand world,
There are not many true Kuns at all, they are all their subordinates.
Among them, the only one who can talk to the "suspected true Kun" is Mr. Liang. The Liang family and Dongzhu Guo are very close friends. The largest charity in the local area is co-founded by them. But this
In the past few years, the Liang family has not had any deeper contact with Dongzhu Guo, and it seems that they have deliberately kept a distance. Moreover, with Mr. Liang's character, it is quite difficult for him to help everyone connect.
Now that Huang Xiucai was here, who was familiar with "King Qing", everyone naturally regarded him as a treasure. They all tried their best to make insinuations.
Huang Kun secretly smiled bitterly. What kind of disciples are these? They are all greedy people! The Ming Dynasty has not yet died, and they are already thinking about becoming ministers of the dragon!
"Although he is a capable minister in governing the world, he is still a cruel official," Huang Kun managed to turn to the main topic of the black thief. "The law is strict, and the actions of the common people will be blamed. Even the gentlemen of Jin Dynasty are not immune.
..." As he spoke, he talked about the various "misdeeds" of the Kun thieves, such as being caught as a coolie for urinating everywhere, and being whipped for spitting... Of course, the most heinous crime was not treating scholars favorably, not only sharing the family's income with others, but also
, even the matter of food exemption has been written off.
Saying this, the atmosphere of "Lingao is a paradise on earth" in the banquet was weakened a bit. Not to mention, this "reluctance to treat scholars preferentially" cooled down the enthusiasm of this group of scholars.
"It is said that governing a big country is like cooking small dishes. I'm afraid it will be difficult for the thieves to do this for a long time. Qin's lesson is not far away!" A scholar sighed.
Huang Xunkun was about to agree, but Lin Zunxiu frowned and said: "If the laws are so strict, wouldn't it mean that the people of Lingao are in dire straits, and how can they live and work in peace and contentment?"
"The fall of Qin was not caused by the harsh laws, but by the abuse of people's power!" One of the scholars said, "The laws of Qin were severe. Since Shang Yang's reform, why did the country not fall at that time? Instead, it was able to unify the six countries in the end? It can be seen that this is not the case.
The source of chaos!"
This scholar looked very young and his clothes were shabby. He stood out among this group of scholars: "I think the reason why Australians can achieve such achievements is the benefit of strict punishment. Let's not talk about it.
.How can Australians get rid of all the abuses in taxation without severe punishment?"
"This is Wu Ji," Shi Xiucai said in a low voice, "He's not even a scholar..." There was a bit of contempt in his words. "But his knowledge is not bad, but he is good at making shocking remarks."
"You can't say that...Although there are many drawbacks to taxation, the grain farmers and the gentry are the foundation of the imperial court. What Brother Huang said about the Australians' practices is probably chilling." Someone was worried.
Then a few people argued again, and it seemed that many people were in favor of the "severe punishments" for the thieves - they were mostly urban industrial and commercial families, they had no immediate interests in land and property, but they valued social security very much, so they were very interested in Australia.
I really appreciate people's various actions.
"Just a few years ago, the Australians marched under the city of Guangzhou and killed many bandits. The surrounding suburbs became peaceful. This is a great benefit."
Huang Xunkun secretly frowned. He glanced at Lin and Liang Liang, who did not pay attention to the increasingly "treacherous" remarks, so he just responded casually. In addition to silently reciting "Merchant is cool" in his heart, that is,
He talked about Lingao's scenery and customs, big iron ships and small trains, even the appearance of Fangcaodi School, the students' fancy clothes, etc. He kept silent about why he came to Guangzhou, which attracted the admiration of others present.
After Erxian let go of the reward, Lin Zunxiu finally sighed and said calmly: "Hey, Mr. Huang. The country is in a difficult situation now, and refugees are everywhere. Sometimes, I want to sell this restaurant and open a big restaurant like the Australians.
If you hire this refugee in your factory, you can repay God's kindness at best, and benefit the common people at the worst." Huang Huangkun nodded pretending to be serious, pretending to be deeply convinced, knowing in his heart that these scholars had been raped by the thieves.
I don't know if there are any discerning people in this county school who can see through the sinister nature of the thief.
While everyone was meditating, the voice of the cook outside rang out again, "Three offerings, dragon and tiger fight!" Along with the voice of announcing the names of dishes, suddenly a miserable female voice came in from outside: "Master, please do it, kid.
I haven’t eaten for a few days, sir—”
Everyone heard the noise outside and went to the corridor to look outside. They saw an unkempt woman leading a five or six-year-old girl in the hall outside the restaurant, bowing and begging for food. The diners either ignored it or pretended to be
They couldn't see it, or they scolded the waiter angrily. Several shop assistants pulled the woman who looked like a crazy woman and tried to pull her out, but she couldn't get out. Everyone could only hear the woman's crazy cries.
When Lin Zunxiu saw this, he just snorted, rolled up his sleeves and sat back in his seat. When Huang Hankun saw his master returning to the wine table, he followed him back. The scholars sighed for a while, and then returned to their seats one after another.
Only the fat Mr. Shi took his own bowl, picked up a few large pieces of meat and put it on the rice, and walked out of the box with the bowl in hand. Everyone sat in silence. Huang Hankun wanted to say something, but he couldn't.
talk.
After a while, Shi Xiucai came back slowly: "Hey, it's so tragic. It's so tragic. A man died in the family. He was kicked out of the house by his brother-in-law. He didn't eat for several days. As an act of mercy, I let the two of them eat.
After they have eaten, they will be sent to Dongzhu Guo's charity hall." Shi Xiucai rambled on, but no one answered him at the table.
Lin Xiucai said: "You can save them for a while, but you can't save them forever. Is this a miserable thing? There are many people in Nanhai County, Guangzhou City who are a hundred times more miserable than them! Why don't you go and see how much the charity has collected today?
I am planning to go to the humanization factory on the way. If you can save these, there are tens of millions of poor people in the eighteen provinces of the world. Can you save them? There are people in the Central Plains who are eating human flesh - and in the end they all become thieves, coming with guns and knives.
We want to eat well. I think we might as well eat the damn thing with our eyes closed and wander around wherever we go, so as not to worry about the country and the people in vain!"
As soon as Lin Zunxiu's words came out, Huang Hankun saw that the faces of all the scholars who were cooking turned pale. The newly served dragon and tiger fight was fragrant, but no one was in the mood to move their chopsticks.
"Hey, if I can open a big factory, a big gun factory, not only will I make money, and the chaos in the world will be brought to an end, but the poor people I hire will also have food to eat." Lin Zunxiu said leisurely.
Huang Xunkun raised his glass of wine and said: "Nowadays, bandits are everywhere and the Eastern captives are in trouble. Mr. Lin is worried about the affairs of the country and the court. I would like to offer you a drink."
"Hey, the court? I built the artillery factory. No matter whether the emperor or the officials owe me the city redemption fee, they should all repay me whether they have donated or lost, right?" As soon as these words came out, everyone at the table
, everyone laughed, and the atmosphere gradually became lively.
"Of course, my family doesn't have the money to open a gun factory, even if we sell these restaurants." Mr. Lin said dejectedly.
Eat vegetables, eat vegetables, dragons and tigers fight." The atmosphere at the wine table became active again, and all the scholars at the table gradually opened their arms and opened their mouths. This one talks about how many stones of food his family lost in the past.
The one who said this is nothing to you. Our old man almost hanged himself in order to raise money to redeem the city. Fortunately, Mr. Gao did things fairly and finally got them all back the next year. Otherwise, the salt notes in his hand would have become a pile of waste paper.
.
"Gao Ji is such an ass!" He said Gao Ji, and someone else complained, saying that in the past few years when Ziminglou issued shares, Gao Ji was the one who got in the way, and he couldn't buy more if he wanted to. He wanted to see Dongzhu Guo, but Gao Ji got in.
The slanderous talk kept people out. All kinds of banter jokes were flying around, which made Huang Hankun feel a little bored. However, the scholars here were very curious about the affairs of the Australians. If he had to tell him, he had to choose.
They talked about some novel things about the thieves building buildings and farming. Mr. Liang, on the other hand, although he didn’t say much, Huang Hankun felt that he had been paying attention to him. (To be continued.)
(The source website for this book is clear, no pop-ups, and updated quickly)