After Wu Shigong and Xu Limu finished their conversation, they walked out and came to the school ground. Wu Shigong was shocked by the situation in front of him. A group of people wearing Xue Mansion slave costumes gathered on one side of the school ground, or holding sticks in their hands.
, or holding sticks on their shoulders, all with a special air of arrogance. Wu Shigong was naturally very happy to see so many people from Xue Mansion to support him, and thought about whether to shout: "Hello, comrades!" to encourage him.
Everyone's morale suddenly noticed something strange. Why are they so happy?
These slaves of the Xue Mansion were all very high-spirited, as if they were possessed by Wu Erlang, and they had just returned from hunting tigers in Jingyanggang. Wu Shigong muttered in his heart: How can you miners come out to fight in groups all day long, and be so happy! But Guan Guan muttered.
, we can't not encourage morale and not give rewards! So Wu Shigong shouted to them enthusiastically: "Today, everyone who came to Xue Mansion will be rewarded with one tael of silver. Each one will be rewarded with one tael of silver. I will give it to you when you return home.
Now that my uncle is fine, let's go back to the house." The slaves cheered.
Why are these domestic slaves so happy? Who are they? They have a glorious name called Hou Mansion slaves, and they have an even more glorious name called Hao Nu. This generation of Xue Mansion slaves is miserable, Xue Mansion only has
A young lady does not have a young master. They have no chance to go out with the young master to bully men and women! Whenever they see the wealthy slaves in the mansions next door, surrounded by their masters and roaring away in a majestic manner, their hearts
It's always sour. What's especially hateful is that in the Xue Mansion, the older generation of wealthy slaves with gray hair always show off to them how they had sex with the old Marquis (Xue Lian's father, the late
), how they got arrogant with the Hou Ye’s younger brothers (Xue Lian didn’t dare at the time, because he was working as an errand in the emperor’s eldest son’s house, and was afraid that Emperor Wanli and Concubine Zheng would find reasons to deal with him. According to the rules of the Hou House)
, the sons after getting married, except for the prince’s family, have to move out. Therefore, Xue Lian’s younger brothers now no longer live in Yangwuhou Mansion). What’s even more annoying, when these old noble slaves talk about how they are
When they took the opportunity to eat tofu from other people's maids, their toothless mouths would actually drool. Today, they finally realized their dream of being slaves. How could this make them not excited? Especially, there was no such thing today.
When it came to a real fight, everyone just carried out an armed march, and my uncle was generous and gave rewards. How could they not burst into laughter? A few slaves of the Xue Mansion who may have lost their minds still thought: If my uncle in the future
When you want to rob someone else's daughter-in-law, be sure to call me! If their thoughts are known to Xue Lian and Mrs. Zhang, they will definitely drag them out and beat them to death with sticks, and then cut them into ten thousand pieces with a knife.
block, throw it out and feed it to the dog.
Wu Shigong looked at Xue Qiang and Xue Yong who were standing aside. These two boys performed well this afternoon. They can't let their own people feel cold! So he said to them: "You two will each be rewarded with ten taels. Next,
, stop guarding the gate." Xue Qiang and Xue Yong smiled happily when they heard the reward, but when they heard the second part of the sentence, the smiles on their faces suddenly solidified.
The group of Xue Mansion slaves turned around and were about to leave when another group of people rushed in from the Yamen door. It turned out that Xue Lian had received a message from Mrs. Zhang. He asked his guard leader Xue Yongli to lead several of his bodyguards and
One hundred officers and soldiers from the Beijing camp came to support his son-in-law.
Xue Yongli arrived in front of Wu Shigong, bowed and said, "The young one is Xue Yongli, the leader of the Marquis's guard. Is my uncle okay?"
Wu Shigong was very happy to receive constant concern from the Xue family. He smiled and said to Xue Yongli: "It's okay now. Thank you for your hard work."
"You're welcome," Xue Yongli replied with a smile. Then he stepped back with fists clasped. He called Xue Qiang and Xue Yong to his side. When Wu Shigong saw Xue Yongli retreating, he also looked to see if Wang Baihu and Wu Baihu had gathered.
Okay, soldiers. At this moment, there was a "crackling" sound of being beaten and scolded around me.
It turned out that Xue Yongli called Xue Qiang and Xue Yong to ask what happened just now. But without hearing a few words, he became so angry that he raised his hand and gave Xue Qiang and Xue Yong a slap in the face.
Qiang and Xue Yong were so frightened that they knelt down quickly. Xue Yongli then kicked Xue Qiang and Xue Yong hard with his feet. While kicking, he cursed angrily: "You two bastards, if you don't protect your uncle properly, go to the Yamen Gate."
If you count coins for fun, I'll kick you to death."
"Forget it, forget it. The two of them did a good job today." Wu Shigong stopped Xue Yongli. Although Wu Shigong was not too satisfied with Xue Qiang and Xue Yong's attitude this morning, but just now, Xue Qiang and Xue Yong
He dared to risk his life to protect him, so Wu Shigong still felt that he should plead for them both.
"Uncle Chunliang, I beg for mercy for you two and let you go for the time being. Listen, you two bastards: from now on, whenever my uncle is frightened, you two bastards will have to fight with your lives. Do you hear that?" Xue Qiang?
and Xue Yong nodded quickly. Xue Yongli then shouted: "Why don't you go and thank me?" Xue Qiang and Xue Yong then climbed up to Wu Shigong and kowtowed to thank him. Wu Shigong waved his hands and said: "Get up, everyone."
Wu Shigong was very satisfied with Xue Yongli's ability and the face he had gained for himself. He smiled and said to Xue Yongli: "Brothers who came here have also worked hard. Xue Yong, come here with one hundred taels of silver, and give fifty taels to Leader Xue and
Guard, fifty taels for the brothers in the Beijing camp to drink a cup of tea." The officer from the Beijing camp brought by Xue Yongli quickly kowtowed and thanked: "Thank you, uncle, for the reward."
Xue Yongli waved his hand and said: "Uncle, these are the duties of young men and they are not worthy of reward."
"Then consider it a meeting gift from me to my brother-in-law."
Seeing that he could not refuse, Xue Yongli also smiled and took the money from Xue Yong's hand. Then, he turned around, looked at the slaves of the Xue Mansion, reported a series of names one after another, and said: "
Those who sign up will now be transferred from the nursing home guard to the uncle's guard. They will first receive 70% of the salary as a personal guard. After one year, if they do well, they will receive the full amount of the salary." Those slaves whose names were called were full of joy.
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Finally, Wang Baihu and Wu Baihu gathered the soldiers on the school grounds. Wu Shigong and Xu Limu took their own guards and soldiers. The more than 100 people were just about to set off when Shu Mo finally arrived with two bottles of wine.
I came back. When I saw Wu Shigong, I hurriedly squeezed over and reported: "Master, the tiger bone wine I bought is from Huichun Hall. Each bottle costs sixteen taels of silver, total..."
Wu Shigong waved his hand to interrupt Shu Mo's nonsense, and then arranged: "Give the wine to Xue Yong, and then you go to Commander Li to report it. Young Master, I will visit you later?"
"The little one will go right away."
"After reporting, catch up with the team and tell me, Master, I will go to the explosion site of Wang Gong Factory later. Don't make trouble."
When the group arrived at the Yamen Gate, Xue Qiang and Xue Yong had already led their horses and were waiting. The Yamen of the Nancheng Military and Horse Command Department was located next to Chongwen Gate. Xu Limu introduced to Wu Shigong that the Chongwen Gate Tax Gate Yamen was right at their Yamen
Next to it, in an alley, Wu Shigong deliberately approached Chongwen Gate to take a look, and saw a long queue of merchants who were about to enter the city outside Chongwen Gate, waiting to pay taxes.
"Why are there so many people? Do other city gates also collect taxes? Why don't merchants go through other city gates?" Wu Shigong asked several questions in a row out of curiosity.
"Your Majesty, Chongwenmen Customs is responsible for collecting taxes from all the city gates in the capital. However, most merchants enter from Chongwenmen, and there are also many from Xuanwumen. The main reason is that the supply of the capital mainly depends on the passage from south to north.
Merchants on the Grand Canal. The northernmost end of the Grand Canal is in Tongzhou. After these merchants landed in Tongzhou, they had to pass through our Nancheng before they could enter the capital. Therefore, Chongwenmen and Xuanwumen in Nancheng outside were particularly busy." Xu Li looked at them.
Wu Shigong explained.
It turns out that Nancheng under his jurisdiction is a transportation hub. Wu Shigong nodded. "Isn't there three gates in Nancheng?" Wu Shigong asked again.
"The Zhengyang Gate is used by the Emperor. It is usually closed and cannot be opened. It is only opened on a limited number of days every year when the Emperor goes to the Temple of Heaven to offer sacrifices."
So that's it. The road was not far away. At this time, they could already see the tower of Zhengyangmen. Wu Shigong suddenly felt that it looked familiar. He suddenly remembered that when he was a gangster, he bought the big Qianmen cigarettes when he had no money.
Is it the pattern of the Zhengyangmen Gate Tower printed on it?
After passing Zhengyangmen and walking forward for a while, something was wrong. The houses on the roadside were swaying here and there. Some of them were supported by huge wooden pillars to prevent them from falling. It was obvious that they were all dilapidated buildings. Wu Bai
Hu interjected from the side: "Your Majesty, this is not the worst place. The situation ahead is even worse."
Gradually, Wu Shigong walked into a ruined area. In the open space among the ruins, many straw sheds were built in every possible way. The victims on the roadside looked dull, and some were sitting on the ground blankly like zombies, as if they were filming ghosts.
Some were rummaging around in the ruins. The size of the ruins was endless. When Wu Shigong saw that the Xuanwu Gate Tower was still there, he ordered everyone to go to the Xuanwu Gate Tower to observe the disaster from a height.
The general in charge of the Xuanwu Gate heard the introduction and said that Wu Shigong was their new commander. He quickly led his soldiers to kowtow to Wu Shigong and salute. After getting up, he took out the key and opened the lock of the passage door leading to the tower, and let Wu Shigong and others onto the tower.
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When they went up to the tower to take a look, Wu Shigong took a breath of air. The whole scene was too miserable. Wu Shigong had just walked from the Yamen from east to west, and Wang Gongchang was located in the southwest corner of the inner city of the capital. They were at the tower
Looking westward, in the core area of the Wanggong Factory explosion, all the buildings were gone. Even a nearly 100-meter-long city wall to the west of Xuanwu Gate was collapsed. Along the gap in the collapsed city wall, there were
It rushed out in a fan shape and formed ruins with a length of more than 200 meters.
Wu Shigong asked: "How many houses collapsed in total?"
Xu Limu replied: "There are nearly 11,000 rooms in total. The ones in our south city account for more than 30%, and there are nearly 4,000 rooms. The others are from the Military and Horse Division in the west city. There are fewer in the middle city."
Suddenly remembering that his father gave him a dowry, there was a shop outside Xuanwumen. Wu Shigong quickly took out the piece of paper with the address of the shop from his purse, handed it to Xu Limu, and asked: "Look, here.
where is it?"
Xu Limu lowered his head and looked at the paper. Wang Baihu and Wu Baihu also put their heads on the paper. They looked at the address on the paper and then looked at the ruins outside Xuanwu Gate. The other two people were a little unsure, and their eyes were
They all looked at Wu Baihu, who was most familiar with the road.
Wu Baihu had no choice but to point to the center of the ruins outside Xuanwu Gate and said to Wu Shigong: "Your Majesty, maybe that's where it is."
Wu Shigong stared at the pile of ruins with wide eyes, dumbfounded. That was the dowry my father gave me! Zhu Yun also said: This shop is the most valuable. It turned out to be a pile of ruins. No wonder he is so generous.
It turns out that I myself was a disaster victim. But now Wu Shigong's attention was not on the shop. He put away the paper and looked at the ruins inside and outside the city in silence. Xu Limu, Wang Baihu and Wu Baihu also remained silent.
They thought Wu Shigong was worried about the country and the people. Little did they know that now Wu Shigong seemed to have ingots dangling in front of his eyes, and he kept shouting loudly in his heart: "These are all money!"
In his previous life, Wu Shigong's journey from a gangster to a gang boss was through the two industries of waste recycling and demolition. The recycling of waste materials, especially the recycling of scrap metal, coupled with the collection of stolen goods, was simply
It means huge profits. As for demolition, as a subsidiary industry of real estate, as long as you are bold and evil, you can make a lot of money.
In particular, these two industries do not require any capital investment. As long as you maintain a group of thugs and avoid the sight of the police, you can make huge profits.
And now, the ruins in front of us are tailor-made for these two industries. Wu Shigong is now the leader in charge of public security in Nancheng. What's even better is that his father-in-law Xue Lian is in charge of the entire disaster relief work. These beneficial
Under the conditions, how could Wu Shigong not be moved?
Now, Xue Lian is worried about how to provide disaster relief, but if Wu Shigong presents his modern experience to his father-in-law, let alone disaster relief, they themselves can make a fortune. Wu Shigong is absolutely confident, even if it is his father-in-law
If he doesn't support it, he can make a lot of money with his own skills in that three-acre land in Nancheng. But if his father-in-law supports it, he can make a lot of money. The key issue now is to convince his father-in-law.
I have to think carefully about how to persuade my father-in-law tonight.
So, Wu Shigong issued an order: "From now on, gather all the people and no one is allowed to pick up anything on the ruins. Anyone who violates this rule will be arrested."
Seeing that he was familiar with Wu Shigong, Li Xu advised Wu Shigong: "Many people who are picking up items are looking for their own belongings in their own collapsed houses. The commander gave this order for fear of arousing their dissatisfaction.
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"Tell them that the Bingma Division is doing this to prevent others from picking up their belongings. We will arrange manpower to clean up the ruins as soon as possible. When the time comes, let them stand aside and their belongings will be returned to them. This is also for
They will suffer less losses. We should also put up posters to announce this to the public, and arrange some soldiers with loud voices to announce it along the street, so that the victims will understand this truth."
"Understood, my lord, command."
"That's it for today. Thank you for your hard work, everyone. I am going to visit Commander Li now. If there is any situation, please report to me in time."