"Wu Er spent a lot of money to buy shipyards in many port cities such as Quanzhou, Fuzhou, Ningbo, and Guangzhou... and bought a lot of land in these places. He owns 40% of the taxi land in Fuzhou, and even more in Guangzhou.
60%. It seems that Wu Yingqi, who is not serious at all on the surface, is really not simple. He has the potential to do great things while laughing..."
Baoyu (Ran Xiaoshi) took a breath of cold air as she took the "Tianweiying" report about Wu Yingqi.
If this is what Wu Er came up with, then this person really cannot be underestimated!
No wonder his father often wrote to him and told him to read every piece of information and every report carefully.
There is really something in this.
This research really found many problems.
Putting aside these important military ports in the Qing Dynasty and the big issue of the layout of trading ports, Fuzhou alone would need more than 8 million taels of silver to acquire these lands. Adding in Guangzhou, Quanzhou and Ningbo, a total of 4,300 taels would be needed.
One million taels... Where does such a huge amount of money come from?
At that time, the Qing government's annual fiscal revenue was only more than 30 million taels, while Yunnan's fiscal revenue was about 3.1 million taels.
The contract document shows that Wu Er purchased his first piece of land in Fuzhou two years ago.
The name used is Huang Mingtian.
In two years, Wu Er actually bought all the core land in the four major ports of the Qing Dynasty in his own name or in the name of his client... He must have the support of a top boss behind him.
Who will this big boss be?
At the same time, Baoyu (Ran Xiaoshi) also discovered that Wu Er was entrusting Hu Dada to purchase shipbuilding craftsmen and cannon casting experts from all over the country; and also built a "fishing village" on Chongming Island...
This is even more interesting.
When everyone's eyes were focused on Wu Sangui, Shang Kexi, Geng Jingzhong and the princes, no one would have thought that the second master who only knew how to hang out among the flowers all day long was secretly "doing big things"!
Is this the layout of Yunnan Wang Wu Sangui?
There is another big doubt: the shrewd Empress Dowager could not have been unaware... What role did she play in it?
After reading the information for three days and three nights, Baoyu (Ran Xiaoshi) was awakened by the dull sound of firecrackers outside, and then remembered that today was New Year's Eve.
With big dark circles under his eyes, Baoyu (Ran Xiaoshi) walked out of the secret room and saw Mingyan directing the servants to carry gifts into the house.
Xue Pan and Nian Tuyao were fighting in the yard. The eldest princess and the Japanese princess were not surprised and used an abacus to calculate the benefits of this "trip to Yangzhou".
Xiren was "sent" to Yangzhou by the old lady. Apparently he came to serve Baoyu (Ran Xiaoshi), but in fact he came to "tell the news" in person.
The old lady is now worried about all "communication tools".
Judging from the joy on Xiren's face, the results of the battle in Beijing should be good.
When Mingyan saw Baoyu (Ran Xiaoshi) coming out of the secret room, she quickly put down her gifts and came forward.
"Master, you finally came out. Mr. Wu has been coming every day these days, and every time he brings rich gifts... This guy is very strange. Not only did he give gifts to me, but he also gave me gifts. Even the concierge had a thousand taels.
Banknote...Now that the concierge sees Mr. Wu, it's like meeting his biological father and mother...I suspect he has bad intentions?"
"oh?"
"This reminds me of Yan Song... he bribed the right and left to make friends with powerful officials, and he was ready to go but had evil intentions... He wanted to buy the Yangzhou wharf, and said that such a big city needs several bigger wharves."
"That's right. Tell him later. The price will be increased by 50%, not counting the share he has to pay to me alone... and it will all be in cash."
Mingyan was stunned on the spot.
What's wrong with Mr. Er today? It's weird.
Seeing the master appear, Xue Pan and Nian Tuyao finally stopped fighting.
Baoyu (Ran Xiaoshi) asked: "It's Chinese New Year, why are you fighting again this time?"
Nian Tuyao curled his lips and said: "This guy doesn't talk about martial arts. He agreed to fight warships against warships. He converted twenty fishing boats into warships and secretly sent more than thirty frogmen to dive in the middle of the night.
He boarded my warship and poured water into the cannons. The next day my warship couldn't fire at all. He was so shameless..."
"There is no such thing as shamelessness or shamelessness on the battlefield. What if the person who entered your fleet is a real enemy?"
Hearing this, Nian Tuyao was greatly shocked and said, "My disciple has learned a lesson."
Xue Pan was very indifferent and said: "Although the drill was proposed by Master, I have never regarded it as a drill. In my heart, every time it is a real battle. Everyone is my enemy, including Senior Brother's ship
Team."
"Okay! Well said!"
"Master, when I entered Dajiangkou, I saw someone actually building a platform on the island in the middle of the river. If fifty artillery were deployed at that location, one man would be able to block the way and ten thousand others would not be able to open it... Moreover, the details of our layout are in
Quanzhou and Fuzhou also found that the land we wanted to buy had already been taken advantage of. So I decided..."
Watching Xue Pan pointing at the map and talking, Baoyu (Ran Xiaoshi) suddenly felt that this idiot Xue Pan had grown into a mature "conspirator" and he was the best candidate to deal with Wu Er.
A "big picture" is taking shape in the mind of the earth.
Today is New Year's Eve, but the Yangzhou magistrate's office is extremely quiet.
The women waited carefully, not daring to make a sound for fear of disturbing the three masters and apprentices who were chatting happily in the hall.
By the time the three of them finished their conversation, it was already midnight.
Returning to the dormitory, Xi Ren was waiting there tenderly.
Before Baoyu (Ran Xiaoshi) could say anything, Xiren began to take off his clothes, turned the undress over and handed it to Baoyu (Ran Xiaoshi), and then said: "Old lady, you are fine, you don't need to worry about me. This is
A letter from the old lady... Ever since you left the capital and took office in Yangzhou, the Jia Mansion was attacked by gangsters on the first day. The old lady faced it calmly, strategized, and eliminated several groups in one fell swoop... Madam and Mei'er are comparable to the old lady.
The madam, especially the madam, personally leads the patrols everywhere... But there is one thing, no matter how many people die, the old lady is not allowed to report it to the official."
Baoyu (Ran Xiaoshi) did not speak, but got two important messages from the "Xieyi Letter".
First, the Empress Dowager secretly sent two thousand girls to the Holy Mountain. I am afraid that more and stronger "Holy Maidens of the Holy Mountain" will appear.
Second, the Empress Dowager withdrew eight million taels of silver from the Ministry of Internal Affairs two years ago and headed straight to Yangzhou. The target of the gift was actually the Second Young Master Wu.
Moreover, the Empress Dowager had contact with the Second Young Master Wu four years ago.
Could it be that the Empress Dowager is the mysterious big boss behind Mr. Wu?
