When Shuan Zhu reported that the anti-Qing and Fuming clique had been discovered in Yongping City, Jia Liu was having a cordial conversation with his eldest brother-in-law Lin De'an, who had just been released from prison.
Perhaps due to fright, the eldest brother-in-law's mind has not yet recovered, which is similar to that of Sun Lehe, who was unjustly accused of killing his wife by the government.
He just looked stupid, his reaction was a beat or two slower than normal people, and from time to time his body would tremble instinctively as if he was suddenly frightened, or he would just be in a daze.
If I don't even have a month to recover, I'm afraid I won't be able to return to normal.
As the eldest brother-in-law, Jia Liu could only patiently guide his eldest brother-in-law, hoping that he could come out of the shadow of this incident, integrate into society as soon as possible, and achieve self-rebirth.
In the same way, as the eldest brother-in-law, Jia Liu must of course arrange a job for his eldest brother-in-law who was wrongfully imprisoned.
Don't read any more books. It's boring. It's more serious to get out to work early.
If a leader as big as Jia Liu doesn't use his power to benefit his relatives, is he still a human being?
The overlord of Western Chu also knew how to return to his hometown in rich clothes and bring benefits to his hometown.
Jia Liu is a person who compares himself to Taizu and is not as good as an overlord.
Regarding the work of his eldest brother-in-law, Jia Liu personally wrote to Asha, the Minister of Personnel who was in charge of national personnel in the Qing Dynasty, hoping that the other party could expedite the processing of the relevant documents and official certificates regarding Lin De'an's appointment as Linyu County Magistrate.
Of course, Jia Liu abides by the law. Although he does not avoid relatives when promoting talents, he will never do anything that violates the law.
Therefore, the officials are required to handle this matter through donations.
In this way, it is not illegal.
As we all know, officials in the Qing Dynasty could be bought with money.
As for donating the funds needed for the deficient county magistrate, Jia Liu hoped that A Shangshu could make an advance first. After all, he was also strapped for money now.
We spent more than one million taels in Tianjin before. This is just the initial investment. There are many places where money is needed.
Governor Li of Sichuan received a letter and agreed to borrow 3 million taels from the Bank of Sichuan and send troops to escort Zhang Xianzhong to Baoding together with the 1.5 million taels obtained from the sale of the sunken treasure.
However, Chairman Li was also very clever. After knowing that the Six Sons wanted to open up trade in Tianjin, he counted the 4.5 million taels as an investment from the Bank of Sichuan and required that the shares in the Tianjin Customs Supervision Yamen should be at least 20%.
That is to say, once the trade is completed, if the annual profit is 10 million taels, then Sichuan will divide it into 2 million taels, and if the trade is 20 million taels, it will be divided into 4 million taels, and so on.
I have to say that Chairman Li has a dark heart.
Jia Liu happily agreed, because he knew that Chairman Li did not love money. He just wanted Sichuan, an inland province, to get a share of the Beiyang trade, in order to solve Sichuan's poverty and backwardness as soon as possible so that the country could make progress together.
The strength of the large provinces that will be fully controlled will be further improved.
In the future, whether it is to fight for the Qing Dynasty peacefully or to fight against the Qing Dynasty by force, Sichuan can provide enough confidence for the Gongjin Association.
At that time, Sun Ke hoped that he could use Yunnan to conquer the Qing Dynasty and defeat the Qing army like a turtle. Jia Liu would naturally be able to use Sichuan to regain China.
The premise is that you know management as well as Sun Kewang.
In fact, even if President Li is not so shameless, Jia Liu still wants to share part of the proceeds from trade to Sichuan. In any case, Sichuan is considered the land of Longxing for President Jia.
In the dangerous building of Xiaozhai, he spent so much wisdom and blood and sweat, and brewed many major events that shocked the world.
In this way, how could Jia Liu have no feelings for Sichuan?
His biggest reliance on force right now is Sichuan Green Camp.
Of course, the 4.5 million taels invested by Chairman Li was still not enough compared with the funds needed for large-scale construction projects in Zhili.
Tianjin Port will be fully completed by the end of the year at the earliest. Once Zhu Dawen, the prefect of Tianjin, has reached an agreement with the British East India Company, no matter how fast it is completed, British merchant ships will not be able to go north until the spring of next year.
Therefore, the trade will see results next summer at the earliest.
Before this, whether it was industrial construction, people's livelihood development, road construction and other projects, all projects had to be self-financed by Jia Liu. So you can imagine how big the funding gap is.
If the Fourth Japs had used the tens of millions of taels spent in the attack on Jinchuan and Jinchuan to do the things Jia Liu did, the Qing Dynasty might become the big brother of the Allied Powers.
It is estimated that there will be no Wuchang Uprising.
Arranging for my brother-in-law to be the magistrate of Linyu County does not violate the rule that people from the same township cannot serve as chief officials in the county.
The Lin family, like my second uncle Dazhong's family, is a migrant household.
It was because of the misfortune of Mu Tianen, the rightful owner, that the good county magistrate changed his profession and became a tainted witness.
To take a step back, compared with the hanging of Ma Xiucai, the ending is already very good.
If Shuan Zhu hadn't accepted money from others, and his second uncle Dazhong was soft-hearted and didn't want to care about it, Jia Liu's temper might have really buried the county magistrate.
"It's a good time for you to rest at home during these days. Don't think about anything. Take good care of yourself before getting married. Then follow my arrangements."
Jia Liu stood up and patted his eldest brother-in-law on the shoulder, then walked out of the house with the latter still looking a little confused in his eyes.
There are people waiting outside.
It was Amida, the Manchurian counselor stationed at Shanhaiguan. After receiving a message from the governor asking for the release of Lin De'an, the counselor immediately realized that the matter was not simple. He not only went to the prison in person to take Lin De'an out, but also personally accompanied the frightened Lin Xiucai.
go home.
When I arrived, I found that the Governor seemed to have a very close relationship with the Lin family, and his mind suddenly became busy. Then he asked someone to buy several carts of watermelon to give to the officers and soldiers of the Governor's guard to cool down, and then gave them to each of the Governor's guard and entourage.
A red envelope.
On the other hand, he stood respectfully outside Lin's house.
The attitude is very correct.
This made Jia Liu feel embarrassed to punish him.
After calling Xuan Amida over, he was about to ask about the situation of the troops stationed in Guanmen. However, the counselor took the initiative to report that a few days ago, Guanmen had uncovered a case of Han people escaping the customs, and confiscated Dongzhu, ginseng and so on.
Two trucks containing smuggled goods.
I will hand these two carts of goods over to the Governor. They are just outside.
Jia Liu couldn't say anything, so he accepted it calmly, because it was stolen goods and should be confiscated from the national treasury.
His expression also softened greatly, and he said to the guard at the door: "Give Ashen Ling some tea."
At the same time, he motioned to Amida to sit down and talk.
"嗻!"
The guard immediately brought in the half-warm teapot and poured a bowl for Amida.
"There is no humble position in front of your Lord!"
Amida refused again and again, and finally sat down helplessly.
What Jia Liu appreciated was that the ashen collar only sat halfway up its buttocks, and its body always maintained a slightly forward posture, which was just right.
He is a man who can be made, and there are still some characters among the Manchus.
Jia Liu secretly praised in his heart that if everyone in Manchuria was as knowledgeable as Amida, he would be able to sit back and relax.
He picked up the tea bowl and took a sip, and said calmly: "You just said that the Han people stole the customs, do you mean the Han people inside the customs secretly went out of the customs?"
"Reply to the adults,"
Amida habitually stood up and started to play, but Jia Liu raised his hand to stop him, indicating that he could just sit down and talk, no need to be polite.
They are all bannermen and ministers of the Qing Dynasty. Although their official positions are high or low, they still need to have the friendship of colleagues.
According to Amida, the Han people who sneaked out of the customs were Han people who smuggled out of the customs at the risk of being beheaded. Most of the people who took the Shanhaiguan line were Zhili Han people from the Jingdong area. In recent years, the garrison at the gate had arrested a lot of them, but they couldn't kill them.
few.
After he finished speaking, he glanced at the tea bowl again, thinking that the governor was so poor that he could only drink the tea foam from the traders and lackeys. As a subordinate, how could he bear it?
After I go out later, I have to quickly ask someone to pack up the good tea I drank and bring it to honor the governor.
"Beyond the Pass is the land of Longxing in our Qing Dynasty, and it is also a treasure land. There are many good things. These Han people are uneasy about their duties and leave the Pass without permission. According to the law, they should be punished. But I think there can be some flexibility on the side of the Pass.
Suddenly, a disadvantage becomes an advantage, and a bad thing becomes a good thing?"
Jia Liu said this in a consultative tone.
Because he wanted to partner with Amida in the official smuggling business.
Just let Amida get into the water and make progress together.
The reason is that he admires this Manchurian ginseng leader and feels that he has a better foundation.