Chapter 2029 Instigate Rebellion

"Boss, you have something to do with me. Nonsense, of course I have something to do with you. Seeing your frizzy appearance outside just now must be something to do. Now I will give you a thing to do. The Eastern Empire doesn't have them in this city. Are they our own people? Didn’t they come to monitor us? Do you know where they are?” Li Cong thought for a while and said, he couldn’t look far away. If he went far away, the time would definitely be delayed. No one, it's really difficult to find someone who has weight, so it's better to just take the people here.

"Of course I know this. Boss, although I came here with you, I am very clear about the things in this city. Otherwise, how could I be your bodyguard." This guy wanted to continue talking to express himself Well, Li Cong, hurry up and get this guy to stop. If you play tricks, you can’t handle this guy. He has been in the army for a long time and told soldiers everywhere that his mouth is so broken that it can’t be broken any more. That's enough, that's all, that's all, I know what you're talking about, you've put your heart into it, and I'm giving you one more month's salary this month, all right, now I have something for you, you go out and bring a few Ten people go to the office of the Eastern Empire to this city, and then you just go looking for trouble when you go in. Usually they do a lot of evil, no matter how you try to get their anger out, you want to take things to make them lose face, as long as they dare to give Our resistance is the end of their war, and we are about to fight with them. Li Cong has no choice but to be a shameless person at this time, otherwise the Linghu family will be in danger.

If this war was initiated by the Eastern Empire, there would be no pressure on Li Cong at all. There is no pressure on you for the people in the fifteen cities ruled by Li Cong now. They will think that the Eastern Empire came to find this matter for no reason. Xiao, even if the army of the Eastern Empire comes, they will not cooperate with each other to open the city gate. Although they will not help Li Cong and the Cao family's commercial army, after all, they were originally a country people? We have to take care of other people's considerations. As long as they stand still and remain neutral, Li Cong's army will have a way to block the army of the Eastern Empire outside. Li Cong can still guarantee such a thing, and the combat effectiveness of these troops of Cao's House Just kidding. They can also guarantee this. The guard who spoke just now was stunned for a moment at first, but later he understood, wasn't he just looking for trouble? We're the best at this stuff.

"Sir, if you ask me to do other things, maybe I really can't handle it for you, but you can rest assured about finding trouble and fighting. We will definitely handle it for you. I will take people there immediately. See if I don't It’s no wonder they were broken, the guy said with a smile, but Li Cong stopped him before he left. Not just asking you to find something to fight, I have bigger things to ask you To do it, you have to kill the boss inside. Remember, the boss inside is not me, Li Cong said with a smile, this guy shivered when he looked at Li Cong, why did he want to kill people? We did a lot of things, but we killed an ordinary person for no reason. Forget it, don’t think about it. Now there are conflicts in the Eastern Empire. The Eastern Empire also killed our people in the northern battlefield. Kill them all. What happened to the two government officials? We can do anything at this time.

Indeed, they can be said to be very clear about such things. If they can't do other things, they may need to find someone to learn.

But if you can't do such a thing, then you have a problem with your brain. When doing things, they already have their own ideas in their hearts. The Eastern Empire has its own affairs in every city occupied by the Cao's merchant army. This is what was said in the original treaty. After all, the entire city is populated by the people of the Eastern Empire. The establishment of the Eastern Empire officials can also give them peace of mind, telling them that this is actually still under the rule of the Eastern Empire, but you have What right? You have your own rights to live in this big house, and you are nothing if you leave this house, and we will not recognize what rights you have in this city? This is what the representative of Cao's Commercial Bank said to the representative of Dong, which made them very depressed. It is too uncomfortable for them to be unable to be the master of their own territory.

But now that so much time has passed, they have gotten used to it. They feel that they are very ordinary people in this city, and they are not the so-called officials. There are not many ordinary people when they go out. Looking at them, the official costumes of the Eastern Empire on their bodies have become a bit commonplace. In the past, whenever they went out, they would ring the gong to clear the way and carry the sedan chair, but now they can only walk out, because according to the treaty According to the regulations, they can take horse-drawn carriages in the city, but there are strict restrictions on horse-drawn carriages. It is impossible to go out in such a mighty way as before, because you are officials in the territory of the Eastern Empire, and you are not here. Officials, just ordinary people, it is a very good thing to let you ride in a carriage.

It’s okay if you don’t want to, you can just leave here, we didn’t even think about asking you to come here, you can go to your own territory, in your own territory you are still those court officials you Do whatever you want? How to oppress the common people is your business, and the common people here have also felt this matter. In the past, when these officials came out, let alone these officials, even their followers could intimidate themselves. Yes, but now they don't have that ability, and it's the same when they come out to the common people. What if there is any dispute on the street? If you go to the government to make a fuss, the common people may still take advantage of it. It can be said that the people of Cao's House of Commerce have no good impressions of the officials of the Eastern Empire. The officials of the Eastern Empire are also waiting here. Do some activities on it, and leave this place quickly.

For them, everything here is not so important. At the beginning, they didn’t think that it would be like this when I came here. Although the Cao’s House said it was a lease, it was still the territory of the Eastern Empire, and they would exercise some power here. Of course, now they Also exercise power. For example, the officials at Cao's House will call them to report the situation regularly, but they are not equal at all. When people ask you, it is you who do it. Ask you anything and ask you anything? And 24 hours someone closely monitors you. Such a life is unimaginable to them. They don't want to stay in this place any longer. If there is a chance to escape from here, they will leave here without hesitation. As for those so-called national interests? This is nothing in their eyes. The happiest thing is that we can live happily.

Not just in this city. It can be said that the current situation is the same as the officials of the Middle East Empire who occupied fifteen air defense cities in Cao's house. Here they only have the official names given to them by the Eastern Empire, and they have nothing else. It turns out that they can continue to live at home. But there is nothing up and down at home, are they going to fix the house? Of course not, because in their hearts, this place is like a place of war. I don’t know when the Cao’s family business will be taken over by the army, so what’s the use of making the whole house so magnificent? So now they have this kind of thing, come here to work during the day, and go to a nearby process to rest at night, some officials don't come here for several days, anyway, there is nothing wrong with coming here? What are you doing here? It's not as good as an ordinary person living comfortably, which leads to the fact that there are not many people here in their government during normal times.

Cao’s House of Merchant has its own bureaucracy in this city, and the Eastern Empire also has its own bureaucracy in this city. At this moment, the bureaucracy of the Eastern Empire is the original City Lord’s Mansion. According to the agreement established at the beginning, here is It was going to be returned to the original city owner of the Eastern Empire, and that city owner was not an idiot, he was active among the students and sent a lot of money, then he was transferred from here, and then went to another county to go to the city owner Yes, although the level of economic development there is incomparable with here, but after all, it is the territory of the Eastern Empire itself. Although it has been detailed by Li Cong, there are no people in Caojia Lane, only Caojia Commercial Bank has hurt people , relatively speaking, living there is much better than living here. This is also the thinking of most city owners. Now a person who comes to Chengdu here is a small official in the past. He needs to bow his head when he sees the city owner. , but now, she turned out to be the city lord here, but is he really happy? Impossible, nothing to be happy about.

But in normal times, he was directly promoted to a mighty city lord with a very small official. He was really happy, and felt that this was a matter of Guangyao's lintel, and he might have to go back to his hometown to give himself The family's ancestral grave has been talking about it for a while, but now, he feels that this matter is really useless. What do he do every day after he arrives at this city lord? Even if there are only two or three followers around him, there is no way to recruit them. It’s just a matter of people. After the establishment of the Cao’s Commercial Bank, the common people here began to provide comprehensive services to the Cao’s Commercial Bank. It can be said that the entire city’s economy revolves around the Cao’s Commercial Bank. It’s not enough for my usual life, how could anyone come here? Even if they follow my two followers, they are all officials appointed by the Eastern Empire. They are also dreaming in their hearts that one day the Eastern Empire can regain this place. better.

At the beginning, they thought it would only take a few days, but then these days passed quickly, and they thought that it might take several months. After all, it is impossible for the Eastern Empire to carry out such a big war right now. , That also requires some necessary preparations, but now several months have passed, and the whole city is under the control of the Cao's firm, and they have also seen that the people on the street have a different mental outlook from before. The business cooperation is very good. If it continues to develop according to this situation, the army of the Eastern Empire may arrive here in a few years, and these common people will forget that they used to be common people of the empire. They will only believe that they are members of the Cao family business. All of this has been posted by the officials, but the people above don't listen to this at all, and they don't want to take care of the affairs of these cities. They still remember the tragedy of the last war in their hearts, and they don't want such things to happen again.

Will Li Cong's guards come here to make trouble? After all, this is the highest institution in the whole city. This is the city lord's mansion. In the past, the common people would not dare to look directly at this place. They would turn around, or close their eyes and walk with their heads down. The guards at the door were not Just kidding, but now you can't even see the shadow of the guard at the door, even if you look at it, there are not many people inside? It is simply two manifestations of the previous situation of heavy traffic, and the common people will even stop when they get here. He started pointing at the house with the people beside him. It was so beautiful here in the past, but what has it become now? Even if you invite us to go in, we will disappear. Of course, there will be some curious people who go in. Go in and see if no one stops you when you are picked up at the door. But it is not allowed to enter other people's houses. This is the family's private property.

In the past, the City Lord's Mansion was a place for litigation if you had any disputes with neighbors, friends or even strangers. Just pick up that drum and beat it, but how can anyone come here to fight a lawsuit now? Absolutely not, even a two- or three-year-old child knows that the sound of the drum here has not drifted away for nearly a year before going out. No one came here. A year ago, there was a war here, and a year later, they didn't come here. They all know that if they want to do something now, they should go to the referee of Cao's Commercial Bank. That's the place to do things. , If there is any dispute, it will be considered legally effective if it is mediated for you. Anyone who dares to disobey will be arrested immediately. What is the effect of mediating for you here? No one will admit that even the sufferer himself is unwilling to come to this place to fight a lawsuit for a while, wasting his money, ability and energy, what is there in the end? nothing?

As a result, the city lord's mansion, the highest authority here, is already what it is now, so there is no need to mention other places. In other places, it can be said that the official appointed by the imperial court is playing there, and there is no other one. People, there is only one person working in a very large official yamen, and that person is not working when he goes in, because there is nothing at all? Most of them come here at noon to take a walk around to perform their duties, but in the afternoon, they can't find anyone. If they are not in this city at all at home, they may spend several days looking for them. It can be said that such a bureaucracy is useless without people. Of course, there are some people whose homes are in this city, and they will still come here. This is why people ask where they work? They wouldn't say that they were officials of the Eastern Empire government? This will be despised by others, and it is slightly better than a beggar, but it is completely different from before.

Another very important thing is that you are an official of the Eastern Empire, you have to wait until the people from Caojiashan come to find trouble, and they will come here to talk about some trivial things, for nothing else but to embarrass you Every time they come to look for something, they will be followed by a large number of ordinary people. The ordinary people see that the authority of the Eastern Empire government has been reduced to this level. Why do they still have fantasies about the winter national flower? That is absolutely impossible, they will think that the Eastern Empire is no longer good now and has been bullied like this by the people of Caojiashan, do we still need to wait for them to come back? Of course it is impossible to wait for them to come back, wait for them to come back It can't change our current life, and the current life is much better than before. At least now we won't starve to death, and there will be rice in the rice tank at home. Food is important, and other things are Slowly relying on yourself to struggle, the Cao's House can't take care of everything.

It seems that some workers working on the wharf said that they were very tired doing such things in the past, but they only had an income of about 100 yuan a day. At home, the net income of a month is only about three taels of silver, so you can’t get sick all day long, and you can’t be lazy and work all the time to have such an income. If you get sick for some reason, the whole family can’t even eat It is impossible, this is the life these porters lived during the rule of the Eastern Empire, and there are other things such as the government and how he pays taxes to pay part of his income. Cao's Commercial Bank has shown in this respect It's very good. They will not come to collect taxes. They will only come back to collect taxes as long as your income exceeds ten taels of silver. If it does not exceed, on the contrary, they will give you some subsidies. Such a thing was never imagined.

That is, the life of dock workers is different from before. Although they are still working, their hearts are different from before, and their mental outlook is also different. Many things in their hearts are how to deal with this problem in the future. Live a better life and make yourself better. Make your family better. They come to work full of energy in the morning, and although they go home exhausted in the evening, their current income is twice as much as before. What is going on with this income? For example, those who came to collect protection fees If they didn't dare to come, as long as they improved the area where they entered the wharf, the soldiers on Tao's house would invite them to the room over there to enjoy the taste of the whip. If you people want to come out to work, we welcome it. It would be great if you came looking for something. We are not afraid anymore, we are just looking for trouble. There are countless fish in this sea who want to eat human flesh. If you want to go in and try it, we will definitely not stop you, he will send a boat to send yours in for you.

Half of their income will be taken away by these gangsters when they come here. They all belong to various associations. Li Cong does not want to absolutely ban these associations, but these associations that drink human blood must be banned. You can start some For other things, it is of course possible to collect protection fees, but this protection fee must be limited, and 10% per month is enough. If it is more, it is absolutely not allowed. Of course, the money you receive is also the same. I have to do certain things for people. This city has established a huge police system, that is, things like patrols and arrests in the past, but there are places they can't see. This is what Li Cong taught the people below. The society has existed for such a long time, and there is a fundamental reason for its existence. It is okay to let them develop slowly, but they must become the government's dog legs under the supervision of the government.

In addition to these things, the frequent beating and scolding of workers on the pier is gone. In the past, as long as I was a little slower in doing things, or didn't agree with the people above, I immediately beat myself up with sticks and came over. , there is no good place in the whole body. These people beat people to death, and now those people are gone. The regulations of Cao's House of Firm are that no beatings and scolding are allowed. If there is something wrong, it will be solved. That's fine. For example, if you are lazy, you don't earn that much money. Everything is billed on a piece-by-piece basis. If you do well, you will naturally earn more. If you do poorly, you will earn less. The enthusiasm of the workers began to increase rapidly. Those who are strong will naturally earn more and those who understand less will earn less. In the past, those who came to collect protection fees were dumbfounded. Why didn't they think of this matter? I didn't expect that Cao's House was much better than them in terms of management when they came here. It's no wonder that they can get in and we can't.

The interests of the Eastern Empire in this sea are very strong, just like in this city, their most important people are not in that office at all, but in another place, this place is at the pier. The empire has its own huge interests in the docks. How many islands are there in the southern coast? Li Cong didn't know, he hadn't had the opportunity to let his team go to the southern coast to take a look, even if he did, it is estimated that the Eastern Empire has its own way of dealing with it, and his Eastern Empire has developed very large at sea over the years Yes, with his own strength, it is absolutely impossible for him to give up all these things. If he gives up, he will give up the advantages of the Eastern Empire, so when they signed the contract, they asked for a very independent small pier on the pier, and This place is where Li Cong is looking for trouble today. The officials appointed here are the real officials appointed by the Eastern Empire, and the ones in the city are basically used to block the eyes and are of no great use.

It can be said that there are not many private merchant ships in and out, and most of them are some government ships in the Eastern Empire. These ships wander around between the islands outside the Eastern Empire and the mainland of the empire, and transport some overseas things to the main road. It is their task to transport the things needed on the overseas islands from the mainland. In the past, they suffered a lot of losses because of the pirates played by Li Cong. Development mainly means that all kinds of resources can be transported there and back. If the trade between the two sides is strengthened, they will have such good things. If Li reappears from Shanghai, they may have some incidents with these islands and lose contact. This is not very good for both parties. Yes, it can be said that various things between the two sides are progressing slowly. Many people believe that development is certain, and it just depends on how far it develops.

The court didn't even use a contract to trap the people from Cao's House. So they didn't have many troops left here either? The court also had some debates on this matter. How many troops is appropriate to leave? If there is less flow, it is useless at all. If there is more flow, the surrounding people are retreating. These troops are stationed here alone, and the daily expenses are a very astonishing figure. It is very difficult for the court. So simply don't stay in the army. Even if something happened? So now there are only a few officials here, as if there are only a few hundred people in this city? At this moment, Li Cong's guard has already arrived here. If you want to make trouble, you should start here. Those places in the city are useless at all. Even if those people are all dead, the Eastern Empire government will not ask more questions. At most, a few people will be sent to continue to sit in their place.

The officials of the Eastern Empire upstairs were still drinking morning tea on the rooftop as before, and when they saw a dozen cavalrymen erected downstairs, all wearing clothes from Cao's House, they were a little puzzled. How is this going? In the past, the population of Cao's Commercial Bank would never come to this place. Even if they got up, they would report some official documents. Their place is completely different from those things in the city and the country. They are here. Those who have their own ideas also have their own strength. If they can't, they can go to sea immediately. The vast sea Cao's firm means that they have nothing to do with them. What are these people doing here today? The leader suddenly thought that there were two very important ships in the port, which were loaded with more important things. These things were transported back from overseas. If something happened, they couldn't afford it. Thinking of this, he put on a smiling face and prepared to go down and ask what's going on?

The fat man walked downstairs as fast as he could. Li Cong's guards were a little impatient. The concierge always said that their master would be coming down soon, and how long it would take when he went there Time has passed and it’s really selling. Could it be that I’m being neglected by my brothers, who are just a bodyguard? Even if it’s a bodyguard, you can see clearly that we are also the bodyguards of the boss of the Cao’s House, even if it’s the city lord here You also have to give us face, you little concierge dared to stop us, you were here to find trouble, now you feel even more upset when something like this happens, you go up and slap this concierge aside, What the hell do you dare to stop Lao Tzu? I have something to do here today. If your boss doesn’t come out, I’ll set the fire on fire. Don’t you even look at who Lao Tzu is? This guy said arrogantly, he looked like a very powerful person, and the person in charge got down immediately when he heard this, and even crawled over.

"Master, don't get angry, don't get angry, look at us, it's just a small office, if you have something to tell me, I'll go and bring you something big right away, but I dare not say that as long as it is within the scope of our ability, I will take you there to drink tea immediately. Don’t have the same knowledge as these people. Who are they? They are opened by a family, of course they don’t know how much you have. It's precious, this guy is very good at talking, so hurry up and let these guards go inside. Although she doesn't know what these people do? She knows that they are very luxurious even by looking at their clothes, but this suit The clothes are already dozens of taels of silver. Does an ordinary soldier have such a suit? It is absolutely impossible. They should be the guards next to some important people. It seems that the one who doesn't have their momentum should be someone from their headquarters.

Just like those imperial envoys, when they come down, they can see someone in the local area. In their eyes, the highest officials in the local area are just like bumpkins. They want to do something and pull out their Shangfang sword. I am from the headquarters. The man Lao Tzu came from the side of the emperor. You people must listen to Lao Tzu's words. Lao Tzu represents the highest will. These people must have the same idea. They must be very prosperous inside the Cao's House. The Eastern Empire was defeated by Cao's House. Although the common people now Still wondering, but he told all the officials to know how the Eastern Empire groveled in that war, how it was kicked out and ran all over the street, and how it was made so restless day and night. It is very clear, so even if it is for the benefit of the empire, his face is thrown to the ground directly. Whether people can step up or not depends on whether they are happy or not. How can I have other thoughts in my heart?

You are the person in charge here, and next time you look for this to open the door, you should keep your eyes open. Opening the door will represent your face as a yamen, and what they did at the door. But it's very bad to meet ordinary people and shout at them vigorously. People like us are not humble. If you want such a person to open the door for you, you will find trouble for you. Let me tell you. We are the people around Mr. Cao Ke, the boss of Cao's House, and we are their guards. We came here today to ask you to do something. You also know that our Cao's House is also very powerful, so I don't need to say more about this, of course we can do this better, but now I didn't give you a chance, I'll give you a favor The opportunity of our boss, this matter is entrusted to you, how can it be enough to take care of you, I entrust this matter to you because you can speak well, this guy's words are really beautiful.

The official of the Eastern Empire felt bitter in his heart, wishing he could go up and beat up this smiling guy, what the hell are you talking about? You look up to me for asking me to handle your affairs, why doesn't I feel this way? The war we just waged cannot be regarded as a bloody battle, it also hurt both sides deeply, and now you are saying such things, but this guy's heart and face are really good, in his heart I can’t wait to tear people apart, but I still can’t do that on my face, I still have my own smile on my face, just say what it is, no matter how big or small I will handle it properly for you , he didn't say anything to back down, but directly printed the matter, no matter what? I have to do what I have to do. What people say will definitely embarrass me. If I don’t make myself embarrassing, they won’t say it. It seems that everything I do from now on is embarrassing.

Yes, that’s not a big deal. I know that you are in control of these ships. You have the final say on what goods they transport every day and when they go out every day. I’m talking about the official fleet of your Eastern Empire. As for our side, recently there happened to be a batch of goods to be transported to the Southern Empire. I don’t know if your ship can help me, and the time is not long. According to your speed, it is about one and a half years. That's not much, about 50,000 ships are enough, hey, don't refuse me, but do you know how many ships you have? You seem to have more than 60,000 ships under your control. You can take out these ships and there are more than 10,000 left. The first thing is that if you feel that the transportation capacity cannot keep up with us, Cao’s House of Merchant may also have some in the local area. Our speed is faster than that. Yours is much faster, and one ship can give you ten ships. This guy sat in the seat of the top person after entering. This kind of anti-customer orientation makes everyone in the room uncomfortable.

This statement seems to be nothing, but in fact this is what the Eastern Empire fears the most. When the Eastern Empire established this office here, it told them that the bottom line is that they must never let their ships help Cao's House of Commerce to transport things. , It is absolutely not allowed to go to the boat of Cao's House to help him transport things. Although the fact is just like what this guy said, the boat of Cao's House is very fast and ten times more efficient than their work, but where are these islands on the sea? The local Cao’s House of Commerce doesn’t know about it at all. If they know, it will be very difficult. If these people rush over directly, their island will become the territory of the Cao’s House of Commerce. A large island was drugged by the Eastern Empire, so the Eastern Empire knew what Cao's firm was thinking of? The Cao family firm knew that one day they would become enemies with the four great empires. At that time, there would be absolutely no place for them on the entire continent. They would have to find their own foothold on the sea. It is an urgent matter for commercial firms.

There are some rich minerals on the island? It can be said that gold, silver, platinum, and copper are all available. If the people from the Cao's House of Commerce rush up to this, it will be their wealth. This is absolutely impossible for the Eastern Empire. There are so many things circulating because they were excavated from these islands. The mainland of the Eastern Empire is actually similar to other empires, and there are only so many minerals, but why can every soldier in the Eastern Empire be made of iron? The armor covers the whole body. Where did the Eastern Empire get so much iron? Li Cong's Cao's House also deals in iron ore, but they don't have so much iron ore to make them realize that the Eastern Empire is different. There are a lot of such resources on the islands discovered by the Eastern Empire. It is inexhaustible, of course, it is calculated according to the current speed. If modern technology is used to excavate, any kind of collapse can be excavated.

Minerals are very important at any time. In the past, other empires did not see this, so they all lagged behind a lot, but the people of the Eastern Empire have seen this. Now they There are a lot of minerals in China, which can be said to be more than the sum of the other three empires. The islands in the sea are rich in minerals, and many people there come to mine every day. They are all prisoners from the Eastern Empire. If they were replaced by other people, they would not be able to stay in that place. That is to say, they could endure the loneliness on the island. If they were replaced by other people, they would definitely be noisy. They went back arguing, each of them had their own ideas in their hearts, and they all knew that even if they went back, it might not be as easy as living here, at least they could save their lives here, and if they went back, even their own Their lives cannot be saved. In the history of the Eastern Empire, they were all fugitives. Such people can only be killed, and there will be no other results other than being killed. (To be continued..)