Chapter 602: Rain from east Zhejiang crosses the river (Chinese

The green cattails are clear and round, and the waves and rain are rustling.

The painting of the raft starts up geese from far and near, and the mist is about to scatter the mountains at high and low.

The half-leaved wild is better, and the short cable is broken and the delayed and idle.

The man in the stream is riding on the vastness of this day, scratching his head and sitting among the smoke and clouds.

"Passing Linping Lake in the Rain" Song Dynasty: Shen Kuo

——I am the dividing line—

In Suzhou, which has been re-paced, the mountains and rivers are all in the distance and the lake is shimmering.

Wang Poxian, one of the great businessmen in the Guanhai Society, was also inspecting and inspecting local tea mountains and other characteristic industries, and made corresponding evaluation opinions on output, quality and investment cycle.

This is also his old profession. His ancestors sold tea and goods along the Western Regions, and gradually became rich and gained a place in the East City of Chang'an. However, now his achievements are obviously even less aware of this.

He is not only one of the founding leaders of Tonghai Club under the rule of the Taiping Army, but also has the status of a specialist in the Tea Department in the Shangzhi Bureau; he is also the initiator of one of the businessmen's friendship and mutual assistance groups migrating from the north.

Therefore, he took the initiative to come to the frontier area where there were still unstoppable wars, including tasks caused by official affairs, as well as some personal appeals and purposes.

This is also a normal and associated model of various local businessmen groups and trade associations that are related to the Taiping Army today;

They were so active that they followed and were active in every place they fought by the Taiping Army, and spared no effort to provide various help and conveniences for the measures and means they implemented, which was ultimately a word of benefit.

Of course, what they value is not the short-term benefits that can be paid attention to, just hoarding low and selling a few transactions, but the market gap and preconceived long-term benefits left after the Taiping Army occupied and cleared up old forces in the area.

At least even after the Taiping Army’s local supply and marketing system is established, it cannot cover and compatible with all types and needs in all fields. This is the meaning of the existence of these businessmen who follow the army.

For Wang Poxian, the merchants in the inner city or the Beidi trading company behind him were undoubtedly the latest existence to appear and be effective under the Taiping Army.

It is neither the Lingdong business groups from Lingwai, which are rich and wealthy, with Cantonese merchants as the core, or the Annan business groups that focus on overseas trade. However, the relatively unfamiliar business groups such as Hunan, Jingnan, and Jiangxi can still compare with each other.

Especially in this new pioneering place where Jiangdong is always known as a wealthy place, who can get the first as much as possible means greater development space and room for development, and the possibility of overwhelming the other side in subsequent internal competition.

Therefore, they not only took the initiative to underwrite various service projects and products with the army, but also invested almost in the subsequent local reconstruction and production restoration work.

Therefore, Wang Po is now walking in Suzhou first. Although the wounds and traces left by the war are still there, many figures gathered together on the tea mountain orchard, paddy fields and rivers and canals.

Among them, the seedlings in the rice fields have begun to plant rice seedlings, and the new buds that grow in the cold and chilly weather on the tea mountain are also approaching the first crop of the New Year that can be picked.

Therefore, according to Wang Poxian's preliminary assessment, although there was a problem of war and being deserted for a period of time, the tea mountain that had been viewed in Suzhou alone can provide at least 300,000 to 400,000 dan of raw leaves.

If it is used to grind into storage-resistant tea cakes or fry it into canned dry leaves, it will also produce 70,000 to 80,000 dan. Whether it is to go south to sell it through Canton, or to ship it on the nearby coast to Silla, Japan, it is a considerable gain.

"Labor creates value, labor makes people free, and labor creates a happy life."

At this moment, Wang Poxian couldn't help but think of these big slogans erected in the fields. Suddenly, several messengers rushed past the road in the distance.

Not long afterwards, someone pasted a brand new notice on the erected woodblock at the intersection and read it loudly:

"Good news, good news... The Taiping army has taken all Haiyan County (Suzhou) and the West Road People's Club heading with Wukang County is on the bank of Linping Lake (Hangzhou).."

——I am the dividing line—

Hangzhou, the military yamen in Lin'an City.

"Why, why?"

Dong Chang, the former commander of the Eight Capitals of Hangzhou and the governor of Hangzhou, also sat upright on the rope bed with anger and roared loudly:

"I still have at least four counties, tens of thousands of soldiers to fight... The Taiping thief is really too bullying and doesn't want to give people a way out... Then just fight to the death..."

"And Jiang Huan's bastard who doesn't know the general and good intentions is a major matter of life and death. Once the Taiping thief can cross the Linping waterway, not to mention the first Yanguan County; even if it is his Qiantang and Yuhang land, can it be protected by his own place? How dare you?"

"Is it rewarding for the messengers who went south to contact several other people? Don't wait foolishly, and then send someone to the station. As long as you are willing to send troops to support and fight back the foreign thieves, everything is naturally easy to discuss in the local affairs."

As the eight capitals of Hangzhou in the past, the only remaining capitals of the capital, Rao Jing, Tangshan capital, Yu Qian capital, Wu Wenju, Fuchun capital, Wen Yu, Xindeng Town general Du Ling and other subordinates, they listened silently.

It was not until the military controversy dispersed that they turned back in groups of three or five and whispered:

"The peaceful thief came too quickly. The five people from Suzhou were wiped out overnight! Three families were destroyed and one surrendered, and one went to sea to escape."

"Now, even Xu Ji, who occupied Yanguan Town, has left his Jiye and fled to the state city. Dong Tuanlian is afraid that he is still scared..."

"Chen Sheng from Yuhang County has sent a letter. He has already led his troops to the prefecture city for a round. He said that there are many lakes, fields, and zodiac signs in Hangzhou, but there are few dangerous areas. Only by refusing to defend the city can we continue to negotiate the conditions at the time."

"It seems that whether it is Jiang Huan or Dong Tuanlian, they are determined to do a good job in order to decide their own future and encounters..."

"In fact, it would be fine if the Taiping thieves were in a difficult situation and let us surrender; but it would be too much for those Taiping thieves to capture the land and disperse the tenants and slaves."

"What was our purpose in the first place when we broke the family and made trouble for the uprising army? Isn't it to preserve this family business that has been passed down with great effort? Which piece of land, which mountains, forests and ponds in it was not what our ancestors worked hard to manage their families for generations."

"Why do these thieves just use a few words to make a big spoil for poverty and just use them to buy people's hearts with nothing to say... Isn't this the determination to force all good people to have no way to survive?"

At this time, they saw a messenger covered in sweat rushing towards him, fell down and fell into the dust, got up again and rushed into the inner yard, and shouted the latest news:

"The Taiping thieves' boat troops raided Baoguan Town on the south side of Linping Lake and burned three water camps in a row; the Qiantang water army hurriedly went to rescue, but was intercepted by the bandits ambushed on the shore with firearms on the Dongcaotou Waterway."

"Most of the hundreds of ships burned and sunk, most of them were surrendered to prisoners. Now the waters of Caohe River are empty. The governor Jiang of Zhoucheng has agreed to all conditions and has also been approved by Fuyang, Xincheng, and Xiling. Only Dong Tuanjian will be invited to send troops to support him quickly and meet the enemy's city."

Not long after, the rushing pigeons flew out in the small courtyard where several merchants in Lin'an City were parked, and the news that Dong Chang's troops began to send troops was brought to the north.

At the same time, Chi'ankou (town), the key to the intersection of waterways near Qiantang, Zhoucheng, Hangzhou; the middle gate opened wide with a case full of fragrant flowers and colorful tables, and the crowds kneeling on the side of the road were worshipped by the crowd.

And among the most decent pedestrians in front of them, there were also slight noises.

"Why did Aye surrender? Since the peace thief, he has taken away all the fields and mountains we have occupied, and let all the slaves and tenants go."

A young man in blue-clothed silk scarf also asked inexplicably

"What can I do if I don't surrender... I know that I can't stop it, but I still have to take the lives of the clan members..."

A thin old man in the middle, who was the patriarch and father, but was carrying a bundle of thorns on his back, said in a deep voice without raising his head.

"That peace thief is treating the rich and the gentry extremely harsh, but is Jiang Huan from the Zhoucheng better? The stakes and support of his attack and killing with Dong Chang alone have caused many orphans and widows in the clan, and many people will suffer from labor."

"At least, based on the letters from the north and the experiences of the people who came back, the peace thief acted strictly and had their own rules and regulations; perhaps after taking away our land and slaves, there would be no extra unreasonable killing and harm, at least it would be possible to have a life left."

"Even if you, my father and son are eventually left to other places, everything is still possible. At least our family still has some business of cargo and business, so they will not have nothing. At worst, after the clan is broken down and the family business is divided, at least there are still people who can pass on Zong Siyan..."

"But continue to fall under Jiang Huan or Dong Chang's command and continue to go all out, it is afraid that many people will never see the next year again... In time, I am afraid that you, my father and son will inevitably fill the road... What is the use of this famous reputation of poetry and books!"

While they were talking, the Taoist armored soldiers holding the Taiping Green Banner in the distance had already arrived in front of them. However, the old man pushed away the support from his left and right, stood up tremblingly and shouted with all his strength:
Chapter completed!