Great time travel

Chapter 36. One by one has to be solved

Compared with the vast Huamei Republic, the Lingao Senate, which has come to this world for only three years, is much more cramped in terms of territory. So far, the Lingao Crossing Group roughly controls Hainan Island, Taiwan Island and a small half of the country. After deducting the "wilderness areas" that cannot be effectively controlled, these major territories in Fujian Province actually have a territory of more than 4 square kilometers, which is a circle smaller than the East Coast and Huamei territories.

In addition to these core territories, the Lingao Senate also controls a series of important overseas strongholds such as Hong Kong Island in Guangdong, Hongji Coal Mine in Vietnam, and several islands along the coast of Fujian and Zhejiang. Although each stronghold is small in size, But it has formed a solid chain, firmly strangling the mainland coastline from North Vietnam to Jiangsu—the northernmost tentacles on mainland China have reached Huaguo Mountain in Haizhou at the junction of Sulu.

In addition to this island chain stronghold, there are the Ryukyu Kingdom, which has become a de facto vassal, and the Changzhou Domain, a traditional ally in Japan.

Finally, as the command center of the above-mentioned territory, Lingao County on Hainan Island is the de facto capital of this traverser Senate—and the "old revolutionary base" that has been occupied for the longest time.The traversers established a well-defended "Bairen City" here, and then gathered tens of thousands of people in the form of a "castle town" outside the city, forming a large-scale "East Gate City"... It is a heavily guarded military area, and the people of the Ming Dynasty are generally forbidden to enter, so in the eyes of most Ming Dynasty people in this time and space, Dongmen City is the capital of this group of "Australian bandits".

Although in the eyes of the natives of the Ming Dynasty, the Dongmen City of Lingao was astonishingly prosperous, but in the eyes of modern people, that is actually the case.

"...supply and marketing cooperatives? Cooperatives? And these boxy concrete boxes, Chinese tunic suits all over the street, it really looks like a small remote county town in the 80s! Well, but, it's only been three years To be able to achieve this level of effort is already very remarkable!"

Wang Qiu looked at the photos of Dongmen City taken by the satellite - using the color night vision function - and commented, "...the dams, residential buildings, factories, ports, forts, um, and the riverside park, all of them It’s very decent! Although it’s not as good as Manhattan Island in North America, they’ve been operating there for 11 years, so there’s no comparison in terms of time... But right now, the entire Hainan Island, or It is said that Qiongzhou Mansion has really become the territory of traversers? How can the Ming Dynasty government admit such a shameful thing?"

"...How should I put it? Although the Lingao Senate has already conquered the entire island, it still retains the government offices of the Ming Dynasty in name—some of the officials have already become ours under threats and lures. The rest Some die-hards who cannot be bought or are worthless will be dealt with secretly, or they will be driven to Guangzhou to "remotely take official positions": anyway, Guangzhou has been completely subdued by us, as long as they still have Ming Dynasty in name skin, and paid the most basic taxes to Guangzhou according to the old rules, they pinched their noses and agreed that we would separate Qiongzhou... And the tax authority of Ming Dynasty has always been called a coffee table-the efficiency of squeezing is the highest among civilized countries in the world One of the most backward examples, it can be described as "plucking the least goose feathers, listening to the most geese, and finally killing the goose"..."

Guo Yi replied disapprovingly, "...with the ridiculous taxation system of the Ming Dynasty, even the entire Qiongzhou's imperial grain tax is not much money, and the majority of the people's burden is actually the gray income of all levels of government, while Guangzhou No matter how greedy the government is, they still dare not beat us up. Therefore, in order to avoid trouble and open up trade channels, the Senate agreed. Anyway, we can easily earn this little money from industry and commerce. Come back. And with the expansion and development speed of the Senate, it is estimated that this money will not be paid for a few years."

"...In fact, since we have already come, starting from next year, they don't have to pay the Ming government this money - as citizens of the People's Republic of China, they should pay us if they want to pay! Hmm , as well as related fines and late fees must be taken out obediently!"

Wang Meiling interjected in a very yamen style, and at the same time ordered Wang Qiu to put away the satellite remote control monitoring equipment, and then go back to report the situation to the relevant leaders, "...Also, those traversers in Lingao have achieved complete control over the entire island. Yet?"

"... Except for the Li District in the deep mountains, all counties and townships on the coastal plains have basically been controlled, and a new regime has been established."

Guo Yi replied, "...the construction of the militia, the establishment of communes, and land reform are all being carried out rapidly. The goal is to complete the integration of the grassroots of society, and it is best to reach the level of commandment during the Agrarian Revolutionary War or the early days of the founding of the People's Republic of China. Of course, there are also many social conflicts arising from this. For example, many gentry on the island hate us to the bone—I now understand why the landlords were so fiercely suppressed in the early days of the founding of the People’s Republic of China: the Senate has not taken away As for their land, they are only required to pay food and taxes, and these guys are crying and grabbing the land to instigate riots.

I always thought that poor people are not equal to good people, shrews and troublemakers are everywhere.But in the late Ming Dynasty, the big landlords really had no bottom line at all. They usually exploited the tenants without food and watched them fend for themselves.When we wanted to recruit workers and take the farmers away, these rich landlords thought that no one would be able to farm the land, so they jumped out to stop them. Not even a single grain of rice... It was only after I traveled here that I realized that these landlords are really determined to kill the peasants! "

He shook his head and sighed, and at the same time, he took out a copy of "Jie Tie" from the drawer-this term basically meant private propaganda materials such as leaflets and tabloids in the late Ming Dynasty, and was usually the carrier of scolding and fighting among scholars in Shilin. After looking at it, I saw that it said:

"...The thieves are vulgar, illiterate, and morally depraved. They call themselves Song people but don't wear the clothes of the Han family. Instead, they force their domestic slaves to shave their hair and change clothes. They don't accept the hearts of scholars, don't learn the teachings of sages, and look like they have no masters. Promoting false studies, corrupting imperial examinations, killing scholars, and treating gentry harshly has never been seen in history. To conduct merchants, levy heavy taxes, and compete for profits with the people, their hearts can be punished! In Qiongzhou, the survivors shed tears in the dust , the sky is three feet high and endless..."

"...these feudal literati! Sure enough, the more knowledge, the more reactionary! But this is also a normal phenomenon." Wang Meiling commented, "...From ancient times to the present, those titles of 'so-and-so good man' have been understood in reverse, In particular, traditional Chinese landlords and literati, to put it bluntly, are parasitic groups that do not engage in production. If they are not eradicated, it is basically useless to engage in industry. Back then, the KMT and the Communist Party fought so fiercely in the mainland, but after Lao Jiang arrived in Taiwan, the first One thing is to imitate our party's land reform, saying it is a redemption, but it still killed more than 1 Taiwanese landlords... By the way, since these feudal landlords and literati arrange you like this, why don't you let them Are they going to get a taste of the iron fist of the ****? Could it be that the group of traversers in Lingao are all saints and petty bourgeoisie, so they can't deal ruthlessly with these ancient cultural people?"

"...How is this possible? In our eyes, the gentry and scholars have always been regarded as the targets of rape, rather than relying on targets. If there is any trouble, we should clean them up cleanly. It's a pity that this group of people is really 'rebellious talent, ten years failed', basically they just stay at the stage of verbal attacks of spreading rumors and slander, gathering together in private to complain, and at most handing out some leaflets."

Guo Yi rolled his eyes and replied, "...As far as I know, in Lingao County, there is only one scholar who ever wanted to organize a 'rebel army' to fight against us, but just after a little rumor got out, he was killed by his father and My brother was jointly suppressed, and this "loyal minister of the Ming Dynasty" was not allowed to continue to die. Later, I heard that he went somewhere to go to the Ming government to file a complaint... The trouble they caused to the Senate is really worse than those pirates Where's the gang!"

Just when everyone was chatting here, several servant girls filed in, removed the leftover food and wine from the table, changed the tablecloth, put on a lacquer plate containing four-color snacks, and brought a pot of clear tea.Wang Meiling looked at these pure natural and pollution-free green pastries curiously, then picked up a mango glutinous rice ball with two fingers from the golden lacquer plate, and put it in her mouth, a sweet and soft taste immediately melted from the tip of her tongue , It really is an excellent craftsmanship, and then picked up several other pastries to try one by one, and poured a cup of tea to eat, then wiped his mouth, and talked about serious business.

"...cough cough, Xiao Guo! We crossed over this time, and originally wanted to find out the news slowly. But your father was anxious to find you, so we didn't keep it secret, so we went straight to You're here—the Lingao side must have gotten the news by now!"

"...If it was normal, if you came here like this, I'm afraid someone would have come to question you now—the Guangzhou Station of the Senate is not only a commercial station, but also an information center. There are four or five resident veterans. I'm just the general manager on the surface, and the intelligence work is managed by others."

Guo Yi smiled and said, "...but you guys just happened to catch up with a gap this time—it's Chinese New Year now, and Lingao is organizing the Global Traveling Group Conference, and all the other travelers are going back to Lingao. And this stall industry in Guangzhou, including the intelligence agency, is under my supervision and responsibility for the time being. All the two radios in the city are also in my hands. At least so far, it is impossible to get any news from Lingao .

But if after another three or five days, when someone from Guangzhou arrives in Lingao by boat, this matter will not be hidden—when you guys came to the door, my dad directly revealed his identity, and there was no one at all. Keep it secret, on the way from the big world construction site outside the city to the Ziming Building, I don't know how many people know that you are here to find me.As long as we wait until tomorrow, all the rich and well-known families in the city should have heard about it..."

"...It can be kept secret for three to five days, no, just 24 hours is enough! Anyway, after we have a rest, we will go to Lingao to find them for a showdown. As long as Lingao doesn't receive it now news, we can achieve the effect of a surprise attack."

Wang Meiling nodded in satisfaction.And Guo Yi took advantage of the situation to flatter and asked if he could help make some preparations to deal with Lingao's gang.

However, the one who answered him was Wang Qiu who had gone and returned, "...Uh, Senior Guo, I think, you just need to deal with your mother well!"

——In the next moment, a short, plain-clothed old lady with white skin and white hair came out tremblingly from behind Wang Qiu, holding a cane in her hand, her face flushed with excitement, "... Xiao Yi! Tell me what is going on? I heard that you not only opened a gay bar, but also married a Hong Kong ladyboy as your wife, which made your father have a heart attack... You Where did you learn this bad habit? You actually like men! This bad habit must be changed! Our Guo family is still waiting for you to carry on the family, so we can’t just die off like this..."

Under the repeated crying of his mother, Guo Yi couldn't help but his eyes darkened, and his whole body was once again caught in the chaos of the wind...