Ma Kaifeng briefly looked at this rich new city and found that it was completely located in the area outside the boundary of the Qing Dynasty. In such a place, not to mention buying, selling and buying property, except for the officials and military soldiers, they were found to be beheaded. You must know that during the process of moving to the boundary of the boundary, the most common way is to send soldiers to patrol outside the boundary and kill people when they meet, so that the people outside the boundary dare not go out.

But now there is a commercial port with prosperous trade here, radiating around the surroundings through canals and official roads. I think there is no yamen, but it is also outside the boundary. Where Ma Kaifeng sees, whether it is inspecting ships or ground security, all the soldiers in the Green Camp who pass through the Hakka are responsible. I think in the Qing Dynasty, to be precise, on the map of Fulin, this city and the city do not exist.

Ma Kaifeng and Hou Qi were secretly infiltrated, so they were very low-key. The captain did not know Ma Kaifeng's identity, but knew that Hou Qi was a background. Therefore, he was in the front and the Water Bird entered the port all the way. The patrolling Green Camp soldiers boarded the ship to check twice, but regardless of the cargo, they just saw whether there were Tibetans. In fact, there was nothing to do with Tibetans. As long as they were not a large group of people, the tax and inspection here were very professional. A ship like the Water Bird that often traveled here directly to collect fixed taxes and could enter at will.

"In the early years, there was a lot of chaos here, but there were no generals familiar with the green camp. Just entering and leaving the dock was exploited. It has been much better in recent years. The Zhou family and several handsome generals from nearby areas worked together to create a management committee. Like the court, they were better than the court. They were all caught by taxes, public security, patrols and management. I heard that they also had something to do with the Dongfan side and helped the merchants here to handle all the troubles. Now the Xincheng side is very peaceful, and the soldiers and hooligans dare not make trouble here, otherwise they would be cut off their heads and begged the generals to seek credit from the Tartar court." The captain said proudly, but Ma Kaifeng heard him shouting Dongfan, and he called the Tartar court in the north. He really didn't know where he was, so he couldn't help laughing.

In fact, the people here are like this, scolding the Qing Dynasty outside the sea and scolding Dongfan when entering the port.

There are many docks in Jiaozhou New City. The captain asked the boat to be driven inward. This is what Ma Kaifeng means. He wanted to take a comprehensive look at the size of the port commercial port, but it made him shocked. In the end, the captain moved closer to a dock. The captain stood at the bow of the boat with a big horse and shouted to Liba who was waiting for work under the hut of the wharf: "Come and carry the goods, fifteen people, one person and one big son, and the meat for dinner is enough!"

Liba sat there unmoved, only a mature man came over, called a thousand, and said, "This man, a big man can't find anyone. You, the captain, are all solid things and very tired."

The captain grinned, grabbed a handful of copper coins from his arms, and said, "What I am talking about is the eldest son of Zilou Dongfan, but not the one who makes money!"

When the mature guy heard this, he grinned at the ear, grabbed the whistle in front of him and blew it. Dozens of people passed by, and saw the copper coins in the captain jumping, and they all asked to work.

"Is there any difference between this Zilou and Shunzhi money?" Ma Kaifeng asked. He knew very well that in order to facilitate transactions, there were two types of copper coins in the United States. One was one cent, which was one hundred silver dollars, and the purple house in the captain's hand was one cent, and one thousand dollars was one yuan. This Zilou was because part of it used purple copper, and the image of the Senate Building to the north of the copper coins was called Zilou. Logically speaking, Zilou and Shunzhi money were one to one.

"In recent years, the copper in Shunzhi money has become less and less, and more lead is no longer valuable. It is said to be one cent, but in fact, one thousand two hundred pieces can not be considered one liang. The Qing Dynasty collected taxes with silver. During the tax collection season, the people could not exchange 1,500 pieces of money. It was not as good as the copper coins of the United States, as long as they were sent to the bank, they could be exchanged in accordance with the legal proportion!

This is a commercial port, so the circulation is naturally hard currency!" Hou Qi explained.

The captain inserted his mouth and said, "Making money is nothing now. Now the New City Management Committee collects tax money, so it recognizes Dongfan money!"

Ma Kaifeng smiled helplessly and climbed the dock. He is now increasingly convinced that the people from the Security Bureau have reported to the Senate. The Qing Dynasty is really no longer able to do it now, and its control over the local area is getting weaker and weaker. Wu Sangui in the southwest is as independent as the king's orders, and the army in various places has also begun to develop towards warlordization and vassalization. The Qing Dynasty is becoming more and more like the Southern Ming Dynasty.

The two of them went ashore together, and after the pier, there was a lively market town. The land under their feet was obviously crushed by rammed earth and rocks. The merchants on both sides had shops, which were quite similar to those of big cities such as Taipei and Hong Kong. They were just selling fruits and vegetables. Judging from the freshness, there must be many villages around. Hou Qi said: "Sir Ma, Mr. Zhou, you want to meet, made the land in the workshop, and it is there..."

Looking in the direction Hou Qi pointed, there was a large yard surrounded by a wall by a small river, with rows of huge factories spanning, and rows of farmers carrying their hands on their shoulders, carrying cotton bales inside. In another door was Liba on the dock unloading and loading the trucks. The other side seemed in order, and it was really hot here. Ma Kaifeng had seen this kind of situation. In fact, his family also had a textile factory in Hong Kong, and it looked like this when he was busy.

Ma Kaifeng said: "Just as you arranged it. You are obviously a businessman, so I will just treat you as your follower."

The two entered the factory together. When the person at the door saw Hou Qi dressed up, he hurriedly let him in. The man said, "This man is very handsome. The villain has asked someone to call the shopkeeper, but I would like to remind you that you can't smoke and fire here."

"Of course I know, tell your shopkeeper that Hou Qi is here and ask your boss Zhou Caizhu to come quickly." Hou Qi said indifferently. The two walked through the factory and went to the small building inside. They saw that in the factory across the river, hydraulic machinery was urging more than a dozen machines to tell the operation. Each textile machine had more than a dozen shuttles to tell the operation. A uniform cotton thread was wrapped around it to form cotton yarn. Ma Kaifeng was not surprised at all. He had seen many advanced textile machines in the base camp. As far as he knew, the base camp had tried to use a steam engine as the driving power.

Hou Qi was amazed: "Haha, we have already changed to the third generation, and Zhou Qianzhu is really capable."

When he entered the teahouse, he saw seven or eight people here. Although he was dressed in Qing Dynasty and had a jacket, he had no pig tails and his hairstyle was short, just like an army soldier. Hou Qi's face changed slightly and looked at Ma Kaifeng, thinking that he had arranged someone here. Ma Kaifeng shook his head gently. He did not arrange someone. He came here secretly, but what was the situation with the people from the United States?

"Why are you here? Go out? Only these masters can rest in this room." A guy hurried in to drive people away, but Ma Kaifeng saw the so-called masters with fruits and pots of ice in front of them, which was very comfortable.

"How can a bastard, how can you roar at my distinguished guest like this? Get out of here!" A rich middle-aged man with sweating appeared in front of the two of them. It was the so-called Zhou Qianzhu, Zhou Zisheng.

Zhou Zisheng quickly laughed and took the two to the second floor. Hou Qi asked, "Master Zhou, who are those people? They don't even have a braid. It's too eye-catching."

"What Qi Master said is, hey, the master who comes from Qingdao and comes to debug the machinery. Oh, it's really hard to find. If you don't shave your head, you can only come quietly and leave quietly. It's only these two days. It's not a problem. The workers outside don't know that they are all serving my family." Zhou Zisheng explained. He had already seen that Ma Kaifeng was not annoyed and had three cups of tea.

Hou Qi said: "Mr. Zhou is bold and meticulous, as usual."

Zhou Zisheng smiled apologized and said, "Master Qi slapped me in the face. He was brave and didn't dare to use you anymore. You were a lot of sir, so I didn't dare to try it again for the second time."

Hou Qi was originally a bricklayer. He relied on demolition of the port workers' dormitory in Jiaozhou City to build a relationship with the United States. After Denglai retreated, many developed locals followed him to develop overseas. However, Hou Qi believed that Qingdao Fortress was an unstoppable place, so he stayed and became a local figure. Zhou Zisheng was originally a scholar in the former Ming Dynasty and a local gentry. He had always squeezed tenant farmers and ran around the countryside. Before Hou Qi was developed, in addition to working as a bricklayer, he also helped people cut wheat during busy farming. Zhou Zisheng used him several times, and he deducted wages every time.

However, after the United States landed in Qingdao, Zhou Zisheng was much more honest. However, he also heard that the United States liquidated gentry escaped. Before leaving, he distributed all the food in his family to the local poor people and went to Linqing to join relatives. At that time, the United States swept Shandong. The Zhou family learned about the United States through the canal in Linqing, and gained favor from the United States by distributing grain. When the two sides confronted each other across the canal, Zhou Zisheng moved back and happened to meet Hou Qi. The two of them settled their past grudges. Zhou Zisheng was also good at camping, and some of the same tribe were officials in the Qing court, and they even became kinship with the Shandong Admiral Gao Di family. It developed here and now they have become the leading figure in Xincheng, and they are all enjoying all aspects.

But Zhou Zisheng was versatile. Through Hou Qi, he promoted the "peaceful coexistence" between the local green camp and the Qingdao Fortress defenders. He also bet on both sides, while giving money to the tribe members in the capital to get promoted, while secretly sending his sons and nephews to Jeju to participate in the new United States imperial examination there.

"Don't mention the past. This time I came to send Chief Ma over. Didn't Mr. Zhou always want to serve the New Dynasty and redeem the sins before the Qing Dynasty? If you do things for Chief Ma, you can not only atone for your sins, but also gain great fortune." Hou Qi introduced Ma Kaifeng and said: "This is the Special Commissioner of the Military Management Committee of the United States, Commissioner Ma."

"Captain Ma, I finally hope you are here. My family is looking forward to the stars and the moon, hoping that the United States army can reach Jiaozhou and sweep the Tartars." Zhou Zisheng held Ma Kaifeng's hand and wiped his tears.

Ma Kaifeng smiled and said, "Mr. Zhou is polite. I came here by Shangguan for Jiaozhou New City and the canal floating bridge. Please take care of me during this period."

The first step of the national liberation plan was to land in Shandong, sweep across Lu, and lay the foundation for the United States' military operations in the north. Today, there are more than 60,000 Shandong Qing troops, including the elite battalion of Shandong Admiral Gaodi, and several battalions of the governor of the three provinces Zhang Cunren, as well as the elite soldiers under the command of Hou Fangyu, the governor of Denglai. There are a total of 40,000 elite troops, all of which are the fresh Qing army that Zhang Cunren trained over the years.

The goal of Ma Kaifeng is to control the floating bridge on the Jiaolai Canal, and the second is to control the new city. After all, this city has a population of more than 100,000 and can provide various services and supplies to the newly landed main army and reduce logistical pressure.

The key to all this requires the cooperation of local snakes and green camp generals. Gao Di has always been in a state of vagueness and the Security Bureau is not sure. However, Zhou Zisheng has always wanted to find a way out in the United States. With his cooperation, he can stabilize the order of the new city and take the opportunity to test Gao Di.

Zhou Zisheng talked with Ma Kaifeng for a while and understood Ma Kaifeng's intentions. Zhou Zisheng seemed too excited. The reason was very simple. He always believed that his greatest value was his in-laws relationship with Gaodi, but he never thought that the United States valued Xincheng so much, and he himself was the biggest leader of the local management committee. The more he heard, Zhou Zisheng felt his importance. He gradually understood that the United States valued Gaodi's army was not about letting it be used by me, nor was it about how capable he had, but was afraid that Gaodi would make trouble, such as destroying the Xincheng commercial port and burning the floating bridge.

"What Chief Ma said, the old man understands that the merchants in Xincheng are looking forward to our United States army, but..." Zhou Zisheng rubbed his hands and asked nervously: "They are still unsure. If they are liberated in the future, how can the Xin Dynasty deal with us sinners?"

Hou Qi said, "Didn't it be said that sending your nephews to Jeju to participate in the imperial examination and become officials of the new dynasty, and even if you are a sect, you will be exempted from the death penalty of your family. Even if you are a scammer, you will be exempted from the death penalty. For example, you are a merchant like you who is guilty of being a scammer, and you will never be rewarded for your merits. Didn't you do this? Over the years, these local merchants have sent them to Jeju and Fuzhou for young children, and there are eight hundred."

Seeing that Zhou Zisheng seemed to have a hidden secret, Ma Kaifeng said, "You can't let the head of state give you a gold medal to avoid death."

Zhou Zisheng quickly shook his head: "I dare not, I dare not, the old man dare not have that idea, it is..."

"You just say it straight, Chief Ma doesn't have time to see you shy." Hou Qi said unhappily.

Zhou Zisheng said with a heart-standard: "The villain has discussed with a few familiar people who want to serve the New Dynasty. I feel that he was guilty of the nation in the past, but he is really sorry. Although he has done something for the New Dynasty over the years, he still has done a lot of mistakes. I hope he can use real money and silver to serve the new court, and the head of state on the road of peace and prosperity to us."

"If you want to donate money, no one will stop you." Hou Qi smiled.

Ma Kaifeng raised his hand and signaled him not to make jokes. He said, "Mr. Zhou is talking about public debt."

After hearing this, Hou Qi was slightly stunned. Since he smiled, "It's because you are afraid that the United States will ruin your money."

Zhou Zisheng was quite embarrassed, but in fact he hit the nail. He knew that his sins were exempted, but his money was black-hearted. In addition to exploiting the people, it was obtained by flattering the Tartar officials. If the army landed and enlisted and sealed it with a nail, he would go bankrupt. He was thinking a lot, and everyone thought about it, that was to buy war bonds.

If you buy all the cash for war bonds, the beneficiary writes his own son, and even if you talk about death, you can still leave wealth for future generations. After all, your nephew who went overseas is already a legal citizen. If you buy government bonds, you will not be afraid of whether you settle the United States in the future or take revenge after the Qing Dynasty wins.
Chapter completed!