Chapter 123 Dividing

The New Year this year was particularly interesting. Ye Tao, Ye Laogeng and even Ye Tao's senior brothers were invited to the palace to visit the royal family and had a dinner with the Dongping royal family. Usually, even if Ye Tao was already a son-in-law, there was no such rule. However, Tan Xiaopei decided to treat the Ye family in this ordinary way, which fully demonstrated his importance to Ye Tao, and on the other hand, he also fully demonstrated the characteristics of Tan Xiaopei as a humble, generous and unconventional king.

As for the Canal Governor's Office, Ye Tao was not in a hurry at all. Although Tan Weixin is still immersed in the refutation of her currency reform plan and is not willing to deal with too many messy things, it does not prevent her from wanting to help Ye Tao get his job done. Under Tan Weixin's instructions, Zeng Man sent his most capable group of subordinates to Sufeng Town to investigate the situation. After obtaining Tan Xiaopei's consent, Zeng Man also retrieved a large amount of stored information from the Dawen database that he could no longer call, and selected a considerable portion of them and handed them to Ye Tao for reference.

The situation is not complicated. Although the construction plan of the canal may bring a lot of benefits, the price to be paid for the complex local forces is obvious. Shufeng Town was not originally a large-scale town, and its expansion plan alone would occupy a large area of ​​land around it.

The construction of the canal involves more land. Unlike the migration of residents when the new urban area was built in Danyang, in Danyang, since the new urban area was already approved by the ruler, even if some people will suffer some losses in the entire plan, they will not dare to do anything. But in the local area, even if this place is not far from Danyang, the situation is completely different. Some local families rely on the land in their hands to survive and develop. They also hope to use these lands to maintain such a situation. As for the canal, although knowledgeable people in each family can see the future benefits, not everyone can understand how much capital and material flow can drive, and how many business opportunities can be integrated. In the face of change, there are always people who will choose to ignore some opportunities and benefits to avoid entering a field that they have never been familiar with, and it is the same in any era.

Some people, although they saw such an opportunity, still feel dissatisfied and are gaining more profitable chips for themselves. A large part of the total budget for the construction of canals is allocated for the purchase of land and population migration involved, and this part of the budget is almost half of the total budget. This is also determined by the special situation now. After all, most of the land is private property now, and the construction of the canal is concentrated in relatively rich plains. If the canal is forcibly built, it will not be compensated by the land owners, and the land compensation will be given if a canal is forced to be built without compensation to the land owners.

In this case, a man named Shan Zeying emerged. Shan Zeying was the head of the Shan family, the third largest landlord in Sufeng Town. From the beginning, he got the news that he wanted to build a canal, and he began to collect land in relevant areas by various means. When Shi Xiu led a large number of officials from the Ministry of Works and some officers in the Blood Qi army who were proficient in map surveying and mapping for detailed surveys, some of the people under Shan Zeying took the opportunity to ask for more detailed canal routes from those scheming technicians, and then compared the land they had already mastered. He also collected a batch of key lands in the location. Of course, there was also the responsibility of Ye Tao in this place. Because of all the troubles, he was stubborn.

The delay in Danyang was too long, giving Dan Zeying enough time to operate. When Dan Zeying thought that the land in his hands had enough influence on the canal project, he captured the mentality that some local landlords would rather own the land than try greater business opportunities, gathered them together, and incited everyone to passively confront each other in various names. In this way, according to the existing canal construction plan, almost half of the length of the canal was related to the land in Dan Zeying's hands or the forces he represented. Whether Dan Zeying was willing to let go, it seems that it is the key to whether the canal can be started quickly.

When Ye Tao learned about this situation, he was a little upset. If he had immediately taken office and started construction as soon as he was appointed by the Governor of the Canal, he might not have given so many people the opportunity to brew opposition, and he would not have given Shan Zeying the opportunity to master so many lands in key locations to threaten them.

"The father wants me to tell you that he has given you a lot of face to let you know what's going on. Within the scope of the entire canal governor's office, he will not help anymore. You have to rely on yourself." When Ye Tao was thinking about how to open up the situation with a sad face, Tan Weixin sent such bad news again.

"...Why is this...? After all, I'm considered my own family? Is your dad still angry with me?" Ye Tao said disheartenedly. He really didn't understand this situation much. After all, he used to be just a technical white-collar worker.

In Danyang's not cold weather, Tan Weixin still couldn't bear it. Her heart meridians were too weak. Perhaps in winter, more energy was used to maintain body temperature, and she seemed particularly weak. However, no matter how weak it was, it could not stop Tan Weixin's brain. She chuckled and said, "Because my father has studied it, I think it's difficult, but the key to handling this matter is still in your own hands. He doesn't think it is necessary to say or do anything before you completely mess it up."

Ye Tao thought about it carefully and asked, "Are you sure it's all within my authority?"

Tan Weixin said: "This... I don't know. I didn't study the scope of authority of your governor. But since the father said that, and it seems that Lord Huang doesn't think it's too troublesome, that's the case." Tan Weixin comforted: "This is probably to give you an important performance exam."

"Sales for performance?" Ye Tao was stunned. If becoming the governor was just a performance for his performance, what would it be in the future? Do you really expect someone like him to become the prime minister of a country? Judging from the level of this canal governor, there is no room for promotion.

Ye Tao's vigilance and rejection were expected by Tan Weixin: "My son-in-law, my country has never had any regulations to restrict internal relatives from becoming officials. Even if there are, it only conforms to the worries of some censors and censors. On the contrary, my family is more trustworthy, at least, judging from the personality of the father and his evaluation of you, this is the case."

"But..." Ye Tao couldn't think of anything to refute. He knew that Tan Xiaopei still had some rejection of him in his heart, but this rejection had nothing to do with his ability. It was just a simple feeling that a father was jealous of his dearest daughter being taken away by another man. From this point of view, Tan Xiaopei was very cute. "Dear Prince Consort's future wife, it is not very exciting to work hard for your father."

Tan Weixin laughed, and it didn't matter. She turned the topic back to the difficult things in Shufeng Town and said, "It should not be difficult to deal with this problem. You just don't understand what it is to be an official, or you don't understand how interesting power is. After all, you are not a white-collar worker. Among those people, except for the guy Shan Zeying and a few people who are more intimate with him, most of them did not think about getting something from the matter of building canals, but were worried about losing something. Although the local rich man is generally more difficult than the merchant group, because they are simpler and more stubborn, they are not a solid piece of solid piece after all. How can you forget the fine traditions of our party and our army in united front work?"

Ye Tao immediately understood that what Tan Weixin said should be the "unity... fight... strike..." and nodded. How should he do it specifically? It would have to wait until he officially starts work in Shufeng Town.

There was no delay in Danyang. As soon as the New Year was over, Ye Tao led all the officials who returned to Danyang to celebrate the New Year officially transferred to the 3,000 imperial guards under the canal governor's office, and the city defense troops drawn from 5,000 places, accompanied by the first batch of new recruits of the year who were temporarily under his command of the Blood Qi Army, who were internship, and came to Sufeng Town in a mighty manner.

In Shufeng Town, the Governor's Office is already quite large. Adhering to the principle of combining Ye Tao's office and cubicle, the most important departments have already had relatively qualified office spaces, and the original Xiaoling River yamen was lively than ever before. Although the Governor's residence chose a small and low-key house very close to the Governor's Office according to Ye Tao's wishes, the dense courtyard and the flowers, plants and trees in the garden that matched very reasonably still satisfy Ye Tao.

After Ye Tao settled down, Deputy Governor Shi Xiu came to visit. The honest official looked a little bad. He said a little guiltily: "I originally thought that building a canal was a great thing that benefits the country and the people. Everyone would definitely support it. Unexpectedly, I didn't expect it."

Ye Tao did not show his innocence in Shi. Before encountering such a thing, he himself thought that the river governor was just instructing civilians and craftsmen to build the canal and the supporting cities. He might be even more innocence.
Chapter completed!