Space-time SWAT

In the history of the original world, the French seized the right to build the Yunnan Railway, and it took seven years to complete the Yunnan section of the Yunnan-Vietnam Railway.During this period, they not only enslaved the people of various ethnic groups in Yunnan, but also demanded that the local governments forcibly recruit a large number of migrant workers in Sichuan, Zhejiang, Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Shandong, Hebei and other places, with a total of more than 20 workers.In the seven years before and after, nearly 8 people were tortured to death. It can be said that "the Nanxi River is stained with blood, the corpses are spread across the Yunnan and Yue Road, thousands of mountains are covered with bones, and blood and tears flow in thousands of valleys."

When Xu Baoshan brought people to such a construction site, he was naturally angry from the bottom of his heart, and he was full of murderous intentions towards foreigners who abused Chinese people at will.The same is true for the bosses of the several Gongkou mountain halls who followed him, and even their confidants from the same village, same clan, and blood relatives died here.This is blood feud, and the blood debt must be paid with blood.

There are not many French people working here, only more than 20, and there are about seven or eight who have no blood debts in their hands. They are basically technicians. Although they also look down on Orientals, they still have a conscience and will not kill people at will.These few people escaped death, and the others were killed almost overnight. Some murderers whose hands were stained with the blood of Chinese laborers were even tortured and tortured before they died.

In order to prevent foreigners from retaliating, the local Gelaohui sent a large number of people to help transfer these emaciated and sick migrant workers, and organized them to go north to Sichuan to participate in the road construction project there.Hearing that the railway in Sichuan is designed and built by the Chinese independently, so the migrant workers are provided with food, lodging and money, and will not be beaten, scolded or mistreated. These migrant workers from all over the world are willing to go.

The living foreigners were locked in a small black room, and three technicians began to dismantle the equipment.Some big pieces that cannot be disassembled, they put them into the storage space in their bodies in the dead of night. Anyway, the dismantled parts are piled up in a hill, and the pao brothers can’t see it, don’t understand, they can do whatever they want .

In less than ten days, the construction site was empty, and the machinery and equipment and various materials disappeared.More than a dozen foreigners and hundreds of dog legs were killed and their corpses were dumped in the mountains.When the local government heard the news and arrived, the corpses had been gnawed to pieces by wild beasts in the primeval rainforest, and the scene was horrific.

Soon, the Yunnan-Vietnam Railway Company run by the French received a blackmail letter, which said in Chinese and French, "Eight of you are in our hands, and within five days you can redeem them with 1 taels of gold. Take or send troops to attack, then the transaction will be void, and we will find another buyer." Followed by the kidnapped's autograph.

This letter was not written with a brush, but with a Western pen. The Chinese is strong, the French is beautiful, and the pen is fluent. Most of the writers are senior intellectuals who have received Western education, which makes the French even more suspicious.However, they force Chinese laborers to work hard and give them extremely poor treatment. It is not for saving money. How can it be possible to give 1 taels of gold for nothing now?Thinking of this, the French approached the local government arrogantly, asking them to find the kidnapped Frenchman and the stolen property, and set a deadline, otherwise they would send troops in to find it.Apart from threats of force and insults, they never said a single good word.

The highest official of the local government is the magistrate of Qipin County. In the past, when he saw foreigners, he was a little servile, and he automatically felt inferior. He ignored the tragic death of Chinese laborers. Now he is bullied by foreigners. Although he feels humiliated, he dare not Say "no" halfway.

At this time, the edict from the Sichuan Governor's Mansion arrived, asking him to step down immediately and return to Rongcheng for another appointment.He couldn't wish for it, but in case foreigners would stop him if they found out, he sneaked away with his family in the middle of the night.

Xinzhi County arrived in a few days. He looked less than 30 years old.After reading the blackmail letter brought by the French, he insisted that the locals were basically illiterate, and those barbarians didn't even understand Chinese characters, so how could they write such strong Chinese and elegant foreign languages?

"This is obviously an internal strife among you foreigners, but here you are shouting for thieves." He sneered, "How do people here understand the things you throw away? Such a heavy and bulky thing, dozens of people can't lift it, surrounded by How to get rid of the deep mountains and old forests? I am young and ignorant, so I really can’t figure it out, but you guys teach me.”

The French were so angry that they couldn't do anything about it. They couldn't follow the example of the French missionary in Hongcheng, who killed the magistrate with a knife if they disagreed. Besides, the missionary was also hacked to death by angry Chinese people, and his body was thrown into the In the lake, there is no good end.

The middle-aged foreigner could only point at his nose and yell angrily, "Wait a minute, we are going to find your governor, and we must demand that you compensate us for our losses."

"Please go ahead." The young magistrate put on a rogue face, unafraid.

The Frenchman returned angrily, and received another letter, which contained only one sentence, "The transaction failed."

Those eight foreigners who were captured never appeared in Yunnan again. Together with the carriages loaded with various supplies, they were brought back to Rongcheng by Xu Baoshan.

Wearing a long gown, Lu Zhaolin looked at the foreigners with knives on their necks by the eight robe brothers in a gentle manner, and told them in fluent French, "Do you want to die or live? If you want to die, they will help you. If you want to live, just Sign the employment contract. Honestly work for our railway company for ten years, and then let you be free. During the working period, you will be provided with food and housing, and living allowances. If someone breaks the contract, you will be compensated 15 taels of silver. Don't think about running away. I guarantee you won't get out of the Southwest."

The eight characters are all engineers and technicians, and they went to the East just to make money. Naturally, there is no fearless spirit of sacrifice, and they quickly signed an employment contract that is like a prostitution contract.

This contract is very standardized, with two versions in Chinese and French, and according to international practice, it is stipulated in the contract that if there are ambiguous words in the terms or there are more than two interpreters, the French version shall prevail.French is the most logical language, and all international agreements will be based on the French text.The terms of the employment contract are very overbearing, and the two parties are seriously unequal, but Party B declares in the contract that it "voluntarily accepts the employment", so no matter where the lawsuit is brought, Party A will not lose.

Lu Zhaolin accepted the contract with satisfaction, and sent someone to send them away and hand them over to Zhan Tianyou.Then, he had a long talk with Xu Baoshan behind closed doors. He wanted to integrate the Paoge in the three southwestern provinces and the Gongkou Mountain Hall of the Gelaohui. and the army.

Brother Pao's influence is too great. From officials to soldiers, from merchants to landlords, from coolies to tenant farmers, from slaves to beggars, many of them have joined the Pao Brother organization. In the end it won't be a climate.He wants to organize these forces and let them play a bigger and better role.

Xu Baoshan is naturally willing.He has worked step by step from the coolies to today, how many of them are hard and difficult, he was born and died, bloody and sweaty, and so far he can only control one public office, occupying half of the country in Rongcheng. Gongkou Shantang only earns more money.The world is reckless, who would not want to have a decent background, even a hero from Liangshan, living so proudly, and looking forward to the court's call for peace.Now that he has such a good son, as long as he follows along, he will definitely be able to make further progress.

After discussing with him, Lu Zhaolin, under his leadership, met with the bosses who followed him, and handed over to them the reward promised by Xu Baoshan.He took out a check book issued by the newly established Southwest Bank, wrote down the different drawees and amounts, and then signed his name and stamped his private seal.

Those people were holding a thin piece of paper, and they were a little panicked, thinking that he was trying to coax people with white notes, but they didn't dare to ask questions, and sweat suddenly broke out on their foreheads.

Lu Zhaolin said with a smile: "This is a cash check, and the bank will cash it immediately. Southwest Bank has established outlets in the three provinces of Yunnan, Guizhou, and Sichuan. I will send someone to take you to the bank to use the check to withdraw silver dollars. For safety, you can deposit the money in the bank. , go home with the passbook, if you want to use the money, you can go to the nearby bank to get it. If you don’t use it temporarily, you can keep it in the bank, and there will be interest.”

Those people looked at each other, not believing that there was such a good thing, but they were relieved when they heard that they could get the money.

Lu Zhaolin said a few more words of thanks, and then sent someone to take them to the bank.

Mu Bowen has officially become the president of the Southwest Bank, and has brought his family members here.After more than four months of preparation, Southwest Bank was grandly opened.The Governor's Mansion, Phoenix Military Academy, government offices, and military departments all went to open accounts, and businessmen from all walks of life also joined in.

Although Sichuan is deep in the hinterland and seems closed and conservative, in fact, people's thinking is relatively advanced and it is easy to accept new things.In the Song Dynasty, Jiaozi appeared in Sichuan, which was the earliest banknote used in the world. Therefore, ordinary people now feel safe and convenient to deposit money in the bank and exchange it into a passbook, but they don’t know about checks and promissory notes. , bills of exchange and the like.

Ordinary people don't need checks. Banks are very strict with applicants for checks. They require applicants to be wealthy, trustworthy, and have frequent inflows and outflows of funds.After meeting the standards, most banks will issue transfer checks, and they are extremely strict on cash checks.

Within a few days of opening, the bank received deposits of more than 7 silver dollars, more than 1 silver dollars, and [-] taels of gold, ushering in a "good start".

Lu Zhaolin, Mu Boming, Mr. Lu, Mrs. Huang, Mrs. Xiao Mu, and the wives of the other households also opened personal accounts in the bank, but only Lu Zhaolin and Mu Boming applied for cash checks, and everyone else could only apply for fixed-amount promissory notes. .

Rongcheng is becoming more and more prosperous, and there are more and more new things, and there are thriving scenes everywhere.

In a blink of an eye, it was the beginning of December, and Lu Zhaolin had traveled here for a whole year.

Good news came out from the Governor's Mansion that Grandma Xiao Mushi was pregnant.