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Chapter 575 Zhao calls a deer a horse

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    Zhao Hao originally chose Wu County for his father because it was the most prosperous city in the Ming Dynasty, the center of commerce and trade, and the best hotbed for the commercial revolution.  Another very important reason is that Dongting Xishan Island is located in Wu County!

    As we all know, the Jiangnan area is an alluvial plain with fertile land and extremely suitable for farming.  But precisely because of this, the entire middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River plains and even mountains are rare, and mineral resources are extremely scarce.

    Minerals such as coal mines and limestone mines, which are very common in the north or southwest, are hard to find in the entire Susong area.

    Only Xishan Island has both, and it also has pyrite, the main raw material for refining sulfur and making sulfuric acid.

    Xishan Island is a magical gift from nature to the Jiangnan region.

    It¡¯s just that this place is located in Taihu Lake and isolated from the land. It was ignored until the 20th century.

    During the Republic of China, industrialists from Xishan who went abroad sent coal and limestone, a specialty of their hometown, to Germany for testing, which confirmed that it could be mined and used.  Then coal mines and cement plants were built one after another on the island.

    After liberation, Xishan continued to supply a large amount of coal and cement to Suzhou and even Shanghai.  It was not until the end of the 20th century that it was shut down due to pollution

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    Although Mr. Zhao established Xishan Coal Industry in Beijing and monopolized more than 80% of the coal resources in the capital.  But as the saying goes, "No woodcutter can be sold within a hundred miles," coal from Beijing cannot be supplied to the south of the Yangtze River.

    No matter how good Beijing¡¯s coal is, it cannot be brought to Suzhou for use.

    Among the existing coal-producing areas, the nearest Xuzhou is thousands of miles away.

    Ma'anshan is only five hundred miles away from Suzhou, but Mr. Zhao made an on-site inspection last year and found that it has not been developed at all.

    So Zhao Hao had no choice but to capture Xishan, develop on this basis, and then look elsewhere.

    But who would have thought that Mr. Zhao was actually tricked into Kunshan, causing Mr. Zhao to miss Xishan.

    On the way to Kunshan, I tasted Qiaoqiao¡¯s ¡®impregnable gold soup¡¯, saw the hundred-mile stone pond in Wujiang County, and then took a look at the pitiful little earth embankment in Kunshan.

    Mr. Zhao secretly made up his mind to build a longer and stronger levee in Kunshan so that the people of Kunshan would be free from floods and live a happy life.

    Let everyone be happy, but Mr. Zhao¡¯s unchanging pursuit is.

    "But the poor place in Kunshan is so poor that there are no stones to build embankments. Mr. Zhao's longing for Xishan has reached the point of lovesickness.

    With Xishan, he can burn lime, make cement, and have endless rocks. He can surround the entire Kunshan County with levees, allowing neighboring counties to experience being beggar-thy-neighbors.

    Therefore, Mr. Zhao has never stopped thinking about attacking Xishan for a moment, and has already investigated the place clearly.  Even if Liu Yuanwai doesn't mess with him, he will try his best to provoke him.

    Who would have thought that that guy would come up to him regardless of life and death? How could Mr. Zhao not use the topic to his advantage and take advantage of the situation to take Xishan?

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    When eight or nine hundred people were assembled, Jin Ke picked up the tin trumpet and shouted: "Quiet, everyone! The gunner camp is silent!"

    Although there is no formal training, the gunner battalion can at least understand the orders, and all the militiamen calm down and stand still.

    Wu Ji¡¯s guys also stood up and took Mr. Zhao¡¯s reward, so they had to give him some face.

    As for the prisoners, they were like frost beating eggplants, so naturally none of them dared to say anything.

    Seeing that the place was quiet, General Jin shouted loudly: "Please give me a lecture, Master!"

    Zhao Hao has seen big scenes. He can talk eloquently to the five thousand people in Lingji Palace, so naturally he is not afraid of such small occasions.

    He stepped forward with a smile, took the trumpet, and shouted to everyone: "First of all, I would like to announce that yesterday's rescue operation was very successful! The Kunshan militia and Wu Ji's guys worked together and fought bravely, and wiped out all those who dared to attack Tai Sui.  The water bandits who are making trouble!"

    "Ouch" The Kunshan militiamen and Wu Ji's guys cheered heartily, as if they had really won a great victory.

    "After the meeting, the silver reward will be distributed immediately!"

    "Ouch!" The cheers were louder this time.

    When everyone's excitement subsided, Zhao Hao's expression sank, and then he said loudly:

    "However, during the interrogation of bandit leader Yu Liu this morning by Battalion Commander Jin, he learned a shocking news!"

    The soldiers couldn¡¯t help but feel tense, and held their breaths to hear Mr. Zhao say:

    "It was not an accident that we were robbed this time, but someone behind the scenes who instigated the water bandits to do it!"

    "Hiss" Countless gasps of air rang out from the net drying yard, and the island seemed to be getting warmer.

    Well, that¡¯s because the sun is out¡­

    "Who wants to kill us Kunshan people?" the Kunshan militiamen were furious.  "Kill him!"

    "Fuck him to death!" Wu Ji's people were also furious.  "No wonder you dared to rob our Wu Ji's boat. It turned out that someone was instigating it!"

    Even the captured water bandits cursed angrily: "Yu Liu, this bastard, has tricked us to death!"

    "Young master, please tell me who did it!?" Everyone urged Zhao Hao to come.

    "It was Liu Zhengqi, the Lord of Xishan and the vice president of the Dongting Chamber of Commerce, who ordered this!" Zhao Hao waved his hand, and the man from Caijiaxiang escorted the young master and the housekeeper outside Yuan Liu and appeared in front of everyone.

    "This boy is Liu Zhengqi's son Liu Ji! The other is his chief steward Wang Jiu!" Jin Ke pointed at the two people and shouted loudly: "These two are the ones who are instigating the rest of the group behind the scenes!"

    "Bah!"

    The militiamen and fellows despised the two of them.  Even the prisoners with their hands tied behind their backs spit together.  It's like a beggar gang's throne passing ceremony.

    How has the pampered Mr. Liu ever seen such a terrifying scene?  I was so scared that I peed my pants.

    Zhao Hao waved his hand and asked someone to pull the two of them down quickly, so as not to scare Mr. Liu out of trouble again.

    ¡°Everyone, do you want to avenge this?!¡± Then Mr. Zhao asked indignantly.

    "Yes! Revenge!" the militiamen and fellow soldiers raised their arms and shouted.

    "How to repay?"

    "Kill his whole family! Fuck his mother!"

    "Ahem" Zhao Hao felt embarrassed for a while, but Sister Xueying was still listening from a distance.

    "Everyone shut up!" The guards in Caijiaxiang angrily scolded everyone: "Young master is still young, so you can't listen to dirty words!"

    "" Everyone was stunned and stopped talking.

    "We are all good people, and it is natural for us to defend ourselves, but how can we come to attack and kill?" Mr. Zhao then raised his loudspeaker and shouted: "We can take revenge in a more civilized way!"

    "Master, tell me, we will all listen to you!" Everyone shouted.

    "This is the property of the Dongting Chamber of Commerce. It is a treasure!" Zhao Hao pointed to the big stone at his feet and said: "We want to occupy this place and let the Dongting Chamber of Commerce severely punish the murderers and cede the land to pay compensation!"

    "Okay, okay, Young Master is right!" Naturally, the Kunshan militiamen applauded everything he said.

    "" Wu Ji's guys travel all day long, but they all have some knowledge.  Hearing this, they couldn't help but look at each other.

    Someone couldn't help but said loudly: "Mr. Zhao, what's so good about this desert island? What do you want to do here?"

    "Xishan Island is a desert island to others, but it is a priceless treasure to us in Kunshan!" Zhao Hao pointed at the mountains behind him and said:

    "I want to replace all the river embankments in Kunshan with stone ponds, but I find that our county even lacks stones. But here, with the vast mountains, there is an inexhaustible supply. Stone can be quarried here and shipped directly to the river.  Direct access to the river embankment of this county! Taking this place is more convenient than those counties with mountains and rocks within the territory!"

    "And the mountains are rich in lime, which is necessary for building embankments!"

    "So this Xishan is a treasure land that God has given to us Kunshan people to avoid floods forever! Everyone, do you want it?!"

    "Yes!" Kunshan's gunmen shouted excitedly. Many people knelt down directly to Zhao Hao and begged him to mean what he said!

    The attraction of Shitoujiang Embankment to Kunshan people is completely unimaginable by others!

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