Siheyuan: Stab at Louzi at the beginning

Chapter 891 Thinking

When it comes to the groundless rumors in the newspaper, just write them down casually.

Xu Damao also thought of the time when masters dominated the inland areas.

At that time, everyone published magazines and newspapers, and many famous literary masters and heroes started out by founding newspapers.

I won’t mention the names here.

As soon as the Qing Dynasty signed some treaty, it was immediately reported in the newspapers. There was no way to stop it.

Everyone says that the Qing Dynasty was a feudal monarchy, so why do so many newspapers ignore it?

They are all feudal, so why can't they be destroyed? Let them speak whatever they want, but you can't say that there is freedom of speech in a feudal empire, right?

Chunchun was just joking.

Why didn't the prison inmates, including the successor to the prison, care about these messy magazines and newspapers? Did they not want to care?

Of course it’s not that we don’t want to manage it, but it’s because of those “concessions” in Pudong.

You may not understand what concession means. Literally, 'concession' is rented out land. Since it is only rented out temporarily, we feel that we should still be the owners.

But the reality is that once it has been rented out, it has become someone else's territory.

Even the local police station had no way to arrest people in the concession.

So at that time many "fugitives" hid in the concessions and never showed up again. They began to create newspapers and publish various manifestos.

The people in the prison were so angry that they were vomiting blood, but there was nothing they could do.

For example, the first meeting was held in the French Concession.

For example, the first battle took place right next to these concessions, and so many people died, but not a single bullet or shell landed inside the concessions.

It’s rented out and it’s someone else’s territory.

I say "rent" just to make it sound better.

Another example is Hong Kong. It was leased out for ninety-nine years and the management rights were handed over. The idea at the time should have been to lease it for ninety-nine years first, and then start unlimited renewals after the expiration. Who knew that ninety-nine years could last for three dynasties?

I never thought that in just a few decades, he has changed from being weak to being extremely tough. If you don’t accept me, just fight me. I will challenge all seventeen of you alone.

They didn't dare to mention unlimited refills, and that was because the leaders of Hong Kong were far-sighted. Now the inland must have a window for external communication, and this important task fell on Hong Kong.

Everything is under the control of the leaders.

And it turns out that the leaders' vision is extremely accurate.

Xu Damao thought that since he had come here with great difficulty, he might as well solve the problem once and for all this time.

At the last critical moment, he was persuaded by Lou's father.

After he goes back, Father Lou will take care of everything here.

Xu Damao didn't need to go there in person. Just as he was about to go back to the backyard to see Lou Xiao'e, he happened to meet a group of people who were ready to go.

Except for Lou Xiao'e, the rest of the people were ready to go out for a walk.

Go and criticize this decadent society that is full of capital and corrupted by money.

"Don't you have something to go out for? Have you finished your business?"

Xu Damao nodded.

“It’s barely finished.”

Li Tianjiao didn't care about that and pulled Xu Damao out together.

"Now that everything is alright, let's go out and take a look. Can we buy some of those colorful neon lights we saw last night and take them back?"

"This... shouldn't be possible, right?"

Xu Damao originally wanted to go back to accompany Lou Xiao'e, but now he has been drafted into the army.

The stage scenery lights used in inland areas now are all incandescent bulbs with a layer of colored paper pasted on the outside, and colorful neon lights have not yet appeared.

If this technology can be introduced to the inland areas, it will definitely make a lot of money. At this moment, Xu Damao finally understood what it meant that there were opportunities and money everywhere, and it just depended on whether you bent down to pick them up. It was not that there were many opportunities, but that the inland areas were too poor, not only lacking in material things, but also in entertainment.

There is no spiritual lack because everyone has a passionate heart.

Think about it from this perspective, the inland area is now a paradise for compradors.

Any insignificant technology outside would be a novelty that has never been seen before in the inland.

This is also a way to make money. Whoever controls these comprador channels will definitely take off in the future.

Of course Xu Damao was just thinking about it.

Even he could see it. Those who had been in Hong Kong for many years, such as the leaders of Lianhang Bank and the leaders of Sanhang Commercial Bank, would see it more clearly than him.

In the eyes of businessmen, as long as the inland is liberalized, they will all take off.

I guess they have been looking forward to lifting the restrictions for a long time.

Since Xu Damao was going with them, of course he had to bring Han Xiaowu with him.

From the beginning to the end, Xu Damao firmly believed in one thing, that is, whenever he went out, he would take Han Xiaowu with him, regardless of whether he had a surveillance mission or not.

When I was in Beijing, I could buy lots of things in any department store.

After seeing the shopping malls here, they wanted to book the place themselves.

Xu Damao tried to dissuade them: "These, these, you can't take them back. These, these, you can take them back, but you can only play with them in private. You see people wearing these clothes on the street now, don't you think there's anything wrong with that..."

"If you go back to City 49, you will be the only ones wearing it in the city. When you go out, you will face strange looks from the public. Think about your status. Do you think it is appropriate?"

In one sentence, the current trend in Beijing is that it is not really open, it is about to open but has not yet opened.

What we are talking about here is traditional customs.

And compared to the era twenty years ago when masters were rampant, it is a bit more conservative.

Apart from anything else, as mentioned earlier, dozens of brothels in Dashilan, Sijiu City, have been closed, and those female workers have been arranged with new jobs.

These novelties are somewhat out of place in the conservative urban area of ​​Beijing.

"With so many good things, no wonder Yu Haitang praised this place as a paradise. If I were in his place, I wouldn't want to go back either."

"You can stay if you want. It's a good opportunity to keep them company."

Even though Xu Damao was stopping him from behind, he still bought everything he needed and spent the money he needed.

Everyone has a big bag.

Anyway, all the expenses were paid for by Lou Xiaoe.

Because they didn't have the money here, Lou Xiao'e gave them some money to spend as they pleased.

When we went back, everyone had big and small bags.

Regardless of whether I can take it back or not, I’ll buy it first.

After dinner, Xu Damao finally had some time alone with Lou Xiaoe.

Lou Xiao'e already knew what Xu Damao was thinking. Xu Damao hadn't had the chance to tell her about this, and Lou's father would not hide it from Lou Xiao'e.

"There is no way to re-hold a wedding for you here."

"It's okay, we are a family."

"After I return, I will ask your father to help me get my identity, and then I can register for marriage."

“How many people are you going to register with?”

Xu Damao was silent for a while.

It wasn't because of embarrassment, but because he wanted to count how many people there were.

(End of this chapter)