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Chapter 989 Canvassing votes

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    The combat meeting in the study room of the Zhao Mansion lasted until midnight.

    Zhao Hao and the members of the headquarters brainstormed and quickly formulated an emergency canvassing plan.

    The current number of votes on the shipping side is twenty. As long as there is no poaching, only three more votes can ensure a majority.

    So where do these three votes come from?

    First of all, because of the high arch, the 11 votes in Henan, Shanxi, and Huguang must be excluded.

    After excluding the six Jiangbei votes that have a stake in water transportation, there are only four votes from Shandong, two votes each from Guangdong and Beizhi that can be tried for.

    But a closer analysis shows that Damingfu and Cangzhou, the hometowns of the two people in Northern Zhili, also rely on water transportation.  Neither of them dared to vote for sea transportation The court meeting was a registered vote. The elders in the hometown knew about it, but they wanted to dig up their ancestral graves.

    By the same token, the Daqing River in Jinan, the capital of Shandong Province, is connected to the Grand Canal and is the transportation hub of the Grand Canal in a broad sense. The rise and fall of the Grand Canal are synchronized with the canal. Therefore, Yin Shidan, the Minister of Rites from Jinan, Shandong Province, will also not vote for shipping.

    "So, all officials from Shandong have no hope?" Everyone was a little desperate after hearing the analysis. Now there are only two Guangdong barbarians left, and it is not enough to recruit them all.

    ¡°Besides, the rampant smuggling in Guangdong far exceeds that in Fujian and is the highest in the country.  How great the interests here are, how determined the two Guangdong barbarians are to oppose Jiangnan shipping.  If they could have pulled him over, they would have done so long ago. Why wait until now to improvise?

    "You can't say that." Zhao Hao shook his head. Shandong is a province with a large population that cannot be avoided during shipping, and it is also the most economically developed province in the north of the Ming Dynasty.  Jiangnan Group's intelligence collection on the province is still very good.

    He looked at Sun Dawu, who rummaged around knowingly and hung up a map of the Shandong Chengxuan Administrative Envoy Department.

    This map of Shandong is several times larger than the Shandong Province in later generations.

    In addition to the well-known territory of Shandong, the three eastern provinces of later generations, the Outer Xing'an Mountains, and Sakhalin Island were all drawn on the map.

    This is not a map of the territory, but the Ming Dynasty at this time established Nuergan Dusi and Liaodong Dusi to rule in the Northeast and the Outer Xing'an Mountains.  The Nurgan Dusi was under the control of the Liaodong Dusi, and the Liaodong Dusi was under the Shandong Chengxuan Administrative Envoys Department.

    But that¡¯s not the point right now.  Zhao Hao used a wooden stick to point at the Grand Canal marked in red in the lower left corner of the large map of Shandong.

    "Even if we don't count Liaodong, just talking about Shandong itself," Mr. Zhao said solemnly, "the Grand Canal only passes by the area in western Shandong and has no impact on the area in central Shandong and eastern Shandong."

    "Because the hills in central Shandong to the east of the Grand Canal block the possibility of using the Grand Canal in the prosperous Jiaolai Plain." He then pointed to the Jiaodong Peninsula and said: "So for the people in this area, the Grand Canal  It has no effect at all, what does life and death have to do with them?"

    Everyone couldn¡¯t help but feel refreshed, Mr. Zhao¡¯s idea was indeed on the right track.

    "Except for the Minister Yin, among the four officials in Shandong, one is from Laizhou Prefecture, one is from Qingzhou Prefecture, and one is from a military household in Tielingwei, the capital of Liaodong." Zhao Hao said with a smile that no one could understand.  : "We can fight for the last three."

    "But the water transport people proposed to reopen the Jiao Lai River. I'm afraid both Laizhou and Qingzhou will support it" Fatty Tang scratched his head and said: "After all, the Jiaolai Canal goes through their place."

    "How long will the Jiaolai River be used after it is repaired?" Zhao Liben sneered and said: "What's more, the water transport people are basically using the Jiaolai River as an emergency chamber pot. Once the Grand Canal is repaired, it will be left far away in the future.  Let's go. Those two old Jiaodong men have been deceived by the water transport people. As long as they can calm down and think about it, they will know that we are not lying. "

    "That's right!" Xu Wenbi clapped his hands excitedly: "That's not a good deal for the people of Jiaodong. They mobilized troops to open the Jiao Lai River, but it only lasted two years! Isn't this a lie? They want the fellow villagers to  Go ahead and support their plan!"

    "That's right, let's go visit these two tomorrow." Zheng Ruozeng, a celebrity without official status, is the most suitable to be a broker.

    As he spoke, he looked at Zhao Hao and said, "But it's not appropriate to be empty-handed, right?"

    "If they are willing to vote for us, Jiangnan Group can promise to set up a transfer port in Jiaozhou Bay and Laizhou Bay to carry cargo quotas for them every year, no less than two hundred ships." Zhao Hao waved his hand and said generously:

    "If their trade volume can exceed two hundred ships, of course it would be better, we will cover it all!"

    Shandong's silk weaving, cotton spinning, and porcelain making industries are all leading in the north. Mr. Zhao is eager to bring them on board his ship.

    "Well, in this case, they should be tempted." Zheng Ruozeng felt confident??Put the arch high.  It is estimated that Li Shoufu will probably change his attitude.  "

    "That's right, Li Shoufu's cultivation comes from the tightness of love." Zhao Hao responded, but secretly rolled his eyes, wondering what kind of bad idea is this?  Not only did he offend Li Chunfang, he would also offend Lao Xi'er, completely offend Gao Huzi, and I'm afraid even Zhang Juzheng would be offended as well.

    "I'm just teasing you, but don't go looking for him." Zhao Liben knocked out the ashes of his cigarette on the steps, pressed Zhao Hao's head and stood up, saying: "Go to sleep quickly, otherwise it will be dawn."

    "It's already dawn." Zhao Hao smiled bitterly, straightened his bun, then stood up and helped his grandfather into the bedroom.

    Originally, Mrs. Ye lived in the house, but after Zhao Xian got married, she didn't want the bride to see the embarrassment, so she moved out, so the old man could only stay in the empty house alone.

    Fortunately, there are four big girls waiting on me, so my feet won¡¯t freeze at night.  (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com
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