Only seats, no tea.

However, Yang Hao had no choice but to worry about it. He was a fourth-rank official in the court. He was an abandoned person who didn’t even have a braid. It would be great to see the superiors. It would be rare to not kneel down. The seat? That was an absolute preferential treatment.

When the outside door heard this, he knew what attitude he treated Yang Hao and did not dare to continue listening. That was a taboo. He quickly turned to the front yard, brought a stool for Liu Dafu and gave him a bowl of tea.

Sheng Xuanhuai was a comprador and has been a comprador for two years. He has seen people's abilities and skills in dealing with things. After a few temptations, he has already seen that Yang Hao is not an ordinary crazy student or a villain. He can at least show a judgment of "extraordinary origin" based on his correct tone and momentum.

He picked up the letter paper and raised it gently, saying, "If all the above is true, then why don't you present it directly to Lord Zhongtang? With your ability, you should be able to find a way. Lord Zhongtang is a talent-loving person and can give a much higher chance than mine."

Yang Hao smiled calmly: "We must follow the rules when doing things. The Japanese spy incident not only involves Li Zhongtang's relatives, but also occurs in Tianjin. It is in the sense of emotion and reason, and we must first report to Lord Shan."

On that piece of paper, he wrote about Li Hongzhang's nephew, the leader of the Tianjin Ordnance Bureau, and Zhang Shiheng, the immediate boss of the Literary Officer Liu Fen, who was bribed by Japanese devils Ishikawa Wuyi, who was ignored and evaded defense, causing such a major intelligence leak, and also pointed out the existence of the Songchang Foreign Company stronghold and a national intelligence network.

If Sheng Xuanhuai doesn't see him or ignores him, then if the matter is leaked, it will cause an uproar. At the time of increasingly tense Sino-Japanese relations, Li Hongzhang's enemies, Weng Tonghe and Li Hongzao, will definitely bite him. Zhang Zhidong, a slaughter minister who has always been dissatisfied, will definitely take the blame. At that time, Li Hongzhang will be attacked by the enemy on his back and forth and will inevitably be exhausted.

Sheng Xuanhuai knew the importance of this matter, and even knew that as long as he reported it to Li Hongzhang, Li's love for face would definitely give him a lot of benefits.

However, Yang Hao found him first. Not only did he not have any crime of misunderstanding, he could also conduct self-inspection and omissions in the entire Beiyang. If the operation is done well, it would be a contribution to actively cracking the major spy case. At that time, he would report it to Li Hongzhang in person and would definitely be greatly appreciated.

Yang Hao can be a human being.

Sheng Xuanhuai was quite satisfied with this and nodded: "If you want a place to settle down, this is not enough. What else can you take it out together."

Although the Qing Dynasty changed its hostile policy to escape overseas expatriates and announced protection, it did not welcome these people to come back very much. The infiltration and invasion of the great powers alone was a headache. It would be even more troublesome if these well-knowing guys spread the foreigners' tricks and tricks, which greatly damaged the foundation of the imperial rule.

Yang Hao took out another envelope, which was as thick as a book. Sheng Xuanhuai opened it and saw that it was the information of the Leshantang spy network! The summary of the information collected through the world network and other channels, including "Reply Book" and "Qingguo Trade Overview", is absolutely amazing in detail.

Sheng Xuanhuai saw the summary at the beginning and couldn't help but smile: "The Japanese spy's base camp is located in Hankou, but it is unexpected."

Yang Hao said: "I don't know what the face of Zhang Nanpi (Zhang Zhidong) will look like after Li Zhongtang."

Sheng Xuanhuai was very happy. He was Li Hongzhang's iron-kick, so he naturally had to think about the future of his boss. If Li Hongzhang did not fall for a day, he would be able to gain stability and control the huge business empire. It was natural that he would have the right to attack Zhang Zhidong.

He didn't know that Yang Hao was actually full of bad water!

In this world, due to the failure of the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895, Li Hongzhang was forced to step down, the Beiyang Navy was defeated, the Huai Army system was replaced by the new army, and the great troubles in the court were eliminated. Without the obstruction of Li Hongzhang, Sheng Xuanhuai and others were unstable and urgently needed to find another backer. So he took advantage of the opportunity to solve the predicament of Hanyang Iron Factory and moved to Zhang Zhidong's disciple.

Now, Yang Hao deliberately guided him to reveal the secret and induce Li Hongzhang to provoke a dispute. It would be strange if Zhang Zhidong knew about it. Then, if Li Zhongtang stepped down, would Sheng Xuanhuai still be able to surrender again? Zhang Nanpi has such a great elegance? This is not necessarily the case.

Sheng Xuanhuai didn't have any eyes. He put away the extremely important information with satisfaction, stared at Yang Hao with sharp eyes and asked: "I won't ask how you got these things. Where do you and you guys want to settle down? How do you need my help? Could it be that you want to fall into Tianjin Wei?"

Yang Hao smiled faintly: "Actually, I am here to solve the trouble for the adults. How about the US Concession?"

"Hmm?! What did you say?!"

Sheng Xuanhuai was one of the few who didn't calm down, stood up, walked to Yang Hao, stared at him and said in a low voice: "Do you know what you are talking about? The US Concession, you can think of it!"

Yang Hao looked up at him without fear and looked at him: "Don't Mr. Shan think this is a great opportunity to take a substantial chance to return to the US concession without angering the great powers? After all, in name, I hold an American passport and am a Chinese. No matter which end I want, I can easily explain it!"

"You...you are really thoughtful! Hehe, what an overseas lie!"

Sheng Xuanhuai realized that he had lost his composure, retreated back to his position, took a deep breath, and thought quickly in his mind that it might be really possible to do this matter!

The American Concession in Tianjin has always been a headache. When the Qing government signed the "Beijing Treaty" with Britain and France, and after the contract was renewed, the Americans also arrived at a 131-acre concession land. But before they could clean up, the civil war broke out, and no one cared about it here.

It was not until 1880 that Americans remembered that the US economy was entering the fast lane of crazy development at this time. No one came to the Far East to make gold, and no one was interested in the affairs of the Qing Dynasty. Therefore, on September 9, the US government claimed on September 9, 1880, that it was willing to "give up" the concession in China to show "kindness" to China; at the same time, the US Consul in Tianjin informed Tianjin of this situation to notify the Tianjin Customs Road.

But the United States also hopes to retain certain powers, that is, "if it is appropriate to formulate appropriate municipal regulations in the place in certain periods in the future, the consular authorities must have the right to formulate them", that is, "there is the right to handle municipalities in the area when necessary in the future." - This is equivalent to being able to be taken back at any time!

After learning about this situation, the Tianjin Customs Bureau Zheng Zaoru responded on the 11th, demanding that the US authorities must first negotiate with the Customs Bureau on what administrative management methods should be adopted after abandoning the concession so that when the United States is willing to take over the concession again, there will be no objectionable points. However, this negotiation has no actual results, so that the US concession is in a state of unmanaged management.

Later, some Germans began to gather here, and the number of people gradually increased. Tianjin Customs Road came up with another solution, hoping that the Germans would manage the US concession, but unexpectedly it attracted protests from the US consul but failed.

In fact, it is not just the Americans who oppose it, but the British who oppose it even more! They actually set their sights on this land and wanted to get it into their hands.

In this way, the Tianjin American Concession became a land that was not in charge. No one built it. The Germans just built some wooden houses, with swamps and river beaches everywhere on the ground, and no one went to open factories and shops. It was so desolate. The Chinese could not enter, and the Americans were not interested in coming, so they were completely shelved.

Today, Yang Hao mentioned this, but it was like a brand new idea. He held an American passport and was nominally an American, and no one could say that he would occupy land. But he was also an overseas Chinese, so he brought a large group of overseas Chinese to settle in and place them, which would not disturb the place and lead to impeachment. There are many Chinese people, and they might be filled in three to five months. At that time, Germans and British people would have a headache if they wanted to get it.

The only question now is, what would Americans agree to do that?

Yang Hao is confident about this: "As long as you have money, there is nothing you can't buy in the United States. It just so happens that we have some savings in this regard."

At this stage, the United States is the most corrupt "gilded Age" in its history. It is also the fastest period in American history. From 1865 to 1898, the United States' railways grew by 567%, coal production increased by 800%, corn increased by 222%, and wheat increased by 256%. During this period, the super monopoly position of American corporate forces in society was established, and a large number of robberbarons were produced, such as Rockefeller, Miron, Carnegie, Flagler, Rogers, Morgan, Vanderbilt, etc.

The number of millionaires has skyrocketed from about ten before the Civil War to more than four thousand.

The entire American society, from legislation, administration, and justice, is controlled by financial capital. From presidents to parliamentarians, to officials in every county and city, they are all spokespersons of a certain capital and representatives of the sharing of interests. They have formed the so-called "weight sharing system". From top to bottom, scandals such as embezzlement, bribery, deficits, kickbacks, fraud have emerged one after another, and even reached a blatant level.

There are shady scandals everywhere in the newspapers, but there is nothing to do. For example, New York city owner Tweed was still penniless in 1861, and his wealth reached 25 million US dollars in 1871! How much is this? It would be easy to calculate if it was exchanged for 25 million grams of gold.

When he was the mayor of New York, he asked all public officials in the city to report false accounts. The New York County Government Office Building he presided over, 40 chairs and 3 tables were discounted for $17.9! A cold and summer table is quoted for $7,500! This is not that expensive, made of gold!

Tweed is not an exception. Almost every mayor does so, so from 1860 to 1900, they increased U.S. municipal debt from $2 million to 1.4 billion! Most of the money was divided into the private pockets.

The judicial department, criminals, prostitutes, and bar owners in the United States must pay protection fees to the police regularly. The Chicago Crime Group earns over 10 million US dollars a year, and one-fifth is given to the police. As long as you are willing to spend money, you can hire someone to take the post for murder. If you don’t have money, you will have to sentence a few years to steal two pancakes!

The legislative department is not clean either! How does one person and one vote play in the so-called democratic election? Every factory owner, before getting off work, demands that the workers must vote for a candidate he has formulated. Otherwise, you won’t come tomorrow!

In order to send their agents to Congress, those business owners were unscrupulous in buying bribes. They joined forces to embezzle fiscal money and openly dared to share as much as 50 million in the Central Pacific, which had a total investment of US$94 million, and the Pacific project funds!

By the end of the 19th century, 2% of American rich people controlled more than 60% of their wealth, and more than 65% of their poor people only had 5% of their wealth. The so-called middle class was pitiful.

In such a crazy era, everything is seen from money. As long as you are willing to spend money, any miracle can be created.

Sheng Xuanhuai was not as clear as Yang Hao about the situation in the United States, but he knew what Americans are. After closing his eyes and thinking for a while, he slapped the table gently: "Forget it. As long as you can pass the American minister's level, no matter what happens to you in the US concession in the future, this path can be regarded as if you didn't see it. Neither support nor object."

Yang Hao slapped his face: "This is enough." ps: Please bookmark it!
Chapter completed!