With ten thousand troops accompanying him, Ye Tao's convincing power was obviously greater than that of everyone in Shufeng Town before. When he learned that many of the officials of all sizes under the Governor's Office were children of various aristocratic families, the local wealthy families were even more nervous. However, Shan Zeying quickly dispelled everyone's concerns. His explanation was very simple, especially because Ye Tao was the future son-in-law, and it seemed that he would definitely be the prime minister in the future, so now he must pay more attention to the official voice and would never take decisive measures to force the canal.

In one aspect, Shan Zeying was right. Although he had ten thousand troops in his hand, if there was an accident in the place, it would be enough to use it. Ye Tao had his own thoughts on whether to use the violent machine in his hand and how to use it. In Ye Tao's view, the biggest reason why Tan Xiaopei allocated 10,000 troops, especially the three thousand imperial guards, was not for him to use it, but for the imperial guards to compare and supplement the training of the new recruits of the Blood Qi Army. He asked Ye Tao to help solve the embarrassing situation where the current combat effectiveness and mental outlook of the Imperial Guards were far inferior to that of the Blood Qi Army.

On the other hand, Ye Tao is a time traveler who grew up in a free and democratic environment, and he still has many concerns about the understanding and use of the violent state machine. Even if he faces the alliance of such a large number of landlords, he cannot afford to fight the local tyrants to distribute land. After all, except for a few people, others just want to protect their own private property.

Since the situation has developed to this point, Ye Tao simply is not in a hurry. While adjusting the office process of the Governor's Office at all levels, he set up a coordination system for joint meetings of heads of various departments every three days, and sent an investigation team to conduct a more detailed investigation of the scope of jurisdiction under the Governor's Office. This time, on the one hand, it continued to implement local surveys of the canal rivers, and on the other hand, it went deep into the people to understand the properties, living standards, consumption levels and other factors in various places. On the other hand, Ye Tao transferred all land transaction records and land ownership records from local governments. Judging from the words revealed at the beginning, Ye Tao seemed to be investigating all lands that were not concentrated in the hands of the landlords and those unowned lands.

Ye Tao followed the steps but had some strange actions that made the landlords gathered in Shufeng Town a little confused. They originally thought that once the Governor officially started working, if they were not actively trying to win over them, they would use thunder means to suppress them. And Dan Zeying smelled a bad breath in the little news that was spread. Could it be that Ye Tao intentionally did not build and dig a canal according to Shi Xiu's plan?

The completion and put into use of the two bell towers in Yicheng and Danyang, especially the one in Danyang that can be replaced, has made Ye Tao a well-deserved first person in the Dongping project. If Ye Tao made up his mind, no project would be able to stump him. If Shi Xiu's canal plan was not used, and to avoid the land that Zhang Zeying and other landlords used as bargaining chips, they would basically give up the route of the easiest canal construction. Although the cost of the project would increase, it would be a solution to recover from the saved land replacement cost.

Shan Zeying was a little nervous. If Ye Tao really did this, then he was trying every means to obtain Shi Xiu's canal plan in the early stage, and in purchasing a large amount of land, the expenses in the process of transporting landlords with different intentions would be wafted. Once the canal is completed, with Ye Tao's voice in canal affairs and his continuous increase in influence in Dongping. Not only did he take the opportunity to make a fortune and would fail, but he would also encounter various obstacles in the future.

The more Shan Zeying thought about it, the more wrong he became. Finally, he couldn't help but prepare gifts and visited him.

"Mr. Shan. Please take back the gift." What Shan Zeying didn't expect was that although Ye Tao agreed to him readily, he could not give the gift. Not to mention the gift, even if he handed it to the doorman, he could not stuff it.

"This is the villain's wish. The Governor worked hard on the canal and benefited his hometown. I can only express my respect." Shan Zeying said it with great sound.

"I'm grateful for it. But I won't accept the gifts." Ye Tao refused lightly, "Gold, silver, jewelry, silk, silk, satin, there is no place to pile these things. If you want to say that the skills are interesting, there is no place in the world that can compare to my workshop. I won't accept gifts just to receive gifts."

Ye Tao's attitude is quite powerful, and it is quite different from Shan Zeying's previous thought that Ye Tao is just good at engineering, and with the help of many children of aristocratic families and princesses supporting him, he can only hold the position of governor firmly.

"Since that's the case, I have to obey my orders." Shan Zeying bowed and said helplessly.

"Mr. Shan, just say anything. Everyone knows some things. There is no need to hide them." Ye Taoluo turned his head and looked at Shan Zeying and said, "You are here for so much real estate in your hands."

Seeing that Ye Tao was straightforward, Shan Zeying simply let go. He bowed deeply and said, "Sir, I'm sure you know."

Ye Tao smiled. On how to contact Shan Zeying, the Governor's Office has discussed several times, but no one can form a unified opinion. Shi Xiu advocated taking Shan Zeying down and asking for punishment. Although Shi Xiu is a typical technical official, a clerk around him is quite skilled in his writing skills. The drafted documents list Shan Zeying's responsibilities clauses, and the charges of "hoarding land", "gathering crowds to cause trouble", "hiding public opinion", "fighting against the government", etc., may be to let Shan Zeying and his family disappear completely.

Even if Shi Xiu supported the crime of Shan Zeying, he was frightened by the charges he had made by his clerk. In the Governor's Mansion, although there were many civilian officials like Shi Xiu supported the crime of Shan Zeying, more and more critical positions were still children of aristocratic families, even Tan family and relatively estranged relatives of the Zhuo family. In the eyes of these people, it was normal for them to use news faster than others to find ways to seek some benefits for their family, but Shan Zeying did a little too much. A young child from the Zhuo family proposed to find a representative of the big family to suppress Shan Zeying and let him voluntarily sell the land in his hands at a fair price. This suggestion was agreed by many people.

But Ye Tao's idea was different. Putting aside the authority of the court and the characteristics of this era, Shan Zeying was actually a speculative but not cautious enough in his actions. If he had quietly hoarded land, did not connect with other landlords, and even gave some superficial help and good relationships when carrying out work in the Governor's Office, perhaps his current situation would not be so passive. So Ye Tao felt that it was a simple and clear way to make things clear.

"Look at these," Ye Tao threw the copy of the document written by Shi Xiu's clerk in front of Shan Zeying. Shan Zeying took the document suspiciously and glanced at it for a few seconds before starting to sweat. As the governor of the river, Ye Tao now has the power to decide the nature of Shan Zeying's problem. If Ye Tao really dealt with all the Shan clan on such a charge, with Ye Tao's current relationship, although he would be impeached by the censor, if Ye Tao was indeed extremely angry at what Shan Zeying did, and if he really wanted to be punished, Shan Zeying had no choice.

Shan Zeying said nervously: "Sir, villains are just a moment... they are eager to seek profit for a while. They absolutely have no intention of trying to restrain public opinion and fight against the government." He no longer had the calmness he had before, and kept wiping the cold sweat on his forehead nervously. In this still cold season, it is really not easy to sweat like this.

Ye Tao said at the right time: "Are you eager for profit? Or do you want to fight against the government? It doesn't matter to me anymore. Today, I have ordered that all land transactions be suspended in the area where the Governor's Office of the Canal will be suspended. If there is a dispute over the land transactions in private, the government will not be responsible. As for the land you have in your hands, you will truthfully report the purchase price. I will add 1.5% of the profits to you and accept them all. Apart from some expenses you have done such a big thing, at least you have left you with a profit. Although you may not be satisfied, it is also an explanation. What do you think?"

Shan Zeying didn't say anything. He originally considered that it would be normal to make a profit of about 30% from the entry and exit of the land. He privately inquired about the purchase of land originally prepared by the Governor's Office of the Canal, for different types of land and different prices of land. A large part of the large area of ​​land he bought was even lower than that price. He naturally could not be willing to do so. However, Ye Tao suppressed him with the extremely terrible charge, which made him have no temper. Dongping valued business, but the crackdown on speculation was ruthless. Ye Tao could hold up in both procedural and rational terms.

Seeing that Dan Zeying did not express his opinion, Ye Tao smiled again and said, "You don't have to be nervous. No matter whether you sold it to the Governor's Office of the Canal, you won't be punished. The canal does not have to go from your land. Although Lord Shi Xiu's plan is superior, it is not completely undocumented. I just chose a site from other places to dig it."

Shan Zeying struggled for a long time, gritted her teeth and said, "I don't know the hardships of my Shan family. The money from purchasing land has been saved by the Shan family for decades. I also borrowed some foreign debts. I'm afraid I can't explain the profit of 15%."

Ye Tao was happy. In this case, he had to argue for the interests of his family, regardless of the threat of the whole family being imprisoned or even being executed. This determination was not easy. Ye Tao asked back: "You actually borrowed money to buy land? Are you so confident that you can make money?"
Chapter completed!