readsfreenovel Chapter 311 Another Qingming Festival
Chapter 311 Another Qingming Festival
"Besides, these new people love to fight among themselves and oppress their own people, which is exactly what we can take advantage of."
After listening to Shimizu Asayun's introduction, although Kasahara Nobuyuki did not like the new people, he did not refute it.
Because the territory of the New Kingdom is so large and its population is so large, it is obviously not enough to rely on the people of the small Locust Kingdom alone to conquer the entire New Kingdom.
Under the arrangement of Shimizu Asagumo, the Kasahara Brigade settled down in Qingzhou.
Originally, Shimizu Asoyun had arranged a program, but Kasahara Nobuyuki was not interested, so the program was cancelled.
Early the next morning, except for the large group that stayed in Qingzhou, all the rest of the Kasahara Brigade rushed to Qichang.
The Intelligence Department has a layout throughout Qiyuan, and every move of the Kasahara Brigade is under surveillance by the Intelligence Department. In the morning, all the movements of the Kasahara Brigade were placed on Tao Yunong's desk.
Tao Yunong did not dare to delay and immediately reported the news to Fang Jian.
Fang Jian naturally boasted to Tao Yunong.
After three days of traveling, the Kasahara Brigade finally entered the city of Saichang. Only then did Ito Mifumi feel relieved.
"Where is Brigade Commander Kasahara?" Seeing Shimizu Asaku, Ito Mifumi couldn't help but frown.
Qing Shui Qian Yun's face was also very ugly: "Your Excellency the Commander, the commander of the Kasahara Brigade is arranging the defense of Qichang. He said he would come to visit later."
Their new headquarters is the highest headquarters of the Locusts in the new country. Although it is now just an empty shell, the power is there. Kasahara Nobuyuki is so disrespectful to them that Qingshui Qianyun is naturally unhappy.
Ever since they met, Shimizu Asaku knew that Kasahara Nobuyuki disliked him, but he didn't expect that the other party even looked down on the new headquarters, which was unbearable for him.
"It's okay. City defense safety is important." Ito Mifumi still had a smiling face.
There was no way. The situation was stronger than the people. Now that the other party had soldiers, it would be of no benefit for them to turn against them. Ito Mifumi suppressed his anger.
"Your Excellency, Commander."
More than an hour later, Kasahara Nobuyuki arrived at the headquarters and met with Ito Mifumi.
Seeing Kasahara Nobuyuki, Ito Mifumi smiled heartily: "Kasahara-kun, the Little Locust Country needs young talents like you to make the country more prosperous."
The two of them talked for a while, and Kasahara Nobuyuki did not dare to act rashly, and they got along quite well.
In the evening, Ito Mifumi hosted a banquet to entertain Kasahara Nobuyuki and senior officers of the Kasahara Brigade, which made everyone very satisfied.
In early April, it was Qingming Festival again. Fang Jian brought Fang Jimin and his wife and children to the outskirts of Nanling to visit his parents' graves.
Two years ago, Francis Xavier had his parents' graves moved from the capital and reburied in Nanling.
Two-year-old Fang Zhaosheng can already speak and can run and jump on his own within a small area.
Yang Xueru touched Fang Zhaosheng's little head and introduced him, "Zhaosheng, come and kowtow to your grandparents. Let them protect you in heaven."
"My grandparents not only have to protect me, but also my mother, father, and my second uncle."
The sensible words that Fang Zhaosheng said after he kowtowed made everyone smile knowingly.
Fang Jimin also liked this nephew very much, and he couldn't help but tease Fang Zhaosheng for a while. However, Fang Jianan could clearly see from Fang Jimin's face that he was worried.
"What's the matter? Did you have a conflict with Wen Ya?"
Fang Jimin was startled by the sudden voice. He turned around and saw that it was Fang Jianan. Then he came to his senses and shouted, "Brother."
"Why, you look absent-minded?" Fang Jian couldn't help but frown.
Wenya's full name is Liu Wenya, she is Fang Jimin's wife and a former military academy student. Because she is about to give birth, she was not allowed to come with her today.
Fang Jimin shook his head and sighed: "The Fang family in the capital contacted me."
"Why did they contact you?" Francis An immediately became displeased.
Fang Jian once asked Tao Yunong to investigate the Fang family in the capital. Although the old man of the Fang family was not good to Fang Jimin's father Fang Hongyan, Fang Hongyan was talented and had a great business sense after all.
Under the leadership of Fang Hongyan, the Fang family prospered and their business increased more than tenfold.
But because Fang Hongyan's ability was too strong, Fang Hongli and Fang Hongxin disliked Fang Hongyan's lineage very much.
In addition, the old man was partial to Fang Hongyan, so Fang Hongyan got less money. After Fang Hongyan died, Fang Hongli and Fang Hongxin often excluded and suppressed Fang Ji'an and Fang Jimin.
It was in this situation that Fang Jian began to think about becoming an official.
He is not the Francis Xavier of this world, and cannot understand the suffering the other party has endured, but he also does not have much good feelings towards the first and second wives.
"They have been exploited by the northern government in recent years, and their business is getting worse day by day."
"The Northern government seems to have gone crazy recently, asking them to contribute 20 million silver dollars to the country's military expenses."
"How is it possible that the Fang family is so big and can't even come up with 20 million silver dollars?" After listening to Fang Jimin's introduction, Fang Ji'an was speechless.
According to Tao Yunong's investigation, the Fang family's business has been in decline since the first and second wives took over. Even if Yuan Yueting had not made things difficult for them, it would have been difficult to continue.
Yuan Yueting was just a booster for their shut down industries. Even without Yuan Yueting, they would not be able to compete with others.
Moreover, the younger generations of the first and second wives are not easy to deal with either. They spend money on wine and women every day, and their consumption is astronomical.
With so much money going out and no income coming in, coupled with the huge expenses, it is not easy to squander the Fang family's huge fortune.
However, the first and second wives were squandering their money. Seeing that business was getting worse and worse, they thought about investing in other things.
In the past three years, they have made a lot of investments, but all of them have gone to waste. In addition, their descendants have been tricked and cheated out of a lot of silver dollars. This has ruined the entire Fang family.
Yuan Yueting only knew that the Fang family was rich in the past, and he was not clear about the family's current situation. He thought that the Fang family deliberately did not support him, which naturally made him very angry.
Fang Jian shook his head and said, "Jimin, the Fang family and I are strangers. You can help them if you want, but you cannot use any government resources."
"Moreover, if the Fang family makes a mistake, they must be punished by law and cannot enjoy any special privileges."
Fang Jian knew those people too well. If they really came to his territory, they might behave themselves in front of him, but they would definitely act arrogantly in front of those officials and bully the common people.
He is not the real Francis C., and as for Francis C. Min, he is just his compensation for using Francis C.'s identity.
The foundation he had built would not be destroyed just to compensate Fang Jimin.
Fang Jimin suddenly felt embarrassed: "Brother, my fifth brother wrote to me and said that the family has no money now, and they don't ask for anything else, they just hope to do business in Nanshan."
If you want to do big business in Nanshan, you will not be able to achieve anything without a solid foundation and government support.
"Jimin, how much money could the Fang family, which is so big, have been taken away by the North? Most of it was squandered by themselves." Fang Jian shook his head and explained patiently.
"Even if the government supports them, they won't necessarily do business honestly given their temperament. They might even sell inferior goods as good ones and disrupt prices."
Fang Jian didn't say much. Although Fang Jimin had improved a lot in the army, he still couldn't change his weak and indecisive character, which made him very unhappy.