In the days that followed, the Chinese issued an urgent statement, declaring that they had no connection with this horrific murder and that they remained absolutely neutral!
In order to show their sincerity, the Chinese ordered Xin Jian to leave the case interrogation team immediately and gave him and the Chinese workers a month-long holiday.
The Chinese declare that the murder at the Jingshi Iron Factory is the Qing Dynasty's own internal affairs. The Chinese will not interfere, nor will they allow any external country to interfere wantonly!
This statement immediately calmed down the turbulent situation in the capital. Everyone is watching Xiao Letian's statement. As long as the Chinese do not interfere, everything will be in order!
Everyone is afraid of Xiao Letian's unconstrained style. There is really no way to predict the leader's moves. As long as Xiao Letian gets involved in anything, it will not be cured and it will be very chaotic!
Now Xiao Letian has expressed neutrality, and according to private news, the head of state has strictly ordered the Four Heavenly Kings and senior Chinese officials not to go to the capital in the near future.
This is the best news to stabilize people's hearts. The tense mood of those in the capital was suddenly relieved!
The interrogation actually ended on the first day. The case was clear and clear, and no matter how much I added later, there was nothing new. It was just from the mouths of those killers that I pried out the evidence that the 10th Route Manager exploited the people on weekdays!
Zai Chun became unusually silent. He received a thick stack of case files every day, and the filth in the deep waters of the Jingshi Iron Works gradually surfaced.
He really didn't expect that these dog slaves had embezzled so much money, let alone that they were feeding the common people to such an unbearable state!
Many nights, Zai Chun's roar could be heard in the Yangxin Palace, and the shocking files completely defied the dragon scale!
The Huazi Gang from the Central Plains has almost gathered in the capital, colluding with local gangs such as the Qing Gang, Cao Gang, and selling people to the capital. Not only the girls in the flower shack, but even adult men Zhuang!
Some young people from Shanxi, Shandong, Henan and even further away from Shaanxi, including those outside the customs, were deceived, stolen, abducted, and bought by these Huazi gangs... and then gathered in the Jingshi Iron Works.
The Tenth Road Manager provides whitewashing services in the officialdom. No matter how you are a young pig, they always have a way to get 'official' official documents!
Some children who were only fourteen years old were knocked unconscious by drugs and sold to the Capital Iron Works. The Tenth Route Supervisor had such slaves to take care of these pigs.
In fact, they were just slaves. Give them random names, forge a government document, and register to work in the iron factory directly!
Don't underestimate the children who are fourteen or fifteen years old. The wages paid by Emperor Tongzhi are high, and one child can still earn sixty cents a day!
These thugs took away forty coins, and the remaining twenty coins were enough for these pigs to eat and drink! Moreover, these pig slaves must be gathered together every day. Anyone who dares to escape and be caught will be beaten to death on the spot in front of other pig slaves, or buried alive!
With such cruel methods, the number of pig slaves in the Capital Iron Works has approached 10,000, which is a ratio of one-tenth.
Young boys work as pigs, selling their strength to make money for these people. Women in flower shacks are even more miserable. They can only sell their skin and flesh to make money for these people.
Where are there so many hungry civilians selling their children and daughters? This is all a cover-up, but in fact, two-thirds of the more than a thousand prostitutes in Hua Shack are actually stolen, abducted, or kidnapped!
No girl dared to resist. Those who dared to resist and report were imprisoned alive in pig cages and drowned in the water of the Qinghe River. The other girls were so frightened by the corpses that they did not dare to resist. They could only work here alive until they died.
Ninety percent of the money earned every day was taken away by these thugs!
Zhuang and Huasheng can contribute more than 100,000 taels of silver every month. These blood-stained copper coins and silver dollars are collected layer by layer.
Thugs, killers, gangsters...these are the lowest level, and their immediate bosses are the minions of the 10th Route Manager!
That's right, people like Guang Liang are the prince's servants, but the prince's direct servants are actually considered to be uncle-level figures!
They have a house in the capital, a small manor outside the city, fields, three wives and four concubines, and a large family, as well as housekeepers, servants, and servants who have children in their own family.
These people were appointed by the prince as supervisors, so their minions will also get some help!
Guang Liang and their housekeepers and slaves each perform their own duties. Some are responsible for collecting earth and stone, some are responsible for collecting timber, some are responsible for spending the skin and meat money of the shack, and some are responsible for supervising the pigs and collecting money every day...
There are also overlords who control the iron factory, such as vegetable tyrants, meat tyrants, coal tyrants... and other overlords who monopolize workers' daily necessities!
After that, there are opium dens, gambling bureaus, loan sharks... They are everywhere wherever there is a way to make money!
When Zai Chun saw the end, his hands and feet were trembling with anger, and his lips were white with anger. He knew that there was darkness at the bottom, but he never expected that the darkness would be like this!
"What can I do? What should I do with this empire?"
"You keep saying that the Eight Banners are all one family... but is this how you undermine a family?"
"This is trying to trick me into death!"
"Er Mao...can you give me some advice?"
What is rare tonight is that Ermao comes to accompany Emperor Tongzhi. In fact, after returning from Europe, Ermao's status has become transcendent. His more task is to provide a private channel for communication between the head of state and Emperor Tongzhi.
Many things that cannot be said explicitly can be conveyed through Ermao!
Er Mao's identity at this moment is no longer simply described as a Chinese spy. He is an open spy, and if this spy is made public, he can still live and live well.
This shows that the spies have changed their identities and become intelligence liaison officers. It can even be said that they are opposition diplomats!
At this moment in the Qing Dynasty, even the fanatical Manchu conservatives did not dare to shout and kill Ermao. After all, these Manchus still understood the rule that the two countries should not kill envoys during war!
Ermao's status is detached, so he doesn't care much about specific work. Serving Emperor Tongzhi is more the responsibility of Sixi and Xiaosi. After Manshun recovers in good health, he will gradually start to return!
Just because of the personal relationship between Zai Chun and Er Mao, Er Mao spent about one or two days a month waiting for Emperor Tongzhi. It was because of E Mao's existence that Zai Chun could find someone who could express his true feelings.
Er Mao has also read some files. Regarding these dark sides of society, E Mao has more say in coming out from the grassroots!
"Hey... Your Majesty asked me what to do? You are asking the wrong person..."
"To be honest, I have seen the darkness in these files with my own eyes, and I have even experienced it personally..."
"Your Majesty, don't you believe it? Hey... the flowers growing in the greenhouse of the Forbidden City don't know the dangers of the people!"
