Chapter 13 Don’t lie to me ()

The western-style buildings are towering, with iron windows on all sides open. The green painted iron fence is surrounded by a piece of green clouds and fine grass. The small flowers of various colors are decorated with them, which is elegant and secluded.

Sitting on the Western wooden chair under a cool umbrella, Wu Jianzhang felt awkward. He met with the imperial envoy. He dressed neatly, put on official boots in court, and burned incense before coming to show his grandeur.

However, Wu Jianzhang admired the prince's prince's family and the royal family and noble family, and never expected that the imperial envoy could set up the headquarters in the concession. You should know that just a while ago, he was driven out of the concession under the name of "neutrality".

He then got two boats in Lujiazui for temporary tax collection, and was driven to Suzhou River. Since the French first announced that French merchants could enter and exit tax, the United Kingdom and the United States immediately followed suit and abolished the consular collection system. British and American merchants also went to Shanghai docks by themselves, and there was no tax to collect.

Wu Jianzhang didn't say that he was anxious. He had a lot of dealing with foreigners, but he knew the arrogance and difficulty of dealing with foreigners. He received a quick report from the Beijing Kuaima a few days ago, and ordered Jing Xiang, a son of the royal family, to handle Shanghai tariff affairs. He didn't know much about this young nobleman, but only knew that he was Prince Zheng's only son, who had just been awarded the title of First Class General Fengguo.

I was still worried. The court sent such a young prince to deal with foreigners, but that would have been a mess. I turned around and did it. He was hereditary and was in a bad mood. He was a legitimate person and was defeated by all his sins. Is this wrong?

Wu Jianzhang felt unconscious these two days, so he thought about how to get rid of the relationship, but he didn't expect that the imperial envoy would take the lead. He broke the foreign ban when he arrived in Shanghai and set up the headquarters in the concession with great fanfare.

Wu Jianzhang admired him, and thought to himself that foreigners also picked soft persimmons, so why didn’t they drive the prince out of the concession?

When I met with the imperial envoy, I took the important part of what happened after Xiaodaohui conquered Shanghai, and even told the attitude of the consuls of the Three Kingdoms towards our country. For example, the Citi people were the most reasonable. After the customs were gone, he took the lead in implementing consular collection and actively helped our dynasty collect taxes from the merchants of the country. The second was the French, the French were the most arrogant, and the French merchants took the lead in resisting taxes, which made the British Citi country take the lead in taking effect.

Ye Zhao listened quietly, taking a sip of tea from time to time, but he had to sigh in his heart that he often dealt with foreigners, so he naturally opened his eyes to see the world. Wu Jianzhang is a bit talented. Unfortunately, he has dealt with foreigners a lot now, but it is extremely dangerous for his career. Didn’t this Taoist Master be called “to promote the barbarians and raise the barbarians” just a few years later when the Sino-British and French wars were dismissed and asked?

However, he was a businessman, had worked as a comprador, and even sold opium. Moreover, although he was a sold out customs interests for various reasons, he could be said to be a sell-off of customs. It would not be unfair to dismiss him or her from the position and ask him about it.

"Master Daotai, your words are not true, right?" Ye Zhao gently put down the teacup.

Wu Jianzhang was stunned and hurriedly said, "Little Master, what do you mean? The officials dare not deceive the young master." Wu Jianzhang, who called this imperial envoy, also took some effort. He was already a lower-ranking person than others, and he was a royal relative and nobleman. He could not scream like a Han official, and he didn't seem to be respectful enough. "Criminal" and "Little Prince" did not have a high title. This title was arguing that the imperial envoy was even more suspicious of being a master. After thinking about it, he simply called "Little Master", which expressed respect and wished the imperial envoy to be awarded the title as soon as possible. Since he was the only son of the prince, the duke was just around the corner. Adding a small word would not make him look too flattering.

But suddenly, when he heard the young master use the word "deception", it seemed like a thunder sounded on Wu Jianzhang's head. It would be like deceiving the imperial envoy. If he couldn't make a good deal, it would be equivalent to deceiving the emperor.

Ye Zhao smiled slightly and said, "Master Daotai was once captured by bandits, why didn't he sue?"

Wu Jianzhang was stunned again, no one knew about this, but when he was running away, he encountered a bandit soldier and was locked up for less than half an hour and was secretly escaped by himself, probably because no one in the young bandits knew him.

"This, this..." Wu Jianchang stuttered and couldn't speak. He suddenly knelt down tremblingly and kept kowtowing: "Young master, you are clear about the humble position. You are trapped for a while, but no one in the bandits recognized the humble position. You are escaped by yourself. It is definitely not a collusion with the thief. You hand over the official seal to serve the thief in order to survive! You are clear about the hint!"

Ye Zhao was stunned. Unexpectedly, a casual word would cause Wu Jianzhang to react so much. He could not see Wu Jianzhang's words from the mansion report that Wu Jianzhang was captured, so Ye Zhao asked casually. After all, Wu Jianzhang was captured by Xiaodaohui in his previous life. He was imprisoned for seven or eight days and almost lost his life. He was rescued by foreign merchants.

After getting out of trouble, he became even more motivated to kill all Xiaodao congregants. The reason was that he was worried that his career would be affected by his experience of being captured.

Could it be that he has been concealed by being captured in this life? But how can he justify himself if he has not seen anyone for seven or eight days? Ye Zhao looked at Wu Jianzhang who was trembling on the ground and frowned and said, "You are too brave!"

Wu Jianzhang kowtowed repeatedly, his nose and tears were covered in tears: "My uncle, it's only a cup of tea that is lost among the thieves. No one among the thieves can recognize the humble position. After the humble position escaped by chance, he concealed it in order to avoid the connection. Mr. Mr. Mr. Mr. Mr. Mr. Mr. Mr. Mr. Mr. Mr. Mr. Mr. Mr. Mr. Mr. Mr. Mr. Mr. Mr. Mr. Mr. Mr. Mr. Mr. Mr. Mr. Mr. Mr. Mr. Mr. Mr. Mr. Mr. Mr. Mr. Mr. Mr. Mr. Mr. Mr. Mr. Mr. Mr. Mr. Mr. Mr. Mr. Mr. Mr. Mr. Mr. Mr. Mr. Mr. Mr. Mr. Mr. Mr. Mr. Mr. Mr. Mr. Mr. Mr. Mr. Mr. Mr. Mr. Mr. Mr. Mr. Mr. Mr. Mr. Mr. Mr. Mr. Mr. Mr. Mr. Mr. Mr. Mr. Mr. Mr. Mr.

Time for a cup of tea? Ye Zhao's heart moved slightly. Seeing that Wu Jianzhang's expression was not like lying, not to mention that if he was really captured by a knife for seven or eight days, he could not hide it from others and dared not hide it.

Why? His activities in the capital cannot affect Shanghai, right? However, Ye Zhao gradually realized that in this life, he did not know how many choices he had to affect his destiny. Just like Wu Jianzhang, when he ran away from the office, he might be a destiny to turn left, and a destiny to turn right is another destiny.

Ye Zhao silently thought about his thoughts, but Wu Jianzhang suffered. He really didn't know what the young master was thinking. How much was his calculation? He knelt on the ground and didn't dare to move.

"Get up." Ye Zhao suddenly smiled. He was shocked to find that he had an unintentional handle that could firmly control the Taoist master. He was really unintentional to plant willows.

"I dare not be a humble position, and I dare not be a humble position." Wu Jianzhang didn't dare to move.

"If you ask you to get up, get up! Let's talk to me about foreign merchants!" Ye Zhao smiled gently and gently put down the teacup.
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