Lu Xiu was almost driven out of the palace. He ran to the street in a state of embarrassment. He was ashamed and resentful. Lu Xiu was his cousin, so he was so ruthless. He was so kind to her when she was a child, but she was so kind.
Not caring about old feelings is simply ungrateful.
"Bitch! Bah!"
Lu Xiu cursed fiercely and spat again. He completely forgot about his father's official position, the official residence where they lived, and their living expenses. He even forgot that Lu Xiu gave him ten taels of silver yesterday. After all,
Who is ungrateful?
He had no choice but to find two more businessmen to see if they had any other ways to make money.
Xie Hua and Wang Shuang lived in Gaosheng Inn, renting a four-room detached house. The environment was quiet, the living was comfortable, and the waiters were very attentive. However, the price was expensive, and the daily rent was the same.
Lu Jiao was brought into the yard by Xie Hua. When he saw the gold piled on the table, there were at least several hundred taels. The golden light was shining. Lu Jiao swallowed a few mouthfuls of saliva and had no choice but to look away reluctantly and walked into the next room.
The five hundred taels of gold placed on the table were for Lu Qiao to see. Today they were going to show off their cards to Lu Qiao.
As for yesterday's talk about land sales, it was just to satisfy Lu Qiao's appetite.
"Doing business?"
Wang Shuang sneered, "Do you think you can definitely make money by going to Hebei if you buy goods from Guanzhong? Let me tell you, if you don't have the background to retreat, the commercial tax of Guangjin Kingdom will deduct all your profits, as well as your various
For all kinds of expenses and various management, you have to pay at least 30 guan for a 100 guan. When doing a business, the capital changes from 100 guan to 70 guan. Are you willing to do it?"
"Then how do you make money?" Lu Qiao still didn't believe it.
"Brother, we all lost money doing normal business, but in the end we made a lot of money by doing shady business."
"What kind of shady business?" Lu Qiao suddenly became interested.
Wang Shuang knew that he was about to get to the point, so he said calmly: "For example, selling illegal salt, illegal alcohol, human trafficking, and smuggling contraband, but if the Jin Kingdom catches these businesses, they will also be beheaded, and the risk is extremely high. We originally
There were five partners, three of whom were killed, and then we found a way to be safe and make a lot of money."
"Can you tell me which way to go?"
Wang Shuang and Zhou Hua were afraid that he would not ask, so they deliberately discussed it. Wang Shuang nodded, "For the sake of your sincerity, I can tell you that the safest and most profitable way is to get a reward."
"Get a reward?" Lu Qiao didn't understand.
"Our first transaction was that the Kingdom of Jin offered a high price for the hemostatic medicinal materials Diyu, Panax notoginseng and Puhuang. When we entered the Song Dynasty, we spent three thousand guan to buy a batch of medicinal materials and went to Yanshan Prefecture. The Kingdom of Jin gave us three
Ten thousand dollars, ten times the huge profits!”
Lu Jiao's eyes turned red when he heard this. How could he not encounter such a good thing?
"Later, we purchased a batch of pig iron from the Song Dynasty, weighing more than 100,000 kilograms, and secretly transported it across the Yangtze River. We also made 30,000 guan from this purchase."
Lu Qiao couldn't stand the temptation anymore and said anxiously: "Brothers, if you haven't done such a good thing yet, let's take my little brother and do it together!"
"Of course, otherwise what would we be doing in Jingzhao City? Do you think we are really here to do business?"
"Can I bring my little brother with me this time?"
Zhao Shuang smiled and said: "This time there is no need for capital, it is a big business of 200,000 guan. Marshal Wanyandu publicly offered a reward in Yanshan Mansion for an iron fire thunder. If it succeeds, the reward will be 200,000 guan.
Brother, 200,000 yuan! If you succeed, we can give you 50,000 yuan, are you willing to do it?"
"Do it! I'm willing to do it!"
Lu Qiao was so excited that the tone of his voice changed. Fifty thousand guan! I'm afraid he won't be able to spend it all in his lifetime.
He forgot that if he squandered like he did last night, the 50,000 yuan would be spent in at most three years.
"What is iron fire thunder?" Lu Qiao asked again.
"It is a kind of firearm that is unique to the Western Army. Neither the Jin nor the Song Dynasty have it. It is of course the top military secret of the Western Army. There is no way to get it. But if there is a way, it can be done. We are all
Hebei businessmen are not familiar with Jingzhao."
Lu Qiao suddenly understood why the other party came to find him and wanted to use his connections, but now he was completely fascinated by the 50,000 guan. As long as he was given 50,000 guan, even if he was asked to work as a turtle in a brothel, he would not do it.
willing.
He hesitated, "But... I don't know the person who masters the iron fire thunder either!"
"You know, if you don't have a way, how can we find you?"
Lu Qiao was confused, "Who? Princess Yong?"
Wang Shuang shook his head, "Princess Yong is of no use. The person we are talking about is Lu Wei, don't you know her?"
"Ah! It's him. I know him. I know him very well. We grew up together and we have a close friendship! But where is he an official?"
"The friendship is really deep!"
Zhou Hua sarcastically said: "You actually don't even know where the other party is an official."
Lu Qiao blushed and quickly explained: "I have just arrived in Jingzhao City not long ago, and my father told me that Lu Wei seems to be the prefect in the original Xixia place, which is too far away."
Wang Shuang shook his head, "He is no longer an official in Xiazhou. He has just been transferred back to serve as Sima of the Military Department. He is in charge of the arsenal where the firearms are placed. If Lu Wei is willing to join us, then we will be rewarded with 200,000 yuan for the four of us.
Divide equally.”
Lu Qiao hesitated and said, "I'm afraid he won't agree!"
"He doesn't like money?"
Lu Jiao scratched his head and smiled: "Of course he likes it. He used to be a guard in Lin'an Palace, and he was also a promiscuous person. He got into fights, molested women, visited brothels, and went out to restaurants. When he ran out of money, he dragged me around to have sex.
For money, he even sold the armor and weapons of the guards, and then lied about falling into the water. His grandfather, my uncle, covered it up for him and was not held accountable."
Zhou Hua slapped the table and said, "Isn't this enough? Do you think such a person would not be tempted by 50,000 yuan?"
"I'm afraid he will change."
Wang Shuang said with a proud smile: "Don't worry! A wolf will always be a wolf and will never turn into a dog. Even if he changes on the surface, his nature will never change."
In fact, Wang Shuang forgot, aren't dogs transformed from wolves?
"Okay! I'll give it a try."
Lu Qiao gritted his teeth and agreed. Even if it didn't work out, Lu Wei would never betray him. Suddenly, his stomach rumbled, and he was so hungry that his chest pressed against his back, and he broke out in cold sweat.
"Brothers, I haven't had breakfast yet. I'm really hungry."
Wang Shuang and Zhou Hua laughed loudly and patted him on the shoulder, "Let's go! We'll treat you to a drink."
In the afternoon, Lu Jiao found Lu Wei. They were the same age. Although they were uncles and nephews, they were actually no different from brothers. They grew up together, studied together, and hung out together all day long in Lin'an.
As expected, Lu Wei did not dislike Lu Jiao and agreed to find him a job, and also promised to lend him twenty taels of silver. He said it was a loan, but in fact he did not have to pay it back.
Lu Jiao was moved to tears and immediately invited him to have a drink with him in the evening. However, Lu Wei had something to do in the evening and his boss Guan Shigu wanted to invite him to dinner, so he had to change it to the next day. They were still at Juxiang Restaurant, and Lu Wei agreed.
, the two made an appointment.
Lu Qiao then took twenty taels of silver and said goodbye. He went to Gaosheng Inn again, told Wang and Tuesday the time and place for dinner tomorrow night, and then hurried to the brothel, which was his home and his destination.
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Soon, the inner guard soldiers who were monitoring Lu Qiao rushed back to the inner guard office and reported Lu Qiao's whereabouts throughout the day to Zhong Huan.
After listening to the report, Zhong Huan immediately realized that something was wrong. The target of the two businessmen was actually Lu Wei. He wanted to report this matter to his superiors immediately.
A quarter of an hour later, Zhong Huan's immediate boss Wang Hao listened to the report and thought for a long time: "Are you sure that it is two businessmen who want to find Lu Wei, and not Lu Jiao himself who wants to borrow money from Lu Wei?"
Zhong Huan bowed and said: "Qi Zong, if Lu Jiao came out of the government office and went directly to the brothel, I believe it was the latter, but he went to Gaosheng Inn to find two businessmen, and then ran to the brothel in a hurry. Obviously
He went to report to the two of them about Lu Wei."
"Your guess makes sense!"
Wang Hao cleared away the documents on the table, stood up and said, "Let's go! Go and report to His Highness King Yong."