At this time, Gao Changjiang, the white paper fan, came over to report the matter. When he saw Lin sitting in the hall interacting with a fair and beautiful young woman, he knew enough not to disturb her and just stood aside silently.
Until Lin Siguan told Zhang Wen: "Anyway, there are many rooms in this courtyard. We must take Wu Tian's mother and son down and put them in a safe place. Don't neglect it!"
So far, Mr. Lin has not made any specific commitments.
Wu Tianshi was a little impatient. She followed her husband's instructions and came to seek refuge at the risk of exposing her whereabouts.
After entering this door, there is no turning back. If she doesn't get some affirmative answers, how can she feel at ease?
So I asked again: "I hope the officials will make it clear what the slave family will do in the future."
Lin Tailai replied: "As long as you obey the arrangement, keeping you safe is not a problem. Maybe there will be a chance to avenge your Wu family."
Wu Tianshi pleaded: "With the current power of the Zheng family, we no longer dare to think about revenge. I am satisfied with just asking for my son's safety."
Lin Tailai was a little confused. This Wu Tian family seemed to have little interest in revenge for the Wu family. She didn't mention her husband. She only cared about the safety of her son?
But this was all other people's family matters. Lin Daguan only waved his hand and said, "You go down first and wait for me to arrange it!"
When Wu Tian walked out of the front hall, Gao Changjiang asked Lin Daguan: "What's wrong with the Wu family's children?"
Gao Changjiang is more attentive than other club members. He just noticed the change in his expression when he was sitting in the library looking at the children.
Lin Tailai sighed: "I'm good at seeing people. I think this boy's future will be extraordinary."
Whenever you think of the bad father and son Wu Xiang and Wu Sangui, you will definitely think of the terrible background of the late Ming and early Qing dynasties in history.
The gap in national power is clearly crushing, but it has become so bad in the past few decades, and resource allocation has completely failed, ultimately leading to various forms of service and hair styles in the world that are so ugly that they are eye-catching.
Lin Daguan may not have loved Ming Dynasty very deeply. Changes of dynasties are inevitable under the law of historical cycles, but every time he thinks about being replaced by a money rat's tail, he feels physically uncomfortable.
The more he thought about it, the more troubled he became. Lin Tailai was stunned for a while. Gao Changjiang called out a few times before Lin Tailai came back to his senses.
Lin Daguan sighed again: "I was suddenly touched. The world is so bad. Instead of letting others suffer, it is better to concentrate the resources into my own hands as much as possible and let me use them. Don't you think so?
better?"
Gao Changjiang, who knew storytelling stories well, stared at Wu Tian's retreating back and replied with a bit of a pun:
"Maybe Cao Mengde thought the same way before he became the Duke of Wei and the King of Wei."
Lin Tailai: "."
The day is already full of chatter, and I have to burn paper if I have something to do.
After ending the topic that could no longer be discussed, Lin Daguan directly ordered:
"Stop talking nonsense! Go to Lu Junbi and Lu Xiucai and ask him to help find out the details of the Wu family. He has certain connections in the salt industry, so he should be able to find out the details of the Wu family!"
Gao Changjiang was about to take the order and leave when he heard Zuo Guan say: "Go to Zhenwu Temple and tell Yu Gongjing to prepare two hundred people to start work!"
After Gao Changjiang reacted, he was surprised: "Do you really want them to try to transport salt? Transport it back to Suzhou?"
Lin Tailai nodded and said: "The salt industry is a highly professional industry. Let's not talk about the issue of salt introduction. I will only talk about salt collection, salt transportation, and salt sales. Each link is also very particular.
Since the Wu family, who are more familiar with the salt industry, is leading the way this time, our staff will follow suit and become familiar with it.
The purpose is not to make money, but to understand all aspects of salt collection from seaside salt farms, waterway transportation, and sales in Suzhou.
When I come back from the capital to take the exam, I can do bigger things!
Anyway, the two hundred thugs this time should be enough to solve non-official problems."
Gao Changjiang asked for instructions again: "Practice and killing can only solve Jianghu problems, but what if we encounter official problems along the way?"
Lin Daguan is still confident: "Most of the roads along the way are in the Jiangnan area. Let them use my banner as Lin Jieyuan first to see what kind of problems they will encounter. Write them down and solve them later.
If Lin Jieyuan's banner doesn't work, then use the banner of Suzhou Shenfu!
If the banner of the Suzhou Shenfu is not effective, then use the banner of the Hushu Guanwang Tax Envoy!
I don’t believe it anymore. On this three-acre river in the south of the Yangtze River, who dares not to show off the face of the king’s tax envoy!
However, there is only half a year left in the King’s Tax Envoy’s term, so we must seize the time and test the waters while the King’s Tax Envoy is still here.”
Gao Changjiang saw that Lin Sitan had carefully considered and arranged everything, but he, as a strategist, had nothing to add, so he could only be disappointed again.
He was about to take the order and leave, but he heard Lin Zuoguan still giving instructions, "Quickly gather another 200 people, be ready for action, and follow me at any time!"
Gao Changjiang couldn't help complaining: "Sitting in the restaurant is like being intoxicated. Several orders are issued at the same time, and I don't have a head and six arms!"
There is another complaint that I don’t dare to say out loud. Just sitting in the restaurant suddenly seemed like I was running out of time to make arrangements for my funeral.
Lin Daguan sighed: "I just suddenly felt that time is running out and time is running out!
There are so many things I want to do and not much time to waste here.
I originally thought that the time was not right now, I just wanted to try my skills in Yangzhou City, make a presence, and then go north.
After I win the honor in the capital, I will then find a way to seek an official position in Yangzhou, and then I will kill everyone, including the salt industry, foreign trade, and smuggling!
But now, let’s do something big before we leave!”
Gao Changjiang couldn't understand the state and thinking of Zuo Guan. He could only feel the growing ambition of Zuo Guan.
Moreover, he still couldn't understand what was so special about the child named Wu Xiang that he could make sitting in the hall feel like he was being greatly stimulated.
Afterwards, Gao Changjiang went to Lu Junbi and conveyed Lin Zuoguan's request, asking local gangster Lu Junbi to help him find out the details of the Wu family.
Lu Junbi's so-called salt industry connections were all with Wang Yuanwai, so he immediately went to Wang's house.
But Wang Qing and Wang were not at home. Instead, they were invited away by Zheng, and they had a meeting at Deyi Building outside Dadongmen.
As for why Zheng Yuanwai wanted to find Wang Yuanwai, it was of course because of recent rumors that Wang Yuanwai wanted to cooperate with Lin Jieyuan, and there were several versions of the detailed conditions.
Zheng Zhiyan suppressed his dissatisfaction and asked: "You and I are both from Huizhou, and we both rely on the salt industry. Why are we so anxious to get along?"
Wang Yuanwai asked knowingly: "Brother Zheng, what are you talking about? Why can't I understand you?"
Zheng Zhiyan shouted: "Brother Wang, stop pretending to be ignorant! Even I am tempted by the conditions Lin Tailai publicly stated!"
Wang Yuanwai responded helplessly: "If I said that Lin Tailai and I had never known each other before, and I was also kept in the dark by him, would Brother Zheng believe it?"
"I really want to believe it!" Zheng Zhiyan said with a sneer: "But I am even more afraid of being stabbed in the back."
Wang Yuanwai explained: "If I really reached a cooperation with Lin Tailai, how could he tell those conditions in public!"
Zheng Zhiyan said very keenly: "It seems that you have indeed talked about it, but it has not been concluded."
Wang Yuanwai: "."
It seems that Zheng Zhiyan has been really angry recently and has accumulated a lot of negative emotions.
Today, I actually became a trash can for Zheng Zhiyan to vent his negative emotions. I can't explain it.
But at the same time, Wang Yuanwai, who was ridiculed and questioned, was also a little annoyed. Everyone is a powerful person in the salt industry. Who has no temper?
Although the Wang family is not as powerful as the Zheng family, it is still among the top ten salt merchants in Yangzhou, okay?
If you, Zheng Zhiyan, don't have a good grandfather and father, what qualifications do you have to sit here and talk to Wang Qing?
Just when Wang Yuanwai was about to lose his temper and show off his demeanor as one of the top ten salt merchants in Yangzhou, someone suddenly stumbled onto the second floor of Deyi Building.
I only heard the person calling: "Zheng Chaofeng! Oh no, Zheng's martial arts gym has been besieged by those Suzhou people!"
The so-called Zheng family's martial arts hall is actually a place where thugs are raised. Last time, more than a hundred of the Zheng family's main thugs were injured, and they all recuperated here.
Zheng Zhiyan's face changed drastically when he heard this, and he hurriedly asked: "How is the situation?"
The person reported: "The dozens of newly assembled nursing homes in the past two days were completely unable to stop them, and all the wounded were beaten again!
A dozen people were also captured, all leaders of each team!"
Member Zheng was so angry that he yelled: "You bastard! You bastard! You are a rotten bastard!"
This behavior has no moral principles at all! After the opponent is recovering at home after the fight, he rushes in and fights again. What kind of hero is this?
After finishing the scolding, Mr. Zheng didn't feel angry, and he still felt extremely aggrieved!
Even if you have a fortune of 100,000 yuan, you can't summon hundreds of elite thugs in a few days!
Facing four to five hundred unreasonable enemy thugs, it was a bit embarrassing.
I finally spent a lot of money in the past two days and improvised dozens of thugs to work as a nursing home, but they were abandoned again!
This rhythm makes Zheng Yuanwai, who has money and no place to do anything, feel particularly fucked!
Even Wang Yuanwai, who was relatively more reasonable with his clients, was baffled when he heard the news that Zheng's martial arts gym had been raided by "Suzhou folks" again.
He really couldn't understand what the meaning of Lin Tailai's actions was.
If it was to intimidate and destroy the short-term combat effectiveness of the Zheng family, the cross street battle in the past few days was enough, and there was no need to do more.
At this time, Zheng Zhiyan, who was once again in a situation where no one was available, looked at Mr. Wang and forced a smile:
"How many people can I mobilize? Can I lend them to the Zheng family?"
This was the first time today that Zheng Zhiyan spoke kindly to Wang Yuanwai. After all, the situation was stronger than the people, and he urgently needed manpower to maintain a sense of security.
Otherwise, Member Zheng will feel that the Zheng family is like a completely defenseless beauties.
Wang Yuanwai replied without hesitation: "I can lend it to you, but if you continue like this, when will it end?"
Speaking of this, Zheng Zhiyan gained confidence, "Three days, just survive three days!"
In three days, when the governor arrives in Yangzhou City, he will be able to mobilize his troops and generals, and he will no longer be afraid of hundreds of Suzhou people!"
Under the existing bureaucratic mechanism, the prefecture and county yamen could not do much to deal with Lin Tailai, and the Yanzheng yamen had no power to manage civil matters.
Therefore, the only hope is to have a governor who manages both the military and civilian affairs and has sufficient power to deploy troops.
However, Wang Yuanwai was a little doubtful: "Can the governor be able to control Lin Tailai?
According to the information I have heard, Lin Tailai has a close relationship with Mr. Chief Assistant!"
Zheng Zhiyan said angrily: "If I am just a friend of the Chief Assistant Young Master and can show off my power and ask for anything, that would be a bad start!
In the future, if others follow my example, the difficulties I will face will not be just one or two!"
As a businessman, Wang Yuanwai admitted that Zheng Zhiyan's concerns were reasonable, but that was not how things were done.
After thinking about it, I could only advise: "Think twice before you act."
Zheng Zhiyan was worried that Wang Yuanwai would lose confidence in him, which would have negative consequences.
Anyone involved in business knows that confidence is more important than gold.
So Zheng Yuanwai explained: "Even the emperor cannot touch every corner of the world, let alone the chief minister?
Moreover, the governor of Jiangbei, Yang Junmin, who came this time was not an ordinary person. He was a fellow villager of Zhang Siwei, the original chief assistant. His father was Yang Bo, the Minister of War during the Jiajing Longqing Dynasty. He could be said to be a nobleman from an aristocratic family!
This governor himself is a representative of the Shanxi and Shaanxi forces in the northwest, and he is definitely not in the same camp as Shen Shoufu.
Moreover, the governor was born into a wealthy family and had many connections, so he had no qualms about applying for the title of first assistant.
I heard that Governor Yang was just gilding his seniority. Zhang Siwei recommended him to the emperor before his death, and he would be promoted to Minister of the Ministry of Revenue in the next step.
The most important thing is that Governor Yang’s family is also engaged in business and is relatively friendly to us businessmen, and we have many descendants of Western merchants in Yangzhou, so we are very interested in cooperation.”
Wang Yuanwai still sighed. For some reason, he remembered Lin Tailai's confident smile and all kinds of weird tricks.
Didn't Lin Tailai know in advance that Governor Yang was coming? If a top-level sophisticated person like Lin Tailai dared to cause trouble, it means he was still able to do it with ease.
The more he thought about it, the more something was wrong. Wang Yuanwai persuaded again: "My opinion is that I advise you to make peace with Lin Tailai and stop thinking about fighting.
If you don't mind, I can be a middleman and try my best to connect you.
For example, giving Bai Huakui to Lin Tailai can block Lin Tailai's mouth regardless of whether she is useful or not.
After all, Lin Tailai came to Yangzhou City to cause trouble under the guise of following the oiran."
If he hadn't wanted to borrow someone from Wang Yuanwai, Zheng Zhiyan would have said "poof" on the spot.
Is it possible to make peace with Lin Tailai only by surrendering and making compensation?
Finally, Zheng Yuanwai gritted his teeth and said, "Don't I, the richest man in Yangzhou, have no respect for face?"
Wang Yuanwai strongly disagreed with Zheng Yuanwai's words. If a businessman insists on saving face, he would be crazy.
It can only be said that Zheng Zhiyan, who is a few years younger than himself, inherited his family fortune and has no experience of starting from scratch, so he lacks a bit of "forbearance".
Having said this, Wang Yuanwai stopped persuading him.
Some people say too much, which can lead to rebelliousness and even lead to suspicion.
After Zheng Zhiyan drank a few glasses of wine, he felt much better and patted the table and said:
"In three days, I will hold the first gathering at Pingshan Hall after the reconstruction!
By then, I will invite Governor Yang to the gathering as one of the judges!
I have also sent people to invite the prince, the leader of the literary world in Taicang Prefecture, and we must make the Pingshan Hall Gathering a grand event!"
Wang Yuanwai only felt a pain in his balls. Even though he was well-informed, he couldn't tell which way the wind was blowing.
It is difficult to speculate if you cannot predict the direction of the wind, which is really painful for businessmen.
The most painful time when coding is when you can't think of the next stage of the plot and write the transitional chapters. But today I have some ideas.