Chapter 419 Three Thousand Guans: The Lion Opens His Mouth
Just as Wang Fu was humming a little tune and walking towards the small building, the housekeeper from behind hurriedly caught up and said: "Master, there is someone outside the door asking to see you."
Wang Fu was so horny that he couldn't care about so much. He scolded: "You bastard! Didn't you see that I have to do something serious? Who is he? Let him wait!"
The housekeeper obviously came running all the way. It was hard to see the sweat on his head in the October weather: "I'm going to offer you three thousand guan just to see the master!"
"How much? One more time!" Wang Fu stopped immediately after hearing this, and his lust was extinguished by the news.
"Three thousand strings!"
The housekeeper was afraid that Wang Fu wouldn't hear clearly, so he pointed out three fingers.
Three thousand strings!
This is not a small amount. The beauty can't fly away even if she stays in the small building. Compared with three thousand strings, three thousand strings is more important.
"Who is coming?" Wang Fu asked.
The butler wiped the sweat from his head, then put down his sleeves and replied: "They are two well-dressed businessmen, accompanying a thin and small man, the clothes are very strange."
"You go and lead people to the study. I'll be there right away."
After receiving Wang Fu's order, the housekeeper ran back in a hurry, stuffing back the jiaozi that was about to come out of his sleeves along the way.
Those were two hundred-dollar exchanges. If not for this, the housekeeper would not have been so desperate to intercept Wang Fu who was about to go out for fun.
Wang Fu thought for a while and slowly walked to the study. The purpose of the visitor was unknown, but he was so generous, so he must have something to ask for. When he arrived at the study, he saw three people inside jumping up and saluting him. Wang Fu couldn't help but laugh.
Already.
What kind of clothes are weird, skinny and small?
Needless to say, the two businessmen were well dressed, and the clothes they wore were all top-grade. It would be impossible to wear an outfit without fifty or sixty pieces. Although the middle one was a little thinner and shorter, his clothes had a certain charm.
The atmosphere is exotic and the materials are of the highest quality; the weather in October has turned cold, but the visitor is not afraid of the cold, wearing a pair of two-tooth square-head clogs, and makes two crisp sounds when he jumps up and salutes.
In fact, clogs existed in the Sui and Tang Dynasties, but by the Song Dynasty, people rarely wore them. It was even rarer to wear clogs in such ostentatious fashion. With Wang Fu's knowledge, he immediately guessed that he was from Japan.
Sure enough, when this person saluted, a string of incomprehensible words came out of his mouth.
"Wang Zuocheng is above, the Japanese envoy Fujiwara Yoshitaro is polite." The older businessman on the left interpreted for him: "The villain Sun Junming..."
"The villain Zheng Qing." The businessman on the right said, "I have met Wang Zuocheng."
Wang Fu nodded slightly as a response, and suddenly there was a murmur in his heart.
Apart from commercial exchanges, there have long been no envoy exchanges between this dynasty and Japan. The last time a monk Cheng Xun came was in the fifth year of Xining, which was more than forty years ago and was several years older than Wang Fu himself.
, and Cheng Xun is also a private visitor, not an envoy.
"The envoy is here, why don't you go to Guanyi?" The four of them sat down. As soon as Wang Fu finished speaking, he realized that he had a problem and changed his words: "Since he is an envoy from Japan, can he have credentials?"
The problem is that Bianliang does not have a post for the Japanese envoys at all!
The Song Dynasty was quite grand, and envoys who came to the DPRK had fixed residences to stay. Goryeo was in Tongwenguan on Anzhou Lane outside Liangmen, Uighur was in the Concierge Courtyard in Khotan, and other Tibetan kingdoms were in Srivijaya, Zhenla, Dali, and Dashi.
Zhanyun Pavilion or Huaiyuan Post; even political enemies also have fixed residences. The Liao envoys are in Duting Post, and the Xixia envoys are in Duting West Post. They just have a strict system of siege and confidentiality.
However, Japan had cut off all contacts, and no decent envoys had come to Korea for decades, so there was no corresponding post office at all.
After Sun Junming murmured for a while, Fujiwara Yoshitaro looked anxious and also murmured.
Immediately afterwards, Sun Junming spread his hands and said: "Lord Zuo Cheng, the problem is here. When the Fujiwara envoy came, he encountered a shipwreck and barely escaped with his life. The tribute ship also sank into the sea, not to mention the credentials; fortunately, my second brother
People and ships passed by, rescued envoy Fujiwara, and sent him to Bianliang. I am not afraid of your laughter, even this clothes were bought in Mingzhou."
"Then how can we prove his identity?" Wang Fu snorted: "Are there many people pretending to be envoys in recent years?"
What Wang Fu said is also true. Every year there are several cases of Japanese businessmen pretending to be envoys, but they are always discovered.
"Yes, yes." Sun Junming hurriedly slapped Zheng Qing next to him, who took something out of his sleeve and presented it to Wang Fu.
"Although all the tributes sank into the sea and could not be salvaged, fortunately Envoy Fujiwara still had a gift list with him."
"Gift list? Are you kidding me?"
Wang Fu snorted coldly, took it and opened the gift list that had obviously been soaked in water, and immediately changed his breath: "This..."
The gift list contained nothing else, but the three thousand guan that had been promised earlier. Wang Fu let the few notes slip into his sleeves without any fuss, and then took a closer look at the contents of the gift list.
Although Japan has a different language, official documents are still written in Chinese characters.
One thousand bolts of colored satin, twenty thousand taels of mercury, some paper fans...
"If this gift list is true, the leader of the Japanese Kingdom has really invested a lot of money." Wang Fu narrowed his eyes and thought: "But the three thousand strings are coming from unknown sources..."
At this moment, Sun Junming said: "With the loss of credentials, Envoy Fujiwara cannot go back to deliver the mission. My two brothers are enthusiastic and are willing to contribute some money to buy a way for Envoy Fujiwara to meet the officials. If there is a gift in return,
If you submit the ultimatum, you can return to Japan."
"So you just gave out these three thousand coins?" Wang Fu folded up the gift list and threw it on the table, half-smiling: "There is no businessman without treachery... It is not unusual for businessmen to lie, and the Japanese people can't understand it anyway.
Officially, you two just talk about your plans."
As soon as Wang Fu said this, Sun Junming and Zheng Qing looked at each other without any embarrassment on their faces. They raised their hands and said: "Master Zuo Cheng has seen very clearly. If there is no benefit, I won't start early. My two brothers have spent a lot of money. Naturally,
He is asking for something in return; I heard that your Excellency has a very good relationship with Mr. Liang in the palace, so it would be no problem to arrange for the Fujiwara envoy to visit the official family..."
"Stop talking nonsense." Wang Fu coldly interrupted Sun Junming's tirade: "Do you think I don't know what you two are planning? A businessman is a businessman... Let's talk about it. When I get the return gift, I'm going to leave a percentage of it.
I?"
Sun Junming and Zheng Qing must have thought about it before they came, and now they blurted it out without even thinking about it.
"Thirty percent."
"Sixty percent, anything less is not enough." Wang Fu rolled his yellow eyes and said loudly: "When the officials see this gift list, they must return the gift several times in order to appear like a great country. I will help you again.
There are even more gifts in return.”
After saying this, Wang Fu added: "Without my way, you would not be able to enter the palace gate."
"Your Excellency, let the villain discuss with the envoy."
Sun Jun was obviously a little embarrassed. After getting Wang Fu's consent, he jabbered at Fujiwara Yoshitaro for a while. Fujiwara Yoshitaro had a troubled look on his face and hesitantly shook his head.
Next to him, Zheng Qing also joined the persuasion team. Under attack from both sides, Kitaro Fujiwara finally nodded and agreed to the matter.
"The matter will be as per your wishes, 60%." Sun Junming replied: "I just don't know when there will be news?"
"It can take as long as half a month, or as little as ten days." Wang Fu smiled slightly: "Bianliang is prosperous and can be visited by the envoys. It is not a wasted trip. If there is any news, I will let my subordinates inform you."
Sun Junming cupped his hands and said: "Thank you, sir. Envoy Fujiwara is temporarily staying at Xixi Tower..."
"That's a good place." Wang Fu said politely, then picked up the tea cup: "Come, let's see you off!"
Sun Junming and the other three people saluted and left. Wang Fu thought about it for a while, and figured out that 60% of the return gift would be obtained in Mingzhou, at least 30,000 yuan...
It's just to buy face from Liang Shicheng. This deal is... a good deal!
Is this Fujiwara envoy? No matter whether he is true or false!
Wang Fu put down his teacup, hummed a tune again with his hands behind his back, and walked towards the back. The three thousand strings he had already received and the thirty thousand strings he was about to receive made him feel extremely excited. If he didn't have a good fight with the beauty, it would be terrible.
Sorry for all the excitement...
The door of the small building was opened, and the beauty had already bathed in the fragrant water, just waiting for Wang Fu to come.
...
...
"Brother, it's done! Japanese envoy...hehe."
As soon as he left the gate of Wang Fu's mansion, Zheng Qing couldn't restrain his joy and almost did some somersaults on the spot.
"What is this, be silent!" Sun Junming pulled Zheng Qing's sleeve and whispered: "Sanqianguan finally found a way, and then it depends on Tokichiro's performance... Officials are ruthless,
Sixty percent..."
"It's better than nothing." Zheng Qing replied in the same low voice: "The 60% return gift will probably be sold in Mingzhou... Find someone to lower the price, collect it directly, and you can still make a fortune inside and outside.
"
Sun Junming nodded, and the two of them pulled Tokichiro onto the sedan chair and headed to Xixi Tower.
As soon as the three of them left, someone turned around the corner next to them. It was a man selling cooked food with a burden. He put the burden at the end of the street and started selling loudly. There were two helpers who were leaning on the sun and followed the sedan in silence.
Already.
By the time Ximen Qing returned home, the information had been delivered to his desk.
"Envoy from Japan?" Ximen Qing looked at it and shook his head and laughed: "These two birdmen are certainly brave. Where did they find a Japanese person and say he is an envoy? They asked Wang Fu... because they wanted to entrust the king.
Fu asked Liang Shicheng, an old guy, to be received by the officials?"
"Brother, why are you so happy?"
Wu Song also came back from the Imperial City Division. Hearing the laughter coming from the study, he opened the door and came in.
Ximen Qing threw the information to Wu Song. Wu Song glanced at it and said, "I've heard from Chazi about this. I'll buy it for three thousand guan and give 60% to Wang Fu. This deal can be done... That Japanese envoy
Needless to say, it is naturally false."
"Even if it's fake, it's good to find out." Ximen Qing muttered: "What's more, this matter can be exploited..."
"Go and find Miss Juzi. Isn't she from Japan?" Ximen Qing said with a smile on his face: "I'm just in time to find out."