This sentence blocked the back tightly. The claim that they are so-called Australians is baseless. Moreover, they are not Westerners with red eyebrows and green eyes. They are not from my race at first glance. Master Jiang originally made a big pass.
He couldn't even say anything to express himself. He squeezed the fan in his hand hard.
This move didn't work, so I had to use my backhand. He used a big sign to bluff people. He coughed lightly:
"Second, it's a long story. I think it's better to open the skylight and speak frankly." He glanced at Pei Lixiu and said, "Master Futai's old lady will have her eightieth birthday in a few days."
Pei Lixiu nodded and said: "This has been officially registered in the dormitory. When the time comes, there will be no delay, and I will give you a generous gift to seek protection."
Master Jiang smiled and said: "This is just a matter of congratulations to the class according to the regulations. How can we make the Master happy? In the current situation, doesn't it mean that your boss doesn't want Mr. Li Futai's old lady to celebrate?
More happiness?"
The element of blackmail and begging in these words was very clear. Pei Lixiu frowned secretly and could only say: "I still need to ask Mr. Jiang to give me some advice."
Master Jiang then said: "Master Futai, I have long heard that there is an Australian hour clock that goes off on its own in the mansion. I really want to borrow it so that I can enjoy it on my birthday and let relatives and friends who come to congratulate me."
Eye-opener."
Pei Lixiu suddenly realized that she had taken a fancy to the big mahogany clock in her room.
This thing is not very expensive to say. If Dr. Zhong Lishi had not wanted to wait until all the self-produced clock technology was developed before putting it on the market, Guanglin Gao's inventory of modern mechanical clock accessories would have been hundreds of sets, which would have made Zizhenzhai's ingenuity
The craftsmen can install a nice-looking shell and have it immediately. If giving it to Li Fengjie can alleviate this crisis, the price is not high.
But what Su Ai had said to her came to mind again - "Rumors have been spreading everywhere recently. You must control yourself and don't make random choices. There are too many black-hearted beasts out there who eat people without spitting out their bones!",
In addition, she clearly remembered that the birthday of Li Fengjie's old lady was not "in the last few days" at all, and the amount of money to be given was already established, and no one would be sent to the door to urge her. Generally, they would not come to ask for something by name.
She stared at this sanctimonious "official face", his triumphant smile and his constantly opening and closing the fan. She decided to give him a try.
"Since I am favored by the old lady, I will send someone to deliver the clock to Lord Futai's house as soon as I return to the slave's house. I would like to ask for your appreciation to the old longevity star Hong Fu."
"No, no, I've already brought people here and they will take them away. No need to send them away."
"That's not good. This gift should be sent on a formal day, with red and colorful decorations, and with lots of playing and playing. Naturally, the slave family also wants to kowtow to the birthday star."
"no, I'm fine."
Pei Lixiu suddenly frowned and said softly: "Oh, it's not appropriate, it's not appropriate."
Master Jiang was originally preparing to argue that you don't have to do anything for me, but suddenly he heard her say "it's not appropriate" and he looked at her blankly.
"This thing in my house is called a large Australian mahogany clock. You must know it, sir."
"Exactly, exactly."
"Since it is Mr. Futai's old lady congratulating her on her birthday, it would be extremely inappropriate to send a clock as a gift..." She changed her words, "I'm afraid."
When celebrating a birthday, doesn’t “sending bells” become “sending one’s death”? This is simply bringing bad luck to the host’s family. This Master Jiang is just using clever rhetoric to try to seize the opportunity in the name of celebrating the birthday of Mr. Futai’s Taijun.
This precious clock was not originally intended as a birthday gift. Who would have thought of this joint? When Pei Li showed it off, she couldn't help but be stunned and completely speechless.
Master Jiang left in embarrassment angrily, and before leaving he couldn't help but utter a few insinuations and cruel words. Pei Lixiu was too lazy to pay attention to it. She had already figured out that Master Jiang was not following Li Futai's orders at all, but was completely relying on the recent invasion of Lin.
They come to your door to blackmail you for something high.
Zheng Shangjie was a little worried when she found out - after all, the other party was someone close to the governor. What if he needed eye drops at the critical moment?
"Huh, he doesn't have the qualifications at all." Pei Lixiu said lazily, "On such a big matter, the governor's office has no chance to intervene. Besides, even the governor's office of Guangdong and Guangxi has not yet decided on the matter of suppressing Lingao.
What role can he, a clean guest of Futai Yamen, play in this matter? I'm afraid he is not qualified to participate in the secret. Don't be afraid of him. I would rather send this mahogany clock to Li Futai's house, maybe it can help.
Make a difference."
"Yeah, that's right. But should we discuss the gift giving with Dongzhu Guo..."
"I'm just talking. Now every move we make is a big deal, so of course he has to make the decision." Pei Lixiu bit her lip - she was surprised to realize that she didn't put on lipstick.
On Guo Yi's side, Sun Chang has returned. He reported that most people still accepted the tea, but only a few people met him and rewarded him with money for development. Most of them just replied to a post. Some people said that the owner was not here.
, it is inconvenient to receive gifts.
He looked at the gift list made by Sun Chang one by one to see if there were any patterns in it.
It seems that although the dignitaries who interacted with Guangzhou Station have begun to consciously distance themselves, they have not yet reached the point of decisiveness. It can be seen that the matter has not reached the final moment. There is still room for change in all aspects.
To sum up: it is clear that the Guangdong government intends to use troops against Lingao. However, the conclusion has not yet been determined.
Guo Yi paid a special visit to Gaoju, and a senior official also received similar news. He was relieved and told him directly: This matter is very strange.
"You don't have to be too panicked. This matter is very likely to cause you to be unable to fire your arrows."
This is somewhat consistent with his own guess. Guo Yi thought. He wanted to ask for details, so he pretended to be puzzled and asked Gao Ji.
"If we want to attack Lingao, where will the soldiers come from? Where will the pay come from?" Gao Ju said with a smile, "With no soldiers and no pay, do you want the adults in Guangzhou to fight in person?"
He told Guo Yi that the Guangdong vassal could not afford this large sum of money.
"He Zhen's soldiers have not been paid for almost a year. Unless Wang Zhitai has the ability to generate hundreds of thousands of pay and silver, the crusade against Lingao is just an empty talk."
"I see. So it's just groundless?"
"That's not necessarily the case. At least Wang Zhitai has this idea." Gao Ju said, "Think about it, Xiong Futai from Fujian is so popular, how could he succeed if he doesn't make any achievements? He has offended so many people in Guangdong.
, I’m afraid I won’t be able to explain it to the court at that time!”
"You should not be careless." Gao Ju said, "The best strategy now is to find a solid backer early on."
Gao Zhi's intention was the same as Su Ai's, asking them to surrender to Eunuch Yang, so that the greedy hands from all sides could be calmed down.
"My little brother can't make the decision on this matter——"
"Yes, you still need to ask shopkeeper Wen what he wants." Gao Ju said with great interest, "Old Wen hasn't been to Guangzhou for a long time. Is that damn place in Lingao actually better than Guangzhou? It's really disrespectful!"
"Where, where." Guo Yi was about to excuse Wen Desi, and waved his hand: "Go and talk to Shopkeeper Wen. It's not a long-term plan for him to stay in Lingao like this! It's better to make plans early!"
Comparing these aspects, Guo Yi probably had a good idea. When reporting to Lingao, he said: The possibility of the Guangdong Ming Army dispatching in a short time is very small.
However, the spread of this news made the situation at Guangzhou Station difficult. Not only did Ziminglou's business volume drop sharply, but as Su Ai predicted, the political climate in Guangzhou seemed to have changed over the next seven or eight days.
Changes. The number of people coming to Ziming Building has significantly decreased, and appointments have almost disappeared. Guo Yi and Pei Lixiu's side began to have a steady stream of various guests asking for a meeting.
Each of these guests had a well-established background: either he was a guest of the governor, or he was a relative of the governor, or he was a member of the guarding eunuch... They came to visit one by one, and asked to borrow money when they asked.
The owner is interested in "Australian treasures" and wants to borrow them to see. The reasons for taking advantage of them are one after another. If there is any slightest neglect, there will be threats in his vicious words.
Fortunately, Pei Lixiu had already gotten the answer from Su Ai, and Gao Zhang sent someone to secretly warn them: There is no need to be afraid of this group of people - they are just relying on the master's brand to extort some benefits, and even if it is given to them, it will be useless, and will only attract trouble.
These people kept coming in batches. In the end, Guo Yi simply asked Sun Chang to see him, saying that he was not feeling well, and simply closed the door and thanked the guests.
But privately, he had been making various preparations to deal with various situations that he might encounter. He ordered Sun Kecheng to deploy more manpower to the vicinity of each store to prevent anyone from inciting riots; he secretly mobilized people from various channels
The bank deposits are in Delong's main bank, and we are ready to deal with any bank runs at any time and at any time. Externally, all banks are operating normally. Especially for those who request to withdraw their deposits in advance, the principal and interest will be calculated accordingly. Do not show any embarrassment.
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To his slight relief, Sun Kecheng, Shen Fan and other local management personnel, although they had not been reviewed by Lingao, were loyal to the Guangzhou station. Instead of showing any intention of shirk and avoidance, they took the initiative to make suggestions. Shen Fan What I mean is to talk to Liang Cunhou.
"Mr. Liang and his son are not only kind-hearted, but also fairly upright in their conduct. If the proprietor wants to donate, it would be better to donate Zizhenzhai to his family." Shen Fan is quite enthusiastic about the donation and thinks it is a solution to the current problem. the best way.
"The Liang family is a large local gentry family, and my grandfather was a member of the central government. The foundation is extremely deep. With their support, no one in Guangzhou dares to take the initiative to proprietor's property!"
Furthermore, Liang Cunhou cooperated with Guo Yi and others to manage Cihuitang, and they had a very personal relationship. This kind of relationship was different from ordinary shop owners.
"If an ordinary shop owner wants to donate money, people won't accept it." Shen Fan seems to mean that people who are willing to take your property for free are already giving you a huge favor. This makes Guo Yi very unhappy.
Guo Yi stayed up almost all night in his room. The environment in this time and space was indeed a hundred times more complicated than in the old time and space. Government officials and businessmen colluded in this scheme, and he went too far to restore himself to the original one, and gave this group of officials too many benefits. . I didn’t expect that the benefits they received were not counted as they wanted to swallow it in one gulp!
What worries him now is: how to resolve the crisis at Guangzhou Station.
Guo Yi is not afraid at all of what he heard about the crusade against Lingao - it is just self-destruction. Lingao will definitely be safe and sound. But the Guangzhou station is facing a huge crisis in this matter.
Dedicating a brand to Eunuch Yang or the Liang family would be a compromise. However, it could not be passed by the Senate and the Executive Committee.
He has now completely understood that Lu Yizhong's idea seemed to cater to Wang Zunde's eagerness to make achievements at sea, but in fact it contained evil intentions for various brands in Guangzhou Station.
He doesn't care at all whether the Australians can hold on to Lingao, but he wants to take advantage of this to win the Guangzhou Station!
However, for a retired prefect, the appetite is a bit too much!
Could there be someone else behind him? Guo Yi became alert. Lu Yizhong was just a retired magistrate. He relied on Wang Zunde's trust to run rampant in Guangdong and Guangxi. He didn't have much power. Even if the Guangzhou Station really surrendered to him, he wouldn't do it at all. He couldn't keep it! Thinking of this, he realized that the person who wanted to seize Guangzhou Station should have a much higher status. He was at least a eunuch in the palace or a central official in the imperial court at the level of Eunuch Yang.
It's just that this person hasn't revealed his true face yet.
He took a sip of the tea, which was almost no longer warm, and stood tall at the window. The moon appeared and disappeared in the night sky. There was still that impenetrable black cloud in the north.
The telegram sent from Guangzhou about the Ming Dynasty showing signs of using force against Lingao used the most urgent call sign. As soon as the telegram from Guangzhou arrived, it was sent to the confidential room of Lingao Telecom. Li Yunxing became stunned when he read the full text of the telegram. one time.
"Fuck, do it!" He excitedly tugged on the folder and started to walk.
"Chief, Chief, you haven't signed yet." The indigenous female telegraph operator responsible for translating, sending and receiving telegrams saw that he was about to leave after taking the telegram, so she quickly stopped him.
"Okay, okay." Li Yunxing took out his pen and signed his name on the mailing list. Then he hurried out of the confidential room and ran back to his office. The newly assigned life secretary and office secretary Bei Jinyi
Clearing away the papers on his desk.
Li Yunxing strode into the office and wiped the things on the table to the side. Bei Jinyi, who had just cleaned up, was shocked. She thought he was dissatisfied with her. She was so frightened that she stood aside and did not dare to speak.
"Quick, make a copy immediately and send it to the confidential room of the general office!"
Li Yun said happily. This is great. The Ming army has finally arrived! As soon as this battle started, the people who advocated the turtle flow all day long had nothing to say. Lingao Telecom will become Hainan.
If you join Telecom, you might as well become the boss of Guangdong Telecom!
He rubbed his hands in excitement, knowing that once this matter reaches the executive committee, a general meeting will be held tomorrow at the latest - this is the first national war of the Time Travel Group!
Li Yunxing decided that at the subsequent senate meeting, he must make an impassioned speech and insist on expanding the war. He could not just be satisfied with repelling the Ming army's attack. At the very least, he must pursue it to Qiongshan County to completely destroy the Ming Dynasty.
Notice from Hainan.
The telegram was quickly sent to the confidential room of the General Office, and was then printed into dozens of copies. According to the rules, such telegrams were first sent to the Executive Committee, the Standing Committee of the Senate and the heads of relevant business departments.
An hour later, this message was posted on BBS and became a fixed announcement on the homepage.
The bbs that has lost its hot topics recently has basically no one except for a group of people from North America who are constantly talking about political system reform and people from the Ministry of Colonial Trade who are advocating Liaodong trade. The news of the Ming army's crusade immediately caused a commotion
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That night, a flood of posts flooded into the BBS, and all kinds of ideas flooded the page, immediately creating a page-splashing situation.
Early the next morning, the Senate announced the convening of a general meeting.
In the Senate, more than 380 senators who were currently in Lingao and did not need to stick to their posts attended the meeting. Because this was the first national decision-making involving war and peace, all the senators who could leave their posts attended the meeting.
There was a lively atmosphere at the venue. The elders were sitting or standing, with excited expressions on their faces. From time to time, a few words came out from the crowd: "Fuck! Fuck his ass!" and "Kill this old guy Wang Zunde's whole family."
"It's over!", "Ten days in Guangzhou!", "Three massacres in Dongguan" and other words.
"Mom, the war hasn't even started yet, and everyone wants to be a Tatar!" Liu Zheng came to the Senate on behalf of most of the long-range exploration team. He couldn't help but cursed when he heard someone say this. Bai followed him.
Guoshi's girlfriend Zhao Xue - After Bai Guoshi's tireless pursuit and vow not to marry a concubine, Zhao Xue finally agreed to be his girlfriend. Originally, as a single woman, her range of choices was not too small, but this gang
When a single otaku is dreaming of seventy-two female slaves of all nationalities and colors, her options are pitifully small.
"They seem to be talking about women." Zhao Xue thought, this group of men is really boring. "They want to cover all the women in Guangzhou and Dongguan, well, that one."
"Humph, you have no ambition!" Liu Zheng put his special wooden cushion on the masonry seat engraved with his number. There was a large area of space around him, and almost all the people in the remote exploration team went out.
Liu Zheng was not very excited about the news. Although he was not a fan, he was a royal man. So he hoped to fight the Tatars or other foreigners instead of fighting the Ming army - although this was inevitable
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While he was feeling depressed, he suddenly saw Ma Qianxu sitting in his seat, signing an autograph for a sister wearing glasses. He also complimented her a few times, but because of the huge crowd, no one heard what he said.
"Hmph, you Ma Qian——"
A high-pitched song of "Above the Moon" echoed over the venue - Xiao Zishan, who was presiding over the meeting, banged the hammer dozens of times but was ignored. Finally, he had to turn up the volume of the loudspeaker and start playing "Beyond the Moon".