After Mu Long received the one hundred thousand US dollars and enjoyed the three female students, all the officials in the arsenal immediately felt at ease. Niu Zhongqing also felt that a big worry had been solved the next morning, and he could do something big again.
It's all good. Mr. Mu took his money, which was more effective than other officials' money. In the past, money was given to higher-level officials in the system. Mr. Mu Long'e was the imperial envoy and the capital's official
The emperor's envoy was also the minister of military aircraft. The minister of military aircraft was the most powerful official in the Qing Dynasty, more powerful than the cabinet ministers. And there were only a few of them in the country.
The most important thing is that before the current emperor came to power through a coup, Mr. Mu was a confidant in the prince's palace. Now with the power of Conglong, he is considered to be one of the three most eloquent adults in front of the current emperor.
Such a powerful official, Niu Zhongqing, the director of an arsenal, could not find a way to send money to others before. Now he has successfully sent more than 300,000 yuan to the ocean. Niu Zhongqing is extremely happy. This is tantamount to directly finding a way for himself in the capital.
I bought a super protective umbrella. This umbrella is more effective than the following large and small umbrellas combined.
Niu Zhongqing also felt confident. By giving money this time, he thought he had figured out the price of a first-class powerful minister in the capital. If such a powerful minister came down in the future, he would just follow this price.
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However, Niu Zhongqing was dumbfounded after ten minutes.
Mu Long'e did not sleep until nine or ten o'clock as he imagined. Instead, he got up early in the morning like a normal man in his forties or fifties. According to reports from his subordinates, Master Mu woke up at six in the morning.
I couldn't get up from the bed, but I got up before him.
Niu Zhongqing started to think about it, and an ominous premonition came over him.
Mr. Mu is about the same age as him, and according to his personal experience, if a person of this age's physical strength indulges himself in bed at night, he will have to sleep until nine, if not ten o'clock the next day.
What's more, there was not one, but three female students, all of them as delicate as flower stamens. They were delivered to the bedside, and he was not willing to taste them one by one?
...However, Mr. Mu got up before six o'clock. It was as if nothing happened last night.
Could it be that he is getting stronger with old age?...No, it's not like that. He looks puffier than himself, and he definitely doesn't look like he is getting stronger with old age.
The only possibility is that nothing really happened last night.
Thinking of this, Niu Zhongqing broke out in a cold sweat: Could it be that the three female students he sent were not trained and taught well, and they were troubled by Master Mu?
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After setting up a sumptuous breakfast and going to invite Lord Mu in person, Lord Mu didn't see him at all. Niu Zhongqing only saw one of Lord Mu's followers.
The attendant said coldly and in an official tone:
"Our adults have said that it seems that Master Niu is not well off here. We can still afford to pay for an early meal ourselves. We have already had someone go out to buy it, so I won't bother Master Niu. Master Niu, please go back.
By the way, Mr. Mu, please prepare all the accounts and start checking the accounts later."
Niu Zhongqing was dumbfounded, as if a basin of ice water had been poured on him, and he was immediately chilled from head to toe.
He understood that Mr. Mu felt that the money was too little. And from the looks of it, it was not just the usual too little money.
It's over... At that time, several of my close subordinates persuaded me to give him more: it was only one hundred thousand US dollars, and the first-class powerful officials around the emperor were not so easy to spend. But at the time, I felt that one hundred thousand US dollars was already a lot, and more than three hundred thousand dollars was enough.
. And if you don’t give away 100,000 US dollars, you have to give away at least 150,000 US dollars. Anyway, you have to round it up, and it is definitely not the case to get 120,000 or 30,000 US dollars. But the thought of giving away 150,000 US dollars is really painful. I hesitate.
After much hesitation, I decided to take a chance and gave away 100,000 yuan.
Now Niu Zhongqing regrets it to death. If he had known that he would have given away 150,000 yuan in the first place, Master Mu might have been satisfied. Now that things are like this, it is definitely not possible to give another 50,000 yuan. He has to make up for it again. Give another gift.
It would be good if one hundred thousand can pass.
But there is no other way, now I have to grit my teeth and bleed.
The attendant did not enter the room immediately after finishing his official speech, but looked at him coldly, as if waiting for him to say something. As soon as Niu Zhongqing saw the good news, he immediately smiled and went up to him, kept saying nice things, and asked him for help.
He said a few kind words to Mr. Mu, hinting that he still had "heartfelt wishes" to offer. After saying that, he took out the jade pendant he wore close to his body and stuffed it into the hand of his attendant:
"Haha, my lord, please take the trouble... Look, I don't have anything else in mind at the moment. It's just a thing for you to play with..."
The attendant took the jade pendant, glanced at it, and saw that it was a piece of white jade. He didn't understand jade, but he also knew that when jade was so white, it was worth nothing even if it was worthless. And it must be no less than a few hundred oceans.
The factory director can take out hundreds of dollars from his pocket, so he won't have to pay for it with things.
He put it in his belt, smiled broadly, nodded and said:
"Master Niu is so polite... Then let me tell you."
After a while, the entourage came out of Master Mu's room and told Niu Zhongqing that Master Mu invited him in.
Niu Zhongqing looked up to the sky and rejoiced. Master Mu was willing to invite him in, which meant that he planned to show mercy. Then the lion would not open his mouth.
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However, not long after entering, Niu Zhongqing was dumbfounded for the second time today.
When he was talking kind words to Master Mu like a grandson and carefully testing Master Mu's appetite, Mu Long's forehead was simple and he stretched out two fingers lazily.
Oh my God, two hundred thousand more...
Niu Zhongqing rolled his eyes, pinched his sweat, and smiled carefully:
"Sir, are you talking about...US dollars?"
Mu Long'e shook his head and said with a smile:
"Oh... Mr. Niu, what are you talking about, US dollars? Then I, Mr. Mu, are too merciless, aren't I?... Hahaha, of course it's Dayang."
Niu Zhongqing closed his eyes and prayed softly, swallowing his hanging heart back into his stomach. Fortunately, Mr. Mu is quite interesting, two hundred thousand oceans, which is 60,000 U.S. dollars. I will prepare another 60,000 U.S. dollars later.
The bonds are delivered.
However, at this time, he suddenly felt a little puzzled. Mr. Mu had previously received more than 300,000 yuan, and he was still like this. Now that he had given him all the good words, he had already eaten him to death, and instead added another 200,000 yuan.
Can you spend a lot of money? If it were you, you would definitely order more, at least another hundred thousand dollars.
Anyway, Niu Zhongqing let out a breath and said with a smile:
"Master Mu, this... do you think Citigroup bonds are convenient? Should I prepare a bond of US$60,000 for you, or two hundred thousand dollars in cash?"
"What?!" Mu Long's eyes widened, he sat up from the sofa and shouted exaggeratedly, "Two hundred thousand? Who told you two hundred thousand? Is your brain muddled?"
Niu Zhongqing was stunned and murmured:
"Then...how much is that?"
Mu Long stretched out two more fingers in front of him and gestured twice, almost poking him in the face:
"See clearly, this number is two million!... Two hundred thousand, where do you send the beggar?"
Niu Zhongqing's vision went dark, his ears buzzed, and he could not hear anything the powerful minister in front of him said.
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Niu Zhongqing didn't even know how he came back. He never expected that the imperial envoy turned out to be a big crocodile, intending to bite off all the fat on his body in one bite.
It's so merciless! He, Niu Zhongqing, occupied this lucrative position, welcomed and dismissed many high-ranking officials, and he has never seen anyone as ruthless as Mu Long'e... However, the "high-ranking officials" he saw, and
Mu Long's forehead is just a small shrimp.
This arsenal can only produce less than 4 million a year. And I can only get a small part of the 4 million. Most of them have to share it with the twenty or so officials under them, and there are still a lot of things that have to be done as usual.
To relevant officials up and down, and to some people who, although they are not big officials, but have the ability to push people up, they also need to pay hush money, etc.
However, he actually asked for two million! This is equivalent to taking away half of the total amount of corruption for a year!
The moment Mu Longer said the figure of two million, Niu Zhongqing knew that he would not make any money this year. Not only himself, but also several people in the arsenal, etc., would not make any money this year.
Niu Zhongqing immediately knelt down in front of Mu Long, almost bursting with snot and tears, telling him how "difficult" the arsenal was, how many aspects needed to be taken care of, and how difficult it was for him to make some money.
Don't say two million, even if you take one million, these people's coffins will be gone... Please show mercy to the imperial envoy and show your kindness. I will accept one million with a smile...
But Mu Long'e had already calculated how much money they could make in a year, and he underestimated it. He calculated it as 2.6 million, but in fact they could earn nearly 4 million a year. Mu Long'e also knew that he calculated
There will only be less, not more, so I just lower my face, use a cold official tone, and keep threatening to do business in an official manner, check the accounts to the ground, report the truth to the emperor, build a big prison, and need a group of people
Heads fell to the ground...
In fact, Mu Long'e didn't know that he had seriously challenged the rules of the entire officialdom. Yes, the officialdom was corrupt and collected money, but that had already formed a set of mature unspoken rules. There was a general range for what position and how much to charge for what things.
Such use of power to demand bribes in a vicious manner will destroy the interests of a large number of people.
However, although Mu Long'e held a high official position, before Emperor Guangwu came to power, he was still a think tank in the prince's palace, equivalent to the status of a master. Although he was highly regarded by Emperor Guangwu, he was still a newcomer in the officialdom. Mu Long'e
Long'e just planned to take over the power for the first time, and he must give these subordinate officials a show of authority and establish his own value. Don't look at the fact that he has only been the military minister for a few months, but he has a bigger appetite than anyone else. In a short time,
He has collected countless money and sold countless officials, and is known for his huge appetite, establishing a reputation as "Tiger Mu" in the capital.
Mu Long'e asked for two million, but Niu Zhongqing said that he could only get one million, which would definitely not be enough to deal with Mu Long'e. But Niu Zhongqing knew that if he really wanted to give him two million, he and his subordinates would have made nothing for several years.
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He almost bargained with the Imperial Envoy with snot and tears, but the Imperial Envoy was like a crab and would not let go.
Finally, the imperial envoy was willing to compromise to 1.6 million.
"Sir...can 1.4 million be okay?"
Niu Zhongqing wanted to get some more. Unexpectedly, Mu Long glared:
"Look at your number! 140, 'I'm going to die'. Who's going to die? You want to die or I want to die?"
Niu Zhongqing thought he was unlucky and said tentatively:
"Sir... 1.5 million is enough, right?"
"Nonsense!" Mu Long glared again, "150, 'It's all gone', are you cursing me that everything will be in vain?"
It’s over. It seems that it can only be 160, six or six. It seems that Mr. Mu didn’t ask for 180. He is “going to pay” and has to burn incense.