Wu Chongyao lived like a dog in front of the officials of the Qing Dynasty, but in front of ordinary people, he was a big man. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 infoEspecially Fang Shan was just a fortune teller in the past, and he was simply not a person from the same world as these rich people.

When he took the name card and letter given to him by Zhu Jinglun and went on the road, he was still uneasy.

Xiangshan County is basically Zhongshan and Zhuhai in later generations, facing Shenzhen across the Pearl River, and Xin'an is the Shenzhen of later generations, so take a boat from Xin'an Wharf and cross the river to Xiangshan.

Wu Chongyao was not in Xiangshan County, but hid in Macau, Macau is still under the jurisdiction of Xiangshan County, the small Portugal has not been able to let the Qing government cede land, but after the Yayi War, took the opportunity to destroy the official office of Macao, drove out the Manchu officials, but there is no formal treaty, and now Xiangshan County still has jurisdiction over Macao de jure. It's just that Portugal has begun to erode the power of Xiangshan County step by step, including declaring Macao a ******, including no longer paying land rent to Xiangshan, and Macau is actually a colony.

Therefore, after Wu Chongyao escaped from the British captivity, he fled to Macao as soon as possible, because the Manchu government here could not control him, and the British could not control him.

Although the Wu family operates in Guangzhou, it is a well-known thirteen general merchants, and everyone knows it in Macau, so it is not difficult to find him, not to mention that Fang Shan did not go to his house to ask for a meeting, but went directly to the Yamen of XS County, this Yamen was originally set up in Macao, and the biggest intention was to manage the Portuguese, but in 1849, taking advantage of the defeat of the Qing government in the Yayi War, the Governor of Macao demolished the Yamen of Macau County, and the Qing government had to temporarily set up the Yamen in the former cottage adjacent to Macao.

Although he didn't want to get into trouble and didn't want to associate with foreigners, especially now that he was still in the war with foreigners, Fang Shan handed over Zhu Jinglun's letter to the county Cheng Zhang Dehe, which told him that he had no money and food to guard Xin'an, and he needed to find the Wu family to help raise some.

Because Zhu Jinglun said in the letter that Xin'an faced Hong Kong directly, the stakes were important, and the governor and governor were very concerned, and at the moment there was a shortage of money and food, and asked Xiangshan if he could help raise some, so if he didn't ask the Wu family for money, he Xiangshan (county) would have to pay a sum of money.

Zhang Dehe also knew that Zhu Jinglun was very popular now, and his official friend in Guangzhou wrote to talk about this person, saying that this person not only ate well in front of the governor, but even the governor was very respectful, and invited him to dinner alone to ask for merit for him.

As an official in charge of managing Macao, although he was driven out by the Portuguese, he has a lot of eyeliner in Macau, of course, he knows that the Wu family is hiding in Macao, and he can find a place, but the Wu family is a big family, and it is impossible to hide it completely.

But when Wu Chongyao saw the officials of the county yamen, Wu Chongyao really didn't want to come, because at this time, these officials were looking for him, and there was absolutely nothing good to do.

But he didn't dare not come, his family's ancestral hall and ancestral tomb were still in Guangzhou, and he didn't have the courage of his father Wu Bingjian (Wu Bingjian had already planned to move to the United States), and if he wasn't forced to do so, he didn't want to leave his hometown at all.

Before leaving, he even made the worst plan, if he had an accident, let a few children in the clan go to the United States immediately, his father Wu Bingjian left a way back when he was there, there is a lot of investment in the United States, those investments can now be divided into 200,000 taels of dividends every year, send some seeds to the United States in an emergency, and it is absolutely enough to spread branches and keep the incense.

In addition, Wu Chongyao also guessed that the government was looking for him, and there were only two things, one was to let him communicate with foreigners, and the other was to ask him to pay, which has always been like this. He hoped that the government would ask him for money at this time, and he would still know the truth about breaking the fortune and avoiding disasters. The other party has not been looking for him now, but it has made him frightened, and he can't sleep peacefully every night. Historically, Wu Chongyao died shortly after the end of the war, which has a direct reason for this anxiety. In fact, he didn't have to worry, this battle was not over yet, otherwise when he needed money, the court would not forget their fat sheep.

When he arrived at the Yamen, he realized that it was not the government that wanted to find him, but Zhu Jinglun personally looking for him.

Wu Chongyao and Zhu Jinglun did not have much contact, barely acquainted, when Wu Chongyao was imprisoned by foreigners in the Guangzhou Governor's Yamen, he and Zhu Jinglun went to Xiang Yong to negotiate once, after the negotiation, he fled, because he was mainly afraid that the British would imprison him, so he fled to Macao.

The Wu family's reputation is not good, and many people think that they brought the foreigners here, and there are more people who call them traitors. Even many officials do not have a good impression of these traders. Of course, there are no thirteen lines anymore, and they were disbanded after the Raven War. However, their business is still going on, and the content of what they do is still the tea and crow of the past, so people are still used to calling them merchants.

Wu Chongyao was in Macao, and he also knew the situation in Guangzhou very clearly, and knew that the officers and soldiers had recovered Guangzhou, and this Zhu Jinglun had contributed the most.

Wu Chongyao not only knew Zhu Jinglun's name in Guangzhou, but also knew that Zhu Jinglun was now a celebrity around Governor Bai Gui, and his own family was shouted and beaten by everyone, and the day was precarious.

Just like during the First Raven War, his father Wu Bingjian was a famous businessman in the Thirteen Banks in Guangzhou, and he was internationally famous, and was considered by American newspapers to be the richest man in the world, and the British also treated Wu Bingjian as the chairman of the East India Company. But in the Qing Dynasty, he was taken to a wooden flail like a dog to show the public. His eldest brother Wu Yuanhua was tortured half to death in prison because he built a wharf for foreigners. Later, because the foreign ship ran to SH to scout the terrain, the emperor thought that he was not strict in managing foreigners, and he was imprisoned again. After being tortured many times, he died shortly after he came out, when Wu Chongyao's eldest brother Wu Yuanhua was only thirty-three years old, less than three years after he was first imprisoned.

Wu Chongyao definitely didn't want his eldest brother's fate to fall on him, but he knew very well that with Zhu Jinglun's energy, he would definitely be able to move Bai Gui to sue him, and he didn't even need to sue, as long as he dared to show up, Zhu Jinglun would dare to arrest him directly, no matter how he humiliated him, in the end, those who were officials would not support the Wu family.

After listening to Fang Shan's meaning, Wu Chongyao breathed a sigh of relief, this Zhu Jinglun just asked for money. He was really afraid that this Zhu Jinglun would arrest him and ask him for guilt, you must know that he really helped foreigners do things that day, Zhu Jinglun was profound, and he had been lurking around foreigners for so long, it was not impossible to catch him with some tricks.

Since it's asking for money, it's simple, the Wu family doesn't have much else, but there is a lot of money. His father went to the temple to burn incense and donated 200,000 taels to the temple at one time. They also spent more than one million taels to buy officials for their brothers, and after the Yayi War, they even took out more than one million taels to pay war reparations to the Qing government at one time. In the 100 years of operation of Jardine Matheson, the official statistics of the total number of reports to the government are as high as 16 million taels, and as for the uncounted, the filial piety paid to officials at all levels in private is even more.

"Since Lord Zhu is short of military salary, the villain should repay himself and is willing to donate 100,000 taels to help the adult resist the enemy!"

Needless to say, Wu Chongyao even volunteered to repay.

Fang Shan shook his head and said: "One hundred thousand taels is not enough, my family adults said that it is not possible to get one million taels!" ”

Wu Chongyao was stunned, this grandson opened his mouth so ruthlessly, and his heart was extremely entangled, he decided in his heart that Zhu Jinglun dared to make such a request, I am afraid that he really has his own handle, and it is a big handle, but it is not so easy to ask him to take out so much money at one time. Not everyone can knock silver from the Wu family. It's not nice to say, a petty official like Zhu Jinglun is not qualified.

One million taels can buy peace for Zhu Jinglun, but it can still be given to another bigger official, and if you are in a hurry, the Wu family will smash down one million taels, and it will be easy to bring down Zhu Jinglun, even if you have Bai Gui to protect you. Wu Chongyao doesn't want to cause trouble now, and he is happy to break the fortune and eliminate the disaster, but this is too much broken, it hurts the muscles and bones, and the rabbit bites people when he is in a hurry.

The most important thing is that this opening can't be opened, Zhu Jinglun is just a petty official, if the Wu family gives one million taels, then what about the remaining big officials? In order to avoid this catastrophe, the Wu family will definitely have to pay a sum of blood, and the officials from all over Guangzhou have to be counted, and now they have given Zhu Jinglun one million, how much will they give to Bai Gui and how much will they give to Huang Zonghan? So this opening can't be opened, how big is the official to give how much, this is a dead rule, up and down a little bit can float, but not too much, mess with this rule, the Wu family is bankrupt, and it will definitely not be able to satisfy all the officials.

"Alas, it's not that Chongyao refuses to serve the adult, it's just that the Wu family has stopped doing business in recent years, and they really can't take out so much silver."

Wu Chongyao didn't dare to tear his face immediately, but probed his mouth, the other party had to give a room to repay the money if he wanted one million, if he could cut two or three hundred thousand taels of silver, he would pinch his nose and admit it.

Fang Shan said: "Lord Wu misunderstood, my family didn't ask you for it, just borrowed it." My lord said that if you borrow Lord Wu's money to make a transaction, the money and interest will not be worse than yours. ”

Wu Chongyao was stunned, he didn't expect it to be this mouth, but he didn't believe it at all.

Wu Chongyao continued to cry poor.

Fang Shanteng stood up, Zhu Jinglun told him, let him borrow money, you can be horizontal, not horizontal, I'm afraid you can't borrow it.

"My family asked you to borrow money, that is to look up to you, don't be ignorant! To tell you the truth, this money is not borrowed in vain, and you can say whatever you want. In addition, my family asked me to bring you a message, you help him make this transaction, and he will keep your family peaceful! ”

When the words landed, Wu Chongyao was first shocked, thinking that the other party was going to turn his face, and then his heart moved, he could make the whole family peaceful, one million taels is not expensive, he was ready to be raided, after the first war of the Crows, more than 30 merchants fell 20, and more than a dozen were assigned XJ, his Wu family's 1 million taels of silver is actually life money, otherwise it will be inevitable to go to the Gobi tragedy.

This time the catastrophe, if he can use this million to get through the difficulty, he Wu Chongyao will also admit it. But Zhu Jinglun is just a small sesame official, that is, Bai Gui wants one million taels, Wu Chongyao has to think about it, unless it is Huang Zonghan's kind of Qincha, who dares to say that his family is peaceful. Could it be that Zhu Jinglun is actually Huang Zonghan's person? Wu Chongyao really heard that Huang Zonghan personally invited Zhu Jinglun.

"Are you serious, sir?"

Wu Chongyao was really not at ease.

Fang Shan knew that this was the case, and snorted coldly: "Don't really think about it yourself." Lao Tzu only waits here for one day, and tomorrow the silver is ready to send someone to sue me, and I will go and pick up the silver. I'm not ready, I'll go back tomorrow, the mountains are high and the water is low, we'll see you later. ”

After speaking, he left the flower hall with his sleeves and left Wu Chongyao alone.

Walking out of the flower hall, Fang Shan felt that the 108,000 pores on his body were exuding refreshment, and it was really happy to press this kind of wealth underneath.