Chapter 33 Wu Fucheng

"Your Highness, Wu Fucheng, the general president of the Datong Chamber of Commerce, asks to see you." On this day, Li Zhen had just finished inspecting the construction of coastal houses, and before he could take a breath when he returned to the palace, Xiaofuzi came over with a greeting post to report.

It is already the middle of May, which is the time when the storm is the most violent and frequent, especially the day before yesterday, a typhoon made landfall directly from the port of Yuezhou, hit Heung Jiang and Tai O, and passed through the mouth of the Pearl River, straight towards Yuezhou. Fortunately, although Yuezhou is in the estuary, it is deep inland after all, so when the typhoon arrives in Yuezhou, it is already the end of the strong crossbow and has become a normal ten-level gale, but it has not brought too much loss to Yuezhou, which can be regarded as a blessing in misfortune.

However, the typhoon was unlucky along the way, destroying everything encountered on the road, including the port of Yuezhou, was swept away by the typhoon, and all the ships docked on the dock and had not had time to enter the berth, whether large or small, were swept away by the violent typhoon and completely became garbage on the river.

Even Panyu County along the way was affected, the city walls were overturned, ninety percent of the houses in the city were damaged to various degrees, hundreds of people were killed and injured, and the preliminary estimate was that the property loss was about 200,000 yuan.

For this reason, Li Zhen was furious, severely punished the Panyu County Order, and punished him with suspension and retention, and recorded a major demerit, if he committed it again, he would be directly imprisoned, and he would never think of it for the rest of his life.

Yesterday he went to Panyu County to inspect, by the way stabilized the people's hearts, spent the night there, today said goodbye to Panyu and missed his father, and rushed back to the city of Yuezhou in the rain.

As soon as he returned to the palace, he didn't even drink the ginger soup, and when he heard Xiaofuzi's report, Li Zhen's evil fire suddenly surged up from the bottom of his heart, and he said angrily: "Bastard, have you all gotten into the eyes of money?" Don't look at what time it is, where is this king in the mood to see him? Let him me off. ”

"Your Highness, people are here to give gifts, dozens of truckloads of food and tents." Xiao Fuzi was taken aback by Li Zhen, but thinking of what Wu Fucheng brought, he felt the need to remind Li Zhen.

"Something?" Li Zhen was stunned for a moment, and then smiled: "Sure enough, it's a good plan, you let him in." ”

"Yes."

"Wu Fucheng, a grass man, has seen His Royal Highness the King of Yue." Wu Fucheng is an old man who looks old, with gray hair and old age spots on his face, he looks like an ordinary bad old man, where is there a little bit of the helmsman of a giant chamber of commerce?

However, it is under this harmless appearance of humans and animals that what is hidden is a fox's heart, thinking that at the beginning, Wu Fucheng can be said to have eaten all over the world - how many people who are not familiar with him have been lost even the coffin book by his trick, and even those who are familiar with him will have a good impression because of his humble appearance, so they will be willing to do business with him?

"Get up." Wu Fucheng lowered his posture very low, Li Zhen's complexion couldn't help but ease a little, and he no longer sold Guanzi, and said bluntly: "Listen to Xiaofuzi, you brought a lot of things?" ”

"Your Highness, it's like this." Wu Fucheng's face became sincere: "When the grass people heard that the typhoon hit Yuezhou the day before yesterday, and the people suffered heavy losses, they were anxious, so they immediately mobilized funds and purchased thirty carts from neighboring prefectures and counties, and twenty carts of tents, all of which were dedicated to His Highness, hoping to help the disaster situation a little." ”

Li Zhen raised her eyebrows, and was even more satisfied with Wu Fucheng: "Oh? I can't imagine that among today's businessmen, there are people who have the world in mind like the shopkeeper Wu, rare, rare, just by virtue of the shopkeeper Wu's move, he should be able to get the word Shangshang, which is not much worse than the ancient Nie Yi and Xiangao. ”

"Your Highness is really over-awarded, and the grass people are ashamed." Wu Fucheng said modestly: "It's not a secret, the grass people are also from a peasant family, and they also suffered a lot when they were young, suffered a lot of hunger, and grew up eating hundreds of meals, and they know the sufferings of the people too well, so after the grass people are developed, they dare not forget their origins, and they can help those who suffer." ”

"Shopkeeper Wu is really a businessman." Li Zhen was even more satisfied: "The king accepted your things, but you don't have to be rude, your things are considered to have helped the king a lot-so, do you have any requirements?" If there is, as long as this king can do it, he will definitely promise you. ”

"For the sake of the country, the grass people dare not receive the reward." Wu Fucheng refused without thinking about it - just kidding, just a little food and tents, what can he get in exchange?

My ultimate goal is your ship, and without a little effort, will you give it to me so easily?

Favors need to be managed, wait slowly, now it is a good start, as long as you are careful and carefully maintain this favor in the future, one day you can get a boat from you.

Li Zhen nodded: "That's it, okay, this love king will write it down, if you have any requirements in the future, just mention it." ”

"Yes...... Speaking of which, the grass people do have a small request. Wu Fucheng hesitated for a moment, and suddenly whispered.

"Oh? But it doesn't hurt to say that. Li Zhen didn't feel unhappy like Zhong, it can be seen from the conversation just now that this Wu Fucheng is a smart person who knows how to advance and retreat, since he took the initiative to ask him to make a request just now, he didn't ask for a boat, and now he won't do it, so his request may really be just a small request.

"That's right." Wu Fucheng pondered his language for a moment and said: "The grass people know that this typhoon has passed, and many people in the entire Lingnan have been affected, and the destructive power caused by the typhoon, even if the imperial court wants to provide complete relief, it is impossible, so the grass people mean ...... Can you ask His Royal Highness to allow the grass people to take the initiative to help the imperial court help some of the people in the name of the Datong Chamber of Commerce...... Your Highness...... What do you think? ”

"That's right...... The king agreed. ”

"But the grass people really want to do something for the people...... What the? Your Highness, have you agreed? Wu Fucheng, who reacted, was confused, how could he agree so easily? Aren't you afraid that we will take the opportunity to buy people's hearts? You must know that behind us, but Confucianism, and King Yue, you are a mortal enemy.

"What's not to say yes to this? After all, Shopkeeper Wu, you are also kind-hearted. Li Zhencai didn't care about this, and waved his hand easily: "You can go and arrange it, for righteous businessmen like you, this king has an absolute support attitude, you can rest assured that this king will let the officials below cooperate with you." ”

"Yes, thank you, Your Highness, if there is nothing else, the grass people will not bother Your Highness." Although he didn't know why Li Zhen promised him, Wu Fucheng knew that his goal had been achieved, so he took the initiative to say goodbye.

"Well, go ahead."

"The grass people are retiring."

I'm sorry, it's late, mainly because one hand is not good at typing.

(End of chapter)