Chapter 43: Ten Mile Pavilion
readx;?ā What happened? Liu Yeqiang looked at the panting special investigator who ran back to report the news and asked, "What about the leading reconnaissance vehicle?" Why didn't you come back? Walkie-talkie doesn't respond either? ā
The special investigator panted and shook his head and said, "Report to the chief, Chief Lu directly followed those family members to Shili Pavilion in Zhaoqing, preparing to go to the city for a banquet." Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć ļ½ļ½ļ½ļ½ā
"!" Liu Yeqiang stomped hatefully, "How can he make his own decisions about this matter?" How do you say that you just went? They didn't even say hello to us. As he spoke, he picked up the walkie-talkie and turned on the channel of the reconnaissance vehicle and called, "Reconnaissance vehicle, reconnaissance vehicle, please reply when you hear it!" ā
But it was quite quiet in the walkie-talkie, he called a few more times, but there was still no reply at all, he couldn't help but have a fire in his stomach, looked left and right, and saw that Lancao was squatting next to the reconnaissance car drinking light salt water, and waved at him and shouted, "Lancao, come down!" ā
"Isn't it? You asked me to keep an eye on Elder Lu? How can I keep an eye on him in this identity? Bluegrass continued to crouch there and shook her head, drinking as she spoke. Liu Yeqiang knew that he heard what he was thinking, so he was about to speak, but Lancao immediately spoke again, "I can know what he is thinking, but if he wants to do something obviously wrong, how can I stop him?" I'm not a patriarch, and I can't stop him. ā
"I said, can you let me speak too?" Liu Yeqiang almost shouted, "I'm still thinking that you will give me an answer, so I don't need to use this mouth." ā
"Okay, okay, I'll let you speak," Lan Cao hurriedly stuffed the kettle and put it back in the car and spread his hands at Liu Yeqiang, "What's the use of me going?" Without the patriarch with me, I, a naturalized citizen, am not even a human being, how can I convince him? He's a patriarch! ā
"Then let's do it, I'll let Yang Muqin go with you, and you will be responsible for keeping an eye on Lu Qi and not talking nonsense." Before Liu Yeqiang's words fell, Lan Cao nodded at the balloon that was still floating in the air, "It's not easy to let him come down, he said that the map hasn't been drawn yet." ā
Liu Yeqiang almost turned his back on his anger, "You guy is like a thinking exchange, you don't have to talk with you." But he suddenly felt that his eyes lit up, "By the way, if you go directly with Lu Qi, you will say that I sent you to assist him in negotiating business, anyway, it is simply invincible to have you to negotiate business." ā
"Don't!" Lan Cao shook his hands and said, "I can hear the thoughts of all the people present, there are so many people, let me concentrate on listening to someone's thoughts, it's like listening to the sound of a page falling on the ground in a rainstorm, it's terrible." ā
Liu Yeqiang didn't speak, just stared at Lan Cao, and after half a minute, Lan Cao sighed and said, "Okay, I'll go, but I'll talk in front, if he doesn't listen to what the whole moth is, I won't take this responsibility." ā
"Okay, okay," Liu Yeqiang said and nodded, "You take two special investigators and two mechanics to drive a truck, we have samples in the car, bring some over, I think those landlords and old fortunes invite our people to eat just to get goods from us." ā
While he was still talking, Lu Qi's car had already arrived at Shili Pavilion, and there were still a hundred meters away, and these businessmen and wealthy households had already seen this strange-looking vehicle. At first, there was no one walking this way, but one or two curious people took a few steps forward to watch the excitement. Soon the first merchant took a few steps forward, probably wanting to talk to the man earlier. The people next to him were immediately unhappy, the queue here is sorted according to their status in Zhaoqing City, if anyone is willing to go forward, then why are they waiting here? Wouldn't it be enough to rush up and grab a mustache and go home?
"What are you doing?" "What are you going to go ahead? Do you want to be shameless? "The surname is Chen! Don't deceive people too much, I've been unhappy with you for a long time! "The surname is Wang, Lao Tzu has been unhappy with you for a long time! Don't think you live next door to me and I don't know what you're up to! A few widows in Zhaoqing City are not clear with you! "Bastard! Don't spread rumors out of nowhere! I and the widow of the Liu family are innocent! ā
"I'm not talking about you, you said it yourself! I'm just saying you don't stand here any further! What does it mean to stand in front? What about when we are all fools? "That's it! The Governor asked us to entertain these people on our behalf, but they are arranged according to their status, what do you mean by standing forward now? It's not worth much to be a governor? ā
"Bang!" Soon the quarrel escalated into a brawl, and because of the large number of people and the small distance between people, from time to time people were affected, and soon these affected people were involved in the conflict. By the time Lu Qi's reconnaissance car arrived at the Ten Mile Pavilion under the leadership of a group of family members, the vicinity of the Ten Mile Pavilion had already become a mess.
If you want to say that the reasons for the fight between these businessmen and wealthy families are well known, the people are people who are afraid of even the government, and these people are able to produce "Chinese goods" in large quantities. If you can talk to the people and get a drop in the ocean from the products of the people, you will be a powerful figure in Zhaoqing in the future, so everyone wants to let the people talk about business with them and abandon others, so that they can eat more alone.
Lu Qi naturally knows, but the number and variety of goods in Dongfang Port are quite amazing, not to mention that the number of natives in front of him who are wearing satin robes is not much, even if it is doubled, I am afraid that I will not be able to eat the goods produced in Dongfang Port for a day.
But right now, these people in front of him are in a mess, and he naturally won't be stupid enough to rush into the battle group to persuade him. Standing on the reconnaissance vehicle and looking left and right, the old men were fighting around Shili Pavilion, and their servants and servants were standing not far away with various gifts with sad faces. Without the approval of the old man, they will definitely not dare to join the battle, if they really break or kill someone, the old man will definitely not excuse himself, and he will be thrown out and thrown out to protect the handsome.
"You! Come here! Lu Qi said to the head of the family who was more familiar with him before, "Which one is your master?" Invite your lord here, I have something to talk to him. ā
The blood of the leader of the family is boiling, this is a real man, he said that he wants to find his master, what does that mean? It means that he is going to talk to his master about business. He didn't care that the old man was still fighting, so he rushed in alone with his head down, and finally found his master in the crowd after a burst of flashing left and right.
"Sir, sir! Stop it! I'm looking for you over there! As soon as the family finished speaking, he was slapped in the face by the old man Chen, and at the same time, because he stood still and didn't move, he was kicked on the back by an unknown old man.
Master Chen came to his senses at this time, "Why are you here?" Didn't you go to meet ......," he said, dodging deftly and continuing, "Did you welcome the old man?" How did you get back? Didn't get it? ā
"Mmmmmm," the leader of the family didn't dare to speak loudly, but he looked at him wildly, and seeing that the old man didn't know what he meant, he simply grabbed Master Chen's sleeve and pulled it and ran out.
Master Chen was confused, this family leader had been cultivated since he was a child, how could he be a smart person, why did he drag himself out now? In the midst of the strangeness, I suddenly looked up and saw the strange car I had seen parked not far away, and there was a tall man standing on the car, who was looking down and smiling at himself. Now Master Chen couldn't understand it better, it turned out that the leader of his family had already taken care of the people, and this made his subordinates come to discuss it, and he didn't talk much at the moment, just arched his hand and said, "Zhaoqing Chen Li said hello to Mr. Zhaoqing." ā
"Hello," Lurgy jumped out of the car with a smile and held out his hand, "I'm Lucci from Orient Harbor, are you singing?" ā
"This ......" Chen Li stammered slightly, "It's okay, these are my businessmen and big families in Zhaoqing, and I also ask Mr. Lu to come with me." ā
Lu Qi was stunned, his outstretched hand was still hanging in the air, and at this time he had to withdraw it with a little embarrassment, and followed this Chen Li and walked a few steps forward. The group beating over there had stopped, and the big businessmen in front of them were not as calm and relaxed as before, either their clothes were messy, their hats and headscarves were crooked, their noses were blue, their faces were swollen, and the corners of their mouths were bleeding, and there were a few fat men lying on the ground breathing quickly - they really couldn't get up, so they could only lie down and bow their hands to this man.
"Hello everyone, I'm Lu Qi from Dongfang Port, and I'm glad to have the opportunity to come to Zhaoqing to meet all of you." Lucci didn't really know what he was trying to say, "Are we going to talk here or where in the city?" ā
"Let's go to Huayue Tower! A banquet has been set up in Huayue Building, accompanied by beautiful women with delicious food and wine, to ensure that Master Lu is satisfied! Immediately, a lean man said to Luffy, who turned his head to look at him, this man had a pair of triangular eyes, thin lips and a hooked nose, and such a face made him lose his appetite directly.
"What are you going to to Huayue Tower? The broken place in Huayue Building, the place is small, there are not a few tables, the girl is few and ugly, go to Mingfang Building! The person who spoke was chubby, with a cute face, and said to Lu Qi, "I will wrap up Mingfang Lou early in the morning, and the banquet will be fifty taels and one table, and I will specially charter twenty girls to accompany me, so as to ensure that Master Lu will not miss it!" ā
Lu Qi said secretly, isn't this here to talk about business? How did it look like pimping? In fact, this is only the characteristics of the Wu Dynasty, to talk about the Wu Dynasty, visiting brothels is not a shameful thing, mainly talking about the huge difference between prostitutes and prostitutes. Unlike prostitutes who only know how to sell meat, prostitutes have a lot more things to be familiar with, at least a few things that can be used in piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, and prostitutes can't sleep if they want to, people have to have a common language with you, and they will sleep with you if they like you, unlike prostitutes who can take off their pants when they see money.
Several wealthy people next to him hurriedly introduced their places for treats, and Lu Qi's eyes rolled widely. To say that he wanted to talk about business at first, but he was tempted by this gang of landlords and old fortunes with women, and he began to lose his way. At the moment, he couldn't decide where to go, and at this time, a man wearing a brocade robe walked up next to him, and these old men around him saw him coming over, and hurriedly retreated.
Lu Qi knew at a glance that this person's identity was transcendent, and it should be so high that everyone present was jealous. This person is not tall compared to him, about 1.68 meters tall, but among this group of rich people who are generally less than 1.6 meters tall, there is a feeling similar to standing out from the crowd. This person has an ordinary appearance, just ordinary thick eyebrows and big eyes, and he looks loyal and honest.
He walked up to Lu Qi and arched his hand at Lu Qi, "Zhang Qiulin is below, but he is from the Governor's Mansion, and he originally came to greet Mr. from below, but he just crossed the river, and he was late, please forgive me." ā
"Oh, it's okay, it's okay!" Lu Qi nodded hurriedly, and arched his hand at him, "It turned out to be Mr. Zhang, and I looked up for a long time." ā
Zhang Qiulin smiled slightly, and asked again, "Zhang heard a few days ago that you had a fierce battle with bandits, and it was not calculated to kill the bandits, I don't know if there is such a thing?" His tone was calm, but Lucci was uncomfortable to hear. You must know that those rich businessmen were extremely flattering to themselves just now, and they hated to kneel down and lick their cheeks, but the person from the governor's mansion in front of him spoke tepidly, making him feel that he had been neglected.
But speaking of which, Zhang Qiulin really intends to snub the man in front of him. Zhang Qiulin is a staff member under Wang Zunde, and he has five taels of money from Wang Zunde every month -- Wang Zunde is honest and honest, and he doesn't have much money in his hands, so it is very good to be able to give his subordinates five taels a month's salary, but five taels of silver is not money at all in the eyes of a "senior staff" like Zhang Qiulin. At the beginning, Zhang Qiulin participated in several tooth shops in Mingzhou, and he could get a hundred and ten taels of silver in a month, but with the emergence of Chinese seafood from the "Oriental Port", the tooth store was almost in a state of bankruptcy, especially since they also grabbed several goods that were usually quite popular with Meideno people at a high price before the summer, and now they are all pressed in their hands and cannot be sold. Yaxing sent people to Zhaoqing every day to find him and asked him to help find someone to get rid of the batch of hot potatoes in his hand, but he is a staff member, where are there so many ways, not to mention that the entire Guangdong Yaxing has been impacted, at this time, who has more money to support will eat this batch of goods with inflated prices without seeing a market? As the saying goes, cutting off people's money is like killing their parents, and now Zhang Qiulin looks at the person in front of him as much aggrieved as he wants, and naturally he doesn't have a good face.
"Mr. Zhang," a voice suddenly came from behind Lu Qi, and everyone looked at it in amazement, it turned out to be a person who was also wearing a military uniform, with a bow on his back and a shotgun in his hand, "All the prisoners you want are here, do you want to count them now?" Lu Qi couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, he ran too fast just now, forgetting that there were still captives who needed to be escorted to Zhaoqing City, and he was relieved that the blue grass was sent over.
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