"It's bad, I forgot that no one has made hype this year, I've hyped it too hard!"

Looking at the piles of letters and official documents on the bookcase, the oil and sweat on Lu Fatzi's fat face couldn't help but flow down like a waterfall, and he began to regret that his deliberate hype was too much, so that too many people knew the news of the great success of Qujing's cultivation of Eight Banners Fushou Cream. I regret that my conscience is too good, in order to let the people taste the sweetness, I set a too high purchase price for the Eight Banners Fushou Paste planted by the people, and forced the merchants to also raise the purchase price, and poured several large barrels of gasoline and diesel lubricant on the already destined fire, and now I am doing it myself.

"Dogmatism kills people!" Lu Fatzi sighed again, regretting that he used the experience of later generations of warlords to pull a hard trick, in order to expand production and expansion by unscrupulous means, completely forgetting that the world's first large-scale planting of Eight Banners Fushou Paste was still in India a hundred years later, now people all over the world do not know the poisonous surname of Eight Banners Fushou Cream, only know that Eight Banners Fushou Paste is a good medicine, refreshing the brain and aphrodisiac and kidney elixir, Europe is still just beginning to popular Eight Banners Fushou Cream, there is a price but no market, the demand is far greater than the supply, Prices and profits are grossly inflated, high enough to scare the people to death, and high enough to drive every businessman and official crazy!

In this case, Lu Fatzi's deliberate speculation is, of course, adding fuel to the fire, deliberately raising the purchase price to let the people taste the sweetness, which is equivalent to pouring dozens of tons of gasoline into the crater that is about to erupt, and it is difficult to think of not breaking out! - But this is also a doomed thing, even if Lu Fatzi doesn't deliberately hype, his heart is a little darker, and he joins forces with the medicinal herb merchants to suck blood from the people at the price of one penny and one tael, and such a thing is destined to happen. Even if there is no Lu Fatzi in this world, a time-traveler who changed history, at the latest, more than 100 years later, such a thing is destined to happen on the land of Yunnan.

Of course, such a thing is crazy, crazy thirst for the seeds in the hands of Fat Lu, the seeds of the Eight Banners Fushou Cream! There is also the planting technology of Eight Flags Fushou Cream! Among the crazy and eager crowds, there are every Tusi and head in Yunnan and Guizhou, every official and general in Yunnan and Guizhou, and their requirements are also justified, you Lu Fatzi is the western election official of Pingxi Wangfu, Yunnan Guizhou is directly under the jurisdiction of Pingxi Wangfu, everyone is under the command of Pingxi Wangye, flesh and blood are connected, hands and feet are concentric, broken bones and tendons, you Lu Fatzi has such a good thing, shouldn't you share us a little?

Not only Yunnan and Guizhou, Qujing Mansion borders Guangxi, although Guangxi's Kong Sizhen faction has a grudge against Lu Fatzi, but Guangxi's Lian Guoan, Ma Xiong and Dai Liangchen factions have no grudge against Lu Fatzi, and the two factions of Lian Guoan and Ma Xiong have always had a good relationship with the Pingxi Palace, and they have helped Wu Sangui to contain Kong Sizhen openly and secretly, with merit and hard work.

In addition to these three provinces, Hunan Governor Zhou Zhaonan was not ashamed to ask, and sent a handwritten letter to Lu Fatzi with an expedited six-hundred-mile contract, asking Lu Fatzi, a pedantic celestial, if Hunan could grow such good things as Eight Banners Fushou Ointment? I also asked if this kind of good thing should be planted, can you send someone to Qujing to learn about it? Zhang Dedi, the governor of Sichuan, also sent an official document with an urgent amount of 600 miles, the content of which was similar, and said that if Sichuan is also suitable for planting, then Zhang Zhongcheng will send a three-grade official like Lang Yanxiang, the political envoy of Sichuan, to the country in person to discuss major matters with Lu Fatzi face-to-face.

What made Lu Fatzi cry and laugh even more was that Jackie Chan, the governor of Hezhou, Sichuan, which governs the land next to Guizhou, also wrote a letter, greatly praising Lu Fatzi's incorruptibility like water, loving the people like a son, and leading the people of Qujing to get rid of poverty and become rich, and then cautiously inquired - can the people of Hezhou use this method to get rid of poverty and become rich? If he can, he will learn from Lu Fatzi, a younger generation, with an open mind............

These officials are okay to send away, after all, Lu Fatzi is not under their jurisdiction, even if they refuse, they can't do anything about Lu Fatzi for a while, but the six hundred miles from Guangdong and Fujian are urgent, and Lu Fatzi can't just ignore it. Hearing the news that the eldest brother Shang Zhixin was going to come to Qujing to visit him in person, Lu Fatzi's wife Shang Wanzhen shed tears on the spot and was very excited; Geng Jingzhong, the prince of Jingnan, came to Qujing in person, accompanied by Zu Liangqin, the son of Wu Sangui's cousin Zu Zepu! These people, and Lu Fatzi can send them casually?

Things have come to this point, looking at the Eight Banners Fushou Paste Seeds purchased cheaply, Lu Fatzi no longer has the feeling of looking at the same weight of gold, but feels that looking at the same weight of explosives, it is still the most powerful black Suojin explosive, which may blow up the fat of Lu Fatzi's whole body at any time to the point that there is not even a bit of slag left. The idea of using these seeds to make a fortune has also been completely dispelled, and the crazy energy of this group of dogs biting indiscriminately, selling seeds indiscriminately is a disaster!

Lu Fatzi was worried here, but Wang Jing, the deputy general of Yunnan who had just come to visit his brother in person, was still chattering, "Brother Lu, I also know that if the Eight Banners Fushou Paste is planted too much, the price will definitely be pulled down." ”

"But, Brother Lu, have you thought about it?" Approaching the ink is black, Wang Jing also learned some of Lu Fatzi's demagogic methods, and said: "Just with our Qujing Mansion, even if all the land is planted with Eight Banner Flowers, how many Eight Banners Fushou Paste can be produced in a year?" How much money can you earn? If we can pull one or two state capitals over, then not only will we not pull down the price of Eight Banners Fushou Cream, but we can also earn more and earn countless silver ....... ”

"Second Brother Wang, who are you going to help intercede this time?" Fat Lu said with a wry smile: "Let's be straight, what kind of friendship is our brothers, and if you go around and around, you won't treat me as a brother." ”

"Ha, sure enough, it's Brother Lu's righteousness, which is refreshing enough." Wang Jing laughed and said: "Then I'll say it bluntly, the Sicheng Mansion in Guangxi, which borders our Qujing, is now under the jurisdiction of Cen Jilu, the prefect of Sicheng, Cen Jilu and I are old friends, and in the fourteenth year of Shunzhi, he also saved my army with a campfire, which is a little kind to me." This time, he sent his eldest son Cen Qidai over, just to get some seeds from us to plant them, and everyone can make a fortune together. ”

"Brother Lu, don't worry, the second brother won't let the Cen family take you for nothing." Wang Jing said seriously: "You can sell the seeds to him at your price, and send a few people over to teach them how to grow and boil medicine." In return, the Cen family guarantees that our goods will pass unimpeded in Sicheng, and whoever dares to touch our goods will be skinned! And in the coming year, all the Eight Banners Fushou Paste planted will be sold to us at the market price, so that they don't suffer too much. ”

"Second brother, it's not that I don't give you this face, but I really can't help it now." Fat Lu shook his head, handed a copy of the official document to Wang Jing, and said with a wry smile: "Second brother Wang, take a look, the official document sent by the prince of Pingxi just ordered Yunnan to be strictly guarded, and not a single seed of this year's Eight Banners Fushou Paste is allowed to flow out of the province!" Wait for the prince of Pingxi to come to Qujing in person, and then deal with it! ”

"The prince started so fast?" Wang Jing was taken aback and said, "You didn't estimate before, at least until all this year's Eight Banners Fushou Paste was sold and replaced with silver and shipped back to Qujing, then the prince would intervene." Why is it that the first batch of freight has only been out of Qujing for more than 40 days, and the first batch of silver has not been returned yet, and the prince has started? Do you want to come to Qujing in person? ”

"I begged the prince to intervene quickly." Fat Lu cried and mourned, pointed to the mountains of letters on the bookcase next to him, and said with tears in his eyes: "Look at it, one hundred and sixty-eight letters, all of them are for seeds, except for a dozen or so who took the initiative to buy them with silver, and except for four who asked if I was married, the others were all asking for nothing." If I don't hurry up and beg the prince to intervene, they still have to hate me to death? ”

"Fuck, shameless things!" Wang Jing, who has shares in Daheng Firm, scolded, "If you don't pay for a couple of silver, you want to ask for it in vain, and you will dream of being a mother!" If you don't give, you can't give a single one! ”

After scolding, Wang Jing lowered his voice again and said: "But Brother Lu, Cen Jilu must think of a way, if all our goods are to be shipped to Guangdong and sold to Westerners, no matter by land or water, they must pass through him, offending him, the head snake of the earth, will not be beneficial to our business." ”

"So be it." Lu Fatzi thought for a while, and said in a low voice: "Second brother, you go to negotiate with the Cen family, explain to him the situation that the prince ordered that the seeds should not be allowed to flow out, and then tell him, brother, for the sake of the friendship between you and me, second brother, you can sell them three catties of seeds that can plant five or six hundred acres of land at the price of three catties of gold sand and one catty of seeds, and he will suffer a little loss for the time being next year, and when the seeds grow into seeds again, he will not lose money the year after tomorrow." As for the planting technology, this is easy to do, Second Brother Wang, you go to the township to help the Cen family find a long-term worker who has planted Baqi Fushou ointment, and hire them at a high price to teach them to plant? ”

"In addition, there are two conditions, one is that our goods must be unimpeded on their Cen family's territory! The second is to ask them to promise not to sell the seeds to others without our permission - this must be explained to them, so as not to cut off everyone's financial resources. ”

"Nacheng, I'll go and say hello to the Cen family, and make the prince's order more serious, I'm not afraid that they won't obediently dig out the gold." Wang Jing agreed, and then said: "As for the conditions to negotiate with the Cen family, it is best for our two brothers to join forces to negotiate with the Cen family." Tonight in Fushou Building, I will set up a banquet to entertain the Cen family, brother, you will also go together, by the way, get to know the old Cen family, and it will be easy to do things in the future. ”

"Nacheng, I'll go with you to talk to the Cen family tonight." Fat Lu reluctantly agreed. At the end, Lu Fatzi said again: "Second brother Wang, this matter of the Cen family, brother, I have taken the risk of being cleaned up by the prince, and I have given you a lot of face, next time you must not let your brother be embarrassed again." ”

"Of course, just this time, next time someone else will break their heads, and the second brother will not come to embarrass you." Wang Jing laughed, patted Fat Lu on the shoulder and said, "Just like Brother Lu, things are scarce and expensive, this truth, second brother, I understand it too well now." ”

Wang Jing, who is very righteous, is really good to Fat Lu, he opened his mouth, and Fat Lu has to give him a little face. However, Wang Jing came to intercede and hit the wooden clock, which is just a small microcosm of Lu Fatzi's life these days, and in the past few days, people who are qualified to have a way to intercede in front of Lu Fatzi in person are almost annoying Lu Fatzi to death. For example, An Shixian, another brother of Lu Fatzi in Qujing Mansion, also brought his father An Min and his maternal uncle Lu Changshi, the big Tusi of the Lu family, to visit, wanting to get a batch of seeds from Lu Fatzi.

In the face of An Shixian's request, Lu Fatzi was greatly surprised, and asked An Shixian, didn't I give you fifty acres of seeds this spring, and the growth is not bad in your place, why didn't you leave some seeds?

An Shixian's answer made Lu Fatzi angry - the old An family never thought that those colorful flowers could really be sold for so much silver, so they didn't leave seeds, and all the seeds of fifty acres of Eight Banners Fushou Paste were cut with juice, and the seeds from the Eight Banners flowers that escaped the juice cutting knife were not enough to plant another hundred acres next year. Therefore, Lao Anjia unceremoniously reached out to Lu Fatzi again to ask for seeds, and at the same time hoped that Lu Fatzi would also plant seeds for thousands of acres of land for Lao Lu's toast.

"Brother An, do you know what the price of the Eight Flags Flower seeds that are smuggled by the people is now?" Fat Lu yelled angrily, "Three taels of gold sand and one or two seeds!" Thousands of acres of seeds, you copied my family! ”

"Lord Lu, we don't want it in vain." An Shixian's maternal uncle Lu Changshi Da Tusi has read books and taken the Xiucai exam, and the words spoken by educated people are different, and one sentence makes Lu Fatzi's anger completely dissipated, "We buy it with gold sand, aren't the people three taels of gold sand one or two seeds?" We also bought 30 catties of seeds at this price. ”

"Lu Da Toast is too polite, and too outward." Fat Lu changed his smile and hurriedly said: "Talking about money hurts feelings, Brother An Shixian is my brother who burns yellow paper, his business is my business, you are the elders of Brother An, and that is also my Lu Yifeng's elders, don't see outside." In this way, for the sake of Brother An's face, I will go to the partner Brother Wang to discuss and see if I can reduce the price of selling to Lu Tusi. ”

"Talking about money hurts feelings? Then don't take our gold sand. Lu Changshi, An Min and An Shixian muttered together.

Long Kuo, the head of the land of Pingyi, also came to buy some seeds in person, although he left some seeds, but seeing that the Eight Banners Fushou Paste was so valuable, Long Da Toast, who planned to grow some Eight Banners Fushou Paste next year, gritted his teeth and took out the gold sand that the family had treasured for many years, and bought a batch of seeds that were more expensive than gold from Lu Fatzi. At the same time, Lu Fatzi said solemnly, "I really forgot to remind the An family and the Long family to keep enough seeds, but it's not a trick to learn from the devil - give away the equipment for free first, and then charge maintenance fees, parts fees and upgrade fees or something." ”

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In any case, Lu Fatzi's trick of drinking to quench his thirst really played some role in Qujing City, which had been poor for too long, and because of this, in the late autumn season of late September, Wu Sangui personally led the big and small lackeys of Pingxi Wangfu to Qujing City to inspect, and the huge changes in Qujing City surprised everyone up and down Pingxi Wangfu.

After Kang Mazi was rebuilt in two years, there has been no appropriation to repair the Qujing city wall, repaired, at that time, there was no money to build the moat also began to be excavated, digging the river are all the out-of-town displaced and hungry people, although the food enjoyed is not too good, but it is enough for an adult to eat normally, so these homeless and hungry people work very hard, and the progress of the project is also very fast.

In addition, Lu Fatzi also said that after the moat is repaired, these displaced people will also go to the east bank of the Bada River to build water conservancy, so that the wasteland there can be reclaimed in the coming year. When the water conservancy is completed, spring will begin, and then Qujing will need a large number of people to plant Baqi Fushou paste, in addition to mining, digging coal, burning glass and making some small toys or something, and some jobs are waiting for these homeless and hungry people, so naturally there is no need to worry that they have nothing to do in Qujing to make trouble.

Hearing these introductions of Lu Fatzi, Wu Sangui of course nodded again and again, full of praise with a smile on his face, but the other Yunnan local officials who accompanied Wu Sangui to Qujing to visit and study snorted coldly in their hearts, saying that as long as there is silver, or there is no need to worry about the silver, we can still do these things. At the same time, because of this, the local officials in Yunnan who were present were also itching in their hearts, looking forward to getting some Eight Banners Fushou Paste seeds and planting techniques from Lu Fatzi, so that the place they governed would also become rich, and it would be convenient for them to make money faster and better.

What really opened the eyes of Wu Sangui and others and the envy of the Yungui magistrates was in Qujing City, after more than half a year of careful care by Lu Fatzi, the streets of Qujing City, which were still dirty and dilapidated half a year ago, have been completely renewed. First of all, the cleanliness and sanitation of the streets and alleys far exceed the provincial capital Kunming, all kinds of commercial markets are also standardized and clean, all industries are prosperous, prosperous like a brocade, the streets are everywhere you can see the residential shops that are being renovated and covered, the people's clothes are obviously clean and decent, the Han Yi struggle that has entangled the Pingxi palace for many years also seems to have disappeared here, the people of all ethnic groups get along with each other friendly, and the attitude between the exchanges is also very kind, and the people of all ethnic groups in other cities hate and despise each other in sharp contrast.

It is not surprising that when the people's lives see hope and begin to have enough food and clothing, who still eats too much and looks for trouble and lawsuits everywhere, spiritual civilization is built on the basis of wealth!

Everywhere his car went, the people on the side of the road took the initiative to kneel down without greeting, kowtowed and thanked Wu Sangui for selecting a good dog official like Lu Fatzi who loves the people and works hard, and a good dog official who is as honest as water and can turn stones into gold. And sincerely begged Wu Sangui to keep Lu Fatzi in Qujing for a few more years, with a sincere attitude, respect and feelings. So much so that Wu Sangui couldn't help but pat his eldest son on the shoulder of the fat man Lu and praised, "Yifeng, you are really a priceless treasure that God has given me from the Pingxi Palace!" ”

"Thank you for the prince's false praise, I really don't dare to be an official." Lu Fatzi said modestly: "Xia Guan can have today's political achievements, in addition to the cultivation of the emperor Hongfu, the prince and the big and small princes, there is also a thank you to the lords and generals under the command of the prince for their help and cooperation, as well as a little luck of the lower officials, in fact, there is no size work." ”

"Merit and merit, who says you don't have the merit of size? You've done a great job! Wu Sangui laughed and said: "If it weren't for your study of Western knowledge and your discovery that planting Eight Banners Fushou Paste in Yunnan can benefit the people, Qujing would be so prosperous and stable?" Lone Ke has seen it with his own eyes, since he entered the county border of Qujing County, he has passed through the villages along the way, but in every village there are people who have newly built houses and reclaimed wasteland, which is all the luck you brought to them. ”

"Brother Lu, the Eight Banners Fushou Paste seed you brought to Yunnan, after planting it, it will not grow Eight Banners Fushou Cream, but silver!" Ma Bao, the former town chief soldier who had been stationed in Chuxiong for a long time and followed Wu Sangui to Qujing with a dead face, snorted and said: "This time, Brother Lu, you have to at least get me a few dozen catties of seeds to bring back to Chuxiong, so that the people of Chuxiong will also follow you a little light, right?" ”

"Ma Junmen laughed, speaking of this Eight Banners Fushou Ointment, the lower officials will still be frightened." Lu Fatzi said pretendedly: "In order to buy all the Eight Banners Fushou Paste planted by the people, Xiaguan borrowed 50,000 taels of silver from the prince, and this Eight Banners Fushou Paste can be sold for silver when it is transported to Guangzhou and the capital, but if it can't be sold, Xiaguan Ke will have to apologize to the prince." ”

"Come less." Ma Bao snorted: "Don't think I really don't know, some time ago, not only did you collect the Eight Banners Fushou Cream, but the medicinal herb merchants in Yunnan and Guizhou provinces also pounced like flies smelling blood, and took away more than 20,000 taels of Eight Banners Fushou Paste from you?" If the Eight Banners Fushou Paste really can't be sold, they are crazy, come to help you collect this Eight Banners Fushou Cream? ”

"Yifeng, you don't need to apologize for your sins." Wu Yingqi also said: "Four days ago, the 600 miles of Guangzhou Express Express, the 50,000 taels of Fushou paste you transported to Guangzhou, was snapped up by Western merchants at the price of 328 yuan and 1 tael as soon as you arrived in Guangzhou, and your kid made a lot of money!" ”

"Eight Banners Fushou Paste was sold in Guangzhou for three taels and eight coins of silver? So high?! Everyone present was moved, and all questioned the authenticity of Wu Yingqi's figures. But seeing Wu Sangui's silent expression, and thinking that Wu Sangui had only decided to go north to Qujing three days ago to inspect and investigate, everyone nodded secretly and said secretly: "It can't be fake, otherwise the prince will be in a hurry to come to Qujing?" ”

"Three, two, eight?" Lu Fatzi was secretly happy, and quietly praised his uncle for being able to do business, and the price was three yuan higher than his estimate.

"That's not all." Wu Yingqi was a big mouth, and shook out some of the old bottoms of Lu Fatzi, and said: "I heard that those businessmen said to your uncle, praising the quality of our Eight Banners Fushou Paste in Yunnan, which is better than that produced in Tianzhu, that is, the process of boiling medicine is good and bad, and also said that in the future, the process of boiling medicine will go up, and the price can be negotiated. ”

"The lesson of the second prince is that this year is crossing the river by feeling the stones, so there are still deficiencies in many places." Lu Fatzi replied with a wry smile: "Xiaguan has also noticed this situation, and when it comes to next year, Xiaguan plans to directly accept the medicinal juice, and then boil it in a unified manner, so that the boiling process will go up." ”

"Very well, just do it." The second prince instructed: "I will hand over all my fiefdom in Luliang to you next year, and I will plant the Eight Banners Fushou Paste for me." In addition, I will get 1,000 catties of seeds and a few people who know how to grow Eight Banners Fushou Ointment, and I will take them back to Kunming and plant my fiefdom on the Dianchi Lake. ”

"A thousand pounds?" Fat Lu's eyes widened, and he said with a wry smile: "Second prince, then you cut down Xiaguan directly, the seeds that Xiaguan harvested this year are less than a thousand catties in total." ”

"Then I want five hundred pounds." Wu Yingqi replied categorically.

"I want three hundred pounds!" Ma Bao raised three fingers.

"Lord Lu, Dali is your hometown, you can't watch the people of your hometown continue to be poor, right?" Cui Su, the prefect of Dali who had already regretted his resignation and was transferred to the prefect of Qujing, stood up, pulled Lu Fatzi's sleeve and begged: "Lord Lu, this time you have to take away at least two hundred catties of seeds for me, so that I can benefit your hometown." ”

"Brother Lu, I also want three hundred catties!" Shen Yingshi, the chief soldier of Yunnan Zuozhen, who was stationed in Wuding, also raised three fingers.

"The front town and the left town are both three hundred catties, and our back town should also have three hundred catties, right?" Yang Wu, the chief soldier of Houzhen who was stationed in Erhai, asked even more unceremoniously.

The front, rear, and left three town commanders of the four major military regions of Pingxi Wangfu all stretched out their hands, but Wang Fuchen, the commander of the right town, did not speak-because his station was in Qujing, but it was precisely because of this that Lu Fatzi couldn't cry and laugh more and more, and said: "The three military gates, each of you has three hundred catties, which adds up to nine hundred catties, and the seeds in the hands of the lower officials are not enough for you to share, what else to give to the second prince and other local state capitals?" ”

"Why don't you keep more?" Wu Yingqi complained. Other local officials rushed up, this one pulling Lu Fatzi's sleeve to make friends, and the other pulling Lu Fatzi's fat hand to pull relationships, scrambling to get a little more seeds from Lu Fatzi's point. Fortunately, Wu Sangui, the boss of the Pingxi Palace, was present, and opened his mouth to relieve Lu Fatzi and said: "Okay, okay, don't be embarrassed, the matter of seeds, let's talk about it when Xingyuan settles down." ”

After retreating from everyone, Wu Sangui glanced at Fat Lu again, and said seemingly casually and threateningly: "What are you all anxious about?" Yifeng is a lonely person, and a lonely son is a person who is hand-pulled, lonely doesn't believe it, Eight Banners Fushou Paste Seeds - the treasure that grows on the land of Yunnan! Will he take it cheaper for others? ”

(To be continued)