Chapter 106: Madness (Part II)
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Wu Sangui's line was arranged in the original Yunnan-Guizhou Governor Yamen, after the former Qing Kang Mazi three years Bian Sanyuan moved the station to Guiyang, this house was idle, but in order to Bian Sanyuan and take charge of Yunnan's civil affairs convenience, this house has been hired by the Governor's Yamen to clean and manage, quite clean and tidy, Wu Sangui came to Qujing, and he lived in this house without concessions, Lu Fatzi, of course, saved a lot of expenses.
After settling down, of course, it is a banquet, as the host, Lu Fatzi is not only the unjust head of the banquet, but also the protagonist of the banquet, surrounded by dozens of jackals and hungry tigers in Pingxi Palace, it is all Lu Fatzi's way of collecting money, desperately trying to set friendship and pull relationships to deceive some Eight Banners Fushou Paste Seeds, needless to say, the glass workshop created by Lu Fatzi is also the object of salivation of all the hungry wolves in Pingxi Palace, all of whom want to get rid of the glaze calcination process and the glass mirror manufacturing process that earns silver faster than grabbing silver.
Fortunately, the glaze workshop was discussed by Lu Fatzi and Wu Sangui a long time ago, and Wu Sangui quickly expressed his position directly, so that everyone was not allowed to fight the idea of the glaze workshop, saying that he had decided to build a huge construction site in Nule Peak, which was specially used to produce glaze, which was directly under the jurisdiction of Lu Fatzi, and would send heavy troops to protect it to prevent the outflow of glaze technology. Hearing this, the jackals and hungry tigers of the Pingxi Royal Mansion had no choice but to retreat obediently, and the most rugged Ma Bao wailed, "Sanhao, why didn't you go to Chuxiong to be the magistrate?" If you go to Chuxiong, Feng Su (Chuxiong Prefect) that Wang Balamb dares to talk to you, and I will chop him up immediately! ”
"Yes, it would be nice if Yifeng went to Erhai to be a magistrate." "Wrong, it should be better to be a magistrate in Wuding." Yang Wu and Shen Yingshi also wailed and echoed. Only Wang Fuchen was extremely embarrassed, because of his friendship with Li Shuzu, when Li Shuzu and Lu Fatzi were fighting, he was secretly on Li Shuzu's side - now Wang Fuchen looks back, and naturally feels that his position choice at that time is foolish, and he does not know the blessing in the blessing.
"Generals, lords, don't boast." Lu Fatzi blushed rarely, and said, "If you continue to boast, the lower officials will be embarrassed." ”
"Okay, don't bully Yifeng, let him go for the time being." Wu Yingqi came out to play a round game, drove away the hungry tiger of the jackal that surrounded Lu Fatzi, and whispered to Lu Fatzi: "Yifeng, speaking of this, I have to ask your opinion about the position of Qujing Prefect, and now dozens of people have come to me to ask for officials, all of whom want to seek the envoy of Qujing Prefect, Zhang Gaomo is also going around, and wants to remove the word 'acting' and take over the Qujing Prefect on the spot, what do you mean?" Do you want Zhang Gaomo to stay, or will I give you the list, and we will discuss the selection of a Qujing prefect? ”
"And this?" Lu Fatzi shook his head and said in a low voice: "Didn't anyone who was willing to take over as the prefect of Qujing before?" Zhang Gaomo is also looking for a way to transfer everywhere, and he doesn't want to stay in Qujing, why have they all changed their minds now? ”
"Isn't it your Eight Banners Fushou Anointing?" Wu Yingqi grinned and said: "No one dared to take over the prefect of Qujing before, because they were all frightened by the incident between you and Li Shuzu, and they were afraid that they would not be able to provoke you if they came to Qujing." Now that you have made so much silver from the Eight Banners Fushou Paste planted by the people, even if you don't scrape the land and don't collect money when you come to Qujing, you can make a lot of money just by collecting fire consumption and business taxes, and of course these people are willing to come to Qujing. I'm afraid that I don't dare to point fingers at you, and I will be your third grandson when you are a little angry, who cares about those who can make money for it? ”
"Second prince, Xiaguan is not as terrifying as you say." Lu Fatzi protested: "Li Shuzu's incident, it was the prince who asked me to bring him down, so I made such a big trouble with him, and I almost got myself into it." ”
"Hehe, I know that you have merit, but you really scared other prefects, and you are afraid that there will be a prefect like you under the rule of burning incense and worshipping the Buddha, and you can't afford to provoke it." Wu Yingqi smiled and said again: "Don't talk nonsense, the matter of the Qujing prefect has to be paid attention to, now I am in charge of the selection of officials at the state level, if the time drags on and is robbed by the people of the court, then my father will have to skin me." If you think Zhang Gaomo can still do it, I will leave him for you, if not, I will choose another one for you. ”
"But you don't have to worry." Wu Yingqi added: "I will definitely choose an obedient and honest person to come over, and I will say hello to him, if I don't listen to you, I will make him look good!" ”
"This ......, let me think about it." Lu Fatzi calculated carefully, glanced at Zhang Gaomo in the distance again, and saw that he was honestly sitting in the back row, accompanying Feng Su and others at the same level to drink and eat, and he didn't even dare to take a breath of air.
"Second prince, then you can talk to Zhang Gaomo tonight." Lu Fatzi said in a low voice: "Zhang Gaomo saw the incident between me and Li Shuzu from beginning to end, and he has a good idea of my backstage, and he is honest and honest, and he will not mess around." Another point, his home, I also installed people, rather than change someone to start from scratch, it is better to leave him. And after he was officially promoted to the prefect of Qujing, the position of Qujing Tongzhi was vacant again, and you can also install your people, the second prince. ”
Wu Yingqi thought about it carefully and felt that what Lu Fatzi said was very reasonable, and let Zhang Gaomo officially take over as the prefect of Qujing, not only to make a fortune from Zhang Gaomo, but also to vacate Zhang Gaomo's position as a fellow governor and sell a sum of silver, which would benefit him more. Thinking of this, Wu Yingqi nodded and said, "Okay, just Zhang Gaomo, I'll talk to him tonight, and give him a little warning casually, so that he won't make trouble for you." ”
"Thank you for the love of the second prince, and even this kind of thing is discussed with the lowly position." Fat Lu smiled and thanked him, and at the same time was a little proud - there are probably not many subordinates in this world who can decide who the boss will send to take over, right?
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At the second watch, the banquet finally ended, Wu Yingqi took Zhang Gaomo to the side early to talk secretly, Wu Sangui personally beckoned to Lu Fatzi, Lu Fatzi understood, and quickly nodded and followed up, and the jackals and hungry tigers of Pingxi Wangfu who were present also knew that the main play was about to start, although they were all itchy and unbearable, but they didn't dare to mix casually, just endured greed and suffering, and honestly went back to their rooms to sleep. Only the four big thinkers around Wu Sangui, Liu Xuanchu, Wang Shirong, Hu Guozhu and Fang Guangchen appeared, and followed Wu Sangui and Lu Fatzi into the back hall together.
As Wu Sangui went all the way to the back garden, and then directly entered the room where Wu Sangui stayed, Wu Sangui first beckoned everyone to sit down, then asked his subordinates to prepare fragrant tea, and finally asked personal guards to guard the doors, windows, and corridors to prevent anyone from eavesdropping. After everything was ready, Wu Sangui took another sip of fragrant tea on the shelf, and then said, "Yifeng." ”
"Humble duty." Lu Fatzi got up, went to Wu Sangui and went down to a thousand children, and took the initiative to say: "Lord Wang, everything in the humble position is given by you, and the lowly things are naturally also the things of the prince, the eight hundred and ninety-one catties and four taels and eight banners in the hands of the humble post Fushou Paste Seeds, the humble position intends to dedicate all to the prince, please reward the prince." ”
"All for Lone?" Wu Sangui said that he didn't expect that Lu Fatzi would be so cheerful that he would offer to give all the seeds to himself.
"Yifeng, are you really so willing?" Although Hu Guozhu, the eldest son-in-law of Wu Sangui, who was already erupting with greedy light in his eyes, was excited in his heart, he said falsely: "You don't keep some yourself?" I've heard that the folk Eight Banners Fushou Paste Seeds are now sold for three taels of gold sand or two taels of gold and one tael. ”
"Again." Lu Fatzi said solemnly: "Humble and humble by the prince and the two princes, even if you are broken, it is difficult to repay in case, let alone this thing outside the body? Moreover, this Eight Banners Fushou Paste Seed was originally tailor-made for the prince before, helping the prince solve problems and preparing a gift to the prince, but I don't know what the effect is, so I didn't dare to give it directly to the prince before. Now that the Eight Banners Fushou Paste has been planted in Qujing with great success, it is time to dedicate this gift to the prince. ”
Wu Sangui smiled, Hu Guozhu's body trembled, and he couldn't imagine that Fat Lu would give such a cash cow to his father-in-law, Wang Shirong and Fang Guangchen nodded slightly, very satisfied with Fat Lu's decision, Liu Xuanchu breathed a long sigh of relief, and completely relieved himself - before Liu Xuanchu was worried that Fat Lu would be stingy, which would lead to a turn against Wu Sangui for this kind of son. But having said that, Liu Xuanchu was very puzzled by one thing, and asked: "Yifeng, just now you said that this gift was tailor-made for the prince and solved problems, what do you mean?" ”
"yes." Wu Sangui also reacted and asked, "What do you mean by these two sentences?" ”
"Back to the prince, back to the teacher." Lu Fatzi replied respectfully: "And all the adults, you all know that Lu Yifeng is a native of Dali, Yunnan, and knows that Yunnan is barren and scarce, and he also knows that Guizhou is poorer and more barren than Yunnan. The prince is noble, it seems that the scenery is infinite, but in fact, he is overstretched everywhere, he looks up to people everywhere, he can't be self-sufficient in food and military salaries, and he must rely on the Central Plains to lose, which can barely be maintained, once something happens, the consequences are unimaginable - last year's salary cut is proof! The court just asked the prince to reduce his military salary, and the prince had to be constrained everywhere, look at people's faces everywhere, and have personally experienced his humble duties, and he was well aware of his suffering, and knew the difficulties and hardships of the prince. ”
Wu Sangui nodded again and again, and deeply sympathized with Lu Fatzi's words - if it weren't for the fact that he couldn't provide for food and military salaries, and was constrained by Xiao Mazi everywhere, Wu Sangui was full of food and would have to ask for disarmament, and he would go to his own place to pray to God and Buddha, give gifts and bribes, and use hot faces to stick to others' cold butts, just to let these people help him say a few words in the court, and beg Xiao Mazi to cut less military salaries, grain and grass.
"During my stay in the capital, when I followed the prince around begging my grandfather to tell my grandmother for a salary, I saw the faces of those court officials, and my humble position was like a knife." Lu Fatzi continued to say with an excited expression: "At that time, I thought that if there was any way to make Yunnan and Guizhou rich and become as rich as Jiangnan, then the prince and our people in Pingxi Wangfu would not need to suffer from those birds." Therefore, as soon as he had free time, he tried his best to study and find a way to make Yunnan and Guizhou rich, and finally, let the lowly job find a way to plant Eight Banners Fushou Cream. ”
"In fact, since the Tang Dynasty, there has been a small amount of Eight Banners Fushou Paste planted in China, but there is no way, and the output is scarce, so the price is very expensive, and the lowly position is skillful in this way, knowing that there is a way to make the Eight Banners Fushou Paste in large quantities in the West." Lu Fatzi said again: "At the beginning, I was worried that even if this Eight Banners Fushou Paste was planted, I was afraid that it would not be able to sell it, but it would pull down the price. However, after a little inquiry, he suddenly found that the countries of Western Europe had begun to have a crazy epidemic of this thing, and it was used to cure diseases and strengthen the body, and the miraculous effect was extraordinary, and the demand was very huge. I inquired about it again and found that since the beginning of the previous dynasty, there are many people in the capital who like to use this thing instead of hookah, but the domestic production is too small, and the demand from abroad is too much, and the people have not yet become a climate. ”
Speaking of this, Fat Lu paused, and then said: "At that time, I thought that since the Eight Banners Fushou Paste can be popular in the West, it can be as popular as tobacco, tea, coffee and silk, and become a necessary thing for the life of Western people, then why can't it be popular in China?" If Baqi Fushou paste can also be popular in China, and can also become a necessity of life like tobacco, tea, salt, silk and grain, then the prince is exclusively planted in Guizhou, Yunnan, and all problems will be solved? ”
"So you dedicated the Eight Banners Fushou Paste to the emperor and Ao Zhongtang, encouraged them to take the lead in using the Eight Banners Fushou Cream, and got me the Eight Banners Fushou Paste seeds? Have you found a way for me to plant Eight Banners Fushou Cream? Wu Sangui asked with a smile.
Lu Fatzi nodded vigorously and said seriously: "The slave thinks so, everyone in the world has the psychology of conformity and worship of celebrities, as long as the emperor and Ao Bai take the lead in using the Eight Banners Fushou Paste and feel good, then it is difficult for the Eight Banners Fushou Paste to be famous in the capital, and at the same time, there are many dignitaries and dignitaries in the capital, and the Eight Banners are eating hardcore crops, some are time to enjoy and some are silver to enjoy, as long as this thing is famous, they will inevitably feel good after tasting it, and it is even more difficult to think about it if it is not popular in the capital." Then the banner people of the capital will drive the banner people of the whole world to use the Fushou ointment, and finally drive the rich people of the whole country to enjoy the eight banners of Fushou ointment, then the food and salary problem of Yunnan and Guizhou provinces will not be a problem. ”
Speaking of this, Lu Fatzi smiled and added: "Another point, it is also the blessing of the prince, according to the humble research, although the land in Guizhou is poor, but the soil, climate and rain are extremely suitable for planting Eight Banners Fushou Paste, and the Eight Banners Fushou Paste is also of the best quality, even if it can be planted in other places, the yield and quality are far from catching up with Yunnan and Guizhou." In addition, what is even more incredible is that when Beizhi was looking for seeds, there happened to be a medicine store in Wuchang that bought a batch from Tianzhu merchants for medicinal purposes, and on the day when Beizhi passed through Wuchang, he happened to be transported from Quanzhou to Wuchang, and Beizhi could not buy it for a day after passing through Wuchang. Therefore, the humble position dared to say that this was a tailor-made gift for the prince, and it was also a gift from God to reward the prince. ”
"Thank you for your hard work, God gave you to Gu, which is the greatest gift to Gu and the entire Pingxi Palace." Wu Sangui nodded again and again with satisfaction, secretly glad that his son had shit luck and sold cashiers, and he actually found such a genius for himself, a living treasure - referred to as a living treasure.
"Wait." Hu Guozhu hurriedly interjected: "Yifeng, what did you say just now? In addition to Yunnan and Guizhou provinces, even if they are planted in other places, the yield and quality are not as good as those in Yunnan and Guizhou - do you mean that other places can also grow Eight Banners Fushou Cream? ”
"That's true." Fat Lu nodded and said: "Although the quality of the Eight Banners Fushou Paste grown in other provinces is poor, as long as it is not a province with too cold climate, it can indeed be grown, but they don't know how to plant and harvest, and they don't know how to boil medicine." By the way, seeds are also difficult to get, so they can only be bought from overseas merchants, but overseas merchants rarely sell seeds to the Qing Dynasty, and they can buy seeds before they are humiliated, in addition to luck, they also rely on the help of Doctor Zhu, who is the leader of Xinglin, and has many ways to do this. ”
"It's not going to be easy." Hu Guozhu was embarrassed and said: "In this way, even if we do our best to blockade and prevent the seeds and planting techniques of the Eight Banners Fushou Paste from flowing out, people outside will be able to get some seeds to try to plant sooner or later, and if we let them plant them too, our financial road will be cut off." ”
Wu Sangui stretched his face, quite like a mournful woman, thinking that such a huge fortune was about to be robbed by others, Wu Sangui really had a feeling that his heart was like a knife. However, Fang Guangchen disagreed, and said: "Lord Wang and Lord Hu don't have to worry too much, didn't Lord Lu say that the Eight Banners Fushou Paste is not as good as Yungui in other provinces, this orange is born in Huainan is an orange, and in Huaibei is an orange, since the Eight Banners Fushou Paste we grow is better than in other provinces, it is naturally easier to sell than other provinces, and at most the price is pulled down to make a little less, but it is still more cost-effective than other things." ”
"It's more cost-effective than growing other things, so we won't grow food?" Liu Xuanchu, who had not spoken, finally spoke, and said calmly: "Originally, Yunnan and Guizhou could not be self-sufficient in grain, even if we want to plant Eight Banners Fushou Cream, we must ensure a certain amount of grain planting. In addition, we must also take out at least forty percent of the silver we get from planting the Eight Banners Fushou Paste to buy food from other provinces, even if we can't eat it, we can hoard it as a precaution. ”
"Yes, as long as we have silver, we will have to buy a large amount of grain from other provinces, just in case, we can't let the imperial court always choke our necks." Wang Shirong rarely echoed Liu Xuanchu's sentence, and said: "In addition, although it is impossible to prevent other provinces from learning from us to plant Eight Banners Fushou Cream, we must also do our best to block the outflow of seeds and technology. ”
"That's it." Wu Sangui nodded helplessly, gritted his teeth and said: "Mr. Maoyao, you lead the national pillars and a few of them, and draft an order for me overnight, starting tomorrow, all large and small passes will be patrolled, and anyone who carries the Eight Banners Fushou Paste Seeds out of the province will be executed on the spot!" There are those who sell the seeds of Eight Banners Fushou Paste privately, and once they are discovered, they will be exiled and sent to Longchuan to do a lifetime of hard labor for Lonely! The Pingxi Royal Mansion gave them the opportunity to get rich, and they had to cut off this road to make a fortune, and they would never be spared! ”
"Order." At the moment of huge profits, Hu Guozhu, Fang Guangchen and others naturally kept Wu Sangui's order in mind. After agreeing, Hu Guozhu asked cautiously: "Father-in-law, what about the Pingnan Mansion and the Jingnan Palace?" There are also Guangxi's Lian Guoan and Ma Xiong, they are all eyeing the Eight Banners Fushou Cream! ”
"Of course not!" Wu Sangui said angrily: "When Guangxi and Fujian were richer than Yungui, did they ever think of this king? ”
"If you don't give it at all, you will offend people too much." Wang Shirong said with a smile: "The student proposes that the prince can take out a little seed and send the Pingnan Wangfu and Jingnan Wangfu to try planting in Guangdong and Fujian, but there is one condition - when our Eight Banners Fushou Paste is shipped to Guangzhou and Quanzhou to be sold to Western merchants, they must not be taxed, and they must also ensure the safety of our goods!" ”
"What are you kidding?" Hu Guozhu said angrily: "What if they grow it in Guangdong and Fujian? ”
"Master Hu, I'm still done." Wang Shirong smiled and said: "Before the prince gives them the seeds, you can steam all the seeds once, and when the time comes, they can't plant them, so it's no wonder that we can't do it." ”
"Bad! You're so bad! Wu Sangui suddenly realized and laughed.
"What about the side of Lian Guoan and Ma Xiong? The two of them are the two staunchest allies of the prince in Guangxi. Hu Guozhu asked worriedly.
"Make it clear to them that if the Eight Banners Fushou Paste seeds fall into their hands, they will inevitably fall into the hands of Kong Sizhen and Dai Liangchen." Fang Guangchen said quietly: "So I hope they can understand, in return, we allow them to levy taxes when the Eight Banners Fushou Paste passes through Guangxi, and the amount of tax is agreed between us and them according to the quantity and price, provided that they must ensure the safety of our goods when they pass through Guangzhou." They don't have to contribute to get a piece of the pie, so naturally they won't be unhappy. ”
"Contact Annan as well." Lu Fatzi also said: "Strive to borrow their Hongji Port as an overseas sales port for Baqi Fushou Cream, so that we can not only worry about Pingnan Wangfu choking our necks, but also use this port to import grain from Nanyang and hoard it as a precaution." ”
The dog-headed military advisor came up with a bad idea, Wu Sangui nodded, and the smile on his face was a little more, and when Lu Fatzi finally finished speaking, Wu Sangui was already full of smiles and said: "Okay, you are all worthy of being the king's henchmen and thinkers, and they are all full of clever plans, so do as you say!" When the harvest of Eight Banners Fushou Paste is harvested next year, Lone must reward you heavily! ”
"And you Yifeng, you think about the king in everything and everything, and share the worries of the king." Wu Sangui pointed at Lu Fatzi again, and said: "The incident of Nule Peak, Lone promised you, starting tomorrow, Lone will send a thousand troops over and hand over a military camp there to you, doesn't Wang Jing have a good relationship with you?" It's under his direct jurisdiction, and you can do whatever you want! If you want something, just open your mouth and give it to you with all your might. ”
"Thank you, Lord Wang." Lu Fatzi was overjoyed and hurriedly saluted Wu Sangui - during this time, Lu Fatzi and Wang Jing teamed up to build a temporary construction site on the side of Sanchakou Fort, and had secretly researched industrial necessities such as concentrated sulfuric acid, concentrated nitric acid and cement, as long as the output of these things could be increased, Lu Fatzi would be able to show his strength.
"No thanks, the things you want to make are also things that Lone urgently needs, and Lone still needs to thank you." Wu Sangui waved his hand generously, and said, "You say, what reward do you want?" Lonely try to be satisfied! ”
"Then the lowly position is going to make the lion open his mouth." Fat Lu said cautiously: "Lord Wang, can you use silver to buy the more than 800 catties of Eight Banners Fushou Paste Seeds in the hands of the lowly position?" ”
"Huh?" Wu Sangui first shook his head, then patted his head violently, and said with a smile: "Look at Gu's surname, the seeds of the Eight Banners Fushou Paste were collected from the people by yourself with money, how can Gu ask for you for nothing?" In this way, the 50,000 taels of silver you borrowed from Gu more than two months ago, if you don't want it, it will be considered your reward. ”
"The prince is rewarded, and he doesn't dare to shirk his humble position." Lu Fatzi said respectfully: "But the prince misunderstood the meaning of the humble position, the Eight Banners Fushou Paste has been sold in Guangzhou at a high price, and the seeds collected for a few hundred taels of silver, the humble position still dares to collect the capital from the prince?" I just hope that the prince will be able to buy all the more than 800 catties of seeds in the hands of the humble office tomorrow in front of everyone at the original price of two taels of silver and one catty! ”
"The original price of two taels of silver and a pound? Buy all the seeds you have? Wu Sangui was confused when he heard this, and said, "What's the meaning of this? ”
"Lord Wang, the student understands what Master Lu means." Wang Shirong twisted his face away and said with a straight face: "Lord Wang, you don't have to buy all the seeds at the original price, how can Lord Lu explain to the imperial court?" How to explain to the emperor? - Don't forget, Lord Lu, he is the person sent by the emperor to monitor you, Lord Wang, you don't be cruel to Lord Lu, the emperor still has to be suspicious of Lord Lu? ”
"I see." Wu Sangui finally understood, and after a few annoyed cold snorts, Wu Sangui nodded and said, "Okay, I'll buy your seeds tomorrow and let you ...... There is an explanation in front of our emperor. ”
"Lord Xie understands the hardships of humility." Fat Lu thanked him respectfully, but he snorted coldly in his heart, "Wu Lao Han Jian, do you think Lao Tzu's advantage is so easy to take advantage of?" You took Lao Tzu's seeds, and got on Lao Tzu's thief ship, first as a shield for Lao Tzu, and then invited Xiao Mazi to be jealous and hateful, once the poison of the Eight Banners Fushou Paste was revealed, Xiao Mazi ordered a ban on smoking and cut off your wealth, and you and your jackals and hungry tigers were not allowed to jump their feet? ”
"Take 10,000 steps back and say, even if the poisonous surname of the Eight Banners Fushou Paste is small, and the poison shows slowly, you monopolize the planting and sales of the Eight Banners Fushou Cream, and a lot of silver is fished out of your arms, and the Xiao Mazi and Mites Qing Dynasty will watch you sit big step by step and be indifferent? When it comes to Shang Lao Han's self-request to withdraw the domain, even if Xiao Mazi doesn't want to withdraw your domain, the jackals and hungry tigers in the Qing court will not agree, and the jackals, tigers and leopards under your command will watch their wealth being snatched away by others? At that time, even if you don't want to rebel, you can't help it! ”
(To be continued)