Chapter Fifty-Seven: King Qin
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Early the next morning, Liu Cun took Tai Shi Ci into the city, visited Cai Boqi, the Taishou of Donglai, and gave a rich gift in a carriage.
Cai Boqi received the news of Liu Cun's arrival last night, and couldn't figure out why Liu Cun rushed to Tai Shi's house in the east of the city without entering the city gate, and he didn't know what the relationship between Liu Cun and Tai Shi Ci was.
Now seeing Liu Cun and Tai Shici coming to visit, looking respectful and giving many valuable gifts, Cai Boqi was very happy, enthusiastically took Liu Cun's hand and asked for warmth, walked into the main hall to offer fragrant tea before letting go, pointing to the teacup and laughing at Liu Cun with great admiration: "Zijian, now the entire Han officialdom is prevalent in tasting this kind of green tea that does not add anything, all thanks to you, haha!" ”
"Ming Gong praised it falsely, the little brother just inadvertently contributed to it, speaking of which I have to thank Mi Zhu Mi Zizhong, several kinds of tea that are liked by many people nowadays, are all bought back in batches by him from Shuzhong, Dongting and Yuzhang and other places, and he also gathered hundreds of craftsmen, month after month and month after repeated attempts, hard work to study the results of excellence, without Mi Zizhong, a wonderful person who does not get tired of eating, we may not be able to drink such a good tea." Liu Cun has always put the credit for roasting tea on Mi Zhu.
Cai Boqi laughed, happily talked with Liu Cun, learned that Liu Cun and Tai Shici have become brothers, and will return to Langya together in the near future, Cai Boqi immediately congratulated Tai Shici, but in a blink of an eye, he stomped his feet, and sighed with regret on his face: "I Donglai has lost a handsome man since then!" ”
Liu Cun had a good impression of Cai Bo, quickly stood up and thanked him respectfully, and slightly considered simply taking this opportunity to ask him for Fu Min.
Cai Boqi didn't know who Fu Min was at all, so he hurriedly called left and right to ask, and learned that Fu Min was just a team leader guarding the city gate, and immediately sent someone to summon Fu Min in shock.
Fu Min was waiting outside the door, and when he heard the summons, he walked inside, came to Cai Boqi and knelt on one leg, and respectfully saluted and greeted.
Cai Boqi carefully looked at Fu Min, who was on the back of the tiger, and slowly stepped forward to help Fu Min up, looked at it again and again, nodded frequently, and finally sighed with guilt on his face: "Such a tiger general, the jewel is covered with dust, it's all Cai's fault!" ”
Liu Cun didn't expect Cai Boqi's eyes to be so vicious and so affectionate, so he stepped forward and explained with a lot of guilt: "Ming Gong has not been in office for a long time, and he is busy with government affairs, so how can he pay attention to everything and pay attention everywhere?" Speaking of Xiangyang, the hometown of Ming Gong, it is also the blessed land of the earth spirit and the hidden dragon and the Crouching Tiger, and the brother of the Ming Gong and the Cai family of the famous Jingxiang family, Cai Mao and Cai Deqi, are the Chu Qiao among the heroes! ”
When Cai Boqi heard Liu Cun say this, he was both happy and ashamed, and turned to Fu Min, who was quite worried, and told him cordially: "Although this official is reluctant, he is happy for you, this is your luck!" Go to Langya and do a good job, only Lord Zijian can give you a broader future. ”
"Thank you, sir! The subordinates will take the teachings of the adults to heart! ”
Fu Min was moved by Cai Boqi's care, knelt down and respectfully bowed to his subordinates, stood up and strode out of the door, standing beside Liu Cun's personal guard Qin Yi with his chest straight, and the surrounding officials were so envious that their eyes were red.
When Cai Bo, who sighed, sat down, Liu Cun had the opportunity to thank him: "Thank you Ming Gongguan!" If there is anything that can make Liu Cun effective, please ask Ming Gong to give orders. ”
Cai Bo was stunned at first, and then his face was full of joy: "Is Zijian's words true?" ”
"Seriously." Liu Cun said with a smile.
Cai Boqi asked again: "If the expenses are very large, Zijian will also agree?" ”
Liu Cun thought for a while and replied: "As long as it is beneficial to the country and the people, Liu Cun will definitely do his best." ”
"Good!"
Cai Boqi stroked his palms, and his title changed: "Brother Zijian, Brother Fool knows that the world-renowned Langya Chamber of Commerce was created by Brother Xian, although Brother Xian no longer has anything to do with the powerful Langya Chamber of Commerce after entering the office, but Brother Fool knows that as long as Brother Xian speaks, Langya Chamber of Commerce will obey his words, so Brother Fool asks Brother Xian to ask one or two on his behalf to see if Langya Chamber of Commerce can invest with the government to expand the Longkou Harbor Wharf in the north of the city?" ”
Liu Cun was very surprised, he didn't expect Cai Boqi, who became famous for his poetry, to be so keen on construction.
Cai Boqi thought that Liu Cun was embarrassed, and explained apologetically: "Brother Xian doesn't know, since September last year, the sea ships of the Langya Chamber of Commerce have always anchored in Longkou Port to trade with local merchants, and the monthly transaction tax obtained by Huang County is as high as more than 300,000 yuan, and the local mineral and smelting workshops have expanded dramatically, and the tax revenue of Huang County has doubled for three consecutive months, and at the end of last month, Huang County's commercial tax revenue alone has reached a huge amount of 160 gold, which is more than 30% more than the total tax of the surrounding five counties!" Therefore, the foolish brother wants to gather the strength of the Quartet to repair the narrow and dilapidated Longkou fishing port, so that the merchants can make their business bigger, from the big point of view, it is for the benefit of the country and the people, and from the small point of view, it is also a little selfishness of the foolish brother, for the official term, I dare not say that it will benefit one party, but I have to leave something, so that I will not regret it, right? ”
Liu Cun immediately agreed: "My brother's love for the people can be called an example for officials in the world!" How can the little brother not support it? If the elder brother is free, why not take the younger brother to the dragon's mouth? As long as the elder brother chooses the location and determines the scale, the younger brother will immediately ask the Langya Chamber of Commerce to send someone to survey and repair, in addition to the Langya Chamber of Commerce to share half of the funds, the younger brother will send the elder brother two Langya shipbuilding workshop latest made clippers, whether it is offshore freight or sea inspection can be applied, this ship is simple to control, both paddle boat and sailboat, flexible and fast, I hope to help my brother! ”
Cai Boqi was overjoyed, grabbed Liu Cun's hand and walked out of the lobby, shouting for carriages and horses as he walked.
Liu Zhuang stayed in Huangxian County for three days, inspected the harbor, mines, and two lead-zinc smelting workshops with Cai Boqi for two days, and drank wine for two days under the warm hospitality of Cai Boqi's group of officials and local gentry.
Early in the morning of the fourth day, Liu Cun helped his stepmother, who frequently turned back, into the carriage, and Tai Shici sent his wife and children to him, and the family stared nostalgically at the pond on the east side of their house and yard that had not yet thawed, and followed Liu Cun who turned over and left silently.
Cai Boqi and dozens of civil and military officials had already been waiting outside the gate of the west city of Huangxian County, and in the center of the wide flat land that was specially cleaned, a long table was set up, on which were bowls of local fruit wine, dozens of precious furs, and Donglai variegated silver ingots that were not in circulation in the Han Dynasty, and dozens of silver ingots were not less than 2,000 catties.
Liu Cun, Tai Shici and Fu Minfei dismounted and strode forward, talked for a long time with Cai Boqi and other officials who warmly greeted them, and drank the farewell wine together before reluctantly waving goodbye.
Fu Min's family and the three hundred young riders who had just been recruited on the side of the road immediately followed, and the team composed of eight carriages and more than 300 horsemen left Huangxian in a mighty way and headed for Langya in the southwest. In order to buy these 300 good horses, Fu Min's family was busy for three days in a row, and they collected all the good horses from the two surrounding counties.
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