At this time, Wu Ming saw that the warden and clerk of Chengnan Prison had arrived, so he simply stood up, and did not even drink tea.

Wang Guangshao, who was full of literati temperament, frequently thanked him, and after signing the letter, he gave the warden and clerk a 90-degree bow like the Japanese, which made Wu Ming very unhappy.

Walking out of the prison gate, Wang Guangshao, who had been detained for more than a month, looked at the sunset in the west and did not move for a long time.

Wu Ming knew that Wang Guangshao was grieving for his dead father and brother, and worried about his mother, wife and children who were worried about him day and night in Kaihua City, so he didn't go up to disturb him.

It took more than five minutes for Wang Guangshao to come back to his senses, and after thanking the warden and others again, he got into the car, Wu Ming said hello and got into the driver's seat, closed the door and drove away.

The warden who stood in place and watched Wu Ming go away sighed with emotion, and said to a few brothers on the side that Wu Ming was enough brothers, and if it wasn't for Wu Ming's mercy in the last Zhengjue Temple robbery, I don't know how many brothers in Ludao would have suffered. Now it seems that this Wang Guangshao is likely to go through Wu Ming's path before he was acquitted, and finally reminded everyone to keep their eyes open, and they can have the best relationship with Wu Ming, but if they can't do it, don't offend this ruthless man with their hands and eyes.

The car turned from Jiaochi Street into the wide north-south main road and went to the street, and Wang Guangshao, who was sitting in the passenger seat, remembered something and respectfully thanked Wu Ming.

Wu Ming shook his head and asked, "I don't know where Brother Wang is going to stay?" If you don't have a place to go for a while, you can simply live in the junior brother's military camp in the north of the city. ”

Wang Guangshao was very grateful in his heart, and at the same time he also had many questions he wanted to ask Wu Ming in person, and when he heard this, he immediately agreed, and waited for the car to drive to the intersection of Xianxue Street and Guangying Street, and hurriedly asked Wu Ming to turn into the front row of shops on Xinqiao Street and stop for a while, he wanted to go and meet with an old friend who cared about and helped him and spent money to visit the prison twice to report his safety.

Wu Ming stopped the car as he said, and was surprised when he took a closer look: "Huh? Isn't this the shop of Japanese businessman Akio Maeda? That's the old friend you're talking about? ”

Wang Guangshao was also surprised: "Huh? Yes, the chief and Maeda-kun know each other? ”

Wu Ming shook his head: "I've met twice, so it's a nodding friend...... I said, Brother Wang, why do you always call me a chief? Speaking of which, your rank as a county magistrate is one level higher than mine, is it necessary to always shout the chief, the chief, the chief? ”

Wang Guangshao apologized embarrassedly: "I'm sorry, then I'll call you Brother Wu from now on, and ask Brother Wu to take care of me!" ”

"Okay, okay! I can't stand it, you're too polite...... Go down, I'll be waiting for you in the car. Wu Ming took out a cigarette and lit it by himself.

Seeing that Wu Ming was reluctant to get out of the car, Wang Guangshao looked around and found that the passers-by were looking in his direction, so he had to say "I'm sorry" and open the car door.

Maeda Akio, who received an urgent report, led his sister out to greet him, and when he saw Wang Guangshao, who had just been released from prison, it was like seeing his own relatives, the brother and sister bowed and smirked with tears in their eyes, and apologized vigorously that they couldn't help Wang Jun in any way, and I beg forgiveness.

Wang Guangshao hurriedly bowed in return, chattering a lot of thanks, causing people all over the street to come and watch.

Wu Ming smiled bitterly, looked around, and found that his car was indeed parked on the side, leaving most of the passage, which did not obstruct the passage of carriages and rickshaws. He didn't want to pay attention to anything, but when he saw that there were more and more onlookers, many people had already recognized him, so he had to get out of the car and shout at everyone:

"It's all neighbors, you can't look up and see you down, what's there to see? Disperse, disperse, don't block the street. ”

"Oh my God! Isn't this Chief Wu of the teaching team? ”

"It's Chief Wu, it's really a talent!"

"Such a handsome descendant, how can you say that he looks like a 'black whirlwind' Li Kui with a face full of meat?"

"You're so handsome! Even the ancient Pan An Song Yu is nothing more than that, right? The Fang family's sister is really blessed! ”

In the face of more and more onlookers, looking at the smiling faces full of kindness, Wu Ming's head was big, so he had to bite the bullet and keep clasping his fists to the crowd around him:

"Fathers and fellow villagers, uncles and brothers, as well as sisters, neighbors, you can spare me, if you continue to watch like this, I will charge you for the visit."

Everyone laughed loudly, and suddenly felt that Wu Ming was so funny and amiable, not at all like the legendary fierce and vicious reckless generals, many older people responded from afar, and then left with a smile on their faces, and the girl's daughter-in-law and a group of children left step by step under Wu Ming's persuasion.

Now the whole street is unimpeded, but there are still people standing in front of the shops on both sides of the street, which makes Wu Ming depressed, and when he turned around, he saw Maeda Akio and Wang Guangshao still standing by the car, looking at him excitedly, so he had to step forward to say hello, and then get into the car, and then light a cigarette and wait silently.

"Wu Jun, Maeda Gong invites Wu Jun to the cold house for a cup of tea!" After Maeda Akio finished speaking, he bowed deeply to Wu Ming in the car window.

Wu Ming sighed secretly, got out of the car, closed the door, thanked him in a low voice, and followed Maeda and Wang Guangshao into the store. A few diminutive Japanese guys were already standing solemnly at the door of the large shop, bowing deeply to Wang Guangshao and Wu Ming.

Wu Ming became more and more unhappy in his heart, but he couldn't say anything, followed Maeda into the space separated by a beautiful and wide screen, whispered thanks to Maeda's sister and another Japanese young woman, and hugged Maeda with his fists and Shi Shiran sat on the sofa, not wanting to follow Wang Guangshao to take off his shoes and board the tatami mat.

Maeda smiled and didn't force it, and waited for the two women to serve fragrant tea before politely asking Wang Guangshao about his current situation.

Wang Guangshao himself was confused, and he didn't know how he was released and reinstated, but he only said that thanks to Wu Ming who took him out of prison, he later added that Wu Ming is now the head of the security regiment responsible for the defense of Changshan and Kaihua counties, and from now on, it can be said that he and Wu Ming are colleagues, and the safety and security of the entire Kaihua County will depend on Wu Ming in the future.

Maeda, who was sitting on the tatami mat, had his eyes lit up, and bowed to Wu Ming again: "Congratulations to Wu Jun for his promotion!" In the future, the business of the Maeda family, please take care of Wu Jun, and if Wu Jun needs anything, please do not hesitate to instruct. ”

Wu Ming put down the teacup with some doubts: "Mr. Maeda's business of importing machinery and exporting fluorite ore seems to be in Quzhou City and Jiangshan County, right?" I don't think there's anything I need to take care of, so maybe I'll have to trouble Mr. Maeda in the future. ”

Maeda politely explained: "I'm sorry, Wu Jun, please forgive me for not having the opportunity to explain things clearly, in addition to operating textile machinery and parts, my family also has business in Jiangshan County, Kaihua County, and Yushan County and Guangfeng County in Jiangxi Province to the west, mainly for the export of fluorite ore, and also for the export trade of primary processed products such as tung oil and tea oil. ”

Wu Ming was very surprised, and secretly blamed himself for knowing too little about this Japanese trading company, but his face was suddenly colored: "I see, I didn't expect Mr. Maeda's business to be so big, I thought that the local products that continue to be shipped out of Quzhou all year round were made by local merchants, congratulations to Maeda-kun!" ”

Maeda Ha Lu Ha smiled: "Wu Jun said that he laughed, who doesn't know that the best coal mine in the whole western Zhejiang, the highest quality and most valuable fluorite mine, is under the control of the Maoliangwu Chamber of Commerce in Wu Jun's hometown?" In just half a year, the two mines of Maoliangwu exported nearly 20,000 tons of minerals, and the fleet increased from two high-horsepower transport ships at the beginning to six high-horsepower carriers, and I heard that two months ago, Maoliangwu recruited more than 1,000 laborers from the refugees in Hangzhou again, and the output of coal and fluorite in Maoliangwu increased steadily, and the monthly output has exceeded three times that of the beginning of the year, which is enviable! ”

Wu Ming was completely stunned, the Maeda Akio in front of him seemed to know Mao Liangwu's two mines very well, was it just the competition between peers?