8-44 Jack Ma, a profiteer

Liu Ziguang turned his head and saw a stunning woman in plain clothes looking at him in surprise, it was Lin Daiyu, who had a relationship in Nanjing, why did she come to Hankou, thousands of miles away? Liu Ziguang was stunned for a moment, and immediately understood that this woman must have followed her father Lin Ruhai to appoint, so he smiled and said: "It's really a place in life where you don't meet, Miss Lin." ”

Lin Daiyu obviously didn't expect to meet the old man here, a strange light suddenly flashed in her eyes, she bit her lip and asked, "Why did you come to Hankou, is it to find someone?" ”

Liu Ziguang said in his heart that you are too self-inflicted, obviously I came first and you came later, if Lin Daiyu was just an ordinary woman with enthusiasm, he would have reluctantly accepted it, but her father was Lin Ruhai who was not dealing with him after all, in case of an unclear relationship, although he was able to settle down, his reputation would definitely be affected to a certain extent, so he still decided to stay away from this beautiful girl.

"I still have something to do, Miss Lin, I won't accompany you." Liu Ziguang put down the two copper plates, grabbed the hat and was about to leave, not even eating the cold powder that had just been served.

Lin Daiyu didn't expect the other party's reaction, and raised her voice and said, "Xu Wenqiang, don't go, I still have something to ask you." ”

Liu Ziguang stopped and didn't look back: "Miss Lin, we don't seem to have anything to say before, take care." ”

Lin Daiyu's aggrieved tears were about to come out, and she stomped her feet and said hurriedly: "You! ”

Miss Lin didn't go out alone, she also brought two maids with her, the maids didn't know what to do, waiting for their eyes to look at Liu Ziguang for a while, and then look at their own miss, it was difficult to understand why there was such a story between these two people whose identities seemed to be very different.

Liu Ziguang didn't want to make a fool of himself in public, so he pressed the hat and was about to leave, but a few men suddenly appeared in front of him, wearing straight shirts and corrugated hats, and at a glance they were the evil slaves of their family, and they blocked Liu Ziguang's way with their waists crossed.

"Sister Lin, did this person make you angry, my brother will help you teach him a lesson." A brocade-clothed boy who came out of nowhere and looked extremely obscene said to Lin Daiyu flatteringly.

Lin Daiyu was obviously very uninterested in this person, and said impatiently: "What's the matter with you, go away." ”

The boy said: "Look at it, this guy actually made my sister Lin angry like this, little ones, drag him down for me and beat him to death, and throw him into the river to feed the fish." ”

The angry people agreed to pounce forward and hold Liu Ziguang up, but Liu Ziguang did not resist, and let them drag them towards the barren beach by the river. Lin Daiyu just wanted to shout to stop, but when she thought of "Xu Wenqiang", the words stopped when she came to her mouth, but the picture she imagined was not born, "Xu Wenqiang" would rather be dragged away by these evil anger than stay in front of herself, which really hurt the girl's heart, she twisted her body and said to the maid: "Let's go." But the boy stretched out his hands to stop him, and said with a smile: "Sister Lin finally came out for a trip, why don't you two talk about it." ”

The small boss of the cold powder shop looked at the performance of this group of "Xiajiang people" (people from the lower reaches of the Yangtze River) in surprise, when Zuo Dashuai was in power in the past, the young ladies of large families did not show their heads, and the sons of high-ranking officials and nobles did not dare to shout and kill people in the street, the world has really changed.

When the officials patrolling the city saw the crowd gathering here, they came to check, shouted "dodge" and used an iron ruler to push away the crowd, and shouted arrogantly: "Who is making trouble here?" ”

The boy shook his fan and didn't answer, and the family took over: "Blind your dog's eyes, according to the inspection of Lord Gao's brother-in-law Ma Gongzi and the daughter of Lord Yushilin's family who patrol the river to play here, what do you care?" ”

Nowadays, the three towns of Wuhan have been controlled by officials sent by the imperial court, these airborne cadres are more awesome than the other, He Tengjiao went to Changsha to deal with the matter of changing the land and returning to the stream, the head of Wuhan is Huguang according to the envoy Gao Yifei, on the one hand, it is the brother-in-law of the tall man, on the other hand, it is the young lady of the Lin Yushi family, not to mention that the officials can't afford to provoke, even if their prefect comes, they have to give three points, so these officials immediately lost their smiles and helped drive the onlookers away, The owner of the jelly shop whispered to the servant: That boy just dragged one to the river beach and beat him to death. The officials had a tiger face: "Mo Hu said, do you think you have a long life?" The little boss was so frightened that he didn't dare to speak again.

Since the people from the government are here, Ma Gongzi can't do anything to Miss Lin in public, so he can only send her away politely, looking at the graceful figure in the distance, Ma Gongzi swallowed a mouthful of saliva fiercely, and said: "Your father has accepted the bride price, what else are you pretending to be high, sooner or later you will be the person in the bed of this son!" Then he turned his head and glanced at the family members, and said curiously: "Why haven't they come yet, does it take so long to kill a person?" You two go check it out. ”

The remaining two family members hurriedly ran to check on the river beach, and after a while, they helped back three companions with blue noses and swollen faces, the mandibles, shoulder joints and knee joints were all removed, unable to speak and unable to move, whining in pain, Ma Gongzi was so angry that he threw off the fan and fanned hard: "No wonder Lin Yatou values this homeless man, it turns out that he is still a practicing family, hum, if you dare to go against me, you are against my brother-in-law, and if you go against my brother-in-law, you will go against the court, and you can't do it!" ”

The tragic situation of the three families is Liu Ziguang's masterpiece, he knew that the son and Lin Daiyu must have known, so he was too lazy to do anything heroic to save the beauty, and this incident ruined the interest of visiting Hankou, so he simply found a ferry to take a boat back to Wuchang.

Liu Ziguang returned to Wuchang, wandered around the city casually, until the sun sank in the west before returning to Xingyuan, only to see a group of construction businessmen still waiting at the door, the summer sun is a few hours, it is difficult for this group of people, think about their approach is also understandable, the Ming Dynasty is prevalent in corruption and bribery, everyone thinks that if you don't pay bribes, you can't do anything, to be honest, these businessmen are some real materials, the river embankment has to be repaired by them, and the dispute between labor and management is nothing more than a price issue.

Liu Ziguang came up with compassion, and ordered people to call these merchants to meet with them, and wanted to give them guidance.

Liu Ziguang had already changed his clothes and was waiting here, he beckoned everyone to sit down, let the guards watch the tea, and then said with a smile: "Ben Hou is busy with trivial matters, so the bosses have been waiting for a long time." Everyone quickly got up from their seats, and said that your lordship was serious, and it was a great honor for you to take the time to meet us.

Liu Ziguang smiled amiably, and waited for them to finish speaking before saying: "Your intention is very clear, it is nothing more than a matter of bidding for the river embankment, and now this matter is under the responsibility of the Imperial History Yamen of the Patrol River, and Ben Hou can't interject, but Ben Hou can mention you, Lord Lin is a well-known incorruptible official, how can you use your wealth to despise him?" The construction of this river embankment is a hundred-year plan, and I am afraid that it will not be completed in decades, as long as you come up with a fair price and participate in the bidding fairly and openly, why worry about not getting the project? Although the profit is a little thin, it is always a stable transaction of silver from the imperial court, the so-called trickle of water and long flow, I think everyone here will not understand this truth. ”

Everyone is a shrewd person who has been in the business for many years, how could they not understand this truth, they said with a bitter face: "Hou Ye Mingjian, we want to follow your instructions, fair and open participation in the bidding, but now Lord Yushi does not even give me the opportunity to bid, it is said that the embankment project has been fully contracted to a builder, and this person is just a hairy boy, he has never done this business before, I am also for the sake of the court and the world, if this embankment is built by laymen, it will be in vain." When the flood comes, it will still burst the embankment, won't it be a disaster for the country and the people. ”

"Oh, there's such a thing?" Liu Ziguang squeezed the teacup tightly, he thought that Lin Ruhai was an incorruptible imperial history, but he didn't expect that he was much more greedy than ordinary people, this kind of hypocrite who has one thing in front of him and one thing behind his back is the most hateful.

Of course, he won't easily believe the words of these businessmen, after all, the Jiangdi bidding conference has not yet been officially held, these are just rumors, as a high-ranking official of the imperial court, he can't easily draw any conclusions before the matter is born, this will only become more and more chaotic, so he relaxed his expression and said: "This matter will be concerned, and you must be given justice, it's not too early, please go back." As he spoke, he picked up the tea bowl.

The guards shouted, "Send off!" Although the merchants did not receive a positive reply from Liu Ziguang, they had already achieved the purpose of their trip, and they respectfully withdrew from the Xingyin Pavilion, leaving Liu Ziguang alone to sit in the shadows thoughtfully.

After a while, Liu Ziguang called the local person in charge of Nanchang, Nanchang was originally just an intelligence agency affiliated to the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and now it has been upgraded to a national-level counter-espionage investigation agency, after the restructuring, the title of the official is close to the military, no longer called the head of the big stall and the second block, but a regular official position such as a general, a deputy general, a thousand households, and a hundred households, and the local person in charge of Huguang is the young man who originally Zhong Shouyong and Da Wenxi came to Wuchang joint, and now he has been promoted to a thousand households, he is a native of Wuhan, His subordinates have also recruited a group of little brothers, and they are currently placed in various official offices in the three towns to hold certain official positions, and they are very handy in finding out information.

Liu Ziguang briefly said the matter of the bidding for the river embankment, and the thousand households said: "I have a little understanding of this matter, when the marshal led the army to crusade against King Ning, the imperial court sent down many officials, the strongest of which was Gao Yifei, the deputy capital of the Imperial Palace, this person was originally the deputy capital of the Imperial History of the Imperial Inspectorate, and he was very well connected, if Governor He was promoted, he was likely to take over the post of governor, when this person took office, his brother-in-law Ma Yun also brought, this Ma Yun is also a character, a young family fortune, and they are all earned by themselves, not ancestral property, Presumably, he came to Wuhan this time to get a vote, and it was impossible for him to let go of such a big oil and water deal as a tender for the river embankment with his shrewdness. ”

Liu Ziguang said: "It turned out to be Ma Yun, the first profiteer in the Ming Dynasty, this guy is indeed a character." ”