Chapter 698: Attitude
Wu Shigong's meaning is very clear, that is, he wants to give Ruan Dacheng 10,000 acres of land. Of course, if Ruan Dacheng wants to buy bonds, he can also go to the stock exchange to buy them, and Wu Shigong will not object.
Wu Shigong's subtext is very clear: Our Ru Ning Army needs you Ruan Dacheng to take refuge and fancy your reputation, so we want to recruit you. The means of solicitation are also very simple, that is, to use heavy money to smash, not only to buy horse bones, but tens of thousands of gold, tens of thousands of gold, that is, Ruan Dacheng must be taken down. Of course, Ruan Dacheng can also refuse, but once he refuses, he and Ru Ningjun will have little future.
It has developed to the present, and it is impossible for the Runing army to maintain obscurity, otherwise it will be self-defeating, because it cannot explain why it defeated the Qing army that entered the customs. Since this is the case, the Runing Army is going to become famous, and use its own reputation to attract talents and money from all over the world, and the most common way is undoubtedly to have famous people to vote.
And Ruan Dacheng, no matter how bad his reputation in Shilin is, he is definitely well-known all over the world, and his connections are also very wide. For Wu Shigong, in fact, these are enough, he doesn't care about Ruan Dacheng's reputation at all.
And Wu Shigong also has his own pride. He will not do anything like what is described in the romance book, in order to get celebrities, do anything to look at the thatched house, or lower his stature. If this is the case for the celebrities, how should they arrange their positions in the Runing Army? If you put it too high, how can you appease the old man who has been following Wu Shigong?
Besides, Wu Shigong has been cultivating his own civil service system for seven or eight years, and with a certain number of personnel reserves, he has also formed a relatively mature civil service system. It's good to have more celebrities, but it doesn't affect anything if there are no celebrities, so why should Wu Shigong accommodate Ruan Dacheng?
So in today's conversation. Although Wu Shigong's words were polite, the content was very realistic, and what he said was: I will give you Ruan Dacheng's benefits, and you Ruan Dacheng will sell the right to use your reputation to Ru Ningjun. As for whether Ruan Dacheng is willing to stay in Runing to assist Wu Shigong, and whether he is willing to do things for Runing's army, then follow his wishes. Of course, it cannot be ruled out that after the assistant is happy, Wu Shigong will introduce Ruan Dacheng into the inner circle of the Runing Army.
Ruan Dacheng certainly understood the meaning of Wu Shigong's words. To be honest, he was a little disappointed. Before Ruan Dacheng met Wu Shigong, he still thought highly of himself. thinks that as soon as his identity is revealed, Wu Shigong will bend his waist in every possible way and be respectful. Unexpectedly, Wu Shigong turned this meeting into a naked exchange of interests, which made Ruan Dacheng's heart a little uncomfortable.
Although Wu Shigong gave Ruan Dacheng a lot of benefits, the Ruan family is also a wealthy family in the south of the Yangtze River, and there is no shortage of money. The only thing that attracts Ruan Dacheng is to be an official and a big official. So such a result did not achieve Ruan Dacheng's psychological goal. Thankfully. Ruan Dacheng is not a backbone and principled person, and he will not leave because of Wu Shigong's attitude. So when they arrived in Zuihou, the talks between the two ended in a friendly and harmonious atmosphere.
As soon as Ruan Dacheng left, Deng Qifan, who had been staying in the back and listening to the conversation, came to the living room, and he smiled and joked to Wu Shigong: "Chang Jing! You are a little disrespectful to Mr. Yuanhai like this, and you have not done it as a corporal. ”
Wu Shigong waved his hand indifferently. said with a smile: "The current Runing Army is not a place where you can come and leave when you want, and it should have our confidence." There are many people in the world who beg for our Runing Army, and our Runing Army does not ask for them, even Jiangnan Shizi is no exception. Mr. Enkai can figure it out best. Can't figure it out? And others! ”
Hearing this, Deng Qifan immediately hahadaxiao. Seeing that the Runing Army has grown from small to large, from weak to strong, and now has become a force that cannot be ignored in the world, Deng Qifan, as the highest civilian official of the Runing Army, feels a great sense of satisfaction and achievement.
"Then Fujian Zheng guerrilla is still hanging there?" After laughing, Deng Qifan then asked.
"Their Zheng family is the king and hegemon at sea, and it has always been smooth sailing, but they are simply dizzy, and they dare to use their means on our Runing army. If we don't react this time, they're going to be upside down. Wu Shigong said.
This time, he learned that the Runing Army had won a great victory, which also made Zheng Zhilong feel greatly shocked. Although the Zheng family's fleet is already outstanding in the seas of East Asia, Zheng Zhilong, as the leader, has no ambitions. He just wants to make money all the time, make more money, spend his life rich and rich, and be satisfied with being a soil emperor on the coast of Fujian.
So Zheng Zhilong's vision was destined for his behavior. It stands to reason that Zheng Zhilong is at sea, and Wu Shigong's Henan, and the two of them can't threaten each other at the moment. And Wu Shigong still needs Zheng Zhilong's support at sea and in Taiwan, but Zheng Zhilong has nowhere to use Wu Shigong. Therefore, the cooperation between these two should be more confident for Zheng Zhilong.
But now Zheng Zhilong doesn't want to go overseas to become the king of independence, and he is unwilling to leave his hometown and leave Fujian, and what is even more "unlucky" is that Zheng Zhilong is still very discerning, he saw the chaos at the end of the Ming Dynasty, and judged that it may be the era of changing the dynasty. This made Zheng Zhilong think about betting on the world and relying on one side.
So Zheng Zhilong accepted Xiong Wencan's recruitment, became a military attache of the Ming Dynasty, and maintained a good relationship with Wu Shigong, a powerful figure in the Ming Dynasty. But in the same way, Zheng Zhilong also did business with the Manchus outside the Guan, and maintained a good relationship. If it weren't for the long distance, maybe Zheng Zhilong would have established contact with Li Zicheng, the leader of the peasant army.
Originally, because Wu Shigong took the initiative to fight against the Qing army this time, Zheng Zhilong thought that the future of the Runing army was not good, so he was ready to give up Wu Shigong. didn't expect the Runing Army to win a big victory, which made Zheng Zhilong surprised to find that there was a Shili who could seize the world all the time by his side! And he also made a move to give up this shili. This made Zheng Zhilong immediately calm down.
So Zheng Jiao, the director of the Zheng family in Nanjing, immediately prepared a generous gift and went straight to Runing, wanting to eliminate the "misunderstanding" with Wu Shigong and strengthen the relationship between the two families again.
But how could Wu Shigong gently let go of the Zheng family? They all dug into the foot of the wall and dug into themselves. If it weren't for the fact that they were too far apart, or if there was still a place to get the Zheng family, maybe Wu Shigong would have already started a war with the Zheng family.
"Long respect! More than enough is too much! Deng Qifan reminded.
Wu Shigong immediately nodded to Deng Qifan and said, "I know this!" I know that! This matter of Denglai Pier still needs to use the Zheng family. The goal of our Runing Army is also to first the north and then the south, and the land and then the sea, so I will not be rash, and I will hold back this breath and befriend the Zheng family first. But let them hang them for a few days, let them know the attitude of our Runing Army, and prevent the Zheng family from doing foolish things again. (To be continued......)