Chapter Eighty-Nine: Arrival in the City of Nanjing
This pro-soldier has followed Zhu Gui for the longest time, plus Zhu Gui's precautions, so he can understand Zhu Gui's thoughts.
So he went to the county government with the county order and Huang Mingfa, and was responsible for handling the relevant matters of Huang Mingfa's county officials and the Chamber of Commerce.
Zhu Gui returned to the inn, and if nothing had happened, he might have been on his way to Nanjing by now.
But now he had something else to think about.
Although there are a few important things to do this time, he has not forgotten some 'small things', such as expanding the influence of the Datong Chamber of Commerce to the generation of Nanjing.
"Zhu Gui, are you going crazy if you want to make money? I've been molested, why aren't you angry at all? Xu Miaoqing poured herself a cup of tea and asked with some dissatisfaction.
"You've beaten that Young Master Huang like that, almost, right?" Zhu Gui said a little speechlessly.
"Hmph, who let him spoil my interest, I've seen almost everything here, when are we leaving? I really want to go back to Beijing to see my mother. ”
Xu Miaoqing said.
"If you're in a hurry, you can go back first, and this king will stay here for about a day." Zhu Gui thought for a moment and said.
"Aren't you going back with me? My dad has a lot to say to you, and if I go back alone, they will be unhappy. ”
Xu Miaoqing said.
"Then you can stay here with this king for another day."
Zhu Gui said with a smile.
"What can't be done in Nanjing? Or your chamber of commerce, Datong Mansion is thousands of miles away from Nanjing, and you can't decide anything in a day, right? ”
Xu Miaoqing said impatiently.
She wasn't interested in any of that.
Zhu Gui also saw it, so he said: "One day really can't decide anything, and this king has already handed over the things here to others to do, this day we will go around to relax, and when we return to Nanjing, we must not have such a leisurely time." ”
"yes, okay then." Xu Miaoqing thought about it, and this was indeed the truth, so she agreed.
And in order to compensate her, Zhu Gui even made a hot pot for her that day, which made Xu Miaoqing very surprised.
Early the next morning, Zhu Gui and Xu Miaoqing rode out of the city.
As Zhu Gui said, the two have been touring the mountains and rivers for a day, but they are also at ease.
In the city, the county magistrate had already arranged for Huang Mingfa to take the position of county lieutenant, and he couldn't quite understand the idea of this acting king, why he took a person who had a dislike with him for his own use.
However, Huang Mingfa was only grateful to Zhu Guike, and even his son Huang Youwei restrained his temperament and was sent to the school.
Huang Mingfa quickly used his money to finalize a chamber of commerce station, and began to make a big splash.
For a local wealthy family like him, the local network is very complicated, plus he is now a county lieutenant, and he has the backers of Nanjing and the king, so all the powerful people in the city are present.
And this is Zhu Gui's plan.
It was impossible for him to 'transform' all the gentry and wealthy families in the cities of Daming like Datong Mansion, so he thought of this method.
Use the relationship of interest bundling to bring the relationship of Datong Province to as many places as possible.
Among these places, Nanjing is obviously an important part.
Even if he didn't come to Nanjing to celebrate his birthday this time, he would find a way to open up relevant channels in Nanjing.
This time it can only be said that it is a coincidence.
When Zhu Gui and Xu Miaoqing returned to the hotel that night, Huang Mingfa was already waiting in the store.
He didn't disturb the two of them, just sent a bill and a few boxes of gifts, and then took his leave.
After Zhu Gui saw it, he nodded again and again.
"What are these?" Xu Miaoqing looked at the wooden boxes and asked.
It was a gift prepared by Huang Mingfa for the king to enter Beijing, and he knew that this time the king came to Beijing to celebrate his birthday. It's kind of a heart. ”
Zhu Gui said with a smile.
When Xu Miaoqing heard this, she immediately opened a few boxes, which were just some yellow and white things, plus calligraphy and paintings, although they were worth a lot of money, they were a little cheesy.
"These things are worth enough, but it's not very suitable for the crown prince or the emperor, right?"
Xu Miaoqing opened all the boxes in one go, and it was rare to have a night pearl the size of a baby's fist.
Zhu Gui also noticed this, and he handed the night pearl to Xu Miaoqing and said, "You are right, these are all sent to the Duke of Xu's mansion, and they can be regarded as the bride price made up by this king." ”
"What are you talking about, what a bride price?" Xu Miaoqing's face was slightly red, and she played with the Night Pearl.
"Also, my father-in-law may prefer to see us have a child." Zhu Gui said with a smile.
"Phew, shameless."
Xu Miaoqing took a sip and went out with a red face.
Zhu Gui opened the letterhead, on which Huang Mingfa introduced the address and personnel built by the local chamber of commerce, the network he had and some ideas.
From this point of view, even if Huang Mingfa is not a business talent, he is so attentive to a single bottle, this time it can be regarded as a big gain for Zhu Gui.
He immediately wrote down some guiding opinions, and then asked his soldiers to give them to Huang Mingfa.
At the same time, he also wrote a letter to the Datong Chamber of Commerce.
Presumably, by the time he returned, the caravan of the Chamber of Commerce of the Two Cities was almost on the way.
However, because of the road conditions and the problem of bandits along the way, they still need to be escorted, and this problem may not be solved in a short time.
Unless he wants to set up another dart game, this will not only take care of the safety of the Datong Chamber of Commerce, but also promote employment and generate more business.
It's just that Zhu Gui still feels that the dart game is an intermediate that is destined to be eliminated, so he doesn't have much interest.
As for whether efforts will be made in this regard, it will depend on the subsequent trade situation between the chambers of commerce of the two places.
Early the next morning, Zhu Gui and Xu Miaoqing set off to continue to Nanjing.
At noon, they had already arrived at the Zhengyang Gate of Nanjing City.
Near the city gate, there is an endless flow of people, but fortunately, Zhu Gui, as the vassal king, has a specific passage and does not need to queue.
As he passed by the city gate, he asked the guards which vassal kings had returned.
The answer I got was that only Yan Wang Zhu Di arrived yesterday.
Only then did Zhu Gui relax his heart.
Zhu Gui has a special mansion in Nanjing, and even after leaving, it is often cleaned.
So he didn't need to stay in a hotel anymore.
After settling down, he sent people to send letters to the emperor, Concubine Guo Hui, the crown prince and Xu Guogong respectively, and at the same time reported to Honglu Temple.
In this way, the news of his return to Nanjing soon spread.
And the first person to be moved by the news was naturally Concubine Guo Hui, who was thoughtful, and she sent someone to send a letter, asking Zhu Gui to go to the palace to meet the emperor the next day, and at the same time to meet her.