Chapter 230: Secrets in Beijing
Yi Gao had long seen Huang Zhang's ambitions.
As the only port near the river in the whole Sunan, Linjiang City has convenient transportation, plus the two roads that are being opened up recently, in the near future, the road will be opened to Wucheng and Danyang County, and the traffic will be faster!
When the time comes, the entire Linjiang City will become an important hub for Sunan to communicate with the outside world, thus replacing the status of Wucheng and Violent Tiger Xiongguan!
It is precisely because of this that Yi Gao will not be stupid enough to go against the eldest prince.
To get along with this little-known prince, you have to ease up, and you can't stalemate, otherwise you must be the one who suffers in the end.
I got a merchant alliance before, that is, Yi Gao wanted to control the red light district through the merchant alliance, but he didn't expect to be discovered by the eldest prince, through Liu Han's knocking on the mountain and shaking the tiger, he understood the means of the great prince!
It is true that businessmen pursue profits, but it also depends on whether it is a small profit or a big profit, the share of the red light district is just a small profit, and the relationship with the big prince is a big profit.
It's ridiculous that the Fuji Chamber of Commerce is stupid, and wants to pull him against the eldest prince, it's really stupid as a dog!
"You go to His Royal Highness the Great Prince, and say that the road from Linjiang City to Wucheng was built for the benefit of the major chambers of commerce, and my world chamber of commerce is willing to set an example and donate 500,000 taels of silver as a reward!"
"Half a million?" The housekeeper was stunned for a moment, "Could it be too much?" This is almost catching up with Sunan's share for half a year. ”
"It's really because of this, that's why the 500,000 has to be spent!" Yi Gao said.
500,000 is not worth mentioning for the entire World Chamber of Commerce, the World Chamber of Commerce alone has an annual net profit of 70 or 80 million, which is a real rich country, but in Sunan, 500,000 is indeed too much, but because of this, it is very precious to the big prince in front of him.
"If we get the fourth green space at the lowest price at the auction, do you think His Royal Highness the Great Prince will know the problem inside? If you don't please His Royal Highness the Great Prince in advance, you will be sad later! Yi Gao explained.
To put it bluntly, the 500,000 yuan is a vote, so that the eldest prince understands that although he got the news from him that he shouldn't have got, he is in the same group with him and is on his side.
"Understood!" The butler nodded, and began to make arrangements.
And at this moment, on the side of the city lord's mansion, after hearing the latest decree of the government, many chambers of commerce began to gear up and want to do something big, before due to the obstruction of the five chambers of commerce, they did not have the opportunity to get involved in the red light district, but as soon as the new decree came out, everyone could see that this was specifically for the five major chambers of commerce, if they did not go up to grab the quota at this time, they were really not worthy of being businessmen.
These businessmen are not grabbing the green space that is about to be auctioned, they have never thought of it, in their opinion, this is specially prepared for the five major chambers of commerce, they just want to win a place in the red light district.
After all, after the end of the second joint meeting, Linjiang City issued a ban on the construction of entertainment venues in areas other than the red light district, and all entertainment venues were built in the red light district.
Some chambers of commerce have the strength to take the land they have acquired from the five major merchants.
Some chambers of commerce do not have the strength, so they can only focus on the land that has not yet been sold, but those lands are not easy to be approved.
In Huang Zhang's planning, the land in the red light district could not be opened all at once, otherwise it would be detrimental to the later chamber of commerce.
But there are exceptions, such as the Sea Blue Pavilion opened by Fan Li and Butterfly, which was specially approved by Huang Zhang.
Many people focused on the matter of this Sea Blue Pavilion and began to keep inquiring about the news from the City Lord's Mansion.
I gave a lot of gifts before and after, and it was still the same, Huang Zhang received all the orders, but the news to the outside world was not leaked at all.
"Your Highness, I want to see you!" The guard said.
As soon as he heard that it was a know-it-all request, Huang Zhang nodded and said, "Let him in!" ”
I saw that the Know-it-all was followed by a few people carrying boxes.
As soon as he saw Huang Zhang, the know-it-all immediately saluted him.
"Your Highness, this is a small gift from me to Your Highness, not a tribute."
As he spoke, several of his subordinates immediately brought the box in.
Seeing that the know-it-all gave him a gift, Huang Zhang smiled.
"You're going to do this too?"
"Your Highness can open it and take a look!" Know-it-all said.
Huang Zhang motioned for the guards to open the box, and when the box was opened, several delicate vases were placed inside.
This vase Huang Zhang knew, it was the vases that Xiang Gao stole on the Xiang family Chamber of Commerce boat they were on when they came from Qianjiang Wharf.
"Do you remember these things, Your Highness?" Know-it-all asked.
Huang Zhang picked up the vase and looked at it, he didn't care about it at the time, but now it looks like this thing is really good, the pattern is good-looking, and it is not ordinary at first glance, it is worth a lot of money, no wonder Xiang Gao wanted to steal it at the beginning, this thing was sold, and it can be sold for a lot of money!
"Why is this vase in your hand?" Huang Zhang asked curiously.
"Hey, hey!" Know-it-all listened to it and smiled awkwardly.
"Your Highness, this is actually not mine, it was entrusted to you by the Xiang Family Chamber of Commerce!"
When Huang Zhang heard this, he immediately put down the vase and wondered: "Oh? When did you get involved with the Xiang Family Chamber of Commerce? ”
Seeing Huang Zhang's inquiry, the know-it-all said embarrassedly: "This has to be thanks to the blessing of His Royal Highness, after we separated, I was penniless at that time, and I didn't dare to come back with the money you gave to Lao Lintou, plus it was His Highness's port, and I didn't dare to cheat, this came and went, I found the Xiang Family Chamber of Commerce and exposed your identity." ”
As soon as the know-it-all said this, Huang Zhang understood.
"Later, when you asked me to do something, I also relied on the help of the Xiang Family Chamber of Commerce, and I successfully completed the task you assigned."
"So you're here to be a lobbyist for the Xiang Family Chamber of Commerce?"
When he heard this, he immediately waved his hand and said: "No, no, Your Highness, don't think too much, although I have today thanks to the help of the Xiang Family Chamber of Commerce, but I also know that His Royal Highness hates to do things for others the most, I came here this time, I made a special trip to give this vase to His Highness, and the people of the Xiang Family Chamber of Commerce are not qualified to touch His Highness's threshold at all, so they can only hand it over to me to do it for me." ”
Seeing the sincere look on the face of the Know-it-all, Huang Zhang smiled, he didn't know what the Know-it-all was thinking.
But that's fine, since you do things for yourself, you have to get benefits, otherwise it is unreasonable to just let the horses run and not give the horses grass.
Huang Zhang directly threw a letter stamped to Pepsi!
"Your Highness, what is this?"
"You are also my person, do things for me, you can't have nothing, what you are given is a land authorization letter in the red light district, and a piece of land has been allocated to you."
Hearing Huang Zhang's words, the letter in his hand began to tremble!
He never thought that Huang Zhang would directly give him a piece of land, although he was working under Huang Zhang, he hadn't done anything recently, and this reward was somewhat heavy in his hand.
"Why don't you dare to ask for it?" Huang Zhang asked curiously.
I saw that the know-it-all knocked his head to the ground, "Your Highness's great kindness, the know-it-all has nothing to repay, and I am willing to serve His Highness in this life!" ”
"Get up, I have never treated the people who do things for me, but you remember, the land on this power of attorney is yours, and if you sell it, the government will not recognize it."
The meaning of Huang Zhang's words is obvious, the land belongs to him, and the property on the land must also be his, as for whether there is money to build it, he will not care.
But this little thing is not a jack of all trades, he has land, no matter how stupid he is, he will not be stupid enough to sell the land!
"Thank you, Your Highness!"
As he spoke, the know-it-all was about to retreat, but halfway through the retreat, he suddenly stopped.
Seeing his action, Huang Zhang asked, "What?" Anything else? ”
The know-it-all said with some embarrassment: "I was so happy just now that I almost forgot about it!" ”
"Your Highness, do you remember Xiang Gao?"
Huang Zhang nodded, this kid was wronged for hurting himself, he couldn't forget it.
"Xiang Gao has already severed relations with the Xiang Family Chamber of Commerce!"
"What does it have to do with me if he cuts him off?" Huang Zhang was puzzled.
He is in a hurry every day, how can he be in the mood to understand the matter of this sand sculpture.
When he heard this, he immediately said: "It has a relationship, I heard an important news from this kid Xiang Gao, and it is related to His Highness!" ”
As soon as he heard that it was related to himself, Huang Zhang immediately became energetic.
"Tell me, what's the news!"
Know-it-all motioned to Huang Zhang to retreat left and right, and then quietly said to Huang Zhang:
"I heard Xiang Gao's kid say that the Xiang Family Chamber of Commerce escaped from the capital, and this Gao overheard from his father that a major event was happening in the capital, and His Royal Highness the Third Prince was going to rebel!"
As soon as he heard this, Huang Zhang immediately became agitated and immediately asked, "Is the news reliable?" ”
Know-it-all nodded, "I heard Xiang Gao say that the three princes are secretly preparing troops in the Gyeonggi region, and they have entrusted the delivery of materials to many chambers of commerce, and he is also involved in the chamber of commerce, and has transported a large amount of leather to His Royal Highness the Third Prince, and it just so happens that the Xiang family chamber of commerce knows a craftsman who can make leather armor, and the batch of leather they transported to the three princes was all made into leather armor, and according to the craftsman, after the leather armor was made, he died unexpectedly!" The Xiang family was scared, so they escaped! ”
This is heavy news, if this is the case, then the capital will have to set off a bloody storm.
"The third child wants to take the throne?"
If these three princes are really allowed to succeed, then presumably the next thing to do may be to eradicate him, the boss.
After all, he is not in the right position, and he has made a fortune in Sunan, if the news from his side is transmitted back to Kyoto, it will be difficult for him not to die!
"Who else knows about this?" Huang Zhang asked.
"In addition to Xiang Gao, his father is also the housekeeper of the Xiang Family Chamber of Commerce."
"What about Xiang Gaoren?"
"I was controlled, this kid was dissatisfied with his father looking down on him, and wanted to do something big, but he didn't expect it to be self-defeating, and the matter of stealing the vase was exposed by us, and the head of the Xiang family expelled him from the Xiang family in a fit of anger."
"That's protecting this kid!" Huang Zhang said.
According to the know-it-all, the head of the Xiang family must have a premonition of his family's fate, after all, it involves a dispute between the royal family, and under the pressure of the wheel of history, they are powerless to stop it, and expelling Xiang Gao, this kid, from the house, may be a kind of protection for him.
"No one can say this news, if it leaks out, you know the consequences."
Know-it-all nodded, "Please rest assured, Your Highness, I still know this, including Xiang Gao, this kid, I will also control it, and never let him talk nonsense, if His Highness is willing to ......"
As he spoke, the know-it-all made a motion to wipe his neck.
Huang Zhang waved his hand and said: "Don't use it for the time being, but you don't need to make a lot of noise, it's just a rebellion, and I'm not afraid of him." ”
Huang Zhang is not joking, if the third child really succeeds in rebellion, he really has no fear.
It's just a separation, and it's not that he can't do it!