"President Wang, your birthday banquet is really lively! The year before last, my father's birthday was just a few tables! ......" Cao Yin's son is called Cao Fu by himself, wearing a Lingluo robe, holding a white paper fan, with a fair face and beautiful eyebrows. As soon as I entered the hall, I looked around, and then, as soon as I lifted my legs, I walked in with the wind all the way.

"Don't dare, don't dare, how can Wang be compared with Master Cao!" Wang Weihe and Tang Jimei followed behind him with everyone and hugged him tightly.

"Haha, that's the way it is. But President Wang, although our Cao family's status is more valuable, in this regard, you businessmen are relatively rich! Do you say? Cao Fu stopped, turned around and knocked Wang Weihe's shoulder casually with a folding fan, and laughed. It doesn't matter if the people in the hall are looking at him.

"Don't dare, Wang is just a businessman, can't be on the table, can't be on the table! ......" Wang Wei smiled sneeringly.

"President Wang, don't fool me! Who doesn't know that you Hui businessmen are as famous as those old men in Shanxi, and they are all very rich? President Tang, although they are also well-known in Jiangnan, they are more than one cut shorter than your Huizhou Chamber of Commerce. President Tong, don't you say? Cao Fu said to Tang Jimei.

"Yes, yes, what Cao Gongzi said is! Yangzhou Chamber of Commerce is indeed far inferior to the Huizhou Chamber of Commerce. In fact, many of the people in our Yangzhou Chamber of Commerce are from Huizhou businessmen, which is well known! Tang Jimei looked at Wang Weihe's face, smiled at Cao Fu, and nodded frequently.

"That's it! President Wang and President Tang admit that they are not as good as you! You must know that these Yangzhou businessmen are all rich people, and they usually cost hundreds of taels of silver for a home-cooked meal. I heard that in order to make a concubine happy, President Tang spent more than 100,000 taels to push his family's garden to the style of Suzhou Lion Garden, I wonder if President Tang has such a thing? Cao Fu slapped his palm with a folding fan and asked Tang Jimei.

"Cao Gongzi said that he laughed, he laughed......" Tang Jimei could only laugh with him.

"Alas, look at my memory! Today is President Wang's birthday! Cao Fu made a look of suddenly remembering this incident, patted his head and stopped, stretched out his hand from the seat next to him, a table that was only one seat away from Ma De's first time, snatched a wine glass, raised it in front of Wang Weihe, and then, drank it dry, and said: "President Wang, Cao wishes you a long life!" ”

"Don't dare, don't dare, Cao Gongzi is polite!" Cao Fu was like this, and Wang Weihe was also busy taking the wine sent by his subordinates and toasting it.

"Alas, seeing that President Wang's mansion is full of joy, Cao himself is a little sentimental!" After drinking, Cao Fu closed his eyes and brewed for a while, and suddenly changed his expression again.

"I don't know what's so difficult about Gongzi Cao?" Tang Jimei asked.

"Alas, Cao was originally ordered by his father to go to Jiangxi to buy some things. Passing by Anhui by boat, who knows, but I met an old friend. This old friend was anxious to wait for the money, so Cao lent him all the money on his body, leaving him penniless! Now that the time to return home is approaching, but the things have not yet been purchased, my father has always been strict, and if he knew that I had not done a good job, he would have to be punished. Cao Fu glanced around, pretended to be helpless, and sighed long after speaking. …… It's just that his voice is not very loud.

"Cao Gongzi, you're not right. Since you have encountered a problem, you should have said it earlier! Cao Gongzi, you appreciate your face to my Wang's dwelling, that is Wang's distinguished guest! How can I, Wang Weihe, look at the difficulties of the guests and not stretch out my hand? Do you think so? Wang Weihe said to everyone, as he spoke, he seemed to inadvertently glance at Ma De out of the corner of his eye.

"Yes, yes......," agreed the people who followed him.

"President Wang, would you like to help? Alas, I have long heard that President Wang is a generous and heroic person, and when I saw it today, it was indeed not a lie! Cao is really grateful! Cao Fu couldn't stop bowing his hand towards Wang Wei.

"This ...... I don't know how much silver you need for emergency relief? Wang Weihe asked in a low voice.

"Don't hide it from President Wang, Cao needs to buy a lot of things this time, and my father gave me a silver ticket of 20,000 taels!" Cao Fu stretched out two fingers and shook in front of Wang Wei and a few others.

"Twenty thousand taels?" You're such a lion's mouth! Wang Weihe only felt that his birthday today was simply unlucky. Ma De was still sitting at the chief and watching, and there was another son of Cao Yin here who made it clear that he was making money, and it was 20,000 taels! …… But what can he do?

"This, Tang still has three thousand ......taels on him," Tang Jimei may feel that it may not be embarrassing to let Wang Weihe pay for it, so she pulled it and took out three leading tickets.

"Alas, I'm really embarrassed, let President Tang break the bank!" As soon as he saw the silver ticket, Cao Fu was not polite, he grabbed it, and then gave Tang Jimei a kind word with a smile, and then looked around.

"Well, Li still has a thousand taels on him......" Several wealthy guests who followed Wang Wei and Yingren also began to dig into their pockets, this one thousand taels, that two thousand taels, plus the three thousand taels given by Tang Jimei, and after a while, Cao Fu already had more than 10,000 taels of silver tickets in his hand.

"Hehe, Cao Gongzi is in trouble, and he can think of Wang Mou to give me Wang face. Wang's family doesn't have a lot of money, but there are still 20,000 taels, "Although others have collected more than 10,000 taels for Cao Fu, Wang Weihe's 20,000 taels of silver still can't be less." In that case, if you can't live with these guests who pay for your face, it will also leave a bad impression on Cao Fu! Therefore, he immediately sent someone to get 20,000 taels of silver tickets and handed them to Cao Fu.

"President Wang, and all of you, everyone is really anxious for justice and righteousness, it is simply the timely rain of my Cao someone! Thank you, thank you so much! Touching the more than 30,000 taels of silver tickets in his hand, Cao Fu immediately put the money into his clothes, and then hugged his fists at Wang Wei, Tang Jimei and others, and raised his feet...... Go out!

"President Wang, Cao is still in a hurry to go to Jiangxi to do goods, I really can't give you a good birthday celebration! This, I can only toast you with another cup, and I wish you a long life than Nanshan! Perhaps because he felt embarrassed to leave like this, Cao Fu took a glass of wine from the table next to him again, and drank it by himself, he didn't wait for Wang Weihe to return a glass, and walked out without looking back. And as soon as he left the hall, two men in silk clothes who looked like boys approached him and walked out with him.

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"I've seen shameless, I've never seen such shameless; I've seen a robbery, but I've never seen someone say thank you so clearly after robbing! Ma De kept looking at Cao Fu, thinking that he could talk to this figure who was most likely Cao Xueqin's father. However, he didn't expect that from beginning to end, Cao Fu didn't even sit down, so he ran away with the money! Moreover, it is so "natural".

"Admire, admire! This is the highest level of money grabbing! Mader muttered to himself.

"What did you say, sir?" Liu Yingxia was an official, and he wanted to follow Wang Weihe outside to greet "Cao Gongzi" like those businessmen, but Ma De sat in the same seat as him, which made him dare not act rashly. After all, you can't let the governor sit alone in his seat, how lonely would it be? As a subordinate, you must have the consciousness of being a subordinate. Therefore, he also sat there without moving, and he heard Mader's muffled self-talk.

"Nothing! Does this Cao Gongzi often come to Anhui? "It's not a good thing to come often! Ma De secretly prayed that the Cao Yin family had not yet reached the time of defeat, and the Cao family was one of Kangxi's cronies, and it was by no means something that could be provoked casually.

"Lord Hui, it is the first time that Xia Guan has seen this Cao Gongzi! I have never heard of this father-in-law coming to our Anhui before! Liu Yingxia replied.

"That's good! We can't stand his kind of method! A few more times, half a year's food for the people of Anhui will be gone! Mader said.

"Hehe, my lord said he was joking!" Liu Yingxia laughed twice, what could he say?

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"Wang is rude, treat adults slowly!" After Wang Weihe and others sent Cao Fu away, they immediately returned to the hall, and as soon as they sat down, Wang Weihe apologized to Ma De. Although the people in the hall paid attention to the incident just now, it was only for a while. Those who can enter the hall of the president of the Hui Chamber of Commerce are almost all large businessmen, so naturally they will not make a fuss about this kind of thing! …… The official family blackmailed the money of the businessman, which one of you here has not encountered it?

"You're welcome, President Wang! This one...... The official still has some things, so he won't bother President Wang's birthday! Go first and say goodbye! Ma De smiled and replied, and then stood up.

"My lord, the birthday feast hasn't started yet, what are you ...... If there is any rudeness, please forgive me! Wang will definitely change! Wang Weihe stopped Ma De with his hand, and then saw a butler-like person come over with a tray covered with a red cloth and put it on the table. Wang Weihe stretched out his hand to uncover the red cloth, but it was some jewelry and silver tickets.

"Lord Governor, be careful, please smile!"

"A little care? President Wang, your heart is not small! Ma De roughly estimated with his own level, and the things on the tray in front of him were worth about thirty or fifty thousand taels, which was definitely more than the one Cao Fu had just gone. It seems that the president of the Hui Chamber of Commerce is really not ordinary rich.

"Don't dare, don't dare, I just want you to be satisfied!" Wang Weihe whispered.

"Hehe......" Ma De put the red cloth back on, and smiled at Wang Weihe: "President Wang, I, Ma De, am not the kind of person you think. I know you're in a bad mood right now, so I won't bother you about your birthday anymore. Actually, I came here today to meet with you, President Wang, and get acquainted with your face. …… Three days later, I also asked President Wang to bring a few friends who could speak to Ma's residence together, and the official wanted to discuss some things with everyone, and then the official would also invite Lord Lu Longqi Lu and Lord Shi Shilun, and please President Wang must appreciate his face! ”

"Don't dare, don't dare, Wang must be on time!" Wang Weihe replied.

"That's good! Ladies and gentlemen, Ma said goodbye first! Mader nodded, clasped his fists at the other people at the table, and walked out as well.

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"Brother Wang, your governor of Anhui is quite special!" After Ma De left, it took a while for Tang Jimei to reopen the topic.

"Yes! It seems to be an official ...... who doesn't collect money" Wang Weihe shook his head with a wry smile, his face was not very good.

"An official who doesn't take money? Then you have to be careful, Brother Wang, this is the most powerful person! A few years ago, when Yu Jackie Chan was the governor of Jiangsu, we rich people paid more than when we paid it! Tang Jimei remembered that she was "looted" by Yu Jackie Chan again. Qing officials ask for money, especially from them, which seems to be a matter of course in the eyes of many people. But what about them? But it was both a ruin and a loss of face, otherwise, they would not have been in a hurry to pay for Suo Etu to come forward and want to move Yu Chenglong away.

"Aren't all officials the same? Just think of us businessmen as moneymakers. Find it when you don't have money, kick it out when you don't have it, and you have to get some money for yourself, ala......s," sighed a businessman.

"Fishing for 'points'? If only it were a little. …… In three years, the Qing Governor's Mansion also paid 100,000 snowflakes of silver! Cao Gongzi is tired, and he earned more than 30,000 taels after a trip, and our status as a governor is not bad, and it is even more valuable to say. Now that I'm here to give gifts and say good things, will it just make a little money? Another merchant shouted.

"Yes, that's right. There are two official words, one for money and one for power! Coming and going, aren't it us businessmen who are unlucky? Brother Wang, do you say? Another businessman asked Wang Weihe.

"You say, that Cao Gongzi took the money and left in such a hurry, did he go to do it?" didn't answer, but Wang Weihe suddenly asked everyone such a question.

"What else can you do? I came on a boat and met this Cao Gongzi on the way. People came all the way here by the painting boat of Xin Yaoqin, an Oiran on the Qinhuai River. You say, "If he asks for money, can he still do it?" Tang Jimei said disdainfully.