Ma Youlu is going to be unlucky, and he doesn't know it.

He has a lot of experience dealing with officials. Regardless of how big the official's shelf is on the surface, he is full of honesty and integrity, and he is also official.

As long as you get on the flower boat, play with the boat lady, and collect the silver. It will be used by him immediately.

Ma Youlu arched his hand: "How dare students call Chang Qianhu brothers." All the expenses of today's flower boat are mine. ”

Chang Feng made a gesture of "please": "We Jinyi guards are all martial artists, and there are no twists and turns of literati." We're straightforward. ”

"Everyone eats the same table and drinks the same pot of wine today, they are brothers."

"When it's late at night, I went to the upper cabin to play with those boat girls, in addition to being brothers, I can also be brothers-in-law!"

The four of them looked at each other and laughed: "Hahaha! ”

Three rounds of drinking. Chang Feng said: "Actually, I admire a wealthy businessman like the head of the Jockey Club, you are a capable person." ”

Ma Youlu added wine to Chang Feng and said: "Shinong industry and commerce, business is the last. Your words make me feel ashamed. ”

Chang Feng said: "This is wrong. The bulk of the tax in the southeast is not relied on by you merchants? ”

"Without you, the tea produced by tea farmers and the cloth woven by silk workers would not be sold, and they would not be able to become white silver and yellow copper coins. Where is the tax levied at the imperial court? ”

Ma Youlu burst into tears: "The upper cha said so." Make the students want to cry. ”

"Since the Hongwu years, the government has regarded merchants as stuffy gourd jars for saving money. As long as the government uses money, it will use a sledgehammer to smash the stuffy gourd jar to get silver. ”

"The fate of Shen Wansan, the richest man in the early Ming Dynasty. As you may know, too. ”

"It's rare to have a Beijing official with such a noble status as you say a few fair words for us businessmen."

Chang Feng smiled: "Brothers eat and drink together, you can't cry." Gotta laugh! Jockey Club Leader, I have a reluctant request. ”

Ma Youlu said: "Whether to let students go to Daoshan or go to the oil pot, just need to say a word." ”

Chang Feng waved his hand: "What do I want to do with the oil pot on the knife mountain?" That's right. Our Beijing officials are no bigger than the local officials. ”

"To tell you the truth, you see that I have five people and six people in Hangzhou. In the capital, my family is very poor. My father-in-law's pants are exposed! ”

Ma Youlu said: "The messenger laughed." Ling Taishan is Taichang Siqing, the third member of the imperial court. How can you wear pants with your cheeks exposed?"

Ma Youlu said that he leaked his mouth.

Chang Feng was secretly shocked in his heart: It seems that this Ma Youlu has already checked my bottom clearly.

On the surface, Chang Feng was still smiling: "Haha, Brother Ma, my brother is very poor anyway." Don't dare to be corrupt and accept bribes, I'm sorry for the emperor. ”

"I wonder if Brother Ma can take me to do business."

Ma Youlu immediately patted his chest: "No problem." You take these two thousand taels of silver as the share capital and put them into small shares. Every year, I guarantee you more than 600 taels of profit. ”

Chang Feng said: "You mean, I will return these two thousand taels to you?" ”

Ma Youlu shook his head slightly: "No!" You take two thousand taels into shares. I will give you fifty percent of the profit for seven years. It's almost two thousand taels. You can take this box of silver back to Beijing. ”

"In addition, every year, I will send someone to Beijing to give you the remaining fifty percent of the three hundred taels of profits."

Chang Feng was shocked: No wonder the Beijing officials like to shelter the gentry of Jiangsu and Zhejiang.

According to what Ma Youlu said, I don't have a penny spent. took 2,000 taels of silver, and in the future, he will receive 300 taels of "business profit" every year.

Is there a more lucrative business in the world?

Chang Feng didn't know that from ancient times to the present, businessmen have used this set to win over officials.

If you want to give money, you can always find the reason. And it looks reasonable and legal from the beginning.

Chang Feng smiled: "How embarrassing is this." It means that I don't pay for it, and I get a share of the profit for nothing. ”

Ma Youlu showed his knife at this time: "If our business is in trouble." When I said hello to the local yamen in Beijing, I couldn't get enough of it. ”

Chang Feng asked: "Horse Club Leader, what kind of business are we doing?" So profitable. ”

Ma Youlu is as secretive as he is: "Poor, as the saying goes, cats have cat paths, dogs have dog roads, chickens don't pee, each has its own way." ”

"What is the student's Tao, don't ask. Just wait to get a share of the profits. ”

Chang Feng was afraid to ask in a hurry, which aroused Ma Youlu's suspicions. Then he said: "Well, then I will wait for Brother Ma to take me to make a fortune in the future!" ”

Everyone had a drink. After drinking, I went to the upper cabin of the ship.

There are a total of five boat wives on this boat. Chang Feng, Liu Baihu, and Ma Youlu each have one, and Xu Fatzi has two people.

Although the upper cabins have their own separate rooms. But their shoes are on a shelf. can also be regarded as a boot brother.

In the early morning of the next day, Liu Baihu and Ma Youlu were about to say goodbye.

Chang Feng said: "If you have something to do, go and get busy." The two of us finished our errands and had nothing to do. Stay on the flower boat for a few more days. ”

"The West Lake boat lady is really a wonderful thing in the world. We'll have a few more days. ”

When Chang Feng said this, his face turned palpitant.

Liu Baihu and Ma Youlu had an expression of "everyone is a man, I understand".

Ma Youlu said: "Even if you stay on the flower boat for half a year, the cost will be all mine." ”

Fat Xu was tired last night. I slept until noon and didn't get up.

After getting up, he found Chang Feng.

Xu Fatzi said: "I said Chang Ye." At the beginning of Yongning City, Zhao Sanhu confessed that Ma Youlu was also one of the traitors. ”

"You accepted his money, aren't you afraid that something will happen in the future? Are you going to go on the thief ship of the Messengers? ”

Chang Feng said: "Fatty, you come with me." ”

The two of them came to the deck of the flower boat.

Chang Feng said: "When we first got on the boat last night, there were at least six people on the shore staring at us. ”

Xu Fatzi's face changed: "Who is so bold that he dares to stare at Jinyiwei?" This is really a big knife in front of Guan Gong! ”

Chang Feng said: "It doesn't matter who stares at it. The important thing is that we received Ma Youlu's silver last night and made a brother-in-law with him. Today, all the people who are watching on the shore have withdrawn! ”

Xu Fatzi patted his brain: "Ah! I see! Chang Ye, your plan is called 'false and wrong'. ”

Chang Feng nodded: "Yes!" Let me tell you. There must be a lot of people in Hangzhou staring at us. I'll have to let them down before I carry out my plan to punish the traitors!" ”

Xu Fatzi was a little anxious: "What is the plan, tell me quickly." ”

Chang Feng smiled slightly: "Mountain people have their own tricks. Don't ask. ”

Let's say that Ma Youlu got out of the boat and returned to the Chamber of Commerce.

Dozens of gentry and wealthy businessmen were already waiting there.

Ma Youlu sat down on the top and took a sip of tea.

A gentry asked, "How's it going?" ”

Ma Youlu smiled: "I originally thought he was a Bao Qingtian." Unexpectedly, it is no different from ordinary officials. ”

"Having said that, Hangzhou is a gentle township and a hero's mound. Even if the man with steel and iron bones comes, our West Lake spring water will soak him softly! ”

"Heh, what about the celebrities around the emperor? Reds are people, too. If you are a human being, you can't escape the words greed for money and lust. ”

"He took my two thousand taels of silver, and said nothing. He also agreed that I would give him three hundred taels of profit every year. ”

"Let's have another backer in Beijing in the future!"

(End of chapter)