Be a master through ancient times

"I have seen the governor!"

A group of businessmen Hou was in the hall of Zhao's house. When they saw the old man in ordinary clothes coming in, they immediately bowed their hands and saluted.

Governor Lin was taken aback for a moment, then smiled and said: "It seems that Zhao Huishou is not the only one who made an appointment with me today, it's so lively here."

Zhao Kuan, who was at the side, smiled and said, "The shopkeepers also agreed to come over to see you when they heard that the governor is willing to condescend to visit the humble house. Please forgive me, my lord."

Governor Lin smiled: "Why are you being so polite? This is your house, you just agree. This old man is a guest. Can you tell other guests not to come?"

The others also smiled cooperatively, as if Governor Lin's words were so humorous.

After everyone was seated, Zhao Kuan ordered someone to serve tea.Governor Lin picked up the teacup, took a sip slowly, and then raised his eyes and said, "Huishou Zhao invited the old man to the door today, isn't it for drinking tea?"

"My lord is right," Zhao Kuan seemed a little embarrassed, "Actually, we all invited you here today, and we want to have a word with you."

"Oh?" Governor Lin showed doubts, "I don't know anything about business, so what's the use of you looking for me?"

Zhao Kuan didn't say any more, but gave Shopkeeper Wu a look. Shopkeeper Wu was a little apprehensive, but thinking that he couldn't sell the spices in his warehouse, he couldn't control other things immediately.

"Master Governor, everyone came to you because we had no choice. Since the sea ban was lifted, our business can no longer continue. Please allow me to continue to do business at sea."

After hearing this, Governor Lin immediately changed his face: "Bold, you are facing a national crisis, but you are only thinking of your own self-interest, I will not agree to you!" After saying that, he was about to get up and leave.

He issued the notice, so could he still slap himself in the face?These people are too disrespectful!

"Lord Lin, please wait!" Zhao Kuan said quickly, "Shopkeeper Wu has a quick temper, so don't be angry with him."

Shopkeeper Wu also quickly stood up and saluted, saying that he had just offended.

Governor Lin pushed twice more before returning to his seat.Because of his actions just now, the others did not dare to speak, for fear of offending him, and the atmosphere was a little dull for a while.

Zhao Kuan poured him a cup of tea with his own hands, and then said: "My lord, calm down, in fact, we are not only doing it for our own self-interest, we are also doing it for you."

"For me?" Governor Lin sneered, asking him to let go of the sea ban at this juncture, he dared to say it was for him.

"That's right," Zhao Kuan said firmly, "I don't know if your lord has thought about the impact of the sea ban being too long."

He asked, but before Governor Lin could come up with a reason, he said again: "If the sea ban lasts for a long time, it will have a serious impact on the tax revenue of the entire Southern Fujian. As we all know, our Southern Fujian is located in a remote place. Except for the sea, other There is nothing. Everyone depends on the sea for food, and the sea is banned together. The people have no means of living, so what can they use to pay taxes? Moreover, the reason why we in Southern Fujian were able to pay taxes in a timely manner in the past few years was due to the many merchants. We went out to do business in order to have money to pay taxes.”

"If there is a famine year, the imperial court will give tax exemptions. But where the war started, I have never heard of tax exemptions. If the war with the Japanese country continues, we will not be able to pay so many tax items. At that time, the imperial court If you blame it, then the Marshal Zhu will keep his military exploits, isn't it the responsibility of you alone, my lord?"

"In addition, the reason for the sea ban is to prevent spies, but our parents are all in southern Fujian, so how can we be spies? If you are not at ease, you can send someone to watch over our home while I wait to go to sea. , as long as our wives and children are in your hands, are you still afraid that we will collude with the Japanese..."

With Zhao Kuan's continuous persuasion, Governor Lin's face became more and more ugly, because he found that, perhaps just like what Zhao Kuan said, the blockade of the sea area would do more harm than good to him.Even if the Japanese are defeated at that time, the credit will be due to those in the navy, so what does it have to do with him?

Zhao Kuan found that his attitude was gradually loosening, and immediately hinted that other people would join him in the persuasion team.

In the end, when Governor Lin left, although he hadn't agreed yet, everyone knew that the matter must be settled.They looked at each other, they all burst into laughter, turned around and went back to start preparations for going to sea.

As soon as Governor Lin came home, his housekeeper came forward and reported that the Zhao family sent someone to deliver a box of tea just now, and that Governor Lin had to open it himself.

Governor Lin froze for a moment, then ordered the housekeeper to put the tea in his study.After a while, he walked into the study room and closed the door, opened the lid of the tea box, and a piece of fluffy paper was stacked under the tea bag, revealing the sample of money on his head - Huitong Banknote.

Governor Lin picked it up, and when he opened it and saw a cross, he stuffed it back into the tea box, as if he was holding a piece of hot potato.

He stared at the tea box for a long time, then sighed slightly, and put the box into the dark compartment of the desk.

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"What are you here for?! My lord has an order that no one is allowed to go out to sea without permission." On the pier, a group of men wearing shorts and carrying bags were stopped by a group of navy soldiers.

The men were a little scared, and their eyes couldn't help moving back, looking at a man dressed as a housekeeper.

"Several military lords, we belong to Mr. Zhao's family. My lord has a batch of goods to sell in a hurry, so he went to ask the governor for mercy and amnesty for him to go to sea for business. This is the governor's warrant, please have a look." The butler's attitude was very serious. Well, hold up the warrant and show it to them in front of them.

The leading soldier couldn't read a few words, but he still knew the governor's seal.He took the warrant, said in a rough voice to wait, and went to a little distance to ask a group of people who were patrolling.

Those people were talking and looking this way. After a while, the soldier just came back and handed back the warrant to him, saying, "Since it is the governor's warrant, you can go there."

The butler smiled, and while saying thank you to the military master, he took advantage of the opportunity of receiving the warrant and stuffed a hard object into the leader's hand.The soldier changed his face, and then gently told them to go over quickly, don't delay the matter.

After the group left, a soldier asked in a low voice, "Boss, should we report this to the police?"

Hearing the words, the leader glared at him: "Didn't you see that he has a souvenir from the governor? Why don't you report it? Continue patrolling!"

After being yelled at by him like this, the soldier immediately didn't dare to say anything more.

The same thing happened at other docks. With the governor's letter, they all successfully loaded the goods onto the ship, and they are waiting to set sail tomorrow.But among the people who let them pass, not everyone accepted bribes. Zhu Wei and Fan Ju finally found out about this matter.

"What's going on, Mr. Lin?!" Zhu Wei slapped the table fiercely, his eyes widened, as if he wanted to swallow Governor Lin alive.

Fan Ju frowned, this is what he didn't understand, he had posted a notice before, why did he change his mind after only two or three days?

"I want to ask him personally. I have said that these profiteers may have colluded with the Japanese. Could it be that he wants to let the tiger go back to the mountain by doing this?" Zhu Wei picked up the sword on the side, and went out to the camp to find Lin. The governor asked what happened.

Fan Ju hurriedly stopped him, but he couldn't let the two major powers in Southern Fujian Province have internal strife. When the time comes, the fight will be minor, and it is true that the Japanese will take advantage of it.

Fortunately, Zhu Wei was only temporarily dazzled by anger. After Fan Ju persuaded him a few words, he dropped his sword and sat there angrily.

"There must be a reason for this, why don't you send a letter to the Governor and ask him what's going on?" Fan Ju said, as long as there is a legitimate reason, Master Zhu's anger can be appeased.

Zhu Wei reluctantly accepted his suggestion, and when he wrote the letter, he was so strong that he wanted to puncture the paper.

After Fan Ju sent the envelope to the benefactor, he was finally not so angry, and asked Fan Ju if those Japanese recruited anything else.

Fan Ju shook his head first, and then nodded again: "There is something unusual about it. Mr. Meng still hasn't revealed his identity, but he has often revealed some information to the Japanese inadvertently these two days, and these Japanese people also said something about them. I have done bad things in the past. However, that big man still has no clue, only vaguely know that the chart was lost around November last year."

After a pause, Fan Ju said again: "The lower official has already informed Chu Tixue of this news, let's see if he can find out something. After all, the granddaughter adopted by the Juyeshan people seems to be with him now."

Zhu Wei looked over and found that the admiral really trusted that Chu Tixue, which made him a little curious about him.

"Let's talk about it, just don't disclose some urgent military information, these words should be fine with him."

Fan Ju nodded: "Chu Tixue is a person who knows how to advance and retreat. Even if he knows something he shouldn't know, he will not reveal it."

This trust once again made Zhu Wei curious about Chu Ci again. He was silent for a while, and suddenly said: "You said, I learned from that Chu Ti, please come and help me? It also saves wasting time on the way."

Fan Ju was taken aback by his sudden thought, and hurriedly said: "My lord, no, he is studying in a family, and he is busy with work, so it's fine if he can spare some time to help. Don't ask him to come here. Just in case It’s not good to fall into the eyes of those who care.”

Zhu Wei nodded casually, he was just saying it casually, in fact, in his heart, these civil servants are only better than others when they are playing tricks and tricks.

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Chu - very talkative - good at intrigue and trickery - remark: "Ah Choo!"

He didn't know how others described him. He was currently replying to Fan Ju's letter. After receiving the letter two days ago, he immediately went to ask Lu Jingshu about the activities of Juyeshanren in November.But who would have thought that Lu Jingshu said that she stayed in the valley with that person and was not with her grandfather, but someone was always with him.

After Chu Ci found that person, he asked some questions and found something extraordinary, so he had to tell Master Fan as soon as possible.