Neon Clothes and Iron Clothes

Chapter 541 Protection Umbrella

"Okay!" Cai Dingshan sighed: "That's really a pity. If such a strange man can pay his respects, it's no harm in giving up half of his family property!"

"That's right!" the man in black sighed, "At the time when I learned that those eyesless dogs caused such a catastrophe, I just felt like a thunderbolt. I thought that even if I didn't die, I would destroy my family. But I don't want Dudu Wang to teach me a few words, and then let it go lightly, I really didn't expect it!"

"This is measurement. As the saying goes, a prime minister can hold a boat in his stomach, so he is referring to the governor of the king, right?"

"Not bad!"

"Yes, exactly!"

"By the way, old brother Cai, don't you want to meet the king's governor? I have an idea!" Zhuge Wen said with a smile.

"Let's listen to Brother Zhuge!" Cai Dingshan laughed.

"Didn't the governor Wang just defeat the Tubo people? Now it's almost the Shangyuan Festival, so I took advantage of this excuse to prepare a generous gift and send it to Songzhou to reward the army. In name, let Dong's family start, and then Said that I was grateful for the kindness at the beginning, this time I heard that the army won the victory, and I gave a small gift to show my heart, and Cai Dong’s family went together. As the saying goes, you don’t hit a smiley face with your hand. Such a gift, Wang Dudu will definitely not refuse outside the door?"

"Well, this is a good idea!" Cai Dingshan nodded, "Brother Yu, what do you think?"

"Okay, then I'll run there!" The man in black nodded.

"That also counts as an old man!" Cai Dingshan smiled, and turned his gaze to Zhuge Wen: "Brother Zhuge, how about you?"

"Naturally, such a good thing cannot do without me!" Zhuge Wen said with a smile.

"Count a certain one!"

"Don't miss a certain one!"

"Since everyone is going to go, the younger brother can only follow the tail!"

Everyone around the tea table echoed their words. These people's businesses are not small. The big ones have a capital of more than [-] to [-] guan, and the small ones have a capital of [-] to [-] guan. money, but it can only be regarded as a second-rate businessman in Chengdu, not a top businessman.If the business reaches their level, it has reached a bottleneck. If you want to go to a higher level, you have to have someone above you.Take this Cai Dingshan as an example, he is in the pharmacy business, and the ones in Chengdu have long been divided up. Whether it is opening a semicolon or opening up new sources of goods, he is not a mere merchant. Not to mention a tea horse merchant like Wen.

But the famous people in Chengdu have long had their own white gloves around them, and some have been around for several generations, so they can't get in there.Seeing Wang Wenzuo, an outsider with a strong foundation, a bright future, and most importantly no one around him, he was naturally moved.Under normal circumstances, officials of Wang Wenzuo's level have useful and familiar middlemen around them. As long as a note is issued, everything will be done properly. How could they send ignorant followers to the market to buy supplies? The man's buddy is regarded as an outsider pit.To put it bluntly, each of the seven or eight people at the tea table took out a month's profit, and the total amounted to [-] to [-] yuan. Few people can stop it all at once. If it becomes everyone's business, it will be natural. It is a one-step climb to the top of the ranks of Chengdu's top businessmen. If not, then you can use the money to make a good relationship. Anyway, it is only a month's profit. It is right that the market is not good this year, and you can make less money. .

Before the pot of tea was finished, everyone made an agreement, agreeing to raise their respective money within half a month, hand it over to Cai Dingshan's shop together, and then go to Songzhou to congratulate Wang Wenzuo together.While talking, a waiter came in from the outside and said to the man in black, "Master Yu, there are two people looking for you outside!"

"Looking for me?" The man in Xuanyi frowned: "How did you find this place? Could it be that there is something in the store that calls me back?"

"That's not true, Mr. Yu, you can basically recognize the villains in your shop!" The clerk laughed and said, "The man in the head has an extraordinary bearing, he doesn't look like a businessman!"

"It doesn't look like a businessman?" The man in Xuanyi became more and more confused the more he heard, he stood up and made a group bow to everyone: "Everyone, wait a moment, I'll go out and see where the unexpected guest came from, and come to drink tea after I've dealt with it !"

"Master Yu, instead of going out, let those two come in, so that we can see how extraordinary things are!" It was Zhuge Wen who interrupted: "Everyone, am I right?"

"That's right, let's see and see!"

"If you agree, make another friend!"

The man in black clothes saw everyone making a fuss, so he had no choice but to ask the waiter to invite the guests in.After a while, two people came in from outside the door. The person in front wore a black lacquer gauze crown, a green silk round-neck robe, a belt with silver nails, and a long and short saber on the left and right. He had fair skin, sculpted eyebrows and long eyes, and a high bridge of nose. Standing tall, with a short beard under his chin, standing at the door, standing on the edge of Yue Tingyuan, like a jade mountain.The man in black clothes couldn't see the details of the person, he just felt that he looked familiar, so he hurriedly stood up: "This is Yu Na, I dare to ask you two, what is the matter with you?"

Yiji Lianbode looked at Yu Na up and down, and said with a smile: "Your honor is so forgetful, I haven't seen you for several months, and Yu Dong's family doesn't recognize me anymore?"

"This—" Yu Na couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed. It is said that even if such a person with extraordinary appearance has only met once, he should remember it, but at this time, he can't think of it no matter what. The look is familiar, I should have seen it somewhere but I can't remember it, so I had to smile wryly: "Please forgive me, sir, I really can't remember it, I just think it looks familiar!"

"Hehe!" Igilein Bode smiled: "Then let me remind you! A few months ago, when you were talking to my lord, I entered the house twice, and finally stood beside the lord for a while. Do you remember?"

"Oh, oh, don't tell me you are—!" Igillian Bode's reminder was like a flash of lightning, piercing Yu Na's mind. He stared at the man in front of him with his mouth gaping, and the blurry image became clear. , He frantically lifted the front of his coat, and was about to bow down, but was held up by Igilian Bode.

"You don't need to be too polite. I am Yiji Lianbode, an official in the Royal Governor's Mansion. I came to see you today, but I have something to ask!"

"Don't dare!" Yu Na hurriedly asked Yiji Lianbode and Wang Ence to sit down, stood beside him with his head bowed to accompany him, and said with a smile, "What can I inquire about, sir!"

Yi Jilian Bode looked around, and saw that the people sitting at the tea table just now were standing on both sides with apologetic smiles, and said with a smile: "It's not an important matter, let's put it aside for now! Mr. Yu, these are your friends, right?" ? Why don't you give me a recommendation?"

"Oh!" Yu Na hurriedly walked to Cai Dingshan's side: "This is Cai Dingshan's Cai Dong's family, and this pharmacy belongs to his family!"

"So this is the host!" Yiji Lianbode bowed his hands to Cai Dingshan: "I'm bothering you!"

"Mr. Lang came today, and the humble house is full of light!" Cai Dingshan cupped his hands.

"This is Zhuge Wen, who is in the tea horse business!"

Just like that, Yu Na introduced everyone at the tea table. Iggy even bowed to Bode one by one, and all the merchants felt honored without saying anything.Finally, everyone sat down among the guests and the host, and Yu Na smiled and said: "It's a coincidence that the villain was talking about Wang Dudu at the tea table just now. captive!"

"Oh? You guys also know about this?" Igillian Bode said with a smile, "Master Yu, you are very well informed!"

Yu Na smiled: "It's not that the villain is well-informed, but it's thanks to this brother Zhuge. When he came back from selling horses, he happened to pass by Songpan Road. He saw many Tubo captives building roads. He heard it from the guard." !"

"It's true!" Yiji Lianbode glanced at Zhuge Wen, and said with a smile: "I came here today for this purpose. Since we are old acquaintances, I won't make any detours. The king's governor wants to build roads, so he plans to Raise funds among Chengdu merchants!"

"Building roads? Fundraising?"

"Yes, Songpan Road is the main road from Songzhou to Dujiangyan, but you all know the condition of the road, so I don't need to talk about it. The governor plans to rebuild Songpan Road. Firstly, it is necessary for the military and the country, and secondly, it is also beneficial to merchants. So he plans to raise money from merchants in Chengdu for road construction!"

"Rebuild Songpan Road?" Yu Na was taken aback and couldn't help but stammer: "That, that's okay, but it costs a lot of money!"

"That's right, that's why Wang Dudu plans to divide the road into several sections first, repair one section, benefit one section, and benefit one section!" Yiji Lianbode said with a smile. After he finished speaking, he found that everyone was in a daze, and realized that they were also in the same way as himself. As before, I was confused by Wang Wenzuo's new terms.

"Everyone, what Wang Dudu means is that people who are willing to pay for road construction can not only engrave their names on the stone tablets at both ends of the road, but also get some rewards from the completed road, such as building a section of thirty miles. , the inns and shops at both ends of this road belong to the payer!" Iggy Liambode dipped his fingers in some water, and explained while drawing on the table.

It turned out that when Wang Wenzuo planned to rebuild Songpan Road, he planned to adopt the method of segmented construction.Each section is roughly a day's itinerary for a business traveler. Those who pay for road construction can get the right to build inns and shops at the end of each section. These business travelers usually stop at the end of each section to rest, and then continue their own the next day. Formed, with the increase of business travel and the prosperity of trade, the business of these inns and shops will become better and better, and some destinations will even become small towns. The merchants who invested in the construction of roads can also get corresponding returns, thereby attracting more The participation of many people and funds.

"Wang Dudu means that if we pay the money, then the land around these road nodes will belong to us?" Cai Dingshan asked.

"Yes, of course, these lands cannot all be owned by you. After all, some of them will be sold in the future and given to the leaders of the nearby Qiang people! Only in this way can the road construction be supported by the Qiang people!"

"Qiang people?" The merchants all showed strange expressions on their faces, and they felt uncomfortable when they thought that they would be neighbors with these Qiang people.

"This is a good idea!" Zhuge Wen said: "After all, the Songpan Road passes through the land of the Qiang people. Without their support, this road cannot be built!"

"That's what the governor means!" Igillian Bode nodded with a smile. This strong young man gave him a pretty good impression, and he will give him a little sweetness later.

"Xiao Ke, dare to ask! How much money does Wang Dudu plan to raise?" Cai Dingshan asked.

"How much?" Iggy Lianbode scratched the back of his head. He was a little embarrassed to talk about money so directly. He hesitated: "Twenty thousand guan! Those Tibetan captives are preparing winter clothes!"

"Twenty thousand guan?" Cai Dingshan showed a brisk smile: "If that's all, Mr. Lang doesn't need to find other people, we can raise all the money!"

"A few of you will be able to raise all the money?" Igillian Bode showed a surprised expression: "You are willing to pay this amount, which is not a small amount, and even if the road is repaired, it will take a long time to recover the cost! "

"Hehehe, it's okay!" Cai Dingshan smiled and said, "I don't want to hide it from you, sir. Before you came, we were talking about Wang Dudu's defeat of the Tubo people. Everyone was thinking of raising a sum of money as a gift and sending it to Songzhou. Congratulations on the victory!"

"Oh? There are such things!" Yiji Lianbode looked up and down Cai Dingshan with great interest: "Why is this? You have too much money to spend?"

"That's not true!" Cai Dingshan said with a smile: "Today, the people at the tea table all have more or less capital, and there are hundreds of partners working under the door. There are all kinds of wealth-making houses and shops, and they can earn thousands in a year. If you want to spend your own money, it will be enough, but if you want to make further progress in business, then you can never think about it. In the end, we are still weak, and we don’t have a big tree to shelter us from the wind and rain. I just heard from brother Yu When it comes to Wang Dudu’s affairs, I feel that Wang Dudu’s belly is as big as the sea, and there are not many money transfers around me, so I want to serve under Wang Dudu, and the congratulatory gift is just for passing on!”

"So that's how it is!" Yiji Lianbode said with a smile: "Dong Cai's eyes are good, and he knows a real hero. My family's governor already has a merchant who works for him, but he didn't come to Jiannan with him to take care of other things for him. But it’s okay, he really needs people like you now, so there’s no need for congratulatory gifts, I can pass it on for you, let’s use it for the first fundraising! How about [-] yuan?”

"Please don't worry, sir, give us half a month, and the old man will be able to raise all the money!" Having said this, Cai Dingshan turned his head and said to the people around the table: "Each of you will bring out two thousand coins, and if there is any shortage, we will pay for it." Cai made it up, is ten days enough?"

"enough!"

"Brother Cai, don't worry, I will send the money to your account in three days!"

"Two thousand strings, right? It will be delivered in five days!"

After a while, everyone around the tea table nodded, and Cai Dingshan nodded: "There are seven of you in total, that's [-] guan, and the old man can get [-] guan!" Speaking of this, he told Yi Ji Lian Bode said: "After fifteen days, the gentleman will come to my house to withdraw money!"

(End of this chapter)