Lin Gao Qiming

Chapter 576

It was the first time that Sao Ye met a policeman who didn't want money, and he was so surprised that he even forgot to call for the bearers to get up the sedan chair. Master Han hurriedly gave orders, and the group set off again.

The sedan chair came into the city, and there were no traces of Australians in the county town, but if you look carefully, you can see the handwriting of Australians: for example, the newly paved street and the drainage ditches that are still being dug on both sides.

What surprised Li Luoyou was the cleanliness of the streets here. Not only was there no puddles of cement, there was no litter anywhere, and there was no trace of feces and urine that must be found in the corners—these are indispensable decorations even in the city of Guangzhou.Not to mention a small and remote county like Lingao.

There are very few shops along the street, just a few grocery stores, teahouses and the like.The store is not big, but the facade is neat and clean.Li Luoyou could tell that these houses had been repaired recently, not only the walls had been painted, but also the bricks and tiles had been repaired.

The county town looks very deserted, but the atmosphere is still calm and peaceful.Li Luoyou thought to himself: How does the magistrate of Lingao get along with the Australians?Could it be that he was hiding in the county government office and pretending to be deaf and dumb?This kind of self-cultivation is really good!
The town of Lingao County is humble and small, and you can walk no more than two or three hundred steps. The sedan chair turns into the side street and arrives at the gate of Runshitang.The sedan chair didn't go in through the gate, but turned a corner and carried it in through the corner gate until it reached the second hall of the house.The steward had already brought his servants to greet him.

Pulling out the car bars, removing the handrails, Sao Ye quickly stepped forward and opened the car curtain.

"Master, please greet me." The welcoming butler immediately kowtowed with the servants.

Li Luoyou felt a little relieved when he saw that the Runshi Hall was quite large and the servants behaved like everyone else.He was very annoyed by the disrespectful look of the Australians.

Liu San has reported Li Luoyou's arrival to the executive committee.The basic situation of this businessman has been on the files of the intelligence department since Liu San went to Foshan, and later because of his large-scale purchase of pig iron in Guangdong, the level of information has been raised.However, Li Luoyou's information is quite simple.The Traveling Group has no other sources of intelligence on the mainland except Guangzhou and Leizhou.

Lee Royo was also included in a supplementary survey of the files of important Aboriginal figures established during the Intelligence Committee era after the establishment of the Foreign Intelligence Service.The Guangzhou station collected a lot of his materials from various public channels, and gradually the specific outline of this character became clear.

The Foreign Intelligence Agency does not know how deep Li Luoyou's relationship with Houjin is, but at least he knows that he has a trade relationship with Houjin's control area, and this relationship will not be too shallow.

"Everyone, please think about it, what does this Li Luoyou sell?" Yu Eshui said, "It's Liaodong products. And especially ginseng. People who can sell ginseng are absolutely worthy of the post-Jin regime." talker."

After the rise of troops from Nurhachi, the Hou Jin attached great importance to ginseng as a medicinal material, and specially set up a "Volhoda Zhangjing" to take charge of the collection, storage and sales of ginseng-this is the most important export product they purchased from the customs. As important as oil is to the Gulf states.

To be able to transport and sell ginseng, Li Luoyou not only had to have certain connections in Houjin, but also must have colluded with local generals in various border towns in Liaodong.Otherwise, when the imperial court banned trade in Liaodong, it would be impossible for him to transport the goods back and forth for thousands of miles.

In other words, if Li Luoyou's cooperation can be obtained, it will be equivalent to opening up the communication line between Hainan and Liaodong.Trade and intelligence networks can be deployed here.

And Li Luoyou is not just an adventurous businessman running to Liaodong, he also has many business networks in the pass.The time travel group can use his relationship to lay out intelligence and business networks.

In the past, the Time Travel Group has never expanded its network on the mainland. Of course, the shortage of manpower is one aspect. There is no one to respond to it in the local area, and the unfamiliarity of the place is also a problem.The local society in ancient times was quite closed, and it was very difficult for outsiders to open up the situation in a certain place without the recommendation and protection of local connections.Although the power of Gaoju is great, if you go out of Guangdong, you can only enjoy it in the capital, and other places are not worth mentioning.

The capital is not in a hurry to go, but Jiangnan is an area that the Traversing Group is eager to infiltrate.In the future layout of Time Travel Group, Jiangnan will be their main commodity sales place and material procurement place.

In particular, the rice, cloth, and silk in the south of the Yangtze River are all trade commodities coveted by the Crossing Group, and the prosperous business here provides the best market for the Financial Industry of the Crossing Group.

So when Li Luoyou was still waiting to go on the road in Foshan, various departments of Lingao had already been put into operation for this purpose.

Although everyone still doesn't know much about Li Luoyou's reason for coming, but the purpose of this person's coming to Lingao is obviously to do business.The most likely business is weapons and ammunition.

The Foreign Intelligence Bureau has already learned that Li Luoyou was active in Guangdong as the governor and the governor's office, hoping to cast cannons for the government. It is likely that he came to Gaolai for a similar purpose. of.

But for the export of weapons, the time travel group is not enthusiastic.Although arms trading is the most profitable business, what it consumes is the "strategic materials" of the Crossing Group: metal and coal.It is difficult to accept a large amount of exports when the stock of the two is not sufficient.

As for the generation difference of weapons and the possibility of being imitated by Da Ming or Hou Jin, the industry department believes that there is no need to worry too much.Considering the level of Lingao-manufactured weapons, it is almost impossible to imitate them purely by hand. Most of the imitations have the same structure, but the difference in material performance and processing level is enough to degrade the performance of imitations to Very low.

In the end, he decided not to mention the weapons, but to try to sell other industrial products to him.It is distributed to all parts of the country and Liaodong through his channels.Li Luoyou may not always refuse to make money.In particular, the Time Travel Group also expects to promote its own financial products: Delong Bank drafts to major cities through his business network, and wait for the time to mature before exporting the money of the Travel Group.
It all depends on Li Luoyou's impression of the Time Traveling Group.For this purpose, a working group was set up to deal with him.It is temporarily composed of personnel drawn from the intelligence, political security, trade and administrative departments.Work on Lee Royo is named "Yoo Work"

The person in charge of the "Liu work" selected Liu San.Li Luoyou came to Lingao through Yang Runkaitang-Runshitang line.Liu San is not only a patriarch, but also a shareholder of Runshitang and Yang Shixiang's brother-in-law. He also had a relationship with Li Luoyou once.Whether it is from the point of view of reason or emotion, it is the most suitable and most comprehensive for him to come forward to contact.

Liu San got all the information about Li Luoyou.In order not to make the brother-in-law too nervous, the matter of "Working Liu" was not disclosed to him.Liu San believes that it is better to have contact as naturally as possible, and it is best for the other party to speak first, so as to gain a certain initiative in the negotiation.

Yang Shixiang was already waiting in front of the dripping eaves of the flower hall. After the two met, they naturally showed some courtesy first, and said a few polite words of "I admire you for a long time" and "I admire you for your name".Li Luoyou couldn't help but compliment him a few more words like "revitalize the family business".This is what Yang Shixiang is most proud of. Being complimented by others is naturally scratching the itch.He was a little curious about the businessman introduced by his cousin: the cousin only said in the letter that he was very curious about "Australians" and hoped to visit Lingao and see if he did business with Australians. possibility.

Although the language in the cousin's letter was unclear, Yang Shixiang knew that his cousin would not write a letter to himself just for an ordinary businessman.This person must be very important, and if the trouble is not good, it will still be a member of the government.

Yang Shixiang saw that this person was about forty years old, with a medium build, a long face and a short beard, and he had the charm of a doughty rich man.Looking carefully, the eyes are quite sharp, and he is a person who has experienced strong winds and waves.

However, there is a sense of familiarity at first glance, as if I have seen it somewhere.He couldn't help but secretly wondered, seeing that the servant had already served tea, he asked again: "Is the guest room for Lord You ready?"

"It's ready, Master You lives in the East Guest House." The butler quickly replied, "How does the red-haired master arrange it? Please show me."

"Invite him to rest in the East Guest House first." Yang Shixiang knew from the letter that such a red-haired businessman was coming.

The East Guest House is a newly expanded Runshitang. Since Runshitang has developed, more and more businessmen and colleagues have come and gone.The original guest courtyard was not enough, and this one was newly built, specially for receiving distinguished guests.Five bays with front and rear wing rooms are enough to accommodate Li Luoyou and his party.There are a lot of furnishings.

The suitcases and luggage brought by Li Luoyou were sorted by Saw Ye one by one and sent to the guest courtyard, and someone arranged for them to open them.Li Luoyou also brought four-color Foshan souvenirs as a meeting gift.

The gift is not too heavy, to show the friendship of friends, and it is not light, after all, everything will bother the other party if you are not familiar with the place.

"Treasurer Judah is very respectful." Yang Shixiang was a little apprehensive. Considering the friendship between the two parties, this gift is really generous.

"It's okay, I have to ask shopkeeper Yang to take care of me." Li Luoyou saw that the irrelevant people in the flower hall retreated one after another, leaving only himself and the other party's personal servants, and then he said:

"My surname is not You." In fact, the shopkeeper and Liu San met before—even though it was a one-sided meeting at the time, there was no need to keep my real identity a secret from them. A suffocating industry."

"It turned out to be the shopkeeper Li Da! Sorry! Sorry!" Yang Shixiang was very surprised, and he remembered everything at once.Isn't this big shopkeeper Li the big businessman I met at my cousin's banquet when I went to Foshan with my brother-in-law? !
He didn't care much about the background of this big businessman in the past, but as Runshitang's status in Guangdong's pharmaceutical business circle has risen day by day.This shopkeeper Li, who plays an important role in the pharmaceutical industry, also knows a thing or two.This person is quite a legendary figure in the Guangdong business community.When he was a teenager, he worked as an errand boy for a Francophone in Macau, and he learned to speak Francophone fluently.Later, he went to Liaodong to run the family business; Guangning was evacuated from the town. When he fled back from Guangning, he was displaced all the way and almost died.The Li family's century-old property in Liaodong was wiped out, and when they returned to the customs, relying on the little property left in the capital, they went to Guangdong to run the Yangzhuang business. In less than ten years, the family recovered.He became a well-known big businessman on the ground in Guangdong.

Li Luoyou's business in Liaodong is an open secret in Guangdong's business circles, and the official circles naturally don't know about it.If he is rich alone, it is impossible to be his rich man safely without some background means.

"I'm here this time, because I want to ask you for a few things." Li Luoyou cut to the point, without any concealment.

"It's easy to say." Yang Shixiang nodded deeply.The shopkeeper Li Da from the Guangdong business circle came here under a pseudonym, so it must be an important matter.And most of this matter is involved in the head of the Australians.So you can't be careless.

In addition to being cautious, I can't help feeling a little proud in my heart.I used to guard this half-dead pharmacy, how could I have the honor of a big man like Li Luoyou coming to visit!

But this person suddenly came to Lingao to visit him alone, and the matter he wanted to talk to him was by no means a trivial matter.

"I want to meet the Australians, and I would like to ask shopkeeper Yang to be the middleman."

Yang Shixiang felt hesitant, this was not unexpected, but there were not one thousand Australians in Lingao but five hundred, which one would he want to see?If you want to meet big bosses, such as "Mr. Wen" or "Ma Gong", it's not known whether the words of your foster brother will work.

"Do your best." Yang Shixiang nodded, he decided not to tell him Liu San's real identity for the time being.Discuss with Liu San first before making a decision.

That night, he asked someone to invite Liu San and told him Li Luoyou's request.

"Brother Yu didn't dare to agree to him first, and he didn't say that you are an Australian. This matter is very important, so don't be careless." He specially reminded Liu San that Li Luoyou might be sent by the government to find out the truth about Lingao.It is also possible to discuss something on behalf of the government.

"The banquet where I met Li Luoyou for the first time in Foshan was attended by officials."

Of course Liu San knew about this, not only did he know, but he also knew that this official person was a member of Jinyiwei's trial household.But there's no need to say this to Brother Yi, it will frighten him in vain.

"Brother sees and teaches well," Liu San said, "Since he wants to see us, you allow him to."

"Brother Yu doesn't know the status of you Australians, what kind of person this Master Li wants to meet? What if he wants to meet your big boss?"

"Let me deal with this matter." Liu San said, "If he wants to see President Wen, I will convey it on his behalf. It is another matter to see him or not."

"Okay." Yang Shixiang nodded, and said: "My dear brother, let the nobles come up with a countermeasure." Yang Shixiang warned him, "You build a city here to train troops, and the court will take care of it sooner or later. It is unavoidable that people will suffer, so we have to make plans early."

But Liu San didn't care about it, he just cared for him to treat this distinguished guest well.As for him, Liu San, he is going to be in Runshitang often recently. For the convenience of handling business, I hope he allocates a courtyard that is easy to come and go and not attracts attention for him to use.

(End of this chapter)