The master of the county came to the county school to encourage the students in Shatian County, and everyone was happy. For Wang Wenyuan, he didn’t do anything but got a big credit for nothing. Shahe County’s school was completely renewed. As a magistrate of the county, this was a solid political achievement. The promotion has great benefits.
For the students in Shatian, it is the first time they have received such attention. Not only did the county vigorously set up new county schools, but also the masters of the county personally taught them. This alone is enough for them to brag for a lifetime. How could they not be happy? ?
After Wang Wenyuan's tour, he felt extremely comfortable. It seemed that he had completely entered the role. He even arranged a banquet in the county government to entertain many students. He also suggested that Shatian County should organize a poetry club in the future to give talented students a stage and opportunity to show their talents.
Lu Zheng was willing to be a green leaf from beginning to end, setting off Wang Wenyuan everywhere. I have to say that this thought is really admirable.
Chen Xiaojing watched this scene silently, and sighed inexplicably. Lu Zheng was only over a dozen years old, but he was a bit taller than his nearly fifty-year-old man.
It is not uncommon for young people to have talent these days, nor is it uncommon to have a background. What is rare is that they have talents and backgrounds, know how to advance and retreat, have insights into the world, handle things fluently, and do not leak.
Originally, as an outsider, Lu Zheng would definitely be squeezed out and suppressed when he first arrived. In fact, Wang Wenyuan's attitude towards Lu Zheng was also the same. When he could use it, he would use it at any cost.
However, as a result, not only did Lu Zheng easily resolve these problems, but he was also exquisite and well-rounded, and he was able to get along well with Wang Wenyuan and Kou Xiangwen. I have to say that Chen Xiaojing admired it in his heart.
It is not an exaggeration to say that Lu Zheng is now the most popular person in Shatian County. His colleagues agree with him. The Shangguan is very enthusiastic when he is praised by him. The scholars and students below praise him, and the common people also admire Lu Zheng. In just over a month, Lu Zheng had such an identity in Xinhe County, which is indeed remarkable.
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The three simple houses of the county school were cleaned up by Lu Zheng's arrangements, and they were extraordinarily comfortable. The furniture is all new and very elegant.
Lu Zheng was lying on the chair. Opposite him, Gu Zhilun looked terrified. Seeing his appearance, it was obvious that he had just arrived in Liangzhou not long ago.
"Uncle Gu, it's a hard journey from the south of the Yangtze River. In fact, you don't have to worry about coming to see me. Now Liangzhou has more fun to see the customs of Longyou, ha ha!" Lu Zheng laughed.
"Brother, where would I dare to stay in Liangzhou wantonly? After receiving your news, I went north without stopping for fear that I might have missed your business... Fortunately, I came in time..."
Lu Zheng laughed and said, "It's not that serious, things are all within control. By the way, is Jiangnan's business okay?"
"Well, Mr. Lu is very supportive of us. The current Sankong Bridge can almost keep pace with the Qinhuai River. On the ground in the south of the Yangtze River, there should be very few that can compare with us." Gu Zhilun said, he said. I was very proud and confident, and at the same time sighed in my heart.
I think Gu Zhilun was kicked out of Jinling when he was young, and he barely got a bite of food when he arrived at the bookstore in Yangzhou. He never dreamed that one day he would be able to rise to the top and raise his eyes in front of his family.
It was all because he met Lu Zheng. Lu Zheng gave him the opportunity to make his business grow like a snowball. Now looking at the whole Jinling, who does not know or does not know about Gu Zhilun?
In the past, Gu Zhilun thought it was too extravagant to raise two concubines, but now, Gu Zhilun has married Qifang aunts, and two of them are still big girls!
Gu Zhilun knew very well that he was able to have today because of Lu Zheng, and at the same time he knew better that the only thing he could do in the second half of his life to imagine the scenery like now is to look forward to Lu Zheng.
Lu Zhengrong will be prosperous, Lu Zheng will fail, and he will fail. Any other thoughts are superfluous, dangerous, and irreversible.
Lu Zheng chatted with Gu Zhilun. Gu Zhilun was cautious everywhere. He said very little: "Brother, your residence is too shabby. I have already set up a house in Liangzhou, specially prepared for you! Go and see if you can get it right. If you don’t like it, I’ll go back and pick a few more buildings to make you feel comfortable and comfortable."
Lu Zheng smiled and said: "I'm the county prime minister of Shatian County. Where can I easily live in Yangzhou Mansion? Besides, Shatian County is poor and the people are in distress. I will shepherd the people for the emperor. Where can I enjoy luxury alone? By the way, since you are here today, I will talk to you about business matters."
Lu Zheng paused and said, "Business in Liangzhou is a guise. The key is that I need to set up my own net and eyeliner in Liangzhou. In addition, half of the horses in the Central Plains are transported from Liangzhou to the horses produced outside the Great Wall. Yes, so this is a strategic location, and we can’t live without tentacles.”
Gu Zhilun said: "You are far-sighted, and I always follow your instructions. This time I brought some silver. If it is not enough, I can transfer it at any time..."
Lu Zheng said: "Okay! In that case, I'm going to get straight to the point. We need to use our strengths to do business in Liangzhou. People who can do business in Liangzhou are not simple generations. Needless to say, the local people. Businessmen, who has no background? Who has no background?
Others will pay attention to your origins. Therefore, we have to stand firm and not follow the usual path. We have to break through from Shatian County, slowly infiltrate, slowly and slowly, when we have a firm foothold, we will pursue rapid progress, okay? "
Even if Lu Zhengdang talked about the idea of letting Gu Zhilun borrow money from Kou Xiangwen, the shortfall in Shatian County in one year is not big, only tens of thousands of taels of silver. Even if it takes two years to fill in holes for Kou Xiangwen, Gu Zhilun can easily bear.
In this way, Gu Zhilun and Kou Xiangwen are tied together, and Gu Zhilun and Wang Wenyuan have become closer to each other and even Shatian County. In this way, Lu Zhengzhi needs clever means, and Gu Zhilun can easily get what others cannot get in Shatian County. Opportunity to make money.
Not to mention, just talk about salt and tea. Gu Zhilun can get the salt and tea from the county office, so he can easily transport the most precious salt and tea to Liangzhou in the south of the Yangtze River, and he has the goods in his hands. That is ten times the profit, and this alone can do a lot of business.
In addition, there is a wider space. As long as Shatian County opens up a little bit for economic and trade relations, Gu Zhilun can send his own people to Beiyan and Turks. Lu Zheng wants to deploy these two countries early. You can start to arrange.
The huge profits of border trade are even more remarkable. Gu Zhilun can quickly find other branches and vines by relying on the line of Shatian County, and slowly the business will grow bigger and bigger. This is Lu Zheng’s business philosophy .
It is impossible for Lu Zheng to directly take the silver out to do anything, because that would be too irritating. And Lu Zheng brought Gu Zhilun directly to Liangzhou, and others would tie Lu Zheng and Gu Zhilun to death, which was obviously not in Lu Zheng's current interests.
The relationship between Lu Zheng and Gu Zhilun requires close contact and a proper distance. The subtleties can only be understood, but cannot be expressed.
Lu Zheng arranged the meeting place between Gu Zhilun and Kou Xiangwen in Wanhe Building. Gu Zhilun had a wealth of money. In a word, he could lend one hundred thousand liang of silver to Shatian County every year. This number directly stunned Kou Xiangwen.
Kou Xiangwen felt that Lu Zheng was simply a genius, because Lu Zheng could think of the idea of government borrowing. These years, with the top officials, what kind of gadgets are several businessmen?
Kou Xiangwen borrowed his silver, and he was able to show off throughout Liangzhou every year and succeeded in becoming a chapter. If Kou Xiangwen is capable, he is very likely to rise. Once he rises, what does the silver owed by Shatian County have to do with him?
When Lu Zhilun gave him the first batch of thirty thousand taels of silver, the two completed the formalities, and Kou Xiangwen put the silver into the treasury, and then he did not hesitate to allocate another five thousand taels of silver to Lu Zheng for the expansion of the county school. Both parties can say Everyone is happy.
When Kou Xiangwen became rich, his spirit also came up. How did Wang Wenyuan rely on him to suppress him? Isn't it the silver thing that weighs on him?
Now that Lu Zheng helps Kou Xiangwen to remove this pressure, Kou Xiangwen can finally think about getting promoted and getting rich.
Wang Wenyuan originally wanted to use Lu Zheng to contain Kou Xiangwen, but now Lu Zheng uses Kou Xiangwen to disgust him. The person who sits on the mountain and watch the tiger fight has become Lu Zheng, which is really good fortune and tricks people. It is very strange.
Kou Xiangwen is no better than Lu Zheng. Lu Zheng is a newcomer. I don't know the depth of Wang Wenyuan. Kou Xiangwen is Wang Wenyuan's old opponent for many years. It can be said that he knows himself and his opponent. This is a wonderful fight.
Kou Xiangwen smiled and made a very sinister move. He thought of a cruel move to pinch Wang Wenyuan's neck, causing all the officials of the county government to waste money into the core.
What does it mean? The money spent on fire is to collect the rent and cashiers to make up for the loss of small pieces of silver and re-casting. In fact, this extra piece of silver is distributed to officials. In the current language, this batch of silver is the welfare of officials and officials.
Kou Xiangwen's sentence is to confiscate all the welfare of the county office owners and redistribute them in one place. How to redistribute is naturally based on the grade examinations of various officials, etc. As the standard, what is the standard, Kou Xiangwen is in charge of the silver, he is the boss, of course he decides the standard.
This is equivalent to the amount of benefits that people working in the county government can get. Kou Xiangwen has the final say. He wants to give more money to anyone he wants to give, and he wants to give less money to less. This Who would dare to offend him Kou Xiangwen?
Kou Xiangwen pinched Wang Wenyuan's neck with this hand, making him unable to breathe smoothly. Wang Wenyuan couldn't clearly face off against Kou Xiangwen in this matter, because Kou Xiangwen played the banner of all for the public, and Wang Wenyuan was in the limelight for the county school. Now it is time to pay a little price!