Reborn: The First Rank 'Madam” – C50

C50 – If You Are an Official You will be a Corrupt Official!

When Zuo Shaoqing returned to his room, he sent a message to Second Master. In less than an hour, Zuo Yunyang had arrived, sweating profusely.

Zuo Shaoqing brewed a pot of Longjing tea, which was given to him by Zuo Yunyang. He offered it as a gift and said, “Please forgive me for having to let Second Uncle come here because I have something important to discuss.”

“Haha... Why was Shao Qing so polite? It’s only right for Second Uncle to take care of your nephew.” Zuo Yunyang smiled as he waited for Zuo Shaoqing to finish.

Recently, his business had been booming every day. He was smiling from ear to ear every day, so he obviously didn’t care about Zuo Shaoqing’s bland attitude.

Zuo Yunyang finally understood that this Third Nephew had been hiding his identity very deeply. No one in the main house could see his true face, let alone know the relationship between him and Master Lu. Thinking back to Lady Ruan’s death a while ago, Zuo Yunyang made a bold guess.

Although his family didn’t have much of a dirty work in the backyard, he had heard quite a bit about it in the business world. Besides, his wife had once said that Lady Ruan’s death was somehow related to his elder sister-in-law.

The main house had always had its eyes up high, and the way it looked at the second house was full of disdain and contempt for the merchants. Zuo Yunyang was very happy to see them beat up.

While he was thinking happily on this side, he heard Zuo Shaoqing say, “I heard that someone was using his seal letter as a show of power in the Cao Sect. I interrogated my nephew yesterday, so I invited second uncle here just to find out the truth of the matter.”

Zuo Yunyang’s smile froze as he hurriedly explained, “Oh Shao Qing, how can Second Uncle be someone who doesn’t know the seriousness of the situation? I have only used Master Lu’s seal letter once, the Cao Sect have intercepted Second Uncle’s shipment, and Second Uncle is only borrowing Master Lu’s face.”

After that, no matter how the people in the underworld told him that they were afraid of him, it was none of his business.

Zuo Shaoqing cursed silently: “Old fox!” Then he raised his face into a smile, “I am of the same family with Second Uncle, of course, we are of the same side, but I can’t not give an explanation to Master Lu.”

“Then you mean...?”

Zuo Shaoqing didn’t answer and asked, “Second Uncle, do you think it would be feasible if we could do business together with the Wu Steel Manor?”nove(l)bi(n.)com

Zuo Yunyang opened his eyes wide, and the fat on his face trembled in excitement. “Nephew wants to put the business of kaleidoscope under the name of the Wu Steel Manor?”

“This is just a little thought from nephew. Whether or not it’s possible requires second uncle’s consent. If it’s possible, let’s... It will still depend on the lord’s decision.”

Zuo Yunyang quickly analyzed the pros and cons. Of course, he understood that with the status of the Wu Steel Manor, there were many families that they wanted to depend on. He was just a businessman, and if he wanted to enter the other party’s eyes, he would need an explanation.

However, it was good to have the big tree, the Wu Steel Manor, as cover, but how was one to split the profits? Zuo Yunyang directly asked his own question.

“How much is the difference? Give me a number. If it’s not enough, I can ask second uncle to lend it to me.” In any case, he still had 30% of the profits, so he should ask second uncle first if it wasn’t too much.

When Ke Youliang heard these rich and overbearing words, he felt reassured. He gave Zuo Shaoqing a detailed list of everything that he needed, and everything that he needed was very clear.

Zuo Shaoqing nodded in satisfaction. It seemed that Ke Youliang had thought of going out to sea before, but he did not find a good time to report to his second uncle.

I really want to see Second Uncle’s regretful expression in the future.

Ke Youliang sized up the new owner from the corner of his eyes. Although the owner said that he was the one in charge of everything in the shop, he could tell that the owner was very serious about this matter.

Now that his indenture contract was in his hands, he couldn’t afford to be careless.

Zuo Shaoqing indeed didn’t know much about business, and could only rely on the memories of his previous life to give him some advice. Even so, it was enough to make Ke Youliang frightened and benefited a lot.

Walking out of the store, Zuo Shaoqing carefully observed the expressions of Lu Zheng and Zuo Yunyang. Zuo Shaoqing carefully observed the expressions of Lu Zheng and Zuo Yunyang.

After bidding farewell to Zuo Yunyang, Zuo Shaoqing followed behind Lu Zheng and walked on the dark and silent street. After mulling over for a while, he finally dared to ask: “How was the discussion between Master Lu and Second Uncle?”

Lu Zheng replied coldly, “Unscrupulous!”

“Ugh...” Zuo Shaoqing lowered his head and held back his laughter as he said as tactfully as possible: “It’s easier to earn money with evil merchants since it’s for you to earn money anyways, so the more the better.”

Lu Zheng glanced at him, but nobody knew what he was thinking.

Zuo Shaoqing didn’t see him talking and thought he was too philistine. He explained with a shy face, “Master Lu has a big family and has thousands of people to support. Money is indispensable.”

Lu Zheng commented in an indifferent tone, “If you become an official, you will definitely be greedy!”

Zuo Shaoqing’s heart skipped a beat and his face turned red from embarrassment. He looked at Lu Zheng with anticipation, “Master Lu... You are wrongly accused of being late in life...”

Lu Zheng shot him a glance and successfully stopped Zuo Shaoqing’s mouth.

Zuo Shaoqing’s heart skipped a beat again. He could actually see the teasing tone from Lu Zheng’s glance. Was the sky too dark and the eyes too dazzling?

Quickly following, Zuo Shaoqing has been trying to redeem his honest and honest image, from the harm of corrupt officials to the difficult situation of the current state of clearing officials, finally summing up: being an official should pay attention to weighing skills, can’t be too greedy or too honest.