As the landowner of Lin'an Prefecture, Zhou Yishan skillfully led Shen Yi to find a somewhat remote restaurant. There were not many people in this restaurant, but the waiter recognized this border official. After seeing Zhou Yishan, he wished he could give this governor Kneel down and kowtow.
However, Zhou Futai didn't pay much attention to the waiter and shopkeeper in the shop. He just asked them to prepare a private room and ordered a few side dishes.
After the two people went up to the private room on the second floor one after another, they sat down across the table. After sitting down with each other, Zhou Futai reached out and gave Shen Yi a cup of tea, and then poured himself another cup.
He picked up the tea and toasted Shen Yi with tea instead of wine, and then sighed: "Xian brother Zi Heng, I ask you to call you a good brother."
After taking a sip of tea, he smiled bitterly: "What happened this time, no matter what, was the fault of the treacherous son of mine. No matter how the good brother wanted to punish him, the old brother didn't say anything, but this matter No matter what, I won't cause trouble to His Majesty, so I ask my dear brother to raise your hand and handle it gently."
When talking to smart people, you need to beat around the bush, because only after beating around the bush will the other person recognize that you are also a "smart person" of the same type. Only after both parties reach mutual recognition can they start a "normal and equal" dialogue.
Obviously, this "smart person verification" has been completed between Zhou Futai and Shen Yi, so the next conversation between the two people does not need to be so cloudy.
Therefore, when Zhou Futai talks to Shen Yi now, he is much more simple and straightforward.
Seeing him talking like this, Shen Yi didn't bother to say those roundabout and unnutritious words to him anymore. Master Shen drank a cup of tea with a smile and said with a smile: "Zhongcheng, it's been a year or two since I came to Zhejiang. In the past two years, During that time, I did not cause any trouble to the governor's yamen. Even when I led troops to suppress the Japanese, the local government should have provided military rations, but I did not ask for a grain of food from the Zhejiang yamen. Even if I was temporarily seconded from the local yamen, it was all paid for afterwards. money."
Having said this, Mr. Shen raised his head and glanced at Zhou Futai, and then continued.
"I have no ill intentions towards Zhong Cheng."
Shen Yi said this because he wanted to tell Zhou Futai that he also wanted to solve the problem and did not want to use this matter to cause trouble for the Zhejiang government or Zhou Yishan.
Director Zhou Futai breathed a sigh of relief, with a rare smile on his face: "Brother Yu naturally knows this in his heart. Originally, the army of the imperial court was suppressing Japanese invaders in the local area, and food should indeed be provided by the local government. Brother Zi Hengxian If you run out of military rations, my brother will send you a few thousand dan later."
The Zhejiang governor patted his chest and said very grandly: "I won't take any money, just think it's the Zhejiang government's gratitude to the anti-Japanese army!"
"This is food."
Shen Yi smiled and said: "I bought a lot in the first half of this year, and I still have enough to eat for the time being. I understand Zhongcheng's wishes, but besides food, there is indeed another thing that I want to trouble Zhongcheng."
"My little brother came to Lin'an Mansion from Yueqing this time mainly for this matter."
Zhou Futai looked at Shen Yi calmly, and then smiled: "If you have anything to say, dear brother, just say it, if it can be done, I will spare no effort."
"Zhong Cheng can certainly do it."
A smile appeared on Shen Yi's face and he said with a smile: "Zhong Cheng may know that I went back to Jiankang a few days ago. This time I returned to Jiankang and took over another errand from His Majesty."
Zhou Futai lowered his head and took a sip of tea, then looked at Shen Yi with a calm expression: "Are we going to establish a shipping company again?"
Shen Yi was not surprised that Zhou Yishan knew about this matter. The man in front of him was also the first constitution of the province, and the establishment of the Municipal Shipping Department was not particularly confidential. It was not surprising that Zhou Yishan knew about it.
Mr. Shen smiled and said: "The current intention of the imperial court is to temporarily set up five municipal shipping departments, one of which is located in Yueqing County, Wenzhou Prefecture, Zhejiang Province."
Governor Zhou smiled: "The rebuilding of the Shibo Division is a matter for the imperial court, and also for you, Brother Ziheng. We, the local government, just try our best to cooperate. What can we do for Brother Ziheng?"
Shen Yi reached out to pour a cup of tea for Zhou Futai, and said with a smile: "There are many things that need to be done by the local government."
"Wenzhou Prefecture is not the only state capital in Zhejiang that is close to the sea. Mingzhou Prefecture, Taizhou Prefecture, Jiaxing Prefecture and many other state capitals are along the coast. After the Wenzhou Prefecture and City Shipping Division was established, all goods going to sea in Zhejiang Province must be shipped from Wenzhou Prefecture and City. It cannot be said that other coastal state capitals prohibit tiles from entering the sea, but they prohibit goods from entering the sea, especially large-scale private trade with outsiders."
"These things require a lot of manpower and material resources."
Shen Yi smiled and said: "It all requires help from the local government, especially your help from Zhongcheng."
While the two were talking, the waiter outside had already brought the wine and food. Shen Yi took the wine bottle, poured a glass for Zhou Yishan, and then asked with a smile: "Can Zhong Cheng help?"
Zhou Yishan took the glass filled with wine from Shen Yi, looked up at Shen Yi thoughtfully, and asked: "Brother Ziheng, Brother Yu, I have the guts to ask, what if Brother Yu doesn't help you?"
Shen Yi smiled faintly: "Zhongcheng, this is your Majesty's business. Your Majesty urgently needs these five coastal shipping companies to operate normally as soon as possible. If someone blocks your Majesty's business, your Majesty will naturally find a way to replace this person. "
Zhou Yishan glanced at Shen Yi thoughtfully.
"I understand. In the past, if the court wanted to replace me, it might not have been able to find a suitable reason, but now I have a reason in my hands."
Shen Yi shook his head slightly and said: "Zhongcheng may have misunderstood. I didn't want to threaten Zhongcheng. If Zhongcheng takes office in Zhejiang, if he can accomplish what His Majesty wants to accomplish, he may be able to go further in the future. Where is the center?"
"It's not difficult to do this well."
Zhou Yishan silently raised his head to look at Shen Yi, and then said the key point.
"However, the imperial court wants to place all the benefits of maritime transportation on the head of the municipal shipping department. If it is unwilling to give some points to the local government, I am afraid it will not be easy to implement this matter."
This is the crux of the matter.
Shen Yi came to An Mansion this time mainly to discuss the specific "share" issue with Zhou Yishan, but after being shot by Zhou Zhongcheng's son, Shen Yi suddenly didn't want to discuss the share issue with him.
Mr. Shen looked at Zhou Futai with a smile.
"So, it is necessary for Zhongcheng to take office in Zhejiang to offend some people."
"As long as Zhong Cheng is willing to do it, the imperial court and Mr. Shen will stand behind Zhong Cheng and support Zhong Cheng without hesitation."
"The Japanese pirates that have been harassing the east coast of Zhejiang for so many years have all been wiped out by Shen. No matter how much resistance there is in Zhejiang's officialdom, it won't be a problem at all."
After hearing these two words from Shen Yi, Zhou Yishan raised his head and looked at Shen Yi with a bitter expression on his face: "Brother Xian may not have done anything in the local area. This kind of taking advantage of other people's mouths, but he doesn't want to share it with them. It is no longer as simple as offending someone."
Zhou Futai sighed: "If I'm not careful, my brother will die in Zhejiang."
"Zhongcheng's words are serious."
Shen Yi looked calm: "The coast has been harassed by Japanese pirates for 20 to 30 years, resulting in almost no shipping. The local government could not get the oil and water from the shipping."
Mr. Shen said calmly: "It's not theirs in the first place, so how can we take it away from their mouths?"
“If it’s never been there, then it’s gone.”
Zhou Futai said earnestly: "But now that we have it, that means we have it. If I don't want to share it with them, those people will definitely be jealous in their hearts."
Mr. Shen sneered: "There are so many big people in the local area who are involved in Japanese affairs, and the imperial court has not yet settled the accounts with these coastal local officials!"
Zhou Futai stopped talking.
He sat there and was silent for a long time. Then he looked up at Shen Yi and asked, "Mr. Shen, when can my son go home?"
Shen Yi smiled and said: "As long as Zhong Cheng is willing to do his best for the court, Master Ling can go home today, guaranteed to be safe and sound."
"Well…"
Zhou Futai did not answer. After sitting for a while, he stood up silently, cupped his hands to Shen Yi, and said: "Ms. Shen, I will try my best, but if things cannot be done, please do your best to tell the truth. Consider.”
What the little old man said is that if you really can't push it on, you should give some to the local magistrate.
"This is natural."
Shen Yi stood up, bowed his hands to the Zhejiang governor, and said with a smile: "Zhongcheng has done his best for the court, and the court will definitely remember it all."
"Your Majesty will also keep it in mind."
"I was forced to do this by Mr. Shen."
The little old man shook his head slightly and sighed helplessly.
