After asking about the purpose of Dongchang Fanzi's visit, Wu Shigong found out: It turned out that he was sent by Hu Ming, a householder in Dongchang who was in charge of Nancheng.
Of course Hu Ming knew Wu Shigong's background. Wu Shigong's father-in-law could be said to be the most intimate confidant of Dongchang Factory Manager Wei Zhongxian. He even received a message from Dongchang Factory Manager Wei Zhongxian in the morning, asking all stalls and households in Dongchang Factory to
Fully support the disaster relief work of Xue Lian and Wu Shigong’s son-in-law. Hu Ming himself did not know about Wu Shigong’s visit in the morning, but when Hu Ming went out to have lunch, he heard the guard at the gate of the East Factory telling him like a joke
: A deputy commander of the Nancheng Army and Horses Department came to visit him, and was kicked out by the guard. Hu Ming knew as soon as he heard that it must be Wu Shigong, and now he became anxious. He waved his hand and gave the Dongchang guard a few seconds.
He slapped him, punched and kicked him and taught him a lesson. Then, he had to find a way to make up for the relationship between Yu Shigong and Wu Shigong.
But now if he went to Wu Shigong directly, Hu Ming still couldn't let go of his arrogance. He was afraid that if the young master Wu Shigong lost his temper and showed his face, Hu Ming would be even more embarrassed. So he went to his friend Jinyi Weiqian
I went to Li Pengfei's house, and the two of them jointly issued an invitation, inviting Wu Shigong to a banquet tomorrow night, in order to make up for the relationship between the two parties. It would be best to establish any form of friendship.
Of course Wu Shigong didn't know the little Jiujiu in Hu Ming's heart, but from the look and tone of the Dongchang fanzi who sent the invitation, he also knew that the Dongchang Baihu wanted to build a relationship between the two parties. This situation was very important to Wu Shigong.
Of course, it was a dream come true. Moreover, Wu Shigong was originally going to visit Li Qianhu of Jinyiwei, and they met at the banquet, which was to kill two birds with one stone.
Moreover, the current blockade of the ruins site and the future treatment of the ruins cannot be separated from the full cooperation of the two departments of the factory and the guard. Of course, the benefits of cleaning up the ruins are also indispensable for the benefits of the factory guard. Because there are still buried under the ruins.
There is a lot of property in there. Although a lot of it must have been picked up by the victims within a month after the Wanggong Factory explosion, and part of the items cleared out when clearing the ruins in the future will also be returned to the victims, but the property without an owner
There must be quite a lot. Doesn't Sun Chengxiu still have more than 1,200 taels of silver buried under the ruins?
Therefore, Wu Shigong happily expressed to the Dongchang fanzi who came to send the invitation that he would definitely attend the banquet. He also called someone to come and rewarded the fanzi with five taels of silver. Seeing that he had successfully completed this
It was a mission and there was extra money, so Na Fanzi happily went back to report the news.
After that person left, Wu Shigong saw that it was almost dark and it was almost time to go to Yamen, so he called Li Mu over and asked him to let go of the people who had been arrested in the morning for picking up their belongings. But before these people left,
, they need to put their fingerprints on the guarantee form to make them promise not to do it again in the future.
Unexpectedly, there was a small accident. Everyone else obediently pressed their fingerprints on the guarantee form and left, but there was a man in his forties who refused to press it and even yelled. This made Wu Shigong
Some are angry: I have let them off lightly, why are there still people who are so ignorant?
Wu Shigong asked someone to escort the man into the lobby. Although he knew that he was not qualified to judge the case, today he was going to have a taste of the big boss. After asking the man to kneel down, Wu Shigong began to ask what happened.
, making this man so unconvinced.
It turned out that the man's surname was Zheng, and he opened a cloth shop near Xuanwu Gate. After the big explosion, the cloth shop and several of the clerks in the cloth shop were all wiped out. Shopkeeper Zheng was very lucky, and he happened to go out to discuss business that day.
They escaped a disaster. But the cloth shop was shopkeeper Zheng's life's work, so shopkeeper Zheng guarded the ruins of the cloth shop, trying to clear out some items and recover some losses.
But today, a few gangsters came up to the ruins, rummaging through the goods of the cloth shop. Of course shopkeeper Zheng stepped forward to stop them, and the two sides started to quarrel. Official Xu led the soldiers to patrol here, so they arrested both sides.
Bingma Si Yamen. Unexpectedly, Bingma Si had released those scoundrels again, so Shopkeeper Zheng was quite unconvinced and started a riot in Bingma Si Yamen.
What's going on? Didn't he tell Li Mu to send those people to other yamen for theft and robbery? It was hard to say anything in front of Shopkeeper Zheng, so Wu Shigong still asked Shopkeeper Zheng to kneel down.
He asked Li Mu to follow him to the inner hall to find out what happened.
When they arrived at the inner hall, Xu Limu and Wu Shigong explained the reason. It turned out that Xu Limu was not familiar with the business on the street. Those gangsters were members of a gang in Nancheng. The gang was not big, but
The big boss of that gang was more fierce and vindictive, so most people were reluctant to mess with them. After Xu Limu took those gangsters into the yamen, someone recognized them, and in order to calm the trouble, he
They were also imprisoned until they were released in Luoya.
After hearing the reason for Xu Limu's treatment, Wu Shigong thought that it was understandable for Xu Limu to do this. However, he could not let the gang do whatever they wanted, so Wu Shigong wanted to send someone to the gang leader to warn him. He took a look.
Xu Limu's wretched look made him think that Wang Baihu was busy making plans for military training these two days, so Wu Shigong asked Xu Limu to inform Wu Mian and ask Wu Mian to bring a few soldiers to the gang tomorrow.
Go to the big boss and give him a warning.
Wu Shigong returned to the lobby and politely asked Shopkeeper Zheng to stop kneeling and stand up to speak. He bluntly explained the reason to Shopkeeper Zheng and asked for Shopkeeper Zheng's understanding. Of course, it doesn't matter if Shopkeeper Zheng doesn't understand, if that's the case
Shopkeeper Zheng wanted to go to the gang to ask for an explanation. Finally, Wu Shigong politely proposed to shopkeeper Zheng that he send a few soldiers to escort him home. At least this approach also gave the gang a hint that they could
Temporarily protect the safety of Shopkeeper Zheng.
After hearing Wu Shigong's confession, Shopkeeper Zheng looked helpless, but he also knew that this was Wu Shigong's kindness, so he handed over his hand and thanked him. After calling two soldiers, Shopkeeper Zheng reported where he was.
The address of the shop. Until now, shopkeeper Zheng still built a straw hut next to the ruins of the cloth shop. But after hearing the address of the cloth shop, Wu Shigong felt that the more he thought about it, the more familiar it became. He suddenly thought of the paper in his wallet.
At the address recorded on the note, I opened my wallet and took out the note. It turned out that the shopkeeper Zheng was the shopkeeper of the cloth shop who borrowed his shop.
This time it was different. After revealing his identity, Wu Shigong invited the shopkeeper Zheng to the inner hall, and the two started chatting. It turned out that shopkeeper Zheng was a businessman, and he had accumulated some money by traveling around.
I accumulated some connections while doing business, and a few years ago I rented a shop in Beijing and opened a cloth shop. The business of the cloth shop was also good, but shopkeeper Zheng was getting older, and he wanted to work for a few more years before returning to his hometown to retire.
I went there, so I didn’t have a shop, so I just rented it.
But this time there was a big explosion in Wang Gong Factory, and Shopkeeper Zheng must have lost all his money. Moreover, he borrowed a batch of cloth on credit based on his connections, and those debts had to be repaid. In desperation, Shopkeeper Zheng wanted to rescue it from the ruins.
After buying a batch of fabrics and selling the land in his hometown to pay off the debt, shopkeeper Zheng was considered to have bad luck. After working hard all his life, he ended up empty-handed.
After Wu Shigong heard this, he promised Shopkeeper Zheng that he would let soldiers guard the ruins of the cloth shop. Furthermore, he gave Shopkeeper Zheng ten taels of silver to help the Jianghu. I don’t know what kind of Jianghu the current Commander Wu is.
People? Moreover, Wu Shigong also needs someone with management skills. Wu Shigong proposed to Shopkeeper Zheng that he would open a gambling house on the ruins of Buhang. If Shopkeeper Zheng is interested, then the construction and management of the gambling house
, you can ask Shopkeeper Zheng to come. If you do this for a few years, Shopkeeper Zheng's debts will be paid off. If by that time Shopkeeper Zheng wants to go home to retire, at least he will still have land in his hometown.
Shopkeeper Zheng felt that Wu Shigong, his boss, was really good and kind-hearted (Wu Shigong would definitely vomit blood and die if he knew what shopkeeper Zheng said about him). In addition, he was really desperate, so after thinking for a while, he
So I agreed.
The busy day was finally over. After leaving the yamen, Wu Shigong returned to Xue Mansion. As soon as he arrived at the gate, he heard the concierge saying to him: "Uncle, the Marquis asked you to go to his study as soon as you return to the house."