Gu Wuchen wanted to enter the city through Donghua Gate, and the official ship arrived at the Qiweng Bridge and docked.
Yang Pu and the welcoming officials from the Jiangdong Prosecution Department, Jiangning Household Department, Jiangning Criminal Department, and Jiangning Metropolitan Procuratorate had already been waiting in front of the Qiweng Bridge. Cars, horses, and sedans were also ready by the roadside.
Lin Fu arrived here on horseback from the mouth of the Jinchuan River. Gu Wuchen went ashore. Before boarding the sedan, his wife Gu Tang helped him organize his red uniform. When he saw Lin Fu coming, he said, "You're here too? What's the matter?
Okay, I have to go to a few yamen first. You, Siyuan and the others will go to the mansion to have a rest and drink together at noon..."
"Then I will be waiting for you in the mansion." Lin Fu bowed to Gu Wuchen and saluted.
The Six Ministries and Three Courts of Jiangning nominally have the same powers as the Six Ministries and Three Courts of Beijing. Gu Wuchen officially took office today. In addition to the Jiangdong Procuratorate and Si Yamen, Jiangning Household Department, Jiangning Criminal Department and Jiangning Metropolitan Procuratorate all showed their faces and submitted documents.
Lin Fu thought in his mind that several officials guarding the mausoleum, including the Minister of Household Affairs in Jiangning, the Minister of Criminal Affairs in Jiangning, and the Censor of the Metropolitan Procuratorate in Jiangning, would all hide to avoid meeting Gu Wuchen today--these officials guarding the mausoleum, their official rank and rank were very high.
Their rank is frighteningly high, but in terms of real power, they are not even as powerful as the fourth-rank Jiangdong deputy envoy Gu Wuchen. What's more, Gu Wuchen is an upstart of the Chu Party who is gaining power. However, these tomb-guarding officials are all losers and victims of political struggles -
---Lin Fu thought that it wouldn't take long for Gu Wuchen to get down from several cold yamen.
Gu Wuchen got into the four-carriage sedan and headed into the city first. Yang Pu, Ma Chao and Yang Shi all changed into official uniforms and rode as retinues. The Gu family, Gu Siyuan, and Gu Junxun brothers were waiting at the end of Jiuweng Bridge to wait for the suitcase cages to be loaded on the carriage before setting off directly.
Go to Gu Mansion located at Tianhan Bridge in the east of the city. Compared with when we disembarked at Chaotianyi, the luggage in the suitcases and cages increased a lot. It seems that Gu Wuchen gained a lot when the ship stopped at Chaotianyi.
Liu Xilin, deputy lieutenant of Xiaoqi of the Dongyang Prefecture's Army and Horse Division, and others escorted Gu Wuchen's family here. They had completed their duties for this trip. They had to cross the river directly to the north. Liu Xilin took the horse and said goodbye to Lin Fu: "I have military orders, so I can't
I’m going to the city to bother Brother Lin, but there’s always time to get together someday.”
When escorting Gu Wuchen to Jiangning for his appointment, Liu Xilin only felt that Lin Fu did not have the rotten spirit of a scholar. His courage and heroism were impressive, and he was willing to accept him. However, he thought that Lin Fu would be in Jiangning in the future, and he would have to return to Dongyang to get together.
There are really not many opportunities, so I feel sorry for each other but feel reluctant to leave.
"I have prepared a small gift for Brother Liu and all the brothers. They are Jiangning's specialties. They are not worth a lot of money. They are just a few gifts. I hope Brother Liu and all the brothers will not find it objectionable..." Lin Fu asked Zhao Hu to take the gifts from the carriage.
He came down and distributed them to Liu Xilin and the cavalry. Compared with the indifference and matter-of-factness of the Gu family, Liu Xilin especially felt that Lin Fu valued them, rude soldiers, and he didn't know what to say after receiving the gift.
"Lin Juren, Madam calls you over."
Lin Fu heard someone calling him from the front. He turned around and saw a woman in the carriage in front of her lifting the curtain and waving to him. He pressed Liu Xilin's shoulder and said, "Brother Liu, please be careful when going north. I won't send you far away."
"Go, go. When you go to Dongyang Fucheng in the future, you must send me a message..." Liu Xilin saw that the carriage in front had started to move, and they were about to board the boat to cross north.
"Definitely, definitely." Lin Fu said.
Although most of the army of the Dai Viet Dynasty and the government army were in disarray and weak in combat ability, and it was difficult to be worthy of the status of a soldier, the small group of cavalry led by Liu Xilin was a rare elite. Perhaps it was the new army of Shen Rong, the prefect of Dongyang. With the results achieved, Lin Fu could find some cordial and familiar military camp feeling in them.
Hearing the woman in front of her urging her again, Lin Fu stopped exchanging greetings with Liu Xilin, lightly clamped the horse's belly, caught up with the carriage that was already moving slowly in front, and said hello to Mr. Gu who was sitting in the carriage through the curtains: "Madam, what do you want to tell Lin Fu?"
"It's nothing else," Mrs. Gu said while sitting in the car. "I heard from Yang Pu that you helped me clean up the new house, and I haven't thanked you yet."
"That's what Lin Fu should do." Lin Fu said. He knew that Gu Junxun was also sitting in this carriage with her mother.
"Is the food prepared by the Xiao family delicious?" Mrs. Gu said again.
Lin Fu was slightly startled, thinking that Mrs. Gu would never forget this threat. Could it be that he pushed her here for seven or eight days and then expected her to move her into my house? He pretended to be confused and said: "Thank you, Madam, for your concern. Miss Liu is very good at cooking."
Mrs. Gu only thought that Lin Fu was thin-skinned and was embarrassed. She only wanted Lin Fu to bring the pretty little widow into his house, which was also a relief to Gu Wuchen. At the same time, she was also jealous of the Shiliang County magistrate who forcibly sent Liu Yue'er here. He was so filled with hatred that he couldn't find anything else to say to greet Lin Fu, so he asked: "I heard from the master that you are a little lacking in writing, but you are very knowledgeable in miscellaneous knowledge. I don't know what you plan to do after arriving in Jiangning." Origin?"
Lin Fu felt secretly sorry for Liang Zuoren in his heart. Liang Zuoren sent Liu Yuer'er to the Gu family to please Gu Wuchen. Who would have thought that the Gu family was headed by his wife, and he hit Gu's back hard with a blow. Lin Fu would Hiding a secret smile in his heart, he said to Mr. Gu through the carriage curtain: "Lin Fu has no relatives or friends in Jiangning, and there is no one to consult when something happens. When Madam asked, Lin Fu shamelessly asked Madam for an idea..."
Gu felt regretful while sitting in the carriage. She just asked casually, but she didn't expect Lin Fu to hit the snake and follow the stick. She thought to herself: If you want to ask for an idea, why don't you come to Gu's door to ask for help?
Gu said coldly: "Master appreciates you. If you have anything to do, just say it. Why are you so polite?"
Lin Fu thought that Gu Wuchen had probably had enough of this woman's anger, but the reason why Gu Wuchen became a new member of the Chu Party was not only his talent and academic experience, but mainly because his marriage to Gu made him the son-in-law of Tang Haoxin, the leader of the Chu Party. , a fellow disciple of Deputy Prime Minister Zhang Xie. He secretly spat, but said respectfully on the surface: "Lin Fu wants to set up a business in Jiangning to distribute Dongyang tea paper and other products. The Gu family is still an official tea merchant in Dongyang. Lin Fu wants to invite Mrs. If the Gu family agrees, all the tea shipped out of Dongyang by the Gu family will be sold by me at the Jiangning store. If the Gu family agrees, in addition to purchasing the tea at the current price, Lin Fu is also willing to give the Gu family an additional one thousand taels of silver in dry stock money every year."
Mrs. Gu was slightly startled while sitting in the carriage. She didn't expect that Lin Fu would open a business in Jiangning. She wanted to tell Lin Fu, "What should she agree to do regarding the Gu family's affairs?" She was about to open her mouth, but then she thought: The master is now the eldest son of the Gu family. Why couldn't she decide the Gu family's affairs? Then she thought about the benefits of agreeing to Lin Fu.
Originally, Gu Wuchen was an official in Jiangning, and the Gu family was in Shiliang County, hundreds of miles away. Gu Wuchen had no time to attend to the affairs of the Gu family. However, if the Gu family's tea was distributed by Lin Fu's business in Jiangning, things became complicated. There are differences, Mrs. Gu thought to herself: The matters in Shiliang County are beyond my reach, and the matters under Jiang Ning's nose can always be interfered with by me. Thinking of this, she felt that the tea that was promised to the Gu family to be shipped out of Dongyang was all under the name of Lin Fu. It was a good thing that the company was responsible for distribution. Then I thought about what the extra one thousand taels of silver promised by Lin Fu meant. After thinking for a while, I was not sure, so I asked Lin Fu through the car curtain: "On time." It’s enough to buy tea at a reasonable price, so why do you need to pay extra for the shares?”
"Your Majesty went to Jiangning, and his wife, son, and young lady all moved to a blessed place. Lin Fu originally prepared generous gifts to show his sincerity, but Lin Fu set up his own business and started a business for the first time. He was a little shy in his pocket, so he could only turn the generous gifts into small gifts to show his sincerity.
Please accept it, madam..." Lin Fu didn't mention the butt matter for now, and handed the congratulatory gift list to the woman in front of the carriage, and asked her to pass it to Gu in the car.
Sitting in the car, Mrs. Gu took the gift list, and her heart skipped a beat, thinking that Lin Fu, whom she had looked down upon before, could be so heroic. Gu Junxun, who was sitting next to him, turned his head in confusion and saw eight official silver ingots and mutton fat written on the gift list.
A white jade pendant and two famous maroon horses; these congratulatory gifts will naturally be sent directly to the Gu family later.
Mrs. Gu closed the gift list and her impression of Lin Fu suddenly improved. She thought that her nephew Gu Siming said that Lin Fu was a penniless and poor scholar. She was probably jealous and said bad things about him. At this time, she felt sorry for Gu Siming in her heart.
Feeling disgusted, she said in the car: "The second generation of your family is kind to the Gu family, how could I dare to accept such a generous gift from you? How dare you talk about such a small gift!"
Eight ingots of official silver equaled four hundred taels. In addition to the five thousand taels of silver in Lin Fu's hand for the principal of the business, there was less than one thousand taels left for turnover, so he gave the Gu family four hundred taels as a congratulatory gift, which made him feel sad.
Blood, but he knew that the biggest source of support in Jiangning was the Gu family, and he couldn't afford it. Although Gu Wuchen admired him quite a lot, the head of the Gu family was the Gu family who was sitting in this carriage, and it was the Gu family's son Gu Siyuan who had an impression of him.
It's not good, so how can he not spend a lot of money? Lin Fuyou thinks that eight ingots of silver as a gift is not enough. Gu Wuchen is really greedy for money when he takes up the post of Jiangdong Deputy Inspector. His subordinate officials really can't afford dozens of taels of silver. Eight ingots of official silver
Silver was really nothing in all the congratulations. Lin Fu gritted his teeth and gave up the two best-looking horses among the four horses brought to Jiangning this time. The white jade pendant was originally gifted a few days ago.
It was a gift from Zhang Yubo, a member of the army of Zuo Sikou of Ning Mansion, and it was only worth a few taels of silver. However, the quality of jade is highly subjective. Lin Fu shamelessly included this jade pendant in this gift list in order to guide the Gu family.
Mistakenly thinking that it was a good item worth hundreds of taels of silver - in Gu's eyes, this congratulatory gift was worth almost a thousand taels of silver.
Even so, Mr. Gu still did not forget to mention "those gifts, small gifts", obviously because he was obsessed with the one thousand taels of silver per year in dry shares. Lin Fu smiled at the corner of his mouth, he was afraid that Mr. Gu would forget this and did not mention it.
He said: "To be honest, madam, I originally prepared twenty-eight ingots of official silver as a gift. The day before yesterday, the shipyard urgently needed to pay two thousand taels of silver for the order. Lin Fu was in Jiangning and couldn't find anyone else to borrow it, so he hurriedly
Under this situation, I can only temporarily withdraw twenty ingots of official silver from the congratulatory gifts to your Excellency and Madam for emergency purposes. I have more money in the past two days, and I wanted to prepare more congratulatory gifts, but then I thought again: What about the emergency payment that I had received earlier?
Why can't twenty ingots of official silver be counted as the principal amount of your Majesty's and Madam's investment in the firm? Lin Fu privately made an argument for Your Majesty and Madam, so the twenty ingots of official silver can be regarded as the principal amount of your Majesty and Madam's investment in the firm. It's just the firm's capital.
When the business was making profits and losses, Lin Fu couldn't let you and your wife bear the business risks, so he decided to pay you and your wife one thousand taels of silver every year for profit...Won't your wife blame Lin Fu for making decisions?"
The official silver standard is a large ingot, one ingot is worth fifty taels.
Twenty official ingots are worth one thousand taels of silver.
In the carriage, Mrs. Gu listened to Lin Fu talking about these thousand taels of silver, which were nothing, and her lotus flowers bloomed. She smiled happily and said, "How can I blame you? How can I blame you?"
"Then I will arrive at the house later and write the stock subscription deed to you, madam." Lin Fu said.