Over there, Master Zhu was furious, and over here, Advisor Yang was enjoying himself.
When he visited the Haiya City Lord's Mansion, he came with empty hands. When he left the Haiya City Lord's Mansion, he returned with large and small bags in his hands.
Han Fulai, the head of the Ocean Trading Department, not only accompanied him personally and sent him out of the gate of the city lord's palace, but before leaving, he also forced him to give him some Huoyunzhou spiritual tea, Donghuangzhou porcelain, and Borneo silk, saying that these were gifts
A gift for Miss Qingning.
Although Yang Lu pretended to decline, the other party's attitude was also very firm:
You must accept this gift, even if you don’t want to accept it!
Yang Lu couldn't resist the other party, so he could only pretend to be reluctant and accepted all the gifts as ordered.
When other merchants come to the City Lord's Mansion to do business, they always bring large and small bags to give gifts. It would be better for Yang Lu to go to the City Lord's Mansion to do business. Not only did he not give any gifts, but he was also forced to give a bunch of gifts by the officials of the City Lord's Mansion. If the onlookers who don't know the truth are watching
When the crowd saw this, they probably thought that this was an immortal from the Wuliang Sword sect who came to Haiya City specifically to inspect the work!
Han Fulai sent the two of them hundreds of meters away. It was only after Yang Lu repeatedly promised that he would bring the goodwill of the Ocean Trading Department to Miss Qingning that Han Fulai reluctantly returned to the city lord's palace.
Even though Butler Zhou was watching the whole process of Yang Lu's work, he still had a very magical feeling.
He has never heard of someone being so arrogant when asking for help!
Seeing that there were no outsiders around, Butler Zhou, who was following Yang Lu, couldn't restrain his inner doubts: "Mr. Yang, although we have something to do with Han Fulai, is this guy being a little too polite to us?"
Yang Lu seemed to have known about Butler Zhou's question for a long time, and explained without looking back: "As long as you put yourself in Han Fulai's position, you will know why he is so polite to us."
Put yourself in Han Fulai's position?
Butler Zhou thought about it for a while, but still didn't understand why Han Fulai was so enthusiastic. A series of things that happened today even made Butler Zhou doubt his own IQ!
Seeing Butler Zhou's silence, Yang Lu explained with a smile: "As the head of the Ocean Trading Department, Han Fulai represents the face of the entire Haiya Department. The senior leaders of the Haiya Department put Han Fulai in this key position, and they certainly did not want to let Han Fulai be put in this key position.
He offends people everywhere, but this time Han Fulai took the initiative and offended the Zhu Family Chamber of Commerce. How do you think the senior officials of the Haiya Department will treat him?"
Butler Zhou said honestly: "The main backer of the Zhu Family Chamber of Commerce is Lu Anping, the special trade representative of the Wuliang Sword Sect. Although the Haiya Clan and the Du Branch of the Wuliang Sword Sect have their own agendas, they are still allies on the surface. Han Fulai rashly offended him.
Lu Anping, there will definitely be doubts about him within the Haiya Department."
Yang Lu casually snapped his fingers and said: "That's right! If Han Fulai was forced to provoke Lu Anping because of his own problems and we got the handle, not only would Jiang Hua'an not be able to spare him, but others would also think that he was just a white guy.
There is a problem with the ability of the gloves. But if Han Fulai offended Lu Anping because he wanted to befriend Miss Qingning, and if his own backer spoke for him, then wouldn't this matter be excusable?"
Butler Zhou showed a look of realization and said: "I understand! Han Fulai deliberately pretended to have a good relationship with us, but in fact he was just showing it to others. He must not let others find out that he was coerced by us to do things.
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Yang Lu mentioned the overseas treasures in his hand and said: "These things look like expensive gifts on the surface, but in fact they are Han Fulai's instructions to the senior officials of the Haiya Department, so I don't want to accept them! But we'd better find someone."
I will return the gifts to him when I have the opportunity. After all, Han Fulai is very useful. It is best not to leave any unpleasantness to both of us because of these gifts."
Butler Zhou shook his head repeatedly and sighed: "This scheme of collusion between officials and businessmen is too deep. Who would have thought that these ordinary gifts could contain so many mysteries. I feel more and more that it is not a wise move for the young lady to rashly intervene in the business field."
Lift.”
Yang Lu said in a relaxed tone: "The Qingning Chamber of Commerce has an invisible backer, and its starting point is already much higher than other chambers of commerce. As long as you pay a little attention, you will not be hurt by these overt and covert attacks."
"Are you flattering yourself in disguise?"
"If you keep understanding like this, there's nothing wrong with it."
Before coming here, Butler Zhou would have definitely felt that Yang Lu was boasting again. But after seeing Yang Lu’s ability to transform decay into something magical, Butler Zhou no longer dared to underestimate Yang Lu: “Who sent you here?
To assist the eldest lady? This friend is really willing to spend a lot of money to send a talent like you!"
Housekeeper Zhou had already talked about this, and Yang Lu didn't even dare to answer the question.
Even if he confessed that he was just a casual chess move made by Chen Ping of the Golden Blade Sect, I'm afraid Butler Zhou wouldn't believe it.
So he simply started practicing Tai Chi: "Didn't you once say that I am just a mortal, and as long as I don't do anything that harms Miss Qingning's reputation, you won't get to the bottom of my origins?"
Yang Lu's move used his spear and his shield, which made Butler Zhou speechless. When he said this, he really didn't expect that a mere mortal could be so powerful!
Housekeeper Zhou himself was not an eloquent person, so after being bullied by Yang Lu, he silently became his guard and stopped saying anything.
Since they both belong to a wealthy area, the two of them quickly returned to the Qingning Chamber of Commerce carrying large and small bags.
At this time, the Qingning Chamber of Commerce was obviously much busier than in the morning. Many staff members wearing the costumes of major chambers of commerce were coming in and out through the main entrance of the Qingning Chamber of Commerce. The news of the loan from the Haiya Chamber of Commerce had obviously spread completely, and even
The regular business of the Qingning Chamber of Commerce also shows obvious signs of returning to normal.
The sharp-eyed Yang Lu quickly noticed that Murong was standing at the gate eagerly waiting for him to come back!
At this time, Murong no longer wore the newsboy's green cloth clothes, but put on Li Qingning's same style of antique clothes, which made the girl look more cute and cute. It seemed that Li Qingning did not treat Murong badly during Yang Lu's absence.
This new employee even helped arrange new clothes!
Yang Lu and Butler Zhou were very conspicuous as they carried gift boxes, and Murong quickly noticed them.
I saw the girl running towards me, her face full of worry: "Mr. Yang, you haven't encountered any danger, have you?"
"Danger?" Hearing this slightly strange question, Yang Lu asked a little puzzled, "I went to the City Lord's Mansion on business this time, and I was personally accompanied by Butler Zhou the whole time. What danger could there be? Why did you suddenly ask this question?
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Murong was obviously relieved and explained: "I was sitting at the door waiting for you just now, and then I happened to meet Xiao Tao, who was selling newspapers. He told me that Zhu Ziming had secretly hired several gangsters to cause trouble for us!
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"Xiao Tao who sells newspapers?"
"Oh, this is a newsboy who has a good relationship with me, named Shen Xiaotao! There are many of us newsboys, and we usually travel around the streets, so we are much better informed than ordinary people..."
As Yang Lu said before, newspaper boys at the bottom basically don’t have serious names. Because Haiya City is close to the sea, many children from poor families will be called Xiao Tao, Da Lang and other very rustic-sounding names. Murong has been selling newspapers for so many years. , it’s not surprising that there are acquaintances in this civilian intelligence organization composed of newsboys.
Murong's next words also confirmed Yang Lu's guess: "That guy is quite pitiful. Although he has better physical strength than me and sells newspapers faster than me, his father used to be a laborer at the dock and was hit by a heavy object due to an accident. He broke his legs and was fired directly from the Haiya Chamber of Commerce, so now his family is supported by him alone..."