Optimus One Pillar of the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 145: Asking for help for my father-in-law
After dinner that night, Wang Daoqiu took his father-in-law Shen Yashi, escorted by his four young guards, to Lu Bing's house on horseback carrying gifts.

Wang Daoqiu of Lu Bing Mansion had been here many times before, and the concierge of Lu Mansion also knew him. As soon as he and his father-in-law Shen Yishi approached, the concierge of Lu Mansion took the initiative to come over and say hello. His sharp eyesight was comparable to that of the concierge of Wang Daoqiu's family. Second, it is several levels higher.

The concierge of the Lu Mansion ran over and helped Wang Daoqiu hold the horse first so that Wang Daoqiu could get better.After Wang Daoqiu dismounted, he cupped his fists and saluted Wang Daoqiu and said, "I'd like to pay my respects to you, my lord."

"Oh good! Is your Governor Lu here?"

"Back to your lord, my master has just returned. He should be having dinner with his wife and young master at the moment."

"It's hard enough for your governor to have dinner so late. Okay, since your governor is eating, I'll wait outside for a while. You can wait until your governor has finished eating and then report?"

"Hey, how can I ask you, Sir, to wait outside? If my master knows about this, why doesn't he break the little dog's legs? Sir, please come inside, and I will let the servant take you. Go to the living room and wait. When the master has finished eating, he will go to see you."

"That's it! That's fine!"

After saying this, Wang Daoqiu asked his bodyguard to hand over the gifts to the concierge of the Lu Mansion, and then he took Shen Yishi to the Lu Mansion.At this time, the concierge of the Lu Mansion also hurriedly ordered a boy to take Wang Daoqiu and Shen Yishi to the VIP living room of the mansion, and then inform the master that Wang Shizhong was here.

Wang Daoqiu and Shen Yishi followed the young man from the Lu Mansion through the front yard of the Lu Mansion and entered the VIP living room in the middle courtyard of the Lu Mansion. The young man asked a maid in the mansion to serve tea to the guests, and he himself went to report to Lu Bing.

The maid of the Lu Mansion served tea. Wang Daoqiu sent the maid away from the Lu Mansion on the grounds that she did not need to serve her.

Seeing that no one from the Lu family was in the room, Shen Yishi came over and asked in a low voice: "Xian son-in-law, Lu Bing has a reputation for being evil. Isn't it difficult for him to speak?"

Lu Bing, the chief spy of the Ming Dynasty's Jinyiwei, was also a Mongol Tatar who had a martial arts background and had been beheading the Great Wall for several years.His resume is indeed very intimidating to ordinary people.Therefore, it is normal for Shen Yishi to be nervous now.

Understanding this, Wang Daoqiu looked relaxed and comforted with a smile: "Old Taishan, don't be nervous. Although Governor Lu is a warrior in the Imperial Guard, he is elegant, speaks kindly, and is easy to get along with."

"Really? I wish, I wish!"

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In this way, Weng and his son-in-law chatted and waited for Lu Bing.After a while, Lu Bing came in wearing a wide plain cloth gown and walking elegantly.

As soon as he came in, Lu Bing cupped his fists and apologized to Wang Daoqiu: "I'm sorry, Liangzhen, for keeping you waiting. By the way, who is this?"

"Oh, Brother Donghu, this is my old Taishan, Shen Yishi. I apologize for visiting you today."

"Oh, so you are Mr. Shen Yishi, the richest man in Zhejiang! Oh, why are you so young? You are not even forty this year, are you?"

Lu Bing said polite words as soon as he came in and asked Wang Daoqiu about Shen Yishi's identity. When Wang Daoqiu told him that this was his old Taishan Shen Yishi, Lu Bing quickly showed an expression of admiration and was close to Shen Yishi.Lu Bing had a cheerful face and spoke politely, but his status as the boss of Jinyiwei still gave Shen Yishi, a businessman, a great sense of oppression.

So even though Lu Bing was speaking very politely now, Shen Yishi still returned the favor to Lu Bing nervously and said, "I don't dare, I don't dare."

Seeing that his father-in-law was nervous, Wang Daoqiu rushed to the rescue and asked Lu Bing to sit down and talk.The three of them sat down separately. Wang Daoqiu said straight to the point: "To be honest with you, brother, I brought Lao Taishan to my brother's house today because I have something to ask for. I have agreed in advance that in front of my brother, Lao Taishan, can you, brother?" Don’t let me lose my skin.”

"Hahahahaha, Liangzhen, you just like to joke. Why should I talk to you if you want to be a brother? You and I are brothers. If anything happens, I can say it clearly. I will go through fire and water for my brother."

"Okay, brother, you said this! Then the little brother opened his mouth!"

"But it doesn't matter"

Lu Bing is generous, and Wang Daoqiu also feels that based on his use value of Lu Bing, Lu Bing will not be willing to part with a few side dishes.So he didn't care about anything and said directly: "To be honest, brother, when the Trade City shop was last rented, I, Old Taishan, was harvesting silkworm cocoons in Zhejiang and missed the time. Now he has brought the newly woven silk this year to Beijing to sell. But there is no empty noodles in the commercial city. Brother Donghu, what do you think this is?"

"Brother Xian, you want to help with noodles! Oh, this is difficult to handle. To be honest, brother Xian, business has been booming since the trial opening of the Trade City. Even a fool can see that after those noodles How much money can be made? So the reputable people in Beijing all focused on this piece of fat. Before the Trade City officially opened for rent, they either sent their own servants or the gangsters on the street to threaten Those merchants want to use this to scare away those merchants, so that they can get those auxiliary areas at a low price, and then rent them out and become second landlords."

"For this reason, I specially begged the emperor and invited those people to eat in Xiyuan. At the dinner, I hinted to the emperor that those people were inserting their hands into the pockets of the emperor and my royal guards to take out money. That group We are all human beings, and of course they understood the hints that the emperor and I gave. So although they were unhappy at the time, they also admitted their mistake and said that they would stop the matter. But they couldn't eat it themselves. They were unwilling to be eaten by me. So they also hinted at the money in front of the emperor that if I, Lu Bing, did not let them earn it but went to earn it myself, then the emperor would not be able to blame them for causing trouble in the next thing."

"Because I was being watched by those people, I didn't dare to arrange for myself the rental of the auxiliary position in the Trade City last time. And the rental of the factory in Tongzhou Industrial Zone half a month later also had the same rules, and everything was done directly Renting to merchants, no one wants to be the second landlord. So brother Xian, I really don’t have the auxiliary position of the Trade City in my hands now."

Wang Daoqiu understood what Lu Bing said.To put it bluntly, the nobles and Lu Bing were fighting and staring at each other. As a result, neither party could be the second landlord, and inadvertently led to a fair bidding meeting.

Knowing the whole story, Wang Daoqiu could no longer embarrass Lu Fan.So he stood up and said goodbye to Lu Bing: "I don't understand those things, but I have made things difficult for Brother Donghu, so I took the liberty of doing so. It's getting late today, so I won't worry about it anymore. Brother Donghu, take your leave."

After saying this, Wang Daoqiu asked Lao Taishan and Shen Yishi to go out.When Lu Bing saw that Wang Daoqiu was about to leave, he hurriedly took Wang Daoqiu's arm and said, "My dear brother, wait a moment, please listen to me."

"Brother, what else can I say?"

"Brother Xian, look, Brother Wei does not have any shops in the Trade City. But Brother Wei doesn't have them. He has one in Baiyun Temple! Moreover, the other auxiliary shops in the Trade City are all built inside the walls of the Trade City. Only the medical clinic and Liuli shop in Baiyunguan and the auxiliary store of the Imperial Salt and Iron Store are open on the street. It can be said that Baiyunguan and the Imperial Salt and Iron Store are the walls of the Trade City facing Tongzhou Wharf. Baiyunguan is in the commercial center. Chengafu faces the street and has convenient transportation, and there are more than 40 in total. How can they use so many? So, dear brother, go ask Tao Tao for it tomorrow, he will definitely not be disrespectful to you. "

That's right, I asked Baiyunguan to ask for the auxiliary storefront of the Trade City. Their auxiliary storefront is the front room facing the street at the entrance of the Trade City!I won’t tell you how the business is going to be if you open the store there, but it’s definitely a good place!After all, if you can get a shop in that kind of location, he itself represents your background, and others can't afford to mess with you.

After thinking about this, Wang Daoqiu thanked Lu Bing and left Lu Mansion with Shen Yishi.

Far away from the Lu Mansion, Shen Yishi took a long breath and said, "Xian son-in-law, I didn't expect that you and Lu Bing have such a good relationship. You will be able to rely on your father when doing business in the future. By the way, virtuous son-in-law, Baiyunguan can really bring them together." How many shops can you give me on the street side of the Trade City? Today I went to the Trade City to see the medical clinics and vulcanized glass shops in Baiyunguan, which are right next to the gate of the Trade City. It’s not just about a good location, it also represents identity. This, this…”

At this point, Shen Yishi stopped talking, but his meaning was very clear. He was questioning whether Wang Daoqiu's face was enough!
Regarding Shen Yishi's doubts, Wang Daoqiu couldn't explain anything now, so he could only say in a low-key tone, let's talk about it tomorrow!
(End of this chapter)