The weather is not hot at all, and it is morning again, but I am sweating high. 【Read full text】
Don't get me wrong, although Mr. Gao is middle-aged and has a somewhat blessed figure, he is still a very strong man. He is not the doughy rich man who is so weak that he needs to take supplements to cope with his concubine.
He may not have run a horse on his arms, but he has faced dozens of swords and guns without changing his expression. Such a person was sweating coldly on a not-so-hot late spring afternoon.
A month earlier, I received a letter from Eunuch Yang, saying that he had sent his adopted son, Yang Tianliang, to Guangzhou to discuss important matters with him. Gao Ji was really not sure what this important matter was, and his heart was pounding.
Depriving this eunuch of half of his potential for nothing always made him feel heartbroken. However, he had relied on Eunuch Yang's protection over the years to come through without any danger. Therefore, every year when interest and dividends were distributed, he would send a lot of money to the capital or deposit it in a pawn shop in Guangzhou according to his instructions.
Every year, he sent lychees in the summer and delicacies in the winter. He never dared to neglect the eunuch for a day. Why did he suddenly send a young Eunuch Yang to discuss some important matter with him?
event? Gao Zhou smiled bitterly. He was just a businessman. If he had any major matters, he could discuss it with a palace official like this. It is nothing more than asking him to come up with a large sum of money for "temporary use" and "repayment". And the amount is very huge, otherwise it would just be a matter of a letter, and I sent an "adopted son" here without hesitation - it seems that Eunuch Yang is very anxious! He sighed, the foreign wealth that fell from the sky a few months ago had to be vomited out again.
Losing some money is not his biggest fear. Since Tianqi came to power at the age of nine thousand, things in the palace have become more and more unfathomable. His patron, Eunuch Yang, came from the sect of Gao Shiming. In the first year of Tianqi, this high eunuch resigned voluntarily in order to protect himself. Eunuch Yang is also a sidelined figure in the palace right now.
What if Nine Thousand Years Old doesn't like Eunuch Yang? Gao Ji couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat. He didn't like Eunuch Yang at all - but their mutual relationship over the years had tied them together - like two grasshoppers on a rope. Eunuch Yang is done for today. Tomorrow the gangsters from Dongchang will knock on the door of his house, destroying his family and destroying his family.
This time, don’t do it for this reason, right? Gao Zhi started to sweat again, and he couldn't help but roared:
"Fan yourself!"
The maid serving in the study hurriedly waved the fan beside her, and the breeze blew gently, mixed with the scent of a woman's body. If she could usually calm down her irritable mood, it didn't happen this time. She just felt hot all over. He stood up from the couch so violently that he cursed:
"Get out of here, everyone!"
The maids and servants in the room were all startled, and quickly retreated with their necks bent.
After waiting for a moment, someone reported:
"Guanshi Yan is here."
"Tell him to come in."
Manager Yan only came to report Gao Qing, and the Australian maritime merchants had already arrived.
"Already here?" He raised his eyes and rolled his eyes. This was still good news. It gave him some euphoric feeling. After all, it is always a pleasure to see money coming. Recently, they no longer want porcelain, but more of various precious medicinal materials and spices, and some also purchase various hardwood and sandalwood materials. It made Gao Ji puzzled: things are not difficult to buy, there are many in Guangzhou - the problem is that most of these goods are from the West (the West that Zheng He sailed to the West was not produced by later generations, but all foreign merchants trafficked it, Why did Baba ask him to buy on his behalf again? This made him even more curious about the background of this group of maritime merchants.
This Gao Qing is also a waste. I have been serving him for more than two months and nothing has been discovered. But he didn't expect this dull man to find out anything.
He didn't care about all that at the moment, so he snorted and asked:
"How's the delivery going? Is there anything new?"
"Replying to the master, there are no new products. The little ones are just counting the numbers."
"Okay, invite them to come over and talk."
"The Australian gentleman also brought a... um, merchant." Manager Yan didn't know what to call the extra person this time, and he didn't know whether he was a servant or an equal merchant.
"Just please."
"Young man, I understand," Manager Yan took a step forward and whispered, "The new person this time seems to be Lian Jiazi. Is this your master?"
"Hmm." Gao Ju thought for a while and felt that it was not necessary. However, Yan Guanshi was also loyal to the Lord after thinking about it, so he ordered, "Send a message and ask Teacher Zhao to lead a few guards to serve in the yard. Don't show your face."
"Yes, I understand." Seeing that he had no other instructions, Manager Yan was about to leave.
"Wait a minute, the people who went to Shaozhou haven't sent back any news yet?"
"No. Young Eunuch Yang only left the capital on the second day of March. He probably hasn't reached the boundary of Nan'an Mansion yet. He will arrive in about ten days."
"Masters called Shu Qishang, find out all the letters related to Eunuch Yang and read them. Find out how little Eunuch Yang has been, how old he is, when he met his adopted son, what hobbies he has, etc. Find it for me."
"Yes, sir."
"Is there any new morning report coming?"
"The masters didn't say anything on the cover of the book, so there probably isn't. There is only one urgent election report in April. It's all news about official appointments, so it wasn't submitted..."
"What the hell are you saying? Send someone to get it quickly!" This emergency newspaper is different from the ordinary newspaper. It is a list of officials transferred and replaced by the Ministry of Personnel. Although there are no senior officials, Ye Luo Zhiqiu, the position of a small official The changes may also reveal some trends in the court.
After finishing his instructions, he took a few more sips of tea to calm down. Then he got up and went to the outer study to meet the guests.
This was Bei Wei's first time passing through a wormhole, and now he felt like he was in a dream in this Ming Dynasty house.
Becoming a scout was a long time ago. No matter what I did after I retired, I still tried hard to maintain the skills I learned in the past. The focus of his participation in the time travel trade this time was to conduct a simple advisory trip on future underground activities in Guangzhou.
Mr. Gao is their collaborator, but he is only a collaborator. Since it is purely a profit-seeking cooperation, he may betray the Chuangzhong at any time, and this must be guarded against.
If other forces intervene and want to harm Mr. Gao for their own purposes and make their cooperation unsustainable, preparations must be made in advance to protect the collaborators and this channel.
From the time he left the back door of the Guangzhou branch until he entered the high house, Bei Wei walked with a strange stiff pace, each step being a standard eighty centimeters. There is a portable camera in his bag, which automatically records the environment he walks through. What is more reliable than this is his eyes and brain: recording every door he walks through, every yard, where he turns, and where there are things. Door……
All the irrelevant servants in the house were sent away by Manager Yan, but the strange behavior of this new Australian still made several servants who led the escort whisper. But they also envied his strong physique - ordinary servants would probably not be able to survive three moves under him.
The host and guest were exchanging polite words at the moment. In order to avoid unnecessary socializing, it was decided before departure: Bei Wei was brought as a bodyguard by an Australian maritime merchant, so he just sat behind Mr. Wen, with his hands on his knees, motionless. His eyes were looking in all directions.
Although it is called the outer study, it is actually a complete small courtyard, and this hall is not small. Bei Wei glanced around and knew that there were eleven Ming people in the hall: Mr. Gao, a steward who led the way, a guard, two serving girls, two servants, and four servants in the four corners of the hall.
The four servants are well-proportioned, small and strong. It is obvious that they are the nursing home of the Gao family. Their shirts are a little too baggy, and I'm afraid they all have iron rulers or something inside.
This is only part of it. As soon as Bei Wei entered the courtyard, he discovered that there were four other guards standing inconspicuously behind the rockery and trees in the courtyard.
The real master is probably the guard who stands behind Mr. Gao and controls the door to the side room. Wearing a green arrow-sleeved shirt, he stood silently with his hands down, but there was a faint aura of strength on his body.
I don’t know how powerful these Ming Dynasty martial arts masters were. Bei Wei's heart was itching. If he had the chance to fight with them, he would not miss it. He is very interested in traditional Chinese martial arts. The fighting he learned in the army was mainly modern fighting, and he didn't dabble much in traditional martial arts. He also went to watch some martial arts performances, but he always found them unsatisfying: there were too many tricks and tricks, and the real actual combat skills were not shown.
Mr. Gao and Wen Desi continued their business, both of them were a little absent-minded. One is thinking about Eunuch Yang, and the other is considering the expansion of the Guangzhou branch.
The main purpose of Wen Desi's visit this time was to expand the Guangzhou branch.
The current foundation laid is good, but it is still too closed. All their external exchanges are conducted through high altitude, which is detrimental to future trade and intelligence work. One of the ideas of the executive committee is to "go out" as much as possible and develop more agents - not only businessmen like Mr. Gao, but also officials, scholars, and ordinary people.
Of course, it's not possible at this time. They have weird looks and strange voices, and they are destined to be watched by people when they go out. However, the family members who gave them a room gave them another chance. As long as we can win over the hearts of Gao Qing's family, the road ahead will become wider and wider.
The talks ended quickly. After the delivery of the cargo orders from both parties, the deal was considered complete. Someone would naturally transport the goods without them having to worry about the money. Mr. Gao was eager to go to the study to read the materials compiled by the masters, and he didn't want to be polite and ask for a meal, so he ordered someone to send a banquet over.
