Lu Jinhe was speechless.
This son of his own doesn't know who he is studying under. He has a very bad temper and will turn over the table if he disagrees with him.
"Wu'er, God has the virtue of a good life -" Lu Jinhe persuaded.
These days, business competition also has a bloody flavor. Otherwise, why would the Lu family have so many thugs for worship?
However, compared to Lu Wu's attitude of killing people everywhere and killing people in the city, he was still too gentle in the end.
"The virtue of living well is nothing more than weighing the pros and cons. The five counties south of the Yangtze River are my private territory and no other voices are allowed to exist." Lu Wu waved his hand and said.
Lu Jinhe's heart sank slightly.
"Father, in addition to the positions of Sangong and Jiuqing, I plan to set up a Commerce Department and a Baigong Pavilion in the five counties south of the Yangtze River. Of course, the Zhechong Department responsible for retired sergeants will also be retained."
"Commercial Department, Baigong Pavilion?" Lu Jinhe's heart was moved. He was one of the largest businessmen in the Wu Kingdom, so he was naturally very sensitive to the word "business".
"When I look at all the countries in the world, agriculture is the foundation of each country. If there is no food, even if the government is clear and clear, the country will inevitably be in turmoil. Hundreds of craftsmen are the skeleton of each country. If there are no masters who can work, the armor is not strong, and the tools are not good, the national strength will not be strong. .”
"As for business, the exchange of needs and exchanges, social division of labor depends on it, and the profit is huge, ten times that of agriculture and five times that of hundreds of workers. If the agricultural tax can be deducted from the commercial tax, the agricultural tax will definitely be reduced. And make the country rich - Father, are you willing to serve as the future director of the Department of Commerce?" Lu Wu said.
Lu Jinhe was greatly moved.
It is not easy to do business these days. Let’s not talk about road transportation problems. Just opening up the joints in various places is a first-class problem.
He sent his eldest son Lu Song, who had high hopes in his family, to go to Chu State. It took him several years to open up the trade route, which was already a pretty good achievement - and at least half of these years were spent on opening up various joints. .
If you give your son the position of Director of the Department of Commerce, then the cost of opening up joints for the Lu family to do business will be reduced by at least ten times. Moreover, it will be much easier to go out for negotiations with a king like his son as the backing - many nobles maintain their own status, When businessmen come to visit, they can't see anyone at all. They can only discuss business with other people's housekeepers.
While the two were talking, footsteps came from outside.
Before anyone came in, the words came in first: "How are you, uncle? How are you, my fifth brother?"
When he said the first half of the sentence, Ke Lie was still outside the door. When he finished the first half of the sentence and walked into the hall, he saw Lu Wu sitting there, and Ke Lie's voice suddenly dropped three steps lower.
"You're welcome, Mr. Lie," Lu Jinhe quickly stood up to greet him: "Why are you here today? Are you here to see Wu'er?"
"Hey, I really have something to ask Fifth Brother for help." Ke Lie pushed Lu Jinhe into the seat and sat down next to him with Xiao Xiao: "What were uncle and Fifth Brother talking about just now?"
Lu Wu glanced at him and ignored him.
However, Lu Jinhe had a good impression of Ke Lie. He exchanged a few pleasantries with him to avoid Ke Lie's embarrassment, and then went out, leaving the two young men to talk on their own.
Seeing Lu Jinhe leave, Ke Lie came over with a scowl on his face, and first explained: "Fifth brother, fifth brother, this is the matter. It's the whole Wu Kingdom that can't forgive you, but neither my eldest brother nor I can do that to you! "
Since he has come here with all the courage, he can't take this face. Anyway, he is not King Wu Ketu, so this face is not worth much money.
"Haha, your eldest brother is a loyal and honest man. As for you, over at Lanshui, they never told me that Wu Guo had evil intentions and wanted to ambush me."
Lu Wu was actually not very angry, after all, he did not have any good intentions during this trip.
Moreover, there are not many people in this world that he cares about. Apart from his parents who raised him since childhood, there are only a few maids around him who grew up with him.
But a noble boy like him can't even be considered a friend with him, let alone a disappointment.
"Hey, it's really not my fault. Did uncle tell you? Before I left Songjing to pick you up, I gave my uncle a hint and asked him to send the family papers out quickly." Ke Lie quickly defended.
"Okay, okay, don't talk about whether you have these things or not. What do you want to do with me?"
"Um, fifth brother, did you go to the fiefdom yesterday?" Ke Lie looked at Lu Wu's face and made sure he wasn't angry before asking cautiously.
It would be too utilitarian to talk about borrowing seeds from the Black God at the beginning. There must be a reason.
"What's wrong? Where am I going, do I still need your permission?" Lu Wu glanced sideways at him and said.
"Look at what you said, am I not concerned about you? You have traveled more than a thousand miles in the past two days, and your saddle horse is tired. Several first-class beauties came from Wanhua Tower. I want to ask Fifth Brother to relax. , stop by to appreciate it and see what my little brother’s taste is like.”
But these days have not been in vain.
He has been to basically all the places where people eat, drink, whore and gamble in Songjing.
Since her eldest brother ascended to the throne of Wu, and her mother also entered the palace and became the Queen Mother, Kelie, who had no one to control her, was like a wild dog let go of the leash and was having fun, trying to satisfy all the desires that had been suppressed over the years.
Moreover, after the Songjing Incident, a large number of nobles actually fell - not a few of the truly deep-rooted nobles fell, but the small and medium-sized nobles who followed the trend had their property confiscated, and many of them sold their wives and daughters.
As one of the top brothels in Songjing, Wanhualou took the opportunity to purchase a group of high-quality talents.
Lu Wu was silent.
Ke Lie felt that he might have been a little arrogant. Most of the world's martial arts fanatics like Lu Wu were martial arts idiots. He might have flattered the enemy by flattering him - maybe he could find some masters to compete with him. It's better than asking him to go to a brothel.
However, although there are many masters in Songjing, there is no martial arts master, so it is not easy to find someone to compete with Lu Wu.
Lu Wu asked: "Do you want to reserve the venue?"
"Reserve the venue, of course! It's a blessing for them that Fifth Brother is willing to show off. They must not let other vulgar people disturb Fifth Brother's interest." Ke Lie was overjoyed.
This not only brings the two of them closer together, but can also make a fortune from it.
Even though he was the younger brother of King Wu, his family's expenses were limited, so if he wanted to squander it, he would have to find additional money.
Ke Lie has no foundation. Most of the people left behind by Lao Tzu Ke Yuan went to follow his brother Ke Tu, taking away most of the channels for incoming money, and his own channels for incoming money have not yet found a way.
As for his salary - he had no official position, so he had no salary. He only had a support from the Zongzheng Mansion, which was still in the hands of Jiang Cheng, the female official sent by his mother to be his housekeeper, and it was not in his hands at all.
Only if you do things for your brother and mother, they will give you extra money.
As the first-class brothel in Songjing, Wanhua House requires a lot of money to book a brothel, and there is a lot of room for manipulation.
Moreover, using Lu Wu's name to book the rental was definitely a business matter, and he didn't have to worry about his brother and mother refusing to reimburse him - he casually doubled the booking fee and reimbursed it, and three months' expenses were covered.
What's more, this matter is that grandpa wants to borrow horse breeding, and he can report another public account to grandpa later. The two sums of money add up, and you can live comfortably this year.
