Chapter 541: The Prestigious Nanjing Minister of Rites
As soon as Wang Duo, the Minister of Rites of Nanjing left, Gu Hengbo pinched a piece of paper into a piece of paper, and then opened the window directly to the servant who was dressed in an inner factory outside and ordered: "Send someone to hand it over to Eunuch Wei. In addition, there is another big order today, which belongs to Wang Duo, the Minister of Rites of Nanjing. There is a total of 20,000 kilograms. His housekeeper Zhou will bring goods later and prepare for unloading."
As he said that, Gu Hengbo flashed into the pavilion, changed into a man's outfit after taking a shower, and his eyes were also handsome, holding an ancient jade bone fan, and came to the outside of the lobby with a straight face. He had already opened a warehouse. The servants pretending to be from the inner factory also changed their clothes, rolled up their sleeves, and stood behind Gu Hengbo with his hands behind his back.
Not long after, the housekeeper Zhou of the royal palace brought a huge cart of antelope here. Although the place was also a lively street market, it was very quiet at this moment. It was enough to see that the girl named Fusang, who had joined the party, must have met a not-so-simple person, otherwise it would have been so easy that the lively alley on the banks of the Qinhuai River would suddenly become so deserted.
Thinking about the fact that no one from the factory appeared along the way, it seemed that it might be the result of the energy of the people behind Gu Hengbo. Therefore, the Butler Zhou and his master believed in Gu Hengbo's skills at first sight, and simply handed over 15,000 kilograms of opium to Gu Hengbo.
Gu Hengbo couldn't help but ask, "Didn't it be agreed that the 20,000 jin will be discounted to Gu's purchase price three times the price for Gu, but why did he lose 5,000 jin?"
"Miss Gu, although you have the ability, you are not the only one in the world who has the ability. My master wants to see if there are any other people willing to collect these five thousand kilograms, such as Eunuch Wei from the inner factory." After the housekeeper said this, Gu Hengbo didn't say anything. After everything was delivered, he ordered a servant: "There are still five thousand kilograms of opium in the royal palace, so there is no need to worry about anything. Tell you Eunuch Wei that you can confiscate his house."
At this time, Li Dingguo had already arrived at Shu Dainian's mansion with two hundred factories. However, it happened that Wang Duo was also here at Shu Dainian at this time.
"Father-in-law, now the people in the inner factory have arrested several other tobacco dealers in Nanjing. I'm afraid I'm afraid there's a lot of luck. What should I do?" Shu Danian personally brought the Longjing tea in front of his father-in-law Wang Duo. Wang Duo said calmly: "Don't worry, isn't anyone in Nanjing yet? No one doesn't know what you have to do with me? Even the people in the inner factory have to consider the impact of offending a six ministers. Let me be honest about how much opium you have in your hands?"
"There are 20,000 kilograms, of which 10,000 kilograms belong to you," Shu Danian whispered in Wang Duo's ear and replied.
Wang Duo pondered for a moment: "Take out 15,000 kilograms and transport them to our mansion. I will give you twice the price of the court. The remaining 5,000 kilograms to the Ministry of Revenue. It can be said that the explanation is clear. After all, the court bans smoking and there must be losses. However, if this is the case, you can get some money back, otherwise I will not be able to protect you!"
Seeing that his father-in-law was so serious, Shu Danian thought about it carefully and thought that what his father-in-law said was reasonable. Although he didn't know what his father-in-law had to digest the tobacco, it was indeed more cost-effective for him at a price twice as high as the court's purchase price. So he agreed: "Then please come with your son-in-law."
However, just as Shu Dainian took Wang Duo into his secret room where he stored opium and looked at the opium boxes piled up in the secret room, Li Dingguo from the outside had already rushed in.
The servants of Shu Mansion wanted to stop him, but were shot directly on the grounds of blocking the tolerance. Almost as the servants of Shu Mansion rushed to his secret room to inform Shu Dainian, Li Dingguo had also brought several capable people to the wall and cross the ditch to the outside of the secret room, and cut off the connection between the secret room and the generals.
At the same time, Li Dingguo had already raised the token in his hand: "When the internal factory handled the case, Shu Danian privately sold tobacco and failed to hand it over to the court after the deadline. He violated His Majesty's order and immediately arrested him. Therefore, all the property in the family was sealed and he was ready to be confiscated!"
As he said that, Li Dingguo waved his hand again: "Search it for me!"
"Slow down!" At this time, Wang Duo walked out. Li Dingguo had seen Wang Duo at a banquet for officials in Nanjing, so he also recognized Wang Duo's identity. However, just when Li Dingguo thought that Wang Duo would rely on his identity as a minister, Wang Duo suddenly slapped Shu Da Nian in the face: "A bastard!"
With a bang, Shu Danian just bought a pair of glass anti-sighted glasses sold by Royal Industrial Company this year were broken to the ground, and even he was bleeding from his nose. Wang Duo scolded: "Why did I marry my daughter to you such a jealous thing? The court repeatedly banned cigarette trafficking. As my son-in-law, you dare to commit crimes against the wind and even deceived me and said that I was just doing tea business. Now Eunuch Wei's people are coming to you. What do you explain!"
When Shu Dainian saw his father-in-law Wang Duo wink at him, he also guessed that his father-in-law did this on purpose to get himself out, so that he did not know anything about it, so that even if he was captured by the people from the inner factory, his official position could still be preserved and he would have the opportunity to rescue him.
Therefore, Shu Danian also cooperated to cover his face, and knelt down directly at Wang Duo, and kept kowtowing, saying, "My father-in-law forgives his crime. My son-in-law is obsessed with money for a moment, which makes such a big mistake. My son-in-law is sorry for his respectful teachings, woo woo!"
Wang Duo understood that people from the factory would not come easily, but as long as they came, it would mean that they had received a clear order. Even the minister of the Ministry of Rites in Nanjing could not disobey Wei Zhongxian of the inner factory. He could not even guess whether Wei Zhongxian suddenly acted so selflessly, or wanted to blackmail some money from him or what he wanted to do. So what he had to do now was to remove himself first. He could only adapt to what his son-in-law would face next. The only regret that he was that this opium worth 150,000 silver dollars was intercepted by the inner factory before he had time to transfer it.
According to his original intention, he wanted to buy the 20,000 kilograms of opium from his son-in-law at a price twice that of the imperial court, and then transfer it to Gu Hengbo, so that he could make another difference before ending the opium business and further make up for his losses.
But man's plan is not as good as God's plan, and now he can only lose his car to protect his handsome guy.
"Mr. Li, you don't have to worry about my face. Since my son-in-law has violated the imperial court, I will take him away. If you should be investigated, you will be punished." As he said that, Wang Duo left Shu Mansion directly, showing great righteousness.
Li Dingguo did not stop him, but just ordered Shu Da Nian's opium to be seized, and secretly sighed that Shu Da Nian was really a big fish. Fortunately, Eunuch Wei was not merciful, otherwise if he let the big fish go, he wouldn't be able to explain it.
Chapter completed!