scourge the qing dynasty

Chapter 104 Crazy

"It's bad, I forgot that no one has hyped it these days, I made it too hard!"

Looking at the mountains of letters and official documents on the desk, the oily sweat on Fatty Lu's fat face could not help but flow down like a waterfall, and he began to regret that he deliberately hyped too much, letting too many people know that Qujing planted the Eight Banners News of the success of the drug.I even regret that my conscience is too good. In order to let the people taste the sweetness, I charged too high a purchase price for the Baqi drug cream grown by the people, and forced the profiteers to also raise the purchase price. A few more barrels of gasoline, diesel and lubricating oil were poured on the raging fire, and now it is self-defeating.

"Dogmatism kills people!" Fatty Lu lamented again, regretting that he used the experience of later warlords to make a fool of himself, and did everything he could to expand production and expansion. In India 100 years later, people all over the world still don’t know the poisonousness of Baqi Fushou Gao. They only know that Baqi Fushou Gao is a good medicine for curing diseases, an elixir that refreshes the mind, strengthens yang and nourishes the kidneys. It is still in Europe. Eight Banners drug creams began to be popular, there was a price but no market, the demand was far greater than the supply, the price and profit were seriously inflated, high enough to scare the common people to death, and high enough to drive every businessman and official crazy!

Under such circumstances, Fatty Lu's deliberate hype is of course adding fuel to the flames. He deliberately raised the purchase price to let the people taste the sweetness. It's hard not to explode! ——But this is also a doomed thing sooner or later. Even if Fatty Lu doesn't deliberately hype, and his heart is a little darker, and he joins hands with medicinal material dealers to suck blood from the people at a price of one penny and one tael, such a thing is destined to happen.Even if this world does not have Lu Fatty, a traveler who changed history, such a thing is destined to happen on the land of Yunnan after more than 100 years at the latest.

This kind of thing is of course crazy, craving for the seeds in Fatty Lu's hand, the seeds of Eight Banners drug longevity ointment!There is also the planting technology of Eight Banners Fushou Ointment!Among the frantically eager crowd, there are every chieftain and headman in Yunnan and Guizhou, every official and general in Yunnan and Guizhou. The Pingxi Palace is directly under the jurisdiction of Prince Pingxi, and everyone is under the command of Prince Pingxi. They are connected by flesh and blood, brothers and feet are united, and broken bones are connected to tendons. You Fatty Lu has such a good thing, shouldn't you share it with us?

Not only in Guizhou, Yunnan, Qujing Mansion borders Guangxi, although the Kong Sizhen faction in Guangxi has enmity with Fatty Lu, but the factions of Line Guoan, Ma Xiong and Dai Liangchen in Guangxi have no enmity with Fatty Lu, and the two factions of Line Guoan and Ma Xiong , Also, the Pingxi Palace has always had a good relationship, and he helped Wu Sangui keep Kong Sizhen in check, both in the open and in the dark. Fatty Lu, as the direct descendant of the Pingxi Palace, should not repay the old General Line and Ma on behalf of the Pingxi Palace. old general?
Except for these three provinces, Zhou Zhaonan, the governor of Hunan Province, was not ashamed to ask, and sent an autographed letter to Fatty Lu in an expedited [-] miles, asking Fatty Lu, who is a scholar of heaven and man, whether Hunan can grow such a good thing as the Eight Banners drug ointment?I also want to ask whether this kind of good thing should be planted in any way. Can you send someone to Qujing to learn it?Zhang Dedi, the governor of Sichuan, and Zhang Zhongcheng also urgently sent the official document six hundred miles away. The content was similar, and he said that if Sichuan was also suitable for planting, then Zhang Zhongcheng would send a third-rank official like Lang Yanxiang, the chief minister of Sichuan, to the territory in person to discuss with Fatty Lu face to face. event.

What makes Fatty Lu dumbfounded is that Jackie Chan, the magistrate of Hezhou, Sichuan, which is close to Guizhou, also wrote a letter, praising Fatty Lu for his incorruptibility, loving the people like a son, and leading the people of Qujing to get rid of poverty and become rich. Carefully inquired——Can the people of Hezhou use this method to get rid of poverty and become rich?If he can, Jackie Chan will humbly learn from this junior, Fatty Lu...

These officials are okay to dismiss, Fatty Lu is not under their jurisdiction after all, even if they refuse outright, they will have nothing to do with Fatty Lu for a while, but Fatty Lu who came from Guangdong and Fujian is urgent, so Fatty Lu cannot be ignored like this.Hearing the news that his elder brother Shang Zhixin was going to visit him in Qujing in person, Fatty Lu’s wife Shang Wanyi shed tears on the spot and was extremely excited; Geng Jingzhong, the son of Jingnan Prince, came to Qujing in person, accompanied by Wu Sangui’s cousin Zu Ze Pu's own son Zu Liangqin!These people, are Fatty Lu able to dismiss them casually?

Things have come to this point, looking at the Eight Banners drug seeds purchased at a low price, Fatty Lu no longer has the feeling of looking at gold of the same weight, but feels that he is looking at explosives of the same weight, which is the most powerful black sorkin explosive, which may happen at any time. Fry the fat all over Lu Fatty until there is not even a crumb left.The idea of ​​using these seeds to make a fortune has also been completely dispelled. With the madness of these dogs biting, selling seeds indiscriminately is a disaster!
Fatty Lu is worried here, but the brother Wang Jing, who just visited in person, is still chattering, "Brother Lu, I also know that if there are too many Eight Banners Fushou Gao, the price will definitely be lowered."

"But, Brother Lu, have you ever thought about it?" Wang Jing also learned some of Fatty Lu's tricks, and said, "With our Qujing mansion alone, even if all the land is planted with eight-flag flowers How many Banners drug creams can be produced in a year? How much money can we earn? If we can bring over one or two state capitals, then not only will the price of the Eight Banners drug creams not be lowered, but also more money can be earned. ...."

"Second brother Wang, who are you going to intercede for this time?" Fatty Lu said with a wry smile, "Let's just say, what kind of friendship do we brothers have? If you keep going around, you won't treat me as a brother .”

"Ha, it really is brother Lu's loyalty, which is refreshing enough." Wang Jing laughed and said, "Then I will say it directly, Sicheng Mansion in Guangxi, which borders Qujing, is now under the jurisdiction of Cen Jilu, the local magistrate of Sicheng. Cen Jilu and I are We are old friends. In the 14th year of Shunzhi, he saved my army with a campfire. He is kind to me. This time he sent his eldest son, Cen Qidai, just to get some seeds from us to plant, so that everyone can make a fortune together. .”

"Brother Lu, don't worry, the second brother won't let the Cen family take you for nothing." Wang Jing said seriously again: "You can sell the seeds to him at your price, and send a few people there to teach them how to grow medicine and make medicine. As a reward The Cen family guarantees that our goods can pass through Sicheng unimpeded, and whoever dares to touch our goods will be skinned! And in the coming year, all the Eight Banners drug ointments grown will be sold to us at the market price, so that they will not be too It’s okay to suffer.”

"Second brother, it's not that I don't give you this face, but I really can't do anything about it now." Fatty Lu shook his head that was about to burst, handed an official document to Wang Jing, and said with a wry smile: "Second brother Wang, you Take a look, the official document just sent by Prince Pingxi ordered the big and small gates in Yunnan to be strictly guarded, and this year's Eight Banners Fushou Ointment seeds are not allowed to flow out of the province! Wait for Prince Pingxi to come to Qujing in person, and then deal with it!"

"My lord did it so quickly?" Wang Jing was taken aback, and said, "Didn't you estimate that at least the lord would not intervene until this year's Baqi Fushou Ointment was sold out and replaced with silver and shipped back to Qujing?" Why is it that the first batch of shipments have only been out of Qujing for forty days, and the first batch of silver has not yet returned, and the prince has done it? Why do you want to come to Qujing in person?"

"I begged the prince to intervene quickly." Fatty Lu wept, pointed to the mountain of letters on the desk next to him, and said with tears in his eyes, "Look, the 160 letters are all for seeds. A dozen or so volunteered to pay for it, and except for the four who asked me if I was married, the others were all for nothing. If I don’t hurry up and beg the prince to intervene, why don’t they hate me to death?”

"Damn, these shameless things!" Wang Jing, who owns shares in the Daheng Company, yelled, "If you don't pay for a tael of silver, you want it for nothing, and you are going to be a fucking daydream! If you don't give it, you can't give it to anyone. !"

After cursing, Wang Jing lowered his voice and said, "But Brother Lu, you must think of a way with Cen Jilu. If all our goods are to be shipped to Guangdong to sell to Westerners, we must pass through him no matter if we go by land or water. , Offending him, a big cobra, won't do our business the slightest bit of good."

"Then let's do this." Fatty Lu thought for a while, and said in a low voice: "Second brother, go and negotiate with the Cen family, explain to him the situation that the prince ordered that the seeds not be allowed to flow out, and then tell him, brother, I think it is between you and me. For the sake of friendship, you can sell them three catties of seeds that can plant five or six hundred acres of land at the price of three catties of gold sand per catty of seeds. Lost. As for the planting technique, it’s easy to handle, Second Brother Wang, go to the village and help the Cen’s family find a long-term worker who has planted the Eight Banners drug ointment, and pay a high price to hire him to teach them how to grow it, can’t it be enough?”

"In addition, there are two conditions. One is that our goods must be unimpeded on their Cen's territory! The other is that they promise not to sell the seeds to others without our permission-this point You must explain the truth to them, and don't cut off everyone's money."

"Well, I'll go and say hello to the Cen family right now, and make the prince's order more serious, so I'm not afraid that they won't obediently pay for the gold." Wang Jing agreed without hesitation, and then said: "As for negotiating terms with the Cen family, it's best for the two of us to negotiate. Brothers join hands to discuss with Cen's family. Tonight at Fushou Building, I will host a banquet for Cen's family, brother, you should go with me, and get to know Lao Cen's family by the way, it will be easy to do things in the future."

"Well, tonight, I'll go with you to talk to the Cen's family." Fatty Lu agreed helplessly.At the end, Fatty Lu said again: "Second brother Wang, regarding the matter of the Cen family, brother, I took the risk of being punished by the lord and gave you great face. Next time, please don't make things difficult for your brother."

"Of course, just this time, the second brother won't come to make things difficult for you even if someone smashes his head next time." Wang Jing laughed loudly, patted Fatty Lu on the shoulder and said, "Just like Brother Lu, you As I said, rare things are valuable, this truth, second brother, I understand very well now."

Wang Jing, who was very loyal, was really kind to Fatty Lu. He opened his mouth, and Fatty Lu had to give him some face no matter what.However, when Wang Jing came to intercede and hit the wooden clock, it was just a small microcosm of Fatty Lu's life these days. In the past few days, those who have the qualifications and connections to intercede in front of Fatty Lu are almost killing Fatty Lu. I'm sick of it.For example, An Shixian, another brother of Fatty Lu in Qujing Mansion, also brought his father Anmin and his uncle Lu Changshi, the chief chieftain of the Lu family, to visit, trying to get a batch of seeds from Fatty Lu.

Facing An Shixian's request, Fatty Lu was very surprised, and asked An Shixian, didn't I give you [-] acres of seeds this spring, and it grew well there, why didn't you leave any seeds? ?

An Shixian's answer made Fatty Lu extremely angry--Lao An's family never thought that those colorful flowers could really sell so much money before, so they didn't leave any seeds, and the [-] acres of Eight Banners Fushou Ointment were all cut off, and they escaped. The seeds produced by the eight-flag flowers that have been cut with juice knives are not enough to plant another [-] mu next year.So Lao An's family reached out to Fatty Lu again to ask for seeds, and at the same time hoped that Fatty Lu would also plant seeds for thousands of acres of land for Lao Lu's chieftain.

"Brother An, do you know the price of the eight-flag flower seeds that are secretly sold by the people?" Fatty Lu shouted angrily, "Three taels of gold sand and one or two seeds! The seeds of thousands of acres of land, you copied my house and forgot !"

"Lord Lu, we don't want it for nothing." An Shixian's natal uncle, Lu Changshi chieftain, has studied and passed the examination of scholar. The words spoken by educated people are different, and one sentence can make Fatty Lu lose his anger. , "We use gold sand to buy. Don't the folks buy three taels of gold sand and one or two seeds? We also buy [-] catties of seeds at this price."

"Toast Lu is too polite, and he is too out of touch." Fatty Lu changed his smile, and said quickly: "Talking about money hurts feelings, brother An Shixian is my brother who burns yellow paper, and his business is my responsibility." You are the elders of Brother An, and you are also the elders of me, Lu Yifeng, so please don't meet outsiders. How about this, for the sake of Brother An, I will go to Brother Wang, who is a partner, to discuss it and see if I can sell it to you. The price of Gilu toast will be lowered."

"Talking about money hurts feelings? Then don't accept our gold sand." Lu Changshi, An Min and An Shixian muttered together.

Longkuo, the land chief of Pingyi, also came to buy some seeds himself. Although he kept some of the seeds, he saw that the Eight Banners Fushou Gao was so valuable, and planned to grow some Eight Banners Fushou Gao next year. For many years of gold sand, I bought a batch of seeds that were more expensive than gold from Fatty Lu. The seeds that Fatty Lu gave to the two chieftains for nothing before were returned with several times the cost and interest.At the same time, Fatty Lu made a serious statement, "I really forgot to remind the An family and the Long family to keep enough seeds. I didn't learn the wicked trick from the devils-first give away the equipment for free, and then charge maintenance fees, parts fees, and upgrade fees. .”

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In any case, Fatty Lu's trick of drinking poison to quench thirst really played a role in Qujing City, which has been poor for too long. Because of this, Wu Sangui personally led the big and small running dogs of Pingxi Palace to Qujing City for inspection in late September. At that time, the huge changes in Qujing City surprised everyone in the Pingxi Palace.

After Kang Mazi was rebuilt in the second year, the city wall of Qujing, which has not been allocated for repairs, has been repaired. The moat that was built without money at that time also started to be excavated. The people who dug the river were all hungry refugees from other places. It is also enough to feed an adult normally, so these refugees and hungry people work very hard, and the progress of the project is extremely fast.

In addition, Fatty Lu also said that after the moat is built, these refugees will go to the east bank of the Bada River to build water conservancy, so as to reclaim the wasteland there in the coming year.When the water conservancy is completed, spring will begin. At that time, Qujing will need a lot of manpower to plant the Eight Banners drug ointment. In addition, there will be mining, coal digging, glass burning, and making some small toys. Some jobs are waiting for these refugees. Hungry people, of course, don't have to worry about them having nothing to do to make trouble in Qujing.

Hearing these introductions from Fatty Lu, Wu Sangui nodded again and again, full of praise with a smile on his face, but the other Yunnan local officials who accompanied Wu Sangui to Qujing to visit and study all snorted in their hearts, saying that as long as they have money, or don’t need to pay for money Worry, we can still do these things.At the same time, because of this, all the local officials in Yunnan who were present were itchy, hoping to get some Eight Banners drug seeds and planting technology from Fatty Lu, so that the places they governed would also be richer, and it would be more convenient and faster for them. Good money.

What really opened the eyes of Wu Sangui and others and made the local officials of Yunnan and Guizhou envious was Qujing City. After more than half a year of careful care by Fatty Lu, the streets of Qujing City, which were dirty and dilapidated half a year ago, have taken on a new look.First of all, the cleanliness of the streets and alleys far exceeds that of the provincial capital of Kunming. Various commercial markets are also standardized and clean. All businesses are prosperous and prosperous. Residential shops that are being renovated and covered can be seen everywhere on both sides of the street. The clothes of the common people are obviously clean and decent, and the Han-Yi struggle that has entangled the Pingxi Palace for many years seems to have disappeared here. The hatred and contempt of the people of the ethnic group is in stark contrast.

It's not surprising that when the people see hope in their lives and start to have enough food and clothing, who would eat too much and find trouble everywhere and get involved in lawsuits? Spiritual civilization is based on wealth!
What makes Wu Sangui nod again and again is the attitude of the people towards him. Wherever his car goes, the people on the side of the road will kneel down without saying hello and kowtow to thank Wu Sangui for choosing and sending them a good dog like Lu Fatty who loves the people and works hard Official, a good dog official who is as clean as water and can turn stones into gold.And sincerely begged Wu Sangui to keep Fatty Lu in Qujing for a few more years, with a sincere attitude, respect and gratitude from the heart.So much so that Wu Sangui couldn't help imitating his elder son and patted Fatty Lu on the shoulder to praise him, "Yifeng, you are really a priceless treasure bestowed on me by the heavens in Pingxi Palace!"

"Thank you for your praise, I really don't dare to be an official." Lu Fatty said modestly: "Aside from entrusting the emperor's blessings, the prince and the princes to cultivate him, he also owes his thanks to all the adults and generals under the prince's command. Help and cooperation, and a little bit of luck from the lower officials, in fact, there is no merit in size."

"You have meritorious service, who said you don't have merit in size? You have great merit!" Wu Sangui laughed and said, "If you hadn't delved into Western knowledge and discovered that planting Eight Banners medicine in Yunnan can benefit the people, how would Qujing be so prosperous and stable? Gu Ke has seen it with his own eyes. Since he entered Qujing County, the villages he passed along the way have people building new houses and reclaiming wasteland. This is the luck you brought them. "

"Brother Lu, the Eight Banners drug ointment seeds that you brought to Yunnan, after planting, will not grow out of Eight Banners drug ointments, but silver!" Haha, he said, "Brother Lu, at least you have to get me dozens of catties of seeds and bring them back to Chuxiong, so that the people of Chuxiong will also benefit from you, right?"

"Ma Junmen was joking. Speaking of the Eight Banners Fushou Ointment, this official will still be terrified." Fatty Lu said hypocritically: "In order to buy all the Eight Banners Fushou Ointment grown by the common people, I borrowed it from the prince. 5 taels of silver, it’s good that the Eight Banners fushou ointment can be sold for silver when transported to Guangzhou and the capital, but if it can’t be sold, the next official will have to apologize to the prince.”

"Come on less." Ma Bao snorted, "Don't think I really don't know. Not only did you take the Eight Banners Fushou Ointment some time ago, but also medicinal material dealers in Yunnan and Guizhou provinces rushed over like flies smelling blood, and took away from you. More than 2 taels of Eight Banners Fushou Gao? If Baqi Fushou Gao really can't sell, they are crazy, come to help you collect this Baqi Fushou Gao?"

"Yifeng, you don't need to kill yourself to apologize." Wu Yingqi also said: "Four days ago, Guangzhou Liubaili sent an express report, and the 5 taels of Eight Banners drug you shipped to Guangzhou was sold by Western merchants for three taels as soon as you arrived in Guangzhou." It sold out at the price of eight cents and one tael, you've made a lot of money!"

"Baqi Fushou Ointment sold for three taels of silver in Guangzhou? So high?!" All the people present were moved, and they all questioned the authenticity of Wu Yingqi's figure.But seeing Wu Sangui's calm expression, and thinking that Wu Sangui decided to go north to Qujing for inspection three days ago, everyone nodded secretly, and said inwardly: "It can't be fake, otherwise the prince will come to Qujing in a hurry?"

"Three, two, eight dollars?" Fatty Lu was secretly delighted, and also quietly praised his uncle for his ability to do business, and the selling price was three dollars higher than he estimated.

"That's not enough." Wu Yingqi had a big mouth, and he revealed some of Fatty Lu's old background, and said, "I heard that those businessmen told your uncle that the quality of our Yunnan Baqi Fushou Ointment is better than that produced in Tianzhu. Well, the technology of boiling medicine is good and bad, and it is said that the technology of boiling medicine will be improved in the future, and the price can be negotiated, and they will buy as much as Yunnan produces."

"The second prince taught me that this year is crossing the river by feeling the stones, so there are still many shortcomings." Fatty Lu replied with a wry smile: "The lower official has also noticed this situation. When next year, the lower official plans to directly accept the raw medicinal juice. Then cook it in a unified way, so that the medicine cooking technology will go up.”

"Very good, let's do it like this." The second prince instructed: "My fief in Luliang will be handed over to you next year, and I will plant all of them with Eight Banners of longevity ointment. In addition, I will get a thousand catties of seeds." And a few people who know how to grow the Eight Banners medicine, I will take them back to Kunming and plant them in my fief over Dianchi Lake."

"One thousand catties?" Fatty Lu's eyes widened, and he said with a wry smile, "Second Prince, then you should cut off the lower officials directly. The seeds harvested by the lower officials this year are less than one thousand catties."

"Then I want five hundred catties." Wu Yingqi replied firmly.

"I want three hundred catties!" Ma Bao raised three fingers.

"Lord Lu, Dali is your hometown, so you can't just watch the people in your hometown continue to be poor, right?" Cui Su, the prefect of Dali who regretted his resignation as the prefect of Qujing, stepped forward, pulled Fatty Lu by the sleeve and begged: " Master Lu, this time you have to bring me at least two hundred catties of seeds, so that I can benefit your hometown."

"Brother Lu, I want three hundred catties too!" Shen Yingshi, the commander of Yunnan Zuozhen who was stationed in Wuding, also raised three fingers.

"Both Qianzhen and Zuozhen are [-] catties, so our Houzhen should also have [-] catties?" Yang Wu, the general soldier of Houzhen stationed in Erhai Lake, asked even more bluntly.

The commanders-in-chief of the front, rear and left three towns of the four major military regions of Pingxi Palace all stretched out their hands, but Wang Fuchen, the commander-in-chief of Youzhen, did not speak - because he was stationed in Qujing, but it was precisely because of this that Fatty Lu became more and more angry. Not knowing whether to laugh or cry, he said, "Three soldiers, each of you has [-] jin, which adds up to [-] jin. The seeds in the hands of the lower officials are not enough for you to share, so what are you going to give to the second prince and other state capitals? "

"Why don't you save more?" Wu Yingqi complained.Other local officials rushed forward, this one pulling Fatty Lu's sleeves for friendship, and the other one pulling Fatty Lu's hand in hand, scrambling to get some more seeds from Fatty Lu.Fortunately, the boss of Pingxi Palace, Wu Sangui, was present, and he opened his mouth to help Fatty Lu: "Okay, okay, don't make things difficult for Yifeng, the matter of the seeds, let's talk about it when Xingyuan settles down."

After drinking away the crowd, Wu Sangui glanced at Fatty Lu again, and said casually and threateningly: "What are you all anxious about? Yifeng is an orphan, and he was handpicked by the orphan's son. I don't believe it, Baqi Drug seeds - a treasure grown on our soil in Yunnan! Will he use it to make others cheaper?"

(End of this chapter)