The Fourth Financial Crisis

Over there, Mr. Zhu was furious, but over here, Advisor Yang was enjoying himself.

When he visited the Haiya City Lord's Mansion, he came with empty hands. When he left the Haiya City Lord's Mansion, he returned with large and small bags in his hands.

Han Fulai, the head of the Ocean Trade Department, not only accompanied him personally and sent him out of the gate of the city lord's palace, but before leaving, he also forced him to give him several portions of Huoyunzhou spiritual tea, Donghuangzhou porcelain, and Borneo silk, saying that these were gifts. A gift for Miss Qingning.

Although Yang Lu pretended to decline, the other party's attitude was also very firm:

You must accept this gift, even if you don’t want to accept it!

Yang Lu couldn't resist the other party, so he could only pretend to be reluctant and accepted all the gifts as ordered.

When businessmen from other families come to the city lord's mansion to do business, they always bring large and small bags to give gifts. It was a good thing that Yang Lu went to the City Lord's Mansion to do some business. Not only did he not give any gifts, but he was also forced to give a bunch of gifts by the officials of the City Lord's Mansion. If the onlookers who didn't know the truth saw it, they might have thought that this was an immortal from the Wuliang Sword sect who came to the sea specifically. Yacheng inspection work!

Han Fulai sent the two of them hundreds of meters away. After Yang Lu repeatedly promised that he would bring the goodwill of the Ocean Trading Department to Miss Qingning, Han Fulai reluctantly returned to the city lord's palace.

Even though Butler Zhou witnessed the whole process of Yang Lu's work, he still had a very magical feeling.

He has never heard of someone being so arrogant when asking for help!

Seeing that there were no outsiders around, Butler Zhou, who was following Yang Lu, couldn't restrain his inner doubts: "Mr. Yang, although we have something to do with Han Fulai, is this guy being a little too polite to us?"

Yang Lu seemed to have known about Butler Zhou's question for a long time, and explained without looking back: "As long as you put yourself in Han Fulai's position, you will know why he is so polite to us."

Put yourself in Han Fulai's position?

Butler Zhou thought for a while, but still didn't understand why Han Fulai was so enthusiastic. A series of things that happened today even made Butler Zhou doubt his own IQ!

Seeing Butler Zhou's hesitation, Yang Lu explained with a smile: "As the head of the Ocean Trading Department, Han Fulai represents the face of the entire Haiya Department. The senior leaders of the Haiya Department put Han Fulai in this key position, and they certainly did not want to He offends people everywhere, and this time Han Fulai took the initiative to offend the Zhu Family Chamber of Commerce. How do you think the senior officials of the Haiya Department will view him?"

Butler Zhou said honestly: "The main backer of the Zhu Family Chamber of Commerce is Lu Anping, the special trade representative of the Wuliang Sword Sect. Although the Haiya Clan and the Du Branch of the Wuliang Sword Sect have their own agendas, they are still allies on the surface. Han Fulai rashly offended Lu Anping, there will definitely be doubts about him within the Haiya Department."

Yang Lu casually snapped his fingers and said: "That's right! If Han Fulai was forced to provoke Lu Anping because of his own problems and we got the handle, not only would Jiang Hua'an not be able to spare him, but others would also think that he was just a white guy. There is a problem with the ability of the gloves. But if Han Fulai offended Lu Anping because he wanted to befriend Miss Qingning, and if his own backer spoke for him, then wouldn't this matter be excusable? "

Butler Zhou showed a look of realization and said, "I understand! Han Fulai deliberately pretended to have a good relationship with us, but in fact he was just showing it to others. He must not let others discover that he was coerced by us into doing things. "

Yang Lu raised the overseas treasures in his hand and said: "These things seem to be just expensive gifts on the surface, but in fact they are Han Fulai's instructions to the senior officials of the Haiya Department, so I don't want to accept them! But we'd better find someone Return the gifts to him when you have the opportunity. After all, Han Fulai is very useful. It is best not to leave any unpleasantness to both of us because of these gifts."

Butler Zhou shook his head repeatedly and sighed: "This scheme of collusion between officials and businessmen is too deep. Who would have thought that these ordinary gifts could contain so many mysteries. I feel more and more that it is not a wise move for the young lady to rashly intervene in the business field." Lift.”

Yang Lu said in a relaxed tone: "The Qingning Chamber of Commerce has an invisible backer, and its starting point is already much higher than other chambers of commerce. As long as you pay a little attention, you will not be hurt by these overt and covert attacks."

"Are you flattering yourself in disguise?"

"If you keep understanding like this, there's nothing wrong with it."

If it were before he came here, Butler Zhou would definitely feel that Yang Lu was boasting again. But after seeing Yang Lu's ability to turn decay into something magical, Housekeeper Zhou did not dare to underestimate Yang Lu: "Who sent you to assist the eldest lady? This friend is really willing to send someone like you." Spend a lot of money!"

Housekeeper Zhou had already talked about this, and Yang Lu didn't even dare to answer the question.

Even if he confessed that he was just a casual chess piece created by Chen Ping of the Golden Blade Sect, I'm afraid Butler Zhou wouldn't believe it.

So he simply started practicing Tai Chi: "Didn't you once say that I am just a mortal, and as long as I don't do anything that harms Miss Qingning's reputation, you won't get to the bottom of my origins?"

Yang Lu used his spear to attack his shield, which made Butler Zhou speechless. When he said this, he really didn't expect that a mere mortal could be so powerful!

Housekeeper Zhou himself was not an eloquent person, so after Yang Lu pushed him away for a few words, he quietly acted as a guard and stopped saying anything.

Since they both belong to a wealthy area, the two of them quickly returned to the Qingning Chamber of Commerce carrying large and small bags.

At this time, the Qingning Chamber of Commerce was obviously much busier than in the morning. Many staff members wearing the costumes of major chambers of commerce were entering and leaving through the main entrance of the Qingning Chamber of Commerce. The news of the Haiya Chamber of Commerce's loan has obviously spread completely, and even the regular business of the Qingning Chamber of Commerce has shown obvious signs of returning to normal.

The sharp-eyed Yang Lu quickly noticed that Murong was standing at the gate eagerly waiting for him to come back!

At this time, Murong no longer wore the newsboy's green cloth clothes, but put on Li Qingning's same style of antique clothes, which made the girl look more cute and cute. It seemed that Li Qingning did not treat Murong badly during Yang Lu's absence. This new employee even helped arrange new clothes!

Yang Lu and Butler Zhou were very conspicuous as they carried gift boxes, and Murong quickly noticed them.

I saw the girl trotting up to meet me, her face full of worry: "Mr. Yang, you are not in any danger, are you?"

"Danger?" Hearing this slightly strange question, Yang Lu asked a little puzzled, "I went to the City Lord's Mansion on business this time, and I was personally accompanied by Butler Zhou the whole time. What danger could there be? Why did you suddenly ask this question? ?”

Murong was obviously relieved and explained: "I was sitting at the door waiting for you just now, and then I happened to meet Xiao Tao, who was selling newspapers. He told me that Zhu Ziming had secretly hired several gangsters to cause trouble for us! "

"Xiao Tao who sells newspapers?"

"Oh, this is a newsboy who has a good relationship with me, named Shen Xiaotao! There are many of us newsboys, and we usually travel around the streets, so we are much better informed than ordinary people..."

As Yang Lu said before, there are basically no serious names for low-level newsboys. Because Haiya City is close to the sea, many children from poor families will be called Xiaotao, Dalang and other very rustic-sounding names. Murong has sold newspapers for so many years, so it is not surprising that he has acquaintances in this private intelligence organization composed of newsboys.

Murong's next words also confirmed Yang Lu's guess: "That guy is quite pitiful. Although he has better physical strength than me and sells newspapers faster than me, his father used to be a laborer at the dock and was hit by a heavy object due to an accident. He broke his legs and was fired directly from the Haiya Chamber of Commerce, so now his family is supported by him alone..."