Chapter 35: Mahogany Furniture
The days of Mu Rong Son are quite leisurely, Vietnam is much warmer, and all kinds of "natural" foods he likes are also available, although its hygiene is very suspicious, and the food without a modern sterilizer may not be clean.
But who made the son of "Chu Liuxiang" take a good bite, for a while, the fishermen and people near Hongji all knew that Hongji came to a Chinese broadman, and he was particularly willing to spend money on new things in Vietnam, what small knitted fabrics, or rare animals in the mountains, fresh fish and shrimp in the sea, can be bought at a high price.
Similar to the prince of Chu Liuxiang in that place, the money in Mu Rongshan's hand is not earned by himself, besides, he also has the task of spreading the republican treasure in Vietnam, money, gold and silver are just a metal, but with the nature of currency, it is naturally different.
At least on Earth, or the people of the Old World, they use gold and silver as currency tokens, for a reason.
Of course, in addition to the occasional eating, drinking, and merrymaking, Mu Rongshan will do his job well, although the embassy is still mainly made of wood, supplemented by cement, and also prepared some barbed wire, although it is not comparable with the embassy that accommodates tens of thousands of Marines in Iraq in the later generations, especially capable of fighting, and especially able to spend money, but according to the data sample sent back to the imperial capital by Mu Rongshan, it relies on a stream that is not deep, and can obtain water sources, and if you want to besiege here, there is naturally inconvenience in the terrain.
Since the "pig sudden" incident in the port, there will be some situations from time to time, whether it is a big object falling to the ground, or what noble porcelain is broken, it can be said that whether it is the county order or those sailors, they have begun to become commonplace, fortunately, Mu Rongshan does not plan to make things every day, just leave an impression, although this rich second generation is hateful, often make things, but he is a rich second generation, although he can't afford to provoke, but to please him, but can also share a lot of benefits.
Although this is a policy that has been established for a long time, this kind of behavior is completely for the convenience of doing things, in order to strive for the next moment of armed action, Hongji Port can not react at all, but Mu Rongshan himself also enjoys this condescending action of throwing money, for a while, the reputation of Chu Liuxiang Gongzi has gradually gained prestige in northern Vietnam, and he himself enjoys this prestige.
Money, isn't it just spent?
"What I want is the kind of Nanmu that is over 100 years old, I don't care about money, what are you doing, don't you understand bullying me."
At this time, Mu Rong Mountain was domineering, and several local Vietnamese businessmen listened submissively.
Before, the elders only had iron ore and coal mines in their eyes, and naturally various plans were also oriented here, so it can be said that although there are many poor ghosts around China, they are still undeveloped poor ghosts in the end, compared to China's various rich mines that are easy to develop are exhausted, and these poor ghosts around them can still be well developed.
But there is one thing, Vietnam as a rainforest belt country, how much uninhabited jungle between, I don't know how many good things there are.
In later generations of Vietnam, mahogany and nanmu can be said to be the heavy fist of export earnings, the sales of Vietnamese mahogany furniture are still very good, Mu Rongshan, who loves all kinds of antique porcelain, found this, waved the gold and silver supported by the rear, and bought a lot of good things.
In later generations of China, after starting to play nationalism, all kinds of old traditions were cleaned up, and there were even tea houses placed next to cars, and a mahogany tea table made of mahogany with perfect carving, if it was the kind that could accommodate several people at a time, it was often worth 100,000 million.
It's also very simple, the people who can afford this kind of thing are all rich, where do these people care about money.
Discovered such a source of wealth, so that Mu Rongshan was very excited, and naturally began to buy a lot of good things, those big bosses in later generations, the most popular is the mahogany furniture in the office, with high-quality porcelain, plus a big-breasted female secretary, it is simply a natural match.
After he plans to return to the imperial capital, according to the plan, he will move out of the palace, put on an office, and then live in his own villa, and also get such solid wood floors, mahogany furniture, and it is best to be the best, you can completely shame those local tyrants.
However, there are naturally people who fish in troubled waters, at least Mu Rongshan found that some people are shoddy, hmph, this is not good!
"Am I a person who cares about money, am I a person who cares about money, I'm not bad for money, but you are deceiving me with such bad things, bullying people."
He was reprimanding the unscrupulous traders, but an old man appeared next to him and said, "This thing is very good." ”
"Huh?" The spirit of Murong Mountain was naturally attracted to the past.
The piece of wood they pointed to did have such a problem, it was deliberately placed on the inside, not if you looked closely, you couldn't find it at all, but it seemed that that piece had grown broken, and the whole thing had grown crooked, so naturally it was not perfect.
Mu Rongshan doesn't care about money, but if he doesn't find out about this kind of behavior, won't they all be people who deceive him Uncle Chu Liuxiang with shoddy products in the future.
The old man said: "Master Chu, you see, although this wood has some flaws, but it is flawed, it is better to grow thick enough, long enough, although it is a little crooked, but it is generally stable, and it is hard enough, if you carve it well, it is a good product." ”
"Oh? You really get the idea. ”
The old man saluted him and said, "But it takes a lot of effort and careful carving, and it is still possible to carve a pillar of green dragons playing with pearls." ”
Mu Rongshan's eyes lit up, he just thought about building furniture, when the time came, it would be an office mahogany desk, mahogany tables and chairs, mahogany bookcases, and when the time came, there would be a female secretary in red underwear, cool.
But I also forgot, what is an aristocracy, that is, low-functional, clothes can't have a pocket, at least the pocket can't be opened, because this shows that you have a personal servant in charge of your personal belongings, what keys, mobile phones or something, otherwise, how to distinguish the difference between the people and the people? Anything simple, practical, and affordable, they don't pursue it.
He just wanted to engage in yachts and villas, but he forgot about this stubble, in fact, he didn't forget, the Ming Dynasty era was actually unique in this regard, those ingenious sedan chairs, snuff bottles, but Mu Rongshan didn't pay attention.
His face immediately improved a little, and he said, "You know a little, are you from Guangdong?" ”
The old man said slowly: "The little old man's surname is Qi, and he is from Foshan, Guangdong. ”
Mu Rongshan thought about it, this person's official language has a Cantonese taste, although he is dressed in a very simple style, there are no gold and jade accessories, but he is neat and clean, and he is also very rich, naturally not like an ordinary person.
Suddenly thought for a while, and said, "It's the Qi family." ”
He naturally remembered that there was such a Qi family in this place in Vietnam, but they colluded with the Vietnamese very much, and even helped to participate in the work when collecting taxes and paying grain.
Even if they have their own strategy for Southeast Asia, for these people who came overseas in the early years, the elders will not simply and rudely discriminate, compared to Indonesia, Malaysia, and the Philippines, which are like cutting leeks and killing a wave of Chinese to make money in a few years, Vietnam is relatively better, of course, it is only better, therefore, compared to the Ming government's discrimination and boycott of them, the elders are similar to Ming Taizu to these people.
In his essay, Zhu Yuanzhang clearly indicated his tone of settling in China with foreign races, such as Mongolia and Manchuria, although it is not a Chinese race, but it can know etiquette and righteousness, which is no different from the people of Zhongxia.
As long as you obey the law and pay taxes according to the rules, how can you deal with it?
The old man nodded and said, "This Vietnamese place is not big, and there are not many people with the surname Qi." ”
Mu Rongshan said: "I have heard it for a long time, I heard that the old man has a long life, before this New Year, I was busy with work to make the residence well, and I didn't have to visit, it was rude." ”
Having said that, Mu Rongshan didn't plan to really go to the door, after all, what he did was to destroy the country of people, and now he was just playing around, looking for a chance to see blood and seal his throat, and the Vietnamese locals can naturally be perfunctory, and the Han businessmen represented by Zheng Xiaqi did not dare to say more, they would only cooperate, and reluctantly be a "comprador" who did things for him, but only this Qi family was born in Guangdong, and the family came here, compared to others who only brought a concubine to Vietnam to make money, or to recognize their ancestors and return to their ancestors to go home to live, it is completely different.
So, it makes sense to kill Japanese devils, skinned Goryeo sticks, who can hurt you to the fullest? Who knows you, who knows you best? Relatives and friends.
I was stabbed in the back, and I turned around and asked, "Ah! You are? "Still, ahhhhhh It's you! ”
Although the words are the same, the order is slightly reversed, one is the angry question of being stabbed by a stranger, and the other is the grief and indignation of being stabbed by one's own person.
Qi Tai didn't seem to be flattered, and said: "I should have come to visit Gongzi Chu a long time ago, but Xiao Lao'er just collected some food for the government, and I delayed it, so please forgive me." ”
Mu Rongshan said: "Oh, this, don't say that, I'm not a big person, naturally I don't have this tune, I have to come to see me, we Chinese, we still have to respect the old and respect the virtuous." ”
Qi Tai seemed to be very satisfied, and said, "After all, my identity, you, are from the imperial capital." ”
He seemed to be tempted, Mu Rongshan said simply: "It's just a marginal person, come to Vietnam to hide, my family has a large population, I am not welcomed, they have laid down the imperial capital, but I want to have a good activity over there, oh, by the way, what does this matter to me, speaking of which, old man, if you have a chance in the future, you can go back to your hometown to see, sooner or later, Guangdong will be managed by us, and when the time comes, it will naturally be peaceful in the world, and everyone will have a good life." ”
Qi Tai smiled coldly and said: "In the early years, it was the time of Chongzhen's five years, and the little old man looked at the behavior of the governor Lord Xiong, groveling to the pirates, blindly recruiting peace, but it was all kinds of unkind to me and other good people who were dedicated to business, and I knew what the consequences were. ”
This is a bit mean, but it's really about the same, Xiong Wencan, that is, the Xiong governor in Qi Tai's mouth, at this time, the internal affairs are not bad, but it is the most favorite Zhao'an, Chongzhen's first year, Zheng Zhilong with a pirate body, strong soldiers and strong horses, with the help of the inner ghosts, attacked Tongshan, Fujian was shaken, and the old bear was unhurried and directly "Zhao'an", and later came to Guangdong, but also planned to recruit these pirates, and later after eating deflated, he also reached the peak of his life, Governor Nanzhili, Henan, Shanxi, Shaanxi, Huguang, Sichuan military affairs, can be said to be powerful, but it is still recruiting Zhang Xianzhong, a guy whose loyalty is similar to Lu Bu, was naturally killed, Zhang Xianzhong was already surrounded and close to extinction, but it happened that he came here to recruit An, and after Zhang Xianzhong licked his wounds, he rebelled directly and killed the old bear.
Misleading the country, China in later generations, generally looks at Lao Xiong like this.
However, he dared to say so boldly, but Mu Rongshan was very interested in this old man, thought about it, and said: "What is the name of the old man, it seems that the whole family came to Vietnam, and has something to do with the bear, don't worry about this, we have nothing to do with the old bear, the Ming Dynasty is dead, what do you care about." ”
Qi Tai said: "The little old man has a single name of Taishan, but he has never been to a place so far away from Mount Tai in his life, and he is just guarding the ancestral industry in his hometown, but the reason why I came here was rumored by the local government that we were traitors, but this is not the case." ”
Mu Rongshan smiled and said: "Why should the old gentleman care, well, Shandong is already under the control of us, if you want to, you can go and see it, and Guangdong, the unification of the world is naturally just around the corner, but you see, I am a marginal person in the imperial court of the imperial capital, but I am just a boy who eats and waits for death." ”
Qi Tai said: "I don't think Gongzi Chu is a son-in-law, but he has something big to do. ”
Mu Rongshan's smile was still the same, but his heartbeat increased slightly, and he said: "What did you say, didn't I say it, although my family is newly appointed as an official in the imperial capital, but I am not a person who can fight and kill, so I took a spare errand and went to the South China Sea here to find out the people's situation, and to investigate, people who do business abroad, after all, there are a lot of contacts, whether it is overseas Chinese protection affairs or commercial law, they should be done." ”
This is not bad, for the imperial capital, straightening out the context of industry and commerce, is the most should be done, the Ming system, so that the rich get richer, but it has nothing to do with the fate of the country, and even the more chaotic the country, the more they can benefit from it, so it will add fuel to the fire, more and more chaotic, and the poor are lonely, nothing, no security, naturally more and more chaotic, in the end, the rich are faced with merciless pigtails, and only obediently pay taxes.
Mu Rongshan still collected a lot of information, whether it was the main commodity network or various unspoken rules, but he had researched a lot, of course, there were not many people in the official face who could ask.
In 2017, China established the era of the Civil Code, but it was not easy.
(End of chapter)