On the streets around Prince Mo's mansion, the sedan chairs and horses of various officials began to gather. A small area of Wudu City was congested by all kinds of people, just because Prince Mo was about to leave for Qi.
Dugu Mo kept receiving guests in the house, but later on he could only pick and choose the important ones. Officials with ordinary identities can only be registered in the register, or have their subordinates pass the news on their behalf.
Even so, Dugu Mo was already busy with officials above the state officials.
"Oh, I never thought that Prince Mo would be able to take on the important task of the country at such a young age."
"I had a chance meeting with Prince Mo back then, and I've seen him as smart and capable. Today, it really proves that the old man has the ability to observe people. I think Prince Mo's future will be even more limitless in the future!"
It wasn't until the sun passed three poles that Dugu Mo could breathe a sigh of relief.
These high officials finally dealt with it. The ones in the back are all small, and his subordinates can take care of them on their behalf.
Dugu Mo returned to the meeting hall to reunite with Wu Zhe, Princess Qing, and Bao Lao.
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"Please trouble Ms. Zhou to worry about the travel matters. I'm really sloppy, I hope Ms. Zhou will take care of you." As soon as Dugu Mo entered the door, he saw Wu Zhe flipping through a pile of lists, and sweetly complimented her in various ways.
"I'm just looking at what's missing and how much I've got in. Filling in left and right will save a lot of trouble." Wu Zhe replied casually: "Sir, sit down, it's not easy to receive people, isn't it? If you have a lot of words, you can blame them." Go to the emperor." Old Bao didn't understand: "Blame the emperor?"
Princess Qing, who was standing beside Wu Zhe, said: "The emperor has published the imperial edict, and everyone knows that Prince Mo is traveling to Qi. Don't they all come here?".
She no longer called father emperor through the change of status, and she preferred it in her heart. After all, she still felt that Emperor Xuanwu was not worthy of the word father.
"Hehe." Old Leopard smiled, it's hard to say that the emperor is not.
"These officials are very courteous, and they are very polite when they come here." Prince Mo drank a large cup of tea in one breath, "Fortunately, we only set off in the afternoon, otherwise we might not have time to socialize."
Old Leopard said: "If the emperor decides to set off in the morning, then all these troubles will be saved."
"Young master, do you know why the emperor set the time in the afternoon instead of a time we have prepared in the morning?" Wu Zhe asked with a smile.
"This..." Dugu Mo pondered for a while, but couldn't think of it for a while: "I only know that the emperor must have plans to do this, but it is difficult to guess in a short time."
"Hey, Princess Qing can't think of it?" Wu Zhe deliberately put on a trick, and looked at Princess Qing who was dressed as a maid beside her.
Princess Qing curled her lips: "Are you testing me?". "The maid by my side. Naturally, you have to be a little bit capable. Otherwise, be careful and I will drive you out." Wu Zhe teased.
Princess Qing gave Wu Zhe a blank look: "Isn't it because the emperor wants Prince Mo to make money?".
"Gathering money?" Dugu Mo and Bao Lao were both taken aback for a while, but Dugu Mo reacted very quickly, and shouted: "Yes, yes, why didn't I think of it."
Old Leopard was still puzzled: "What? What kind of money are you collecting?"
Seeing that Wu Zhe was still laughing, Dugu Mo didn't say anything for a while, and quickly explained to Bao Lao: "The emperor issued an order to let the ministers in the entire Wudu know that I am going to be an envoy to Qi. Think about it, the eldest prince just arrived at the frontier. Negotiations, send me out at this time, what will the ministers think?"
Bao Lao slapped his forehead: "They must feel that the eldest prince has lost trust. The emperor thinks that you are the best diplomat, Prince Mo."
"That's right, Old Leopard responded very quickly." Wu Zhe nodded.
Old Bao smiled and said: "I didn't think I was stupid before, but my mind is not enough in front of you."
"It's Miss Zhou and... Miss Qing are too smart, they can be described as exquisite." Dugu Mo corrected the address before continuing to praise.
Dugu Mo called her that because Princess Qing's current identity has been changed to a maid, so naturally she has to change her name accordingly.
Princess Qing nodded, expressing her approval of the title.
I am afraid that the identity of Princess Qing who is on this mission will not be kept secret for long. The key is to grasp the nature of King Qi. Princess Qing and Prince Mo will not be taken hostage. If King Qi died suddenly, Princess Qing might consider fleeing back to Wu Kingdom overnight.
In Princess Qing's judgment. The prince of Qi is more pragmatic than his father, and he doesn't care about his own reputation for the benefit of some countries. Such an opponent is difficult to deal with, but the gentleman style of Old Qi Wang is the best to get along with. Maybe he would grab himself as a bargaining chip in exchange for Princess Yoyo.
Wu Zhe smiled and explained further to Elder Bao: "The emperor is really kind, but he is also a little tighter about money. Let's go out. Although the Ministry of Internal Affairs has prepared a lot of supplies along the way, and there are edicts for the states and counties along the way. But when we arrived in Qi State, we didn’t give us the favor money.”
Dugu Mo asked: "Favour money? Could it be the money for bribing Qi officials? I didn't think so much."
"Young master. Your father is doing things with calculations in mind." Wu Zhe couldn't stop laughing: "I want you to pass the gifts from the officials in Wudu to several places in Qi to open up joints. Maybe we can train undercover agents in the future, at least it’s good money to be a favor.”
Old Leopard frowned and said, "The king of Qi has a strict legal system, and Qi's military administration is clear. Is it easy for them to take favors?".
"Even if King Qi is a sage gentleman, he can't stop the people below from being greedy for ink." Wu Zhe said with a smile: "The name Prince Mo is really good. With this ink character, many things are actually easy to explain. Above the land , Everywhere is black. A white person is not an official, and a white official is not worthwhile. Half black and half white, there is no good or bad official."
"Miss Zhou's words are always full of charm, these two sentences are enough for me to ponder for a while." Dugu Mo gave a thumbs up in approval.
Bao Lao also heard the words fresh and seemed to be very reasonable, so he nodded persistently: "Then under King Qi's rule, there will always be officials who are greedy for ink?"
Wu Zhe said: "It's not the general meeting, but most of them. The only problem is that we can't send out money with our current status."
Princess Qing replied: "I also have the same idea. Will the other party dare to accept it?".
Leopard Lao clapped his hands: "Yes, after all, they are envoys from hostile countries, so they are not afraid that the money will be hot?"
"There will always be someone to collect it. It's just that you have to be careful when you collect it." Wu Zhe said, "What I'm looking at are the lands of the officials' banks in the key points of Qi. Let's not send the money directly to the official's mansion. , but sent money to the various businesses he ran...”
Princess Qing was surprised and said: "Zhiruo, you are still smart, I never thought of this trick. It's a coup!"
Dugu Mo suddenly realized: "That is to say, if the brother-in-law of a state official runs a hotel. Let's go to this hotel to eat and drink?"
"It's not exactly right. How troublesome is this, how much food do we need to eat? Are you afraid that we will be stuffed?" Wu Zhe shook his hand.
"Miss Zhou, if this is enough, I'm afraid that many people will blame me." Dugu Mo shrugged his shoulders and said that he was wrong.
Wu Zhe ignored his jokes, and waved his fist neatly: "Sell the restaurant directly!"
The three of them said in unison: "Take it down?!"
Wu Zhe stretched out his fingers and kept pulling: "Make the order at double or even triple the original price, and then exchange it at 60 to 70% of the original price to another official relative with a slightly lower status."
Old Leopard said: "Then will they agree?".
"It's a good idea. I was afraid that we wouldn't be able to find the door to send the money. As long as our information is accurate. Don't spend it wrong." Princess Qing laughed and said, "Who wouldn't take advantage of this advantage?"...
Dugu Mo said: "Miss Zhou really has a lot of clever tricks, and she can come up with such a method."
Isn't it a way to refer to another world? Wu Zhe thought to himself, how many people are good at asset transfer and bribery at the end of the last century.
Another world, China's 5,000-year civilization has given birth to various methods of giving and accepting bribes. This kind of thing is just a pediatrics. If Wu Zhe moves the whole thing here, I'm afraid it will turn the world upside down.
"In that case, I'll quickly collect all the belongings I collected today." Dugu Mo thought for a while, looked at the piled up gift list and said with a smile: "Haha. Those Wudu officials must have been caught off guard. It’s not things, but real money and gold.”
Wu Zhe said: "This is also the reason why the emperor deliberately and suddenly issued an edict. When the edict was issued suddenly and they were caught off guard, what was sent could only be the gold and silver reserves that had been kept at home for many years. After all, the eldest prince fell out of favor, and Prince Mo The spring breeze is proud, how can you not come here to express your attitude at this critical moment? The worst thing is to send something to express your meaning."
Princess Qing frowned and said, "Could it be that the emperor also wants to find out the treasury funds of some officials through this matter?"
"Two birds with one stone." Wu Zhe pouted.
Dugu Mo pointed his finger at himself, and laughed at himself, "I am that stone."
Princess Qing laughed straight: "The officials of Qi and Wu are birds."
"A king. How can he not know his ministers?" Wu Zhe thought of the last emperor of the Ming Dynasty in another world, and sighed: "He who doesn't know his ministers must be a fool."
"Miss Zhou is sure to hit every word, and she is a powerful person among people." Dugu Mo looked at Wu Zhe's posture, inexplicably felt a sense of vicissitudes of history, and couldn't help flattering: "Miss Zhou was born when the world was peaceful. , can be the leader of the phoenix who governs the world. If you were born in a chaotic world, you must be a monster in a chaotic world."
Wu Zhe rolled his eyes when he heard this. Do you think I am Cao Cao? Capable minister in governing the world, traitor in troubled times
"Prince Mo's words are really good, and he has described Zhiruo's ability vividly and vividly." Princess Qing agreed from the side: "If it is a troubled world, I am afraid that many princes will fight even more chaos in order to snatch such a beauty."
Old Bao smiled and said, "Maybe someone will say that whoever wins Zhou Zhiruo wins the world."
Dugu Mo laughed loudly: "Miss Zhou is ours now. Don't we take advantage of the world?"
Thinking of such a female think tank in hand, Dugu Mo was really happy. He didn't directly say that he could succeed in his hegemony, it was because of the presence of Princess Gu Jiqing that he was very proud of himself.
After joking a few words, Wu Zhe began to sort out the gift list for Dugu Mo.
The materials are kept for sale, and almost the corresponding amount of existing funds is transferred to cooperate with the mission. The whole process control is a big question.
ps: Sheep's second baby is about to be born! I've been busy these days, so please forgive me for any typos. Will it be a boy or a girl? So nervous! The eldest is Lori, so I hope the second child is Zhengtai!
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