Chapter 878: Money Paving the Way

"Well, in fact, Lu San has sold off a lot of his ancestral property, and I am responsible for two of them. Of course I know it best."

Butler Feng drank the wine at the bottom of his glass. Lu Qiuwei quickly poured wine for him.

"I remember one time, Lu San's wife complained to him that her grandson's food, clothing, housing and education were far inferior to those of the patriarch's children. Lu San replied, of course Xia Taibao's grandson is valuable, how can we Compare?"

The phrase "Xia Taibao", of course, refers to Lu Zhensheng's in-laws, Xia Pei, the Taibao of the Crown Prince Mou.

"Then what's the crux?" Lu Qiuwei was a little impatient, "How can the Lu family be poor?"

"It's all because of the in-laws!" Steward Feng poked the table to emphasize his tone every time he said a word, "The second son Lu Qinglin was smart and promising, so the old Lu family devoted all their efforts to cultivating him, worshiping him in the Qianyuan Valley and spending a lot of money. "Enter Mou Wangting, spend a lot of money. You look at Lu Qinglin and walk up the stairs, but in fact, every step is paved with money, so that the road can be wide and straight."

This is Blade Harbor. Only on Bailie's land could Butler Feng dare to call the Lu family by their first names. He didn't plan to go back anyway.

Lu Qiuwei played the role of a rustic and took a sip of wine: "Qianyuan Valley has such a great reputation. I heard that you can't get in just by having money."

"Just having money? How can many rich people enter this first-class sect? The key is that you have to find the right person and you have to build relationships. Favors in this circle are very expensive!" Butler Feng sneered. , "I heard from Lu San that Lu Zhensheng asked two elders from Qianyuan Valley for help, and gave each of them red envelopes of at least this amount——"

He held up two fingers.

"Two thousand taels?"

"Lift it ten times."

"Twenty thousand silver?!" Twenty million dollars, that's too expensive! Is it considered a huge bribe? "The elders of Qianyuan Valley only need to use their mouths, right?"

He Lingchuan next to him pressed his temples as he heard this. What is the concept of twenty thousand silver?

He Chunhua has worked hard to manage Hongya Road in Heishui City for more than ten years. His administrative level and governance ability are far beyond those of ordinary officials, and he manages the border area like the capital of a state. Even so, Hongya Road's annual revenue is only 150,000 taels. After deducting various expenses, there is still a balance of tens of thousands taels.

Based on this level of profit, Hongyalu became the cash cow favored by the Rongshan Sect, and was qualified to be used as collateral for the Yuan Kingdom.

As a result, thousands of miles away, Lu Zhensheng bribed two elders of Qianyuan Valley, spending 40,000 taels of silver in one go!

Is it because Lu Zhensheng is stupid and has too much money, or is the quota in Qianyuan Valley too expensive?

"Do you think this is over?" Seeing that he had never seen the world, Butler Feng was in high spirits. Maybe he was drunk, and his voice was louder. "Where are the middlemen before and after? Don't you think Lu Zhen needs to be dealt with?" Can you find the two elders with the first call?"

"Also, once you enter the Qianyuan Valley, is it done? No more care is needed?"

"Ah? You've already joined the Qianyuan Valley, what else do you need to do?"

"Why don't you donate money? Of course, it's called 'praise fee' in Qianyuan Valley. You don't need to spend money to build such a magnificent palace? There are so many highly respected and famous teachers teaching you, and you don't need to pay for it?" Butler Feng said leisurely, "If you don't donate money, how will you have the chance to be sent by Qianyuan Valley to travel to Bejia and Mou Kingdom? If you don't donate money, how will you have the chance to train with military generals and high officials? Those are all sent by Qianyuan Valley!"

"You have to spend so much money to go to Qianyuan Valley, and you haven't even mentioned entering the officialdom!" He held a piece of pig head meat, "There are so many talented young people in Mou State, why can Lu Qinglin be noticed by Miss Xia family at a glance? In addition to his handsome appearance, his demeanor, self-cultivation, and conversation can be like those raised by an ordinary little lord?"

"So this is how the proud man of heaven is trained?" Lu Qiuwei glanced at He Lingchuan subconsciously. The young master’s achievements today don’t seem to have cost much money, right?

He Lingchuan understood the look in his eyes and couldn't help but smile bitterly.

Yes, he didn’t spend much money growing up.

It’s just a waste of life.

I narrowly escaped death several times, but if my luck was even slightly worse, I would be dead.

Lu Qinglin's "flat rise" is the normal path for children of aristocratic families to make progress.

Safe, efficient and batch manufacturing.

"That's all. The Lu family can still afford it." After all, there is such a large territory left by our ancestors and the products are rich. "But in order to please the in-laws, the Lu family spends a lot of money."

"Not to mention anything else, the most beautiful garden in Qucheng is at Lujia, covering an area of ​​twenty hectares. It was built six or seven years ago because Mrs. Xia said, 'There is really nothing interesting in Qucheng.'" Butler Feng shook his cup, "Do you know how much it cost to build this garden? I've seen the account book, it's a total of 667,300 taels!"

"Six hundred and sixty thousand..." Lu Qiuwei clapped his fingers, a little confused.

For He Lingchuan, it was much more intuitive. Anyway, it was enough to cover the taxes on Hongya Road for more than ten years.

"Six hundred and sixty thousand taels, just to get Mrs. Xia's satisfied smile."

"Not to mention, whether it's the Xia family paying tribute or the Mou State sending troops, they all find various excuses to get the Lu family to pay. If they don't pay, they have to send people. It's the same for the small countries around Mou State." Steward Feng shook his head, " Both of these are bottomless pits, do you understand?”

Lu Qiuwei nodded: "Wars are indeed very expensive."

No matter how rich Bailie is, its area is limited and its financial resources are limited. It can't stand it if someone comes to kill it every three days.

"So, to outsiders, it seems that Bailie is prospering and is also on the high branches of Mou State; in fact, their belts are getting tighter and tighter."

Otherwise, the Lu family is just a small lord, why should Mou Guo support it?

"I heard that Yaguo in the east is also very bad?"

"Ah, that's a group of hungry wolves, cutting meat from Bailie every other day!" Steward Feng couldn't help but sigh, "Mou used to teach it a lesson, and it borrowed Bailie to march several times, so Yaguo hated Bailie and troubled it for no reason."

There is a Bailie between Mou and Yaguo. If it wants to teach Yaguo a lesson, it must borrow Bailie.

"Now that Mou and Beijia are fighting, they have no time to look east, so Yaguo took the opportunity to invade Bailie." Steward Feng asked Lu Qiuwei, "Last year, Yaguo was the first to provoke it, and Bailie ended up losing money. Ha, do you know how much money Bailie lost?"

Of course, Lu Qiuwei shook his head.

"350,000 taels!" Steward Feng shook his head, "This is the result of Bailie's bargaining. Yaguo originally wanted 400,000 taels. In order to raise this money, Bailie sold two mines and a piece of land east of Blade Harbor."

"It's convenient to ask for money this way, and you can give it whenever you want."

Standard Feng talked about a lot of trivial matters of the Lu family, and he didn't know if he exaggerated. He Lingchuan had already heard the information he wanted, so he let Lu Qiuwei and Butler Feng continue to argue, and he stood up, paid the bill and left.