Chapter 2568
Chapter 2568
Chapter 2568
Seeing Xu Wenlin's positive attitude and confidence in his request, Tao Hongfang felt very satisfied immediately, and did not ask Xu Wenlin in detail how to proceed with the investigation.
In order to prevent his whereabouts from being noticed, Tao Hongfang did not stay in Shunfengxing for too long. After agreeing on the contact information with Xu Wenlin, he left in a hurry with his entourage, A Peng.
But after calming down, Tao Hongfang also realized that he made a decision too fast.It was just the first meeting with Xu Wenlin, so trusting each other so much based on one-sided words, entrusting such an important task to the other party to complete, this is really a bit hasty.
"Apeng, what do you think of Xu Wenlin? Is he credible?" Tao Hongfang felt uneasy, but he couldn't bear the shame and went back to ask Xu Wenlin to test his depth, so he asked his personal follower, Apeng, for his opinion.After all, Apeng had received some special training in order to serve as a personal attendant, and he had been observing from the sidelines, so he might be able to notice some details that he hadn't noticed.
A Peng replied: "Master, I just observed his gestures and gestures, his posture is very upright, he should have been in the army. Based on the experience he said, it is very likely that he worked as a guard for the master. If so, then of course it is trustworthy.”
The personnel who can serve as guards beside the traversers are basically dead soldiers who have received special training and are extremely determined, and their reliability is very high.As for whether it is necessary to further verify his identity, it depends on Tao Hongfang's wishes.It only takes a day or two at most to send a telegram back to Sanya to find out Xu Wenlin's life experience.
Tao Hongfang thought for a while, and felt that what Apeng said was reasonable.It's up to people to plan things, but it's up to God to make things happen. I've already done what I can do. If I can find out the clues Bai Letong needs, I'll just wait for the next development.
After finishing this matter, Tao Hongfang still had a place to socialize.Yesterday Ning Zijing told him that Li Fa, the big shopkeeper of Qiong Lianfa in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, had returned to Hangzhou, and Ning Zijing wanted to invite Tao Hongfang to go to the other party's banquet together.
Tao Hongfang is very interested in this. Li Fa is definitely a very influential person in the field of business. Alligator is in charge of managing the organization's bulk trade in the Jiangsu and Zhejiang regions. He has a lot of business resources in his hands, and he is exactly the person Tao Hongfang needs to visit on this trip.
So he readily agreed to Ning Zijing, and rushed back to his residence to meet him after finishing his business, and then went to visit Li Fa.
Li Fa's residence is also located in the east of Hangzhou, not too far from the property that Qiong Lianfa bought by the Beijing-Hangzhou Canal.Although the scale of the house is not as exaggerated as the stone garden by the West Lake, it still occupies a large area, and the main building is a building structure of three rooms and two corridors. From a long distance, you can see the wok-shaped gable shaped like an official hat .Visitors from the south such as Ning Zijing and Tao Hongfang can tell at a glance that this is a typical Cantonese-style building.
Of course, to build a Cantonese-style house in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, it must be necessary to hire senior craftsmen from the south to be responsible for the construction. It is very likely that even some building materials and furniture will have to travel long distances from the south, which will inevitably cost a lot.But for Li Fa's net worth, these expenses shouldn't be too much of a problem.
When the two arrived in a carriage, Li Fa's housekeeper was already waiting at the gate to welcome them.Li Fa came from a prominent family, and many high-ranking officials in Haihan are friends of the same generation, so they didn't come out to greet him in person, Tao Ning and the two didn't feel that there was anything wrong.
The butler led them into the inner courtyard, and Li Fa stood at the door of the living room, bowing his hands to them from afar.Li Fa is already an old man in his sixties, with a slightly fat body, and there are servants around him.
The two didn't dare to be negligent, and hurriedly returned the gift, and stepped forward to meet each other.
The three exchanged a few words, and Li Fa invited them into the room to sit down.
"The last time I met with you was seven or eight years ago, right? Speaking of which, I haven't been to Sanya for many years. How is your family?" After taking his seat, Li Fa naturally asked about the relationship between the two of them. situation.
The two quickly thanked Li Fa for his concern. Although Li Fa did not visit Sanya as frequently as Li Nai, he did visit Sanya quite a few times in the early years. He and their parents were old acquaintances, and he regarded himself as an elder in front of them. It's also normal.
"When I saw you back then, I was still a student, but now I am able to take charge of my own affairs and work overseas. It's amazing, it's amazing!" Li Fa said with emotion: "Now Haihan has won the world and has lands from all corners of the world. It's time to master it!"
"Uncle, the award is too much. The elders in the family know that we are ignorant, so they specially send us out to increase our knowledge!" Ning Zijing immediately responded humbly.
Li Fa nodded and said: "Traveling thousands of miles and reading thousands of volumes of books, you really should come out and see more to understand how big the world is. Although Sanya is good, other places are not bad. For example, Jiangsu and Zhejiang are rich in products. , the climate is pleasant, the scenery is beautiful, it is an excellent place to live. I have stayed here for a while, and I don't want to go back to the south."
Compared with Lingnan, Guangdong and Guangxi regions, the natural environment in Jiangsu and Zhejiang is indeed more livable, but Li Fa said that he doesn't miss the south, he was probably just joking, otherwise, how could his residence be pure and pure inside and out? Cantonese residential style.
After sitting down and chatting for a while, Li Fa called the butler and asked if the banquet was ready, and after getting a positive answer, he invited Tao Ning and the others to the table.
There were no other guests at this banquet, and Li Fa did not arrange to accompany the guests, and there were only them, the old and the young, on the table, which made Tao Ning and the others a lot less restrained.
"The old man is getting old, and he had a serious illness two years ago. The doctor said that he can't drink too much, so now he eats lightly. Today, the old man will replace wine with tea. Welcome to come!"
Li Fa raised his glass to indicate that the two young people did not dare to neglect, and quickly raised their glasses to thank the hospitality.
After three rounds of wine and five flavors of food, Li Fa casually asked about what they had seen and heard since they came to Hangzhou. He heard that they had already met Shi Diwen in Shiyuan, nodded and said: "Master Shi is very good at governing the place. , Although this Jiangsu and Zhejiang region is at the time of the change of dynasty, there is no chaos at all, and the degree of prosperity continues unabated. This kind of ability, the old man admires it very much!"
Ning Zijing said: "To tell you the truth, Uncle, our knowledge is shallow, Mr. Shi has some administrative measures, but we don't understand them very well."
"Oh? Let's hear it!" Li Fa was very interested in hearing their opinions.
Ning Zijing gave Li Fa a brief description of the regulatory measures and execution methods for bulk trade that Tao Hongfang had inquired about two days ago.
(End of this chapter)
Seeing Xu Wenlin's positive attitude and confidence in his request, Tao Hongfang felt very satisfied immediately, and did not ask Xu Wenlin in detail how to proceed with the investigation.
In order to prevent his whereabouts from being noticed, Tao Hongfang did not stay in Shunfengxing for too long. After agreeing on the contact information with Xu Wenlin, he left in a hurry with his entourage, A Peng.
But after calming down, Tao Hongfang also realized that he made a decision too fast.It was just the first meeting with Xu Wenlin, so trusting each other so much based on one-sided words, entrusting such an important task to the other party to complete, this is really a bit hasty.
"Apeng, what do you think of Xu Wenlin? Is he credible?" Tao Hongfang felt uneasy, but he couldn't bear the shame and went back to ask Xu Wenlin to test his depth, so he asked his personal follower, Apeng, for his opinion.After all, Apeng had received some special training in order to serve as a personal attendant, and he had been observing from the sidelines, so he might be able to notice some details that he hadn't noticed.
A Peng replied: "Master, I just observed his gestures and gestures, his posture is very upright, he should have been in the army. Based on the experience he said, it is very likely that he worked as a guard for the master. If so, then of course it is trustworthy.”
The personnel who can serve as guards beside the traversers are basically dead soldiers who have received special training and are extremely determined, and their reliability is very high.As for whether it is necessary to further verify his identity, it depends on Tao Hongfang's wishes.It only takes a day or two at most to send a telegram back to Sanya to find out Xu Wenlin's life experience.
Tao Hongfang thought for a while, and felt that what Apeng said was reasonable.It's up to people to plan things, but it's up to God to make things happen. I've already done what I can do. If I can find out the clues Bai Letong needs, I'll just wait for the next development.
After finishing this matter, Tao Hongfang still had a place to socialize.Yesterday Ning Zijing told him that Li Fa, the big shopkeeper of Qiong Lianfa in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, had returned to Hangzhou, and Ning Zijing wanted to invite Tao Hongfang to go to the other party's banquet together.
Tao Hongfang is very interested in this. Li Fa is definitely a very influential person in the field of business. Alligator is in charge of managing the organization's bulk trade in the Jiangsu and Zhejiang regions. He has a lot of business resources in his hands, and he is exactly the person Tao Hongfang needs to visit on this trip.
So he readily agreed to Ning Zijing, and rushed back to his residence to meet him after finishing his business, and then went to visit Li Fa.
Li Fa's residence is also located in the east of Hangzhou, not too far from the property that Qiong Lianfa bought by the Beijing-Hangzhou Canal.Although the scale of the house is not as exaggerated as the stone garden by the West Lake, it still occupies a large area, and the main building is a building structure of three rooms and two corridors. From a long distance, you can see the wok-shaped gable shaped like an official hat .Visitors from the south such as Ning Zijing and Tao Hongfang can tell at a glance that this is a typical Cantonese-style building.
Of course, to build a Cantonese-style house in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, it must be necessary to hire senior craftsmen from the south to be responsible for the construction. It is very likely that even some building materials and furniture will have to travel long distances from the south, which will inevitably cost a lot.But for Li Fa's net worth, these expenses shouldn't be too much of a problem.
When the two arrived in a carriage, Li Fa's housekeeper was already waiting at the gate to welcome them.Li Fa came from a prominent family, and many high-ranking officials in Haihan are friends of the same generation, so they didn't come out to greet him in person, Tao Ning and the two didn't feel that there was anything wrong.
The butler led them into the inner courtyard, and Li Fa stood at the door of the living room, bowing his hands to them from afar.Li Fa is already an old man in his sixties, with a slightly fat body, and there are servants around him.
The two didn't dare to be negligent, and hurriedly returned the gift, and stepped forward to meet each other.
The three exchanged a few words, and Li Fa invited them into the room to sit down.
"The last time I met with you was seven or eight years ago, right? Speaking of which, I haven't been to Sanya for many years. How is your family?" After taking his seat, Li Fa naturally asked about the relationship between the two of them. situation.
The two quickly thanked Li Fa for his concern. Although Li Fa did not visit Sanya as frequently as Li Nai, he did visit Sanya quite a few times in the early years. He and their parents were old acquaintances, and he regarded himself as an elder in front of them. It's also normal.
"When I saw you back then, I was still a student, but now I am able to take charge of my own affairs and work overseas. It's amazing, it's amazing!" Li Fa said with emotion: "Now Haihan has won the world and has lands from all corners of the world. It's time to master it!"
"Uncle, the award is too much. The elders in the family know that we are ignorant, so they specially send us out to increase our knowledge!" Ning Zijing immediately responded humbly.
Li Fa nodded and said: "Traveling thousands of miles and reading thousands of volumes of books, you really should come out and see more to understand how big the world is. Although Sanya is good, other places are not bad. For example, Jiangsu and Zhejiang are rich in products. , the climate is pleasant, the scenery is beautiful, it is an excellent place to live. I have stayed here for a while, and I don't want to go back to the south."
Compared with Lingnan, Guangdong and Guangxi regions, the natural environment in Jiangsu and Zhejiang is indeed more livable, but Li Fa said that he doesn't miss the south, he was probably just joking, otherwise, how could his residence be pure and pure inside and out? Cantonese residential style.
After sitting down and chatting for a while, Li Fa called the butler and asked if the banquet was ready, and after getting a positive answer, he invited Tao Ning and the others to the table.
There were no other guests at this banquet, and Li Fa did not arrange to accompany the guests, and there were only them, the old and the young, on the table, which made Tao Ning and the others a lot less restrained.
"The old man is getting old, and he had a serious illness two years ago. The doctor said that he can't drink too much, so now he eats lightly. Today, the old man will replace wine with tea. Welcome to come!"
Li Fa raised his glass to indicate that the two young people did not dare to neglect, and quickly raised their glasses to thank the hospitality.
After three rounds of wine and five flavors of food, Li Fa casually asked about what they had seen and heard since they came to Hangzhou. He heard that they had already met Shi Diwen in Shiyuan, nodded and said: "Master Shi is very good at governing the place. , Although this Jiangsu and Zhejiang region is at the time of the change of dynasty, there is no chaos at all, and the degree of prosperity continues unabated. This kind of ability, the old man admires it very much!"
Ning Zijing said: "To tell you the truth, Uncle, our knowledge is shallow, Mr. Shi has some administrative measures, but we don't understand them very well."
"Oh? Let's hear it!" Li Fa was very interested in hearing their opinions.
Ning Zijing gave Li Fa a brief description of the regulatory measures and execution methods for bulk trade that Tao Hongfang had inquired about two days ago.
(End of this chapter)