My Wife is a Counsel Chapter 25: Competing for favor

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Eating dried meat like he was swallowing dates, Liu Laocai suddenly coughed. Luo Yi hurriedly handed over the kettle. Liu Laocai drank heavily and said thank you to Luo Yi with runny nose and tears.

Dried meat, compressed biscuits and green military kettles were all carried by Luo Yi. They were originally standard equipment for those mercenaries.

However, according to the safety advice provided to the economic and trade delegation by the military adviser of the Joint Matrix, it is hoped that each member can carry some dried meat and a kettle filled with water. If he encounters danger, he can hold on for a few more days. Wait for rescue.

But most members of the economic and trade delegation turned a deaf ear and dismissed the equipment provided by the United Matrix.

Of course, whether you need it or not, the bill for the United Matrix has already been issued, and the prices for these equipment and supplies are also very high.

On the other hand, Luo Yiwai was very obedient and took the security consultant's advice to heart.

"Slow down..." Lu Ming was inexplicably amused as he watched Liu Laocai stuffing these hard dried meats into his mouth, which he usually disliked. He is not cultivating immortality now? This experience may not be a bad thing for you, brother.

Finally, Mr. Liu let out a long sigh and looked at Lu Ming with a sad face, "These days, it's all stinky and rotten dog food..."

Lu Ming nodded: "Tell me, what's going on? However, you may have to stay here for a few days. There is no bail system here, but don't worry, I will send someone to stay here to see anyone who wants to see you. You must be here, and he will arrange your meals."

Liu Laocai immediately nodded pitifully, "Okay, okay, Qianxing, you must rescue me! I'm going to beheaded here..."

Lu Ming nodded: "Let's talk about the people from Fila Oil first? You haven't found anyone to help you these past few days? Weren't you invited by them?"

Although Rabbi Phila of Phila Petroleum once made a large political donation to himself, his second brother should be in charge of the oil field development planning in the Bat City area, so he only received information from official channels. I contacted the Fila Petroleum office here, but the other party was not very enthusiastic, so I simply stopped contacting them. I also vaguely felt that something was wrong here.

Next to me, Luo Yi took out a booklet and started recording.

When mentioning Fila Oil, Liu Laocai immediately gritted his teeth, "These **** are the ones who tricked me!"

"Now that I think about it, they have never had good intentions. Ha Shan's husband is the tour guide they found for me, and they also found a **** to seduce me. That **** also has a husband..."

"Ha, Ha Shan, right? Didn't Ha Shan seduce you?" Lu Ming was slightly startled. You didn't want to be seduced by others, but you finally called Ha Shan on your own initiative?

"Ha Shan..." Liu Laocai sighed softly, "Ha Shan is fine..."

"Anyway, something happened, and the people from Fila Petroleum disappeared. But the day before yesterday, they came and said that if I transferred 90% of the property rights to them, they would not only guarantee me They will also help me resolve the land rights dispute with Bailu City... They also said that if they give me 10%, it will be an astronomical figure. It is estimated that it will be enough in one year. There is an income of two to three million, and it will last for decades or even hundreds of years, and the income will only get higher and higher every year.”

"Fuck them! Even if I die, I won't do it!" Liu Laocai gritted his teeth.

Lu Ming nodded. If the net profit is 20 to 30 million per year, then this oil field is really a treasure. Fila Petroleum’s current oil fields, including the largest oil field, should not be of this scale. Liu Laocai really picked it up. Treasure.

With one year's profit, you can build the Empire State Building. Of course, if you include the money to buy land in a location like the Empire State Building, it will take two years of profit.

It’s no wonder that some of the decision-makers at Fila Petroleum started to use their brains. It was indeed too tempting, especially when they thought that this guy was picked up for free and he still keeps it to himself? Who doesn’t feel jealous? I'm afraid that if the oil field really belongs to Liu Laocai, the largest individual shareholder of Fila Petroleum may not have as high a net income as Liu Laocai from now on. Isn't this annoying?

But then again, isn’t it good luck that the Fila family got rich? It was also a coincidence that the first oil field developed from the bottom of a small aristocratic family over several decades to now controlling a super company with a market value of over one billion, and it is still expanding rapidly.

Today is an unpredictable era, and outstanding adventurers still have a great chance to write new legendary stories.

The next feast for adventurers will have to wait until the Internet age.

Only when social forms change drastically will trendsetters who seize the pulse of the new era be born.

Thinking about it, Lu Ming said: "So, Has Shan's husband blackmailed you, I'm afraid he did it without telling his financial boss, otherwise, you will really die here in a daze, and you have to thank him. ”

"I thank his grandma!" Liu Laocai glared, "If I can get out alive, I will kill him!"

Lu Ming nodded: "Tell me about Ha Shan, be more detailed, what is going on between you and her..."

Liu Laocai was stunned, looked at Lu Ming's expression, and said cautiously: "She, she is quite pitiful, can you..."

Lu Ming rolled his eyes, "Hurry up, I know exactly what to do! Can't you see who is licking whom?"

Liu Laocai didn't dare to say anything anymore. He blinked his little eyes and started to tell.

……

"Brother, are you looking for someone?" Nicole asked curiously as she walked beside Lu Ming.

I said I was going shopping with Nicole, but in fact, there were no shops at all in the entire town.

The toasts, even the little toasts, go to the big city hundreds of miles away when they want to buy things.

As for Bate City, the only small market is used by poor people to exchange basic living needs.

Lu Ming and his party were walking in this small market.

They are all kinds of dilapidated straw shed stalls, selling straw sandals, eggs and duck eggs, oil and salt, coarse cloth, and some religious trinkets, etc. In addition, there is a blacksmith shop, which is actually used for sharpening kitchen knives. Repair farm equipment and the like.

Most of them also bartered, using grain as currency.

The serfs did not have any means of production, that is, they would not die of hunger. If there was a surplus of food during the harvest year, they would exchange it for some daily necessities here.

Last year was a good year, so this small market, which only opened every half month, was very lively.

Although there are many people shopping, there are few actual transactions.

Look at a peasant woman who sold a basket of eggs, exchanged some cloth, and some kind of shell hairpin for her daughter, making the ragged little girl dance with joy.

Nicole is very curious about everything, so walking around this shabby market is really fun.

However, seeing Lu Ming always looking toward a gathering area of ​​mud houses leading to the market, Nicole curiously asked Lu Ming if he was looking for someone?

Lu Ming smiled slightly: "No."

In the Tsuchiya gathering area, the tour guide Tugou and his wife Ha Shan that Liu Laocai mentioned live there. It is considered a free civilian area, and the living conditions are better than those of most serfs.

Now that it has been determined that Fila Oil is involved in this case, it turns out that some ideas cannot be used.

If you take the initiative to find Hashan, there is a possibility that Fila Oil will use it to make a fuss.

If you meet her accidentally in this market, you might want to chat with her for a few words. As long as it doesn't involve the case and doesn't violate any rules, it's fine.

I heard from Liu Laocai that Tugou and Hashan did not get married according to local customs, but they had lived together for more than ten years. According to the laws of the East China Sea, it was considered a de facto marriage.

Long Xiang is accompanying Lu Ming and Nicole. He is very confident now. He feels that this is Miss Nicole, the most popular superstar in the empire. However, since Mayor Lu does not want to expose this There was only a layer of window paper, so I could only endure the excitement in my heart and didn't dare to say anything.

However, now Miss Nicole is walking on the right side of Mayor Lu, and her position is a few steps behind Mayor Lu's left, but it seems that she can still smell the faint fragrance of Miss Nicole, which is so refreshing. People are intoxicated.

Long Xiang didn’t dare to look at Miss Nicole. Even though Miss Nicole was wearing sunglasses and a big hat, she still couldn’t hide her stunning beauty and unique temperament. She was not something ordinary people could have. Looking at her confidently, not to mention, when it was confirmed that it was her, this legendary and beautiful superstar seemed to have an extra layer of halo around her body, making people dare not look up.

Walking behind, Long Xiang only dared to secretly glance at the extremely beautiful pair of black and white canvas shoes that carried the slender and straight legs of this super star, watching the arcs drawn by these shoes as they fell together on the loess. The lines and footprints are also so beautiful and fascinating.

Long Xiang suddenly felt short of breath and had the urge to rush up and kiss the footprints left by those beautiful canvas shoes.

At this moment, there was a chaos in the rear, as if someone was driving away the crowd.

Long Xiang looked back and was slightly startled.

What I saw hurriedly over was surrounded by a group of guards, but it was the head of the Hawkeye Luo family - Baiqi Councilor Hawkeye Luo, an old man in his fifties, a combination of the famous old fox and an eagle, cruel and tough And cunning.

Families in Bate City do not have surnames. After the new head of each family succeeds to the throne, he will take the family name.

At this time, Hawkeye Luo and the others were stopped by two burly men with loaded guns.

There was a language barrier between the two parties. The eagle-eyed Luo was explaining something with a smile, but the two sturdy men just shook their heads, not understanding.

Long Xiang hesitated, but saw Luo Yi approaching Lu Ming, as if Mayor Lu wanted her to communicate with him.

Long Xiang then gritted his teeth, walked over quickly, and said with a smile: "Uncle Hawkeye Luo, why are you here?"

Among the four white flag families, the Luo family is the richest economically, while the Eagle Eye Luo family is the most powerful in terms of military power. The Eagle Eye Luo family likes to buy second-hand guns and cannons from the black market in Gravel City the most.

Normally, even his father was extremely wary of Hawkeye Luo, and he even took a detour when he saw him.

I don’t know why he came to this shabby market, but listening to his explanation, it seemed that he wanted to meet Mayor Lu.

This is not a good sign.

Long Xiang was just thinking about how to make Mayor Lu misunderstand him, when he saw Mayor Lu’s translator coming over.

In desperation, I had no choice but to go alone. Since I could no longer interfere with the communication between the two, I could only go along with the flow and do favors.

But Patriarch Hawkeye Luo came to this small market in person. If he really wanted to see Mayor Lu, that would be a bit bad.

The Hawkeye Luo family has always been better informed than other families.

Maybe Mayor Lu is more important than he thinks?

My father never showed up. He was supposed to pick up Mayor Lu and his party to go to the city. His father had prepared a banquet at home.

But by mistake, Mayor Lu has been busy with his own affairs, so he can only say that it is evening.

But now, Eagle Eye Luo has come in person. In order to meet Mayor Lu, he came to this dirty and smelly market that he may have never been to in his life.

There must be something wrong here.

Long Xiang secretly groaned inwardly, but kept a smile on his face, "Uncle Hawkeye Luo, are you here to see Mayor Lu?"

Hawkeye Luo glanced at him sideways and snorted.

At this time Luo Yi came over and looked at Luo Yi's clothes. The eagle-eyed Luo obviously immediately judged that this was a distinguished guest from the East, and a smile immediately appeared on his face. Sir, would you like to say something? Please! My name is Hawkeye Luo.”

Long Xiang almost fell here when he somersaulted, Uncle Luo, Hawkeye? ! You are famous for being fierce, what are you doing now?

To be honest, Long Xiang was very disdainful of Luo Yi and Luo Er, two pretty beauties from the Western Regions, who wore strange clothes and became foreign playthings. Even if they were captured by force, why didn't they commit suicide? Even if you don't commit suicide, why are you wearing such clothes? It was obvious that he had been poisoned by those ridiculous fallacies and had betrayed the traditions of his own people.

However, Long Xiang felt contempt in his heart but did not show it on his face.

But he didn't expect to see Hawkeye Luo trying to please this kind of female devil in front of him.

The Hawkeye Luo family has always been the most traditional family and hates these traitors the most, but now, what are you doing? Uncle Hawkeye Lo?

While Long Xiang was stunned, he also vaguely felt in his heart that it was worse, but he just didn't know what the problem was.

Long Xiang came to see him. Luo Yi returned and whispered something next to Mayor Lu.

Mayor Lu made a gesture, and the two sturdy men here stepped aside.

Long Xiang's heart sank again. He felt that his family might have taken the upper hand in some big event, but they might have made a wrong move and now they would lose everything.

……

The oil seller came early and occupied the best hut. Now he was rewarded by Hawkeye Luo with a few coins. The oil seller gave up the hut with great thanks.

The people from Yingyanluo borrowed tables, chairs and benches from who knows where, wiped them clean, and served local cheese herbal tea.

Originally, Eagle Eye Luo eagerly invited Lu Ming to his home, but seeing that Lu Ming really had no interest, he built such a temporary tea shed in the market.

The teacups and teapots found by Yingyan Luo's people were obviously new and had been scalded with boiling water. The tea sets were relatively clean.

"How does it taste?" Lu Ming asked Nicole with a smile.

"It's sour, a little salty and a little bitter, it's pretty good!" Nicole took a sip and nodded in praise.

Hawkeye Luo, who was full of expectations, immediately breathed a sigh of relief and said with a smile: "It's okay, Miss, if you don't dislike it."

He clapped his hands, and there was a follower next to him who had been holding a red brocade box. At this time, he took two steps and placed the brocade box on the table.

Hawkeye Luo opened the brocade box, pushed it in front of Lu Ming, and said with a smile: "Your Excellency, you can come from the prosperous land in the far east to this remote place, and you have the heart to help the people. You are so righteous, it really scares us. Gratitude is a blessing to tens of thousands of local people. After thinking about it, I don’t know how to respond to the adults’ heart. I send you the local specialties here to express your thoughts. ”

The sentences translated by Luo Yi made Lu Ming roll his eyes. Is this guy so educated? Playing the piano randomly.

However, these Luo-style maids are usually just backgrounds. They seem to really like reading ancient Chinese literature, but they don't want to think that they are a bit talented.

Looking at the wooden box again, I couldn't help but be slightly startled. Inside the box was a small rhombus-shaped emerald. Although emeralds of this color were precious, they were not as expensive as those in the expensive necklaces worn by the ladies of the East China Sea. The size of gems worth thousands or even tens of thousands is still a lot different, but if you look carefully, you can see that there is a faint fairy dancing in the emerald. From a scientific point of view, there are impurities inside, but it is really lifelike. Making this emerald even more dazzling.

Long Xiang, who was sitting aside and thinking silently, was even more surprised when he saw the emerald in the box.

It is rumored that the Hawkeye Luo family has an heirloom, which is a gem that the Moon Goddess has imprisoned in it. However, I have only heard about it and have never seen it. It seems that it is this gem.

Just take it out as a treasure? And, just an understatement of “local specialty”?

What on earth is this Mayor Lu doing?

Long Xiang's heart felt cold, he was done, he was confused, he didn't know what was going on, he was about to be cut off, and he was afraid that he would be beaten to death by his father.

Lu Ming also looked at the emerald, then smiled slightly and pushed the wooden box back, "What a pity. I have several concubines at home, and here is my sister. Who should I give such a treasure to?" , some people will say that I am partial, so let’s forget it.”

Translated from Luo Yi, this Hawkeye Luo said that he "has a heart to help the people". He definitely didn't mean this word, but the meaning was probably similar.

So, it is obvious that the old man with eyes like a falcon is well-informed and somewhat knows that when he and his party come here, they will do some assistance projects, and usually these projects include low-interest loans and free grants.

This was the first time he came to order a cake. He said this gem was a "specialty" in an understatement. He was proficient in conversational skills and knew how to deliver bribe gifts smoothly.

This gem looks like a family heirloom. If he is willing to take it out, then he will ask for more from those projects. He is afraid that if he does not make ten times the profit, he will feel a loss.

Although projects can be done by anyone, as long as there are behind-the-scenes transactions, the possibility of failure is greatly increased.

Come here and tell the truth. In addition to helping Liu Laocai, I really want to make some profits from here. It's not a waste of time.

But the "profit" in my eyes is not this small favor, nor is it to further exploit those already miserable serfs.

So, there is no need to think about it at all, I won’t accept this thing myself.

Moreover, this emerald is worth at most ten thousand yuan, which is indeed quite rare. If given to a girl, it will have a hundred times the effect.

But just for the vulgar fans, when I looked at Nicole, I didn’t pay much attention to it. Instead, I turned my head to look curiously at the pedestrians who were staying away from her.

Over there, Hawkeye Luo was obviously startled when he saw Lu Ming pushing the wooden box back.

Lu Ming smiled and said: "In fact, I am the deputy leader of our group. The official letter is in the hands of the group leader. Originally, I thought that these matters would be discussed when most of them arrived and met with the city lord together. But it seems that Mr. Eagle Eye Luo has listened to it more or less. So, Long Xiang, you can also listen to it."

Long Xiang immediately cheered up and leaned forward.

Hawkeye-Yan Luo was a little unwilling. The information was supposed to be top secret, but in the end, this kid had to hear it. He frowned slightly, but there was nothing he could do about it.

Lu Ming said: "Yes, we are here not only because investors want to see the resources here, but we also decided to provide some assistance to the local area, which is an extension of our East China Sea Friendship Alliance plan. Look Look at your medical care, schooling and education. If we can help, we will establish and allocate funds for projects. Of course, it is not just Bate City, but more than a dozen city-states in this area are all included in our assistance plan. Who will end up receiving it? , in your case, which city-state receives more help, or less, or does not receive our help, all depends on our comprehensive assessment. ”

"But one thing, I also saw it on the helicopter. To build a railway from here to Gravel City, I think Batt City is indeed more suitable as a starting point. And, actually, I also saw Fila before coming here. Petroleum-related experts’ assessment of road construction in this area. Fila Petroleum also has plans to build a railway from this area to Gravel City. We will communicate with Fila Petroleum and hope to reach cooperation. As for railway operating rights and investment shares, etc., these I won’t talk about it until after the negotiation, and it won’t involve you. But generally speaking, I think this project will definitely be implemented. By then, you have an idea of ​​what changes will happen to Bate City in advance. As for this project, it will definitely benefit you. , there will be some small projects that you need to do, the specifics still need to be seen."

"We are here this time. We are planning to provide 500,000 yuan in free assistance projects, as well as Baoyin Bank's low-interest loan project. The specific amount of loans we will provide depends on the project evaluation you applied for."

Thinking about it, Lu Ming said: "That's about it."

Eagle Eye Luo and Long Xiang's eyes became brighter and brighter as they heard this.

Long Xiang's heart was pounding even more. He was really a fool. Looking at what Hawkeye Luo did, he was still far from succeeding his father.

But what does Mayor Lu like?

He didn't even blink at the precious heirlooms of the Luo family like Hawkeye. In fact, if you think about it, at just a young age, he is already the deputy mayor of a town under the jurisdiction of Donghai. What kind of wealthy family must he be? Will it be moved by money?

Women? Forget it, for the one who was traveling with him, words such as peerless beauty are completely inadequate to describe her weight. This legendary superstar can be said to be an epoch-making symbol. The empire's east, west, north, south, and the five major Confederate, if most people have a common hobby, it is probably to appreciate the films she stars in. Both men and women love her to the point of madness, but that kind of love has a different meaning.

All the beauties from the Western Regions together cannot compare to her toenails.

Mayor Lu seemed to be the stronger one when getting along with her. She seemed to obey what he said.

What kind of person is Mayor Lu?

Oh, I should have thought of it a long time ago, but she is nearby, and even breathing the same air with her, how can I still have any brains?

However, she is wearing a mask and is far away. I am afraid that I will not be able to breathe the carbon dioxide she spits out, right?

Long Xiang was stunned again and wanted to slap himself.

That's all, don't think too much. Go back and think about it. What can impress this mysterious Mayor Lu?