flstandardbreds Chapter 151 Paying Homage to Mu Tianyan
Chapter 151 Paying Homage to Mu Tianyan
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Li Fu said, “Master, this third matter is probably a bit difficult. The officials I am familiar with are all of low rank and not of much use to you. If you want to see the Prefect of Guangzhou or even a higher official, my connections are not good enough, let alone the Governor.”
Seeing his troubled expression, Liu Ye waved his hand and said, "Never mind, I won't make things difficult for you. Just focus on doing the other two things. I'll handle this one myself."
Silent all night.
The next day, Liu Ye and his entourage arrived at the governor's office and presented their visiting cards. The soldiers at the gate glanced at them, saw the title of a military officer, and couldn't help but mutter, "A mere military officer, daring to come and submit his visiting card so brazenly..."
A sergeant, noticing the words "Qiongzhou" before the general's name, was startled and glared at him, saying, "Say less and no one will think you're mute!" He hurriedly handed over the name card.
The newly appointed governor, Mu Tianyan, was in a bad mood recently and didn't want to see any more guests. However, when he heard that the visitor was Liu Ye, the newly recruited military commander of Qiongzhou, he thought that he still had to see this troublemaker, so he mustered up his spirits and summoned him.
Not long after, a servant came out and led Liu Ye inside. Ordinary people would be cautious when entering the governor's office, but Liu Ye was completely unconcerned, looking around as he walked. This wasn't his first time entering the governor's office; he had not only entered the Dengzhou and Laizhou governor's offices but had also stayed there. In his opinion, the governor of Guangdong was not as imposing as the governor of Dengzhou and Laizhou. After all, Dengzhou was a military camp, full of professional soldiers, and northerners were generally taller and stronger than southerners, making the guards at the office more robust and imposing.
Inside the flower hall, Mu Tianyan looked at Liu Ye sitting below with mixed feelings. Logically speaking, this man was audacious and reckless, daring to venture deep into Guangzhou to bombard the city. After being pacified, he put forward many harsh conditions, obeying titles but not orders. He was the public enemy of the Guangdong officialdom, and as a Guangzhou official, he should have been properly disciplined and punished.
However, Mu Tianyan knew perfectly well that half the credit for obtaining the position of governor was due to this troublemaker. If it weren't for him, the governorship wouldn't have appeared out of nowhere, and he would still be struggling in the position of Left Provincial Administration Commissioner. Moreover, he also coveted the fighting strength of the Qiongzhou Camp and once wanted to win it over to become his own garrison.
Mu Tianyan shook her head, as if trying to shake these distracting thoughts out of her head. Then she asked slowly and deliberately, "What brings General Liu here today?"
Liu Ye said, "This humble official is new to officialdom and is a latecomer to the field, so I am unfamiliar with many of the rules. I have come here to seek your guidance, Your Excellency." He then presented a gift list, saying, "This is just a small token of my respect."
Mu Tianyan found it amusing. A mere military officer, with a general above him, dared to presume to visit a provincial governor, clearly a self-taught amateur who didn't understand etiquette. She casually accepted the gift list, glanced at it, and her slight displeasure vanished instantly.
The gift list was just a thin piece of paper, but it felt incredibly heavy in my hand. The gifts listed were as follows: one hundred bottles of premium Wuliangye liquor, two hundred muskets made in Qiongzhou, and ten cannons.
Mu Tianyan nodded slightly. Liu Ye's gift list was indeed to his liking: Wuliangye was not only a hot seller in Guangzhou, but he also heard it was a hot seller in Hangzhou. Whether for personal consumption or entertaining guests, it was the best choice. During the period of shop closures, it had become a situation of high demand but low supply. The price of a bottle had risen from 2 taels of silver to 5 taels, and it was still hard to find. To send him a hundred bottles at once was quite generous. As for the muskets and cannons, if they had been given to him a few months earlier, when he was only the Left Provincial Governor, they would have been useless. But now, giving them to him was like sending charcoal in snowy weather. As a newly appointed governor, he needed to establish an elite garrison, which required excellent firearms.