RPAGF Chapter 302 Welcome
Chapter 302 Welcome
Chapter 302 Welcoming
Liu Rushi smiled and said, "Get up quickly."
Du Zhiyong stood up and pointed to a woman beside him, saying, "Mr. Liu, this is my wife. Hurry up and kowtow to Mr. Liu to greet her."
Du's wife immediately knelt down and kowtowed.
"Get up quickly!" Liu Rushi hurriedly helped Du's wife up.
Du Zhiyong said with a smile, "Mr. Liu, you absolutely must come to my home today. I have already made all the necessary preparations."
Liu Rushi shook her head with a wry smile and complained, "I have already sent you a message that you do not need to welcome me, much less make a fuss."
With tears welling in his eyes, Du Zhiyong immediately knelt down and said with deep emotion, "Mr. Liu, I was originally a street thug. I am where I am today all thanks to you and the principal. You passed by my house but didn't go in. How can I bear this? If my classmates find out, how can I face them? You teach students to be grateful, but you won't let me entertain you. How can I express my gratitude?"
"Sigh..." Liu Rushi sighed softly and said, "Get up quickly, I'm going to spend the night in Mou County tonight, please entertain me!"
Upon hearing this, Du Zhiyong burst into laughter through his tears, quickly stood up, and said to his wife, "Hurry up and help Mr. Liu into the carriage."
Upon hearing this, Du's wife quickly helped Liu Rushi up.
Liu Rushi smiled slightly and said, "Du Zhiyong, you haven't forgotten your roots. I passed through Huainan County a few days ago. That bastard Xu Xingyun actually married a bunch of wives and concubines. It's really outrageous!"
Du's wife looked at Du Zhiyong with a wronged expression. Du Zhiyong had also married a bunch of concubines, but he didn't dare to bring them with him.
These supermarket owners, all former labor camp veterans, idolized "Principal Wang." Since Wang Wenzhou married several women at once, they naturally followed suit. However, Xu Xingyun's act of bringing his wives and concubines to fetch Liu Rushi greatly displeased her. After they learned of this, they only dared to bring their wives when fetching Liu Rushi, not their concubines.
At this moment, another group of people arrived. The leader was missing an arm. He dismounted, ran to Liu Rushi, knelt down, kowtowed and said, "Student Yuan Zhengchu greets Mr. Liu."
Yuan Zhengchu was a supermarket owner in Laiwu County. He specially brought people to travel such a long distance to pick up Liu Rushi.
Liu Rushi complained, "Didn't I send you a message that you weren't allowed to come to the neighboring county to pick me up?"
Yuan Zhengchu explained in a serious tone, "Mr. Liu, I just happened to want to visit Du Zhengyong today, but I didn't expect to find you here as well."
Liu Rushi gently shook her head and said, "Get up quickly. If the Donglin Party finds out that you're making such a big fuss, they will impeach Wang Wenzhou in court again."
Du Zhiyong clenched his fists, thinking to himself, "Those bastards from the Donglin Party dare to go against the principal. If it weren't for Mr. Liu stopping them, the students would have pounded them with silver!"
At this moment, another group of people arrived, more than 300 riders. The riders were well-equipped, and their armor had the words "Hanshan Express" written on it.
The Hanshan Express network has been established and is under the management of Zhang Jiaobao. Although Liu Rushi did not bring many guards with her when she went to the capital, she was secretly protected by the heads of Hanshan Express in various regions along the way.
Although named after a courier service, Hanshan Express functioned more like a security escort agency. This was because the Ming Dynasty was far from peaceful, with bandits and robbers robbing people on the roads. Therefore, Hanshan Express possessed formidable military strength. Since Hanshan Bank had already opened branches across various regions, Hanshan Express was responsible for transporting silver between them. Without strong military force, the silver would have been robbed long ago.
The leader immediately dismounted, ran towards Liu Rushi, knelt down, and said, "Student Kong Yixiu greets Mr. Liu."
Most of the managers of Hanshan Express in various locations were also from labor camps. Although Liu Rushi was not in charge of Hanshan Express, her students would come to pay their respects whenever she passed by.
"Sigh..." Liu Rushi sighed and complained, "Didn't I already spread the word that you weren't allowed to give us a grand reception?"
Kong Yixiu said with a smile, "Mr. Liu, I was just out on business and happened to run into you."
"Haha!" Yuan Zhengchu chuckled inwardly. Kong Yixiu, you're in trouble. I used that excuse earlier.
Liu Rushi frowned and said irritably, "Fine, you'd better go and do your business now. Otherwise, I'll definitely tell Zhang Jiao that you're slacking off."
Kong Yixiu looked at Yuan Zhengchu and Du Zhiyong with a wronged expression, gesturing for them to plead for their little brother.
Yuan Zhengchu and Du Zhiyong pretended not to see it. "Brother Kong, it's not that we don't want to help you, but if we upset Mr. Liu, it will be troublesome. You should go back to where you came from."
Liu Rushi said, "Kong Yixiu, you should leave quickly. Thank you for protecting me secretly along the way. But if the Donglin Party finds out what you've done, they will definitely impeach Wang Wenzhou. So when I leave, I don't want to see you again."
Kong Yixiu nodded with a wry smile and replied, "Goodbye, Mr. Liu. I'm leaving now."
No sooner had Kong Yixiu left than another group of people arrived. This time, it was Wang Guangji, the owner of Hanshan Bank in Mou County.
The Hanshan Bank was managed by Sheng Lanbao, and most of the local managers were former labor camp veterans. Wang Guangji was also Liu Rushi's student, so how could he not come to greet her?
Liu Rushi looked helplessly at Yuan Zhengchu and the others, and said, "You should disperse all the people you brought. Entering the county town in such a grand manner will only attract too many eyes and ears. I don't want to cause trouble for Wang Wenzhou."
"Yes, students obey!" The three men quickly sent their respective men back.
In the woods not far away, Jiang Hongbao suddenly burst into laughter. This time he's struck it rich!
Jiang Hongbao was a notorious bandit in Mu County, with over a thousand men under his command. He knew all the owners of Hanshan Supermarket, Hanshan Bank, and Hanshan Express in Mu County. After all, these three men had been making a name for themselves in Mu County recently, and the locals called them the three richest men in the county.
As soon as Du Zhengyong and his men left the county town, Jiang Hongbao set his sights on him. Although Du Zhengyong had brought over a hundred men, Jiang Hongbao had brought all of his men, more than a thousand in total. Jiang Hongbao planned to pull off a big heist: kidnapping Du Zhengyong. This operation could bring in at least tens of thousands of taels of silver.
Jiang Hongbao was surprised to find that Du Zhiyong had come to pick someone up, and that the person he was picking up was a woman. The woman was also holding a child. Judging from Du Zhiyong's appearance, this woman was no ordinary person. Jiang Hongbao almost died of joy; kidnapping the woman along with him would definitely earn him more money than helping Du Zhiyong.
Just as Jiang Hongbao was about to make his move, Yuan Zhengchu, the owner of Hanshan Supermarket in Laiwu County, arrived with more than a hundred men. Jiang Hongbao was overjoyed and repeatedly assured God that after this deal, he would definitely retire from crime and become a good person.
But suddenly Kong Yixiu arrived with his men—three hundred elite cavalrymen from Hanshan Express. Jiang Hongbao couldn't afford to mess with them. Jiang Hongbao wasn't unfamiliar with robbing Hanshan Express's cavalry; he'd pulled off a heist a few days ago, and as a result, his original two thousand-plus men were now reduced to just over a thousand.