Chapter Eighty-Three: Money Can Make Demons Grind
"Is it unreasonable for merchants to admit money? Little plum, you are familiar with them, you can talk about it. ”
Sima Jiu finished his fullest meal after the crossing, wiped his mouth unsatisfied, and squeezed his eyes at Li Jiancheng.
"Merchants take Guan Zhong and Deng Tong as the sages, and I was fortunate to have a relationship with this generation of merchant young masters in the imperial capital, and they have always done things like this."
"Also, don't call me Little Lizi, call Brother Li, Little Jiuzi."
Li Jiancheng glared at Sima Jiu dissatisfied.
"Got it, Xiao Lizi, you have so much gold, what kind of general's mansion are we harassing, can't you just spend money to hire someone to do it?"
Sima Jiu's hippie smile looked at the backpack of the chief butler Feng Li, which made Feng Li feel a chill.
"Yes, at this time, the merchants can still open their doors to do business in Pingyao City, and the background must be leveraged, just find some people to do things for us, it's not a piece of cake."
A light flashed in Wang Jue's eyes again, his relationship with that uncle was so good, how could he say that he was willing to give it up?
"Yes, if we go online with merchants, it can really be regarded as a big boost to our actions."
"Feng Li, you go and call that woman up, our identity, it is estimated that they already know it, and they will not dare to betray us."
Li Jiancheng listened to Sima Jiu's words, and suddenly felt a sense of enlightenment, and he glanced at Sima Jiu.
"Okay, little Jiuzi, spend money to replace people, your kid is black enough."
"Xiao Jiuzi, Xiao Jiuzi, in this way, when you see Yang Guang, you can't call him Xiao Guangzi."
"You kid still dare to call the current emperor by his name, I think you don't want to die." Li Jiancheng's white face turned red all of a sudden, and he stood up from the stool and stretched out his hand to pinch Sima Jiu's throat.
A strong wind sounded in the air, and it was obvious that the eldest prince of Tang Guo had no intention of showing mercy.
Sima Jiu also took a stance, put on a hungry tiger to pounce on food, the two scuffled and frolicked for a while, and Liu Meiniang was brought up by Yuanfeng.
Li Jiancheng motioned for this charming woman to sit down, but she didn't speak for a while, everyone just looked at her together, and the atmosphere seemed a little ambiguous.
Although Liu Meiniang has been in the mall for a long time, she only knows the identities of these people today, and she can't find out at all.
was stared at so silently by five big men, the hostess and businessman behind the fragrant world hot pot restaurant in Pingyao couldn't bear it.
"Although the little girl has a lowly status and is from a businessman's background, she only does business, and she doesn't dedicate herself to anything." Liu Meiniang looked a little flustered, and her hands subconsciously protected her chest.
Everyone laughed in their hearts, but they still ignored her and continued to create pressure.
If you have to dedicate yourself, the slave family only accompanies this and that, and the others, and that would rather die than obey. The female shopkeeper's face turned red, her white and tender fingers pointed at Sima Jiu and Li Jiancheng shyly, and then glared at Feng Li, who looked the most anxious.
Suddenly, everyone couldn't help but laugh, and Sima Jiu teased her and raised her eyebrows.
"We invited Shopkeeper Liu to come, in fact, there is no other meaning, I just want to ask if we spend money to buy, in this Pingyao City, how much can the merchant give us...... Dead soldiers! ”
Li Jiancheng lowered his voice and said slowly.
"What did you say?"
"I think you heard what I wanted."
"We have a little contact with General Xiao Maha, if you want to hire people, I can recommend them to the general."
Liu Meiniang's eyes rolled and replied timidly.
Sima Jiu and Li Jiancheng looked at each other and smiled, Li Jiancheng clapped his hands, Feng Li spread the package behind him on the table that was packed up in front of him, unwrapped the package, and a burst of golden color suddenly shone in front of everyone.
Liu Meiniang couldn't help but cover her mouth in surprise.
Although she plays a pivotal role in Pingyao, and even in the northern forces of the merchants, she has indeed never seen a gold owner directly display so much gold at one time.
Li Jiagui is the Duke of Tang Guo, and there is no need to mention the wealth, but more importantly, the largest gold mine in Longxi is in the hands of Li Yuan, and his family's wealth is naturally dominated by gold.
Feng Li spread a pile of gold on the table, swept the leaves one by one in the direction of the female shopkeeper, and when he swept to a third of the gold leaves, Liu Meiniang spoke.
"The merchant has three hundred and forty-five dead soldiers in Pingyao City, and these people are only loyal to me, but if I issue a task, they will definitely complete it, no matter who the target is?"
Li Jiancheng waved his hand, and Feng Li stopped dividing the money. "The General's Mansion has been a constant nuisance since the ugly time, and it can't be stopped."
Liu Meiniang's face was calm, and she nodded unexpectedly. "Not long ago, someone pretended to be a Blood Moon Killer to assassinate Xiao Maha, and now the General's Mansion is heavily guarded, and our people are gone, and there is no life."
Li Jiancheng waved his hand again, and Feng Li continued to allocate gold to the female shopkeeper's side, and gradually, two-thirds of the gold was drawn to Liu Meiniang's side.
He looked at Li Jiancheng's face and stopped again.
Liu Meiniang looked at the gold in front of her and was distracted for a long time, until Wang Qi coughed impatiently, and she withdrew from her thoughts.
"Enough, ladies and gentlemen, enough! From today's ugly hour, there will be an additional 345 corpses of the dead soldiers outside the General's Mansion, as well as at least twice as many corpses of the General's Mansion's personal guards. The female shopkeeper's voice suddenly became a little hoarse, and Sima Jiu saw a trace of sadness in her eyes.
"It's okay to harass them, not to send them to death." Sima Jiudao.
'Only those who die will not leak the participation of the merchants, will not reveal the sons of you, we are not afraid of death. Liu Meiniang glanced at Sima Jiu and said lightly.
Sima Jiu suddenly regretted it in his heart, he just wanted the merchant to contain Xiao Maha, but he didn't expect that it might attract hundreds of people to die.
"Then what are you afraid of? What are merchants afraid of? Sima Jiu asked again.
"Merchants think that poverty is more terrible than death, and that even if the dead die, the commission is enough for their families to live without food and clothing." Liu Meiniang glanced at Sima Jiu and replied lightly.
With a seriousness that a teenager had never seen before, she sifted the gold piece by piece, and carefully separated and wrapped them in two sampas.
Li Jiancheng and the other five looked at this complicated woman without saying a word, and after screening the two-thirds of the gold, Liu Meiniang returned half of the gold to Feng Li.
"We will only collect the other half after the deed, you can rest here, we have a very good dark room, and we have another good meal in the evening, all for this big business." The female shopkeeper said softly before leaving, she didn't look at Sima Jiu again.
I don't know why, Sima Jiu was a little sad, and the sun in the ancient city of Pingyao outside the window was slowly setting.
"This is not the way this is the case, I must change him?" Sima Jiu's heart flashed such words over and over again, he sat on the window seat on the second floor of the Xiangtianxia hot pot restaurant, looking at the sunset, and his choice became more and more determined.