Wei Bao heard Wu Xuexia say that Wu Sanfu had already told the Guogong Mansion that he had asked the three daughters to marry at the same time, and he couldn't help but feel a little more settled.

This can be regarded as self-deception, after all, he has worked hard, and he doesn't want Wu Xuexia to be wronged, who knows that the emperor will make a holy decree!?

Wei Bao naturally wouldn't say that it was because he had found Wei Zhongxian.

Wei Bao has always been very annoyed why he told Wei Zhongxian about marrying the Guogong Mansion, originally Wei Bao felt that even if the British Duke Zhang Weixian might not agree to his proposal to marry three women at the same time, at least he was 50% sure.

But after he told Wei Zhongxian about this, Wei Zhongxian took it upon himself to get Zhang Shengzhi for himself, and directly wiped out the 50% hope.

The main responsibility is still on himself, which is also the main reason why Wei Bao is ashamed.

"Don't delay, no matter what, hurry up and see my father." Wu Xuexia urged, and asked the maid to come over to serve President Wei to dress and wash.

President Wei is like a rag doll at the mercy of the maids today, completely unconscious.

I have never felt that getting up is such a terrible thing, mainly not because of fear, but because of guilt, because I can't do what I promised, and I don't dare to face it.

Wei Bao promised to let Wu Xuexia be his wife before, and he also promised Wu Xiang so, isn't he slapping himself in the face now?

If you don't dare to face it, you have to face it, Wei Bao dragged it to the main hall.

Wu Xiang and Wu Zu both sat upright with dark faces.

Wei Bao didn't dare to say anything, and glanced at Wu Sanfu beside Wu Xiang, Wu Sanfu sighed and shook his head.

Wu Sanfeng was angry, if it weren't for the Wei Mansion here, Wei Bao would be powerful now, it is estimated that Wu Sanfeng would have scolded Wei Bao as before.

Wu Sangui looked a little dazed, he was still too young, and Wu Sangui might not understand these major marriage events.

Wei Dakang, Huang Ying, Fan Lao Pimple, Wang Zhihui and others were also sitting next to them, they obviously knew all the things, and they all looked at Wei Bao with embarrassed expressions, helplessly, or distressedly.

These people close to Wei Bao naturally want to help Wei Bao, but it seems that they all feel weak-hearted, and feel that this matter is Wei Bao's grievance, and there is no way to help speak.

Wu Xiang finally spoke first, "Master Wei, what did you say before that the fortune teller counted you, and it is not suitable for marriage within five years, it seems that what the fortune teller said is false?" It's because the daughter of our Wu family doesn't have enough status and doesn't deserve to enter your Wei family, right? Now that the daughter of the grandfather of the country has any status and status, there is no such thing as being unsuitable for marriage for five years, right? ”

"That's not the case, uncle, listen to me." Wei Bao hurriedly defended: "When I asked you to come, I already made a request to the Guogong Mansion to marry Xue Xia, Zhao Jinfeng, and Miss Guogong Mansion at the same time, although they didn't agree, but I am sure that I can talk." Who knew that at this time, His Majesty made a holy decree. My original intention is by no means like wronging Xuexia, just as I promised before, I want Xuexia to be my wife. If you don't believe it, ask Brother Sanfu and Xuexia. ”

"I can't ask them, this is your marriage, you know better than anyone else, you don't use those methods in the officialdom to fool me, you are now a big celebrity in front of Your Majesty, and the relationship between the Guogong Mansion and the royal family is not trivial, and it can even be said that the relationship between the royal mansion and the royal family is closer, who knows if it is the will of you who went to ask Your Majesty? Otherwise, Your Majesty is the king of a country, and does he have so much spare time to take care of an official's marriage? Wu Xiang said coldly.

Wei Bao hurriedly stretched out three fingers and swore: "Uncle, please believe me, I have never looked for Your Majesty!" I won't ask for the holy decree of marrying the princess of the Guogong Mansion alone, if so, I don't have to offend the Guogong Mansion before and ask to marry three girls at the same time. ”

"Yes, Dad, at that time, the grandfather and the prince were very angry, and they lost their temper with Xiaobao, Xiaobao wanted to oppose at that time, but I stopped him, offending the Guogong Mansion is not trivial, but the Guogong Mansion is in charge of the Beijing camp! Later, when Xiaobao came back from the Guogong Mansion, he also thought about resisting the decree and disrespecting, and he didn't even accept the holy decree, and I also stopped him and let Xiaobao accept the holy decree, I really can't blame him. Wu Sanfu spoke for Wei Bao.

Wu Xiang and Wu Zu ignored Wu Sanfu, and their faces were still blue with anger.

"Anyway, the daughter of our Wu family can't be small, even if your Wei family is the palace, we can't let our daughter be small for the Wei family, Xuexia, let's go back to Liaoxi." Wu Zushi stood up as he spoke, Wu Zu is very strong!

Although Wu Xiang can't talk about entering the ancestral family, the ancestral family is much stronger than the Wu family in Liaoxi and Liaodong, and in Wu Xiang's hands, he can mix with the current color, which is really very dependent on the ancestral family, which also causes the Wu Zu family to always have a strong position in the family.

Otherwise, Wu Xiang wouldn't even have a concubine, and he drooled when he saw a beautiful woman in Weijiazhuang, which was really because he had been confined for a long time.

Wu Xuexia knelt down for her mother all of a sudden, "Father, mother, my daughter is willing to follow Xiaobao, I haven't thought about regretting it, my daughter has been by Xiaobao's side for so long, many people know, even if my daughter goes back to Liaoxi, can she be happy if she marries someone else in the future?"

"Who dares to say anything? What about you with Wei Bao? There is no worship to marry, no marriage, no men and women, and she is still a yellow flower girl! Wu Zushi said angrily: "Our daughter of the Wu family, who dares to look down on it?" ”

The reason why Wu Zushi even knows whether Wu Xuexia has men and women is because he asked his daughter, Wu Zushi knows his daughter's temper and character very well, and his daughter either doesn't tell her, or if she wants to say it, she will definitely not tell the truth.

Wu Xuexia didn't expect that her mother was even talking about men and women in public, although there were no outsiders here, she still felt embarrassed, and cried: "Mother, do you want to force your daughter to death?" ”

Wei Bao couldn't hold his breath anymore, "Aunt! If you have any anger, just shoot at me alone, I failed Xuexia! Don't say any more. ”

"If only you knew it yourself! Then you say, should you let Xuexia go with me? You are a man, so you can't let Xuexia be a concubine and suffer with you! Wu Zu turned around and began to attack Wei Bao.

Wei Bao closed his eyes and let out a long sigh.

Wu Sanfu persuaded: "Mother, if you break up Xuexia and Xiaobao like this, it is likely that you will lose both your son-in-law and your daughter." ”

"Shut up! Let you take good care of your sister in the capital, you just take care of it? Wu Zushi angrily interrupted Wu Sanfu's words.

Wu Sanfu was too frightened to say more.

Wu Xiang was also very embarrassed, but Wu Xiang still favored Wu Zu's decision-making in his heart, and he also felt that he should take his daughter away first and bring her back to Liaoxi, no matter whether he broke off with Wei Bao in the future, anyway, he must not stay now!

"Xuexia, listen to your mother, get up quickly! Now that Wei Bao is going to marry someone else, what's the matter with you not being by his side? You not only have to think about yourself, but also for the reputation of the Wu family, people can't be too selfish! Also, Wei Bao, let me ask you, my Wu family has never treated you badly, right? I regard my baby daughter as the pearl in my palm and follow you without a name or a point, I just trust you! But what about you? You yourself have failed the Wu family, how can you have the face to keep Xue Xia by your side? "Wu Xiang is obviously better at speaking than Wu Zu, who can only shout, and every sentence is to the point.

Wu Xuexia and Wei Bao were shaken by Wu Xiang's words.

"Uncle, it's not that I haven't thought about resisting the decree, and you don't have to provoke me! If you provoke me again, I will really resist for Xuexia! I said that I would give Xuexia the position of wife, this will always count! Wei Bao said angrily.

Wu Xiang and Wu Zushi were a little frightened when they heard Wei Bao say this.

In fact, everyone in the audience was a little scared.

Although Wei Bao didn't say it explicitly, is it a trivial matter to resist the decree, and what is the difference between resisting the decree and rebelling?

Wei Bao vaguely revealed a little rebellion just now, he must bring the Wu family, how can Wu Xiang and Wu Zu not be afraid.

Wu Zushi glanced at Wu Xiang, meaning to let Wu Xiang hurry up and find a way, don't really force Wei Bao and his daughter to be in a hurry.

Wu Xiang is also a powerful master, otherwise even if he relied on the power of his ancestors, he would not have developed so fast, and in just a few years, he would become one of the few big families in Liaoxi and Liaodong!

"Wei Bao, I don't embarrass you, I know that Xuexia has you in your heart, do you have Xuexia in your heart, I don't want to know, I don't want to hear you say, I like to watch people's performance, I said this to you a long time ago! It's useless to say that it's out of the blue! Wu Xiang said.

Wei Bao knew that Wu Xiang was about to burst into bad water again, so he sighed and said, "If your uncle has any requirements, please speak up!" ”

"One hundred million taels of silver! When can you take out 100 million taels of silver as a dowry, I will promise to let Xue Xia marry you, with such a dowry, even if Xue Xia marries into your Wei family as a concubine, it will definitely not be looked down upon. Wu Xiang said.

Everyone exclaimed!

Wu Zu's family was overjoyed, and secretly praised his man's brain, this idea is indeed good, not only to prevent Xuexia and Wei Bao from being together, if Wei Bao really has the ability to take out 100 million taels of silver to the Wu family, his daughter will marry him, it is indeed not a loss, and it may even be more face-saving than Wei Bao's wife, the daughter of the British father.

"Uncle, don't you think the number of 100 million taels of silver is ridiculous? How much silver is the tax paid in a year in the Ming Dynasty? It's less than four million taels! Do you want me to pay you taxes for thirty years at a time? Wei Bao tried his best to suppress his emotions and not let himself get excited. Knowing that since Wu Xiang opened this mouth, he could only find a way to bargain, and it was absolutely impossible to change Wu Xiang's mind.

"One hundred million taels! Just 100 million taels of silver! You can use your Weijiazhuang's silver dollars! I can trust your Weijiazhuang's silver dollars! Wu Xiang said.

"Can we use our Heaven and Earth Society currency?" Wei Bao asked.

"No, I can't trust paper money, you can print as much as you want." Wu Xiang shook his head and said, "I only recognize gold and silver!" ”

"There's no room for turnaround? Do you want Xuexia to delay her youth for the rest of her life in the Wu family? Wei Bao frowned, thinking that Wu Xiang was really a lion's mouth, and couldn't help but be angry.

Wu Sanfu also felt that his father was too much, and just wanted to speak.

Wu Sanfeng hurriedly said: "If Wei Bao is really good to my sister, you will naturally have the ability to get 100 million taels of silver!" I have a number of your family backgrounds, and now Wei Jiazhuang can take out tens of millions of taels of silver, right? What's more, you have been a high-ranking official in the capital during this time, wantonly collecting money, selling officials, arresting people, conducting text investigations, and rebelling against prison, who knows how much silver you have made? After all, isn't it reluctant? The sky that he said was wild, and when he talked about silver, he shrank, hehehe. Wu Sanfeng didn't dare to scare Wei Bao, but at this critical moment, when his father was by his side, he still decisively seized the opportunity.

"Brother-in-law, if you don't have enough silver, I have more than 1,000 taels of silver you gave me, and I can pay you back first." The thirteen-year-old Wu Sangui, who was not childish, but gave birth to five big and three coarse people, innocently said to Wei Bao.

Wu Sanfu originally wanted to help Wei Bao bargain, but after hearing Wu Sanfeng say this, he didn't know what to say, he felt that Wei Bao might be able to make up 100 million taels of silver, others couldn't do it, Wei Bao might not be able to do it!

Wei Bao has a bitterness in his heart, only he knows, where did Weijiazhuang get out how much cash? It may be true that Tiandihui Bank has 30 million taels of deposits, but it is to support the monetary system!

Take out all the deposits, isn't the monetary system going to collapse?

As for the sale of officials, the inventory of documents, and the silver looted by various means, at least half of it will be used for operation!

Moreover, Weijiazhuang and Liaonan should be developed, the two provinces of Korea should be stable, and the power should be expanded in the Guannai.

In particular, Weijiazhuang and southern Liaoning have to undergo social changes, although the slavery system has been completely removed, but if they want to completely transition from the feudal system to the capitalist system, this is a bottomless pit, we have to let science and technology and the means of production cooperate, we have to make the materials rich enough, rich to the extent of surplus, which requires a lot of silver to fill in!

Not to mention that it is impossible for him to come up with 100 million taels of silver, even if he can take it out, he must first follow the development plan of Weijiazhuang and southern Liaoning!

According to Wei Bao's estimates, the evolution speed of the capitalist system in Weijiazhuang and southern Liaoning may not be completely successful even if it takes another two billion taels of silver to fill in and ten years of effort!

It's just these things, Wei Bao doesn't know how to say it.

Only Wu Xuexia, Wang Qiuya, Princess Zhenming, Lin Wenbiao, Song Yingxing and other upper-level management figures of the Heaven and Earth Society can understand his thoughts, such as Yang Xue and Xiong Xin'er, who have been in the Heaven and Earth Society for a short time, and they are still half-understood, not to mention Wu Sanfu, who has just arrived at the Heaven and Earth Society, is still in the stage of not understanding it at all.

At this time, Wu Xuexia stood up, "Dad, are you selling your daughter?" Xiaobao's friendship with me, my daughter knows it very well in her heart, and Xiaobao is definitely not a stingy person! You offered a dowry of 100 million taels of silver, did you want the world to think that the Wu family was selling their daughter? Fifty million taels! My daughter will go back to Liaoxi with you, and when Xiaobao has collected the dowry of 50 million taels of silver, I will marry him again! Is this okay? ”

Wu Xiang and Wu Zu glanced at each other.

Wu Xiang himself just proposed a dowry of 100 million taels of silver, but he was also taken aback by himself, 50 million taels was far beyond the scope of his heart's approval, and it was not unacceptable.

Wu Xiang wants to see Wu Zu's attitude.

Wu Zushi and Wu Xiang thought about the same, and felt that they could get five thousand taels of silver, which was enough to ensure the wealth of the Wu family in the future, and besides, the daughter was determined to follow Wei Bao, and she couldn't offend Wei Bao to death.

Wu Zushi then nodded to Wu Xiang.

Wu Xiang said to Wei Bao: "Okay, for Xuexia's sake, fifty million taels is fifty million taels!" After scraping together enough money, let's marry Xue Xia again! ”

"Uncle, since you plan to marry Xue Xia to me, you can trust me Wei Bao and my feelings for Xue Xia! Just let Xuexia stay with me! Xue Xia is now in an important ministry in my Heaven and Earth Society! If she goes home with you, it can only increase the pain of me and Xuexia, and increase the loss of the Heaven and Earth Society, and it will not do the Wu family any benefit! You see if this will work, I will give you an IOU of 50 million taels of silver and paid in 20 years, and I will go back to Liaoxi in two months, and then marry Xuexia. Wei Bao started negotiations with Wu Xiang from the perspective of a businessman.

Wei Bao and Wu Xiang, two people with a special relationship, seem to be not the first time to negotiate like this, the two have talked several times in Liaoxi before.

"Twenty-year period? Do you make an IOU in your personal name? Wu Sanfu repeated.

"No, 50 million taels of silver, with your ability Master Wei, you can definitely take it! No more concessions! Wu Zushi interrupted Wu Xiang's words, knowing that men couldn't handle Wei Bao's ghost after all.

Wu Xiang has already suffered losses at Wei Bao's hands a few times.

Wu Xuexia naturally knew that Wei Bao was not reluctant to give up silver, but for development, and also knew the financial situation of Weijiazhuang and southern Liaoning, 50 million taels of silver, if you want to wait until the evolution of the capitalist system is completed, it will be born naturally, I don't know how many years it will take.

It's just that Wu Xuexia has no way to say these things to her parents.

Wu Xuexia couldn't help but be very embarrassed.

"Wei Bao! My father and mother have already made such concessions, and you are still bargaining, is it really true that our Wu family is selling their daughter, do you have any affection for my sister? Wu Sanfeng said angrily.

"Brother Sanfeng! I'm not as rich as you think! And there are no impermeable walls! Uncle and aunt, have you ever thought that I, Wei Bao, as an official of the imperial court, have only been in the office for a few months and have only taken out such a large amount of silver as 50 million taels of silver, what will others think? Do you want your vassal elegance to ruin my career? With my Wei Bao's handwritten IOU, if I don't give it at that time, I can take my Wei Jiazhuang, people and fields, all of which are yours, what are you afraid of? "Wei Bao has changed his strategy, there is no way to say that the capitalist system in Weijiazhuang and southern Liaoning has evolved, but he can put his own difficulties, the official spends so much silver to marry a concubine, and spends 50 million taels of silver to marry a concubine, won't others make irresponsible remarks?

Wu Xiang and Wu Zu were a little moved by Wei Bao's words, and they can also understand Wei Bao's difficulties in becoming an official, this number is indeed huge, and it is a big one, for a fourth-grade official, and he is only a person who has just been in the office for a few months, it is indeed appalling, and gossip is enough to ruin an official's future.