Chapter 25: A Date with a Beautiful Woman
Li Yue, Chang Yuanshan, Widow Ting, and Liang Youtian discussed other details of the bank for another hour. In the end, an agreement was reached: the imperial court contributed 600,000 guan to occupy 60% of the shares, Li Yue's quasi-father-in-law Xiao An contributed 100,000 guan to occupy 10% of the shares, Chang Yuanshan and widow Ting each contributed 120,000 guan to account for 10% of the shares, and the remaining shares belonged to Liang Youtian to contribute 60,000 shares.
Although the formal contract could not be signed until all the funds were in place, Li Yue was already overjoyed. After all, this is a big deal of one million yuan, which is equivalent to one-fifth of the annual copper coin issuance of Daliang.
At Li Yue's suggestion, the four of them poured wine and drank a glass together. Widow Ting's face showed a red glow, which was unique.
I don't know if it was stimulated by alcohol or Hongxia, Chang Yuanshan proposed: "Lord Li, today's negotiation has reached such a big deal, it is better for Chang to treat him in Tianjian Tower to thank your lordship." β
"The poetry girl of Tianjian Tower, that is really a good piano to play!" Liang Youtian is a small merchant who has naturally never been to Tianjian Building, where dignitaries gather, but of course he has heard of the name of Lin'an Oiran, and there is Chang Yuanshan to entertain guests, so he inevitably has some expectation and excitement in his words: "If it is paired with the splendid article written by Lord Li, it is really a match made in heaven!" β
"Yaxing, who shouldn't have swept Boss Chang, but Li still has some official business to deal with today, please forgive me for not being able to accompany him!" After Li Yue finished speaking, he got up and saluted and hurriedly said goodbye.
At this moment, Li Yue remembered that the rude and willful little Lori at home If she knew that someone invited her to the Qinglou, the consequences would be really unimaginable. His brow furrowed slightly, and at the same time, his feet quickened the pace of leaving. No matter how Chang Yuanshan and Liang Youtian shouted to stay, Li Yue didn't even look back.
Li Yue walked out of the Phoenix Tower, and didn't go far when he heard a strange woman shouting behind him: "Lord Li, please stay!" β
Li Yue looked back and saw that it was a little girl wearing a pink skirt, about thirteen or fourteen years old.
Without waiting for Li Yue to ask, she introduced herself: "My name is Yuan'er, and I am Mrs. Lin's personal maid. β
"I don't know what Miss Yuan'er has to say?" Li Yue asked with a fist clench.
"Poof!" Yuan'er smiled and said, "Lord Li is really different, no wonder my wife looks at adults differently." β
"Oh? How I didn't find anything different about me. Li Yue opened his arms, looked at himself and said, "There are no more arms, and no less legs." β
"Hee-hee-hee......" Yuan'er laughed even more fiercely this time. After laughing for a while, he stopped and said, "Master Li is a maid who speaks and does things without a little arrogance, and is very humorous. It's not like those sons and gentlemen who pretend to be serious with old faces on weekdays, but in fact, they have a bad stomach. β
"Oh!" It turned out that I had lived in the 21st century when women respected men for too long, and my overly friendly attitude towards lesbians made me a little unique in this era. The shelves are all for those who have no appearance. β
"Looks?" Yuan'er didn't understand the word Li Yue said.
"Good looks means beautiful." Li Yue explained to the little girl.
"Master Li's mouth is so sweet. But when it comes to appearance, my wife is the best in Quanzhou......" Li Yuezheng listened with relish, but Yuan'er did not continue the topic, shouting: "It's far away, I almost forgot about the business!" When my wife asks the adults, do you come by car or on horseback? β
"I didn't ride a horse or a car. Li came on foot. Li Yue now feels that he can't ride a horse in this era, just like he can't drive in later generations, and he must find time to learn to ride a horse.
"That's right, my wife intends to give Master Li a ride, and it just so happens that you can go with the car."
"But ......"
"Don't be!" Yuan'er unceremoniously interrupted Li Yue and said, "Are you still wronged by being in the same car with my wife?" The Zhizhou surnamed Tang in Quanzhou, I forgot what it was called, the Sandeng Lin family wanted to see my wife, but my wife avoided it. Don't be in the midst of blessings and not know blessings. Wait for me at the bottom of the mountain. β
Yuan'er didn't care about Li Yue after speaking, and ran towards the mountain with a smoke.
Riding in the same carriage with a beautiful young woman who has been widowed for many years, if Xiao Ning'er knew about it, Li Yue would feel creepy just thinking about it. Just went down the mountain in such a cranky way, and then waited down the mountain for a while, and the widow Ting took Yuan'er to the bottom of the mountain.
Although he knew that it was a peach blossom disaster, Li Yue's worst thing was to reject women. The Lin family's carriage was nearby, and after some politeness, Li Yue and the widow Ting got into the carriage together. Yuan'er sat outside the car and commanded the driver.
After the two sat down, the widow Ting opened her mouth: "Yuan'er said that Lord Li's attitude towards women depends on appearance. What do adults think of me? β
Li Yue wiped the fine sweat oozing from his forehead and said, "Madame looks like a fairy!" β
Looking at Li Yue, who was a little cramped and uneasy, Widow Ting couldn't help but smile and said, "Lord Li is still afraid that I will take advantage of you?" β
Mrs. Lin laughed. Li Yue almost didn't choke to death, and said with a red face: "I'm just worried that this will damage Madame's reputation." β
"Master Li's ability to lie is far worse than his knowledge." The widow said slowly.
Li Yue asked, "How do you say this?" β
"Are you afraid that Mrs. Li will blame!" Widow Ting directly pierced Li Yue: "You didn't have official business just now, right?" β
"Let Mrs. Lin see and laugh!" Li Yue hugged his fists and saluted: "Although Li is unmarried, he does have a fiancΓ©e. β
"I didn't expect that the famous Li Dacai in Lin'an was so afraid of guilt!" Widow Ting quipped: "And it's just a little lady who hasn't passed through the door." β
"Li is foolish, there is no man who is afraid of his insiders in this world, only a man who respects his wife!"
Li Yue used a movie line from her previous life to excuse herself, but she didn't expect that this sentence seemed to touch a certain nerve in the heart of the widow Ting, making her speechless for a while.
She has been widowed for many years, struggling to maintain the Lin family's industry in the wind and rain, and maneuvering between rich businessmen and dignitaries, seemingly forgetting that she is a woman. But no matter how strong a woman is, she is still a woman after all, and she still longs for a man to take care of and take care of herself.
Li Yue didn't know the complex psychological activities of the widow Ting, so he lifted the curtain of the car and glanced at it and said, "There is Mrs. Laurin to send you off, this place is not far from Uncle Xiao's house, so don't leave it here!" β
Looking at Li Yue who jumped out of the car, Widow Ting couldn't help muttering: "There is no man who is afraid of his insider, only a man who respects his wife!" β
"Madame! Will you have to call Mrs. Li in the future? β
Yuan'er didn't know when she came to the widow Ting.
"You girl! See if I don't tear your mouth! β
"Oops! Mrs. spares her life, if she can't have a new love, she won't want a child. β
"You still say!"
"Oops! Madame, you're really tearing! Yuan'er doesn't dare anymore! β
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A master and a servant frolicked in the carriage, causing the Lin family's coachman to laugh outside.