Chapter 20: Good Things Come in Pairs

"The Wu family in Yecheng is willing to donate three hundred carts of grain and one hundred taels of gold to the second son." A fat man with a fat head and big ears, who looked like a corrupt official and a businessman, stood up and said first.

"Hmph, Wu Lao is Wu Lao Li, my Bohai Zheng family donated five hundred carts of grain, three hundred taels of gold and the second son." An old man with thief eyebrows and rat eyes glanced at the fat man with disdain and said.

"Okay, okay, Lao Zheng, are you demolishing my platform, the Wu family in Yecheng will donate another 600 carts of grain and 500 taels of gold, and you will come out again if you have the ability." The fat man was angered by the old man, stood up with a flushed face, and said angrily.

"Hmph, hmph, your Wu family is the number one clan in Yecheng, and I can't afford to compare to you." I saw the originally aggressive old man, sitting down with a smile on his face, and said with a smile.

Liu Yan, who was sitting at the top, saw the two major merchants raising each other's bars, and smiled disapprovingly: "The second elder is worthy of my Han loyalty, and in the coming year, Jizhou will supply the army, and Junlang will definitely consider it." ”

Liu Tai, who was sitting next to Liu Yan, suddenly realized, no wonder these two families coaxed so quickly, and gave out so much money and food, it turned out to be a blatant bribe of Liu Yan for the supply of Jizhou ordnance in the coming year, but these money and food are all in his own hands, Liu Tai is so unhappy, and hurriedly smiled and toasted to the fat man and the old man.

"Zhang's family between the rivers, give 100 carts of grain and grass, 50 taels of gold ......"

"My giant deer Yan's family, offering eighty carts of grain and grass, forty taels of gold...."

"My Zhongshan and Hai family, offer three hundred carts of grain and grass, five hundred taels of gold..."

"Wu Nanpi..."

"I...."

Every time Liu Tai offered food and silver, he raised a toast, and the smile on his face was almost frozen, although he didn't give a lot one by one, but he counted it, there were thousands of taels of gold, thousands of carts of grain and grass, not to mention 180,000 people, and another 500,000 yuan.

"I Wuji Zhen, offer two thousand carts of grain and grass, and ten thousand taels of gold to the second son...." A sonorous and powerful shout sounded in the crowd, which immediately made the surrounding Shi clan officials shocked, 10,000 taels of gold......

"Huh??" Liu Yan and Liu Tai, who did not change their colors before the collapse of Mount Tai, also stood up in shock, two thousand carts of grain and grass are nothing, but ten thousand taels of gold are scary.

"Zhen's is worthy of being the richest man in my Han Dynasty, 10,000 gold was given away like this, loser, hum!" A word of jealousy came from the crowd.

"That is, the Zhen family's business has been getting better and better in recent years, and I heard that it will marry Liu Tai, the second son of Liu Tingshi."

"Hmph, hmph, wouldn't it be great to catch up with the emperor's relatives...."

As soon as the Zhen family's voice fell, the crowd below began to coax and discuss one by one, with jealousy, envy, and disdain in their words.

"Tai has thanked Zhen for his great kindness here, and if there is anything difficult for Zhen in the future, Tai will never give up." Liu Tai picked up the wine glass with a smile, saluted the Zhen family in the crowd and said, the price of this favor is already very high, of course, if Liu Tai really dominates the Northeast in the future, the investment of the Zhen family is also very worthwhile.

I saw a middle-aged man who was eight feet tall and had clear eyebrows stood up, looked at Liu Tai with a smile and said: "Childe said that he was joking, my Zhen family and Lord Liu have become in-laws, and they will be in-laws in the future, and the son is in trouble, how can the Zhen family not help?" ”

"In-laws?" Liu Tai frowned, and looked at Liu Yan with a puzzled expression, thinking that Liu Yan had married a young lady from the Zhen family, but it seemed that he had never heard of this kind of scandal?

Liu Yan nodded with a smile, looked at Liu Tai and said: "Tai'er, some time ago, it was said that his father made his own opinion, hired the Zhen family, and appointed Zhen Rou, the eldest daughter of the head of the Zhen family, as Tai'er's wife. ”

"Huh? Thank you father. Liu Tai looked at Liu Yan with a strange expression, this Zhen family is the first family in Jizhou and the Yuan family of the fourth and third princes also have a fight, although they have been in business for generations, but there are many feudal officials, Liu Yan has set up an in-law for Liu Tai like this, wouldn't it be that the Zhen family is also tied to the chariot of the Liu family, and the Liu family has the help of the Zhen family.

Liu Tai has nothing to worry about about Zhen Rou's appearance, can she be looked down upon by a royal nobleman like Liu Yan, will it be bad?

"In Xia Liu Tai, I have seen my father-in-law." On the snake beating stick, Liu Tai stepped forward and respectfully bowed to the head of the Zhen family.

"Virtuous son-in-law doesn't need to be polite, please get up quickly." The Zhen family smiled on their faces, and hurriedly helped Liu Tai up and said, "I don't know when the son wants to marry the little girl?" ”

"This?" Liu Tai frowned and looked at Liu Yan.

Liu Yan said to the head of the Zhen family with a smile: "The old man and the Xia Pi Mi family have also set an in-law, why don't you wait for Tai'er to stabilize the situation in western Liaoning, and then get married?" ”

"Mi family?" Liu Tai smiled bitterly, the more he looked at Liu Yan's expression, the more strange it became, the four major merchants in the late Han Dynasty were headed by the Wuji Zhen family, and the next one was the Xia Pi Mi family, the Hedong Wei family, and the Bajun Yan family, and now Liu Yan was messed up with the mandarin ducks, and the top two big merchants were on their own battlefields, I don't know whether to cry or laugh, of course, there are more laughing components, the question is that Liu Bei's wife Mi was married by himself, what should he do?

"That's it, but it's up to Lord Assassin Shi to decide." The head of the Zhen family got a satisfactory answer and retreated with a smile on his face, and everyone present learned that the rumors had been confirmed, and they began to coax one by one.

"Lord Thorn Shi, the old representative of the Mi clan also offered two thousand carts of grain, ten thousand taels of gold, a little effort, I hope the adults will not blame." I saw a seventy-year-old man, supported by a young man, trembling and standing up and saying.

"Huh? The Mi family is also here? Liu Tai rolled his eyes and glanced at the young man beside the old man, not knowing whether it was Mi Zhu or Mi Fang of the Mi family.

"Hundreds of thousands of people under the command of Taidai, thank you for your father-in-law's generosity, and there will be a reward in the future." Liu Tai stepped forward with a smile and bowed to Uncle Mi.

"No need to be polite, no need to be polite, Wen'er will be handed over to you later, I hope you will be considerate of Wen'er, and you will be satisfied." Mi Lao nodded with a smile and said to Liu Tai.

Liu Yan behind him stepped forward, bowed slightly to Mi Lao and said, "Mi Lao is sick, how can he come in person?" ”

Mi Lao shook his head with a smile, looked at Liu Tai with his eyes and said: "There is only one daughter in the old decay, regarded as the pearl of the palm, Liu Junlang said that he can't be not, but he always has to take a look at Wen'er's husband, he is old and old, and there are not many children, now that Wen'er has a good family, he can also go at ease." ”

Liu Tai smiled awkwardly when he heard this, and said helplessly: "Uncle Yue said that he was laughing, Uncle Taiguan is rich and strong, and it will be okay to live for another ten years, but Taiying's father-in-law will definitely take good care of Wen'er." ”

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