The matter of selling officials in the capital has long been spread to the localities, and a very rich person like Li Wanqian is naturally clear. But in the end, those officials are just some false positions, and the officials may not look up to them when they buy them, and they are very expensive, only the dignitaries and dignitaries of Chang'an City will be suitable to buy, and the huge wealth of a place is dealing with local administrative officials, and it is not suitable to go all the way to Chang'an City to be an idle official.

And Liu Yu asked this sentence, Li Wanqian was stunned, and then returned to nature, the official rank is not high but useful, he is more willing to have a relationship with Liu Yu than being an official.

"Villains are not material for officials." Li Wanqian said with a smile.

Liu Yu guessed about Li Wanqian's reaction when he saw it, Liu Yu nodded and said, "Don't mention this matter for the time being, let's talk about it after drinking water and wine." ”

Liu Yu instructed the palace maid to serve the wine and food, and the food and wine prepared from Chang'an City by the Son of Heaven Luan were all prepared, and the people in the dining room were responsible for cooking, and during the waiting period, Liu Yue poured a glass of wine for Li Wanqian, Li Wanqian was sitting there trembling and did not dare to look around, Liu Yu personally poured the wine, and he got up to thank him.

"Why be polite." Liu Yu picked up the wine glass and toasted Li Wanqian, Li Wanqian swallowed a glass of wine, and his face turned red.

It's a sign of great wine.

"Come to Brother Li, drink again."

Liu Yu poured him three glasses of wine with a face, Li Wanqian had wine at the bottom, and finally stopped being too restrained, and his eyes dared to look around. Originally, he thought he could see the emperor or something, but from beginning to end, except for Liu Yu, only palace maids came and went, and he didn't even see a eunuch.

Originally, according to his understanding, the palace should be a "wine pond meat forest", and the palace maids should all race fairies. But now I can't help but be a little disappointed. Some palace maids are not even as beautiful as the maids in his house.

"Lord Wang. Can we talk about that...... Is the treasure post bought and sold? Li Wanqian saw that Liu Yu repeatedly persuaded him to drink, and asked tentatively.

At this time, the dishes also began to be served, and Liu Yu smiled and said: "Brother Li, how many years older are you than me, I treat you as an elder brother, and we will tell the truth if we have something to say." Don't call you a villain, that's too outward. ”

Li Wanqian smiled cautiously and said, "No...... Don't dare ......"

"There's nothing you dare, just have another drink." Liu Yu poured another glass of wine for Li Wanqian. "Since we hit it off at first sight, I'll say some things directly, alas! Now the imperial court has been in turmoil several times, there is a war in the southeast, and another war in the north, the fight is that the treasury is empty and the court is tight, and now I want to help His Majesty manage the country, but I have no silver on hand, so I have to use some things to exchange some silver to solve the urgent need. ”

Li Wanqian blinked. didn't seem to understand what Liu Yu meant.

Liu Yu continued to smile and said, "Look at this, Brother Li, do you have anything you want." If I can afford it, let's make a clear transaction, how about taking what you need? ”

Li Wanqian is a businessman, originally he was afraid of Liu Yu's power, but now listening to Liu Yue sincerely talk to him about business, he has recovered a little bit of his true character as a businessman.

"Lord Wang, you are really polite......"

"Alas, I don't call me the prince, I call it the elder brother, so it's comfortable to listen to it."

The smile on Li Wanqian's face froze at first, and then he mustered up the courage to say, "Brother, you are so polite, villain...... I don't have anything else, but I have silver, but I have no other use than to buy some land, my wife and concubine are married to one room after another, and my sons are more and more, but I am still bitter. Those who are in office come to blackmail us all day long...... Of course, I'm not talking about you, brother, but those ...... As for those officials outside, we can't afford to offend. But people reach out to ask for silver, and we can't help but give it, right? ”

Liu Yu listened to him pour bitter water, nodded to show that he understood, and asked by the way: "Brother Li, I have a question for you, did you spend a lot of money to make this transaction?" ”

Li Wanqian smiled bitterly and nodded: "A few thousand taels of silver are spent......

Liu Yue secretly sighed that he was still a businessman with money.

"Brother, since you can afford it, I will tell you the truth, I want a small official, but it must be the kind that the officials in those places dare not bully, and do business in the future, so as not to be knocked by this and that one, you see...... Is there a drama in this? ”

Liu Yu thought for a while and said, "What Brother Li said is indeed the truth, these local officials are too different things. In this way, I will give you a supervisor of the imperial history, an official of the fifth grade, and Gong Shancai, who looks like a dog outside, how about it? ”

"Supervising the Imperial History? What for? ”

"It is the supervision official, as long as you find that the officials of the surrounding counties have illegal behavior, you can present a secret book to the imperial court, stating their corrupt behavior, so that they will not dare to reach out to ask you for money."

Li Wanqian's face was a little happy at first, but soon it dimmed, and he said with a suspicious face: "Those officials and masters may not listen to my words." ”

"Do you care if they listen or not, can't I just listen to it? You wrote a recital to the court, who bullied you, I will clean him up when I look back, and you are the five-rank official of the court, who dares to get along with you? ”

Liu Yu's words were very good, but Li Wanqian was still skeptical, and Li Wanqian asked tentatively: "I don't know how to supervise the imperial history...... How many taels of silver? ”

"One hundred thousand taels, what do you think?"

Li Wanqian's eyes widened again, and he seemed to be very embarrassed.

Liu Yu thinks that this guy is not bad for money, and he is willing to spend tens of thousands of taels of silver to buy a broken post, and he still cares about spending more money to buy an official?

"Brother, you...... Can I go back and think about it? ”

Liu Yuxin said that it was so unpleasant to do business with these businessmen, Liu Yu smiled and nodded: "Of course you can, but let's say okay, there is no such store in this village." Brother Li, I'll stay here for a day, and I'll leave tomorrow morning. ”

"I'll go back when I go, and I'll go back when I go."

Li Wanqian didn't care about the banquet, so he got up and said goodbye and left, and looked back when he left, Liu Yu probably guessed that he wanted to see someone he couldn't see. Here, the emperor is naturally the one you want to see.

Sending Li Wanqian away, Liu Yu went upstairs, his own women were gathering to eat, Li Wanqian didn't see the emperor just now, but the emperor had already seen him, and Qi'er was hiding behind the crack in the door and watched for a long time.

"Xianggong. Who is he? Qi'er asked.

"He's a rich man. There is money. I'm going to exchange an official for some silver flowers with him. ”

"Oh, he's like a ball of meat, it's ugly." Qi'er said as she ate.

Liu Yu also smiled faintly, although Qi'er is the emperor, outsiders seem to be high and unattainable, but in Liu Yue, she is just a flesh-and-blood little girl, and she is still a child's innocent nature.

It's night. Liu Yu was reading the book review, and Lu Chuer hurriedly came to report it, saying that the "meat ball" was back. Liu Yu glanced at Lu Chu'er, then looked at Qi'er and Xu Xuanzhu, and said in his heart that "meat ball" was not his own opinion of Li Wanqian, and he simply got a consensus.

"Let him in." Liu Yu put down the book and tidied up.

"Uncle, he refused to enter, and said that you should go out to see him."

"Hey, what a big shelf." Liu Yu got up and put the short gun on the belt of his trousers. Then put on his coat and said, "Go out and see for your husband first." Maybe you come back later, and if you're sleepy, go to bed first. ”

Liu Yu confessed two more sentences, and then went out with Lu Chuer. Outside the post house, Li Wanqian waited outside with a bow.

"Brother Li, are you back so soon? But a decision? ”

Li Wanqian smiled and said, "I bought this official." ”

"Bought it? Good thing, how good is it to take what you need? Can you bring silver? ”

Li Wanqian shook his head and said: "Can the prince come with me into the city for a trip, I have a few close friends in business, and I also want to buy an official, I don't need to be so big, I can spend tens of thousands of taels of silver to do it." By the way, let them know, I befriended you, didn't I? ”

Liu Yuxin said that Li Wanqian deserved to be a businessman, refused to be wronged, and was ready to collect a little bit before spending money. Liu Yu was also worried that this guy would repay his debts, and he wouldn't buy it when he entered the city, but after thinking about it, he now promised to turn around and regret it, he didn't want to live anymore!

It's also a good thing that you can attract a few more "customers" when you go to the city.

"It's also a good thing to go to the old brother's mansion, get acquainted with it." Liu Yu smiled and beckoned the guards, and Hula brought hundreds of people into the city, and this momentum alone was enough to intimidate.

Li Wanqian originally came in a sedan chair, but Liu Yue was too slow and directly asked him to make a carriage to lead the way, while he rode a horse and walked with the guards, and the group entered the city in a mighty way. Originally, Gong Shancai thought that Liu Yue was going to the city to inspect, so he hurriedly came out to greet him, and when he saw Liu Yue walking with Li Wanqian, he probably guessed something, Liu Yu smiled and said: "Gong Taishou should go back first, today I entered the city for private purposes, not on business." ”

Although Liu Yu asked Gong Shancai to go back, Gong Shancai was still not at ease and sent a messenger to accompany him.

Entering the city, Liu Yu led the way to the mansion of the Li Mansion under the guidance of Li Wanqian, the Li family is a huge rich man in the city, although it is rich, but the lintel is not big, and there are already some people waiting at the door of the outer house, the light of the lantern is not strong, and these people are waiting a little anxious.

"Say hello to the prince." When they saw Liu Yu, they all knelt down.

Liu Yu said with a smile: "Brother Li's banquet today, don't be too outside, just be an ordinary person." ”

Liu Yu said this, which can be regarded as giving Li Wanqian enough face. When these businessmen saw the fierce guards around Liu Yu, they didn't dare to raise their heads, let alone argue with Liu Yu's peers.

Entered the outer house, passed through the hanging flower gate, and entered the inner hall. This time, Li Wanqian's banquet guests were also very attentive, and put the banquet in the inner hall, so that it seemed intimate. Liu Yu is also the first time to enter the inner house of a stranger's house, to know that the inner house is a woman's field, there is an ancient "door does not go out of the two doors", "two doors" refers to the inner house and the outer house is connected with the hanging flower door.

The wine and food are rich, there is only one table, there are about six or seven people at the same table, and there are dozens of people standing and watching, Liu Yuxin said that this banquet is not simple.

“…… Dude, please. ”

In front of all the business partners, Li Wanqian finally mustered up the courage to call Liu Yu a brother, which was enough to make the businessmen next to him feel shocked. Many people are watching Liu Yu's reaction.

"Brother Li is polite, please."

In the post house, Liu Yu poured wine for Li Wanqian, and when he arrived here, it was changed to Li Wanqian pouring wine for Liu Yu. As a regent, Liu Yu must be cautious outside, originally he was not going to eat this wine and food, but after all, it was to make money, and sometimes he could only make some compromises. Liu Yu first asked people to use silver needles to test whether the cup was non-toxic, and then drank a cup, Li Wanqian had a smile on his face, and the regent personally went to his house to drink, and this alone was worth eighteen thousand taels of silver.

Liu Yu looked at Li Wanqian's excitement, and said in his heart that he had come out to "go to the acupoint".

"Hurry up and get the money out."

Li Wanqian said hello. There's some movement outside. Liu Yu came out to see it in person. I saw that some of the Li Mansion family members in the courtyard were moving the boxes, each of which was very heavy, after all, 100,000 taels weighed thousands of catties, and it would be very troublesome to just move the silver back. Li Wanqian arched his hand to Liu Yu and said, "Brother, please take it." ”

Liu Yu smiled awkwardly and said, "Brother, don't you have a silver ticket?" ”

"That thing, I don't worry, it's better to bring the silver with me."

Liu Yu smiled bitterly, one pound and sixteen taels. Although the current pound is less than five hundred grams, the total amount of silver also weighs two or three tons, and it is obviously not a wise move to move back.

"Well, take the silver to the money bank in the city first, exchange it for a silver ticket, and bring it back."

Li Wanqian smiled: "That's fine." ”

In Li Wanqian's opinion, as long as Liu Yu receives the silver, the silver is responsible for the guards, and then it has nothing to do with him, and he no longer cares whether Liu Yu carries the silver back or exchanges it for a silver ticket.

Liu Yu commanded the guards twice, and several guards went out of the city to the direction of the post house first. Liu Yue was looking for officials who accompanied him to enter the city, since Liu Yue wanted to appoint Li Wanqian as the "superintendent of the imperial history". Everything must be in accordance with the rules and regulations, and it is necessary to obtain the appointment documents of the imperial court, and these Liu Yu do not have to worry about it himself.

"Brother, wait for a while, and then we can implement this matter when we turn around."

Li Wanqian hurriedly responded: "This is very good. ”

He was also afraid that Liu Yue would not do anything after receiving the money, but looking at Liu Yue's cautious attitude, and then seeing Liu Yue personally enter the city to accompany him to "grow his face", he knew that Liu Yue was very sincere.

Seeing Li Wanqian's "success", the other businessmen couldn't sit still, and whispered a few words to Li Wanqian, asking Li Wanqian to ask Liu Yu about the price of other official positions, Liu Yu replied one by one, since they didn't want to pay 100,000 taels, then give 20,000 or 30,000 taels, and one person gave a "Huaixi County Deputy Inspection Imperial History", the official seven products, so that Liu Yu could make an extra dozen or two hundred thousand taels of silver.

Some businessmen thought it was expensive, so they didn't buy it, and some thought it was suitable and went back to collect money. And Liu Yu was finally able to sit down and rest, and Li Wanqian was smiling and pouring wine for Liu Yu.

"My brother came to the humble house, there is nothing to entertain, so how about I ask my inner man to come out to accompany me?"

"Huh?" Liu Yu doesn't quite understand, is this preparing to pull his family out to meet?

Liu Yu obviously "misinterpreted" Li Wanqian's meaning, Li Wanqian called "the insiders come out to accompany", it was really a companion, after all, Li Wanqian had many wives and concubines in his family, and when Liu Yu nodded, Li Wanqian went in and called out twenty or thirty people, and stood in two columns in the courtyard, one by one carrying lanterns as if waiting for the emperor's blessing.

"The insiders are all in the posture of some willows, brother, you like it, just order, I asked them to accompany you, tonight brother, you also stay in the house for one night, let them entertain you well."

Liu Yue had heard that the big family did not pay attention to concubines, and it was common to use concubines to entertain friends, but today it was the first time he saw it, and he was a little embarrassed when he arrived.

If he really received Li Wanqian's "kindness", wouldn't he want to share a woman with this "meat ball"? He really can't stand such a bad thing. After all, so many delicate women in his own family are waiting for his favor.

"Brother, forgive me, although I'm also, I'm still picky about women."

Li Wanqian was stunned, and after thinking about it, it was probably because Liu Yue didn't look down on these women of his, Li Wanqian immediately smiled and said: "My brother has a high vision, that's right, that's right." Originally, I just took a concubine, and I didn't want him to come out to see him, so I will let her come out today, and let you taste it, brother. ”

Liu Yu wanted to say, "Your own or your own keeping", but before the words were spoken, Li Wanqian had already asked the maid to call, originally Liu Yu wanted to see what the legendary rich man Li looked like, and when this woman came out with the help of the maid, she looked weak and weak I saw pity in front of everyone, Li Wanqian's businessmen "best friends" all drooled when they saw it, but Liu Yue was quite shocked, because this person was none other than one of the women in Su Yan's harem, Cao Yi, who disappeared in Chang'an City on the fifth day of the first lunar month.

Cao Yi lowered her head when she came out, she didn't see Liu Yu, she may know Li Wanqian's temperament, and she knew that she would come out to serve other men sooner or later, so she was a little embarrassed and unwilling to see people with a sour face, but at the same time, she was forced to come out helplessly. The emotions are complex, and it simply vividly evolves the image of a delicate woman that I feel sorry for.

"Brother, how did you get your woman?" Liu Yu asked directly.

Cao Yi heard Liu Yu's voice, his body shook, and when he saw clearly that Liu Yu was standing at the door, he wanted to escape in panic, but when he saw that there were all guards around, he felt that he was already a turtle in the urn, and the whole person was paralyzed on the ground and couldn't get up. The maids helped each other, and she just sat on the ground and watched Liu Yu.

"This woman, crying and crying, but she looks so beautiful. I spent a lot of money to buy it from Renyazi, and if I didn't make a move, she would be sold to the Qinglou. It's only been a few days since I got married, and if my brother hadn't come, I'd ...... I can't bear it. ”

Liu Yu looked at Cao Yi, who was overly frightened on the ground, and couldn't help sighing.

This is really a change of time, once everyone was beautiful, and she was also reduced to being a dancer in the song and dance workshop, but because of fate, she could still be remembered by the Son of Heaven, and she entered the palace as a beauty, which can be regarded as a piece of creation. If there was no Cao Yi, Su Yan would not have been ousted by Liu Yu so quickly, and now Su Yan suffered a catastrophe and life and death are unknown, and she also fell into the hands of this "meat ball", as a businessman concubine who comes and goes when she is called.

"This woman is really beautiful." Liu Yu said with a smile, "I just don't know if you want to cut your love, Brother Li." ”

When Li Wanqian heard this, he couldn't help but feel annoyed, he didn't expect that this regent was greedy for money and lustful, and he was worried about his heart. (To be continued......)