Chapter 40: Talking Business
"Our couple wants to talk to Shopkeeper Li about a deal!"
Wu Liang's words caused Shopkeeper Li to frown, he is middle-aged, to be honest, his hard work is actually not as good as when he was young.
When he was young, he didn't have anything, and it was still okay to fight a wave, but now he has this family business, and he has no worries about food and clothing, although the child can't take the imperial examination, but it is enough to live a good life.
He didn't really want to talk about the business.
To a large extent, people's minds can be seen from their faces, and Wu Liang keenly noticed this.
I saw him chuckle, put the wine glass in his hand, and said, "Isn't Shopkeeper Li going to hear what our business is first?"
"Looking at the clothes of the two, they must not be characters from ordinary families. To tell the truth, the villain is in his thirties, and he really doesn't have the kind of hard work he had when he was young. Shopkeeper Li smiled and told the truth in his heart.
"It seems that Shopkeeper Li is really a person who knows how to make trade-offs and understands advance and retreat!" Wu Liang raised the wine glass in his hand, drank it all, and said with a smile.
"Money is such a thing, you don't bring it in life, and you don't bring it in death. If it's enough, it's enough, and the villain is really not greedy. ”
"Okay!" Wu Liang applauded, poured himself another glass of wine, and said, "I want to toast you to this sentence to the shopkeeper Li!"
Shopkeeper Li also picked up his wine glass, as if he was contaminated with Wu Liang's pride, his expression was also a little touched, and said: "This nobleman, if I were five years younger, maybe I would really do it with you!
"I understand the shopkeeper's words, and I didn't mean to persecute this time. Wu Liang said, "I'm just revealing an intention to cooperate, and I believe that the shopkeeper will come to me sooner or later." ”
"This ......," shopkeeper Li looked awkward.
"Although this Lin'an City is the world of the Earl's Palace, there are also many other cows, ghosts, snakes, and gods. What Wu Liang said was shocking.
"What do you mean......" Shopkeeper Li looked angry and said, "Your Excellency is here to threaten me?"
"Shopkeeper Li's words are wrong. Wu Liang said, "I'm really just here to talk about business, but the city of Lin'an has not been peaceful recently, can the shopkeeper's umbrella really protect you for a lifetime?"
"Could it be that the forces behind your Excellency can?"
Wu Liang smiled without saying a word, and after taking a few bites of food, he said: "The dishes in this restaurant are really unique! I will come back to taste them in the future!"
After speaking, he pulled Hua Yueling and walked away.
Leaving the shopkeeper Li with a cloudy and uncertain face, he didn't belong there.
Wu Liang's last words echoed in his mind: "This Lin'an City...... I've opened a lot of restaurants recently!"
Shopkeeper Li thought about it there for a long time, and finally made up his mind and left here!
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"Oh, why are you dragging me?" Hua Yueling broke away from Wu Liang's hand, "The dishes haven't been eaten yet, there are so many left, what a waste!"
"Look at you, you know that eating, the purpose of the two of us has been achieved, of course we have to do something!
"Okay, you're lying to me again!" Hua Yueling suddenly pointed at Wu Liang and said with a pout.
"God, it's pitiful! What's wrong with me? How could I lie to you!" Wu Liang hurriedly shouted.
"What else do you say about wealth and nobility not going out, it's like walking at night in brocade clothes, in fact, you just went there to threaten that boss!" Although Hua Yueling only cared about eating just now, the conversation between Wu Liang and Shopkeeper Li still entered her ears.
"Okay, okay! I was wrong! I'll make you something to eat at night!" Wu Liang hurriedly apologized, because he knew that it was useless for women to be reasonable.
"That's pretty much it!" said Kazuki with a puff of air.
"Then where are we going next?" Wu Liang asked.
"Shouldn't you say this!" said Hua Yueling, "You asked me to come out!"
"That'...... That's it!" Wu Liang thought for a moment and said, "Let's go to the military camp outside the city and have a look! I want to go and see those Xuanwu Trap Beasts!"
"That's right!" Hua Yueling tilted her head and thought for a moment, and said, "It's okay!
So the young couple held hands and walked out of the city gate.
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Hua Yueling tilted her head and looked at Wu Liang as she walked, and suddenly, she remembered something, so she asked, "But why are you threatening that shopkeeper Li? I don't think he looks like a bad person?"
"He's certainly not a bad guy. Wu Liang said, "He's just on the wrong side." ”
"On the wrong side?"
"That's right. Wu Liang said with a smile, "The reason why this shopkeeper Li was able to open a restaurant on the most prosperous street in Lin'an City is actually because he was completely established by the power of our current city lord." ”
"Excuse me?"
"Yes. Our current city lord has a lot of gray income, one of which is half of the income of this restaurant, but this income is not much, several hundred and one thousand taels of silver per year, which is not as good as the income of those gambling houses in the city, so it is not valued by the city lord. In fact, this is also thanks to your father, although these benefits will not be touched by our Earl's Palace, but they are also recorded, I read the information collected by our Earl's Mansion before I came out, and concluded that this Li Shopkeeper is the person of the city lord. ”
"But even if he is the city lord's person, what does that have to do with us?"
"It's a big deal. Wu Liang said, "This shopkeeper Li is the person of the city lord, and he is our enemy. We're either going to surrender him or we're going to destroy him. ”
"Why? The city lord has always been honest, how can he be our enemy?"
"That's why you don't usually pay attention to intelligence. Wu Liang said, "Intelligence shows that people who have come to the City Lord's Mansion have always been sick in the past two months, although they are different people each time, but they still let me see the clues." ”
"What's the clue?"
"Every time they get sick, they go to a medical center, a medical center owned by an old man and a young man, and although it seems to be fine, this medical center has only been open for less than three months. These two coincidences come together, and I can't help but be suspicious. So I asked people to check the clinic, and guess what?"
"How's it going?"
"The building is empty!" Wu Liang looked at the city gate and said faintly, "At this time, it is really difficult for me to treat our city lord as a teammate anymore. ”
"If it's really what you said, our city lord can really bear it!" Hua Yueling frowned and said, "The city lord who has been in Lin'an City for more than ten years has not done anything at all!
"You have to ask our emperor this question. Wu Liang said, "You have to see what he thinks! This plan ...... It's definitely not new! It seems that there is water in this...... It's still deep. ”
Wu Liang sighed faintly.
By this time, they had already arrived at the gate of the city, and the soldiers guarding the gate recognized them, and let them both go without looking.
However, a carriage was stopped outside the city gate, out of curiosity, Wu Liang took a few looks, but just met the young man who was driving the car, Wu Liang smiled politely, bowed slightly, and the young man also smiled in return.
After the defenders looked at the carriage, the carriage was released.
Wu Liang took Hua Yueling to the side of the road.
The young man who was driving the car smiled and shouted softly: "Drive!"