Patriarch Liu was in no mood to answer his son's question at all.

When several important elders and peers in the clan arrived, he closed the door and told Yuan Bao'er about the matters he had discussed.

"This matter is a matter for the Liu family, and I dare not be arbitrary, so I invite you to come and discuss it together."

As soon as everyone heard that they would recommend their children, they were moved.

They can earn money and grow grain, but the opportunity to recommend and make friends with the court must not be missed.

"But the other four clans will not cooperate, how can this be good?"

"This is easy to do," the oldest in the clan is an old lady who is twice as tall as Patriarch Liu.

He stroked his soft step, white beard, and said slowly: "The court lacks silver, but our Liu family is not lacking." ”

"How much is missing, let's go up, as long as the children in the family are interested, the money can be returned in the future."

Everyone was silent for a moment, and they all nodded their heads again and again.

"But the court doesn't want a small amount, I'm afraid there aren't so many in this public."

The old lady pondered for a while, "I still have some belongings at home, almost two or three thousand taels, I'll let Shouzhuo send them later." ”

Liu Shouzhuo is the son of the old lady's best literary talent and the most likely to get ahead.

Let him come, the meaning is self-explanatory.

When everyone saw it, they were not to be outdone, and everyone in the family who had a little bit of interest said that they would give money.

Patriarch Liu made a rough calculation, if there were these bottoms, plus a little public middle, he could barely make up for the gap that Yuan Bao'er said.

"In this case, I will go and ask a few patriarchs to speak, and please send your money as soon as possible."

The old lady walked away on crutches and trembling with her legs and feet.

When everyone saw it, they also hurried back to raise money.

Patriarch Liu looked at everyone with a smile on his face.

Whether a family can prosper or not depends on one person, if everyone works together, why worry about the family is not strong.

In the evening, the silver tickets were all called to the hands of Patriarch Liu.

He counted the numbers and went to the September Tower for a banquet.

This is the best restaurant in Longzhou, and the consumption is also the most expensive.

When Patriarch Liu came over, the leaders had not yet arrived, so he ordered the wine and food, sat down and waited.

After waiting for more than half an hour, everyone was late.

Seeing that Patriarch Liu was still there, several people smiled and greeted each other.

But it's all smiling and not smiling, and it looks bad with stocks.

Patriarch Liu invited everyone to sit down, and then said, "I know that you are suspicious when you see me getting a little closer to the officials from Kyoto today. ”

"Today, I have a banquet specifically for you to answer your questions."

Several patriarchs looked at Patriarch Liu with a pair of eyes.

Patriarch Liu filled everyone with wine and said with a smile: "Seeing that the autumn harvest is coming, all the grain in your granary has been sold."

"That's nature," the royal patriarch snorted.

"But I sold it to the Southlands"

Patriarch Liu asked.

The royal patriarch was silent.

Patriarch Liu smiled, "It's not a secret, this Lord Yuan is here to purchase grain for the south." ”

He hid the news that Yuan Bao'er might be serving here, and said with a smile: "I have been in contact with her for the past few days, just for this matter. ”

"How much does she come out"

Patriarch Meng asked.

Patriarch Liu smiled and quoted a price.

Patriarch Wang disagreed, "This is lower than what is sold here, so I might as well keep it and sell it slowly." ”

Patriarch Liu smiled: "That lord came to buy with a will, if you don't sell her, guess she will let you sell to others"

The royal patriarch sneered.

Patriarch Liu drank the wine in his cup slowly, "It's not a secret, I didn't think so at first," he handed the news to the nearby Patriarch Liu.

After reading it, Patriarch Liu's face was solemn, and the other patriarchs also read it when they saw it.

They are all experienced in the world and are familiar with the world, so they won't be stupid to say that there is no royal law.

In the face of power, all injustice has no right to speak.

The crowd was silent.

Patriarch Liu sighed, "It's not a secret, this price is what I have fought for everyone, as for whether you want it or not, you can do it, I'm just a microphone." ”

He drank a drink, got up and went out, and walked to the door to shout at the shopkeeper.

Several people in the room had a quick exchange, and Patriarch Meng walked out quickly and pulled Patriarch Liu in.

"Brother Liu, Brother Liu, you see we haven't said anything here, you are leaving."

"This Lord Yuan from Kyoto, what is the situation and what is his temperament, we don't know, how do you let us watch it?"

"We are all generations of marriages, we all break bones and tendons, you can't just let go and watch us suffer losses."

Patriarch Meng smiled and pressed Patriarch Liu to his seat.

After a few glasses of wine, the atmosphere warmed up.

The Wang and Liu families have always had grievances, and Patriarch Meng has just come out, and the next thing can only be Patriarch Li to speak.

"Brother Liu, I don't know about this, what is Lord Yuan's attitude, what do I need to prepare if I want to visit?"

Several major families have long been accustomed to visiting officials, and the first one is to inquire about their preferences and prepare heavy gifts.

Patriarch Liu shook his head, remembered the incident of the last time, and smiled, "Otherwise, prepare to order medicinal tea." ”

The four patriarchs had wooden faces and stupid expressions.

That thing wasn't worth anything at all, and it was brought to the door waiting to be beaten

"What I said is true," Patriarch Liu said.

A few people squeezed out a little laugh and drank with a grin.

After being full of wine and food, everyone made an appointment to visit Yuan Bao'er, and then staggered away.

After getting into the carriage, several people sobered up separately, "Go and prepare heavy gifts, especially women's bead hairpins, the more delicate and expensive the better." ”

Several patriarchs gave orders to their subordinates.

Early the next morning, Patriarch Liu endured a headache and brought the best medicinal tea from home to the door.

As soon as I entered, I saw that the other four patriarchs had already arrived.

"Everyone, morning," said Yuan Bao'er, Patriarch Liu.

Everyone smiled and nodded, their eyes fixed on his arms.

"Oh, this is the medicinal tea I said last time, adults can taste it," he opened the lid and let Yuan Bao'er see it.

"So everyone is blessed," Yuan Bao'er looked sideways, and Bu Yiwei took the tea.

Soon the tea with the medicinal fragrance was served.

"Everyone, try it," Yuan Bao'er took a closer sniff, not to mention, it did have a strong medicinal fragrance, the aroma was not strong or light, and it was just right to refresh people's hearts.

She took a sip and smiled and gestured to the group.

Several patriarchs secretly exchanged glances and sipped their lips.

Patriarch Zhang looked at Patriarch Liu.

Patriarch Liu coughed lightly and mentioned the matter of purchasing grain.

Yuan Bao'er's attitude is very clear, the price is definitely not high, and the grain must be bought.

Several patriarchs knew at first sight that things had not changed.

politely said goodbye, and Yuan Baoer sent a few people out.

Seeing a few people leave, Yuan Bao'er turned her head sideways, "Send all the things back." ”

Buyiwei nodded, "I've already ordered it to go down." ”

Several patriarchs walked out of the alley and went to the nearest restaurant.

After entering the box, several patriarchs surrounded Patriarch Liu, "This price is different from what we said yesterday." ”