Chapter 44: The Slap and the Sweet Bean

After Li He came to Yandong City, his second uncle, who was Zhen Yao's father, gave him an eleven-year-old gift - one million taels of silver. Li He is a lazy person, neither too lazy to dance and ink, but also too lazy to practice knives and guns, if there is anything to be diligent, then I am afraid that the only thing is to find beautiful women. Therefore, he has never thought much about how to make money. After all, the Li family is powerful and almost rich enough to reach the country, Li He lacks a lot of silver, just stretch out his hand to ask for it, and when he was in Huyang City before, he didn't need to bring money when he went out, so it was necessary to bother to make money.

However, after this experience of going to Yandong City, Li He felt that asking for money from his family in case of trouble was too restrictive, and many things could not be done happily. So, he decided he wanted to make money. Although he had no experience in business in his previous life, it doesn't matter, we have a lot of capital and a lot of power, so I don't believe that we can't find a profitable deal.

Li He did fall in love with the Wang family's shops on Beimen Street, originally he planned to buy them at a high price, but today he changed his mind when he saw Wang Shengjie's stinky face like this. Aren't you a cow? Aren't you stubborn? Aren't you just a rich businessman? Okay, I'll see how rich you are.

Wang Shengjie looked at the smiling face of the child in front of him, but he felt a little hairy in his heart, and in a trance, he seemed to see the face of a strange adult man, who was showing a sneer to himself, which made him tremble. After barely stabilizing his mind, he stretched out his hand to drink a glass of wine, but found that the wine glass had been upside down by himself, so he had to give up, but he looked away and didn't look at Li He's face again.

"For business matters, please find my father." Wang Shengjie said.

Li He said with a smile: "Gongzi said that he was joking, who didn't know that Gongzi Wang was young and promising, and he began to help Boss Wang take care of business since he was fifteen years old." Wasn't the Wang family's shop on the North Gate Street already run by Wang Gongzi? ”

Wang Shengjie said a little irritably: "What is it, what is it, what is not, anyway, this store is not for sale!" But as soon as he said this, he regretted it, who is this Li He? What a force behind it! Although he still looks like a child now, his methods are like a child, and if he is really offended, I'm afraid he will be in trouble.

But to Wang Shengjie's surprise, Li He just smiled slightly, got up and patted him on the shoulder and said, "In that case, remember to look for me when you want to sell." With that, he walked to the other table with his hands behind his back.

Wang Shengjie was stunned for a long time before he came to his senses, was he just asking? Shaking his head, he turned the upside-down wine glass over, poured a glass of wine and drank it all, and let out a sigh.

"Second son, didn't you say that you want everyone to go to Baihualou happily? Then you have to ask Shangguan to come out and sing songs for everyone, and you have to sing eighteen touches, then it's enough! A rich boy over there, who had drunk a little blurred, suddenly spoke up.

Li He raised his eyebrows, a cold light flashed in his eyes, and Niu Da next to him became excited in his heart when he saw the master's expression-damn it, he had to fight~

As soon as the people next to him heard this, they knew that it was bad, who doesn't know that Shangguan Qingqing is covered by Li He, if he just said that he wanted to invite everyone in Shangguan to come out and sing a song, he would be happy, but this guy just didn't know whether he was alive or dead, and said eighteen touches, isn't this a tiger pulling whiskers on his face? Hurriedly pushed him and reminded him secretly.

The man shook his body and said vaguely: "You push a bird, am I wrong?" To remember a girl, you have to sing ten ...... Eighteen touches are enough to taste! ”

The person next to him stopped talking, and hurriedly lowered his head and drank, because Li He had already stood beside the man.

"This ...... Oh, Liu Gongzi, you love to sing eighteen touches. Li He still had a slight smile on his face, but others looked at it and felt that it was a sneer at all.

The man was stunned for a moment, looked up at Li He, and did not speak.

Li He stretched out his hand and patted his head gently, and said slowly: "Don't worry, there will be a chance for you to sing enough." Then he suddenly put his head to his ear and said in a dark voice: "Liu Gongzi, on the way back at night, be careful, it just rained a few days ago, and the road is slippery." With that, he walked away with his hands behind his back.

When this sentence came into his ears, Liu Gongzi's wine immediately woke up halfway, and he stayed in his seat, still holding half of the wine in his hand.

"Everyone, that's all for tonight's wine, it doesn't matter if you haven't had a good time, follow my son to Baihualou to continue!" Li He clapped his hands and said to everyone.

The next day, several famous doctors with bruises and bone injuries in Yandong City were very busy, the east ran after the west run, and the west ran in the store after running, and there were so many gentlemen who were beaten to the point that their legs were broken, but they didn't know who did it.

But don't you really know who did it? Although I didn't see anyone doing it, I knew it with my nose hair, and it must be the second son's dismount. But what about knowing? Sue them? You don't have a certificate or evidence, you don't even see what kind of person is beating, what do you sue? Besides, what if you sue? So what? Thinking of the few strongmen under Li He, those sons and brothers couldn't help but secretly regret it, and what kind of buddy righteousness did they talk to He Yuan, he is now difficult to protect himself, let's get to know each other!

In addition, there was also an interesting thing, the son of the Liu family, a big grain merchant in Yandong Prefecture, actually went to the downtown by himself early this morning to sing eighteen touches, and he was full of emotion and sang vividly. But looking at his eyes, it was strange to look at others, and his eyes were full of sorrow and fear, but they didn't seem to be offending nerves. After singing for a short time, he was taken back by the Liu family who came to hear the news.

A few days later, the largest cloth village on Beimen Street, Qiqiaozhuang, caught fire, a large number of precious and good cloth were burned, and the inventory was burned overnight, but fortunately, only the warehouse was on fire, and the extinguishing was timely, and the store was not much trouble.

After a few days, several Wang's shops on Beimen Street and Nanhua Street were either on fire or stolen and smashed, and the Qiqiaozhuang warehouse was burned for the fourth time.

Yandong City Wangfu.

Wang Chunhe, who is over half a hundred years old, has almost turned pale in the past few days, and after hearing that another pawnshop was stolen and tens of thousands of taels of silver were lost, he couldn't help but sigh: "This is obviously done by a martial arts master, I don't know if my Wang family has offended the strongman of that sect, and wants to rectify us like this." Shengjie, you change Ming'er, no, immediately go to Tongzhou Dingmen today to invite a few masters to come over and find out this group of strongmen. ”

Wang Shengjie said dejectedly: "Dad, it's useless." Those wine bags and rice bags of the Dingmen faction are not the opponents of those few people. And...... And even if we could figure out who it was, we wouldn't be able to. ”

Wang Chunhe was stunned: "What?" Do you know who did it? ”

Wang Shengjie sighed and said, "Who else could it be, isn't it the second son of the Li family in the Yandong Palace." ”

Wang Chunhe frowned and said, "For no reason, how could he come to fix us?" ”

Wang Shengjie said: "It's not for nothing. At the banquet, he wanted to buy me the shop in Qiqiaozhuang on Beimen Street, but I said no. He was only looking for him when he said he was going to sell, but he didn't want to...... He made such a trick ......" is a gritted tooth.

Wang Chunhe patted his leg and said, "Oops! Why are you so righteous again? I know that you have always been good friends with He Yuan, but that kid is just a useless second ancestor who only knows how to eat, drink, and gamble, and now he has committed such evil things, how can you offend the second son for him? If he wants that shop, he will give it to him, and even give him all the shops on Beimen Street, this is called spending money to eliminate disasters, this is called playing peace, how many times have I told you? ”

Wang Shengjie snorted: "This ...... Just give it to him, it's too cheap for him......"

Wang Chunhe was so angry that he poked a finger on his head: "I said, why are you so confused? You're still a showman! I can't understand this reason, since ancient times, businessmen have not fought with officials, although the second son is still young, but his means of action can not be underestimated, and the power behind it is even greater. After Mo Shou, even if he wants to collapse our Wang family now, it may not be difficult! If you think about how much money we lost in theft and fire, do you still care about that money? ”

Wang Shengjie said: "That...... Then I'll go find him. ”

Wang Chunhe nodded: "Don't be careless, spend more money and benefits, if you can tie up with the second son, it will be the best." ”

"What? Do you want to stammer that kid? ”

"Shengjie! For business, we must get rid of face, and we must look at the long-term, and we must do our best to do what is beneficial, and don't be greedy for a moment of refreshment and righteousness, otherwise Wang's family business will be ruined sooner or later! Wang Chunhe said sharply.

Wang Shengjie was silent for a long time before he said respectfully: "Yes, Dad." ”

However, when Wang Shengjie carried the deeds of 28 Wang family shops on Beimen Street, including Qiqiaozhuang, and went to the palace to look for Li He, he was told by the people in the palace that Li He felt slightly ill and did not see customers, so he had to return in a huff.

But the person he sent out to inquire came back and told him that Li He was obviously playing on the street with a few maids, and he seemed to be very good, so how could he feel a little sick and couldn't see guests?

Wang Shengjie was annoyed, but remembering his father's words, he took a few carefully selected kabuki to the palace again.

But Li He retreated the kabuki again, saying that he was still young and not suitable. Wang Shengjie scolded, who doesn't know that you are such a little color blank, you are still young, and it is not suitable? Phew!

But if you don't want to do it, you can only dare to say it in your own home, and when it's over, you still go to the door in person.

In this way, Wang Shengjie was angry and undiscouraged to go to the palace eighteen times in a row, and every time he was rejected, he was already numb. So much so that for the nineteenth time, the gatekeeper of the palace said to him: "Second Prince Li is invited." He walked back with an "oh" and only reacted halfway through,...... It's finally "please"! At this moment, he felt like he was crying.

Wang Shengjie was originally a proud person, he was admitted to Xiucai at the age of fourteen, if he didn't like to be an official, I am afraid that according to the Wang family's money, he can also enter the career development. However, his surname is too proud, and he has always been unpopular, and even if he enters the official career, he can only end up as a local petty official.

This time was rejected by Li He again and again, but it can be said that he completely changed his proud spleen surname and became more and more like a businessman.

Wang Shengjie thought that Li He was bound to insult and ridicule him, but he was ready to endure everything. But he didn't want to, Li He greeted him with a smile and was polite, and when he talked about those store deeds, he insisted that he couldn't ask for it in vain, and he wanted to give it to Qian Yunyun. But Wang Shengjie was sober this time, and he had to give it away in life and death, saying that his original meaning of "not selling" was to give it to Li He, but he didn't say it clearly. Of course, Li He understood that this was just a smooth mouth, so he borrowed the slope to get off the donkey and accepted the store deed. The two talked happily, and then had lunch together before Wang Shengjie said goodbye and left.

After returning to the house, Wang Chunhe said with a smile: "It's done?" ”

Wang Shengjie nodded and said, "How did Dad guess?" ”

Wang Chunhe stroked his beard and smiled: "One is to look at your face, and the other is to ...... Hehe, those stolen things have been delivered to the door of our house in the morning. After counting, it was found that there were two more silver tickets worth 10,000 taels. ”

Wang Shengjie was stunned for a moment, and then sighed: "This second son, you are smart......"

Slapping a sweet bean is the only way for Li He to make a whole person. In the past, when he was in Huyang, he used his slap and sweet beans to subdue the unruly gentlemen.

The white horse passed through the gap, time flew by, and in the blink of an eye, three hundred and sixty-five days passed.

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To be clear, none of the characters are braided.

I don't watch much Qing court dramas, and I don't like men's braids very much (except for the kind of braids worn by ethnic minorities, which looks like a heroic spirit), and the title of master and slave is derived from my "Jiangshan plot", since most readers don't like it, there will be a transition later, just call it "Second Master", how about it?

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