Three thousand six hundred taels of silver is not a small amount. It was the income of an ordinary family of five for more than ten years, and it was rejected without hesitation, which made Wei Zhen very puzzled.

After a few women left, Wei Zhen asked the shopkeeper indignantly: "These women are talking so loudly, it seems that every family has a mountain of gold, and I don't know whose family it is!"

The shopkeeper is well-informed, and he still maintains enough politeness and kindness at this time, he said with a smile: "I was really right by Wei Gongzi, you said it, these ladies and ladies who left just now not only have Jinshan at home, but if they really want to move out, it is estimated that there is more than one." ”

Wei Zhen was shocked and said: "The shopkeeper should be cautious in his words, do you know that the gold mountain at the gate of the farmer's and soldier's gold store is enough to buy the land of a state, even if Chen Liuwei's family is the richest man in Yanzhou, he doesn't dare to say that he has such strong financial resources!"

The shopkeeper was a kind and wealthy person, and he didn't say anything to sarcastically mock Wei Zhen, but just lowered his voice and said, "Does Wei Gongzi know the identity and background of those people just now?"

Wei Zhen shook his head and replied: "Judging by the way you dress and behave, you are not an ordinary family, but it is not to the point of being rich and luxurious, so it is also a rich family." ”

The shopkeeper smiled without saying a word, hooked his hand to signal Wei Zi to come close to him, and then raised the delivery address left by the woman, and said meaningfully: "Wei Gongzi takes a closer look at the address on this paper, and he may be able to guess the identity of those women." ”

Wei Zhen stretched out his head to take a look, and saw five words written on the paper in a simple, delicate and timeless manner: "Zhaojiazhuang No. 1". Wei Zhen was puzzled, frowned and asked the shopkeeper: "Isn't this Crouching Tiger City?

The shopkeeper was not annoyed, and patiently explained: "This Crouching Tiger City was established on the basis of Crouching Tiger Village more than ten years ago, and the predecessor of Crouching Tiger Village was Zhaojiazhuang, who built this Zhaojiazhuang in the first place, Wei Gongzi, you shouldn't be able to guess it, right?"

When Wei Zhen heard this, he suddenly thought of a result that he didn't want to believe, and he asked the shopkeeper in a somewhat changed voice: "Could it be that the lady and a few young women are from the Zhao Mansion?" When he said the word Zhao, Wei Zhen's voice was very heavy.

The shopkeeper saw that Wei Zhen understood his prompt, so he nodded and smiled: "Yes, even I was dizzy because I was busy, and I didn't remember for a while that the fifth master mother of Crouching Tiger City was usually busy with the accounts of the inner house, so she lived in a simple place, and appeared in my small shop coldly today, obviously the young woman shouted 'Wu Niang', and I didn't even react." If it weren't for the note left by others, I'm afraid I'm going to make a mess with you today. ”

was laughed at by a little shopkeeper and counted his mistakes, but Wei Zhen didn't dare to have a temper at all. Thinking that he still had a charming idea just now, and almost molested Zhao Xing's wife and daughter without knowing whether he was alive or dead, Wei Zhen felt that an invisible steel knife had been put on his neck.

As the saying goes, a boiled duck still has a hard mouth, and Wei Zhen, who was even more depressed, complained a little unconvinced: "The shopkeeper, since they are the ladies and ladies from the Zhao Mansion, why are they dressed so ordinary, and they are better than shabby." As the number one proprietor of Zhao Taifu's Agriculture, Soldiers, Merchants and Gold Bank, the wealth he has accumulated now is not hundreds of millions of taels of silver, but there are always seventy or eighty million, right?

The shopkeeper listened to Wei Zhen's complaints, but this time he no longer saved any face for Wei Zhen, and said in a tone of lesson: "Master Wei, it's not an old man, I said you, Chen Liuwei's family does have a prominent position in Yanzhou, and it can be regarded as a rich and noble party, but even if there is a gold mountain in the family, it is not used to fight with others for wealth and magnificence! Can we know why Master Taifu is so popular in the hearts of the people in the north? Because he has never forgotten his background after being a tenant farmer, he has not forgotten that there are still many people in the world who have not yet solved the problem of food and clothing. Therefore, although the fifth lady is in charge of the inner treasury of the Taifu Mansion, she takes out the money every year to support the people in various places, and has never spent extravagance on the people in the mansion!"

Being so counted by the shopkeeper of a small shop, Wei Zhen felt that his face was a little unbearable, so he hurriedly took a few guards to hide his face and left, and quickly fled back to No. 25 Yingbin Yuan without looking back.

A few seemingly inconspicuous wandering people near the small shop, and after Wei Zhen walked away, they slowly dispersed, and they gathered together and whispered: "This time the son of the Wei family is considered to have eaten and eaten home! Hmph, a fool who doesn't know the depths dares to shake his wealth in front of the fifth master's mother, just the wealth of the Mi family in the East China Sea is not comparable to his Chen Liuwei family, let alone the Taifu Mansion!"

The leader of several people stretched out his hand and knocked on the door of the head of the person who spoke before, and reprimanded: "Don't talk nonsense here, hurry back to the security office and record today's events! Lord Taifu dislikes people saying that he is rich in the world, and Lord Taifu often says that these wealth comes from the people of the world, and it will be used by the people of the world in the future, and he is just helping everyone to keep an eye on it and not let outsiders snatch it away!"

Wei Zhen, who returned to the No. 25 courtyard, remembered what had just happened, and the more he thought about it, the more scared he became. In case Mi Zhen, the fifth lady of Zhao Mansion, told Zhao Xing about this after returning home, and Zhao Xing was angry and gave himself a dismissal, then the errand he came out to do for Caozhou this time would be completely smashed.

Wei Zhen came out to do things for Cao Cao this time, looking at the beautiful scenery, but his father secretly spent a lot of money to win it, in order to seek a good position in the Cao Group for himself, and he could smoothly take over the position of the head of the Wei family in the future. If Wei Zhen returns in vain this time and returns to Chenliu empty-handed, not only will he not be able to explain to Cao Cao, but he will also lose the right to fight for the head of the Wei family.

Wei Zhen, who locked himself in the room, felt more regretful the more he thought about it, and he really wanted to slap himself a few big mouths.

Seeing that the little master was so anxious, one of the masters accompanying him gave Wei Zhen an idea to make amends. He suggested that Wei Zhen immediately prepare a generous gift, go to Zhao's mansion to meet Zhao Xing in person, and sincerely admit his mistakes, perhaps he can win Zhao Xing's understanding, and it will also play a role in promoting formal negotiations in the future. He also reminded Wei Zhen not to play any tricks and small tricks in Crouching Tiger City, otherwise he would end up being crippled and not knowing who to talk to.

Wei Zhen really had nothing to do, so he had to follow his master's proposal, spend a full 200,000 taels of silver, and purchase a batch of exquisite jade and gold jewelry on the "Pinjin Street" in Fangcai, packaged them in exquisite and luxurious gift boxes, and personally took people to Zhao Mansion to give gifts.

Zhao Xing was discussing with several strategists in the palace today how to use the reason for this trade fair to obtain the greatest benefits from the forces of various states, among which Cao Cao of Yanzhou, Sun Jian of Wuzhou, and Liu Biao of Jingzhou were the focus of their discussions. When several people were discussing the rise, the door in the house came to report to Zhao Xing, saying that the eldest son of Chen Liuwei's family outside the door had prepared a generous gift and wanted to ask to see Lord Taifu.

Zhao Xing picked up the tea on the table, took a sip, and said with some surprise: "Hey, this Wei Zhen is a wonderful person, I was just trying to contact him here, so he sent it to the door by himself, and prepared a generous gift." By the way, what is the value of the items on the gift list?"

"Back to Lord Taifu's words, the gift list prepared by the prince of the Wei family is full of 200,000 taels!"

"Damn, what a big deal! It's nothing to be courteous, it's either a traitor or a thief! And let me go back to this big young master who spends a lot of money!"