Li Zhaoji's words made everyone feel his happiness.

At this time, it is not only Li Zhaoji's subordinates who can appear here, but also people who have a personal relationship with him. Everyone here knows Li Zhaoji's importance and trust in Chen Liuzi, and they all know Li Zhaoji's preference for Chen Meiyu.

At this moment, people realized that perhaps Lee Zhaoji would facilitate the marriage of the two families.

The Chen family has only one daughter, but the Li family has two sons, and it is obvious that Li Shirong is indeed superior in the matter of drawing lots.

"What the eldest brother said just now, I don't know if you want to order a doll kiss for Shirong and Meiyu." Sending away a group of friends, Chen Liuzi said with a smile.

Li Zhaoji looked at the ladies around him and said, "That's what I mean, but it's a pity that they are too young."

I don't know if Miyu likes Seyoung or not, it's important. Meiyu is the first child in our family, and her wishes are very important.

Fortunately, I won't have only two sons, there will be many in the future, and Meiyu will marry whichever one she likes. Even if I don't like it, there's no problem, I will have a daughter in the future, and the sixth brother will have a son in the future, and we still have a chance to get married.

Childhood sweethearts, two little guesses, the children of our two families will grow up together in the future, and there will always be a husband and wife. ”

Chen Meiyu suddenly came running with her skirt, asked Li Zhaoji to bend down, and then whispered something in his ear. Li Zhaoji nodded and said to Chen Liuzi, "Sixth brother, come to the study." ”

In Li Zhaoji's study, Liu Mingde was already waiting, his face gloomy, his forehead sweaty, and panicked.

After Li Zhaoji and Chen Liuzi came in, they closed the door, and Liu Mingde knelt directly on the ground: "Big shopkeeper, I'm sorry for you......." ”

As soon as he said a word, he was already crying. The Liu family and the Li family were leaning together, and as soon as Liu Mingde returned home, he saw a letter, which was sent by Liu Shun's wife. Unlike Liu Mingde, who didn't know about Liu Li's betrayal, Liu Shun already knew about it years ago, but Li Zhaoji told him not to tell Liu Mingde before the year.

"Is it because of Liu Li's business? I told Ah Shun that I didn't want to say it a year ago, but he was really obedient, and he would give you a stuffy stick on the first day of the new year. Li Zhaoji pulled Liu Mingde up and said indifferently. Seeing that Liu Mingde was still crying bitterly, Li Zhaoji said: "I should be angry, I'm already angry, I don't want to make it public, just to let the big guy have a happy year."

No matter how much you regret it, it's useless. ”

Liu Mingde said: "I only hated that once, I didn't ask for the life of that idiot, and it was my fault for letting him do such an unforgivable thing." ”

Liu Mingde is talking about the fifteenth year of Chongzhen, Liu Li was in charge of Macau, but he made false accounts and embezzled public funds, after being discovered, Li Zhaoji handed over Liu Mingde to deal with, and even helped to press the matter down.

"I also regret it, I shouldn't have let him go lightly last time, I should have beaten him well, you are at fault, but the root of the mistake is still with me, I am soft-hearted." Li Zhaoji sighed, he really regretted it, if he had been ruthless to Liu Li at the beginning, maybe Liu Li would not have come to this point.

Judging from the investigation a year ago, Liu Li did learn a lesson that time, but the lesson was not to stop his hands, but to change from ganging up in a trading company to starting anew. That time, after Liu Mingde came forward to beat him, he changed a few people around him, arranged a few henchmen to assist him, and supervised him, so that Liu Li had no idea where to start.

Relying on the advantages of Macao's Tiangao Emperor Yuan and the trade center, he simply started a new stove and cultivated his own power. It was precisely because a group of people were gathered to engage in smuggling trade in the north that they were able to flourish.

Knowing the results of the investigation, Li Zhaoji couldn't help but feel that Liu Li was more capable than he thought, but it was a pity that he didn't use it on the right path.

"Our mistake was to put him too far away. Liu Li was originally someone close to us, but he was too far away. Li Zhaoji was very helpless.

When he left Guangdong and came to Tamsui for development, among the cronies who came down from the Dongfang, only Liu Li was left in Macau, and the expansion speed of the Oriental Trading Company was too fast, and it spread out one after another, and Liu Li was dealt with because of his fault, causing him to be farther and farther away from the core, and he became more and more alienated from Li Zhaoji.

Chen Liuzi pushed Liu Mingde to sit down and said, "When this kind of thing happens, there is no point in grabbing responsibility from each other. The direct responsibility for this matter lies with me, but so what, could it be that because of one Liu Li, all three of us cut off our heads.

It's not like words, of course, don't punish three glasses of wine, let it go gently. Sit down, and let's talk about it. ”

Chen Liuzi is actually also responsible, after Liu Li went to the north, he has been working under him, and Chen Liuzi has also found some clues, but he has not taken it to heart.

"That evil animal, whatever the big shopkeeper does, dare to betray the Oriental Trading Company, betray the big shopkeeper, let him die a good death!" Liu Mingde said viciously, his face became distorted because of anger, but the worry on his forehead stretched.

His source of information came from Liu Shun, but Liu Shun not only told him the news, but also expressed some worries, that is, whether their uncle and nephew would be implicated because of Liu Li's matter. Although Li Zhaojiming said that this matter had nothing to do with Liu Shun and let him do things with peace of mind, Liu Shun was always uneasy.

But Chen Liuzi's words just now woke him up, although Li Zhaoji did not mean to let it go gently, but he did not mean to be implicated, so he felt a little at ease.

Chen Liuzi said: "Liu Li's surrender to the Manchu Qing Dynasty has been proved by the Jinzhou Fortress, he has secretly contacted the defenders of the Eastern Brigade of the Jinzhou Fortress, and he has also sent people to Denglai to clean up his business. It is said that the Manchurians gave him the post of Manchurian Blue Banner Cloth and Collar, which can be regarded as a slave to the Manchurians.

Tang Mu went to Guangdong a few years ago and brought Liu Li's family back, his wife didn't know anything and had been in Macau. But Liu Li raised a foreign house in Guangzhou, and this woman gave birth to a son to Liu Li.

In addition, all of Liu Li's family property and business have been wiped out, his hands are long, and the business is also big, just silver, he has copied 30,000 taels and thousands of taels, as well as the houses in Guangzhou City, the paddy fields outside the city, adding up, I am afraid that it will be no less than 50,000 taels. ”

Liu Mingde immediately said: "Use these 50,000 taels to buy his life, whoever can kill Liu Li will get these 50,000 taels!" ”

"Are you really going to do that? I only told Ah Shun about this, and I didn't ask him what he meant. Li Zhaoji asked, whether he told Liu Shun before or told Liu Mingde now, Li Zhaoji did not explain his attitude.

Liu Mingde said: "Don't ask Ah Shun, Liu Li was brought out by me, after their father died, he has been following me, he became a traitor, damn it, he should be killed!"

In the trading company, there is nothing more hateful than taking refuge in Manchuria, if he does not die, heaven will not tolerate it, if he does not die, the rules of the trading company will be useless. ”

As the chief steward of the Oriental Trading Company, Liu Mingde knew that Li Zhaoji had a huge hatred for the Manchu Qing Dynasty, a force that he had not been in contact with before, although most of the people in the trading company were difficult to understand, but Liu Mingde knew this very well. Liu Li betrayed Daming and Dashun, there is still a possibility of survival, and if he surrenders to the Manchu Qing Dynasty, he can only die!

Unlike Liu Li, who has been full of cleverness since childhood, although Liu Shun is the eldest brother, he is more honest and pure, Liu Mingde found from that letter that Liu Shun is in great chaos, he wants to express his loyalty to Li Zhaoji, but he doesn't want to kill his relatives in righteousness, and he is worried that the future of himself and his uncle will be affected.

"You're right, I don't want to ask Ah Shun what he means, let him decide, for him, it's a kind of destruction." Lee Siu Kee said.

"But Liu Li must die, he is a shame for our Liu family, and even more so for the trading company. It should have been clear to the trading company that the Manchus were enemies. Liu Mingde said firmly, Li Zhaoji nodded slightly, but he knew that Liu Mingde was also careful. It seems that he wants to kill Liu Li's relatives in righteousness, but he doesn't mention Liu Li's illegitimate son in Guangzhou.

If you really hate Liu Li to the extreme, you obviously won't fail to mention the child.

Li Zhaoji nodded, he tore off a piece of paper, wrote a note on it, and handed it to Liu Mingde: "Lao Liu, this is a ticket of 50,000 taels, you transfer 50,000 taels from the public account as a bounty for Liu Li's head, and as far as I know, there are at least seven people in the Eastern Brigade who surrendered to the Manchus, and they will also be hunted down by a bounty, but this money will go from the army's accounts."

Eight people together announce it at the trading company. ”

Liu Mingde didn't accept the note, and wanted to speak, but was stopped by Li Zhaoji: "Let's do business." As for Liu Li's stolen money, although it was confiscated, it was not announced, and I don't want to announce it.

Liu Li left a child, so let's raise that child with all this money. But I don't like the woman who gave him a son, it is said that she is the concubine of a certain landlord's family, and she was given to Liu Li during a cooperation. He is a greedy, arrogant and unreasonable person.

Liu Li's wife, Jin Niang saw it, and said that she had a good character, and the child was handed over to the main room to raise, and you, as his uncle, sent that woman away.

This child was raised in Tamsui and grew up with Shirong.

I firmly believe that what I did was right, so I don't worry that this child will retaliate against me when he grows up, and I will tell him the truth when he is sixteen. ”

"Thank you for your kindness, if Liu Li still has half of humanity and knows this, he should be ashamed to commit suicide." Liu Mingde burst into tears.

"Sixth brother, send one to Lao Liu, I'm tired." Li Zhaoji finished arranging and said.

After a while, Chen Liuzi came back and said: "Lao Liu is still sincere, he said that he would give the 50,000 taels himself." ”

Looking at the signed ticket that was handed back, Li Zhaoji said: "Whatever, it should be his nephew who supports him." ”

Liu Mingde's sincerity and loyalty, Li Zhaoji knew very early on that if it weren't for this, he would not have gone to the public account to take 50,000 taels to reward Liu Li's head.

It has been two months since the end of the Northern Expedition, from the first 1.8 million taels of silver from Liaodong to the Zheng family's wealth all arrived in Tamsui, Liu Mingde has taken care of it in an orderly manner, and the most important thing is that the trading company knows that the Northern Expedition has made a fortune, but because of Liu Mingde's constraints, people still don't know how big this wealth is.

Only Li Zhaoji, Chen Liuzi and Liu Mingde know the specific amount, and even those who handle it like Tang Mu only know one or two of the amounts.

Of course, this is not Li Zhaoji's stinginess, in fact, the meritorious heroes of the Northern Expedition have been rewarded, Yang Yandi alone directly took away 10,000 taels of silver, Li Zhaoji has never been stingy with rewarding meritorious heroes.

The reason for the secrecy is that the trading company is reforming because of this money, and the reform of the army is only a part of it, and many departments have to be cut and reorganized, and people don't know how rich the trading company is, and if they do, there will be great resistance.

As far as the reform of the army is concerned, Li Zhaoji has been brewing for a long time, but it has not been made public, including Yang Yandi, they still think that the trading company has made a fortune, and the Eastern Brigade will definitely be expanded into a division, and they did not guess at all that Li Zhaoji would reduce the Eastern Brigade.

Through Liu Li's matter, Liu Mingde will be done, at least he will not make irresponsible remarks about reform.

And Liu Li did not lose his life because of the heavy reward of the Oriental Trading Company, and now he is the person valued by the Manchu auxiliary king Dorgon, but on the last day of the first month, Liu Mingde gave this nephew a big gift, a human head, the woman who was raised by Liu Li in Guangzhou and gave birth to a son for him.

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