Chapter 50: The Four Famous Families at the Banquet
The backyard of the Chen family, the Moon Tower.
Li Jun took Xu Da to the attic room on the second floor,
At this point,
In the private room, in addition to Chen Wei, there were also three middle-aged people with unfamiliar faces sitting.
Everyone is gorgeously dressed and has an extraordinary bearing,
Seeing Li Jun coming, Chen Wei stood up and said angrily to Li Jun, "Li Jun, you are here, look at you, you don't know the rules and etiquette so much, let us elders wait for you for so long." ”
"Okay, in order to make amends, I will punish myself with a drink." Li Jun glanced at Chen Wei meaningfully, as if protesting, sat down in an empty seat next to Chen Wei, picked up the wine glass on the table, and drank it with his head up.
Fortunately, Li Jun can also drink alcohol in modern times, and the amount of alcohol is acceptable.
"Come, let me introduce to you, the patriarchs of the other three famous families in Yiling." Chen Wei walked in front of a pair of three people and stopped next to a middle-aged man in a black brocade dress on the very edge, "This is Huang Kai, the patriarch of the Huang family." ”
"Next to him is Cui Wei, the patriarch of the Cui family, and finally Liu Lin, the patriarch of the Liu family."
Li Jun didn't seem to have any interest in the three of them, so he didn't look at the appearance of the three of them too much, and politely bowed his hand to them one by one.
The patriarchs of the three major families had different expressions, except for the Huang family, who had a gloomy face, and the other two families all bowed back to Li Jun with a smile on their faces.
"Patriarchs, I think you also know my identity, let me introduce you again, my name is Li Jun, and I am the new Jingzhou pastor of the Han Dynasty."
Li Jun faced the three famous families, and he didn't know how to make an opening statement, so he had to introduce himself casually.
Huang Kai sneered,
Li Jun knew that he was Huang Cheng's father, and he beat Huang Cheng yesterday, how could he Huang Kai have a good face.
Therefore, Li Jun didn't care about it so much, he just smiled indifferently, "I asked my father-in-law to invite you to come to the Chen family, there is a big matter that needs to be discussed with you." ”
"Big deal?"
Cui Wei and Liu Lin looked at each other, very puzzled.
And Huang Kai looked at Li Jun gloomily.
"Now that Yiling has been baptized by war, it has been a hundred holes, fragmented, and the people are living in poverty and difficult to make a living, as a Jingzhou pastor, how can I sit idly by, however, my Han treasury is empty, and there is no extra money to take out to rebuild Yiling, no money and no money and food, so that my Jingzhou pastor is very embarrassed, and I am still in mercy of God Li Jun, I am in Yiling, with the help of the father-in-law of the Chen family, he has promised to lend me food and relieve the people."
"However, the power of the Chen family is just a drop in the bucket for the reconstruction of Yiling, and it is difficult to speak alone, so I asked Lord Yuezhang to invite you to the mansion for this matter."
Li Jun also understands the sophistication of human feelings, and while speaking, he stood up, took the wine bottle from the hand of a maid, walked to the patriarchs of the three major families, and poured the wine glasses on their tables full of wine.
"Li Zhoumu wants to borrow money and grain from us?"
Cui Wei asked in surprise.
"Yes, you are all famous families in Yiling, and you also belong to Yiling City, you don't want to see Yiling City dilapidated every day, right?" Li Jun smiled and admitted,
"I don't agree, the reconstruction of Yiling is a matter for your court, what do we have to do? It's ridiculous. ”
"What do you say about borrowing money and food, it sounds good, but it is clearly blackmail."
Huang Cheng's face sank like water, and he slammed the table, extremely angry.
Cui Wei stroked his long beard and fell into deep thought.
Liu Lin next to him picked up the wine glass, put it in his mouth, and tasted it slowly, seemingly paying no attention to everything.
"Patriarch Huang, you don't have to refuse in such a hurry, I haven't finished yet."
"This borrowing money and grain is not for nothing, after Yiling is rebuilt, I can give you double repayment."
As soon as Li Jun's words fell, the patriarchs of the three families all showed shocked expressions, and even Chen Wei looked at Li Jun with a look of surprise.
Double the payback! This is not a small amount, and it takes a lot of courage to dare to do so.
"Is that true?" Cui Wei asked,
"Naturally, if you don't trust it, I can sign an agreement for you and stamp it with the official seal of my Jingzhou pastor."
Li Jun smiled, and poured a full bottle of wine for Liu Lin, "Patriarch Liu, what about you?" What do you think? ”
Liu Lin's deep eyes flashed with a strange light, and he smiled noncommittally, "Good wine!" ”
Old fox!
Li Jun felt that this Liu Lin was very scheming, and it seemed that he was waiting for other people's decisions.
"Patriarch Cui, if it's true that you asked me this, I think you agreed."
Li Jun put his eyes on Cui Wei, compared to Liu Lin, this Cui Wei is very easy to speak.
Cui Wei looked around at the two people next to him left and right, and seeing that neither of them spoke, Cui Wei couldn't make up his mind.
He's not a fool either.
If the two of them don't agree, and they agree, isn't that against them?
"There is only one chance, such a beautiful thing, patriarchs, but you have to think about it carefully, don't miss it."
Li Jun saw that none of the three of them spoke, so he had to seduce people's hearts.
Cui Wei frowned and thought about it, as if deciding, and after a while, he gritted his teeth and said, "My Cui family agreed." ”
"Good!"
"Patriarch Liu, what about you?"
Li Jun asked Liu Lin according to the joy in his patience,
Liu Lin's face was still dark, he put down the wine glass and looked at Chen Wei, "Good wine is so delicious, I, Liu Lin, still want to continue to drink a few glasses in the Chen family, I don't know, Patriarch Chen, what do you think?" ”
Chen Wei smiled, this Liu Lin is really a scheming person, doesn't this just want to make an alliance with his Liu family?
"If Patriarch Liu likes to drink, even if he comes to my house to drink, I, Chen Wei, will be waiting for you at any time."
Chen Wei didn't want to form an alliance with the weakest Liu family, but for the sake of Li Jun, he also let go.
"Okay, very good, since Patriarch Chen is so gracious, how can I, Liulin, say nothing, Li Zhoumu is Patriarch Chen's son-in-law, and now that I am in trouble, I should try my best to help."
Liu Lin smiled slightly,
With Liu Lin's leading support, Cui Wei, who was hesitant on the side, finally couldn't help it, slapped the table, and said loudly, "Supporting Li Zhoumu to rebuild Yiling City, naturally our Cui family, Li Zhoumu, what do you want?" Even if I mention it, as long as my Cui family has it, I will take it out. ”
"Refreshing!" Seeing Cui Wei so bold, Li Jun laughed loudly, "With the support of Liu Cui and my father-in-law, the Chen family, why can't we rebuild Yiling City, when Yiling is rebuilt, I will build a merit monument for you in Yiling City, for generations of descendants to admire and live for generations." ”
"Haha... That's great, thank you Li Zhoumu. Cui Wei was very happy, picked up the wine glass with both hands, and laughed, "Come, Li Zhoumu, the old man will give you a glass." ”