Liu Bowen remained calm and asked again: "Okay, this is really a great benefit for our ministers. May I ask, King Xiang, how can we live here?"
Zhu Bai said: "Put down a deposit, and then when I collect the deposit, I will start construction."
Liu Bowen said: "How long will it take to build it?"
Zhu Bai said: "Well, I have to check the progress of collecting the money. It will take at least half a year."
Liu Bowen said: "Okay. Weichen will book a five-room apartment. How much is the deposit?"
Zhu Bai said: "Twenty taels of silver."
Liu Bowen's eyelids twitched: This guy just drew a few random frames on the paper, and then he dared to come to me to collect a deposit of twenty taels of silver.
And looking at him like this, he wants to accept more than just me.
Zhu Bai looked at Liu Bowen with extremely earnest and sincere eyes.
Liu Bowen thought: No. This guy is not short of money and is a monkey. How could he do such a thankless thing?
It seems that it’s not enough if I don’t support him, otherwise how can I know what he wants to do?
He waved to Zhu Bai: "Come, come, your highness will come with me."
He took the silver, took Zhu Bai into the study, took a pen, filled it with ink and handed it to Zhu Bai.
"Please, Your Highness, please write me a note."
Zhu Bai took the money and stuffed it into his arms, and said with a smile: "It's easy to talk about."
Then he wrote a receipt to Liu Bowen with the words "dog crawling" and handed it over: "Then I will leave, Master, there is no need to send it away."
Liu Bowen: "It's easy to go, Your Highness."
Zhu Bai left Liu Bowen's house and went to Zeng Bingzheng's house.
Zeng Bingzheng stayed in Shaanxi for half a year, and Lao Zhu transferred him back to serve as Minister of Justice, receiving a third-grade salary.
It's like being directly upgraded to another three levels.
Zeng Bingzheng, who had risen to great heights all the way, naturally could not forget Zhu Bai's previous "guidance". When he saw Zhu Bai coming, he hurriedly welcomed him in and saluted Zhu Bai respectfully: "Your Highness, you are here to visit my humble residence. What advice can you give me?"
After all, Liu Bowen was still a sincere uncle and received a first-grade salary.
Zeng Bingzheng's salary was even lower. Not to mention his integrity, he didn't know how to make extra money by telling people's fortunes.
So he is poorer than Liu Bowen.
There are three tile-roofed houses inhabited by three generations, which were rented before being promoted.
Gee, how pitiful.
I really can't bear to lie to him.
But I have no choice but to cheat even if I can’t bear it.
Zhu Bai took out the drawings again and talked to Zeng Bingzheng.
Zeng Bingzheng was elated when he heard this.
His three small shabby houses cost thirty taels a year, which is really killing him.
If I could rent three buildings with Zhu Bai for only fifteen taels, wouldn't I save a lot of money?
It's just that this thing doesn't sound very reliable.
Zhu Bai said: "I just came out from Master Liu Ji, and he has already paid the deposit."
When Zeng Bingzheng heard that Liu Ji had followed him, he no longer hesitated and hurriedly handed over his hand: "In this case, veteran, please also place a deposit. How much is needed?"
Zhu Bai said: "Fifteen taels."
Zeng Bingzheng was shocked: "Fifteen taels?! So much."
Zhu Bai said: "When the time comes, it will be directly deducted from one year's rent."
Zeng Bingzheng felt a sudden pain in his body.
It took him a year to save fifteen taels of silver...
That's all, it was originally just for renting a house next year.
Zeng Bingzheng took out a rag bag from inside and peeled off layer after layer, finally revealing a few broken pieces of silver. He stretched out his hand, but felt reluctant to let go, so he retracted: "King Xiang, please don't lie to me.
.The humble minister’s family is poor and cannot bear to be deceived.”
Zhu Bai smiled: "If it fails, I will calculate the interest and give it to you. Am I the one who needs this little money?"
Zeng Bingzheng thought for a while: That's right. I heard that Zhu Bai made money in boxes and boxes. These ten taels of silver were really nothing to him.
Zhu Bai then went to Song Lian's house.
Song Lian is the easiest to deceive, ah, no, he is the easiest to be persuaded.
Because he often sells paintings and calligraphy, he has plenty of money, so he readily gave Zhu Bai twenty taels.
Li Shanchang and others were all numbed by Zhu Bai's blackmail. They took out the money before Zhu Bai finished speaking, and didn't even let Zhu Bai write the receipt.
Hu Weiyong was also surprisingly cooperative and even asked Zhu Bai if twenty taels were enough.
Zhu Bai collected about 300 taels of silver and returned to the palace triumphantly.
Fugui silently followed Zhu Bai with a book to register all afternoon. When he returned to the palace and there was no one around, he spoke: "Your Highness, these three hundred taels of silver are not enough to build so many houses. You promised those adults
…”
Zhu Bai went too far this time.
In total, I deceived two genuine first-grade people, two secondary first-grade people, and countless other grades.
High-ranking officials who were qualified to go to court were basically deceived.
If this breaks out...
Even if Zhu Bai wasn't afraid of death, he might as well find a way out.
Zhu Bai bared his teeth and smiled: "Don't worry, there are people above me who know what's going on."
Fugui sighed secretly: My prince, when the time comes, Lao Zhu may not be able to protect you.
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Zhu Bai has been busy deceiving people these days.
I guess I've deceived everyone I can, and I'm just waiting for this to happen.
He planned to do something else today.
He heard these ministers say that the house prices in Yingtian were expensive every day. He felt that the rental business was promising, so he decided to buy a few small yards to rent out and work as a landlord. This is how money makes money. You can make money just by sitting, which is better than renting all your houses.
It's much more cost-effective to hold the money in your hand.
He was walking around the alleys of Yingtian City with his hands behind his back, and saw a nice small courtyard by the bridge.
The size is suitable, making it quiet among the noise.
So I went up and knocked on the door, intending to ask if they would sell it.
As a result, as soon as the homeowner opened the door, he was faced with a group of fierce and powerful guards. Before Zhu Bai could say anything, he slammed the door shut again.
Zhu Bai was so helpless that he waved his hands to the guards: "You stay away from me. At least ten feet away. It's best to hide."
Zhang Yu was a little hesitant: Fortunately, the paint bucket and the archery incident that day were both near-misses, otherwise they would all be walking around without food.
How dare you stay so far away from Zhu Bai today?
Zhu Bai said: "Leave wealth and honor."
Zhang Yu could only wave to the other guards and then retreated.
Zhu Bai then stepped forward and knocked on the door again.
The man inside said tremblingly: "What are you doing? In broad daylight."
Zhu Bai said: "Master, I am not a bad person, I just want to buy a house with you."
The man: "Not for sale."
Zhu Bai was annoyed and said: "The government is inspecting the ward!"
The man then opened the door a small crack.
Fugui took out his dental card and shook it.
The man handed over the wealth and said: "The official will give you a few days' grace. We will move out when we find a place to live."
Zhu Bai raised his eyebrows slightly: "Hey, it's better to choose the right day than to hit the sun. I just caught someone occupying someone else's house."
He took a step back. Fugui was about to kick the door open and the guards were about to rush forward.
But the man knelt down at the door: "Master, I have an eighty-year-old wife at home, and she is pregnant. We really have no place to go, so we didn't come here to live until my wife gave birth to the child.
Come down and we’ll go.”
Zhu Bai looked at the person huddled in the yard and confirmed that the person was telling the truth. Then he said, "You should find a place to live as soon as possible. When the government inspects the ward, I won't have the final say."
