From beginning to end, Wang Zhongzheng, who was standing in the hall directing many waiters, kept looking at Xiao Chen from the corner of his eyes.
Although he knew that the meaning of his existence was for the person in front of him, he had never met Xiao Chen in person.
Just now, after witnessing him standing up for Li An when he was treated unfairly and retreating when the prince tried to dissuade him, Wang Zhongzhen couldn't help but nodded silently in his heart.
Seeing him having an intimate conversation with the prince, I had a bold idea in my mind.
If the Yongle Dynasty could not achieve its goal, it would not be a bad idea to achieve it in the next dynasty!
With the table in a mess, the banquet gradually came to an end.
Wang Zhongzhen sat at the counter, pulling the abacus himself and calculating how much money he should receive for this banquet.
"Shopkeeper Wang, have you settled the account? How much money is it in total?" At some point, Li An had already arrived in front of the counter.
"Okay, okay. There are a total of one and a half rounds, that is, seventy-six tables. Each table is calculated according to one hundred taels of silver for Mr. Li, and the total is seven thousand six hundred taels of silver. The fraction of these six hundred taels is
Think of it as my personal gift to Mr. Li, just give me seven thousand taels." Wang Zhongzhen stood up with a smile on his face, and nodded and bowed towards Li An.
"Hey, it can't be like this. Shopkeeper Wang has already given a lot of discounts for one hundred taels of silver per table. If you give another six hundred taels of silver, you will lose money." Li An refused with a smile, reached into his arms with his right hand, and took out
He put the banknotes he had prepared in advance on the counter and said, "This is a five thousand tael banknote. I will prepare the remaining two thousand six hundred taels when I go back and I will deliver it to Shopkeeper Wang within two days."
Wang Zhongzhen was stunned and hurriedly handed over the banknote again: "If Mr. Li is nervous, we will discuss this account later. I am not in a hurry here."
"Don't be nervous, don't be nervous." Li An was about to push the banknote back again.
"Okay, don't hold on if you don't have enough money." A voice came over, and not far away, Xiao Chen walked over with a red face and a playful smile.
"You came just in time. If you don't have enough money later, you can make up for it." Seeing Xiao Chen and remembering what he said before, Li An brushed off the unpleasantness caused by the Jin Yiwei and smiled at Xiao Chen.
"How much more is left?"
"Two thousand six hundred taels." Li An said with a smile.
"Two thousand six hundred taels, this gift is a bit big." Xiao Chen scratched his head, looking very reluctant.
Seeing Xiao Chen's embarrassed look, Wang Zhongzhen at the counter said hurriedly: "I just told Mr. Li that the six hundred taels will be regarded as my congratulatory gift. Just give me another two thousand taels."
"No, no." Li An hurriedly waved his hand, "Shopkeeper Wang has already given a lot of discounts. You are in business, how can I let you lose money?"
"Master Li, are you looking down on people?" Xiao Chen on the side stared at Li An seriously.
"Why can't I look down on others?" Li An was confused.
"Shopkeeper Wang wants to salute you, but you refuse. Do you dislike Shopkeeper Wang's identity? Do you think that you are a dignified minister of the Ministry of Justice, and a businessman like this is not worthy of attending your banquet and saluting you?
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"What's the matter? Shopkeeper Wang is the richest man in the capital. How could I refuse him to attend the banquet? I just don't want him to engage in loss-making business." Li An hurriedly differentiated.
"As long as you don't look down on Shopkeeper Wang, then accept his gift." Xiao Chen chuckled and turned to look at Wang Zhongzhen, "How much money do I need to pay in total this time?"
"Return to Xiao Qianhu, a total of seven thousand taels."
"Okay, issue a receipt, and I will send you the banknote tomorrow. Don't accept Mr. Li's banknote. At such a young age, you have a daughter, you have to raise a child, and you have to support your wife. Mr. Li is under great pressure.
It's big." Put your right hand on the counter, bend your index finger, and tap lightly.
"Hey, I'm not even fifty this year, what's wrong with giving birth to a daughter? If you have the ability, you can give birth to one too. Didn't you hear the prince say, did I make a great contribution to increasing the population of the Ming Dynasty? Why are you saying the same thing?
Is your mouth so full of yin and yang?" Li An's eyes widened and he looked at Xiao Chen fiercely.
"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince's gift is one thousand taels of silver, and mine is seven thousand taels. Can't I tell you?" Xiao Chen pursed his lips and rolled his eyes at Li An.
Hearing what happened with Yinzi, Li An immediately lost his previous aura. He chuckled and took a small step towards Xiao Chen: "Xiao Qianhu can say whatever he wants. As long as there is anything related to Yinzi in the future, I will contact you."
Just solve it."
"It's not a big deal. Let's go." He said, turned around, put his hands behind his back, and staggered out of the hall.
Seeing Xiao Chen leave, and Li An happily continuing to entertain the other officials who had not left, Wang Zhongzhen couldn't help but sigh in his heart.
This young man in our family is much better than the legend says. If I could show my identity earlier and stay by his side, would I be afraid that I would not be able to accomplish my great cause?
The crow of a rooster woke Wang Zhongzhen from his deep sleep.
Opening the curtains and seeing that it was already bright outside, Wang Zhongzhen hurriedly climbed up, put on his shoes, and arrived at Zhongzhen Restaurant.
Today is the day when Xiao Chen brings money.
For some reason, after seeing Xiao Chen yesterday, Wang Zhongzhen felt a strong urge to see him again.
Not long after he sat down at the counter, Xiao Chen walked in with a smile.
He put his right hand into his pocket, but he didn't come out with a few banknotes.
"Shopkeeper Wang counted the number." Xiao Chen put the banknotes into the counter, lay on the counter with his hands, and looked at Wang Zhongzhen quietly.
"Okay." Wang Zhongzhen smiled slightly, picked up the banknote, and counted it.
"One thousand taels, two thousand taels, three thousand taels... Hey, did Xiao Qianhu make a mistake? Why is it 7,600 taels? Didn't we agree yesterday that we could give it seven thousand taels?"
Wang Zhongzhen frowned, a little confused.
"I just said that yesterday so that Mr. Li would feel less indebted to me. It's not easy for Mr. Wang to do business, so how can you lose money? Seven thousand six, one or two is a lot. If you meet Mr. Li later,
Sir, please don't let the word slip." Xiao Chen chuckled and prepared to leave.
"Xiao Qianhu, wait a moment." Wang Zhongzhen stood up hurriedly, "After thinking about it, I still can't accept these six hundred taels of silver. Integrity is what matters in business. If you agree on seven thousand taels, you can't ask for more than one tael.
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Xiao Chen turned his head and looked at Wang Zhongzhen with a look of disgust: "You are also the richest man in the capital, how come you don't even have the basic common sense of a businessman?"
"Oh?" Wang Zhongzhen was startled, "May I ask Xiao Qianhu, what is the basic common sense of a businessman?"
"Did the villain do something bad that offended Xiao Qianhu?" Wang Zhongzhen looked puzzled.
Yesterday was the first time the two met, and nothing unpleasant happened. Why did he say that he was only seeking profit?
Is there any misunderstanding between this?
"Shopkeeper Wang," Xiao Chen turned around, "You keep saying that integrity is what matters in doing business. Why do you let a man pretend to be a young woman on this stage to fool everyone?"
After hearing this, Wang Zhongzhen's expression suddenly changed.
"Xiao Qianhu, how did you know he was a man?" Wang Zhongzhen asked stammering.
"If he hadn't been an old friend of mine, I wouldn't have paid attention to whether he was a boy or a girl. When performing guqin, the guests listen to the music, not appreciate the female sex. What Shopkeeper Wang does is a bit deceptive. I say you
You're only interested in profit, you're right, right?"
"Xiao Qianhu's old friend? I really don't know this. This person came to the door by himself, and he asked to dress up as a woman. Seeing that he has profound knowledge of the guqin, I agreed to his request. Others
, completely unaware of it." Wang Zhongzhen hurriedly differentiated.
"Okay, since Shopkeeper Wang doesn't know about it, I won't embarrass you. You don't have to return the six hundred taels of silver. I'm going to open a private room in Zhongzhen Restaurant. Please let the piano player go into the private room.
Come to me." Xiao Chen said with a serious face.
"It's no problem to open a private room, but whether he wants to go or not, a villain can't decide."
"Just send him a message. If he really doesn't want to see me, I'll just pretend I didn't see it."
