"Old Prime Minister, what are you talking about? These lackeys under my command are so blind that they actually bullied you. If I don't teach them a lesson, they will think I don't know how to discipline people. Today, I came to the old Prime Minister and he told me directly. This is not a big deal. But if it happens to someone else tomorrow, will they do the same as you? I'm afraid the whole of Chang'an City will know that I don't know how to discipline people. How can this be tolerated? I must teach him a lesson."
After years of practice, Li Xiang's acting skills have been improving year by year. "You old fellow, you haven't talked about the real business yet, but you've only been using this incident to talk about. So, let's get down to business and give you enough face. Even if I said I'd lend you money today, but I refused to do so after I went back, and made you run around like crazy, don't you want to be aloof and noble? Today, I'll trample your arrogance under my feet and let you know how powerful I am. Don't mess around so easily."
Li Xiang has already said this. If Xiao Yu still insists on his previous statement, it would be a bit ungrateful. It is his job to teach his servants a lesson in front of you. If you hadn't come, he wouldn't be able to do it. You can't teach others how to do things. That would be an overstepping of your authority.
If you are Li Xiang's elder, for example, Changsun Wuji, then you can say whatever you want. After all, you are related by blood. But the problem is that you are not related. You are related to Concubine Yang. If Li Xiang recognizes this relationship, then it can be considered a relative. But if Li Xiang does not recognize it, then it is bullshit. Half of the nobles in Chang'an City can be related to you. Is this relationship valuable?
After waiting for about two incense sticks, Zhou Huairen came in while wiping his sweat. This guy was originally very thin, but after becoming the head shopkeeper of Li Xiang, his weight began to increase sharply, mainly because there were too many banquets every day. In the eyes of the upper class, Zhou Huairen was just a worker, but in the eyes of the common people and businessmen in Chang'an City, he was a God of Wealth. They would be so happy to be able to invite him to dinner.
"Greetings to His Highness..."
Zhou Huairen already knew what would happen today, and he accepted being beaten and scolded. Anyway, Li Xiang would not treat him unfairly afterwards. He had also looked at the loan itself. The amount was not large, and the collateral was also of high quality. But our boss just doesn't like you and directly refuses to approve it. What can he do?
Even though Zhidaobao keeps announcing the spirit of the contract, we haven't signed the agreement yet. Besides, our boss has spoken, so what can we say? If we want to deny a loan, there must be a variety of issues. If you say there are no problems, I can find them for you on the spot. There are so many collaterals and various regulations. If we need to find a problem, we can find it immediately.
"You idiot, you dare to delay the old prime minister's affairs? How many heads do you have? This matter is obviously fine, why don't you lend him the money? Do you want to take the black money yourself?"
Seeing Li Xiang's furious expression, Zhou Huairen also gave him a thumbs-up. This was clearly ordered by you personally, and the monitoring system is so strict from top to bottom. Who would dare to take bribes at this time? Even if I were the head shopkeeper of Zhidaobao, there would be several people watching around. If I dared to take bribes, you would know it in a moment. This is really a strange play...
Xiao Yu was stunned watching from the side. He thought Li Xiang was acting, but he was really dragged away and slapped in the face. Zhou Huairen was screaming in the back at this moment, not knowing that someone next to him was clapping his hands vigorously. He was just pretending. No matter what, Li Xiang gave Xiao Yu enough face for coming to complain. He even beat my chief shopkeeper, what else do you want?
Xiao Yu said some meaningless words and then left with his men. After all, Li Xiang had just said that he would lend the money after returning. As for other things, Xiao Yu no longer asked for them. After all, there was no rush for those things.
The most anxious thing is the 50,000 strings of cash. The main reason is that with this money, His Royal Highness the King of Wu can bribe some of his subordinates. After bribing these people, after the battle of the Eastern Expedition to Goguryeo, they will probably be the King of Wu's men. The loss of food and other money will not matter. With this gain, does he still care about those things?
After returning home, Xiao Yu called several of his maids and went out to work on this matter early in the morning. He was very tired. Sitting on the armchair and enjoying the service of several young girls was a great thing.
"master…"
The old prime minister was enjoying himself here, but who knew that the butler came over again. After much difficulty, they found a shady place in the garden. Several maids were pounding their arms and legs. The old prime minister was about to fall asleep, but after hearing what the butler said, he waved his hands angrily and asked the girls around him to step back and see what was going on.
I had a good chat with Li Xiang in the morning. Even if it was Li Xiang, if he wanted to take action somewhere else, it should have been after today. Could it be that the guy is not keeping his promise?
"What did you say? You still haven't approved it?"
Seeing the trembling shopkeeper Liu beside him, Xiao Yu felt a rush of blood to his forehead. Li Xiang was playing tricks on him. He said one thing in front of him and another behind his back. He would do anything for him in front of him, but he could not do anything for him after he left.
"Prepare the sedan chair...wait..."
Xiao Yu's first thought was to raise an army to punish Li Xiang, but he quickly calmed down. Even if you were the prime minister of the current dynasty, you could not punish Li Xiang, not to mention that you had retired for many years and were now just an old minister with a reputation.
This title might be enough to fool ordinary people, but could you really fool someone at Li Xiang's level? It's said that even someone like Mr. Cui Sanye had surrendered. You're the head of a second-rate family, not very influential within the court. What can you do to him?
After Xiao Yu calmed down, he thought about everything carefully. It seemed that he had really underestimated Li Xiang. This guy didn't care much about fame, and what he cared about most was the immediate interests. If he didn't come up with something real, Li Xiang would probably not let him pass this level so easily. Did he not want to give up this opportunity?