Li Hong made up his mind to redeem him, but after thinking about it he asked uncertainly: "Did she say which one to buy? Which one does she like? Or did she buy them both?"
Yang Wu was stunned: "This... Miss Pei didn't say it clearly, but I think everyone likes it."
"Okay, then I'll buy all four." Someone touched their upper and lower lips and decided the fate of the four girls.
But if you want to redeem yourself, you naturally have to pass the test of Lu Ao and Zheng Xingtai's lion's mouth. As soon as you turned around, you saw Zheng Xingtai and Lu Aopi standing side by side with a smile on their faces, saying with a disdainful smile on their faces: " Mr. Li, have you made up your mind? If you want to redeem Miss Du Qiuniang, it will be yours for 20,000 taels of silver, and then she will be yours, Mr. Li."
"Okay, you can decide the price. How much are four?" Li Hong asked lazily.
"Four... four?" Lu Ao's eyes almost fell to the ground.
Do you think this is Chang'an morning market to buy breakfast? Four in one mouth? Four is equivalent to 80,000 taels of silver. Who has nothing to do with carrying so many silver notes
Pei Wanying squirted another mouthful of tea on the table. Even Pei Si next to her almost choked on her tea. Who is Mr. Li? Is the family so rich? You actually have to spend 80,000 taels of silver to buy four oirans? !
The reaction of the scholars in the audience was much more relaxed. When they heard Li Hong's words, how much is four, they couldn't help but burst into laughter.
After all, 80,000 taels of silver is not just something that can be taken out. No matter who it is, it is not a small amount. That is 80,000 taels of silver. Even Dou Yi, the richest man at that time, I am afraid that You don’t dare to talk like that, right
"Is he crazy? Can he afford it? Even if he has all his money, it won't be enough, right? It would be nice to buy one!" Pei Wanying muttered anxiously.
Then she took out her purse. She remembered that she still had a lot of money, and a banknote was still in her purse a few days ago. She had been busy with matters in Lantian County a few days ago and did not put the banknote Give it to your mother for safekeeping.
Now it seems that the only option is to take it out and let Mr. Li spend it first. Twenty thousand taels of silver is not just something that can be collected casually.
"Wanying, what are you doing?" Pei Si saw her holding her purse to take out money and held her hand down and asked.
"It goes without saying, who has nothing to do with carrying twenty thousand taels of silver when going shopping or participating in a poetry meeting? I think Mr. Li definitely doesn't have that much money on him. Let's collect the money for him first. Don't let Mr. Li lose it on the stage. Ugly is the one." Pei Wanying looked at Pei Si, her eyes murmuring. You should also look at your wallet. If it's not enough, you can get some money.
In fact, Pei Wanying said this. What she was more worried about was that even if she added her two thousand taels of silver notes, she might not be able to collect the 20,000 taels, right
In addition to the private money Du Qiuniang had accumulated over the years, even Pei Si could collect two thousand for her, which was probably far from the twenty thousand taels.
Zheng Xingtai looked at Li Hong who still looked indifferent and calm. No one would believe that he could not come up with 80,000 taels of silver notes all at once, so he said calmly: "For the sake of fairness, I will pay with one hand and the other with the other hand." Delivery, as long as you can come up with 80,000 taels of silver today, Mr. Li will own all of the four major flower houses."
"gentlemen… ."
Xue Chuer and others were shocked. Zheng Xingtai and the others were raising the price at 20,000 taels per person. They were deliberately trying to embarrass Mr. Li. They had no intention of redeeming themselves.
"Are you serious?" Li Hong still looked calm and asked, waving his hand to stop Xue Chu'er and others from trying to dissuade him.
It's only 80,000 taels. Come to think of it... Did this idiot Yang Wu bring enough money? Although I told him when I went out, don't do it like the last time I was with Father Long in Taiyi City. People threw ingots of silver on the stage. I and others gathered the silver and threw it on the stage. This person can't do it again. So lost.
"A gentleman's words are hard to chase." Lu Ao said firmly, but his expression was arrogant, and his whole person was full of disdain for Li Hong.
Yang Wu was standing on one side at the moment. Li Hong waved and asked the four girls to stand aside first, and then called Yang Wu over. He didn't want to be embarrassed immediately, so he had to quietly ask Yang Wu for the truth first.
If you don't bring enough money, then let him go out to collect money quickly. As for you, it's better to delay here for a while and wait for him to collect money, so that you won't lose face to grandma's house.
"Sir, what do you say?" Yang Wu walked up to Li Hong and asked in a low voice.
At this moment, there was silence both on and off the stage, and some people were even excited. It was a great show today. The four oirans jointly signed to retain Mr. Li, and then almost joined forces to perform for him alone. .
Then an even more unbelievable scene happened. Mr. Li's poem that squeezed the whole audience made the four courtesans fall in love with him on the spot. They even paid for themselves to redeem themselves and serve Mr. Li.
Pei Wanying and Pei Si looked nervously at the master and servant on the stage. They wondered what they were muttering about. Just looking at Li Bai's face, he looked pale for a while, full of anger for a while, turned cloudy for a while, frowned for a while, and relaxed for a while.
"How much money did you bring? Is it enough to redeem the lives of the four of them?" Li Hong lowered his voice and asked so that only he and Yang Wu could hear.
"When I go back to the young master, I brought 1.8 million taels of silver notes with me." Yang Wu said calmly.
"I... what the hell are you saying again? How much money did you bring?" Li Hong almost fainted and his eyes went straight.
One million and eight hundred thousand taels! Where did he get so much money? I asked him to bring more money, but I didn’t ask him to bring 1.8 million taels! Are you trying to redeem yourself, or are you trying to buy Qujiang Pool from the royal family back to the royal family
"Yes, Young Master, a total of 1.8 million taels. If that's not enough, here are the gold leaves brought from the East Palace." Yang Wu is definitely a second-rate man and has no idea about money at all.
He grew up in the palace since he was a child, and has been serving Li Zhi since he started working. He has no habit or concept of using money at all, so it is reasonable for a few people to make a big joke in Taiyi City. among.
What's more, even if Yang Wu is touring with Li Zhi, he still goes to Luoyang, the eastern capital. He is not worried about raising fees, so the concept of money only exists in numbers, and he is still an official above the court. On the numbers in the mouth.
Therefore, when Li Hong told him to bring some money yesterday to avoid embarrassing himself again, Yang Wu ran out with 1.8 million taels of silver notes and a hundred gold leaves.
"Where did all this money come from?" Li Hong felt that the amount was a trivial matter, and it would be safer to figure out the ins and outs of the money first.
"The banknotes of 1.8 million taels are all in pieces of 100,000 taels. The 800,000 taels were given by Miss Bai yesterday. She said that His Highness will go out to attend the poetry meeting tomorrow. Don't lose face again and bring more. Qian beware of any surprises," Yang Wu said in a low voice.
This wasted bitch, you gave me eight hundred thousand taels of pocket money to go to a poetry festival. Have you ever seen anyone bring so much money to a poetry festival? At this moment, Li Hong wanted to push Bai Chun down on his lap, and then slap Bai Chun hard on her sexy and plump buttocks! What a waste!
"Isn't that enough? What about the rest? Your private money? Where did you get it...?" Li Hong felt that if this million taels were Yang Wu's private money, he would kill him now and then interrogate him. Not an exaggeration!
"Where did the old slave get the money?" Yang Wu hurriedly explained with a grimace. In the eyes of everyone, this expression seemed like he really couldn't find the money.
"Where did that come from?" Li Hong finally felt relieved and continued to ask.
Yang Wu's face returned to normal and he continued: "I thought about your instructions yesterday to bring more money. I was afraid that the eight hundred thousand taels would not be enough, so I consulted Jinghui, the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue, overnight, and then He said that it might not be enough. He didn’t know what His Highness the Crown Prince was going to do. If it was a big deal, he might as well bring more money, so he took one million from the Ministry of Household Affairs first, and then went to get it if he said it was not enough. He's not going anywhere except going to court today, he's just focusing on this matter."
What a scam! This is a naked attempt to trick oneself into death! Now it’s embarrassing again! Last time it was shameful for not having money, this time it is shameful for having too much money! He came out to participate in a poetry meeting, and he came to the poetry meeting with 1.8 million taels of silver notes on his person. If word spread about this, people would laugh to death!
Li Hong almost cried, why is there no normal person around him? Why can't you handle such a trivial matter? The look on his face was one of wanting to cry at one moment and a helpless smile on the other.
With such an expression, the scholars in the audience were worried. Pei Wanying and Pei Si were even more worried. It seems that Mr. Li really doesn't have that much money. We have been discussing this for a while, but still can't find a way. .
The smiles on Zheng Xingtai and Lu Ao's faces are getting thicker and thicker. They are not talking now, just waiting to see how Li Hong will make a fool of himself in front of the world's scholars. As long as he can't get the money, he will never think about it in the future. The scholar raised his head.
Xue Chuer, Yan Lingbin, Du Qiuniang, and Huo Xiaoyu were also worried for a while. It seemed that redemption was a luxury. Mr. Li tried his best, but it would be difficult to collect so much money, right? This is not a small amount for anyone, let alone a scholar like Mr. Li.
Thinking of this, the four women's faces couldn't help but feel sad. This is fate, an unchangeable fate in life. As Mr. Li said, after all, good stories between Li Yaxian and Zheng Yuanhe are very rare.
"Where did the gold leaves come from?" Li Hong remembered that there were gold leaves and continued to ask with a sullen face. It was strange that he was in a good mood now.
"The gold leaf is Donggong's own expense. After discussing with the old slave, Wang Xun, the concubine of Zuo, felt that it was not safe to bring only banknotes. It is still necessary to bring some real gold just in case." As soon as Yang Wu finished speaking, he looked at Li Hong stared at him, thinking he was asking him to take out the golden leaves.
So Yang Wu hurriedly went to take out the bag of gold leaves, but... when Yang Wu stretched out his hand and took it out for the first time, it was a few pieces of silver exposed in the palm of his hand.
(End of chapter)