In this list, the least valuable items are the 9,900 taels of silver and the 999 taels of gold.
Whether it is tea gardens, salt ponds and wells, or even the manors with three hundred acres of paddy fields, hunting grounds, etc., all of them can be bought if you have money and no place to buy them. These things are passed down from family to family members of the founding military heroes of the Ming Dynasty. Family background.
Li Jinglong's sincerity is truly sincere. Even though the Li family is famous for its wealth, this time it was a heavy hemorrhage and a loss of vitality.
"Boss..." Zhu Gaosui rolled his eyes, "Take it..."
Zhu Gaochi turned his head and looked at Lao San with a frown, "Do you think it should be accepted?"
"I..." Zhu Gaosui looked at the booklet in his hand again, "This... is an apology, right?"
As he said this, he felt his hands get cold.
But it was the gift list that Zhu Gaochi snatched away.
Then Zhu Gaochi threw it to the housekeeper without even looking at it, and then said, "Go to the warehouse and pick out ten good sable skins, ten East beads, ten good ginseng..."
Having said this, he nodded at the gift booklet in his hand and said, "Follow this and send it to Duke Cao's mansion."
"Uncle...?" The housekeeper didn't know why.
"Huh?" Zhu Gaochi rolled his eyes.
"Young man, go right now!" the housekeeper said hurriedly.
"Remember!" Zhu Gaochi solemnly ordered, "Put it at his door and leave. Just say that you are here to reward him alone. Don't say anything else!"
"The villain understands!"
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"No...boss..."
Zhu Gaosui jumped up and asked anxiously, "Why? You just don't accept his things, but you still give them to him?"
"It's not a betrayal, it's a reward!" Zhu Gaochi snorted coldly.
"Isn't that different?"
"It's different..." Zhu Gaochi's eyes twitched and he sneered, "I rewarded him!"
At this moment, the housekeeper hurriedly came over again, "Master, Third Master, and the Twelve Prince are here?"
"Why is he here so late?" Zhu Gaochi frowned.
The butler bowed and whispered, "I guess he is here to ask for money again. He came to see you a few days ago. He wants to rebuild the clan school for the men of the clan... He also said that there are several young princes. The little princess has reached the age of getting married...she needs to prepare the bride price and dowry!"
Hearing this, Zhu Gaochi sighed.
On the other hand, Zhu Gaosui, who was standing next to him, had his little eyes rolling around and he had a dark idea in his mind.
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It was late at night, and Li Jinglong's eyelids were twitching as he looked at the things Zhu Gaochi had sent to him in the concierge.
People don’t care about external things.
Not only is it not a rare thing, but he also told him clearly that all the things in your Li family are appreciated by my Zhu family. I also have what you have, but not as much as you. But what I have, you definitely don’t have, because you are not qualified.
Just like the winter pearls from Liaodong, they were presented to the royal family of the Ming Dynasty as a tribute by the Jurchens. Only princes, princes, princes, and princesses can use them.
"Li Jiujiang, Li Jiujiang, your reputation has been ruined today!"
Li Jinglong secretly resented, "Why are you angry with him? Will you lose a piece of flesh or die if he insults you?"
He knew clearly in his heart that his feud with Zhu Gaochi was settled.
In fact, he is not afraid of offending Zhu Gaochi!
But the emperor never expressed his position on this matter today, which made him tremble in heart.
Today's events also gave him some hints. No matter how good Zhu Gaochi is, his surname is Zhu, and no matter how good he is, Li Jinglong is only surnamed Li!
I’m afraid trouble is still to come!
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The whole night, Li Jinglong tossed and turned like a pancake, unable to sleep.
Early the next morning, I put on my python robe, carefully put the apology note for Zhu Gaochi yesterday in my arms, got on the carriage and drove towards the Forbidden City.
The carriage swayed slightly, and Li Jinglong in the carriage closed his eyes to rest, taking advantage of the break in the rush to drive away the tiredness in his body.
But as soon as he stepped out and burned the incense, the carriage suddenly stopped.
"Master!" Li Xiaowai, who was following the carriage, stood at the entrance of the carriage and whispered, "Is someone blocking the way?"
"Who is it?" Li Jinglong lifted the car curtain and was surprised.
Not far away, in the middle of the road, a group of knights were leisurely wandering in the middle of the road, blocking Li Jinglong's carriage and horses.
"Why is he here?"
Li Jinglong thought to himself.
The leader immediately over there was none other than the idle twelve princes in Beijing, King Zhu Bai of Hunan.
"Detour!"
Li Jinglong frowned and waved.
It's not good for a night owl to come into the house. Besides, the Twelve Prince's temper has never been very good. He almost goes crazy staying in the capital. If you don't mess with him, he will try to find ways to mess with you.
It is said that last month, the consort Hu Guan was blocked in Guanglu Temple and did not dare to come out.
He is the emperor's uncle. As long as it does not involve disputes in the court or a struggle for power, even if he deliberately makes mischief based on his status, the emperor can only close his eyes and not see it.
Besides, no one has time to bring these matters to the emperor.
In the old Zhu family of the Ming Dynasty, there are not many princes who need to decorate their facade! If a few more die, will the emperor still need his reputation?
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However, Li Jinglong was willing to give in, but Zhu Bai deliberately pushed further.
"Whose car is driving?"
Zhu Bai galloped his horse and rushed over with a group of soldiers.
Under the sun, the prince was dressed in a red dragon robe embroidered with gold, looking majestic and full of royal power.
Li Jinglong couldn't see it, so he could only smile and say, "Your Majesty, Li Jinglong, has met the Twelve Princes..."
"It's you!" Zhu Bai smiled congenially on the horse, but the next second his face suddenly turned cold, "Mr. Cao Guo is so majestic! If you don't get off the car after seeing me, don't you remember the laws of the Ming Dynasty?"
Li Jinglong's heart skipped a beat.
According to the law of the Ming Dynasty, when ministers meet the prince, civil servants dismount their sedan chairs and military attachés dismount their horses, they must kowtow, otherwise it is considered disrespectful.
Li Jinglong felt helpless, straightened out his robes, got out of the carriage, and saluted respectfully, "Your Majesty, Li Jinglong, I wish you the Thousand Years Old King of Xiang!"
Zhu Bai raised his chin on the horse and squinted his eyes, "Where is your hat?"
"Huh?" Li Jinglong was stunned.
Then he stood up quickly, returned to the carriage, put on his crown and sash, and saluted again.
"Did I ask you to get up?" Zhu Bai said angrily again.
"This..." Li Jinglong was also angry and said loudly, "The official was in a hurry to meet the saint, and he lost his etiquette for a moment..."
"Oh, you can block Gu's road when you go to see the saint?" Zhu Bai sneered, "You don't walk on so many roads, so you have to block Gu's road? Do you think Gu is an idle prince and easy to bully?"
"Your Majesty, what you said is wrong!" Li Jinglong said, "I am not blocking your way, but who is blocking whose way...?"
As he was speaking, he saw a flash of cold light.
Snap!
Zhu Bai swung the whip directly and condescendingly, and it landed squarely on Li Jinglong's crown.
He felt a chill on his head, and looked at the ribbons scattered on the ground.
"My lord, what do you mean?" Li Jinglong laughed angrily.
"What do you mean?" Zhu Bai sneered, "Even if Gu is an idle prince, he is also the biological son of Emperor Taizu Gao. Although you, Cao Guogong, are hereditary, you are the dandy you are today just because of your father and ancestors!"
"I slapped you, so what do you do?" As he said that, Zhu Bai leaned on his horse and said, "You go to the emperor to sue me?" Then Zhu Bai laughed loudly and said, "Sue me for bullying you for no reason.
I'll beat you and scold you! Let the emperor punish Gu Dao. I want to see whether my surname in this world is Zhu or Li?"
Li Jinglong clenched his fists, his face slightly ferocious.
"Oh, I'm wronged! I'm wronged!" Zhu Bai continued to laugh, "You haven't suffered such grievances since you were a child, right? Doesn't it feel good to be bullied?" After saying that, he laughed on the horse and said, "Yo yo, yes.
This king is not good, how about I apologize to you?"
Now that things have come to this, how can Li Jinglong not know the intentions of King Xiang?
He just came to vent his anger on his eldest nephew Zhu Gaochi!
"Chitose is joking!" Li Jinglong, who was also flexible and flexible, said with a smile, "I still have to go to see the saint..."
"Did I ask you to get up?" Zhu Bai looked coldly at Li Jinglong who was about to stand up, "The etiquette of the Ming Dynasty was originally set by my father. You don't want to abide by it?"
"I dare not lower my rank!" Li Jinglong lowered his head and said.
"Tell me, what should I do if you block Gu's road?" Zhu Bai asked again.
Li Jinglong sighed in his heart, "It's the official's fault, it's the official's discourtesy!" As he said that, he said to the surrounding Li family soldiers, "Detour, lean against the wall, and let Prince Qiantai pass first!"
There was a crash, and the Li family members stepped out of the way, and everyone stood against the wall.
"Ha!" Zhu Bai said with unsatisfied thoughts, "You are also wise!"
As he said that, he glanced at Li Jinglong, clamped the horse's belly, and said, "Drive!"
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"master!"
Li Xiaowai helped Li Jinglong, who was covered in dust, to stand up.
Li Jinglong looked at the direction Zhu Bai was leaving with a cold expression on his face.
"Let's go into the palace!"
He pushed away Li Xiaowai's hand that was cleaning the dust off his body, looked at the unrecognizable crown on the ground, picked it up and held it in his arms, "Let's go!"
At this moment, the sound of horse hooves suddenly sounded from ahead.
A soldier of the Li family looked at it and then ran over quickly, "Sir, this is the chariot of Prince Qing, Prince Su and Prince Min..."
"It's not over!" Li Jinglong cursed in his heart and stamped his feet, "Quick, take a detour!"
At this time, he understood another thing. Offending Zhu Gaochi, the Zongzheng of the Zongzheng Mansion, was equivalent to offending all the men in the Zhu family.
These men of the Zhu family were dispensable and idle members of the clan in the emperor's mind, but according to the etiquette and laws of the Ming Dynasty, they could not be offended by the officials of the Ming Dynasty.