Li Shenfu stroked his beard and felt a little embarrassed for a moment.
Lose money?
Apologize?
I'm afraid it won't be able to appease Fang Jun.
Suddenly, an idea flashed in his mind, and he whispered: "Why don't you choose one of the legitimate daughters from your family and give it to Fang Jun as a concubine? It can not only turn conflicts into friendship, but also form a marriage relationship with Fang Jun. Although that girl is domineering, but
You treat your wives and concubines very well. If your daughter is promising, you may be able to win over Fang Jun."
Listening to Li Shenfu's specious analysis, Li Daoli almost wanted to spit in this old guy's face.
Send your legitimate daughter to Fang Jun as a concubine?
I'm glad you figured it out!
Do I, the majestic Prince of Dongping County, have no shame?
It sounds so nice, why don't you give your daughter as a concubine?
I almost forgot, you are an old man in your seventies and eighty years old. Not only is your daughter-in-law not wanted, but your granddaughter is also in ruins. She is old and yellow, and others would not care if you gave it to her for free...
Frowning his eyebrows, Li Daoli said in an unhappy tone: "Uncle, please stop joking, okay? No matter how bad my palace in Dongping County is, I won't sell my daughter for glory."
Li Shenfu disagreed: "At first, everyone laughed at Xiao Yu for selling his daughter for glory and marrying the daughter of the direct bloodline of the Nanliang royal family to Fang Jun as a concubine, but now look at who else dares to laugh at Xiao Yu? No matter Fang Jun or Xiao Yu
No matter how they disagree on politics, until now, the Xiao family still gets the maximum expenditure from the navy in Jiangnan, and has always been the leader among the Jiangnan nobles. As the saying goes, there must be gains for every loss. If you don't sacrifice your face, how can you get anything in return?"
Li Daoli: "..."
I actually felt a little moved and a little ashamed.
However, after thinking about it for a while, he realized that even if he wanted to, there was really nothing he could do: "Unknown to the uncle, there are no girls of the right age in the family. They are all married. In the past two years, he has married a concubine and given birth to a child.
My daughter is only five years old..."
The son does have a few daughters of the right age, but they are just one generation behind. Although seniority is not a concern in marriages between aristocratic families, but now they are giving their daughters to Fang Jun as concubines. If there is a difference in seniority, they are suspected of taking advantage of Fang Jun.
.
Maybe it will be self-defeating, and Fang Jun will be angered and unable to deal with it...
The uncle and nephew looked at each other and were at a loss for a moment.
After a long while, Li Daoli said angrily: "Although you, uncle, planned this matter and my family was responsible for its implementation, in the end it was for the benefit of the entire clan. Many people agreed to it at the beginning. If it happened, they would take advantage, but now
Defeat, they can’t just sit back and watch, right?”
Li Shenfu said: "What do you think?"
Li Daoli said angrily: "Call everyone together and share the responsibilities equally."
Li Shenfu thought for a while and said: "It's okay, but you have to determine the strategy first, right? Once you figure out how to explain it to Fang Jun, it won't be too late to share it equally with everyone."
After much thought, the two of them decided that it would be more reasonable to lose money.
"It's just that with Fang Jun's financial resources, he doesn't like people who come and go infrequently. If you want to satisfy him, you have to bleed hard."
"Then what should we do? There are dozens of clans. Each family has a little bit, and they can gather together to make more than ten or two hundred thousand yuan. No matter how wealthy Fang Jun is, he cannot remain indifferent."
Li Daoli disagreed. Is there anyone in the world who doesn't like money? The more money people have, the more money-obsessed they are. Fang Yizhi is not dead yet, so he received a huge compensation for nothing, so he doesn't believe that Fang Jun is not tempted.
Li Shenfu said: "Send someone to contact Fang Jun first and test it out to see if you can accept the compensation. If you can accept it, what is the appropriate amount? In order to avoid us raising money in a big way, but in the end they don't agree, wouldn't it be okay?
It’s a joke.”
"So good."
Li Shenfu immediately sent his son Li Demao to find Fang Jun, while he and Li Daoli had lunch in the mansion.
Just after having a cup of tea after the meal, Li Demao came back.
"After Fang Er left the palace, he and King Han went to Pingkangfang. When the boy went there, the two of them were drinking wine and listening to music."
"Mother!"
Li Daoli cursed angrily. He was so upset that he was confused and at a loss, while others were leisurely drinking and enjoying themselves...
Li Shenfu asked: "What did he say?"
Li Demao said: "At first he didn't agree, saying that the ropes stringing the copper coins in his family's warehouse were all rotten, and the money was too much to count. However, the King of Han persuaded him, and then he agreed, but the amount was..."
Li Daoli hurriedly asked: "How much does he want?"
Li Demao swallowed his saliva and said: "One million guan, not even one penny less."
"Mother!"
Li Daoli yelled: "Is he crazy? Five hundred thousand yuan? How much tax revenue does Datang earn in a year? This is simply too much!"
He believes that since Fang Jun wants to pay such an amount, he actually refuses to end the matter by paying compensation, because no matter how rich the clan is, it is impossible for them to come up with a huge sum of one million yuan. The clan's wealth lies more in fixed properties.
, houses, shops, land, etc., where can there be so much cash?
Li Demao couldn't help but said: "In our opinion, it is indeed a bit more, but with Fang Jun's financial resources, if we only give three or two hundred thousand, others will not look down on him."
Li Daoli: "..."
Which group are you from? You actually helped Fang Jun, is that ridiculous?
Li Shenfu said: "You definitely can't just give it as much as he said. If it really comes out to a million, every family will have to break their muscles and bones. How can they save face?"
If we really pay 1 million yuan in compensation to Fang Jun, the clan will become a laughing stock.
Li Daoli said: "Then why not let Prince Hejian negotiate with Fang Jun? The two of them are familiar with each other and have a close relationship. I think Fang Jun can give Prince Hejian some face."
Li Shenfu shook his head and refused: "Xiao Gong is extremely dissatisfied with what happened today. Now if you go to his house to ask him to come forward, I'm afraid you won't even be able to get in. Come forward in person and talk to King Han.
He and the Fang brothers are uncles, which is just right."
"The King of Han had stayed out of the matter before and even resigned from Zong Zhengqing. At that time, Fang Jun was dissatisfied. At this time, if we ask the King of Han to negotiate peace for us, Fang Jun may not be willing, right?"
"It's not Fang Er's turn to be in charge of the Fang family. Do you think Fang Xuanling is dead? Let King Han tell Fang Xuanling that he believes Fang Xuanling will take care of the overall situation and he will not act like Fang Jun.
"
Li Daoli nodded: "My uncle's words are reasonable. I will go there when King Han returns."
Li Shenfu said angrily: "Are you stupid? King Han is a descendant of the clan and has to take care of the overall situation, but Princess Han has always been fierce and domineering. You, the murderer of Fang Yizhi, come to the door. Do you believe that Princess Han will beat you out?"
Li Daoli was dumbfounded: "What should we do?"
Li Shenfu was so angry that he shook his head: "That's all. Seeing that you are usually smart, but you are so confused when things happen, you must not be able to handle this matter well."
He turned around and said to Li Demao: "Send someone to guard Pingkangfang. When King Han and Fang Jun are separated, inform him to come to the house and say that I have something to ask of you."
"Here."
Li Demao quickly sent someone to make arrangements.
Then Li Shenfu complained about Li Daoli again: "All day long, you praise your eldest grandson to the point where there is nothing in the sky or anything on the earth. However, in the end, he can't even handle such a small thing, which makes us so passive at home."
Li Daoli wanted to say a few words, but thinking that things were messed up now and that Li Shenfu, the patriarch of the clan, needed to come forward to solve the problem, he endured it and did not give up his temper.
…
Fang Jun and Li Yuanjia had a drink in Pingkangfang and listened to a few songs. However, only Li Demao came once and there was no movement again. Fang Jun originally wanted to give Li Shenfu a chance to solve the problem as soon as possible.
The idea of the matter fell through, and the two had no choice but to settle accounts and leave, parting ways outside the gate of Pingkangfangfang.
Li Yuanjia returned to his hometown in a carriage. Halfway through, he was stopped by Li Demao who came on horseback. He said that Li Shenfu had invited him. Li Yuanjia didn't say much and followed Li Demao to the Prince of Xiangyi County.
After entering the gate and standing in front of the ruined main hall with black smoke rising from it, Li Yuanjia's eyelids twitched twice, and he was secretly glad that the stick had hit his mansion several times, but luckily he still had the identity of a "brother-in-law"
, although there was a lot of commotion, it did not set his Han Palace on fire.
He used to think that Fang Jun didn't dare, but now looking at the scene in front of him, he realized that Fang Jun had indeed saved him face.
His Royal Highness King Han actually felt a little honored...
"Your Highness, the main hall has been destroyed. Father is waiting for you over there in the flower hall."
Li Demao said something and led Li Yuanjia to the flower hall not far away. Li Shenfu and Li Daoli were both there. The latter stood up and saluted, while the former nodded slightly in greeting.
Logically speaking, the county prince is one level lower than the prince and must pay homage, but Li Shenfu has a high status and is older, so others will not care about him for relying on his elders.
Li Yuanjia sat down, took a sip of the tea served by Li Wenjian, and asked, "I wonder what your uncle ordered me to do when he called me here?"
Li Shenfu was speechless, but Li Daoli smiled bitterly and said: "To be honest, the Duke of Yue wants one million yuan in compensation, but I can't pay it out."
Li Yuanjia looked at Li Daoli with sharp eyes, paused for a moment, and then said: "If you can't take it out, you can't take it out. Erlang didn't say you must be able to take it out. It was you who came to ask for compensation, and why?"
After asking about the amount, Erlang casually said a number. Oh, it must be that Prince Dongping felt that he was short of money and was a little embarrassed, so he wanted to entrust me to send a message to him? That's no problem."
As he said that, he looked at Li Shenfu: "Uncle Wang asked me to come over for this matter? Then don't worry, I will pass the message to Erlang. I just drank some wine and felt a little dizzy. I will go back to my house to rest first.
I will come to my uncle to apologize to my uncle another day."
He stood up and wanted to leave.
Li Daoli was dumbfounded, are all young people today so awesome?
Not giving any face at all?
Li Shenfu had no choice but to pull on Li Yuanjia's sleeves and said helplessly: "Dao Li can't speak. Your Highness, please don't be upset. For my sake, just sit down for a while, okay?"
Li Yuanjia took the opportunity to take his seat, but looked at Li Daoli with a cold face and said: "What is 'asking for'? When your grandson personally commanded the dead soldiers to assassinate Fang Yizhi, didn't you think about the consequences after the incident was revealed? You
Since you dare to assassinate Fang Yizhi, you must be prepared to face Fang Jun's wrath! Now you are begging Fang Jun to calm down the matter. In front of me, beg Fang Jun to give you a chance. It is you who have to compensate others.
, how come you are being 'asked for'? Not to mention whether you have a million dollars or not, even if you are penniless, you can certainly use every penny you have, what can you tell me?"