Everyone in the Sunan branch gathered around the table. As soon as Li Qi came in, everyone stood up and knelt down together: "See Captain Li."
Especially Song Longping's voice was so loud that he wished his shouting could be heard by people upstairs and downstairs.
Li Qi grinned, thinking that these guys really knew how to steer the ship.
"Okay, you all get up and talk." Li Qi said.
Everyone stood up and Li Qi sat down at the table. Song Longping smiled and poured him a cup of tea: "Helmsman, drink tea."
Li Qi picked up the tea bowl and said: "Originally, I have no interest in the position of helmsman, but if it weren't for Sanniang this time, I wouldn't care about your nonsense at all."
"Yes, yes, the helmsman did something wrong with us before. We offended him a lot. I hope the helmsman will forgive me." Song Longping said with a smile.
Li Qi looked at him: "Since you have recognized me as the helmsman today, fine, from now on, I will be in charge of the Sunan branch. If any of you are dissatisfied, feel free to raise it now."
Everyone, you look at me, I look at you, who dares to mention it.
Song Longping smiled and said: "From now on, we will all obey the command of the helmsman. If anyone disobeys, I will be the first to refuse to spare him!"
"Okay." Li Qi put down the teacup and said, "Since Hall Master Song has said so, from now on, I will have the final say when it comes to the Southwest Branch. If anyone doesn't listen, I will expel him from the branch.
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After saying that, he looked at Chun Sanniang and said, "Sanniang."
"My subordinate is here."
"From now on, you are the elder of the Southwest Branch, and all matters big and small will be handed over to you. If there is anyone below who doesn't obey your orders, it means they don't listen to me. They will be expelled from the Southwest Branch at that time.
If everyone doesn't listen, then from now on, the Southwest Branch will be disbanded by me and the chief helmsman," Li Qi said.
Hearing this, Chun Sanniang clasped her fists and said, "Everything must be obeyed by the helmsman."
Seeing this, everyone also echoed: "Everything must be obeyed by the helmsman."
Seeing that everyone was obedient, Li Qigang wanted them all to go down and take a good rest. Who knows, someone came to the door and asked, "Is Captain Li here?"
After opening the door, I found it was the housekeeper next to Shi Lezhan.
"I'm here." Li Qi stood up and greeted him respectfully.
"The chief helmsman invited Mr. Li to come over for a little chat," the steward said.
Everyone couldn't help but feel happy when they heard that the chief helmsman was looking for Li Qi.
Li Qi thought to himself: This Shi Lezhan moves faster than I thought.
Li Qi had originally thought that Shi Lezhan would look for him, after all, he had saved so much money at Baitong Cabinet.
For a big customer like himself, if Shi Lezhan didn't pay attention, he wouldn't believe it even if he killed Li Qi.
The main thing is that Li Qi himself is still an official in Kyoto, and Baitong Cabinet should have reported his identity long ago.
It's not surprising that Shi Lezhan knew him, but Shi Lezhan didn't reveal his identity at first, so Li Qi thought that he wanted to talk to him in private.
Unexpectedly, as soon as the business fight ended, Shi Lezhan called him over.
Arriving at the Tianzihao room, when Li Qi entered, Shi Lezhan had already made tea.
"Dong Li." Shi Lezhan smiled and greeted Li Qi.
Li Qi noticed that he called himself neither Captain Li nor Master Li, but Dongjia Li.
If he calls himself Captain Li, then he is treating himself as a subordinate. Obviously he has no such intention.
If he calls himself Mr. Li, it means that he is also helping the court.
Calling yourself Li Dongjia means that this guy wants to do business with you.
Li Qi smiled and greeted him: "Chief helmsman, why are you so polite?"
Shi Lezhan smiled and pointed to the chair and said, "Dong Li, please take a seat."
After Li Qi sat down, Shi Lezhan placed a bowl of tea in front of him: "It's true that being famous is not as good as meeting. I didn't expect that the Li Dong family is so young and promising. This business fight has really opened my eyes."
Li Qi cupped his hands and said, "Thank you, the chief helmsman."
After a few words of greeting, Shi Lezhan said with a smile: "Dong Li, why do you want to join our group of heroes?"
Li Qi smiled and said: "It's just a coincidence. I just didn't expect that Mr. Shi would be the chief rudder of the Heroes Association. This surprised me a little."
"For Li Dongjia to join our group of heroes, it will simply make this group shine..."
Li Qi saw that he was beating around the bush and not talking about the real thing, obviously because he wanted to make himself open.
"Master Shi, you came to me because..."
Shi Lezhan pursed his lips, smiled, took out a jade pendant from his arms and handed it to Li Qi.
"What is this?" Li Qi asked.
"This is the jade sign of Baitong Cabinet. From now on, as long as the Li Dong family deposits money in Baitong Cabinet, no storage fees will be charged. In addition, if the Li Dong family needs money urgently, they can also deposit money from Baitong at any time.
Tongcai Fang raised one million taels of silver." Shi Lezhan said.
After hearing this, Li Qi reacted and got stuck.
Of course he would not refuse such a good thing, so Li Qi took it and accepted it without saying a word.
"I can't even imagine that someone like Li Dongjia could join our association..." Shi Lezhan said politely.
Li Qi knew very well that he was just a fifth-rank petty official, and he was the richest businessman in Great Xia. It must be because of the prince that he could be so polite to him.
It was not easy for Li Qi to rely on him. After all, he was so polite. If he didn't give him face, he would obviously be disrespectful.
"The chief rudder is joking. The Heroes Association is a gathering of talents. I am lucky to be able to join. I am afraid that the chief rudder will not want me." Li Qi said with a smile.
"What about Li Dong's family?" Shi Lezhan said with a smile, glanced at Li Qi, and said after a moment, "This time I came to Li Dong's family because I have a business to discuss with Li Dong's family."
Li Qi pretended to be surprised: "Oh? I wonder what business Shi Duo wants to discuss with me?"
"I know that the Li Dong family has no interest in the position of helmsman of the Sunan branch, but since the Li Dong family wants to take this position, I naturally can't say anything..."
Shi Lezhan paused and said, "However, the Li Dong family bought so many land and shops in Kyoto..."
Li Qi didn't expect that he would even know about his purchase of a shop in Kyoto, so he said, "If Master Shi has anything to say, it doesn't matter."
"Okay, since the Li Dong family is so happy, let me tell you straight." Shi Lezhan said with a smile, "The Li Dong family is now an official in the court, and there are many inconveniences. As the saying goes, wealth should not be revealed. Although the Li Dong family has its own
Plan, but I still have to give the Li Dong family a piece of advice. The officialdom in Kyoto is not shallow. There are so many shops in the Li Dong family. If the court investigates them, I'm afraid..."
Hearing this, Li Qi rolled his eyes and said, "What does Master Shi mean?"
"I don't mean anything else. The Li Dong family also knows that I am just a businessman. What businessmen care about is profit. You are a customer of my Baidu Cabinet Shop, so I naturally have to think about my customers."
Shi Lezhan said: "What I mean is that I can help Dong Li's family deal with these shops properly. Even if the court investigates, there will be nothing to investigate."