After Xiao Ran led him to the living room, Xiao Wan saw people from all the families coming. It could be said that there were all the children of the Jiangnan gentry.
Seeing Xiao Wan walking in, everyone present quickly stood up and saluted: "I've seen Mr. Xiao..."
With a smile on her face, Xiao Wan pressed down with her hand, and said with a smile: "No need to be polite, everyone, please sit down."
Then he came to the main seat and sat down.
As soon as she sat down, Xiao Wan heard someone complain: "Mr. Xiao, that Yang Fan has gone too far. How can the emperor's son-in-law and the governor-general of a party be so helpless and deceive others?"
"A salt farm indicator and a method of drying salt have sold for more than two million yuan. Are you really taking us for granted?"
"That's more than two million yuan. My Zhu family has never made so much money in hundreds of years!"
Raising her eyelids, Xiao Wan took a look and saw that this person was Zhu Pei, the legitimate son of the eldest son of the Zhu family.
This man had a sad and sorrowful look on his face, and Xiao Wan couldn't help but feel a little contempt in his heart.
This guy is very bad!
It is said that the reason why all these people came to the Xiao family was because this guy was secretly taking the lead.
According to reports, this guy just wants everyone to force the Xiao family to come forward, so that the Xiao family and Yang Fan will be at odds with each other, while the Zhu family can reap the benefits.
It’s so insidious!
However, Xiao Wan always looked down upon people who engaged in such small tricks. She raised her eyelids and said expressionlessly: "Since the Zhu family thinks it's expensive, why did you take the photo in the first place? Besides, I can't afford it.
I won't give it to you, since I, the Xiao family, are not your creditors."
These words immediately choked Zhu Pei.
Immediately, his face turned red, he was so ashamed, he hesitated and didn't know how to defend himself.
Indeed, if you think it’s expensive, why take a photo?
Besides, if you really can’t afford it, then don’t give it!
Of course Zhu Pei also knew this truth, and he originally planned it this way.
But after Yang Fan played such a trick to draw out the salary, would the Zhu family dare not give it to him?
What's more important is that he, Zhu Pei, has already signed and stamped the bidding price.
If he didn't give it, would Yang Fan really dare not lead his troops to go directly to his house to ask for money and land?
It's obviously something that can't be done without giving.
Being blocked by Xiao Wan, Zhu Pei didn't know where to start.
Are you asking Xiao Wan for nothing, asking the Xiao family to step in and ask Yang Fan to take less?
Ignoring Zhu Pei anymore, Xiao Wan glanced at the people present and said, "Since everyone has made a contract, I also want to say something."
"It's only natural to pay back debts. It's better for everyone to raise money quickly and let's send it to Yang Fan together."
"Our Xiao family's money has been prepared. I wonder when you can prepare it?"
"We Jiangnan nobles all advance and retreat together, and I don't want to create a gap in our relationship because of this matter."
"Also, everyone is here this time. I wonder if you have anything else to do?"
What Xiao Wan said was very obvious.
Now he, Mrs. Xiao, did not send the money to Yang Fan immediately because he took everyone's feelings into consideration.
Of course, everyone present also knew that Xiao Wan was showing off his Xiao family background.
However, the last question felt a bit like asking questions.
Even so, no one dared to have a hint of anger.
Who dares to show off to the host when he comes to ask for help?
At this time, everyone felt a little bitter.
I originally wanted to take the opportunity to trick Yang Fan, but I didn't expect that he was tricked by Yang Fan instead.
Many aristocratic families present were simply unable to raise such a large amount of bidding money.
Even if you use your own land and real estate as mortgage, it is far from enough.
This is also the reason why Zhu Pei's proposal has been supported by so many people.
It's not that the Zhu family's prestige is high, but that they have no choice but to come here due to their own circumstances.
After this incident, the Jiangnan nobles finally saw Yang Fan's methods.
Now they just want Yang Fan to reduce the price so that they can raise the money to send it over.
When I came to Xiao's house, I just wanted Xiao Wan to negotiate the price.
Xiao Wan now asks a question that he knows clearly.
In this case, wouldn’t everyone have to speak openly?
If this matter is put on the surface, once the Xiao family helps solve this matter, the favor owed will be huge.
This is completely different from what everyone thought before.
Originally, they wanted to join forces to put pressure on the Xiao family, but it seems that Xiao Wan doesn't want to accept this at all.
So, it was Zhu Pei who finally spoke: "Mr. Xiao, you also know that the bidding price this time is several times higher than we expected. We simply can't raise so much money. We came here this time to let Xiao
Mr. Xiao came forward to talk to Yang Fan. As long as we can get the bidding price to half, we will do our best to get the money together. I wonder if Mr. Xiao is willing to lend a helping hand?"
Xiao Wan pretended to be surprised and asked: "Since you don't have so much money, why did you pay such a high price at that time? Isn't this fooling people? You bid the price, but you have no money to pay, and you have to let me rip it off
How can there be such a good thing in the world if Pi negotiates the price with you? Didn't you think of paying for it in the first place?"
Upon hearing this series of questions, Zhu Pei's expression changed, as if he was changing his face in a Peking opera.
Not to mention, he didn't even think about paying when he first started.
Hearing this, everyone here had the same expression as Zhu Pei's, feeling as if they were eating shit, feeling shy and helpless.
At first, I believed Zhu Pei's lies and thought that as long as everyone united, Yang Fan would have nothing to do with them. Who knew that he had miscalculated now and instead had to beg for help everywhere.
What a shame!
It was still Zhu Jian who spoke. He sighed and said, "Mr. Xiao, you know that we had no choice at that time. If we didn't buy those things at a high price, how would we, the Jiangnan nobles, survive in the future?"
With no other choice, Zhu Pei made it clear.
If they wanted to pay in full, most of the Jiangnan nobles present could not raise so much money.
Since he decided to break the pot, he didn't believe that the Xiao family dared to sit idly by.
Once these Jiangnan nobles are dealt with, how can the Xiao family survive alone?
When they learned that Yang Fan gave most of the money to the emperor, most people knew that this matter could not be easily resolved.
For the current plan, we can only hope that the Xiao family can deal with the aftermath for them.
Although he had known Zhu Pei's plan, Xiao Wan couldn't help but cursed at everyone present: "You are so stupid, you actually want to use He Zong Lian Heng to trap Yang Fan."
"But don't think about it. If Yang Fan was really so easy to deal with, then he would have died on Yuntai Mountain long ago. How could he still have a chance to gain a foothold in Jiangnan?"
"Now that Yang Fan has taken root in Jiangnan, you are just wishful thinking if you want to move him down easily."
"What's more, so many Jiangnan nobles have fallen into trouble at Yang Fan's hands. Don't you have any memory at all?"
"I want to be a white wolf with nothing, haha, luckily you guys can figure it out..."
Hearing these strange words, Yang Xun looked sad: "Mr. Xiao misunderstood. We didn't want to pay at first, but now the price has increased several times from what we estimated, and there is nothing we can do!"
Xiao Wan asked: "What do you want to do now?"
After a moment of silence, someone finally said: "What we mean is that we want Mr. Xiao to come forward and talk to Yang Fan again. As long as the price is reduced to half of our original price, we can get the money together by demolishing the house and selling the land!"
Xiao Wan looked at the person who was speaking. He was Chen Zi, the legitimate son of the Chen family in Jiangdong and the grandson of Chen Xueli, a great scholar in Jiangnan.
Seeing this man, Xiao Wan couldn't help but be surprised and said: "Why don't you let your Aweng (Chen Xueli) come forward? He is not only in charge of the school in Huating County, but also has recruited countless talents in Huating County. As long as he comes forward, I believe that the Governor
I won’t embarrass your Chen family.”
Chen Zi smiled bitterly: "Mr. Xiao, it's not like you don't know that Aweng is very stubborn. He has never interfered in family affairs since he retired."
"More importantly, he respects the Governor the most now. If he knew that we deliberately joined forces to deceive the Governor, he would be surprised if he didn't break my legs."
After thinking about it, Xiao Wan also felt that what Chen Xian said made sense.
Chen Xueli is a stubborn old man. If you want him to intercede, even if it is a family matter, he may not be willing to take action.
With Chen Zi taking the lead, the others did not remain silent and began to ask the Xiao family to stand up for them.
Seeing this, Xiao Wan said nothing more.
However, he did not agree immediately.
In Jiangnan today, only the Xiao family has the capital to mediate with Yang Fan.
But Xiao Wan had other plans.
Although Yang Fan was the godson of Empress Xiao, he had a close relationship with Xiao Yu.
But favors are something that should be used once or less, and should not be used lightly.
Besides, Yang Fan may not necessarily give them the favor of the Xiao family.
These people are really like lions.
Xiao Wan actually wanted to discount the bidding price in half, but Xiao Wan didn't think he had such a big face.
Naturally, he didn't want to step forward for such a thankless task.
Anyway, this is something that you aristocratic families have done. Only now do you know how to be afraid?
Knowing that Yang Fan is not easy to deal with, you came to our Xiao family to wipe your butt?
Although Xiao Wan wanted to increase the influence of his Xiao family and ease the relationship between the Jiangnan nobles and Yang Fan.
But it definitely doesn’t mean that I am stupid and I will stand up for these people in everything!
If you are kidnapped by these people again and again, it will not increase Xiao's influence, but will become a big deal.
You can tell by looking at Zhu Pei, who has been sitting silently aside.
This guy really treated our Xiao family like a hammer.
Haha, it was you who caused this. Now you don’t want to pay to calm the situation. Don’t you just want me, the Xiao family, to go against Yang Fan?
This self-righteous guy really thinks that our Xiao family is stupid?
Besides, even if the Xiao family is willing to step forward, Yang Fan will never agree to such a ridiculous thing as halving the price.
After all, this involves whether the emperor's part of the money can be recovered smoothly.
It seems that I can only help these guys according to my own ideas.
As for whether these people could agree, that was not something Xiao Wan should consider.
Thinking of this, Xiao Wan pondered for a moment, then sighed helplessly: "Since you all trust our Xiao family so much, I naturally can't just sit idly by and ignore it."
"However, you also know Yang Fan's temperament very well. It is simply impossible to reduce his price by half. You must know that this also involves payment issues for aristocratic families in other areas."
"Therefore, I suggest that everyone try their best to raise money. As long as you can raise 70% of the bidding price, then for the remaining part, I will risk my old face and buy you a few years of buffer time."
In Xiao Wan's view, Yang Fan set up this situation not to uproot these aristocratic families, but to make the Jiangnan gentry bow their heads.
A young man with such wisdom would naturally not go on a killing spree and cause turmoil in Jiangnan, thus destroying Jiangnan's good situation.
In the final analysis, Yang Fan's plan is for Jiangnan to develop better and faster.
The Jiangnan nobles control various channels in Jiangnan. If Yang Fan wants to develop rapidly, he must get the full cooperation of the Jiangnan nobles.
As for Yang Fan, who said he refused to pay, he just sent troops to attack the situation. It was obvious that he wanted to scare these pampered families.
Now that he had made this judgment, Xiao Wan came up with the idea of paying in installments.
Everyone will raise about 70% of the money to pay for it first, and then the remaining 30% will be paid off in the next few years.
Xiao Wan made it clear.
It's impossible to fold it in half.
Although our Xiao family has a good relationship with Yang Fan, we don't have such a big face.
We, the Xiao family, have done our best to obtain a deferral of payment for you.
Chen Zi looked at everyone and then said: "Mr. Xiao, how certain is the plan you mentioned? If it can be achieved, our Chen family will agree."
Xiao Wan did not answer, but looked at everyone and asked: "What do you think?"
Everyone also understood what Xiao Yu meant, and they all expressed their opinions: "I just don't know if Yang Fan can agree. If Yang Fan regrets it after we pay 70%, we will feel uneasy!"
Although it is difficult to raise 70% of the money, it is not impossible.
What everyone is worried about is that if Yang Fan disagrees after receiving 70% of the money, it will be a big loss.
When Xiao Wan was about to speak, the steward came to him and whispered a few words in his ear.
After the steward left, Xiao Wan said with a smile: "I have already taken care of your concerns, so I have sent the clan elders to Huating County for discussions before. Now that the news has been sent back, I wonder if you want to hear it.
"
"Please tell me, Mr. Xiao."
Unexpectedly, the Xiao family had already decided to stand up for everyone, and everyone was grateful.
After all, they had sent someone to discuss with Yang Fan a long time ago, just to think of what everyone was thinking!
As of now, the one who is most troubled is Zhu Pei.
It can be said that the Zhu family spent the most money on this auction.
Even if it is only 70%, it will take countless possessions to be sold to get it together.
Of course, no one will pay attention to Zhu Pei now.
Originally it was this guy who led everyone to cause trouble, but after the incident came out, it was completely out of the control of the Zhu family.
In the end, everyone had to be embarrassed and begged the Xiao family to come forward.
The leader of the Jiangnan gentry must be the Xiao family. The Zhu family is still far from being the leader of the Jiangnan gentry!
Just because of Xiao Wan's duty to share everyone's worries, the Xiao family will be able to follow suit in the future!
As for the Zhu family, they have not yet reached such a height!
Looking at the expectant eyes of everyone, Xiao Wan smiled and said: "The Governor Yang Fan has proposed a plan. You can consider it. I think this plan is better than the one I just proposed."
"What the Grand Governor means is that since you are in difficulty, he can understand it. Even as long as everyone pays 50% of the bidding price, the other 50% can be paid with a loan from Datang Royal Bank."
"In this way, everyone will only need to pay a small amount of money every month. What do you think?"
Hearing this, everyone present was extremely excited.
Chen Zi quickly asked: "I wonder if the Governor has the conditions?"
Xiao Wan nodded and said: "As long as all future transactions are done with Datang Royal Bank, it will not have any impact on everyone."
"Thank you, Mr. Xiao, for mediating. We will raise money right now."
Now that the matter has been resolved, everyone stood up and left.
Seeing everyone leaving, Xiao Wan sighed and rubbed his temples.
As we get older, our energy becomes less and less than before.
After taking a look at Xiao Ran, it seemed that we had to hurry up and train this successor.
He ordered Xiao Ran to serve him with pen and ink, and wrote a letter to him in his own handwriting, telling him: "Prepare some gifts to send to the Governor Yang Fan. At the same time, send this letter to say that I am grateful to the Governor for giving us the face of the Xiao family. In the future,
But if you are invited, our Xiao family is obliged to do so."
Xiao Ran was shocked and said hesitantly: "Aweng, isn't this too grand?"
In his opinion, although Yang Fan has a high and powerful position, he is still far behind Xiao Yu!
With Xiao Yu here in the Xiao family, there is no need to be humble to Yang Fan.
What's more, Xiao Rui is also attached to Ma Ye, and his status is no lower than that of Yang Fan.
You must know that Xiao Rui is Xiao Wan's junior, so he has to bow first when receiving gifts!
Nowadays, Xiao Wan not only wants to bring gifts to the door, but also says such words as "I have no obligation to ask for anything", which is simply unbelievable.
Xiao Wan sighed and explained: "You guys, your vision is too short-sighted. You only see Yang Fan's current identity and family background."
"In your hearts, you may all think that Yang Fan is just lucky to be where he is today, but you don't look at his talent and ability."
"Yang Fan gave so much money directly to the emperor this time. Even if the emperor won't reward him lavishly, he will keep this great contribution in his heart."
"Just wait and see, as long as this boy is a few years older, he will definitely become the Prime Minister!"
As she spoke, Xiao Wan said with some emotion: "Let me tell you, if Yang Fan hadn't been too young, the emperor might have promoted him to the top of the officials."
"Why don't we get closer to such a promising young talent?"
"What's more, Yang Fan is half of the Xiao family, so why don't we fully support him?"
Xiao Ran was shocked when he heard these words.
He didn't expect his grandpa's opinion of Yang Fan to be so high!
It is simply unheard of for someone to be unable to be promoted to the top position because of their young age!
However, Yang Fan is indeed scary enough.
It is not impossible for him to become a high official in a feudal territory even before he reaches the crown, and to become the head of hundreds of officials in the future.
This is a stock with real potential.
As Xiao Wan said, Yang Fan is still half of the Xiao family, and there is nothing wrong with getting closer to him.
Thinking of this, Xiao Ran no longer dared to neglect.
Originally I just wanted to send a servant to deliver it, but now I have to go there myself.