Chapter 361 The villain is willing to die for the adult
"Guolou, go to the study room tomorrow. I will deliver the memorial. I will state it first, and you will tell it to the emperor again. If the emperor agrees to do it, the court will be very slow to allocate money, and it will have to be approved by the Ministry of Household Affairs in half a year. The money will be paid in due time. You put the money first, and later it will be spent from the funds of the New Wutang." Weng Tonghe began to ask Li Guolou to take out the money from his pocket, and said pleasantly, that is, he asked Li Guolou to pay first Well, from now on, he has heard this drama about Liu Bei crying about Jingzhou hundreds of times, and if he still can't do it, he is a fool.
"Oh, students, please listen to Principal Weng's instructions and take care of yourself first."
How could Li Guolou not understand the little thoughts of the court officials? Isn't he just able to make money? As for the money he put down, he could get back the principal with interest. He had never thought that such a good thing would happen. He already had 200 in his pocket. The bank notes of ten thousand taels are money that officials want to deposit in the bank account of the invitation bank. The "Invitation Bank" in the capital has not yet opened, and so many friends have already come to support it. When you meet an official in the future, ask him to deposit the money in the invitation bank account. Entering the bank, this is not taking bribes, it is okay for the emperor and the empress dowager of the two palaces to know. In the future, he will ask the empress dowager to transfer his money from foreign banks to the bank, so that the profligate empress dowager can also do things for the country. contribute.
Li Guolou and Weng Tonghe sat in the study all day and did not leave Weng Tonghe's mansion until dusk. Li Guolou sat in the carriage and kept knocking his back. It was tiring! He was practicing his words and had to use his brains to communicate with Weng Tonghe. Tonghe discussed many matters and studied the omissions in Weng Tonghe's memorial to prevent others from grasping the clues. Tomorrow at 4:30, he will stand outside the Xihua Gate. When he returns, he will eat, take a bath, and write the memorial. This has A wife is like having no wife, so there is no time to enjoy a happy life. No wonder Li Hongzhang and Zuo Zongtang did not take concubines. People who serve the country and the people are busy writing under the oil lamp. Li Guolou took advantage of his mistress once yesterday Xie Xiuzhu asked her to be the gunman and write a document on his behalf. Who can write a memorial to the emperor on his behalf tonight?
Could it be that this was the first time in his life to deliver a memorial to the emperor, so he made a fake one? After thinking about it, Li Guolou prepared to write the memorial himself, but he could only sleep for two or three hours. Li Guolou took out a piece of paper from the drawer of the carriage. Blanket, sleep with clothes on, sleep directly in the carriage for a while. The bell hanging under the horse's neck makes a crisp sound, the sound is like a lullaby. In the bustling streets, who knows that there is a young man who works hard for the country and the people? People have already fallen asleep.
When Li Guolou returned to the mansion, the door room was still crowded with people. The people in the mansion prepared dinner for them. When Li Guolou saw that they ate deliciously, he couldn't help but smile and said: "Everyone, it tastes pretty good."
"Well, that's right! Mr. Li is the master of the game. Thinking that we were going back late, he even prepared dinner for us." A chubby eunuch looked at Li Guolou with a smile, as if he was also a delicacy.
There are still more than a dozen people lining up outside the door, waiting to enter the door room for dinner. Today, the people giving gifts have changed a bit. Most of them are the royal craftsmen who came from the Old Summer Palace outside the city, as well as all levels of eunuchs and palace maids in the Old Summer Palace. Yes! There are also a large group of well-dressed palace maids who stay in the living room of Li Guolou's mansion so late, hoping to meet the famous romantic young man in the capital. Most of these palace maids are in their twenties and thirties, and some of them are early. They are over forty years old, and they are all leading maids who hold power in the Old Summer Palace.
Li Guolou stepped into the threshold of the living room, and Wei Xiaoliu said: "Dear guests, this is Mr. Li."
"Ah..." A group of originally dignified and elegant ladies rushed to the door and rushed towards Li Guolou like crazy. The wolf-like old girls rushed over together, leaving Li Guolou stunned. He was still thinking. How can he say a few polite words, but he is surrounded by women hugging him. Li Guolou's face is covered with sweet kisses, and he is helpless. Is this still a woman? Is he living in the closed world of the Qing Dynasty? ?
"Master Li, I admire you. From now on, I will retire and work in your charity hall. The bank is better, and I am good at accounting." "Master Li, sit down quickly, we want to take pictures with you." "Li. Sir, I have saved all the money I have saved in my life to the bank."
Li Guolou looked at Chen Xiangfang beside him and saw her nodding in approval. It seemed that she had done a lot of deposit business with these palace maids today. Li Guolou was busy taking pictures and signing autographs for a while, and passed away a day. A palace maid who goes crazy for helping others.
Li Guolou did not go back to the inner house. Instead, he sat in the living room, took out a few ledgers, looked through them, and looked at his income these days. These incomes were just gifts, just small bits and pieces. The real big ones haven't come yet, and those who gave him gifts have not come yet. A congratulatory gift and a greeting card are given to those who will also give heavy gifts. However, he has no time to receive guests now and can only collect huge bribes later.
Wei Xiaoliu stood next to him and said: "Father, the Ministry of Industry has come today, and your residence has been allocated. The Clan's Mansion has also come, and the household registrations of you and the two ladies have been raised. Even Lingling has also Carrying it into the Xianglan Banner. The Ministry of Industry gave 500 taels of wedding money, and the clan government gave 800 taels of wedding money. In addition, many Manchu nobles came during the day. I did not dare to accept the heavy gifts, so I just accepted them. A congratulatory gift of two silver ingots to each household."
"Well... well done. Don't accept the heavy gifts from those Manchus. They want to earn a fortune. I don't want to raise a grandpa here." Ronglu, the Minister of the Ministry of Thought and Industry of Li Guolou, is really quick with his hands and feet, so fast So I gave him the official apartment. He was such a good friend. The house on Jiandao Street was completely renovated. Who would live in it in the future?
"Xiao Liuzi, where is the house assigned to me by the Ministry of Industry?" Li Guolou asked casually.
"Hey, hey, hey! My foster father is at No. 26, Shiwangfu Street." Wei Xiaoliu said proudly, still in the excitement of becoming neighbors with several princes in the future.
Li Guolou suddenly changed his color and shouted: "Xiao Liuzi, go to the Ministry of Works tomorrow to evict that house. Our family does not live in Shiwangfu Street. This is not a place where a minister should live." He was furious in his heart, Ronglu, this kid. If you are not honest, you will give him a stumbling block.
"But other fifth-rank officials also live there, we are not the only ones." Chen Xiangfang was still dissatisfied with herself. She only went to see the new mansion during the day, so she was not willing to leave after just one look.
Li Guolou suddenly changed his expression and said: "The name of Shiwangfu Street is too precious. It will cause disaster in the future. Our family wants to avoid suspicion. I would rather live on Jiandao Street and be caught in the crack of the door. No one will say bad things about me."
Chen Xiangfang, Xie Xiuzhu, and Zhen Yuhuan stood in the living room and murmured, looking sideways at Li Guolou who was sitting on the Grand Master's chair, and complained in low voices, annoyed that Li Guolou was timid and afraid of getting into trouble.
"Okay, okay, Xiaolou, we will listen to you. We will ask Xiaoliuzi tomorrow to return the house. Anyway, we will not be retiring in the capital." Zhen Yuhuan understands the truth and knows how ambitious Li Guolou is, and does not want to capsize in the gutter. The name of a street is taboo.
After Li Guolou received a satisfactory answer, he remained silent and looked down at the account book. Although the grandmothers were sleeping beside him, he believed that these women would embezzle part of the gifts just like his men. The three ladies must have been there. Among the embezzlement criminals, the person who did the trick is guaranteed to be Zhen Yuhuan. These four grandmothers teamed up to tamper with the account books. It is impossible to hide the scheming of the arrester.
Sigh...sometimes people are too smart and not very good, and they see human nature too darkly. Don't tell anyone if you know it. A real man doesn't stick to trivial matters and lets the wives and concubines who sleep beside him let them think they are right. If there is a chance in the future, let them know. They were bleeding profusely. Li Guolou closed the ledger, smiled and said: "Well... I'm hungry too, let's go in and eat."
Li Guolou stood up and stretched. After a tiring day, he could finally have dinner comfortably.
Chen Xiangfang squinted at Li Guolou. The more she looked at him, the more unauthentic she became. The red lip marks on her face had not been wiped off yet. Which of her subordinates would she send to control Li Guolou in the future? Sususuran said: "Xiaolou, your two Master, are you still waiting for you? I think you should have dinner with your subordinates."
Two fellow villagers, Cao Kexing and Fan Dahui, officially settled in Li Guolou's house. The other two fellow townsmen, Wei Hanyu and Xu Lan, went back to Fei to visit relatives and would come back to the capital to make a living after a while. Most of the masters around Qing officials were like this The candidates in the same hometown and in the same year were only one step away from being admitted to the Jinshi, and their status was thousands of miles away. Zuo Zongtang was the same candidate as Zeng Guofan. Zeng Guofan was admitted to the Jinshi and began his official career. He first worked as a poor man for several years. As an official in the capital, Zuo Zongtang was not recognized for his talents for more than ten years and could only serve as a staff member. If it had not been for the Taiping Rebellion, Zuo Zongtang would never have made his mark.
Li Guolou rolled his eyes at Chen Xiangfang and only told him now that he would wait until now. Instead of arguing with Chen Xiangfang, he said casually: "Grandma, go and prepare a meal. If you don't want to drink, just invite me in the house." The two guests of the court. I am going to write a book tonight, it is a book for the emperor, I am not joking."
Li Guolou was a person who broke the rules, and it was not the first time that people came into the inner chamber. He invited two court guests, Cao Kexing and Fan Dahui, to have dinner in the inner chamber without any hesitation.
Cao Kexing and Fan Dahui were a little restrained in their seats. Although they had made countless dirty jokes with Li Guolou and even drank flower wine together, they couldn't say anything when they had dinner in someone else's inner house. Disgracefully, he looked at Li Guolou and his family happily, not daring to say anything or move anything.
Li Guolou teased his daughter Li Lingling for a while, chatted a few words with his family, and then turned around and said: "Dahui, Ke Xing, don't be restrained. Let's have a cup of tea first and be casual. My family is very talkative. I have to write tonight Zhezi, so I won’t treat you to a drink. I’ll treat you to a drink later.” As he spoke, Li Guolou cracked the eggs one by one into a big bowl, and put a total of five raw eggs into it. "Drank it in three gulps.
The two fellow countrymen were dumbfounded and had stomach acid when they saw it. The dinner eaten by Li Guolou, a fifth-grade official enjoying wealth and splendor, was really different from them. It could be described as the fodder eaten by cattle.
Li Guolou already had the air of a court official and said: "Dahui, Ke Xing, since you are willing to follow me, I, Li Guolou, will not treat you two badly. I will help you to be promoted to the lowest position first, and then you can slowly rise up." , Ninth-grade deputies, ninth-grade principals, eighth-grade deputies, eighth-grade principals, after five years I will recommend you to be a seventh-grade official, and let him serve in the local government for seven years, and he will not be much worse than Zhu Dinghe, a Jinshi."
"Thank you, Mr. Li, for your appreciation. I, Dahui, will not hesitate to do it even if it makes me mad."
"Since Xiaolou is so righteous, I, Cao Kexing, have sold my life to you. Come! Let me toast you first."
Having said this, Cao Kexing and Fan Dahui were both grateful. They scooped up their cups and replaced the wine with tea, expressing their sincere gratitude to Li Guolou. They never expected that they accidentally climbed up a high branch. They thought they were following a seventh-rank official. Staff, now Li Guolou has become a fifth-rank official in one step, and there are so many shortages in his hands. This has surprised many Jinshi, and they envy them two for taking the initiative and being the first to follow Li Guolou to pick up the fruits of victory. .
Li Guolou said: "Actually, it doesn't matter to tell you. I am an official not because of how many criminals I arrested as a police officer, so that the superiors appreciate me. It is because I can make money. Baozhifang grew from scratch and drove the business of a street. .Zhenbaoxuan is the top brand, and the palace and prince's palace only recognize my brand when purchasing. Now I have played a big game and have brought in all the people in the Qing Empire. Prince Gong also asked me to deal with students studying abroad. Go and do it. Don’t underestimate this house of mine. There are millions of taels of silver here alone, and they are piled up next door. I don’t even know where to put them?”
Cao Kexing and Fan Dahui couldn't help but look at the locked door next to them. In the past few days, they had been following Chen Xiangfang to collect money, and their hands had become weak when collecting money. In the past, they thought that Li Guolou would just brag and not do his job properly. Now Li Even if Guolou said, "Farts smell good!" they still believed unswervingly. Anyway, the goal that the lord Li Guolou said could be achieved would be carried out without hesitation. No matter whether he would suffer a lot of blood and kill to become a Buddha. .
Li Guolou rinsed his mouth with Maofeng tea and said: "The only requirement we have for you now is to keep it secret. Until we succeed, even my mother and I can't tell you. When we become bigger and stronger, what we have done today All we do is spread the word. When we succeed, the Qing Dynasty will watch us create a new world, and those ugly people in power will come to lick our toes."
"Tie! I am willing to die for you." Cao Kexing and Fan Dahui flicked their sleeves, like flipping horseshoe sleeves, and turned over to prostrate themselves in front of Li Guolou. Their movements were practiced, and they looked like masters who had practiced countless times.
"Hmm..." Li Guolou nodded slightly in approval. His strength has become infinitely stronger and has undergone transformation. From now on, he no longer needs to work hard and has to do everything personally. With just one word, countless people will be willing to do it. He died.