After Lin Jing came upstairs, there was no expression on his stern face. He just glanced at Xu Fu lightly. Xu Fu trembled all over and a layer of cold sweat broke out on his forehead.
"Who is this?" Staring at Liu Biao, Lin Jingzhi just raised his hand in a symbolic gesture.
Liu Biao originally wanted to introduce himself, but Xu Fu spoke in advance, "Second Master, this is Master Liu Biao."
"Liu Biao, Mr. Liu?" Lin Jingzhi seemed to be surprised, his voice suddenly rose, and then he bent his waist and made a 180-degree turn in his attitude, becoming extremely respectful, "It turns out to be Mr. Liu,
I have admired him for a long time. I have always heard that Mr. Liu is a strict official and is a rare good official. I secretly lamented that we have no chance to meet him. Today, I finally got what I wanted."
"Where is it?" Liu Biao had never heard such compliments again since he was relieved of his position as city guard. Although he was being modest, his fat face was already blooming with joy.
Raising his head, Lin Jingzhi glanced in the direction of the second floor, his face darkened, he stared at Xu Fu and scolded: "We have already entered the restaurant, how come you don't know how to invite Mr. Liu to dinner? It's true that the older you get, the longer you live.
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Xu Fu lowered his head and kept answering, not daring to explain.
Seeing Xu Fu, who was still arrogant and rude in front of him early in the morning, deflated, Liu Biao felt relieved. He had a cold nature, and often after saying something, he would no longer take it seriously in the blink of an eye. Moreover, he was the leader of the court.
How can an officer really treat a servant as a confidant? If this is true, once word spreads, it will ruin his reputation in vain.
However, although Xu Fu was hateful, he at least gave him an idea and secretly revealed a piece of news to him, so he interjected: "Master Lin, in fact, Butler Xu has already invited me to eat, and he also said...
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"Oh? Have you eaten? Where did you eat?" Lin Jingzhi knew what Liu Biao was going to say and deliberately interrupted him, ignoring his eagerness.
Xu Fu turned around and pointed in the direction of Yajian and replied: "Second Master, that's where it is."
"Nonsense! How could Mr. Liu be dining on the second floor with his status! Xu Fu, go to the execution room to receive your punishment after you return home!" Lin Jingzhi shouted sharply. Xu Fu bent his waist and legs, dwarfed his body, and responded quickly.
After glaring at Xu Fu fiercely again, Lin Jingzhi looked at Liu Biao and said with an apologetic expression: "Master Liu, my lax discipline has caused you to suffer this humiliation. You deserve to die!"
The young man in front of me is the current head of the Lin family!
Hearing these words, Liu Biao was inexplicably moved. He felt as if he was a pearl and someone had finally discovered him. He waved his hands repeatedly and said: "It's not in the way, it's not in the way."
"Sir Liu is really generous. I believe that given time, he will be promoted again. Ahem...Sir Liu, I am not..." Lin Jingzhi stuttered at the end of his sentence.
When Liu Biao heard this, he didn't understand what Lin Jingzhi meant. He was promoted again. Doesn't it mean that he was knocked down from above? "Young master Lin, you don't have to be like this. Who can have an official career without bumps in the road? As long as I am dedicated."
For the sake of the people, I think it won’t be long before I can climb up again.”
Hearing that Liu Biao came to comfort him, Lin Jingzhi secretly laughed in his heart. This man was indeed a complete idiot as rumored. He quickly said a few more polite words and then said: "My servant didn't take good care of me. Mr. Liu is so exhausted."
I lost my identity in vain, if Mr. Liu is willing to reward me, why don't we go to the third floor and have a few drinks?"
Liu Biao happened to have something to discuss with Lin Jingzhi, so he happily agreed. Then he saw Lin Jingzhi bending down and asking him to go first. He was not modest at all. He raised his chin, arrogantly like a big rooster, but did not look at it.
Lin Jingzhi and Xu Fu, who were following him, glanced at each other and snickered.
On the third floor, Lin Jingzhi chose a private room, and then generously ordered a large table of expensive food. Liu Biao regretted it for a while. If he had known this, he would not have eaten so much just now, but in the spirit of
It is a bastard's principle not to take advantage of something, so he picked up his chopsticks and ate another messy meal.
Lin Jingzhi accompanied him respectfully, taking a few bites from time to time, and then offering a few glasses of water and wine.
As soon as the food and wine entered his mouth, Liu Biao forgot about the conversation he had just had with Xu Fu. He just climbed on the table, eating and drinking. This made Lin Jingzhi dumbfounded. He had seen this useless.
I've never seen anything so useless.
It wasn't until he saw Xu Fu winking at him repeatedly that Liu Biao came back to his senses. He secretly screamed in his heart that it was terrible and almost forgot about the important matter. If he could accomplish such a feat and use this money to dredge the dredge, he would at least be able to climb up a level.
Level two or three, thinking of this, he took out a silk handkerchief and wiped it on his mouth. Regardless of whether he wiped it clean or not, he said: "Mr. Lin, I heard that the Lin family plans to move the area twenty kilometers east of the city.
Buy a piece of wasteland?"
"No, there is no such thing." Lin Jingzhi was stunned at first, and then denied it repeatedly.
Liu Biao was also stunned. He couldn't figure out why Lin Jingzhi said no. He turned his head and glanced at Xu Fu. He saw that the latter was shaking his head at him in panic. The meaning was very simple, just to ask him not to give him away.
, rolling his eyes, he began to think, could it be that raising horses and cattle has been very profitable in recent years, so the Lin family treats this matter as a secret and is not allowed to spread it?
No wonder Xu Fu told himself not to tell others about this matter after it left the private door.
Liu Biao was a profit-seeking villain. He didn't care about Xu Fu's life and death. He said directly: "Master Lin, I didn't expect that I treat you sincerely, but you treat me as an outsider. It's really disappointing, and I don't care either."
To tell you the truth, the reason why I am here today is because Butler Xu invited me to discuss this matter."
"Oh? What did Butler Xu say to you?" Lin Jingzhi's face froze, and his smile was obviously a little forced.
Liu Biao saw Lin Jingzhi secretly glaring at Xu Fu before speaking, and secretly smiled inwardly. If it was as he suspected, he would have to make more money from the Lin family, "Mr. Lin, I am a cheerful person, and I won't hide it from you.
, Butler Xu just told me everything about this matter."
Original?
Lin Jingzhi smiled in his heart when he heard this, "What will Butler Xu tell you? I don't know."
But since the other party wanted to be clever and deceive him, he might as well just cooperate. Thinking of this, he sighed several times, glared at Xu Fu angrily, and then said: "Since you already know, sir, I will
I don’t want to hide it, yes, the Lin family plans to buy that large piece of wasteland and then graze mules, horses and cattle.”
When Liu Biao saw Lin Jingzhi admitting it, he felt very proud. He secretly thought that although Lin Jingzhi was called a business wizard, in front of him, he was still a bit younger and more mature than he was!
With emotion in his heart, he forgot to ask how many cattle and horses could be raised in such a large piece of wasteland.
"Master Liu, since Butler Xu has given you the full details, let me tell you the truth. In fact, the Lin family plans to spend 300,000 taels of silver this time to buy the entire wasteland. Look at this amount.
Success or failure?"
Hearing that the amount of silver was exactly what Xu Fu said, Liu Biao felt more confident. It seemed that the Lin family really planned to buy the wasteland, but he had already known about it in advance, and it was a commercial matter.
Confidential, of course, you need to eat more money to make it. Thinking of this, he pretended to be embarrassed and replied: "Mr. Lin, you know how big that wasteland is. If you really measure it according to the actual size, I'm afraid
I can’t even buy it for three million taels.”
Lin Jingzhi's face darkened when he heard this, and he nodded and said, "What Mr. Liu said is true. It seems that I have not considered it. Otherwise, this matter will be forgotten."
Lin Jingzhi naturally knew what Liu Biao meant by saying this, but this time although he was willing to give Liu Biao more benefits so that he could work hard for him, he could not let him ask for excessive prices, so he planned to use
The strategy of encirclement and outflanking was solved in one fell swoop.
Hearing Lin Jingzhi say that he wanted to give up, Liu Biao became anxious. How could he miss such a God-given opportunity so easily? "Master Lin, don't be discouraged. In fact, this matter is not impossible, but you also know that although I
He is in charge of all matters related to the farming in Luocheng, but there are still people above him watching."
"Can it really be done?" Lin Jingzhi opened his eyes in cooperation, with an overjoyed expression.
"Of course, if I say it can be done, it will be done. However, if you want to open up the joints above, you will have to spend some money..." Liu Biao patted his chest at first, but at the end, he stroked his chin in embarrassment.
A few sparse strands of black beard.
Lin Jingzhi slapped the table and said with a smile: "As long as this can be done, it doesn't matter how much money you spend. Mr. Liu is really capable. Come on, I'd like to propose a toast to you."
After saying that, Lin Jingzhi picked up the wine glass and drank it all in one gulp.
Liu Biao chuckled, did not drink, but asked first: "I wonder how much money Mr. Lin plans to give me to clear the air?"
"Twenty thousand taels!" Lin Jingzhi's expression was fierce, and there was a touch of arrogance on his face. At a glance, people knew that he was a big-headed guy with a good face and a lot of money.
Liu Biao originally thought that if Lin Jingzhi could give him 10,000 taels of silver, he would be able to do it with a 100,000 degree certainty. Now that he had an extra 10,000 taels of silver, he felt ecstatic.
It fell into his pocket.
"But I have to ask you to do something for these two thousand taels of silver." Lin Jingzhi added when he saw Liu Biao beaming with joy.
Liu Biao was stunned for a moment, then asked cautiously: "What's the matter?"
"I heard someone say that someone wanted to report to the court to open up that piece of wasteland and another large piece of wasteland thirty kilometers to the southeast. Do you think you can do me a favor and open up a river channel?
In this way, if the imperial court really wants to open a canal in the future, I can directly order people to open a channel at the canal and introduce it into my own fields." Lin Jingzhi explained patiently.
"This thing is not difficult, but if you do one more thing, you will have to spend more money." Liu Biao replied in a difficult manner.
Lin Jingzhi was not a fool. He naturally knew that 20,000 taels of silver was enough to accomplish these two things. But now the locust plague was about to break out, and time was running out. In addition, Tian Ji and Wang Meng were watching from the side, so he still
I really didn't dare to drag it out, so after thinking about it all night, I decided to spend more money to encourage this corrupt official to get the matter done as soon as possible.
"Master Liu, don't worry about the money. In fact, the 20,000 taels are just for me to ask Master Liu to help smooth the way to Shangguan. This amount of money, Master Liu, is absolutely indispensable!" After Lin Jingzhi said this, he held out a finger.
"One..." Liu Biao was a little afraid to guess.
Lin Jingzhi replied cheerfully: "Ten thousand taels!"
"Okay, no problem!" Liu Biao slapped the table hard and stood up suddenly, his expression of ecstasy clear.
Next, Lin Jingzhi readily took out a stack of banknotes from his sleeve, counted out 20,000 taels, and handed it to Liu Biao. Although Liu Biao wanted to get his share now, he didn't seem to have it.
I wanted to give it now, so I had to stand there and watch unwillingly as the other party took the banknote back.
What Lin Jingzhi wanted was for Liu Biao to finish the matter as soon as possible. Naturally, he would not give him a banknote before the matter was completed. When he saw Liu Biao looking at his sleeves, his eyes almost popped out of his head. Wei Wei
He smiled and said, "Mr. Liu, it's just a few pieces of paperwork. With your ability, I believe it can be completed in less than a day. How about this? I will still be here this afternoon to wait for the good news from your lord."
Upon hearing this, Liu Biao slapped his thigh, turned around and left, "Okay, that's it, I will definitely get this done this afternoon!"
Lin Jingzhi stood up and took a few steps, and winked at Xu Fu. Xu Fu nodded and hurriedly chased after him.
Shi Mo stood aside without saying a word. At this time, he asked doubtfully: "Second Master, in my opinion, this Liu Biao is a fool. Can he really accomplish this?"
"If it were anyone else, I really can't say, but to do this, it has to be Liu Biao." Lin Jingzhi dusted off the hem of his shirt and put his hands behind his back.
"Oh? Why?" Shi Mo asked again puzzled.
"The reason is very simple. This Liu Biao can't do anything but give money to Shangguan!" dd