Chapter 159: Good times and beautiful scenery, rumors spread
Although Qian Huangshang did not make his fortune by relying on the so-called secrets of character, belief, talent or anything like that - those are all meant to fool laymen, but it cannot hide the fact that his business awareness is a little stronger than ordinary people.
The suggestion of Mr. Zhou, a guest at home, about recruiting a son-in-law went through Master Qian's mind three times before he made a thorough plan. Expressed in a fashionable sense, it is a feasibility analysis. The details are as follows:
Estimated income: One seventh-grade promotion officer.
Product advantages: First, young and strong, long depreciation time, estimated service life (official career) of more than thirty years.
Secondly, the high brand reputation will help the Qian family improve its cultural image.
Thirdly, it comes with the rare attribute of being a local official, which is of great practical value and helps the Qian family to carry out legal or illegal activities in the government.
Fourth, the investment risk is small, it has a certain value-preserving function, and the possibility of losing money is low. Who can guess what other 11-year-olds will achieve in the future, whether they will be prosperous or poor? And Li You is already a seventh-grade person
The official with real power.
Fifth, it has good complementarity and compatibility with the Qian family.
Product shortcomings: insufficient long-term growth; weak family background.
Estimated investment: one of six unmarried daughters and a certain amount of dowry.
Mr. Qian made a short judgment and felt that the input-output ratio was quite cost-effective. As for things like personality and character, they were not considered. He made a decision on the spot and entrusted the matchmaking task to a man who claimed to have a relationship with Li You's father.
Teacher Mr. Zhou, as long as Li Tuiguan wants to divorce his wife and marry another, he is willing to recruit a son-in-law and marry a daughter.
Mr. Zhou's intention was successful, and he was secretly happy. This was also an opportunity for him to improve his status in the Qian Mansion. He was called a teacher, but he only served as a helper. He spent the whole day accompanying the young master and the master, and only had a few sacrifices every year.
Xiuhe etiquette is only enough to drink from the northwest wind, which is really sad.
If he can succeed this time, the benefits will be indispensable to him. It will be even better if he can make friends with Li Tuiguan through this. At least he can make a living as a litigator in the future by taking charge of litigation and taking advantage of the plaintiff and defendant.
The camera turned back to the official hall. When he heard that Zhou Jiexi had recruited Zhao Liangli to curry favor with him, Li You scolded Zhao Liangli in his heart. This guy actually caused him a lot of trouble for nothing. What kind of marriage was it?
It goes without saying that I should refuse.
He, Mr. Li, was from a low background. Last year, in order to avoid trouble and become an official, he had to sell himself and marry the Liu family's wife. The aggrieved feeling in front of Lao Taishan was still fresh in his memory. To this day, he finally managed to get rid of Mr. Liu, the inspector.
If you want to relive the feeling of having a strong father-in-law, it is pure self-abuse. If it were someone else, I don’t know if he would be willing to do it. Anyway, Li You, who has become a seventh-rank official, would definitely not be willing to do it.
What's more, the public opinion trend these days is that both sex and archways are popular. It doesn't matter if you are dissatisfied with your wife and stay in a prostitute, but the reputation of wealth and wealth changing wives is unacceptable. Li Tuiguan does not want to be renamed Li Shimei.
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Besides, there is nothing wrong with Mrs. Liu being the main wife. At least her cowardly temperament will not interfere with his freedom. Also, Qian Huangshang is involved in a major case. Who knows what will happen in the future, and the Empress Dowager he relies on is not ten thousand.
He is immortal. Therefore, for the sake of his personal safety, he cannot have anything to do with the Qian family.
"Send off the guests!" Li You waved his hand. He was about to shout "Get out", but he thought that the person named Zhou was sent by the Qian family after all. From the Qian family's point of view, it was a good sign, so there was no need to go there rudely.
Offended in death.
Li You's reaction was not as expected by Mr. Zhou. He thought that this official was really used to playing tricks, trying to win over powerful people while also showing off his appearance. He began to persuade, "Sir, please listen to what I say next! Compared with
Zhao family, it is more suitable for you to marry the Qian family! Don’t miss this opportunity, there are twenty-one reasons..."
He was overly positive and enthusiastic... Li You suddenly asked: "But you took the initiative to come forward to speak out?"
Zhou Jiexi mistakenly thought that Li You was interested, so he said, "Originally, Mr. Qian was very dissatisfied with you. I thought of my hometown friendship and persuaded Mr. Qian to marry his daughter. Isn't it wonderful to bring Qin and Jin together?"
It turns out that you were the one who acted on your own... Li You seemed to see a trace of himself in him - this man named Zhou desperately tried to create opportunities to exploit the camp even if there was no chance, just like when he was in the county.
Thinking about this, Li You, who has always been unforgiving, is rare and has not been cruel. It is so good.
"Thank you, Mr. Qian, for your kindness. I have no intention of marrying anyone else." Li You finally sent Mr. Zhou away.
Afterwards, Li Tuiguan got on the sedan chair and left the office, and headed towards Zhaojiaxiang in a furious manner. He wanted to explain to Zhao Daguan. The most important purpose was to make Zhao Daguan take responsibility for the matter and come forward to stop the Qian family.
"What are you doing in the mood today?" Zhao Daguan asked when he saw Li You.
Li You said bitterly: "I'm in trouble because of the high officials!"
Zhao Liangli said inexplicably: "What does this mean?"
"Have you ever sent someone to the Qian Mansion?"
When Zhao Liangli heard this, he knew that the matter had been leaked. At this time, his face became embarrassed. He was not a person who told lies. He just kept talking and said, "How did you know about it?"
"Then Qian Huangshang sent someone to visit me at the government office. Naturally, I will give you a good excuse for the high official!" Li You said sarcastically.
Zhao Liangli felt incomprehensible and cursed: "Can't Old Man Qian hear my polite refusal, and he still has the audacity to confront you? Why is this old man so shameless?"
Is this the case where crows laugh at pigs? Li You stared at Officer Zhao speechlessly for a moment, then said: "This is not a confrontation, but Master Qian was inspired by you, Officer, and specially came to tell me that my married daughter is here."
"What?!" Zhao Liangli was shocked, and then laughed loudly and said: "I gave you the nickname Tanhua, and it really lives up to its name! You can attract bees and butterflies without leaving home, which is really cool."
Li You sneered and said: "I have already refused. If the Qian family hates revenge and I can't stop it, I will have to push all the high officials out."
Zhao Liangli quickly agreed: "Don't worry, I won't stand idly by. If anything happens in the Qian family, I will take care of it. You don't have to worry too much."
Li You came here because of these words. The trouble caused by Zhao Liangli naturally had to be dealt with by him. He took a deep look at Zhao Daguan and decided to believe him again, "That's good. I'll take my leave."
Qian Huangshang really refused to give up easily. He really thought that Li You intended to get married to Zhao Liangli. In his opinion, only if Li You gave up the seventh daughter of the Zhao family could he have the chance to turn the seventh daughter into his daughter-in-law.
The reason why Mr. Qian was rejected by Li You was that the price was not high enough, so when he sent Mr. Zhou to talk about the project for the second time, he offered two pawn shops a generous dowry price.
Pawnshops these days are also called pawnshops, which are actually loan sharks. It is impossible to open a pawnshop without a lot of capital.
"I have no intention of marrying another person," Li Tuiguan said firmly.
When Mr. Zhou came for the third time, the promised dowry had already reached the sky-high price of 20 households in Zhuangzi and three pawn shops (definitely a sky-high price for ordinary people).
This was such a generous move that Li You was drooling. But as a principled official (life protection was the first priority), he made a difficult choice and once again rejected Qian Huangshang's solicitation. However, he was afraid of provoking retaliation from the other party, so he
He hinted: "I actually have no intention of marrying the Zhao family."
Mr. Qian thought he was sincere in offering a large price, and coupled with the background of the Qian family, he should be in a good position. As a result, he was rejected three times. He finally became furious and cursed: "Young man Li, how dare you not understand the merits of promotion?"
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Zhou Jiexi tried to save his defeat and his personal destiny, and whispered: "In the world, you often have to give in three times before accepting. Why don't you try again?"
"Idiot! Get out!" Mr. Qian scolded. Mr. Zhou was so frightened that he peed and ran away.
Is Li You's statement "not marrying the Zhao family" true or false? Mr. Qian thought about it again and again, but he couldn't be sure for a while.
Even so, Mr. Qian still resorted to means. Unlike Shi Shenzheng, who was born as a businessman, he did not have the style and magnanimity of that famous official, and he did not talk about official rules and face. He adopted a method with the fastest effect-spreading rumors.
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Of course he has this platform, with so many storefronts under his name, and countless people coming and going every day. He immediately spread the word and started rumors about Li Tuiguan!
There are two types of rumors that spread the fastest in this world, one is sensational news, and the other is celebrity gossip, especially scandals. Mr. Qian is quite professional at this, and the rumors he created barely meet the above two elements - Li Tuiguan
It’s time to get rich and divorce your wife! It is said that the Zhao family of the number one scholar intends to recruit a married woman!
Fortunately, Mr. Qian had some scruples and didn't make up any jokes about the seventh daughter of the Zhao family becoming pregnant out of wedlock.
He did not spread rumors simply for revenge. To think that he had no other means would be to underestimate Qian Huangshang. The real purpose of using rumors was to observe the reaction of the Zhao family. If the Zhao family came forward to deny any relationship with Li
If Li You gets married, then he will come to propose marriage again. After all, the discussion has been halfway through before, and without Li You's interference, the Zhao family has no reason not to continue.
In late March, it was a beautiful spring day. As expected, the rumor of Li You's death spread quickly and widely, and attracted much attention from the scholars and the common people. It was a good time to gossip about the beautiful scenery, and it was a good time to gossip about someone's family affairs.
Specific indicator data is difficult to collect in this era. Although it has not reached the point where there are a lot of discussions in the streets, even if it only covers a small part of the audience, even if it has only one-tenth of the listening rate, it is still a huge public opinion trend.
The people's eyes are quite clear sometimes, and they do not blindly believe this rumor. Most people first think, wouldn't a good official like Li Tuiguan be so immoral that he would imitate Chen Shimei? Think again, then,
The daughter of the Zhao family, a noble family, was too attractive. Who wouldn't want to marry him? After a few arguments, they were half-convinced at best.
However, it is worth mentioning that the rumors were spread among such a wide range of people, and the content did not appear to be distorted or mutated like a tiger. However, it is a miracle in the history of rumors. According to later analysis, it was probably because Li
The promotion officer worked very hard last month to gain popularity. Everyone was very serious when spreading rumors and the accuracy was very high.
The people's mouth is better than the river. Even if Li You has three heads and six arms, even if he has the knowledge of more than three hundred years, even if he has great fame, he has no ability to stop the rumors. It can be said that the power of rumors transcends time and space.
In the 21st century, when there is an extremely abundant amount of literature and information, there are still a lot of idiots who have been lured to death by rumors about mental retardation.
In a hurry, Li You had no choice but to run to the Zhao Mansion again and yelled at Zhao Daguan: "What do you want to do?"
"You are a fan of the authorities, and you can wait with peace of mind. I will take care of everything." Official Zhao didn't seem to be bothered by the rumors about the Zhao family and Li You, and said confidently.
At the same time, at the dock of Xujiang County, Li You's concubine Guan Xiuxiu boarded the ship bound for Fucheng.