Chapter 142 Negotiation
If the two of them hadn't come quickly, I'm afraid everyone would have been bleeding.
Seeing the master coming, the gatekeepers of Liulichang immediately stood up, and a person in charge walked towards Wen Li.
Reported the situation here to him.
Wen Li laughed after hearing this.
It really proves the old saying that enemies always meet.
He hadn't even had the chance to teach the Li family a lesson, but the Li family actually dared to make trouble for him.
It seems like it's time to show some color.
"Someone, come and beat him up. Just don't kill him." Wen Li said angrily after hearing the whole story.
As soon as the servants heard their master's order, they started attacking the drunkards.
As soon as Master Li was beaten, the pain sobered him up a bit.
"Stop, I am the young master of the Li family, who dares to touch me?" he shouted.
But who is Wenli?
He would even dare to challenge the emperor, let alone a mere young master of the Li family.
"Hmph, the ones we're beating up are from your Li family." Wen Li took two steps forward and said.
Minister Lu pretended not to see anything the whole time.
He is not from the Ministry of Justice, so what does it have to do with him?
Besides, His Royal Highness Prince Li was there last time. What use is he, a mere official?
Li family? Humph, if it weren't for his strong foundation, he might not have been able to reach his current position.
He remembers it.
Seeing that their master did not stop, the servants attacked him with great ruthlessness.
They didn't stop until all those people were knocked unconscious.
"Come here, throw them out. If they dare to come here again next time, just beat them to death." Li family, humph, just wait and see.
When Lord Lu heard that someone was beaten to death, he said, "Why beat him to death? The Li family is a wealthy family. Just hand the man over to me and I will take care of it." He would be unworthy of his official hat if he didn't let the Li family shed blood.
He took out a token from his bosom and handed it to a servant.
"Go, take my token and go find someone from the Ministry of Justice. Tell them that someone has openly taken away our property." After saying this, he stroked his beard and laughed.
Wen Li was speechless.
This guy is really not shy. They haven't even finished talking yet.
The man glanced at his master, and when he nodded, he took the token and ran towards the imperial city.
"Let's go, Your Highness Prince Li, take me to have a good look at the property of the court." After saying that, he laughed loudly and walked inside.
"Hmph, old fox." Wen Li could only follow.
Liuli had given birth a long time ago, and her wife came to see her, but she didn't like the baby.
The craftsmanship was a bit poor. She wanted a whole piece of colored glass, which would take some time.
But it will be soon.
Just as the two of them finished touring the entire Liulichang, someone came to report that someone from the Ministry of Justice was coming.
The Ministry of Justice is full of old hands, and there are few descendants of high-ranking officials in the imperial city who don’t know them.
When they saw the person from the Li family, they didn't dare to step forward to arrest him.
They can't afford to offend the Li family.
Not to mention that the one above him is from the Li family.
"Let them in." Lord Lu said angrily after hearing the servant's report.
When the servant saw his master nod, he immediately went downstairs to bring the person in.
When the visitor saw Lord Lu and His Royal Highness Prince Li, he immediately saluted and could only say sorry to the one from the Li family.
After all, these two are people he can't afford to offend.
"Hmph, I heard that you don't dare to arrest anyone. What's the matter? The Ministry of Justice is now run by the Li family?" Lord Lu asked angrily.
Wen Li didn't say a word the whole time and just drank tea.
"Please forgive me, sir. I deserve to die. I will bring him back to the Ministry of Justice right away."
"Hmph, it's too late. You can take the person to the Ministry of Revenue. I also have places to detain people in the Ministry of Revenue." If the real rebel is handed over to these people, I'm afraid his plan will be in vain.
The man did not agree immediately and wanted to open his mouth to say something, but Lord Lu did not give him a chance to speak.
"It's settled. I'll give you a chance to make a contribution. Go back and tell the Li family that if they want someone, they can come to my Ministry of Revenue to get him." After saying that, he asked someone to send the people from the Ministry of Justice away.
If it was just one official from the Ministry of Revenue, they would just have to pretend, but now there is also His Royal Highness Prince Li.
He was just a small yamen runner, so he didn't dare to say anything more.
"Yes, I will follow your instructions in everything." That was all he could do.
After the person was taken away, Lord Lu's expression immediately changed.
"What do you think, how should the colored glass be divided?" He looked at all the finished and semi-finished products, and they all meant money.
As long as the Ministry of Revenue gets involved, then...
Just thinking about him makes me excited.
The paper was deposited into the account, but the payment was not enough to cover his money.
"30% to 70% of the money, 30% for the court and 70% for me." Wen Li said with a smile.
"Impossible." Upon hearing this, Lord Lu quit.
"You want to bring Liulichang into the court's protection, but 30% is too little." He is not stupid.
"Fifty-fifty." His bottom line.
"Lord Lu, there's nothing to talk about if you say that." Giving him 30% was already very open-minded.
It’s not a big deal for my wife to come up with this idea.
"Someone come here." Wen Li called out, "Show the guests out."
Lord Lu was so angry.
"You, you are the prince."
Wen Li nodded, "I know." He is not the emperor.
"Then why are you so..." He couldn't bring himself to say the word "cruel".
"Because the world is not mine yet, and I have to eat. I can't let the mansion suffer losses." Wen Li said with a face that deserved a slap.
"Hmph, tell me your bottom line." Lord Lu didn't want to waste time with him here.
He still has important things to do.
"Well, a fifty-fifty split is fine, but you have to take over the management. My palace will only take the dividends. Also, my palace has to hire someone to handle the accounting."
It’s not that he doesn’t trust Lord Lu, but that he doesn’t trust other people.
How could Lord Lu not have some brains if he could have stayed in the Ministry of Revenue for so long?
"I agree to this. Not only that, I will also give you the right to take charge of the accounting office." This way, it will be difficult for those people to get in.
It is true that King Li used him, but that doesn’t mean he couldn’t use him.
"You are very loyal." Wen Li said unhappily.
"Of course, loyalty to the emperor and patriotism are the family motto of my Lu family."
Don't believe him.
But Lord Lu is indeed a good person.
"One person will write the document and the Ministry of Revenue will check it tomorrow." Wen Li stood up and said.
"Would you like to have a drink with me tonight, Mr. Lu?"
"No, I have to go back to the Ministry of Revenue and wait for the Li family to come." No matter how little it is, it is still money and cannot be wasted.
It was dark when the two left.
As soon as they left, the doors of Liulichang were closed tightly, and the entire place was under strict control.
However, before leaving, Wen Li asked the manager to investigate what happened today, as there might be a traitor.
After returning to the mansion, Wen Li was surprised to learn that his princess had gone to bed early.
"What did the princess do today?" She went to bed so early. Is she not feeling well?
"Your Highness, the princess played mahjong all day today."
After hearing this answer, Wen Li was at a loss whether to laugh or cry.
"Got it. Go on down."
When he returned to the main courtyard and saw that the light was still on in the bedroom, he felt warm in his heart.
When Xia Xue saw the prince coming back, she helped him wash up and then left.
Seeing that the person on the bed was sleeping soundly, Wen Li didn't dare to move too much for fear of waking her up.
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