The wealthy businessmen were all confused and asked why Lu Chen brought the girls with him to the brothel. They also asked why he said as soon as he entered the door that all the girls in the capital had donated money. It turned out that they were waiting for them here.
Even the girls in the capital donated money, how dare you not donate money? Are you businessmen worse than the prostitutes in the brothels?
Now that things have come to this, we must donate money.
In fact, everyone planned to donate money at the beginning. After all, this was the imperial teacher from the capital, and the emperor was behind him.
The imperial teacher has come all the way from the capital, don’t you businessmen from Yangzhou show some appreciation?
In fact, these wealthy businessmen also planned to donate money at the beginning. After all, the four cities in the south were not far from them.
If something really goes wrong, they will probably be affected.
As I said, epidemics will not avoid you just because you are rich.
However, the amount of donation will not be too much. After all, the situation in the Great Qi Dynasty has been not good in the past two years, and the business of these merchants has also been affected to a certain extent.
But now that Lu Chen has brought out all the prostitutes, the amount of their donations will have to be raised. You can't be worse than the girls in the brothel.
Liao Huasheng naturally understood Lu Chen's hidden meaning. He laughed heartily and said, "Don't worry, Imperial Master. The merchants in Yangzhou are all public-spirited and righteous people. Moreover, this incident happened in our southern part of the country. Everyone will definitely not be stingy."
"In that case, I would like to thank you all in advance." Lu Chen bowed to everyone, at least in terms of gesture he did a good job.
A group of officials and wealthy businessmen also hurriedly returned the greeting. If you dare to accept the salute from the imperial teacher with your back straight, you would be too ungrateful.
In this way, with the deliberate flattery of Liao Huasheng and a group of officials and wealthy businessmen, the meal was enjoyed by both the host and the guests.
Before the banquet, Liao Huasheng invited several famous girls from Yangzhou to perform musical instruments and sing on stage, which really opened Lu Chen's eyes.
I have to say that Zi Yan's previous evaluation was quite pertinent. When it comes to stringed instruments, the girls in Yangzhou are indeed better than those in the capital.
The soft Wu dialect coupled with the gentle tune really makes people want to indulge in the land of tenderness.
During this period, many officials came up to toast him, and some wealthy businessmen also came forward to get close to him. Naturally, Lu Chen accepted all of them.
Since you are counting on others to do things for you, you can't just have a sour face.
Anyone who was qualified to come up and have a drink with Lu Chen would be in a very good mood when they returned.
I used to hear rumors that this national teacher was not a good person and was particularly fond of harming loyal people. Now it seems that the facts are somewhat different from the rumors. At least he can chat with you properly.
Some wealthy businessmen even bravely gave Lu Chen gifts. One person took out a longan-sized pearl and placed it in front of Lu Chen, saying, "I've heard that the immortal master can even refine elixirs with his magical powers. I happen to have a pearl like this in my collection at home. I wonder if the immortal master can use it in refining elixirs. If he can, take it and make the most of it! Otherwise, if we keep it in our hands, it will really be a pearl covered in dust."
Lu Chen picked up the pearl with a smile and admired it carefully under the candlelight.
Underdeveloped technology also has its advantages. For example, when it comes to pearls, you don’t have to worry about them being fake.
These are genuine natural seawater pearls the size of longan. Even in the later era when pearls could be cultured, this thing was a rare commodity, let alone now.
It is no exaggeration to say that the pearl in my hand is worth a thousand gold. If I take it back to the capital and sell it, I will definitely make a lot of money.
If you make it with intention and sell it to the barbarians of Xixia, Liao and Jin, then its value will be even higher.
Everything is valuable because of its rarity. The more inland a place is and has never seen the sea, the more precious pearls are.
"When we get back, we should open an auction house in the commercial street. Then we can lure all the barbarians from Xixia, Liao and Jin into coming here and slaughter them!"
It is said that you should not hit a smiling person, let alone the fact that the other party gave you such a valuable gift. When Lu Chen was chatting with the other party, he became even more friendly and even asked in detail about the other party's name, family situation, whether he had any troubles recently, and whether he needed help from the government in his business.
The guy who gave the pearls was dumbfounded. To be honest, he did give the pearls to please Lu Chen, but he never expected Lu Chen to be so direct.
It stands to reason that when you give something to an important person, he or she will remain calm even if he or she accepts the gift.
As for what your needs are, the housekeepers below will naturally ask you and then help you as appropriate.
You are not like Lu Chen, who wants to settle everything for you on the spot. This is not the style of a big shot.
Lu Chen's sudden unconventional behavior made the people who gave gifts hesitate. Should they directly put forward their demands in front of so many people?
Even Liao Huasheng was a little confused. The imperial teacher in front of him was too inexperienced in officialdom. How could he ask him directly about such matters?
Let’s not talk about whether what others want you to do is legal or not. Even if it is legal, can you guarantee that you can get it done?
If you fail to do it, wouldn't that be embarrassing? Wouldn't that let people know that you are incompetent? Who would give you gifts in the future?
Liao Huasheng then stepped forward and said, "Master, I, Mr. Zheng, simply felt that the pearl was of little use to him, so I wanted to give it to you. I certainly won't ask for anything in return."
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