Shopkeeper Wan hurriedly agreed and took the brush to prepare to write.
Zhao Li looked up at the sky and said, "Your Majesty, you are the Prince Guo of the Great Song Dynasty. I have offended Your Majesty and left in such a hurry that I left without any silver. To avoid suspicion, please send eight hundred taels of silver to the Mingfeng Inn in Tai County and give it to Manager Wan. Manager Wan can then send it to Jiao County for my nephew to take care of."
After Shopkeeper Wan finished writing, he was shocked. What surprised him even more was what Zhao Li said: "Shopkeeper Wan, my uncle is the current Prince Guo. If we send the silver directly to Jiao County, I am afraid it will arouse suspicion. I will ask my uncle to send you 800 taels of silver. You can send 500 taels to Jiao County. The remaining 300 taels of silver will be your hard work fee."
Shopkeeper Wan's head buzzed. Three hundred taels of silver was something he couldn't earn in years of hard work. He was so excited that he almost knelt down and kowtowed in thanks: "Prince, how can this be possible? I don't need so much. Three hundred taels is too much."
Zhao Li scoffed. "Three hundred taels of silver is nothing. It's not even enough for my daily expenses. Just take it. My uncle will send it to you soon."
Shopkeeper Wan was even more astonished. It was truly poverty that limited his imagination. Three hundred taels of silver was only the prince's daily expenses. He was so shocked that his mouth dropped open.
Zhao Li then told him the address of Prince Guo in Bian Jing, and Shopkeeper Wan tremblingly wrote it down. Zhao Li then coughed and said, "Shopkeeper Wan, what good wine and food do you have in this inn?"
Shopkeeper Wan nodded hurriedly: "Yes, yes, yes, hurry up and serve the food!"
Cheng Bupang and Guo Tianzhen were skeptical, and they were not sure whether Zhao Li had such a prince uncle in Bian Jing.
Actually, there is no such thing as Prince Guo. It was all made up by Zhao Li, and the address is also fake.
But Shopkeeper Wan had no idea that he was still waiting for a windfall. That night, Zhao Li and his companions were given the best food in the upper room, including a plate of roast goose, a plate of roast chicken, a few side dishes, and a pot of wine.
The next morning, Shopkeeper Wan escorted the three men out the door, still shouting, "Food and lodging are on me, on me."
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