Zhuo Limin sat on the main seat with a dignified expression, "Master Ou, how dare you tease me?"
Ou Jiuyan was confused. "No, my Lord asked me to arrange for two cooks to go to the post station, and I sent them over."
It was indeed delivered, but Ou Jiuyan really only sent two cooks, and only two cooks.
Zhuo Limin slammed the table. "How dare you say no? Two hundred people are eating, and you only sent two cooks. Do your cooks have superpowers? You only sent the cooks, but no rice, flour, meat, or vegetables. What are we going to eat? The cooks?"
Ou Jiuyan was dumbfounded. He was also asked to send it? "Sir, this, this... didn't you ask me to send two cooks?"
Zhuo Liming always spoke like that. In the past, others could understand him, and they would always say more, never less. However, Ou Jiuyan was a stingy person and really didn't understand.
Zhuo Limin didn't understand Ou Jiuyan and thought he was just shirking responsibility. However, he had seen this kind of thing happen quite a bit and knew how to deal with it. "Forget it, I won't make it difficult for Master Ou. I'll just find another cook."
He put on a smile and said, "Master Ou, your family is also in the shipping business. I believe you must have a lot of high-quality pearls. Could you please offer a thousand of them as a gift to the ladies in the palace to add some jewelry?"
To be considered a top-quality pearl, each one must weigh at least five fen and be round and flawless. Such a pearl could fetch nearly a hundred taels of silver per piece.
Top-grade pearls? A thousand? Ou Jiuyan's heart ached, "Master Zhuo, please wait!"
As soon as he walked out of the hall, he slapped himself twice, "I told you not to be stingy! I told you not to be stingy again!" Two hundred people could eat for a month, but only a few high-quality pearls would be needed.
Ou Jiuyan hurried out and hurried back. "This box of gold cakes is for Master Zhuo. Please..."
"You want to bribe me? Ou Jiuyan, asking you to pay tribute is a blessing for your Ou family. You are resisting, are you dissatisfied with the court? Dissatisfied with the emperor?"
This was a capital crime. Ou Jiuyan was terrified and knelt down, kowtowed, and begged for mercy. "Master Zhuo, please understand. My Ou family is absolutely loyal to His Majesty and the court. I am willing to pay tribute, I am willing to pay tribute, Master Zhuo!"
Zhuo Limin changed his expression like a Sichuan opera face-changing artist, sometimes laughing, sometimes fierce, and then laughing again. "Master Ou is indeed loyal and a role model for the people. Then I will wait for Master Ou's tribute!"
Ou Jiuyan didn't dare to stand up. "Thank you for the compliment, sir! Top-quality pearls are not easy to come by. I will collect them as soon as possible and give them to you within half a month."
They couldn't leave for half a month, so Zhuo Liming nodded, agreeing.
Ou Jiuyan wiped the sweat from his forehead with his sleeve, raised his eyelids and glanced at Zhuo Limin. Seeing that Zhuo Limin had no intention of leaving, he quickly said, "It's getting dark. I'd like to invite you to have dinner at my house tonight. I hope you will do me a favor."
"No, I have something to do tonight."
If you don't leave, it means you have some requests. What are they? Ou Jiuyan couldn't guess. He was so anxious that sweat flowed into his eyes, causing a stinging sensation. He turned around and glanced at Butler Li quietly.
Steward Li stepped forward and said, "I will send the cook to the post station shortly. The Ou family will provide all the rice, flour, meat and vegetables. Please approve it, Master Zhuo."
Zhuo Liming then stood up and said, "Thank you for your trouble, Master Ou." Before leaving, he did not forget to take the box of gold cakes with him.
Ou Jiuyan did not dare to delay, and quickly got up and sent Zhuo Liming out the door.
He instructed Butler Li to personally send the cook and other things to the post station.
Then one person went to the storeroom, looked at the big, round, shiny pearls, and burst into tears...
The merchants in Anzhou knew Ou Jiuyan. Such a stingy person would definitely not take the initiative to send things to the post station. The merchants immediately felt the crisis.
The next day, Zhuo Liming received invitations from several merchants, either inviting him to appreciate flowers or to drink.
He accepted them all, and after he arrived, all the merchants gave him gold, silver and jewelry without exception.
On the first day, Kang Yueran took Chai Shiqin to visit the Baekdu Mountain Kiln. On the grounds that the place was crowded and dirty, he discussed with He Zeng and reserved two rooms for Chai Shiqin in the government office.
She took one or two samples of various types of porcelain to the government office and asked Chai Shiqin to draw them according to their examples.
Chai Shiqin stayed in his room and did not go out, concentrating on painting.
There were only so many large merchants in Anzhou. Zhuo Limin went around and took things from each one, but then he got bored again. "Where else should we go today?"
His subordinate and confidant Luo Zhong suggested, "How about going to Huayan Tower to listen to Miss Qian'er play the pipa?"
Seeing that Zhuo Limin didn't respond, he asked again, "Let's go to Narcissus Pavilion to listen to Miss Li'er sing?"
"Go to Fenglai Tower to listen to Miss Xiu'er..."
Zhuo Limin glared at Luo Zhong and asked, "Do you only care about those vulgar women?"
"Didn't you praise the sister of the sea merchant Ye Dalang as being well-behaved and lovely last time? How about..."
"I have never seen a well-behaved and lovely person?"
Luo Zhongxin understood, "It's my fault. A girl should behave well when meeting an adult. But that man is so strong and ruthless, and he's also Prince Ping's sweetheart. It's not easy to deal with him."
Ever since meeting Kang Yueran, Zhuo Limin's heart has been itching. "It's easy, why do I need you for anything?"
Luo Zhong really couldn't think of any solution for a moment. If he sent someone to capture Kang Yueran, Kang Yueran's kung fu was too good to be caught; if he sent someone to trick him, Kang Yueran's kung fu was too good to be caught;
Zhuo Limin kicked Luo Zhong and asked, "Have you figured out a solution?"
Luo Zhong hesitated for a moment, but still tried to persuade him, "Sir, Kang Yueran is really not a good person. Otherwise, I will find you two beautiful women."
"As pretty as Kang Yueran?"
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