From then on, Zhao Yu no longer had a friend in the court.
But he had friends outside the court.
And they are also powerful friends.
One is an ugly fat man and the other is a pretty little girl.
"Why don't you dare to bully people like that!" Fatty became furious after hearing Zhao Yu's complaint, "I'm not talented, Fatty, so I'm going to give you, Mr. Zhao, a break today!"
"Mr. Zhao, just tell me how much money you want and that's it." Ling'er sounded like a little rich man.
"I roughly estimated that if we want to completely renovate it, I'm afraid it will cost more than 20,000 taels. If we do simple repairs, it will cost several thousand taels. If we add a heating system, it will cost tens of thousands of taels. That thing is so expensive. It’s so expensive, otherwise why wouldn’t Mr. Chen Jisheng be willing to pretend before? There’s also a lot of labor involved..."
"Who is that? Lin Qi, go and find Sun Changshan!" Ling'er ordered.
Within a moment, Sun Changshan trotted over. May I ask what Miss Ling'er's orders are? You guys have too much time to do in the capital, so you have to thank me for taking care of us if you find us an errand.
"You go back and take the brothers to the Metropolitan Procuratorate to help Mr. Zhao Yu repair the house! Do whatever you are told, and you have to do it well, you know?" Ling'er said.
"Master Zhao of the Metropolitan Procuratorate?" Sun Changshan glanced at Zhao Yu and felt a little embarrassed, "I seem to have heard that our boss is not happy with Master Zhao... If we go there privately, we are afraid that his boss will curse."
"You're afraid of him scolding people, but you're not afraid of me hitting them?" Ling'er said angrily, "I'll ask you who do you listen to!"
This is a multiple-choice question with only one answer, and it is impossible for Sun Changshan to answer it incorrectly.
If you offend the boss, you will get scolded at most. If you offend the little boss Ling'er, will there be time for the big guy to calm down in the future?
"I'll go back and say hello to Qu Baimei. The sugar factory donated 20,000 taels of silver to the Metropolitan Procuratorate! Ling'er will pay for the rest." The fat man is so generous, and he also has this power.
Because strictly speaking, the sugar factory is a private property of Li Qiu and Xiao Chen, and the fat man is the director of the factory and is in charge of financial power. Of course, he himself cannot embezzle, but there is no problem at all in giving away money in the name of donation. Moreover, the object of the gift is still the Metropolitan Procuratorate, which has nothing to do with the sugar factory. As long as I want to give it, I can give it as much as I want, and no one has any control over it.
"Okay, will my one hundred thousand taels be enough?" How much money does Ling'er have? Even Xiao Chen and Fatty don’t know! But there is no doubt that she is definitely one of the richest people in Yanyun County...maybe there is no one!
She has industries and investments in Yanyun County, Fengyang City, Lingzhou Island, Yizhou, Gaojuli, Jiangnan County...
Not to mention anything else, the annual income from her fiefdom in Lingcheng alone is quite considerable, and don't forget about a chocolate factory.
Mr. Chen seized Xiao Chen's property and deprived Fatty of his right to make money, but even if he didn't take care of Ling'er, he honestly didn't expect that this little girl would have so much property, otherwise he probably wouldn't be able to escape her.
"Twenty-two thousand taels?" Zhao Yu couldn't believe it, "Aren't you two kidding me?"
"Why is it not enough?" Ling'er thought it was too little, "Then I can give you another hundred thousand taels."
"It's not not enough, it's too much!" Zhao Yu said hurriedly, "It's no use at all. A total of only fifty thousand taels is enough!"
"You can keep whatever is extra for you to use." Ling'er covered her mouth with her little hand and yawned, "If it's not enough, come to me. Don't go to brother, he's so stingy..."
"Stingy and petty," said the fat man, "I'm so good with Mr. Zhao, but just because he played a few words for me, I got angry. When I came back that day, I scolded you Zhao Yu for being unworthy. The scolding was so unpleasant that I couldn't even give it to you. study!"
"Sigh... It seems that I have completely offended Mr. Xiao this time." Zhao Yu sighed.
"You, Master Zhao, don't be polite. You have offended all the officials in the world this time." The fat man said with a smile, "I just heard that you were a strong commander before and I didn't understand it. Now I know that you Zhao Your neck turns out to be so hard!"
"No matter how hard your neck is, it can't withstand a steel knife passing through your neck, or a hidden arrow hurting someone!" Zhao Yu said, "I, Zhao Yu, may die without a burial place in the future... It's better this way, as it saves people from being on my tombstone. Pee, poop, spit!”
"Then what are you, Master Zhao, doing for?" Ling'er asked, "You may suffer hardship, be scolded, be hated, and even lose your life..."
"Only when the officials are upright can the people be rich, and only when the people are rich can the country be strong." Zhao Yu said, "In a small way, I am loyal to the emperor and patriotic, and in a big way, it is for the common people of the world. Compared with this, my personal sacrifice is nothing. What? I remember Mr. Xiaohou often said: Dare to think, dare to do, dare to act, dare to be the first in the world!"
"So you were all harmed by Xiao Chen." The fat man sighed, "So this person is destined to have bad luck, and whoever gets close to him will be unlucky."
"Uh... I don't know when the money for you two will be available?" Zhao Yu changed the topic.
"You go back first, I will send someone to take you there right away." Ling'er said.
"So fast?" Zhao Yu was surprised, "Miss Ling'er, do you have so much cash? Are they banknotes?"
"I don't need banknotes. Who knows when those banknotes will go out of business?" Ling'er said, "It's more reliable to have cash in hand. Don't worry, I've promised you, can you still default? I'm not fat. elder brother."
"I won't default on the money. The money will be delivered in the afternoon." The fat man said.
It feels like Fatty's promise is more reliable than Ling'er's, because his sugar factory is in the city, and business is booming. He earns a fortune every day, and 20,000 taels of silver is really nothing to him.
But can a little girl like Linger have one hundred thousand taels of silver or cash?
Zhao Yu was also doubtful.
When I returned to the Metropolitan Procuratorate, a group of subordinates immediately gathered around me. Could you please tell me, Sir, have you raised the money?
Just when you were gone for a while, an archive warehouse in the west collapsed. Fortunately, there was no one inside, otherwise someone would have died!
We just went to the Ministry of Household Affairs and the Ministry of Works respectively as ordered by the adults, but they didn't even let us in through the gate. They just said, "Wait!"
You really treat the censor as a human being.
How proud were we when Mr. Chen Jisheng was here? It's a bit more miserable, but wherever you go, everyone greets you with a smile. If you go evenly, who dares to offend you?
After the boss left, things got worse day by day. Mr. Liu Qiheng was a good old man who was a hands-off shopkeeper. He didn't care about anything and didn't care. Although he didn't offend anyone, it also greatly reduced the prestige of our Procuratorate. The censors from all over the country did not listen to his instructions and always acted indiscriminately.
This made the emperor angry, dismissed a large number of people, and transferred Mr. Liu Qiheng... As a result, now our Procuratorate is not only the Qingshui Yamen, but it is almost deserted!
We didn’t even receive any welfare during the Chinese New Year this year. No one cared about us and no one cared about us. Mainly!
Speaking of which, the Metropolitan Procuratorate, which is on equal footing with the six ministries, has gotten to this point, which is really depressing...
