Li Daoli was nearly fifty years old. Although he was not highly respected within the clan, he still had some status. Who would have expected that he would be scolded by Li Yuanjia in front of him like this today? He felt that his face was bloodshot, his heart was shocked and angry, and he stood on the spot speechless.
Li Yuanjia had no intention of leaving him any face.
"If you have money, pay it to Fang Jun and resolve this grudge. If you don't have money, go and resist Fang Jun's anger. If you can resist Fang Jun's anger, you have the ability. If you can't resist, it's your own fault. Call me over. Just say you have no money? What do you think of me as a fool? "
Afterwards, his voice and appearance were both serious.
Why did he resigned from the post of Zong Zhengqing in front of His Majesty?
Why was he scolded by Fang Jun in person but couldn't say a word of defense?
Why is he still worried lest the princess will be dissatisfied?
Wasn't it all caused by your assassination of Fang Yizhi!
You only remember that I am Zong Zhengqing, have you also forgotten that I am Fang Yizhi's in-law?
Li Shenfu sighed secretly in his heart. He had lived in seclusion in the mansion for many years and did not care about the government affairs of the court, but he didn't expect that the young people nowadays are as smart as a monkey with hair. Li Daoli's words were not so appropriate. The words were caught in the loophole, and a storm of scolding and scolding made Li Daoli at a loss, and all his words were blocked.
Seeing Li Daoli's face turned bloody and ashamed with shame and anger, Li Shenfu could only turn to the side and sighed: "The truth is wrong, and His Highness deserves to be reprimanded. It's just that he was also in a state of confusion for a moment, and spoke in a panic. No matter what, I am just crying for him. Your Highness, think about it. Even if the entire Dongping County Palace is sold for one million guan, it may not be enough. You see..."
Li Yuanjia raised a hand, nodded and said: "I understand what your uncle means. I will definitely do what you say. Eight hundred thousand guan! You only need to ask him to collect 800,000 guan, and I will personally accompany him to transfer the money." Send it to the Fang family to apologize to the Fang family and resolve this grudge. Fang Jun is my brother-in-law. My face is worth up to two hundred thousand guan to him. If it is more, I will be powerless, because don’t forget, not only Fang Jun is my brother-in-law, and Fang Yizhi is also my brother-in-law!"
If I hadn't held the position of Zong Zhengqing and had to take care of the overall situation, I would have followed Fang Jun to deal with you. You really thought I was a clay Bodhisattva!
Li Shenfu really had a headache. Li Yuanjia blocked everything he said. Originally, he hoped that he could go to the Fang family to be a lobbyist and talk to Fang Xuanling to let him consider the overall situation and stop in moderation, but now he always You can't let Li Yuanjia persuade his father-in-law to let go of the real culprit who assassinated his uncle, right?
No matter how thick-skinned he was, Li Shenfu couldn't say such a thing.
At the same time, I secretly regretted that if I had known that Li Yuanjia was so difficult to deal with, I would not have asked him to come forward. I had a good friendship with Li Ji back then, so I would have given up my old face to ask Li Ji to come forward to make things right, so I might not have ended up in such a difficult position now.
But now if he abandons Li Yuanjia and goes to Li Ji instead, not to mention that he will completely offend Li Yuanjia to death, Li Ji may not be willing to get involved...
After thinking about it and weighing the pros and cons, Li Shenfu had no choice but to accept it.
"Your Highness, to be honest, I can't even raise 800,000 yuan... Don't be upset first. Listen to me. Since I asked you to come forward, I will definitely not make it difficult for you. Fang Jun is a stick, we can't mess with him. , can you go to Fang’s house and talk to Fang Xuanling, I definitely don’t have that much cash in cash, but can you make up the 800,000 yuan with real estate, land deeds, etc.?”
Now that he has decided to calm down the situation, he is not a person who is desperate for money, but there is not much difference between 800,000 guan and 1 million guan, both of which cannot be collected.
The clan's wealth lies mostly in industry. Even if each family participates in maritime trade, they often invest in silk, cloth, porcelain and other items, so there is definitely no cash.
Li Yuanjia simply nodded and said: "Since I promised my uncle, I am willing to sacrifice my face. I just hope that you will not delay me and give me an accurate date. How many days can I get it together?"
Real estate, land deeds and other fixed assets are definitely not sold as soon as they want to be sold. The news of the realization must not be concealed. There are many people who take advantage of the situation. If you want to sell in a hurry, the price will be severely reduced. People in the clan may not be willing, so naturally they will To delay.
Li Shenfu thought for a while and said, "How about a month?"
Real estate and land deeds worth hundreds of thousands of dollars cannot be sold by just three or two families.
For more than a thousand years, "gathering money in troubled times" and "gathering land in prosperous times" have been the way of managing the world for aristocratic families. Whose cellar does not have piles of gold ingots and copper coins? However, due to the rise of sea trade in the past two years, those wealthy families have invested their property in it, resulting in a significant reduction in savings. To collect such a huge sum of money, more than ten or even dozens of families will be needed to receive it. .
But how can we find so many people willing to take it in such a hurry?
Even if they can find it, if they are so eager to take action, they will definitely lower the price, but the real estate and land title will be greatly devalued.
This is common sense.
However, Li Yuanjia shook his head and simply stood up: "Uncle, please forgive me. Although I am the son-in-law of the Fang family, I don't have that much respect in the Fang family. I can only buy three days. After three days, either I will accompany my uncle." Wang takes the money and goes to Fang's house to find out about this, or you can hire Gao Ming. I still have something to do at home, so I'll take my leave first."
Turn around and leave.
"Good nephew!" Li Shenfu quickly grabbed Li Yuanjia's sleeve and said helplessly: "Three days is too short, ten days, how about ten days?"
Li Daoli also bowed to the side: "Brother, please help me! Three days is too short. How can we find so many people to take over at once?"
Li Yuanjia sighed and said with a grimace: "My uncle and brother asked me to come forward because I can still speak a few words in the Fang family, but because of this, I am not a human being inside and outside. Now, I I have to go back to the palace and explain to the princess that the ones who stabbed her in the back were the brothers and sisters of the princess, so please be considerate of my difficulties."
Li Shenfu didn't know what to say.
Everyone knew that Fang Xuanling was known as "henpecked", but he was a great minister and a great figure in the empire, but he didn't even have a concubine. He was ruled by his head wife, and even Emperor Taizong was helpless. However, the "tradition" of the Fang family's mother-in-law has been passed down. Although Princess Han is not as domineering as her mother, she is "very strict in running the family" and she is very strict among the princesses.
Now that Fang Yizhi was assassinated, Li Yuanjia, instead of being able to take revenge, had to find a way out for the "murderer". You can imagine what kind of storm he will face when he returns home.
The prince of the clan and the noble man of Tianhuang are so pitiful...
The dignified prince fears his wife like a tiger, what can he do?
Li Shenfu could only say: "I will try my best."
Li Yuanjia said: "I will go to the house to discuss with the prime minister to see if we can agree on the three-day period. If the uncle fails to fulfill his promise after three days, I will not say anything to complain about it. Put your hands down and don’t ask any more questions.”
"How can I not appreciate my good nephew being able to work in the middle for this matter? You go and do the work on your own, and nothing will happen."
"Then it's a deal."
When Li Yuanjia left, Li Daoli couldn't help complaining: "This King of Han is obviously venting his anger on Fang Jun. It seems that he has lost 200,000 guan generously, but what is the difference between 800,000 guan and 1 million guan?" ? We can’t take it out anyway.”
Li Shenfu reminded: "Fang Jun is looking for you in this matter. If he can't raise enough money, he will definitely get angry at you. If I can't hold him down then, you can just ask for your blessings."
If it weren't for that little brat in your family who can't handle even the smallest things, why would he be so passive?
I am standing up for you, but you keep complaining. Can you clarify the situation?
Why, are you still thinking of hiding the real estate and land deeds, forcing others to work harder, while you hide and take advantage?
Li Daoli's little thought was seen through, he smiled awkwardly, and then sighed sadly.
It's really depressing. It was clearly you who ordered me to do the assassination. Now that it's been revealed, Fang Jun can just stare at me and bite me. How come I'm turning to you for help?
Now he didn't dare to say any of these words. If Li Shenfu was offended and he really stayed out of the matter, he would be in trouble.
Fang Er's stick knows that a clan leader like Li Shenfu can't touch him, so he will definitely bite him...
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Li Shenfu sent people in carriages to the residences of clan princes and princes in various places in the city, and summoned everyone to go to the prince's palace in Xiangyi County to raise money and silk to compensate the Fang family. At the same time, many family soldiers rode out of Liang Guogong's mansion. Go anywhere in the city.
When Li Yuanjia arrived at Chongrenfang, he saw these soldiers rushing out of the gate and scattering in all directions. The hurry was confusing.
What is this second room going to do?
With his head wet, Li Yuanjia arrived in front of the mansion in a car. After announcing, he didn't wait for anyone to come out to greet him, but got off the car and entered the mansion from the side door.
Then I realized that my princess had already arrived first.
Li Yuanjia secretly sweated. He had ignored the princess. If he did not come to the Fang family immediately to ask for help and care when he knew that Fang Yizhi was assassinated, but returned to Prince Han's Mansion first, it would mean that he did not treat Fang Yizhi. The brother-in-law took this brother-in-law to heart and was inevitably scolded by the princess. Fortunately, he had to communicate with Fang Jun, so he did not make any mistakes due to some strange combination of circumstances...
Fang Xuanling and Fang Jun greeted him in front of the main hall. Li Yuanjia hurriedly took two steps forward, bowed his hands to the ground from a distance, and said in fear: "My father-in-law is so polite, how dare my son-in-law let you go out to greet him? Never do this in the future. It’s really a shame for my son-in-law.”
When Prince Han met, he kept his posture extremely low, looking humble and polite, and Fang Jun couldn't help but laugh.
My eldest sister is really very skillful. She actually managed a prince to be so obedient and obedient...
Fang Xuanling smiled and waved her hands, saying: "Although we are close relatives, the national ceremony cannot be abolished. Your Highness, please come in and talk."
The three of them entered the main hall together.
Li Yuanjia glanced around and saw that there were only a few maids serving in the hall. He did not see the princess, and his heart skipped a beat...
(End of chapter)
