Xiao Rui couldn't help but slap himself in the mouth, "I told you to speak quickly. If you say one more word, I will pay you one hundred thousand taels!"
Li Junxian smiled and consoled him: "Sir, even if Your Majesty doesn't ask for it, don't you want to give this money to the treasury in the end?"
Xiao Rui smiled bitterly and said: "Oh, it's hard to be a good person. Let's go, Fifth Brother, the fun has just begun, our printing factory can start working. Five surnames and seven looks? If the two hundred thousand can't be paid back, haha, I don't know if it will Will there be a fight?"
After being stunned for a moment, under the urging of the shopkeeper, Xu Zhongtian came to his senses and shouted loudly: "Okay, Mr. Hou is righteous and withdrew from the bidding. Then this "Shang Shu" personally handed down by the saint belongs to this guest. Two hundred thousand taels ,make a deal!"
The gong rang, and the whole place was excited. There were still many rich people, two hundred thousand taels... Tsk, tsk, I heard that the imperial court's war against the Turks only cost 300,000 taels.
Wang Jishan was dumbfounded and slumped on the ground helplessly. No matter how his subordinates called him, he couldn't come back to his senses for a long time.
"Let me tell you... Is Xiao Rui so easy to deal with? This boy Wang Jishan, calls you the Wang family Qilin'er, do you really think you are a Qilin? Buy a book for two hundred thousand taels? Even if you really can If you spend 200,000 taels and publish it in a book, how many copies can you sell to earn back?" The people of the Lu family were already gloating about the misfortune.
The other companies are very strange. Didn't they agree that everyone would join forces to deal with Xiao Rui and pool together 150,000 yuan? The price is increased to 200,000. Whose belongs to the extra 50,000?
When they found the Lu family, the Lu family laughed. This was not our plan. It was the boy named Wang's own behavior and had nothing to do with the alliance. The Wang family in Taiyuan is really rich. Their family pays 200,000 yuan, tsk tsk...
Although other companies felt that the Lu family was undermining, they acquiesced to this result in order to save some money.
Wang Jishan walked out of the auction house in despair. For the first time, he felt afraid of going home.
Zheng Zihe, who knew everything not far away, smiled, "Originally, I prepared a killer for you, but the Marquis refused to use it. Now it seems that it is really easy for you to kill him directly. You have caused such a big trouble for the family. You Even if you don't die, you still have to shed your skin. Tsk tsk... Can the Taiyuan Wang family get two hundred thousand taels?"
Of course I can't take it out.
Even Xiao Rui couldn't afford it, let alone someone like Taiyuan Wang who has a big family and a big business and doesn't have much liquidity.
When he got home, Wang Si was almost furious. I'm so busy here and I still have to wipe your butt? I asked you to come to Chang'an to help me, not to cause me trouble. Not counting the incident with Zheng Zihe, how many days has it been quiet now? Create another two hundred thousand hole for me? You sold me to see if it’s worth 200,000 yuan?
"Uncle, how about we break the contract? I've asked, if you can't afford to pay 200,000 yuan to break the contract, you only need to compensate the auction house for liquidated damages of 50,000 taels at most."
Wang Si slapped him, "You fart! Broke the contract? What is the identity of my Wang family? How can I lose and make people laugh at me? Break the contract? You can't imagine that our Taiyuan Wang family has lost all face by you."
"Uncle, what should we do now? Two hundred thousand taels, we, we..." Wang Jishan almost cried. Although he was busy reading every day, he was not ignorant of the world. Of course he knew that this was an astronomical figure.
Sighing, Wang Si said: "For now, the only way is to put off my old face and ask other companies for help."
"After this incident, don't stay in Chang'an. Come back to the Taiyuan clan with me."
What? ? ?
Uncle, why? If I don’t go back, I won’t go back until I can decide the outcome with Xiao Rui!
Wang Jishan was still unconvinced.
But Wang Si said ruthlessly: "You have been defeated a long time ago. When you were dealing with Zheng Zihe, you were led by others. It was Xiao Rui who deliberately let you go. You had already lost at that time. But If you're not convinced, this time it's better. You want to trick me again, but what's the end result? You can't lose the rice by stealing the chicken."
"You lose again and again, and you still refuse to admit defeat? Victory and defeat are common things in military affairs. There is no shame in losing to Xiao Rui. But you are arrogant and unwilling to admit your own stupidity, haha... You, you have no great potential."
I……
Wang Jishan was speechless.
After a moment of silence, he suddenly remembered something and asked: "Uncle, what did you say just now? Do you want to return to your clan? My nephew, I made a mistake and went back. You don't need to be punished with me for this, right?"
Wang Si sighed: "Recently, the direction of the wind has been wrong. Someone is deliberately targeting me. I wanted to spend some money to stabilize the situation. But you have made such a big mistake. Let me save you with money first."
What? ? ?
Wang Jishan was filled with regret. He really didn't expect that because of one of his mistakes, he would actually implicate his uncle. He had finally climbed up to the position of Minister of Rites.
In the end, Wang Si personally stepped in and negotiated with several other companies. He also negotiated according to the previous alliance method, and the Wang family came to provide the extra 50,000.
But the Lu family is not happy. You paid 60,000 taels, and finally you want to get the original version of "Shang Shu"?
Wang Si is not as easy to fool as Wang Jishan. Of course he knows that the Lu family wants to monopolize the publishing rights of "Shang Shu", but how can he let the Lu family monopolize it?
Finally, Wang Si made a suggestion. Seven companies would jointly set up a publishing house to publish this volume of "Shang Shu", and the profits would be divided among them in proportion to their investment.
In this way, the other companies are happy. They don't have to pay much money, and in the end they can share all the profits. Of course they have to agree.
Although the Lu family was very dissatisfied, they could only bite the bullet and suffer the consequences. After all, he himself did not dare to offend other families.
In Chang'an City, Li Junxian found Zheng Zihe, "Has the final payment from the auction arrived?"
"The account arrived the day before yesterday. Fifth Master, what are your orders?" Zheng Zihe was very humble.
Li Junxian sneered: "The account arrived the day before yesterday? Where is the money?"
money……
Zheng Zihe thought to himself, I took out the "Book of Documents" myself, so of course the money should belong to me.
This is what Li Junxian came for.
"Guankou! Didn't you understand the situation? Do you want to take the two hundred thousand for yourself?"
"Fifth Master, what do you mean? Let's split up with you?" Zheng Zihe was a little confused.
Li Junxian slapped him in the face, "Is this what I want from you?"
"Don't forget, you are a prisoner on death row. The Marquis saved you by substituting one thing for another. You are the Marquis's. Everything about you, including this life, belongs to the Marquis. Two hundred thousand taels, do you want to take it all for yourself?"
I……
"Stop talking nonsense, two hundred thousand, no less than one tael. If you dare to take one tael for yourself, you will die tomorrow."
puff……
Zheng Zihe wanted to vomit blood.
This is not his fault. He has been a young master for twenty years. This is his first time being a subordinate. He is not used to it, and his identity and mentality have not changed.
After finishing beating Zheng Zihe, Li Junxian went to the chamberlain Lao Wang. The two exchanged information about Wu Qiwang, and learned that Wu Qiwang had established a joint printing factory and was engraving plates at this time. Li Junxian smiled and immediately went back to report the news.
Xiao Rui waved his hand, "Pay close attention. When they have bought the paper, finished printing, and are about to go on the market, release the "Shang Shu" we printed. Tsk tsk... just wait and see the good show."
