After everyone left, Ran Fang looked at Meng Yi who was sitting there a little sadly, and felt a little funny in his heart.
He didn't say anything, just sat there quietly drinking tea, waiting for Meng Yi to speak after he couldn't hold back.
Sure enough, after the two were in a stalemate for several minutes, he mustered up the courage to raise his head and look at Ran Fang, and shouted sternly: "Ran Fang!"
The loud roar startled Ran Fang, and the teacup in his hand shook three times.
He raised his head and glared back at Meng Yi's next words.
Even though he didn't say a word, Meng Yi's aura immediately disappeared, his tone softened, and he looked at Ran Fang with a flattering expression on his face.
"Well... Master Yushi has prepared those things for you, why do you still need me to pay for them?"
"Now that you know how much money I have in my house, can you return that money to me?"
"Otherwise, I won't be able to survive in this mansion."
After saying that, he stared at Ran Fang intently, with a pitiful look in his eyes, as if Ran Fang would cry if he disagreed.
Unfortunately, Ran Fang obviously didn't have any "kindness" in his heart and sat there looking at him indifferently.
Thinking of the money Liu Bang got back from Meng Yi, Ran Fang actually felt that it was a bit too much. He didn't expect that Liu Bang actually almost emptied Meng Yi's family.
However, now that it has become a fact, how can he spit out the money?
"Money...who would think it's too little?"
"What's more, do you know how much it costs to make cotton-padded clothes for the soldiers of Great Qin?"
"From procurement to workmanship to transportation, every step of this requires money. How can I do it alone?"
"All the money you have together is not enough. My family's wealth will be emptied."
"Even if we add the restaurant business, I'm afraid I won't be able to get the money."
While talking, Ran Fang lowered his head with a frown on his face, rubbed his forehead back and forth a few times with his hands, and glanced at Meng Yi quietly from time to time.
Meng Yi naturally saw that look. He didn't expect Ran Fang to have such a hard life.
Having reached this point, Ran Fang actually still wants to make cotton-padded clothes for the Qin soldiers. Now he still wants to get the money back.
This is too much!
"I didn't think of this..."
"I thought too simply. I didn't expect that making cotton-padded clothes costs so much money, but now I don't have any money..."
"I will send it to you later when I have money."
"how?"
Ran Fang hesitated for a moment before nodding awkwardly.
"well……"
"That's all we have to do."
"But if you want to be rich, isn't that a very simple thing?"
"What?" Meng Yi didn't react. He didn't have the brains for business. The money in the house came from the previous Meng family's property and his salary.
Now that I am almost impoverished, how can I still have money?
"Sir, do you have a way to make money?"
When it comes to making money, no one is not tempted, and Meng Yi is naturally not immune.
He looked at Ran Fang with a somewhat moved expression, which was completely different from the way he just wanted money.
Ran Fang didn't care about what he just said, but looked at him seriously and nodded.
"Your Majesty has left the business of attracting investment in commercial streets and small shopping malls to you. There will definitely be many people who want to choose shops there, and they will definitely give you money."
"Will you still be short of money by then?"
"How can that be done?!" Before he could finish speaking, Meng Yi immediately stopped what he was going to say.
"Who do you think I am?"
"I, Meng Yi, absolutely cannot do this kind of thing!"
He said this with a positive face, and his whole aura also changed somewhat.
But Ran Fang smiled happily and said softly: "I know you are not this kind of person."
"But you have to accept the money this time."
"Small shopping malls don't have to accept money for the time being, but you must accept money from those who do business on the commercial street, and you must make it clear when recruiting business. There is a quantity of shops, and there are price requirements."
"We also need to explain to them His Majesty's confidence in the commercial street. There will definitely be many people who want to join it, but there are only a few shops. Who do you want to do it? Isn't it just a matter of words?"
"If that's the case, then why not collect the money?"
Giving gifts has been a way of doing things since ancient times.
How to choose after giving gifts is Meng Yi's own choice. It has nothing to do with who gives more gifts. After all, no one asks who gives what.
Although Meng Yi was not smart, he was not completely stupid. When Ran Fang said this, he understood immediately.
"Sir, what do you mean, sir, let me accept their gifts and then use the money to make cotton-padded clothes for you?"
"In this way, even if they regret it in the future, they will not dare to ask for the money back, and they will not be able to say anything."
Seeing that he understood, Ran Fang smiled and nodded.
"Think about the soldiers of Great Qin and your brother who are enduring the bitter cold in the north. If you have money to help them survive this cold winter, what if you have to bear a bad name?"
"What do you think?"
Hearing this, Meng Yi nodded immediately and expressed 100% agreement with this matter.
"Here!"
"I understand this matter, but I have to inform His Majesty before doing this."
"Otherwise, if His Majesty finds out about accepting money privately, I'm afraid my official position will be insecure."
It can be seen that Meng Yi is still not good at this kind of thing.
Going to Ying Zheng to befriend him is also a kind of protection for him.
Ran Fang didn't object. As long as this thing could be done, he didn't care at all what Meng Yi did.
"It will be all right."
"Your Majesty," while they were talking, Xin Yushu suddenly walked in from outside the door, saluted Ran Fang respectfully, and looked past Meng Yi as if he hadn't seen it.
Ran Fang was a little surprised when he saw the person coming.
Ever since Xin Yushu went to the farm, he has been thinking about how to better manage the farm and raise those sheep every day. He has never come to see him at other times.
He was a little surprised when he came to the mansion today.
"Is something wrong Xin?"
Xin Yushu glanced at Meng Yi without leaving any trace. He was always so disgusted with officials in the court.
Especially after hearing what Meng Yi said just now, I felt even more contemptuous of these people.
"Sir, why do you raise pigs on a farm?"
"This pork is cheap meat. It always smells bad and is poisonous. Who would eat it?"
"Raising pigs, doesn't it mean losing money?"
"The pigs have been delivered today. I would like to advise you to send the pigs back."
What he said made Meng Yi a little surprised. Meng Yi also knew about the breeding farm. Now he is raising pigs. Isn't that just looking for trouble?
"Sir, do you want to raise pigs?"
“Can pork hair also be used to make cotton-padded clothes?”
