coral?
Zhu Ping'an clicked his tongue a little. The old Li family was really wealthy. In ancient times, coral was definitely a rarity and very expensive.
Ge Hong's "Xijing Miscellaneous Notes" states: "The King of Nanyue once presented a coral tree, one foot and three feet high." It said that Zhao Tuo, the king of Guangnan, paid tribute to Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty two coral trees, each with a height of one foot and three feet. With 3 forks and 460 branches, it is worth the green pond in the royal garden of the imperial palace. This tree is bright red and brilliant, and has a "light scene at night", like a fire, so it is called the fire tree and becomes a treasure of the palace. In the Han Dynasty, corals were used as palace treasures, which shows how precious they are. The reason why coral was so expensive in ancient times was that, in addition to its own advantages, the difficulty of picking coral in ancient times was also an important reason for the high price. Li Shangyin's poem "Bicheng" of the Tang Dynasty: "The moon is watching the rabbit's new life, and the iron net coral has no branches." Coral picking is done by fishermen lowering the iron net into the sea, which is very troublesome. ?
I don’t know what kind of corals the rich man Li brought to the dark girl, but they are definitely worth a lot of money. In ancient times, it was quite rare to have a father who doted on a girl to such an extent.
While Zhu Ping'an was feeling emotional, he still couldn't understand why the sinister girl secretly gave him money.
When Rich Man Li was coaxing his baby to have a baby, he spotted Zhu Ping'an looking over at the study door.
Which family is this descendant of?
Why are you at home?
Are you here for your own girl?
As soon as Rich Man Li assumed the third possibility, he cautiously hid his girl behind his back with his big hands, and then waved to Zhu Pingan, ready to investigate further. Not everyone can covet your own precious baby bump.
Zhu Ping'an saw Rich Man Li waving to him, so he walked over.
"I've met Mr. Li."
After Zhu Pingan approached, he cupped his hands and gave a salute.
"Who are you?" Rich Man Li looked Zhu Pingan up and down and asked inquiringly.
"I am Zhu Pingan from Xiahe Village..." Zhu Pingan replied calmly.
After hearing the name, Rich Man Li suddenly realized, "Oh, so you are the poor boy who often comes to borrow books."
"Dad, you can't call me a poor boy anymore. He is very promising now. He has been admitted as a scholar, and he is still the best in our town."
The sinister girl who was blocked behind by Rich Man Li. He said in a sarcastic tone, with all kinds of dislike for Zhu Pingan in his voice.
Rich Man Li breathed a sigh of relief after hearing his baby's ridicule and dislike of Zhu Ping'an. As long as your baby is not interested, that's fine.
Did you just hear Shu'er say that he was a scholar? Such a young scholar is rare. But he is just a scholar, I have seen many. Even those who are officials, I have seen a lot of them. Although Rich Man Li was a little surprised that Zhu Pingan was admitted as a scholar at such a young age, he did not take Zhu Pingan seriously and just nodded towards Zhu Pingan.
Many scholars failed to make further progress in their fame and had no choice but to return to their hometowns to make a living by teaching and other methods. Scholars who were not financially wealthy, but whose social status was slightly higher than that of ordinary people, were called "poor scholars." After eating abalone, you will also have an appetite for small fish and shrimp.
Rich Man Li's reaction was also what Zhu Pingan expected.
"It's like this. Over the past few years, thanks to Mr. Li's care, the boy has been allowed to borrow books from the study room. Only then did he get lucky in this year's boy exam. Three days later, my parents are going to have a banquet at home, and I hope Mr. Li can appreciate it." Ping An cupped his hands and stated the purpose of his visit.
"Oh, it's a bit unfortunate. Li encountered some difficult things and I'm afraid I don't have time these days." After hearing what Zhu Pingan said, Rich Man Li shook his head and declined.
The rejection was expected by Zhu Pingan.
It’s just that I don’t know whether what Rich Man Li said about encountering a difficult situation is true or false. If it's just an excuse to refuse, that's fine; but if it's true. I don't know if I can help, after all, I've been reading books for so many years.
"Oh, I don't know what happened to Mr. Li. If he could use a safe place..." Zhu Pingan asked politely.
Rich Man Li heard this. He glanced at Zhu Ping'an again and smiled a little, "Maybe you can study, but this troublesome thing I have is not something you can do."
Uh, okay.
Since Rich Man Li has no intention of telling. Zhu Ping'an stopped asking any more questions. If the other party wants to tell you, you don't have to ask, and the other party will tell you; but if the other party doesn't want to tell you, even if your lips are dry when you ask, the other party will not tell you. Rich Man Li falls into the latter category.
"Boy Meng Lang, you made Mr. Li laugh. Mr. Li is busy with travel and driving, so I won't bother you." Zhu Ping'an bowed his hands knowingly and said goodbye.
Rich Man Li did not stop him, and even asked Zhu Pingan to borrow two more books to save him from running back and forth.
After Zhu Pingan said goodbye to Rich Man Li, he returned to the study. Because he had just received Rich Man Li's permission, Zhu Pingan went to the bookshelf to look for books again. He found two books on policy theory and put the books in his school bag. Here, get ready to go home.
As soon as he put the book into his bag, he saw a sinister girl walking in with an angry look on her face.
"It's really too much. They ate everything from inside to outside. I didn't call them uncles in the first place. They are really a bunch of unfamiliar white-eyed wolves... I don't believe that dad can't find out if he has his books checked!"
The sinister girl walked in with an angry look on her face, talking to the little maid Hua'er who was walking beside her.
Well
Zhu Pingan, who was about to leave, listened for two more minutes. It seemed that the shady girl was talking about the difficult things that Rich Man Li said. Unexpectedly, there was really something difficult. From what the sinister girl said, it seemed that several shopkeepers under Rich Man Li had colluded and worked together in the past few years. They seemed to have squandered a lot of money from Rich Man Li through false accounting and other methods. Rich Man Li also heard the news accidentally, and combined with the fact that the profits in the past two years seemed to have decreased a lot, he became suspicious of several shopkeepers. However, these shopkeepers had been colluding for a long time, and the accounting books seemed to be flawless. In short, Rich Man Li took several accounting offices at home and checked for several days, but no problem was found.
Profits were low, and Rich Man Li did not find any problems in his accounts. This gave the shopkeepers an excuse to contact other businesses privately, making the business chain that Rich Man Li had worked so hard to establish somewhat unstable. The shopkeeper and Rich Man Li only have an employment relationship, unlike the servants who signed a contract of sale. Moreover, listening to Li Shu’s words, it seems that the shopkeeper is related to the Li family. Without evidence, Rich Man Li also He didn't dare to act rashly, so it was not easy to deal with it, and it became a difficult matter for Rich Man Li. (To be continued.)
PS: I realized it was so late after coding, sorry. The unit has been very busy recently. Today's monthly ticket is very good. I hope everyone will continue to support Hanmen. There are only three days left. I hope there will be a surprise.
