After listening to Li Shui's words, Ji Ming felt contempt in his heart: Huaiguzi, you regard wealth as life, everyone in the world knows it, how could you be so kind to lower the price of fairy wine? It would be good if you don't increase the price.
He must be plotting something, don't let me find out, otherwise I will definitely inform His Majesty.
After listening to Li Shui's answer, Ying Zheng nodded with satisfaction, smiled and said to Li Shui: "Huai Guzi, you are interested."
After speaking, Ying Zheng turned to Zhao Teng and said: "Zhao Teng, learn more from Huaiguzi. I need you, and the people of Da Qin also need you. Don't be a villain again."
Zhao Teng lowered his head and responded, feeling very cold in his heart: I got up early and worked hard to investigate the case. I thought I could bring down Huaiguzi once I found out the truth.
Unexpectedly, Huaiguzi resolved the issue in just a few words.
Fortunately, although he got His Majesty's praise with just a few words, he was bleeding after all. If he lowered the price of the fairy wine, he would probably earn a lot less.
Thinking of this, Zhao Teng suddenly felt somewhat balanced.
At this time, the young eunuch came to report, and Lu Yi took him with him.
After Lu Yi came in, he knelt on the ground, lowered his head and did not dare to speak.
Zhao Teng stood up and looked at Lu Yi and asked, "Tell me how you and Wu met and how they did business."
Lu Yi lowered his head and did not dare to speak. He turned his head slightly to look at Li Shui.
Li Shui said to Lu Yi: "Lu Yi, answer whatever you ask. Tell the truth. Don't make mistakes. This person in front of you is your Majesty and he will not wrong you."
Lu Yi nodded. Li Shui's words gave Lu Yi some reassurance.
Lu Yi told Ying Zheng what happened, and it was basically consistent with what Wu said.
Zhao Teng asked: "How much income do you earn from opening a tavern?"
Lu Yi said: "Sir, ten thousand dollars a month."
Zhao Teng said in surprise: "As the manager of a tavern, you only have 10,000 yuan per month. You can only spend 10,000 yuan on two meals in the tavern there."
Lu Yi nodded.
Zhao Teng continued to ask: "How could there be so few? Then wouldn't there be even fewer chefs and waiters?"
Lu Yi said: "Cooking is a technical job. The chef earns 5,000 renminbi per month, while the assistants earn 1,000 to 2,000 renminbi per month."
"Because the business we do cannot see the light of day, the chefs are also people from other places who want to settle in Xianyang City. The pay is lower, but they can still have food and housing."
Zhao Teng continued to ask: "It doesn't matter if the others are paid less, but you are already the shopkeeper and you know how to make wine. Why is that?"
Li Shui frowned, wondering if there was something wrong with Zhao Teng. The answer that he could think of with his toes had to be stabbed in his heart. Isn't it interesting? In this way, Zhao Teng's emotional intelligence really needs to be improved.
Lu Yi was already nervous in front of Ying Zheng. He just wanted to answer the questions honestly without thinking too much.
Lu Yi turned around and looked at the ashen Wu lying next to her, and said, "My monthly fixed remuneration is only so much, and the rest of the profits must be given to her."
After speaking, Lu Yi pointed to Wu Shi next to him.
Ji Ming curled his lips next to Ying Zheng and couldn't bear to listen anymore. He thought to himself: I thought Huaiguzi was a black-hearted businessman, but I didn't expect that a woman like you is even more sinister than Huaiguzi. You must be crazy about money.
Although Huaiguzi is a dirty thing, it at least allows the underground people to have enough food and clothing, and it also has a special face. You are just a prostitute, and you only care about exploiting your subordinates.
You are really short-sighted, not as benevolent and righteous as me, the eunuch, what the hell.
Ji Ming looked at Li Shui again. Although he immediately disliked Li Shui, in front of Wu Shi, Li Shui's image improved slightly.
After Li Xin heard this, he touched Li Shui and whispered: "Brother Li, this girl is okay. She is darker than you. No, she can make more money than you."
Li Shui was speechless for a while, thinking: If you don't know how to speak, then don't speak. You seldom speak, so no one treats you as a mute.
Zhao Teng looked down at Wu and asked, "Is what he said just now true?"
Wu nodded.
Zhao Teng said: "No wonder the dividend to be given to you this month is 30 plus gold. Together, there is only a little purchasing cost left, and all the profits will be given to you."
Ouspensky said nothing.
Zhao Teng asked in confusion: "Why do you need so much money? Mr. Qi also has a salary."
Wu sneered: "Huh, salary? Dare I ask Mr. Zhao, can you support your family with your salary alone?"
Zhao Teng was stunned by Wu's sudden question. The set process included him being superior and interrogating Wu, but there was no part of Wu's rhetorical questioning.
He saw Li Shui and Li Xin staring at him, seemingly waiting for his answer, but in fact they were waiting to see his joke.
Zhao Teng calmed down and thought for a moment, then shook his head helplessly and said: "The family members and servants in the house spend a lot of money on food and clothing, and it is really difficult to support them with salary alone."
Wu had long known that Zhao Teng would answer like this, and then said: "That's it. In order to increase the income of the family, Mr. Qi invested the money he had saved over the years into Yali Daily."
"I thought the hard times would improve slightly, but unexpectedly Master Huai snatched this share without paying a penny."
“It’s just made things worse for an already difficult time.”
After hearing this, Ji Ming nodded silently behind Ying Zheng, thinking: Well, indeed, Huaiguzi can do such a thing.
Li Shui said at this time: "In front of His Majesty, you should make it clear. I have never snatched Mr. Qi's equity in Yali Daily. It was Mr. Qi who personally sent the contract to Shangjun Courtyard and begged me to take it. of."
"If you don't believe me, just go back and ask Mr. Qi."
Wu smiled and said: "Yes, why don't you ask others, but you? I beg you to take over the equity."
"How can there be such a thing in the world?"
Li Shui curled his lips, saying that he couldn't listen to the good advice, and then said: "It was me who gave you the advice in front of Your Majesty that day, and it made things possible for you and Master Qi."
"Your Majesty is open-minded and generous, and cares about the world. Otherwise, you and Mr. Qi may be drowned by this spitting star of Xianyang people."
"Furthermore, Yali Daily has repeatedly published false information for the sake of sales. I have already asked Your Majesty to investigate Yali Daily."
"To put it bluntly, Mr. Qi also gave away this hot potato by returning the favor to me, so I took the opportunity."
"I don't expect you to be grateful. At least you can't add insult to injury and bite me back."
Wu Shi was dumbfounded. She only thought it was Master Qi who was forced by Li Shui, but she didn't expect things here to be so complicated.
If Huai Guzi was really such a warm-hearted person, would Mr. Qi deliberately avoid him and even disdain to associate with him for the sake of peace?
Mr. Qi is a well-read poet and a great contemporary scholar. He once said privately that Huaiguzi is a treacherous villain. Can Mr. Qi, an outstanding and elegant man, say anything wrong?
This Huaiguzi must be boasting too much. Even if he is accompanied by a general like Li Xin, he probably has the same temperament.
Wu Shi was thinking like this, and became even more convinced that the sharp-tongued Huai Guzi was a treacherous villain who had taken advantage of him and acted like a good boy.
What he said was clear and logical, but I'm afraid it was a secret plan to deliberately tease everyone in our family.
Some people died, but not completely...
