This was echoed by several other favored palace maids, and Queen Mother Li also said with a smile: "At that time, he did not have a title, he was just a white man, so it was appropriate for the Ai family to call him Little Hozen! Even if he was later granted the title of Bo, it was nothing unusual. Yes, there are not many uncles in the Ming Dynasty! But what is rare is that he actually sat in the position of the Marquis. This requires real skills! So you can't embarrass him at this time. If word gets out, someone should say sorry This old woman treats the hero with contempt!" Kan Shula
When these palace maids heard this, they naturally threw out a lot of beautiful words! "Who dares to make irresponsible remarks about our ancestors!" and "The empress called him a little hozen to give him face!" These words made Empress Dowager Li smile.
Liu Haojia had a rare meal in the palace, and then walked out of the palace leisurely accompanied by Zhang Jia. Ordinarily, Zhang Jia would always be by Emperor Wanli's side, but now Liu Haojia has become an important helper to him, so he will always try his best to close the distance between the two parties! It’s the best thing to have a chat from time to time!
But as soon as Liu Haojia got home, someone sent a message inviting him to a restaurant for a banquet in the evening. Liu Haojia originally didn't want to go, but when he saw that there were more than a dozen people co-signing on the post, and when he saw that they were all powerful people, he knew that something must have happened again, so he had no choice but to agree.
When Liu Haojia entered the private room of the restaurant in the evening, a large group of people immediately came up and pulled him to a seat. Liu Haojia took a closer look and found that it was similar to what he had guessed. The people attending the banquet today were all the eldest sons of various families who were about the same age as him. These people were all the ones who would inherit the title in the future. Now they had begun to gradually come into contact with things in the family and their identities. All aloof.
Although the post said it was from a certain family, if these people came to see him for something, he would not make an appointment to meet in a restaurant. He would only find a quiet place to discuss the matter. Only these young people would discuss things over the wine table.
How can a young man sit in a quiet room like an old man and discuss things honestly with a tea cup? Of course, if the wine is in the cup, the silk and bamboo are by the side, and the beauty is in the arms!
The crowd gathered around Liu Haojia and sat at the front seat, and he was not polite. After all, in this room, he is the only one who is a real marquis! Although there are people here who are the legitimate sons of the Marquis and the eldest son of the Duke, none of them have inherited the title. They are all white and are not on the same line as Liu Haojia!
After everyone sat down, they immediately called for people to serve food, accompanied by top brothels. Liu Haojia didn't pretend to be aloof. He first chose someone who liked her and let her sit next to him, and then naturally he drank happily.
When the wine was halfway through, Liu Haojia simply waved away the top names and musicians accompanying the drinks, and then said: "Tell me, do you have anything you want me to help with? Just say it, I can help. Of course I will help!"
As soon as he finished speaking, a young man said with a smile: "Brother Liu is indeed loyal, let's..."
Before he finished speaking, he was pulled back by another person and said: "Is this what you call Brother Liu?"
His words caused a burst of laughter from everyone and made the man laugh. Because Liu Haojia has a title, and the people who usually move around are their fathers, so according to the rules, they really have to call Liu Haojia uncle!
Especially in this era, etiquette is very important. If Liu Haojia really wants to be serious, these people will have to kowtow to him one by one when they see him! But Liu Haojia naturally wouldn't take advantage of it. He said directly: "Your father and uncles and I have to call ourselves juniors when we are together, and we are about the same age, so we can talk about some things together, so it is okay to talk about brothers! "
Everyone applauded after hearing this, but some people couldn't help but feel ashamed! To be honest, more than half of the people here are older than Liu Haojia, but in front of the achievements he has made, they are nothing! So they were also convinced by Liu Haojia!
Now that Liu Haojia was willing to lower his profile to make friends with them, they naturally felt that he was a real man and naturally wanted to make friends with him. Anyway, when their father dies in the future, they will still be about the same age as Liu Hao's family after taking over the title.
But that’s all a story for later, we have to solve the immediate matter first. So everyone explained the matter clearly and attached a lot of evidence.
Liu Haojia heard him
The things we ask for advice are a bit dumbfounding! It turns out that just a few days ago, various companies compiled accounts for doing business in Tianjin. When the results came out, everyone was pleasantly surprised to find that they had indeed made a lot of money!
But when they asked about other people's incomes, their joy dimmed a lot! The reason is simple, those merchants earn much more money than they do! So these honorable men can't understand, how could this happen?
After a series of checks to confirm that no one had done anything wrong, the reason could not be found! After the final discussion, there was no solution and I had to turn to Liu Haojia for help! But those old people really didn't have the face to show up, so they simply asked these young people to take the lead!
After listening to their stories, Liu Haojia smiled after thinking for a moment and said, "You can't blame anyone else for this, it's all your own fault!"
An impatient person raised his eyebrows and said, "Is it true that someone is lining his own pockets? I'll check the account again when I get back!"
The others also started making noises when they heard what he said, thinking that their accounting skills were not up to par! Anyway, they did not doubt that Liu Haojia was wrong. At that time, Ming Dynasty had the first golden touch, how could it be wrong!
Liu Haojia waved his hand to signal everyone to quiet down, and then said: "Since you have checked the accounts and haven't found any problems yet, it means that the accounts are accurate! The real problem lies with your own shopkeepers and clerks!"
One person said doubtfully: "That shouldn't be the case! These shopkeepers and clerks are all old men in the family. Some of them are simply born into the same family, and they are very good at loyalty!"
His words were echoed by everyone, and they all believed that there would definitely be no problems with his family. Liu Haojia raised his finger and shook his head and said: "You are right, their loyalty is definitely no problem, but their ability is definitely a problem!" 「
Everyone expressed disbelief, because these people were very profitable when they were doing business in the capital and elsewhere. There is no reason why there are so many different people in Tianjin!
Liu Haojia said with a smile: "I only need to say a few words and you will understand!" When you were doing business in the past, to put it bluntly, you relied on your own status to conduct monopoly operations, so your shopkeepers and guys were like little flowers in a greenhouse, and they had never seen a real fight in a shopping mall! And which of the businessmen gathered in Tianjin now did not struggle to survive in an environment where big fish eat small fish? So in the past, when we were guarding the same stall, we couldn't tell the difference, but now when we put them together, we can immediately tell the difference! Do you see what I said, right? "
