"I am willing to admit defeat! I will pay the bill!"
Liu Wuhui gritted his molar teeth and surrendered, and then walked away. Que'er blocked his way like a ghost and hummed: "Why are you so anxious? Isn't there an increase you proposed? The loser fulfills the winner's request. Mr. Liu must have forgotten."
Liu Wuhui was dumbfounded.
The two friends were so embarrassed that they wanted to pick their toes.
The ancients said that there are people outside the world, and there is a world outside the world. This is the result of being public and domineering.
Furthermore, how can the Liu family break its promise if it is a powerful family?
"That's right, keep your promise!"
Everyone was afraid that the world would not be in chaos, and even some merchants who had not dealt with the Liu family even shouted loudly.
It was easy for them to see Liu Wuhui defeated.
Furthermore, it was Mr. Zhou who offended the Liu family, not them. They wanted to see blood flow like a river.
Zhao Andao said: "Master Liu, I won't make it difficult for you to do anything excessive. How about you go back and sell the paper at a reduced price for three days, for five cents a piece?"
"What did you say!"
The whole audience exploded with these words, and Liu Wuhui widened his eyes and suspected that he had heard wrongly.
The paper market in Daxia was controlled by the Liu family. A piece of rice paper sold for upwards of fifty cents. Zhao An asked the Liu family to cut the price tenfold with just one sentence, almost bleeding the Liu family.
Seeing that he was annoyed, Zhao An chuckled and said, "Don't want to? Then I'll give Mr. Liu another option. Take off your clothes and run naked around the outer city."
"Zhou, don't bully others too much!"
Liu Wuhui's face turned blue and he wanted to explode on the spot.
Zhao An said contemptuously: "This won't work, and that won't work either. Then I'll take a step back and sell for five cents for two days, no less. The Liu family can also gain some reputation, right?"
The Imperial College has just opened, and the Liu family has lowered the price of paper, which will indeed gain a lot of popularity.
Liu Wuhui still hesitated, and Zhao An said displeasedly: "Mr. Zhou, strip him naked and throw him into the street!"
"Hehe, here we come!"
Zhou Rang put down the wine bottle, rolled up his sleeves and was about to get started.
When the girls saw this, they all slapped their faces and ran away laughing.
"Don't do it! I, I agree, why not, just for two days!"
Liu Wuhui was afraid, so he gritted his teeth and agreed to the bet.
As everyone said, the Liu family is a famous family, and Zhao An's painting style will soon become known to everyone. If the Liu family breaks the promise at this time, someone might stir up trouble behind the scenes.
He guessed correctly, Zhao An wanted to mess with the Liu family, first arouse the dissatisfaction of scholars, and then take advantage of the situation to release new paper.
As for the Liu family's next actions, it is almost certain that their paper will be sold out on the first day, and then deliberately stopped selling on the second day in the name of insufficient storage.
To take a step back, although they have completed two days of price reduction sales, when the price goes back up on the third day, people all over the world will be dissatisfied.
Because they dare to open this opening to sell so many goods, it means there is still money to be made. Making money and cutting leeks are two different concepts.
Liu Wuhui left in despair, but Cuilan Garden became even more lively.
Zhao An wanted to sit in court and sketch for free to completely expand the influence of today's incident, and ordered Qian Yuwei to arrange for people to spread the news, publicize the Liu family's price reduction, and guide public opinion.
Sure enough, the news about the new lifelike painting techniques and the Liu family's rice paper sales at reduced prices spread.
In just half an hour, everyone knew about the incident, and even the empress who was reviewing the memorial in the imperial study heard the news.
She knew in her heart that the mysterious gentleman named Zhou was Zhao An, and her pretty face was indescribably confused.
"Zhao An, who are you? Why do you always surprise people? There are so many things I don't know."
Similarly, Luo Qingshuang heard about this and asked the red-robed eunuch in surprise, "Are you sure?"
"It's absolutely true. Everyone knows that the new painting technique is amazing. Rich families rush to Cuilan Garden one after another. Some even spend thousands of dollars just to find a painting."
"interesting……"
Luo Qingshuang stretched out her long sleeves and paced back and forth.
Seeing this, the red-robed eunuch whispered about the bet.
"Tomorrow, the price of paper from the Liu family will be reduced tenfold, and ministers from all over the country will rush to tell them, threatening to make large purchases."
Luo Qingshuang's pupils shrank violently, "What a vicious guy."
This time, she really fell in love with talent.
Zhao An is so smart that he can clearly see the affairs of the court with just a piece of paper.
Chen Guogong's attempt to win over his ministers was nothing more than coercion and inducement, but he always had paper in his hands, because it was the rope that controlled the progress of the scholars in the world. His party members could not get any extra money except for daily expenses. rice paper.
Now that's good, the Liu family will have to surrender even if they don't surrender. Will it be given priority to noble officials or to students all over the world?
Tomorrow, those officials will definitely spend a lot of money to buy. After all, paper is too precious, and they also lack talents. If they have paper, they can do a lot of things behind the scenes, so this time the Liu family opens up, it is almost a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.
The ministers of the Manchu Dynasty went on a shopping spree. How did Chen Guogong handle himself?
Giving is equivalent to tacitly allowing them to do small tricks behind their backs. If you don't give, you are waiting to be complained and hated.
What if it is given to the civil and military officials and there is no excess to sell to the scholars in the capital?
At this moment, cracks will inevitably appear in the party's prison, which is the viciousness of this move.
Thinking of this, Luo Qingshuang said: "Wu Tongue, go out of the palace and protect that boy before he returns to Tianshui Courtyard."
"Here."
The red-robed eunuch cupped his hands and left quickly.
As soon as he walked away, he heard the little eunuch say, "Your Majesty, Miss Xiaoxiao is here."
"Let her in."
Luo Qingshuang showed a loving look and saw Luo Xiaoxiao changed into a gorgeous palace dress like a lady. She ran in and kowtowed, "Princess Donghai pays homage to the Queen Mother——"
"Silly girl, get up quickly and let Aijia take a look."
Luo Qingshuang waved pleasantly, and Luo Xiaoxiao smiled happily, threw herself into her arms, and then talked proudly about the things she had met with Zhao An, including new mathematics and salt-making methods.
Luo Qingshuang said in shock: "Are you sure he is the Mr. Zhou who was with Xu Ruqing?"
"Yes, that guy is so abominable. He actually wants me to kowtow and become a disciple. If I hadn't seen that he has some skills, I would have beaten him until he was full of teeth."
Luo Xiaoxiao waved her pink fist angrily, but Luo Qingshuang's heart was filled with turmoil.
She suddenly realized that she didn't understand the dog slave at all. She had just listened to new painting techniques and ghost plots, and now he was showing new arithmetic and salt-making methods.
How many secrets are hidden in Zhao An?
"Queen Mother, that guy said that the method of making salt has huge benefits, and he doesn't have enough strength to keep this huge wealth. Do I agree?"
Luo Xiaoxiao waited eagerly for the answer.
Luo Qingshuang asked suspiciously: "Will Mr. Zhou be involved?"
"Hmph, he's a bit obscene and doesn't look like he has the guts to participate."
Luo Xiaoxiao directly labeled Zhao An as a wretched man.
