"First of all, you two apologize to me in public!" Lu Chen looked at Xiao Yu and Zheng Shanguo and said solemnly.
"No problem! This matter was caused by our oversight, and we should apologize to County Lord Lu!" The person who spoke was Zheng Shanguo, while Xiao Yu looked a little ugly. You must know that he is not only the Minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, but also the right servant of the Minister. As for Song Guogong, asking him to apologize to Lu Chen in front of so many people was equivalent to losing face in public, so it was strange that his face looked good.
But there was no other way. The situation was stronger than the situation. If Lu Chen was allowed to continue making trouble like this, there was no telling what tricks this kid could come up with. Xiao Yu could only say "hmm" with an ugly face, indicating that he agreed.
Seeing that the two people agreed, Lu Chen nodded, and he and Lu Chen raised a finger directly at Xiao Yu and Zheng Shanguo.
"Mr. Lu, what does this mean?" Xiao Yu and Zheng Shanguo were slightly stunned when they saw Lu Chen's raised finger, and followed Xiao Yu to look at Lu Chen and asked.
"Secondly, each of you will compensate me one penny for reputational damage!" Lu Chen's words this time were not just directed at Xiao Yu and Zheng Shanguo, but also at the group of civil servants who had just made fun of them.
"A penny?" When these people heard Lu Chen's words, they all looked at Lu Chen in disbelief. These people were all ready to be killed by Lu Chen, but they obviously didn't expect that Lu Chen would actually say such a thing.
Even this group of people thought they had heard wrongly and looked at Lu Chen in disbelief.
"Why are you all looking at me like this?" Lu Chen glanced at the group of civil servants, "Do you think this guild is going to talk to you lions? You also look down on me so much!" Lu Chen He snorted very arrogantly, "Haven't you heard that a gentleman loves money and gets it in a right way?" As soon as Lu Chen finished speaking, the group of people suddenly changed their faces. It was clear that Lu Chen was talking about himself. , and the hidden poke was a direct mockery of these people from aristocratic families.
Naturally, these civil servants understood the meaning of Lu Chen's words at once, and all of them suddenly looked grim. As the saying goes, "If you hit someone, don't slap someone in the face, and if you speak, don't expose someone's shortcomings." What Lu Chen said was equivalent to directly With the fig leaf lifted, how could these people not be embarrassed?
Moreover, Lu Chen only wanted compensation of one penny per person, which was equivalent to slapping these civil servants in the face, but these people could not say anything. After all, Lu Chen was talking about compensation, but this compensation was real. It's such a slap in the face. Every aristocratic family you name is a person with a big business, and yet they want you to pay a penny in compensation, which is just a matter of saying "I look down on you" directly.
"Each of you will compensate me one penny, and let this be settled!" Lu Chen reiterated again, "Besides, this time is just to teach you a lesson. Don't use rumors as excuses in the future! "
This group of civil servants were naturally embarrassed by what Lu Chen said, but now they can only hold it in secretly. Whoever lets Lu Chen have the upper hand now will do whatever he says!
"Don't look at me with your unhappy eyes!" Of course, many of these civil servants still looked at Lu Chen with angry and unhappy eyes, and Lu Chen naturally noticed them, "I want to get wealth. It's so easy!" Lu Chen said as he took out three glass balls from his deerskin pocket and held them in his palm. At this time, the eyes of the civil servants changed.
They originally thought that Lu Chen just helped King Wu buy the two glass balls. In their minds, one of these things could be used as a family heirloom. Who would have thought that Lu Chen could still take out several more from his pocket? .
"I would like to ask you, does anyone want this glass ball, one of a thousand pieces?" Lu Chen directly rubbed one of the glass balls with three fingers, and his casual look made everyone look on tenterhooks. , looking like he was afraid that Lu Chen would drop the glass ball to the ground.
This group of civil servants looked at the glass ball in Lu Chen's hand, and their eyes suddenly became a little hot. Although they couldn't let Lu Chen give them two hundred guan, but if it was one thousand guan, they would definitely be willing to pay. of.
"What a pity! I won't sell this kind of glass balls!" After Lu Chen showed off, he turned his hand and let the three glass balls fall into the deerskin bag. The glass balls collided and made a crisp sound. Each of these sounds is like knocking on other people's hearts.
"That's a glass ball! Such a transparent and rare glass ball, you threw it into the bag like a mortal thing?" Everyone's eyes trembled as each glass ball fell into the bag, and every time they heard The sound of the impact of the glass ball made their hearts tremble involuntarily. These people all wanted to snatch the deerskin bag from Lu Chen's hand and protect it on their chests.
"Your Majesty! I am willing to present this glass ball to Your Majesty!" Lu Chen directly held the deerskin bag with both hands and presented it to Li Yuan.
"Oh?!" When he heard Lu Chen said that he wanted to donate the bag of glass balls in his hand to him, Li Yuan suddenly beamed with joy. Li Yuan was also greedy for such transparent glass balls! Even though he was an emperor, at the beginning of the Tang Dynasty, he was still poor! Even Li Yuan almost walked down the imperial steps and went to get the deerskin bag himself, but Li Yuan still calmed down and directly ordered: "Chang Bao!"
"Yes!" Chang Bao heard Li Yuan's instructions and hurried over and carefully took the deerskin bag from Lu Chen's hand. Then he turned around and walked slowly to Li Yuan, placing the deerskin bag carefully and carefully. Arriving at the dragon bookcase in front of Li Yuan.
Li Yuan really wanted to play with the glass balls in the bag now, but Li Yuan still knew that it was still time to go to court, so Li Yuan could only suppress his excitement and looked up at Lu Chen: "Mr. Lu, What can I ask for by offering such a treasure to me?"
"Your Majesty, I do have a small request!" Lu Chen responded directly to Li Yuan without any hesitation.
As soon as they heard Lu Chen's request, everyone immediately focused their attention on Lu Chen again. The generals were wondering if Lu Chen wanted to ask the emperor for gambling debts. After all, the companies that owed Lu Chen gambling debts The bet has not yet been fulfilled, and the civil servants are wondering whether Mr. Lu is harboring something evil? As for Zheng Shanguo, Wang Gui and Wei Ting, besides pondering this idea, they were also worried about Lu Chen and Li Yuan's proposal to let them fulfill their bet.
"I wonder what Lu Aiqing wants?" Li Yuan looked at Lu Chen with a pleasant look and asked.
"I sincerely request your Majesty to ask the Ministry of Industry to send some craftsmen to my Lujiazhuang!" Lu Chen saluted Li Yuan and said.
"What a big deal!" When Li Yuan heard Lu Chen's request, he immediately laughed, "Warrior Yu, I'll leave this matter to you!" Li Yuan said directly to Warrior Yu.
"Your Majesty, I obey the order!" Seeing Li Yuan call his name, the warrior Yu went out to salute Li Yuan and then responded, "After the court comes later, County Duke Lu can go to the Ministry of Works to select craftsmen!"
"Thank you so much, Master Wu!" Lu Chen said to the warrior Xun Yi.
"Lu Aiqing, is this your request?" Li Yuan looked at Lu Chen and asked again.
"What the hell?" Everyone was stunned when they heard that Li Yuan actually asked Lu Chen if he had any other requests. The emperor also chased his ministers and asked if they had any other requests.
"If you have any other requests, I do have a small request!" Lu Chen thought about it for a while, looked at Li Yuan and said.
"What a guy!" After hearing Lu Chen's answer, the civil and military officials in the Tai Chi Palace exclaimed in their hearts, "What a guy!"
These monarchs and ministers are really unprecedented. One really dares to ask, and the other really dares to answer!
Everyone looked at Lu Chen with weird eyes again, and they all thought to themselves: "Are you crazy? The emperor is just being polite, but you really dare to respond?"
"What else does Lu Aiqing ask for?" Li Yuan didn't think there was anything wrong with Lu Chen's move. The bag of glass balls alone was enough for Li Yuan to agree to Lu Chen's several requests that were not excessive.
"Well, Your Majesty, the gambling debts owed to Wei Chen have not been fulfilled. Wei Chen hopes that Your Majesty can urge them!" As Lu Chen spoke, he turned to look at Zheng Shanguo, Wang Gui and Wei Ting.
"This..." Li Yuan was a little surprised when he heard that Lu Chen had found him a debt collection job. After all, Li Yuan had really forgotten about this matter. Although there was a document with Li Yuan, how much did Li Yuan do every day? He was busy, so how could he remember such a thing, so Li Yuan just pondered for a moment.
And after all, Li Yuan was also the founding emperor of the Tang Dynasty. As the emperor, he helped his ministers collect debts. If this was spread, it would be a bit nonsense!
"Your Majesty!" Just as Li Yuan was pondering, Zheng Shanguo saluted Li Yuan and said loudly.
"Why did Zheng Aiqing start the memorial?" Li Yuan looked at Zheng Shanguo and asked.
"What Wei Chen is talking about is the gambling debt!" Zheng Shanguo responded to Li Yuan and then turned to look at Lu Chen.
"Oh? What do you have to say?" When Li Yuan heard that Zheng Shanguo was talking about gambling debts, he was secretly relieved. After all, it was inappropriate for him, the emperor, to come forward to collect debts.
"Back to Your Majesty, it's not that we are unwilling to fulfill the bet, but the gambling debt between us and Lu County Marquis is huge, and we still need time to raise it. What's more, the bet has not expired, and Lu County Marquis is eager to collect the debt. Is it too much?" Zheng Shanguo looked at Lu Chen and said very unhappy.
After all, this was the time for the court. Although the bet was made in front of the civil and military officials of the court, the debt collection was brought to the court, which was too disrespectful to them. Therefore, they looked at Lu Chen's The eyes are also quite unkind, even full of anger.
"Oh? So, will you all fulfill your contract on time?" Lu Chen didn't care about the looks of several people, and instead asked Zheng Shanguo.
