America 1881: They Call Me Legend

Chapter 222 Coincidence, colleagues

The lawyer froze.

Make money?Why are you asking me this?Aren't you the lender yourself?

"Why don't you sort it out yourself and get all the bills back?" The lawyer glanced at Leonard.

Leonard ignored him and paced back and forth in the hall by himself.

Looking for a bank for a mortgage?Then I have to go to Albuquerque, the day lily is cold after the formalities are completed.

Issue bonds?I don't have a physical company, and my reputation is not very good. I guess no one will buy it.

Otherwise, find some pretext to raise funds or something?It doesn't seem to work, I did this kind of thing last year.

That is only to find someone to borrow.

But who else in Lincolnshire can spend so much money at once?

The lawyer sat on the sofa without moving his butt, watching Leonard dangle in front of his eyes.

Compared with his previous master, Fred, it is not difficult to guess the mind of the businessman in front of him.

"I heard that there is a rich Chinese man in Roswell, and now he owns the land over there." The lawyer said, "I also heard from people over there that they seem to be shopping in the town recently. .”

"What did this person do before?" Leonard stopped in his tracks and looked at the lawyer suspiciously. "Why have I never heard of it?"

Although he has been active around Lincolnshire in a very low-key manner, he has been here for ten years after all, and suddenly a powerful rich man appears nearby, he is also a Chinese, he should not be ignorant.

"I heard that he did business with Astor. I wonder if it's his white gloves." The lawyer said.

"Astor? Is it the Astor of the Astor family in New York?" Leonard's eyes began to shine.

The lawyer nodded.

"Then make an appointment with him for me." Leonard walked up to the lawyer, "If that Chinese is in Lincolnshire."

The ingredients for Meyer's lunch were useless, just enough to treat the Chinese to dinner.

The lawyer got on his horse and returned to the town. After some inquiries, he finally found Li Sifu who was carrying wheat at the gate of the grain trading market.

"Excuse me, did your boss come with you?" the lawyer asked.

"Boss, someone is looking for you." Li Sifu threw the bag on his shoulders onto the flatbed, straightened up, and said to a man in a leather jacket whose back was facing them.

There were three bags of wheat on the left and right shoulders of this man, and each bag was much larger than the one Li Sifu had carried before.

He turned around, walked quickly to the side of the flatbed cart, leaned forward, relieved his hands slightly, and the six bags of wheat landed firmly on the flatbed cart.

Chen Jianqiu patted the grain crumbs on his body, looked up at lawyer Mai Sien, and smiled on his face: "I am his boss, what can I do for you?"

"You are Chen Jianqiu?" Mai Sien looked suspiciously at the young man with a bright smile in front of him.

so young?Sitting on Roswell and the surrounding land, chatting and laughing with the heir of the richest family in New York?
It doesn't look like it anyway.

Moreover, this person seemed familiar to him, but he couldn't remember when and where he had seen him.

"Well, I am, please tell me if you have anything to say." Chen Jianqiu took out a cigarette from his pocket and lit it.

"Well, my friend, Mr. Leonard, would like to invite you to his home as a guest and taste his chef's skills." The lawyer said to Chen Jianqiu very politely.

"Mr. Leonard? He seems to be very famous in Lincolnshire." Chen Jianqiu took a few puffs of the cigarette, threw the remaining half on the ground, and crushed it with his feet.

"Yes, he is a businessman, an upright and decent person." The lawyer introduced his boss without blushing.

"Okay, but I still have a friend who wants to go with me, no problem?" Chen Jianqiu said to Mai Sien.

"Uh, of course it's fine."

Chen Jianqiu gave instructions to Li Sifu, walked to the side of a carriage parked at the door, put his hand on the side of the carriage, and said something to the inside.

"Let's go, lead the way." He walked back, got on his horse, and said to Mai Sien.

The lawyer and Chen Jianqiu rode in front, followed by the carriage, and the driver was a black man.

They soon came to Leonard's manor.

The black man parked the carriage at the door, Chen Jianqiu opened the door of the carriage, and a well-mannered middle-aged man stepped out of the carriage.

He was carrying a box in his hand.

Matt Dylan, former Scott's lawyer and Harvard Law School graduate, is now employed by Chen Jianqiu.

No one here knew him, but just to be on the safe side, Chen Jianqiu let him stay in the carriage the whole time.

"Hey, find a place to eat by yourself later." Chen Jianqiu winked at Xiao En who was driving, the black man nodded, and then he leaned on the carriage and closed his eyes to rest.

Chen Jianqiu and Dylan followed Mai Sien into the gate of Leonard's house.

Leonard's house is very big, but compared with those mansions that Chen Jianqiu has seen before, it reveals the aura of nouveau riche everywhere.

The place is not tidy, the carpet on the floor is rolled up, covered with dense, black things; the sofa is placed casually, and on the small table in front of the sofa, there are many sundries in a mess, including a A half-smoked cigar.

However, Chen Jianqiu didn't worry too much about it, because Leonard was already waiting for them in the restaurant.

He was sitting in a chair facing the door when they entered.

Seeing someone coming in, he stood up immediately and subconsciously began to arrange his clothes.

But when he saw Chen Jianqiu, he was also a little suspicious.

He looked at lawyer Mai Sien questioningly: Is this the person?

The lawyer nodded slightly.

"Please sit down, please sit down." Leonard changed his expression and pulled away the chair by the dining table.

Chen Jianqiu was also polite, and sat down directly with Dylan, while Leonard himself sat opposite him.

With a wave of his hand, he beckons his Mexican cook to serve.And the servant behind Chen Jianqiu had already started pouring wine for Chen Jianqiu and Dylan.

"Mr. Chen, when did you come to America?" Leonard's opening remarks were very plain and simple.

"A year ago." Chen Jiaqiu crossed his fingers and placed them on the table.

"That's really amazing. You can get so much land in one year." Leonard's words were all about the land.

He has a skill, that is, when he speaks, he can make sentences that are not malicious at first sound aggressive.

"It's just luck." Chen Jianqiu said lightly.

Leonard felt a bit confused.

In all likelihood, this young man followed Astor's back, and he was probably just a white glove in front of the stage.

So the scene fell into silence.

The dishes were brought up, unsurprisingly unique in Mexican characteristics: cactus fried green and red peppers, grilled steaks made in Mexico, a red soup made of cornmeal and exuding herbal aroma...

Chen Jianqiu picked up the spoon and started to eat, while Leonard didn't seem to have made up his mind whether to say it or not, and was also eating in suspense.

Let's talk, I feel that this person should just speak for Astor, and he probably doesn't have much strength; don't talk, wouldn't it be a free meal for them.

Otherwise, let's not talk about it, just pretend to be familiar with Astor's people.

But Leonard didn't say anything, but Chen Jianqiu did. He took a sip of the soup and wiped his mouth with a mouth cloth:

"Mr. Leonard, when you came to me today, you shouldn't just treat me to dinner, right?"

Since the other party took the initiative to speak, let's say it.

"Oh, I've been expanding the production of my ranch recently, and I need to introduce new breeds of cattle and build new barns..." Leonard began to ramble.

"Need to borrow money, right?" Chen Jianqiu interrupted him.

Leonard was stunned, his hands were under the table, and he began to rub the corner of his clothes again: "How do you know?"

"Most of the people who are looking for me are borrowing money, how much do you want?" Chen Jianqiu touched his round belly.

Leonard was enlightened.

It turned out that the person in front of me was with me!
Since we are colleagues, we will not hide it.

"Twenty thousand dollars." Leonard clapped two fingers, "Three months."

Three months later, as long as the news of the construction of the railway comes, he can sell the land to recover his blood.

"Okay, no problem." Chen Jianqiu snapped his fingers, and Dylan next to him put the box on the table, opened it and turned to Leonard.

Both Leonard and Mai Sien were dumbfounded.

The golden reflection was reflected on their faces, and both of them opened their mouths, too shocked to speak.

In this box, there is a box of golden bars!
"Is it enough? I still have it in the carriage." Chen Jianqiu knocked on the table, waking up the stunned Leonard.

"Enough, enough." Leonard's face was full of smiles, "Do you want to ask for instructions..."

"Who do you ask for instructions? What did you say?" Chen Jianqiu frowned.

"Ah, I didn't say anything, I didn't say anything." The smile on Leonard's face became more flattering, and he wished he could kneel and lick this rich man in various ways.

What kind of people are these, running around with at least two boxes of gold!

"Then what, can we discuss the interest rate?" Leonard said cautiously.

"Yes, but I need you to use your existing assets as collateral." Chen Jianqiu said.

"No problem." Leonard thought for a while before agreeing.

Mai Sien handed over the loan contract that had already been prepared. He was familiar with this kind of thing and dug all the pits he could dig.

But Chen Jianqiu didn't even look at it, and directly dumped the contract to Dylan beside him.

Dylan took out a pair of glasses from his pocket, put them on, took out a pen, and began to modify the contract directly.

Ten minutes later, a contract that had been changed beyond recognition was handed back to Mai Sien.

"If you agree, follow this. If you don't agree, there is nothing you can do." Chen Jianqiu closed the gold box.

Maisian and Dylan had some discussions, but Maisian quickly relented and, after some token struggles, agreed to the final version of the contract.

The lawyer rewrote the contract, and then both Leonard and Chen Jianqiu signed their names on it.

"Thank you for your hospitality." Chen Jianqiu greeted Leonard and got on his horse, signaling him to stay, and then left his manor with Dylan.

Looking at the back of Chen Jianqiu going away, Leonard couldn't help sighing:
"This guy is really lucky. He is also in the financial industry. How can he make money so much?"

But when he thought about it again, he would be the one who would get rich soon, and couldn't help humming a little tune for joy.

Mai Sien's face was gloomy, not only because he lost just now.

He faintly felt something was wrong.

Whoever comes out to buy food will bring a lawyer with bottomless skills.

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(End of this chapter)