Need for money

After Lin Jingshang came upstairs, there was no expression on his stern face, he just glanced at Xu Fu lightly, Xu Fu trembled all over, and a layer of cold sweat oozed from his forehead.

"This is?" Staring at Liu Biao, Lin Jingzhi just cupped his hands symbolically.

Liu Biao wanted to introduce himself, but Xu Fu said ahead of time, "Second Master, this is Liu Biao, Master Liu."

"Master Liu Biao?" Lin Jingzhi seemed taken aback, his voice suddenly raised, and then he bent his waist, and his attitude changed 180 degrees, becoming very respectful, "So it's Master Liu, I've admired you for a long time, I have always heard that Mr. Liu is a very good official with strict governance, and I secretly sighed that I did not have the chance to meet him, but seeing him today, I finally got my wish."

"Where is it?" Since Liu Biao was dismissed from the position of city guard, he had never heard such a compliment. Although his mouth was modest, his fat face was already full of joy.

Raising his head, Lin Jingzhi glanced at the direction of the second floor, his face sank, stared at Xu Fu and scolded: "You have already entered the restaurant, why don't you know to invite Master Liu to dinner? It's true that the older you are, the more you live. .”

Xu Fu lowered his head and responded repeatedly, not daring to explain.

Seeing Xu Fu, who was still stubborn and rude in front of him early in the morning, was deflated, Liu Biao felt relieved for a while. He has a cold nature. Commander, how could he really treat a slave servant as a confidant? If so, once it gets out, his reputation will be tarnished for nothing.

But although Xu Fu is hateful, at least he came up with an idea, and secretly revealed a piece of news to him, so he interjected: "Mr. Lin, in fact, Steward Xu has already invited me to eat, and he also said... ..."

"Oh? Have you eaten? Where did you eat it?" Lin Jingzhi knew what Liu Biao was going to say, so he deliberately interrupted his words, ignoring the urgency in his heart.

Xu Fu turned around and pointed in the direction of Yajian, and replied, "Second Master, that's right there."

"Nonsense! What kind of status is Mr. Liu, how can he have dinner on the second floor! Xu Fu, go to the execution room to receive the punishment after returning home!" Lin Jingzhi sternly shouted, Xu Fu bent his waist and legs, shortened his body, and hurriedly responded repeatedly.

After glancing at Xu Fu again, Lin Jingzhi looked at Liu Biao, and said apologetically, "Master Liu, I'm not strict enough to discipline you, and you have caused him to suffer such humiliation, you really deserve to die!"

The young man in front of him is the current head of the Lin family!

Hearing this sentence, Liu Biao was moved inexplicably. He felt that he was a pearl and was finally discovered.

"Master Liu is really generous. I believe that in time, he will be promoted again. Cough...Master Liu, I am not..." Lin Jingzhi stammered deliberately at the end of his speech.

Liu Biao didn't understand what Lin Jingzhi meant when he heard this, and he was promoted again, didn't it mean that he was pushed down from the top, "You don't have to be like this, Mr. Lin, who can have an official career without any obstacles, as long as I am dedicated For the people, I think it won’t be long before I can climb up again.”

Hearing that Liu Biao came to comfort him, Lin Jingzhi secretly laughed in his heart. This person was just like the rumors, he was a complete idiot. I lost my status for nothing, if Mr. Liu is willing to show his face, why don't we go to the third floor and have a few more drinks?"

Liu Biao happened to have something to discuss with Lin Jingzhi, so he agreed happily. Then he saw Lin Jingzhi bowed and asked him to go first. He was not at all modest, and raised his chin, arrogantly like a big rooster, but he didn't look at it. Seeing Lin Jingzhi and Xu Fu who were following behind him, they exchanged winks and laughed endlessly.

After going up to the third floor, Lin Jingzhi chose a private room, and generously ordered a large table of expensive meals. Liu Biao regretted it for a while. It is the principle of a bastard not to take advantage of the advantage, so he picked up the chopsticks and ate another meal.

Lin Jingzhi accompanied him respectfully, took two bites from time to time, and then offered a few glasses of water and wine.

As soon as the food and wine came into his mouth, Liu Biao forgot the conversation he had just had with Xu Fu, and just crawled on the table, eating and drinking again, which made Lin Jingzhi dumbfounded. I've never seen anything so useless.

It wasn't until he saw Xu Fu winking at himself that Liu Biao came back to his senses, screaming in his heart that it was terrible, and almost forgot about the big event. If he can make such a feat, and use this money to clear it, at least he can climb up one more level. Two or three levels, thinking of this, he took out a silk handkerchief and wiped it on his mouth, regardless of whether it was wiped clean, he said, "Mr. Lin, I heard that the Lin family plans to sell the place [-] kilometers east of the city. Buy a piece of wasteland?"

"No, there is no such thing." Lin Jingzhi was taken aback for a moment, and then repeatedly denied it.

Liu Biao was also taken aback, unable to figure out why Lin Jingzhi said no, he turned his head and glanced at Xu Fu, and saw that the latter was shaking his head at him with a flustered expression. The meaning was simple, that is, he asked himself not to confess him , Turning his eyes, he began to think about it. Could it be that the profits of raising horses and cattle have been very high in recent years, so the Lin family regards this matter as a secret and forbids it to be disclosed?

No wonder Xu Fu told himself before, don't tell others about this matter after leaving the private room.

Liu Biao is a villain who only cares about profit, so he doesn't care about Xu Fu's life, so he said directly: "Mr. Lin, I didn't expect that I treat you sincerely, but you treat me as an outsider. It's really chilling. To tell you the truth, in fact, the reason why I came here today is because Housekeeper Xu invited me to discuss this matter."

"Oh? Then what did Butler Xu say to the lord?" Lin Jingzhi's face froze, and he obviously smiled forcedly.

Seeing Lin Jingzhi secretly glaring at Xu Fu before he spoke, Liu Biao secretly smiled. If it was as he had guessed, he would have to spend more money in the Lin family, "Mr. Lin, I am a straightforward person, and I will not hide it from you." Butler Xu just told me the whole thing."

Originally?

Lin Jingzhi smiled inwardly when he heard the words, I don't know what Butler Xu will tell you.

However, since the other party wants to play tricks and deceive him, he might as well cooperate. Thinking of this, he sighed several times, then gave Xu Fu an angry look, and said: "Since your lord already knows, I will No secret, yes, the Lin family intends to buy that large piece of wasteland, and then raise mules, horses and cattle."

Seeing Lin Jingzhi's admission, Liu Biao was very proud of himself. He thought to himself that although Lin Jingzhi was called a business genius, he was still three points younger in front of him. Jiang was still old and spicy!

With emotion in his heart, he forgot to ask, how many cows and horses can be raised in such a large piece of wasteland.

"Master Liu, since Steward Xu has given you a thorough explanation, let me tell you the truth. In fact, the Lin family plans to spend 30 taels of silver this time to buy the entire piece of wasteland. You can see how much this amount is worth. Still not working?"

Hearing that the amount of silver taels was exactly the same as what Xu Fu said, Liu Biao felt confident again. It seemed that the Lin family really planned to buy that piece of wasteland, but he had already known about it in advance, and it was a commercial matter. Confidential, as for this silver, naturally you have to eat more. Thinking of this, he pretended to be embarrassed and replied: "Mr. Lin, you know how big that wasteland is. If you really measure it according to the actual size, I'm afraid Even 300 million taels can’t be bought.”

Lin Jingzhi's face darkened when he heard the words, he nodded and said, "What Master Liu said is true, it seems that he was ill-considered, or else let's forget about this matter."

Lin Jingzhi naturally knew what Liu Biao was up to when he said this, but this time, although he was willing to give Liu Biao more benefits so that he could work hard for him, he couldn't let him ask for prices, so he planned to use The strategy of roundabout and outflanking was rejected first.

Hearing Lin Jingzhi said that he wanted to give up, Liu Biao became impatient. How could he easily miss this golden opportunity, "Mr. Lin, don't be discouraged. In fact, this matter is not impossible, but you also know that although I He is in charge of the big and small matters of Luocheng's farming, but there are still people watching."

"Can it really be done?" Lin Jingzhi opened his eyes wide in cooperation, with an overjoyed expression.

"Of course, if I say it can be done, then I can do it, but if you want to get through the upper joints, you have to spend some money..." Liu Biao patted his chest at first, but at the end, he stroked his chin in embarrassment. Sparse strands of black whiskers.

Lin Jingzhi patted the table and said with a smile: "As long as this matter can be done, it's nothing to spend some money. Mr. Liu really has the ability. Come, let me offer you a toast."

After finishing speaking, Lin Jingzhi picked up the wine glass and drank it down first.

Liu Biao chuckled, didn't drink, but asked first: "I wonder how much money Mr. Lin plans to give me to clear up?"

"2 taels!" Lin Jingzhi's expression froze, and a hint of arrogance floated on his face, and people could tell that he was a big-headed ghost with a good face and a lot of money.

Liu Biao originally thought that if Lin Jingzhi could give him 1 taels of silver, he would be able to do it with 1 taels of silver. It fell into his pocket.

"However, I have to ask you to do something about the 2 taels of silver." Seeing Liu Biao's happy face, Lin Jingzhi added another sentence.

Liu Biao was taken aback for a moment, then asked cautiously, "What's the matter?"

"I heard people say that someone wanted to appeal to the imperial court to open up that piece of wasteland and another large piece of wasteland [-] kilometers to the southeast. Can you help me by the way and get a river? In this way, if the imperial court really wants to open a canal in the future, I can directly order people to open a canal at the canal and introduce it into my own fields." Lin Jingzhi explained patiently.

"It's not difficult, it's just that if you do one more thing, it will cost you an extra penny." Liu Biao replied in a pretense of embarrassment.

Lin Jingzhi is not a fool, he naturally knows that 2 taels of silver is enough to accomplish these two things, but now that the locust plague is about to explode, time is running out, and with Tian Ji and Wang Meng staring at him, he still I really didn't dare to procrastinate, so after thinking about it all night, I planned to spend more money to arouse the enthusiasm of this corrupt official and get this matter done as soon as possible.

"Master Liu, don't worry about the money. In fact, the 2 taels is just for Mr. Liu to help you clear up the officials, and this amount of money is absolutely indispensable for Mr. Liu!" After Lin Jingzhi finished speaking, he stretched out a finger.

"One..." Liu Biao was a little afraid to guess.

Lin Jingzhi replied straightforwardly: "1 taels!"

"Okay, no problem!" Liu Biao slapped the table hard, stood up suddenly, and the ecstasy was beyond words.

Next, Lin Jingzhi readily took out a stack of banknotes from his sleeve, counted out 2 taels, and handed them to Liu Biao. The intention is to give it now, so I have no choice but to stand there, watching the other party take the bank note back unwillingly.

What Lin Jingzhi wanted was to get Liu Biao to finish this matter as soon as possible, and naturally he would not give him the banknote before the matter was completed. Seeing him staring at his cuffs, his eyes almost popped out, Wei Wei With a smile, "Master Liu, it's just a few documents. With your ability, I believe it will take less than a day to finish it. How about this, I will still be here this afternoon as a host, waiting for good news from your lord."

Liu Biao slapped his thigh when he heard the words, turned around and left, "Okay, that's it, I will definitely handle this matter well this afternoon!"

Lin Jingzhi stood up and sent a few steps away, and gave Xu Fu a wink, Xu Fu nodded, and quickly chased after him.

Shi Mo has been standing by the side without speaking, and at this moment he asked suspiciously: "Second Master, from the point of view of this slave, this Liu Biao has made a fool of himself, can he really accomplish this?"

"If it's someone else, I really can't say, but this Liu Biao must be the one to do this." Lin Jingzhi brushed the hem of his shirt and put his hands behind his back.

"Oh? Why?" Shi Mo asked again, puzzled.

"The reason is very simple, this Liu Biao knows nothing, he just gives money to Shangguan!"