Chapter 158
"Brother Xu, please go slowly."
When Xu Shiyang left, Li Feihu and Li Feihuang personally sent him out of the gate. Along the way, the small cabinets and merchants from all over the world who were waiting for the Li family to meet were looking at them with extremely surprised eyes.
It is hard to imagine who could have two large cabinets in the Li family appear and give them away.
"Who is this person?" a customer from Siam asked in his native language.
Everyone who was asked was shaking their heads.
In fact, at that moment, quite a few people had this question in their hearts, but few knew the answers.
A Tianzhu merchant who had just signed a sales contract with Xu Shiyang whispered to his companion: "This is the lord of the north, which means the earth king. He just bought 5,000 pieces of cloth and a large amount of saltpeter from me."
Unfortunately, he didn't know the specific relationship between Xu Shiyang and the Li Group, after all, the latter never bought any unpopular homemade cloth from him.
Moreover, he speaks in his native language, and very few people can understand it.
As a result, various speculations began to spread rapidly.
Several Indians believed that Xu Shiyang should be the prince of a powerful country, or even a king.
The Parce businessman who had been fighting with Xu Shiyang before entering Hong Kong was now trembling with fear.
If only Xu Shiyang had two ships, he could deceive himself and kill him at sea.
But now, the Li family attaches more importance to whom they can tell with their heels. If the Li family wants to kill him, it will not even be able to use a finger, which is easier than crushing an ant to death.
‘I’m done…’ the merchant Pars thought sadly.
Of course, there is no such unreliable speculation in countries within the radiation range of Confucian civilization. They just guessed that Xu Shiyang should have come from a gentry family in the Great Zhou Dynasty, and this gentry family is 80% strong, otherwise it would not have been given away by two large cabinets.
Then some imaginative guys began to guess whether the two young people sent out would marry the Li family? One of them would become Li Feihuang's husband?
That’s right, Li Feihuang is already an old girl, but political marriage and age are never a problem, right?
Amid the whispers of people, Li Feihu and Li Feihuang kept sending Xu Shiyang and Xu Shiliu outside the venue.
There, Li Feihu untied a gorgeous Japanese knife wrapped in crocodile skin on his waist, and handed it to Xu Shiyang with both hands:
"Brother Xu, this knife is a treasure knife that my father spent a lot of money to hire a master Fusang to spend three years to create. It is called "Tiger Cut". Today, you and I hit it off at first sight. I will give it to you. I hope Brother Xu can use it to kill the Tartars and achieve our goals!"
‘Will it be heartbreaking to use a thousand-month Japanese sword to cut off Tartars who are well-armed?’
Xu Shiyang had already had a bad experience. After the last battle, he always felt that it was better to use a waist knife to protect his body. Even if he broke it on the armor, he would not feel distressed.
However, Xu Shiyang couldn't refuse when he was so happy that he gave a famous knife like a treasure.
"Since that's the case, I'll thank Brother Li!"
Xu Shiyang bowed to Li Feihu with his fists, pretending to be surprised and said:
"This knife is called Huqi? That's really great. The colleagues who insisted on the War of Resistance in Qisheng also called me the name "Hail Tiger".
"Hahaha, this knife is destined to be Brother Xu!" Li Feihu laughed and said, "I also like this knife because I am the nickname Feihu!"
‘It turns out that the names of Li’s Group are all nicknames.’
"I didn't prepare any gifts this time. Since that's the case, I'll give Brother Li a knife too."
Xu Shiyang handed his waist knife to Li Feihu, and he explained:
"This knife is definitely not as good as Brother Li's tiger cut, and it may be worth only 1 kiln of money, but this is something I seized from a Tartar Meng'an, and it is also somewhat commemorative. Brother Li can use it to defend himself."
"Oh? Robbery? Then the value of this knife is not inferior to the tiger cut! This weapon is what men should use!"
Li Feihu said solemnly:
"Brother Xu, please stay here for a few days. I will discuss with the major cabinets in my home and find an opportunity to meet you and my shopkeeper. During this period, please stay in my villa temporarily. I will bear all the expenses of Brother Xu and his nobles!"
Xu Shiyang bowed and thanked: "Thank you Brother Li again!"
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After leaving the venue, Xu Shiliu whispered: "Third Brother, this person is also interesting. He is older than the two of us, but he shouts Brother Xu one by one."
"At first he was just polite, but later he was serious." Xu Shiyang replied: "Now, he has been moved by our plan."
Xu Shiyang's plan is a great opportunity for the Li family.
Whether economically or politically, if successful, the Li family can go to a higher level, and Li Feihu cannot take it seriously.
In contrast, what's the big deal about calling a brother to a young man twenty years younger?
"Third brother, I think this Li Feihu is really moved by you. If that's the case, will our trip to Jiangnan have been successful?"
"It's still early." Xu Shiyang replied: "I can convince Li Feihu, probably I can convince several other large cabinets, but I guess I can't convince all thirteen people."
"Why?"
"I only know that the three brothers Li Feilong, Li Feifeng and Li Feihu, the core of the Li Group, do want to recruit the hostage, but I'm not sure other large cabinets have the same idea. Maybe some don't want to recruit the hostage? Maybe some want to recruit the hostage alone? This is all very difficult to say. We still lack understanding of the Li family."
Xu Shiyang said:
"I guess he will bargain with us in the future when negotiating with Li Feilong. Maybe he will think of only giving us a quota of 100,000 yuan per year, and we have to cut off the Grand Canal, because this is our strategic goal."
"And there is another point. We have taken out the core plan of fooling the Li family. In fact, we are using Wen Xianggong's brand to suppress others. So after we arrive in Jiangnan, we must contact Wen Xianggong as soon as possible and convince him to support our plan."
"If Mr. Wen comes forward to protect him, the Li family will not deduct our credit for the sake of future reunion."
"But I hate the Wen family." Xu Shiliu felt extremely uncomfortable when she remembered the shame she had suffered in front of the Wen Mansion last time: "Last time..."
"It is actually a good thing to feel shame, as long as you know your shame and be brave."
Xu Shiyang persuaded:
"If we succeed, it will be similar to killing an bribe-taking housekeeper in Wenfu. But if we fail, the shame you have suffered can only be swallowed into your stomach forever."
"I see!"
Xu Shiliu took a deep breath and gritted her teeth and said:
"I will try my best to endure before success. After success, I must have the butler who is worse than death!"
"Although I think you may not bother to pay attention to him at that time... but I just follow you, if you still hate him so much at that time."
Xu Shiyang said:
Chapter completed!