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Chapter 257 Local tyrant, make an appointment for dinner
Two days later, Li Shanchang handed over a list to Zhu Biao.

This list is all those rich people who survived the heavy snowfall in Kaifeng Prefecture. After the names, shops, land properties, banks, and the estimated number of family properties are noted.

In this regard, Zhu Biao especially appreciates Li Shanchang's ability. He is indeed much better than Liu Bowen in dealing with this interpersonal relationship.

Zhu Biao took a general look, and found that some of them had more than 20 taels of property, and the rest were more than 10 taels.

Damn, if this is taken out, the grain and salary in the north will be there, and he seems to see white rice.

It's just...they are far behind the Shen family, they are just a drop in the bucket.

Nowadays, the land of Kaifeng has just resumed production and farming, but these rich merchants are full of rich oil, and it feels like sprinkling water if they take out some casually.

The gap between rich and poor is too large.

Zhu Biao planned for a long time, and finally decided to invite all the dozen or so wealthy businessmen, and Sanbao would send invitations in person.

Hearing that His Highness the Crown Prince wanted to see him, the first reaction of these wealthy businessmen was: Why did the Crown Prince invite himself?
However, it is rare for a daughter to be favored by the prince, so how could she let go of the relationship that came to her door, even if it is the snow disaster in Kaifeng at this moment, it would be enough for each of them to bleed.

For them, the Kaifeng mansion is a place where the mountains are high and the emperor is far away. They will never see the emperor for the rest of their lives. As the crown prince, the crown prince personally invites them. This is like smoke from the ancestral grave.

It's obviously a promotion... It's time to say something to future generations: When the emperor was still the prince, your grandfather and I were invited to dinner.If you want to please the prince and use it as a signboard, the business will keep coming.

However, when they stood at the gate of the Kaifeng Mansion, they frowned a little. Eating in Kaifeng Mansion always feels like eating in prison.

Everyone went in in order, and were arranged at three tables of red, green and black. Several county magistrates, who accompanied the prince to eat and drink, were a little disappointed to see that their seats were still below.

This time, he wanted to use the snow disaster to curry favor with His Royal Highness, but it seemed that he was going to be disappointed.

The rich businessmen in Kaifeng only thought that the red, green and black table was just a sign, but it was not. It was just a way for Zhu Biao and Li Shanchang to distinguish their family property.

The wealthy businessmen were smiling, and Zhu Biao made a gesture to signal them to sit down.

"It is really rare to be favored by His Royal Highness the Crown Prince today. I am honored, honored."

Zhu Biao didn't say anything when he heard this, and they would have to find a place to cry later, how happy they were laughing now, how ugly they would be crying later.

"It's all here, Your Highness." Li Shanchang stood beside him and said.

"All sit down."

Several wealthy merchants in Kaifeng sat down with nodding their heads and bowed their heads, and one of them kept wiping his sweat with handkerchiefs.

Although scholars, farmers, industry and commerce have long been integrated, this habit is still engraved in their bones.

"His Royal Highness invited us, I don't know why."

"Let's have a meal together. If anyone doesn't want to eat, turn left when you leave the Yamen."

After listening to Zhu Biao's words, these people understood what it meant. After leaving the yamen, the left turn was the place to punish unruly people these days.

For example, inciting the common people, not queuing up when giving out food and porridge, getting more and stealing, etc., and those who fight are punished.

"Serve the food." Li Shanchang said to the people next to him,
Then the dishes were brought up, all of which were neatly cut slices of meat, but they were all frozen in color, with iron plates for barbecue.

Everyone thought it was delicacies from mountains and seas, and they got tired of eating it. Why is the meal invited by His Royal Highness the Crown Prince so unique today.

"Is this barbecue?" Someone said knowledgeable.

"That's right, exactly." Zhu Biao praised.

Everyone toasted Zhu Biao wine, all of them were beaming. At the moment of the barbecue, they didn't care whether it was frozen meat or not, and they ate it, and it was quite moist.

Zhu Biao's chopsticks fell to the ground with a thud, and Li Shanchang immediately handed over new chopsticks, raised his wine glass and said to the crowd: "I respect all of you on behalf of the Crown Prince."

"Don't dare, how can we let the prime minister and His Royal Highness toast."

Li Shanchang is a literati, and when he speaks, he is also very polite.

Zhu Biao stopped talking nonsense, stood up and looked at the three tables and said: "Everyone is a native of Kaifeng Prefecture. Since ancient times, it is difficult to buy a good neighbor. Now that the snowstorm has suddenly fallen, although the court tried its best to remedy it, it was finally worse. , What if there is a disaster, but I will ask the county magistrate of Kaifeng Prefecture to take good care of you, so that you can always ensure the safety of your house."

"His Royal Highness, you care about us common people, great virtue."

"Yes, yes."

The wealthy businessmen flattered and flattered Zhu Biao immediately.

"Well, in the face of natural disasters and man-made disasters, benevolence and virtue are useless. It's better to have food and charcoal. Now that the court is in trouble and I come to your land alone, I still need everyone's support. A lot of support is good."

Zhu Biao picked up a piece of meat and put it in the bowl of the fattest rich businessman and said, "This is called chicken chop, come and taste it, cough cough."

"Ah!" Li Shanchang happened suddenly, scaring several wealthy businessmen to hold their chests, and their chopsticks stopped in the air, not daring to drop them for a while, and he continued: "His Royal Highness once grilled a steak for Shen Qiancheng, then Boss Shen is so lucky, Immediately said that His Royal Highness barbecue, a thousand gold is hard to find, and he brought out ten thousand gold."

"Shen Qiancheng? That's the person I admire, the richest man in Jiangnan."

"Sure enough, it's really rare for His Highness to invite us to dinner in person."

"His Royal Highness, money is vulgar. Now His Royal Highness is worried about the disaster. I, Liu Guapi, are willing to give [-] shi of grain, and I am offering a thousand taels of gold."

"Your Highness, I, Zhou Fugui, are willing to donate a thousand catties of carbon every year to the Kaifeng Disaster Relief Emergency Warehouse, in order to express His Highness the Crown Prince's intention to invite us to dinner."

Zhu Biao laughed.

The wealthy businessmen on other tables around were anxious, and they could not be allowed to climb the big tree of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince.

"His Royal Highness, I, Zhao Ren, are willing to offer ten thousand taels of gold and a thousand stones of grain. His Royal Highness is willing to eat and barbecue with us despite his high status. I... will contribute to Kaifeng."

Li Shanchang and Zhu Biao glanced at each other, then took the notebook and wrote down: "The truth is accepted for the people of Kaifeng."

"Prime Minister Li is polite, and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is polite."

People love to compare, even if they slap a swollen face to pretend to be fat, they can't lose face and the opportunity to show it.

After these few people took the lead, the money for disaster relief efforts was the same as the auction.

Then Zhu Biao thought that it was snowing outside, and he was afraid of accidents on the way, so the guards took the knife and sent them home in person.

A few wealthy businessmen regretted it after a while, but they made a promise in front of His Royal Highness, and if they dare not keep it, it is a serious crime of deceiving the emperor.

So soon, those who donated food packed their food overnight, and those who donated charcoal and cotton clothes quickly sorted it out, and drove the carts to the government office in Kaifeng.

Liu Guyu saw that His Highness the Crown Prince managed to deal with these rich businessmen with a few words. When her father built various canals, the rich businessmen were more difficult to speak and arrogant.

But when they came to His Royal Highness, they were no longer afraid of power, and they stopped cheating and cheating. The money and food arrived, and everything they should have is now available.

On the second day, the sky cleared up, the snow had begun to melt, and there were more than a dozen soup sheds.

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