However, Zhao Kai did not investigate in depth. He had no evidence to prove that Li Yanqing stole calligraphy and paintings and guqin. Moreover, he believed that with Li Yanqing's current status and realm, he could not play with calligraphy and qin. He would be more interested in gold and silver.

More importantly, this matter is not a big deal. While the father was angry, he was just deeply regretful. There is no need to turn against Li Yanqing for such a thing.

"Do you have something to do with me today?"

Li Yanqing nodded, "I encountered something difficult."

Li Yanqing told Zhao Kai about purchasing three thousand treasure boxes in the palace. Zhao Kai was really surprised. The palace was actually lying to pay tribute. How could this be possible?

He pondered for a moment and said, "Generally speaking, the palace does not use the outside rouge, they are made by themselves. Even if they purchase perfume, ink, etc. I remember that I purchased a batch of rose water in the palace two years ago, but Baoyanzhai's things are good, and there are a few things that cannot be made in the palace, such as Lauder perfume, jade fat, etc., and it is very likely to be purchased. Let's ask, do you have a stick?"

"The branch was originally there, but it was taken away and burned by the palace people. Now we have no choice."

I heard that there was no branch, Zhao Kai looked embarrassed and said nothing!

He thought for a while and said, "The eunuch named Li that your father knew should be Li Yan. He is responsible for the procurement of the harem. He is Liang Shicheng's confidant. I probably have to ask Liang Shicheng about this."

"But even if there are no branches, there should be something! Three thousand treasure boxes should be seen everywhere in the palace, so you can't lose this one!"

"Okay! I'll ask Liang Shicheng, just like you said, the things are there, and he can't let him lie to the debt!"

After leaving Prince Jia's Mansion, Li Yanqing was thinking about Luan Tingyu's affairs. If Luan Tingyu was doing things for Liang Shicheng for money, he could have sneaked into the bottom of the lake to make money. Why should he take the risk of making money for Liang Shicheng?

He always felt that there was a deeper purpose hidden in it, but Li Yanqing couldn't see through it, and he knew that he couldn't figure it out, so he simply stopped thinking about it and went back to the Yujie store.

As soon as he arrived at the store, Li Yanqing suddenly saw Zheng Rongtai. He had not seen this fat man for almost two months.

From a distance, Li Yanqing saw that Zheng Rongtai had lost a lot of weight. Although he was still a pig, he had changed from a big fat pig to a lean pig. He no longer had the hippo-like body shape he used to be, and he could still ride a horse.

"Where did he go? You will be willing to tell the truth after I ask me how many times."

Zheng Rongtai was forcing Yang Xin to ask him, but Yang Xin was speechless. He didn't know where the little official went?

"What do you want to know, I can tell you." Li Yanqing walked forward with a smile.

"Ahhh! So here."

Zheng Rongtai laughed and walked forward to hug Li Yanqing, but Li Yanqing pushed him away and almost staggered. Li Yanqing knew that this kid had some bad habits and was too close to him, so he was really a little bit of hair standing upside down.

"Okay! OK! I won't be joking with you anymore. I'm here to ask you what happened to you. My uncle actually said you don't have credit!"

"This is not a place to talk, I'll treat you to a drink!"

Li Yanqing took Zheng Rongtai to Yuxiwasi and walked into a tavern. The two of them sat down at the window on the second floor. Li Yanqing asked with a smile: "You can eat some meat!"

"Eat at most some chicken and fish, but you can't eat pork."

The bartender next to him quickly smiled and said, "The spicy chicken and terrible fish heads in our store are the most famous and tastes wonderful."

"Then let's have a plate of each! I'll give you three or four other vegetables, you can do it yourself. Is there any sake?"

The bartender shook his head quickly, "The best wines in the shop are sheep wine and sheep horn wine, there is no sake, I'm sorry!"

"Then let's have a pot of lamb wine and another braised dried tofu with oil." Li Yanqing saw this dish on the table next door, which seemed very good.

"Okay! Come soon."

The bartender hurriedly left, Li Yanqing looked at Zheng Rongtai and smiled and said, "How did you do it? You actually became so thin?"

"Of course it's the method you taught. I'm holding a beautiful woman on a horse in the morning and playing with water in the afternoon. I had a very comfortable summer and lost 20 kilograms. My father said I would like to thank you very much."

"If you want to thank me, please don't freeze the supply. We will give the money, and we will give it a few more months."

Zheng Rongtai hurriedly approached and asked, "What's going on? You can't even pay a few thousand guan of money when you can take down the shop on Yujie. My uncle found it incredible, so he said you don't care about your credit."

"Something happened. My father sold three thousand treasure boxes to the palace, worth 30,000 yuan. But the palace refused to pay and said that it was nothing. In addition, my father opened stores everywhere recently and used up all the money. These three thousand treasure boxes were all based on credit. If something went wrong, the store was indeed in crisis."

Zheng Rongtai couldn't stop talking for a long time, "You actually do business with the palace. Don't you know that the palace procurement never pays the bill?"

Li Yanqing was stunned, "How could it be?"

"Of course this is the case. We sell spices to the palace. In recent years, we have sold at least tens of thousands of yuan, but we have never gotten a penny. The eggless turtles in the palace have relied on how much money they have relied on. I can only say that it is your misfortune to keep an eye on Baoyanzhai."

"I never pay a penny?" Li Yanqing asked.

"It's not that you don't pay at all, it's just that it's very difficult to get the bill. It's very difficult. Or even if you give you something, you'll pay it off. Generally, big stores don't do business with the palace. Or they just settle the money and then give the goods first. Don't be afraid that these grandchildren will not help them even if they make trouble."

"I have asked King Jia for help, and your uncle, for a few more months, we will pay the bills at one point."

"What should you do now? Do I want me to lend you some money? I personally have more than 9,000 guan, and I can lend you 5,000 guan."

Li Yanqing clasped his fists and smiled and said, "I am grateful for my heart, but I have some money myself. As long as your uncle keeps keeping goods, we can continue to operate. With Baoyanzhai's brand, you can pay it off at most half a year."

"No problem, I'll tell my uncle that thousands of guan is a drizzle for him. If he doesn't agree, I won't inherit his property!"

Although it sounds a bit weird, Li Yanqing is still very grateful to Zheng Rongtai for his enthusiasm and righteousness. He poured a glass of wine for Zheng Rongtai and said with a smile: "Tell your uncle, please feel free to pay it off. If we really can't pay it back one day, I will pay him the shop on Yujie."

"Haha! Don't tell him that he won't sleep at night and he's thinking about your shop all day long!"

At noon the next day, as soon as Li Yanqing returned to the dormitory, the magpies rushed in like a gust of wind, "Little official, go to Yujie, Manager Wu, please come over quickly."

"What's going on?"

"I can't explain it clearly, you'll know if you go."

Li Yanqing didn't want to ask any more, so he turned around and ran towards Yujie. He ran to Baoyanzhai in one breath and saw that the store door was quiet and nothing happened. The customers who bought jade fat were still lined up.

Manager Wu was looking around at the door. When he saw Li Yanqing, he hurried out, "Little Master, come with me."

"Let me tell you what happened?"

"A batch of things were sent from the palace."

"thing?"

Li Yanqing quickly walked into the shop and walked through the shop to the intermediate yard. He was stunned and saw at least two or three hundred large wine barrels piled up in the yard and room. "What is this?"

"This is what the palace pays us. Eunuch Li said that from now on, the money and goods will be cleared."

Li Yanqing was a little dizzy, "These are worth 30,000 yuan?"

Yang Xin next to him sneered, "I can count it to the little officials. A dime of wine in the tavern outside costs ten cents. Even if it is good wine, that dime of wine can be sold for twenty cents. This barrel of wine has five hundred cents, which is ten thousand cents. It is ten taels of silver. There are 300 barrels of wine in total, and at most three thousand taels of silver. I told them that these wines are only worth three thousand taels of silver. They said that I fart, and these wines are worth 30,000 cents. This is called the rule of the palace."

Li Yanqing's face turned pale. The money was made of real money. It was indeed a rule in the palace, but it was usually 10% off, at most 20% off. For example, if you use 3,000 taels of silver to pay 30,000 guan, it was obviously a malicious debt. It was probably after King Jia told Liang Shicheng that they changed the method.

At this time, Yang Xin suddenly felt something was wrong. He stepped forward and smelled it. He smelled dozens of wine barrels in a row. He screamed in surprise, "The wine is sour, who would want this kind of wine!"

At this moment, Li Yanqing suddenly had an enlightenment. No wonder Liang Shicheng would toast him at the alum building. Isn’t it just a way to give him wine?

If you don’t want to eat a toast, is this considered toast or a toast?

The person who tied the bell is required to untie it. I am afraid that he will eventually have to find Liang Shicheng for this matter. Whether he succeeds or not, he will not be able to avoid this step.
Chapter completed!