Bribery by the Five Families
Just as Lin Fei was cooperating with Governor Chen to distribute food to the people, the five families came and said that the five families were inviting Lin Fei to a banquet in the most famous restaurant in Shandong City. They thanked him for recovering the food so quickly and temporarily removed the danger of the Shandong people rebelling.
This time, Lin Fei did not refuse and happily followed the people sent by the five families.
"General, let me go with you!”Cheng Chumo was worried that Lin Fei would go alone, so he brought more than ten soldiers with him.
Li Chengqian saw that Cheng Chumo wanted to go, so he came over to join in the fun.”
Without waiting for Lin Fei to object, he continued,"My father asked me to learn from you. How can I learn without you?”
This reason was so powerful that Lin Fei could not refuse!
"Alright, all of you go, but Qin Yuhuai must stay behind and look after the remaining grain with Governor Chen. Tomorrow, we need to deliver it to the counties below.”
Qin Yuhuai was still very obedient. He would obey Lin Fei's orders.
Leaving Qin Yuhuai behind, Lin Fei brought Cheng Chumo, Li Chengqian, and fifteen soldiers and set off.
However, when the person sent by the five families saw that Lin Fei had brought so many people, especially when Li Chengqian also approached, his expression was a little unnatural. However, he did not dare to say anything and silently led the way in front.
With the people sent by the five families leading the way, Lin Fei quickly arrived at the most famous restaurant in Shandong.
The heads of the five families had already been waiting outside the restaurant for a long time. When they saw Lin Fei bring so many people over, the corners of their mouths could not help but twitch twice. They quickly recovered and led Lin Fei and the other two into the private room with a smile. The fifteen soldiers were guarding outside.
After the guest of honor sat down, the five family heads looked at each other. Zheng Wenlong, the head of the Zheng family, clapped his hands, and five waiters who had been prepared outside came in with a tray.
Lin Fei took a look and saw that there were no vegetables on the trays of the five waiters. They were all glittering gold. Each tray had about 100 taels.
The five families were preparing to bribe Lin Fei!
Li Chengqian couldn't hold it in any longer. As the Crown Prince, there was actually someone bribing an official of the Imperial Court in front of him. This was too disrespectful of him, disrespectful of the Imperial Court, and disrespectful of the Emperor.
Seeing that Li Chengqian was about to stand up, Lin Fei grabbed him and ignored his angry gaze. He smiled and said to the five families,"You guys are thinking of…"
Lin Fei's action of pulling Li Chengqian was seen by the five family heads. They immediately laughed even more happily, especially Zheng Wenlong. He imitated Lin Fei and said with a smile,"The soldiers have painstakingly found so much food. The five of us thank you on behalf of the people. This is a small token of our appreciation.”
This time, Lin Fei was happy. He was so generous even with a small gift. What if it was a big gift?
"It's actually a small token of my appreciation. Then I won't be polite.”Lin Fei turned to Cheng Chumo and said,""Chumo, take the small gifts of the Zheng family's head so that the Zheng family's head can take out their big gifts.”
Cheng Chumo immediately asked two soldiers to come in and take away the trays from the five waiters.
"Patriarch Zheng, we've accepted the small token, but what about the big token?”As he spoke, Lin Fei deliberately searched around.
When the five family heads saw Lin Fei like this, the smiles on their faces immediately disappeared and turned into angry expressions.
"Eh, don't tell me you guys didn't prepare anything big? It's okay. We can prepare in the future. There's no hurry!”Lin Fei was still smiling.
Zheng Wenlong took a deep breath and suppressed his anger.""General Lin, we have a big intention. However, before that, we would like to ask General Lin for a small favor.”
"A small favor? What small favor? Tell me!"
Lin Fei's smile did not decrease, but he secretly despised him in his heart. Damn it, am I that easy to talk to? You want to bribe me with 500 gold taels?
At this moment, Zheng Wenlong's heart had already sunk to the bottom of the valley. However, the arrow was already on the bowstring and had no choice but to shoot.
"We would like to ask General Lin to allow us to help General Lin find the stolen food. We also want to do something for the people of Shandong.”
"It's not that I can't do such a small thing, but it depends on how big your intentions are.”
Hearing this, the five family heads almost died of anger. They had never seen such a bold and shameless person.
They were already bold enough to bribe the Crown Prince in front of him, but they still had their face and would find a reason to cover it up.
However, Lin Fei did not hide anything and reached out his hand.
However, since Lin Fei was like this, they could no longer hide it. They might as well talk about the starting price.
"As long as General Lin agrees, we will prepare a thousand taels of gold to comfort the soldiers.”This was the price that Zheng Wenlong and the others had secretly discussed.
"This big intention is still not big enough!”Lin Fei was not moved at all and shook his head.
Seeing that Lin Fei was very dissatisfied, Zheng Wenlong could only grit his teeth and say,"Two thousand taels, we can't take out more.”
After Lin Fei carefully observed the expressions of the five family heads, he knew that this was their bottom line. If they didn't want it, they wouldn't even have two thousand taels. He nodded and said,"Alright, I promise you."
"Alright, it's settled then!"
"Yes, you can help us when you send the money over!”
Seeing Lin Fei's shameless appearance, Cheng Chumo almost couldn't hold it in anymore. Li Chengqian's face was already black. In the end, Lin Fei let Cheng Chumo carry him away.
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