After Zhu Yuanzhang sent his men out, he chuckled in the face of Zhu Biao and Empress Ma's doubts.
"Do you think that I don't trust Xu Da?”
"That's not the case. This old fellow grew up with me, how can he hide his thoughts from me?”
"When I saw his actions, I knew that he had something to hide!”
"She was clearly fine last night, and you want to reject the marriage today?”
"I like that girl Miao Yun very much. I can't let her run away so easily!”
Zhu Biao smiled."
"Imperial Father, what do you think Uncle Xu will do?”
"Don't be suspicious. We'll know when the scouts return!”
The Emperor took a sip of tea and skipped over this matter.
At this moment, he suddenly saw two figures running away from the door.
"Second brother, fourth brother?"
"When did they come to Wuying Hall?”
Zhu Biao chased after them and happened to catch the backs of his second brother, the King of Qin, and his fourth brother, the King of Yan, Zhu Di. He shook his head helplessly.
……
On the other side, Xu Da left the Imperial Palace and applied for leave from the Ministry of Central Affairs. Then, he returned home without stopping.
After asking Xu Miaoyun's family, Xu Da rushed to Chen Shuxin's house.
At this moment, Xu Miaoyun and Chen Shu were standing in the residence, watching the servants around them busy themselves.
Xu Miaoyun was very fast. When Chen Shu decided to buy the house, she arranged for people to clean it and buy many daily necessities.
It only took half a day for the house to be cleaned.
Chen Shu looked at Xu Miaoyun, who was guiding her subordinates, and a strange look flashed in his eyes.
Xu San's daughter was getting more and more out of his expectations.
Her ability was much better than the average man. Chen Shu admired her capable style, which was not found in this era.
Xu Miaoyun saw Chen Shu observing her from the corner of her eye, and her face turned slightly red.
At this moment, Xu Da came in with his family.
"Father, you're back!" Xu Miaoyun hurried to greet him.”
Xu Da hummed in agreement. Looking at his travel-worn daughter, he had mixed feelings.
However, he walked past Xu Miaoyun and took the lead to Chen Shu's side. He bowed and said,"
"Thank you, sir, for saving my life!"
Chen Shu nodded and turned to walk towards the backyard.
Xu Da and his daughter looked at each other and asked the others to wait here before following them.
After entering the courtyard, Chen Shu found a place to sit down and leisurely took a sip of tea.
Seeing that Chen Shu was ignoring him, Xu Da laughed dryly.
Chen Shu raised his head and smiled faintly.
"Xu San, you seem to have something to say?”
"Tell me, have you thought of how to return my money?”
When Xu Da heard Chen Shu say that he would return the money, he immediately had a headache.
"Sir, it's not that I don't want to return it, but I really can't take out so much money at once!”
Chen Shu nodded and asked,"
"Are you going to renege on your debt?"
Xu Da hurriedly shook his head and swore to the heavens,"
"Since I have accepted this debt, I will definitely not go back on my word!”
"However, sir, can I use other methods to return the money to you at a discount?”
"I don't have any money for the time being. Just based on my own salary, I won't be able to repay Sir's money in this lifetime!”
"However, we still have some connections in the imperial court. Back then, Sir saved us, and I have a deep impression of Sir's ability!”
"If Mister doesn't mind, Xu San would like to recommend you to become an official in the court and serve the court!”
"This is better than your current identity as a businessman!”
After Xu Da finished speaking, he looked straight at Chen Shu.
This was the only thing he could think of that could help Zhu Xiong.
At the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, although the emperor held the imperial examination, many officials were recommended.
With Xu Da's prestige and Old Zhu's good impression of Chen Shu, Xu Da was very confident that he could help Chen Shu get a good start in the imperial court.
Chen Shu is a businessman, rich enough to rival the country.
But which businessman didn't want to gain fame?
Under the suppression of the Emperor, the social status of the merchants in the Ming Dynasty was extremely low.
He believed that Chen Shu would be interested in this proposal.
Although 200,000 taels was a lot, Xu Da believed that there were countless wealthy merchants in the world who would be willing to exchange 200,000 taels for a title.
This was probably the only way he could think of to offset the 200,000 silver.
When Chen Shu heard this, he could not help but laugh.
His smile made the Xu father and daughter feel uncertain.
"Is this the idea you came up with after thinking for the whole night?”
Chen Shu looked at Xu Da with a faint smile. Xu Da nodded awkwardly.
Chen Shu nodded. Actually, if it was someone else, Xu Da's suggestion would probably be worth 200,000 yuan.
There were many people in the world who would go after a businessman's bankruptcy in exchange for a title.
However, among these people, only Chen Shu was not included.
His expression immediately changed.
"I disagree!"
"Ah!"
Chen Shu looked at Xu San and Xu Miaoyun's incredulous expressions and said leisurely,"
"Fame is nothing to me!"
"If it were any other empire, I might be tempted if you asked for a title for me!”
"But working under Zhu Zhongba, am I tired of living?”
"Xu San, you're not helping me. You're harming me!”
"If this is your idea, then forget it. Just listen to me!”
After Chen Shu finished speaking, Xu Da became anxious.
"Sir, why is that?"
Chen Shu sneered and asked,"
"Xu San, let me ask you. Back then, you relied on Old Zhu. What rank are you now?”
This soul question directly suffocated Xu Da to death.
He thought for a moment and reluctantly said,
"I'm not doing well either. I'm just a lowly official in the Grand Governor's Office, barely a fifth-grade official!”
" Salaries…100 dans of grain!"
Not wanting to expose his identity as the Duke of Wei, Old Xu offered a standard salary.
Chen Shu said thoughtfully,"
"I say, Old Xu, you've been greedy all these years, haven't you?”
Xu Da was speechless.
To be honest, he, Xu Da, had always thought that he was clean and innocent in this life. How did he suddenly get the name of a corrupt official?
"Unconvinced?"
"Your annual salary of one hundred dans is fifty taels of silver, which is less than five taels of silver a month!”
"But you saved nearly three thousand taels!”
"I think there has been a lot of corruption over the years!"
When Xu Da heard this, he almost spat out a mouthful of blood.
Heaven and earth, he, Xu Da, had never suffered such humiliation before. But in front of Chen Shu, he could not even speak out his greatest grievances.
Xu Miaoyun wanted to laugh but didn't dare to.
Her eyes curved into beautiful crescents. She felt that Chen Shu was really interesting.
"Alright, I can't be bothered with your sneaky behavior!”
"However, before you return my money, don't let the emperor get hold of you. Old Zhu doesn't care who you are when he kills corrupt officials!”
"Sign this!"
Chen Shu threw a repayment plan to Xu Da.
Xu Da flipped it open slightly and his expression changed drastically.
"Sir, you're asking Old Xu to sign a slave contract!”
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