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"Borrow money? Duke Zhenguo, you are really good at joking. You are a noble relative and the eldest son of aristocratic families. How could you be short of money? Besides, we are all lowly merchants. Even if you want to borrow money, you should ask the emperor to borrow it, so as not to let gossip and ruin your royal reputation..."

After hearing about Li Suwen's purpose of coming here, Lei Hu immediately replied to him with a smile, with a tone that made Li Su extremely verbal mockery.

Li Suwen clenched his fists, tried to suppress the anger that was about to burst out, tried his best to pretend to be calm, and squeezed out a smile at Lei Hu: "Shopkeeper Lei, if I had not had any difficulties, I would never come to ask you for help today. I only asked Manager Lei to help me, and I will definitely repay you in the future!"

When Lei Hu heard this, he lowered his head and said, "Since Duke Zhenguo said that, it is not easy to refuse. Please make an announcement on Zhenguo. How much does it cost?"

Li Suwen thought a little while after hearing this, then stretched out a finger and said to Lei Hu, "I need ten million silver dollars..."

"Ten million? Or silver dollars?" Lei Hu's eyes widened when he heard this, "Duke Zhenguo, do you know what you are talking about?"

Li Suwen said: "I know that I have some lions speak out, but I really need the money urgently. I would like to ask Manager Lei to help you..."

Lei Hu thought for a moment, and quickly communicated with Tong Yongdou, Zhao Yongtai and Yue Dongguang with his eyes, and then sighed and said to Li Suwen: "Sorry, Duke Zhenguo, I can't raise such a large amount of money at all. You might as well find another place to ask for help..."

Li Suwen frowned and stepped forward and said hurriedly: "Shopkeeper Lei, now the entire capital has the only one who has the financial resources. If you can't even afford this money, who can help me?"

Lei Hu stopped Li Suwen and continued: "Duke Zhenguo, I can ask you a rude question, what is the purpose of you want such a huge sum of money?"

Li Suwen's eyes turned cold when he heard this: "I want to revive the Li family's foundation, so I need a lot of money. I ask the shopkeeper Lei to help me. When my Li family rises again, I will definitely not forget the shopkeeper Lei's support today!"

Lei Hu smiled and signaled Li Suwen to sit down and talk to him at the new table prepared for him.

After Li Suwen sat down on the ground, Lei Hu said again: "Duke Zhenguo, I can't bear such a large sum of money alone, but if Duke Zhenguo really wants it,

It just so happened that all the well-known merchants in our capital are here. If you can only get together, you can still help you get the tens of millions of silver dollars..."

"Thank you, Shopkeeper Lei, thank you for your help. This kind of kindness and virtue will be remembered in my heart..."

"Duke Zhenguo, don't rush to thank you first, I haven't finished my words yet."

Lei Hu stopped Li Suwen from thanking him, and then showed a philanthropic atmosphere of a profitable businessman, and continued: "Duke Zhenguo, you also know that we are all businessmen,

You know that the businessman is profitable. When we find a way to help you raise this money, I will dare to ask again, what benefits can we get?"

Li Suwen immediately said: "As long as you are willing to help me, I can agree to be your backer and let you do whatever you want in the capital!"

"Hahaha……"

As soon as Li Suwen finished speaking, a burst of laughter immediately came from the private room. Obviously, they were not interested in the conditions proposed by the Duke of Zhenguo at all.

At this moment, Li Suwen felt extremely humiliated. If he had to change the past, he would not even look at these profiteers who were full of money-smelling smells of money, and he firmly drew a clear line with them...

But now, in order to revive the Li family's grandeur, he can only choose to endure.

Before deciding to come to find these merchants, Li Suwen also tried to seek support and funding from other aristocratic families.

However, the result made him feel cold. Those families who were so popular with him in their daily lives were all rejected by the weak Li family. In desperation, he thought of finding a cooperation with this businessman...

"Okay, let's be more at ease. Don't be ruthless in front of Duke Zhenguo..." Tong Yongdou took the lead in showing the old man's demeanor, stopped everyone's laughter, and said to Li Suwen, "Duke Zhenguo, I'm going to hide it. In fact, if we lowly businessmen have no connections in the court, can we talk and drink calmly in Yulongxuan?

The benefits you mentioned are at best just icing on the cake for us, and we don’t care…”

When Li Suwen heard this, his heart was even more heartbroken. If these people were to be protected by themselves, they would not go home to burn incense? But now, people are disdainful of this. People who are not at the top of power cannot understand this gap.

Tong Yongdou took a chopstick and said, "Duke Zhenguo, I can say that we are doing a transaction. The essence of the transaction is mutual benefit. It can be given to you ten million, but what benefits can you give me?

Some words were said to be afraid of hurting the heart of Duke Zhenguo, but I have to say that the Li family was uprooted by the Marquis of Hanling, and Duke Zhenguo's family is now in name only. How much capital can be exchanged for this money?"

"The Li family has declined, but as long as I, Li Suwen, are still alive, I will definitely be able to revitalize for the rest of my life. You should look at it for a long time!" Li Suwen's cheeks kept twitching.

Tong Yongdou shook his head and said with a smile: "Duke Zhenguo, everyone will say good things. I have heard a lot of people at the age of a lifetime, but there are only a few that have truly realized throughout the ages.

What's more, your words have no substantial meaning to us. What if we support you? The so-called investment requires rewards, and high risks bring high profits.

But I'm so old that I'm a little old and dizzy. I really don't see that you have the possibility of revitalizing the Li family. After all, the gap between you and Hanling Hou is too big.

If you asked us five or six years ago, you only need one sentence, don’t say ten million, even if it is 100 million, we will find a way to give you as much time as possible. But now, we don’t want to waste our lives saving money.

After all, although we are profiteers, the wealth we have is not blown by the strong wind, right? So, Duke Zhenguo, it is better to be realistic in life. Don’t think about those unrealistic things.”

Tong Yongdou's words made Li Suwen re-examine the businessmen group. Although these profit-oriented guys are extremely cunning, their vision is very ruthless and their political sense is particularly sensitive. They will not be easily provoked by their own words and support themselves for free. The first consideration is always personal interests.

Only then did he realize that these businessmen who he scoffed at him were not because of how charming he was, but because his family background and power were worthy of their rudeness to him. If you want to borrow this money, you must use enough chips that impress them.

But now Li Suwen can't get their chips to get their funding, so he can only stare at and worry. After thinking for a long time, he could only take a step back and said in a nearly begging tone: "So is five million silver dollars possible? I am willing to pay interest to you..."

Lei Hu and Tong Yongdou looked at each other, sneered in their hearts, without answering. Instead, Yue Dongguang raised his glass and said to Li Suwen: "Duke Zhenguo, come and have a drink. The dishes here are good..."

"Three million!" Li Suwen gritted his teeth and lowered the amount of silver dollars needed, and his face was filled with humiliation.

Seeing this, Lei Hu said to the merchants around Li Suwen: "It's late, you all go back first. Remember to pack up the copper wire fish bags from Yexing, so as not to misunderstand when encountering the night patrol officer..."

The so-called copper wire fish bag is the certificates that ordinary people and officials under the seventh rank during the curfew, and yamen runners can travel at night, which are usually issued by the government to groups engaged in night work.

These merchants each have a copper wire fish bag, so it can only be said that they are really supported by people from the court behind them.

After the group of merchants left one after another, only Li Suwen and the four great masters in the capital were left in the private room.

"Duke Zhenguo, I want to see you today, as you can meet us lowly vendors, I will not be able to refute your face. I will take care of you in the future.

After I go back, I will order someone to send 500,000 silver dollars to your mansion to express my feelings. As for the interest, it’s all for three months. If it’s not paid out after the expiration, then the Duke of the State will not blame me for being ruthless..."

Tong Yongdou took the lead in expressing his opinion that the reason why he was willing to pay 500,000 silver dollars was ultimately to buy peace. After all, considering carefully, Li Suwen is a royal relative and cannot refute his face too miserable.

"Since Mr. Tong has spoken, I will only pay 300,000..."

"I also paid 300,000 yuan with Duke Zhenguo. I have borrowed you all the money I can raise in my family. You must pay it back..."

Yue Dongguang and Zhao Tailai also quickly expressed their opinions.

"Thank you for your strong support, thank you for your kindness, thank you for everyone..." Li Suwen tried hard to look grateful and finally glanced at Lei Hu.

Lei Hu squinted his eyes and ate puffer fish meat without any movement.

Tong Yongdou smiled and said to him: "Shopkeeper Lei, why don't you express your opinion? You should know that you are the richest here, and the money of our three families can't be compared with you..."

Lei Hu shook his head and said, "Since Mr. Tong is so proud and loving to see him, how can I be willing to be with others? Just now, you three families have a total of 1.1 million, so I will collect an integer and borrow 900,000 silver dollars to the Duke of Zhenguo..."

Li Suwen's face changed slightly, because it was still one million away from the three million he needed, but if he could get two million silver dollars, he had to retreat and accept it second.

Soon, a few people set up a loan note, signed the painting and promised to send the money to the Duke's Mansion within three days.

Afterwards, seeing Li Suwen's lonely look on his face, Lei Hu suddenly said, "Duke Zhenguo, are you still worried about losing one million? That's it, as long as Duke Zhenguo can agree to give another million silver dollars to Duke Zhenguo under the next condition!"

Li Suwen was overjoyed when he heard this. As long as he had money, he immediately agreed: "People manager Lei, please say that as long as this official can do it, he will do it..."

Lei Hu's face suddenly showed a hint of laughter: "Duke Zhenguo, please forgive me for being brave. In fact, I had the honor of witnessing Princess Yuxiang's face in the night market.

Since then, I have been obsessed with her, so as long as you can promise to let Princess Yuxiang come to my mansion tonight to have a glass of wine with me..."

"It's impossible!" Li Suwen immediately understood Lei Hu's dirty thoughts, and immediately stood up angrily and roared.
Chapter completed!