"Little Ke, is this considered cheating?"
Cheng Chumo could not help but ask on the way back.
Li Ke was still riding on his horse. He laughed and said, "How is this cheating? The Yamachō only said that we are not allowed to use our status to get help from our underlings and that the total expenditure cannot exceed 500 strings of coins. They did not say that we are not allowed to bargain with others in the name of doing good! Chou Niu, things are different now. We have to be careful in everything we do! Otherwise, 500 strings of coins will not be enough! "
The Li Ke now was a completely different person compared to four months ago! At that time, he was living like a prince and only needed to practice martial arts in the palace. Why would he need to worry about money? Why would he need to be careful?
"Hey! Little Ke, what you said makes sense! How many carriages do we need? Which one should we go to now? "
Cheng Chumo scratched his head and laughed.
Actually, as long as they could complete the mission and not be caught by Li Zexuan, he could not be bothered to find out if this was cheating.
Li Ke's lips curled into a smile. "There's no need for that. We have enough carriages and horses!"
"That's it? Does that mean that Zifan, Yui Bao Lin, and the rest have already rented carriages? "
Cheng Chumo was stunned for a moment and said in disbelief.
The members of the third brigade had all gone out to look for carriages according to Li Ke's plan. Sun Zifan and Yui Bao Lin were members of the third brigade.
"Haha! This is also a coincidence, Sun Zi Fan's family opened a carriage company, and the scale is not small, so we rented a lot of carriages from there at a low price. Now all of them added up, it is completely enough! "
Li Ke said with a smile. He even emphasized the word 'low price'. It was obvious what he meant!
"F * ck! Sun Zifan's family owns a carriage business? Why didn't this kid say so earlier? He made us look so hard for carriages! F * ck! No, he should be back at the workshop now, right? I'm going to find him! This kid tricked me! Hyah! "
Cheng Chumo's eyes widened. His face was filled with disbelief and anger. Yes, anger. At this moment, he felt that Sun Zifan was even more despicable than the old man from the carriage company!
After saying that, he slapped the horse's butt hard, and the man and the horse rushed forward!
"Hey hey hey! Ugly Bull, don't! "
Li Ke hurriedly urged his buttocks to catch up and dissuaded him, "Zifan usually doesn't care about his family's business. He only just remembered that his family has a carriage business! We can't blame him for this. Instead, we have to thank him. It's because of his family's carriage business that we saved more than 20 strings of money! "
Money, money, money. When it came to money, Cheng Chumo felt a headache coming on. He could not help but wonder in his heart, "Is this still the King of Han, Li Ke? Why do you only care about money ~?
"Alright then! For your sake, I won't be angry with that brat! "
Cheng Chumo waved his hand. He didn't want to hear Li Ke talk about money anymore.
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"Qingque, how are the preparations on your side? Did you get the list of the poor people in each county? "
When it was close to noon, all the students returned to the Drunken Wind Pavilion in the backyard of the Warm Tang Foundation. This used to be the workshop of the Strange Taste Pavilion, so of course, there was a cafeteria. Half of the chefs in the Academy's cafeteria had been transferred here by Li Zexuan, so the students had lunch there.
At this time, Li Ke was holding a bowl of rice and chatting with Li Tai about "work".
"Oh! I got it all! I'll give it to you after I finish eating! "
Li Tai's cheeks were puffed up. He used to be a person who lived like a prince, but after being "trained" by Li Zexuan, he could enjoy eating from a big pot of rice! Especially when he was in the Academy's construction team, Li Zexuan's lecture left a deep impression on him. At least from then until now, he had never wasted a meal in public!
"Good! Our Third Brigade's carriages are ready. This afternoon, we'll go from house to house and deliver coal stoves and honeycomb briquettes according to the list! "
Li Ke said as he stuffed rice into his mouth.
"Uh, Little Ke, I don't think it's nice to say coal stoves. We should call this' warmth '. Didn't Yamachō say that? We're participating in the Warm Tang Foundation's Warm Winter Operation, so it's only right that we call it 'warmth'! "
Li Tai's eyes turned as he corrected Li Ke.
Li Ke thought about it and also felt that coal (moldy) stoves didn't sound nice. He nodded and said, "Okay! Then we'll go and deliver warmth to the poor people in the afternoon! "
Li Tai smiled and said, "Yes, that's right! But did you hire a coachman? "
"Why would we hire a coachman? A coachman's salary is dozens of copper coins a day. Where would our Third Brigade get that much money? "
Li Ke said subconsciously.
Li Tai's eyes widened as if he was meeting Li Ke for the first time. He said, "No, Little Ke, did I hear wrong? You're stingy with a few copper coins? Are you the Little Ke I know? "
Li Ke said matter-of-factly, "What do you mean by stingy? There's no need to waste money! By the way, Qingque, do you have people who lend money to earn interest? "
Li Tai was puzzled. "Yes, I do. But why are you asking about this, Little Ke?"
In ancient times, the rich and powerful all did this kind of business where they lent money to the poor and earned interest. One of the Four Princes of the Warring States Period, Meng Changjun, used this business to raise three thousand mercenaries.
Li Ke replied, "It's not convenient for us to carry around the five hundred strings of coins that Yamachō gave us, and we don't need that much money at the moment. Why don't you get your people to lend three hundred strings of coins to people who are short of money? It doesn't matter if the interest is low, as long as it's safe!"
Li Tai was completely speechless when he heard this. To think that Li Ke was so meticulous in his calculations, he really suspected that Li Ke was possessed by a devil!
"Heh! Little Ke, you're quite quick-witted! Using money to earn money, not bad, not bad ~! "
Li Zexuan, who had just finished eating at home, heard the second half of the conversation between Li Ke and Li Tai and couldn't help but laugh.
Although he didn't support Li Ke's business of lending money, he still appreciated Li Ke's idea of using spare money to earn money. Because if an ordinary person was in Li Ke's situation, they would only use the five hundred strings of coins in their hands sparingly. Very few people would be like Li Ke, not only "saving money", but also "earning money"!
"Yamachō!"
The two brothers heard and hurriedly turned around to greet him.
"En! You guys continue to eat, don't worry about me! "
"Uh, Yamachō, I'm not breaking the rules, right? I just feel that it's inconvenient to leave the five hundred strings of coins with us, so I thought … "
Li Ke's face turned red and quickly explained.
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