The young man walked out of the hall and cupped his hands at Lin Wanru. He said, "Miss Wanru, I believe you know that this is good for both the Lin and Liu families. I hope you can consider what I have said."
Lin Wanru shook her head and simply said, "If young master Liu is referring to something other than cooperation, then there is no need to consider it."
The young man was not angry. He only smiled and said, "I have come with sincerity. Miss Lin, there is no need to reject me. We still have some time, so you don't have to rush to answer."
With that, he cupped his hands and left.
When he left, his eyes paused on Li Yi for a moment. But it was only for a moment, and he slowly walked out.
"Li Brothers, look, this young master Liu is also handsome and elegant. If you don't seize the opportunity …"
Before Lin Yong could finish, he was dragged away by Fang with his mouth covered.
Li Yi raised his head and looked at Lin Wanru. He asked, "Are you having trouble with your business?"
"It's not really a problem." Lin Wanru shook her head and sat across from him. She said, "The Liu family in Liuzhou is also in the cloth and silk business. In recent years, they have expanded into ready-made clothing. It is more or less the same as us. We are in the same place and doing the same business. If we can't be friends, we can only be enemies. Moreover, Liuzhou is only so big. The big families have already divided the resources. It is not so easy for us to get another piece of the pie … "
"They have the materials and the market. We have the technology. Cooperation is a win-win situation …" Li Yi looked at her and asked, "You don't seem too willing?"
"What they want is not just cooperation." Lin Wanru shook her head and said, "They want me to marry them."
She looked at Li Yi and blinked. She said, "Manager Li, in the contract we negotiated, there is no such thing as selling myself …"
"Of course." Li Yi nodded and said, "Cooperation is cooperation, but this request is too much. We absolutely can't agree to it. We can stop doing business in Liuzhou, but we can't treat marriage lightly."
"Not necessarily." Lin Wanru looked out the door and said, "The Liu family is a relative of the royal family and their influence runs deep. Their silk business is spread all over the Qi Kingdom. Not only in the Liu Province, but in other places as well. Although the Lin family has accumulated some wealth over the years and is praised by many, their foundation is still shallow. Without the protection of the Third Prince, they would be like duckweed in the water, willow catkins in the wind, at the mercy of others …"
Li Yi shook his head and said, "Marriage should be the result of two people liking each other. It shouldn't be some kind of exchange of benefits, and it shouldn't be a child's play …"
"In this world, how can everything be perfect, Ruyi?" Lin Wanru smiled and said, "In this world, how many couples don't like each other? So what if they like each other? So what if they don't like each other? Isn't it all for life …"
"Don't be so pessimistic …"
"I'm only a few months younger than Sister Ruyi. Duaner is already five years old now. He was a playmate of our neighbor when he was young. Our child just got engaged last month …" She laughed self-deprecatingly and said, "If I don't get married soon, no one will want me …"
"The famous Miss Lin will have no one who wants you?" Li Yi looked at her and shook his head. "If you say that you want to get married, the number of men who want to marry you will probably line up from the Liu Province all the way to the capital."
Lin Wanru looked at him and asked, "Manager Li, are you saying this because you want me to earn more money for the Li family for a few more years?"
"The Lin and the Li are a family. Saying this makes us seem distant …" Li Yi shook his head and said, "Fate is a strange thing. Sometimes, it happens just like that. Wanru, you are in the prime of your life now. Wait for another year or two, it won't be a problem …"
"You make it sound nice." Lin Wanru raised her eyebrows and said, "If you don't get married while there are still people who want you now, will you marry me in another two years if you really can't get married?"
After she said this, the two of them stopped talking. The atmosphere was a little awkward.
"You know, there are already four of us in my family now. It's a mess usually …" Li Yi was the first to break the silence. He lowered his head and sighed.
Lin Wanru couldn't help but laugh. She waved her hand and said, "I'm just joking. Don't worry, I won't marry you …"
Her eyes were originally clear and bright, but at a certain moment, they seemed to have lost their luster.
"The family is already messy enough. It doesn't matter if you're one more …" Li Yi raised his head and said, "No one wants you anyway. Why don't you think about it when the time comes?"
…
Outside the courtyard, Lin Yong and Fang were sitting on a big tree.
Looking at Li Yi who was being chased and beaten in the courtyard, Fang patted Lin Yong's shoulder and said, "See, it's none of your business. Why were you in such a hurry just now?"
Lin Yong nodded guiltily and said, "I'm sorry, I was wrong …"
"Learn more in the future …" Fang lectured him seriously and jumped down from the tree.
Lin Yong stared blankly for a moment, then glanced downwards and instantly felt dizzy.
He hugged the tree trunk and shouted, "Let me down, I'm afraid of heights!"
…
To Li Yi, the business in Liuzhou was dispensable. Even the business in the entire Qi Kingdom did not mean much to him.
The Li family's business was spread across all the prefectures in the Qi Kingdom. He also had the tax revenue from Shuzhou and Ruyi City. The money he earned was enough. Not only was it enough, but it could also support Yangliuqing in his rebellion. It was more than enough.
He did not have any big ambitions, such as becoming the richest man in the world. If that was the only ambition he had, it was very likely that he had already achieved it.
But since he was going to stay in Liuzhou for a while and had nothing to do, he would do some things while he was at it.
If others wanted to fight for something, he did not mind playing along.
The business expansion in Liuzhou was still in the preliminary stage, so there would not be any obstacles for the time being.
Xu Zheng's plan to unify the Holy Religion had encountered a big obstacle.
Before Liuzhou, they had unified more than ten prefectures and did not encounter too many obstacles.
Perhaps this finally alerted the other party. The next few prefectures that Xu Zheng brought people to could no longer be contacted.
The headquarters of the Holy Religion was in the capital of the Qi Kingdom. There were branches in most of the prefectures and prefectures in the Qi Kingdom.
These branches were managed by the elites of the Holy Religion. On normal days, they had one-way contact with the followers. When Xu Zheng and the others went there, they did not contact these people.
As a result, they could not get the list of followers. All their actions could only be put on hold.
The Qi Kingdom was much larger than the Wu Kingdom and the Jing Kingdom. It had nearly a hundred prefectures and prefectures. They had only unified a dozen or so prefectures. After the other party was on guard, every step became extremely difficult. It would take a long time to unify one prefecture and one prefecture …
Li Yi thought for a while, then borrowed Wanru's study room and began to write a letter.
He wrote a few words on the envelope.
"To Xu Tian."
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