Ye Li suddenly realized that Zhang Baiwan had lost his fortune yesterday. People in the mansion were afraid that it would hinder the master's eyes, so they found these clothes to wear to avoid making the master unhappy.

Ye Li smiled and said, "It's just a rude thing, being diligent and thrifty is always a good thing."

The housekeeper smiled helplessly. Diligence and frugality are naturally a good thing, but with the wealth of the Zhang family and their status in Nanjing, they are often ridiculed for this and have long been used to it.

Zhang Baiwan had already taken his wife and daughter to wait in the hall. Looking at Mrs. Zhang and Miss Zhang in a blanket, Ye Li immediately had a deeper understanding of Zhang Baiwan's stinginess. Because of the injury, Zhang Baiwan's face was a little pale, but when he saw Ye Li come in, he smiled and was very attentive, "Young Master Chu is here, I am not able to go out to welcome you, so please forgive me."

Ye Li bowed and smiled, "Mr. Zhang, you are polite. I have met my wife, Miss Zhang, in the lower Chu Junwei."

Zhang Baiwan said to his daughter happily: "Zhu'er, why don't you meet Mr. Chu quickly."

Miss Zhang walked forward shyly, Yingying bowed, "Zhu'er has met Mr. Chu." As soon as she saw this Miss Zhang, Ye Li finally understood why Mr. Lin looked weird when she mentioned Zhang Baiwan's daughter.

To be fair, Miss Zhang is not ugly. Although she is not a stunning beauty, she should be a pretty beauty. But this lady gave people a very strange feeling. The eyes staring at people made Ye Li feel as calm as she could not help but feel sweating secretly. Ye Li twitched the corners of her eyes and took a step back inadvertently, "Miss Zhang is polite." Then she looked at Zhang Baiwan next to her and sweared not to look at Miss Zhang again.

Seeing that Ye Li didn't look at her, Miss Zhang couldn't help but turn red with aggrieved eyes. Zhang Baiwan looked at Ye Li and then at her daughter, and couldn't help but sigh in her heart and smiled at Ye Li, "Young Master Chu, why don't we go to the table first?"

Ye Li smiled and said, "Please, Mr. Zhang."

Because only Ye Li was invited, Mr. Zhang took Mrs. Zhang and Ms. Zhang to the banquet. The banquet was not very sumptuous but not rude. It seemed that although Mr. Zhang was stingy, he was not unaware of the situation. After Ye Li took the seat first, Ms. Zhang happened to sit next to her, which made Ye Li's body stiffen again.

"Mr. Chu, Zhu'er pours you wine." Miss Zhang picked up the wine pot and wanted to pour wine for Ye Li attentively. Ye Li had to thank him, sighed and went straight to the point with Mr. Zhang. If Mr. Zhang really told him that he planned to marry her daughter, it would be ugly. "Mr. Zhang, in fact, I am visiting today, because I want to discuss with Mr. Zhang for some serious matters."

Mr. Zhang was stunned and smiled and said, "What's the matter? Why don't we talk about it after we have eaten?"

Ye Li said lightly: "What if it is about the one million Dan food donated to King Li yesterday by Mr. Zhang?"

Zhang Baiwan immediately lowered his face. Whenever he thought of the one million food, his heart would be bleeding.

"What do you want to talk about by Mr. Chu?" Zhang Baiwan looked at Ye Li in confusion. Ye Li asked with a smile, "I don't know if it's convenient to talk here?" Zhang Baiwan hesitated for a moment, and finally looked at his wife and daughter and said, "Madam, take Zhuer down first. I have something to talk to Mr. Chu." Mrs. Zhang is just an ordinary woman in the boudoir, but she doesn't understand business affairs at all. She has to pull Miss Zhang down, who is still a little unwilling to do so.

"I wonder what Mr. Chu wants to talk to me?" Zhang Baiwan asked.

Ye Li smiled and said, "Mr. Zhang donated one million dan food to King Li yesterday. However, as far as we know, King Li sent at least 800,000 troops this time. With all the plans, even if everything goes well, you can agree to the Mo family army in the shortest time. It will take at least half a year to go. During this period, the military ration required is at least about three million dan food. This is still the most conservative estimate. Master Zhang thinks... may the Prince Li's Mansion defeat Ding Prince Ding Mansion in half a year?"

Zhang Baiwan stared at him with some vigilance and said, "What does young master mean?"

Ye Li smiled and said, "There is another news. This time... the army was invaded, but the court did not transport much grain from the granaries in various places. Because... Xiling was drought this year, and the situation in Beirong was not good. I believe Mr. Zhang was a little familiar with the grain business. The court sold a large part of the grain that had just been stored in the warehouse to Xiling a month ago. Therefore, the conservative estimate of three million... In the end, Mr. Zhang and the grain merchants in Jiangnan may have to bear it."

Zhang Baiwan's face turned dark when he heard this, "King Li... King Li is going to destroy my Zhang family." Donating one million has already seriously damaged the Zhang family's vitality. If all the military rations were to be borne by the Zhang family, the Zhang family would probably be finished. More importantly, the Zhang family could not raise so much food for a while. At that time, a charge of delaying military opportunities came down, Zhang Baiwan would still have the heads to the ground. Sure enough... King Li had never planned to let him go from the beginning.

"Not only that, but... to be honest, I can assert that this battle is probably not something that can be finished in a year or two. At that time, the Zhang family..." Zhang Baiwan looked like a dirt and looked at Ye Li and said, "Young Master Chu specifically talks about these things. Could it be just to scare me?" Zhang Baiwan is also a shrewd businessman, so he naturally knew that Ye Li could not specifically talk about these things for him to play with.

Ye Li lowered her eyes and said lightly: "There is indeed a way to help Mr. Zhang, but I don't know if Mr. Zhang is willing?"

"Please ask Mr. Chu to save me." Zhang Baiwan said hurriedly.

Ye Li smiled and handed out an envelope. Zhang Baiwan took it in his hand and looked at it with a look of ten lines. His face changed and he stared at Ye Li and said, "You...Young Master Chu, you are..." Ye Li smiled and said, "I am the Chu family, the Chu family... and the Xu family are in-laws."

Zhang Baiwan knew it, and the expression on his face changed. After a while, he asked, "Can Mr. Chu make the decision?"

Ye Li smiled and took out a token from her sleeve and put it on the table. Zhang Baiwan stared at the murderous word Ding on the token made of black jade in shock. Although he had never seen the token of the Ding Prince's Mansion, Zhang Baiwan really didn't think anyone in this world dared to imitate the token of the Ding Prince's Mansion. Moreover... the Chu family and the Xu family are indeed in-laws. With the Xu family's status in Licheng, the possibility of Chu Jun's only such outstanding talent in serving the Ding Prince's Mansion is far higher than running thousands of miles to Jiangnan to defect to the Li's Mansion.

"What does Mr. Zhang think?" Ye Li asked.

"If... I don't agree, what are Mr. Chu's plans?" Zhang Baiwan asked.

Ye Li said calmly: "Then please Mr. Zhang forget what happened today." Zhang Baiwan said in a deep voice: "I have to think about it." Ye Li didn't say much, but stood up and said: "Since that's the case, I'll say goodbye first."
Chapter completed!