Although his expression was calm, in fact, Li Tianyang was sighing, why is there such a big difference between people.

It is difficult for him to find a way, but look at Cao Yongyi, the door and the backer are sent to the door, and he doesn't have to worry too much.

But fortunately, this time Li Tianyang's envoy Ji tricked Cao Yongyi into coming over, so that he could also take this path, but it also allowed Li Tianyang to save them an unknown amount of time and money.

Thinking about it now, it is worth it to maintain a good relationship with Cao Yongyi all these years, and the silver that was fished away by him some time ago has gone straight back to the ticket price.

The specific time of the meeting needs to be arranged by Lu Gui before Cao Yongyi will be informed of them, so Li Tianyang and them after leaving Lu Gui's house this time will have to prepare for their next actions.

Li Tianyang didn't know what Cao Yongyi was going to do, but this time Li Tianyang came to the capital, in order to find a way, the price of the preparation was not small.

In addition to the various treasures collected over the years, Li Tianyang also brought out 100,000 taels of silver from the treasury of Jilonggang, just to make all the preparations in the Jingshi.

There is no way, Li Tian has nothing to do with them, and there is no backer, if you want to gain a foothold in Beijing, you can only rely on the charm of money!

The rich remuneration that I had received from the Ryukyu Kingdom before, these days, it is the replacement of armaments, and the opening of Da'an Port, and the construction of roads connecting Da'an and Jilong Port, etc., have also been almost consumed.

In addition to the tens of thousands of taels of gold that had been firmly stored by Li Tianyang, almost all the remaining silver was taken with Li Tianyang when he went out this time.

Now Li Tianyang's heart is sad, what gift should he give to this friend of Lu Gui's father-in-law, so that he can take a look at Li Tianyang and match himself up?

Send money directly, this is a bit too tyrant, and the real appearance of the Ming Dynasty is not what you see in TV and movies, a silver ticket is hundreds of thousands of taels of silver. Since the flood of treasure money, few businesses have dared to touch such a forbidden area. You can't let Li Tianyang just find two people to carry boxes of silver out to give gifts, real gold and silver look shocking, but it's also easy to be honest!

After thinking about it, Li Tianyang finally decided to take advantage of the abundant time to find a secluded courtyard in the city to buy it, so that the gift giving also seemed classy and sincere.

After all, although Li Tianyang didn't know who the old friend in Lu Gui's mouth was, he was also a eunuch if he could be friends with a eunuch, and he could put down his face to befriend Wei Zhongxian and Wei Changchen.

Therefore, sending a beautiful singer is likely to violate the other party's taboos, and he may not be able to use it, gold and silver treasures are of course very good, but a eunuch who lives deep in the palace is afraid that it is rare to have the opportunity to use these things, unless he has relatives around him.

However, like the small courtyard when Lu Gui received them, it was both quiet and elegant, hidden and comfortable, and there were many things that could be done, and for the Chinese who had accumulated their family property deep into the bone marrow, whether in ancient times or in later generations, it was a powerful weapon for gift-giving and friendship.

The most important point is that the price of real estate in this capital is very expensive, Li Tianyang spent a day visiting several tooth shops in the southeast and northwest of Beijing, and the cheapest one is more than 3,000 taels of silver, and the location is quite remote, located in the outer city of Xishikou, the most chaotic place officially.

Other places are more expensive, and the quiet place with a small garden can easily cost tens of thousands of taels of silver, which makes people surprised.

However, as the saying goes, reluctant children can't trap wolves, for Li Tianyang, who only has money on him at this time, in order to leave a good impression, Li Tianyang spent more than 50,000 taels of silver and bought three courtyards in the eastern and southern districts of the capital in one go, as the protagonist of this gift.

One of the most expensive five-entry mansions cost Li Tianyang 30,000 taels of silver to get it, but this property is indeed worth the price: not to mention that this property is located in the eastern district where there are many dignitaries, and it also comes with a chic garden and fish pond, which is said to have been the residence of a second-class high-ranking official, and later because he offended Wei Changchen, he was demoted to the local government, and then it was sold and transferred.

There are two left, one cost more than 10,000 yuan, and the other cost less than 10,000 taels of silver, although it is also a courtyard with five entrances, but because it is located in the southern district, it is a little less atmospheric and chic garden, and the price is less than half.

Of course, Li Tianyang couldn't even see the other party, so he gave such a big gift to others, so he bought these three sets of courtyards with different prices, just thinking about seeing how the other party's energy and status were, and then making a temporary decision to see how thick the gift should be in line with the other party's net worth.

Coupled with all kinds of precious antique jewelry he brought, the two together, Li Tianyang believes that it is enough to put himself in a favorable position.

Although he is strong now, he is still a little resistant to this kind of backdoor gift-giving, to be honest, Li Tianyang, who came from the thick crossing, still has some resistance in his heart.

Especially when the valuable gifts of the guide were given to those corrupt officials and treacherous villains who were prey on the common people, Li Tianyang was extremely uncomfortable.

Because these silver and property are all exchanged for their precious blood and lives by their stupid Hong Kong people, they are given to others to squander in this way, and no one will feel comfortable in their hearts.

Therefore, even if Li Tianyang knew that what he was doing now was correct and necessary, he still thought that he could save a little bit or a little, at least he couldn't cheapen the bastards who grew on them ordinary people!

Five days later, Lu Gui's father-in-law's subordinates sent an invitation to the inn where Cao Yongyi and they were staying, and handed it over to Cao Yongyi and Li Tianyang.

After getting the substantive news, Cao Yongyi's heart hung with the stone that fell, and there were too many ruthless things in the officialdom. Although Lu Gui asked Cao Yongyi and them to wait for the letter at that time, there was no news of Lu Gui for three or four days, not to mention Cao Yongyi, even Li Tianyang was a little apprehensive in his heart.

The people in the capital are not familiar with the place, Li Tianyang and they want to go out for a walk, but they are afraid that going out will cause some trouble, after all, there is a hidden dragon and a crouching tiger here, and no one knows what the background of the person who walked in front of him was.

Before the most important thing had no clue, Li Tianyang didn't even have the mood to take a relaxing look at the scenery of the capital, and it wasn't until Lu Gui's invitation was delivered to him that Li Tianyang and them were a matter of concern.

(End of chapter)