Chapter 132 Greed (Thanks to book friend 8111 for the reward!)

Upon hearing what Li Guangbin said, Ye Mingsheng's heart tightened immediately. The next second, he stood up from his seat, bowed deeply to Li Guangbin and said:
"Please save me, Master Li!"

After he finished speaking, Ye Mingsheng did not hesitate. He took out a thick envelope from his arms and handed it over with both hands.

"It's just a small token of my appreciation, please accept it!"

After looking at Ye Mingsheng and the thickness of the envelope, Li Guangbin slowly took the envelope, opened the ink on the envelope, and took a look inside the envelope. A hint of surprise suddenly appeared in his small eyes, and he said with some surprise:
"You are very well prepared..."

As he spoke, Li Guangbin didn't hesitate and put the envelope directly into his sleeve.

Seeing his actions, Ye Mingsheng felt relieved, but he still said respectfully: "This is related to my life and property, I dare not be careless!"

"Don't worry. Others are afraid of Xu Zhaojie, but my Li family is not. This time, for Brother Fang's sake, I will help you go to Zhenwu Army!" After accepting the banknote from Ye Mingsheng, Li Guangbin's eyes were firm and his tone became confident.

When Ye Mingsheng was about to thank him, Li Guangbin suddenly changed the subject, looked at Ye Mingsheng with burning eyes, and continued to hint:

"You have made great contributions in the palace this time. The court should reward you meritorious soldiers. In my opinion, your contribution is still not enough to be rewarded with a sixth-rank title..."

Hearing Li Guangbin's almost explicit words, Ye Mingsheng hesitated for a moment, but still gritted his teeth and said:
"I have 20 small yellow croakers passed down from my ancestors at home, and I am willing to present them to Lord Li!"

Li Guangbin nodded in satisfaction. He then seemed to think that Ye Mingsheng could not get any more money out of him, and immediately promised:
"Your transfer order will be issued before Xu Zhaojie returns to the capital. There is a position for you, Ye Mingsheng, as the sixth-rank military officer of the Zhenwu Army!"

"Thank you, Lord Li!"

Although Ye Mingsheng felt extremely painful after getting Li Guangbin's promise, he was still happy in his heart. As long as Li Guangbin could get this done, the pressure on him would be much less. Money can be earned again if lost, but there will be no next time if the opportunity is missed!

After finishing the business, Ye Mingsheng complimented Li Guangbin a few more words before returning home. As soon as he returned home, before Ye Mingsheng had time to rest, he saw Ye Tie coming to report.

"Master, Mr. Qian sent an old servant to bring a message saying that his brother-in-law has returned from the Beiling camp. If we have time, we can all get together tomorrow night... Master, how do you think we should respond?"

When he heard that he could meet Bai Renxuan, Ye Mingsheng immediately agreed without any hesitation:

"Tell him to go back and tell Qian Buli that I will treat them to a meal at Zui Xiang Ju tomorrow night at 4 p.m.!" "Yes!"

After hearing Ye Mingsheng's order, Ye Tie nodded and went to call the old servant who stayed at Qian Buli's house.

After Ye Tie left, Ye Mingsheng, who was in a good mood, suddenly realized an important thing and the smile on his face gradually faded.

After releasing those prisoners of war in Gongdu, he had more than 2,200 taels of silver in his hands, so he spent more lavishly, spending hundreds of taels over and over again. This time, in order to get Li Guangbin to do something, Ye Mingsheng put the remaining 15 silver notes on him, totaling 1,500 taels of silver, into an envelope and gave it to Li Guangbin.

Ye Mingsheng originally wanted to ask Li Guangbin to help him with the transfer to Zhenwu Army and promotion to the sixth rank with these 1,500 taels of silver. However, he did not expect that Li Guangbin was too greedy. He implied that he would only use the 1,500 taels of silver to help Ye Mingsheng with the transfer to Zhenwu Army.

Ye Mingsheng had no choice but to add another 20 gold bars and ask him to help him upgrade to the sixth rank. Just looking at this incident, it cost a lot more money than expected.

But in Ye Mingsheng’s opinion, as long as Li Guangbin and his father, Li Kai, the Right Vice Minister of the Ministry of War, take the money and do the job, and make this matter clear for him, then what he spent before is still worth it. In this chaotic world, being able to spend money to buy peace and military power is already very good. The more money he spends, the better...
Although this is a good thing, it involves a new problem!

After realizing the importance of Bai Renxuan, Ye Mingsheng originally planned to give Li Guangbin 1,500 taels of silver and thirty gold bars, and use Bai Renxuan's relationship to get in touch with Guangshun Hou Chen Dechang.

As for the remaining 1,000 taels of silver in the cellar, Ye Mingsheng planned to keep it for his daily expenses, socializing in the army, and winning people's hearts.

But now, because of Li Guangbin's greed, Ye Mingsheng's plan has been obviously disrupted. Although the remaining ten gold bars are worth hundreds of taels of silver at this time when the gold price is soaring, it is obvious that they cannot achieve the effect that Ye Mingsheng expected with the thirty gold bars at Chen Dechang's place.

After careful consideration, Ye Mingsheng gradually made a decision. After shaking his head helplessly, Ye Mingsheng called Ye Tie in and instructed:
"Go to the cellar and take out 500 taels of silver. Then take Ye Dong and Ye Ju to Guangshengyuan Bank to exchange them for five 100-tael silver notes. Remember not to exchange them all at once. You guys should exchange them in different batches..."

"I understand. Don't worry, Master. We won't attract anyone's attention!" Ye Tie nodded and said:
Seeing that Ye Tie understood what he meant, Ye Mingsheng nodded with relief, and then let Ye Tie do his job.

Leaning on the armchair, Ye Mingsheng realized that he only had 500 taels of silver left, and once again felt the urgency of making money...

As a time traveler, to be honest, Ye Mingsheng has many good ideas to make money in his mind, but Ye Mingsheng does not want to implement them in Luoan. After all, there is an old saying that goes, "A man is innocent unless he is in possession of a treasure!"
In Luoan, a city that is the economic center of the Great Zhou Dynasty, to put it bluntly, a brick can easily knock out a group of officials in this place. Ye Mingsheng, the commander of the seventh-rank imperial guards, is just a younger brother among them and cannot protect his own economic benefits at all.

If Ye Mingsheng were to use these money-making ideas to make money now, he was almost certain that he might make some money at the beginning, but then he would inevitably be targeted by others, and in the end he would get nothing and could only be a tool to help others count money...

(End of this chapter)