My wife is number one in the world

Chapter 4242 Showing Mercy
The favor owed to His Majesty the current Emperor of the Great Dragon Celestial Dynasty—that's a favor owed to His Majesty the current Emperor!
If one is fortunate enough to gain his favor, what difference would it make if it cost a million taels of silver?

Compared to a favor from His Majesty the Emperor, one million taels of silver is merely a small amount of money worth mentioning.

Lei Jun doesn't know what others are thinking, but at least that's how he personally believes it.

Lei Jun is not someone who has no concept of money. On the contrary, coming from a wealthy family, he has a very good understanding of money.

He knew very well that one million taels of silver could accomplish a great deal.

However, he understood even more clearly in his heart that there are things in this world that money cannot buy.

Looking at the whole world, if all things are divided into ten parts, then one million taels of silver can only accomplish seven or eight out of ten things.

However, a favor from His Majesty the Emperor can get you nine out of ten things done in the world.

Although it only increases the odds of winning by 10%, this 10% chance is an opportunity that should not be underestimated.

In this world, once you've achieved six or seven tenths of the goal, every ten percent increase in the odds of success becomes a crucial step!
What can be accomplished with one million taels of silver, His Majesty the current emperor, Liu Mingzhi, can do with ease.

Conversely, what His Majesty the Emperor can accomplish, one million taels of silver might not be enough to achieve.

Lei Jun had no doubt that as long as he could gain a favor from His Majesty the Emperor, there were plenty of wealthy people in the world willing to spend a million taels of silver to do him a favor.

No, no, to be more precise, it should be said that even if it were to cost several million taels of silver, let alone one million taels, they would not hesitate to spend it.

It's very simple. The wealthier and more worldly a person is, the clearer they will understand what it means to gain a favor from the current emperor, Young Master Liu.

For truly wealthy people, money spent can be earned back.

As long as you don't go bankrupt overnight and your own foundation is still intact, you can earn back the money you spent sooner or later. But a favor from the current emperor is not something you can get just because you want it.

Indeed, that is the case.

After all, some people would rather spend money to curry favor with Young Master Liu than find a way to do so!
The world is vast, and there are plenty of wealthy people, but connections and influence are not something you can simply acquire at will.

To put it bluntly, it means that even if you have money in your hands, you can't give it away, and if you want to pay respects to a master, you don't know where to go.

However, I am different!

Others want to send money or pay homage but can't find a way, but for me, it's as if God brought the opportunity to me decades ago.

Faced with such incredible luck, as if the heavens were practically delivering food to my mouth, I'd have to be crazy to be stingy with money.

Therefore, Lei Jun secretly hoped that his beloved princess would choose the most expensive items when selecting her favorite things!

At this moment, Lei Jun was not afraid that the things his little cutie had chosen were too expensive; on the contrary, he was worried that the things she had chosen were too cheap.

Expensive is good! The more expensive, the better.

Lei Jun now wished he could loudly beg his little darling, "Your Highness, when you're choosing what you like later, please pick out those valuable items!"
However, he knew very well in his heart that he absolutely could not do such a thing.

Otherwise, the gift I wanted to give to my little cutie would lose its original meaning.

Once this matter takes a turn for the worse, then his past friendship with Young Master Liu will naturally be gone.

At this moment, Lei Jun was extremely clear in his mind that if he wanted to gain a favor from Young Master Liu by giving the little cutie a gift, his chances were extremely slim.

If you can't get a favor, then you can't get it!

Even if I don't receive a favor in return, isn't there still the old friendship between us?

Personal relationships can be very important at times.

Lei Jun isn't a brainless idiot; he doesn't want to end up ruining his past friendships without gaining any favors.

Although Liu Mingzhi did not know all of Lei Jun's inner thoughts, he could roughly guess some of Lei Jun's ideas just from what Lei Jun had just said.

However, he did not show anything about it.

As the saying goes, opportunity always favors the prepared mind.

Regarding the joint chamber of commerce, sooner or later they will have to recruit some merchant caravans from the Great Dragon Dynasty to share the power in Krich's hands.

If Lei Jun, this former friend, is a reliable and trustworthy person, then what harm is there in helping him out as a former friend and classmate?

In Liu Dashao's view, he was going to recruit people anyway to restrain the power in Krich's hands. Recruiting others was recruitment, and recruiting his own people was also recruitment.

If possible, why not give your own people a chance?

As things stand, Lei Jun, his former friend, still leaves a very good impression on him.

At the very least, although he was very respectful when he met me, he did not show any flattery or sycophancy because of my status.

This alone is enough to prove that he is a person of decent character.

Of course, it's just not bad.

That alone is not enough for me to entrust him with important responsibilities.

Life is unpredictable, and many things are changing little by little due to the general trend. People's hearts are also changing little by little as they grow in life experience and their surrounding environment.

The matter of the joint chamber of commerce is related to a strategic plan that is extremely important to him.

Once this plan is implemented, it will be enough to affect the overall situation in Western countries.

Most importantly, this arrangement not only affects the overall situation within the Western countries, but also has a very important impact on the future overall situation of the Great Dragon Celestial Dynasty.

As the ruler of the Great Dragon Dynasty, for the sake of the overall situation of the Great Dragon, not to mention his old friend Lei Jun, even his own father Liu Zhi'an had to prioritize the overall situation of the world.

Now, it remains to be seen whether Lei Jun, his old friend, can seize the opportunity that has been given to him.

If he can seize the opportunity, that would be ideal. Otherwise, it's not a big deal for him.

After all, there are some things that don't necessarily require Lei Jun's help.

In an instant, both Young Master Liu and Lei Jun made their own decisions.

Liu Mingzhi pretended to look curiously at the caravan in front of him, which numbered four or five hundred people, and then suddenly burst into laughter.

"Hahaha, haha~ hahahahaha."

"Brother Lei, you're so loyal, so incredibly loyal."

"Good brother, since you've put it that way, then I'll have to make sure my daughter, Luoyue, gets a real treat!"

Upon hearing what Young Master Liu said, Lei Jun burst into laughter.

"Hahaha, Brother Liu, I still stand by what I said before. As long as Miss Liu is happy, even if it hurts me to pay the bill, I will still grit my teeth and do it."

A gentleman's word is as good as his bond.

As a man of integrity, I believe in keeping my word. Once I've made a promise, I will definitely keep it.

Otherwise, how could I possibly continue to survive in the business world?

As Lei Jun spoke with a broad smile, he suddenly turned around and cupped his hands in a respectful gesture to the little cutie.

“Niece Luoyue, it’s not easy for your uncle to earn a little money, even if it’s a lot of hard work.”

Once we arrive in the capital of the Abbasid Caliphate, please be careful when choosing what you like!

The moment Lei Jun finished speaking, a barely perceptible hint of tension flashed across the depths of his eyes.

At this moment, only he himself knew the true extent of the pressure he was under to utter the words "Daughter of the Fallen Moon."

If Liu Dashao's use of the word "good brother" was meant to strengthen his brotherly relationship with Lei Jun, then Lei Jun's use of the phrase "Luoyue niece" was a test of Liu Dashao and his daughter Xiao Ke'ai's attitude.

Upon hearing Lei Jun's pitiful "plea for mercy," the little cutie glanced furrowed her delicate brows with a hint of coquettishness at her father's expression.

“Uncle Lei, my daughter’s father just told you beforehand that I, Yue’er, am a person with very high standards.”

If you, Uncle, are worried about the money, then you should explain this to my daughter now.

In that case, I will naturally be more cautious when choosing things I like.

As soon as the little cutie finished speaking in a coquettish tone, before Lei Jun could even reply, Young Master Liu spoke first.

"You brat, you have no respect for your elders. How dare you speak to your Uncle Lei like that?"
Your Uncle Lei already said that as long as it's a brother you, this brat, like, he'll grit his teeth and pay for it, no matter how much it hurts him.

As your father, I have known your Uncle Lei since we were young, and I know him quite well.

Since your Uncle Lei dared to make this request, he will definitely keep his word.

His words about asking you to go easy on him were just a joke he was playing on you, you brat.

What? You really think your Uncle Lei is a man of his word?

The little cutie shook her head vigorously, just like a rattle-drum, upon hearing her father's irritating "scolding."

"Mmm, good father, you've misunderstood Yue'er."

As the saying goes, birds of a feather flock together.

Uncle Lei is an old friend of yours, Father, so I, Yue'er, would never doubt his character and virtue.

Yue'er knew that Uncle Lei was joking with me just now, so I just went along with it and made a small joke back.

"Good father, look at you! Uncle Lei hasn't even said anything yet, how could you take my words seriously?"

The little cutie gave a reproachful look and retorted to Young Master Liu in a sweet, aggrieved voice before quickly turning her fair and slender neck to look at Lei Jun.

“Uncle Lei, you tell me, you tell Yue’er’s father, did you realize that what I said just now was a joke to you?”

When Lei Jun heard the little cutie's aggrieved question, he glanced at Young Master Liu with a hidden look, and his heart was instantly filled with indescribable joy.

At that moment, he knew perfectly well that whether his words were a joke or not was no longer important.

What Liu Mingzhi and his daughter Xiao Ke'ai said just now is not important at all. The important thing is that the father and daughter did not show any dissatisfaction because of his words about Luo Yue being his niece.

This means that whether it's Young Master Liu, the current emperor of the Great Dragon Dynasty, or Little Darling, the current princess, both of them are clearly going with the flow when it comes to giving Little Darling a gift.

Since the mindset is to go with the flow, it means that Liu Dashao, this old friend, will not reject his gesture of goodwill.

Lei Jun forcibly suppressed his excitement and quickly raised his hands to gently cup them in a gesture of respect to the little cutie.

“Niece Luoyue, your uncle and Brother Liu have known each other since childhood. I know him to some extent what kind of person he is.”

Given Brother Liu's character, what he just said to you was probably just a joke!
Uncle, I just made a joke at you, and you then made a joke at me back.

Immediately afterwards, Brother Liu, taking advantage of the banter between my niece and me, casually played a not-so-small joke on you.

We were just joking when we said all that.

"Since it was just a joke, why did you take it so seriously, Maiden of the Falling Moon?"

That's why they say smart people love to associate with other smart people!
Lei Jun's words just now were both a response to the question Xiao Ke'ai asked him and a way to defuse the "conflict" between Liu Dashao and Xiao Ke'ai.

This move can be described as killing two birds with one stone.