My wife is number one in the world

Chapter 4252 Reciprocity

Upon hearing Lei Jun's calm reply, Liu Mingzhi frowned slightly with a strange expression.

"Brother Lei, is it really that simple?"

Upon hearing this, Lei Jun smiled faintly and nodded slightly to Young Master Liu, who was looking at him with a strange expression and a slight frown.

"Yes, that's right, it's that simple."

Liu Mingzhi raised his right hand and gently rubbed the stubble on his chin a few times, chuckling happily.

"Hehehe, just because I happen to be in the capital of the Abbasid Caliphate right now, you think that the big shot behind Krich is me."

Brother Lei, don't you think this idea is a bit too hasty?

Upon hearing Young Master Liu's light-hearted question, Lei Jun shook his head gently without hesitation.

“Brother Liu, to be frank, I don’t think this idea is too hasty at all, because I have my reasons.”

Liu Mingzhi nimbly dodged an oncoming, slow-moving old woman with a vegetable basket slung over her arm, then raised an eyebrow and glanced at Lei Jun.

"Oh? There's evidence? What evidence?"

Lei Jun smiled slightly, turned around and glanced back at the little cutie who was silently following behind him and the other two.

“Brother Liu, when my niece Luoyue mentioned that guy Krich just now, she referred to him as Uncle Krich, but she called Krich’s daughter Krich Ike ‘sister Ike.’”

Uncle Krich, Iko's sister.

Brother Liu, this alone is enough to prove that you and your niece Luoyue have a good relationship with the Krich family.

Before Brother Liu and your group arrived in the capital of the Abbasid Caliphate, there was not even a hint of anything about establishing a joint chamber of commerce.

However, after Brother Liu appeared in the capital of the Abbasid Caliphate, Krich suddenly established the United Merchants Association.

Brother Liu, there was no United Chamber of Commerce before your group arrived, but suddenly it was formed after you arrived. Isn't that too much of a coincidence?
Considering the circumstances before and after, it's hard for me not to suspect that the important figure behind Krich is you, Brother Liu!
Brother Liu, these are my evidence.

So, is my reasoning reasonable? Does it satisfy you, Brother Liu?

Upon hearing this, Liu Mingzhi turned around with a smile, looked at Lei Jun, and nodded slightly in acknowledgment.
"Yes, that's reasonable, very reasonable, and I'm very satisfied with it."

Upon hearing Liu Mingzhi's words, Lei Jun immediately spoke up in a low voice: "So, Brother Liu, you're admitting that you were just being polite to the important person behind you?"

No sooner had Lei Jun finished speaking than Young Master Liu chuckled and asked him a question in return.

"Brother Lei, didn't you already guess that?"

Upon hearing Young Master Liu's light laugh and question, Lei Jun immediately nodded with a knowing smile.

"Brother Liu, I must say, Krich is really incredibly lucky to have the honor of being associated with such a distinguished person as you."

With Brother Liu, the current emperor of our Great Dragon Dynasty, backing him up, as long as he doesn't make any fundamental mistakes due to his folly, his future is destined for great success.

"Critch's luck is truly enviable, and it's not something to be coveted!"

Liu Mingzhi smacked his lips lightly twice, then smiled and put his hands behind his back.

"Brother Lei, sometimes, a person's luck doesn't represent everything."

A person may achieve some success by relying solely on good luck, but it is difficult to achieve true greatness.

If a person wants to achieve great things, luck, ability, and virtue are all indispensable.

Brother Lei, just as you said before, that guy Krich's eyes light up whenever he sees a caravan from our Great Dragon Heavenly Dynasty, like a hungry wolf that hasn't eaten for days suddenly seeing fresh meat.

Then, they'll stick to you like a leech.

As Liu Mingzhi spoke with a smile, he casually untied the wine pouch from his waist, gently pulled out the cork, and brought the pouch to his mouth.

"Gudu!"

"Gudu!"

After taking two large gulps of fine wine, Young Master Liu immediately felt much better, as his throat, which had been dry from talking, felt much more comfortable.

Immediately, he took a small sip of wine from the corner of his lips and glanced at Lei Jun with a smile on his face.

“A few months ago, I met that guy Creepy for the first time, and at that time…”

As Liu Mingzhi walked unhurriedly, he calmly recounted to Lei Jun the scene of his first meeting with Krich.

A short while later, he gave Lei Jun a general account of what happened when he first met Krich.

"Brother Lei, that's roughly what happened back then."

It's fair to say that if it weren't for that shameless guy Krich suddenly coming up to me and striking up a conversation, we would never have met.

We wouldn't have known each other, so naturally, none of the subsequent events would have happened.

Brother Lei, Creech is always looking for opportunities to take his business and his family's business to the next level.

Once he found this opportunity, he was constantly thinking about how to make the most of this hard-won opportunity.

On our journey westward, we encountered countless caravans of all sizes from various western countries.

However, among the many caravan owners, only Krich took the initiative to shamelessly approach me and strike up a conversation.

When Krich realized from our conversation that I, his brother, could offer him further opportunities, he began to find ways to seize those opportunities.

You should know that at the beginning, Krich did not know that I, his elder brother, was the current emperor of our Great Dragon Heavenly Dynasty. He simply regarded me as an ordinary merchant who could be used to trade goods.

Brother Lei, do you still think that Creech's ability to get to know me was simply due to good luck?

Lei Jun listened to Young Master Liu's eloquent narration and his final question, and shook his head gently without hesitation.

"Brother Liu, to be honest, I was just simply marveling at how lucky Krich is."

However, I have never believed that Krich's ability to be associated with someone like you, Brother Liu, is simply due to his good luck.

I've personally dealt with that guy Krich, so I have some understanding of his personality.

To be frank, he is not only an interesting person, but also a very capable one.

My brothers and I, along with several hundred of our men, have come to these Western countries to do business. We have traded goods with thousands of people, but very few of them have left a lasting impression on me.

Krich is one of the few people who has left a deep impression on me.

So, while I admire Creech's good luck and his good temper, I've never underestimated his abilities.

As soon as Lei Jun finished speaking in an extremely serious tone, Liu Mingzhi chuckled a few times and then raised his hands to give Lei Jun a fist bump.

"Hahaha, so it seems I misunderstood."

I hope you won't take offense at this situation, Brother Lei!

Upon hearing what Young Master Liu said, Lei Jun quickly waved his hand vigorously.

"No, no, this misunderstanding is mainly because I didn't explain clearly just now, it has nothing to do with you, Brother Liu."

Lei Jun smiled and answered Liu Dashao's question, then suddenly raised his hands and slapped them hard.

"Hey!"

"Brother Liu, look at me, look at me! I was so busy chatting with you about that guy Krich that I completely forgot about where our hundreds of brothers were going to rest."

We brothers have been chatting and laughing for so long, we should be almost at the intersection that the Moon Goddess mentioned earlier.

"Brother Liu, please wait for me and my niece Luoyue for a moment. I'll be right back."

Upon hearing this, Liu Mingzhi immediately raised his right hand and lightly patted his forehead.

"Oh my, look at my brain."

I was the one who asked you about this first, but as we were chatting, I forgot about it too.

Brother Lei, hurry, hurry, go and make the arrangements!

Lei Jun smiled faintly and nodded slightly, then immediately cupped his hands in greeting to Young Master Liu.

"Alright, Brother Liu, I'll be right back. See you later."

Liu Mingzhi nodded slightly and waved to Lei Jun with a smile.

"Okay, please!"

Lei Jun quickly withdrew his hands and immediately quickened his pace to catch up with the caravan ahead.

After watching Lei Jun's retreating figure walk a dozen steps away, Liu Mingzhi quickly slowed down and turned around to look at the little cutie following behind him.

"Moon".

Upon hearing her father's gentle voice calling out, the little cutie immediately quickened her pace.

"Oh, Father, what's wrong?"

Liu Mingzhi casually fiddled with his sleeves a couple of times, then smiled and glanced down at the delicate purse embroidered with orchids hanging from the slender waist of the little cutie Yang Liu.

"My dear daughter, do you have any silver notes on you?"

When the little cutie heard her father ask her this question, the expression on her beautiful face suddenly tightened, and she came to an abrupt halt.

Immediately afterwards, her pair of bright, watery eyes were instantly filled with undisguised vigilance.

"Father, what...what do you mean?"

Seeing the undisguised wariness in his beloved daughter's large, watery eyes, Young Master Liu immediately rolled his eyes at the little cutie with a feigned annoyance.

"You brat, what kind of look is that?"
What do you mean? Could it be that the relationship between us, father and daughter, has become so strained that we immediately become wary whenever the word "money" is mentioned?

The little cutie saw her father roll his eyes in annoyance and heard his series of questions, and immediately realized that her reaction was a bit too intense.

So, she quickly blinked her bright, clear eyes a few times, then, with a smile on her face, led the two fine horses behind her toward Young Master Liu.

"Oh dear, Father, I didn't mean anything by it. I was just a little surprised."

"Good father, why are you suddenly asking me if I have any silver notes on me?"

Upon hearing the little cutie's sweet, soft question, Liu Mingzhi shook his head slightly, his expression showing a hint of helplessness.

"You brat, are you really confused, or are you just pretending?"

You're all grown up now, don't you understand the etiquette of reciprocity?
Your Uncle Lei and I have been friends since childhood. Although we haven't seen each other for more than ten years, the basic bond between us brothers is still there!
Now that your Uncle Lei is giving you, this brat, a gift, I, as his father, naturally have to reciprocate with a similar gift for his daughter.

Right now, I don't have any silver or banknotes on me. In order to give your Uncle Lei a gift in return, I will naturally have to borrow some banknotes from you first.

As for the matter of me borrowing money from you, you can rest assured, my little brat.

I will lend you this amount of silver now, and I will repay you as soon as we return home.

Of course, that's assuming you have silver notes on you, my dear daughter.

Otherwise, your father would have no choice but to swallow his pride and ask Yike for a loan once.

As soon as Young Master Liu finished speaking, Little Cutie quickly slowed down and moved the reins from her right hand to her left.

Immediately, she slightly tilted her slender waist and lifted the exquisite purse at her waist.

"Father, how much silver do you need?"

Upon hearing this, Liu Mingzhi chuckled and replied loudly, "My dear daughter, how much money I need is not up to me, but up to you."

"If you plan to choose a gift worth a certain amount of silver, you'll naturally need to lend your father a similar amount of silver."

Upon hearing her father's words, the little cutie's eyes lit up instantly, and she blinked her bright, watery eyes at Young Master Liu with a grin.

"Hehehe, hehe~ hehehehe."

"Good father, how about I lend you ten thousand taels of silver? What do you think, good father?"