The distinguished guest had left when Li Guanyi was seen eating and examining documents on the side.
The guest was quite displeased and said, "If you wish to become famous throughout the world, you should not treat gentlemen with such disrespect."
Li Guanyi: "Ah???"
The young man raised his eyebrows and asked, "What do you want?"
The distinguished guest was taken aback, having not anticipated Li Guanyi's directness, and stroked his beard as he listed his demands, including but not limited to allowing sons of noble families to become officials in their respective cities, tax reductions, and exemption from taxation on the land under the officials' names, as well as the granting of Permanent Land and so on...
Li Guanyi had been slurping noodles.
Mouthfuls of noodles with a bite of garlic, he was eating with relish.
