Red Mansion Huacai

Chapter 60 Two Strategies for Exploring Spring Fans’ Resurrection of the Condor

When he arrived at Ningrong Street, Li Weijian saw Wu Haiping's droopy head and said with a smile, "I forgot to tell you that Qian Xue's contract will be available in two days."

Wu Haiping suddenly raised his head: "Really? No... Young Master, you can't be joking about this matter."

"Tsk, have I ever coaxed you? It's up to you to figure out what to do with your body and deeds when you return. Whether you give it to a good family or keep it in your hands, it's all up to you."

Wu Haiping immediately beamed with joy and bowed his head repeatedly: "Young master, I will never forget your kindness. Please keep it in mind!"

Li Weijian smiled and said nothing, and just when he turned to Ningrong Street, several people suddenly blocked his way.One of the rich men smiled brightly and held up his hands: "Is this Mr. Li? I am Cao Yunsheng in Taigu. He hastily blocked the road this time because he had no choice but to do it. I wonder if Mr. Li can take the time..."

"Unfortunately, I'm not free today, maybe another day?"

As he spoke, Li Weijian winked at Wu Haiping, who immediately rode forward and drove a few people aside with a wave of his whip: "Get out of the way! How can even cats and dogs block my young master's path?"

Li Weijian pretended to be humane and said, "Huh? That's it. Hey, everyone, please forgive me and take the first step."

As he spoke, Li Weijian rode away, leaving Cao Yunsheng and others by the roadside.

The old man who looked like a cashier twirled his beard and said, "My boss, this guy named Li is too arrogant. I'm afraid he won't be easy to deal with."

Then Cao Yunsheng sighed: "It seems that it's not possible to go directly to the door. It's better to find someone to take care of it. The water company's business is not to be missed."

The accountant said: "My boss, I heard that the eldest son of Rongguo Mansion is easy to talk to when he sees money. Why don't you ask him to introduce it to you?"

Cao Yunsheng nodded and said distressedly: "Let's smash it. I'll ask someone to smash two silver winter melons over there tomorrow morning. I don't believe they can't hit the one named Jia."

The accountant smiled bitterly and said, "No need. One or two thousand taels of silver is enough."

The Cao family in Taigu has been making a living by running banknotes for generations, and their banknotes are spread all over the north. The family does not have much land, and all their income is cast into silver winter melons, which a few thieves cannot lift.

Cao Yunsheng turned around and got into the sedan, frowning and said: "Go back first, back to the guild hall. I'm just afraid that in a few days the other companies will come to snatch this stock if they get wind of it."

The accountant followed and said, "My boss, this water company doesn't have much future, so why should my boss be so determined to win?"

"What do you know?"

The sedan was raised, the curtains were lowered, and it walked towards the Shanxi Guild Hall with a tremble.

On the other side, Li Weijian and Wu Haiping handed back their horses and were walking on the road. Wu Haiping asked, "Young master, you don't have many stocks left?"

"It's a lot, why are you asking?"

Wu Haiping said: "Does the young master want to keep some for rest?"

Li Weijian shook his head and said with a smile: "I wish I could sell all my shares now."

Wu Haiping was puzzled and said, "In that case, why don't you sell the man named Cao?"

"What do you know?" Li Weijian said with a smile: "How can you sell that stock at a good price if you don't take care of it?"

Wu Haiping couldn't figure it out, so he simply shook his head and said: "Both the left and right are the young master's butts, what do I want to do with my leisure time? You can make the decision yourself."

Li Weijian walked with his hands behind his back, thinking about the social situation at this time.There are always people who say that wealth in the world is constant. This cannot be said to be correct, nor can it be said to be completely wrong.

After thousands of years, most of the land that can be developed on this land has been developed. The only newly developed area in Dashun is outside the Liaodong Pass.But in the eyes of the world, Liaodong is a bitter and cold place outside the Guandong. Unless they can't survive, who is willing to leave their hometown and go to the Guandong?
The output of this land is generally fixed and is only affected by weather conditions. Therefore, the wealth of a society based on an agricultural economy will not change much.

Because the people's income from food production is very similar, they don't have that much money to buy too many handicrafts.In the weaving yards across the Yangtze River, most of what is being snatched is the stock market, and there is no incremental market. The cloth and silk fabrics produced every year in the world are also very different.

This kind of society is most likely to cause precious metals to be enriched in the hands of a few people, so money panics occurred in both the Song and Ming dynasties.The Song Dynasty's method was to issue jiaozi and cast iron money. The Ming Dynasty was lucky and caught up with the great voyage, and the inflow of silver alleviated the money panic.

Where did this rich collection of precious metals go?Naturally, it is the home of distinguished and wealthy people.Not to mention the noble family, the wealthy family will dig out vats of money in the fields hundreds of years later.

Some people said, why don’t these people invest money after they have made money?Wouldn't it be foolish to bury yourself in the ground and eat ashes?
In fact, it is neither unwilling nor impossible.

As I said just now, the stock market is so big. If you take one more bite, others will naturally take one less bite.And limited to communication conditions, the business of the wealthy family cannot expand without limit.And rashly breaking into an unfamiliar business requires taking great risks, so the rich would rather bury their money than invest.

Although the water company he worked on, Li Weijian, could not be considered to open up a new market, it still swallowed up the existing market. The sage also allowed the people to raise funds to invest in shares. There must be some cautious and cautious among these rich people, and there are naturally some who are willing to take risks. .

Li Weijian secretly thought to himself that in the past few days, he had only found a rich man named Cao. It seemed that the rich men were still waiting to see which direction the wind would turn. They had to come up with an idea to get the water company's shares excited.

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The wing room across the east courtyard.

The paper was spread out, Hao Wan held the Hu pen down, and wrote a line of beautiful small regular script.After finishing writing this line, the second girl stopped writing again and thought about how to polish the next sentence.

This book of Condor Talk is said to be vulgar, but there is a sense of pride in it. Yesterday Yingchun tried to rewrite a paragraph, but the words were not necessarily meaningful, and the sense of pride was accidentally lost again.

Today, when the two girls welcome the Spring Festival, they are very cautious when writing.Unexpectedly, she was ordinary in everything, but she also thought that she would always change for the better, so she hesitated when writing, not knowing what to do for a while.

At this moment, the sound of chaotic footsteps came from outside, and the voices and laughter of Yingying Yanyan gradually approached.The eldest girl Siqi put down the purse in her hand, quickly opened the curtain and took a look, turned around and said happily: "Second Miss, some girls are here to see you."

"Ah?" Yingchun quickly put down her writing and stood up to greet him.

Then the curtain was opened, and Tan Chunxian ran in with a smile: "Second sister, we are here to see you."

While laughing, Xichun, Daiyu and Baochai entered one after another.

Yingchun greeted me with a smile, and said with a smile: "Why do you want to come to see me?"

Tanchun said: "Second sister used to live with us, but now she has moved back to the east courtyard. We haven't seen her for several days, but she always comes over to take a look."

Daiyu also said: "If you don't come to see us, we have to come to see you instead."

Baochai said, "I have to come and have a look. I might as well see my second sister in the next year or two when I have to visit the bride." Yingchun's face suddenly turned red with embarrassment: "No... no way."

There is a smile on Baochai's face, but if you look closely, it doesn't look like she is smiling.These days, the methods of Master Jia She and Mrs. Xing are in the eyes of interested people. Who can't guess what these two people are thinking?
Baochai is naturally smart, so he naturally thought of this section.She just buried her thoughts so deeply that no one could think about her thoughts.

Yingying and Yanyan chatted and laughed for a while, and a few people sat down. Tanchun accidentally caught a glimpse of the manuscript on the table, and leaned over to take a look: "Second sister is composing a poem? Huh? What is this?"

The sisters got to know each other well day and night, and Tanchun didn't notice anyone else. He picked up the manuscript and took a look at it.

Yingchun's face became increasingly red with embarrassment, and she wanted to ask for it back, but she didn't know how to speak.He just said: "This... this is..."

Seeing that his girl was shy again, Siqi smiled and said, "So that the third girl will know that this manuscript is a script written by Fourth Master Jian. He said he wrote it in a hurry, so he asked the second girl to polish it and copy it."

Tanchun's eyes suddenly lit up: "Written by fourth brother Jian? Second sister, may I have a look?"

Yingchun turned around and said, "Just take a look, why bother asking me?"

With a laugh, Tanchun opened it and then sat down at the table to read.

Several girls in the room were talking about everyday things, and after a cup of tea, Tan Chun, who was fascinated by the scene, suddenly started to slap the table: "This kind of heavenly virtue is so disgusting! Even pregnant women are not spared!"

The room fell silent, and Daiyu asked, "What are you looking at, Third Sister? Why are you talking about Duan Tiande?"

"A storybook," Tan Chun said reluctantly, looking at the manuscript in his hand: "I don't think fourth brother Jian can write a storybook. This storybook is extremely wonderful. Second sister, I wonder if you can lend it to me to read? I'll finish it. Send it back."

"This--"

If it's something else, forget it, just throw it away, but Brother Jian asked her to polish this manuscript.

Just when she didn't know how to speak, she heard Baochai say: "Third girl, if you take this book back, be careful that the elder sister-in-law takes it away. What will you give back to the second elder sister?"

"Huh? Oh yes," Tanchun pouted immediately, thought for a moment, and said, "Then I have time to come over and take a look at the head office every day, right?"

Yingchun secretly breathed a sigh of relief and said, "It's okay, just come."

The sisters talked about other things, but they just talked about it for a while, then they went to hold the manuscript and read it, sometimes frowning, sometimes beaming.

Among the other girls, Daiyu and Baochai were wondering what kind of storybook Li Weijian had written. Even the youngest Xichun kept looking towards Tanchun, thinking about asking her third sister for a storybook that night.

After the girls left the wing, Daiyu couldn't help but asked curiously on the way back: "Third girl, what's the story in that book?"

Tan Chun frowned and thought for a long time, and then said: "It should be a chivalrous story, but it's not quite like the previous ones, so I can't say for sure."

Xichun said: "Third sister, you have just been looking at it for a long time. Can you tell me the story in it later?"

"Okay," Tan Chun agreed and said, "I can tell you now, please listen carefully. It is said that there is a Niujia Village in Lin'an Prefecture of the Song Dynasty..."

Tanchun spoke eloquently, and Xichun seemed to understand but not because of his young age. Daiyu felt that fighting and killing was not interesting, while Baochai thought about Li Weijian's intention in writing this book.

Only Tanchun was immersed in the magnificent and colorful rivers and lakes in the storybook. From that day on, every day when he had free time at home, he went to find the second girl to welcome the spring.At first I just held the manuscript and read it with great interest, but after two days I couldn't help but mention some tips on how to polish the words for the Spring Festival.

Let’s not mention this, let’s just say that after two days, it was time for the imperial court to take a break.

On this day, after morning exercise, Li Weijian went into his study to write and draw. After a long time, his memory would always be lost. He wanted to quickly write down some of the key points he still remembered before he could forget them.

When Chen passed, a mother-in-law suddenly sent a message saying that it was from the palace of Prince Zhongyong.

Li Weijian didn't dare to neglect, so he took the post and looked at it carefully, but it was King Zhongyong who took advantage of the day to invite Li Weijian to come to the palace to have a chat.

The brother of the current saint had already said that he would entertain Li Weijian for a banquet. The shares of the water company were selling well these days, and King Zhongyong was in a good mood, so he thought of inviting Li Weijian to the palace today.

Li Weijian quickly changed his clothes and rode towards the imperial city with Wu Haiping.

Prince Zhongyong's palace is in the northwest of the inner city, and the two of them arrived in front of the palace in less than a moment.This Zhongyong Prince's Mansion occupies a very large area. Because of the prince's title, there are three ways to enter the house, and there is also a large back garden behind it.

The two of them found a hitching post and tied up their horses, then stepped forward to hand over the door bag, and then showed the post.The doorman quickly asked Li Weijian to sit in the side hall, and a middle-aged eunuch came over after a while.

"Li Xiucai?"

"Exactly, what do you call this father-in-law?"

The eunuch smiled and said, "My family's real name is Chen. When the prince saw that I was born rich and blessed, he gave me the word "Fu"."

Li Weijian hurriedly handed over his hand: "It turned out to be Eunuch Chen in person."

"Li Xiucai, please don't be polite. Your Majesty is enjoying the scenery in the back garden right now. He ordered me to lead Li Xiucai there."

Li Weijian agreed and followed Chen Fu through the corridor, bypassing the back corner door and entering the back garden.The spring is just right in March, the young grass is sprouting, the willow trees are sprouting, the peach blossoms are blooming, and the ground is filled with the singing of birds and the fragrance of flowers.

Walking along the corridor, passing through a flower garden, you arrive at the water pavilion. King Zhongyong, dressed in ordinary clothes, and several women are throwing fish food from the water pavilion, causing the koi carp to flip up and down in the water.

Seeing Li Weijian arriving, King Zhongyong gave an order and the women retreated one by one.After a while, Chen Fu brought Li Weijian closer. After Li Weijian said hello, the loyal king nodded and said with a smile: "I heard that Fusheng has made a lot of profits in the past few days. He has made a lot of money."

"Students rely solely on the grace of saints and princes."

King Zhongyong threw away all the fish food, clapped his hands and said, "It's good to know that it is a favor. In the future, you must stick to your heart and don't forget your original intention."

Um?Does this sound like a nod to him?Could it be that King Zhongyong thought he was too deeply involved with King Zhongshun and even the four princes and eight princes these days?
Li Weijian said hurriedly: "The prince's golden words should never be forgotten by the students. After thinking about it for the past few days, the students realized that there were many wealthy people watching and watching, and there were very few people who would end up in trouble, so they came up with two strategies to prepare for the situation. Your Majesty, please inquire."

"Oh?" King Zhongyong was happy: "Young boy really has a lot of ideas. If I don't scare you, I'm afraid I'm still keeping them hidden. If you have any ideas, I'll tell you. If you don't listen, I'll let you know. The saint will tell you later."

(End of this chapter)