Red Mansion Huacai

Chapter 64 Donation
Early the next morning, it started to rain lightly.

Li Weijian finished his breakfast, went to the front yard under an umbrella, and went to the inner palace with Wu Haiping in a carriage.On this day, several other high-ranking officials had their shares, and Li Weijian's holdings were less than five cents.

On the carriage shaft, Wu Hai wore a raincoat and a bamboo hat and walked toward the inner palace in the light of the thin rain. After walking for a while, he said: "It's the first rain in spring. I just hope that the weather will be smoother this year."

Li Weijian opened the curtains, looked outside, and said, "It's hard to say now, but it snows a lot in the winter in the north. I guess it will last until summer. There won't be enough rain in those days."

Last year there was drought in the north and floods in the south, and production in the north and south of Dashun was reduced. This made the Western Expedition planned by the saint aborted.Junggar also suffered a disaster. Unlike Dashun, who was resting and recuperating, Junggar was aggressively occupying territory in Qinghai while constantly attacking several Mongolian princes who were pro-Dashun in the direction of the grassland.

Li Weijian read the newspaper early in the morning and said that the prince of Horqin came to the capital again to ask for an audience with the saint. He cried and prayed for the saint to send troops and food.

If it were in the past, all the saint could do was verbally comfort him.But it is different now. The stocks released by the inner government over the past few days have been exchanged for more than 300 million taels of silver, so the saint transferred 200 million into the inner fund. As a result, before the money could be used to warm up, he turned around and allocated half of it to Mongolian princes.

Now that Junggar is powerful, the saint still hopes that a few Mongolian princes can block it.Otherwise, it would be uncomfortable for Dashun to be attacked from both sides.

While talking, he arrived at the inner palace and, together with several noble disciples, transferred the shares smoothly and Dangdang. Li Weijian also bought a lot of banknotes.

I was thinking about going to the manufacturing office to find something to give as a gift, but I was stopped by the accountant yesterday when I came out of the inner palace.

"Mr. Li, I have an invitation from Cao, member of my Dong family."

Li Weijian smiled and sighed: "Then please lead the way."

Mr. Accountant bowed his hand, then turned around and led the way.Not far away, there was a teahouse ahead. Li Weijian followed the accountant to the private room on the second floor. He turned around the screen and saw Cao Yunsheng who had already stood up to greet him.

"Hey, Mr. Li, I was so abrupt earlier. I hope Mr. Li won't be offended."

Li Weijian smiled and cupped his hands: "Exceptor Cao, I will open the skylight and speak frankly. That gift is a gift from a saint, and I am already walking on thin ice. If the imperial court wants to manage the water affairs of the capital, it must gather the funds of the people. If you are looking for honorable honors, I can't refuse anyone who comes to my door, and I can't say no, so I'll sell it to some extent. But if it's someone other than Cao Yuan... what will the saint think when he finds out?"

"This... what Mr. Li is saying is that I, Lao Cao, am also impatient. Sit down quickly, sit down quickly, let's sit down and talk."

After Li Weijian sat down, Cao Yunsheng stroked his beard and said, "Young master Li also knows that he is doing business in ticket sales, and he has some bad money in his hands. The children in the family are unworthy, so he thought that if he dies, he will die. Isn’t the family business ruined? After hearing about the water company a few days ago, I thought about buying some shares to pass on to the family.

In this way, no matter how unworthy the descendants are, they will not eat dirt.This... Mr. Li, please be considerate. "

Li Weijian nodded and said: "Every family has scriptures that are difficult to recite... Since Yuanwai has found my uncle's path, I must give him some face. Let's be happy. Yuanwai can tell you how many shares you want." "

Cao Yunsheng rubbed his hands and smiled and said: "This...this is hard to say. How many hands can Mr. Li change?"

Li Weijian smiled, thought for a moment, and said, "I can still change hands for one and a half minutes, 45 shares."

Cao Yunsheng didn't blink and said, "Okay, I'll buy it for 45 yuan. Lao Zhang, count the banknotes!"

As soon as he finished speaking, he saw the accountant leading a clerk inside. The clerk was holding a rattan box in his hand. When the box was opened, a stack of neatly stacked banknotes were revealed.

Lao Zhang still wanted to count, but Cao Yunsheng waved his hand: "No need to count. Mr. Li, I won't take advantage of you. I know that the shares will be sold in batches in the future, and the one with the highest price will get it. The original price is 45, uh. I just thought I’d need at least 50 yuan to buy it.”

He patted the silver note in the box: "This is a 50 tael silver note, issued by the E family's bank number, and can be redeemed at any time."

It's simply inhumane!Li Weijian was stunned by the generosity of Lao Xier in front of him!It wasn't because of the box of banknotes in front of him, but because he vaguely remembered that when he went upstairs just now, he seemed to see a group of nurses downstairs guarding three rattan boxes.

Based on this calculation, didn't Lao Xi'er bring 150 million taels of silver notes?

Li Weijian's face remained calm, and he cupped his hands and said: "Cao Yuanwai is very refreshing." After a pause, Li Weijian lowered his voice and thought about it: "Cao Yuanwai, how long are you going to stay in the capital?"

Then Cao Yunsheng laughed and said: "I have bought all the stocks, and I plan to go home in two days. The jealousy of this capital is not genuine, it is so disgusting."

Li Weijian lowered his voice and said: "If Mr. Cao is free, you might as well stay for one or two more months. You must know that this family's business is not just about water affairs."

"Huh?" Cao Yunsheng's smile faded and he looked at Li Weijian intently, but the latter smiled and said nothing.

Cao Yunsheng thought to himself, presumably it was because of the extra 5 taels that Mr. Li, who was quite capable, reciprocated the favor?This man was no more than a scholar, but within two months of entering the capital, he had already created such a scene. He was also on good terms with Shao Sikou, Da Sikong and even King Zhongyong, and even gained the favor of the saint.I imagine that such a person would not speak freely, so he must have something to say.

Wanting to understand this, Cao Yunsheng didn't ask too much and said with a smile: "Hey, although the jealousy in this capital is not good, there are many places to play naughty, so I have to take a good trip around."

Li Weijian smiled and nodded, then stood up and cupped his hands and said, "That's it, let's go to Guzi."

"Good talk, good talk."

Naturally, Li Weijian did not bother to take action on the rattan box. The clerk closed it and carried it downstairs and handed it to Wu Haiping who was waiting downstairs.

The teahouse is across from the inner palace. The group entered the inner palace and went to the clerk's office to transfer the 45 shares. The matter was considered completed.

After leaving the inner palace, Cao Yunsheng respectfully put Li Weijian, his master and servant, into the carriage, and watched them disappear into the rain. After a long while, he sighed: "There are really hidden dragons and crouching tigers in this capital. This Young Master Li is only fourteen?"

"Thirteen." The accountant Zhang said from the side.

Cao Yunsheng nodded repeatedly and said, "It's amazing. He speaks and acts impeccably. He may become another young Sikou one day."

Lao Zhang was confused and asked: "Why not Chen Duxian?"

Cao Yunsheng glanced sideways, sneered and said nothing.Then he said: "Let's go back to the clubhouse and tell the guys that we will only have to stay for two more months."

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On the carriage, Li Weijian thought to himself, excluding three-thirds of the shares in his hand, giving one share to his eldest sister, and selling the rest, earning 160 million taels of silver.

This money... is a bit hot.The remaining three points cannot be touched for the time being, and must be reserved for future plots against King Zhongshun...

After squinting his eyes and thinking for a while, Li Weijian suddenly ordered: "Haiping, go back to the inner palace."

"Ah? We're almost at the manufacturing office..."

"Stop being so verbose, just come back when I ask you to!" "Okay, sir, you have the final say."

The carriage found an alley and turned around, returning to the inner palace in a moment.Li Weijian showed his badge, walked straight to the second hall, and spoke to the secretary, asking to see King Zhongyong.

The clerk went in to report, and after a while, Li Weijian was invited in.

King Zhongyong's face was glowing. He entered the palace early this morning and was praised by the saint. He was also rewarded with many things.King Zhongyong understood clearly that this matter naturally had Li Weijian's influence.Because he smiled and greeted: "Resurrection is here? But something happened? Why are you still carrying a rattan box?"

Li Weijian bowed respectfully, stood up, looked around, bowed again and said, "Your Majesty, the student has something important to report. Please step aside."

King Zhongyong was startled for a moment, then said: "In that case, you come with me."

Li Weijian followed King Zhongyong to the warm pavilion at the back. When King Zhongyong sat down, he quickly presented the rattan box: "Your Majesty, this is for students to pay homage to the saint."

"Hmm...huh?" King Zhongyong was puzzled. He opened the rattan box and took a breath of cold air.I saw that half of them were neatly stacked, and the other half were scattered and stacked. They were full of banknotes.According to a rough calculation, there are only a few to 10 taels!

"Resurrection, what do you mean by this?"

Li Weijian said: "Back to the prince, I don't know where the news came from, saying that the student had stocks in his hands, so some relatives came to visit him. The student was young and could not refuse, so he had to change hands. So and so The family with tens of thousands, the one with 10,000+, when the student came to his senses, he actually accumulated 160 million taels of silver!"

King Zhongyong was speechless.He was in charge of the inner government, and Li Weijian was busy changing hands these days, so how could he not know?Even when entering the palace this morning, the saint mentioned it briefly.

Although the saint didn't say much, King Zhongyong knew that this royal brother might have regrets in his heart.If he knew that [-]% of the shares could really be sold for so much money, the saint's promise to Li Weijian of two cents that day would be overwhelming. How could he give [-]% of the shares?
Li Weijian bowed his head and said: "The students are scared. The students have made a statement before, but in order to alleviate the country's poverty and people's livelihood, it is a lucky thing to get some profits. But this 100%... is too much. Your Majesty , here is [-] million taels. Unless the student is reluctant to repay, it is really the remaining money. The student is planning to create more things, but he is afraid that he will spend a lot of money in the future. This..."

"Okay, okay, don't say any more about resurrection." King Zhongyong's tone became more kind. He simply stood up and pulled Li Weijian to sit aside. He said kindly: "Resurrection is the right move. How old are you? But the reputation of a scholar suddenly changed. I'm afraid it's not a good thing to get rich suddenly. Don't worry, I should send this repayment to the saint. I think the saint will also recite the resurrection fist to serve the country."

"Hey, students are ashamed."

"Eh? It doesn't need to be like this, it doesn't need to be like this."

Li Weijian took out another stack of banknotes from his sleeve and handed it to King Zhongyong: "In addition, this is-"

Before he finished speaking, King Zhongyong suddenly changed his expression: "Huh? Who am I when you are resurrected? Take it back quickly! Since you said you would keep some money to create things, then just create things well. How can I, the king, covet your money?"

"Your Majesty—" Li Weijian said with a smile on his face, but stopped talking.

King Zhongyong glared: "Take it back, otherwise you won't blame me for denying you, Li Fusheng!"

"It's... good."

When Li Weijian took back the banknote, King Zhongyong smiled, shook his head and said, "You are still young after all. How can I, a compatriot of the saint, care about these silver coins?" After a pause, King Zhongyong lowered his voice. The voice said: "In addition, Fusheng, the inner government has begun to acquire the abandoned coal kiln in Xishan. What's your Chen?"

Li Weijian said: "Your Majesty, this matter is not urgent. When the water company is ready, the students will definitely submit the instructions."

King Zhongyong rubbed his hands together and said: "Okay, okay, this time I don't want to make a living like the water company, I just want to be half of it. I will recommend you to be a doctor in the inner palace."

"Ah? Your Majesty, at this age of the student..."

"Huh? Ambition is not about age. Gan Luo was still 12 years old when he was prime minister, and Fu Sheng is already fourteen. What's the point of being a doctor? Let's not talk about the water affairs, let's talk about the new fire gun before. It also needs to be raised a liter.”

Li Weijian burst into tears with gratitude and said: "Student, there is really nothing I can do to repay you. I just wait for the day when I will be wiped out and serve the saint."

King Zhongyong raised his head and laughed, feeling greatly relieved.

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After leaving the inner palace, Li Weijian felt a little relieved and turned around and ordered Wu Haiping to drive to Wangji's calligraphy and painting shop in the outer city.

After arriving at the place for more than half an hour, Li Weijian entered the calligraphy and painting shop, went straight to the shopkeeper and asked, "Shopkeeper, are there any good paintings in this shop?"

The shopkeeper said without raising his head: "They are all here. The ones over there are 800 taels, and the ones here are 2000 taels. Customers can choose at will."

Li Weijian looked around. Although he was not that elegant, he could roughly tell the good and bad.The calligraphy and paintings hanging on the wall cost about three hundred yuan each at the temple fair... no more.

Li Weijian chose a wide picture of pine and crane, and suddenly said in surprise: "Oh, it's wonderful! This painting can only be found in the sky, how many times can it be seen in the world? Shopkeeper, this one costs 2000 taels?"

The shopkeeper with the mustache finally raised his head, glanced at it and said: "Exactly, does the customer want to buy?"

"I definitely have to buy it, but the price is not right."

The shopkeeper sneered and pointed to the other side of the wall: "If you want cheaper ones, they are all 800 taels."

Li Weijian smiled and said: "I think this painting... is worth at least 10 taels of silver."

"Tsk...Ten...hundred thousand?" The shopkeeper looked at the general in astonishment.

Then they saw Li Weijian taking out a roll of banknotes from his sleeve, throwing it in front of the shopkeeper, cupping his hands and saying with a smile: "My lord, Li Fusheng."

He turned around, picked up the picture of pine and crane, and walked away.

After doing two things in a row, Li Weijian ordered Wu Haiping to rush to the manufacturing office of the inner government.When he arrived at the place, Li Weijian was looking around, and suddenly he caught a glimpse of a pure gold phoenix pattern necklace on the ancient shelf. His heart was moved, and he wondered what Wang Xifeng's reaction would be if he gave Wang Xifeng a gold collar.

However, this was not appropriate, so he found a collar and gold lock worn by a child and spent 300 taels of silver.After noon, the two found a shop to eat donkey meat and burned it, then rushed to Yan's Mansion.

By coincidence, Yan Xiyao returned home early that day. Li Weijian called Manager Xu to report to him, and was immediately called into the study.

As soon as they met, Yan Xiyao smiled and said: "Resurrection is willing to come to see me?" After saying that, Yan Xiyao pointed to the official document on the desk: "Coincidentally, the people below did not follow the rules, and there was a bullet asking for excuses for Resurrection. I am trying to make money. Fortunately, I saw it."

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