Red Mansion Huacai

Chapter 84 Digging a Pit
Neifu Stock Exchange.

Several waiters escorted Cao Yunsheng into the inner room, but they saw tables and chairs arranged inside, complete with tea, melons and fruits. A clerk came forward to greet him eagerly. When he learned that the person in front of him was Cao Yunsheng, a wealthy man from Shanxi, the clerk quickly looked for him. The clerk asked for instructions, then turned around and invited Cao Yunsheng to the private room next door.

This private room was quite spacious, and there was sandalwood in it. Cao Yunsheng entered and glanced around, and happened to see the fat man Kou Yongping waving a fan.

The Taoist colleagues are enemies, they both come from Taigu. The Cao family runs a bank account, but the Kou family runs a foreign trade. It is said that they can't fight with each other, but the two people are born with different temperaments, and they fight each other when they meet.

Cao Yunsheng frowned and said sarcastically: "Hey, Nephew Kou, why do you need to come here in person with your figure like this? Just send the shopkeeper to do it. If you accidentally trip on the threshold... the floor of the house will be damaged." How bad would it be to smash the hole out?"

Kou Yongping snorted and didn't even stand up. He just folded the folding fan and bowed casually: "What Uncle Cao Shi said is, but I am the useless shopkeeper of the Kou family. If Uncle Cao Shi doesn't cut it off, I will look at the accountant next to you." good."

Youdao means hitting people in the face and scolding them to expose their shortcomings. The Kou family just poached three of the Cao family's top shopkeepers a few years ago, causing chaos in the Cao family's bank account for two months. This feud has become serious!

Afterwards, Cao Yunsheng learned from the painful experience and gave the newly promoted boss not only an annual salary, but also a lot of money for his support.

Cao Yunsheng's eyelids trembled when he heard this, and he snorted coldly and ignored his rival. He chose a chair next to him and sat down. He called the clerk over and asked what the regulations were.

The clerk said: "Dong Cao's family, our internal stock exchange adopts a quotation system." The clerk pointed to the water sign outside and said, "If someone sells, a water sign will be put up. For example, ten thousand shares are listed at a price of three Wan San, if you think it's appropriate, you can delist it, and then go to the back office to transfer the ownership; if you feel it's not appropriate, just leave it alone, maybe there will be a water license of [-] shares and [-] shares later."

Cao Yunsheng frowned and said, "It's so troublesome, aren't these people from the inner government?"

The clerk said, "I don't dare to say that. A lot of them were scattered before, but now there are a lot of stocks in the hands of nobles and wealthy businessmen. Maybe they can sell them cheaper than the inner government?"

Cao Yunsheng thought for a moment, nodded and said, "This is a good idea, but I'm afraid everyone will flock to it, and the price of this water tag will get higher and higher."

But the clerk said: "Dong Cao, if you buy high, it means the market is good. If the market is good, it will go up in the future? I don't think you will sell even higher in the future."

Cao Yunsheng's heart moved, and he vaguely understood the gameplay of the stock exchange's listing price.To put it bluntly, they are chasing the rise and killing the fall, aiming at human nature.It is expected that there will be good news in the future. The price of this water brand will definitely rise all the way, and it will have to rise until everyone can no longer afford it.

On the other hand, if bad news comes... it will be a big loss.Then I thought about it, no matter whether the stock price rose or fell, the government promised to guarantee a return of capital in 20 years.Of course, this 20-year benchmark is the benchmark stock price.What he, Cao Yunsheng, wanted to buy stocks was to ensure a minimum profit, lest the descendants of the Cao family would have no future if their business failed.

Thinking about it this way, as long as the stock price is not too outrageous, you will definitely make a profit if you buy it.

While I was thinking about it, a water sign suddenly appeared outside, and a book office shouted: "The inner government has put up 30 shares of the water company at a price of 34 taels. If you think about it, you can come up and remove the shares yourself."

After the words fell, Cao Yunsheng was still weighing the quality, when a fat figure jumped out from the side, rushing out like a gust of wind, and raised his hand to pick it off before a few waiters.

"Wow, hahaha, 34 taels, eh!"

Cao Yunsheng was breathing rapidly, thinking that he would have to send someone to remove the cards later.Before Kou Yongping could turn around, another sign came out, the same 30 shares, priced at 36 taels...

Is this a price increase?But even if the price increases, it's still cheaper than what's being circulated privately outside.Cao Yunsheng raised his hand and slapped the stunned waiter next to him, and cursed: "You are a basketball guy! Go and take off the card!"

The waiter woke up from a dream and ran away, but he was a step too late. The water sign was taken away by a young man again.

Cao Yunsheng was so angry that he flew into a rage. He checked in the cashier's room and said, "Go and find a smart and fast runner for me! He's good at the ball. I can't buy this damn slow runner!"

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Bishuixuan Tea House.

In the private room on the second floor, Li Weijian was eating tea by himself.He only had breakfast and rushed over in the morning, and now his stomach was empty.

King Zhongyong in front of him had no intention of having tea. He only took a cup of tea and took a sip without a sip, his brows furrowed.After a while, a book clerk suddenly came running towards me.

King Zhongyong immediately clicked and asked: "How is it?"

"Back to the prince, 130 million shares have been sold, with an average price of [-] shares."

This is almost 500 million taels of silver!

King Zhongyong let out a long sigh of relief.He had boasted to the saint this morning, and this time he would definitely enrich his internal funds.Calculated, in just one hour, nearly 500 million taels were exchanged. Can this be considered an explanation to the saint?

The doctor on the side was extremely optimistic and said with a smile: "Congratulations to the prince, I have 500 million taels before noon. I think when the settlement is made in the future, it will be almost even if it is not 1000 million."

King Zhongyong nodded and waved his hand to dismiss the clerk: "I'll investigate again and report again... Well, it doesn't need to be so frequent, just report once every other moment."

The clerk didn't know whether to laugh or cry, so he bowed his hands and left.

After that, the book office came to report every quarter. By the end of noon, the inner government had sold 200 million shares of Youqi, and the average price dropped to 720, [-], [-], and the total amount received was more than [-] million.

King Zhongyong was so determined that he felt empty in his stomach. He quickly ordered a table of refreshments and ate a sip of lukewarm tea.

Li Weijian, who was sitting with him, was really boring, and he couldn't leave just like that. After flattering him for a while, he turned his head and looked through the window.By coincidence, I saw a carriage from Prince Zhongshun coming slowly from the street.

King Zhongyong ate a piece of carrot cake and drank all the tea in one gulp, wondering why Li Weijian was silent.When he raised his eyes, he saw him looking at the outside carefully, so he took advantage of the situation and looked over. He saw Shi Zhouan, the chief minister of Prince Zhongshun, getting off the carriage.

"Zhou An?" King Zhongyong asked: "Is this guy here to buy stocks again?"

Li Weijian turned around and said with a smile: "That's not true, but I thought Zhou Changshi might be here to sell stocks."

King Zhongyong's expression suddenly turned gloomy: "My brother Wang... is getting more and more despicable!"

Anyone with a discerning eye knows that this stock exchange has just opened, and the government is eager to cash out. The delivery in the past few days must be dominated by the government.Even if the nobles of various families were ready to make a move, they would not dare to risk the disdain of heaven and snatch meat from the inner government.

But this loyal and obedient king dared!
Li Weijian smiled and said: "Your Highness, don't pay attention. Let him have fun today and ask him to make a list tomorrow." "What are you talking about?"

Li Weijian said: "The student's statement clearly stated that after some time, the government will be able to make a fortune by borrowing stocks."

The government borrowed stocks for the purpose of short buying and selling on the exchange, and then introduced a margin system to comply with King Zhong's greedy temper. How could he endure it?
As long as King Zhongshun is out of the game, let him drink a few mouthfuls of soup first, and when he is deep enough, Li Weijian will turn around and give him a memory!Revenge, others don't talk about it lightly, they can only do it in this way.

King Zhongyong relaxed his brows slightly and said: "This matter must be repaid and the saint knows." After a pause, he added: "I see that the frequency of stock delivery has dropped a lot. Resurrection, is there another good news? Are you planning to release it?"

Li Weijian said: "It's not urgent. The good news has just been released today. It will take a few days to digest it. Prince, don't worry. Students are paying attention these days, but if there are any changes, students must report to the prince first."

"Well, that's good." King Zhongyong responded and ate and drank.

After a while, the clerk came to report again.As expected by Li Weijian, Chief Shi Zhou An saw that the water number had risen to 20 taels and 72 taels, and immediately sold [-] shares and collected [-] taels of silver notes on the spot.

King Zhongyong was so angry that it was not the palace of Prince Zhongshun that the 72 taels had gone into the inner palace - this was clearly poaching the inner palace.

Li Weijian watched his words carefully and knew that the moment was just right and there was no need for him to add fuel to the fire. He thought that if King Zhongyong reported it to the saint, the saint would definitely remember King Zhongshun in his heart.

Because he was confused, as if it was King Zhongshun who raided Jia's house in the TV series?But looking at the situation now, it is still unclear who will be ransacked first, Jia's house or Prince Zhongshun's house. How could Prince Zhongshun let Jia's house be raided?
Thinking about how he had been inconsistent with several things in the past, he thought about it, thinking that this TV series had been adapted, so he shouldn't trust it in the future.

King Zhongyong was no longer as cheerful as before, and finally waited until the end of the day. The Neifu Stock Exchange ended the transaction. The clerk did a check and found that the total number of shares delivered by the Neifu today was 800 million taels. It was strange that if Zhou An hadn't disrupted the situation, I'm afraid it will reach 900 million.

King Zhongyong nodded and encouraged Li Weijian a few more words before Shi Shiran went to the imperial city to report to the saint.

Li Weijian came out of the teahouse and got on the carriage. When he reached the street, someone blocked his way.

A carriage on the roadside opened its curtains, and Zhou An smiled and said, "Li Fusheng, I wonder if you have some free time to spend some time with me?"

Li Weijian smiled on his face and cursed secretly in his heart.The so-called night owl coming to your door is bound to be up to no good!He was still thinking about digging a hole for King Zhongshun, but then Zhou An came to find him.What for?What can you do?It must be the few shares in his hand.

He smiled and said: "It turns out to be Zhou Changshi, the student is polite. There is no need to bother Changshi, the student will come over now."

He jumped off the carriage, walked a few steps to the Prince's carriage, jumped on and got into the carriage.

Ten months have passed and Zhou An is still the same as before, but with a slightly embarrassed look on his face.The two sat opposite each other and said something that was not embarrassing. Zhou An then changed the subject and said: "Resurrection, I am just following orders and do not mean to make things difficult. Let's put aside the previous matter for the time being. , the prince wants to buy some stocks again this time... Don’t worry, Fu Sheng, this time it’s the real price, you can get as much as you want, and you won’t take advantage of Fu Sheng.”

Li Weijian's face remained unchanged, and he thought to himself, the so-called real price is probably one tael of silver per share, right?Ha, you really dare to open your mouth.

He then said: "Zhou Changshi, it is said that when Prince Zhongshun comes to give money to the students, the students will rush to greet him. There is no reason to refuse. I just want to come to Zhou Changshi, and he knows that I am just a scholar now, a former saint. After a quick talk, I agreed to [-]% of my penis.

This stock was very hot. He had previously obtained more than 100 million taels of silver from the sale. The student was so frightened that he quickly gave away most of the money he received.Now there are only three-thirds of the shares left, and the student still wants to keep them to earn income every year, but it’s really..."

Zhou Changshi's face fell: "So, Fusheng intends to refute the prince's face?"

But Li Weijian smiled and said: "It's not even close to being discussed. I would like to ask Governor Shi to put in a kind word and let the prince understand the students' difficulties. Moreover, this project does not necessarily have to start from the students."

"Ok?"

Li Weijian pointed at the stock exchange and said: "Don't look at the high prices of running water cards now. In fact, these are all short-term effects. After the first ten months, it is impossible to say that the stock price will fall back. Then the prince will buy it again, wouldn't it be wonderful?"

Zhou Anahan said: "Will the stock price fall back?"

Li Weijian said: "Why not? Before today, the Inner Palace and the Shuntian Palace held a total of [-]% of the shares. Today, the shares sold are less than [-]%. I am afraid that they will have to go out in the future."

Zhou An said: "If this is the case, the imperial court will only hold less than [-]% of the shares. Could it be that the water affairs can still be decided by outsiders?"

"This is a simple matter. The shares are divided into two categories: Class A and Class B. Those in Class B only receive dividends. Isn't that the end of the matter if they can't attend the shareholders' meeting?"

Zhou An blinked: "Can it still be like this? Ha, I'm afraid it's another idea of ​​resurrection, right?"

Li Weijian smiled and clasped his fists: "Ashamed, it's just a student's stupidity."

Zhou An thought for a while, how could anyone, especially a kind person, come up with such a plan?But looking at Li Weijian smiling, he didn't seem to care at all about being tricked that day.There is a saying that a biting dog does not bark, so Zhou An thought, maybe Li Weijian hated himself to death, so he had to be careful to beware of Li Weijian causing trouble for him.

Because Zhou An couldn't bring up the stock issue anymore, he let Li Weijian get off the bus after a few words.

Li Weijian got back into his carriage and watched through the curtain as the carriage of Prince Zhongshun went further and further away. The smile on his face did not change, but no one knew what he was thinking in his heart.

Who said you have to lie to deceive people?Sometimes the truth deceives people, and that’s what’s awesome!
He originally planned to go to Prince Zhongyong's Mansion to pick up his eldest sister Li Wan and return to Rongguo Mansion, but Zhou An was afraid that it would be too late after such a delay.Li Weijian ordered Wu Haiping to return home directly.

The carriages and horses were rattling, and it took less than half an hour to reach Ningrong Street. Li Weijian got the carriage from the corner gate. Before he could take a step, a person suddenly jumped out from the side.

He bowed to the ground in front of him, stood up, and said, "But Fourth Uncle Jian in front of you?"

The man had a long face, a tall figure, a graceful figure, about fifteen or sixteen years old, and looked very kind-faced.

"you are?"

The man smiled and said, "My nephew is Jia Yun from the fifth room in the West Corridor. Please be safe, Fourth Uncle Jian."

(End of this chapter)