Red Mansion Huacai

Chapter 94 What a fox!
Today, the stock lending business has gone out of business. King Zhongyong just ignores the rise and fall of stocks and can make a small amount of money just by charging the handling fee.

After chatting with Dr. Liang for a while, Li Weijian stood up and left.But Mr. Liang said, "I'm afraid that the prince is coming back soon. Won't Li Xiucai follow him to have a look?"

Li Weijian shook his head repeatedly: "I really don't have time today, let's try another day."

Just kidding, this money-lending business was his idea. If he showed up, he would inevitably arouse the suspicion of King Zhongshun.Furthermore, there was no telling how such a thing could be done. It was too late for Li Weijian to hide, so how could he get close to him?

Dr. Liang sent him out of the inner palace. Just as Li Weijian got on the carriage, Jia Yun came looking for him.

After seeing the gift, Jia Yun said happily: "Fourth Uncle, the matter has been settled. The price is eight thousand, four hundred taels. General Feng En's three sons will all be present. After paying the money, the ownership can be transferred now."

Jia Yun had been pestering General Feng En's house for more than half a month, and spent countless hours, but now the deal was finally concluded!

Li Weijian was overjoyed and threw away 20 taels of silver and said, "Well done, you will be credited with this one."

"Hey...fourth uncle, this...is a bit much."

Li Weijian smiled and said: "Take it, as long as it's not too little. Just lead the way. I bought this house today."

Jia Yun quickly agreed, jumped on the rolling stock and got into the carriage. The group turned around and headed towards General Feng'en's mansion.

Let’s not talk about how Li Weijian bought a house for now, let’s talk about the Neifu Stock Exchange.

Early in the morning, King Zhongshun arrived at the exchange just before the market opened. The secretariat and clerks inside did not dare to neglect and hurriedly invited him to the private room to serve tea.

Several people from the royal palace dispersed and watched at the door to see which big family had people coming, and then reported to King Zhongshun.

Near the end of the day, a free newspaper came from the book office. King Zhongshun sipped tea leisurely, but did not even glance at the newspaper.Zhou An, the chief minister on the side, saw that today's newspaper seemed a bit thicker, so he picked it up and scanned it for a long time.

Seeing that he still refused to let go, King Zhongshun asked: "Is there any news from above?"

Zhou An said, "Your Majesty, please wait a moment." After a long while, after he had studied it carefully, he frowned and thought, "Your Majesty, this Shuntian Mansion has started a business. If you pay a deposit, you can borrow shares." ."

"Huh? Tell me carefully."

Zhou An said he was going to get up while flipping through the brochures in the newspaper.He himself said it in a confused way, but King Zhongshun understood it clearly.Then he slapped the desk and said, "Here! So, doesn't it mean that I only need [-] shares of silver to lend you [-] shares?"

Zhou An thought for a while, then cupped his hands and said, "Your Majesty is wise, so this is the reason."

King Zhongshun twisted his beard to think and asked the eunuch beside him: "Who are the wealthy people coming today?"

The eunuch had a good memory and quickly repeated it.After hearing this, King Zhongshun smiled disdainfully and said: "They are all rotten fish and shrimps, not worth mentioning."

Just at this moment, a guard came in quickly and said, "Your Majesty, the market is open. The water sign is listed as one or two, one or two, and no one has taken it off yet."

King Zhongshun chuckled and said: "It's time for me to get rich. Zhou An, you go find the person from Shuntian Mansion and borrow one hundred thousand shares first. This stock has been falling for two days in a row, so it's time for it to rise." "

Zhou An did not dare to neglect and hurriedly went to handle the matter, not to mention this.

In the outer room, in the Herringbone private room, the elder Jia She was concentrating and silently lucking out.The boy next to him read the book three times before the elder waved his hand and stopped.

He opened his eyes thoughtfully, wondering whether this loan was good or bad.At this moment, Jia Lian quickly walked in, cupped his hands and said, "Father, see clearly."

"Oh?" Jia She became more energetic and asked quickly: "Buy up or down?"

The old man's days of trading on the stock exchange were not in vain. He made more and lost less, and he gradually figured out some tricks.What's the trick?That is to follow the big players. If the big players buy, they will buy. If the big players sell, they will sell. Only in this way can they be unfavorable.And besides King Zhongshun, who else could be the biggest player in this exchange?

Therefore, Jia Lian did not have much to do every day, just keep an eye on King Zhongshun.

"I watched Zhou Changshi look for Shuntian Mansion, and I don't know how many shares he borrowed. I'm afraid that the market will go up later."

"Well, then buy it!"

Jia Lian was afraid that he would be too late and would not be able to buy the shares, so he turned around and ran away. Jia She's principal was 1000 taels, plus the 1000 taels of silver that Jia Lian had obtained from Wang Xifeng yesterday, for a total of 1 taels. After two hits, the water card suddenly went up, and in the blink of an eye, it reached one, two, one, and four.

After buying and selling, Jia Lian immediately squeezed into the crowd and stared at the two young officials picking and hanging the water tags.After a full stick of incense, the water sign did not change. Jia Lian's palms were sweating. Just when he was worried, he saw a small official rushing over, took off the water sign and put it on again. The price has gone up by one point.

Jia Lian breathed a sigh of relief, and Long'er squeezed over and asked, "Second Master, the eldest master asked whether the price has gone up or down."

Jia Lian said impatiently: "Look for yourself, isn't this just one point higher?"

Long'er accepted the order and was about to turn around and leave when the clerk hung out the water sign again, and the price suddenly jumped to one or two cents!
made money!

Jia Lian clenched his fists hard, and when he let out a breath, a smile appeared on his face, and he became the charming young man again.

After an hour passed, the price fluctuated back and forth between one, two, two, and five cents, and Jia Lian was already considering whether to sell it.At this time, the water sign was bullish again, one cent, five cents, one penny. After noon, the price on the water sign actually jumped to one, two or four cents.

Jia Lian was dumbfounded and his mouth was dry. He finally squeezed out and ran all the way into the herringbone private room. He stammered: "Father, one, one, two or four dollars. How about... let's get rid of it?"

Jia She was also worried at this moment. One, two or four dollars, the water company's shares have never had such a price.But in front of Jia Lian, the elder had a calm demeanor on his face. He took a sip of tea and scolded: "Why are you panicking? You always have to be calm when facing important events. Have you forgotten everything I taught you?"

Jia Lian just stared at Jia She without saying a word.

Putting down the teacup, closing his eyes and thinking for a moment, the elder Jia She waved his hand: "Forget it, let's get rid of it."

"Hey!"

With a cursory salute, Jia Lian turned around and ran away.As soon as he left, the elder Jia She started to move his feet, and his hands were still tapping back and forth uneasily on the armrests of the chair.After a full cup of tea, the sharp-eyed boy shouted: "Second Master is back!"

Jia She quickly sat upright, picked up the tea cup and considered drinking tea, but he poured a mouthful of tea leaves into his mouth.

"Bah, bah, bah!" The elder got angry and scolded the boy beside him: "You blind idiot, didn't you see that the tea was gone?"

The boy was annoyed and picked up the teapot to pour tea.The footsteps were quick, and when Jia She saw Jia Lian running in happily, he immediately let go of his worries.

"Father, let's take action. I've made a lot of money this time..."

The elder Jia She waved his hands with a stern face: "No hurry, let's see what the closing price of that stock is." After more than half an hour, the exchange closed, and the stock went back and forth, and finally settled at one, two, four, and two cents.The eldest master, Jia She, ordered people to search again, and then he learned that the loyal and shun king had never let go of his lover.

The elder Jia She was immediately upset: "It's too late to regret, I'm afraid this stock will continue to rise in the future." After a pause, he scolded Jia Lian: "It's not your fault that you have to take action, I can still make money in the future." One stroke!"

Jia Lian was full of chatter, and only said: "My son is anxious."

The old man waved his hand and said in a rare act of magnanimity: "That's all, I'll settle down after all. Let's go and have some fun today!"

The group of people from Jia Lian on down were immediately beaming with joy. They came out of the exchange and headed towards the Jinxiang Courtyard.

The father and son had a great time, but they didn't return home until early the next morning.After only changing clothes in Rongguo Mansion, he hurried towards the stock exchange again.

On the carriage, the elder Jia Shezhi was very proud and said, stroking his beard: "I expect that King Zhongshun will definitely sell his hands today. Go and listen to how that stock is being borrowed. You can make money if this stock goes up, and you can't say it will go down." You can also make money.”

Jia Lian hesitated and said: "Father, I think we have to be careful about this matter."

How could the elder Jia She listen at this moment?He made a full 5000 taels yesterday!Now even if Jia Shegguan is reinstated, he won't do it!The experience of becoming a mother is very different. After working so hard all year round, it still can’t keep up with the amount of money I make in a day... I only have to work for my little maid!
As soon as the eldest master Jia She left, he stayed in Rongguo Mansion for only an hour. As soon as he left, the news spread like crazy.

Xing'er and Long'er are two young men who are always good at talking. This time they added more fuel to the fire and soon spread the word throughout the whole house.

Aunt Zhao’s courtyard.

slap-

His hand trembled, and the teacup fell to the ground and shattered.Aunt Zhao's face was distorted, and she opened her mouth like a Kun Opera singer: "How much, how much?"

Xiaoque said: "It is said that the eldest man made 1 taels in one day yesterday. Mrs. Xu said she heard Xing'er tell her, so she couldn't fake it."

Aunt Zhao's face was deadlocked for a while, her chest heaving up and down, and suddenly she turned sour and scolded: "Okay, that guy surnamed Li will also come to coax me! There are always losers and winners, so why does the old man only win and not lose?" ? You, come to your uncle quickly and tell me that I am in a hurry. If you are late, it will be too late!"

Xiaoque agreed and turned around to look for Zhao Guoji.

Aunt Zhao stood up and muttered for a while, then rummaged through the boxes for a while, gathering all the valuable jewelry and loose silver into a small bag. After counting, it was probably worth 400 taels of silver.She was thinking happily in her heart. Instead of earning 1 taels a day like the old man, she could only make a few hundred taels, right?

After a long while, Xiaoque ran back and said that Zhao Guoji was already waiting at Yimen.Aunt Zhao hurriedly gave instructions and sent Xiao Que and Xiao Ji Xiang'er to hand over the baggage to Zhao Guoji and let him pawn it to buy the shares quickly.

Let's not mention this.

But he said that Li Weijian had been living in seclusion for the past two days. He was either reviewing books or chatting with a few maids every day.At noon that day, I suddenly felt bored, thinking that I had not visited the second girl for several days. Just as I was thinking about it, someone came outside, but it was Siqi who came over with a bowl and tea cup.

Entering the main room, he caught a glimpse of Li Weijian sitting upright. Si Qi took a deep look and then said with a smile: "Fourth Master Jian, our girl asked the kitchen to stew ginseng tea and said that she would also send some for Fourth Master Jian." The cup nourishes the body."

Li Weijian nodded: "Thank you second sister for me."

"This ginseng is a gift from Fourth Master Jian, so I don't deserve it as a thank you from Fourth Master Jian."

Si Qi was about to step forward as he spoke, but Qingwen took over halfway and placed the teacup in front of Li Weijian.Putting down the tea cup, Qingwen's nose twitched secretly, and she vaguely felt that the scent of Siqi's body seemed familiar.But for a while I couldn't remember where I smelled it.

So he stepped aside and looked at Siqi suspiciously.

Li Weijian said: "How great is the second sister? I was thinking just now that I haven't seen the second sister for some time."

Si Qi said: "What a coincidence, our girl also said today that Fourth Master Jian won't be here for a long time. How about Fourth Master Jian come and have a look later?"

"Alright."

Seeing Li Weijian agree, Si Qi bowed down and said, "Then I'll go back and tell the girl."

After Siqi left, Li Weijian drank ginseng tea, ordered red jade to accompany him, and headed towards Yingchun Courtyard.

Qingwen stayed in the center of the room and thought absentmindedly for a long time. Suddenly, her face suddenly became enlightened, and then she raised her eyebrows: "What a shameless fox!"

Xiu Ying was moving tables and chairs aside. When she heard this, she said in surprise: "Qingwen, who are you talking about?"

Qingwen snorted angrily: "Who else could it be? It's that Siqi!"

Not long ago, I saw that the chess player didn't like him, and for the sake of his cousin Pan You'an, whom he had secretly accepted, he came to Fourth Master Jian and shamelessly said that he would sacrifice his innocence... What a big joke. How could Fourth Master Jian look down on such a woman who lacks quality control?

After that, Siqi looked at Fourth Master Jian in a wrong way, as if he wanted to eat Fourth Master Jian alive.Why do you let this shameless Ruyi get it?

Qingwen frowned and thought, and then connected the cause and effect.It must have been that day when Fourth Master ate the spiked wine that Siqi took the opportunity to get close to him...

Thinking about this, Qingwen became more and more angry and cursed: "Shameless little hooves, despicable little whore, let's see if I don't tear your mouth apart next time!"

Xiu Ying was so frightened that she looked at Qingwen blankly.

Qingwen leaned over, and Xiuying suddenly trembled, put down her chair, turned around and ran away: "I, I'm going to take a look at the album... Um, no... Anyway, let's go~"

At this moment, Li Weijian didn't know that Qingwen had such an ability to recognize people by scent. He led Hongyu on a detour for a while, and in a blink of an eye, he arrived in front of Yingchun Courtyard, where he saw Si Qi already leaning against the door and waiting there.

"Fourth Master Jian."

Si Qi greeted the general with a smile, and quietly winked at Li Weijian. Li Weijian understood and sent Hongyu: "Send the fruit in first."

Hongyu responded and glanced at Siqi warily, before Shi Shiran entered the courtyard carrying the basket.

Siqi looked back and saw that Hong Yu had gone far away, so he whispered: "Fourth Master, my queen has asked for leave."

Li Weijian's heart skipped a beat and he said, "Yes, I understand."

Siqi said again: "Fourth Master, you and the second girl can't behave like this all the time. I'll get rid of the others later, and Fourth Master must do something."

(End of this chapter)