My Brother-in-law is the Prince

  Chapter 127 Rich as an enemy

  The people in this hall are like mourners.

  Some people were not reconciled, and whispered: "Things haven't reached the worst point yet, why... why did they die..."

  As for the people in the bank, when they heard that the Patriarch of the Zeng family had died, they immediately turned pale.

  Yang Fu got up quickly, left directly, and hurried to Zeng's house.

   "Sir, sir, think of a way quickly. Why don't we stick together and keep the price at ten taels..."

  The old man closed his eyes and remained motionless. He couldn't say anything.

   "It's not good, the market outside, someone has already sold it for six taels..."

   buzz buzz...

  No one expected that the price plummeted faster than they imagined.

  Actually, the so-called prices now are actually false. No matter how much you quote, someone has to buy it.

   Unfortunately... no matter what the price is at this time, no one dares to buy their tung oil.

   If it is really someone who is in urgent need, isn’t the tung oil retailed by the brother’s firm for two taels of silver not fragrant?

  Brothers can sell tung oil at the price of two taels of silver. This is because the cost of others is originally two taels of silver.

  Can they succeed?

  In order to stir up tung oil, they tried their best to raise the price to buy it, and the cost of funds issued was more than ten taels of silver for a stone.

  And now... this tung oil is worthless in my hand.

   What's even more frightening is... the bank...how should I explain it?

   "Sir!" Someone couldn't bear it anymore, and yelled: "At the beginning, you kept saying that you would definitely make a lot of money, and everyone believed you, so they followed you. Don't you need to give an explanation now?"

The old man raised his eyes wearily: "The Tao is one foot tall, and the devil is one foot tall; hey, the road is one foot high, and the devil is one foot high... Now, I am waiting for my wealth and life to die, but you still come to ask me , what's the use of asking me?"

  He stood up and watched many people look at him resentfully.

  How much they believed in him at the beginning, now they are afraid of how much hatred they have.

  The old man sighed: "Now that the old man thinks about it carefully, it seems that someone is playing tricks. The brother firm...seems to be one step ahead of us in everything, and we...have been fooled."

After a while, the old man was full of tears: "The old man has been in every position for the past few years. When did he... not earn a lot of money? How could he have thought... that he fell into a trap this time. If he made a wrong step, he would lose all his money." lose."

   "Is there really no way?"

The old man raised his head, looked at the person in front of him, and suddenly smiled: "The solution... yes, what else can I do? It's already overwhelming, and it's a pity...it's not us who win. This is the time and the fate ..."

   "It's better to ask the people in the brother firm, let's make money together... I beg them to show their respect."

The old man looked at the person who said this with a strange look, and he said: "He has already eaten and squeezed you out, what's the use of begging him? What other reason do you have for him to treat you so high?" ?"

   "Today...you have to give us an explanation, if not..."

   It seems that these people are finally angry.

  They were full of resentment, and some even got impatient and wanted to roll up their sleeves.

  The old man laughed at himself, and said: "You don't need to do it. How can you do it at this point? The old man will finish it by himself..."

   After finishing speaking, he staggered away.

  In the city of Nanjing, the troublemakers are almost crazy.

  No one thought that tung oil, which was worth more than gold yesterday, is now worthless.

  Even if the price dropped to three taels or four taels, no one cares about it.

   Every now and then, I heard news that someone had hanged himself.

   "It's a crime, it's a crime."

  In the tea shop, when they heard that a family member hanged himself, some people couldn't help but shook their heads and smiled wryly, and seemed to have a bit of compassion and sympathy.

   "Yeah, isn't this driving people to death? Poor wife and children, this person has debts to death, how can the family live?"

  Everyone sighed and sighed, which is probably the case for troublemakers. They are excited about all kinds of sensational news on the market, but they are also very easy to breed compassion. This flood of compassion has turned into many long sighs.

At this time...someone suddenly said: "This person looks pitiful, but have you ever thought that if the price hadn't fallen, it would still be more than twenty taels of silver, and they would have already made a lot of money by this time Man, everyone is extremely rich. I am afraid that at that time, there are countless concubines hidden in the house, let alone how many servants. Even if they defecate, they don’t know how many people will help them? Isn’t it willing to do such things? There is nothing to be embarrassed about conceding the bet!"

  Many people heard this and seemed to think it was reasonable, so they lowered their heads and stopped sighing.

  However, there were also a few young scholars who couldn't help sneering: "Heh... death is the most important thing, you have no compassion, it's ridiculous."

   These kinds of discussions in the market actually don't mean much to Zhang Anshi.

  But Zhu Jin hurried to Zhang Anshi's study and said in a low voice, "Uncle, the price has reached two or six dollars."

  Zhang Anshi smiled unsurprisingly and said: "It seems...it's almost there, hey...I've been worried for the past few days, and I'm afraid...these people have nothing to do."

  Zhu Jin smiled wryly and said, "Where is there any backup, many people died outside."

  Zhang Anshi sighed and said: "It's so pitiful! Hey, don't tell me these things, I have a kind heart, and I won't be able to sleep at night."

  Zhu Jin said: "What should I do next?"

  Zhang Anshi said: "How much money did we get for the hundreds of thousands of tung oil?"

   "There are two million and one thousand taels." When Zhu Jin reported this number, his heart beat faster.

  Let’s be honest…it’s a lot of money.

  Actually, if you are more greedy, you can earn three or even four million taels of silver. Of course, Uncle is right. The most important thing in such matters is to avoid greed. Once greed arises and you cannot stop it, you may lose everything in the end.

  He looked deeply at Zhang Anshi.

  Seeing that Zhang Anshi seemed indifferent to this number, he couldn't help giving a thumbs up in his heart.

  Uncle is an uncle, he has a pattern, look at the way he looks like before the mountain collapses.

  Zhang Anshi took a deep breath, this sum of money...the amount is really too big.

  It was so big that he himself didn't know how to react.

After finally calming himself down, Zhang Anshi said: "Our tung oil is still sold at two taels of silver, but it is withdrawn from the East Market and West Market and only sold in Qixia. Nowadays, the price of tung oil is the lowest. In our hands, we don’t have to worry about no one coming to buy it, so it’s good to take this opportunity to increase the popularity of this Qixia market. Do you know what a hook is?”

   "Hook?" Zhu Jin looked at Zhang Anshi in surprise, with puzzlement in his eyes.

Zhang Anshi said: "The so-called hook is something that attracts people. This kind of thing should be priced at an extremely low price. As a result, many people come from all directions to buy this cheap thing with the mentality of taking advantage of it. Come here, it’s not just one thing to buy, so... some people can’t help but want to take a stroll.”

"When I was shopping, I couldn't tell, so I thought about it and wanted to buy something else. So on the surface, the hooks we arranged seemed to be losing money, but as long as there is a flow of people, we can use other means to put Get back the lost money."

  Zhu Jin suddenly realized: "Understood, I understand, Uncle is smart, isn't this just fishing? Let's put some bait in, the loss is the bait, and the gain is the big fat fish."

   "Haha..." Zhang Anshi said with a smile: "The market here in Qixia is some distance away from the capital city. If you want to build it, you have to use this method."

   "You can handle this matter. In addition to this tung oil, find a good hook. If you gain popularity, you won't have to worry about not being able to prosper."

  Zhu Jin was surprised and said: "Let the market be managed by villains?"

  Zhang Anshi looked up at him and said, "Why, you don't want to?"

  Zhu Jin was overjoyed immediately: "Where, where, the villain will definitely do the work of a dog and a horse. Don't worry, uncle, the villain will do his best and will take care of it properly."

  The market at the ferry is small in scale.

   But it is still lively, there are already more than 60 shops. It may be smaller than the county fair, but it is much more lively than the ordinary market.

  Although this place is small, but because it is close to the pier, and the Qixia Ferry side is gradually becoming lively, and Zhang Anshi is here, the future is obviously limitless.

   And Zhu Jin never expected that a mere small businessman in his own area would be able to rise all boats now, and this sudden change is really thriving.

  Zhang Anshi immediately said: "Oh, and, a few days ago, I told you about the silver you deposited in various banks...have you saved all of it?"

  As soon as Zhu Jin heard this, he quickly said: "All of them have been deposited. There are big banks that deposit fifty thousand taels of silver, small ones that deposit ten thousand, and some that deposit twenty to thirty thousand taels."

Zhang Anshi smiled slightly: "It's good, it's been hard work, oops... Why do I suddenly miss my good brothers at this moment. My dearest and dearest brother Zhu Xiandi, Zhang Xiandi, and Qiu Xiandi, what are you doing now? "

  Zhu Jin said: "There was a problem last time, and I was injured a little bit. I heard... I heard... I just heard... I heard that I was beaten when I went home. I guess I was confined at home."

  Zhang Anshi immediately said: "This is impossible, I have to find a way to send them news. I don't see them every day, like three autumns. Oh, hurry up and find a way to send them a message. There are three evils in the capital, and there is work to do!"

  Zhu Jin smiled wryly and said, "Young ones can't send messages."

Zhang Anshi patted him on the head: "Idiot, I will find someone by the riverside tomorrow, prepare a hundred catties of gunpowder for me, and teach them to blow it up... It must be earth-shattering, and there is no need to send them a letter. Guaranteed to rush over if someone breaks his leg. Why go to their home to pass the news to them."

  Zhu Jin: "..."

  …

  Zhu Di is anxiously waiting for today's report from Jinyiwei.

  Actually... the tung oil market in the capital has reached the point where it cannot be controlled.

  Even Wenyuange bachelors Xie Jin, Yang Rong, and Hu Guang also sensed the seriousness of the situation.

  Once the price of tung oil continues to rise, it is difficult to guarantee that food and other things will not be around the corner.

   It is said that the transportation in the south of the Yangtze River is mainly by ship, and shipbuilding requires tung oil. The high ship price will inevitably bring about a rise in transportation costs and prices.

   "Your Majesty...it's really not going to work, you should ask the Metropolitan Procuratorate to investigate." Yang Rong said: "The imperial court can't just sit idly by."

  Hu Guang couldn't help saying: "I heard that the people have already complained."

  Zhu Di nodded: "In a short period of time, the price has increased by more than ten times. I have been troubled by this for the past few days. It's just... this matter... Let's see again."

  He remembered that Zhang Anshi said that this matter...he must be trusted.

   There is no reason, he just thinks that Zhang Anshi can be trusted.

   Right now, I can only grit my teeth and persist.

  Xie Jin said at this time: "This matter... I find it incredible, and I always feel that behind it..."

  Zhu Di immediately interrupted him and said: "Of course I know, I have entrusted Zhang Anshi to handle this matter."

  When Xie Jin heard this, his heart sank, and he couldn't help but think that this matter related to the national economy and the people's livelihood should have been dealt with by Wenyuan Pavilion and the cabinet. Why did Zhang Anshi come?

  He was even more worried.

   But there was a lesson learned from the past, but he didn't say anything again.

   But at this time, an **** hurried in and said, "Your Majesty, Your Highness the King of Han, His Highness the King of Han is here..."

  Zhu Di was taken aback: "King of Han, what is he doing here again? Tell him to come in."

  Zhu Di was not happy.

   But after Han Wang Zhu Gaoxu entered the palace, Zhu Di's frown deepened.

  Seeing that Zhu Gaoxu came in, he beat his chest and said, "Royal Father, Royal Father, there are traitors in our capital, oh my god...Royal Father...my son will be tortured by these thieves."

  Seeing him like this, Zhu Di immediately became angry and said angrily, "You bastard, what nonsense are you talking about?"

Zhu Gaoxu immediately looked tearful and said: "I was deceived by someone, I ask my father to be the master for my son! Don't you know my father? It was fine yesterday, but the price of tung oil has risen to twenty-six taels Silver, who knows, today it will be worthless today. Father...father...my son...my son..."

  Zhu Di was dumbfounded.

   "Your Highness... the price of tung oil... plummeted?" Xie Jin was surprised for a moment, and asked subconsciously.

  Zhu Gaoxu said with grief and anger: "That's still fake. This king is watching the price of this tung oil almost day and night. Who knows this king?"

   All of a sudden... the monarchs and ministers were stunned.

  Zhu Di first heard the skyrocketing price, and was mixed with joy and worry, and now he heard the sharp drop, mixed with happiness and worry.

  Zhen and Zhang Anshi and the others still have 150,000 tung oil on hand. Doesn’t this mean...

  Zhu Gaoxu yelled in tears: "Father...Father..."

Zhu Di was furious: "Get out, get out, get out of here, your mother, you bastard, a majestic prince, thinking about these things all day long, how much money do you lose, tens of thousands of taels of money are looking for life and death, get out of here! "

   Zhu Di felt an unknown karmic fire in his heart, and he had nowhere to vent it. This Han Wang Zhu Gaoxu happened to hit the muzzle of the gun.

  Zhu Gaoxu was stunned for a moment, never thinking that it would be fine if his father didn't vent his anger on him, but he was so stern.

  He felt a lot of grievances in his heart, thinking back then, he did not know how much credit he had made for Jing Nan. At the beginning, the father touched his back, implying that he would inherit the throne.

   Now that the crown prince is becoming more and more hopeless, and he is still so unreasonable, does the emperor want to force him to be Li Shimin?

   But at this time, facing Zhu Di who was furious, Zhu Gaoxu didn't dare to vent his anger, and ran away in a hurry.

  Jin and the others were also dumbfounded, Zhu Di said with a gloomy face: "Come, come... Tell me about Zhang Anshi, hurry, hurry, and ask him to come and see immediately."

   No matter how fast it is, it will be delayed by an hour.

  Zhang Anshi rushed over out of breath and saluted.

Seeing his distressed look, Zhu Di's expression softened, and he said, "Why are you like this? I announced you to see me, but I didn't let you ignore your own health. What if you get a heart attack along the way? Young people should cherish their own health." Body."

  Zhang Anshi: "..."

  Zhu Di said: "Have you heard about what happened outside?"

Zhang Anshi naturally understood what Zhu Di wanted to ask, so he said, "This price was set by me. I took tens of thousands of tung oil and sold it for two taels of silver. I also announced that I would supply 100,000 shi of tung oil as military supplies. So ...The price of tung oil fell immediately, please rest assured, Your Majesty, the market has now recovered and it will not affect the national economy and people's livelihood."

Hearing this, Zhu Di was relieved, but also a little bit distressed, so he said duplicity: "Although the five hundred and seventy thousand taels of silver is a loss, at least it has provided military supplies and suppressed the chaos of profiteers, so it is still worth it. "

   "Your Majesty, who said we lost money?" Zhang Anshi looked at Zhu Di strangely.

  Zhu Di's eyes widened suddenly, and he said in surprise: "Is there no loss?"

   "Your Majesty, I only need 30,000 to 40,000 shi of tung oil to stabilize prices. As for the 112,000 shi of tung oil, I have already sold it when those people raised the price..."

  Zhu Di: "..."

Zhang Anshi said again: "This time, the amount entered into the account by the minister is two million taels of silver, that is to say, after deducting the original five hundred and seventy thousand taels of silver, as well as various other expenses these days, I have made a net profit of one million taels of silver. One million six hundred thousand taels."

  Zhu Di's eyeballs widened, and he said in shock, "1.6 million taels, just... just made a deal like this?"

Zhang Anshidao: "Yes, in fact, it is really not easy to earn this money. But thanks to those profiteers, these profiteers are too greedy, in order to make a profit, they are desperately raising prices, I... I didn't expect that they are so greedy. , so I had no choice but to follow the plan.”

  Zhu Di still couldn't react.

  If you talk about other business... earning this money, he can understand it.

   But this... is just a simple buying and selling.

   But the benefits of this are frighteningly large.

"1.6 million taels, then I have 800,000...hahaha...haha..." Zhu Di was ecstatic: "In this way, 570,000 taels of silver solved the military needs, stabilized the price, and even made it plain One million and six hundred thousand yuan in silver came, and I finally know what it means to be a lot of money."

Zhang Anshi smiled and said: "Actually... if I'm more bold, it's not a big deal to earn an extra one million taels. It's just that I think that His Majesty taught me that all my wealth today comes from the people's fat and anointing. Whatever you do, you must care about the people, I have been taught by His Majesty, and I will keep this in mind, so later, I would rather take out 30,000 to 40,000 shi of tung oil and sell it at a low price, which will greatly reduce the income."

   "However, I think that if doing so can benefit the country and the people, and make the people all over the world praise your Majesty's kindness, these small losses are nothing."

Zhu Di was very happy, and said in his mouth: "Yes, I seem to have told you this way at the beginning. This is also the meaning of Emperor Gaozu. Your salary is rich, the people are fat and the people are anointed, the people are easy to abuse, and the sky is hard to bully. Can you have I am very pleased with this knowledge.”

  Zhang Anshi said with a smile: "Where, where, I used to be very stubborn, so I don't care about these things. But since I met His Majesty, under the teaching of His Majesty, it has improved a little bit."

  Although Zhu Di knew that this guy was sycophanting, but thinking about it carefully, this An Shi was really not a thing at the beginning, but now it looks quite good. Why?

  At the moment, Zhu Di smiled and said: "Anyway, we have made a lot of money. I am satisfied to make such a large amount of money! Zhang Anshi, Zhang Anshi, you kid...you really have a way."

  Zhang Anshi raised his head and looked at Zhu Di with a strange look.

  Zhu Di was puzzled by the look, and said, "What?"

  Zhang Anshi said: "Your Majesty, you are wrong."

   No one dared to say that Zhu Di was wrong in front of Zhu Di. Even if he wanted to say it, he would use very tactful words.

  Zhu Di is in a good mood now, naturally he is not angry, and even said casually: "What's wrong with me?"

  Zhang Anshidao: "Your Majesty said that he is satisfied with earning such a large sum of money. This sentence is wrong."

   "What's wrong?" Zhu Di was at a loss.

   "Because it's not just this money."

  Zhu Di's pupils shrank, and he looked at Zhang Anshi like a monster: "What do you mean by that?"

   "Because there is still a sum of money..." Zhang Anshi said: "And the amount of this sum is not smaller than this 1.6 million taels."

  Zhu Di almost jumped up.

  He widened his eyes again: "What did you say?"

   "What I mean is... there is still a fortune... I will earn it back soon."

   "No, I want to hear the next sentence."

   "This amount is no less than the 1.6 million taels of silver."

  Hoo...

  Zhu Di only felt that his mind was blank.

  He said in his mouth: "Zheng Mobei, sailing to the west... and... and..."

  Thinking in his mind, all the emperors of the past dynasties related to Wenzhiwugong, he couldn't help feeling a little dizzy.

  Actually, all of this...revolves around one thing to achieve...that is silver.

   And it is the money obtained under the premise of not squeezing the people.

  With money... then in this world, what else can't be done?

  At that time... What is Tang Taizong Li Shimin? I want to go after the first emperor and bring peace to all generations.

  Zhu Di's breathing was a little short. At this moment, he only felt that his blood was boiling. He even began to pace back and forth in the palace anxiously. It seemed that this was the only way to calm his heart a little.

   "Why...do you still have tung oil?"

   "Your Majesty, even if there are still some, in order to stabilize the price, I will sell them at the price of two taels of silver."

  Zhu Di was surprised: "Then why do you say that there is still an income?"

   "This, I may not be able to explain clearly for a while." Zhang Anshi replied honestly.

  Zhu Di immediately looked at Zhang Anshi with fiery eyes, and said word by word: "Then don't explain, just show me."

  Zhang Anshi immediately said: "I obey the order."

   "How long will it take to get this done?"

  Zhang Anshi said: "A day or two!"

  Zhu Di was surprised again, and then burst into laughter: "Okay, okay, I am here, waiting for the good news, Zhang Anshi... You have made a great contribution to me, haha... You are indeed worthy of being the brother of the princess."

  Zhang Anshi said in his heart, the princess's brother is several floors away from you, which sounds very resonant.

  Zhu Di happily said: "If you can still get benefits, I will promise you now. After the matter is completed, I will agree to any reward you want. I swear here. If you break this oath, God will hate it!"

  Zhang Anshi found that Zhu Di also had a childish side, and he was quite a secondary school student.

   But thinking about it carefully, this may be a normal behavior of people who get rich overnight, and the emperor is also a human being.

  Zhang Anshi said: "The minister resigns."

   "Go, go." Zhu Di drove Zhang Anshi away like a fly.

   "Don't waste your time, hurry up and do serious things for me."

  Zhang Anshi left.

  Zhu Di still felt hot all over and excited.

"Yi Shiha, do you see, this is the real talent of the pillars, look at those guys who only know what they know, even the two old guys like Zhu Neng and Qiu Fu, besides marching and fighting, they can also do things. What? This piece of An Shi...can stand shoulder to shoulder with Zhang Yu."

  Yi Shiha stood aside, smiling.

  Of course he knew that Zhang Yu held the most weight in Zhu Di's heart among his subordinates. Zhang Yu died in battle to save Zhu Di. Every anniversary of Zhang Yu's death, Zhu Di was at his lowest mood.

  Yi Shiha said: "Yes, I also think that this Cheng Enbo is very clever, of course... the most important thing is that he is loyal to His Majesty."

  Zhu Di immediately said: "Of course he has to be loyal to me. He spread rumors about me all the time, and I didn't punish him. Isn't that what he deserves?"

   After finishing speaking, Zhu Di laughed again.

  …

   Qixia Ferry.

  On the beach not far away.

  Boom...

  Hundreds of catties of gunpowder ignited, and then... countless rocks and smoke rose.

  The entire Yangtze River seems to be rippling.

  In the distance...Many people showed shock. Although they were used to gunpowder explosions, they had never heard of such power as today. A huge crater was directly blown out on the entire river beach.

  Zhang Anshi took out two **** of cotton stuffed in his ears, but still felt his ears were buzzing, so he pulled his earlobes desperately.

   "Damn it, it's so powerful. If I knew it, I should have saved a little gunpowder."

   As he said that, Zhang Anshi hurriedly turned his head and looked at Zhu Jin who was lying on the ground in fright: "It didn't hurt anyone."

  Zhu Jin said: "I'm going deaf, does it count as an injury?"

  Zhang Anshi said: "Get lost!"

  Zhu Jin ran away as if he had received an amnesty.

   An hour after the sudden explosion.

   Then there were three figures, rushing towards the river beach like crazy.

   The fastest runner was Qiu Song, and there seemed to be a light blooming in his bright eyes at this moment!

  (end of this chapter)