Chapter 234: Turning over and becoming the master, the horse has no night grass
"Wang Xi came back, but he was furious and said we had messed up."
A military hero asked angrily, "Why?"
The aide who was speaking sighed, "Du He made a bet with Jiang Qingzhi and lost 50,000 strings of cash. He sent someone to ask for help. It is said that the sum of money contributed by each family is less than 200 strings of cash. 50,000 strings of cash, 200 strings of cash... People's hearts are cold, so they will naturally disperse."
"I will appease him later." Qiu Luan was annoyed that his reinstatement was nowhere in sight, so he had no time to care about Du He.
The principle of "a friend's death would rather die than me" is applicable to all times and places, both in China and abroad.
The staff member smiled bitterly, "Just a while ago, Du He and his wife went to the Earl's Mansion to plead guilty."
"Which Earl's Mansion... Eh!" Qiu Luan was startled, "Du He actually went to Jiang Qingzhi to apologize?"
Bah!
Qiu Luan slammed his fist on the table. "A marquis bows to the earl. Does Du He still have any shame?"
The staff sighed, "Fifty thousand strings of cash is something that the Xianzhang Marquis's family almost had to go bankrupt to come up with. Du He must have lost heart. Otherwise, no matter how powerful a woman is, can she be stronger than the man who is the head of the family?"
Seeing Qiu Luan's uncertain expression, he advised: "My Lord, when Du He was in a difficult situation, we stood aside and watched, and many people became alienated."
Qiu Luan gritted his teeth in hatred, but knew that he had to take action. If people's hearts were scattered, it would be difficult to ask for help from now on. "Prepare some money."
"Your Majesty is wise." The staff member felt relieved, "However, since His Majesty has intervened in this matter, it is not appropriate to send it openly."
"at night."
"Yes."
……
Jiang Qingzhi talked with Du He and his wife for a long time. After they left, Hu Zongxian, who was accompanying them, said, "If Ma was a man, he would definitely achieve something."
"Du He is not bad either." Xu Wei discovered Du He's strengths. "Once this man decides to rely on someone, the words he says are so sweet that they warm people's hearts."
This kind of person is best suited to be a lobbyist.
"However, should some of the 50,000 strings of cash be returned?" Hu Zongxian glanced at his boss and found that he had a conflicted look on his face. He thought that this matter was indeed a bit difficult.
Jiang Qingzhi does not have high demands for material desires, and his greatest happiness comes from delicious food.
As for fancy clothes, according to Jiang Qingzhi, as long as they cover the body and do not embarrass oneself, it is enough.
In addition to these, the standard features of the powerful nowadays also include mansions and servants. Jiang Qingzhi scoffed at this, saying that there are too many servants, and they are not serving themselves, but serving the masters.
As for the mansion, the Bo Mansion covers a large area and Jiang Qingzhi is the only owner. Why would it be so luxurious?
When the population increases in the future, it will not be too late to build it step by step.
According to Xu Wei, Jiang Qingzhi was simply too lazy to make money.
But even so, the expenses of the Bo's Mansion are still not small.
Fifty thousand strings of cash!
No wonder Jiang Qingzhi was so conflicted.
"Give him ten thousand strings of cash." Jiang Qingzhi said.
Hu Zongxian smiled and said, "If we return all the 50,000 strings of cash, Du He will grow up greedy. Besides, his whole family will also feel uncomfortable. 10,000 strings of cash is just right."
Ten thousand guan!
Jiang Qingzhi was heartbroken.
I thought that other time travelers made money as if it were a game.
For example, Fang Xing easily opened a large supermarket and made a fortune every day.
As soon as Shen An emerged, he gathered together the vendors at Zhouqiao Night Market, and by collecting royalties, he and his sister lived a well-off life in Bianliang.
Hey!
Could it be that I, Jiang, cannot do it?
Jiang Qingzhi secretly made up his mind and decided to make money.
"Uncle."
Sun Bu Tong is here.
"Master, we who are keeping an eye on Qiu Luan have discovered something strange."
"What's the matter?"
Sun Bu Tong said: "The manager of Qiu Luan's family is looking for money everywhere."
Jiang Qingzhi glanced at Hu Zongxian. This kind of intelligence collection and analysis had always been done by him and Xu Wei.
Hu Zongxian said, "Qiu Luan's family is wealthy and has a lot of land. He has at least two or three thousand strings of cash in his house. And I haven't heard that he has any major needs for money recently."
"Then what does he mean?" Jiang Qingzhi was stunned.
"My uncle is worried...that's not right." Hu Zongxian suddenly came to his senses.
It was still chilly in the spring, but Xu Wei was still fanning himself. "Du He's surrender showed the military honors in the capital the mean faces of Qiu Luan and his ilk. When they could use you, they treated you like a brother. But when you were in trouble, no one would lend a hand."
"Someone must have reminded Qiu Luan, and he wants to make amends." Hu Zongxian sneered, "He wants to use money to shut Du He up."
It feels great to have a think tank. You don’t have to use your brain and the conclusions are given to you.
"My Lord, let's send the 10,000 guan first. If Qiu Luan sends it later, it would be like an ugly imitator." Hu Zongxian said loudly: "Besides, let's send it during the day so that the military heroes in the capital can see your broad mind."
"Didn't Du He say before that a eunuch went to the Marquis' Mansion today, and Your Majesty personally collected the debt for the Earl. How dare Qiu Luan openly go against Your Majesty? I conclude that he only dared to send the money at night. In this way, he would be wearing fine clothes and traveling at night." Xu Wei said with a smile.
"However, we have to work harder on Du He afterwards to prevent him from wavering and being indecisive."
"With Ma here, there's nothing to worry about." Xu Wei didn't know if he was thinking of his deceased wife, and he sighed, "A virtuous wife will bring less trouble to the husband!"
Jiang Qingzhi said calmly: "At night?"
"Of course it is." Xu Wei said proudly, "Unless you don't want to get back at him, Qiu Luan can only be sent there at night."
Jiang Qingzhi took out the medicinal cigarette, Hu Zongxian glanced at Xu Wei, and Old Xu glanced at him: I have racked my brains to come up with this plan, now it's your turn.
Hu Zongxian took out the fire starter, Jiang Qingzhi waved his hand and lit the incense himself.
Inhale, exhale.
Jiang Qingzhi said softly: "It's a nice day, isn't it?"
……
Ten thousand strings of cash were sent back to the Marquis' Mansion, and Ma praised Jiang Qingzhi as a man of great taste.
"That's our money." Du He was still a little dissatisfied.
"What did you say?" Ma was angry. "You are a past-time marquis. Chang Wei Bo is deeply trusted by His Majesty. Let alone the marquis, I heard that Duke Chengguo is as good as him as a brother. Can you be as good as Duke Chengguo?"
Du He muttered, "You woman, do you think it's fun to ridicule your own husband?"
"If I don't speak up today, you will continue to hang out with people like Qiu Luan tomorrow." Ma said angrily, "I have met Qiu Luan once, and I can tell from the first glance that he is a villain who will turn his back on you."
“That’s also a famous general.”
"A famous general? I know he won't have a good ending from now on."
"When did you learn to read faces?"
"You don't understand, woman... I've been able to judge people since I was a child."
"So what did you think of me at the beginning?"
"At first I thought you were just a lazy person. As long as you don't commit suicide, you can probably live a peaceful life."
"You! I agreed to marry you because I thought you were virtuous. I didn't expect you were just pretending." "If you hadn't committed suicide, I would have pretended to be virtuous all my life. But you can't do that. I have to be the head of this family!"
A servant came in, "My Lord... Madam, someone is here to have a drink with you, my Lord."
"Tell him that the Marquis has been feeling unwell lately and won't be going out," said Ma.
"How dare you, woman, make the decision for me?"
"Ok!"
The couple looked at each other.
Tensions.
Du He looked around.
Several servants and maids looked at each other and slowly walked behind Ma.
Du He closed his eyes and waved his hands.
"Tell him, I am busy!"
……
The capital was the political center of the Ming Dynasty and also one of its commercial centers.
Of course, after the opening of maritime trade, the status of the capital's commercial center was rapidly weakened.
With the rise of maritime trade, coastal areas took advantage of their proximity to the water and developed rapidly.
At this moment, Jiang Qingzhi was in an alley in the capital, thinking about the political crisis brought about by the development gap between the north and the south after the opening of the Longqing Gate.
When the South developed through maritime trade, it began to regard the North as its poor country relatives.
However, the political center and power of the Ming Dynasty were in the capital, which made the southern literati and wealthy merchants quite dissatisfied. They felt that they had grown strong enough and it was time for them to be in charge.
Therefore, whenever news of collecting commercial taxes came from the court, the South would curse.
The prime ministers and important officials in the court all have supporters behind them... The literati are either engaged in business themselves or have someone in their family who is engaged in business.
Through business interests, the literati successfully formed an alliance.
The alliance was ready to show its strength, but found an enemy in front of them.
This enemy is called: the Emperor.
From then on, suppressing the emperor and even making his decrees worthless became the ultimate goal of the southern literati.
Wanli was still sober, so the situation could be stabilized. But after his death, his descendants were fooled by the literati and officials, and eventually he became the king of the fallen country.
In order to resolve this contradiction, we must seize the initiative in trade... In other words, we must take control of the initiative in maritime trade!
"Uncle, here I come."
Sun Bu Tong said softly.
Jiang Qingzhi withdrew his thoughts and heard a creaking sound.
Several carriages were approaching slowly ahead.
The person escorting the cart was the manager Liang Qian. He sat on the shaft, humming a little tune, looking very happy.
According to the convention, Du He should be grateful for the gift of ten thousand strings of cash, and then give him a big red envelope as Liang Qian.
Anything less than fifty strings of cash would be a disgrace.
Fifty strings of cash!
Later I can go to the brothel and spend the night with my sweetheart Mingyue.
Thinking of this, Liang Qian took out a small porcelain bottle, which contained the medicine he had bought at a high price. It was said that one pill could last for an hour.
Mingyue, that little bitch, was so mediocre last time. This time, I will definitely let her call me brother...
No.
Dear!
Liang Qian took a pill and drank it down with wine.
The medicine seller said to take it an hour beforehand and then just wait.
Just the right time.
call out!
Suddenly, a whistling sound was heard in the dark night.
Sun Chonglou under the eaves was still in the posture of throwing something.
An iron rod flew over and hit a guard's chest heavily.
The guard fell off the carriage, which seemed to be a signal, and more than a dozen masked men rushed out from all directions.
Liang Qian woke up from his sweet dream, "This is... someone coming..."
Bah!
Liang Qian was knocked unconscious by a stick. Several guards roared and drew their long swords to fight back, but they were knocked unconscious or had their limbs broken by their opponents in a few hits.
The drivers squatted on the ground obediently.
A masked man came over and asked, "Did you faint by yourself, or..."
A rickshaw driver hit his head against the shaft of the rickshaw, but the bump on his head didn't even appear, so he said with a bitter face, "Please help me, man."
Bah!
The drivers were knocked unconscious.
Afterwards, the carriage was driven away into the night of the capital.
……
Qiu Luan was inviting Yan Shifan to drink.
"We need to appease Du He later and make sure to win back the people's hearts." Yan Shifan warned.
"Don't worry, Donglou." Qiu Luan felt sorry for the 10,000 strings of cash, but thinking that this action would make Yan Song and his son look at him with new eyes, it was worth it.
"Master Hou!"
There was a knock on the door.
"What's the matter?" Qiu Luan asked.
The door opened and the attendant came in.
"My Lord, our convoy was hijacked."
"What?" Qiu Luan asked, "What was intercepted?"
"Someone robbed our caravan, and the ten thousand strings of cash... are gone."
Bah!
The wine glass fell to the ground.
……
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(End of this chapter)
