Chapter 127.

The people in this hall are as if they have lost their parents.

There are still people who are not willing, whispering, “Things have not reached the worst point ah, how …… how to die ……”

As for that money changer, when he heard about the death of the Zeng family’s head of the family, his face was suddenly miserable.

Yang Fu got up in a hurry, directly excused himself, and hurriedly headed for the Zeng family.

“Sir, sir, think of a way. How about we share the same breath and keep the price at ten taels ……”

The old man’s eyes were closed and motionless; he could no longer say anything.

“It’s not good, the market out there, there are already people selling for six taels ……”

Buzz ……

No one expected the prices to plummet faster than they thought they would.

In fact, the so-called prices nowadays are actually imaginary. No matter how much you quote, someone has to buy it.

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

If they are really in dire need, wouldn’t the tung oil retailed at two taels of silver at the Brothers’ Trading House smell good?

The Brothers Trading House can sell tung oil for two taels of silver, this is because people’s cost is originally two taels of silver.

But are they?

At first in order to speculate high tung oil, they are desperate to raise the price of acquisition, issued by the capital cost, but more than ten taels of silver a stone ah.

And now …… that this tung oil is on hand, it is as if it were worthless.

What is even more terrible is …… the money bank side …… and how to account for it?

“Mr.!” Some people can no longer hold back, cursing up, “At first, but you said that you can certainly earn a lot of money, we believe you, only to follow you to do, now you do not need to give an explanation?”

The old man tiredly raised his eyes: “Dao is one foot tall, the devil is one foot tall; hey, Dao is one foot tall, the devil is one foot tall ah …… Now, I and other family life are all gone, but you still come to ask me, ask me what’s the use?”

He stood up and watched as many people looked at him resentfully.

How much they believed in him in the beginning, how much they feared to hate him now.

The old man sighed: “The old man is now thinking carefully, but it is like someone is doing the game, that brother business firm …… seems to be everywhere than we take a step ahead, we …… fell for the trap.”

A moment later, the old man is already old tears: “Old man these years, no harm, which time …… is not earned a pot full of pots and pans? Where do you think …… actually in this time in the trap, this step wrong, is a full plate all lose.”

“Is there really no way out?”

The old man looked up, looked at the man in front of him, he suddenly laughed: “The way …… Yes, what else can be done? Now it is already as strong as a bamboo, destroying, but it is a pity …… that this victory is not us. This is really the time and fate ……”

“Why don t we go and beg the people of that brother merchant bank, all of us earn money together …… and beg them to raise their hands.”

The old man looked at the man who said this with a strange look as he said, “He has already eaten you dry, so what is the use of begging him? Do you have any other reason worthy of making him treat you with high honor?”

“Today …… you will give us a statement, if not ……”

It seems that these people are finally angry.

They were full of indignation, and some were even so anxious that they wanted to raise their sleeves repeatedly.

The old man laughed mockingly and said, “There is no need for you to do it, at this point, where do I still need you to do it? The old man himself will end ……”

He said, hobbling away.

In the city of Nanking, the do-gooders almost went crazy.

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

Even if the price is reduced to three or four taels, no one is asking for it anymore.

Every other day, we hear about people hanging themselves.

“What a sin, what a sin.”

In the tea house, when they heard that a certain family member had hanged himself, some people couldn’t help shaking their heads and smiling bitterly, and seemed to have developed a bit of pity and sympathy as well.

“Yes, isn’t this pushing people to their deaths? Pity the poor man’s wife, children and children, this man died and left a debt, how can the family live?”

The people are sighing and lamenting, the good people is probably so, both excited in the market all kinds of sensational news, but also very easy to breed compassion, this flood of compassion, it turned into a lot of long pouting and sighing.

At this time …… but someone suddenly said: “This person is looking at the poor, but you have not thought, if the price did not fall, or more than 20 taels of silver, they are afraid that at this time, they would have already earned a pot full of pots of gold, one by one, rich and powerful, right, I’m afraid that at that time, the family hides an unknown number of concubines, not to mention how many slaves, even if the toilet, do not know how many people to help. Concubines, not to mention how many slaves, that is, drowning, also do not know how many people to help it? This kind of thing, is not willing to gamble to lose, what is there to sigh!”

Many people seemed to feel justified when they heard this, so they lowered their heads and stopped sighing.

But there are also a few young readers, can not help but sneer, “Heh …… people death is great, you this person, no compassion, really ridiculous.”

This kind of talk in the streets actually did not mean much to Zhang Anshi.

Only Zhu Jin rushed to Zhang Anshi’s study at fire speed and whispered, “Uncle, the price has reached two taels and six coins.”

Zhang Anshi unsurprisingly smiled and said, “It seems …… almost, hey …… these days are all on tenterhooks, I am still afraid …… that these people There is still what backhand it.”

Zhu Jin laughed bitterly, “Where is there any backhandedness, many people have died outside.”

Zhang Anshi sighed and said, “It’s really pitiful! Hey, don’t talk to me about these things, I’m kind-hearted and I’ll be unable to sleep at night.”

Zhu Jin then said, “What should we do next?”

Zhang Anshi said, “How much silver was credited to us for that hundred thousand stones of tung oil?”

“There are two million and ten thousand taels.” Zhu Jin’s own heartbeat sped up with him as he reported this amount.

Honestly …… it’s too good a money maker.

In fact, if you are a bit more greedy, it is possible to earn three or even four million taels of silver. Of course, uncle is right, this kind of thing, the most important thing is to abstain from greed, once greed, can not stop, may end up losing everything.

He looked deeply at Zhang Anshi.

However, seeing that Zhang Anshi appeared indifferent to the amount, he could not help but cross his fingers in his heart.

The uncle is the uncle, is the pattern, look at the people of the mountain collapsed in front of the color does not change the appearance.

Zhang Anshi took a deep breath, this sum of silver …… number is too big.

It was so big that he actually didn’t know how to react to it himself.

After a long time, Zhang Anshi said: “Our tung oil is still sold at two taels of silver, however, it is withdrawn from the East Market and West Market, and is only sold in Qixia. Nowadays, the lowest price of tung oil in our hands, not worried about no one to buy, take this opportunity to give this Qixia market to increase some popularity is also good. Know what is called a hook?”

“Hook?” Zhu Jin looked at Zhang Anshi in surprise, puzzlement showing in his eyes.

Zhang Anshi said, “The so-called hook, is to attract the flow of people, this kind of thing, make sure that the pricing is extremely low, so that there are many people take advantage of the cheap mentality, from all directions to come to pick up this cheap things, but people have come, always not just buy the same thing, so …… there are people who can’t help but want to take a stroll.”

“This stroll, I can’t tell you, it will start to want to buy a little something else. So on the surface, it seems like we lost money setting up the hook, but as long as we have foot traffic, we can earn back that lost money through other means.”

Zhu Jin suddenly realized, “Got it, got it, uncle master brilliant, this is not fishing? Let’s put some bait to go, the loss is the bait, the earning is the big fat fish.”

“Haha ……,” Zhang Anshi laughed, “The bazaar on this side of Qixia is some distance from the capital, so if you want to build it, you’ll have to use this method.”

“You do this, and find a good hook besides this tung oil, and with popularity, you will not worry about not being able to prosper.”

Zhu Jin said in surprise, “The bazaar is letting the villain manage it?”

Zhang Anshi raised his eyes to look at him and said, “What, you don’t want to?”

Zhu Jin immediately rejoiced, “Where, where, I will definitely do my best. Uncle don’t worry, I’ll do my best, I’ll definitely manage it properly.”

The fair at the ferry is small.

But it’s still quite lively, there are already more than sixty stores, probably smaller than the county fair, but it’s a lot more lively than an ordinary fair.

This place is small, but because of the dock, and Qixia ferry this side, gradually began to bustle, and Zhang Anshi here, the future of the future, obviously unlimited.

And Zhu Jin never thought, their district a small merchant, now the water rose, which shook, really flourishing.

Zhang Anshi then said, “Oh, and, some days ago, I explained that you in the various places of the money bank deposits of silver …… you have deposited, right?”

When Zhu Jin heard this, he quickly said, “All of them have been deposited, the big money changers, deposited 50,000 taels of silver, the small ones deposited 10,000 there, and 20,000 to 30,000 there.”

Zhang Anshi faintly smiled, “Good very good, hard work, aiya …… this time, how come I suddenly miss my several good brothers. My closest and most beloved Zhu Xian Di, Zhang Xian Di, and Qiu Xian Di, what are they doing now?”

Zhu Jin said, “The last bombing out of the problem, suffered some injuries, I heard …… heard …… that the small ones also just heard …… that they went home to be chastised and beaten. Estimated to be circled at home.”

Zhang Anshi immediately said, “This can’t be done, we must find a way to send them a message, I don’t see them for a day, it’s like three autumns apart. Alas, quickly think of a way to send them a message, the three murderers in the capital, there is work to do!”

Zhu Jin smiled bitterly and said, “There’s no way for my little one to send a message.”

Zhang Anshi slapped his head, “Idiot, tomorrow to find people, just on the river, give me to prepare a hundred pounds of gunpowder, teach people to blow up …… make sure to do it shocking, do not need to give them a message, they learned of the movement, guaranteed to be broken legs will also rush over. Why need to go to their homes to give them a message.”

Jukin: “……”

…………

Zhu Di is anxiously waiting for today’s Jin Yi Wei report.

In fact …… the tung oil market in the capital has reached an unmanageable point.

Even Wen Yuan Pavilion university professors Xie Jin, Yang Rong, Hu Guang three people, also noticed the seriousness of the situation.

Once the price of this tung oil continues to be high, there’s no guarantee that food and other things won’t be stupid.

Jiangnan’s transportation, mainly by boat, and shipbuilding needs tung oil, high boat prices, will inevitably bring the price of transportation costs are also rising, it can be said to be a hair affects the whole body, not sloppy.

“Your majesty …… really can not, should let the metropolitan investigation court to check.” Yang Rong said, “The court can’t just sit back and do nothing.”

Hu Guang also could not help but say, “I have heard that there are already people complaining.”

Zhu nodded: “In a short period of time, the price has risen more than ten times, I’m a few days, but also in this trouble it, just …… this matter …… and then look at it.”

He remembered that Zhang Anshi said that this matter …… must be given to his trust.

For no reason, he just felt that Zhang Anshi could be trusted.

Right now, it’s just a matter of gritting my teeth and holding on.

Xie Jinyin said at this time: “This matter …… I think it is unimaginable, always feel that behind this ……”

Zhu Di immediately interrupted him, “Of course I know, this matter, I have entrusted Zhang Anshi to dispose of.”

Xie Jin heard, a cold heart, can not help but think, this involves the affairs of state and people’s livelihood, should be Wen Yuan Pavilion and the Cabinet to deal with, why let Zhang Anshi to?

He was even more worried in his mind.

But having learned from the past, he didn’t say another word.

Instead, at this time, a eunuch hurriedly came in and said, “Your Majesty, His Highness the King of Han, His Highness the King of Han has come …….”

Zhu Di froze, “King Han, what is he doing here again? Tell him to come in.”

Zhu’s heart was not happy.

But when King Han Zhu Gaoxu entered the hall, Zhu Di’s frown deepened.

But see Zhu Gaoxu once came in, on the chest thumped down and said, “Father, father, father, our capital city in the head of traitors and thieves ah, the heavens …… father …… son of the minister can be these thieves to pit bitter.”

When Zhu Di looked at him like this, his heart immediately caught fire and he said angrily, “You beast, what nonsense are you talking about.”

Zhu Gaoxu immediately looked like he was in a flood of tears and said: ”I have been cheated, please Father Emperor do it for my son! Father does not know? Yesterday is still good, that the price of tung oil, rose to twenty-six two silver, who knows, today is actually a plunge, a penny worthless. Father emperor …… father emperor …… son minister …… son minister ……”

Zhu’s jaw dropped.

“Your Highness …… the price of tung oil …… has plummeted?” Xie Jin was momentarily surprised and subconsciously inquired.

Zhu Gaoxu sadly and angrily said, “That there is still false, this king almost day and night staring at the price of this tung oil, who has this king clear?”

This time …… the monarchs and ministers were confused.

Zhu first heard that the price had skyrocketed and had mixed feelings of joy and sorrow, and now he heard that it had plummeted and had mixed feelings of joy and sorrow.

I and Zhang Anshi and a few of them, there are still 150,000 stones of tung oil on hand, this is not to say ……

Zhu Gaoxu shouted with a sobbing voice, “Father …… Father ……”

Zhu Di was furious: “Get out, get out, give me get out, into your mother, you bastard thing, the hall of the Prince, all day long think of these things, you only lose how much silver, tens of thousands of taels of silver will be looking for death, give me get out!”

Zhu Di heart a nameless fire, there is no place to vent, this Han King Zhu Gaoxu just hit the muzzle.

Zhu Gaoxu was dumbfounded, never thought that his father would not give him a chance to get angry, but also so harsh.

In his heart there are ten thousand grievances When he was first, he was in order to pacify, I don’t know how much merit. Father was touching his back, suggesting that he should be allowed to succeed the great system of ah.

Now that the position of the Crown Prince is becoming more and more hopeless, and he is still so unsympathetic, is his father going to force him to be Li Shimin?

But at this time, in the face of a furious Zhu Di, Zhu Gaoxu is the atmosphere dare not come out, a smoke on the run.

Insight Jinyin a few also jaws, Zhu Di grimly said, “Come, come people …… will Zhang Anshi to me to declare to come, fast, to be fast, want him to come to see immediately.”

Even if it was faster, there was a delay of an hour in this.

Zhang Anshi arrived panting and saluted.

Zhu Di saw his wretched appearance, his face was eased down, said: “How do you look like this? I declared you to have an audience, and I didn’t let you even disregard your own body, this way if you get a heart disease how to do? Young people should cherish their own body.”

Zhang Anshi: “……”

Zhu said, “You’ve heard about what happened outside, right?”

Zhang Anshi naturally understand what Zhu Di wants to ask, then said: “This price, is the minister down, I took tens of thousands of stones of tung oil, collectively priced at two two silver sale, and announced to the outside world, to supply one hundred thousand stones of tung oil to do the military needs. So …… the price of this tung oil, it should fall, please rest assured that your majesty, now this market has been restored as in the beginning, in the country’s economy and people’s livelihood, and has no impact.”

Zhu Di heard, the heart a broad, but some heartache, then a little mouth is not the heart said: “This 570,000 taels of silver, although the loss, but at least the supply of military needs, but also to suppress the treacherous merchants rebellion, always worth it.”

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

Zhu Di immediately widened his eyes and said in surprise, “Is there no loss?”

“Your Majesty, I only need 30,000 to 40,000 stones of tung oil to calm prices, as for the 110,000 to 120,000 stones of tung oil, I have long since taken advantage of those who speculate the price high to sell ……”

Chu: “……”

Zhang Anshi added, “This time, the number I have credited is two million taels of grain silver, that is to say, after subtracting the initial five hundred and seventy thousand taels of silver, as well as the various other expenses of these days, the net profit is one million six hundred thousand taels of grain silver.”

Zhu Di’s eyes stared even wider, shocked: “One million six hundred thousand two, on …… just like this to do a deal?”

Zhang Anshi said: “Yes, in fact, want to earn this silver, is really not easy. But thanks to those treacherous merchants, these treacherous merchants are too greedy, in order to profit, desperately speculate high, the minister …… also did not expect, they are greedy to this point, so they have to trick.”

Zhu still can’t react.

If he said that other trades …… earned this silver, he could understand it.

But this …… is nothing more than a mere buy and sell.

But the payoff for this is frighteningly large.

“One million six hundred thousand taels, then I am having eight hundred thousand …… hahahaha …… hahaha ……” Zhu Di ecstatic: “In this way, five hundred and seventy thousand taels of silver, solved the military needs, but also leveled prices, and even got the grain silver of one million six hundred thousand for nothing, I finally know what is called a book of profit.”

Zhang Anshi smiled and said: “In fact …… if I am a little more bold is to earn another million two, is nothing. But I thought, in the weekdays, His Majesty taught me, we are today’s rich and powerful, all from the people’s fat and cream, do anything, should be mindful of the people, I was taught by His Majesty, this in mind, so in the back, would rather take out 30,000 or 40,000 stone of tung oil out of the low price of the sale, which makes the earnings greatly reduced.”

“But I thought that if this would benefit the country and the people, so that all the people of the world would praise Your Majesty’s kindness, the loss of these permits would be nothing.”

Zhu Di dragon face greatly pleased, mouth said: “yes, I seem to be so at first and you said, this is also the meaning of the great ancestor of the high emperor, er salary, the people’s fat, the people’s wealth, the lower people easy to abuse, the upper heaven is difficult to deceive, you can have such insight, I’m very gratified.”

Zhang Anshi said with a smile, “Where, where, I was once so stubborn that I didn’t care about this. But since I met Your Majesty, under Your Majesty’s words and teachings, I have only slightly improved.”

Although Zhu Di also know that this guy in the slips and pats the horse, but think carefully, when this Zhang Anshi really is not something, now is very much like a few, this is why?

At that moment, Zhu Di laughed: “No matter what, we are also considered to have made a big profit, can make such a big sum, I have been satisfied! Zhang Anshi ah Zhang Anshi, you this kid …… really have a way.”

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

Zhu Di gave a puzzled look and said, “What?”

Zhang Anshi said, “Your Majesty, you are wrong.”

No one really dares to say directly in front of Zhu Di that Zhu Di is wrong, even if they want to say, but also with very polite words.

Zhu Di was now in a good mood, since he was not angry, and even said casually, “Where did I go wrong?”

Zhang Anshi said, “His Majesty was wrong when he said that he was satisfied to earn such a large sum.”

“What’s wrong?” Zhu was confused.

“Because it’s not just this one that’s earned.”

Zhu Di’s pupils contracted as he looked at Zhang Anshi like a monster, “And what do you mean by that?”

“Because there is another sum of silver ……,” said Zhang Anshi, “and the amount of this sum is not smaller than this one million six hundred thousand taels.”

Zhu’s entire body almost jumped up.

His eyes widened again, “What did you say?”

“What I mean is that …… there is another …… sum to be earned right away.”

“No, I want to hear the next sentence.”

“This sum is not less than the one million six hundred thousand taels of silver.”

Phew ……

Zhu only felt his mind go blank.

He mouthed, “Conquest of the Desert North, the Western Ocean …… and …… and ……”

He couldn’t help but feel a little dizzy as he thought in his head about all the things those emperors throughout the dynasties had said about their civil and military achievements.

In fact, it all …… revolves around one thing in order to realize …… that is silver.

And it’s silver without squeezing the people.

With silver …… then in this world, what can not be done?

By then …… what is Tang Taizong Li Shimin? I’m going to go straight after the First Emperor to open up peace for the ages.

Zhu Di breathing a little short of breath, this time only feel his blood has boiled up, he even anxiously began to pace back and forth in this hall up, seems to be the only way to make his heart a little calm.

“How …… do you still have tung oil?”

“Your Majesty, even if there are more, I will sell them at two taels of silver in order to level the price.”

Zhu was surprised, “Then why do you say that there is still an income?”

“This, I may not be able to explain in a moment.” Zhang Anshi replied honestly.

Zhu Di then looked at Zhang Anshi with scorching eyes and said word for word, “Then don’t explain, do it for me to see.”

Zhang Anshi immediately said, “I obey the decree.”

“How long will it take to get this done?”

Zhang Anshi said, “One or two days!”

Zhu Di once again to the surprise, then laughed: “Good, good, I am here, waiting for the good news, Zhang Anshi ah …… you can give me a big credit, haha …… really worthy of the Prince Consort’s brother. ”

Zhang Anshi said in his heart, Crown Princess s brother is several layers away from you, this is very diabolical to hear.

Zhu Di said joyfully, “If I can still get the gain, I will promise you now, and when it is accomplished, what reward you want, I shall promise, I will make an oath here, if I disobey this oath, the sky is sick of it!”

Zhang Anshi realized that Zhu Di also had a childish side and was quite middle-aged.

However, on second thought, this may be the regular performance of people who get rich overnight, the emperor is also a human being.

Zhang Anshi said, “Then the minister will retire.”

“Go on, go on.” Zhu Di drove Zhang Anshi away like a fly.

“Don’t delay the effort, hurry up and go do serious work for me.”

As soon as Zhang Anshi left.

Zhu still felt hot and excited.

“Also lost ha, see, this is the real pillar of talent ah, look at those weekdays only know the classics of the guy, even Zhu Neng and Qiu Fu those two old goods, they in addition to marching and fighting, what else can do? This Zhang Anshi …… can be compared with Zhang Yu.”

Yilseha stood aside and smiled.

Of course, he is clear that among the ministers, the one who carries the heaviest weight in Zhu Di’s heart is Zhang Yu, who died in battle to save Zhu Di. Every time on the anniversary of Zhang Yu’s death, it is the time when Zhu Di is in the lowest mood.

Also lost Ha said, “Yes, slave girl also thought, this Cheng Enbo is very tactful, 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 rumors about me all day long, and I didn’t chastise him, isn’t that the right thing to do?”

After saying that, Zhu laughed again.

…………

Sukhumvit Ferry.

Not far away on the riverbank beach.

Rumble ……

Hundreds of pounds of gunpowder ignited, followed by …… countless messy stones while the nitrous smoke rose up.

The entire Yangtze River seemed to ripple.

In the distance …… many people showed a horrified color, although they are used to gunpowder explosions, but …… like today such power is unheard of, the entire river bank, directly blown out a huge pit.

Zhang Anshi took out the two balls of cotton stuffed in his ears, still feeling his ears buzzing, and desperately pulled at his earlobes.

“Damn it, the power is surprisingly great, I should have saved a little bit of gunpowder if I had known that.”

Saying that, Zhang Anshi busily turned back and looked at Zhu Jin, who had long since slumped to the ground in fear: “No one was hurt, right?”

Zhu Jin said, “Being almost deaf, does that count as an injury?”

Zhang Anshi said, “Get the hell out of here!”

Joojin ran away as if he had been pardoned.

An hour after this sudden explosion.

Then there were three figures, madly rushing towards the river bank.

The fastest one is Qiu Song, and in his bright eyes, there seems to be light blooming at this moment!