Chapter 214: The Main Drama - Five Hundred, One Thousand!
Therefore, Xu Fan chose to compromise, a compromise between reality and ideals.
Xu Fan pointed at Xu Chen and said to Sun Desheng: "Look for him!"
One sentence seemed to drain the strength of his whole body, and it seemed to be a complete farewell to the past.
Sun Desheng looked at Xu Fan, who was speechless, with a hint of doubt, and then at Xu Chen, who made a just right look of confusion, and then looked at Xu Fan, and asked in a tone that was not very certain: "Sir, this is?"
Sun Desheng naturally knew that Xu Fan's intention for him was already very clear, so he became more and more confused. To be honest, even he didn't have much clue about the Holy Lord's confession this time. Although the news from Yangzhou is detailed and looks very simple, it is just a matter of buying and selling land, but Sun Desheng has been in charge of internal affairs for many years, how can he not understand the way of business. Hidden in this seemingly simple buying and selling is an extremely keen insight, which requires a person who is proficient in this way.
According to the information he obtained, even the big businessmen in Yangzhou did not please in the end, and this business seemed to be very profitable, but few could really make money. Therefore, Sun Desheng also came under pressure, this time to visit Xu Fan, in addition to reminiscing about the past, the most important thing is to ask him, after all, Xu Fan has been in Yuzhang for many years, and he must know more than him, a newcomer.
It's just that Xu Fan now asked himself to go to Xu Chen, and he admitted that the junior brother he just recognized was still good at learning, but the way of businessmen has not accumulated over the years, and some cleverness can't help anything, so he opened his mouth to express his doubts.
"What you want to do when you come to Yuzhang, this kid knows better than me!" Xu Fan didn't wait for Sun Desheng to finish speaking, and said directly: "Because this stinky boy is all made up by this stinky boy!"
When Sun Desheng heard this, he was immediately confused, he felt that his brain was a little insufficient at this time, and he faintly guessed a possibility in his heart, but he instinctively denied this guess, because this guess was too scary!
Sun Desheng turned his head numbly and looked at Xu Chen, hoping to get some negative answers.
It's just that the teacher has already made it clear, Xu Chen naturally can't pretend to oppose it anymore, so he has to be a little reserved and smile shyly.
When Sun Desheng saw it, his heart was sudden, and before he could say anything, Xu Fan spoke again: "This stinky boy got the information of Chang'an from me, and he didn't know what he had done, so he instigated Zou Run to get on the fold of inviting the city boss, and then provoked a group of people from seven sects and five surnames. β
Shocked! Extremely shocked! It was one thing to guess just now, but now it has been confirmed that it is another shock!
This...... This young man was able to ...... just by virtue of some written information It instigated the struggle of several major forces in the court, and affected most of the world in the Tang Dynasty thousands of miles away, how crazy this is!
"Isn't that even ...... Even the saint ......." Sun Desheng's voice was trembling, and he didn't dare to say any more.
When Cheng Ruoshui and the others heard this, they trembled with fright, and immediately realized that these words were not what they should have heard at all!
It's contrived, but it's also a statement of its own attitude. This time Yuzhang, he is just a deputy, and his own future is very large, Cheng DΓΉ is pressed on this mission, since there is a request for others, then they dare not have any disrespect to Xu Fan's master and apprentice, which is why they dare to explain this matter in front of themselves. But when he heard such a terrible thing, how dare he not react at all? Covering his ears and stealing the bell is also a reaction! This means that he Cheng Ruoshui didn't hear about it at all, and when others asked, he naturally didn't know, he was asleep!
Sun Desheng opened his mouth wide and didn't say anything, Xu Fan glared at Xu Chen fiercely, Xu Chen hurriedly lowered his head, and with a look of repentance, he wanted to be a naughty boy who had done something wrong and was caught by his parents.
"The affairs of Yangzhou are also done by this stinky boy, a good Yangzhou city has been made into a miasma by him......" Xu Fan wanted to use some worse words to describe it, but he just thought about the difference between the decision he made now and what his apprentice did? Fifty steps and a hundred steps of laughter, then he suddenly felt bored, and shook his head with a wry smile.
However, his expression once again confirmed his previous words, and it took Sun Desheng a long time to recover from the shock, and only after a long time did he remember to get down to business: "Then what should we do now?"
This sentence was already said to Xu Chen.
Xu Chen looked at the teacher Xu Fan, and Xu Fan said angrily: "Since you have taken your senior brother's things, you have to help your senior brother do something." β
Xu Chen opened his mouth and was about to speak.
Xu Fan immediately added: "How can such a commemorative gift be measured by money?"
Teacher Xu still knows his apprentice, as soon as he said this, Xu Chen was immediately speechless, so he had to nod dejectedly.
"Senior brother, how many copper coins did you bring this time?" asked Xu Chen.
"There is not much money in the palace, and this time a total of more than 3 million guan was released, and several groups of people were sent out, and I brought a lot of them, a total of 1.5 million guan. Sun Desheng replied.
"One and a half million?" Xu Chen couldn't hide the surprise on his face, but he was sighing in his heart that Emperor Xuanzong was living a poor life, and the money was too little!
Sun Desheng seemed to feel what Xu Chen was thinking, and replied a little embarrassedly: "It's really only one and a half million!"
Xu Chen nodded silently, and when Sun Desheng saw this, he couldn't help but ask: "But is there a difficulty?" I met a person on the road when I came, and I heard that the price of land in Yuzhang City has risen to 400,000 guan per mu, I don't know ......."
"Yes!" Xu Chen nodded happily, but at a glance, he saw the teacher's sharp eyes, so he had to tell the truth: "It was just deliberately coaxed up, how could it be such a high price?"
Sun Desheng breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this, he saw the confrontation between Lu Zongbao and Huang Kai on the street just now, and found that the land price in Yuzhang City was already appallingly high.
Sun Desheng wanted to say something, but Xu Chen directly quoted the price: "Senior brother, is five million enough?"
When Sun Desheng heard this, his expression was sluggish.
Xu Chen thought that he was still not satisfied, frowned and said, "This has multiplied several times!"
Sun Desheng was about to shake his head, but a young man dressed as a guard standing behind him near the gate said in a low voice: "Don't be ashamed!"
Xu Chen's eyes immediately looked at him, and he was about to ask, but at this moment, Xu Fan didn't hear the voice of the guard because he was far away, so he just shouted at Xu Chen: "Five million?"
Seeing Xu Fan's eyes widen and his face was angry, the guard looked at Xu Chen with a smug face, and was about to wait for Xu Fan to finish speaking before despising Xu Chen.
But he heard Xu Fan immediately scolding loudly: "Five million? You should call Huazi! At least ten million!"
As soon as these words came out, the words that came to the guard's mouth were stiffly held back, his eyes were round, and he opened his mouth wide to look at Xu Fan. This...... These two masters and apprentices are too fucking good at blowing!
And Sun Desheng first heard Xu Fan's words, and was about to say a few words to explain a few words for Xu Chen, but then he heard Xu Fan's amazing words, and he didn't know how to deal with it for a while: "This ...... It's also too ......."
Sun Desheng wanted to say that this was too much, but then Xu Chen said: "Okay! I'll try it!"
When Xu Chen said this, although there was a reluctant expression on his face, there was no trace of embarrassment in his eyes, as if he had just made a trivial matter.
At present, the annual tax payment of the whole Datang is only this amount, and it may not be collected every year, and it is declining every year.
Sun Desheng looked at Xu Chen, who was expressionless, and then at Xu Fan, who was expressionless, and he found that he really couldn't understand this pair of masters and apprentices!
Sun Desheng was silent, but someone laughed out loud: "Hey! I really don't know how thick the sky is! I really dare to say anything! Have you ever seen 10 million copper coins? Do you know how heavy it is? You ......?"
"Bastard!" Cheng Ruoshui, who had just closed his eyes and snored, woke up just right at this time, and immediately stood up when he heard this, and slapped the guard in the head: "Little rabbit cub, how do you talk to Mr.?"
The guard quickly dodged away, muttering, "I didn't say sir! I'm talking about this guy!"
After speaking, he pointed at Xu Chen with his finger.
Cheng Ruoshui didn't really believe what Xu Fan's master and apprentice said just now, but he was sleeping just now! How could he hear these words? So he had no choice but to reprimand: "Bastard, do you talk to your elders like this?"
The guard didn't fork: "What kind of elder is he!"
Cheng Ruoshui's reaction was not slow, and he scolded loudly: "Brother Xu is the junior brother of Grandpa Sun, that is, your brother and my brother, what do you say you should call this stinky boy?"
"I ......" The guard would not compromise lightly, and was about to refute again, but unexpectedly, his old son Cheng Ruoshui rushed in an arrow step, and a palm as big as a fan buckled his neck, and with a strong hand, he lifted it over like a little chicken.
"Hurry! Don't apologize to Uncle Xu yet!" Cheng Ruoshui reprimanded, seeing that the guard did not obey, he kicked him in the crook of the knee, and immediately the guard knelt down in front of Xu Chen, but the head was still held high, looking at this so-called "uncle" with a resentful look.
Xu Chen, who didn't realize that he had a big nephew, asked with a smile: "I don't know what this brother is called?"
"Lao Tzu's name is Cheng Changyin, and he is the great-great-grandson of the demon king Cheng Biting Jin!" said the guard.
Xu Chen smiled and said, "Wow, what a domineering name!"