Chapter 86: Submission and Submission
"That's because the world is peaceful, the people live and work in peace and contentment, we merchants can make money in harmony, although I am the owner of the Longchang, but I am not a talker, it is just luck, not that I have great talent, and I dare not talk about holding the world's money, my cousin has an overreputation." Ji Cheng lowered his eyes and said.
"That's not necessarily, I'm just afraid that Ah Cheng prefers to make war and chaos wealth?" Shen Che put away his smile and narrowed his eyes.
Ji Cheng's eyes widened when she heard this, she looked at Shen Che, and Shen Che raised her eyebrows, meaning that you didn't guess wrong.
Ji Cheng gasped. At the beginning, the vitality of the Ji family was greatly damaged, and there were even more people around him who wanted to swallow the Ji family's business. Where is it easy for Ji Cheng to support the Ji family alone and stand up in front of everyone.
At this time, there is no other way than to take the sword sideways.
So Ji Cheng did something that was not good for the country or the people, and started an ordnance business. Only this kind of profiteering can make the Ji family rise again in a short period of time.
Ji Cheng's hand hidden under the table had already scratched the clothes on her knees with deep wrinkles.
"If my cousin has anything to say, just say it, Ah Cheng will do everything." Ji Cheng's back has always been straight, but his shoulders have collapsed a lot at this time. Doing the ordnance business, that's a matter of the Nine Clans. However, the Ji family is not the first person to eat crabs in this matter, there are other predators doing it, and they have a deep background in the DPRK and China, and Ji Cheng is just introduced by Ling Ziyun to get a piece of the pie.
"My cousin is a smart person, and he knows that if the Hu people invade the south, the people will be slaughtered, and every wealth and nobility will be empty, so he took it cleanly." Shen Che continued. But in fact, it is useless, it is like being a prostitute for a day, and you will not be clean for the rest of your life.
Ji Cheng took a sip of the cold tea in front of him, which was so bitter that his heart wrinkled. She did make black-hearted money, because she couldn't sleep at night, and ended that kind of business immediately after the Ji family regained a foothold, and although she did a lot of good deeds to build bridges and pave roads, she often had nighttime frightes, and her sleep was never good.
Shen Che didn't change the tea for Ji Cheng this time, "I want to ask Ah Cheng to pick up this line again and put all the ordnance business in Jindi into the hands of the Ji family, it's not that the ordnance can't be sold, but it must be sold to whoever I say I say I will sell to, and I will sell it when I say it." β
Ji Cheng smiled self-deprecatingly, "Cousin Che thinks highly of me, I was just a small shrimp at the beginning, just a little scraps, but I can't swallow such a large amount of business." β
"But now that the Ji family is no longer what it used to be, Ah Cheng doesn't have to be humble." Shen Che said.
"It's too risky, and now that we've stopped doing it, we have no intention of picking it up again. What I did in Jingshi has nothing to do with the Ji family, I was also the one who made the decision to sell weapons at the beginning, if my cousin wants to investigate thoroughly, and I ask my cousin to raise his noble hand, Ah Cheng can apologize with death. "Ji Cheng is absolutely unwilling to affect the entire Ji family.
"Ah Cheng is in business, don't mention the word death at every turn, what I want is mutual benefit. What's more, wouldn't it be a pity that a beautiful woman like my cousin who has fallen into the city and the country died? "Shen Che is a little improper.
Ji Cheng had already scolded Shen Che, the black-hearted fox, half to death in his heart. If she is a little less sober, she will be fascinated by Shen Che, this person is pouring * soup on herself, I don't know how many women have been in his way.
Shen Che said such provocative and teasing words at this time, which was simply implying that Ji Cheng was so beautiful that she could fight for anything.
But what's the use of captivating the city? Ji Cheng didn't believe that he had the ability to charm Shen Che, so he let him let go of himself and the Ji family.
And since ancient times, the beauties who have been involved in the enmity of the family and the country have not had a good end, looking at Xi Shi from afar, wasn't he given to his husband by King Yue, and then looking at Wang Zhaojun, it is not the same as being pro-Western Regions, Ji Cheng is very suspicious that he may one day be sold by Shen Che because of this damn beauty.
"My mind is up." Ji Cheng lowered his eyes and said. Before she came today, she thought that she would be ruined at most, but she didn't expect that she was still too naΓ―ve, it was really not that she didn't report that the time had not come, and she did the wrong thing at the beginning, and she came to the door today.
Shen Che laughed, "Ah Cheng is a smart person, and with the things that the Ji family did at the beginning, it was enough to punish the Nine Clans." What is the difference between what you should and shouldn't be? Why not gamble, although if it happens in the future, I will indeed throw the Ji family out to atone for the crime, but maybe we are more cautious and will not happen? After all, some people have been doing this kind of business for more than ten years, and they haven't seen any action from the imperial court. Bet with me and you might win. β
Ji Cheng said: "I don't have the confidence to do this well, I'm afraid that I will disappoint my cousin." β
Shen Che said: "As long as Ah Cheng does his best, if he doesn't do it well, I don't know people clearly, and I have nothing to do with Ah Cheng." Ah Cheng doesn't need to be modest, since I have taken a fancy to you, you will definitely be able to do a good job, not to mention that I will do my best to help you in the back. β
Shen Che was telling the truth, he really took a fancy to Ji Cheng. Since the time in Tianxianglou, Shen Che has seen Ji Cheng's calmness and intelligence, and what is even more rare is that she is very adventurous. He is a rare talent who is comfortable in the polo field, can advance and retreat freely, and does a low-key and subtle job of controlling the field.
What's more important is that Ji Cheng is still very open, which is also commendable for women, and if you want to do this well, you can't be stubborn.
"May I ask, why do you want to sue Zhanì for smuggling weapons?" Ji Cheng said seriously, although she is a businessman and has done wrong things, she definitely doesn't want anything to happen to Daqin, she was a small fight at the beginning, but she can see that Shen Che's plan is very big.
"Do you think I'm going to plot a usurpation?" Shen Che chuckled, it seemed that Ji Cheng had told a very funny joke.
Ji Cheng said lightly: "I'm not afraid that you will seek to usurp the throne, I have no opinion on who the emperor will do, as long as the people can live and work in peace and contentment, it doesn't matter if the Hu people do it." β
Shen Che was silent for a moment before he said, "Ah Cheng's vision and heart are admired by me. β
Ji Cheng narrowed his eyes, is this true?
Shen Che smiled, "Every change of dynasty is accompanied by a lot of killing and blood, you also said that now the world is peaceful, the people live in peace, no matter who wants to usurp the throne, it will not succeed, and the people's hearts are self-evident." β
If Shen Che said that the court was going to fool Ji Cheng, saying that the emperor was his uncle or something like that, Ji Cheng might not believe it, but he just said such a sentence, and Ji Cheng would believe it.
"However, my dynasty is prosperous, and the countries of the Western Regions have long been eyeing each other, and my army of Great Qin has not fought a major battle for many years, and the outcome is unknown. The matter of sending ordnance to the countries of the Western Regions is a matter of benefiting the country and the people if it is used well, and if it is used badly, it is a sinner of our dynasty. Therefore, the court strictly forbade private armouring, but as long as there is a place of interest, the merchant can smell it, even if it will kill the head and lose the head, there are people who are willing to do it. Now that we can't stop them, it's better for us to eat them and hold this thread in our hands. β
"Who are we?" Ji Cheng asked.
"We are the Jing Shi Army." Shen Che said.
Ji Cheng blinked, she can be regarded as Jing Shijun's minion, hehe, how fortunate she is.
The first thing Ji Cheng did when he returned to the small cross courtyard was to release the water, she strictly suspected that Shen Che was deliberately rectifying herself, and then Ji Cheng was powerless to resist, what Shen Che said was what she wanted, she just wanted to get a pot for one night.
After solving the three emergencies of life, Ji Cheng was already tired and paralyzed, and he didn't want to say anything, but seeing Yu Qian'er and Liu Ye'er being so frightened, he had to speak out to comfort him.
"It's okay, don't be afraid." Ji Cheng said.
"But how could Mr. Hao be there, and the account book ......" Yu Qian'er couldn't say everything.
"It's okay, the world will be peaceful in the future." Ji Cheng said. This is naturally a lie, Ji Cheng is now simply tying the heads of everyone in the Ji family to his belt to play, but there are some things that Liu Ye'er and Yu Qian'er know, but it will make them worry so much that they don't know what to do.
Ji Cheng thought to himself, it's better to let them be stupid, stupid people have stupid blessings.
may be because the situation completely collapsed, Ji Cheng slept peacefully, and no longer had to worry about this, calculate that. It's just that after getting up in the morning, I have to face a troubled life.
First of all, he had to write a letter to his father Ji Qing, who was far away in Jindi, to regain the ordnance business, and it would be impossible for Ji Qing not to nod.
Ji Cheng racked his brains and sang the praises of my Great Qin's great achievements for the first time, and said that where there is a home in no country, even businessmen have a patriotic heart, and they can't always be said that they only pursue profits. Then Ji Cheng said that he had found a noble person in Beijing to help him, and the huge profits in it were incomparable, and it was simply a peerless opportunity to benefit the country, the people, and himself.
After Ji Cheng wrote the letter with the code agreed with Ji Qing and sealed it with fire paint, he felt that half of his hair had been grabbed.
Recalling Shen Che's insidiousness yesterday, Ji Cheng only felt itchy teeth. This person's methods are really indiscriminate, but Ji Cheng has to admit that it is very effective, she is holding her urine in a panic, and Shen Che has an under-beaten attitude of not thinking about leaving if you don't discuss it properly.
Ji Cheng gritted his teeth and didn't know how many unequal terms he endured, and only made two or three small demands and fled. She thought, sometimes she really can't underestimate these methods, and it would be nice if she could let Shen Che try the feeling of being suffocated by urine.
Ji Cheng has a habit of masochism after making a serious mistake, and when she comes back from the school in the morning, she locks herself in the room alone.
Liu Ye'er tiptoed in to take a look, and came out to mutter, "What happened to the girl last night?" This time it was a hard toss. β
Yu Qian'er also peeked a few times from the outside, Ji Cheng had been in a straight posture on both sides of his legs for a long time, it hurt just thinking about it, and there were many movements, Yu Qian'er felt that people who were not fractured probably couldn't pose.
The two girls were very worried outside, and Ji Cheng was sweating on his forehead in pain, but he didn't relax at all, and he kept waking up.
This meeting was all her pride and carelessness, in fact, when Ji Cheng first saw Shen Che, she had a feeling that his reputation outside was very different from that of him himself, and later she also intuitively felt some dangers, but maybe Shen Che was too romantic, or maybe she was dissatisfied with Shen Che in her heart, so she felt that he was shameless and obscene and looked him down, but now that she thinks about it, Ji Cheng really hates to slap herself twice.
Underestimating the enemy, this is the most unforgivable mistake.
At the end of the letter Ji Cheng wrote to Ji Qing, he also briefly explained that the Ji family had been caught by the tail for committing a private crime against ordnance, and she had to compromise, and she didn't know if her father would regret beating his chest after reading the letter, why did he temporarily hand over the Ji family to her in the first place.
When Liu Ye'er went in to see Ji Cheng for the last time, Ji Cheng's two feet were hanging on the ribbon, and her body was hanging in the air, and she shook her head.
Ji Cheng kept tossing himself so that he was weak, and his hands and feet were trembling, so he let himself go, and went to Ji Lan's house to eat after washing.
Ji Lan was picking out jewelry with Shen Cui in the east room, which was prepared for the chrysanthemum banquet in the Nanjun Palace.
As soon as Ji Cheng entered, he heard Ji Lan say in a non-yin and non-yang manner: "Hey, I should have given you a few more sets of noodles before the autumn, but seeing that you are also a big girl, it's a pity, hey...... "It's a pity that the silver is not in hand."
In fact, Ji Lan is missing the silver that hit the head.
Ji Cheng just didn't answer, and after dinner, Ji Lan asked Shen Cui to rest, saying that his face looked good when he was full of sleep.
Ji Cheng has been enduring Ji Lan's yin and yang weirdness recently, and Ji Lan has been cold to her since the last "half-torn face".
"Sit down, Cheng girl." Ji Lan pointed to the chair leaning against the east wall.
After Ji Cheng sat down, he listened to Ji Lan say: "Do you want to go to the chrysanthemum banquet in the Nanjun Palace?" β
Ji Cheng's eyes widened slightly, and the corners of her mouth involuntarily turned up, her aunt really seemed to be a member of the Ji family, and everything had to be traded, Ji Cheng couldn't help but start reflecting on herself, but don't learn that she is so annoying.
Ji Lan looked at Ji Cheng's smile with disgust, and said with a cold face: "You should know, if I don't let you go, you won't be able to enter the gate of the palace." β
Ji Cheng nodded.
"Ah Cheng, you were at fault in the past, and I was also at fault, I can not blame the past, but don't pretend to be stupid just because your aunt is good-natured. I've already written to your father to say it, and this is his reply to you, so see for yourself. Ji Lan handed Ji Qing's reply to Ji Cheng.
Ji Cheng read the letter carefully, and Ji Qing naturally blamed Ji Cheng first, and then asked her to make up all the money lost by Ji Lan's shop.
Ji Cheng closed the letter and heard Ji Lan say, "What do you say?" β
Ji Cheng looked at Ji Lan with a sneer, in fact, she resented Ji Lan, if it weren't for the infighting between each other, how could Shen Che notice her, and she wouldn't have been involved in such a secret matter as the Ji family's private attack on ordnance at the beginning. Even with Jing Shijun's help, Shen Che would definitely have to take a lot of trouble to find out the evidence.
In fact, there was one thing that Shen Che didn't say, but Ji Cheng knew that Jing Shijun's ability was so big, the sky and the earth were pervasive, and the cost was by no means small.
And when Ji Cheng used means to squeeze Ji Lan's shop this time, he did expose the economic strength of the Ji family, and the abundance of meat naturally attracted wolf dogs.
Thinking of this, Ji Cheng had the heart to kill Ji Lan, she didn't know what kind of predicament the Ji family would fall into for her selfishness. Of course, Ji Cheng also wanted to kill herself, and she also blamed her for being thoughtless and arrogant.
"I don't give." Ji Cheng slowly spit out three words.