Although Kou Zhuansha knew that the money belonged to the emperor, she also believed that Guo Dan would not lose her life for this money, and would definitely help the emperor make money, but she still couldn't understand why Guo Dan threw out so much money, even if Marseille was really profitable, there was no need to do it.

But she didn't ask much, because she also believed that only by constantly thinking could she make progress, not just listening or watching.

Southern suburbs.

"Young Master of the Xu family, the mana is boundless, chasing the wind and electricity, riding is the first, if anyone is not satisfied, the others will eat fart."

On a weeping willow path by the river, Xu Chun led a group of idlers to stand on the side of the trail and shouted in unison, all of them were hoarse and exposed.

And there is also a group of idlers standing opposite, they are glaring at each other angrily, everyone is a servant, you have prepared a slogan, and you don't tell you in advance, it's really unjust.

And there was a group of gorgeously dressed boys standing by the river, who sneered at Xu Chun's slogan.

"This Xu Jirong is really getting more and more shameless, in this capital, he even dares to call himself the first in riding."

"What kind of mana is boundless, chasing wind and electricity, it's ridiculous."

"Hey...... He doesn't even know a few big characters, and if he can think of a few idioms, it's already good. ”

"I hope Shou Jian can teach him a good lesson today."

As soon as the words fell, I heard a "Drive!" ”

"It's coming!"

They searched for prestige, only to see a gallop on the path, followed by a thick layer of dust.

"Young master, it's young master."

Xu Chun jumped up in surprise, and then they shouted loudly: "Little Uncle Xu, the mana is boundless, chasing the wind and the electricity...... ”

And those sons sighed.

In a moment, Xu Jirong crossed the finish line with his horse, he pulled the reins, and the horse under his crotch neighed, and his front hooves were raised.

He looked back, and saw a flying horse breaking through the dust and coming to him, and immediately the person was his old enemy, Li Shouqi.

"How? Convincing? Xu Jirong grinned.

Li Shouqi was really disgraced by the dust, and he was extremely embarrassed, gritting his teeth and snorting: "You just won by luck today." ”

Xu Jirong said: "Then come again, how about we bet a thousand taels this time?" ”

Li Shouqi almost didn't bite his tongue, blushing, and didn't dare to answer.

He really can't outrun Xu Jirong, this loser has not learned since he was a child, when they were studying, this guy was playing eagle walking dogs, riding horses and hunting, if it weren't for Xu Mengxi's suppression, it is estimated that he would have gone to Mongolia to fight.

Moreover, this guy is a well-known loser, throwing out a thousand taels without blinking an eye, they can't do it.

At this time, Xu Chunhuan jumped over and said with a flattering face: "The young master's riding skills have really entered the realm, and I think there is no one in this capital who can match the young master." ”

"Don't talk about the capital, look at the world, I'm afraid I won't be able to find a few people."

……

For a time, there was a wave of sycophants.

Xu Jirong rode on the horse and laughed wildly.

"Xu Jirong, don't be arrogant, there are many people in the capital who are more skilled than you."

A slightly older boy came from the river and scolded angrily.

Xu Jirong glanced at it with disdain, and said to Xu Chun: "Chunchun, how do you say that faintly?" ”

"If you can do it, don't be blind."

Xu Chun said immediately.

"That's it." Xu Jirong rode on the horse and swept his gaze, "If anyone is not convinced and wants to eat fart, he can come to fight." ”

"I will not accept you."

"I'll compare myself to you."

"I also want to see if your Xu Jirong's riding skills are really able to chase the wind and electricity."

……

This group of boys and buddies was immediately angry.

No one can lose to Xu Jirong, which is why Xu Jirong was slightly ridiculed before, and Li Shouqi couldn't help but try it with him.

Xu Jirong said with a smile: "There are so many people who want to eat fart, okay, this little uncle will definitely satisfy you, but I'm tired today, let's make an appointment another day." ”

As he spoke, he said to Li Shouqi again: "Li Shouqi, if you don't plan to give this money, I won't care." ”

Li Shouqi said angrily: "It's only fifty taels, can't I afford it?" ”

His entourage immediately took out fifty taels and handed them to Xu Chun.

"Thank you very much."

Xu Jirong said to his group of doglegs: "You can take these fifty taels to the bar." ”

"Thank you, young master, for the reward."

"Young Master of the Xu family, the mana is boundless......

In a burst of slogans, Xu Jirong left arrogantly.

The entourage around Li Shouqi was very envious, and Li Shouqi gave them the most reward, but none of them exceeded one or two.

West City Horse Market.

"When did this horse market become so lively?"

I saw a rich boy looking at the horses, shaking his head and tail, he couldn't help but be a little surprised, he looked around, suddenly walked to a white horse, looked at it, and asked the horse dealer, "How much is your horse?" ”

"Childe is really good eyesight, this is a first-class horse, sixty taels."

"Sixty taels?"

The rich kid's eyes almost didn't fall out, and he pointed to the horse and said, "Just like you, it will cost sixty taels, and at most thirty taels." ”

The horse dealer said, "Now thirty taels can only buy a first-class horse." ”

The rich kid exclaimed, "When did the price of this horse rise, and why did it go up so much?" ”

"It's been rising these days." The horse dealer said.

"It's strange, now that there is no war, why is the price of this horse rising?"

……

……

To the north of Mashi Street, there is a square called Beifang, because it is in this commercial center and relatively close to the inner city, so the people who live here are all wealthy merchants.

Among them, there is a large family, the head of the family is surnamed Jiang, the name is Shiyou, and he is the head of the official teeth, and it can be said that he is one of the richest businessmen in the capital, and he is not of the same class as the Kou family and the Liu family.

I saw a middle-aged man with thick eyebrows and big eyes and a thick mustache sitting on the main seat of the Jiang family's lobby, this person was Jiang Shiyou, and there were three people sitting below.

The first person on the left is a short, short and fat middle-aged man with a natural smiling face, this person's name is Zhao Fengyuan.

The man with a bitter face next to him is named Mao Shen.

And the unsmiling person sitting at the first place on the right is named Xiong Feng.

The four of them are the four famous officials in the capital.

In fact, this official tooth is also a private business, but they have an official background, that is, the imperial court gave them tooth sticks, let them be responsible for balancing prices, and assist the imperial court in collecting commercial taxes.

This is why they have a monopoly on trade, and the goods in and out of the capital have to pass through them, because they have to help the imperial court collect taxes.

There is a lot of stake, and there is no cost.

In fact, in the past, the profits were greater, such as the Liu family and the Kou family, which were illegal, but in recent years, the relaxation of the imperial court system, coupled with the complete monopoly of the official teeth, caused the businessmen to be quite resentful, and many businessmen were forced to close their doors by these official teeth, so the imperial court allowed the development of private teeth, so as to balance the official teeth.

But even so, the monopoly of the official teeth is still very powerful, after all, the trade and prices are still controlled in their hands, as soon as they rise and fall, the money will be in hand, and they will have to peel off a layer of goods in and out.

"Brother Jiang asked the brothers to come today, but for the sake of the rising price of horses?"

Xiong Feng said with a serious face.

Jiang Shiyou said with a smile: "Regarding the price of horses, I have also investigated, and the price has risen a little, but it is not that someone deliberately raised the price of horses, but because Guo Dan contracted ten ranches and recently bought horses, which caused the price of horses to rise." ”

Zhao Fengyuan smiled and said: "Recently, Guo Dan's kid is very majestic, and he is a contracted canonization ceremony, and he is a contracted ranch, and the scenery has long overshadowed us, and now the price of this horse is raised by himself, and we can't help him lower it." ”

Jiang Shiyou said with a smile: "I can't say that, it's just that there has been no war recently, and whether the price of horses rises or not will not affect the imperial court, so let it go." ”

Mao Shen snorted: "Even if it affects me, I won't help, if it weren't for that kid who won His Majesty's favor, how would I let him, he has never put our four official teeth in his eyes." ”

Zhao Fengyuan said with a smile: "In the past, I just thought that kid would go far and get His Majesty's favor, but now it seems that this is not the case, he really has some means, and if he continues like this, maybe he will contract us in the future." ”

Xiong Feng suddenly looked at Jiang Shiyou and said, "Could it be that Brother Jiang just let him go on like this?" ”

Mao Shen said depressedly: "If I could do it, I would have done it a long time ago, but it's a pity that His Majesty has supported him." ”

Jiang Shiyou smiled and said, "That's not necessarily. ”

As soon as these words came out, the three of them immediately looked at Jiang Shiyou.

Jiang Shiyou said: "It is true that Guo Dan has been appreciated by His Majesty, but he has also offended many ministers in the DPRK and China, if we do business openly, there should be no problem." ”

Mao Shen asked, "How to do business openly?" ”

Jiang Shiyou said with a smile: "As far as I know, Guo Dan has contracted the construction of the racecourse and ranch to Chen Ping, and the amount is huge, at least 100,000 taels ....... ”

Xiong Feng frowned and said, "So much money? ”

"This matter is true, both of them have signed a contract, and they have also paid eight thousand taels to Chen Ping."

"How is this possible? Where does it cost so much money to build racetracks and ranches? Xiong Feng couldn't believe it.

Jiang Shiyou said: "What I heard is that Guo Dan does not want to build ordinary pastures and racetracks, he wants to build a very large-scale racecourse that can accommodate tens of thousands of spectators, and at the same time he also has to raise 5,000 horses, and his cooperation with the imperial court is limited, so much money is needed." ”

The scale data that Chen Ping saw was different from what he said.

Zhao Fengyuan said: "But can Guo Dan get so much money?" ”

Jiang Shiyou said: "If he has a subsidy from the Taifu Temple, it is not necessarily, but I have not investigated it clearly at present, after all, the imperial court has not announced the contract." But this is not important, and it has nothing to do with us, the important thing is that with Chen Ping's strength, he may not even be able to build a racecourse, and he does not have so much wood in his hands. ”

Zhao Fengyuan said with a smile: "Since there is none, we definitely need to buy it, such a large amount of wood, it must go through our hands, if we hoard wood at this time, we can make a lot of money at that time." ”

Jiang Shiyou sneered: "Not only do I want this money to be earned, but I also want to delay his construction period so that he can't make the difference." ”

In fact, their four major officials have long hated Guo Dan, but they don't dare to move, after all, Guo Dan's no transactions are related to the imperial court, and they are also empty in their hearts, but as long as they have the opportunity, they will definitely not let Guo Dan go, because Guo Dan has already posed a threat to them.

At this time, there is another person who also hates Guo Dan to the core, this person is Wanli, he knows very well that all this money is spent, although Wanli, who cherishes his fortune as much as his life, handed over the silver to Guo Dan to take care of, but he also sent someone to take care of the accounts.

Guo Dan knows every amount of money, and he knows it well.

Therefore, after learning about this, Wanli is Long Yan was furious, this business has not been done yet, and you are trying to cheat my money, which is really unreasonable.

Summons Guo Dan immediately.??

When it comes to money, he's not ambiguous.

Guo Dan hurriedly entered the palace to face the saint, "Humble Guo Dan knocks to see Your Majesty, long live my emperor, long live, long live." ”

"No courtesy."

Wanli smiled slightly, as usual, there was only Li Gui by his side, because this matter was a high-level secret, and he couldn't go out through the slightest wind, otherwise, it would be embarrassing. But in fact, Zhang Cheng knew about it, but he didn't participate in the specific operation.

Zhang Whale actually knew a little bit, after all, he controlled Dongchang, but he didn't dare to investigate deeply, because Wanli didn't mention half a word to him, obviously he just didn't want him to know too much.

And this matter is only about money, and Zhang Jing also feels that there is no need to risk it.

Everyone has a tacit understanding.

After Guo Dan stood up, Wanli asked, "How is the racecourse going?" ”

Guo Dan said with confidence: "Your Majesty, please rest assured, everything is going quite smoothly." ”

"Yes! With so much money, can it not go well. Wanli's face suddenly changed, and he said, "Guo Dan, you are so bold, you dare to calculate on my head." ”

Guo Dan hurriedly said: "Your Majesty Mingjian, how can you have such courage to be lowly." ”

Wanli was furious and said: "You still dare to quibble, I will ask you, have you signed a contract with that Chen Ping, which is as much as 100,000 taels, should you be ignorant to such a point, a racecourse, ten pastures, how can it cost as much as 100,000 taels." ”

Guo Dan said depressedly: "Your Majesty, this business naturally has to be invested before it can be rewarded." ”

Wanli said: "Of course I know, otherwise, how can you get the money, but you falsely reported the price, and it is clear that you want to be greedy for money, and the cooperation between your Yaxing and Chen Ping in private is also clear to me." ”

Guo Dan said: "Your Majesty Mingjian, there is no false report for the lowly position, and the money invested in the lowly position is the money invested in the racecourse, and it has nothing to do with betting on horses." ”

Wanli was stunned and said, "Invest money to build a racecourse, but it has nothing to do with betting on horses?" ”

Guo Dan nodded and said, "Because building a racecourse itself can make money." ”

Wanli was completely stunned and said, "You make it clear, the more I listen, the more confused I become." ”

Guo Dan said: "Back to Your Majesty, the lowly post has invested 30,000 taels at present, but it won't be long before the lowly post can earn this money back, and at the same time build a racecourse and pasture, in short, it is to build a racecourse and ten pastures, and then make some money from it." ”

Li Gui wondered: "Doesn't it cost money to build a racecourse and pasture, how can it still make money." ”

Guo smiled lightly: "This is the practice of ordinary people, but this money belongs to His Majesty, with the halo of the Son of Heaven, as long as it is spent, no matter where it is spent, it can make money." ”

The aura of the Son of Heaven? Wanli said excitedly: "Are you serious? ”

Guo said lightly: "I don't dare to deceive Your Majesty. ”

Wanli said: "But whose money is this earning?" ”

Guo said lightly: "After all, it is the halo of the Son of Heaven, of course, there are many people, and I can't say it clearly for a while, but Your Majesty can rest assured that someone will send money at that time." ”

Wanli blinked, thinking, no matter how bold Guo Dan is, he won't dare to lie to him, his eyes suddenly turned a few times, and he said thoughtfully: "My harem has always wanted to expand, but I can't come up with the money, if it is contracted to you, can you make money from it?" ”

This aura must be harnessed.

"Uh...... Your Majesty, I can't keep myself busy for the time being, so let's talk about this later. Guo smiled lightly, and scolded in his heart, please, my words are obviously sycophants, you have to take it seriously, that's not for me to make up for it.

PS: I'll go home in two days, and I will definitely have a little more yards by then, make up for it, I swear, I don't have a manuscript in the future, and I will never go out to wave, this Nima is too painful.

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