East Pavilion.

"Shoufu, this is a letter from Tongzhou, the two thousand good horses sent by Li Chengliang, the general soldier of Liaodong, have arrived in Tongzhou, and they will arrive in Beijing in a few days."

Xu Guo handed a letter to Shen Shixing.

Shen Shixing took it and looked at it.

Wang Jiaping asked: "These two thousand good horses should be bought by Guo Dan, right?" ”

Xu Guo nodded and said, "Last year, they had already agreed that they would send the good horses at this time, and then transport the 10,000 pieces of cotton armor back to Liaodong." ”

At the beginning, Guo Dan asked the imperial court to directly allocate funds to the Liaodong region to buy horses, which was equivalent to exchanging cotton armor for horses.

Yu Youding said: "It seems that Guo Dan is going to complete the task ahead of schedule." ”

Regarding the contract of contracting the horse farm, everyone has forgotten, and no one still wants to find fault with this, because there is no suspense about this, after all, betting on horses is so profitable, and at the same time, Guo Dan has taken back all the land he lost before, and it is more than enough to raise 3,000 good horses.

Wang Xijue snorted: "This time I want to go and see for myself if every horse is a good horse." ”

As soon as these words came out, Xu Guo, Wang Jiaping and others all smiled bitterly.

It looks awkward.

This is all because the court also bought horses in front of them, but many of them were shoddy, and most of them could only be used to pull goods, and they couldn't go to the battlefield at all.

Guo Dan said very clearly at the time, if the money is enough, it should be as much as it is, but if it is shoddy, I will deduct your cotton armor, when you take a good horse, when I will give you a cotton armor.

But in fact, this horse also belongs to the imperial court, but it is contracted by Guo Dan, if the result is different, it can explain a lot of problems.

The court bought it by itself, and the result was that the good and the bad were mixed, and Guo Dan bought it, which may be a good horse.

The reason for that is obvious, it is because of the officials.

For officials, this money belongs to the imperial court, and it can also be said to be public, so of course it is to catch it if it can be fished, and for Guo Dan, this is all his money, whoever wants to fish is to catch his money, of course he will not cheat, and if he wants to fish, he will also fish it himself.

But he didn't dare, the civil and military of the Manchu Dynasty were staring at him, he could only do better, and if he made a slight mistake, the impeachment of him would definitely be able to fill the celebrant eunuch.

Wang Xijue said again: "Speaking of this Guo Dan, he has made a lot of moves recently, and what kind of Marseille Education Fund, Temple Alliance, and Taoist Alliance have been established, he seems to mean something else!" ”

Xu Guodao: "But the strange thing is that this time it doesn't seem to have caused any uproar, and even there are very few people talking about it." ”

Yu Youding said: "They want to discuss, but they are more afraid that Your Majesty will take advantage of the topic and order the restriction of private schools, haven't they eaten enough lessons?" ”

Wang Jiaping sighed: "On the matter, in the past, we were also picking bones in eggs, looking at people in the cracks of the door, always thinking that Guo Dan was a treacherous businessman, it was impossible to succeed, this is not a gentleman's doing, so he was defeated again and again, if he didn't learn a lesson, I am afraid that he would have to plant a bigger heel in the future!" ”

Yu Youding and the others all nodded slightly.

They wanted to do a lot of things, but they didn't do it, for example, Ma Zheng, they couldn't solve it, but let Guo Dan do it.

As the first assistant, Shen Shixing didn't make a sound, just pretended to look at the letter, and he read the letter at a glance.

Since he was punished for kneeling last time, he has also seen some cattiness clearly, and, judging from the results, Guo Dan made a fuss, which seems to be good.

He originally wanted to reconcile the struggle between the DPRK and China, but he ended in failure, he was also physically and mentally exhausted, and he was unable to integrate the forces of the DPRK and China, so that everyone could work together to build the country well.

Guo Dan's establishment of the education fund obviously has targeted factors in it, which everyone knows, because the institution of the college, especially the private college, is really important in the Ming Dynasty, otherwise, Zhang Juzheng would not have done anything special for the private college.

A lot of public opinion comes from the academy, and these public opinions are regarded as the voice of the people by the officials of the DPRK and China to restrict the emperor.

Moreover, some factions in the DPRK and China are also from the academy, and the famous Donglin Party is from the Donglin Academy.

Therefore, this academy is very important to the bureaucracy, and now Guo Dan wants to participate in it, everyone feels very uncomfortable, but few people oppose it, the reason is because Zhang Juzheng previously banned private colleges, and now it has just been restored.

They were really scared and opposed Guo Dan, and as a result, they opposed themselves, which was the consistent routine of the Emperor and Shang combinations.

If this is the case, then this is really lifting a stone to shoot himself in the foot, Guo Dan didn't have it, if you don't allow him to build, he won't lose anything, if Wanli uses the topic to play and ban private colleges, it will definitely hit the bureaucracy hard.

They simply didn't talk about it.

Let's take a look first.

It can be seen that this person, when he should be strong, he still has to be strong, if he blindly endures it, in exchange for only getting worse, don't believe in the nonsense of repaying grievances with virtue.

When Guo Dan began to fight back, they were a little jealous and didn't dare to underestimate Guo Dan anymore, after all, Guo Dan first used Dongchang as an appetizer this time.

This bureaucracy also wants to open, Dongchang can tolerate it, and we will not be ashamed to endure it.

As a result, the success of the Education Fund has been very smooth and there has been no hindrance.

But it's never always easy to do business.

A no-tooth line.

"Husband, let's see if you can settle the account between the five guns and His Majesty's side first."

Kou Liansha came to Guo Dan's office with a bill.

Guo Dan was stunned for a moment and said, "Is the tooth shop short of money?" ”

Kou Zhuansha sighed: "The existing money of the tooth store has been less than five thousand taels, from the first half of last year, to now, the tooth store has been investing abroad, and the profits are mainly from the increase in shares, but the trading of cotton armor is a loss of money, and the new horse racing area and Weihui Mansion have not yet begun to make profits, and now Marseille is suspended, which also seriously affects the income of the tooth store." ”

In fact, she has always been very humble, thinking that she can't keep up with Guo Dan's footsteps, but then again, Guo Dan's investment is very high-risk, because his investment is too fast and too fierce, as long as one link is wrong, he will immediately fall into trouble.

Although this time, he dodged, but the impact on the tooth line was not small, because the tolerance rate of the tooth line was too low to withstand too much impact.

The loss is that Kou Zhuansha is in charge, she is careful in her calculations, and she can save money, if she is replaced by someone else, she may owe money.

Guo Dan nodded and said, "Okay, I'm going to let the account settle over there soon, and in addition, about the education fund, I will settle the bill to the tooth bank first." ”

Although Guo Dan is preparing for the education fund, he still hires a dental store to help.

Guo Dan sighed again, "During this period, it is indeed the most difficult, we must be mentally prepared." ”

Kou Zhuansha smiled bitterly: "I'm ready, I'm just worried that you're used to spending money, husband, and you're impulsive, and you want to invest again, this time you really can't get the money." ”

Guo Dan smiled awkwardly: "I seem to be really overestimating myself, don't worry, I will be a little more leisurely recently." ”

Kou Liansha shook her head and said, "It's not to be leisurely, it's to ensure that you don't spend money again." ”

"Guaranteed."

Guo Dan hurriedly raised his hand, having said that, but if he had the opportunity, he still raised money together, the businessman was so virtuous, and he owed money that was the ability, and sighed: "This 100,000 taels of meat in Dongchang seems to be a little cost-effective." ”

Kou Zhuansha pretended to be angry and said, "You're only coming to your senses now, it's too late." ”

Guo Dan said: "Learn a lesson, the next time they come again, I will break one of his legs." ”

Kou Liansha immediately glanced at him, and was about to speak, when he was interrupted by a knock on the door.

"General Manager."

"Come in."

I saw a secretary walk in and hand a very small bronze mirror to Guo Dan: "General manager, there was a Dao aunt who sent a bronze mirror, saying that it was sent by Wusi Jushi." ”

"Little Uncle's aunt?" Kou Zhuan Shadao.

Bronze mirrors? What kind of meme is this? Guo Dan was also stunned, and took the bronze mirror, "You go out first." ”

After the secretary went out, he took a closer look, and then handed it to Kou Zhuan Sha and said, "Madam, look, is there any mystery in this bronze mirror?" ”

After all, Kou Zhuansha is a woman, so she took the bronze mirror and looked at it, "This bronze mirror is very ordinary, and the cheapest one in the market is this." Husband, why did the thoughtless monk send you this bronze mirror? ”

Yes! Why did you suddenly send me a bronze mirror? Guo Dan groaned slightly, suddenly reacted, and said in his heart, this woman is really hateful, I can see you, that is your blessing, you don't know what to do, it won't be long before Yang Feixu will teach you a lesson. Seeing Kou Liansha looking at him curiously, his eyes rolled: "Why else, isn't it just coveting my appearance." ”

"Looks?"

"That's right!"

Guo Dan nodded and said: "I didn't tell you because I was afraid that you would be jealous, in fact, this thoughtless layman has always admired my appearance very much, she probably wants to express her love in this way." ”

Kou Zhuansha was willing to believe it, and snorted: "I think you must have done something shameless, so the thoughtless monk gave you a mirror to let you recognize yourself." ”

"How do you... Ahem... Don't believe it, your husband has a lot of people robbing him. ”

Guo Dan was very empty-minded, thinking, is this the legendary "woman's intuition"? It's horrible.

Kou Zhuisa just smiled and didn't say anything.

Guo Dan wondered: "Madam, you are really an adult, such a beautiful woman suddenly gave a gift to your husband, you are not jealous at all." ”

Kou Zhuisa asked, "What does the husband think I should do now?" ”

Guo Dan said: "Of course, it's to get to the bottom of it, and then punish me to kneel on the washboard." ”

"Okay!" Kou Zhuan Sha reluctantly asked: "Then you go and kneel on the washboard first, and then I'll get to the bottom of it after kneeling." ”

"Hahaha! Just kidding, Madame must not take it seriously. Guo Dan snorted, how did he put himself in, "Actually, what I admire most about Mrs. is Mrs.'s mind, well, big and straight." ”

"Big and stiff?"

Kou Liansha was stunned for a moment, then reacted, blushing with shame, and said, "It's really obscene." ”

Knock knock!

The knock on the door sounded again, "General manager, a message came from the city gate just now, and Steward Kou is back." ”

Guo Dan and Kou Zhuansha were stunned at the same time.

Kou Liansha breathed a sigh of relief: "It's considered to be here, and this time I was almost killed by these cotton armors." ”

Guo Dan said: "This Sai Weng lost his horse, I don't know if it's a blessing, we will soon be rich." ”

Kou Zhuansha said: "Why does the husband say that? ”

Guo said lightly: "As soon as this batch of cotton armor arrives, Your Majesty has the confidence, and he won't give us a few more orders. ”

Kou Liansha hurriedly said: "Don't do this business, you can't make a lot of money, and you have to be afraid." ”

Guo smiled lightly: "Even if I don't do it, Your Majesty will not agree, this time Your Majesty will lose the most, with Your Majesty's character, you will definitely earn it back." Madame, then I'll go to the city gate first. ”