The farce of the Restoration in July 1917 soon ended in failure, with the little emperor stepping down from his hot throne and President Feng and Premier Duan taking turns to appear as if nothing had happened. It's just that the bad impact caused by Zhang Xun's restoration has deeply penetrated into the daily life of every ordinary person.

Some time ago, prices soared, and some speculative businessmen went around advocating the resumption of war, and the prices of goods must continue to rise. Not only ordinary people, but even businessmen with a little capital have joined the rush to buy. Who knew that in just a few days, prices were like a roller coaster, falling from the peak to the bottom.

Ordinary people can bear it, after all, they will always need these things to live. Those merchants who hoarded goods were miserable, and a large number of materials were suppressed in the warehouse, and no one wanted them for discounts or even losses. Many well-known businessmen have been devastated by investment mistakes and have since been removed from the business world. On the contrary, Kong Xi, a businessman from Shanxi Province who came from other places, shined in this turmoil, which impressed and envied his colleagues in Shanghai.

Kong Xi, who was unanimously optimistic about everyone, did not have a good time, and the money in hand was not left in his hands and then scattered out and went to Mr. Sun in Guangzhou.

The army was a bottomless pit, especially without its own territory, and without the support of local financial resources, soon the south began to urgently ask Kong Xi to raise some more funds for support.

Kong Xi knew that he was able to make a fortune this time, and the credit was not actually on him, but on the child who was hiding in the Chengxin School to study. If he had acted according to his own judgment, he might have been one of those people who went bankrupt and jumped off the building.

At present, this kind of speculation is an indispensable opportunity, and how to quickly raise funds has become a nerve-wracking problem. After thinking about it, Kong Xi still decided to hand over this hot potato to Wang Mengxiong. Anyway, I don't know how many quirky ideas are hidden in his little brain, so I don't need to use him in vain, and I can't treat him as a child.

So after school, Wang Mengxiong stopped shortly after leaving the school, and sighed deeply when he saw Kong Xi snuggling by the door of the car.

"Nothing to do but go to the Three Treasures Palace, Uncle Kong, why are you here this time?"

Kong Xi didn't care if this kid wanted to see him or not, anyway, he decided to ask him if there was anything he didn't understand in the future. He enthusiastically dragged Wang Mengxiong into the car and told the driver to go straight to a famous local restaurant nearby, and he wanted to invite Wang Fanxian's nephew to try local cuisine.

"Hey! Uncle Kong, you have to say hello to Gu Banzhu, right? If I don't go back after school, they'll be worried! ”

Kong Xi turned his head a little proudly, and said with a smile: "Don't worry, I have already sent someone to tell Boss Gu." When you finish eating, I will personally send you back to ensure that you are safe and sound. ”

This guy is so well prepared that he doesn't know what to do. But Wang Mengxiong wants to come to him as a child, and there is nothing worth thinking about this guy, not to mention that there are free meals to eat and car transfers, so why not do it.

The taste of Shanghai's local cuisine is mainly light, the dishes are exquisite, but the portions are small. Kong Xi and Wang Mengxiong both ate a lot of food, and after eating several signature dishes, they asked for a pot of black tea, slowly tasted the fragrance of tea, and began to talk about business.

"Uncle Kong Xi, it's already remarkable that you can endure not talking about it while eating. Now that I've eaten almost, I'm afraid I'll suffocate my body if I hold it any longer, so it's better to get straight to the point and talk about something! ”

"Nephew Wang Fanxian, I know that you have a smart brain, as can be seen from the last incident. Uncle, if I hadn't been in trouble, I wouldn't have come to you for help. ”

Kong Xi's words made Wang Mengxiong stunned, and said in his heart, you are an adult, why will you come to me for help as a child?

"Uncle Kong, what did you say? You are well-informed and have strong financial support, where do you need my help! But since you have opened your mouth, if you have anything to say, if I can do my small part, I will not stand idly by! ”

As soon as Kong Xi heard that there was a door, he hurriedly explained his intention to Wang Mengxiong. When Wang Mengxiong heard this, he was a little surprised and said, "Uncle Kong, you just made a big windfall, and I just followed you to drink a sip of soup." It's only been a few days, and you've been crying poor to me, asking me to show you another way to get rich quickly. If nothing else, you're not going to lose all that money in a matter of days, are you? ”

Kong Xi squirted out a mouthful of tea from his mouth, and was dodged sideways by Wang Mengxiong. He quickly apologized, took out a handkerchief and wiped the water stains off the table.

"Virtuous nephew, no matter how defeated I am, I won't lose so quickly. In fact, Mr. Sun was a little nervous, and most of them supported him. I still need more funds at the moment, but I really can't come up with it, so I asked my nephew to find a way to see if I can quickly raise this money to support Mr. Sun's Dharma protection movement. ”

Of course, Wang Mengxiong knew where Kong Xi's money was spent, but he also knew that Mr. Sun's Dharma protection movement still ended in failure. It's not too reasonable, and you should support it.

"I see, then I'll have to think about it!"

Wang Mengxiong fell into deep thought, while Kong Xi looked at him nervously, expecting him to show him a way to make money and turn stones into gold again.

"Hey, there you go!"

"Thought of it so quickly? The virtuous nephew is really amazing. I thought about it and my hair was turning gray, and I didn't come up with any good ideas. Let's talk about it, if you can do it, you will help your uncle a lot, and it can be regarded as a great help to Mr. Sun, serving the country! ”

Wang Mengxiong Xin said that this guy's high hats are sent one after another, and when I say my idea, I'm afraid you should say no again, what a bad idea.

"Uncle Kong, if you want to get rich quickly in Shanghai, there is a tried and tested method, it depends on whether you have the guts or not!"

"What's the solution?" Kong Xixin said that such a good method has been tried and tested repeatedly, why don't I know.

"Black eats black! I heard that some people in the French Concession openly peddled *** and came to harm the Chinese people. If you can hack the goods and money in the hands of those people, not only save the people who have lost their families because of smoking, but also solve the shortage of funds, why not? ”

"No, no, what a bad idea!"

Kong Xi really did as Wang Mengxiong expected, refused and shook his head like a windmill.

"I heard that behind those peddlers are those people from the Concession Board of Directors. What is the difference between cutting off other people's wealth in other people's territory and looking for death? No one in the green and red gangs dares to do this, Uncle Kong, even if I have the heart, I don't have that manpower! ”

Wang Mengxiong brought the black teacup in his hand to his mouth, drank it all, then put the teacup heavily on the table, and said word by word: "The green and red gangs are unwilling to do it, and some people are willing to do it." As for the manpower, I'll find it for you. But after this is done, you are four and we are six, how about it? ”