The guest is Chang Xiu. He also brought a petty official of the Ministry of Industry.

Now, the right attendant of the Ministry of Works piled his plump body in the chair in the outer study, picked up his head and grabbed it in his hand, and shook it vigorously towards a book as a fan. It was as if he had just walked a long way, and his chubby round face was flushed, and the sweat from his forehead and sideburns gathered into a stream and flowed down his face, and even a trace of white steam rose from his bun. This article is so tired that he doesn't even want to speak, and when he enters the house, he finds the old tea soup wrapped in a cotton sleeve, and when Shang Cheng came in, he was pouring it violently in front of the spout.

Shang Cheng flattered him first: "Sure enough, it is a real celebrity who is self-effacing." Wen Shigong's move is very much the uninhibited legacy of the Jin people. Then he asked, "Walking?" ”

"The carriage to sit in." Chang Xiu was a little reluctant to put down the empty teapot.

Shang Cheng was stunned for a moment. He carefully looked Chang Xiu up and down, lowered his voice and said cautiously, "This, one by one, it can't be that you are pulling the car, right?" After saying that, he raised his head and laughed.

Chang Xiu glared at him angrily and said, "Zida, when is this, are you still in the mood to laugh?" ”

"Today is the eighth day of the first lunar month. However, the imperial court didn't stipulate that you can't laugh on the eighth day of the first month, right? Shang Cheng continued to quip. Of course he knew Chang Xiu's intentions. It doesn't matter whether the 20% shares of the Taishi Bureau are shouted to the sky-high price, the key is that there are more people and less meat, and the 20% shares are not enough to be distributed. The Ministry of Engineering couldn't withstand the pressure from all sides, and Chang Xiu, the only one who could call the shots, didn't catch it, so he hurriedly ran to his rescue soldiers to ask for ideas. However, what does it matter to the Ministry of Industry whether it can withstand the pressure? He just helped Li Dingyi find the money for the trial production of glass; As for whether the Ministry of Industry took the money or private investment, what does this have to do with him?

Chang Xiu was not in the mood to laugh with Shang Cheng, twisted his head, stared at the corner of the wall and sulked himself. He regrets it now. I'm so blind! The day before yesterday, when two colleagues proposed to go to other places for business at the same time, why didn't he react? It's ridiculous, he still thinks that the two colleagues are kind and give him most of the credit; Who knew that it was because they saw that the situation was not good, and they smeared oil under their feet! When someone first gave him a message, he thought that the matter would be over in a moment. As long as others know whether the glass can be burned into two words, who is willing to smash the money into the water? But who knows that Shang Yanshan is not authentic, and he has long been in the Ministry of War, and what glass has three times the profit, but on the same day, Shangshu of the Ministry of Household went to the Ministry of Industry to "talk about official business", and the meaning of the words was nothing more than that he wanted to join hands with the Ministry of Industry and the Taishi Bureau, and the three of them worked together to make this glass with both political achievements and achievements. There are many people who inquire whether the Ministry of Industry intends to learn from the Taishi Bureau to sell shares. The origin of these people is bigger than the other, and he can't afford to provoke anyone, so he has to pretend to be sick and hide. But he couldn't hide from the first day of junior high school, but he couldn't hide from fifteen, and now this broken glass that didn't even see a single trace of the eight characters even alarmed the clan. Just an hour ago, the current emperor's uncle, King Ruyang, sent someone to hand him a letter, and the four old kings asked the Ministry of Industry to give him a favor and let forty percent of the shares come out. The letter was written very politely, and it was completely in consultation with the Ministry of Industry, and the king of Ruyang gave a guarantee for the other three, and absolutely did not occupy the Ministry of Industry, so he bought shares with cash at the market price of one to five......

Shang Cheng listened to him while pushing the tea towards his hand and said, "One for five, which means that Yicheng shares can be sold for 5,000 yuan?" Isn't that great? Your Ministry of Industry also plans to invest 5,000 yuan, and if you change hands so gently and skillfully, it will be several times the profit. What's more, don't you still have forty percent of the shares in your hands that haven't moved? "This is an obvious benefit, why doesn't the Ministry of Industry know how to make a benefit, Changxiu doesn't know how to let personal affection?

The corners of Chang Xiu's mouth twitched a few times, and he finally swallowed back the unpleasant words that came to his mouth, gritted his teeth and said, "Gongdu, you come!" Then he took the lamp and continued to take the tea soup to suppress the anger in his heart.

The little official who came in with Chang Xiu has been sitting silently under Chang Xiu since he entered the door, and when he heard Chang Xiu greet him, he immediately stood up and respectfully gave Shang Cheng an official salute, and then gave Chang Xiu a salute.

Shang Cheng returned the salute and beckoned him to sit down. He didn't listen to him at first, but looked at him and asked, "I think you're very kind." We've seen each other before, right? ”

The man also seemed to know Shang Cheng's temper, so he didn't stand up this time, but arched his hand in the chair and said: "Xiaguan Yang Heng is the manager of Xiaoluo Dafang of the Ministry of Industry, and this time he was ordered by Chang Shilang to discuss the cooperation between the two yamen with the Taishi Bureau......

Chang Xiu interjected: "The matter of trying to burn glass is also in Xiaoluo Dafang, and it is also under the authority of Gongdu. After a pause, he added, "Gongdu is the seventh year of the Eastern Yuan Dynasty Jinshi and the third place." ”

"Oh?" Shang Cheng was shocked. He wasn't surprised that this nine-rank petty official was actually a tanhua of the seventh year of the Eastern Yuan Dynasty, but he suddenly remembered who this Yang Heng was. Isn't this Yang Paner's father? When he was recuperating in Fangzhou, Yue'er and Erya told him about Pan'er and her father. In June last year, he also met with this person, and at that time he also helped write a letter introducing Yang Heng to Yixian County to talk to Huo Liubo about the technology transfer and market division of liquor...... In front of Chang Xiu, he didn't want to say anything else to Yang Heng, so he asked politely, "Lord Yang, is what I just said wrong?" ”

"Don't dare to be." Yang Heng owed a debt in the seat. Of course, he had long known that Pan'er lived in Shang Cheng's mansion, and was recruited back to the ministry by Chang Xiu the day before yesterday, and he also heard that the person who came up with the idea of trying to burn glass was the current governor of Yanshan in front of him, and now the county uncle of Shangzhu State, although he was very strange in his heart, how could a person who had neither profound qualifications nor outstanding military exploits rise so quickly, but his face did not show it at all, he lowered his head and said humbly, "In front of Uncle Ying and Lord Chang, how dare Xia Guan call 'adult'." ”

Shang Cheng smiled, then changed his title and said, "Brother Gongdu, is what I just said wrong?" ”

After Yang Heng and his daughter met and reunited, they spent more than ten days in Yanzhou, Yue'er, Daya, Erya, Huo Shiqi and Sun Zhongshan and his wife, he had seen them. From their conversations, he also had some understanding of Shang Cheng's temperament, and knew that the most impatient thing for Shang Cheng was to be wordy and procrastinate when dealing with official duties, so he said bluntly: "One to five is the market price this morning. As of today, the latest market price of the two shares of the Taishi Bureau is one to fifty-seven. He deliberately replaced the "two percent shares" that he had long said for "two percent shares", and met Shang Cheng's words without revealing a trace.

Shang Cheng didn't notice the little fart that Yang Heng slapped at all, frowned and let go, and said, "It's just a few hundred yuan." Chang, your Ministry of Industry is holding a lot of money, as if it doesn't seem to be missing this point that leaks out between your fingers, right? ”

"Zida, that's not what I said!" Chang Xiu put the empty porcelain cup on the case and said loudly, "If there are only the kings of Ruyang and a few other clans, it is not impossible for the Ministry of Industry to give up a few shares." But do you know how many people are now holding money to the Ministry of Industry and shouting to buy shares? ”

"How many?"

Chang Xiu couldn't remember the real number Yang Heng told him for the time being, so he looked over. Yang Heng immediately answered: "When I retire today, I would like to invest in the Ministry of Industry according to the market price of the two percent shares of the Taishi Bureau, totaling 116,800 yuan. ”

Shang Cheng took a sharp breath. He wondered if he had heard the wrong thing. The money that agreed to invest in shares according to the ratio of one to five or seven is more than 100,000 yuan, does this mean that there are far more exaggerated copper coins than this number that have been bluffed back by high prices? However, Chang Xiu must have explained clearly, the glass is still in the trial production stage, whether it can succeed or not is two words, where did these people who came with money find a hundred times more confidence? He couldn't think of an answer, so he asked casually: "Is the twenty percent of the shares of the Taishi Bureau already sold at this price?" ”

He was still thinking about the question, so he didn't pay much attention when he spoke, and the word "price" made Chang Xiu and Yang Heng a little confused. However, they have seen in Yanshan that new words and new ideas continue to appear in Shang Cheng's mouth when he speaks, and both of them are Jinshi and the first to be born, and they can be called well-read, although they don't understand the exact meaning of the word "price", but they can climb the word "price" and think a little to know that this should refer to the market price. Chang Xiu said: "The money heaped in the Taishi Bureau is no ......less than that of our Ministry of Industry," he paused slightly, and Yang Heng immediately added: "When I retired today, those who are willing to buy shares in the Taishi Bureau at the market price of one to fifty-seven are totaling more than 134,000 yuan. Chang Xiu said: "...... Right! 130,000 yuan is placed there, where does the Taishi Bureau dare to sell the two percent shares in its hand? If they dare to sell to the east and not to the west, I am afraid that Tong Xiaoshan's Taishi Bureau Zhengqing will come to an end! He suddenly laughed twice and said in a low voice, "Hey, almost all of the people who go to the Taishi Bureau are the close branches of the eunuch's house, Tong Xiaoshan is a five-grade Zhengqing, where do you dare to offend them?" ”

Shang Cheng wondered why Chang Xiu had suddenly become so gloating. Those people who went to the Taishi Bureau were obviously relatives and cronies who helped the officials show up to do business and make money, and of course the Zhengqing of the Taishi Bureau did not dare to offend casually; But all the people in the Ministry of Running are Wangjue Grandmasters, and they may not dare to blacken the faces below? Apparently impossible! Although the Ministry of Industry accompanies the last seat of the six departments, after all, it is one of the six departments, and they dare not offend the people, do they dare to pick up the tiger's beard? Of course, it's even more impossible. So apart from shaking his head and admiring that there were so many rich people in the capital, he didn't want to say a word more. Then again, does this have anything to do with him? Not at all! He just suggested that the Ministry of Industry cooperate with the Taishi Bureau to test the glass, the Taishi Bureau wants to sell shares and the Ministry of Industry does not want to sell shares, which has something to do with him!

"You made it up, you can't just throw your sleeves and leave it alone, right?" Chang Xiu said unhappily.

"I'm just helping Li Dingyi set up a line with your Ministry of Industry." Shang Cheng said. He had to get himself out of this trouble now. Even if he has the ability, it is impossible for him to fight with a large group of officials and clans, right? He is just a blind man in Yanshan, but he is not Zhang Yide, a Yanren, and he does not have the ability to single-handedly pick up thousands of troops......

"Glass is at least three times as profitable, but you said it yourself! Without your words, where would we be today? Chang Xiu was a little angry.

"I'm just stating a fact. If the glass is fired successfully and the process can be kept secret, then it will definitely have such a huge profit for a long time. Shang Cheng said very calmly, "And I just told Zhen Qian at the time, I didn't expect this to be heard by others, let alone that this word would spread so quickly." He didn't expect that there were so many rich people, and more than 200,000 yuan had been accumulated in three days, not including those who were forced to quit because they consciously coped with such a high price.

Seeing Shang Cheng's denial appearance of biting his mouth and not admitting it, Chang Xiu was so anxious that he trembled all over his body, and his words couldn't be said clearly, and his round fat face turned even redder and turned white and red, and he muttered in his mouth: "But, but ......"

Shang Cheng looked at his face frighteningly, and he was afraid that something would cause him to do wrong. He knew that fat people generally had high blood pressure, so he hurriedly poured a cup of tea and soup into his hand, and said with concern: "You don't have to worry, drink saliva first." It's useless to be in a hurry. We can figure it out together. ”

Chang Xiu drank two sips of tea soup in a row, and took a few breaths, and the panic in his heart finally subsided a little. He looked at Shang Cheng anxiously, and pleaded sincerely: "Zida, you have to help me ......"

Shang Cheng could only nod. While thinking of a solution, he scolded himself in his stomach for being troublesome, if it's okay, you just dig a hole to hibernate, what are you doing with the glass? And that Tian Qingshan, this guy who can write such a far-sighted article in the "Qingshan Manuscript", why is he so stupid, playing with an empty glove white wolf will lead to a large group of tigers, but no matter how much he regrets and complains, it is always him who drags Chang Fat and the Ministry of Industry into the water. He can ignore the Ministry of Engineering, but he can't ignore the fat man...... He thought about it for a while, and then asked, "The Ministry of Industry didn't consider withdrawing all the shares, and left this matter to them." ”

Chang Xiu glanced at him angrily and said, "Can we hand it over and still hold on to death and not let go?" The day before yesterday, Zhang Xiang invited me to the Prime Minister's Office, and asked about glass. Hearing that glass can have three times the profit, Zhang Xiang's eyes ...... "He was about to give a good account of Zhang Pu's image at that time, when out of the corner of his eye, he caught a glimpse of Yang Heng sitting next to him, quickly shut his mouth, coughed and said, "...... Zhang attaches great importance to this matter, and several deputy ministers were also asking about it yesterday, and Zhu Xiang even went to the Ministry of Industry in person. You say, can the Ministry of Industry now hand over the matter of test burning glass to others? ”

Shang Cheng grinned. Chang Xiudu talked about this, it is estimated that the Ministry of Industry is neither willing nor afraid to hand over the glass to the glass, and the glass must be burned one by one, otherwise everyone is ready to get a bachelor in some palace and wait for retirement! As for why Zhang Pu and the Prime Minister's office are so concerned about the matter of glass, it is also easy to understand. Zhang Pu has made no achievements in the economy since he became prime minister, and last year's treasury revenue also showed negative growth, and he, the prime minister, bore the first responsibility! If he doesn't come out with something that can make people look at it, even if the officials don't impeach, he himself will have to be ashamed to resign. It was because of too much pressure that Zhang Pu brought Zhu Xuan to the front desk to conduct an inventory of acres. In fact, Zhang Pu must know very well in his heart that cleaning up the hidden households in the field is a way to dig up meat and mend sores, and it cannot fundamentally solve the problem of economic stagflation; But he can't take care of it now, and he will deal with the difficult situation in front of him first......

The Ministry of Industry could not hand over the matter of firing glass, and Shang Chengcheng could only find a way from other directions. He pondered and asked, "Have you talked about it with Li Dingyi and the people from the Taishi Bureau?" Seeing Chang Xiu nodding, he asked him, "What is their idea?" ”

Chang Xiu pouted and said, "What ideas can they have?" It is said that it will be delayed first, and it will be fine after a while. ”

"Can this be done?" Shang Cheng asked. The word "drag" is indeed a good way to take it when there is no way.

"Nope." After Chang Xiu finished speaking, he glanced at Yang Heng, and Yang Heng immediately interjected and said, "This matter must not be delayed!" Uncle Ying, you may not know that the current Taishi Bureau's sale of 20% of the shares is still only circulating in the capital, although there are also wealthy businessmen in the market who like this matter, but they dare not intervene rashly because of lack of financial resources. But there are differences outside the Beijing Division. There is no shortage of people in the east and west who are worth tens of millions, and there are even more people in the southeast maritime merchants who have accumulated hundreds of millions of dollars. After a short period of time, the spread of news will inevitably seduce the other generation, and the situation may be difficult to imagine at that time. ”

Shang Cheng could barely understand these half-written words. He lowered his head and thought for a moment, then said approvingly, "That's the truth. "If those rich people take away their shares by virtue of their wealth, the hundreds of officials and clans who have lost face will definitely not be able to give up, and I don't know how many things will happen at that time.

But if we can't delay until everyone doesn't pay attention to this matter, how can we solve it?