Unlike the Jingdong Hall, which specializes in receiving those officials in the capital who have the word Qincha hanging on them, with a bit of the rich and noble atmosphere of the capital, quiet and elegant, Zhang Chen, who is alias Wang Shen, and the golden and jade small building where he settled, is full of absolute nouveau riche meaning.

As the most luxurious hostel in the entire Shunde Prefecture, the cost of staying here for one night has always been expensive, enough for a medium-sized family to spend a month. However, Xingtai is not on the side of the canal, or a port near the sea, there are not many wealthy merchants who come and go from the south of the Yangtze River here, and most of the rooms are usually empty.

However, Zhang Dagongzi is also the leading figure among the gentlemen in the capital, and he has seen the twelve rains of Yu Xiaozhu I don't know how many times, and now he has already thrown the initial thoughts of the encounter to the clouds, drinking and having fun is purely appreciating the music and singing and dancing, none of the singers and dancers who threw themselves into their arms could succeed, and they had already gradually become honest.

At this moment, thinking that after the money was sent to Zhang Wu and Zhang Lu, the two must be overjoyed, Zhang Chen couldn't help squinting his eyes and taking another drink, and then he happily tapped the table with his fingers and the beat. At this moment, he noticed that someone was suddenly approaching behind him, and his body had just tensed when he heard a voice.

"Childe, the people have come."

Zhang Chen realized that now is not the weakness he was when he first came out, no matter what his father was thinking, the people he gave him were indeed useful. However, no matter how satisfied he was, he looked arrogant and reserved at this time, and raised his hand slightly to make a gesture, as if he was once again immersed in singing, dancing and music.

After a while, a voice came from outside that was obviously a little flattering: "Wang Gongzi, Zheng Yuanwai and a few of them ask to see." ”

"Didn't you just see them last night? What are you doing here? Zhang Chen raised his eyebrows impatiently, and then said angrily, "It's not a beautiful woman with a beautiful country, she always dangles in front of her, and she dares to remind me that I owe them money, right?" Let them in, and everyone else will go down! ”

Zheng Yuanwai and the others who were waiting outside the door heard these arrogant words, but their faces did not move. I have dealt with Wang Shen, who is said to be the confidant of the second prince, several times, and most of them understand this person's personality - arrogant and perverse, bold...... Otherwise, how dare ordinary people casually beat the people of the eldest prince? But because of this, they decided to use this person to stand up to the chincha.

After all, among the four sons and daughters over there, two are future concubines and honor guests, and the other two are also the children of official eunuchs - one of them is also related to Zheng Yuanwai himself, and no one wants to offend the four of them - although they have gone quite too far.

At this moment, seeing that the music class and a group of singing and dancing girls had withdrawn, Zheng Yuanwai entered the house as soon as possible.

His elder brother not only won the Jinshi a long time ago, but also the protégé of the first assistant Jiang Ge Lao, and now he is a bachelor in Hanlin, so he is also the number one person in Xingtai. Therefore, after greeting "Wang Shen" with a smile, he glanced at the two guards behind him quietly.

The second prince's henchman went to Beijing once, and when he came back, there were several more people around him, and at first glance, they were all masters of spirit. With such a majestic and mighty appearance, he naturally would no longer doubt the identity of the other party. At this moment, he concisely explained what had just happened to Zhang Wu and Zhang Lu's Jingdong Hall, and then lowered his voice.

"Prince Wang, so far, that side has received the full help of the eldest prince of Qin in the capital, how should this be good?"

"How is it good? Hehe, they are rich, they can buy houses, buy land and hire people, but what about cotton? Zhang Chen smiled, patted the handrail and said, "If I remember correctly, except for the one you kept for yourself, the cotton in the entire Shunde Mansion seems to have been collected by me, isn't it?" ”

Hearing that "Wang Shen" was going to carry Zhang Wu and Zhang Lu to the end, Zheng Yuanwai and the others exchanged glances with each other, and they were all a little overjoyed. At that moment, Zheng Yuanwai said with a smile on his face: "With the words of Wang Gongzi, we are relieved." As long as you don't sell cotton to them......"

"Why don't I sell it?" Zhang Chen glanced at Zheng Yuanwai with a disdainful expression of "Are you an idiot?"

"As long as they're willing to pay a lot of money, I'm willing to sell. Hoarding, the highest price gets, you still don't understand this kind of truth? The Qin Mansion is very rich, but I don't believe that the money of the Qin Mansion will be spoiled infinitely! You should have inquired, right? This time, the eldest son of the Duke of Qin's mansion who seemed to be wronged, how much money did he send them? ”

He scolded himself for being wronged, Zhang Chen was still a big girl on the sedan chair once, but after scolding, it was weird and felt quite cool - this trick of smashing people with money, although he used to do it often in the capital, but he never did the right thing, but now when he puts it on the right thing, it has a feeling that every pore of people's internal organs is comfortable.

And his joy quickly disappeared with a sentence, because Master Zhao, who was the head of Zheng Yuanwai, immediately said with a smile on his face: "That is, even if the son of Qin Guogong is rich, can he still move the entire mansion to support others?" That is, 8,000 yuan was exchanged from Fulong Bank. Besides, even if it is the Duke of Qin, it is not as noble as the second prince Tianhuang......"

Fart! Fuck your shit! I dare to compare the second prince's cowardice with my father!

Zhang Chen had already nailed Master Zhao a damn label in his heart, and then said casually: "That is, the strong dragon does not suppress the head snake, it is richer than the rich...... Hehe, who's afraid of whom? Let out the wind, my cotton will rise four times first, see if those two boys can afford it! ”

Zheng Yuanwai was suddenly in good spirits, and the rest of the people were also overjoyed, and they all paid a compliment. Soon after they returned, they soon learned the news of the next step - Zhang Wu and Zhang Lu actually accepted the four-fold high price, bought a lot of cotton, and gathered a lot of scattered households and unemployed spinning workers who owned their own spinning machines.

As soon as a group of people summed up, they decided not to move, still saying that they had moved the weaving mills that collected cotton yarn and weaving, and did not accept cotton yarn as usual, but they found a few people to pretend to be down-and-out spinning workers, and sent a large amount of cotton yarn to Zhang Wu, Zhang Lu and others to sell, intending to further consume the funds in their hands. Seven or eight days passed, but everyone was stunned to learn that the Qin State Mansion had sent someone to Fulong Money Village to redeem money.

This time...... It's 5,000 again!

Up to now, even if Zheng Yuanwai's family is rich, the rest of the families are all rich, but no one wants to die with the rich and powerful Qin State Mansion. However, seeing that "Wang Shen" had actually raised the price of cotton to six times the original price, Zhang Wu and Zhang Lu relied on the financial resources of the Qin State Mansion and still collected all the orders, and they suddenly couldn't bear it.

With the temptation of such a foolish person to make money, who can resist it? Spinning? What's that, what's more profitable than not hiring a single person and selling cotton directly! knew that this was the case, even if "Wang Shen" was playing the signboard of the second prince, they would definitely not lend money to collect cotton for Zhang Wu and Zhang Lu because they were happy to see people secretly stumbling on Zhang Wu and Zhang Lu.

This is simply for "Wang Shen"...... No, send money to the second prince!

For a time, Zheng Yuanwai quietly sent people to neighboring places, especially to Cangzhou, to buy cotton in large quantities - including those that are still in the field and have not yet been harvested, and all of them have paid a deposit in one go. He thought he was doing it secretly, but he didn't expect that after Master Zhao heard the truth, he actually sent someone directly to Cangzhou, and insisted that he was a family member and bought a hundred acres of cotton fields.

These two people thought they were seamless, but there was no impermeable wall in the world, and the rumors of the wind were passed out in a moment, and everyone who had visited "Wang Shen" with them before hated these two guys who ate alone, and hurriedly joined the ranks of Tun Mian. As for the smarter ones, just like Master Zhao, thinking that the Qin State Mansion could get involved in the textile industry, he thought hard about hoarding land.

Especially when seeing that "Wang Shen" directly sat on the ground and raised the price, it actually increased the cotton to ten times, Zhang Wu and Zhang Lu actually carried it and continued to buy, and the Qin State Mansion actually sent a large amount of money, Zheng Yuanwai led these local leaders in Xingtai, their hands were more than doubled, and their hands were extended to Cangzhou even longer.

Therefore, on this day, when the eldest prince proudly went to an official eunuch to invite him, he got a news that he was completely surprised.

"All the cotton on the market is gone? Jokes, how is this possible! ”

"It's really gone." The person who replied was full of anxiety, and simply said honestly, "It's all because of the moths on the Xingtai side." I heard that in order to support Zhang Wu and Zhang Lu, Zhang Chen didn't know whether he got a large amount of money from Qin Guogong or Qin Guo's wife, so he gave it to Zhang Wu and Zhang Lu, but the two idiots and the local clan were angry and opened their own workshop. ”

The eldest prince simply wondered if there was something wrong with his ears. He asked incredulously, "Start your own workshop?" Did the two of them think that Princess Shang would marry the county lord soon, so they were dizzy? Is this workshop so easy to open? You need a place, you have to hire a spinner, you have to have raw materials, and the final spinning cotton yarn has to be harvested by a weaving mill! ”

In contrast, he used both soft and hard, using the identity of the prince to seduce those big households to join forces to squeeze out those small workshops and scattered spinders, and at the same time settle those weaving mills, and then take dry shares and sit on the ground to extract profits, which is much safer than Zhang Chen's stupid approach.

Did that kid bring his arrogant attitude in the capital to Xingtai? People can't help Zhang Wu and Zhang Lu, so they just throw money to help? Is this simply a lot of money burning hands or what?

The more the eldest prince thought about it, the more angry he felt: "Why doesn't Zhang Chuan, the Duke of Qin, care about his son!" I've already broken my leg and are lying on the bed, why can't I settle down a little! He wants to accompany Zhang Wu and Zhang Lu to go crazy, it's okay, but don't get in my way! ”

Why doesn't he have a friend like Zhang Chen, who is stupid and has a lot of money?

After losing his temper, the eldest prince angrily ordered: "Since Zhang Chen's guy wants to fight with people for financial resources, you go and talk to those families, buy more cotton from Jiangnan, and sell it to the two wronged bosses in Xingtai......"

Speaking of this, he couldn't help but think of the prototype and drawings of the new textile machine he had bought from Lu Sanlang before, and the price he paid for the 500 acres of Cangzhou cotton fields, and he was heartbroken again for a while. If the 500 acres of cotton field are still in his hands, then, as long as Zhang Chen is still such a loser, he will be able to empty out a lot of the family of the Qin State Mansion when the new cotton is on the market, just to take revenge!

"Now that the cotton is gone, the workshops are going to stop working. Now they can work for a month for three or five months, and they won't lose anyway! What is lost now can be squeezed out of the Zhang family of Qin Guogong in the blink of an eye! ”

The eldest prince took a deep breath, seeing that the relatives agreed to retreat, he thought of the second prince's henchman Wang Shen who had beaten the people he had sent to Xingtai before, and he only felt as disgusting as swallowing a fly.

Although the second prince was beaten by the board, it is said that he can't get out of bed now, but this guy's person can still swagger out of Beijing and continue to fight against him, and his father doesn't even pay attention to it! And the queen mother is now confined in Kunning Palace, and the mother of a country is not as good as those concubines. And he, the eldest son of a dignified royal concubine, is trapped in such a small place as Cangzhou!

What kind of mess is Xingtai making, how is Cangzhou involved, and how is the eldest prince so troubled, it all has nothing to do with Zhu Er. He quietly set off from Haidian Zhaoyuan with a few guards, and he longed to go out day and night all the way - but he was afraid of being regarded as a small night, so he finally had to make a little disguise, and when he arrived in Cangzhou, it was just when the Xingtai people bought out Cangzhou cotton.

He didn't pay attention to the competition between the two sides of the house, and when he arrived in Cangzhou, he didn't even bother to look for the inn and planned to go to the maritime shop, but he was persuaded by several guards. Although several people don't know what the eldest lady and the second young master are doing to hide from the rest of the family, they are more in the market.

"Second son, you ran over in the dust, and others immediately knew that you made a special trip to find him. When the time comes, if you don't say a foolish nonsense, they will naturally sit on the ground and raise the price of what you like. It's better to find an inn to live in first, and then change a set of outfits, leisurely and leisurely, so that people think we are passers-by who are wandering along the way, that is the best. ”

So, Zhu Er had no choice but to pick a so-called century-old shop first, and after bathing, he changed into a set of inconspicuous outfits, and then hurried out with a few guards. However, when he found the place according to the simple map that Ah Liu had drawn for him, he saw that the small shop on the maritime street had its door panel down and was closed.

At this moment, Zhu Ergongzi was simply shocked and angry, the huge disappointment and anger that rushed to the air were mixed together, so that his whole face twitched a little.

Fortunately, the guards around him were unusually well-behaved, and immediately sent one to the surrounding area to inquire about the news, and after a while, the person turned back with a smile on his face: "Second son, the shopkeeper here specializes in selling seafood." Obviously, Tianjin in the north, Denglai and Jiaozhou in the south are better ports, but this guy likes to nest in Cangzhou and sell his strange things slowly. ”

"People didn't open the door today, they went to find someone to play chess. The old man fished for three days and dried his nets for two days, and he was never active in business, so all the neighboring shops around him called him salted fish behind his back. ”