Chen Xin arrived in Tianjin for a few days, walking around leisurely every day, asking about the price of goods, or mainly silk, he never went to the clothing store, Lao Cai still heard Zhou Laifu talk, only to know that the boss came back, and rushed to visit, Chen Xin also asked him to ask the price, but did not arrange for him to buy goods, Lao Cai left in fear.

On the third day, Deng Keshan came, and the two sat down at the stone table, and he saw Chen Xin with a flattering smile, and took out a few pieces of paper, all of which were two-dimensional tables, two of which were full of the prices of more than 20 large silk shops, and who was the master behind them, and the other one was the information of the money bank.

Chen Xin took a rough look, there is a family surnamed Tusi surnamed Lijiang (there is), sure enough, it will make money from ancient times to the present, Chen Xin is very satisfied, and said to Deng Keshan: "Brother Deng is hard, first receive five taels of silver." ”

Deng Keshan happily took the silver handed by Zhang Dahui, and then stood there, waiting for Chen Xin to ask.

Chen Xin himself put a few pieces of paper on the stone table, the silk shop on one side, and the money village on the other, looking at it seriously on the table, motionless for a long time, as if it had also become a part of the stone table......

Among the actual owners of silk shops and money houses, there were many feudal lords, great eunuchs, imperial princes, and Beijing officials, and some important magistrates along the canal.

Chen Xin's face was calm, and Deng Keshan couldn't think of anything that could be seen by such a comparison. Even when Deng Keshan was about to be petrified, Chen Xin finally spoke.

"Brother Deng knows which bank has the most private money in this."

Deng Keshan pointed with his hand on the paper, "I know, I know, it's a few of the prefixes, all of them belong to several vassal kings in Henan, and most of their money goes to Henan, Shaanxi, Shanxi, and Dehong Qianzhuang, which was originally Wei Liangqing's shop, and Layue became the current person, and Wei Liangqing's silk shop is the same, and it was taken by this person in the blink of an eye." ”

"Tian Hongyu." Chen Xin gently read out the name on the paper, and Deng Keshan received: "Tian Guifei's father, this old dog just gained power in September last year, so he came to Tianjin to open a money bank. Now that he has taken over Wei Liangqing's shop, he has also started to make flying tickets and silver tickets, and I heard that he will also open a pawn. The shopkeepers were all relatives or children of his family. ”

Tian Hong met Chen Xin and knew that when he saw Chen Yuanyuan before, he had this person's name, he bought and sold people just to find Chen Yuanyuan, and he had to give it away after playing with it, and the old man gave a woman to his son-in-law, which was really rare, although the son-in-law was the emperor. Chen Xin has little interest in these legendary beauties, but he has never found a woman since he crossed over, which really makes him panic.

Chen Xin suppressed his thoughts, looked at the information of the silk shop, and there was indeed Tian Hongyu in it, it seems that he liquidated the eunuch party very thoroughly, since Tian Hongyu can still do those bad things in the last years of Chongzhen, it shows that Tian Guifei has always been a saint, it is a long-term road, and then look at it, King Fu and King Zhou in Henan are both open two kinds of shops, only Tianjin Wei is like this, not to mention how many are on both sides of the canal and their territory in Henan.

Chen Xin asked a few more about the situation of the vassal king's shop, although the Beijing officials also opened, but Chen Xin considered that the change of the Beijing officials during the Chongzhen period was too fast, and it would be bad if the sales were cut off at that time, and the vassal king and the imperial family were still reliable.

"That's all." Chen Xinsecretly set Tian Hongyu and two Henan vassal kings, Shandong King Lu, these are silk shops and money villages, through guò bulk procurement to establish a relationship, and then sell copper coins to them, Weihai to Tianjin is closer, the north of the fake money production is less, the bulk of fake money is from the south through the canal, the road is far away, all the way need to dot the banknote customs there are six, plus freight, the cost must be much higher than Weihai.

After making up his mind, let Deng Keshan leave, Chen Xin took a few soldiers to the clothing store, and arranged for Lao Cai to go to these stores for preliminary inquiry, as soon as he opened the door, a smiling face appeared in front of him.

"Mr. Song! You've come back from Beijing. ”

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As soon as Song Wenxian arrived, he didn't have time to drink the tea, so he pulled Chen Xin into the house to talk about things.

"A few things you asked Wang Yong to bring back last time, one by one, the most important thing at the moment is the silver of the two sea ships, Lord Zhong agreed, he has done it several times before, and he is used to it, it is estimated that he thinks he is not a eunuch, and it will be fine for a while, Lord Sun is a little hesitant, I heard the news in Jingshi, there are many people who look at the position of governor of Denglai, it is difficult to say how long he can sit, whether he can put the silver out, Xiao Jiahua is a matter of importance, I thought of this section some time ago, let her go back to me to live, A few days later, Lord Sun sent a maid, fortunately it was in my house, and I arranged for my wife and two other mothers-in-law to contain the maid, and it was covered up for a while. I don't know what the relationship between this maid and Sun Guozhen is, and I don't dare to buy her for the time being, so as not to arouse her suspicion. ”

Song Wenxian is not a good person, he is bent on taking out the silver of Sun Guozhen and Zhong Daotai, and taking advantage of the time difference in sea trade to eat it, just like Li Song, this time he knew in advance that they might step down, but he planned to swallow it together.

Chen Xin is not very worried about the level of Xiao Jiahua, if you want to talk about everyone's temperament, the Shen family's Pan Jinlian is the most suitable, but people don't sell it. A little worried: "The maid can still deal with it, if Sun Guozhen goes to see it in person, or if he wants to take Xiao Jiahua to his place, it will be difficult, but I hate that Xiao Jiahua doesn't listen to teaching." ”

Song Wenxian snorted and said, "Only when the time comes, I will almost beat her many times." ”

Chen Xin smiled dumbly, "Mr. Song just beats him, he will pay ten taels for the killing, five taels for the injury, and you can keep the person." ”

Song Wenxian knew that Chen Xin was joking, but he was really bored with Xiao Jiahua, his talent was very poor, and he was extremely unaware, and he was forced to teach her etiquette and rules, and he was so angry that he smoked every day, Song Wenxian had already made up his mind, as long as Sun Guozhen's silver was in his hands, he would definitely sell it into the hook bar with his own hands, and he would pick up customers at least fifty times a day.

He looked at Chen Xin obliquely and said: "I'm too lazy to beat her, I estimate that once Master Sun has the money, he will take this Xiao family flower to live with him, and watch it well, when the silver is gone, naturally Lord Sun will clean her up." ”

Chen Xin shrugged indifferently, but he didn't think that Sun Guozhen would dare to kill people indiscriminately after he fell.

Song Wenxian didn't want to say more about this person, so he changed the topic: "This time I went to Jingshi, but things didn't go so smoothly, Qian Yuanyu went there, and he also received the money, as long as you have any documents to report your merits in the future, the Ministry of War should not stop you." It's just that this Yang Weiyuan ......"

Chen Xin asked, "How is Yang Weiyuan?" Did you get promoted? ”

"It's the promotion of the Taifu Temple Shaoqing, still in charge of things, but the official career is worrying, this person is too strong, and he will attack everywhere when he gains momentum, in the middle of the first month, he fought a war of words with another surnamed Ni's imperial history, and was led out by the surname Ni to impeach Cui Chengxiu's chapter, which is full of good things about Wei Cheng, saying that Wei Wei does not love money, loves the people, and the surname Ni insists that Yang Weiyuan was originally on the same stage with Cui Chengxiu, and only when he saw that the situation was not good, he took a bite back, and as soon as this matter came out, now the official impeached Yang Weiyuan a lot, I am not optimistic about him."

Chen Xin was shocked, he actually didn't know what Yang Weiyuan impeached Cui Chengxiu all along, but now after listening to the content, he knew that this person was also a speculator, thinking about it, he stood up and asked, "Then did I hand in that letter." ”

Song Wenxian looked at his anxious appearance, and said with a calm smile: "Brother, I can be so stupid, since I know the news, how can I leave a handle, not only a letter, I didn't even send a prayer post, and the gift list was not signed,"

Chen Xin breathed a sigh of relief, and then sat down, Yang Weiyuan climbed too fast, Wei Zhongxian just wanted to use him as a benchmark when he fell, and now the general trend has been decided, his letter is the biggest loophole, plus he offends people everywhere, once he is knocked down, he may even be taken into account by the family property, in case he copies out the letter, he may be implicated.

The situation in the capital is unpredictable, his own sources of information are insufficient, he only knows some historical events, and these specific struggles are of no help to him, and it is better to mix less in the future, once he is involved in such a high-level struggle, his reputation is finished, and his life is difficult to protect.

After sitting down and taking a sip of tea, Chen Xin said slowly: "Mr. Song is wise, how do you go to meet him?" ”

"See, I didn't dare to send a post, report your name, smashed twenty taels of silver to the porter before smashing in, after seeing what I said orally about Zhongdaotai, he also took the silver, he hinted that he would find other good Yushi impeachment, I hope he will be impeached again in April, at that time we have the silver in hand, but he said that this time can not be determined, but also a worry, if he starts early, Zhongdaotai gets the news, the silver will not be in hand. If it was too late, the money earned was taken back by the Jongdodai. ”

Chen Xin had no choice but to comfort him: "That is the case, we don't have to be too demanding, even if Zhong Daotai does not fall, it is just a little less silver, but this Beijing officialdom is too dangerous, let's not mix too much in the future, it is reasonable for the military department to give some gifts, it is too strict to buy the imperial history, Yang Weiyuan's future is worrying, this line will be broken from now on, don't fall into the hands of others." Is that Wen Tiren here? ”

Song Wenxian also took a sip of tea, frowned, and said: "Why does Brother Chen always inquire about this person, Wen Tiren was promoted to the Shangshu of the Nanjing Ministry of Rites in October last year, and now he is already in Beijing, and he has just served as a lecturer, and he is often by the emperor's side, which is considered to have some prospects, but there are several lecturers who have been used this time, and it is also common to look at his past official career." Anyway, according to your meaning, I still sent four thousand taels of silver, such a large amount of silver, in order to avoid the suspicion of melon fields and plums, I took Qin Lufang with me, the worship post and the gift list are your name, he has seen it, and the gift list and silver ticket are also sent in front of him, this weight, it is nothing more than sending it to the ministers. ”

"It's sent out, okay, what do you think of Wen Tiren? Did he see you? ”

Song Wenxian glanced at Chen Xin with some dissatisfaction, "Can you see four thousand taels of silver?" The silver was smashed into it again, and the porter received fifty taels, this person is a little old, but I see that he has a calm expression, but there are some cities, you are famous, even he knows, but he seems to be a little strange, and it is also a little strange for a brother, and it is not a cabinet minister, why did a thousand households give him such a big gift. Since Brother Chen said that the officialdom of Jingshi was dangerous, why did he have a relationship with this Wen Tiren? Aren't you afraid that he will lose power and drag him down? After that, he looked at Chen Xin fixedly.

Chen Xin couldn't explain, and he couldn't say that he knew that Wen Tiren would be the first assistant for a long time, so he had to say perfunctorily: "I heard that this person has a good official reputation, even if he gambles on his prospects." If he wins, Jingshi will only leave this line in the future. ”

Song Wenxian couldn't understand the gamble of four thousand taels of silver, and the winning side seemed to be very small. It's just that Chen Xin tossed his own silver, and he couldn't care about it, so he handed over the account to Chen Xin and took out a booklet, "These places are given away, plus the six thousand taels of silver tickets you gave me during the New Year's greetings, but it's almost the same." The remaining few hundred taels were too lazy to bring and gave them to Qin Lufang. The books of accounts are here. ”

Chen Xin nodded, Song Wenxian now has a stake in him, and he shouldn't be so short-sighted to hack his silver. Then he told him about the copper coin, Song Wenxian was originally optimistic about this way and said that he wanted to participate in a share.

Song Wenxian was very optimistic about this year's money situation, and he couldn't wait, urging Chen Xindao: "Then why don't you hurry up and talk to a few money banks, invite all the shopkeepers out, and send some hearts." ”

Chen Xin said calmly: "Why do you want to invite them, let them invite us first, how to proceed with this matter, I will tell you more tomorrow." Today, I will arrange for Lao Cai to take the lead. ”

In the end, Song Wenxian took out a few books from his baggage, threw them on the table, and said: "I bought all these useless books you wanted, and I found the one by Zhao Shijiao, and Qin Lufang and I broke our legs." ”

Chen Xin didn't say anything, he hurriedly took it, picked up a copy of "Artifact Spectrum", and hurriedly looked at it before he smiled: "Hard work Mr. Song, but this is not a useless book, it is obviously a golden house, you see, it is full of pictures and texts, has a scientific attitude, and is well written, think about it, our musket is done well, how much more silver can be grabbed in the future." As he spoke, he turned the pages inside and faced Song Wenxian.

Song Wenxian didn't even look at it, threw the burden on the table next to him, stood up and shook his head and said: "If you like to see these golden houses, you will look at you, for my brother, I only love Yan Ruyu, drunk and lying on the flowers and listening to the warbler's cry." I didn't stay here at night, I went to have fun, and I was tired from this trip. ”

When Chen Xin heard this, he hurriedly put down the book, he was also panicking recently, he didn't have much silver before, but now he has subordinates to follow him on weekdays, and there are many things, so he has no chance to consume, so it is easy to capture a group of women, and he was also taken to the workshop by Liu Minyou to live in a collective dormitory, and there is no time to do it.

Song Wenxian had invited him a few times, but Chen Xin didn't go, so he always thought that Chen Xin didn't like those places, saw him stand up, shook his hand and said, "I know you don't want to go to that kind of place, and I won't invite you to join me." ”

Chen Xin was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly explained: "Mr. Song, in fact, I am ......"

"You don't need to give it to me, we don't need these false gifts between us." Song Wenxian said and walked towards the gate by himself.

Chen Xin eagerly followed behind, and said, "I'm planning to ......."

"Actually, I admire Brother Chen, those adults are serious one by one, secretly living in prostitution, how can Brother Chen's heart be the same, if you don't go, you won't go, okay, Brother Chen, if you want to send it, you can send it to the door."

Chen Xin stopped in a daze, his words were blocked, and he couldn't speak, that Song Wenxian was almost at the gate of the courtyard, Chen Xin was angry, and shouted at his back: "I won't send it at the door." ”