Chapter 076 [Evil Words to Confuse the People]
No matter how chaotic the world is, time is still passing day by day, it is already the middle of April in a blink of an eye, the news of the front line continues to come from the mouths of the refugees, there is nothing to say, some people say that King Ning attacked Anqing, just to take Anqing can go straight down the river to besiege Nanjing, some people say that King Ning is cowardly, the turtle retreats back to Wuchang and waits for death, and some people say that the king of Shu in Sichuan, the king of Datong raised troops at the same time, and there are many such as the protΓ©gΓ© of the Son of Heaven, the governor of Dadu Jiang Bin, Anbian Bo Xutai, Ordered by the Queen Mother to cut off Xiao Zhengde's head on the spot and other news that is not conducive to the imperial court is spreading everywhere, these news are getting more and more weird, and the bullet pressure can't be suppressed, Duan Fei noticed that something is wrong, but there are many people, and every day the old goes to the new, where can I find out,.
After a few days, Duan Fei still took the time to go to Yangzhou and visited Xie Zhijun Xie, Xie Zhijun also took time to meet him in his busy schedule, and told him that because of King Ning's rebellion, the normal government affairs were delayed, and Duan Fei's letter of appointment may have to wait, and said that Emperor Zhengde wanted to personally conquer the southern tour in the name of rebellion, and now he is still in a tug of war with the ministers of the Manchu Dynasty.
Duan Fei didn't get the letter, but he had a clear understanding of the battle situation: when King Ning was besieging Anqing, he suddenly heard that someone was going to attack his old nest Nanchang, so he quickly retreated back to Nanchang to defend it.
King Ning stayed in Nanchang for more than ten days, and finally knew that he was fooled, he was so angry that he almost vomited blood, and immediately ordered Wang Gongjiao of Yichun County and Wan Rui, an internal official, to guard Nanchang, and personally led Li Shishi, Liu Yangzheng, Min Twenty-four, Wu Shisan, etc., to besiege Anqing again, and they have been holding each other.
King Ning's clumsy performance made Duan Fei more sure that he was a waste of firewood, and he was not worried about changing the sky at all, he now had time and mood, and finally fulfilled his wish, and went along the Xiaoqinhuai River to find the 24th Bridge, and finally learned that the 24th Bridge did not really have 24 bridges, but specifically referred to the Red Medicine Bridge, and he already felt that the trip was worthwhile.
When Duan Fei was wandering on the street, he suddenly saw the Shanshui Pavilion Bun Shop, and couldn't help but sound the girl who passed by the previous two times, he went up to the second floor of the Shanshui Pavilion Bun Shop, and sat in the position where the girl sat by the window last time, and his heart couldn't help but fly to the unknown girl.
The guy brought up the meat buns that Duan Fei wanted, and also recalled Duan Fei's thoughts, the white porridge sent the meat buns, which tasted good, Duan Fei's index finger moved, and he couldn't help but ask for another cage.
When he was having a good meal, he suddenly heard a burst of talking in his ears, and he didn't think about it, but a few key words came into his ears, but he subconsciously pricked up his ears and listened carefully.
"Dude, you know what? The emperor is going to conquer in person, can a little emperor who only knows nonsense be able to beat the scheming imperial uncle? You know the Battle of Jingjing back then, right? King Ning's rebellion has just begun......"
Duan Fei slapped the table heavily, Huo Di stood up, turned around and pointed at the fat man behind him who was stunned by the sudden loud noise, and shouted: "In broad daylight, you dare to bewitch the people, it must be a spy sent by King Ning, come back to the yamen with me!" β
The fat man was so frightened that Duan Fei walked up and grabbed him by the collar, he didn't come out on business today, so he didn't bring chains and other things, the fat man hurriedly waved his hand and shouted: "My lord, my lord is wronged, I'm not a spy, I'm ...... I'm not a spy! β
"Not a spy? I could hear it clearly! Duan Fei sneered, dragged him away, Duan Fei had already suffered from rumors in Baoying, but the source could not be found, and now he finally caught a guy who spread rumors, where can he still listen to it, even if he is not a spy, he will first catch back to the yamen and beat the board first.
The fat man was dragged forward and staggered, but he turned around and shouted: "Boss Sun, you wait here, I'll go back to ......"
Duan Fei dragged the fat man downstairs, and when he was checking out at the counter, the bookkeeper glanced at the fat man beside Duan Fei in surprise and said, "Huang Fatty, what did you do?" β
Before the fat man could answer, Duan Fei had already asked in a cold voice, "Do you recognize him?" β
The bookkeeper nodded, and said cautiously: "Yes, sir, everyone who does business around here knows him, known as Fat Man Huang, and some people also call him a liar Huang or a weasel, a little gangster who specializes in lying and setting up a bureau to defraud people of money." β
The fat man Huang shouted: "Shopkeeper Yang, I haven't deceived you, the conscience of heaven and earth, I just saw that the momentum was low and I bought high and sold some silver flowers, who did I deceive?" Can I be blamed for their own greed and neglect of the big and only looking at the present? β
Duan Fei's hand loosened, he glanced at Fat Man Huang suspiciously, and said, "Then why did you spread rumors just now?" β
The fat man Huang smiled bitterly: "I heard these rumors from others, my lord, what I said is also the truth, I just want to make the situation more serious, so that the old boy can sell his things to me at a low price, my lord, I am telling the truth, you can spare me." β
"Really?" Duan Fei was still skeptical, in order to gain his trust, Huang Fatzi said mysteriously: "My lord, let me tell you a secret, now the price of jewelry has fallen by nearly half compared with last month, if the war continues, the price of jewelry will fall even more, if you have some spare money in your hand, you might as well buy jewelry or calligraphy and painting and other collectibles to stock up, after the war subsides, you can earn back twice the money, my lord, I will tell you all the secrets of making a fortune, you can do well, just spare me this time." β
A small piece of silver was stuffed into Duan Fei's hand, Duan Fei checked it, and sneered: "Who will believe you without empty words?" Come with me! β
As soon as Duan Fei let go, the fat man knelt in front of him and hugged his legs and cried: "My lord, I still have an eighty-year-old mother at home......
Duan Fei said for him: "There's still a baby waiting to be fed, right?" Don't howl, you don't have a single tear, your acting skills are too fake, get up, I'm too lazy to catch you, what you just said is the truth? Is it true that the price of jewelry has fallen by almost half now? β
Seeing that things had taken a turn for the better, the fat man stopped crying for a while, and replied after standing up: "Official, I didn't lie to you, really, the price of jewelry on the market has indeed fallen by fifty percent compared with last month, and I want to make more money, so I ......"
Duan Fei sneered and said, "As long as your little capital can be used as a fart, do you know how to appreciate jewelry?" β
The fat man perked up and said, "Of course the villain can't be compared with the bad man, if I don't know jewelry, how dare I eat this line of food?" I used to be an appraiser at an auction house, but then I was kicked out because I did some personal work, do you always want to buy some jewelry? I only need 30% profit, which is much cheaper than others. β
"What do you mean by Sanchengli?" Duan Fei asked.
Huang Fatzi explained: "If the other party offers ten taels of silver, I will pay you six taels for the old, which is equivalent to me earning four taels of silver for your old age, and I will take three percent, which is one or two dollars, do you understand?" β
Duan Fei shook his head and said: "It's too troublesome to calculate this, you go to Baodaxiang with me for a walk, you try your best to buy some jewelry for me, and I'll give you a thousand taels when you turn around, why don't you do it?" β
"I'll do it, I'll do it!" The fat man Huang exclaimed with joy, and after thinking about it, he said suspiciously: "Official, you're not entertaining me, are you?" One thousand taels is not a small amount, you have to give me a deposit of five hundred taels first. β
"Don't talk nonsense, I'm still eating buns in Shanshui Pavilion at noon tomorrow, if you want to make a fortune, come and see me, otherwise pull it down." After Duan Fei finished speaking, he walked away.