Chapter Ninety-Five: Borrowing
As the saying goes, in three years, the Qing prefect has 100,000 snowflakes of silver, except for the strange thing like Hai Rui of the Ming Dynasty and Yu Chenglong of the Qing Dynasty who can't wait to be starved to death directly every day, even if the officials are honest, they are not too poor. Old man Plov has been the prime minister for so many years, although he is not a rich country, but tens of thousands of gold coins are still commonplace, and he can still take it if he wants to, he was ready, ready to close his eyes and stick out his head to let Kaladze slaughter him, but he didn't expect that what came out of Kaladze's mouth was the ultra-low price of a box of silver coins (it was indeed an ultra-low price for him), it stands to reason that the buyer and the seller bargained, and the lower the price for the buyer, the happier he was, But when the old man heard this price, he was extremely unsure, thinking that this second prince wouldn't be deliberately playing tricks on me, right? What is the difference between such a low price and giving it away for free? Alas, this kid may be holding back something bad!
However, this is not the end, according to Karaze, because this kind of red wine-flavored cigarettes have something added to them, so a box of silver coins is expensive, in addition to the lower price of ordinary flavor cigarettes, two boxes of silver coins, this kind of low-cost goods The Prime Minister can also buy a little, and it is also very good to give a reward to the servants at home or a welfare on New Year's holidays.
Old man Plov's heart is getting more and more frightened, he has been the prime minister for so many years, the situation is changing, he has long not believed in any pie in the sky, he tentatively said Then I will buy 10 gold coins first, and have a little of everything, what does His Royal Highness think? Kaladze smiled and said that you are free to do this, it doesn't matter to me to buy more or less, I'm just an errand runner. Old Man Plov listened carefully, thinking that as the so-called "nothing is to go to the Three Treasures Palace", a few small things as big as gold coins can make the second highness come down and run in person? Looking at it, after these high-sounding words are finished, this second highness must have a following, maybe he will beg himself to help him do something, maybe he can't say, in case there is something illegal and undisciplined, do I agree or not? …… As a result, he thought too much, and after Karadze said these words, he got up and took his leave, and did not say a word of nonsense, but just let Plov recuperate in peace, and when he had a few days to spare, he would bring over the cigarettes he bought.
Finished!
That's it!
It seems to be a very simple and simple visit, Kaladze neither privately raised the price of cigarettes to make a profit, nor did he use gifts as a guise to pull any relationship for himself, and he didn't even reveal that these cigarettes were made by Duang, Kaladze was the second prince of the empire, so hard-working to do sales, never benefiting himself and others, it was simply the red scarf of the Bauhinia Empire. He came out of the old prime minister's house, and went to the homes of more than a dozen ministers in succession, continued to sell, personally demonstrated, and after a busy day, he made a full business of one hundred and thirty gold coins.
One hundred and thirty gold coins!
It does seem like a lot, enough for the living expenses of an ordinary poor person in the slums of the Northwest District for a lifetime, but what is the identity of this salesman? The family is the second prince, the sky is noble, and the golden branches and jade leaves are ...... He's worth a hundred and thirty gold coins for a day's work? Are you kidding?
Old man Plov was stunned and couldn't figure it out. The other officials who were visited by Karadze didn't figure it out.
However, Karadze didn't care at all, as long as he could sell more or less, he was very happy, and even when he returned to the palace that night, he went to give it to his father Charles XVI and the eldest prince Powell, telling them that this is a good thing, you should try it too......
It stands to reason that there are hundreds of officials in Yanjing, and there are so many imperial relatives, and Karadze has been busy for a day, and he has run to more than a dozen of them, and the completion rate of the task is less than one percent. However, the next day Karadze died down, and no one went, but got into the carriage at dawn and went directly to the palace of Count McNus to find Duon.
Report on the results? Want goods? Or tell Duang that I'm not going to play anymore?
Neither.
Duon was running away in the trial illusion at the time, and when he heard that the second highness had come down, he immediately took off his helmet and went to greet him, but the first thing Karazek said after meeting was: "You lend me personally!" ”
Borrowing?
Who to borrow?
This was so mysterious that Du Ang was startled, and he didn't know what was going on. He let Karadze into his room, closed the door, and the two began to negotiate in secret. Karadze told Du Ang about the battle situation the day before, saying that the current business situation is good, I went to visit, most of them are old officials who served in the personnel department back then, they have a lot of protégés and old officials, and the personnel move around frequently enough, it is estimated that it will not be long before the news of being able to buy cigarettes from my hands will spread among them, hehe, I am the second prince Alas, who dares not to give face to the things I sell? More or less you'll have to come to me and buy some. And in addition to these people, I also found a few royal relatives who usually love to show off, not to mention that I went to send them some cigarettes, even if I gave them a bubble of, they must be eager to shout all over the world, heh, with people on both sides of them, it is difficult to think about cigarettes.
Du Ang slapped his thigh, dare to love you, this sales is on the upper route? Why didn't I think of that in the first place? But...... Second Highness, I remember that there was a decree that the children of the royal family were not allowed to follow ......
Before Duang finished speaking, he slapped Karazek on the shoulder: "You can pull it down, the rule is that the dead are alive, and you don't know what kind of person I am?" My emperor's father is too lazy to care about me, hmph, let's take today, I came to your house to find you, and I came to plot a rebellion with you......
Before he finished his words, Du Ang blocked his mouth with a fur and discoloration on his face: "I beg you, don't talk nonsense, it doesn't matter if you are the prince, but what can I do?" This is a head-killing thing...... Please, please spare me, I'm only 14 years old, and I haven't lived long enough......"
As he spoke, Duang went over and opened the door, looked very cautiously to both sides, and saw that no one was eavesdropping, so he was completely relieved.
Damn, this ancestor is too biao, why doesn't he have a door on his lips, can he talk nonsense? Plotting a rebellion...... If this TMD reaches the ears of the emperor, whether it is true or not, his head is enough to be saved, what about the earl's son? What's so special? Isn't the earl also the emperor?
Du Ang's heart was beating vigorously, and then he looked at Karaze's eyes and it was not so right, it was not very friendly, your sister, no wonder you have a bad reputation, and you are no better than if you shoot at you......
Karadzek looked indifferent, shrugged his shoulders, and said to Duon: "I guess there will be people coming to me in the next few days to worship the mountain, and then buy some cigarettes...... Well, you know, I'm also a layman about this cigarette thing, and if they ask in detail, I can't say it clearly, so I'm thinking about borrowing someone from you who understands, and when someone asks, I'm responsible for introducing it, that ...... Well, how about you lend me that pretty sorceress? ”
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