Chapter 21

A piano costs three thousand Liang. Yan Lin didn't blink when he paid for it.

The family background of marquis Yongyi can be seen.

In the past, she was ignorant. Yan Lin naturally treated her well, and she naturally enjoyed Yan Lin's kindness to herself. But after she was reborn, she knew that she could not afford the sincere love of youth, and she should not take it for granted.

She shouldn't take this piano.

However, when tang'er was asked to pay the bill instead of refusing, Jiang Xuening hesitated for a moment. She turned her mind and accepted the piano in silence.

Then LV Xian took the money and lit the banknotes one by one. His whole face was full of smiles. He only said to Yan Lin, "I know that the Marquis is the most generous. With so many customers in the capital, what I like to see most is you! If you like it, you'll want two more. If you don't have enough piano, you'll have to learn how to make it in the future. Come to me and take care of what you want. Don't tell the young marquis to go for nothing. "

Yan Lin rolled his eyes.

Jiang Xuening was stunned and could hardly believe her ears -

LV Zhaoyin!

Isn't that Lu Xian, one of Xie Wei's most effective party members when he launched the coup?

Yan Lin is in charge of the army and LV Xian is in charge of the money.

Later, Yan Lin was the commander in charge of the Imperial Army, while LV Xian was promoted by Xie Wei when she was imprisoned in the palace. She became the first person to become a Jinshi, a businessman and an official, and became the new secretary of the Ministry of household

In order to protect his life, you Fangyin donated 80% of his wealth to the imperial court to fill the national treasury, which was managed by this man!

Yan Lin didn't introduce the identity of the owner when he went to the youhuang hall first. It was only then that LV Xian accidentally revealed his name and surname. Jiang Xuening was surprised and caught a glimpse of what Yan Lin couldn't see.

At this time, when I look at LV Xian, I feel totally different.

Just now, I only thought that this man's words were bold and unrestrained, and his business was very interesting. Now I look at it again, but I think that this kind of bold and unrestrained is not necessarily without a bit of arrogance, and everyone is drunk. I wake up alone.

LV Xian finished ordering the bank note, nodded his head with satisfaction, and drove lightly to put the bank note in his arms: "the number is right."

Yan Lin then said, "let's go."

Three thousand taels of business is not always possible. Lu Xian gave an incisive interpretation of the shrewdness of a philistine businessman. With a smile on his face, he personally sent them to the door.

Jiang Xuening follows Yan Lin and goes downstairs with Qin.

I didn't want to step up downstairs and meet them.

It's Xie Wei's sword book.

Her eyelids jumped.

The sword book often follows Xie Wei and learns a good sword skill. Yan Lin has seen him and knows him. When he sees him, he says, "Mr. Xie is running errands with you again."

Jianshu saluted him and said with a smile, "exactly."

After that, he turned his eyes and saw Jiang Xuening, who was going to continue to go up. He stopped and saluted her: "how are you, Miss Ning er?"

Jiang Xuening was slightly stunned and nodded back.

Yan Lin is to listen to this words but suddenly a pick eyebrow, feel a kind of subtle, with a slightly strange look at the sword book one eye: "rather two girl" is what to call?

But the sword book didn't seem to be right. After the ceremony, he went upstairs in a hurry.

In the youhuang hall, LV Xiangang is going to close the door and pour himself a glass of wine. He celebrates that he has sold such an expensive piano. But as soon as he puts his hands on the door, he sees the sword book coming.

As soon as he pulled out the corner of his eye, he speeded up to close the door.

Unexpectedly, the sword book was so quick that he directly stepped forward and stuck his palm in the crack of the door. He said to LV Xian with a smile: "it's still bright. How can Mr. LV close the door in such a hurry?"

Lu Xian scolded in his heart that "the martial arts practitioners are really rough and thick, so why didn't they kill you?" but he was surprised, as if he had just seen the sword book. He was very happy: "ah, sword book! Didn't I see you? What's the matter? Your master broke a piano. Are you angry at home? "

Sword book not from the face black: "don't bother Mr. Lu."

The schadenfreude in Lu Xian's eyebrows came up again and said, "what do you want to buy?"

Sword book way: "don't buy things, have something to do."

As soon as he heard this, Lu Xian's face changed. He immediately pushed his hand out of the door and said, "I don't have any money. You go quickly."

The sword book doesn't move: "isn't the young Marquis of Yan just left?"

LV Xian lied without blinking an eye: "that piano is not worth money."

Jianshu sneered coldly, but he put his hand away and said, "I'll go back and tell my husband that there was a five thousand Liang account in your account three months ago."

"Hey, money, money!" Without saying a word, LV Xian quickly grabbed him and dragged him into the room, "really, you say you are young. What's the meaning of learning from Xie Juan? Even if it's like Dao Qin. It's not a good habit to threaten with accounts. Come on, what's the matter? "Jianshu was obviously used to LV Xian's virtue. He knew that things were urgent and didn't delay. He said simply: "the boat capsized on the Caohe River."

Lu Xian suddenly shocked: "what ship?"

The sword says: "Silk boat."

Lu Xian's eyes were shining: "when?"

Jian Shu said, "three days ago. The news is urgent. Few people in Beijing know about it. "

Lu Xian immediately grinned: "good!"

Jian Shu said: "Sir, some time ago, silk merchants in Beijing and China United to keep the price of silk very low. Now that the silk boats carrying silk to Beijing on Caohe River have capsized, the price of raw silk in Beijing will rise. If you can buy raw silk at a low price before the news spreads, you can make a lot of money when the news spreads and the price of silk rises. It's just that a few days ago, many businessmen were unable to hold down the price. Most of them had sold out their raw silk. They were afraid that there was not much left in the market. "

After pondering for a while, LV Xian put the names of all the merchants in Beijing in his mind. He opened his lips and laughed. His eyes were shining. He only said, "yes, there is another one!"

*

when Xu Wenyi saw you Fangyin come in, she was startled by her haggard face: "how many days have you not slept well? Come and get someone to bring you a cup of hot tea. "

You Fangyin rubbed her eyes and sat down.

The following man immediately brought up the tea, and inevitably looked at her with some worried eyes.

This is a guest room in the guild hall of Jiangsu and Zhejiang. It was set up here by businessmen of Jiangsu and Zhejiang business groups. It specially accommodates businessmen from Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces who come to Beijing to stay and talk business.

Xu Wenyi was a silk merchant in Nanxun, Suzhou.

Two months ago, he went to Beijing, only because the big silk merchants in Jiangsu and Zhejiang areas united to lower the price of raw silk, which made the farmers dissatisfied. These small and medium-sized silk merchants could not survive, so they had to go north. Who would have thought that big businessmen in Beijing and big businessmen in Jiangsu and Zhejiang were also in collusion. In addition, there were too many small and medium-sized businessmen in Beijing, and the price of silk fell instead of rising, which was only half of last year's market price!

Let alone making money, even the cost price paid to the silkworm farmers is not enough!

Xu Wenyi is 36 years old this year. Even if he doesn't have a beard, he can see some traces of wind and frost on his face, and there are fine wrinkles around his eyes. Not to mention that the price of silk has not gone up for days. He stayed in the capital and fell asleep today, but he didn't know whether the sun would rise tomorrow. He really felt that he was suffering on the oil pan every day, and even his eyes were filled with depression and anxiety.

His life and fortune are in this business.

Last year, he lost a lot of money in selling salt. This year, when he bought silk from a silkworm farmer, he couldn't afford it. Fortunately, he was a local merchant in Nanxun and had been in contact with a local silkworm farmer for several years. Everyone knew that the market was not good this year, but he was willing to trust him. He only took 10% of his deposit and gave all the raw silk of this year to him. He asked him to go to Beijing to buy a good price and then go back to pay it The balance.

In business, who doesn't hand over the money and hand over the goods?

But the silkworm farmers in their hometown are willing to give the goods first and then collect the money.

Xu Wenyi is a conscientious businessman, and he doesn't want to live up to the trust of the villagers behind him. But God knows how desperate he was when he came to Beijing and asked about the market price of raw silk!

Until 11 days ago, he stayed in the capital, and could hardly afford to live in the guild hall. Finally, he felt that he could not bear it. He just wanted to sell the half boat of raw silk in his hand, and the price was low. He could take back as much as he could and take it back to his hometown first.

As for the part that is not enough, we can only owe it first and find a way to supplement it slowly.

But at this time, in such a desperate situation, you Fangyin appeared, and then gave him a new hope.

When the girl came that day, she was still wearing filial piety and her eyes were red. Xu Wenyi was startled and thought that something had happened to her.

Unexpectedly, she took out 400 liang from her purse and told him to buy silk.

Xu Wenyi has lived for half of his life. He has never seen such a customer before. For a moment, he was stunned and couldn't react for a long time. He was really puzzled to see that the girl was not rich or the daughter of the merchant's family.

At that time, he wanted to sell raw silk too much and didn't ask much, so he sold some to her at the market price at that time.

But you Fangyin is only four hundred taels of silver, which is just a drop in the ocean for his boat of raw silk.

After the money was paid, Xu Wenyi couldn't resist her curiosity and asked her, "now the price of raw silk in the market is so low, I can't tell if it will continue to fall. You are a girl, and you can't even understand the account book. The 400 Liang silver raw silk is not a small number. What do you do after you buy it?"

You Fangyin even replied: "wait for half a month, and then sell it."

At that time, Xu Wenyi was shocked and thundered in his head. Seeing that she was about to leave after answering, she lost her attitude and ran after her. Even her voice was trembling: "how dare you make such an assertion, girl?"

The girl of the you family was stunned, as if she was frightened by his ferocious face.

After a long time, he said straight, "the man who gave me the money said it."

Xu Wenyi was even more shocked: "does the girl have an owner?"At that time, you Fangyin looked at him and seemed to think for a while. He felt that the word was appropriate, so he nodded: "yes. She told me to take the money and buy raw silk today, and sell it half a month later. I can earn three times as much. "

Xu Wenyi immediately took a cold breath.

Isn't that twice as high as last year's market price and four times as high as today's market price?

How dare you Fangyin's owner say such a thing?

Xu Wenyi, who has been in business for many years, realized that he might have a chance once in a blue moon -

he came to do business to buy low and sell high, but what he ate was price difference.

And prices change with the market, so it's very important to be well-informed in business.

There are people who can grasp the news that others don't know. They are often able to fish in the water and catch the good opportunities that the people who are not familiar with the news can't get for a lifetime.

You Fangyin, or the "master" behind you Fangyin, is mostly the one who holds the news!

Although I don't know why I got the news, I only took out 400 taels of silver to make a voice, but now that I have this opportunity, Xu Wenyi can't persuade himself to give up anyway.

He wants to take risks.

If the price of silk really goes up half a month later, it will be a chance for him to survive. If the price of silk goes down instead of going up half a month later, where can it go and where can his situation be worse than it is now?

So just gamble.

Xu Wenyi used the four hundred taels of silver you Fangyin paid to manage the ferry boats. He also spent half a month's house money in the guild hall. He simply gave up the idea of selling raw silk at a low price. He also asked people to buy a set of top-quality four treasures of the study. With an abacus and several books of account he used before, he gave them to you Fangyin and waited with her for the day when the price of raw silk rose.

During this period of time, Xu Wenyi has been insinuating, trying to find out the identity of the owner behind her.

But you Fangyin's mouth was so tight that he didn't mention it.

If you ask why the price is going up, you Fangyin only says, "I don't know. The owner hasn't mentioned it."

At the moment, Xu Wenyi sat opposite her, looking at her eyes full of blood, pinching fingers to count the time, and finally sighed: "only four days left."

Instead of rising, the price of silk has fallen.

You Fangyin just asked the price from the business firm. She knew in her heart that she was not good at dealing with people. She didn't know how to answer this sentence. She was stiff and stiff, holding the tea cup tightly in both hands and drinking tea.

It's an anxious gesture.

Xu Wenyi gave a wry smile: "you Gu Niang said that the four hundred Liang silver was all your savings. Now the price of silk has not gone up, so you are not afraid of the loss of money. Is the owner blaming you?"

You Fangyin thought for a while: "if I lose, I'll save enough for her later."

Of the four hundred taels of silver, three hundred and fifty taels were given by two girls.

Although she didn't know why the two girls wanted to save themselves, and why they wanted to give money to themselves, she could repay each other with a drop of water. In the past 18 years, she has never met such a thing or such a good person, and I don't know why she looked at her with tears in her eyes.

After thinking about it for a long time, I don't know how to repay it.

But the second girl taught her to do business.

Maybe, after the business is done, the second girl will be happy if she earns a lot of money and holds it in front of her?

Xu Wenyi didn't know what she thought. She was shocked at this.

After a while, she shook her head helplessly: this girl is really determined to her boss. The money is given by her boss, and the business is also given by her boss. If she makes money or loses money, it's all from her boss. How can she still say "return" to him?

He asked someone to bring up the prepared account book: "this is a new account book for the girl. I have asked my accountant to mark it. The girl will look easier and understand. But the girl always stays up late to look at the account book. It's more appropriate to hurt herself. "

You Fangyin learned to take out the account book today. When she took over the account book with both hands, she quickly said thank you, and then said, "I've come to the house recently and I can't get out these days. If boss Xu doesn't see me in four days, please help me sell the raw silk first. "

Xu Wenyi said: "not early, not late, four days later? What if it goes up again? "

You Fang shook his head: "the owner said it was time to sell."

As soon as Xu Wenyi choked, he agreed.

After seeing you off, he sat down again with a long sigh.

The man behind frowned and doubted all the time: "boss, I look at the girl's head. How can I look like a fool. If there is such a good thing, won't her boss do it by himself and take our turn? "

But Xu Wenyi clenched his teeth and made a desperate decision in his eyes: "I've already gambled. Don't mention that again. I don't think what she said about this "owner" is a lie. If you lie, you should be decent. There is no such taboo as not to mention it. "

He closed his eyes and reopened them.

At this time, my eyes were filled with suppressed anger and sadness: "besides, if I really go back with the little money I sold at a low price, how can I face the trust and trust of the farmers in the countryside? As soon as autumn and winter are over, we will prepare silkworms again next year. If we don't have money, do we want them to eat northwest wind? "The man didn't dare to talk again.

After Xu Wenyi said these words, he calmed down and was waiting for him to go out again to explore the situation. Unexpectedly, the door which was half open outside was suddenly knocked. Unexpectedly, a scribe stood outside and arched his hand to him in the house, saying: "but Nanxun, Suzhou, boss Xu Wenyi?"

Xu Wenyi said: "please come in. Who are you?"

The scribe, of course, was Lu Xian. When he came in and saw that the tea on his desk had not been removed, he knew that there had been guests before, but he didn't ask. He said his intention directly: "I'm Lu Xian, and I'll give you a single name. It's said that boss Xu has a boat of raw silk in his hand, which hasn't been sold yet. I'm here today to do business with you and buy this boat of silk. "

Xu Wenyi's heart suddenly jumped, even breathing did not feel a stop, but his face was silent: "what price do you offer?"

"It's the market price," Lu said

Xu Wenyi couldn't figure out his origin, only said: "the market price doesn't sell."

Lu Xian eyebrows a pick, suddenly feel that the situation seems to be different from their own thinking: "Xu boss's silk is not sold?"

Xu Wenyi said: "now it can't be sold, but there are people who come to buy it with a lot of money. How do you know it won't go up in a few days? "

LV Xian's pupils shrank slightly.

He realized that it was not easy, but with a smile: "you seem to know something."

At this time, Xu Wenyi was already sure that what you Fangyin said was true!

His whole face flushed with excitement.

But his voice was still in a state of calm, and his eyes were filled with tears. I didn't know whether it was to Lu Xian or to myself: "someone came to buy a batch of raw silk from me 11 days ago, and her boss told her that the price would go up. Today, when I saw boss Lu coming, I knew that I was right... "

*

"bang!"

It was Lu Xian who kicked the door open.

The sword book standing on one side almost pulled out his sword and split it. When he saw it, he couldn't help but stare at it in surprise.

But Lu Xian came in with a green face. He took up the monkey Kui who had been cold for a while on the tea table and poured it into his throat. When he put it down, the tea cup hit the table with a frightening sound.

On the ground next to the east wall, there were more than ten pieces of wood used for making the piano. Xie Wei was standing there with an ink bucket in his hand and dressed in a simple azure dress. He didn't wear the broad crane cloak, but also rolled his sleeve to his arm, revealing his well-defined wrist.

He turned his head when he heard the news.

Seeing that it was LV Xian, his cool long eyebrow wrinkled and said, "it didn't work out?"

Lu Xian said: "it's half done, but I saw a ghost today. Xie Juan, tell me honestly, when did the silk boat capsize on the Caohe River and when did it first spread to the capital? Who knows? "

Xie Wei turned back to look at the wood.

He turned over the tung tree in the middle and said, "didn't the sword book tell you? It happened three days ago. It's only two hours since the news arrived in the capital. Besides me, Jianshu and you, the people who know about it are the ones who send the message. "

Lu Xian said flatly: "impossible! Someone bought raw silk from Xu Wenyi 11 days ago and expected the price of silk to rise. I beat about the Bush several times, but Xu Wenyi didn't say much. But after I came out, I found out that a girl had been in and out of the guild these days and seemed to be talking business with him. Who do you think this girl is? You Fangyin is a commoner girl who nobody has ever heard of in Qingyuan mansion. There seems to be an owner behind the girl, but I don't know who it is. If the silk boat happened on the river three days ago, how could this man know about it eight days in advance? "

Xie Wei rubbed the finger of the Tung board that he was going to choose to make the piano face. After listening to Lu Xian's words, he easily found something strange. But he didn't ask first. Instead, he said, "what did you say when it was half done?"

Lu Xian almost choked to death by his question. After holding his breath, he replied: "Xu Wenyi has a brain. He seems to have guessed my origin. After all, most people in the capital who can get this kind of news at the first time can't afford to be offended. He wanted to make a good relationship, and he was afraid that if there was a chance, the price of silk would not rise in a few days, and he had no money to go back, so he sold half a boat of silk to me at last year's market price. "

"Thank you. This year, the farmers in Jiangsu and Zhejiang are suffering. We don't just want to make money. It's OK to make less money. "

But Lu Xian is a money fan!

He could not help knocking on the table with his fingers clasped: "Xie Juan! Make sure it's serious! How can you Fangyin, the owner of Caohe River, predict that there will be an accident on the silk boat? You Fangyin can buy more raw silk at a low price. It is very likely that the accident of the silk boat on the Caohe River is related to this person. I don't believe in such things as foretelling. Either by mistake or by design! No matter whether he is in the court or out of office, I'm afraid he is not a simple person. I don't think it can be done. You must know who you Fangyin's owner is

Xie Weiyuan is not ready to give up.

He's just more concerned about getting things done.

At the moment, his face was indifferent. He could see neither joy nor anger. He only looked down and said: "it's really important. Since it was not clear who this man was, he asked someone to investigate the concubines in Nabo's house. This person must have contact with her, and has some relations with Caohe. He doesn't dare to do things blatantly. He can't say which rank is not high. It's a small area. It's easy to find out. "Lu Xian thought the same.

But soon they found out that things didn't seem as easy as they thought.

Ning Ning still doesn't know that she has been put on a vest