There is a saying that people's hearts are not as good as snakes swallowing elephants.
He was working for Mrs. Wei, and he was not satisfied with getting so much money this time. He decided to use only 20,000 taels of silver to buy rice and noodles, the cheapest rice and noodles.
He wants to covet the remaining 80,000 taels.
After Mrs. Wei Guo finished explaining, she added: "By the way, have you asked the accountant to prepare the fake account books?
If the emperor asks about it, it will be easy for the empress to do business."
"Don't worry, madam. From the beginning of fundraising, I have asked the accountant to make false accounts as before.
We now have two accounts here, one real account and one false account.
If the Queen wants to see it, show her the real account. If anyone else wants to see it, give her the false account.
Don’t worry, I’ll do everything right and no one else will find out there’s anything wrong with the accounts.”
Gao Yang said proudly.
"Okay, then you keep the account books well. When this storm passes, I will send someone to get the account books.
At that time, all the money will be transferred to the Duke of Wei."
"Yes, ma'am."
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After seeing off Mrs. Wei, Gao Yang hurriedly went to collect money from the accountant and led people to buy rice and noodles overnight.
When he saw there was so much money in the cellar, he really wanted to snatch it away and keep it as his own.
But he knew that this was the Queen's money, so even if he had a thousand courages, he would not dare to touch it.
However, although he did not dare to rob, he did dare to cheat and embezzle.
He manages the money for the Queen, and if he embezzles casually, he can get a lot of money, and there is no risk, so that's enough for him.
The money here also belongs to Mrs. Wei. When he lets Mrs. Wei give birth to a son in the future, won't all these properties belong to him?
The more Gao Yang thought about it, the more beautiful it became, so he took his people to buy rice and oil overnight.
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Late at night, he knocked on the door of a grain and oil store and shouted: "Is anyone there?
I want to buy rice, is there anyone there?"
The shop owner heard the sound and yawned and ran over to open the door.
As soon as I opened the door, I saw a group of guys with torches standing outside, and asked, "How many of you want to buy rice in the middle of the night?"
Gao Yang said: "Yes, boss, do you have a large quantity of rice in your hand? I want to buy a lot."
"You want to buy a lot?
Then please come in and talk."
As soon as the store owner heard that this customer wanted to buy a lot, he immediately knew that he had met a big customer and quickly welcomed Gao Yang in.
Gao Yang said to his men: "You all are guarding outside, I can go in alone."
"yes."
After Gao Yang finished speaking, he followed the shop owner in, closed the door, and looked at him mysteriously, "Boss, what kind of rice do you have here and what is its price?"
"We have three kinds of rice here, the best rice costs sixty cents a pound; the medium rice costs forty cents, and the lower rice costs twenty cents.
What kind of rice do you want to buy?"
The boss pointed his fingers.
"What?
Why is it so expensive?
I remember it only sold for three or five cents per catty before. Why did it suddenly increase tenfold?"
Gao Yang looked in disbelief.
When the shop owner heard what he said, his face darkened, "Sir, at this moment, last year, the rice-growing areas in the north were hit by locusts, and the grain production was reduced by half.
Coupled with this year's Jiangnan floods, so many farmlands and houses were destroyed.
To tell you the truth, there is not much rice on the market now, and the rich would rather hoard it than sell it.
Because in the second half of the year, the price of rice will rise even more fiercely, and there is simply not enough rice on the market for everyone to eat.
When there is a serious shortage of rice, the price of rice may be as expensive as gold.
And now, the governors of various prefectures and counties are worried that the outflow of grain will affect the local grain market, so they have set up many barriers to prevent merchants from selling rice.
The rice you can buy today is considered good, but if you dare to find it too expensive, then I’m afraid you won’t be able to buy it even if you have money.”