The news that Mr. Xiao Jia was staying overnight with Miss Liu from "No. 1 Huafang" spread like wildfire.
The whole city of Yangzhou is full of "ambiguity".
But he was soon overwhelmed by the cruel reality.
The people of Yangzhou City soon discovered that they had no more food left in their hands.
All the people dragged their rice bags to the gate of the Yangzhou magistrate and made a noise.
Hundreds of squires directly requested to meet Mr. Jia.
There was a lot of noise outside, but in the backyard of Yangzhou Magistrate's Yamen, it was extremely quiet.
Mingyan and Baoyu (Ran Xiaoshi) were slurping down noodles with soybean paste.
One mouthful of noodles and one mouthful of garlic, and I ate three large bowls in one go.
They all had the same movements and expressions, squatting on the threshold and rubbing their bellies after eating.
"In the south, this is the only thing I'm craving for. Only Mr. Bao can make such authentic Beijing fried noodles."
"Have good food and drink, now we can get down to business."
"My company has a monopoly on the donkey glue market, but when it entered the grain market, it encountered a strong opponent - Futong Trading Company... We just launched all grain purchases that were 10% higher than others, and they immediately launched grain prices by selling
The dealers set their own prices and take as much as they want. They are simply playing against us... Also, the emperor's people are also buying like crazy, and there are a few mysterious buyers... The entire grain market is in chaos."
"Futong Trading Company?"
"Yes. And they also threatened to deprive Yangzhou City of a grain of food within five days... It really pisses me off! I have to find a way to kill them!"
"Competition is normal. Don't engage in unnecessary suppression. It seems that we are not generous enough. Let's just use normal means and you can find a solution."
Mingyan murmured for a long time and stopped talking. He felt that the second master was really strange today and was not as domineering as before in the business field.
In the past, the second master could not tolerate any sand in his eyes.
After Mingyan dressed up as an old man and left, Baoyu (Ran Xiaoshi) laughed out loud.
He didn't expect that his own trading company would start a fight with his own trading company.
"Futong Trading Company" was recently established by him because a very mysterious "investor" found Baoyu (Ran Xiaoshi) and gave him a large sum of gold and silver, hoping to sponsor Baoyu (Ran Xiaoshi) to become the largest "official" in the world.
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What is the greatest official in the world?
Is he the prime minister?
Certainly not.
Then he can only be the emperor.
This reminded Baoyu (Ran Xiaoshi) of the Rothschild family in later generations.
One of their creeds is that they must walk with the king.
At the same time, Baoyu (Ran Xiaoshi) was reminded of the "Golden Guest Organization".
There is a huge amount of gold and silver, who wants it but doesn’t want it?
The most important thing is that he must know who this "big investor" is?
The brothers who came back reported that the person who sent the money went straight to the dock and got on the boat and entered the river, and then went all the way down to the sea.
At the same time, Tiandihui, Peony Society and Liu Rushi's "First Painted Boat" received massive amounts of gold and silver.
Who is so generous?
Is this a long bet?
It seems that everyone is so weak in the face of huge amounts of money.
At this time, in the villa in Jia Yucun, Yangzhou, the little emperor was listening to Jia Yucun's report.
"Your Majesty, Liu Rushi mysteriously disappeared after taking ten drops of Mr. Xiao Jia's blood. But our people found that the last place she appeared was at West Lake, so we suspect that their home base is at or near West Lake.
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"What's going on with Master Xiao Jia recently?"
"Is he worried about grain? He should have a trading house rushing to buy grain, but he met several mysterious buyers."
"Where's the Dodo family?"
"They have already notified all the forces to gather in Yangzhou, including martial arts people led by Master Kuzhu. Their purpose is very obvious, they are here for you, the emperor."
"Where's San Francisco?"
"Pingnan King Geng Jingzhong did not send anyone, but the masters of the other two kings arrived, especially Pingxi King Wu Sangui. He gathered the remnants of the Ming Dynasty and laid a dragnet in Yangzhou for two purposes. One is to target you, the emperor.
, the second is Liu Rushi.”
"Hahahaha... No one in the world would have thought that Jia Yucun, who often complains about the court's injustice to you, is actually my confidant. Now I am going to act as the biggest bait. I want to destroy at least half of the anti-Qing forces in this operation."
"Your Majesty is wise. But Your Majesty, Your Majesty, how should we deal with it?"
"When my father left, he said this, 'Although it is not my wish to become a monster, it is my business how to use it.'"
"The Emperor is a bit dissatisfied that the Empress Dowager has too much power..."
"Be bold!"
"I deserve death, I deserve death for my crime!"
Jia Yucun kowtowed quickly.
"Actually, you are not wrong. The Empress Dowager does have too much power... Do you know why I re-appoint Mr. Xiao Jia?"
"I am stupid. Please make it clear, Your Majesty."
"It seems that everyone in the world is afraid of the Empress Dowager, including me... Only this little Mr. Jia is not afraid of anything. Moreover, I arranged for people around the Empress Dowager to report that the Empress Dowager has been afraid of her on several occasions."
The shadows gave an order that Mr. Xiao Jia must die without knowing it... Mr. Xiao Jia is a talent. I must make good use of him."
"The Emperor has great talent and great strategy."
"Actually, do you know? The Queen Mother knows most of my actions, so she can also guess my thoughts."
"Your Majesty, your words make me more and more confused..."
"She is my grandmother, and she is also a good empress dowager... She treated me as a wolf, and now I, the new wolf king, will challenge the old wolf king, and the old wolf king wants to challenge me.
.Yangzhou is an overall situation created by me and the Empress Dowager, and everyone is included in it. Okay, I said a lot today, just forget it all when you get out of this door... You are still useful, I don’t
I don’t want to kill you.”
"Thank you, Your Majesty, for not killing me."
When Jia Yucun exited the hall, the little emperor was silent for a long time, and then ordered the three masters who followed him to be on alert. Then he led Eunuch Liang to lift up the floor of the hall and walked down a dark hole.
…
At this time, Eunuch Liang's eyes became as bright as carbon essence, and his chicken claw-like hands each held a long black sword.
The two of them lit the gas lamp and walked down the stone steps. They walked for at least half an hour before they arrived in front of a large, rusty bronze door.
The little emperor stopped first and kowtowed three times in front of the bronze door, then opened the door and walked in...
The lights were lit one by one.
Inside is an underground hall that can accommodate thousands of people, with a huge golden coffin placed in the middle.
