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Chapter VIII Selected Identity

It is human nature to be lively and listen to gossip. Now is no longer the era of literary prison.

After leaving BJ City, anecdotes about princes, nobles and even the palace were often published in newspapers and periodicals, and then were processed by storytellers and circulated in teahouses everywhere, and then continued to ferment and spread.

Even the late emperor (Tongzhi) died at the age of nineteen, so many rumors spread, saying that this emperor liked to travel incognito most, and that he was doing a shortened version of Qianlong's voyage to the south of the Yangtze River. In fact, it was just to visit the major brothels in the capital.

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Whether it's the beauties from the North or the rouge from the South, they are Tongzhi's favorites.

As a result, during this process, the emperor's living habits were not very good and he liked to travel lightly. As a result, he contracted syphilis and died.

Of course, this must be a rumor, and even space began to wonder whether this kind of thing is true or not, so relevant milestones were given.

It can also be seen from this that after the Qing Dynasty experienced the Taiping Rebellion and the ravages of the Opium War, both its prestige and its control over the people were actually very weak.

Most of the anecdotes about the emperors of the Qing Dynasty came out during this time period, including but not limited to the following:

Xiaozhuang sleeps with Hong Chengchou, Dorgon takes over his sister-in-law, Shunzhi becomes a monk in Wutai Mountain, Kangxi passes the throne to his fourteenth son, Lu Siniang turns into a concubine to assassinate Yongzheng (from then on, the emperor's concubines must enter the house naked), the secret of Emperor Qianlong's life experience, etc.

By the way, the emperor in the comedy The Nine-Pin Sesame Official is actually the alluded to Tongzhi.

This is also the backlash caused by the Qing Dynasty’s literary inquisition. Just as the oppression and massacre were brutal, the scholars in the future will be able to write more obscenely!

Precisely because the world is like this, the two soldiers were instantly treated like second-tier stars. They were watched by a group of people, and some people even took the initiative to settle their accounts. Such direct economic stimulation made these two soldiers

He became more and more motivated and started to foam at the mouth.

At this time, Fang Linyan also knew their official identities: Yiding of the inn.

More than two hundred years ago, their colleagues successfully destroyed the last vitality of the Ming Dynasty, allowing the Qing Dynasty to take advantage of it.

Because there are no airplanes now, but there are foreign steamships, most officials in the south at this time first took a boat to Tianjin Port, and then from Tianjin to the capital.

Therefore, being in an important transportation area like Tianjin Wei, when the two of them are busy with business, they have to welcome and escort several groups of officials, and they also have to serve countless lords, so their experience is indeed extraordinary, from the mouths of these two guys

What you say is persuasive.

So, when the two postmen finished their breakfast and left, Fang Linyan had been waiting beside him for a few minutes. He smiled and handed over a bunch of copper coins, and then said:

"I'm just going to delay you two eldest brothers for a little while. I just want to inquire about something. Have you heard of this master?"

Then a name came out of Fang Linyan's mouth. The two postmen looked at each other, first took the sling of copper coins, and then shook their heads and said:

"Have not heard."

The postman's answer was completely within Fang Linyan's expectation, because the official he was looking for was from Sichuan. When he usually went to Beijing, he would not go to Shanghai first and then go to Tianjin in such a big circle.

So Fang Linyan once again launched a money offensive, this time it was more than one ingot and two taels of silver. Measured by current values, it was about four thousand yuan, which was a small fortune for the two postmen.

Fang Linyan waved the silver in front of the two of them, and then said:

"If it's convenient for you two brothers, help me find a copy of Jin Shen's Book. This will be considered as my book purchase price."

Jin Shen Lu is a national official record published by bookstores in the old days. It records the place of origin, resume, etc. of each official. It is still useful for officials, but it has no market for ordinary people, so

Circulation is very low.

However, for the post station staff who have to deal with officials every day, it is a must-have item.

The two looked at each other, and the older one whispered:

"Then you need money first."

As he spoke, he reached out to grab the silver that Fang Linyan took out. However, Fang Linyan gave in and let him grab it empty, and then he broke off a third of the silver ingot:

"This is the deposit."

Seeing Fang Linyan calmly showing off his strength, the two postmen immediately gave up some of their inappropriate thoughts. The most outstanding people they had ever seen were squeezing hard walnuts and pulling silver ingots.

Somewhat incredible.

So very quickly, a book of Jinshenlu that had been turned into pages was handed into Fang Linyan's hands.

Fang Linyan immediately started flipping through the pages impatiently, then quickly stopped, with a smile on his lips, and said to himself:

"Sure enough, you are still here!"

Having said this, Fang Linyan took a deep breath, with a look of expectation in his eyes:

"How can xx be a thing in a pond? It turns into a dragon when it encounters a storm. You were originally unknown, but you retired secretly because you had no chance and died in depression!"

"But now, I will give you this opportunity!"

After confirming the existence of this person in this world, Fang Linyan immediately called up the previous selection menu.

Yes, it was the brand-new menu where you could choose your identity and start with XXX as soon as you arrived. Then Fang Linyan decisively chose option D: the young master of Zhejiang merchants!

Suddenly, a large amount of information poured into Fang Linyan's mind. At the same time, a beam of light shrouded it, and his face and height began to change:

He closed his eyes and opened them after more than ten seconds. Then a smile appeared at the corner of his mouth and he said to himself:

"Interesting, really interesting!"

Now Fang Linyan has been assigned an official identity, and his surname is Hu, and his name is Hu Zhiyun. Not only that, but the key point is that he also belongs to a direct descendant of a huge business family. This business world was very prosperous just a dozen years ago.

It's awesome, but to what extent?

To give just two examples, he was able to help sign a loan with a foreign bank for a loan that the Qing government could not handle. The loan amount was a terrifying eighteen million taels of silver.

Another example is that the trophies and silver rewards obtained by the Hunan Army must be deposited in his bank.

China's first steamship "Wannianqing" was also built by this family.

His business even grew to the point where he was considered the richest man in China, and the reason for his family's decline was actually starting a large-scale Sino-foreign business war related to raw silk with foreigners in Shanghai! It consumed more than 20 million taels of silver.

In the end, losing this business war was a non-war crime. The reason was the great raw silk harvest in Italy, the outbreak of the Sino-French war, and the financial crisis.

However, the core figure of the Hu family at that time, Fang Linyan's third uncle, had been dead for several years. Even the big supporter of the Hu family in officialdom had died long ago.

Moreover, after the Shang War ended, the Hu family was also dismissed by the imperial court and their homes were confiscated. Fortunately, it was only the third uncle of the Hu family who was responsible for the search, so it gave them a little chance to make a comeback.

It’s just that the past few years have passed, and the Hu family’s personal connections have gradually withered, and they are as misty and invisible as mist. People say that centipede insects are dead but not stiff, but at this time, the Hu family is actually just as far away from stiffness as lying flat.

Chi feet distance.

What’s more important is that connections are usually linked to strength. If you have money and power, of course the sedan chair will carry you, and those who can help will just raise their hands and pass. But if you don’t have power or money, you can’t do it.

If you are not good, people will treat you as a fat pig.

Of course, if you have neither money nor influence, 99% of your connections will automatically expire.

Now Fang Linyan, the Sixth Young Master, has a heavy burden on his shoulders. The Hu family knew very well that there were people in the court who wanted to be officials, so they asked him to bring a huge sum of money to befriend an official in Jinan, Shandong: Li Meng.

In fact, this official is very unhappy in his current position and will soon retire from his current position. He will be demoted one level and sent to Deqing County, next door to Hangzhou, to serve as a general judge.

Why did the Hu family send their own young master to go all the way to curry favor with such a depressed and unlucky official? It was nothing more than three words "burn the cold stove".

The Hu family feels that the backer behind this official will soon gain power, and Li Meng is probably just temporarily unlucky, so he is going to help him in times of need. This is also the old routine of the Hu family in the past when they were in power.

Of course, everything in the world is full of variables. Everyone can do something like burning a cold stove, but the variables are huge. The highest probability is that the money was given away and people were flattered, but this person couldn't get up at all.

Another variable is that the investment officials are thick-faced and mean-spirited. Even if they gain power again, they will immediately turn their backs on others.

At this time, Fang Linyan felt that the Hu family's vision was very problematic. For example, the Li Meng who wanted to invest now was originally impeached for corruption. Such people must have a lot of appetite.

And according to Hu Zhiyun's previous investigation, there was no lower limit for what he could do. In order to plunder, he even forced the lives of five or six people, including two believers of foreign religions.

At this time, the officials of the Qing Dynasty had been frightened by the two Opium Wars. As long as they heard about something involving foreigners, they would always prefer the foreigners to investigate and deal with it regardless of the facts. Therefore, Li Mengcai was in bad luck.

In Fang Linyan's eyes, if you have the power, it is not difficult to make money. A truly capable official can even benefit the local people while making money.

Li Meng, for example, is a typical greedy, incompetent and cruel person. Investing in him is like throwing money in the water, without even a chance to make a sound. So since the beginning of the third year of the Hu family,

After my uncle was gone, the situation was still very bad. It was just that the person at the helm was not very discerning.

However, the fly in the ointment is that Fang Linyan also received a reminder: It was said that because he chose this character's identity too late, some side effects occurred.

Because Hu Zhiyun's original self was hit on the head by a robber while walking at night yesterday evening, and he was unconscious until now. If Fang Linyan had not chosen this identity, he would probably die within a few minutes.

Even so, part of the soul has disappeared by now, so the character's relevant memories of the past have been lost.

But for Fang Linyan, this is not a big problem. He feels that Hu Zhiyun is really lucky. He managed to save a life. After he leaves this world, he can still inherit what he left to him, and he will be able to live in glory.

's survived.

Fang Linyan calculated the dates. The official start of the Sino-Japanese War was July 25th, and today is July 18th. If the current backward information dissemination speed is taken into account, then he still has seven or eight days to carry out the war.

Plan strategies.

Now that he has determined his goal in this world and his life experience has basically remained unchanged, Fang Linyan has basically determined that the focus of his next work is to make money, because the next step he is going to take is an eccentric one. If he doesn’t have money, then

But no.

At this time, Fang Linyan touched the corner of his clothes, and he could clearly feel the extra thickness there, because there were three banknotes sewn inside, totaling ten thousand taels of silver, one of which was five thousand taels, and one of which was 5,000 taels.

There is one for three thousand taels, and one for two thousand taels.

This is the fund that the family entrusted to Fang Linyan before leaving. In addition, the family will add additional money according to Fang Linyan's affairs.

This is because although the Hu family is now in decline, there is still one pillar industry that can still barely maintain its existence, which is the medicine store left over from its heyday, which has branches in BJ, Jinan, Tianjin and other places.

The Hu family's medicine store once rivaled Tongrentang. Even now, Fang Linyan, the sixth young master, has the right to withdraw corresponding money in some major cities in the north.

For a businessman, it is definitely much more difficult to earn 10,000 yuan from one dollar than to earn 1 million yuan from 10,000 yuan. Once you get there, you can get a large amount of principal without any trouble. This is why Fang Linyan chose Hu

The most important identity of the young master of the family.

Next, Fang Linyan had a good meal, and then began to inquire about the corresponding cargo market in Tianjin. After collecting some information, he then went to the developed port area to inquire, to get a feel for it, and then went directly to Tianjin.

Luzhuangzi’s treasure bureau.

What is this treasure bureau? In fact, it is a casino. In other places like casinos, dragons and snakes are mixed, and almost nine out of ten gambles and cheats. However, the treasure bureau here in Tianjin really has a lot of rules. It is considered a Chinese

It was one of the first places where casinos were formalized.

Of course, before arriving at Luzhuangzi, Fang Linyan simply found a secluded place to perform his spiritual speaking technique. After a simple communication with Yin Fulina, a man was summoned.

After the emerald green light disappeared, the man opened his eyes, then half-kneeled and saluted Fang Linyan:

"Lord Knight, I am Judy Laurent. It is an honor to serve you."

Fang Linyan nodded and said:

"You should know what I need this time, right? Mainly to be good at gambling."


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