What does it mean to be a wealthy businessman? What does it mean to be the richest businessman in the world? What does it mean to be a person who stirs up the market? Su Ren is that person.
While others were still doing nothing in Pingyang, the order spread throughout the land of Sanqin within two days. Wherever there was a Shuzhong Chamber of Commerce, they all received strange orders personally issued by Su Ren. They were all members of the Shuzhong Chamber of Commerce. For Su Ren
They blindly believe in the decisions they make, no matter how bizarre they are, they know that they will be richly rewarded at some point in the future, and believing in this is enough.
As a result, there was a violent turmoil in the poultry market. Originally, a hen cost two yuan, and three chickens cost one yuan. In just one morning, the price skyrocketed like an 800-mile express horse. At night,
A hen costs twenty cents, and a chicken costs ten cents.
Dou Ying, who had just taken over as prime minister for three days, asked Guan Fu helplessly: "What does Mr. Su want to do again? Why does he buy so many poultry?"
Guan Fu smiled and said, "Who knows, maybe I'm tired of eating pork and want to eat chicken and duck meat."
"That's not the way to eat it. In one day, he bought almost all the chickens and ducks within a hundred miles around Chang'an, and he is still buying them. What kind of dish requires so much chicken and duck meat?" Dou Ying turned around a few times: "
No, I have to ask for it clearly. If you don’t give me an explanation, I’ll let Jing Zhaoyin punish you!”
Guan Fu said: "That boy is in Pingyang, Jingzhao Yin can't control it, not to mention that the people buying chickens and ducks are all merchants and they have nothing to do with Su Xiaozi. Even if Jingzhao Yin catches him, can he still torture him to extract a confession? I think Ji An
I don’t have the guts.”
"You can't just sit there! Go out and take a look. Even though he is buying chickens and ducks, other things have also risen. The market manager just came to report that the prices of grain and rice have fluctuated. This is not a good sign!"
Guan Fu still sat firmly, without the slightest worry: "What's the rush? He should be able to find a way to solve whatever the kid did, so there's no need to worry."
"Hey!" Dou Ying sighed: "I've only been back to work for three days and this happened. I'm afraid the censors won't be able to let me go tomorrow morning!"
Guan Fu chuckled and said, "That's not necessarily the case. There are things that are funnier than this."
"What's the matter?"
"Prime Minister, didn't you read today's Da Han Bao?"
Dou Ying shook his head: "This incident happened early today. I haven't eaten yet, so how can I be in the mood to read Da Han Bao?"
Guan Fu said, "You are not from Chang'an if you don't read Da Han Bao." As he spoke, Guan Fu ordered his servant to find Da Han Bao. He held it in his hand and turned it over for a long time. He handed one of the papers to Dou Ying and said, "Look!
"
Dou Ying took it and looked at it and found nothing wrong: "There is nothing wrong with it. Pingyang Hou died young. These are all Cao Xiangguo's great achievements, which is quite fair."
"It's not those, look at the bottom, there in the corner, the smallest piece."
Dou Ying once again turned his attention to Da Han Bao. After only seeing six literal expressions, he became serious and looked up at Guan Fu: "What is the meaning of this?"
Guan Fu took a sip of wine and looked gloating: "Bitter hunger and cold, Zhujinwan, yes! It's written appropriately! The doctor Han Yan is going to be unlucky!"
"Why did Sima Xiangru and Zhu Fuyan write this? This matter is not secret, and I'm afraid not many people will pay attention to it if they say it."
Guan Fu shook his head: "This time the Prime Minister was wrong. When I went out in the morning, I passed by the West Market. Many people were talking about this matter, but they didn't care about Cao Xiangguo and the chickens and ducks. In the Prime Minister's opinion, this
It’s just a joke, but in the eyes of the people of Chang’an, the Dahan Bao represents the imperial court, and a Dahan Bao from Mr. Su is much more powerful than those censors!”
"What did Han Yan do?"
"Why does the Prime Minister know how to pretend to be confused? Doesn't the Prime Minister know about Xiu Chengjun?"
"Oh..." Dou Ying suddenly understood and nodded slightly.
Han Yan was anxious about staying in Pingyang. She went to Pingyang Houfu every day to ask for an audience. She got the same answer, that is, the princess was too tired to see foreign guests. However, Han Yan found that there were many people coming in and out, including Xiahou Po.
Looking at Xia Hou's high-spirited expression, Han Yan gritted her teeth. The Queen Mother's promise to him at the beginning was that as long as he could win Princess Pingyang's heart, she would become a marquis. Now it seemed that Princess Pingyang didn't want to see her.
He casually threw the quilt in his hand to pieces: "Su Ren! It's you Su Ren again!"
The servant did not dare to speak, but silently put away the broken cup and served Han Yan tea again.
"Have the people who went back come back? Why are you so slow after three days?"
"Back to the master, it takes two days to go back and forth from Pingyang to Chang'an. I guess something delayed me, so I'm a little late!"
As soon as he finished speaking, there were urgent footsteps outside the door. Someone ran in and shouted loudly: "Master, master!"
When Han Yan heard that it was the person she sent back to Chang'an, she quickly opened the door. Sure enough, the person she sent back to Chang'an came back, dusty and sweaty. Before the servant could catch his breath, Han Yan immediately asked:
"Can you get the Queen Mother's decree? Bring it quickly!"
The servant took a few breaths and said: "The villain has betrayed his master and has not received the Queen Mother's decree..."
"What? Then what are you doing back?"
The servant hurriedly took out a few pages of paper from his arms. Han Yan recognized them as the papers used by Dahan Newspaper: "Why did you bring this back?"
The servant offered it with both hands: "Master, please take a closer look. Sima Xiangru and Master Yan are going to kill the master! That's what Mr. Yao said."
Han Yan snatched it over, flipped it over twice and saw the article there. After reading it in a hurry, she yelled and tore the entire Dahan newspaper into pieces: "Sima Xiangru, Master Fu Yan! No, they are all Su Ren
Su Renwu and you are incompatible with each other! Pack your things and go back to Chang'an!"
There was a quarrel in the court hall. Just as Guan Fu expected, neither the courtiers nor the censor paid much attention to the chicken and duck matter. Some people advocated Cao Shen's achievements and hoped that Princess Pingyang could keep filial piety for Cao Shou in Pingyang.
More people held Dahan Bao and explained what the "Bitter, Hungry and Cold Zhujin Pills" were, and their target was Han Yan.
Princess Pingyang's affairs are easy to handle. The princess is still young, so keeping a filial piety for three years is not a big deal. Besides, although Cao Xiang is not the princess's biological child, she is still the heir to the title of Pingyang Marquis. Let the princess guard Cao Xiang's inheritance for a few years, so as not to be ignored.
That's it for my concubine.
The most difficult thing to do was Han Yan. It was no secret that Han Yan was good at slingshots and used golden pills to make balls. He even led the dandies in Chang'an City to follow suit. Suddenly, when this matter was told in a big way, the taste changed. Just from the literal meaning.
On the surface, Zhujinwan has no meaning at all, and there is nothing wrong with it. But when put together with suffering, hunger and cold, one side has a difficult life, and the other side is luxurious and luxurious. In the sharp contrast, it is clear whether one's moral character is lacking.
The arena is in Jianzhang Palace. One side is the powerful. They are not short of money and don't care about reputation. As long as their families live comfortably, a few golden pills are nothing. What's more, the golden pills that can't be found should be given to the untouchables. How do you say this?
They are all doing good things. What's more important is that if Han Yan is punished for this incident, the other dudes in his family will definitely be in bad luck.
On the other side are the nobles who claim to be morally noble. Since their ancestors, they have looked down upon Liu Bang, a ruffian, and his group of farmers and scoundrels who built up the Han Dynasty. But they are helpless. Who can let people have a knife in their hands?
After years of living with their tail between their legs, today is a good opportunity to vent their anger. One Han Yan is not their target, what they want to attack is the entire powerful group.
It was noisy from morning to noon, and from noon to evening. Today's morning court lasted a whole day, and many people's stomachs were already growling, but the emperor didn't announce the end of the court, so they had to endure it. Speaking of which, Liu Che didn't want to go too far.
Han Yan must have been a playmate who grew up together. Although they have gradually become distant in the past few years, the friendship is still there.
"Wei Qihou, how do you think this matter should be handled?" Liu Che suddenly interrupted and asked Dou Ying, who had been silent.
Dou Ying was caught off guard and said hurriedly: "This matter involves mostly young masters from various families, so I think it is more appropriate to leave it to Taichang to handle it."
Taichang was excited and glared at Dou Ying fiercely: "It is good for the ministers to deal with the princes of each family, but the anger of the common people should be appeased by the prime minister. As far as I know, in just a few days, Chang'an City has been discussing this matter. It is said that
There were also many incidents of hurting people, so..."
Liu Che frowned: "What? Who is so bold as to hurt someone? Can Jing Zhaoyin catch the perpetrator?"
Ji An hurriedly stepped forward: "Your Majesty, we have captured several people, but it is slightly different from what Taichang said. The ones who hurt people are all young men from various families, among them is the young master of Chen Xu and Xiu Chengjun."
"What? When did Zizhong get involved with Chen Xu?" Liu Che's eyes could eat people, and the audience was silent. After getting angry for a while, he asked again: "Have you caught these people?"
Ji An said: "Longlu Hou Chen Xu is hiding in the palace of Princess Guantao, and Prince Xiu Chengjun is in the Empress Dowager Changle Palace. I don't dare to be expert, please give me your Majesty's permission!"
After debating all morning and being hungry all day, we got this result in the end. Liu Che's head was a bit big and he regretted that he shouldn't ask Dou Ying. It might be a good thing to let them continue arguing. He waved his hand and said, "I will discuss this matter with my mother.
Besides, let’s go to court!”
After leaving Jianzhang Palace, Liu Che let out a long breath. He was so embarrassed just now that he even ran out as if he was running away. It seemed that he was not a good emperor. The sky was getting dark, and the lights in the palace were lit. The night breeze
The blowing felt very cool on my body. I didn't rush to Changle Palace, nor did I sit down. I put my hands behind my back and lowered my head to think about things.
"What can Su Ren say?" Liu Che suddenly asked.
Liu Jiqing said quickly: "Mr. Su sent someone to deliver a letter, which is on the old slave's body. Your Majesty, would you like to see it?"
"Bring it!"
Liu Jiqing quickly took out the letter, chased all the others ten steps away, and personally held a lamp for Liu Che to read. It took a long time for Liu Che to finish reading the letter, and his mood seemed to suddenly improve. As he packed up the letters, he said
: "So that's what happened. No wonder Wei Qing suddenly wrote to my sister to propose marriage a few days ago. It was all this kid's idea."
Liu Jiqing had no expression on his face and said nothing.
"Let's go to Changle Palace. It's time for me to visit my mother!" (To be continued)