Chapter 21: You Fangyin's boss

Chapter 21: You Fangyin's boss

A piece of piano cost three thousand taels, and Yan Lin didn't even bat an eye when paying the money.

It can be seen that the family background of the Yongyihou Mansion is solid.

She was ignorant before, Yan Lin treated her well for granted, and she also enjoyed Yan Lin's kindness to her as a matter of course; but after being reborn, she knew that she could not afford the sincere love of a young man, and she should not take it for granted. Enjoy this good.

She shouldn't accept this piano.

But when he was about to refuse and asked Tang'er to pay the time with a bank note, Jiang Xuening suddenly hesitated again, changed his mind, suppressed his previous thoughts, and accepted the piano silently.

Then Lu Xian took the money and nodded the banknotes one by one, with a smile on his whole face, he only said to Yan Lin: "I know that the young master is the most generous, and there are so many customers in the capital, I, Lu Zhaoyin, are the happiest." You are the one who sees it! I will come here often in the future. You must know that the piano is addictive. If you like it, you will want two more for one. If learning the piano is not enough, you will have to learn how to make the piano. Come to me, what do you want? If there is something, keep it and don't let the young master make a trip for nothing."

Yan Lin rolled his eyes.

Jiang Xuening was stunned, she couldn't believe her ears—

Lu Zhaoyin!

Wasn't that Lu Xian, one of Xie Wei's most powerful henchmen when he launched the palace coup?

Yan Lin was in charge of the soldiers, and Lu Xian was in charge of the money.

Later, Yan Lin was the commander of the imperial army, and Lu Xian was promoted by Xie Wei when she was confined in the palace, and became the first person who became a Jinshi to become a businessman and from a businessman to an official, and became the new Minister of the Household Department...

In the previous life, You Fangyin donated 80% of his wealth to the imperial court to fill the national treasury in order to save his life, and this person took care of it!

When entering this secluded pavilion, Yan Lin never introduced the identity of the owner here, until Lu Xian accidentally revealed his name, Jiang Xuening was startled, and got a glimpse of something that Yan Lin didn't see.

Looking at Lu Xian at this time, the feeling is completely different.

Just now I thought this person was bold and presumptuous, and his business was very interesting; looking at it now, I feel that this kind of bold and presumptuous may not be without a bit of detachment of being arrogant and arrogant, everyone is drunk and I am alone.

Lu Xian finished counting the bank notes, nodded in satisfaction, and put the bank notes in his pocket with ease: "The count is correct."

Yan Lin quickly said, "Then we will take our leave."

The big business of three thousand taels is not always possible, Lu Xian performed the shrewdness of a philistine businessman to the fullest, with a smile all over his face, he personally sent the two of them to the door.

Jiang Xuening followed Yan Lin and went downstairs with Qin in her arms.

Unexpectedly, a person came up downstairs quickly and bumped into them face to face.

At first glance, it was the sword book beside Xie Wei.

Her eyelids twitched.

Jianshu often followed Xie Wei, and he had learned good swordsmanship, Yan Lin knew him after meeting him, and said when he saw him, "Mr. Xie is here to run errands for you again."

Jianshu bowed to him and smiled, "Exactly."

After saying that, he turned his eyes, and saw Jiang Xuening who was following behind him, who was about to continue to go up, stopped for a while, and saluted her: "Hello, Second Miss Ning."

Jiang Xuening was slightly startled, and nodded in return.

Yan Lin raised his eyebrows suddenly when he heard this, and felt a subtlety, and looked at Jianshu with a slightly strange look: What is the name of "Second Miss Ning"?

But Jianshu didn't seem to feel that something was wrong, he hurried upstairs after saying goodbye.

In the Youhuang Pavilion, Lu Xiangang was about to close the door, pour himself a glass of wine, and congratulate him for selling such an expensive piano, but just as he put his hands on the door, he saw Jianshu approaching.

The corner of his eye twitched, and he quickly moved to close the door.

Unexpectedly, Jian Shu had quick eyesight and quick hands, he stepped forward and stuck his palm in the crack of the door, and smiled slightly at Lu Xian: "The sky is still bright, why is Mr. Lu in such a hurry to close the door?"

Lu Xian scolded in his heart, "You are really rough and thick, so why didn't you kill you?" On the face, he was surprised, as if he had just seen the sword book, and smiled very affectionately: "Ah, the sword book! This is not for nothing. Did you see you? How about it, your master broke a piano, are you mad at home?"

Jian Shu couldn't help but turn dark: "Don't worry about Mr. Lu."

The schadenfreude in Lu Xian's eyes surfaced again, and he said, "What do you want to buy?"

Jianshu said: "If you don't buy anything, you have something to do."

Lu Xian's expression changed when he heard this, and he immediately wanted to push out his hand that was holding the door, and said flatly: "I don't have any money, you should leave quickly."

Jian Shu didn't move a bit: "Didn't Lord Yan Xiaohou just leave?"

Lu Xian lied without blinking an eye: "That Qin is worthless."

Jian Shu sneered, put his hand away, and made a gesture to leave: "Then I'll go back and tell my husband that in your account three months ago, there was a payment of 5,000 taels that was wrong."

"Hey, hey, rich, rich!" Lu Xian quickly grabbed him without saying a word, and dragged him into the room, "Really, you said that you are young, what's the point of learning to be as mature as Xie Ju'an? Even if it's the same as Daoqin. It's not a good habit to threaten you with money every now and then. Tell me, what's the matter?"

Jian Shu was obviously used to Lu Xian's virtue, knowing that the matter was urgent, he didn't delay, and said concisely: "The boat capsized on the Cao River."

Lu Xian was startled suddenly: "What ship?"

Jianshu said: "Silk boat."

Lu Xian's eyes gleamed, "When?"

Jian Shu said: "Three days ago. The news came urgently, and not many people in Beijing knew about it."

Lu Xian clapped his hands and laughed, "Okay!"

Jianshu said: "Sir, the silk merchants in Beijing and China joined together to lower the price of silk a while ago. Now that the silk ship on the Cao River to Beijing has capsized, the price of raw silk in Beijing will rise. If you can take advantage of the news If it is not spread, if you buy raw silk at a low price and sell it when the price of silk rises, you can make a lot of money. It’s just that the price was lowered a while ago, and many merchants couldn’t bear it. Most of them had already sold the raw silk in their hands. I'm afraid there are not many left in the market."

Lu Xian pondered for a while, and ran through the names of all the merchants in Beijing, large and small, and smiled with his eyes shining brightly, and said: "Yes, there is another one!"

When Xu Wenyi saw You Fangyin walking in, he was startled by her haggard face: "You haven't slept well for a few days, have you? Come quickly and bring Miss You a cup of hot tea."

You Fangyin rubbed her eyes and sat down.

The waiter below brought the tea immediately, and inevitably looked at her with worried eyes.

This place is a guest room in the Jiangsu-Zhejiang Guild Hall, which was set up by the merchants of the Jiangsu-Zhejiang Merchant Gang to accommodate businessmen who came to Beijing from Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces to stay overnight and discuss business.

Xu Wenyi was a silk merchant in Nanxun, Suzhou.

He went to Beijing two months ago, because the big silk merchants in Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces united to lower the purchase price of raw silk, which made the silkworm farmers dissatisfied. These small and medium-sized merchants who made a living selling silk could not continue, so they had to go north. . Who would have thought that the big merchants in Beijing and China and the big merchants in Jiangsu and Zhejiang were also colluding, and there were too many small and medium-sized merchants in Beijing, so the price of silk fell instead of rising, and it was only half of last year's market price!

Not to mention making money, even the cost price paid to silkworm farmers is not enough!

Xu Wenyi is thirty-six years old this year. Even if no one grows a beard, there are some traces of weather on his face, and there are fine wrinkles around his eyes. Not to mention that the price of silk has not risen in the past few days, he is stranded in the capital, and he is asleep today, but he does not know whether the sun will rise tomorrow. Heavy depression and anxiety.

His wealth and life are in this single business.

Last year, he lost a lot of money by selling salt like human beings. This year, he couldn’t afford to buy silk from silkworm farmers. Fortunately, he is a local businessman in Nanxun, and he has been in contact with local silkworm farmers for several years. Everyone knows that this year’s market is not good. But willing to trust him, he only charged him a 10% deposit, and handed over all the raw silk produced this year to him, and asked him to go to Beijing to buy a good price before going back to pay the balance.

In the business field, who doesn't pay with one hand and deliver with one hand?

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

Xu Wenyi is a conscientious businessman, and he does not want to disappoint the trust of the folks behind him. But God knows how desperate he was when he came to the capital and asked about the market price of raw silk!

Until eleven days ago, he was stranded in the capital, and he could hardly afford the money to live in the guild hall. Finally, he felt that he couldn't bear it anymore, and he just wanted to sell the half of the raw silk in his hand. It doesn't matter if the price is low. How much is it, take it back to the hometown first.

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

But at this moment, in such a desperate situation, You Fangyin appeared and gave him a new hope.

When the girl came that day, she was still wearing a filial piety, her eyes were red, and Xu Wenyi was taken aback, thinking that something had happened and she came to ask for help.

Unexpectedly, she took out four hundred taels directly from her purse and told him that she wanted to buy silk.

Xu Wenyi also lived half of his life, and had never seen such a customer before. He was stunned for a moment, unable to react for a long time, and saw that this girl really didn't look like a rich man, and she didn't look like the daughter of a merchant's family. wonder.

At that time, he wanted to sell the raw silk too much, so he sold some to her at the market price at that time without asking any further questions.

It's just that You Fangyin only has four hundred taels of silver, which is a drop in the bucket as far as he has a boatload of raw silk.

After the money was paid, Xu Wenyi couldn't hold back the curiosity in his heart, and asked her: "The price of raw silk in the market is so low now, and depending on the situation, it may continue to fall. You are a girl, and you don't even understand the account book. , four hundred taels of raw silk is not a small sum, what will you do after you buy it?"

You Fangyin actually replied: "Wait for half a month before the price rises before selling."

Xu Wenyi's whole body was shaken at that time, and a thousand thunders roared in his head. Seeing that she was about to leave after finishing the answer, Xu Wenyi lost his composure unexpectedly, and chased after her, even his voice trembling: "How dare the girl make such an assertion?"

The girl from the You family looked blankly, as if frightened by his ferocious expression.

After a while, he said straightly: "The person who gave me the money said it."

Xu Wenyi was even more shocked: "Young lady has an employer?"

You Fangyin looked at him at that time, seemed to think for a while, and felt that the word was appropriate, so she nodded: "Yes. She told me to take the money and come to buy raw silk today, and sell it half a month later. three times."

Xu Wenyi immediately took a breath.

Wouldn't that be twice as high as last year's market price and four times the current market price?

Who in You Fangyin's employer would dare to say such a thing?

Xu Wenyi, who has been in business for many years, realizes that he may encounter a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity by accident—

When you come to do business, you buy low and sell high, and you eat the price difference.

And prices change with the market, so well-informed information is extremely important in the business field.

People who can grasp information that others don't know can often be like fish in water here, and catch good opportunities that people with stagnant news will never be able to catch in their lifetime.

You Fangyin, or the "employee" behind You Fangyin, is probably the one who holds the news!

Although I don't know why he only took out four hundred taels of silver to make a voice after grasping such news, but now that he has encountered this opportunity, Xu Wenyi can't persuade himself to give up no matter what.

He wants to take risks.

If the price of silk really rises after half a month, it will be a desperate situation for him; Where could it be so bad?

So just take a gamble.

Xu Wenyi used the four hundred taels of silver paid by You Fangyin to manage the boats at the ferry, and also extended the rent for half a month in the guild hall. He simply gave up the idea of ​​selling raw silk at a low price, and asked someone to buy a set of high-quality four treasures of the study. , together with an abacus and a few account books that the family used before, gave it to You Fangyin, and waited with her for the day when the price of raw silk would increase.

During this period of time, Xu Wenyi also made indirect remarks, trying to find out the identity of the boss behind her.

But You Fangyin's mouth was very tight at this time, and he never mentioned it.

When asked why the price was raised, You Fangyin only said, "I don't know, the owner never mentioned it."

At this moment, Xu Wenyi was sitting opposite her, looking at her bloodshot eyes, counting the time with his fingers, and finally sighed: "There are only four days left."

Instead of rising, silk prices fell.

You Fangyin also just came out of the firm after asking the price, and she knew it in her heart, but she was not good at dealing with people, and she didn't know how to answer this sentence.

This posture is simply worrying.

Xu Wenyi smiled bitterly: "You Guniang said earlier that the four hundred taels of silver are all your savings, but now that the price of silk has not risen, you are not afraid of losing the money. Is the boss to blame?"

You Fangyin thought for a while: "If I lose money, I will pay her back after saving enough."

Of the four hundred taels of silver, three hundred and fifty taels were given by the second girl.

Although she didn't know why the second girl wanted to save her, and why she gave her money, the kindness of a drop of water should be repaid by a spring. In the past eighteen years, she has never encountered such a thing, nor has she met such a good person, let alone why she looked at her with eyes that were about to cry.

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

But the second girl taught her how to do business.

Then maybe, if the business is done and a lot of money is earned, and they are presented in front of her, the second girl will be happy, right?

Xu Wenyi didn't know what she was thinking, and was stunned when he heard this.

After a while, she shook her head helplessly: This girl is really devoted to her boss. The money is originally given by the boss, and the job is also ordered by the boss. Give it back 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 It's better to stay up late to read the account book, after all, it hurts the body."

You Fangyin learned to take out the account book today, when he took the account book with both hands, he quickly thanked him, and then said in a low voice: "The mansion is very strict these days, I may not be able to come out for a few days. Four days later, Boss Xu didn’t see me either, so please help me sell the raw silk first.”

Xu Wenyi said: "Either sooner or later, in four days? What if it rises again?"

You Fangyin shook her head: "My boss said it's time to sell."

Xu Wenyi choked up, and agreed.

After seeing You Fangyin off, he sat down again and sighed again.

The guy behind frowned, and was full of doubts about this matter: "Boss, I see that the girl has a tendon in her head, no matter how you look at it, she looks like a fool. If there is such a good thing, doesn't her boss do it himself?" Do you want to take our turn?"

Xu Wenyi gritted his teeth, and his eyes were full of desperate determination: "The bet is all over, so don't mention it again. I think the 'employee' she mentioned in her words is probably not a lie. If you lie, you should be satisfied." Be presentable, there is no such taboo that is too deep not to mention."

He closed his eyes and opened them again.

At this time, the eyes were full of 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 entrustment of the silkworm farmers in the village? After autumn and winter, next year I will prepare silkworms again." , if they don’t have any money in hand, why should they be forced to eat the northwest wind!”

The buddy didn't dare to speak any more.

After Xu Wenyi said these words, he calmed down, and was about to ask him to go out to check the situation again, but he didn't expect that someone knocked on the half-open door outside, and a scribe stood outside, bowing to him inside the room. She cupped her hands and said, "But Suzhou Nanxun, boss Xu Wenyi?"

Xu Wenyi felt strange: "Come in, who are you?"

The scribe was naturally Lu Xian. When he came in and saw that the tea on the table had not been removed, he knew that there was a visitor before, but he didn't ask, and directly stated his intention of coming: "My surname is Lu, and the single name is a sign." I heard that Boss Xu has a shipment of raw silk in his hands, but he has not sold it yet. I came here today to do business with you and buy this shipment of silk.”

Xu Wenyi's heart skipped a beat suddenly, he didn't even feel he was breathing, but his expression remained calm: "What price do you offer?"

Lu Xian said: "It is the market price."

Xu Wenyi couldn't figure out where he was coming from, he just said: "The market price is not for sale."

Lu Xian raised his eyebrows, and suddenly felt that the situation was different from what he thought: "Isn't Boss Xu's silk unsalable?"

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

Lu Xian's pupils shrank slightly.

He realized that things were not easy, but he smiled: "You seem to know something."

At this time Xu Wenyi was already sure that what You Fangyin's employer said was true!

His whole face was flushed with excitement.

But the voice still seemed sober and uncluttered, and there were tears in his eyes for a moment, and he didn't know whether he was saying to Lu Xian or himself: "A few days ago someone came to buy a batch of raw silk from me, and her boss told her that the price would increase. When I saw Boss Lu coming today, I knew I was right..."

"boom!"

Lu Xian kicked open the door of the Qinqin Hall.

Jianshu standing beside him almost drew his sword and slashed at him. When he saw him, he couldn't help but widen his eyes in surprise.

But Lu Xian walked in with a pale face, picked up the Hou Kui, which had been brewing cold on the tea table for a while, and poured it down his throat. When he put it down, the tea cup hit the table with a terrifying sound.

In this qin hall, on the ground next to the east wall, more than a dozen pieces of wood used for making qin are lined up neatly. Xie Wei is standing there with an ink fountain in his hand and wearing a simple sky blue suit. look. He didn't wear a wide crane cloak with sleeves, but rolled up his sleeves to his arms, revealing his well-articulated wrists.

When he heard the movement, he turned his head to look.

Seeing that it was Lu Xian, his cold long eyebrows frowned unconsciously, and said, "It didn't work out?"

Lu Xian said: "It's half done, but I saw a ghost today. Xie Ju'an, tell me honestly, when did the incident of the capsized silk boat on the Cao River come out, and when did it first spread to the capital? Know?"

Xie Wei turned back to look at the wood.

He turned over the piece of paulownia wood in the middle, and said, "Didn't Jianshu tell you? It happened three days ago, and the news just arrived in the capital for two hours. The only ones who knew about it were me and Jianshu , and you."

Lu Xian said decisively: "Impossible! Someone asked Xu Wenyi to buy raw silk eleven days ago, and it is expected that the price of silk will rise. I made a few insinuations, but Xu Wenyi didn't say much. But after I came out, I asked someone to inquire. Recently, a girl came in and out of the guild hall, seeming to be discussing business with him. Who do you think this girl is? There is a concubine girl in Qingyuan Bofu that no one has ever heard of. Her name is You Fangyin. There seems to be a boss behind this girl, but I didn't find out who it was. Ruosi's boat on the river happened three days ago, how did this person know about it eight days in advance?"

Xie Wei rubbed his fingers on the paulownia board that was going to be selected as the surface of the piano, and after hearing Lu Xian's words, he easily found something weird about the matter. But he didn't ask first, but instead said: "What did you say just now that it's half done?"

Lu Xian was almost choked to death by his question, held his breath, and then replied: "Xu Wenyi is a smart man, and he seems to guess that I have a lot of background. After all, people in the capital who can get this kind of news at the first time are generally offended. I’m sorry. He wanted to make a good relationship, and he was afraid that if it happened, the price of silk would not rise in a few days and he would have no money to go back, so he sold half a shipment of silk to me at last year’s market price.”

Xie Wei said: "That's fine. This year, silkworm farmers in Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces are miserable, and we're not just waiting for money. It's okay to earn less."

But Lu Xian is a money fanatic!

He couldn't help but clasped his fingers and knocked on the table: "Xie Ju'an! You have to figure it out, this matter is very serious! There will be an accident on the silk boat on the Cao River, how can the owner, You Fangyin, predict in advance? It can make a small You Fangyin, who came to buy silk, may not have bought more raw silk at a low price secretly. It is very likely that the accident on the silk boat on the Cao River was related to this person. I don’t believe in such things as prophets. Either by mistake, or There has been a conspiracy! Regardless of whether this person is in the court or in the opposition, I am afraid that he is not a simple person. I see this matter, I can't let it go. I must know—Who is You Fangyin's boss?"

Xie Weiyuan wasn't ready to give up.

He just cares more about whether things get done.

At this moment, his face was indifferent, neither joy nor anger could be seen, he just lowered his eyes and said: "It is true that you should not be underestimated. Since you don't know who this person is, let someone check on the concubine of the Nabo Mansion. This person must have contact with her, and has some relationship with Cao Heshang, but he dare not act blatantly, so he might be a low-level official. The scope is small, and it is easy to find out."

Lu Xian thought so too.

But soon they found that things were not as easy as they thought.