Chapter 152: cut leeks

Chapter 152: cut leeks

It is not difficult to buy a person's mouth, but the same sentence has a completely different weight when it is uttered by the stinky mouth of a down-and-out beggar in the market, and it is uttered by a learned scholar's sharp tongue.

Of course Jiang Xuening understood such a simple truth.

Just want to buy the mouthpiece of the latter, the price is not cheap. And it’s not enough to just buy a mouthpiece, you have to have two cards in your hand, hard and soft. After all, literati are soft-boned. If you don’t take some "hard" means as a defense, how do you know that you won’t change your mouth overnight?

After some calculations, the cost is not a decimal.

After getting the money from Xie Wei, she immediately gave Xiao Dingfei 20,000 taels to spend first. Xiao Dingfei has seen the world since he arrived in the capital. It can be seen that a boudoir girl like Jiang Xuening sells 20,000 taels, which seems to be a generous posture of "ask me for it after the flowers are over", so he was still very surprised. Naturally, he also felt that the thigh he was hugging showed a sense of unfathomable, and he was doing his best when he was doing things.

Jiang Xuening herself began to toss about the silver stocks.

With the smooth progress of the response to the Ren's Salt Field in central Sichuan, news continued to spread back to the capital, and the silver price of the salt field has been rising all the way. Three days ago a fast horse arrived at the Shuxiang Inn, saying that the first batch of snow-like well salt had come out, and brought a small bag to show to the owners who bought shares in Beijing. Jiang Xuening was in the palace at that time, so naturally she had no chance to see her. But before she entered the palace to study with her, the silver shares were 1,200 cents a share, and when she left the palace after resting, the price had soared to 1,500 cents a share, and there was still no market for it.

Compared with the original price of 500 Wen per share, the current stock price of Ren's Saltworks has quadrupled!

For the incident when the Yongyi Hou Mansion ransacked the house, most of the 20,000 silver shares in Jiang Xuening's hand had already been sold out, and Lu Xian "took advantage of the fire" to take a lot of them away, leaving only 2,000 shares in his hand.

Seeing that the price is high at this moment, it is a good time to sell.

According to the words of You Fangyin in the previous life, it is not very kind to do the matter of "cutting leeks". Besides, she was born again, so she already knows more information than others, so it is very unfair to have an advantage over other people who buy and sell silver stocks in the market. So when making a decision, Jiang Xuening was not without hesitation and guilt, but thinking of the kindness Shen Zhiyi had treated her in the palace on her birthday, how could she allow her little hesitation to spoil the big deal?

So he gritted his teeth, and in the end, he still threw out the two thousand shares directly.

When the news of someone selling silver stocks in the market came, You Yue was trying to embroider the clothes newly made for her by Xianyunfang in her boudoir.

Excellent Shu brocade, light blue in color.

There were a few beautiful oleanders embroidered on the skirt. She was slender, and when she put it on, she turned around slightly, and her waist felt a little tight, which made her very satisfied.

The maid next to her flattered her to the sky: "Our girl is really a fairy, this dress is so beautiful, and it complements her complexion very well. Then what kind of big girl from the Jiang family, how can we be as beautiful as our girl? Such a talent? I heard that His Highness Linzi Wang is an elegant person. Jiang Xuehui is boring, how can he win His Highness's favor? When you are elected, you will wear this outfit and keep it to make others look stupid. Eye. The position of the princess is none other than you!"

These days, You Yue is really proud of herself.

Originally, the uncle's house had a lot of resentment towards her for paying her to get her out of the prison. After all, what was given out was real gold and silver, fifteen thousand taels of silver, anyone would have to vomit blood. But after this incident, it aroused her temper, and in a rage, she took all her savings and bought the silver shares of Ren's Saltworks, a total of 4,000 shares in her hand.

Later, Ren Weizhi asked to marry You Fangyin's little bastard, fearing that she would be a hindrance, so he gave her two thousand taels of red envelopes back and forth.

Naturally, her hands became more generous again.

At the beginning, when the uncle and Mrs. Uncle learned that she was such a prodigal, she spent all the money to buy the silver shares of the saltworks, they almost lost their temper and wanted to sell the silver shares at that time.

Fortunately, she was stopped by her death.

Now that the stock price of Ren's Saltworks is rising steadily, Bofu and Mrs. Bo are all smiling when they see her, and they are more concerned about the rise and fall of the stock price than she is all day long. Her status in the mansion naturally rose accordingly.

Qibo's mansion didn't pay attention to Ren Weizhi who asked to marry You Fangyin at the beginning, but he was just a poor boy from a remote place in the middle of Sichuan, and he married You Fangyin entirely for the sake of the bride price. past.

After all, she is the daughter of a concubine, so three thousand taels is not a loss.

But after the situation in Ren's Salt Field improved, Uncle Qingyuan and Mrs. Uncle gradually became more concerned.

Uncle Qingyuan said: "No matter what you say, she is also the daughter married by our uncle's house. It is unreasonable for her to cut off contact with her family after she arrived in the middle of Shu. The reason why the boy surnamed Ren was able to build the salt field is also because of uncle. Is it the reputation of the mansion? The businessman married the daughter of the official family, and he took advantage of it! The Ren’s Salt Field is such a big place, and it also has to do with the price of the silver stocks in Yue’er’s hands. In any case, they can’t let them mess around. Let’s pick something to do The steward went over neatly, taught them well, and also kept an eye on the situation of the salt farm. He only issued 40,000 silver shares in the capital, accounting for 40% of the salt farm's dividends, and the remaining 60%. No matter what, he should get more Come out a little, and honor your father-in-law's family!"

So Nian Bo's mansion has already sent people to Shuzhong.

In a place like Ren's Salt Field, once salt production starts, the well salt like snowflakes will turn into silver like snowflakes. Who wouldn't be tempted to see it?

You Yue didn't expect that a low life like You Fangyin would have such good luck.

Only she wasn't jealous either.

As long as she wanted anything from You Fangyin, she could grab it. Isn't it easy for her to wear the wedding dress after others have finished it? So You Yue has been very relaxed these days, only tinkering with makeup and clothing at home, preparing to shine on the day when Linzi Princess is elected.

Hearing the maid who came in from outside said that someone in the Shuzhong Inn started selling silver stocks, she was taken aback for a moment, and then laughed: "The situation of the Ren's Salt Farm is very good now, and I want to know why Zhuo Tongjing is constantly collecting money." It takes a long time for others to imitate the money. If you have silver shares in your hand but sell them so early, you are either short-sighted or short-sighted!"

The maids were all a little puzzled: "What about you, girl?"

You Yue rolled her eyeballs, but smiled suddenly, her eyes glowed brilliantly, she took the key and opened her silver box, she couldn't hold back her excitement and said: "Other people are short-sighted, but this is my great opportunity! I am worried that there is no place to buy silver stocks, there are prices everywhere but no market! I must take this opportunity to take this silver stock!"

Then he took the bank note and seal, and went to Shuxiang Inn.

It's just how hot the silver stock market in Ren's Salt Field is these days?

The 2,000 silver shares that were thrown out were divided into four batches. When You Yue arrived, the first two batches had already been snatched away. Two batches, a total of 1,000 shares.

Adding the 4,000 shares in her own hand, there are 5,000 shares.

The other thousand shares were actually bought by Lu Xian's people first.

Because the amount of this batch of silver stocks was small, he couldn't be sure where it came from, so he didn't pay much attention to it.

After the bank shares were credited, he went to Xie Mansion to meet Xie Wei for tea.

At that time, Xie Wei was listening to Jianshu report on Jiang Xuening's situation.

After listening, his brows tightened.

Jianshu pondered that Mr. Lu and his husband have known each other for many years, and they both worked for him. He has always been very concerned about money matters and regards money as his life, so he hesitated and asked: "Ms. It's a plan. Will you let Mr. Lu know about this matter?"

At this moment, Lu Xian, who was wearing a literati gown, had already walked over from the other end of the corridor, strolling in the courtyard, as if walking in his own home, with a spring breeze on his face.

Xie Wei raised his eyes and saw him.

After a while, he retracted his gaze, raised his long eyebrows lightly, and said, "What do you know?"

Jianshu was stunned.

Xie Wei's expression was indifferent, nothing unusual: "Lv Zhaoyin knows a lot about business matters, so do you need to intervene?"

Sword Book: "..."

The truth seems to be like this, but why do you feel that there is something wrong?

Two thousand silver shares, one thousand of which were traded at a price of 1,500 Wen, and the remaining 1,000 at a price of 1,600 Wen.

Jiang Xuening suddenly had three thousand one hundred taels of silver in his hand.

He gave Xiao Dingfei 20,000 taels earlier, plus his own 2,000 taels of personal silver, plus the more than 3,000 taels of selling silver stocks, and the total left in his hands is 33,000 taels of silver.

After she threw out the silver shares in her hand, the price of the silver shares in Shuxiang Inn went up by dozens of cents.

Lian'er and Tang'er said that they lost money when they heard about it.

Jiang Xuening was indifferent to this, and didn't pay any attention to it. She just emphasized to them again and again that once there was a letter from You Fangyin or new news from Shuxiang Inn, she needed to find a way to send the news to herself immediately.

In the next period of time, it is natural to enter the palace to study with me.

It's just that February 16th is the day when Linzi King Shen Jie chooses his concubine, and it is inevitable that people in the palace will fluctuate. Everyone congratulated Mingfeng Palace.

Wen Zhaoyi, who was pregnant, had a grand birthday at the end of January.

The whole palace was full of joy.

Only gradually, people began to notice that there seemed to be a lot of gossip in the market.

For example, the envoys from the Tatars were tyrannical and domineering in the capital, and they almost regarded the capital as their own racetrack;

For example, if the Yongyi Hou's Mansion is still there, why send the princess to get married?

For example, it was the Empress Dowager's mother's Xiao family who sent Shen Zhiyi, the eldest princess of Leyang, to get married. Wanting to make a kiss with the eldest princess who was stabbed in the face by a traitor when she was a child;

For example, Princess Leyang suffered misfortune when she was young, and her life was full of evil. Sending her to marry her might bring disaster to Daqian;

…

At the beginning, it was just rumors after dinner.

Even the ruling and opposition civil and military officials didn't take it seriously.

After all, there are often criticisms of major national affairs in the market, that is, everyone talks casually, but nothing can become popular. Rumors like these speculations will naturally dissipate in a short time.

But this time, things seemed to be different from any previous time.

Seeing that February has already entered, these rumors and criticisms in the market have not only not subsided, but have become more and more intense.

On the day when the dragon raised his head on February 2, there was even a scholar named Weng Ang who went to Beijing to rush for the exam. When he was drinking, he said directly, "The Xiao family is ambitious, so they should let their own girls go to Tatar to get married." .

At that time, there were not a few scholars present.

Weng Ang is also a well-learned man, his words spread like a stone stirring up thousands of waves.

Originally, those who agree with and those who oppose only account for half of each.

Unexpectedly, these words somehow reached the ears of the second son of the Xiao family, Xiao Ye, who had managed to recover from his injuries at home. Xiao Ye's young master was **** off by Xiao Dingfei's nest in the mansion, and he had to listen to criticism from these people when he finally went out, so he couldn't help feeling angry from the bottom of his heart. After he inquired about the source of these words, he directly handed over the money and asked someone to teach Na Weng Ang a lesson secretly, so that the other party would not dare to talk nonsense again.

It was this lesson that made a big deal happen.

Weng Ang is very open-minded, he doesn't have much money, and he doesn't know who he has made friends these days, who gave him a lot of money, and he became more and more reckless, soaking in wine tanks all day long.

That day when he walked out of the flower building, he was sacked by a group of people.

Punching and kicking, verbal abuse.

The bones of the literati's body could not help being beaten, and he vomited blood from the severe wound at that time. Fortunately, at that time, Jin Yiwei's people patrolled the dark alleys at night, Zhou Yinzhi, the master of Qianhu, was very skilled in martial arts, and stopped the gangsters from committing crimes. He also arrested the gangsters and took them to the yamen for trial.

How great is Jin Yiwei's punishment?

It didn't take half an hour for the group of weak bones to cry for their father and mother, and recruited Xiao Ye, who was instigating behind him, completely.

The Duke's Mansion naturally spent a lot of effort to bribe the interrogators to avoid spreading the news.

But where is there an impenetrable wall in the world?

In addition, the one who had the accident this time was Weng Ang, who had entered Beijing to rush for the exam and had a good reputation. It was as if he had stabbed a hornet's nest. The nose is cursing!

Originally, some people thought that the marriage had nothing to do with the Xiao family, but Weng Ang just uttered nonsense when he was drunk, Xiao Ye, the second son of the Xiao family, wanted someone to kill him secretly, how could the world tolerate such bullying?

Even if it is very reasonable, it becomes unreasonable!

The warm wind from the south will turn the tops of the trees green, and overnight, the streets and alleys of the capital are full of news that "Xiao's guilt is about to kill Weng Ang's mouth", and it doesn't matter whether it is true or not. What's important is that Xiao's behavior has caused public outrage, and all kinds of accusations were immediately turned around, and all of them were thrown at the former noble lintel!

For a moment, all civil and military officials in the ruling and opposition parties were stunned, never expecting such a development.

With such a commotion outside, the palace will naturally not be clean.

More or less news will come in.

The old **** Jiang Xuening is watching a play.

Others have nothing to do with themselves.

Only Xiao Shu, who had received the news from outside in the past few days, became more and more depressed in her heart. Occasionally, she would get emotional about small things in front of people, obviously influenced by those rumors in Beijing.

Others may think these things are just coincidences.

But in Xiao Shu's view, everything that happened these days seems to have been carefully planned. Otherwise, one piece after another, how could it be a coincidence? How dare a soft-boned literati make such a big incident before Chunwei?

There seemed to be a hand manipulating the darkness.

She just felt that everything was directed at her!

On the day of leaving the palace on the 7th day of February, Xiao Shu didn't even pay attention to Chen Shuyi, and went out of the palace in a carriage, and went directly back to the Duke's mansion, preparing to deal with the matter personally.

Jiang Xuening was slow.

She and the others were all behind, seeing Xiao's carriage that came to pick him up billowing away with smoke and dust, there was a three-point smile on her lips.

Eight days later, the selection of the concubine by the Prince of Linzi, and the weather started to warm up, most of the companion ladies in Yangzhi Zhai who came from official families put on new clothes.

You Yue is even more gorgeously dressed.

After Jiang Xuening didn't run for Linzi Princess, she became more and more low-key in the palace, and she didn't show off her mountains and dews, and the prince Dingfei didn't come to show her hospitality again, so You Yue felt that Jiang Xuening was only mediocre.

When walking out of Shunzhen Gate, she deliberately took a step ahead of Jiang Xuening and bumped into her.

Jiang Xuening looked up at her.

You Yue covered her lips lightly, looking embarrassed, and smiled: "I'm really sorry, the second girl Jiang has been drooping lately, and she doesn't say a few words. It always makes me feel like there is no such person. This Accidentally walked over and realized that there was no one in front, so why didn’t we bump into and step on it?”

Jiang Xuening looked at her, but she didn't have a fit, but thoughtfully said: "Miss You seems to have changed recently."

You Yue was startled: "What?"

Jiang Xuening parted the corners of her lips and smiled meaningfully: "I'm getting fatter."

After all, it is still beautiful to be thin.

Hearing her words, You Yue's complexion changed immediately, she subconsciously raised her hand to caress her cheek, thinking that she had made a lot of preparations for the selection of Princess Linzi these days, her skin has improved a lot, and she also took care not to eat too greasy food Food will never make you fat.

So he sneered: "I'm looking for something to talk about!"

After saying that, he left Jiang Xuening behind with a flick of his sleeves, and went to the Qingyuan uncle's mansion to pick up her carriage.

Just when she got close, her heart skipped a beat.

Because the servant girl who usually served in the mansion was standing beside the carriage at this moment, with a look of panic, fear and panic on her face, when she saw her, she called "Miss", and tears rolled down her face.

A strong uneasiness welled up in You Yue's heart: "What's wrong?"

The servant girl was terrified, and tremblingly said: "Shu, the salt field, the salt field caught fire, a piece of it was burned, the price of the silver stock..."

You Yue's head suddenly exploded with a "buzz".

Her complexion turned ferocious in an instant, she grabbed the servant girl's arm, and said sharply: "What nonsense are you talking about, how could something happen if you are so good?!"

The sound was a bit loud, and could be heard standing at the gate of the palace.

Everyone's curious gazes were cast on him.

Standing on the side, Jiang Xuening's eyes flicked past You Yue's body, and cast her eyes towards the vast distance: under the clear blue sky, there are already a few shadows of flying birds, and the ice on the rivers and lakes outside the city should have almost melted. Mountain flowers are blooming everywhere, which is a good time for outing and enjoying. At that time, it would be a good idea to go with Shen Zhiyi.