Chapter 93: A gentleman’s way to get money

The great heaven and earth are not as great as the king. If the king is not here, the master will be great. If the master travels far away, the gentleman will be the greatest. The so-called gentleman is not the antonym of a villain, but the true son of a king. In other words, he is still a villain's third prince. Now he is the largest in Suzhou City, so Shi Chanli was not worried about anything. After a while of a slight distress, he finally agreed to His Highness's request.

The third prince ordered the old maids and eunuchs who had just arrived from the palace to stay in the mansion, and took Shi Chanli and a few guards out of the mansion. Seeing the little master disappearing at the door, the eunuchs and nannies trembled in fear, thinking that Lord Tisi was not here, so they immediately turned the world. They couldn't help but pray to Lord Tisi to come back quickly, but they didn't expect that Fan Xian wanted to use the third prince's identity to suppress others.

The third prince had such a chance to have such a chance to play, so of course he was not in a hurry. The group changed their clothes and pretended to be the rich young master who was traveling. Shi Chanli was arranged to have the role of an elder brother in a panic. The third prince was naturally the younger brother. He was walking around Suzhou City in a carriage, watching some good scenery, and then gathered on the lake to see a few flower boats. The third prince's interest finally weakened.

"The weather is too cold and the girls are wearing too much. How can you tell the romantic feeling?" The noble young man frowned, frowned, "Go and choose the place first. I have to worry about the business that Fan Xian wants to do, otherwise you will take me around and you will be angry."

Shi Chanli thought in his heart that this should have been like this long ago.

The problem of site selection is easy to solve. Anyway, just like the busiest place in Suzhou City, the group tried their best to rush inside, looking for the busiest streets, and then searching back and forth, and found that many brothels had been opened, which were already well-developed. This set the general direction.

Then in this large area, I picked the building with the clearest door and looked at it. I could see which one looks at it. The group simply took a look at it. It was a restaurant that occupied the best position on the street. It was a luxurious three-story building with wide buildings. The courtyard wall was faintly visible from behind, and it occupied a huge area.

The third prince waved his hand and said, "Don't look for it anymore, I see the best location in this store."

Shi Chanli felt so happy that he had been doing business in Kyoto's Baoyuelou for some time, but he never thought that taking the prince to choose a store location would be so profitable, rich and powerful, and he did things cleanly and neatly.

But he stood at the entrance of the restaurant and was still moved and whispered: "This place is so sensible, I see there is always a background behind it."

The third prince was stunned and asked, "Who else in this world has a bigger background than my family?"

Shi Chanli opened his mouth wide. He didn't say anything for a long time and forced the mouth of blood to swallow. Xiao Yi said, "If... there are members of the Governor's Office or from the Governor's family, your highness doesn't care much, but you always have to give these officials some face."

Although the third prince is young, he is not a fool. When he thinks that this is indeed the case, Governor Xue Qing is not a person he can offend easily. Besides, his group came from Kyoto thousands of miles away and wanted to take the face of the Jiangnan officials in the first place, but I am afraid that this matter will not be very good.

But he looked at the location of the restaurant. The more he looked, the more itchy he felt, the more beautiful he looked. He frowned and thought for a long time, and said, "I have to ask, if I want to let this Feng Shui treasure land go, Fan Xian doesn't feel sorry for me, I have to feel sorry for me for many days."

The group had been outside the restaurant for a while, just paying attention to the layout, and blocked the entrance of the restaurant. If you don’t eat, just smell the fragrance. Although Suzhou City is mixed with all kinds of religions, there is nothing like this. The group pointed and whispered at the entrance of the building, which immediately attracted the attention of people on the street. They just looked at the other party dressed in bright clothes and guarded Kong Wu, and they were not like people in the world. Therefore, the merchants on the street restrained their gossiping spirit of watching the fun.

Only the shopkeeper in the restaurant had no choice but to come out, smile professionally, and asked, "Everyone, do you want to go into the building to try our signature dishes? Our Zhuyuan Pavilion is known as the second floor of Suzhou together with Jiangnanju. It is indeed a good food."

He looked at the people in front of the building that seemed to be from other places and their identities should be good, so he responded with a small idea that the Zhuyuan Pavilion has its own background, but the business people naturally have a clever and exquisite heart, only talking about business, and there was no intention of blaming the other party in front of the building.

Shi Chanli was stunned and said with a gentle smile: "I'm really sorry, I was distracted for a moment. Don't blame the shopkeeper."

The shopkeeper quickly joined the polite official. The third prince was impatient and took it slowly, saying, "Go in and sit down." He led the group to the building, and finally lost the words: "Shopkeeper, arrange a quiet room, and ask for some advice."

The shopkeeper was stunned and thought to himself that your brother didn't say anything, why was the young man who spoke first? Shi Chanli coughed twice, covered it up, and followed him into the building.

Everyone was not sitting firmly in a room in the building, and the shopkeeper went into the house to greet him. The third prince didn't say nonsense and asked directly: "Shopkeeper, are you selling this building?"

The shopkeeper was shocked today and thought that the young master spoke in a very good tone, but he had dealt with many difficult things in his life. He said with a humble smile: "Young Master, the business in this building is good now, and the boss doesn't seem to have the intention of a turntable."

"Dare you dare to ask the boss for your surname?" Shi Chanli secretly complained that His Highness was anxious and asked gently.

The shopkeeper responded: "The head's surname is Qian."

After the shopkeeper withdrew, Shi Chanli frowned and said, "I am the first time I came to Suzhou. I can't figure out the relationship between them at all, and I don't know who the sage named Qian is."

The third prince stood up and pushed open the window in the box. His face was stunned, as if he had seen something strange.

Shi Chanli was suspicious and walked behind him and looked out the window. He couldn't help but be stunned.

Outside the window is the back garden of the Zhuyuan Pavilion. There is a flat lake in the garden. Although the lake is not wide, it is better to be quiet. There are courtyard walls on both sides separated from the downtown city. The lawn in the courtyard is not green, but you can imagine the beautiful scenery in spring.

“It really looks like…”

The two of them sighed at the same time. The image mentioned here of course means that the setting behind this building is very similar to that of the Kyoto Boyue Tower. Especially on those lawns, if there are more quiet courtyards, I am afraid that the setting with Kyoto Boyue Tower will become twins.

Looking at the back garden of Zhuyuan Pavilion, the two managers of Baoyue Tower were moved, and they were greatly moved - this building must be bought!

"Buy it!"

The third prince and Shi Chanli spoke at the same time in a tacit understanding, and then smiled. The rest of the matter was simple. After returning, they found a way to inquire about the background of the Zhuyuan Pavilion. I just hope that the other party’s background would not be too strong. If it involves too high-level officials, things would be more troublesome.

The third prince was young, but he didn't know where he came from so many sighs: "If Fan Sizhe was here, he would be afraid that he would sue the owner of this restaurant, and he would point at the other party's nose and scold the other party for shamelessly plagiarizing his own design."

Shi Chanli thought that Young Master Fan was indeed of this kind of temperament and couldn't help but burst into laughter.

"Why are you laughing?" The third prince glared at him. "My second cousin is even more sinister than the eldest cousin... Of course, neither of them is a good guy. They just played tricks on the tricks and bullied me as young as I was, and I was so embarrassed. Don't forget, you have a lot to do with this matter!"

Shi Chanli was so timid that he dared not answer the conversation.

The group spent a meal in the private room and highly praised the cooking skills of the restaurant. The third prince even had the idea of ​​bringing the original chef to the scene.

After the meal, everyone was about to leave, but they found that the shopkeeper hurried into the private room and bowed again with a sweaty face. While wiping sweat, he said softly, "These guests have talked about buying a house before, can you discuss it again?"

The third prince is very strange. The building is obviously in excellent business. And when I asked earlier, the other party was obviously prepared, but why did his attitude suddenly change so much at this time?

Shi Chanli asked tentatively: "Shopkeeper, what does this mean?"

The shopkeeper laughed dryly and said, "I heard about this before. When my boss thought that the business was not as good as in previous years, I had offered it. I just hoped that the guests could give a suitable price. In addition, I hope that after the transfer, the guests could take care of this building."

Shi Chanli became even more and more strange. Just as he was about to ask something, the third prince smiled and said, "This is naturally. We are also businessmen. Of course, we will do this building well. But you said before that the price is appropriate, and you don't know what price is more suitable?"

The private room suddenly became quiet.

The shopkeeper's eyes were dazed, thinking that he would dare to ask this young master to bid? But the boss didn't give him any instructions, how could he pay this price? Depending on the boss's intention, he must have planned to give it away for free, but the other party didn't seem to find out... he wanted to bid alone?

The sweat on his forehead was soaking faster and faster, and his face flushed. It seemed that the chilly weather in early spring had turned into a season of autumn. After holding it in for a long time, the shopkeeper finally mustered up the courage and stretched out four fingers!

Shi Chanli was stunned. The guards in the room were stunned again, thinking forty thousand taels? Even if the lion heads in this place are famous, they are not as big as those who speak so much!

The shopkeeper saw that the other party did not respond, and he was even more scared. He quickly withdrew three fingers and left his index finger standing up pitifully.

Shi Chanli almost vomited blood again. The price of killing was really weird. He didn't have to say anything, but in a blink of an eye it changed from 40,000 taels to 10,000 taels. After thinking about it, he felt that the price was actually good. He nodded and said, "Although ten thousand taels of silver is not much...but..."

The shopkeeper's legs became weak and he almost cried, saying, "This gentleman, I'm wrong."

Shi Chanli said in surprise: "Why are you wrong?"

"It's...one thousand taels." The shopkeeper forced out his innocent smile, "It's not ten thousand taels."

Shi Chanli swallowed back the third mouthful of blood today. Before he could say anything, the third prince had already said, "Come on the contract." Looking at his expression, he seemed to be confident.

The shopkeeper seemed to be ready, so he immediately went out to invite a middle-aged man approved by the government to enter, and began to write a contract. When the number of transactions was written, the third prince smiled sweetly and said, "Ten thousand taels, I won't take advantage of you. I will give you 20% of the silver, because your boss must not be willing to sell it. These 20% of the silver is considered to buy him the medicine."

Although the third prince was wearing civilian clothes today, he naturally showed a sense of nobleness. Although the shopkeeper was very surprised, he did not dare to say much. He wrote the contract letter, and both parties pressed their fingerprints and made an appointment to finish the silver building tomorrow.

He carefully sent the group out of the restaurant. The shopkeeper let out a sigh of relief, wiped the cold sweat from his forehead with some fear, calmed down, and walked to the third floor, walked into a quiet room. He handed the land deed in his arms to a young man.

This young man had a clear and upright face and gentle eyes. It was Ming Lanshi, the young master of Di Ming family, appeared on the stairs of West Lake in Hangzhou.

He took the Creed Book and glanced at it. A hint of hatred and disappointment flashed in his eyes. He slapped in the face with a backhand! With a bang, the shopkeeper covered his cheeks and looked at the young master timidly, not knowing what he had done wrong.

"Useless things!" Ming Lanshi was angry. His face was still gentle, but his words were filled with cold wind, "I can't even give you money!"

Today he was also a coincidence. After the family meeting, Ming Lanshi stayed in Suzhou. Suddenly, he heard the shopkeeper say that someone wanted to buy a house. When he heard the other party’s description and dressing, the successor of the Ming family vaguely guessed a little. Later, the waiter overheard Fan Sizhe’s name. He immediately confirmed the other party’s identity and reacted very quickly and prepared to send the Zhuyuan Pavilion to both hands...

I didn't expect that the other party would take advantage of it, and it would cost 16,000 taels of silver. This is not a small amount!

This amount not only did not take advantage of Ming's family, but it was much higher than the land price in the market. But how could the Ming's family lose so much money? Ming Lanshi thought to take advantage of the third prince not knowing who the owner of Zhuyuan Pavilion was, and he would give this building first, even if it was sold at a low price.

His main purpose is of course to please the other party, but if the other party does not recognize this villain at all in the future... This contract is sent to Kyoto, which is evidence that Fan Xian and the third prince are pursuing their power to buy private industries. In the future, it is also easy to find a reason for the eldest princess to fight a lawsuit against the emperor!

Unexpectedly, the young third prince refused to take advantage of this... Is the rumors in Kyoto fake? This prince is not as greedy as the legendary greedy and vicious?

Ming Lanshi fell into deep thought and once again found that the people the family had to face this time were really elusive. He closed his eyes and pondered for a while. He whispered: "Mr. Fan's mind is very simple. He is going to open a brothel... and pass the order. No matter how high the land is, it is not allowed to be sold to them. It is not enough to open a high land price!"

The shopkeeper responded, then smiled bitterly and said, "Young Master, but our own girls are not sold... There are many people doing this business in Suzhou City, and those people are definitely unwilling to offend Lord Fan."

"Do they have good girls on their hands?" Ming Lanshi said with a smile: "The good girls are all in our hands... Let them buy some leftovers, where can they attract customers."

A carriage left the Zhuyuan Pavilion. The surrounding merchants did not know that the Tangming family had suffered a loss. The most famous restaurant in Suzhou will change hands tomorrow. Although Shi Chanli had few filthy things, he finally woke up at this time and frowned and said, "Your Highness, it seems that your identity has been known by the other party."

A hint of boredom flashed across the third prince's childish face: "Those people are smart."

Shi Chanli thought about it and couldn't help but ask, "Your Highness, the price I had previously offered was one thousand taels, why..."

"Why do I have to increase my price?" The third prince sneered: "I have no choice but to show my kindness, either a traitor or a thief. When I guess my identity, I wish I could present this building with both hands... What they asked for in the future is that it was not as simple as this building. If people come to smile, of course we can't slap the face in the face, but there is no need to put our faces on them and be intimate with them... How many people in this world are qualified to have a friendship with me?"

Shi Chanli shook his head and said, "I don't know who the boss behind that building is, it's so fast to see the opportunity."

The third prince said: "Does the other party care who is, and if you want me to take advantage of him, you must be the one who wants to take advantage of me. You must remember this. When you go out to walk in the future, don't take advantage of others randomly. Be careful to cause trouble for Fan Xian."

Shi Chanli was so impressed by the little prince in front of him that he admired him, and exclaimed: "Your Highness's words are simple, but the truth is profound."

The third prince cursed in a clear voice: "Don't flatter me. I finally pretended to be a civilian, but I was seen after being seen. I felt really unhappy."

Shi Chanli thought, you had to buy a house as soon as you entered the building at a young age. How could you do this tone to cover up your identity? He thought again that the prince in front of him was young and could not bear it when facing tens of thousands of taels of silver. It seemed that it was too far from the vicious temperament when he was in Baoyue Tower. A trace of doubt flashed in his eyes.

I don’t know if the third prince saw his expression, so he continued, “Fan Xian said something. If I take advantage of the people in the world, the people in the world will eventually take advantage of the court. And if I... if I let the court be taken advantage of, it is a fool who is willing to pay the money for people to spend money on his own.”

Shi Chanli was silent and secretly worried for the sect master. As a prince, he established such a thought. He was naturally telling the prince that the interests of the court... will be your own interests in the future, so what does this mean?

The prince is still in power now!

Without realizing that Shi Chanli was frightened in his heart, the third prince smiled shyly and said, "The teacher said that a gentleman loves money and takes it in a good way. But the king's wealth is hidden in the world, so why should he get it?"

Shi Chanli swallowed the fourth mouthful of blood that was secretly injured today, staring at the green banners floating across the car window. He suppressed his inner fear and thought that he had never heard this sentence.

"Business can be regarded as a hobby." The third prince laughed and said, "Old Shi, your courage is much smaller than my two cousins. It is not a business material."

Shi Chanli moved his body, letting the slightly wet clothes on his back breathe, and responded with a wry smile: "What your Highness has taught you a lesson."

The third prince stopped the carriage and said, "The money house has arrived. You go to do business and I will go back to the mansion first."

A smirk appeared on the child's face, and I don't know what he was proud of.

Looking at the carriage that was leaving, Shi Chanli secretly breathed a sigh of relief, shouting that the two guards of his own were waiting outside, tidied up their clothes, and then walked towards the Taiping Money House's split number.

Not far behind him, the newly opened investment bank that had been inaugurated for several months was still neglected, but it exuded a new noble atmosphere. The brand new green cloth seemed to mock Shi Chan for his pedantic and ignorant position.

The chicken is made of double yellow, and eat half of it first. Not to mention what new and surprising things will happen to Shi Chan when he is standing in the money shop. Just talk about the huge convoy carrying more than 100 people outside the jurisdiction of the Inner Truck Transportation Department, which is very far away from Suzhou City, the huge convoy carrying more than 100 people is struggling to move forward in the cold early spring rainy day.

The Transportation Department of the Neiku Transportation Department and the Tea Department of the Salt Department are different. First of all, they have more affairs and greater profits. Moreover, they are the only local Transportation Department in Sanshili. The production of the Neiku is a factory workshop, which requires a huge territory. After the imperial court set apart a piece of land in northern Fujian many years ago, it gradually became a special zone. Its area is even larger than a small state and its status is very special.

Because he was worried that the manufacturing process of the inner warehouse would flow abroad, the Qing Dynasty court really invested a lot in the security work of the inner warehouse. Qing State carried out a completely closed management of the inner warehouse territory, setting up a total of five blockade lines. The outermost periphery was the local state army and the navy in Jiangnan. The four lines inside were set up by the Qing State Army and the Supervision Bureau, and they supervised each other, like a multi-layer juice cake.

In addition to the strict supervision on the surface of the transportation lines, there are also many secret servants who have been scattered in. Countless pairs of eyes in the open or secret are staring at the Cui family or other agents.

Even though Qing State spent so much effort, it still could not stop the greedy vision of other countries. In the past few decades, there have been countless incidents in the inner treasury, and Qing State has paid a very heavy price for it. First of all, the garrison and defense have cost a lot of silver every year. Secondly, the thousands of lives lost for the prosperity of Qing State in the past few decades - the stealing of intelligence and the anti-commercial espionage struggle, seem particularly bloody in this world!

This war seems to never end that day, and the Supervision Bureau is the institution that pays the most price in this war. I don’t know how many undercover people died in the dark, but fortunately, the inner treasury is still safe until today.

The former host Yan Ruohai and Qin Shan, the brother of the Kyoto garrison Qin Heng, were the direct leaders in the process of defence. The two once boasted that with Neiku's defense power, they still couldn't do anything to the master except for the defensive power, even mosquitoes that were only stained with perfume smell could not fly out.

The convoy was undergoing the last inspection. Fan Xian lifted the curtains and looked at the hydraulic engine pivot by the river not far away. His eyes narrowed slightly. Although it was just some initial and rough industry, the demand for power was inseparable from water.

His narrowed eyes were chilling, and he didn't turn around, and said gently: "I brought you in just for my own safety. I don't want you to go to various workshops to watch the fun. If someone discovers you, you should know how serious the consequences are. Even if you are a super strong man at the ninth level, you may not be able to escape from the pursuit of the power here... and although I was only half injured, I will take action myself."
Chapter completed!