Chapter 1581 Scam

When Xun Pengcheng woke up, it was already bright. Thinking back to what happened yesterday, Xun Pengcheng suddenly felt a little funny. He indeed wanted to become an official, but he was not stupid enough to be fooled. Especially when he came to Hainan.

In the past two years of Han Dynasty, he has been exposed to all aspects of society due to his work. He has dealt with people from all walks of life almost every day. He is no longer the pedantic scholar who only knew a subset of classics and history.

The situation that Wang Hao said, after he calmed down, he only had to take a brief look at it and he would find that it was full of loopholes. The Ministry of Rites, the Embassy of the Ming Dynasty, and the Embassy of the Ming Dynasty were recruiting people outside the rules. If you think about it carefully, nothing he said was reliable.

Although Xun Pengcheng hasn't yet figured out what his tricks and purpose are, he is already 60-70% sure that this person has something wrong. However, Xun Pengcheng has to admit that the other party's words are also very skillful and provocative.

, in just a short conversation, he was able to grasp the things that mattered most to him, and used the topic to make himself stunned. This ability was indeed something he had never seen before.

Most of the people who are good at playing with this kind of rhetoric are professional swindlers who aim to defraud money and sex. As for how to expose the true face of such swindlers, Xun Pengcheng knows some ways. After washing up, he went downstairs to eat a little

stuff, and then walked leisurely to the dock where I met Wang Hao yesterday.

Xun Pengcheng remembered that Wang Hao told him yesterday that he had just arrived in Sanya. He planned to go to the pier to inquire whether any passenger ships from Guangdong had arrived in Sanya in the past two days. You must know that before he went to the pier yesterday, the sea had been busy for several days.

There were strong winds and waves, and no ships could enter or exit Victory Port at all.

Xun Pengcheng came to the dock and inquired about it carefully, and then he realized that there was indeed something wrong with what Wang Hao said. After the storm subsided, the first passenger ship to enter the port only arrived this morning, and most of these passenger ships had arrived in the previous few days.

They docked at ports on the northern and east coast of Hainan Island to avoid wind and waves. No boatman dared to go out to sea despite waves two or three stories high and heavy rain. Wang Hao could only have arrived in Sanya before the storm.

, maybe he has been looking for someone to attack on the dock these days.

"Flying geese all day long, I was almost blinded by the geese." Xun Pengcheng gave an unceremonious evaluation of his performance yesterday. Although he is only a reporter, he has many sources of information and is rarely deceived.

time. And after talking with Wang Hao yesterday, I didn't catch the obvious loophole that appeared from the beginning. I was really confused.

However, perhaps due to the reporter's habit, although Xun Pengcheng had discovered that there was something wrong with Wang Hao, he did not plan to call the police immediately. He wanted to find out what this guy was doing and how he was trying to get close to him, and why.

thing.

According to yesterday's agreement, Xun Pengcheng came to the restaurant, directly ordered the seat where he sat yesterday, asked the waiter to serve a pot of Tieguanyin and two snacks, and then sat leisurely and waited for Wang Hao to show up.

Wang Hao showed up earlier than the time when the two of them came over for dinner yesterday. When he found out that Xun Pengcheng had arrived, he quickly came over and said, "Brother Xun, I've been waiting for you for a long time! I wanted to come over earlier, but I had some official business to deal with, which delayed my time."

, I hope Brother Xun will forgive me!"

Xun Pengcheng said generously that it didn't matter. He had already identified that Wang Hao had a problem. Now when he heard what he said about handling official business, Xun Pengcheng thought it was a routine and just continued to wait and see. He knew that since Wang Hao today

If you make an appointment to meet with me again, you should probably talk about business.

Wang Hao said: "Yesterday I asked Brother Xun to be the host, and today it's my turn. Don't steal the bill from me!"

Xun Pengcheng responded with a smile: "Easy to say, easy to say." He wanted to see if Wang Hao was really willing to spend the money to treat him to a meal.

However, Wang Hao did not deliberately show off. The food he ordered was of the same quality as yesterday's meal. Finally, he ordered a bottle of Sanya special wine. However, Xun Pengcheng felt that he drank a little too much yesterday and decided early on that he would not drink more today.

Drink it, so as not to be led astray by Wang Hao again when you are confused.

Sure enough, before the food was served, Wang Hao had already taken the initiative to mention what he was currently doing: "After saying goodbye to Brother Xun yesterday, I took my entourage to visit several places nearby, and there were some places with good conditions among them.

, but the land price is very high and we couldn’t negotiate it yesterday.”

Xun Pengcheng wondered why he had seen this number before, and then followed his words and continued: "Oh? I wonder where the place Brother Wang is looking for is, and how much is the land price?"

Wang Hao said: "It is on the hillside northwest of Fort Victory, not far from the guest house built by Haihan. There is a mountain stream flowing down there, and the surrounding environment is quite quiet. If we can purchase and build an embassy, ​​it will be an excellent place.

Where. When the time comes, the envoy will come over and look at it and be satisfied, we and the people who are doing the work will also receive a reward. However, the price offered by the other party for the land is quite high. To be honest, Brother Xun, the money I brought here this time is not enough."

Xun Pengcheng secretly thought, "Here we come." Wang Hao took the initiative to talk about money-related topics, and he should be using the topic again. However, it can be seen that Wang Hao did some homework and went to the guest house.

After checking the environment, it is very possible that he actually went to explore the land price there. However, Xun Pengcheng was basically sure that Wang Hao would not be able to find someone to ask for the price, because there is a large area of ​​land near the Guest House, including embassies of other countries, at least

It had been nationalized before Xun Pengcheng became a reporter, and would never be sold to private individuals. Even if the Ming Dynasty wanted to build an embassy there, it could only submit it to the Haihan Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Executive Committee through official channels.

It is impossible to apply through private channels to buy the land there.

However, ordinary people do not know this kind of thing, and only a few special professions who have access to the diplomatic department understand the rules. Xun Pengcheng worked as a reporter for two years. Although his newspaper is not an official

major newspapers, but there are also various special channels that can access areas unknown to ordinary people. When it comes to Haihan's various major policies in the diplomatic field, Xun Pengcheng may not be able to tell you, but as long as it is related to local information in Sanya,

But there is very little he doesn't know.

If Wang Hao was not facing Xun Pengcheng, this rhetoric might have had its intended effect, but to Xun Pengcheng, who was already wary, it actually confirmed Wang Hao's evil intentions.

Xun Pengcheng had some concerns in his mind, but his mood relaxed. Now that he had noticed the other party's methods, he was not afraid to turn against the guest and set the pace. Xun Pengcheng slowly put down the chopsticks in his hand and asked Wang Hao: "How high is the price? Next

I also know some people in Sanya, do you need to ask someone to come forward to lower the price?"

How could Wang Hao dare to agree to this? Not to mention that he didn't know who the real owner of that land was. Even if he knew, he wouldn't dare to create extraneous problems and let more people intervene in this situation.

"This... don't bother me. If word spreads in the future that the Ming envoys are using their power to suppress others, how unpleasant would it be? I didn't disclose my identity after coming to Sanya because of this issue." Wang Hao is flexible.

, and immediately avoided the topic.

Xun Pengcheng suddenly understood and said: "So it turns out that Brother Wang has thought carefully. This proposal is really abrupt. I hope Brother Wang can forgive me. But if the number is not large, there are not other ways to solve it."

When Wang Hao heard this, he immediately expressed interest: "I wonder if Brother Xun has any other ideas?"

Seeing that Wang Hao was so active, Xun Pengcheng was even more convinced of the opponent's approach. However, he had already prepared a routine and would not follow Wang Hao's thoughts. He pretended to be mysterious and said: "If the difference is not big,

, then you can borrow money from Haihan Bank. I happen to know people in the bank. Brother Wang only needs to show them the official documents of the court, and it will be easy to get a loan of one or two hundred thousand. And the bank is no better than other places, even if you have an extraordinary status,

They will also keep it secret for you."

Xun Pengcheng clearly saw the corner of Wang Hao's mouth twitching slightly, thinking it was due to emotional fluctuations. He knew that since the other party had made this move against him, there would be no chance of him targeting the bank again, so he asked Wang Hao to find the bank.

Borrowing money is just to deliberately entertain the other party, and let's see what other reasons this guy can come up with to refuse.

Wang Hao was really speechless for a while this time, and then he finally said: "If we follow the method suggested by Brother Xun, and our boss later finds out that we borrowed money from Haihan, we will definitely be punished! Think about it, after Ming Dynasty and Haihan established diplomatic relations,

The symbol actually needs to borrow money from the Haihan official to build it. Isn’t this a great mockery of our Ming Dynasty?”

Xun Pengcheng was secretly amused, and on the surface he immediately agreed with Wang Hao's statement: "Brother Wang's words are reasonable, so in Brother Wang's opinion, how should we solve it at this time?"

Wang Hao was waiting for Xun Pengcheng to ask this question, and immediately said: "If it is convenient, Wang can borrow some money from private hands for turnover. After the government funds are in place, it doesn't matter if you pay a little more interest..."

Wang Hao saw that Xun Pengcheng was absentmindedly playing with the steamed grouper on the plate with chopsticks. He seemed to have not listened to what he said at all. He was a little anxious at the moment. He gritted his teeth and said: "I think Brother Xun is also a wealthy man. If you have more money,

Can I borrow the money and transfer it for a few days next week? This is a business matter and I will not treat Brother Xun badly. In addition to settling the interest on a daily basis, I will also recommend Brother Xun to serve in the embassy after the envoy comes to Sanya."

Xun Pengcheng secretly thought that the fox's tail was finally revealed. You, a Ming Dynasty official, wanted to build an embassy in Sanya, and you actually borrowed money from me, a commoner from Haihan. How could this make sense? But after watching the play and reading the full version, he didn't want to

At this moment, he was eager to expose the other party, so he pretended to be hesitant and said: "As for the remaining money... I still have a little bit on hand, but not much. I wonder how much Brother Wang still lacks?"

Wang Hao responded quickly: "I talked with the landlord yesterday. He asked for 100,000 yuan, and finally talked about 80,000 yuan. But I came in a hurry this time, so I brought a cash check of 40,000 yuan. It was still 40,000 yuan short."

Wan. If Brother Xun can be of help, lend me these 40,000. When the government funds are received in half a month, the repayment will be calculated as 50,000."

Xun Pengcheng said hypocritically: "It's not good to receive a profit of 10,000 yuan in half a month, isn't it? This is the court's public funds!"

Wang Hao showed off his tactics and said: "The imperial court has allocated one million taels of silver for the construction of this embassy. Now it is being calculated in Guangzhou to convert it into Haihan coins for business operations. The large amount has delayed the time. As for the specific amount of money spent here,

, it won’t be a matter of a word from me at that time. This little benefit can be regarded as my gratitude to Brother Xun for saving him!”

Xun Pengcheng still refused to let go and continued to ask: "Is it okay to recommend a position to the envoy?"

"This matter is all on my shoulders!" Wang Hao patted his chest and said, "Your Excellency specifically said that you want me to carefully select people who are committed to the Ming Dynasty and are knowledgeable and sensible. Isn't this Brother Xun? When Your Excellency hears Brother Xun's deeds, he will definitely

I’m very happy, Brother Xun, don’t refuse anymore when the time comes!”

"If I want to believe you, I'm a fool!" Xun Pengcheng was very wary. How could he believe Wang Hao as blindly as he did yesterday. He gave money and officials just for 40,000 yuan. He was afraid that his brain was damaged before he did it.

Such an unbelievable thing. Although Xun Pengcheng wanted to be an official and went crazy, he also knew that he would never become an official in this way. At this time, looking at Wang Hao opposite, he felt that this man looked disgusting, and he completely lost the traces of the old friend he met yesterday.

Feeling of intimacy.

"But, I also have a little problem..." Xun Pengcheng didn't want to let it go. He felt that if he didn't play with Wang Hao, he couldn't get rid of the mood in his heart.

Sure enough, Wang Hao asked: "Brother Xun, what other problems do you have? Is it difficult to come up with this amount?"

Xun Pengcheng said: "I can take this money, but it is still a large sum of money. Brother Wang, don't you plan to give me a written receipt or something?"

Wang Hao suddenly said: "Yes, yes, I almost forgot. Of course I have to write a copy of this IOU. I will borrow pen and ink from the store later and write the note in front of Brother Xun."

Xun Pengcheng smiled and nodded in agreement, thinking that if I can't kill you this time, I will change my name to Wang. At that moment, both of them felt that their goals had been achieved, so they toasted to celebrate.

After finishing the meal, Wang Hao paid the bill happily. Then he borrowed pen and ink from the store and wrote an IOU in front of Xun Pengcheng. He wrote it down one by one according to the previously agreed content. However, Wang Hao was not the same.

You idiot, you only wrote the contents of the IOU without signing it.

After finishing writing, Wang Hao said to Xun Pengcheng: "When I get the money, I will add my signature. What do you think, Brother Xun?"

Xun Pengcheng replied with a smile: "It should be so."

Even if Wang Hao didn't sign the IOU at the moment, Xun Pengcheng thought it was enough. Of course, he didn't want to extort money from the other party, but wanted to send this hateful guy to jail. This IOU was the best.

There is physical evidence. Even if Wang Hao did not defraud him of the money, he would not be able to escape just by pretending to be an official of the Ming Dynasty.
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