495. Chapter 495 Stopping people from making money
I don’t know when the misty rain started to fall from the sky.
Wang Yue left, and the old king left. Qian Wubing was in a trance, as if he heard Wang Yue and the old king laughing and saying something before leaving. In his mind, there was only that small green figure, mechanical After seeing the two of them off, they sat down mechanically, and then looked at the steaming tea on the table, which always felt a little unreal.
The tea shop was only a long alley away from his house. After sitting there for a while, he stood up and walked out.
Glancing towards the alley, the little figure had disappeared. Did he leave with his father? He was slightly regretful. After all, the girl who was booked for life in the tea shop was still a bit shy. .
"Mu Mu, you have to be nice to me from now on, do you understand?" A voice as clear and crisp as rain hitting a jade plate suddenly sounded beside him.
Qian Wubing turned his head with a smile. Zhu Yunniang stood behind him with a smile on her face. The misty rain wet her bun and her face. A few small drops of water fell gently from under her cheeks. Drop lightly.
Qian Wubing stretched out his hand and gently wiped away the water drops on her face: "Why do you call me Mu Mu?"
A familiar eye roll flew over, but that pretty and delicate little face remained motionless, allowing Qian Wubing's somewhat rough fingers to trace across her face.
"Let's go! Let's go home!"
Qian Wubing took her hand, smiled slightly, and walked towards the long alley deep in the rain.
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"Fuso Knife Sharpness!"
"I know!"
"Fuso Jinduo!"
"I know!"
"I want them all!"
"Do I still want it?"
Wang Yue said to the old king without raising his eyes: "Tell your wife what you want, it's useless to tell me!"
"Hey, hey, you old guy, why don't you speak with some conscience? We are relatives, right? Relatives should take care of each other, don't you see that my hairy son-in-law brought such a big group of people to share the food with him? Are you here? This elbow doesn’t want to be turned outward!" the old king said matter-of-factly.
"You just called your son-in-law, what a shameless old man!" Wang Yue said with a smile: "Your wife also has a share of the accounts. I should give you as much silver as the prince's palace, and I won't miss a tael!"
"I just said that after seeing it!" Old King Wang felt a little sad: "This money is not bad, but it is so unreliable. So much money has been wasted on the barren land of Dongfan. If it weren't for my wife and daughter Keep an eye on it, maybe my share on behalf of the palace is at stake, by the way, we have to make two copies of this account, we must make two copies, one for us to look at at home, and one for us to send to the palace!"
"You still need to teach me this. Do you think I have lived like a dog for so many years?" Wang Yue raised his head proudly: "We have done everything properly and wiped out everything that can be wiped out. Otherwise, our fleet alone will , earning so much money in a year, even if you have someone in the palace, you won’t be able to rest assured!”
He laughed: "It's just that when our fleet went out, some people complained a lot, saying that we were overbearing. A few days ago, I heard that some people were thinking about making some excuses about our fleet. It's 'competing with the people for profit' or something like that, isn't it just that if we make more money, they won't make any more money? Who doesn't know this point of view!"
"Speaking of this, the sick boy has the foresight to connect this business with the palace early. Even if these people want to attack us, they will do anything to avoid it! However, the little tricks they do secretly are really annoying!"
"Don't worry too much about these things!" Although the old king is known as a virtuous person, he is not a rigid person: "With this money in our hands, we can do a lot more things than if it falls into the hands of those silverfish.
I can't take care of other places. In Datong Military Town, so many cities need to be repaired, how many soldiers need food and salary, and how many people need alms. These are all matters of spending money. If you ask them, can they give it? The commander of the Jinyi Guards is so murderous.
Tengteng’s name shouldn’t be a soft-legged crab that anyone can bully!”
"It's good that you know this truth!" Wang Yue nodded: "Didn't the sick boy come with a group of helpers? If he wants to get some benefits from us, just getting some money won't do it. In two days,
Let this bunch of brats torment those jealous guys. Anyway, the old guys in the capital won’t let it go and let them torment them to their heart’s content! We can’t let Wu Bing take over for this evil man!”
Two old men were walking slowly by the Qinhuai River. To others, they looked like they were just chatting. But who would have thought that just these few sentences could determine the rise and fall of so many families.
"What are you going to do about the girl? Even if you bring the young couple together, it's still a matter of status. You can't roast my healthy child on the fire!"
"It's up to her. Princess, it doesn't matter whether she does it or not. Just take it as my polite words!" The old king glanced at Wang Yue and said, "If it doesn't work, let the palace report a death, girl.
She has never enjoyed the benefits of being a princess in her life, how can she let her status as a princess hinder her in this matter?"
"You shouldn't have recognized her in the first place. It would be better if you let her live freely outside!"
"Didn't I want to make it up to the two of them? Who knew today would happen? Okay, okay, I won't tell you anymore. I'm here. Can you come in and sit down?"
"No, you should discuss with your wife how much dowry you plan to get. Don't blame me for not reminding you. Our family is not sick, but we have seen money. Don't act so lonely!"
"Dream!" The old king rolled his eyes: "Let Qian Wubing come with the one million dowry gift first. Where can he find such a smart, beautiful wife who can also be a good wife?"
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When Qian Wubing arrived in Nanjing, perhaps not many people paid attention, and Qian Wubing didn't want to attract too much attention from others. However, those who should know will know.
The Shen family, which used to be known as the "richest man in the world", has gone through many twists and turns and is now in ruins. However, the way for the Shen family to make a fortune is something that everyone in the big families in Jiangnan is well aware of. People in the countryside have heard that the Shen family is
Only with a cornucopia can such staggering wealth be available. However, those who really know the inside story know that the Shen family made their fortune because of maritime trade.
Nowadays in Jiangnan, those with a family fortune of more than 100,000 silver are just called small rich. The middle rich often have hundreds of thousands to more than one million silver. Those who can be called rich have a family property of more than one million. And these are called
For the wealthy, in addition to their huge properties and various businesses, maritime trade has basically become an important source of wealth for their families. With the prosperity of the fleet in the four seas, they are the ones who bear the brunt of the damage to their interests.
With huge wealth, of course you have to be able to use it. If you are an official or a scholar, you might as well be an official if you expect the officials to take care of you. These wealthy families did not forget to spend money while building bridges and paving roads to gain fame. Support those poor students, and once these poor students succeed in the imperial examination and become court officials, they will naturally spare no effort to take care of their former benefactors. As for the children in the family, they will spare no effort to train them. In this way, one generation, two generations and three generations, several After generations, these wealthy families in Jiangnan have become giants, and their interest relationships are as complex as a big network.
As for this net, not even Wang Yue dared to touch it easily.
However, now those who dare to touch have come all the way from Beijing, and an invisible battle of swords and swords is about to unfold quietly in this misty and rainy Jiangnan.