"These businessmen are all the same. They appear to be smart, but in fact they are just a bunch of fools."
"The poor Taoist just said a few random words, and they believed everything."
"Those people from the White Lotus Sect are really powerful. They can even find out such secret information."
Chong Yunzi sneered disdainfully in his heart. From the moment Zhang Fengnian arrived at his door, everything was under his control.
The reason why his apprentice took so long to open the door was not because the little Taoist priest was really so arrogant and lazy.
Even such a short distance requires such a long delay.
It's because he is looking for information about Zhang Fengnian.
The information about Zhang Fengnian was of course provided to him by people from the White Lotus Sect.
Zhang Fengnian's status is quite special. He was specially designated by Zhu Han to be one of the ten grain merchants who can transport grain from outside Datong Prefecture to Datong Prefecture for sale.
Of course, it is impossible for the White Lotus Sect not to investigate such a person who is closely related to Zhu Han.
With this information in hand, although it is still impossible to know five hundred years in advance and five hundred years in hindsight.
But Zhang Fengnian's past experience was completely understood by Chong Yunzi.
Knowing this, if he can't deceive Zhang Fengnian anymore, then all his years of practice will be in vain.
But in Zhang Fengnian's view, the situation is completely different.
It was obviously the first time they met, yet Chong Yunzi was able to describe his past in such detail just by looking at his face.
Others may not know what is going on with these two noble people, one big and one small.
But Zhang Fengnian really understood it in his heart.
That big nobleman obviously refers to His Royal Highness King Zhu Han.
It can be said that without King Zhu Han of England, Zhang Fengnian would not be where he is today.
The reason why he has been able to make great progress along the way is because of His Royal Highness.
The first pot of gold was because His Royal Highness the King of England forcibly took back the announced construction rights after arriving in Yanjing.
He contracted out all large and small projects in Yanjing, and he also took the opportunity to get a share of these projects.
Later, King Zhu Han of England came up with the Patent Law.
His workers accidentally discovered a formula that could improve cement while constructing a project contracted by the imperial court.
In the past, with their abilities, their only choice was to keep this formula firmly in their own hands and not let anyone know about it.
Although it can be sold, the price at which it is sold is not up to him.
If someone uses power to oppress others, they are not particularly good businessmen. If they don't want to get nothing in the end, they have no choice but to bow their heads.
If the other party is kind-hearted, maybe you can give them thousands or hundreds of taels of silver as compensation.
But the greater possibility is that after the other party took the formula, they killed them.
To prevent this recipe from getting into other people's hands.
It was at this time that King Zhu Han of England came up with the patent law again.
He also relied on the protection of patent law to sell this formula at a relatively satisfactory price.
Later, the Royal Bank of the Ming Dynasty opened a branch in Yanjing, and their shopkeeper found him personally. What kind of loan could he apply for?
You must know that in Yanjing at that time, almost all businessmen were crazy.
Everyone knows that you can make a lot of money by contracting projects for the imperial court, but such a business requires a lot of upfront investment.
I don’t know how many people are desperately looking for someone to borrow money.
It was only later that Zhang Fengnian found out that the money was lent to him by His Majesty the King himself.
He probably wanted to repay the fact that when the King of England was assassinated on Qipan Street, he led his workers to save the prince.
Although he arrived late and made almost no contribution, His Royal Highness still remembered him.
Later, he was listed as one of the top ten grain merchants who went to Datong Prefecture to sell grain.
It can be said that without His Royal Highness, he would not be what he is today.
And those two little nobles are of course his two partners.
Without the help of the two of them, I would never be able to run such a big business.
It can be said that the reason why his chamber of commerce is able to operate normally is inseparable from the hard work of those two people.
Maybe some people know that he is where he is today with the support of His Royal Highness.
But most people will never understand how huge a role his two partners played in this.
Zhang Fengnian saluted Chongyunzi again: "Please help me, Taoist Priest."
Ma Fu and others felt that they were numb, but when they heard Zhang Fengnian's words, they were still shocked from ear to ear.
What is going on?
This is Zhang Fengnian.
Now he is the most popular man in Datong Mansion.
What kind of difficulties could a person like him have that would require help from Taoist Chongyunzi?
In their opinion, Zhang Fengnian should ask Chongyun Zilai to calculate the good and bad fortunes of some of his confusions when doing business.
But now, why does it feel like Zhang Fengnian came to Chong Yunzi to save his life?
They had just met and handed over such an important matter to Taoist Chongyunzi.
Isn't this a bit too bold?
Chong Yunzi stood up and supported Zhang Fengnian, who was bowing to him: "Donors don't have to be like this."
As he spoke, a wry smile appeared on his face: "Pindao figured it out when he got up today. There should be a disaster today."
"Now it seems that the channel's fate should lie with its owner."
Zhang Fengnian became anxious when he heard this: "Please help me, Taoist Priest. As long as Taoist Priest is willing to help me, I will never be stingy with the incense and money."
As if he was afraid that Chong Yunzi would not agree, Zhang Fengnian simply made an offer: "Ten thousand taels!"
Well, Ma Fu and the others really didn't have the energy to be shocked this time.
Even though the price mentioned by Zhang Fengyan was almost one-tenth of some of their assets, everyone took it for granted.
After all, if it really involves saving lives, this is no small matter.
Even the stingiest Ma Fu would not care about a mere 10,000 pieces of silver for his own life.
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Chong Yunzi shook off the Buddha dust and chanted the Taoist slogan slightly: "Immeasurable Heavenly Lord, the poor Taoist is an outsider. Winning money is like a floating cloud."
What a man who regards money as dirt. Even ten thousand taels of silver is not enough. Don't make it too obvious.
It was clearly implying that Zhang Fengnian was a bit disdainful of ten thousand taels of silver.
Even if they really think that Chong Yunzi is a very capable old Taoist priest, do they think that the ten thousand taels is a bit too exaggerated?
"What do you think of the twenty thousand taels?" Zhang Fengnian added ten thousand taels of silver without even blinking.
The several businessmen who brought Zhang Fengnian to see Chong Yunzi began to breathe a little heavy.
This is a total of twenty thousand taels. Several of them may not be able to earn so much money this year.
Although their net worth is relatively rich, the businessmen of this era are still very different from those of later generations.
Because of their business model, although they have a large amount of money in their hands, the flow of this money is not very large.
And this is what they have accumulated over the years. It is actually hard-earned money.
Anyway, if they were asked to take out 20,000 taels of silver at once, even if it was used to save lives, they would feel quite distressed.
But so much money, spent from Zhang Fengnian's hands, seems to be no different from a blank piece of paper.
This made them feel a little sad because the gap between people is so big.
But what they didn't expect was that even with twenty thousand taels of silver, Chong Yunzi still seemed dissatisfied.
He let out a long sigh and said, "It seems that Pindao and the donor are destined to have no fate."
As soon as these words came out, even Ma Fu and others couldn't help it and began to curse secretly in their hearts.
Chong Yunzi was really greedy, even twenty thousand taels of silver could not satisfy him.
They really wanted to ask Chong Yunzi, have you ever seen twenty thousand taels of silver? Do you know how much twenty thousand taels of silver is?
To dare to be so unscrupulous, the lion opened his mouth.
Although he was dissatisfied, no one risked offending Chong Yunzi to remind Zhang Fengnian.
It was Zhang Fengnian's reaction that made all of them feel even more sour.
"In that case, then 40,000...or 50,000 taels would be better."
This opening is the net worth of many of them for half their lives.
And with so much money, he just wanted to ask Chong Yunzi to do him a favor.
Why do I always feel that in Zhang Fengnian's eyes, silver is no different from stone.
Fifty thousand taels of silver, you took it out right away?
Not to mention these businessmen, even Chong Yunzi's calves were trembling with excitement.
Although on the surface, he still maintains the appearance of an immortal and a master of the world.
But in fact, when he heard the figure of fifty thousand taels of silver, Chong Yunzi was so excited that his heart almost stopped.
"Dear me, this Zhang Fengnian is really rich."
"I really want to thank those guys from the White Lotus Sect. If it weren't for the tricks they gave Master Tao, I'm afraid Master Zhao wouldn't have been able to swindle so much money."
This guy has been cheating and swindling all his life, and the biggest business he ever made was just over two thousand taels.
At that time, I already felt that it was an incredible amount of money.
Moreover, what made Chong Yunzi sigh with regret was that the deception process failed in the end.
He was even hunted down because of this, and had to temporarily seek refuge in the White Lotus Sect.
Originally, there was a drought in Datong, and Chong Yunzi wanted to take refuge elsewhere.
However, due to various reasons, it has never been successful.
After Zhu Han arrived, Chong Yunzi suddenly found that his career had reached a climax.
After all, under such a huge disaster, many people will subconsciously look for a spiritual sustenance.
At this time, Chong Yunzi, a Taoist priest who seemed to have mysterious methods, became the choice of many people.
Not just ordinary people, but also businessmen who made huge profits during the drought in Datong.
These guys are all extremely rich, and they are not people who are short of money at all.
Telling their fortunes once can earn more than telling fortunes for a hundred people.
After tasting the sweetness, Cong Yunzi was reluctant to leave.
But just when Chong Yunzi was enjoying this kind of life, the White Lotus Sect suddenly conveyed a message to him.
Ask him to make some noise in the city.
Yunzi was strongly opposed to this request from the beginning.
After all, although he joined the White Lotus Sect in name, he was actually just temporarily borrowing the name of the White Lotus Sect to avoid being pursued by a vendetta.
He had no intention of actually rebelling with rebels like the White Lotus Sect.
It's just that it's easy to get on the pirate ship, but it's not that easy to get off the ship.
The people from the White Lotus Sect simply asked him to make some noise to attract the attention of the court.
As for other dangerous things, he doesn't need to do them.
Moreover, the White Lotus Sect also made an offer that he couldn't refuse.
As long as this matter is over, he will have nothing to do with the White Lotus Sect from now on.
I thought that even if something went wrong anyway, since I didn't directly participate in the rebellion, I probably wouldn't suffer the same fate as the White Lotus Sect.
So Chongyunzi simply agreed.
Moreover, the White Lotus Sect did not let him work in vain, but also gave him a copy of the so-called magic secrets secretly passed down within the White Lotus Sect.
Although there are some deceptive tricks here, in the eyes of ordinary people, these tricks are no different from real fairy magic.
Most of the magic secrets in this book can be learned by Chong Yunzi himself. After all, he used to be a charlatan who traveled around the streets.
But after all, there are still many novel techniques here that he doesn't know about.
This also made Chong Yunzi feel like he had found a treasure.
There are some intelligence sources from the White Lotus Sect, coupled with those superb deception methods.
And before the drought in Datong, Chong Yunzi accumulated some reputation when he helped people read Feng Shui.
In just two days, his name as Taoist Chongyunzi was already known to everyone.
Originally, Chong Yunzi thought that he could take this opportunity to make a few thousand taels of silver.
With this money, life will be easier when we leave Datong Mansion.
But he never thought that there really was someone like Zhang Fengnian who was taken advantage of in this world.
Originally, he just thought that Zhang Fengnian could easily raise it to several hundred or thousands of taels, so he agreed.
But Zhang Fengnian, a local tycoon, was simply unexpected.
A total of 50,000 taels of silver, but he didn't even have the intention of counter-offering, and he actually agreed so happily.
Zhang Fengnian agreed happily, but after the initial surprise, he became frustrated like a snake: "Damn it, this guy promised so happily, Master Dao, I must be getting an advantage, right?"
Judging from the look of this guy, let alone one hundred thousand taels of silver, I am afraid that even if it is one hundred thousand taels, this guy will never frown."
However, this idea was eventually suppressed by himself.
After being a liar for so many years, he has rarely committed any crime.
One of the most important reasons is that Chong Yunzi knows when enough is enough.
Fifty thousand taels of silver is already a terrifying amount of wealth. If we continue to increase the price, if the opponent is completely crushed, wouldn't it be worth the loss?