Three hundred and forty-one chapters heroic gold million
Chapter 341: The heroic golden million
Facing his son-in-law who was laughing heartily, Jin Wanwan's inexplicable anger gradually disappeared, but he was still confused.
After a few encounters with Li You, he is now gradually understanding it. Although this cheap son-in-law who fell from the sky often behaves in unusual and confusing ways, making others unprepared, at a loss, and at a loss what to do.
But it is by no means a useless effort. Behind these actions, there is often a mysterious and profound meaning.
In fact, Li You just wanted to pay some dispensable minimum price in exchange for the new Du family controlled by Mrs. Yu to continue to use the system controlled by Jin Wanwan to traffic in illicit salt, so that he would not have spent all his efforts to occupy a place in vain.
Useless empty shell.
He knows that he is destined to win, and his father-in-law will definitely be able to see it, and he will definitely take advantage of it. This is the nature of a successful self-made man. However, Mr. Li increasingly hates being passive at the mercy of others, so he must come up with something new.
The father-in-law's mind was distorted in order to regain the initiative.
Speaking of which, why did Jin Wanwan get angry when he heard that Li You associated his daughter with the draft? Why do many people would rather get married in a hurry than send their daughters to the draft?
There are probably three reasons. First, the hope is as slim as buying a lottery ticket. So many people have struggled for a long time to choose a queen, and maybe two or three concubines. Most people are accustomed to being powerless. Who dares to hope for such a good thing?
Second, the delicate and beautiful weak woman went to the capital, and she was helpless. Who knew what might happen? If all the good and the bad were gone, wouldn't you feel heartbroken.
Third, it would be okay if she was not selected and returned home. Being able to participate in the draft would be considered a kind of recognition and glory, and she could also hope to recruit a good son-in-law. But the court was afraid that the unsuccessful showgirls would be kept in the palace to serve as maids-in-law, that is
The separation of life and death has disappeared. It has to be said that this possibility is too great now, especially since there have been no large-scale new maids in the palace for more than ten years.
Jin Wanwan's concern is nothing more than this. Although having no money is absolutely impossible, having money is not a panacea.
Seeing that the other party had calmed down, Li You stopped smiling and said: "Don't be upset, old man! What do you call the third sister? Su Niang? There are four levels of the audition, primary, second, third and final. I guarantee that she will be mediocre.
How about entering the final selection safely, walking in front of the Queen Mother, and then returning home in peace and glory?"
The first selection is a draft in which the imperial envoys select a batch from various places and send them to the capital; the second selection is a simple selection by the palace eunuchs based on their appearance, body shape, and conversation; the third selection is a small group of candidates who are carefully selected by Princess Guide and the old palace maids.
Approving the final candidates; the fourth selection is when the Queen Mother selects the Queen from the final candidates, and may also select two or three concubines to enrich the emperor's harem.
Among them, there are no more than ten or twenty women who can enter the final selection stage and be brought before the Queen Mother, and they are all women who are one of a kind in appearance and temperament.
Being able to be on this list is a great honor in itself. Even if you can't be selected as a concubine, if you can be rewarded by the royal family and returned to your hometown, your worth will be a hundred times higher and your family will be brighter, just like a scholar who has won the imperial list.
Recruiters are pouring in to get through the door.
She was a woman who broke out from countless women of the same age group in the world and was on the same level as the Queen. People at that time recognized her as such.
Li You didn't have the ability to decide on the concubine. As a civil servant, he didn't want to get involved in the affairs of the emperor's harem. But he greeted the eldest princess and went through her back door just to send a certain girl to the final selection stage and accompany the prince in the name.
Reading is still feasible. Anyway, the final list is not fixed. There will be one more, no more, and one less. For the eldest princess, it is a trivial matter.
For any family, having a daughter on the same level as the Queen of the Tian family is the most precious honor. Jin Wanwan couldn't calm down anymore. He threw everything like the county examination, the Du family tragedy, and the salt class out of the sky, and asked in disbelief.
: "Can you ensure that Su Niang enters the final selection?"
With as much silver as Jin Million, it is no longer the top priority. Talking about profits is just a way to interact with others. Besides, he has no sons, so Jin Million has no great interest in the silver itself. Tens of thousands more
Tens of thousands less won't have any impact on him.
The reason why Jin Wanwan often talks about silver, such as when he came over today to discuss terms with Li You with salt class silver, is because others are also very interested in vulgar silver, and silver is a prop to show his status. This
It has the same effect as the black gauze hat does to Li You.
All in all, among the four words "prosperity and wealth", Jin Wanwan does not lack wealth, but what it lacks is all kinds of glory and all kinds of reputation. Confucius said that when you have enough food and clothing, you know honor and disgrace, and Jin Yuanwai is at this stage.
If there is a Jinshi, a filial son, and a chaste wife in his family, Jin Wanwan will definitely spend money to build the most gorgeous and magnificent archway in the world. Unfortunately, there is no one so far. Jin Wanwan also announced in the family who will be the Jinshi.
Anyone can adopt his name and inherit the family property, but so far, there is still no one. He has sponsored a few scholars, but none of them are named Jin. After all, Jin Wanwan has only been famous for more than ten years, and some of his background is urgent.
No.
Jin Wanwan's question was full of suspicion, but Li You didn't take it seriously. After observing his words, he realized that Jin's father-in-law was really tempted, and the bait he threw out was indeed a strong temptation for him. Previously, he was worried about Jin Wanwan's behavior.
The realm is too low, and I don't care about it, so I waste my time on playing the lute.
Li You replied lightly: "When Eunuch Wu, the imperial envoy for the draft, arrives in Yangzhou, I will let him live in your house and tell him. You should believe me."
He continued to seduce: "You don't have a son, so it would be nice to have a daughter to shine on your family. Besides, if Su Niang can go through Cisheng Palace to be selected, she will be very popular after returning to her hometown. In the future, she can choose a very good family to marry, and maybe there will be one."
The well-dressed sons of Jiangzuo's wealthy families will also come to propose marriage, which will also be of great benefit to you."
Jin Wanwan stood up in a hurry and walked back and forth in the flower hall several times, his expression changing, as if he was making an extremely difficult decision.
This made Li You strange. This was obviously a very simple matter. He was just running his daughter to improve his reputation. With his guarantee, there was basically no risk, so there was nothing worthy of careful consideration. What was the father-in-law pretending to be thinking?
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However, Li You had the initiative and was not in a hurry. He lowered his head and drank tea slowly.
Jin Wanwan finally stood up again, stood in front of Li You, and said with astonishing arrogance: "I won't let her return to her hometown with honor!"
Li You, who prides himself on having all his plans, is shocked. His father-in-law actually has the ambition to refuse this easy-to-obtain honor? If you don't have desires, you will be strong. This is going to be a tricky situation!
Jin Wanwan took a long breath and stretched out his open-fingered palm in front of his son-in-law, "Since you can guarantee Su Niang to enter the final selection, why can't you also look forward to Shu? Whether it's a queen or a noble concubine, I will choose Su Niang as one of them.
one!"
Son-in-law Li was shocked again. It turned out that Mr. Jin did not have no ambition, but that his ambition and ambition were far greater than he expected! This time it was even more difficult than before!
Jin Wanwan waved his hand and said, "This amount is worth it!"
Li You looked at the five fingers of his father-in-law. One of them was probably a huge sum of ten thousand taels. He subconsciously asked: "Fifty thousand taels?"
"Bah! Why is it fifty thousand? It's five hundred thousand taels! If it's not enough, you can add more!"
Poof! Li You, who was drinking tea to relieve his mood, couldn't help but spit out a sip of tea, which turned into sweet rain and spread all over the ground in front of him. Jin Wanwan's satin robe also splashed a few drops.
What is the concept of five hundred thousand taels? Li You's hometown is known as the fertile land in the south of the Yangtze River. Calculated at a dozen taels per mu of good farmland, half a million taels can buy 40,000 acres of fertile land. In the north, how many taels of silver does one mu of land cost?
, it’s no problem to buy more than 100,000 acres of land with 500,000 taels, and Princess Guide’s four royal estates combined don’t even reach this amount.
In addition to the Susongchang area, which has an insane amount of money and food, Jiangdu County is also one of the few large counties in the world. The annual money and food equivalent to silver may be only 100,000 or 500,000, which is equivalent to five or six years of money and food in Jiangdu County, a super large county.
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When Chen Xundao was the magistrate of Xujiang County, he wanted to build the strongest and most expensive stone embankment for 20 miles on both sides of the Xu River. The calculated cost was only 80,000 taels. If he spent 500,000 taels of silver to build a single-sided embankment, that is
Using stones, it can also be built continuously from Yangzhou to Li You's hometown.
The salary of ordinary people in Yangzhou city is only about 20 taels a year. Five hundred thousand is equivalent to the salary of 25,000 hired workers for a year. Many counties and cities do not have so many laborers in total.
The emperor is said to be a man of wealth all over the world. Although the amount of internal funds to support him is huge, the fixed expenses are also huge. It is hard to say whether the annual living money is 500,000 taels.
The idiom used to describe a rich man is ten thousand thousand taels of wealth, and half a million taels means dozens of ten thousand thousand taels of wealth...
Jin Wanwan had to take out so much money in one go. How could he not shock the well-informed Li You? Moreover, Mr. Jin also said, if it is not enough, you can add more!
Mr. Li, who originally had everything under control and was extremely confident, was speechless for a long time. Now he was pushed into a dilemma by the courage of his father-in-law Jin and the five hundred thousand taels of silver.
Five hundred thousand taels of silver, just to buy a noble concubine of the Tian family... Originally, Li You was worried that Jin Wanwan was too short-sighted, unambitious, greedy for money and vulgar, which made him play the harp with a scheme called bait. Only now did he know that a man who spent ten
In just a few years, he has become one of the seven giants of Lianghuai official salt and the leader of the private salt industry. How can he lack insight and courage?
Li You began to imagine, if five hundred thousand taels of cash were thrown into the hands of the Queen Mother, would she be tempted to agree? Or if it were thrown into the hands of the Queen Mother's two money-grubbing brothers, what reason would they have not to lobby the Queen Mother? Money can
God, sometimes this statement makes sense.
Sighing, Li You put down his arrogance and said, "My son-in-law can't do anything about the concubine. I'll think about it later."
Jin Wanwan was unmoved and said boldly: "Since you said you can make the final selection, I believe you. Now that you have reached this point, you have to give it a try. How many opportunities can you have in your life?"
?If you lose, you lose, you don’t have to care about the money.”
If Mr. Li is a passionate man, he will definitely agree to this, but things are not that simple, not that simple.
If you let him handle it, the affairs of the palace will have to rely on Princess Gui De... Li You tried again: "If someone wants to divide your affairs, or make you an enemy of other gangshangs, will you be willing?"
Jin Wanwan is not easily fooled, "If five hundred thousand taels fails, then try again."
It seems very simple to agree. People who don't have any scheming ideas may be happy to marry the son-in-law on the spot, but things are not as simple as ordinary people imagine. Mr. Li has a headache about this.
Let’s not mention anything else, but let’s just say one thing: if Mr. Jin’s father-in-law becomes a real royal relative by relying on seawater money, will he be able to suppress him in the future? Doesn’t the eldest princess’s salt industry plan add variables and potential rivals?
It doesn't matter whether he agrees or not. At this moment, Mr. Li is in a dilemma. He is really trapped in a cocoon. He just gave him a pole, and as a result, Mr. Jin climbed along the pole.
"Let's talk about the county examination first," Li You sighed again.
