Chapter 152 Cutting Chives

Buying a person's mouth is not difficult, but the same sentence spoken from the mouth of a poor beggar in the market is completely different in weight from the sharp tongue spoken by a knowledgeable and talented scholar.

Jiang Xuening certainly understands this simple truth.

I just want to buy the latter tongue, and the price is not cheap either. Moreover, just buying a mouthpiece is not enough. You need to have both soft and hard cards in your hand. After all, literati have weak bones. Without using some "hard" means as a defense, how can you know that they won't change their tune overnight?

After some calculation, the cost is not a decimal.

After receiving the money from Xie Wei, she immediately gave Xiao Dingfei 20000 taels to spend first. After arriving in the capital, Xiao Dingfei had already seen the world. It was evident that a young lady like Jiang Xuening had a budget of 20000 taels, which seemed like a generous gesture of "asking me for it after spending it all". He was still taken aback. Naturally, I felt a sense of unfathomability emanating from the thigh I was holding onto, and it was like putting in my best effort when doing things.

Jiang Xuening herself began to tinker with the silver stock market.

With the smooth progress of the affairs of the Ren family salt farm in central Sichuan, news continues to spread back to the capital, and the silver stock prices of the salt farm have been rising all the way. Three days ago, a fast horse arrived at the Shuxiang Inn and said that the first batch of snowflake like well salt had come out. It also brought a small bag to show to the owners who were buying stocks in the capital. Jiang Xuening was in the palace at that time, so she naturally did not have the chance to see him. Before she entered the palace to accompany her, the silver stock was 1200 wen per share. By the time she rested and left the palace, the price had skyrocketed to 1500 wen per share, and there was still no market for it.

Compared to the price of 500 wen per share at the beginning of the year, the stock price of Ren's Salt Factory has now doubled!

In order to address the incident of the Yongyi Marquis's Mansion stealing the family, most of the 20000 silver shares in Jiang Xuening's hands have already been sold out, and many have been looted by Lv Xian, leaving only 2000 shares in his hands.

Seeing the high price at this moment, it is a good time to make a move.

To do the act of "cutting leeks", according to the words of the previous generation's You Fangyin, is actually not very kind. And since she was born again, she already knows more information than others, and has an advantage over other people buying and selling silver stocks in the market, which is very unfair. So when making a decision, Jiang Xuening didn't hesitate and feel guilty in her heart. But when she thought about the day of her birthday in the palace, how could Shen Zhiyi let that little hesitation ruin the big deal?

Is it to grit one's teeth or to throw these two thousand shares out directly.

*

When the news of someone selling silver stocks on the market came, You Yue was trying to embroider the new clothes made for her by the Xianyun Fang embroidery ladies in her own boudoir.

High quality Sichuan brocade with a light green color.

A few beautiful oleander branches were embroidered on the hem of the skirt. She was slim in stature, and when she put it on, she slightly turned around. Her waist also felt a slight tightness, which made her very satisfied.

The maid beside her flattered the heavens and said, "Our girl is really a celestial being who descended to earth. No matter how beautiful the clothes are, they make her look incredibly good. What kind of big girl from the Jiang Mansion? How could she be so beautiful and talented as us? I heard that the Prince of Linzi is an elegant person, and Jiang Xuehui is boring and uninteresting. How could she get the attention of the Prince?"? On the day of promotion, put on this outfit and keep it safe for others to stare blankly. The position of this queen belongs to you! "

These days, You Yue has been truly proud of herself.

Originally, the Uncle Mansion had a lot of resentment towards her for providing money to ensure her release from prison. After all, what they took out was real gold and silver, 15000 taels of silver, and anyone who exchanged it would have to spit blood. After this incident, it actually provoked her temper. In a fit of anger, she used all her savings to buy silver stocks from Ren's Salt Factory, totaling 4000 shares.

Later, Ren Weizhi begged to marry You Fangyin, that little slutty hoof, fearing that she would cause trouble, so he gave her two thousand taels of red envelopes before and after.

Her hands naturally became more abundant.

At first, when Uncle and Aunt learned that she was such a spendthrift and spent all her money buying silver stocks in the salt field, they almost lost their temper and decided to sell the silver stocks.

Fortunately, she was stopped by a desperate attempt.

Nowadays, the stock price of Ren's Salt Factory is rising step by step. Uncle Fu and his wife are all smiling when they see her, and they are more concerned about the rise and fall of the stock price than she is all day long. Her position in the mansion naturally rose with the tide.

At the beginning, the Uncle Mansion did not take Ren Weizhi's request to marry You Fangyin into consideration, but he was just a poor and dilapidated boy from a remote courtyard in Sichuan. He married You Fangyin solely for the sake of the dowry.

After all, she is the daughter of a concubine, and three thousand taels is not a loss.

After the situation at Ren's Salt Field improved, Uncle Qingyuan and his wife gradually began to think.

Uncle Qingyuan said, "She is also the daughter of our uncle's mansion who got married. It's unreasonable for people to cut off contact with their families after arriving in Shu. Isn't the reason why the young man surnamed Ren was able to build a salt farm also because of the reputation of the uncle's mansion? The merchant married a woman from an official family, and he took advantage of it! The Ren family's salt farm is such a large place, and it is also related to the price of silver shares in Yue'er's hands. They can't let them act recklessly.". Let's pick a quick and efficient manager to teach them well, and also keep an eye on the situation of the salt field. He only issued 40000 silver shares in the capital, accounting for 40% of the salt field's dividends, and the remaining 60%. Anyway, we should take out a little more and show filial piety to our father-in-law's family! "

So after the New Year, people from Bo Mansion have already been sent to Sichuan.

Once salt production begins in places like Ren's Salt Field, the snowflake like well salt becomes snowflake like silver. Who wouldn't be tempted to see it?

You Yue didn't expect that someone like You Fangyin, who lived a lowly life, could still have such good luck.

She's just not jealous either.

Whatever it is from You Fangyin, she can grab it as long as she wants it. Isn't it also a hassle free thing for her to put on the wedding dress after others have finished it? So You Yue has been very relaxed these days, only tinkering with makeup and clothing at home, preparing to shine brightly on the day of the Linzi Princess's election.

The maid who came in from outside said that someone at the inn in Shu had started selling silver stocks. She was stunned for a moment before laughing and saying, "The situation at Ren's Salt Field is very good now. I want to know that the Zhuotong Well energy source is constantly collecting silver, and it takes a long time for others to imitate it. If you have silver stocks in your hand but sell them so early, either you are short of money or you are short-sighted!"

The maids were all puzzled and said, "What about you, girl?"

You Yue's eyes twitched, but she suddenly smiled. Her eyes lit up, and she took the key and opened her silver box. She couldn't help but exclaim excitedly, "Others are short-sighted, but it's a great opportunity for me! Now I'm worried about not having a place to buy silver stocks, there are prices everywhere but no market! I must take this silver stock!"

Then he took the silver ticket and seal and headed to the Shuxiang Inn.

Just how hot has the silver stock market of Ren's Salt Field been these days?

The two thousand silver shares that were thrown out were divided into four batches and released. When You Yue arrived, the first two batches had already been snatched away by someone. With a high price of 1600 wen, she only had time to grab the last two batches, totaling one thousand shares.

Adding 4000 shares in her own hands, she has 5000 shares.

The other thousand shares were actually bought by someone dispatched by Lv Xian.

Due to the small amount of silver stocks in this batch, it was impossible to determine which side came out, and he did not pay much attention.

After receiving the silver shares, he went to the Xie Mansion to find Xie Wei for tea.

At that time, Xie Wei was listening to the Sword Book to report the situation on Jiang Xuening's side.

After listening, my eyebrows tightened.

Jianshu pondered that Mr. Lv and his own husband had known each other for many years, and they both worked for him. He had always been very concerned about the issue of silver money and valued it as his life. Therefore, he hesitated for a moment and asked, "Miss Jiang Er's move to the silver stock seems to have some ulterior motives. Will this matter be predicted by Lv Xiansheng?"

===Kunning Section 197===

At this moment, Lv Xian, dressed in a literati robe, had walked over from the corridor, leisurely strolling in the courtyard, as if walking in his own home, exuding a spring breeze all over his face.

Xie Wei lifted his eyes and saw him.

After a moment, he withdrew his gaze and lightly brushed his long eyebrows before saying, "What do you know?"

Jianshu was suddenly shocked.

Xie Wei's expression was indifferent, without any abnormality: "In business matters, Lv Zhaoyin has his own plan, so you need to intervene?"

Sword Book: "..."

The truth seems to be like this, but why do you feel that something is not right?

*

Two thousand silver shares, of which one thousand were traded at a price of 1500 wen, and the remaining one thousand were traded at a price of 1600 wen.

Jiang Xuening suddenly had 3100 taels of silver in her hand.

Previously, Xiao Dingfei was given 20000 taels of silver, along with his own 2000 taels of personal silver. In addition, he sold more than 3000 taels of silver stocks, leaving a total of 33000 taels of silver in his hands.

After she threw out the silver stocks in her hand, the price of silver stocks in Shuxiang Inn increased by several tens of wen.

After hearing about it, Lian'er Tang'er straightforwardly said that she had sold at a loss.

Jiang Xuening remained indifferent to this and ignored them at all. She only emphasized to them repeatedly that once there was a message from You Fangyin or new news from Shuxiang Inn, she needed to immediately find a way to send the message to herself.

In the following period of time, it will naturally be accompanied by reading in the palace.

On February 16th, it was the day when Prince Shen Jie of Linzi selected his consort, and it was inevitable that people's hearts would fluctuate in the palace; The day when Princess Leyang Shen Zhiyi went to the Tatars for a wedding has also been set. On March 21st, many people in the palace congratulated Mingfeng Palace.

Wen Zhaoyi, who was pregnant, celebrated a grand birthday at the end of January.

The entire palace was filled with joy and joy.

Gradually, some people began to realize that there seemed to be a lot of rumors and gossip in the market.

For example, the envoys from the Tatars were fierce and domineering in the capital, treating it as their own racecourse;

For example, if the Yongyi Marquis's Mansion is still here, why send the princess for marriage?

For example, it was the Empress Dowager's maternal family, Xiao, who sent Princess Shenzhiyi of Leyang to the wedding ceremony. She raised a beautiful daughter at home to choose the Princess of Linzi and live a life of luxury and luxury. However, she had to bring the struggling baby, Princess Changgong, who had been slapped in the face by a rebel in her childhood, to the wedding ceremony;

For example, Princess Leyang encountered misfortune when she was young, and her fate was filled with evil spirits. Sending her for marriage may have brought even greater disaster to Da Qian;

At the beginning, it was just a random rumor after everyone's leisure time.

Even the civil and military officials in the court and fields were not taken seriously.

After all, there are often criticisms of national affairs in the public, which means that no one can achieve success by talking casually. These speculations and rumors will naturally dissipate in no time.

But this time, things seem different from any before.

As February entered, these rumors and criticisms in the market not only did not diminish, but also intensified.

On the day when the second dragon of February looked up, there was even a scholar named Weng Ang who went to the capital to take the imperial examination. While enjoying his youth outings and drinking heavily, he directly said, "The ambition of the Xiao family's wolf sons is to let their own girls go to the Tatars for marriage.".

At that time, there were many scholars present.

Weng Ang is also a learned person, and this statement stirred up thousands of waves like a stone, spreading widely.

Originally, only half of the people were in favor or against each other.

Unexpectedly, this message somehow reached the ears of Xiao Ye, the second young master of the Xiao family who had finally recovered from his injuries at home. Xiao Ye, the young master, received a lot of bird like anger from Xiao Dingfei in the mansion. After finally leaving the house, he still had to listen to these people's criticism, which made him angry. After he found out the source of these words, he directly used silver and had someone secretly teach Weng Ang a lesson, so that the other party wouldn't dare to talk nonsense anymore.

It was this lesson that caused a big deal.

Weng Ang is extremely open-minded, with little silver on his body. In recent days, he has made some friends and given him a lot of silver, becoming more and more unrestrained. He spends his days soaking in a wine jar.

On that day, I walked out of the flower tower and was covered in sacks by a group of people.

Punching, kicking, and verbal abuse.

The body and bones of the literati couldn't help but be beaten, and at that time, they vomited blood from a serious wound. Fortunately, at that time, the members of the Royal Guards patrolled the dark alley at night. Zhou Yinzhi, a master of the thousand households, had excellent martial arts skills and prevented the bandits from committing crimes. He also arrested this group of thugs and took them to the yamen for trial.

What is the punishment of the Royal Guards?

In less than half an hour, these soft bones cried for their father and called for their mother, and recruited Xiao Ye who was being instructed behind them completely.

The government naturally put in a lot of effort to bribe and interrogate these people to avoid the spread of information.

But where is there an impermeable wall in the world?

In addition, the person who had an accident this time was Weng Ang, who had taken the imperial examination in Beijing and had a great reputation. It was as if he had poked a hornet's nest. The crowd of sergeants in Beijing were furious and spoke up, almost pointing at the noses of everyone in the government office and cursing!

Some people originally thought that the marriage had nothing to do with the Xiao family, but Weng Ang just said a foolish sentence after getting drunk. Xiao Ye, the second son of the Xiao family, was going to have someone secretly kill him. How can the world tolerate such bullying?

Even if it is very reasonable, it has become irrational!

The warm breeze from the south blew a little green at the top, and overnight, the streets and alleys of the capital were filled with news that "Xiao's heart was weak and he wanted to destroy Weng Ang's mouth". The truth and falsehood were no longer important. The important thing is that Xiao's behavior has offended the public's anger. All kinds of spears immediately turned around, and Qi threw them towards this once prestigious door lintel!

For a moment, all the civil and military officials in the court and fields were stunned, never expecting such a development.

With such a commotion outside, the palace naturally cannot be kept clean.

There will be some news coming in.

Jiang Xuening, the old god, is watching a play.

Others are indifferent to themselves.

Only Xiao Shu, who had received news from outside in recent days, became more and more suppressed in her heart. Occasionally, she would feel emotional about small things in front of others, clearly influenced by rumors in the capital.

Others may think these things are all coincidences.

In Xiao Shu's opinion, everything that has happened these days seems to have been carefully planned. Otherwise, one thing at a time, how could it happen to be part of this? How could a scholar who has always been a soft skinned person dare to cause such a big incident before the Spring Festival?

There seemed to be a hand manipulating it in the dark.

She just felt that every pile was aimed at her!

On the day of leaving the palace on the seventh day of February, Xiao Shu didn't even pay attention to Chen Shuyi. She took a carriage out of the palace and directly returned to the Duke's Mansion, preparing to personally deal with this matter.

Jiang Xuening is slow and leisurely.

She and the others were all at the back, watching the carriage that Xiao came to pick them up billowing with smoke and dust, with a smile on her lips.

In eight days, the Prince of Linzi will be selecting his consort. Coupled with the warm weather, most of the accompanying ladies from official families in Yangzhi Zhai have changed into new clothes.

You Yue is dressed in exquisite attire.

After Jiang Xuening did not run for the Linzi Princess, she became even more low-key in the palace, not showing off her beauty. Moreover, the Crown Prince Ding Fei did not come back to pay any attention, which made You Yue feel that Jiang Xuening was not outstanding.

When she walked out of Shunzhen Gate, she deliberately took a step ahead of Jiang Xuening and bumped into her.

Jiang Xuening raised her eyebrows to look at her.

You Yue gently covered her lips with a nonchalant expression and smiled, "I'm really sorry. Miss Jiang Er has been drooping her head and not saying a few words lately, making me feel like she doesn't have this person. She accidentally walked over and said, 'There's no one in front, isn't that why I bumped into her?'"

Jiang Xuening looked at her, but did not show any symptoms. Instead, she said thoughtfully, "Miss You seems to have changed recently."

You Yue was taken aback and said, "What?"

Jiang Xuening pulled open the corner of her lips and smiled meaningfully, "I've gained some weight."

Da Qian is still beautiful for being slim.

Upon hearing her words, You Yue's face immediately changed. She instinctively raised her hand and caressed her cheek, thinking to herself that she had made many preparations in recent days to choose the Princess of Linzi. Her skin had improved significantly, and she also paid attention not to eat too greasy food, so as not to gain weight.

So he sneered, "If there's nothing to say, talk to me!"

After finishing speaking, he brushed his sleeves and left Jiang Xuening behind, heading towards Qingyuan Uncle's Mansion to pick up her carriage.

Just as she approached, her heart thumped.

Because the maid who usually serves in the mansion is standing next to the carriage at this moment, with a face of confusion, fear, and panic. When she saw her, she called out "Miss" and tears rolled down her face.

A strong sense of unease surged in Youyue's heart, "What's wrong?"

The maid was extremely scared and trembled, saying, "Shu land, salt fields, salt fields caught fire, burned a piece, the price of silver stocks..."

You Yue's mind suddenly exploded with a buzzing sound.

Her face instantly turned grim as she grabbed the maid's arm and said sternly, "What are you talking nonsense about? How could something good happen?"

This voice is a bit loud, you can hear it even standing at the entrance of the palace.

The curious gaze of everyone turned towards it.

Jiang Xuening stood by, her gaze wandering over You Yue's body, casting a vague gaze towards the vast distance: under the clear blue sky, there were already a few shadows of birds. The ice on the rivers and lakes outside the city should have melted almost. In a month's time, the mountain flowers would bloom everywhere, making it a good time to go hiking and enjoy. At that time, it would be good to lure Shen Zhiyi along.