Red Mansion: I am Jia Lian

Chapter 89 The idea of ​​a shocking scam

"Don't say it, don't say it, don't say it!" Jia Lian said three words in a row. When Zhang Ting'en turned around and looked around for a weapon, Jia Lian quickly went back to make up for it: "I said, can't I say it?"

"You know the truth!" Zhang Ting'en nodded with satisfaction. Jia Lian found that his smile was unexpectedly kind and felt that it was abnormal. When he looked back, it turned out that the master's wife Zhang Wu came in. When she saw the medicine in the maid's hand, Jia Lian felt nervous. Say a line: "Da Lang, it's time to drink medicine." 】

Bah bah bah! Erase this line quickly!

Jia Lian greeted with a flattering smile: "Hello, Master. Wow, the teacher looks much better since Master came here. To be able to take care of people, you have to have a caring person like Master."

Zhang Ting'en felt that Jia Lian was stabbing him in the back, but he had no evidence and could only laugh on the spot. Zhang Wu's eyes looked at Jia Lian even more lovingly, and she smiled happily: "You are a teacher who doesn't know how to take care of your body. He doesn't even consciously take medicine."

The couple had a tacit understanding. Mrs. Zhang Wu brought the medicine to her. Zhang Tinggen took it, held her nose and turned her head to drink. After two sips, the word "Chuan" appeared on her bitter brow, and Mrs. Zhang Wu stuffed a candied fruit into her mouth. Then he turned around with a smile: "You guys talk!"

When the master and apprentice were once again left in the study, Zhang Ting'en had a ferocious expression and was about to speak, but Jia Lian interrupted in time: "Teacher, when we just talked about how to cheat, the student has a preliminary intention. You are not in good health, why don't you tell me next time? "

Zhang Ting'en, who was ready to speak harsh words, choked back at these words, and finally couldn't help but said: "Shu Zi, say it!"

The word "Shu Zi" is already very mild, and Jia Lian said it was within the acceptable range.

"This is what the student thinks. You can take two steps at the same time. One is to have someone publish an article in the "Beijing People's Voice". The core content is just one. Europa is thousands of miles away, the sea is dangerous, and ships can capsize at any time. , why did the Europeans risk their lives and travel thousands of miles to come to the Great Zhou Dynasty for trade? Do they have so much money and no place to spend it? Based on this, it will introduce in detail the specific process of the Europeans starting the Age of Discovery and the discovery of gold and silver in the New World, and Using silver as currency, he purchased goods from Dazhou and sold them to Europe, earning huge profits. The students thought that this article would definitely cause a sensation."

Jia Lian spoke leisurely, trying to speak clearly to avoid misunderstandings.

"Why, do you still understand this?" Zhang Ting'en asked curiously. After all, the Zhou Dynasty regarded itself as the celestial dynasty, and everyone was considered a barbarian. Don't look at the fact that the Rus Empire is doing things here and there, and the Europeans are also doing things along the coast. In Zhou's eyes, they are all diseases caused by mustard moss, which can be cured by just applying some topical medicine.

All in all, Europa is not taken seriously at all.

It's been two years since Jia Lian traveled through time, so why doesn't he know the mentality of people in this dynasty? So I didn't mean to correct it deliberately, but continued along the line of logic: "Hey, aren't you curious? So I went to find out more. Can I continue?"

Zhang Ting'en nodded to express his approval of the so-called luring him with huge profits. Jia Lian continued: "The two of them, find a shabby settlement in Europe, arrange for people to conduct training, and tell a story about the gold and silver mountains on the sea. This shabby settlement is from a European aristocrat, just because of his family In the middle of the road, he ventured out to sea to look for Jinshan. He had good luck at first and successfully found Jinshan on an island deep in the ocean. However, bad luck happened. On the way to the country to purchase goods, he encountered a storm and the ship capsized. He was floating on the sea with a wooden plank in his arms. , was rescued by fishermen of this Dynasty. While staying in Ningbo Port of this Dynasty, this man discovered that this Dynasty has abundant treasures and kind-hearted people, and was shocked to find heaven. Later he learned that Ningbo is just a small city in the Kingdom of Paradise. This man's heart is like heaven. The owner must be the most noble person in the world, so he decided to give a gift to the owner of this country. The gift is the mountain of gold and silver he discovered."

Telling stories, isn’t that just blowing the whistle? Just like the early movie box office promotion, it is obviously 100 million yuan, but to put it another way, the box office is less than 200 million yuan. This is still kind. If you meet someone who dares to brag, just say it is less than 300 million.

Zhang Tingen was already numb when he heard this, and his mind froze. Can the student still want it? Such a big lie came out of his mouth. The question is, can he really get money out of it? This is the key!

"Well, keep going!" Zhang Ting'en felt that as long as he could get some money, no matter how much money he got, he would risk it if he had three to five million taels.

"The next step is to ask the Ministry of Internal Affairs to come forward and beat gongs and drums to send people to the capital. Mountains of gold and silver are all on islands deep in the sea. If you want to dig for gold and silver, you will naturally need a boat. No matter how well built, Whether you buy it or not, you need money. The court has no money, and the risk is very high. Your Majesty will naturally hesitate. At this time, you, the elder of the Hubu Pavilion and the Secretary of the Hubu Pavilion, have to stand up and speak. Hua Small money can do big things, so the imperial court spent one million taels of silver to organize a fleet. By then, it would only take one trip a year, and all it would bring back would be four to five million taels of silver. Then His Majesty continued to hesitate. Someone would definitely jump out to sing the opposite, and the teacher said If you quarrel with them, the content of the quarrel will be serialized in the newspaper, no matter what it is or not, let’s quarrel for half a month first.”

When Jia Lian was frothing at the mouth, he didn't know that someone was trembling slightly behind the curtain outside the door.

Zhang Ting'en was wronged because of the issue of dividing the family between children and his wife. Emperor Chenghui was thinking about this matter in his heart. If there was a new policy to be implemented in the future, he would still count on this loyal minister to be the pioneer. Why don't you take the time to see Zhang Aiqing? Don't you want to go behind the curtain and hear Jia Lian telling a story about how to swindle money? Why don't you listen first?

But the more I listened to it, the more I became obsessed with it. Regardless of whether I could get money from it, the story itself made me full of pride. The paradise that foreign devils talk about is just a small city in the Zhou Dynasty. I don't care whether it's money or not, I just enjoy this damn pride.

"Continue?" Zhang Ting'en in the study was urging the update, "Continue", and Emperor Chenghui behind the curtain was urging the update.

"There is no way to continue. The story has reached this point. The follow-up direction cannot be explained by imagination. In the face of huge interests, anything can happen. All we can do is to make the best of the situation. The ultimate goal is to form a fleet that takes risks at its own risk. With this ship They issued bonds in the name of the fleet, and then further artificially pushed up the trading price of the bonds. Let’s put it this way, the fleet set out to raise one million taels of silver with bonds, but the silver has not come back yet, but today someone wants to use twice as much If you buy this bond at a price, someone will bid higher tomorrow to buy the bond. In short, the price will continue to rise.”

Jia Lian said it very easily. There have been too many such tricks in history. The tulips in the Netherlands, the rubber trend in Shanghai, and the orchids in the 1980s. These are all very rudimentary operations and only deceive those who feel good about themselves. A fool who thinks he is a child of luck. At least they are idiots who are dizzy under the huge impact of interests.

"Where's the chaos? How will such a chaos end?" Zhang Ting'en seemed to have seen many people hanging on the beams at home, their bodies swaying gently.

"Trouble, what kind of trouble can there be? The poor can't afford to play in this game, and the people who have money are the ones who have money. When the situation is really bad, loan sharks are indispensable. The court can also take this opportunity to crack down. The loan shark, scrape a little more money."

Hearing this, Zhang Tingen took two steps back and sat down on the chair. The impact was too strong, so he should take a moment to slow down.

Emperor Chenghui behind the curtain also knew that it was almost done, so he supported Qiu Shi'an beside him to stand firm. I never expected that Jia Lian, who was only fifteen years old, would be so vicious and come up with such a desperate plan. I just don’t know why, but I think it’s very feasible, and I’m really tempted by it? It's not that I'm greedy, it's that those who were deceived are greedy for profit.

No, I can't pretend that I didn't hear this, and I can't let this guy continue to grow wildly. It's all my money. Thinking of this, Emperor Chenghui was filled with strength. He shook off Qiu Shi'an's hand, opened the curtain and rushed into the study. He shouted loudly: "Shuzi, did you know that once this incident happens, the merchants in the capital will wail, the leaves will wither, and the people will boil. How many more will there be?" People have lost everything, their families have been destroyed, and their wives and daughters have no livelihood to rely on, so they can only be sold into prostitution and eke out a living.”

Jia Lian was startled. Who was eavesdropping? Looking carefully, my heart trembled violently. I was panicked for a while, and then I quickly understood that this person was going to kill me. He was not just kidding, so there was no need to reprimand him righteously. Just take the person, put it in a sack, dig a hole and bury him alive. This will ensure that the person is unaware of the crime and the officials will not investigate.

You must not be cowardly. Cowardice at this time may be a reminder of death.

Thinking of this, Jia Lian still had a relaxed smile on his face, and hugged Emperor Chenghui and bowed: "Greetings, noble man! Don't get excited! Everyone has desires, and a person cannot control his desires. Even if you are not defrauded of money, you will go astray, and those who are crazy about desire will eventually be buried by their own desires. Besides, this is just a small idea, isn't it that we haven't gone yet? What to do? Just talk about it, what’s there to be excited about?”

Emperor Chenghui [Can I not be so excited? According to your method, one million can be turned into five million, and two million can be turned into ten million. That is all conceivable. Maybe it can be beyond imagination? 】

"Last time I heard you talk about the naval affairs, why are you so obsessed with things overseas? Can you come up with such vicious methods? I see that you are young and are taking the imperial examination, so you must not go astray." Cheng Emperor Hui also felt that he had lost his temper and quickly made up for it.

"Hey, isn't this just a random thought after studying? In my opinion, the Celestial Empire is vast and rich in resources, and the circulation between the north and the south has brought about developed commerce. However, the output of gold, silver, and copper in the Celestial Empire is not high, resulting in a shortage of private currency. We can only use the good things we have worked hard to produce in exchange for gold and silver that we cannot eat or drink. In the previous dynasty, Zhang Juzheng instituted a whipping law that determined silver as a legal currency in circulation and handed over the right to issue currency to the people for hoarding. Gentlemen and merchants who have a large amount of silver. When these people have money, it is nothing more than personal enjoyment. Furthermore, they bury it underground and will not use the gold and silver in a proper way, which is not conducive to the national economy and people's livelihood. If so, why not get the silver and use it In a serious place?"

Jia Lian defended himself plausibly, and it was far from nonsense. There was quite a lot of truth in it.

"Shu Zi, Zhang Jiangling's reform improved the administration of officials in the Wanli Dynasty and enriched the treasury. How can you, a child with a yellow mouth, talk nonsense?" Emperor Chenghui was furious. In his eyes, Zhang Juzheng was definitely a famous figure of his generation. minister.

"What's the result? What's the fate?" Jia Lian didn't say anything, but just thought it was necessary to explain. Aren't you hiding your identity? That's fine. Pretend you don't know anything. I'll show my attitude first to prevent future incidents. Needle.

Facing Jia Lian's serious and childish face, Emperor Chenghui felt a bit ridiculous. What should I have to argue with him?

"Bold!" Qiu Shi'an, who was beside him, expressed that he couldn't bear it, his shrill voice jumped out, and he was so angry that he wanted to slap him.

Emperor Chenghui immediately regained his composure and turned to look at Qiu Shi'an coldly: "Get out!"

"Master!" Qiu Shi'an spoke in a tearful voice. Emperor Chenghui's eyes turned cold for a moment before he quickly bowed and said, "I'll take my leave, little one."

At this time, Zhang Ting'en also recovered and did not sit on the chair. He stood holding the chair and listened for a while.

"Jia Lian, talk about the matter and don't talk nonsense." Zhang Ting'en reminded him in time to prevent the young and passionate Jia Lian from saying anything disrespectful to Emperor Chenghui.

Emperor Chenghui also glared at Zhang Ting'en and said, "Shut up, listen to him, and let him speak. What you say in private must be hidden, and what you say in front of others must not be all lies?"

Jia Lian was not stupid and bold, and he naturally knew that many things were just like that. As long as he could get money, selling officials and titles was nothing new in the Zhou Dynasty. Our Qing Dynasty also created a crime bank, and later launched a levy of gold to destroy the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom.

Let's put it this way, for the sake of the country's finances, the country, a violent machine, will do anything.

Again, the ultimate manifestation of all problems is economic problems, no money? The country is about to perish, so how can we care about so many people.

"I've said everything that needs to be said. It's just a bunch of unfounded conjectures. I really don't have the ability to do it." Jia Lian was already calling for money to withdraw his troops. There is no way to go too far. It’s enough to express your attitude and point of view!

"Hey! It's okay if you don't say it now. When you go back, I will write a few articles introducing Europa and publish them in the Capital People's Voice." Emperor Chenghui didn't do it on a whim; I think it might be useful in the future? Jia Lian had a point of view, which Emperor Chenghui recognized, and the sea territory of thousands of miles away cannot be defenseless.

If you can really get a lot of money, it doesn't mean that you can't develop a large navy. After all, the current situation of the Great Zhou Dynasty is here, and the consequence of tapping the potential internally is really to suffer the people even more. The people are simple, and if they can't survive, they will rebel.

If others don’t know, doesn’t Emperor Chenghui still know? My great ancestor was a rebel.

"You gave your order, and I have to write it. It's not like autumn is coming, and I have to prepare for the exam."

It’s okay to work, but you can’t do it in vain. Workers have the soul to work, and workers are all superior to others. This passage is self-deprecating.

Emperor Chenghui's face sank. Is this something you can bargain for?

(End of this chapter)