Prodigal Son of the Ming Dynasty

Chapter Fifty-Five: Sympathy

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Seeing the horror on Liu Qian's face, at this moment, Emperor Hongzhi finally knew that things were not easy.

He snapped and asked, "Say!"

"His Majesty was in the court meeting in Fengtian Palace...His Royal Highness the Crown Prince came here...The servant didn't pay attention at that time, thinking...that...the Crown Prince came to the Nuan Pavilion to wait for His Majesty, so the servant specially went to the tea room to pour tea for His Highness the Crown Prince."

Emperor Hongzhi became impatient, what does this have to do with the prince: "Concise and concise."

"Yes, yes..." Liu Qian was frightened out of his wits: "But who knew, when I just poured tea, I found that His Highness the Crown Prince was carrying a large bag of things, and rushed out with a swish, slave... How dare the servants chase after her? I don't know what happened. After His Royal Highness ran away, the servants found out that there was missing a picture of "A Thousand Miles of Rivers and Mountains" and a pair of ivory and gold pen holders in the warm pavilion. There are dragon and phoenix jade bis handed down from the Tang Dynasty, and..."

After listening to Liu Qian's words, Emperor Hongzhi opened his mouth, but at this moment he was dumbfounded.

Is this considered stealing?

Bold, bold! Roll up my things and run away.

"Slaves will die!" Liu Qian's body trembled even more, and he prostrated himself on the ground.

Emperor Hongzhi looked back, sure enough, when he checked carefully, the dragon, phoenix and jade bib were gone, and there was also a pen holder...

At this moment, he hurriedly rushed behind the screen, and couldn't help saying: "Where is my Guishan inkstone handed down from Huizong's court..."

Liu Qian's body trembled again, not daring to raise his head, he just said eagerly: "I want to come, I want to come..."

"Prodigal son!" Emperor Hongzhi flicked his sleeves. The Nuan Pavilion is the daily office of Emperor Hongzhi. He usually stays here most of the time. Therefore, Emperor Hongzhi's favorite palace Chinese games are also displayed here. These things are all there. The treasure handed down from generation to generation, but now... all disappeared...

At this moment, Emperor Hongzhi found that he couldn't even get angry, he just couldn't laugh or cry, he was in a daze for a long time, and then suddenly said: "Let Jin Yiwei check and see what the prince is doing. And..." His eyes flickered With a touch of sharpness: "No one should say anything about this matter!"

After all, compared to Emperor Hongzhi, the crown prince is his most precious treasure. This kid is so unimaginable, he must be weird. This matter should not be publicized, otherwise, how will the people of the world treat the prince?

Since the theft in the palace cannot be shown, then...naturally, you can't pursue and interrogate with great fanfare, so...Emperor Hongzhi twitched his old face, I bear it!

"Slave servant... Slave servant obeys the order." Liu Qianru was pardoned.

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In the early morning of the next day, it was still freezing cold. On the streets along the way, there were many refugees in naked clothes. They huddled in the streets and alleys, which seemed to be related to the catastrophe in Baoding Mansion.

Fang Jifan breathed out, looking at the shivering person curled up in the corner, Fang Jifan was dressed tightly and felt cold, let alone them?

When they arrived at Zhan Shi's mansion, they saw Wang Jinyuan unexpectedly.

Fang Jifan greeted Wang Jinyuan warmly, but Wang Jinyuan looked like a frightened bird, lowered his head, pretended not to recognize Fang Jifan, and hurried away.

This is strange...

Fang Jifan entered Zhan Shi's mansion and was led to see Zhu Houzhao. When Zhu Houzhao saw him, he said excitedly, "I have money in my palace."

He looked extremely excited and looked radiant. With a slap, he threw out a contract: "You have silver, so my palace doesn't have any? Hey, hey, who is that..."

Deng Jian is now following Fang Jifan at any time, and Zhu Houzhao seems to have allowed Deng Jian to enter and leave Zhan Shifu at any time. When Deng Jian heard who it was, he rushed forward and said, "The young one is Deng Jian."

Zhu Houzhao snorted, "Read this contract to your young master."

Deng Jian reached out to get the contract, but Fang Jifan took it first. After reading it, he realized that it was written by Wang Jinyuan. It basically meant that he was willing to buy two hundred thousand taels of patterned silver for Zhu Houzhao's "A Thousand Miles of Rivers and Mountains" "Picture", as well as various literary games, within three days, the money and goods are cleared.

Fang Jifan said in surprise: "His Royal Highness, what did Wang Jinyuan buy these for? "A Thousand Miles of Rivers and Mountains Map"? As far as I know, this should be an imperial treasure in the palace. Where did Wang Jinyuan have the guts to buy it?"

Zhu Houzhao smiled and said, "He didn't have the guts to buy it, but he also didn't have the guts not to buy it."

Fang Jifan instantly understood what it meant. Nine times out of ten, when Wang Jinyuan signed the contract, someone put a knife on his neck. You are wicked, Zhu Houzhao, you scum.

Fang Jifan wanted to scold Zhu Houzhao severely. In his opinion, although Wang Jinyuan is greedy, a gentleman loves money and he gets it in a proper way. How could he blatantly steal money in broad daylight? He is just begging for a living.

It's just such things, what else can I say, the deal is done, Fang Jifan showed appreciation, and said with a smile: "Your Highness is brilliant, admire, admire."

Seeing Fang Jifan's ambiguous appearance, Zhu Houzhao immediately became agitated: "What do you mean, do you think my palace has robbed the people and their property?"

Fang Jifan said seriously: "What is this talking about? What's wrong with robbing people's wealth? Looting people's wealth is inferior to others? If people don't rob people's money, are they still human?"

Deng Jian hurriedly nodded and nodded: "The young master's words are really shocking and enlightening!"

Deng Jian smiled happily, it was a smile from the heart, he grew up with the former Fang Jifan when he was a child, and he was deeply influenced by it, and his mind has been twisted and perverted for a long time.

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..." Zhu Houzhao said righteously: "Nonsense, I didn't rob money, I just took, took father's treasure, and sold it to that Wang Jinyuan. "

When Fang Jifan heard this, he gasped suddenly, Your Highness, you are not stealing, you are cheating, you are the one who cheated me.

After that, Zhu Houzhao said nonchalantly: "But Wang Jinyuan didn't dare to buy it. I got angry, so he obediently expressed his willingness to buy it. Can we start business now? How do we do this business?"

Fang Jifan could only be speechless about the pitfalls Zhu Houzhao gave him.

Hearing Zhu Houzhao's question about the sale, Fang Jifan became serious, and said solemnly: "I bought a barren hill in Xishan, but this barren hill has to be excavated, so I need to recruit some people. Not only that, the barren hills near the barren hill Some land needs to be bought, and I have already contacted some nearby landowners, and we have been talking about it for the past two days."

"Excavation, what are you excavating?" Zhu Houzhao asked in surprise.

Fang Jifan said: "Coal, isn't it cold now? Sell the coal to keep people warm."

"Huh..." Zhu Houzhao's eyes lit up: "Why didn't I think of this?"

Fang Jifan smiled and said: "Where, where, I have heard people say that there is coal there, so I bought the coal. Think about it, Your Highness, the weather is so cold now, I think it will snow heavily in a short time Well, those people, if they don’t keep warm, they will freeze to death. Besides, I also thought about it, whether it’s burning charcoal or coal, if the smoke has been smoked for a long time, if the house is airtight, It is inevitable that people will be smothered to death, I plan to rebuild the coal stove and smoke pipes at the foot of the mountain, the wealthy households in Beijing are particular about it, and they are not short of money, isn’t this also a business opportunity?”

"Oh..." Zhu Houzhao was excited: "I didn't expect this, this is co-authoring Bengong and you to make a lot of money."

"Of course it is to make a lot of money. As long as the weather is colder, this heating material is the same as firewood, rice, oil and salt. It is an indispensable thing for people. As long as it is indispensable, the price of our mining coal is far lower than the price of burning charcoal. , I am not afraid that no one will buy it. You must know that charcoal needs to be cut in the mountains, and the wood needs to be burned in the mountains. In the past few years, outside the capital, the trees have already been cut down, and the price of charcoal is also increasing year by year. It is as high as a year. But coal is different. I know that the coal in Xishan is shallow coal mines. It does not take much effort to mine it. It is inexhaustible and inexhaustible. The price is more than ten times cheaper than charcoal. Your Highness Just wait, the time has come for us to get rich."

Zhu Houzhao was so excited that he rubbed his hands together, feeling more and more that he had a lot to do. In fact, people in this era already knew what coal is. Didn’t the Ming Dynasty have a special coal mountain? Emperor Chongzhen hanged himself there, so Even Zhu Houzhao knew that this coal could be used for burning, and he couldn't help patting his forehead: "I didn't even think of it at all, yes, coal can be burned, brother Fang is really smart, You see, so many people in this world can't think of it, but Brother Fang thought of it."

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