Chapter 271: The futile struggle(1/2)
It is worth mentioning that it is not difficult to detect that the burned food is grain. The most obvious thing is the smell. After all, the burned grain is not just a tiny bit.
The Emerald Tiger received the bad news in the middle of the night and fell from heaven to hell in an instant. Thinking of the serious consequences, his fat body couldn't help but tremble.
If a large amount of grain is allowed to enter Xinzheng and grain prices fall, then he will lose the bet and will need to pay huge amounts of money.
He will turn from the richest man in South Korea to a worthless pauper in an instant...
This gap is too big and cannot be accepted by Emerald Tiger.
Moreover, the Emerald Tiger, one of the four evil generals of Ye Mu, knows very well that if he becomes a pauper and has no capital to make money for Ye Mu, then his status will be in jeopardy.
There is no shortage of wealthy businessmen in South Korea who want to pay for the night. Although his ability to make money is strong, it is not indispensable. There are many people who can replace him.
In addition, his butt is not clean and cannot withstand close inspection. He may become the abandoned son of the night, lose all his wealth, and may even lose his life...
Upon thinking this, Jade Tiger immediately asked his concubines and maids to change their clothes, preparing to convince Ji Wuye and Bai Yifei that they must destroy the food collected by Liusha at all costs.
However, after putting on his robe, the Emerald Tiger sat down again with a slumped expression on his face...
Ji Wuye and Bai Yifei, the two giants of the night scene, have reached a unanimous decision. With his status, it is impossible to persuade them, and their backers are no longer useful.
After sitting down and thinking for a while, the Emerald Tiger thought that he could only have a chance of survival by relying on himself and making all-out efforts at all costs!
Therefore, the Emerald Tiger summoned all the thugs he had recruited, first gave him a financial incentive, and then offered a huge reward.
Whoever can ignite the quicksand of food can leap from a thug to a rich man, achieving explosive growth in wealth and a class jump.
There must be brave men under heavy rewards. When the benefits are high enough, there is nothing that people dare not do.
These people's eyes were reddened by the huge bounty issued by the Emerald Tiger, and the Emerald Tiger deliberately concealed the true strength of the Quicksand grain transport team. Most of them had basically completely lost their minds and planned to risk their lives.
The thug leader left Lanxiu Villa with hundreds of thugs and came to the outskirts of Xinzheng to ambush.
This desperate move is the Emerald Tiger's tentative decision. Success is the best, but failure is also to be expected.
The other move is the Emerald Tiger's real all-out move.
The Emerald Tiger rode a carriage into Xinzheng City overnight and visited the connections he had cultivated over the years.
The city gates had already been closed in the middle of the night, and Xinzheng was also enforcing a curfew.
However, although Emerald Tiger is a businessman, he has built a huge network of relationships in the Korean military and government by relying on his backing, money, beauty and other means.
The Emerald Tiger is not a high-ranking official, but he is comparable to a high-ranking official. He is even more impressive than many high-ranking officials. He can open city gates that are forbidden to be opened before the specified time.
There is no way, the magic power of money is huge, the top and bottom of the city gate are all fed by the Emerald Tiger.
It was really annoying to disturb people's dreams in the second half of the night, but because of Emerald Tiger's backing, power, and sincerity in apologizing, the people who were disturbed endured it.
The Emerald Tiger always visits wealthy families, such as nobles, high-ranking officials, and wealthy businessmen.
The richest man in South Korea is Jade Tiger, but it does not mean that there are no other wealthy businessmen in South Korea.
The night is strong and you can take the biggest piece of the cake, but the white gloves of other powerful officials also have to divide the cake.
Even if you eat alone, you won’t be able to withstand the darkness.
In this era, the most important thing for doing business is to have the protection of powerful people. The larger the scale of the business, the more important it is. The means of doing business come second.
Once there is enough protection from powerful people, one or several monopoly businesses can be carried out.
It is difficult not to make money in a monopoly business!
Being able to become the richest man in South Korea in just a few years, Jade Tiger mainly relied on monopoly, such as fertilizer in Nanyang.
Of course, the fertilizer that Emerald Tiger monopolizes is definitely not modern chemical fertilizer. If it were chemical fertilizer, Emerald Tiger would definitely not be able to keep this business, and neither would Nightfall.
The purpose of Jade Tiger in finding these people is simple, which is to raise money.
Unlike in the anime, Jade Tiger was completely ruthless this time and mortgaged all his properties, including Jade Villa, Lanxiu Villa, real estate title deeds, deeds of sale, etc.
All in all, everything that could be mortgaged was mortgaged.
In this way, we can obtain huge working capital, purchase all the grain brought back by Liusha, and maintain the trend of grain prices.
If he wins, the Emerald Tiger can deal a heavy blow to the quicksand and leave a great contribution to the night.
Not only can the status be maintained, but the status can also be improved to a higher level, and the property can also be redeemed.
Although you will pay a higher price, you can make up for it later by sucking the blood of quicksand and the blood of Korean people, and you can still make a lot of money.
If he loses, the Emerald Tiger will have nothing but death left, and his remaining property will not be enough to pay one thousandth of the bet.
In short, the Emerald Tiger mortgaged all the property that was used to pay Quicksand in the anime, and if he lost, he had to pay for it with his life.
Of course, this situation is something Liusha doesn't want to see. How much is the life of the Emerald Tiger worth?
Without the assets of the Emerald Tiger to replenish blood, how could Liusha have enough money to fulfill the agreement with the Pingyang Heavy Armor Army and Da Liang?
If he can't get the Emerald Tiger's property and can't fulfill his agreement, Quicksand will be in big trouble.
Cheng Xiu used his name as a guarantor for Liusha, but if he couldn't fulfill the agreement, where would Cheng Xiu's face go?
What a disgrace!
The big grain merchants of the Qin State and the Pingyang heavy armor army led by Wang Lu could not let go of the quicksand.
The pressure exerted by these two affected the Qin court. If troops came to the city to collect debts, it would be absolutely impossible for the quicksand to withstand it.
Fortunately, Liusha was not unaware. As a key monitoring target, the strange movements of the Emerald Tiger attracted Liusha's attention, and the news was passed to Zilanxuan.
Since the destruction of Qijuetang, although the intelligence capability in Liusha's hands has dropped by one level, it has not reached the point of blindness.
Zi Nu has placed spies in the residences of powerful officials who hold real power in the Korean court, with varying numbers and different statuses.
Although the information received by each mansion was limited, after mutual confirmation, the purple girl Zhang Liang guessed the plan of the Emerald Tiger.
This made Zi Nu and Zhang Liang very angry.
Liusha had two purposes for attacking the Emerald Tiger.
The first is to cut off Ye Mu's wings and weaken Ye Mu's power; the second is to obtain the property of the Emerald Tiger as capital for expansion.
The latter is more important than the former, and it is even more important now that the property of the Emerald Tiger is needed to repay the debt.
At the same time, Zi Nu and Zhang Liang are still a little anxious. They don't know how much money Jade Tiger has raised and how much money they still have...
If the money prepared is huge enough to withstand the food drop tomorrow, then Quicksand will be completely defeated!
The two decided to stop Jade Tiger from raising money at all costs.
Both Zi Nu and Zhang Liang were smart and intelligent people, and they quickly came up with a solution, but this solution required Chenglong's help.
So, Zi Nu came outside Cheng Xi's room.
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Dong-dong-dong, a crisp and rhythmic knock on the door sounded. Inside the room, Cheng Yu was lying on the bed and resting. Hearing the sound, he opened his eyes and felt the sensation.
"What's wrong, Miss Purple Girl?"
Zi Nu was not surprised that Cheng Yu could recognize him from across the room and said softly: "I need your help with something."
"Come in and talk."
Zi Nu hesitated for a moment, then opened the door and walked into the man's room.
Walking into the inner room, I found that Cheng Yu was wearing a pair of black shorts with red stripes and a black robe with red stripes casually draped over his shoulders. He was sitting on a table pouring tea.
There are no single clothes under the outer robe, revealing a well-proportioned and strong upper body, with sharp muscles and sharp edges, like pieces of granite, and a light bronze skin. The whole body is full of masculinity, enough to make girls and young wives’ hearts beat faster and their faces turn red.
Although Zi Nu is not an ordinary person, when she sees her perfect figure, coupled with Cheng Yu's handsome face and outstanding temperament, her cheeks feel a little hot and her heartbeat speeds up slightly.
However, Zi Nu concealed herself very high and walked over as if nothing had happened. Opposite Cheng Xi, who was kneeling elegantly and dignifiedly, the voice of the familiar Yujie sounded.
"I'm really sorry that I woke you up so late."
"You don't have to be so polite to me. With our relationship, do we still need to say this?"
Cheng Yu put down the tea cup, blinked and said.
Zi Nu didn't know how to answer the question for a while, so she had to change the subject and talk about business.
Cheng Xiu accepted the offer and did not continue teasing Zi Nu. After hearing this, he smiled and said, "The Jade Tiger is quite courageous. If the money is enough, he might actually be able to make a comeback."
"What do you need my help with?"
The Emerald Tiger does not need to keep the food price from falling all the time, it only needs to maintain it for the tenth day, and it does not matter whether it rises or falls thereafter.
Zi Nu then told Zhang Liang the idea she and Zhang Liang had come up with.
"You guys are really a loser, but I like it."
"I'll send someone to do it immediately."
Cheng Xiu stood up and was about to leave the room to arrange for someone. Suddenly he felt something strange in his body. He looked down and saw that his clothes were not appropriate as he left the room and wandered around. Then he rolled his eyes and had an idea.
"This outfit is not appropriate. I won't have any rest tonight. Please help me change my clothes."
After saying that, Cheng Yu looked at Zi Nu expectantly.
Zi Nu hesitated for a moment and then nodded.
With Zi Nu taking care of him, Cheng Yu put on his inner clothes and outer robes one by one. After putting on each piece, he opened his arms for Zi Nu to wrap his arms around them and arrange them neatly.
To be continued...