Xing'an Bo Mansion.

"Master, I just wrote to Yunxiaguan, saying that Guo Dan had gone to see the eldest lady this morning."

Xu Mao came to the lobby and reported to Xu Mengchong.

Xu Mengqiu opened his eyes when he heard this and exclaimed: "Do you say Guo Tan goes to find Feng'er?"

"Yes." Xu Mao nodded.

"Strange!" Xu Mengchun wondered: "Didn't the two of them have had a holiday?"

Xu Mao shook his head and said, "I don't know much about this."

Xu Mengchong couldn't help but frowned and said worriedly: "What do this unfilial daughter want to do?"

Xu Mao hurriedly said: "Master may have many concerns, but Guo Dan took the initiative to find the eldest lady."

Xu Mengchong immediately said: "Don't you know what kind of virtue she is? He has never been abide by his own mistakes since he was a child. Guo Dan is not a carefree guy. This time, the matter has been so big that all the civil and military officials in the court held a grudge against him. At this time, if the two of them were mixed together, it would be scary just to think about it."

Speaking of this, he sighed heavily, "If I had known this, I really shouldn't have recommended Guo Dan to Your Majesty. Now even if I try to keep a distance from him, many people still think that I am the same as him. If something really happens in the future, I am afraid that our Xu family will not be out of the matter. It's really a mistake in one step, every step is wrong!"

Xu Mao was silent for a little, and said, "Master, I don't know whether I should say it."

Xu Mengchong said depressedly: "You said that."

Xu Mao said: "Although the eldest lady is a bit out of the ordinary, her talent is hard to match even many men. It was the eldest lady who was there to make suggestions, and the master was the Minister of the Taipu Temple. Facts have proved that the eldest lady's speculation at that time was very correct. This not only ensures that our Xu family was not involved in the fight, but also rose up."

Xu Mengchong looked a little embarrassed and said, "I don't deny that the unfilial daughter is indeed smart. Unfortunately, she used the intelligence in the wrong place. Don't forget what she did at that time. Not only did I hide it for her, but I also helped her find her husband's family. It was so kind and righteous, but she still didn't repent and became even worse, tearing up the engagement and running away from home. To this day, she still thinks it was my husband's fault, which is really outrageous."

Xu Mao said: "That was just a young lady's impulse. The young lady's heart was not bad. Now the situation in the court has become unpredictable because of Guo Dan. The master is already in this vortex, and the young master has not grown up again. If there is a young lady by her side, it will be a good thing for the master, the young master, and our Xu family."

This is not the first time he mentioned this. The Xu family has a great career, but the population is small, and there are only two people in total, one of which is a waste, which is a dilemma faced by their Xu family.

"If Rong'er had half of her..."

Halfway through speaking, Xu Mengchong shook his head and sighed: "I have asked you to find her, but she refused to come back. You can't let me invite her in person. Wouldn't she be afraid of lightning strikes?"

“…”

As he said that, Xu Mengmeng saw that Xu Mao did not answer for a long time, raised his head and looked at Xu Mao and said, "What do you mean?"

Xu Mao said: "Master, the person who tied the bell must untie it!"

......

Yinuoyaxing.

Guo Dan sat in the office, clenched his fist and held his cheek, and was stunned.

Although the noisy capital, due to the rampage of Wanli, became calm immediately. Not to mention fake competitions, even Marseille was rarely mentioned, but he knew that his troubles had just begun.

His strategy was to hold Wanli's thigh at the beginning. He didn't think about who to go against. He just wanted to make money. He loved his profession and didn't even want to enter the officialdom. However, the changes in things caught him off guard.

But things have happened and he can only accept it. He is not a person who likes to sit and wait for death. He will never wait until the knife is put on his neck before launching a counterattack. If you know that the other party will come, you will still wait for the other person to come before you fight back. That is a fool. The goddess of luck will not favor him every time. He must seek to take the initiative and cut them off first.

This was also his only purpose of asking Aunt Xu.

Having said that, in fact, in terms of experience in court struggle, Zhang Cheng and Xu Mengchong were better than Aunt Xu, but Guo Dan never wanted to come and ask them for advice, because they were both insiders and they had their own interests. If they said things from their mouths, they must put their interests first, and their interests were all over the court, which was just a waste of time to ask.

Aunt Xu is an outsider, and his only interest in the court may be Xu Mengchong. Of course, the most important thing is that Aunt Xu once reminded him.

This trip is worth it, Aunt Xu's words really made him suddenly enlightened.

"Husband! Husband!"

"ah!"

Guo Dan suddenly woke up and suddenly found Kou Weisha standing at the table, looking at him with concern, and said in surprise: "Madam, when did you...have you come in?"

Kou Weisha said, "I just came in. I knocked on the door for a while, but I didn't hear your answer, so I pushed the door in. I never thought that you were inside. Husband, what are you thinking, so you are so enchanting?"

"Isn't it just about fake games?"

Guo Dan shook his head and sighed.

Kou Weisha also sighed quietly and said, "Xinxing has just counted the losses we have in this incident."

As she said that, she handed Guo Dan a piece of data.

Judging from her expression, it should be a huge loss.

Guo Dan took it, opened it and looked at it.

As expected.

It was a heavy loss.

Tianjin Wei lost more than 12,000 taels of money in the fire, which was both true and false.

Guo Dan is making preparations for both hands. He is really producing, otherwise he can't hide it. He just doesn't produce that much, but it's just a small part. However, the cotton mattress is expensive, plus the commissions of the workshop and the craftsman, it's all money!

The fake race caused the Marseille to be postponed indefinitely, and the race has not started yet. The losses caused have reached 30,000 taels, because if one period is delayed, you will have to earn a few thousand taels less, which is all a loss.

In addition, the production of cotton armor over there will be an increase of nearly 8,000 taels of cost.

and damage to the temporary racecourse.

The total loss here was over 50,000 taels, because the Yassan firm occupied 30% of the shares in the cotton-armor transaction. In addition, these things also affected the Yassan firm's transaction, and the losses were about 10,000 taels.

If the 50,000 taels donated there would be a loss of 100,000 taels.

This is not a small amount, and it is not considered a subsequent impact.

For example, the construction of the Marseille area was suspended, etc.

After reading it, Guo smiled faintly!

It's a very happy smile.

Kou Weisha said with concern: "Husband, are you okay?"

"It's okay, what can I do."

Guo Dan laughed.

This is OK? Kou Weisha asked, "Why is your husband laughing so happily after losing so much?"

Guo Dan said: "If you only spend more than 100,000 taels to bury the four major officials' teeth, it will be a loss of blood, but if you spend 100,000 taels to make the Dongchang unable to sleep or eat, it will be very worth it."

Kou Weisha said in horror: "Husband, don't be impulsive."

Guo Dan shook his head and said, "I have no impulse. I have told you that I will not take the initiative to be an enemy of anyone, but if the East Factory always comes to provoke me, I will use the money to bury the entire East Factory, just 100,000 taels. Humph, it's not my money anyway."

“……!”

He was right. Yaxing lost at most, at most 20,000 taels, and the Kou family lost just over 10,000 taels. Although it was quite a lot for the Kou family, 80% of the losses were counted on Wanli, so I naturally had a lot of balance in my heart.

Since Wanli is the biggest funder, after the financial report is released, we naturally have to read it for Wanli immediately.

In front of the palace gate.

"Don't worry, I will not forget your promise. If there is no accident, you can go back to the ward today."

Before entering the door, Guo Dan suddenly said to Yang Feixu.

Yang Feixu finally showed a smile on her face, and she clasped her fists and said, "I'm working hard."

"It's not worth mentioning."

Guo Dan waved his hand and laughed.

Qianqing Palace.

"Eighty thousand taels!"

When Wanli heard this, he couldn't help but stand up suddenly, and said with a grim expression: "You...you said I lost 80,000 taels?"

As he said that, he hurriedly picked up Guo Dan’s financial report and read it. As he looked at it, tears flashed from the corners of his eyes, which made people feel distressed!

Guo Dan said embarrassedly: "The loss is only 30,000 taels, plus the 50,000 taels donated, a total of 80,000 taels."

"Isn't the money donated considered a loss?" Wanli roared and tore the financial report to pieces.

He really doesn't want to accept this fact.

"I am guilty of a humble position, so I'll ask your Majesty to punish me." Guo Dan thrust and knelt on the ground.

But Wanli didn't look at him at all, his eyes were dull, and his words were choked and muttered to himself: "Eighty thousand taels, eighty thousand taels, eighty thousand taels..."

Suddenly, his fat body shook slightly.

"Your Majesty." Li Gui hurried forward and supported Wanli. His back was already wet. He was still a little bit surprised in his heart. He wanted to be so honest, it would be okay to report less.

Wanli pushed him away, then looked at Guo Dan and said, "I have lost so much, can I not donate the 50,000 taels?"

Guo Dan remained silent and refused to answer.

The meaning is very obvious. If you don't donate this money, Marseille may face a closure.

Wanli also understood the truth. If he didn't donate this money, Guo Dan and Marseille would face a crisis, but it took him a long time before he came to his senses, sighed and said, "You get up first."

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

Guo Dan stood up, suddenly took out a letter and said, "Your Majesty, this is a humble position and I hope your Majesty will approve it."

“Resignation?”

Wanli was stunned at first, and then said, "What are you doing? I just feel sorry for you... In short, I didn't blame you. You were in Weihui Mansion at that time, so I couldn't get enough to put it away, just put it away."

Speaking of the latter, he was upset.

Guo Tan said: "Your Majesty is magnanimous and humble, and you are grateful for your humble position, but... but you must be kind to your Majesty."

Wanli said angrily: "What are you today? I say I didn't blame you. Do you think I'm not annoying enough?"

Guo Tan said: "Your Majesty trusted Husband and handed over so much money to Husband and took care of Husband, but Husband disappointed His Majesty and had no face to face His Majesty again. In addition, now Husband and enemies are made everywhere, they will never easily bypass Husband and therefore, if Husband continues to help His Majesty manage money, it will only affect His Majesty."

When Wanli heard this, he couldn't help frowning and sighed: "Actually, I regretted it afterwards. I didn't consider you at that time, but they made me lose so much money. I can't think that nothing happened. Don't worry, if anyone dares to make things difficult for you in the future, I will definitely make decisions for you."

Guo Dan said: "Your Majesty, this open gun is easy to avoid, but it is difficult to prevent hidden arrows. Then Jiang Feng is just an illegitimate child. He even caused us such heavy losses. If it were someone with a little power, the consequences would be unimaginable!"

Wanli couldn't help but feel scared and immediately said: "Since you realize the problem, you should find a way to solve this problem instead of choosing to escape. Do you think they will let you go if you don't help me manage the money?"

He is willing to accept this fact, the main reason is to protect Guo Dan. Now he values ​​Guo Dan very much, because Guo Dan not only makes money, but also allows him to show off at court meetings and help him solve some problems that could not be solved before.

Guo Dan frowned and said nothing.

"Okay, just put it away when you resign." Wanli waved his hand and asked again: "Have you ever thought of a solution to this matter?"

Guo Dan pondered for a moment and said, "If you want to prevent such things from happening again, there is only one way."

Wanli hurriedly asked, "What's the solution?"
Chapter completed!