Chapter 15: Dragon Breed
Faced with Emperor Hongzhi's doubts, many thoughts came across Fang Jifan's mind, and finally...
After gritting his teeth, Fang Jifan took a deep breath, blinked at Emperor Hongzhi, and said seriously: "I don't know why, but I just feel that Your Majesty is kind and friendly. When I see Your Majesty, I suddenly feel refreshed. As for the help of God, I unconsciously revealed many thoughts in my mind. As for Your Majesty, I have such a deep insight. I have no idea about it when I think about it, but it is because I am good at "sourcing".
Grow...good.
In the words of later generations, it means that the genes are strong.
But Emperor Hongzhi choked suddenly and couldn't help coughing desperately, which made the guards' faces change suddenly.
Then, whether it was Emperor Hongzhi, Zhu Houzhao, and Liu Qian, they all looked at Fang Jifan with an incredible look.
In this era of modesty and moderation, how shameless a person must be to brag so much and promote his own genes.
Emperor Hongzhi was silent for a long time, not knowing what he was thinking.
Zhu Houzhao, who was standing beside him, couldn't help but raise his eyebrows. He said dissatisfiedly: "No, no matter how good the Fang family's seeds are, can they be as good as the dragon seeds?"
Fang Jifan was stunned...Dragon seed...I'll go...
He looked at the boy and knew it. Anyway, his image had already been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people. The unstable factors of a harmonious society and the cancer hidden within the people, hey... he understood it.
Since that was the case, Fang Jifan smiled and relaxed: "Yes, yes, the dragon species is also very powerful, very powerful. I am a little bit worse than the dragon species."
"..." Emperor Hongzhi looked at Fang Jifan speechlessly.
This kid... is really... undescribable in words. His cleverness and a very smart strategy to change the land and return to the current situation are really my heart, but... what made Emperor Hongzhi speechless and choked happened.
At this time, Zhu Houzhao raised his eyebrows again and said, "The dragon seed is good, but why do you want to add the word "Ya"? The Fang family is just a small count. How dare you say it is only a little worse than the dragon seed?"
Emperor Hongzhi was a father and a spoiled father. He always felt that his son was a little stronger than ordinary people. Why was it a little bit? Because he had to be modest, modest is a virtue. Therefore, whenever the ministers praised the prince for his cleverness, although Emperor Hongzhi felt at ease, he always said, "Where is, where."
But now, looking at the prince being serious, it is equivalent to Zhu Houzhao engraving a few golden words on his forehead. These words are very high-quality, but very disharmonious - I am a dragon seed, and I am the smartest!
Emperor Hongzhi suddenly had the urge to beat his son.
Fang Jifan was speechless, this little devilish child, are you upset? I am just pretending to be stupid? Do you know the actor's self-cultivation? I have to show my image as a slut. Why are you joining in the fun?
"Ahem..." Emperor Hongzhi raised his face and said sternly: "Fang Jifan, do you know your crime."
Accompanying the king is like accompanying a tiger. Fang Jifan has a deep understanding, so he can only say, "I don't know."
Emperor Hongzhi held his hands behind his back, and although he remembered Fang Jifan's transformation into the land, he said coldly: "You are selling ebony at a high price here. Do you want to rely on the Nanhe Bo Mansion to forcefully buy and sell, and bully the market? I love the people as much as my son, so how can you be so arrogant!"
Fang Jifan was ashamed. He didn't understand yet. He glanced at Liu Qian with the corner of his eyes and saw Liu Qian looking at Fang Jifan coldly.
Fang Jifan said: "I just sell ebony and priced it. I will never bully people with my power. Some people want to buy it naturally, let alone sell it forcibly. Your Majesty... Is there any misunderstanding between us?"
Emperor Hongzhi still had a cold face and clearly did not believe it at all.
Seeing this, Liu Qian smiled and interrupted, "I heard that the market price of ebony is only ten taels of silver. If it were purchased for thirteen or four taels of silver, I don't know how many people would rush to sell it. I have never heard of it. There is a precedent for ebony to sell a hundred taels of silver."
His careless words caused Emperor Hongzhi's anger. If you sell 100 taels of silver, do you think it's a misunderstanding?
Emperor Hongzhi said sternly: "I think of the contributions of your ancestors of the Fang family, so I heard that you Fang Jifan is rampant and domineering, so I didn't ask about it. I didn't expect you to become more and more powerful. If I don't punish you, I don't know how many people will be harmed by you in the future...you..."
Fang Jifan hurriedly said, "Please ask your Majesty to explain."
"I don't listen!" This guy is smart, but unfortunately... he is a despicable person and is a little confused. He is a good seedling, but with his transformation of land, it is worth cultivating, but it's a pity...
Emperor Hongzhi was furious and wanted to give Fang Jifan a profound lesson, and was about to speak.
There was a noise in the distance.
It turned out to be a big belly merchant who wanted to get close, but was stopped by Emperor Hongzhi's guards. The guard was just dressed up by ordinary people. The merchant was obviously anxious, so he had a conflict with the guards.
Emperor Hongzhi looked out from a distance, and thoughts moved, and gave a wink at the guards on the side. The guards knew and hurriedly ordered the merchant to come.
The merchant ran over anxiously. When he got close, Fang Jifan remembered him. This man bought his own ancestral property last time and helped him buy Wang Jinyuan, who had bought ebony.
Wang Jinyuan was sweating profusely. He was good at observing words and expressions, but today he was very strange. He was too lazy to care about who was around Fang Jifan, but he was panting. He said to Fang Jifan: "Ebony...ebony...this ebony, fifty taels per piece, so he needs as much as you want. Young Master Fang, I want all of you."
“…”
Emperor Hongzhi was shocked.
Didn’t it mean that ebony is worth ten taels of silver? Why did someone rush to acquire it in a blink of an eye? He didn’t believe that this was Fang Jifan’s “entrusted”, because Fang Jifan has always been by his side, and every move is under his nose.
Wang Jinyuan's eyes were red, as if crazy. News came from Tongzhou that dozens of ebony ships had sunk. You should know that the ships transporting ebony were very deep in water. If transported by river, it would be very easy to get stranded. Therefore, the court would have special official ships transported from sea to sea, along the coast, from Nantongzhou to Tianjin Wei, then into the canal, and sent to Beitongzhou. The place where the ebony ships sank was near the sea estuary, and suddenly encountered a strange wind. Dozens of ships disappeared, and all the ebony were sunk to the bottom of the sea, without even hope of salvage.
This ebony is not easy to come by, and the capital is the main force in consuming ebony. Merchants from various provinces in the south of the Yangtze River often transport the collected ebony to the capital every one or two years. Now the ebony in the capital has almost been acquired by Fang Jifan, and there is no source of goods on the market. This time the shipwreck means that ebony will be priced but not in the next one or two years.
After all, ebony is a luxury product among luxury goods, and it is difficult to collect. However, under the shortage, the nobles in the capital will never reduce their demand for ebony. What is a noble? What is a tycoon? That is, they only buy the most expensive ones, and they will never use other wood to make up for the numbers. This... is a matter of face.
When he heard the news, he immediately realized that the surge in ebony was ready to go, and this ebony... is about to make a big splash.
The only source of goods that can be thought of now is Fang Jifan. There is no other semicolon. If you can buy a large number of ebony from Fang Jifan when the news is out and the supply is starting to be in short supply, you will be afraid that you will get rich.
He looked at Fang Jifan nervously: "Fifty taels... Young Master Fang, how many people have, how much does the villain need, how much money... The villain can raise money. The villain has a cloth shop and a field. There are two houses in Beijing. If it is still not enough, you can join forces with other friends to raise money and grain, fifty taels..."
Fang Jifan was ecstatic and the ship sank...the ship sank...
But when he heard that he had fifty taels, he suddenly lost interest.
He smiled and said, "Look at the flag I was hanging."
Wang Jinyuan felt a chill when he saw the flag coil, his heart was filled with a hundred...a hundred taels...
Chapter completed!