The Ming Dynasty’s Prodigal Son - Chapter 56

[56. Chapter 56 The heroes of the world are Gu and Qing]

Seeing Zhu Houzhao and Fang Jifan chatting in a lively manner, Deng Jian and Liu Jin, who were standing aside, both began to roll their eyes.

Coal can be burned, everyone in the world knows this.

But why do we all burn firewood and charcoal, but not coal for heating? Do you think you two are the only ones smart?

This is because once the coal is burned, not only is the smoke billowing, no one dares to come near it, let alone for warmth, not to mention that the smoke is poisonous and can kill people.

His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and Fang Jifan actually expected to make a fortune from selling coal. This was… tragic…

Liu Jin rolled his eyes, but he did not dare to correct him because… he was afraid of being beaten.

Deng Jian also looked like his mother had died. He could already predict the tragic scene of the young master digging out coal and losing all his money, but…it seemed…this was the normal state of the young master!

Zhu Houzhao seemed very happy and suddenly felt that he had found a soulmate. He seems to be extremely passionate about making money, but his purpose of making money is a bit suspicious.

But for Fang Jifan, dragging the prince into the water seemed to be a good choice. At least…if he was unlucky, he could have someone to support him before he died.

But Zhu Houzhao really admired Fang Jifan. He suddenly felt that a hero recognized a hero, and suddenly felt that everyone in the world was a fool. You see, even I know that coal can be burned, but why no one burns coal? What about heating? Fang Jifan is still smart. Of course, I am also smart.

Only Liu Jin and Deng Jian were in despair. They both seemed to be weighing the risks of telling the truth. The beating might be a light one. The most important thing was that their owners were the kind of landlords who would never look back until they hit the wall. Won’t you become angry from shame?

Now that the big plan to make a fortune has been decided, Fang Jifan naturally got busy. Some big landowners near Xishan are now like picking up gold ingots, because Fang Jifan, Nanhe’s uncle, posted a message saying that he wanted to buy land.

If someone else comes to buy the land, everyone will still hesitate. The land is ancestral property, so how can it be sold? But Fang Jifan, a prodigal son, is said to spend money like water, which is like a treasure falling from the sky.

Sure enough, the prodigal son is very happy and doesn’t like to bargain.

Many people’s eyes were shining. Now instead of Fang Jifan looking for people to buy land, people came to beg Fang Jifan to buy land.

Uncle Nanhe’s Mansion is now very lively. Not only the landowners around Xishan, but also the landowners who can’t be beaten with eight poles have happily taken the land deeds. Young Master, do you want to buy the land? My land is very good, it is good farmland, unlike the large wasteland near Xishan.

But the answer they often got was: “Go away, what I bought is wasteland!”

Wang Jinyuan obediently sent 200,000 taels of silver to Zhan Shifu. Fang Jifan waved the silver and squandered it in just two or three days. Nearly one hundred thousand taels.

The capital was boiling, and countless people burst into tears. If their family had owned a piece of wasteland in the Western Mountains, they would have made a fortune.

Fang Jinglong’s face turned dark. Every day when he was on duty at the Governor’s Mansion, a few old brothers would always come looking for him: “Your Majesty, do you want to buy land? Brother Fang, I also have land. I don’t want to leave any land to outsiders, right?” “

Fang Jinglong suddenly felt that the whole world regarded his son and then himself as the biggest fool in the world.

He vomited a mouthful of old blood, which frightened everyone in the governor’s mansion into panic.

Fang Jinglong yelled: “Whoever raises the issue of land to me again, I will chop him up!”

Everyone looked at each other, and then looked at the poor Uncle Nan He with a sympathetic and strange expression.

After such an operation, everyone in the world knew about Fang Jifan. Even the envoys from various countries who came to pay tribute in the capital were dumbfounded. Knowing this, a monk who came from Japan to the east couldn’t bear it. I feel deeply that China is so rich, but the purchase of land by Fang Jifan, a man from the capital, can give me a glimpse of it.

However, Fang Jifan suddenly changed from a hated figure to a popular one. Relatives who had not liked to communicate with each other in the past also came to visit. The family was greatly improved, and those neighbors no longer saw Fang Jifan coming out of the house. When I went there, everyone dispersed. Instead, they all greeted each other attentively, being arrogant at first and respectful at the other: “How are you, Master Fang? Master Fang bought land again? Master Fang… My second uncle’s uncle’s cousin also owns a piece of land.” , I’m thinking of selling it…”

“Get out!” Fang Jifan said the word directly between his teeth without raising his eyes.

The person who was scolded was not annoyed at all, and even laughed along with him: “Young Master Fang’s word “Fang” is really heart-wrenching… Haha… Haha… That’s… In fact, Young Master Fang can…”

Fang Jifan was too lazy to care anymore. The man whistled and walked away briskly.

The purpose of buying the land is to hold all the land near the Xishan mine in hand, so as not to wait for the coal mine to be excavated and someone to mine nearby. In addition, these lands will have to be developed sooner or later. There are also many reasons for not negotiating the price. To put it simply, it is to create the purpose of creating a prodigal son who is a prodigal, making people feel that they will suffer a loss if they cannot sell, and they will be cheated. However, in fact, the real premium is not high.

With the Xishan mineral veins covering a radius of ten miles and tens of thousands of acres of wasteland in hand, there should be great potential for success.

………

The capital has already exploded, and the news inevitably spread to the palace.

The commander of the Jin Yiwei, Mou Bin, entered the palace with fear and waited for a long time in the Nuan Pavilion. When the emperor arrived at the Nuan Pavilion, Mou Bin bowed down and said, “I have seen your Majesty.”

Although Mou Bin was a Jin Yiwei who was feared by everyone, he was extremely capable. Under his governance, many people’s impression of Jin Yiwei has changed.

As the saying goes, one emperor and one courtier meet an emperor like Emperor Hongzhi who does not like to go to prison, and the imperial guards become harmless to humans and animals.

Emperor Hongzhi turned his palm into a fist and knocked on the slip: “Tell me, what’s going on?”

Mou Bin was an honest man, and he said in a dumbfounded voice: “I have checked, and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince took His Majesty’s paintings and toys and sold them… …sold……”

Emperor Hongzhi seemed to be unfazed by the favor, but his old face still twitched inadvertently.

Damn it, is there any crown prince in the world who steals the emperor’s things and sells them?

Mou Bin glanced at Emperor Hongzhi cautiously, probably because he was afraid that the emperor could not bear the excitement. He racked his brains and tried to use less exciting language to make the emperor more accepting, and said: “Sold for twenty … Five hundred thousand taels of silver, the person who bought it was named Wang Jinyuan. It is said… It is said that when he bought it, Wang Jinyuan had a knife on his neck.”

Emperor Hongzhi remained silent, but his face turned a little red.

Mou Bin continued: “What I heard from you is that Your Highness took this silver to do business in partnership with Fang Jifan.”

Emperor Hongzhi almost spit out blood like Fang Jinglong.

Mou Bin raised his head cautiously again, as if he felt that Emperor Hongzhi could still bear it, and continued: “They bought land everywhere around Xishan. It is said that in a few days, they spent more than 100,000 taels of silver, and all the nearby land was sold out. It’s as big as ten thousand acres.”

“More than a hundred thousand taels of silver…the wasteland…will be gone in a few days?” Emperor Hongzhi finally couldn’t bear it anymore and shouted sharply.

Emperor Hongzhi also couldn’t laugh or cry. He was silent for a long time before he sighed and said, “What evil have I done?”

“Your Majesty, do you want the Jin Yiwei to come forward…”

Emperor Hongzhi shook his head and said, “Nothing. Don’t do anything, don’t say anything, just pretend you don’t know anything. Are you afraid that if you intervene now, you won’t make enough jokes? Fang Jifan… Let me take a look and see what he is going to do. “

As for Fang Jifan, in fact, Hong Zhi? The emperor’s mind was extremely complex. Sometimes he admired him, and sometimes he was half-infuriated by him. He was lucky at first. Fortunately, he was not his father, otherwise he would have been angry to death. He just felt sorry for his father; but now…

Emperor Hongzhi actually felt that he and Fang Jinglong were in the same boat…

But Emperor Hongzhi couldn’t help but arouse his curiosity. What kind of tricks was Fang Jifan playing?

He felt that a person who could think of changing his ways and teach three people should not just mess around.

“Look again, look again, cough cough…” Emperor Hongzhi couldn’t help coughing: “The weather is getting colder and colder, and the refugees entering the city don’t know what to do. Shuntian Mansion needs to be resettled.”

(End of chapter)