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    After the meeting with the assistant ministers, Sony rode back to his home. Although his life was better now, he was still not used to riding in a sedan chair. He always felt that it was more restrictive than riding a horse.

    Recently, the third son has been tinkering with something, and Sony has heard about it for a long time. Sony has also heard about the son's troubles, and it has a lot to do with Yinzi.  However, Sony did not interfere before, and when Suo'etu came to ask him whether the court would break the contract, whether it would make things difficult on the acceptance issue, and whether he was willing to issue a receipt, Sony also told his son truthfully - at least  This year, the Qing government will definitely fall out and confiscate a sum of Cao Yin. For a transaction of tens of millions of Cao Yin, it is not worth breaking up for a few hundred thousand Liang. I don¡¯t know since when, the auxiliary ministers suddenly have  I got the impression that after decades of fighting between the two sides, the Qing court and the Ming army, or to be precise, the Ming army in Sichuan, seemed to have not yet broken up with each other.

    Soetu and other politically frustrated former Guards officers always get together. This time after a securities exchange emerged in the south, they pooled their money to gamble. This kind of gambling also has a new name called futures trading.  However, Sony and other high-ranking Manchu officials were tolerant of them, and they felt that the battle at Gaoyou Lake had a deep inside story. These children were all unjustly sacrificed, so they knew that they were gambling, and they also used the court's post system to gamble, but their parents  They all pretended not to know - the four auxiliary ministers all had their families involved, so it would not be difficult to cover up the matter.

    But after returning home today, Sony immediately asked Bao Yi to call Suo'etu. As soon as they met, he said: "Don't go to Tianjin in the future."

    Recently, Sony heard that his son¡¯s gambling money has been getting bigger and bigger, and it is said that he has already spent hundreds or even thousands of taels of silver There is nothing wrong with small amounts of gambling, but it is a bit scary like Suo'etu.  And because of gambling, many nobles went to Tianjin to watch the delivery of Cao Yin, fearing that the court would strictly keep its promise. However, the local officials in Tianjin turned their attention to the "Fujian thieves" who made things difficult for Cao Yin. Suo'etu also met with other people every now and then.  The boys at home went to Tianjin together.

    "Why?" Suo'etu's eyes widened and his voice trembled: "Amma, but is the court going to break the contract and arrest people?"

    These days, Suo'etu and the others made a lot of money. After the delivery of Caoyin in Huguang, Niu Colu moved to Jiujiang, and made a fortune by doing long positions in Jiujiang.  Not long ago, the delivery of Caoyin in Jiangxi also came to an end. Next, it is the turn of Jiangnan. Niu Colu should be on his way to Anqing now.  In order to allow this group of people in the capital to participate in every transaction smoothly, they even affected the order of delivery of Cao Yin. Obviously, the imperial court originally intended for Zhejiang to deliver Cao Yin first, but because Niu Gulu could not fly, he could not  Wuchang and Hangzhou are rushing from both ends.  So in the end, the delivery plan was decided on first in Hubei and Hunan, then Jiangxi, Jiangnan, and finally Zhejiang Caoyin.

    It took some effort for this plan to pass in the Beijing court, because the auxiliary ministers felt that it was obviously more convenient to transport Zhejiang by water from Hangzhou to Tianjin than Jiangxi by sea.  But because securities trading in Huguang opens first, futures trading groups in Beijing must start in Hubei and end in Zhejiang.  Both the Assistant Minister and the Ministry of Household Affairs were worried that this might cause a strange situation in which the silver ship from Zhejiang was waiting outside and could not unload, while the silver ship from Jiangxi had not yet arrived, leaving the Tianjin dock with nothing to do.  However, the descendants of the nobles could not help but persuade their mother who loved their son, and then the mother and son went into battle together to deal with their important minister father. This sequence of actions required by Niu Colu was still approved by the Qing court.

    The Ming army was very easy to talk to. Feng Ziming, the president of the Chengdu Development Bank who escorted the silver boat, arrived and lived near Dagukou.  After hearing Suo'etu's request, this guy, who was suspected by many people to be the secret envoy of Deng Ming and Mutan, replied with a relaxed expression. For their financial group, the Qing government can do whatever they want with this order.  This ship's worth of silver can be counted as a piece of silver from any province, that is, one ingot of silver can be split into five parts, or one share from each province.

    Seeing that the Ming army¡¯s account books were so confusing, and the money on board could be from any province, many officials from the household department of the Qing court secretly despised it, guessing that the Ming army¡¯s household officer management system must be in chaos, with no rules at all.  After listening to Feng Ziming say that a piece of silver can be divided into several parts and calculated into different provinces according to the needs of the Qing court, the Beijing Ministry of Household's disdain for the Ming army's account book management system reached the extreme. Many household officials  Officials all came to the conclusion: "Sichuan is easy to break." Most Manchus didn't understand why Sichuan was easy to break. Only Suo'etu had a vague idea, that is, the Ming army's account management was not strict enough.  It gave Sichuan Ministry of Household officials too many opportunities to fish in troubled waters - I think the Qing Dynasty's accounts were so strict that when moving into the Ministry of Household warehouse, the soldiers were not allowed to wear clothes but had to be naked, but there were still all kinds of sneaky opportunities.  Sichuan is so careless that it may be possible to "see its own defeat" in a few years, right?

    Since you only need to pay a hundredFive-fifths of the deposit was required, so Niu Gulu's profit was very good. The more than 30,000 taels of silver that everyone collected has turned into more than 50,000 taels, and Suo'etu's 200 taels of silver has also turned into more than 500 taels.  A few days ago, Suo'etu borrowed money from his brother, brother, cousin, and relatives. He promised a 30% interest rate and collected a few hundred taels of silver to send to Niu Gulu.  Or because of the deposit issue, if the Qing government suddenly changed its attitude and defaulted on its debts, then Niu Colu, who was always confident and put all his wealth behind him, could throw everyone's private money into the water in one go.

    Thinking of this, it¡¯s hard to say anything. Last time, Niu Gulu sent a letter saying that Anqing had launched a new Caoyin delivery insurance project, selling personal and property insurance to silver ships going to Tianjin, and  These insurance business funds will also be listed in Anqing.  After studying and understanding the project mentioned in Niu Gulu's letter, Suo'etu and the others laughed very happily. They all knew that the court would not break the contract, let alone arrest people, so they asked Niu Gulu to fund the insurance project.  Buy as much as you can, thinking it is a business that will make a profit without losing any money.

    "As a result, the court will change its mind in the blink of an eye You really can't take this gamble, even your own father can't be trusted.

    Suo'etu hurriedly turned around and ran out: "Amma forgive me, my son must write a letter quickly and send it to Anqing before the city gate is closed."

    ¡°A lot of the borrowed money was the dowry for my cousins ??when they got married. It was the private money I saved from living frugally at my husband¡¯s family. If I lose all the money, I will have no choice but to kill myself to thank the world, right?

    ¡°Confused, stop!¡± Sony shouted.

    It has been a long time since the Battle of Gaoyou Lake. As the war situation became increasingly unfavorable, everyone no longer cared so much about the dereliction of duty of the Imperial Guard.  This trip to Sichuan is not only an opportunity to collect local products and make a fortune, but also an opportunity to gain military merit. If they can make great contributions in this conquest, then Suo'etu and other nobles' children will also have a chance to make a comeback.

    Therefore, several auxiliary ministers united to win this opportunity for them and the children of their followers. The Queen Mother has agreed to give those Gaoyouhu delinquents who were cleared out of the imperial guards another chance and allow them to return to the army.  Prince Kang and Ye Bilong went to serve.

    Now that his son has a future, Sony can no longer watch him continue gambling and fooling around. He also knows that this son has great ambitions and is different from other sons who are just waiting to die.

    "Third brother, I have never fought for any title for you." After telling his son the good news, Sony encouraged him seriously. Needless to say, Suo'etu's eldest brother will inherit Sony's title hereditary, and Suo'etu's title will be hereditary.  The second brother and the younger brother behind him, Sony, also tried their best to win all kinds of hard-core crops that would last a lifetime for them.  The only exception was Suo'etu. Sony had never helped him get any free-salary job, but he never missed any opportunity for Suo'etu to serve as a servant to the emperor: "I won't mention the past. This opportunity  You must seize it, you will have a title that is not inferior to that of your father."

    "Yes, my son knows." Suo'etu bowed his head and obeyed the instructions, his face full of excitement.

    However, Suo'etu's joy was not entirely due to the re-emergence of his political future, but also because he knew that the court would not break the contract. After all, Suo'etu still had life-saving money from so many relatives in his hands; not only him, but also other participants were worth it.  Likewise, as far as Suo'etu knew, Gualjia's brother had deceived more people than him.  After hearing that this could make a lot of money in a short period of time, several men mortgaged their houses behind their mother-in-law's backs, scraping together money for five taels each and ten taels for each. They also went long on the Anqing Exchange. What if something went wrong?  But how to explain it?

    "But it's also good to go to Tianjin. You can know the inside story of Sichuan." Suo'etu frowned and said to his father.

    "Nonsense, how can you know what's going on in western Sichuan when you go to Tianjin?" Sony was disapproving and glared at Suo'etu: "Just calm down and stop gambling."

    "Amma misunderstood." Suo'etu didn't want me to see through his intentions at a glance, but since he dared to say this, he was certainly not completely unprepared.

    Suo Etu took out a newspaper from his arms, held it in both hands and handed it to Sony respectfully: "This is what Feng Ziming and a few other Sichuan people are reading. It seems that everything written on it is from Western Sichuan."  event."

    Deng Ming did not prohibit the flow of newspapers in western Sichuan. Every time a new silver ship arrived, Feng Ziming and others would rush over to ask for the latest newspapers.  These people had been in Tianjin for several months, and they would read the newspapers eagerly, and Suo'etu took the opportunity to steal a few.
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