Tang Dynasty: The poisonous scholar in the Eastern Palace, please abdicate and let the wise one take

Chapter 259 Investment
Chang'an City.

Although the competition among the students of Shannan Road has ended, the strong teaching ability demonstrated by this new enlightenment school has been recognized by countless people.

Especially under the publicity of newspapers and discussions by countless businessmen, it spread to all directions of the Tang Dynasty like a whirlwind.

Anyone who knows about this is looking forward to it.

When will schools for new enlightenment be established where they are?

Can their children also go to school for free?

"Brother Su, thank you very much this time."

"You're welcome."

Su Chen waved his hand, looked at Liu Mu and the students around him, and said with a smile: "When Brother Liu comes to Chang'an City in the future, Su will host him and show his hospitality!"

"it is good!"

Liu Mu laughed, "Then Brother Su, don't forget the agreement between you and me."

"nature."

There is no problem going to Shannan, but going to Shannan Road to marry the daughter of the Liu family requires some consideration.

Liu Mu bowed and got on the carriage with the students around him.

Su Chen waved his hand, and Lu Fei brought a bundle with a smile and handed it to the guards.

"This is……"

"Thank you for the trip."

Su Chen smiled and said, "There is some silver in here, just consider it as your hard work fee."

"Master Su, there is no need to do this. The Second Master had already said before we came..."

"That's what he gave you, and this is what I give you."

Su Chen waved his hand to interrupt the Ranger's words, "Is there anything wrong with accepting silver flowers as a gift to you?"

"Thank you, Master Su."

The rangers expressed their gratitude.

"Mr. Su, goodbye."

"Take care of yourself!"

Su Chen waved his hand and watched Liu Mu and others drive away into the distance under the protection of a group of rangers.

Su Chen turned around and walked towards the city. "Have Cao Yuan and the others set out?"

Sun Qiang nodded, "My lord, Cao Yuan took his men to Fanyang after receiving the news."

"Where's Wang Xuance?"

"He has selected a group of reliable personnel from among the guards, led by Lu Fei, and has quietly transported the goods to our Jiazi warehouse."

Sun Qiang said softly: "According to what the young master said, they should be assembling the muskets now."

Su Chen smiled and fanned his folding fan, then looked up at the weather. "Tell me, how long has it been since autumn? Why is it still so hot?"

Sun Qiang grinned and said, "It's just the autumn heat. It will be gone in a few days."

Duang!

Duang, Duang!

A broken gong sounded in front of us. A man carrying a bamboo basket on his shoulder was beating the gong while shouting, "Please collect the rusty knives and broken scissors."

Su Chen raised his eyebrows. Interesting. There were people collecting junk in the Tang Dynasty?
and many more!

"What's wrong, young master?"

"Why do I feel that this person looks familiar?"

Su Chen frowned and thought, feeling that he had seen this person somewhere.

Sun Qiang frowned and looked over. After thinking for a while, he shook his head and said, "Perhaps we passed by each other and left some impression on you. Now the hawking sound has attracted your attention."

"No no no."

Su Chen shook his head, put away his folding fan, and walked towards the man.

"Is this young man going to sell something?"

Pei Mingli wiped the sweat from his face and looked at Su Chen with a smile, but saw Su Chen looking at the things in his bamboo basket curiously.

In fact, there was nothing valuable in the bamboo basket, just a pile of scrap copper and iron.

Su Chen smiled and said, "Have you ever appeared on the ring in West City before?"

Pei Mingli looked at Su Chen in surprise, "Master, have you seen me?"

Su Chen nodded, "I remember when I was watching the competition between the students from Shannan Road and Chang'an, you were moving among the crowd, as if you were looking for something."

Pei Mingli was surprised and said, "Sir, you really have a good memory."

Sun Qiang looked at Su Chen strangely, then at Pei Mingli, but still couldn't remember this matter.

Su Chen kicked the bamboo basket and said, "I'm afraid you are the only one doing this business in the whole Chang'an City?"

Pei Mingli smiled and said, "My Lord, your idea is great. I also thought of this deal when I was at the ring."

Su Chen: "From your tone, you don't sound like a merchant, but more like a child of an aristocratic family?"

Pei Mingli waved his hand, "I am not a descendant of a noble family, I am just a poor man."

"What do you call it?"

"Pei Mingli."

"Someone from Pei's family?"

Sun Qiang spoke subconsciously.

Pei Mingli smiled bitterly and shook his head, but said nothing.

Su Chen tapped the folding fan in his hand and said with a smile: "As the saying goes, we split the money in half when we meet. I think your business is good and I plan to invest in it. What do you think?"

Pei Mingli looked at Su Chen with a strange expression, "Young Master, your attire and clothing are enough to keep me from eating or drinking for months. How dare you get involved in such a despicable business?"

"There is no high or low in business."

Su Chen waved the folding fan in his hand and said, "I am also a businessman. Now that I see your future in collecting scraps, I naturally want to get involved."

"If you are willing, I can invest 100 taels of silver and only take 30% of the shares, regardless of whether the business succeeds or not. How do you think?"

Pei Mingli looked at Su Chen suspiciously, then looked up at the sky. The sky was very blue and the sun was very dazzling. Sun Qiang: "Young Master, I'm asking you a question. Why are you looking up at the sky and the ground?"

Pei Mingli: "I wonder when something good like pie in the sky will fall on my head."

Sun Qiang was immediately happy, "My master is not short of money, it is your blessing that he values ​​you."

Su Chen knocked on Sun Qiang's shoulder, and Sun Qiang fell silent.

"Give him one hundred taels of silver."

Su Chen smiled and said, "I believe you won't let me down."

Sun Qiang nodded, took out one hundred taels of silver and handed it to Pei Mingli.

Even though he had the silver in his hands, Pei Mingli still felt it was a little unreal. He picked up a piece of silver and bit it.

Su Chen smiled, opened his folding fan, and left with Sun Qiang.

"Please stay, sir. I have yet to ask for your name."

"Su Chen."

"Su Chen?"

Pei Mingli was stunned for a moment.

He is the boss behind Smell the Fragrance, Su Chen? !

"male……"

Pei Mingli wanted to say something, but Su Chen and Sun Qiang had already disappeared in the crowd.

Pei Mingli looked around, quickly put away the silver, and his eyes fell on the bamboo basket. Could it be that these junks really have a future?
otherwise.

As the number one businessman in Chang'an City, why would Su Chen care so much about this matter?
Even willing to invest a hundred taels of silver in me?

Picking up the bamboo basket, Pei Mingli smiled and shouted as he headed towards the West Market. He felt more and more confident about the scrap collecting business.

……

"Sir, that man is just a rag collector, what's there to worry about?"

"Because he is Pei Mingli."

Su Chen smiled and tapped the folding fan in his hand.

If he remembered correctly, this man made his first fortune by collecting scrap, then bought land in the suburbs to plant fruit trees and made a fortune.

The reason why I have an impression of him is that this guy relied on his business skills to become a third-rank official.

Looking at the past and present, they are extremely rare.

Sun Qiang looked strange: "So what?"

Su Chen: "This person is a genius. He not only discovered the business of collecting scraps when others didn't find the business opportunity, but also started trading."

"Now that we have given him one hundred taels of silver as start-up capital, I believe that within a month, this man's name will surely spread throughout the West Market."

Sun Qiang didn't believe it. "How much fame can a rag collector achieve?"

Su Chen glanced at him, smiled and shook his head, "You should let the old soldier from the Jiangxia Palace give you a good beating, so that you can get rid of your arrogance."

Sun Qiang: “…”

Walking in and smelling the fragrance, Su Wang hurried out to greet him after hearing the news.

"Son."

"Talking upstairs."

Su Wang nodded, followed Su Chen and came to the second floor.

After sitting down, Su Chen got straight to the point: "Can you deliver the prince's 300,000 taels of silver?"

Su Wang: "Early this morning, the prince ordered Lord Zhao Jie to personally bring the silver back."

Su Chen was immediately happy, as he could see that Li Chengqian was very anxious.

With these 300,000 taels of silver as a backing, I think the opposition voices in the court should be reduced by half.

As for the rest, they should all be from aristocratic families.

After all, this time the King of Qi went to Fan Yang to target the children of the Lu family. He might find some account books or something like that. If their family was involved, it would be bad.

It is understandable that they opposed Li Chengqian's action.

"Oh, sir, there's news from sir Su Bing, saying that Xue Yuanchao got the news that the Cui family and the Lu family have secretly contacted some noble families."

Su Wang said in a deep voice: "Looking at their actions, it seems like they are going to have a big fight."

Playing big?
Su Chen looked at Su Wang thoughtfully, "Could it be that a group of noble families joined forces, Baosheng Hou drafted a manifesto, and the Cui and Lu families shouted, 'The destiny is with me?'"

Su Wang chuckled, "Then I don't know, but Xue Yuanchao said that he only heard some rumors. As for whether it is true or false, I don't know."

"However, I think it's a good thing that this news has been sent. It can be prevented in advance."

Su Chen tapped his folding fan and said, "You are right."

Since Xue is an insider, the information obtained must be relatively reliable.

If the Cui and Lu families really want to do this...

Su Chen raised his lips slightly, "Sun Qiang, tell Jin Yong, Cen Wenzhao and the others that it's time to get busy."

Sun Qiang: "What do you mean, sir?"

Su Chen said in a gloomy tone, "Those people want to oppose the prince, what do you think we should do?"

Sun Qiang grinned, "Kill!"

Su Chen: "Then do it."

Sun Qiang nodded and left quickly.

Su Chen smiled and said, "By the way, I forgot to tell you something."

Su Wang: "Sir, please speak."

Su Chen: "On the way here, I met an interesting man named Pei Mingli, who is now running a rag collecting business."

Su Wang: “???”

Su Chen: "This man is a talent. I have invested one hundred taels of silver in him. If we have business dealings in the future, I can take care of him."

Su Wang: "Understood!"

(End of this chapter)