open sea

Chapter 895
Chen Mu was shocked.

Could it be that he really met an expert?

Immediately afterwards, the old man said: "Caomin only read Fengshui for high-ranking officials and nobles, but never tell fortunes for high-ranking officials and nobles. If the Lord can control the fate of others, he can also control his own. It's useless to count."

Chen Mu almost blurted out and asked Yang Gao if he wanted to figure out where he came from. This is because he met a fellow villager. Where can there be such a materialistic fortune teller?

But he still insisted on asking: "Then why do you want to show Feng Shui to dignitaries?"

Yang Gao said: "Look at Feng Shui is expensive."

"Push."

Zhao Shizhen didn't collapse, but laughed.

Zou Yuanbiao couldn't help laughing at the side, but he was much more respectable than Zhao Shizhen, his mouth was grinning so much that it hurt his teeth just looking at it, and he couldn't make a sound, Zou Baldzi was also a strange person.

Chen Mu held back his laughter, but he couldn't hold back and asked, "Then why only tell fortunes to ordinary people?"

Yang Gaodao: "It's difficult to walk until you know that the world is impermanent, and you can still sell ten scriptures on the hexagram booth. This person must not have reached a dead end. The eminent monk Xiyun of the Tang Dynasty said that it is better to support a Taoist who has no heart than to support the Buddhas of the ten directions. Original heart; Confucius said that people can promote the way, not the way to promote people; ten coins can determine the will of the people, dare to ask the Lord, what's wrong?"

Although Zou Yuanbiao and Zhao Shizhen were amazed and realized, the smile on Chen Mu's face quickly disappeared.

The words of this fortune teller named Yang Gao are not what ordinary geomancy people would say. His previous words even blocked the way of most geomancy practitioners in the world. If you listen to them, you will feel that he said It makes sense.

But if you listen to it the other way around, doesn't this mean that fortune-telling is basically a lie?

How can anyone who is serious about eating this bowl of rice say such things?
Besides, this Yang Gao was a little too calm in Chen Mu's eyes, as if he knew that he would not encounter any risks today. Chen Mu didn't believe that he could figure out that he was fine today.

Yang Gao paused, didn't hear the sound, and said to himself: "If the Lord has no other problems, then Caomin will be the second."

"Don't count first."

Chen Mu raised his hand, suddenly realized that Yang Gao couldn't see, and said simply: "Your words are very honest, then, Chen needs you to be more honest, you spread those prophecies in the county, and sell soup pots on credit, What do you want?"

"Naturally, it is to make money for profit. The four people of the grass-roots traveled to more than two hundred villages, credited 170 two soup pots and 63 iron hoes; sold 66 soup pots and 31 iron hoes, and earned [-] Tongbao. He was caught before he could exchange it for silver taels from the customs.”

Yang Gao pursed his lips, unexpectedly he was still a little bit aggrieved, and said: "My lord, the grassroots dare to ask, which of the four of us who violated the Ming law will be detained in prison?"

Anyway, Yang Gao couldn't see, Zou Yuanbiao raised his hand and rubbed his sour face just now, chuckled, and met Chen Mu's eyes, he knew that it was his turn to observe the government affairs of the Criminal Department.

The bald man said sternly: "There is an article in "Law of the Ming Dynasty·Criminal Law". It is a crime to create demon books and rumors. Anyone who creates prophecy, demon books, demon rumors, and rumors to confuse the public will be executed."

He did not forget to translate the legal provisions to Yang Gao, saying: "In the previous dynasties, those who deceived the people with evil words were divided into masters and slaves, but in our country, there was no distinction between masters and slaves, so the use of 'both' means that there is no distinction between masters and slaves." From now on, convict them all!"

As he said that, Zou Yuanbiao smiled silently again, regardless of whether Yang Gao could see it or not, he said, "The only chance to avoid punishment is to surrender yourself. According to the entry of "Daming Law·Criminal Surrender", anyone who surrenders before committing a crime, Excuse him...but you have been discovered by this county, so it is not suitable to surrender to the law."

"My lords, the grass people don't know." Yang Gao was still very calm, he didn't even show the slightest fear of guilt on his face, instead he frowned in great confusion, and said, "What are the grass people doing with evil books and rumors, and how can they confuse people with evil words?"

"What the Caomin and others did was just to do some business, and they agreed to pay the goods on credit. If the agreement was right, they would make a deposit in black and white, and then go and get the property by themselves. To confuse people with gossip?"

Chen Mu narrowed his eyes and said softly: "Is there such a businessman in the world? Let alone..."

"Your prophecies all point to the scenes that will only appear when wars, disasters and people are displaced. What is your intention? Who are you instigated by?"

Chen Mu was sure that this man named Yang Gao would not only have the idea of ​​doing business, but if he said that he was instigated by others to ruin his own affairs, he had three points of confidence in his heart, and the other seven points was not because he thought it was impossible, but because he really did I can't think of anyone who would send someone to ruin my own affairs.

Inside the Ming Dynasty, the affairs of the Dongyang Military Mansion were broken, which was not good for anyone; and outside, it was probably only Spain and Portugal, not to mention that they had no chance to get in touch with people of Yang Gao's level, even if they could, Chen Mu didn't believe they dared either.

Turning over the fish on the chopping board can only scrape off a layer of meat, and it will never hurt the knife. What the two countries have to do now is to avoid the war with all their strength, and they will definitely not think about making trouble.

As for Chen Mu's level of Yang Gao, it doesn't mean how powerful this person is, but he can feel that Yang Gao is very smart.

The missionaries of Haojing had not yet evolved to the point when Matteo Ricci, Tang Ruowang, and Nan Huairen knew how to use technology to lure high-ranking scholars of the Ming Dynasty to open the door to China.

They come up with the theory of small favors, small benefits, gods and ghosts, which can only deceive widows and lonely people who have not read the book.

A physiognomist like Yang Gao who can speak a few sentences from ancient books and scriptures is not something that poor people can recruit.

"What you want to do is naturally to make money."

Yang Gao seemed to be a little impatient, and he explained bluntly: "Luck is impermanent. It is luck for the imperial court to open the East. The grassroots have this luck and come here to do business. Buy low and sell high. The price of food will go up and down, not to mention that the lord is still mobilizing troops here, and there was a famine a while ago, the price of food will always rise."

"Simply tell the Lord Sir that there are more than a hundred stones of old grain in the grass people's hands, and they have rented warehouse No. 46 in Gangcheng, and they are all stored there; on the one hand, writing prophecies can attract the people, and people who didn't plan to buy soup pots are happy. Qi will also come to buy them, the soup pots and iron hoes were bought in Shandong, and when the grain harvest was bad, only eighteen stones of rice was needed to exchange for [-] iron soup pots and [-] iron hoes."

"As long as the more than [-] Tongbao can be exchanged for silver, the grassroots will earn several times. Even if the price of food does not rise, I will not pay for it. Besides, it is impossible for the price of food not to rise."

"There will be no famine or war in Changsheng. The grassroots have never said that there will be famine and war. They spread rumors because they are not smart. Besides, it is not necessarily a bad thing to store more food. If all food is stored, the price of food will be high. If it goes up, grassroots can earn a lot of money.”

"My lord now thinks that Caomin is a profiteer who hoards goods, and it's time for me to count my own fate. As long as your lords agree to one thing, I will count it."

Zou Yuanbiao and Zhao Shizhen are still immersed in Yang Gao's theory of making money. To be honest, apart from Chen Mu, Yang Gao is the second person who makes them feel refreshed about making money.

Chen Mu was a little better than them, he could still pick up the conversation with his lips pursed, and said, "Actually, I don't care if you count, but since you said it, let me listen to what you want."

"If Caomin's calculation is right, my lord, don't embarrass the family of Caomin's disciples, let them exchange Tongbao for silver and return to Daming; if Caomin's calculation is wrong, let him deal with it."

In fact, it was a funny thing for Chen Mu that Yang Gao negotiated conditions with Chen Mu.

But Chen Mu didn't care.

"Let's do the math."

Yang Gao closed his eyes and turned his ear, and paused every word: "The fate of the grassroots...is this year."

(End of this chapter)