Chapter 424 Crazy Shell (Part 2)
It was almost noon.
Shui Rong was half asleep and half awake when he heard a series . He got up from the bed in a daze, opened the door and looked outside. Before he could see what was happening in the hall, he was reflected by a green color.
It turned out that in the small hall, there was a graceful woman kneeling on the ground, concentrating on melting a piece of wax. The brilliant green light was emitted by the burning wax.
"My beloved."
Shui Rong couldn't help but smile bitterly and said, "I have told you so many times that this kind of rough work is left to the servants - what if I accidentally burn you?"
This woman was naturally Princess Wei.
She seemed to be deaf to all this, blew out the candle on the table, took out a piece of mink fur, dipped it in the melted wax, and carefully wrapped the two bowstrings.
After the mink fur was tied tightly with a ribbon, she stood up and bowed to him, saying calmly, "I have to take care of things I use myself, only then will I feel at ease."
She was wearing a light pink bodice on her upper body and riding trousers on her lower body, and she looked as heroic as any man. But when she got up, her curvy figure became tense and showed off her charming features.
Especially when she saw those two slender legs tightly crossed together, Shui Rong suddenly felt a rising heat in her lower abdomen, and she wished she could replace the black horse in the stable so that she could ride on it and "gallop around".
Unfortunately, the Wei family was always proud of their status and would never engage in such a promiscuous activity in broad daylight, so Shui Rong could only tuck her tail between her legs and asked , "Is this 'rosin wax' that I ordered to be made still usable?"
"This 'rosin wax' is naturally excellent."
Wei first praised her, but then said sternly: "It's just that the mansion is now stretched to the limit, and owes a lot of money to the Ministry of Internal Affairs - so this item that is worth more than gold, I always feel uneasy when using it."
She wanted to advise Shui Rong not to be too extravagant.
But when Shui Rong heard this, she laughed and said, "My beloved concubine, don't worry about this. My brother-in-law and I are now running a business together. We will earn hundreds of thousands of taels of silver within a few months. What will a few pieces of rosin wax mean to you?"
When Wei heard this, she was about to ask for details, but suddenly she remembered something and quickly changed the subject, "Oh, my brother-in-law just sent someone to tell me that when the prince wakes up, there are some things that need to be reported in person."
Shui Rong laughed again and said triumphantly, "Maybe there is some good news - wait here for a while, my beloved concubine. Let me go see my brother first, and then come back to tell you about this good deal!"
As he said this, he pecked Wei on the face and ran away .
They happily walked to the flower hall, but saw Wei Rusong's face was a little uncertain. Shui Rong suddenly felt a little uneasy and asked hurriedly: "Brother, did something unexpected happen?"
"Well..."
Wei Rusong hesitated for a moment, then spread his hands and said in a nonchalant manner: "It's not a big deal, just some ignorant people who jumped out to make a fortune."
As he spoke, he briefly recounted to Shui Rong the situation of someone selling mid-grade gold shells near the Honglu Temple, as well as his subsequent response measures.
Finally, he said calmly: "Two thousand mid-grade gold shells are not enough to cause any trouble. As long as we handle it properly, we may be able to increase the price again."
Shui Rong was infected by Wei Rushong's relaxed attitude and felt that it was no big deal. It was just two thousand medium-quality gold shells. Just like the five hundred in Jia She's hand, they were the stock that some merchant had secretly withheld.
Although it would cost at least thirty thousand taels of silver to consume these two thousand gold shells, wouldn't it be possible to make more money when the price of a mid-grade gold shell rises to thirty taels of silver per shell as expected?
Therefore, Shui Rong also laughed and said, "It's a pity that there are only two thousand. If there were more..."
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty!"
Before Shui Rong could finish her words, a man rushed in from outside, wailing. It was none other than Manager Liu, who had received the silver and went shopping near the Honglu Temple.
But he arrived in the hall sweating profusely, fell to his knees with a thud, and said tremblingly on the ground, "Something bad has happened, Your Majesty! I was ordered to buy the two thousand gold shells, but who knew that the other party took out another 20,000 medium-quality gold shells and continued to sell them!"
"Not only that, they even lowered the price to ten taels of silver per piece!"
Another 20,000 coins were taken out? !
He was complaining that it was too little just now, but when he heard this astonishing number, Shui Rong was suddenly dumbfounded.
Wei Rushong's face suddenly lost all color. In the warehouse of Prince Beijing's Palace, there were only 16,000 mid-grade gold shells - perhaps only Prince Zhongshun's Palace could produce 22,000 mid-grade gold shells at once!
But how is this possible? !
Even a fool would know how disastrous the consequences would be if 22,000 mid-quality gold shells were put together and sold at a low price in a blatant manner!
Is Prince Zhongshun crazy?
You know, once the price of the Taozhu Gold Shell collapses, he will at least lose hundreds of thousands of taels of profit!
"Brother-in-law!"
Shui Rong swallowed her saliva in a panic and looked at Wei Rusong hopefully: "This... What should I do?"
But how could Wei Rushong come up with any solution?
After a long while, he finally opened his mouth with difficulty, but before he could say anything, he heard someone outside the door report: "Your Highness, Zhou Mo, the chief historian of Prince Zhongshun's palace, just sent a letter, saying that it was written by Prince Zhongshun to you, Your Highness."
A letter from King Chungshun?!
Shui Rong said anxiously: "Quick, quick, present the letter to this king!"
Someone came in immediately and handed over the letter with both hands.
Shui Rong snatched the letter away, tore it open and read it quickly:
King Zhongshun said in the letter that he had recently discovered by accident that the Hu merchants in the Western Regions were concocting a conspiracy - these damn barbarians actually wanted to use worthless rotten shells to defraud the people of the Great Zhou of their wealth!
After learning about this, King Chungshun felt a sense of mission as a subject, and decided to expose this crazy conspiracy on his own!
Therefore, he has been collecting Tao Zhu Jin Bei in recent months, not for the purpose of making a fortune from the national crisis, but to make this thing worthless first and let Hu Shang's conspiracy collapse!
Who would have thought that such great kindness would actually bring disaster? Since May 25th, the servants he secretly sent to purchase gold shells were often intercepted on the official road, and the gold shells were taken away by force.
In total, over 50,000 gold shells disappeared in four times.
Prince Zhongshun investigated for a long time but could not find out who was behind the scenes. Now he had to go to the palace to escape the summer heat and could not get away, so he had to write a letter asking Shuirong to investigate on his behalf.
But when Shui Rong saw this, his handsome face turned black as if the bottom of a pot. He raised his head and asked with gritted teeth, "Manager Liu, since the 25th of last month, how many merchants have we intercepted in our mansion, and how much gold shells have they obtained?"
Although Manager Liu saw that his expression was not right, how could he dare to lie to him?
He hurriedly answered in a respectful voice, "Reporting to the prince, since the 25th of last month, a total of seven merchants have been intercepted and more than 60,000 gold shells have been obtained..."
Before he could finish his words, Shui Rong kicked Manager Liu backwards and roared angrily, "Damn idiots, you have been fooled for so long and you didn't even notice anything!"
Comparing these two things, how could Shui Rong still not understand that more than half of the gold shells he recently bought were actually Prince Zhongshun's stock? !
Adding on the more than 2,000 mid-quality gold shells that he had bought at market price, he had already defrauded him of 60,000 taels of silver without him even realizing it!
But why did King Zhongshun do this?
In order to cheat himself out of these 60,000 taels of silver, he threw away hundreds of thousands of taels of profit? Isn't this behavior too weird? !
Just as he was puzzled, Wei Rusong picked up the letter from the ground and quickly scanned it. Then he suddenly exclaimed: "Damn it! We have forgotten that there is a variable like His Majesty!"
"His Majesty?"
"Yes, Your Majesty!"
Wei Rusong smiled bitterly and said, "Apart from His Majesty, who else could make King Zhongshun give up the silver that was within his grasp and personally come out to clean up the mess? I think His Majesty must have heard about this and felt that it was harmful to the people, so he ordered King Zhongshun to stop before it was too late."
As he spoke, he shook the letter in his hand again and said helplessly: "However, King Zhongshun was unwilling to invest his capital, so he set his sights on us and cheated us of our money to fill his deficit!"
"We thought we had a good plan and could get a great deal by following him without any risk, but who knew that we were being played into his hands..."
Halfway through his words, Shui Rong's body swayed a few times and he almost fell to the ground.
Wei Rusong stopped talking immediately, and held Shui Rong with his hand. Just as he was about to ask a few more questions, he heard Shui Rong grit his teeth and say, "This is too much! This old thief is really too much!"
As he spoke, a trace of blood oozed out of his mouth.
When Wei Rusong saw this, he knew that he was extremely angry and was deeply hurt, so he hurriedly said, "Your Majesty, please take care of yourself. It's just 60,000 taels of silver. Since I came up with the idea, I should pay for it..."
He was just about to take on all the responsibilities when he heard someone outside the door report in a hurry: "Your Majesty, something terrible has happened! The Chief Clerk of Prince Zhongshun's Palace, Zhou Mo, has led his men to surround our steward Chen and beat him up. They also accused him of being a strong man who blocked the road and wanted to take him to Shuntian Prefecture to see the officials!"
After hearing this, Shui Rong straightened his back and said in hatred, "Okay, okay! He cheated me of my money and even sent people to my house to beat me up. This is really... really..."
As he was speaking, two blushes suddenly appeared on his face, and then his throat trembled, and he spurted out a mouthful of blood with a "wow"!
