"Why did the teacher help Su Shi?"
"have no idea."
"Why did the teacher want to see Su Shi before he died?"
Feng Ke still shook his head and said: "I don't know."
Gu Yingkan couldn't help but sigh: "The teacher's move is really puzzling."
Then he looked at Feng Ke and said calmly: "You came to me today not just to tell me what happened in the capital."
Zhou Yi looked at himself in the mirror.
Tall and handsome, the purple python robe made him look more graceful and noble, but there was a trace of worry between his eyebrows.
He pointed to the mirror that was as tall as a person and said, "Do you know how much this mirror costs?"
"I don't know." Qiao Chu looked at the lifelike King Qi in the mirror and said, "This kind of mirror has never been seen before, I'm afraid it's not cheap."
"It's really not cheap, three thousand taels of silver. Each of the five jade shops under the Qianqiu store only sells ten mirrors like this every day. There are too many monks and too little food. I heard that the housekeepers of two royal palaces almost fought over each other to fight for the last mirror. .”
Qiao Chu said: "I also heard that the thresholds of these five jade shops were almost trampled to pieces."
Zhou Yi added: "Today, thirty-five restaurants under the Qianqiu Company opened at the same time, making the wine world famous. The business of the restaurants under our name and that of the second emperor's brother has plummeted by 50%."
Qiao Chu wondered: "It seems that the sales of Jiangjin wine are limited due to insufficient production. How can the business of other restaurants drop so much?"
Zhou Yi sighed: "Qianqiu Restaurant seems to have come up with some kind of membership system. After paying money to become a member of Qianqiu Restaurant, not only can you avoid the pain of limiting the sale of wine, but you can also get a 20% discount on the dishes."
Qiao Chu comforted: "These are just little tricks. King Qi doesn't need to worry too much. Many people just have a whim. Once the novelty wears off, they will naturally return to normal."
Zhou Yi was noncommittal and continued: "Do you know how many buckets of rice our rice shop sold today?"
"have no idea."
"Two thousand dou. In the past, it was almost 25,000 dou every day."
Qiao Chu pondered: "Qianqiu Grain Store sells it at a price of three hundred wen per bucket. Not only will it make no money, but it will also suffer losses. This price will definitely not last long..."
At this point, his expression suddenly changed: "But what if..."
Zhou Yi said slowly: "If Su Shi uses the profits earned from jade shops and restaurants to subsidize rice shops, how should we respond?"
Qiao Chu did not answer him, but thought of another question: "Why did Su Shi do this?"
There is a similar mirror in Zhou Jin's palace, and the person in the mirror is equally gentle, elegant, and unrestrained.
Wen Tingfang stood to one side with a whisk in his hand and a calm expression.
Zhou Jin looked at the gentle smile of the person in the mirror, as if he was very satisfied, then slowly turned around, walked towards his large and comfortable chair, and said, "What does Eunuch Wen think of Su Shi wooing Tang Xiu Nu today?"
Wen Tingfang followed slowly and replied: "Since Tang Xiu Nu chose to tell His Highness this matter, it proves that she has no intention of betrayal."
Zhou Jin sat down and said slowly: "That's not what I'm talking about. If Su Shi wants to win over Tang Xiu Nu, he will definitely ask the emperor's sister for her opinion, so he should know that there is no way he can make Tang Xiu Nu betray me. Why? Is he still going to do this?"
"Money moves people's hearts. Maybe Su Shi thinks that as long as he pays a high price, anyone can buy it, but this time Su Shi is stealing the chicken rather than losing the rice."
"How do you interpret this?"
Wen Tingfang said: "Not only has he failed to win over Tang Xiunu, but he has also let us know his ambitions." At this point, he couldn't help but sigh: "I didn't expect that this son is so ambitious that he wants to do every business. Put a foot in the door.”
"If he does do this, how should we respond?"
Wen Tingfang said calmly: "The countermeasure is very simple. Su Shi is indeed very smart. He used high profits to make money, and then used it as capital to borrow chickens to lay eggs. So as long as Su Shi's financial resources are cut off, Su Shi's plan will also It becomes water without a source.”
Zhou Jin suddenly asked: "How much silver do we have in stock in Qianqiu?"
"As of yesterday, a total of 23,760,000 taels were deposited. If all were withdrawn, a loss of 475,200 taels would be incurred."
"If we take it out now, can Qianqiu Zhiku come up with so much silver?"
Wen Tingfang said: "There is absolutely no problem, because King Qi Lu successively deposited 35.8 million taels in the Qianqiu pledge store some time ago. Now the silver stored in the Dongyuan pledge store should be no less than 70 million taels. As for these several businesses, Su Shi will not use more than 10 million taels of principal."
Zhou Jin said with a smile: "The reason why King Qi wants to deposit so much money in Qianqiu Zhiku is that he naturally wants to destroy Qianqiu Zhiku in one fell swoop to get revenge."
"That's right." Wen Tingfang said: "Limiting the profit of borrowing money from the treasury by law, in fact, King Qi's move hit the weak threat of Qianqiu treasury, but Su Shi was more clever and easily resolved this move. .”
Zhou Jin suddenly felt frightened and his face became ugly.
"Su Shi's business plan is obviously not a temporary one."
Whether it's a restaurant, a grain store, or a jade shop, it's not something that can be done in a short time if so many stores are opened at the same time.
Wen Tingfang nodded slowly: "Su Shi must have thought of the follow-up plan when he made the bet with Dongyuan Zhiku."
Zhou Jin's pupils shrank like needles: "So, getting involved in every business in the capital is also part of his plan."
Wen Tingfang also looked worried and said: "Su Shi has such a huge capital and has endless ways of doing business. He is definitely capable of doing this."
Zhou Jin pondered for a long time, and finally couldn't help but mutter to himself: "What on earth does Su Shi want to do? Do you really want to challenge all the ministers of the famous families in the capital on your own?"
The candlelight became dim again, but this time Feng Ke did not take action to brighten the candlelight because his mind was on another thing entirely.
He looked directly at Gu Ying, and his slightly immature face became mature in a different way.
"I know you are responsible for implementing the Shocking Plan."
Gu Ying's body suddenly tensed up, and his eyes looked like blades at Feng Ke.
"Do you know about the Terror Plan?"
"I only know that you are responsible for implementing this plan, but I don't know the specific content."
Gu Yingkan stared at Feng Ke silently, as if trying to figure out his intentions.
"Why are you bringing it up all of a sudden?"
"Because I'm wondering if I can implement this plan in advance?"
"Why?"
"Because of Su Shi." Feng Ke explained: "I have a hunch that Su Shi is a huge hidden danger. And I suspect that everything Su Shi did should have another purpose, and it is by no means as simple as what we see on the surface. .”
Gu Ying looked down upon it and said with a smile: "You should know that everyone and everything is under the teacher's calculation."
Feng Ke shook his head: "Su Shi is not among them. The teacher once told me personally that Su Shi is someone he cannot see through and can't count."
