Chapter 004
After successfully mastering the key to time travel, Cheng Shijie couldn't wait to try how to make money from the late Ming Dynasty.
However, before he could take action, he received a call from his wife Xiang Hui.
"Hey, why can't you get through on your phone?"
"What's wrong?"
"Jia Yue is feeling a little uncomfortable, so I brought her to the hospital!"
"Where?"
"Hansteel Group Employees General Hospital!"
"Wait for me, I'll be there soon!"
Cheng Shijie didn't care about exchanging the gold for cash. When he returned home, he took one hundred and twenty-four taels of gold, which was actually not that big, just two fifty-tael gold bars, two 10-tael gold bars, and four beans. .
Just under four kilograms.
Cheng Shijie put the gold under the bed at home, found a pair of leather boots that he would not normally wear, put the gold into the boots, and then rode an electric bike to the Hansteel Group Employees General Hospital.
Different from other places, generally speaking, the local First People's Hospital should have the best medical facilities and the most advanced technology in a city.
However, the problem is that in Hanhai City, the best hospital is Hansteel Group.
Hansteel Group is a very large state-owned enterprise under the jurisdiction of the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission. The enterprise level is sub-provincial. It is a heavy industrial group with nearly 400,000 employees. Its affiliated Staff General Hospital ranks among the top three in Hedong Province in terms of comprehensive strength.
Arriving in front of the outpatient building of Hanhai Group Employees General Hospital, Cheng Shijie followed the information sent to Xiang Hui and went directly to the Department of Cardiology on the 12th floor of Building 7.
Finally finding Xiang Hui, Cheng Shijie couldn't wait to ask: "How is Jia Yue doing now?"
"Check now!"
Xiang Hui's eyes turned slightly red: "At around four o'clock in the afternoon, she screamed that she was not feeling well, so I called you quickly. I didn't get through, so I took her to the hospital..."
Cheng Shijie was very anxious, but didn't show it because he knew that no matter how chaotic he was, Xiang Hui would be even more confused and might scare her half to death.
After an unknown amount of time, Chen Jiayue was pushed out of the intensive care unit. At this time, Cheng Jiayue was in good spirits. She stretched out her little hand: "Mom, Dad, I'm hungry..."
Xiang Hui was very excited: "Mom will buy it for you!"
Cheng Shijie walked to the doctor.
The doctor is also an old acquaintance of Cheng Shijie. Since Cheng Jiayue was born, he has come to the hospital countless times and knows everyone from the chief physician to the nurse.
Before Cheng Shijie had time to speak, Dr. Han sighed and said, "Old Cheng, the situation is not very good. You need to prepare early...House prices are sluggish now!"
In Dr. Han's view, Cheng Shijie's only way to treat his daughter is to sell his house. But the problem is that in the old community where Cheng Shijie lives, the house has no price at all. It is less than half of the market price, which is about sixty-seven dollars. Thousand yuan per square meter.
"So, is the heart source available now?"
"I'm not sure about this. Make an appointment first and prepare the money!"
Cheng Shijie also consulted that the cost of a heart transplant is about one million or more. This is not actually the most critical. The most important thing is that anti-rejection drugs should be used for a long time after the operation. This is a life-threatening amount of money, let alone one hundred and eighty thousand. Ten thousand means one million, even two million may not be able to solve it.
Therefore, congenital heart disease is also known as affluence's disease. Ordinary people, even the real middle class, cannot afford such high medical costs.
When Cheng Shijie came to the ward, Xiang Hui gave Cheng Shijie a silent gesture: "Yueyue is asleep, let's go out and talk!"
Just as Xiang Hui stood up, Cheng Jiayue, who was lying on the hospital bed, slowly opened his eyes.
Although Cheng Jiayue is young, she does not know everything. She also knows that her body has cast a shadow on this not-so-rich family.
"what did the doctor say!"
"Prepare for surgery as soon as possible!"
Hearing this, Xiang Hui's body was shaking, and her voice was filled with tears: "What should we do now?"
"rule!"
"Where's the money!"
"I'll figure it out!"
Fortunately for Cheng Shijie, God was lucky for him and actually gave him a chance to travel through time. He successfully traveled through time and earned nearly four kilograms of gold.
With the addition of my own savings, the problem of surgery costs can basically be solved. I will have to figure out the cost of subsequent treatment on my own.
"You look after the kids here, I'll raise the money!"
"good!"
After returning home, Cheng Shijie opened his laptop and started Baidu.
When I wasn’t on Baidu, I didn’t know, Baidu was shocked.
In the fourth year of Chongzhen's reign, a mutiny was about to break out in Dengzhou City, that is, the Wuqiao Mutiny that almost turned the entire Shandong into a mess.
The Wuqiao Mutiny can also be said to be a war caused by a chicken. When the troops of Kong Youde, one of the Three Shun Wangs in the early Qing Dynasty, passed through Wuqiao, the soldiers of the Dongjiang Army complained because the troops did not receive supplies and the merchants went on strike. As a result, a soldier of the Dongjiang Army who could not bear it stole a chicken.
But it turned out to be a big mistake.
Because this chicken was a chicken belonging to Wang Xiangchun, a cadre of the Donglin Party (called "Langli Baitiao" in "Dianjianglu of Donglin"), he was accused of making mistakes. However, Wang Xiangchun's son refused to give up. Demand the truth.
Finally, the Dongjiang Army couldn't bear it anymore and suddenly broke out...
This means that Dengzhou will soon be captured by the Dongjiang Army, and the Dongjiang Army will plunder Dengzhou. Both the Ming court and the Dongjiang Army fought around Dengzhou for nearly a year, from the fourth year of Chongzhen to In early February of the sixth year of Chongzhen, Kong Youde abandoned Dengzhou City and surrendered to Huang Taiji.
What should I do?
Take advantage of the mutiny to make some money quickly?
The biggest difference between the two time and space is not that antiques are actually based on speculation. Cheng Shijie also knows that rare things are valuable. If antiques from the Ming Dynasty are shipped over, it might crash the antique market.
The key is that he has no shipping channels.
Once someone is targeted, the consequences will be disastrous.
Checked the price of silver again.
It is 4.97 yuan per gram. If you round up the whole number and calculate five yuan, one pound is 500 grams or two hundred and fifty yuan. One pound per day is sixteen taels. One pound of silver can be exchanged for two taels of gold. The cost is 2,500 yuan. It can be exchanged for two 62.20 grams of gold. The gold in the Ming Dynasty was impure, which is about 92.25%, which is equivalent to almost 20,600 yuan, which is about 8.2 times the profit.
But the question is, how to buy industrial silver?
This requires qualifications and channels.
A certain treasure does sell silver bars. A small amount is fine, but in a large amount, it is impossible to make eight times more profit without being targeted. The risk is too high.
He exchanged gold in the late Ming Dynasty. Once he attracted the attention of others, he took it by force...
Cheng Shijie simply rejected the idea of silver, so he might as well bring something to sell and maybe make a few small bucks. Although the handicrafts, especially the crystal music box, fetched a high price, they couldn't be like Chinese cabbage. Things are worthless once there are too many of them.
There was indeed a shortage of salt in the late Ming Dynasty, but selling private salt seemed to be smuggling and required beheading. Haven’t you seen so many TV dramas with plots like this?
It's better to sell kitchen knives. I heard that the smelting technology in ancient times was not very developed, so the price of kitchen knives seems to be very expensive. Maybe a handful could be sold for a few taels of silver.
Thinking of this, I encountered another serious problem.
That was his clothes. His clothes were considered strange in the Ming Dynasty and could easily attract others to watch.
Where to get period costumes?
You can actually find both Xubao and Yundong, especially Yundong, which can be shipped around the clock.
Cheng Shijie looked at it for a while and then placed an order directly on a certain place for 399 yuan. It said it was authorized by a certain local Taoist Association.
Bought.
It's easier to manage your hair, let's get a fake bun.
Bought together.
Wait, Cheng Shijie suddenly saw the antique sword live broadcast on a certain video. It looked good, and the beautiful shopping guide was still standing on the sword and dancing.
A certain Dong also has a specialty store. A good-quality Tang straight knife costs more than 200 yuan. If it can be sold for more than ten taels of silver, it will be a huge profit, and maybe it can buy a thigh.
Thinking of the need, Cheng Shijie bought thirty Tang Heng Dao, Miao Dao, Longquan Sword and other items in one go, and spent the money from selling Golden Douzi.
The next morning was not the weekend, so Cheng Shijie didn't want to go to work. Today he needed to sell gold and receive goods. There were quite a lot of things to do, so he asked for leave from his boss again.
"Director Xu...I..."
"Old Cheng, I've also heard about you. Your child's matter is more important. I told Chairman Wei of our labor union about your family's situation. Our organization will select you as one of the extremely poor families this year!"
"Thank you, Director Xu!"
Cheng Shijie not only took a leave of absence, but also received the special poverty family allowance from the government. This is a benefit for employees of state-owned enterprises. Hansteel Group also does this in a very humane way. Every autumn, there is a Golden Autumn Student Aid, as long as it is Hansteel Children of group employees who are admitted to college will receive scholarships ranging from 10,000, 8,000, 5,000, and 3,000.
Last year, the son of Secretary Wei of the party committee of the government was admitted to the University of Mining and Technology and received the highest-level scholarship of 10,000 yuan a year, which is equivalent to the company paying his son's tuition.
As for extremely poor families, this is a medical assistance fund for certain seriously ill workers. The highest level is 60,000 yuan, and the lowest level is 10,000 yuan.
Many people believe that state-owned enterprises have no development prospects, but correspondingly, the welfare benefits of state-owned enterprises are not comparable to those of private enterprises.
As an employee of Hansteel Group, Cheng Shijie has enjoyed hidden benefits for fifteen years, such as heating bills and property fees. He has not paid a penny for these expenses. He can also receive heating bills every year, as well as high temperature bills in summer. Grants.
Cheng Shijie did not go to Dafu again. 3,862 grams of gold was sold by him in three gold stores. Later, his account gained more than 1,279,000 yuan.
Cheng Shijie cooked meals at home, used insulated lunch boxes, and delivered the meals to the hospital.
"How's the money going?"
"Don't worry, the money will arrive in two days!"
"You mean, our dad's original shares?"
Cheng Shijie's father, Cheng Weiguo, was also a retired employee of Hansteel Group. When Cheng Weiguo retired from the army, he was assigned to Hansteel Group. In 1999, Hansteel Group was not operating well and almost went bankrupt, so he called on employees to buy the original shares of the group company. , Cheng Weiguo purchased the original shares for 38,000 yuan.
These shares have now increased more than seventeen times and are worth a full house. Because of the constant appreciation, no one is willing to sell them.
The old man's share is his lifeblood.
Cheng Shijie deceived Xiang Hui, of course, for the sake of family harmony.
In fact, couples cannot completely open their hearts. Sometimes, good-natured deception is also needed.
Cheng Shijie decided to make a call later to ventilate the old man in advance.
But, not at this moment. Cheng Shijie's father, Cheng Weiguo, and his mother, Gao Yanling, walked into the ward tremblingly. Cheng Weiguo was carrying a huge bag.
"Dad, Mom, what's wrong with you?"
Cheng Shijie also wanted to remind Cheng Jiayue to say hello.
Cheng Jiayue said sweetly: "Grandpa, grandma... Yueyue, I miss you!"
"Give!"
"What!"
"Take it!"
Cheng Shijie was holding the bag, and he could clearly feel the weight inside. It weighed seventeen or eighteen kilograms. When he opened it, he saw that it was full of hundred-yuan bills.
"Dad, Mom..."
Xiang Hui cried without making a sound.
"Why are you crying? That is your daughter and my granddaughter!"
Cheng Weiguo patted Cheng Shijie's shoulder hard: "I also sold the house, but... no one will buy it. It may take some time."
Cheng Shijie felt his eyes were a little moist, and he quickly wiped a corner of his eyes.
He can't cry easily now, otherwise, if he disappears on the spot, wouldn't it frighten the two elders?
However, the problem is that Cheng Shijie thinks too much.
Although he shed tears, he did not travel through time.
…
There is some delay in the 24-hour express delivery. After all the express delivery arrives, Cheng Shijie will buy a wig Xiaoyao scarf and put it on his head. Wearing a knee-length Haiqing with an overlapping collar, white socks and green shoes.
He was carrying thirty swords with scabbards and scabbards, plus thirty-six bottles of Erguotou with the packaging labels removed.
Prepare to cross.
Open your eyes again and come to the end of Ming Dynasty.
At this time, Cheng Shijie was very weak and hungry, and he didn't even want to move.
Could it be that it's because you brought too many things?
"Someone, come..."
"Sir, what are your orders?"
The waiter looked at Cheng Shijie in this outfit and was slightly surprised.
"Give me some food!"
"Please wait a moment, sir!"
After eating a luxurious meal, including the original rooster stewed with mushrooms and stewed mutton, Cheng Shijie finally slowly recovered some of his strength. At this moment, the sound of horse hooves, killing shouts, and chaos could be faintly heard outside. A ball.
Cheng Shijie's heart tightened. Damn it, could the mutiny be brought forward?
