"Half a million? Any half a million, it's all mine!" Huo Guang said directly.
This money finally got into his small treasury. Is there any reason to pay it back?
Sang Hongyang's face was full of astonishment and he said: "Huo Yilang, we agreed at the beginning that each of us would contribute half, but why did it happen that all the money went into your pocket? If the elders in my family knew about it, they would have to lecture me. Not even one meal!"
However.
Huo Guang replied: "Sang Shizhong, we agreed at the beginning that each of us would pay half of the money. But we also said that it would go to the first place winner."
"What's wrong? I didn't say before the competition that the organizer couldn't participate!"
"snort!"
"I won the first place based on my ability, and the money is mine. What does it have to do with you?"
Sang Hongyang was so angry that he pointed at Huo Guang and said, "You, you..."
Seeing him like this, Huo Guang sighed and said: "Sang, money is something external to the body. Your Sang family has been in business for generations. You should understand that if you don't get rid of the old, you won't get the new. It's hard to say that if you lose half a million, you can earn more in the future." Woolen cloth?"
"Then why don't you lose five hundred thousand?" Sang Shizhong asked.
Huo Guang shrugged his shoulders and replied: "I lost money. I lost half a million yuan first, but now I earn one million yuan back immediately."
When Sang Hongyang heard this, his blood immediately surged up, and his old face was as red as pig liver.
Good guy.
Relationships are money lost, and all the money must be earned back from his Sang family, right?
No matter how good-hearted Sang Hongyang was, he couldn't help it at this moment and cursed loudly: "Huo Guang, you guy is really talented but not virtuous, talented but not virtuous!"
"Ah, yes, yes, you are virtuous, you must be virtuous!"
Huo Guang laughed aloud, then ignored the furious Sang Hongyang and left quickly with a huge sum of money.
Because money has skyrocketed again.
At this time, Huo Guang also had some slight changes in his thoughts. His vision was no longer limited to business.
When I have no money, I just think about making money.
Have money?
I just want to use my money to do something meaningful to myself.
For example?
Compile a book "The Ewe Theorem", which mostly explains modern physical and chemical knowledge, to give the Han people a little scientific shock?
Just overthrow the "Gongyang Chunqiu" that Mr. Dong is proud of?
After thinking about it, Huo Guang shook his head and sighed: "Forget it, if I teach chemistry to people of this era, I'm afraid they will treat me like Copernicus and tie me to a stone pillar and burn me alive."
After thinking about it for a while.
Huo Guang called Shang Wei and his wife and asked them to follow him to encircle a piece of land outside the city.
Mr. and Mrs. Wei thought Huo Guang was going to do something new, so they asked, "Old cousin, are you planning to do another big business, encircling such a large piece of land?"
Huo Guang shook his head and replied: "Business? No, just raising some livestock!"
When Mr. Wei heard this, he immediately felt bored and said, "It's so embarrassing for us to raise these things with our status."
Shameful?
Nowadays, which official in the Han Dynasty does not enclose the land to grow fruits and vegetables, and I have never seen them say it is embarrassing!
I think the conflict between Prime Minister Tian Fu and Dou Ying originated from the failure to ask for land. They want land, don’t they also want to grow crops? I’ve never seen these people say it’s embarrassing!
You, the little Yichun Marquis, are so embarrassed!
Huo Guang shook his head and said, "Don't talk nonsense if you don't know. I'm of great use!"
Mr. Wei wondered: "What's the use of this?"
Huo Guang said: "You don't understand even if I tell you now, you will know later."
However, Mr. Wei was not convinced and said, "Old cousin, how can I understand if you don't tell me? If you tell me, I will understand."
"Huh?" Huo Guang grinned and said, "I said we need to use local methods to make saltpetre, do you understand?"
The words fell.
Mr. Wei shook his fat head and big ears and said directly: "I don't understand."
"Isn't that right? You don't even understand, and you still ask!" Huo Guang complained smoothly.
actually.
He was too lazy to explain.
Making saltpetre by local methods is easy to explain clearly.
The process is very simple. First, build a wall with soil. It is more than one foot wide and one foot high.
Then build a shed for the earth wall to prevent rainwater from washing the surface.
at last!
Then pour dung water on the soil wall. Over time, the nitrifying bacteria in the soil wall will produce nitrate and alkali to precipitate. Later, these nitrates and alkali can be scraped off and used to refine soil nitrate. .
Um...
It seems to be another delicious way to make it.
But it doesn't matter.
Huo Guang didn't need to do it. He could give orders and hire people to do these things.
After the land outside was circled, Huo Guang and Wei returned to Chang'an City.
Mr. and Mrs. Wei are back!
He then went to Qingfeng Xiangyin's shop to play with Liu Lingling.
Huo Guang returned to the restaurant to prepare for business. At this time, Fei Xie came over and reported to him: "Huo Yilang, Zhao Ji and others took turns staring at Xu Kang and found that this man was actually involved with people from the Prime Minister's Mansion. I wanted to report it. .”
"The Prime Minister's Mansion?"
Huo Guang frowned, wondering why Xu Kang, Guo Xie's retainer, was involved with people from the Prime Minister's Mansion.
This issue.
It's a bit strange.
For a knight as famous as Guo Xie, most of the people related to him were county officials. The last time I was able to be a guest at the General's Mansion was entirely because I saved Mr. Wei and Huo Guang.
To put it bluntly, it’s a tall order.
And the prime minister is the first of all officials!
This Xu Kang was just a retainer of people like Guo Xie, how could he be involved with people from the Prime Minister's Mansion? Could it be possible that there is some hidden connection?
Can't figure out why.
So Huo Guang shook his head and said: "Never mind it, just keep watching. If you have anything to say, let's talk about it. Thank you Brother Fei and all the brothers for your hard work."
"It doesn't matter, there's nothing to do on weekdays anyway. This time, because we saved Brother Guo, it's rare for everyone to work together. In the future, when we get old, we can brag about it while drinking with others!" Fei Xie said with a smile.
seem.
He quite likes things like Jinyi.
One is freedom.
The second is that he can control other rangers and has some power in disguise.
Third, there is still the rich man Huo Guang, who has money to take.
What a beautiful thing.
He wished that Jinyi could exist forever.
Huo Guang was talking to Fei Xie when Bu San came over and whispered, "Master, Pu Tian is here."
"Putian?"
Huo Guang narrowed his eyes slightly, and the uncle's appearance flashed in his mind.
Last time.
I thought he was His Majesty before, but later I met His Majesty and realized that I was mistaken, so I guessed that the other person might be Liu Pengzu. However, after he went to Zhao State, he found that he had guessed wrong again.
So who is this person?
Huo Guang had a little doubt in his heart.
After shaking his head, he said to Fei Xie, "You can continue to stare. I have guests here to talk about something."
Fei Xie nodded, said "good" and left.
When going out.
Pu Tian happened to come in and the two passed by each other.
Pu Tian glanced at Fei Xia and saw that he did not look like the ranger in his dream, so he stopped caring and said to Huo Guang: "Humph, you, the champion brother, are getting more and more outrageous. I see you now On the one hand, you have to be notified."
Huo Guang waved his hand and said, "Isn't it normal to report it?"
Pu Tian didn't pay attention to Huo Guang's words, but found a seat and sat down, saying, "I heard that you cheated Sang Hongyang out of half a million yuan?"
"Huh? How do you know this?" Huo
Guang frowned immediately.
However.
But Pu Tian said: "Nonsense, Sang Hongyang and I have been friends for many years. The first time you met him was the token I gave you to introduce him, forget it!"
"Oh, yes, yes!" Huo Guang nodded.
This issue.
He forgot.
When Pu Tian saw him nodding, he said, "Did you really make that painting? I went to Langya Pavilion to see it last time, and it turned out to be quite good."
Huo Guang then smiled and said: "It's not possible, it's very possible, right? As far as I know, there has never been such a lifelike painting in our Han Dynasty, right?"
However.
Pu Tian shook his head and said, "Maybe it's because we didn't have writing paper before? Besides, you already have these paintings!"
Painted?
Huo Guang felt happy, thinking that his oil paintings were much prettier than the Han Dynasty paintings.
but.
I didn't bother to argue with this, so I just let him say it.
At this time, Pu Tian said again: "Well, since you won one million in first place this time, according to our previous agreement, I will share 30%, and you will give me 300,000."
Huo Guang must be sure.
Immediately his voice became louder and he said: "What are you talking about? Why should I give you 300,000? The 30% we mentioned before is business. This money is not earned from business. Why should I give you 300,000?" Don’t think too beautifully!”
Hearing Huo Guang speak like this.
The guards behind Pu Tian immediately had cold eyes and were about to draw their swords.
However.
But Pu Tian stopped him and said, "Hey, there's nothing I can do. I, the head of the family, have no money! Money has depreciated so much now that I'm making money faster than I can spend it. What can I do!"
However.
Huo Guang frowned and said, "Uncle, didn't I give you some money last time?"
But Pu Tian shook his head and smiled, saying: "Your little money is less than a drop in the bucket for my family, so what use can it be!"
That point?
It’s obviously a lot, right?
Huo Guang thought to himself, what kind of existence is this family behind Pu Tian?
Could it be the Yang family? The descendants of Yang Xi who cut Xiang Yu into pieces and became a marquis...
At this time, Pu Tian thought to himself and said: "What method do you think this court should use to make money valuable? Now that the money is worthless, it has a great impact on my family."
Huo Guang replied casually: "This is not simple. First of all, it is to unify the currency system. For example, only five baht coins can be used. At the same time, the power of each county to mint money privately is taken back. This money is only valuable if it is minted by the court itself. .”
"Look at the Qin Dynasty's half-liang, five-baht, three-baht, eight-and-a-half-liang coins, etc. There are too many messy currencies."
"If I recast one copper coin, it will become two coins. I have the right to cast it privately. If the money is valuable, then there is something wrong with it."
Five baht coins were also available during this period.
but.
It was not made by Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, but when Empress Lu discovered that someone had changed the Qin Dynasty's half-tael coins into two coins, she created the five-baht coin!
pity.
Only five baht coins were minted again, and the rights of other counties to mint coins were not taken back.
What's the use...
"Take back the right of each county to mint money?" Pu Tian muttered softly for a while, and then said: "I'm afraid this matter is of no use. Before this, Your Majesty has re-minted three baht coins!"
Huo Guang then smiled slightly and said, "That's because the method is useless!"
"Method?" Pu Tian frowned slightly and asked, "What method is useless?"
Huo Guang smiled and said: "If the imperial court wants to recast the five-baht coin, its purpose is to establish credibility, stabilize the national economy, and make private minters unprofitable, so that they can give up their illegal activities."
"But the officials of various counties and states always have a mentality of "the mountains are high and the emperor is far away."
"There is a saying that there are policies from above and countermeasures from below.
"
"The imperial court used to issue a three-baht coin, and officials from the prefectures and states worked together. Old habits were hard to change, which made the practice of counterfeiting flourish. Finally, they had no choice but to abolish the three-baht coin and use half a tael coin instead. This actually caused a crisis in credibility."
"so!"
"If the imperial court wants to recast the five-baht coin, it must first take back the rights of each county's baht coin and severely crack down on the problem of private minting. At the same time, the court must follow a standardized process when minting coins, with wide and neat borders, exquisite production, and even heavier weight. Be precise!"
"The new five-baht coin must be a model among money."
"..."
In one fell swoop, Huo Guang analyzed clearly the problem of money minting that had not been solved well during the years when Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty Liu Che came to power.
After finishing speaking.
Even Pu Tian couldn't help but clapped his hands and said, "What you said makes sense!"
Huo Guang waved his hand and said, "You're talking nonsense, uncle. Just listen to it, don't talk nonsense. Otherwise, those counties that have the right to mint coins will know that it was me who said it, and they won't kill me!" "
"Haha, I thought you were not afraid of the sky or the earth, but you are actually afraid of these things?" Pu Tian laughed.
Huo Guang said: "Nonsense, who is not afraid of death!"
Just talking.
suddenly.
A ranger broke in and said to Huo Guang: "Oh no, Huo Yilang, the court wants to surround us Jinyi, saying that we are gathering together to rebel!"
"What!" Huo Guang stood up immediately and cursed: "Gathering a crowd to rebel? Who the hell is spreading rumors about me?"
At this moment, Huo Guang was a little panicked.
rebellion.
That must be a capital crime. You know, once this hat is put on, don't call yourself the champion brother. Even if you are the prince of Emperor Wu of Han Dynasty, Emperor Wu of Han Dynasty will still give you a knife.
At this moment.
The ranger who broke in said: "It's the Prime Minister's Mansion. It was probably Xu Kang who slandered him. That beast is very vicious. He is indispensable for the matter of Guo Daxia and he is there to stir up dissension!"
"Xu Kang?"
Huo Guang frowned slightly.
If I had known that this boy was such a disaster, I would have killed him first.
And at this time.
Bu San also walked in and said, "Sir, something happened. Prime Minister Shi Li Wen, with his troops, surrounded our restaurant, saying he wanted to capture the rebels!"
"Why did you move so fast? It's over!" Huo Guang then said to the ranger who broke in earlier: "If you don't run away, if you are caught, I will be finished."
"Huo Yilang, don't worry, we are not people who are greedy for life and fear of death. Now, we have contacted all the knights in Jinyi and are rushing towards here. If the court official dares to touch you, we will fight with him!" At this moment, this The ranger who broke in seemed to have a heroic spirit of chivalry.
However.
After hearing this, Huo Guang's eyes turned red and he was about to cry.
Um!
He suddenly missed his parents in Pingyang County.
Damn it, these rangers are really doing a lot of harm... Can we just run away? As the champion brother, I am protected by my brother. Do you want you to take care of me?
You can't die, but you openly come to resist?
How can I quibble!
Huo Guang seemed to have felt that his body was half cold, but on the surface he could only show off his strength and said: "You knights are loyal, but you should listen to me. Brother, please go back and contact them, let the Jinyi people disperse, I will There are ways to resolve the crisis."
But the knight said: "Fei Xie and the others are already facing each other and cannot be separated."
Right?
Huo Guang felt even colder in his heart.
Immediately.
He ran out without saying a word, hoping that no bloodshed would occur.
Wait until you get out.
I was relieved in my heart. Fortunately, the Jinyi people didn't get into trouble with the government officials.
Huo Guang walked towards the leader and asked directly: "Huo Guang, my lord, is the younger brother of the champion. May I ask, Li Wen has a long history?
You were arresting traitors, why did you end up here with me? "
Li Wen!
He was originally an official subordinate to the Yushi doctor, but due to disagreements with Zhang Tang, he joined the Prime Minister Li Cai and became the Prime Minister Chang Shi.
Belongs to one of the three long histories.
He is Prime Minister Li Cai's pawn!
It's hard not to imagine that when he acted like this, he was ordered by Prime Minister Li Cai.
However.
Facing Huo Guang's question, Li Wen said: "You are Huo Guang, the champion brother. Huh, I didn't catch you here, but I caught you, the rebel leader. Come on, catch me. Huo Guang!"
A group of lackeys are about to come forward and arrest someone.
Fei Xie led the rangers forward and shouted, "Let's see who dares!"
At this time.
Li Wen said disdainfully: "Do you want to resist? Huo Guang, think clearly, if you don't follow us obediently, the next one who comes will be the Yulin Army!"
"Rebel thief, am I the rebel leader? Oh, you are so good at holding on to your hat. Do you have any evidence?" Huo Guang said angrily.
After hearing this, Li Wen laughed and said: "I dare to lead people to arrest you, of course there is evidence! Huo Guang, you are still on your own..."
The words are not finished yet.
Li Wen's expression suddenly changed and he stared at the person who appeared behind Huo Guang.
Then with a pop, he knelt down.
He even ordered everyone behind him to kneel down.
For a while.
Huo Guang, who was confronting Li Wen, was also stunned for a moment. Why is this person kneeling down to me?
If it weren't for my nerves...
Then there is only one possibility, there is someone behind you.
Then he looked back.
"Uncle Pu Tian? No, you are not an uncle!"
"Grass (a plant)..."
