Li Xiangnan, as a meritorious official, secretly imitated his father's position and served as the guard of thousands of households at the Jubao Gate in the capital. He had more than a thousand soldiers under his command. He was responsible for guarding the capital, guarding the city gates, checking the dental license plates of people coming and going, checking spies and criminals, etc., waiting for the five armies. Dispatched by the Governor's Mansion.
Coincidentally, his immediate superior was Li Zengzhi, the former military commander on the left.
As the south gate of the capital city, Jubaomen is bustling with various merchants and craftsmen coming in and out, with a large flow of people. The city gate guards inevitably plucking the feathers of the geese and take some filial piety from these people. Therefore, guarding Jubaomen is a real job.
Li Xiangnan took advantage of this opportunity to steal thousands of dollars. He was just good at gambling, and most of the stolen wealth went to the gambling table. Thanks to him being good at scheming, he still had a few legitimate and illegitimate businesses in hand, so he didn't lose everything. What's more, guarding the city gate is the main job, and the money at the city gate will come back after all.
The seventy taels of silver that Yang Fang gave him soon turned into one hundred and fifty taels, which doubled. Li Xiangnan was very trustworthy and gave the principal to Yang Fang...
"Third brother, if you are short of money, come to me and your second brother!" Zhang Ben said, "Look for an outsider!"
Lin Linyou: "Brother, I have no money now..."
"If you don't have money... you come to me!" Zhang Bi said, "What do you want money for?"
"If you go to the Western Ocean, you can't take care of everything both up and down?" Yang Fang said, "I also thought about leaving some of the money I made for Miss Ren. I went to the Western Ocean and I don't know when I can come back!"
"Then, what's going on with the silk merchant Zhang Mingguang? You've forced him to file a lawsuit."
"Well...at first Li Xiangnan only said that there was a business that I could participate in, and I could make a lot of profits." Yang Fang said, "As for what the business was, and the fact that he embezzled a car of gold and silver from others, I I don’t know at all!”
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One day, Li Xiangnan was invited to drink at Nanshilou. The guest was Sun Dali, who came to the capital from Taizhou, Zhejiang to run a woodworking shop. At this time, there was a lot of construction work in the capital, and the construction of a large Baoen Temple alone required a lot of wood. Although the Great Baoen Temple has not yet broken ground, internal information has already been revealed by insiders.
This is what is called, following the courtiers, it is difficult not to make a fortune.
Sun Dali invited Li Xiangnan to drink, just to ask him to take care of the wood when he went in and out of Jubao Gate. Li Xiangnan always welcomes such banquets.
There were two guests at the banquet. One was the jeweler Fu Yancheng, and the other was Zhang Mingguang, who ran a silk and satin shop.
The topic of business unknowingly came up during the dinner. Jeweler Fu Yancheng mentioned that the current supply of gold and silver jewelry and utensils exceeds the demand. The price cannot be said to be the same every day, at least it will increase every month, so he wants everyone here to share the same sentiment. If you collect some capital, go to other prefectures and counties to purchase gold and silver products, and transport them to the capital, you can earn at least half of it, not to mention double the profit.
Zhang Mingguang disagreed and frowned: "This business sounds good, but now the court prohibits gold and silver trading, the risk is too great. In business, we still have to be down-to-earth. Thanks to General Li's care, we were able to I am satisfied that I have taken good care of the business at the moment. General Li, please don’t listen to shopkeeper Fu’s drunken nonsense. We will never do anything illegal. Drink and drink, and we won’t talk about business today.”
Businessmen, not to mention all profiteers, are at least shrewd. What Zhang Mingguang said does not mean that he is really a serious businessman, but that he knows that Li Xiangnan and Li Qianhu in front of him are sycophants and not economical. Deng, if he takes part in the business, can he still make a profit?
Li Xiangnan naturally guessed Zhang Mingguang's thoughts, drank a few glasses of wine, and resigned.
After seeing off Li Xiangnan, Zhang Mingguang complained to Fu Yancheng: "Old Fu, the three of us can discuss business matters privately, why bother to disclose them to Li Qianhu? Now shopkeeper Sun's wood can pass through the Jubao Gate without any hindrance, and Li Qianhu can't do anything about it." The joints of Qianhu have been opened. We can hide the collected gold and silver vessels in wood and send them to the capital. When the time comes to make a profit, we can at least save Li Qianhu's share. Wouldn't it be for you and me? Everyone is happy?"
Fu Yancheng and Sun Dali nodded in agreement.
But after the banquet, Sun Dali went to Li Qianhu and dragged out the three people's plans. At the same time, he also offered a strategy...
A month later, Fu Yancheng and Zhang Mingguang purchased a large cart of gold and silver products and were waiting for Sun Dali's lumber convoy outside Jubao Gate, hoping to join them and enter the city together.
This sale is huge!
When they arrived at the city gate, Li Qianhu personally led a team to intercept the caravan and search it carefully!
Sun Dali stepped forward, nodded and bowed and said: "Master Qianhu, this is all wood. You know that I have a tax payment license from the tax department. Master Qianhu, please don't check it. It will be difficult to clean up if it is messed up." Then he stuffed a few treasure banknotes in his hand.
Fu Yancheng and Zhang Mingguang were also laughing together.
Unexpectedly, Li Xiangnan took the treasure note, threw it to the ground without even looking at it, and ordered the soldiers to search! As a result, gold and silver products were found and all were confiscated!
Sun Dali and Li Xiangnan sang and harmonized, thinking that they were perfect, but in the end they thought things were too simple.
Fu Yancheng and Zhang Mingguang soon knew that it was Sun Dali who colluded with Li Xiangnan. Li Xiangnan only handed over half of the cart of gold and silver, and the rest was divided between Sun Dali and Sun Dali. Four.
Sun Dali was protected by Li Qianhu, and Fu Yancheng and Zhang Mingguang were not alone in the court. Immediately, Fu Yancheng went to see Liu Zuo, the counselor of the General Affairs Department; Zhang Mingguang also went to his own family, Zhang Yushi, and encouraged him to write a memorial to impeach...
"How dare you participate in the business even if you don't know anything about it?" Zhang Bi shook his head and asked Yang Fang, "How much did you invest?"
"The one hundred and fifty taels were all invested..."
"Did they share your profits?" Lin Linyou asked.
"Not yet." Yang Fang shook his head.
"That's okay." Lin Linyou said, "These people's gold and silver trading is a crime, and Li Qianhu's search can be regarded as an impartial act. It's just embezzlement and collusion with businessmen. I'm afraid the merits are not worth the effort. Fortunately, third brother, you haven't divided the profits yet..."
Zhang Ben said: "Although he has not made any profit, Wang Qian has already used this excuse to cause trouble. They received the news so quickly. I am afraid that this matter is not that simple."
Yang Fang said: "Brother, it's not as complicated as you said, right? I'll go find Li Xiangnan and get my one hundred and fifty taels back!"
Although it was late at night, Zhang Bi left him alone.
"I feel that the third brother did not tell the complete truth." After Yang Fang left, Zhang Bi persuaded Lin Lin, "He is hiding something from us again."
"Brother, why did you say this?" Although Lin Linyou also felt this way, he still wanted to hear Zhang Bi's thoughts first.
"With my third brother's temperament, I absolutely disdain to associate with someone like Li Xiangnan." Zhang Ben said.
Li Xiangnan, in addition to being a gambler, also likes to take advantage. As long as he is interested in something, no matter how big or small, no matter how high or low he is, he will do everything possible to get it before he can be happy. He is also able to use his yang to flatter sycophants, and his yin to create a cage. He can flatter his superiors and be mean to his subordinates. It is really unfair to ask him to be a city gate guarding thousands of households.
"People can change." Lin Linyou didn't seem to agree with Zhang Bi's view, "What if it's for money? You know, the third brother is staying at the elephant training center. In that kind of environment, no matter how angular a person is, Will it be smoothed or even smoothed?"
Zhang Bi nodded and said, "Maybe it's for money, maybe it's for something else..."
"I also agree that he is hiding something from us."
"From now on, I think we should call him Yang Amo!"
"That's not necessary...everyone has privacy!"
"You know, brother, I like to peek into people's privacy."
"Brother, this is going to be punished by castration!"
"It doesn't matter! Just leave this little three-inch thing!" Zhang Bi patted the table and stood up and said with emotion, "Tonight I want to see what the third brother has done without telling us!"
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