Chapter 495 Chain Reaction

"Your Majesty, Miss Hongyu is in trouble!"

Inside the Zheng Palace, the Zheng Palace heard the report from his subordinates and couldn't help but frown.

"What happened to Hongyu?"

Although Hongyu's personality is eccentric, she has always been reliable. Over the years, she has managed the economy for the palace and made a lot of money for the Zheng Palace through various channels.

Hongyu is no longer impulsive, and the Zheng Palace really can't imagine what kind of trouble she can cause.

"Miss Hongyu has lost a lot of money in the palace these days."

The person who reported this was the old housekeeper who had been with the Zheng Palace for a lifetime.

When the Zheng Palace heard that Hongyu had only lost some money, the Zheng Palace's nervousness immediately subsided.

"Lao Fang, I thought it was nothing."

"How can you not lose money in business?"

"It just so happens that Hongyu always thinks highly of herself, and she should be taught a lesson."

The Zheng Palace said casually.

In the study, there were only the master and the servant.

Lao Fang was the book boy of the Zheng Palace when he was a child, and now he has followed the Zheng Palace step by step to the position of the housekeeper.

The two of them have been together since childhood.

Compared to King Zheng, Lao Fang looks older, with gray hair and deep wrinkles on his face.

Although King Zheng's hair is also gray, he looks at most 40 or 50 years old.

But the housekeeper Lao Fang looks like he is 70 or 80 years old.

It is hard to imagine that the two are of the same age.

Seeing that King Zheng did not take Hongyu's matter seriously, Lao Fang had to tell the truth.

"Your Majesty, the silver in the mansion was tossed by Miss Hongyu, and there are only 100,000 taels left."

King Zheng put down the secret report in his hand, turned his head silently and looked at Lao Fang, wondering if he had heard it wrong.

The daily expenses of King Zheng's mansion are not small.

In order to maintain power and make friends with talents, King Zheng always has to spend all kinds of expenses.

He can't save this part of the expenses now.

Where did he get all his good reputation?

It's all because he was a timely rain.

Wherever it needs to rain, he will rain.

But praying for rain is not easy, and it always costs some money to make arrangements.

Prince Zheng has power and face.

But if he uses it for trivial matters, it will only make his power and face less and less valuable.

He always has to give enough benefits to those who do things for him.

Otherwise, who will work for him in the future.

It is not easy to be a good leader.

Especially being a good leader who wants to rebel is even more difficult.

There are only 100,000 taels of silver left in the Prince Zheng's mansion, which is no different from bankruptcy for them.

Prince Zheng trusts Lao Fang very much and will not doubt his loyalty.

If it were someone else, I'm afraid they would have to think about whether their housekeeper was embezzling money.

But Prince Zheng did not have such an idea, and directly believed Lao Fang's words and began to think.

"She seemed to have mentioned something about antiques to me a few days ago?"

"Your Majesty, it's this matter." Lao Fang confirmed.

"How much silver did Hongyu lose in the mansion?" Prince Zheng asked.

"Originally, there were 6.7 million taels of silver and silver notes in the account, but now, after adding up the scattered amounts, there are only 100,000 taels left."

"In less than half a month, Miss Hongyu has lost a total of 6.6 million taels of silver."

The answer of Lao Fang stunned King Zheng.

"In such a short period of time, Hongyu can lose so much silver."

"Have you found out who the other party is?"

Compared to feeling sorry for the lost silver, King Zheng is more interested in the person who can make Hongyu owe money.

Hongyu's business ability has been witnessed by everyone in the Zhengwang Mansion for so many years.

Although 6.6 million taels of silver is not a small amount, based on Hongyu's previous achievements, she is qualified and capable of losing this money.

Moreover, King Zheng has always been eager to seek talents, and he has always tried his best to recruit talents when he meets them.

In theory, in this peaceful and prosperous era, talented people will be loyal to the court in exchange for fame.

But now in Daxing, there is a faint sense that King Zheng is the "authentic" court.

Otherwise, Emperor Yongyuan would not have only eunuchs at his disposal, and would not be alone in the court.

This phenomenon is closely related to the active attitude of King Zheng in seeking talents.

Of course, the most important thing is that King Zheng can also offer enough price to talents.

"Prince, I have checked it."

"It seems to have something to do with the Money Gang."

Lao Fang obviously not only manages the Zheng Palace for King Zheng, but also involves things outside the Zheng Palace.

"Money Gang?"

Hearing this name, King Zheng seemed a little surprised, and then laughed at himself:

"It seems that the leader Chen really doesn't like me."

"But I didn't expect that he would dare to plot against Hongyu."

"It seems that this person is not as easy to talk to as the outside world rumored."

King Zheng fumbled with the jade ring on his hand, revealing a thoughtful look.

At this time, Lao Fang on the side said:

"Your Majesty, we have already controlled most of the Money Gang."

"After all, Chen Tan is the founder of the Money Gang. Now his life's work is going to fall into the hands of others, so he is naturally unwilling."

"At the moment, it seems that we need to make a decision on this person as soon as possible."

As for how to make the decision, that is the judgment of King Zheng himself.

For such talents, if they cannot be won over, they can only be eliminated as soon as possible.

Otherwise, they will inevitably hinder King Zheng's great cause in the future.

Anyway, Lao Fang doesn't like the dissolute leader of the Money Gang.

"I have heard people say before that this Boss Chen is good at networking and managing relationships, but I have never heard that he has such a talent for business."

"Call Hongyu here, I will ask her a question."

King Zheng ordered.

"Miss Hongyu is waiting outside the door for the prince's decision."

After that, the old man went out to call someone.

King Zheng saw that Hongyu had already prepared to apologize, and he couldn't help shaking his head and laughing.

After a while, Hongyu walked in with her eyebrows lowered and her eyes lowered, and she glanced at King Zheng's face from time to time.

King Zheng deliberately put on a stern face and looked at Hongyu with unfriendly eyes.

When Hongyu saw this posture, her body fell to the ground softly, and she cried and apologized:

"Prince, Hongyu is sorry for you~"

Hongyu's crying voice was long and soft, like crying and complaining, as exaggerated as singing a big opera.

King Zheng couldn't stand it after listening for less than a moment, and hurriedly asked her to stop.

"Come on, come on, stop trying to play this trick on me!"

"Tell me what's going on?"

Hongyu still sobbed and asked:

"The prince doesn't blame me anymore?"

Although he knew that all this was a routine, King Zheng could only follow Hongyu's words and said:

"I don't blame you, it's just some silver, you can double it back for me later."

For King Zheng, more than six million taels of silver are really just some silver.

Unlike some stingy emperors, King Zheng is a prince who is generous.

Hongyu lost so much money, and King Zheng didn't even blink an eye.

Otherwise, without some money in his pocket, would King Zheng dare to think about how to rebel?

"I know that the prince loves Hongyu the most!"

Hongyu was crying, kneeling on the ground with a grin.

Not to mention, her acting skills are much better than others, at least these tears are real.

"You little girl, everyone knows that you have the most tricks."

Even though Hongyu is now in her thirties and women of her age are about to become grandmothers, in the eyes of King Zheng, she is still the lovable little girl.

King Zheng stepped forward to help Hongyu up and brushed the dust off her knees.

"Tell me, how did you, who claims to be smart, get cheated?"

King Zheng didn't believe that there was no trickery in making Hongyu, a business veteran, lose so much money.

In Daxing, as long as there are people who are stupider than you in the market, there is always a way to get out.

But if Hongyu can also suffer such a loss, I'm afraid this is not an ordinary business activity.

Otherwise, Hongyu, who has always been one of the smart minority, would never have the opportunity to get out and suffer such a huge loss.

Although King Zheng does not do business personally, he still understands the reason.

Many times, you don't need to be the best, just do better than most people, and that's enough for you to make money.

As soon as this matter was mentioned, Hongyu was full of grievances.

"Your Majesty, you must make the decision for me this time!"

"This is not a fair trade at all, but a carefully designed scam."

When he heard this, King Zheng teased: "The other party is quite capable of deceiving a little devil like you."

"Oh, Your Majesty, what are you talking about!"

Hongyu naturally refused.

Then, she suddenly thought of something and asked immediately:

"By the way, Your Majesty."

"Is this antique speculation a trick thought up by the Thirteenth Princess in the palace?"

King Zheng was stunned. He had not told Hongyu about this matter, but he did not expect that Hongyu would guess it.

"According to the information I received, I'm afraid it's like this."

"Princess Ankang won the Imperial Garden competition last month with an absolute advantage, but the competition record actually wrote that she won so much money in the gambling house on the last day."

"This must be false."

"The gambling house where she won the money was the Sihai Gambling House under the name of the Money Gang. The Sihai Gambling House also launched a special mortgage loan method during that period. There should be collusion."

After listening, Hongyu blinked her eyes, with a look of disbelief.

"I heard that Princess Ankang is just a twelve-year-old child."

Hearing this, King Zheng shook his head:

"Hongyu, you haven't seen that child, but don't underestimate her."

"She can't be an ordinary child who can endure alone in the cold palace for so many years and rise up in a high profile overnight."

"Besides, she is the daughter of Concubine Xiao."

"Hongyu, you should still remember Concubine Xiao, right?"

Hongyu lowered her head and stopped arguing.

"That being said, it's not impossible."

Hongyu said this, but it was still difficult for her to accept it in her heart.

When she thought that a twelve-year-old girl could come up with such a brilliant way to make money from the market, Hongyu felt that she was ridiculous in the past.

She worked hard all year round, but it is very likely that she did not make as much money as a twelve-year-old child in a month.

If Princess Ankang had not had limited funds, the money she could make this time would be beyond everyone's imagination.

Hongyu, who has extraordinary business talent, can be sure of this.

What made her even more unacceptable was that such a good idea was only thought of by Princess Ankang to cope with the monthly competition.

Hongyu used to claim to be a business genius, but this time she couldn't help but feel a little ridiculous.

She participated in the speculation of antiques this time because she thought it was a good opportunity to make money.

On the other hand, she also heard some rumors and knew that there was a little girl behind this.

But she never expected that this would be the outcome after she joined the game.

Hongyu joined the game to prove that she had the ability to be no less than others, not to prove that she was a clown.

But now the facts in front of her prove...

"Hongyu, don't think too much about what has happened. Tell us what the process is."

Since King Zheng has already spoken, Hongyu had to nod obediently.

Next, Hongyu told King Zheng everything that happened in the market in the past few days, and also told him the details of her operation without revealing a single detail.

From him imitating the other party's antiques to enter the game, to the other party's response, and reaching an agreement after several rounds of probing, and pushing the price up together.

It was all going well at the beginning.

As the number of dealers increased and their strength was much stronger than when there was only Princess Ankang, the price of antiques in the Jinpeng Dynasty quickly rushed to 10,000 taels of silver.

In addition, the dealers kept spreading favorable rumors, and the whole capital was mobilized.

Even outside the capital, some people heard the news and followed suit with silver bills.

This joyful prospect made Hongyu realize that they were going to make a lot of money this time.

Because at this price, even if other dealers had different ideas and planned to eat alone, they could not quickly bring the price down by relying on one person.

In fact, because of the existence of other dealers, the goods thrown out would be taken over immediately, and then they could only leave the market in advance with profits, losing the initiative in the future.

Hongyu thought so, and other dealers naturally thought so too. After all, there were powerful families behind them, and those who could be responsible for this matter would never be mediocre.

Although the dealers restrained the game, they were only preventing others from overturning the table.

Now they watched the plate of meat on the table getting bigger and bigger, and no one dared to reach out for the chopsticks first.

After all, everyone only had one chance to reach out for the chopsticks.

But no one expected that before anyone could pick up their chopsticks, some wicked people would move the table away.

These self-proclaimed smart dealers were left staring blankly at the air with a pair of chopsticks in their hands.

"Where's the table?"

"Where's my big table?"

They didn't even bother to find the meat on the table, they just wanted to get the table back first.

Unfortunately, their table had been destroyed.

A large number of counterfeit and shoddy goods suddenly flooded the market, ranging from rough to fine workmanship, all claiming to be antiques from the Jinpeng Dynasty, but the number directly overwhelmed the market, and people realized something was wrong in less than a day.

In the black market, trading venues immediately stopped trading and closed the market.

For a while, people were panicked, thinking it was another shocking scam.

That day, the black market was full of people smashing antiques in anger, almost causing a riot.

At night, the ground of the black market was full of antique fragments, and the garbage has not been cleaned up until now.

On the second day of the market closure, someone proposed a solution, and it can also guarantee that the Jinpeng Dynasty antiques traded are genuine.

"Mortgage notes replace Jinpeng Dynasty antiques."

"A mortgage note is an antique."

"The more reliable the mortgage note, the more popular it is."

"Among them, the notes of the Money Gang are the most valuable and the most trusted!"

Hongyu's voice fell slowly, and the whole person was much more depressed than when she cried and apologized before.

King Zheng couldn't help but admire it when he heard this.

Hongyu alone lost 6.6 million taels of silver, so what about the others combined?

This number made King Zheng excited.

And he must not miss such talents.

"As for Hongyu, she can compete with Lao Fang."

"The Money Gang cooperated with Ankang at the beginning to help her deal with the competition."

"After Ankang returns to the palace, continue to use this situation and make improvements."

"But in this way, the Money Gang will definitely offend many people."

"Chen Tan acted in a high-profile manner to prevent me from taking over the Money Gang."

"But through this incident, perhaps this person can be subdued as well."

Zheng Wang's eyes flashed with brilliance, and he already had a plan.