Chapter 224 Money, money, money!
Yu Zhigan did not silence the shopkeeper in the end, sighed and stared at the shopkeeper: "Who is the picture of the drunken concubine?"
The shopkeeper glanced at Yu Zhigan, then slowly spoke: "Go back to Your Highness, here, in Di Renjie, Di Xiang's mansion!"
"Di Renjie?" Yu Zhigan was stunned for a moment. The picture was in the hands of the old man. He couldn't help but look at the shopkeeper: "How do you know that it's in the Di Xiang Mansion!"
"Ahem, the prince may not know something. There is a hidden story about this matter, and the people dare not talk nonsense!"
After hearing this, Heshen was stunned for a moment, looked at the shopkeeper, and then looked at Heshen. Heshen was different from the shopkeeper. After hearing the shopkeeper's words, he showed an expression that turned out to be like this. After Yu Zhigan saw it, he felt that they knew a lot of things, as if they were the only one in the dark.
I have to admit that Qian didn't know much about the things from the previous dynasty, but it seems that the rumor in the market should be quite strong. Not only the shopkeeper knows it, but Heshen seems to know that a little bit.
"Heshen, do you know?"
"Your Highness, the old slave knows not much, they are all heard of things, not trustworthy!"
Yu Zhigan looked at the shopkeeper: "Tell me, what kind of legends are there?"
"Well, Your Highness, Caomin dare not say it. After all, this Di Xiang is a veteran of the three dynasties!" After saying that, he quickly lowered his head. Yu Zhigan looked at the guy and smiled and said, "Do you dare not say it, or don't want to say it!"
"Your Highness, Caomin really doesn't dare. If someone finds out, Caomin will be finished!"
"Di Xiang is so terrible?"
"Ahem, Your Highness, that matter is nothing. Lord Di doesn't care, it's just that folk legend is amazing!"
Yu Zhi nodded and looked at the shopkeeper: "Tell me, what happened, I will take care of you!"
When the shopkeeper heard Yu Zhigan say this, he was still a little hesitant and dared not say it. Yu Zhigan was angry and patted the table hard: "If you don't say it, I will throw you away from Chang'an prison now. The last time you sold cheating items was not counted!"
"Your Highness, please spare me, the grass people say, the grass people say!"
The story is very old-fashioned and the plot is very bloody. Yu Zhigan has watched a TV series about Wu Zetian. It seems to be called Supreme Beauty. The general story is similar to that one, but it is a little more tortuous and bizarre.
In the past, Di Renjie was a candidate who went to Beijing to take the exam. On the way, he met Yang Yuhuan who went to Beijing to join his relatives, and then went to Beijing together. The two of them took care of each other, cared for each other, and fell in love with each other. After arriving in Chang'an City, Di Renjie took the exam and made an agreement with Yang Yuhuan that after Di Renjie graduated, he would marry her and pass the family.
However, at this time, the emperor was selected for the concubine. Yang Yuhuan's family sent Yang Yuhuan into the palace. The two parted ways from then on...
Of course, there are many stories in the middle, such as Yang Yuhuai wanted to leave the palace after entering the palace, etc., which is very bizarre anyway.
After hearing this, Yu Zhi was stunned, opened his mouth wide, and looked at the shopkeeper: "Di Xiang actually has such a romantic love story?"
"Your Highness, the general matter is almost the same, but some things in the middle have been processed artistically. In fact, there are not so many entanglements between Di Xiang and Yang Guifei, it is just that the people are adding fuel to the fire!"
After hearing this, Yu Zhigan nodded. Many things are really not important to the people. Many legendary stories are artistically processed. Liang Zhu, Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai are still a hundred years apart, but the people like to listen to such stories, so they can be widely circulated.
After listening to the story, Yu Zhigan shook his head: "It seems that it is not easy to get drunk in the imperial concubine. Even if Di Xiang and Yang Guifei have no emotional entanglement, they are Di Xiang's old friends. If we..."
"How many things are on the list of shopkeepers?"
"Ahem, Your Highness, although there are many treasures in the store, these things are not available in the store! These things are too expensive and are generally difficult to sell!"
Heshen frowned: "No, I remember that there seem to be two pieces in your store, just this Han Dynasty porcelain and this one. Didn't you have one in your store?"
After hearing this, the shopkeeper smiled awkwardly: "That are all fakes. Caomin puts it in the store as a decoration to support the store. However, Your Highness believes that Caomin must have never sold a fake!"
The shopkeeper explained in panic that he had not yet taken away from the charge of selling fraudulent items in the imperial examination. He had another charge of fraud. It is estimated that the Chang'an County prison welcomed him.
Yu Zhigan did not listen to the explanation of the shopkeeper at all, but noticed two words, fakes, and instantly seemed to have an idea. Yes, I can't get the real one, but I can make some fakes. The most important thing is a few words by Wu Daozi, which is enough.
Anyway, it is true or false, and my father doesn't know whether he is cheap, so he will throw it into the inner warehouse directly, and Yu Zhidian's eyes will begin to shine. This plan is feasible. As for whether there is any crime of deceiving the emperor, Yu Zhigan can't control it anymore. Could it be that his father can cut him down? He should know that he doesn't have that much money.
"Your Highness, Su Dingfang, General Su is asking for a meeting!" At this time, Zhao Gao walked in from outside the door and looked at Heshen with a bad look. Since Heshen entered the Eastern Palace, Zhao Gao's status has plummeted.
Originally, when Chen Wansan went to manage the glass industry in the East Palace, Zhao Gao could become a close minister around the prince, but he didn't expect that a guy named Heshen would appear...
Yu Zhigan did not see Zhao Gao's eyes. Heshen frowned slightly and felt Zhao Gao's hostility, but he did not express anything.
"Heshen, you take the shopkeeper down to rest. Zhao Gao, please come over!"
"Here!"
Soon, Su Dingfang trotted to Yu Zhigan's side hall. After seeing Yu Zhigan, he immediately gave a big gift: "I have seen His Royal Highness the Crown Prince!"
Yu Zhi waved his hand: "Get up, you are now an important minister of the country and a marquis, so you don't need to give this great gift!"
"Your Highness knows the kindness of your encounter, and I dare not forget it!" After saying that, he slowly stood up from the ground. Only then did Yu Zhigan have the opportunity to look at Su Dingfang now: "I have been much darker and lost a lot. I have suffered a lot when I went to the south!"
Su Dingfang showed his white teeth and shook his head: "Your Highness, you have not endured hardships. If you are used to staying in the south, it is a good place. It is not too cold in winter and has rich resources. Your Highness thinks that Mo Jiang has lost a lot, but Mo Jiang feels that his body has become much stronger!"
After saying that, he also made a muscle-showing move to show that he was really strong now.
"Well, it's good to get used to it. You may have to continue to stay in the south and train the navy and the Japanese people in the future?"
Su Dingfang nodded: "I have heard that the Japanese are really hateful. Your Highness, the last general also has a certain naval army in the south. This time, the navy also launched a surprise attack from the sea, achieving great results!"
After hearing this, Yu Zhigan shook his head: "Forget it, you are a navy, not a navy. You only need to go to Nanyue Kingdom along the coastline, but you need to cross a strait to Japan Kingdom, which cannot be said in the same way. However, if you have experience in landing combat, the heavy responsibility may fall on you at that time!"
Hearing Yu Zhigan's words, Su Dingfang was immediately excited. He thought that there would be nothing wrong with Nanyue Kingdom being pacified. Now it seems that he has thought too much, and it may not take long for him to go to war again. Yu Tang Empire attaches the most importance to military achievements and cannot be obtained by military achievements. Now Su Dingfang is just an ordinary county marquis and still has a lot of room for growth upwards.
Is a general who doesn't want to be a duke a good marquis? The answer is obviously obvious.
"Thank you for your cultivation!"
Yu Zhigan waved his hand: "It's not me who cultivates you, but you have the ability!"
"Your Highness, this time, the last general has plundered a lot of things. In addition to most of them being handed over to the treasury, he has also prepared a batch for your Highness!"
Yu Zhigan's eyes lit up after hearing this. Su Dingfang knew the prince's character very well. He was a person who said he didn't want it but was very honest in his body. He waved his hand and someone immediately carried the gift prepared by Su Dingfang.
"Your Highness, this is the black pearl of the South Vietnamese Kingdom. Apart from the black pearls dedicated to His Majesty, these are of the best quality. You can see two of them yourself!" Yu Zhigan looked at the black pearls in the plate. Two of them were surprisingly large. It was estimated that they were similar to what they saw in the hall, and they were even a little bigger. Yu Zhigan gently pushed them with his hand, and the pearl began to roll.
Whether the pearl is good depends on whether it can roll on the plate. The pearl that can roll smoothly on the plate is the real good pearl.
"good!"
"Your Highness, this is sapphire!"
"Your Highness, this is a ruby!"
"Your Highness, this should be the diamond you mentioned!" After saying that, he took out a transparent gem. Yu Zhigan squinted his eyes and nodded. It was indeed a diamond, with high purity, but there was a problem. It seemed that there was no cutting material these days, and diamonds were used as diamonds...
"good!"
There are roughly the size of a quail egg. Although it cannot be cut, it is very pure. It shines brightly under the sun, and it is also considered a rare treasure.
In addition, Su Dingfang also sent Yu Zhigan a large amount of spices, some gold mines, and finally some calligraphy and paintings collected by the royal family of the South Vietnamese king, etc., which were very rich. Although the scale was not much larger than that dedicated to the palace, it was more precious in some aspects than in the palace.
"The next time I come, it won't take such a lot of trouble. Have the soldiers in the army rewarded them?"
"Don't worry, your highness, all the soldiers in the army have been rewarded!"
"That's fine!"
Yu Zhigan chatted with Su Dingfang for more than an hour before Su Dingfang left. A fiery gaze burst out in Yu Zhigan's eyes. These treasures are all his own, and he is a rich man. In the future, bring a black pearl ring and throw a sapphire ring tomorrow?
Looking at the entire hall full of treasures, Yu Zhigan couldn't help but wipe his hands hard. Su Dingfang was still good, and he was a talent worth cultivating.
Yu Zhigan thought of the group of guards in his Eastern Palace. It seemed that one of them was a group of masters. If he threw them out and fought a war of destruction, wouldn’t he be dismissed?
"Chen Qingzhi, Li Guangbi, Li Sheng... Oh, and Dian Wei, Xu Zhu, and Xue Rengui, one person destroys a country, and then..."
Yu Zhigan was dreaming. At this time, Qi Jingtong also came to visit Yu Zhigan and also gave a lot of gifts, but they were much less than Su Dingfang. There was no way. Su Dingfang was the main general, and Qi Jingtong was just a deputy general.
After taking over the things from his two subordinates, Yu Zhigan was satisfied and called Heshen and the shopkeeper over, asking them to start estimating the value of these things.
"Your Highness, this black pearl is very valuable, tens of thousands of taels per piece!"
“The sapphire is good!”
"This ruby is also good, and this coral is also the best!"
The shopkeeper kept commenting on Yu Zhigan's treasures, but he didn't leave any of them. Yu Zhigan squinted his eyes and drank tea, but he almost hummed a small song. Suddenly, he was rich. He was no longer the poor prince, and he was also rich.
Thinking of this, Yu Zhigan couldn't help but feel a little excited.
"Big shopkeeper, do you think this is valuable?"
After saying that, he took out the diamond. The shopkeeper glanced at it and frowned: "Diamond? It has good transparency, but it is not worth it!"
Yu Zhi glanced at this guy without any strength. This is a diamond. Diamond is forever and one is everlasting. But Yu Zhigan soon realized that diamonds seem to be worthless before they are hyped. After they are hyped, their value has skyrocketed hundreds of times.
"It seems that there are diamond minerals in China, and there are also Africa. Now Africa is too far away. Should you monopolize the diamond industry yourself, advertise, and then create a diamond forever. One will be passed on forever to collect a bunch of leeks?"
With a feasible plan, Yu Zhigan has already had a general framework. Nowadays, harvesting leeks is not just ordinary people, but also harvesting those aristocratic families, nobles and wealthy businessmen. The people don’t have the interest in buying diamonds. If you have that money, isn’t it good to buy some mutton?
Half an hour later, the shopkeeper wiped the sweat from his forehead and finally counted all these things.
"How about it, how much is it worth?"
The shopkeeper looked at the abacus in his hand: "Your Highness, the Caomin calculated roughly. These things can be worth about 700,000 taels in total!"
"Seven hundred thousand taels?"
Yu Zhigan was stunned for a moment, and this number seemed to be familiar.
"You just said that the item on that note is worth about 700,000 taels?"
"Go back to Your Highness, yes!"
Chapter completed!