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Chapter 1322
At this time Fang Linyan said:
"I actually went to the market yesterday to inquire about the news. Because of the possibility of a huge sum of money, I specially hired people from the Yuanshun Escort Agency to escort me. However, I had some misunderstandings with the third master of the Qiao family. It's already been said."

"Now I reckon it's time for things to come to fruition. In the past, Chongwenmen Market must have gained something here! Why don't Lord Song go there with me?"

Song Yuren is also a very pragmatic person. Now he began to feel that the Sixth Master Hu in front of him might be very important to him, so he immediately said:

"Stick what you want, don't dare to ask for it."

Fang Linyan nodded and said:
"Safety comes first. We are passing through Yuanshun when we go to Chongwenmen Market, so let's call Master Wu together."

***
After half an hour,

Fang Linyan and his group came to the market in a mighty way, only to find that the place seemed to be swept by a typhoon. It was a mess, and there was chaos everywhere. Some people were happy, but more people were pale. Even howling loudly.

Fang Linyan frowned, and suddenly whispered to Laurent:

"When did you get the news of the Toshima naval battle?"

Laurent said:

"The newspaper, the informant from the special channel left, so I didn't get the first-hand information, and it is said that the Toshima naval battle started at four o'clock in the morning this morning and ended at eight o'clock this morning."

Fang Linyan calculated the time, no wonder the market here has become like this!

It is almost four o'clock in the afternoon now, and there is a telegram now. The Toshima naval battle started at four o'clock in the morning.

At that time, although there was no result in the naval battle, it was already confirmed that the Japanese were insane, and even the British company's civilian cargo ships were about to attack!Obviously, in terms of business, regardless of the situation of the whole country, the imported goods in the whole market will inevitably start to enter the bull market.
The spot kerosene and white sugar that Fang Linyan bought for 6 taels of silver before were all piled up in a temporary leased warehouse not far from the market. Now the market price has tripled directly, and there is still a price but no market. People hold money to buy, but no one is willing to sell it.

The formation of this phenomenon actually has a lot to do with Fang Linyan's previous actions. The incident between him and Mr. Qiao last night has caused a sensation in the entire market.

In order to help him purchase these two goods, the Qiao family also took 30 taels of silver to buy foreign goods in large sums, which indeed caused white sugar and kerosene to be popular in the market, and a foreigner was buying in bulk Once news of these two types of goods spreads, some people will definitely be reluctant to sell them.

As a result, when the market opened this morning, the prices of sugar and kerosene had risen by almost 20.00%!This is an extra [-]% profit!

By noon, before the news of the Toshima naval battle came, the prices of these two goods had risen by almost [-]%.

Then around one o'clock in the afternoon, the bad news of the Toshima naval battle came. After the chaos in the market, although the people who sold the goods before made money, they were so annoyed that they wanted to find a rope to strangle themselves. people are smiling
When Fang Linyan walked into Qiao's warehouse, it was also a mess inside, but to Fang Linyan's surprise, everyone from the clerk to the shopkeeper seemed to be smiling and very enthusiastic towards him. I came to greet you in person, and invited you to enter the upper room.

This really surprised Fang Linyan, because in his heart, he did business with Qiao's warehouse this time. It can be said that he put Qiao's together, which not only made Qiao's lose face, but also lost in the transaction. heavy.

Although in fact the Qiao family didn't lose any money, but watching the profiteering goods they collected could not make any money and had to be handed over to others, this mood must not be very happy.

After the tea was served, Fang Linyan was about to speak when the shopkeeper (who had already changed his name) said with a smile:

"Mr. Hu Liu, please wait a moment. Our third master said that as long as you come today, he will personally receive you. Just now Mr. Fei Poli came to pay a visit to the third master, and the conversation should be over soon."

Fang Linyan nodded and said:
"Okay, then I'll wait for a while."

As a result, while waiting, someone suddenly passed by in the corridor outside. Fang Linyan didn't pay attention at first, but this person stopped and looked inside, and then walked in immediately. Fang Linyan saw that it was just yesterday. The seventh uncle Hu Xueming in front of me.

At this time, Hu Xueming looked much more haggard than last night. He was even ten years older, and his eyes were bloodshot. It seemed that he was very worried.

After hesitating for a while, Fang Linyan still followed the current rules, stood up and saluted, and took the initiative to call Seventh Uncle, but well, even outsiders could see the sense of alienation in it.

After Fang Linyan saluted, the rest of the people would of course greet him one after another. After Hu Xueming hastily returned the salute, he frowned and looked at Fang Linyan and said:

"Lao Liu, come out, I have something to tell you."

Fang Linyan said in his heart that if there is nothing to do, offering affection is either rape or stealing, you bad old man want to trick me?So he smiled and said:
"Uncle Seven, you have eaten more salt than the rice I have ever seen. If you want to teach me a lesson, you don't have to avoid people. Just say what you have to say. Didn't you teach me a lesson yesterday in front of so many people? What? You don’t have to save me face today.”

Hu Xueming was hurt by Fang Linyan's words with a gun and a stick, and his face turned purple with anger, and there was a "hush, wheeze" sound from his nostrils, but after a few seconds, he also turned around in his mind. After thinking a lot, I could only swallow my breath and say:
"It's not to teach you a lesson, but to discuss something with you."

Fang Linyan looked at the old man in front of him, and was about to speak in a flash of thought, but saw Wang Wu and Song Yuren next to him, and felt that it was best not to let them see the side he would show next, so he smiled road:

"Okay, let's go out and talk."

The two walked out of Qiao's warehouse, and after finding a secluded corner, Hu Xueming said:

"Old Six, Uncle Qi finally let go of what you did to Huiyin of my family back then, otherwise how could you still be here today as a comprador for Mr. Laurent?"

"As the saying goes, drink water and think of the source, you should actually owe my boss a favor!"

It was the first time Fang Linyan heard about his embarrassing things back then, so facing Hu Xueming's words, he could only shrug his shoulders for a while, and then said:

"Well, then what?"

A hint of embarrassment appeared on Hu Xueming's face and said:

"It's like this. After you left yesterday, the third master of the Qiao family insisted on asking me to drink tea and chat together. What did you say about Wenjun's words, Sheng studied for ten years, and definitely dragged me to the Desheng Building for a drink! Oh, me too I reluctantly complied, but in the end I had a few drinks and missed a big deal.”

Speaking of which, Hu Xueming probably also got into the drama, he slapped his thigh and said:

"During the banquet yesterday, the manager of Qiao's family was very treacherous. He heard me say that he knew that I had a batch of foreign goods in my hand, so he tried every means to persuade me and wanted me to sell it to him. I didn't notice it for a while. , and he really gave a good price at that time, so he let go."

Fang Linyan took a look at Hu Xueming, knowing that this nominal Seventh Uncle probably wasn't telling the truth, and the only thing he could believe was the last few words, he laughed in his heart, but said in his mouth:

"What kind of foreign goods?"

Hu Xueming said urgently:

"It's [-] boxes of fragrant pancreas produced in France!"

The so-called fragrant soap is actually soap in the folk dialect. Thanks to the blessing of the closed country in the prosperity of Kangxi and Qianlong, even the vast majority of daily necessities in this area still rely on imports.

Fang Linyan said calmly:
"Oh, what does Seventh Uncle mean?"

Hu Xueming said angrily:
"Thinking about it now, the manager of Qiao's family is obviously shamelessly lying to me! Now the imported fragrant soap has even increased to 70 taels per box!"

"And everyone is still talking about it. That damned little Japan is so bold that he even dares to kill people from Great Britain and Russia. There is nothing he dare not do. I am afraid that shipping will be cut off at least until the armistice. What year and month should that be?"

"Since the Nanjing Treaty (the first Opium War), everyone has been used to foreign goods. Now it's good. The price of foreign goods on the market will increase by at least five times!"

Having said that, Hu Xueming said to Fang Linyan:

"How about this, Xiao Liu, I think you can still talk in front of the third master of the Qiao family. You ask him to return my goods, and also transfer the sugar and kerosene in your hand to me. If there is any embarrassment inside, I will stand by your side."

After Fang Linyan heard Hu Xueming's words, he said leisurely:
"I finally understand why the Hu family fell so quickly after Fairy Xueyan left."

Hu Xueming wondered:
"why?"

Fang Linyan said:

"Because there are too many people like Uncle Seven."

Hu Xueming reacted at this time, his eyes bulged suddenly, his face turned purple and he said:

"Xiao Liu, I advise you not to be ignorant of flattery!!"

Fang Linyan smiled and said:

"I didn't know how to flatter me since I was a child, why haven't I lived so long?"

After finishing speaking, he turned and walked away.

Originally, Fang Linyan thought that no matter how thick-skinned he was, he wouldn't bother him, right?Unexpectedly, someone would always challenge the corresponding lower limit, Hu Xueming suddenly shouted hoarsely:

"How can you help!"

Fang Linyan's heart moved, and he felt that he seemed to have overestimated this seventh uncle's integrity and face, so he planned to be cruel, but he didn't know much about "myself" before, so he couldn't think of this seventh uncle for a while. weakness.

But suddenly, for some reason, Fang Linyan turned around on a whim and sneered:
"You want me to help you, yes! Didn't you wrong me for what I did to Huiyin of your family? I'm not convinced in my heart!"

"If you can let her stay with me for one night, I promise you to mediate this matter for you!"

After saying these words, Fang Linyan glanced at Hu Xueming, and found that his face had turned purple with anger. It was obvious that he was extremely angry, and people couldn't help but worry about whether his cerebral blood vessels would swell. It exploded in an instant.
Seeing this scene, Fang Linyan laughed out loud, and felt that he finally got rid of the brown candy, so he walked away.

When he returned to Qiao's shop, he found that Mr. Qiao had returned and was chatting with Wang Wu and Mr. Song. When he saw Fang Linyan, Mr. Qiao had already stood up and laughed loudly at Fang Linyan. road:

"Sixth Young Master, you are here. You don't know that our Qiao family has exhausted all their efforts to help you purchase this batch of goods!"

Fang Linyan smiled and said:

"Master Qiao was just joking. The Qiao family in Shanxi is connected to the whole world. You are too modest for such a trivial matter, aren't you?"

"I came here this time, but there is something I want to talk to Mr. Qiao about."

Master Qiao said:

"Okay, you say."

Fang Linyan said:

"The value of my goods here is almost a million, right?"

Mr. Qiao laughed and said:

"You entrusted our bank to buy 70 taels of goods before, plus what I said yesterday that I would compensate you, even if calculated according to the value of the goods at that time, it was almost 90 taels of sugar and kerosene."

"Even if it is based on the current market price, this batch of goods is already worth 280 million taels of silver. If the principal is removed, it will be worth 200 million taels of silver."

Even though Song Yuren and Wang Wu believed in Fang Lin Yan at this time, when they heard the 280 million taels of silver from Mr. Qiao's mouth, they couldn't help but look at each other in shock.

They really didn't expect that the notorious Mr. Hu Liu in front of him could really turn his hands into clouds and rain, and shake the Jiawu situation with his own power!

Fang Linyan said:

"I have an urgent matter here. I need to raise 50 taels of silver for Mr. Song to take away. Mr. Qiao is currently in charge of Dade Tong. Is it convenient to pay 50 taels of money?"

Third Master Qiao's complexion suddenly became serious, and he pondered for a while and said:
"The rule in Dade Tong is that I can make a decision on the transfer of funds below 30 taels, but I can't make a decision on this matter. I need to send a telegram to discuss with my brother immediately."

Fang Linyan smiled and said:
"It's okay, Mr. Qiao, please do what you want."

About ten minutes later, Mr. Qiao came back directly, and smiled wryly at Fang Linyan:

"My brother said that there is no problem in principle, but he has an additional request, and wants me to have a private chat with you."

Fang Linyan smiled and said:
"No problem, Mr. Qiao, please find a place, let's talk over there."

Then the two accused Song Yuren and Wang Wu of a crime, and then came to the quiet room next to him. Mr. Qiao hesitated and said:

"Mr. Hu Liu, the Mr. Laurent that you are helping is really powerful. He actually received the news that the Japanese military department is going to do it without authorization six or seven days in advance! And he still did it against the English!"

(End of this chapter)