Chapter 21: Smart Pixiu
He Jin carried Mr. Chen with a look of indifference, while Shen Xiu'er led Xiao Yue'er to hold the mattress and quilt behind her. Just as the neighbors were surprised, she returned home.
Fortunately, I haven't finished work yet, otherwise I would have seen this scene and I would have been 100% fried meat with brooms and lumps.
After getting to his house, He Jin threw the old man onto the kang and said, "Master Chen, you should believe me now, right?"
At this time, Mr. Chen Ming's eyes suddenly shone with brilliance.
Because as soon as he entered the house, he felt a heat around him, which was much higher than the colder temperature outside. Even after sitting on the warm kang, he had the urge to take off his clothes with a hot and hot feeling.
"Boy He, you really made a fire kang?"
The old man said this, but he actually believed it. After getting off the kang, he looked at the burning stove, and saw the boiling copper pot sitting on the stove, and his eyes were lit.
At this time, He Jin also took out a pack of good Yuqian Longjing - yes... I have to thank Shen Xiuer for her white and rich beauty for sending such gifts last time. Otherwise, how could she be so handsome when she entertained Mr. Chen this time?
The black and gray tea leaves gradually stretch and smudge in the hot water, making a cup of tea rich and clear, and the smell is as fragrant as orchid.
Mr. Chen held this cup of tea and sat on the kang with his legs crossed. Looking at the scenery that did not exist outside the window, he couldn't help but feel aroused and recited a poem by Bai Juyi: "Green ants are fresh wine, red mud stove. It's time to snow in the evening, can you drink a cup without a drink?"
After he finished reading, he took a sip of tea and sighed: "Boy, you are so vulgar that you can't see any connection with elegance. But this trouble has made the winter feel as good as you should!"
He Jin is really a vulgar. He can’t figure out how an old man can recite the poem about drinking while drinking tea? Moreover, does the so-called elegant taste need to be burned out without money?
But it doesn't matter, the important thing is... business!
So he said straight to the point: "Master Chen, do you think this is a surprise?"
"Of course!"
Chen Ming is from Jinhua and is a little older. What he can't stand when he comes to Zhangde Mansion is the cold cold in the Central Plains. Unexpectedly, he discovered such a cold-resistant artifact today. How could he not be surprised if he was surprised?
And now he understood that He Jin had someone smashed his earth-collapse bed, just to put on a new kang for him... This kid is so sensible!
"Do you still want to, this surprise comes even bigger?"
"Hmm?..." The old man took another sip of tea and looked at He Jin in confusion.
He Jin quickly refilled the old man again and said with a smile: "Master Chen, let the two craftsmen do the job of putting a kang for you. But you didn't realize that the eldest lady of the Shen family has been following us?"
Chen Ming had been worried about losing his later years, but he didn't realize this.
After He Jin reminded him, he suddenly felt strange: Yes, when did this kid get into a relationship with Shen Xiuer, a legendary business woman in Cizhou?
At this time, Shen Xiuer, under He Jin's instructions, stepped forward and said, "To be honest, Master Chen, the Shen family has reached an agreement with He Guanren on this kang. This time, I specially asked you to experiment with it in order to make the business better..."
He Jin took the opportunity to insert the needle and said with a smile: "Sir Chen, we are helping you..."
Yue'er, who was standing beside her, couldn't help but tremble when she heard these familiar words, and her eyes became clear: Alas, it's a sin, He Guanren has started to fool people again...
Sure enough, Chen Ming didn't realize it at all, but instead asked in surprise: "Business? Do you want to turn this kang into a business?"
"Yes."
"Of course not!"
Shen Xiu'er and He Jin spoke at the same time. As soon as he finished speaking, He Jin glared at Shen Xiu'er with dissatisfaction, signaling that this trick of fooling people would still let him do it.
"Sir Chen, this kang can obviously make the people of Cizhou have no good deeds that will be troubled by the cold winter. How can such a beautiful thing that benefits a state of the state be a despicable and vulgar business?"
"This is clearly a generous gift that we have carefully given you. It is to make you respect and trust in front of the master!"
As soon as these words were finished, Shen Xiu'er couldn't help but open her cherry mouth and looked at He Jin in shock: He, He Jin, in terms of tricking people, you are just a few streets away from the little girl! What she said is so... so good, so touching the heartstrings of people!
Yes, Mr. Chen and Yao Jingtangzun, are currently just half-way couples and do not have too deep bonds.
Although Chen Ming took He Jin's plan last time and at least fooled Yao Jing, in Yao Jing's view, Chen Ming could only use such a safe plan.
But at this time, Chen Ming presented another good deed to benefit a state, and the situation would be different.
This shows that Chen Ming is far-sighted and takes every step. At least, he is also a mature staff member with a specific style. Once such an image is established, how could Yao Jing not look at Chen Ming in a different way?
So, at this time, Chen Ming couldn't wait to ask He Jin, just like a fish that swallowed the bait, "What do you... want to do?"
He Jin and Shen Xiu'er couldn't help but smile at each other... Well, the smiles between the two cats were like the fish that were coming ashore.
Next, of course, He Da fooled and told their plans. Chen Ming, who was on the kang, felt dizzy as if he was drinking a good wine.
Finally, after He Jin finished speaking, the old man couldn't help but slapped his thigh: "He Jin, why are you so smart? Through the bridge between me and the master, this kang has been turned into a unique business. You are really... such a smart Pixiu!"
Pixiu is shaped like a tiger and leopard, and has a dragon head and tail, which is a fierce and powerful auspicious beast in mythology. This kind of divine beast legend has money in and out of money, and is regarded as a symbol of wealth collection.
And He Jin is greedy and lustful, cunning and conspiring... To Shen Xiuer, Chen Ming's metaphor for "smart Pixiu" is really too appropriate!
But He Jin obviously didn't care about Pixiu Taotie. He heard that Chen Ming was moved, so he took the opportunity to add another layer of chips: "Sir Chen, of course, this matter will not make you work in vain. After the matter is completed, you will have half a share of the dividends of the profits of the Pizhou Fire Kang!"
As soon as he said this, Old Man Chen's face suddenly turned red, and he suddenly shook his face and said, "He Jin, do you think I am a greedy and profit-loving person like you?! If you want to bribe me, you should die as soon as possible!"
Seeing that things turned sharply, Shen Xiuer couldn't help but feel at a loss: she knew that the most difficult juncture was this. If this business wanted to be completed, she had to let Mr. Chen and Yao Tangzun share the share. Otherwise, if people only think that the business is good, but they don't take responsibility, what's the use?
However, in a hurry, Shen Xiu'er found that she couldn't think of any words to answer correctly, so she couldn't help but look at He Jin next to her for help.
Unexpectedly, He Jin was in a hurry at all, but he slowly continued to add water to Chen Ming and said, "Mr. Chen is noble and honest, and is famous in Cizhou. The boy has always admired him. However, this matter must not be confused with bribery."
He Jin knew that his dialogue with Chen Ming at this time was actually a preview of Chen Ming's persuasion to tempt Yao Jing tomorrow.
So he became more cautious and thoughtful, and continued to say: "The so-called bribery is colluding with officials and businessmen, which harms the public and benefit themselves. The boy dared to ask Master Chen, "Will anyone have any interests be damaged when doing this kang business?"
"Of course..." Chen Ming was about to speak for granted, but as soon as he said two words, others were stunned: Yes, whose interests have been damaged in this matter?
The kang business that He Jin and the Shen family cooperated is nothing more than...a business. Those who want to buy kang can naturally take it, but no one forces them to buy it.
Moreover, the fire kang consumes labor and materials, so that the people in winter will no longer be cold... This is a natural thing to give people money and get fire kangs. It is impossible to make the Shen family lose money and bring warmth to the people of the whole province, right?
The Ming Dynasty emphasized agriculture and suppressed commerce, but the Shen family did not commit any crime. Why did they kill the rich and help the poor? No matter how cruel and ruthless the rules were, they could not be so unreasonable.
After holding it in for a long time, Chen Ming grabbed his beard and only came up with an excuse: "This is a matter of benefiting the people, all the merchants in the county should work together. If you want to get the protection of the state yamen and occupy all the business of the Cizhou kang, isn't it greedy?"
"Oh?..." He Jin couldn't help but say strangely: "Master Chen, I figured out this kang. In order to benefit the people of all Cizhou, I thought about cooperating with the Shen family to do this business. And what did the other merchants do?"
"They didn't think about the kang, but they could rob me of the results when the business was profitable without spending any cost?"
"So greedy and unreasonable, the world is corrupt. If everyone imitates it, what will Cizhou look like?...... Mr. Chen, are you trying to encourage all the people of Cizhou to be cheating and cheating, harming others and making good for themselves?"
"This, this..." Chen Ming was confused and couldn't figure it out when he grabbed his beard: Why did He Jin explain it like this?
After struggling for more than a long time, he seemed to finally figure it out.
So he spoke out in a daze: "Well, um...Boy He, what you mentioned just now is half-component dividend..... Still, is it counting?"
"Of course, it's up. Didn't I say that, Master Chen..." He Jin couldn't help but smile brightly and spit out his classic lines: "I'm helping you... if you have money, do you make money!"
Chapter completed!