The two looked at each other and the atmosphere was a little subtle.
Bai Yi lowered her head shyly, and Fang Zhengyi rubbed her head vigorously a few times.
He rubbed out a chicken coop and cleverly broke the awkwardness.
Then he turned to Zhang Biao and said, "Where did Xiao Tao and the others go? Find her and we'll stop here today. Let's send Li Yuan home first."
Afterwards, Li Yuanzhao was sent back reluctantly, and Fang Zheng and his party returned home.
After returning home, they sat around the table again.
But everyone's eyes were fixed on a pile of messy banknotes and a cloth bag on the table.
Fang Zhengyi's eyes turned green, and he quickly asked, "Hurry up! How much money is it in total?"
Everyone started to count in a hurry, and soon the numbers were counted.
All the things added up to a grand total of 40,455 taels!
Upon hearing this number, everyone except Fang Zhengyi was shocked. They had not expected that there were so many wealthy young men in the capital. The rings and necklaces were sold for more than 300 pieces.
It is unimaginable that one can earn more than 40,000 taels of silver just by retail overnight.
Fang Zheng touched his chin and smiled. The purchasing power of the people in Beijing was indeed strong. He was afraid that the extra glass rings he had ordered could not be sold openly in the market for the time being.
Turning to Xiao Tao, he said, "Go out and spread the news tomorrow. Find a few more dealers and say that you are looking for diamond rings and diamond necklaces at a high price!"
Xiao Tao said depressedly, "Master, this is not good... I heard when I was shopping that you were selling this thing under the banner of the prince. If someone finds out, will you get into trouble?"
Fang Zheng glared at him and said, "Just go if I tell you to. I know what I'm doing, young master."
The diamond ring caused such a big commotion that it was impossible for Emperor Jing not to know about it.
Fang Zheng had known what was going on since early on, and was just waiting to take the initiative tomorrow. Who wouldn't be confused when seeing these tens of thousands of taels of silver?
Lufa was shocked and said, "Master, what on earth are we selling that is so expensive?"
He ran the fastest at that time and found a brothel far away. Zhang Biao couldn't find him. After finishing the job, he returned to the Zangxiang Pavilion and saw that everyone had left, so he went back to Fang's house on his own.
Fang Zhengyi smiled and said, "What else could it be? It's a specialty of our Taoyuan County."
Lufa wondered, "Does Taoyuan County still have such expensive specialties?"
Fang Zheng picked up the cloth bag on the table and shook it. Suddenly, a large number of diamond rings and necklaces poured out and covered the entire table.
Bai Yi's face suddenly fell...
"Isn't this glass? Young Master, you are awesome!" Lufa was full of admiration, and then he said carefully: "Young Master, can you give me some? I also want to go out and sell some to make some money..."
"No! These things are very useful to me, young master. You have no real work to do all day long. You don't know how to work hard to make money and just want to take shortcuts. Have you forgotten what I taught you? Don't you know how to be down-to-earth?"
"Zhang Biao, go educate him!"
Lufa was carried away by Zhang Biao with a sad face.
Then Fang Zheng turned to Xiao Tao and said, "Remember to find more people to drive up the price of the diamond ring, and then make as much money as you can!"
Xiao Tao hesitated and said, "Master, is it really okay to do this?"
"Of course it's no problem! Even if the sky falls, the prince will hold it up. What we are doing is called robbing the rich to help the poor. Let's do it..."
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The next day, the Imperial Study
There were 20,000 taels of silver on Emperor Jing's desk, and Fang Zhengyi was sitting in front of him with a smile on his face.
Emperor Jing knew the answer but still asked, "Fang Qing, what does this mean? Could it be that this is the tax refund from Taoyuan County?"
"Your Majesty, this money was earned from a business transaction between me and the Crown Prince yesterday. I feel uneasy about giving it to the Crown Prince, so it is more reliable to give it to Your Majesty."
Emperor Jing showed a delighted look on his face: "Oh, is that true? Then I will accept it on behalf of the Crown Prince. I wonder what business Fang Qing is doing?"
Fang Zheng took a step forward and placed a ring on Emperor Jing's desk: "Your Majesty, please take a look. This is exactly the thing. Yesterday, the price of one ring was around 100 taels."
Emperor Jing picked up the ring and looked at it carefully, praising it: "It is dazzling and extraordinary! It is really not an ordinary item! It is worth the price!"
As soon as Emperor Jing finished speaking, Fang Zhengyi took out a cloth bag from his waist, grabbed a handful of rings from the bag, and placed them on the imperial desk.
Emperor Jing looked at the densely packed glass rings on the table, his eyes twitched twice, and then he fell silent.
After a while, he slowly spoke: "Fang Qing, what is the true value of this item?"
"Excluding labor costs, one ounce of silver can probably make a dozen or twenty rings. As for the gemstones on them, they are called glass and are made in Taoyuan County... To put it bluntly, they are worthless."
"I am planning to replace all the window paper in Taoyuan County with this glass recently."
“..............”
Emperor Jing was shocked and looked at Fang Zhengyi in doubt.
Yesterday he received a secret report that the prince and Fang Zhengyi were selling diamond rings in the city. He also heard that the diamond was an accidental gain for the prince and was extremely rare.
Emperor Jing was wondering at the time that if the prince had such a treasure, he should have shown it off to the whole world, so how could he not know about it.
But if you think about it, you will know that it was Fang Zhengyi's doing.
But he never imagined that this thing could be so deceptive! It looked extremely expensive, but in fact it was worthless! ?
In that case...isn't Fang Zhengyi getting something for nothing?
Looking at the densely packed diamond rings on the table, as well as the twenty thousand taels of silver notes, Emperor Jing felt a little complicated for a moment, and after a long while he spoke, "Isn't Fang Qing lying..."
Fang Zheng waved his hand and said, "Your Majesty, what are you talking about? How can this be called a lie?"
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