bookcurios Chapter 439: The Traitor: Bright Moon, Drinking Alone in the Autumn
Chapter 439: The Traitor: Bright Moon, Drinking Alone in the Autumn
Li Fengmu is her cousin and also a well-known playboy in the capital.
At first, the old emperor and Prince Ning wanted to intervene and ask him to control his temper, but he was a hopeless case, so Prince Ning simply stopped having high hopes for this son.
Li Fengmu looked at Li Wenqing somewhat embarrassedly. It was the first time he saw her talking to him so calmly, and he couldn't help but feel a little distracted.
Li Wenqing didn't like him and was even a little annoyed with him, which Li Fengmu knew very well.
Li Wenqing had always been cautious, so how could he not notice his cousin's ulterior motives towards him? Feeling his sticky gaze on him, he suppressed his nausea and told him his plan to make money.
Li Fengmu agreed to Li Wenqing's request without even thinking about it.
His straightforwardness surprised Li Wenqing.
It was impossible for Li Wenqing to tell everything. He only said the first half, intending to let Li Fengmu, with the image of a dandy young man, help promote himself and do good things like making money from money.
"I still have about 70,000 taels of private money, which should be enough. As for the private money you have saved with great difficulty, just keep it well."
He said softly, "Women should always keep some money on them, so that if something happens suddenly, they can deal with it without having to beg others for help."
"Even though you are a princess, it is better to be prepared."
He frequented those romantic places all year round and was the favorite patron of the girls in the building.
Because of her good nature, good looks and status as a royal relative, she is even more popular with everyone. When chatting with others, it is inevitable that people will talk about the reasons why she fell into prostitution.
Except for some who were sold by their families or who were sent here because someone in their family committed a crime, the vast majority of women were forced to use this method to survive because they had no money.
Li Fengmu started thinking about his group of bad friends again and prepared to make some careful plans.
Although he didn't have any great abilities, he was quite clever and knew that once money was involved, things would be hard to say. If he got too close, others would suspect him of having ulterior motives.
This is just like the girls in the brothel, playing hard to get makes the customers fall in love with them, and they eagerly bring all the good things to them.
By the same token, you have to let those people taste the sweetness, and then they will beg you to tell them the way out.
Li Fengmu also felt that he could make more money this way.
He looked at Li Wenqing deeply, and after saying goodbye, he began to prepare for this matter in a hurry. He deliberately spent a large amount of money to book the top girl in the largest brothel in Bianjing City, and spent money in a very high-profile manner.
All that’s missing is a few words “I’m not short of money” written on my face!
The young masters around him are all well-off, but it is impossible for them to squander like he does. Moreover, everyone knows that King Mo will never give Li Fengmu so much money to squander.
After some thought, a few good friends set up a drinking party and invited Li Fengmu to dinner, determined to find out where he got so much money.
"Brother Mu, you've made a fortune."
Li Fengmu hugged the girl beside him with a proud look on his face, letting the girl feed him a glass of wine. He looked at the people staring at him, and raised his chin slightly: "Actually it's not bad, I just made some small money."
Everyone poured him wine attentively, and he laughed and scolded nonchalantly: "I knew you guys wouldn't come to my temple for no reason, but you don't need this little money, so there's no need to play tricks with me."
"Ah, you know that my old man is very stingy. All the expenses I spend are subsidized by my mother privately."
"That's right. My monthly salary is not enough."
When this matter was brought up, everyone began to complain that their families did not give them enough.
What can you do for free when you go out to play?
Whenever I have less money, I feel embarrassed to meet with friends and I make all kinds of excuses to avoid meeting them, for fear that others will spend money like water and do what they want while I will be restrained.
Li Fengmu was also heartbroken. His daily expenses were high and he didn't save much money. Add to that the hype during this period, and the tens of thousands of taels were not enough to spend.
Fortunately, his mother's dowry was rich enough.
After his mother passed away, the money fell into his hands and was enough to support his expenses during this period.
Those playboys asked for a long time, but Li Fengmu kept babbling and refused to give a clear answer. It was not until they got them drunk that they finally got the answer from him about how he made money.
After these people's soft and hard persuasion, Li Fengmu finally gave in. He also quietly revealed a piece of news. He pointed his finger and whispered, "This was done by someone we can't afford to offend. They used our money to do business, saying it was an investment, and then we can get dividends when we make money. Even my cousins followed suit and made a lot of money."
Some people were skeptical and carefully took some money to explore the market. As a result, they really got some of it back in the first month, and also received various small gifts.
These small gifts were not very expensive. They included the latest rouge and powder in Bianjing City, various rare things, and even invitations to spend time alone with the courtesan.
This made everyone gradually let down their guard.
After all, it would cost a lot of money to spend some time alone with the courtesan, not to mention the most beautiful courtesans in the capital in those big buildings. They would be a bit arrogant. Even if you were a noble and spent a lot of money, they might not be willing to have a drink with you.
As for what kind of business it is, there are all kinds of opinions, some even say it is going to other countries or the Western Regions.
Under various temptations, those playboys began to brainwash the people around them and invest in this business that no one knew anything about. As they saw the money they got back increasing, they became more and more obsessed.
Later on, all those noble families got involved in the Tang syndrome scam.
Tang Ran began to change the return of money from ten days to once a month, making a lot of money. Then he secretly transported the money to a place where no one knew and handed it to the soldiers who were training day and night.
Tang Ran closed the account book and couldn't help but sneer: "When the court was so poor that it didn't even have money for disaster relief, these ministers were so rich that they kept complaining about being poor every day."
The thought of this made him so angry that his teeth itched.
It is clearly recorded in this account book that many officials who seem to be low-key on weekdays are actually much richer than him, a treacherous minister.
He even sold official positions and titles and dug up people's ancestral graves, thinking of paying them salaries, fearing that they would resign because the court could not afford to pay them.
These people appear poor on the surface, but actually they live a very comfortable life, whereas he appears to live a prosperous life on the surface, but in reality he is a very miserable person.
Tang Ran and Li Wenqing did this in an extremely secretive manner, even keeping it a secret from Tang Ran's confidant Liu Deyuan.
As for Tang Yan, he had the Black Water Station in his hands and controlled the largest intelligence network in the entire Northern Qi, so naturally this matter could not be hidden from him.
Tang Yan also took the opportunity to fan the flames and found a lot of storytellers to spread the news everywhere, hoping to get a lot of funding to expand Heishui Station, and it would be best if he could tightly integrate Heishui Station into other countries.