Chapter 115 I have some friendship with Zhongxian
Yun Zhao was shocked when he saw this. He reached out and touched Wang An's forehead with concern and said, "Master, what's wrong with you? Didn't you sleep well last night?"
Wang An nodded sadly. The feeling of sitting on a mountain of treasures but returning empty-handed made him feel worse than death. However, between living a life worse than death and actually dying, Wang An still chose to live in pain.
Wang An kept comforting himself and building up his mental strength.
After all, he is now a small boss, running a herbal medicine shop, a promising coal warehouse, and two coal mines.
Although half of the shares belong to my cousin, four of them are worth nearly 30,000 taels!
Why risk your life to covet a cruel and ruthless eunuch?
After figuring it out, Wang An said hoarsely: "Let's go back to Doujiafang and find some neighbors, and we'll move back..."
Yun Zhao was surprised and asked, "But Master, it's only been three days since we moved here!"
Wang An waved his hand and said, "It's okay. The master will find a better one. Don't ask about the rest."
Seeing Wang An's firm attitude, Yun Zhao said no more and just walked out reluctantly.
Wang An knew that Yunzhao was also reluctant to leave this house.
Sighing slightly, Wang An could only blame himself for not being strong enough. Suddenly, the desire to climb to a higher peak came into his mind.
But after just thinking about it for a moment, he gave up. After all, Wang An knew very well his own strengths and weaknesses.
Although he has a vision that far exceeds that of this era, it does not mean that Wang An is better than anyone else of this era.
It is like if you hold a book on universal gravitation and travel back to the day before Newton discovered universal gravitation. You can never become a greater scientist than Newton.
At best, it just gave Wang An the ability to seek good fortune and avoid harm, and that was only in the overall situation.
He was unable to even seek good fortune and avoid harm at the micro level. For example, Wang An knew that Wei Zhongxian had a lot of money, but who could know where Wei Zhongxian hid the money?
But if he is given enough time, perhaps he can gain something.
Wang An looked down at his feet with regret, but he no longer had enough time to look for it.
Just as he was feeling lost and distraught, Xiaowu and Xiaoliu suddenly ran over and shouted, "Master, Master, the young master is here to see you!"
Wang An looked up and saw that it was Chongzhen and Wang Chengen.
When Chongzhen saw Wang An, he immediately smiled and said, "Brother, you didn't tell me in advance that you were moving, so I could prepare a gift in advance!"
Wang An rolled his eyes in annoyance and said, "How dare you say that? You've been elusive all day long. I asked you to buy a house and settle down in the capital, but you always laughed it off."
Chongzhen laughed again and said, "How can I care about my family when the world is not at peace?"
Wang An curled his lips and said, "You are just a businessman, and you care about whether the world is fair or not. People who don't know you would think you are the emperor."
Chongzhen scratched his head with a guilty conscience and immediately changed the subject: "Brother, why do you look haggard? Is there anything bothering you? Please tell me."
Wang An sighed, pulled Chongzhen to sit on the marble bench in the middle of the backyard, and sighed, "My dear brother, you just said you wanted to congratulate me on my new home. Now it seems that I was right not to invite you."
Chongzhen frowned slightly and asked in confusion: "Brother, what do you mean by this? Don't you consider me as your own family?"
Chongzhen said this while making an angry expression.
Wang An waved his hands and said, "Brother and uncle are my only blood relatives in this world. How could I not treat you as my own family?" "But I have only lived here for two days, and now I have to move again!"
As he spoke, Wang An told the story of Wei Zhongxian.
After saying that, he let out a heartbroken sigh.
I feel half sorry for the house, and half sorry for the potential treasure.
However, when Chongzhen heard this, he and Wang Chengen looked at each other with strange expressions.
I didn't expect that Wang An's purchase of a house would be related to Wei Zhongxian. It can't be said to be a coincidence.
However, when Chongzhen heard that Wang An was worried about this matter, he burst into laughter.
Wang An immediately said angrily: "I finally bought this satisfactory house, but now I have to move because of Wei Zhongxian's power, and you are still gloating over my misfortune!"
Chongzhen quickly stopped laughing and nervously explained: "Brother, please don't misunderstand me. There is a reason why I am laughing."
"What's the reason?" Wang An said unhappily.
Chongzhen thought for a moment and made up a lie in his mind: "Brother, don't you always say that Beijing is not safe and the Jiannu may attack at any time?"
"So what?" Wang An didn't understand. What did Jin Nu's attack have to do with Chongzhen's laughter?
But Chongzhen said: "I listened to your advice, so I sent people to Jiangnan to do the official salt business."
"Wei Zhongxian happened to be in charge of the salt tax in Jiangnan, so it was inevitable that we had some interactions, and we could be considered to have some friendship."
"I think it's just a house with three entrances. I will ask Wei Zhongxian in Yunnan to help me. I'm sure he will give me some face."
Wang An was a little surprised. He didn't expect that his cousin had built such a big business without making any noise.
Not only did he run a medicinal materials business in Liaodong, he was also developing it in Beijing and exploring the Jiangnan market, and he even wanted to get involved in the official salt business.
Everyone knows that salt merchants in the feudal era were the most profitable. If my cousin really became a salt merchant...
Damn, this thigh is thicker than I thought!
Wang An's eyes immediately lit up, but just as he was about to ask Chongzhen to discuss things with Wei Zhongxian on his behalf, his eyes dimmed again.
Although this cousin of his was just an ordinary house transaction, Wang An had already vaguely guessed that Wei Zhongxian had to pay double the price to buy back the house, most likely because there was something hidden in the house.
If nothing unexpected happens, these things must be extremely valuable. What kind of friendship could make Wei Zhongxian give up half his life's belongings?
However, his cousin had good intentions after all, so he didn't want to attack him directly, so he bowed and said, "Then I'll trouble you, brother. But if Wei Zhongxian doesn't want to, don't force it, lest you anger him and lose more than you gain."
Chongzhen agreed perfunctorily because he didn't believe Wei Zhongxian would dare to refuse him.
Therefore, in his heart, the troubles of his brother were bound to disappear.
So he passed over the matter and was about to ask Wang An something when Xiaowu and Xiaoliu walked in with gloomy faces.
"Master, those weirdos outside the door yesterday are here again."
Wang An and the others stood up, pulled Chongzhen up and said, "It must be Wei Zhongxian who has arrived. Let's go and greet him together, my dear brother!"
(End of this chapter)