NFBE Chapter 138: Tips
Chapter 138: Tips
Chapter 138: Guiding Xiao Shi
Seeing that it was getting late, Liuli's voice soon came from outside the door. Buerhe quietly left to arrange for dinner. At this time, Yinreng hurriedly dragged Yinzhen to the study in the front yard. Xiaojiu's mouth was almost watering, and his eyes were shining as he looked at the saltpeter. He couldn't bear to look at it. Better to get away from the saltpeter quickly, otherwise, if the fourth brother and the tenth brother came, he was afraid that Yinzhen would ruin his image.
Being dragged away by the crown prince, Yinzhen, gradually moving away from the dream stone, wanted to resist, but was stopped by Yinreng's words, "Tenth brother will be here soon." He was the elder brother, so he had to save face for a while. However, he quickly ordered his personal servant, "Hurry up and hold the stone tightly for me. Take it back to the palace immediately. You go in person."
The servant did not care about being scolded, but obediently and happily wrapped up the saltpeter, then trotted out of Yuqing Palace and returned to the Ninth Prince's residence in the South Third House.
Arriving at the gate of Yuqing Palace, he ran into the Fourth Prince and the Tenth Prince who were there for the banquet. The Tenth Prince was more familiar with the Ninth Prince, and they were as close as a pair of trousers. Of course, when he saw the Ninth Prince's personal servant, he recognized him immediately: "Li Dejin, what are you holding in your arms?"
Li Dejin knew that the Tenth Prince was his master's best brother, but he didn't dare reveal anything to his wife without his master's instructions. However, it was still feasible to reveal a little about what his master had said: "I pay my respects to the Fourth Prince and the Tenth Prince. In reply to the Tenth Prince, this is the gem given to the master by the Crown Princess."
Hearing about the gem, and such a big one at that, even Yinzhen looked at him with surprise. Li Dejin knew they had misunderstood and quickly explained in a low voice: "Hey, it's just a piece of stone."
Now the brothers understood. It looked like a rough stone, but it must have gemstones inside, which was why the Crown Princess had given it to Little Nine/Nine Brother. But thinking about the Crown Princess's recent business partnership with the Ninth Prince, they both understood. This must be their next product. It was already private enough up to this point, and the brothers knew their limits. After satisfying their curiosity, they stopped asking questions and let Li Dejin go, continuing on their way to Yuqing Palace.
When he was about to reach the South Third and Fourth Houses, Li Dejin ran into the Eighth Prince who had just returned from an outing. Li Dejin quickly knelt down and saluted: "Your servant greets the Eighth Prince. May the Eighth Prince be blessed with good fortune."
The Eighth Prince, who was about to nod and pass by, suddenly paused and asked: "You are serving the Ninth Brother, right? Why are you here?"
Li Dejin quickly lowered his head and replied, "Eighth Prince, I am Li Dejin who serves our master. I am here to deliver something back to the station for our master."
Yinsi was curious. His ninth brother usually took this servant with him when he went out. Why did he let him come back alone today? So he asked curiously, "Where is my ninth brother? When will he come back today?"
Li Dejin was in a dilemma. He was the Ninth Prince's personal servant. He knew everything that had happened between his master and the Eighth Prince. Ever since his master took up his post at the Ministry of Revenue, he and the Eighth Prince had become increasingly distant. Furthermore, he was still angry about the Eighth Prince's men stealing the credit without warning.
He was not sure whether his master would be willing to interact with the Eighth Prince again. Besides, the Crown Prince had said today in Yuqing Palace that he would not return until he was drunk. It seemed that he would not have time to meet the Eighth Prince tonight.
Li Dejin's embarrassment was written all over his face, making it hard for Eighth Prince Yinsi to ignore it. The Eighth Prince's face also looked unhappy: "But what's going on, Ninth Brother? You don't have time tonight?"
Realizing that he had neglected the Eighth Prince, Li Dejin quickly knelt down to apologize: "This servant was distracted. I deserve to die. Please don't blame me, Eighth Prince. The truth is, I just remembered that our master is having a party with several masters in Yuqing Palace today, and he probably won't have time tonight..."
Li Dejin didn't say the rest of the words, but the Eighth Prince had already understood. He didn't expect that Xiaojiu was so close to Yuqing Palace now, and now they were drinking and chatting together. The Eighth Prince had put the matter of bringing Xiaojiu and Xiaoshi back to his camp on the agenda.
I originally thought that with their many years of relationship, Xiaojiu and Xiaoshi would definitely support me, but I didn't expect that they wanted to jump away now. However, when I thought about the fact that I haven't expressed my attitude until now, maybe Xiaojiu doesn't like the eldest brother. If I said that I wanted to fight, I think Xiaojiu would definitely turn to support me.
At this moment, the Eighth Prince simply ignored the fact that he had offended Concubine Yi in order to increase the power of Prince An's Mansion in the past two years. He also forgot that a few days ago, he supported his eldest brother and together they snatched the cashier in front of Yinzhen in the Qianqing Palace.
Seeing that the Eighth Prince had no other instructions, Li Dejin quickly said goodbye and left. He still had to arrange the things arranged by his master. His master treasured this stone so much, so he had to hide it well and let as few people know about it as possible. The Fourth Beile and the Tenth Prince were fine, because they were the master's close brothers after all, but the Eighth Prince might not be so now.
Fortunately, the Eighth Prince was now immersed in the idea of how to paint a rosy picture for the Ninth and Tenth Princes. He had no curiosity about what Li Dejin was holding in his arms, so he waved his hand and let him go.
In the study in the front yard of Yuqing Palace, the four brothers gathered together alone for the first time, especially the Tenth Prince. This was his first time to attend such a small group gathering, and it also meant that he officially joined the Prince's Party.
"Your Highness, I pay my respects to you. May your Highness be blessed with good fortune."
Yinreng had no intention of showing off his power. He walked up to Yincheng and personally helped him up. "We are brothers. From now on, there is no need to be so polite. Just call me Second Brother."
Seeing Yinzhen nodding to him from behind Yinreng, Yinzhen called out crisply, "Second brother."
"Oh, that's right. We are brothers, so we should be more respectful from now on. When you come to Yuqing Palace, you should treat it as your own family." Yinreng was very satisfied with Yinzhen, his future helper. Even though this brother seemed to have no big ambitions and had no great achievements in his previous life, it was because he had not found a job that suited him.
If Yinreng were to say, if Yinreng had not followed Xiaoba wholeheartedly in his previous life, the Emperor would definitely have fulfilled his wish and placed him in the Ministry of War. Even if he was not given military power, it would have been feasible to place him in the camp outside the capital.
However, thinking of his vigilance against these brothers in his previous life, Yinreng knew that even if Xiao Shi had the ambition in his previous life, he would not agree with him doing practical things. After all, based on his status in his previous life, he was a great threat to him.
Yin? had not expected that the prince would have such an attitude towards him. In his inherent thinking, he and the prince were natural rivals. However, when he thought about the time when his mother passed away and the prince brought his brothers to comfort and enlighten him, Yin? felt that perhaps the prince had never had any hostility towards him from the beginning, and all the previous things might have been misunderstandings.
Yinreng didn't care about Yin? What do you think now? As long as he can subdue Xiaojiu, Xiaoshi will not be a problem for him.
Yinreng: "Come and sit down, my brothers and I need to discuss where to start with the cash collection."
Yin was very curious: "Second brother, isn't this matter taken over by eldest brother and eighth brother? Is there no point in talking about this now?"
He had originally planned to get involved, and then make a contribution, and if nothing else, get a title, which would make him look good when he got married. But who knew the unexpected would come so quickly? He had just told his ninth brother about it, and he had agreed, but the job was snatched away by his eldest and eighth brothers, and the credit he had earned was gone.
Yinreng smiled without saying anything, picked up the teacup, took a sip, and motioned Xiaojiu to explain.
The Ninth Prince also understood his younger brother, whom he had grown up with. Although he didn't seem very bright, he was one of those people who was very wise. He might not understand the small details, but the general idea was basically correct. However, as for the cashier thing, it was no wonder that he didn't understand it. If it weren't for the explanation given by the Second Prince earlier, he would probably have been in the dark and confused.
Yinzhen: "This matter of collecting the debts will eventually return to our hands. Tenth brother, let me test you. Who are those people who owe the money?"
Yin Yu was unconvinced: "Ninth brother, do you think your younger brother is stupid? Of course, there are more people like us Eight Banners. Do you need your younger brother to answer such a simple question?"
Yinzhen looked at the Tenth Prince with admiration, which made him swallow the complaints he was about to say. Yinzhen continued to ask: "Then do you think that the eldest brother and the eighth brother of the Eight Banners can be ruthless enough to deal with them directly? Can all the money be recovered?"
Yin was silent. Most of the Eight Banners descendants were now following his eldest brother. Even he, who didn't care about political affairs, knew that his eldest brother would never sever his own ties with the government. Without the support of these people, what could he use to compete with his second brother? Military achievements? Offspring?
As for Myna, he presents the image of a good old man to the outside world. Once the families of the Eight Banners become tough, Myna will definitely say "OK, OK, OK, OK". He will never do something like going straight to demand the debt, let alone take the lead.
Yinzhen: "It seems that you, Tenth Brother, have also understood. So how much money do you think we can get back from the likes of Big Brother and Eighth Brother?"
Yin hesitated: "At least I can get back a few million, right?" He didn't dare to say more. According to this analysis, tens of millions was definitely impossible.
Yinreng shook his head, and Yinzhen and Yin'er also shook their heads. Seeing this, Yinzhen continued to guess: "One or two million?" This should be enough this time. After all, this is what the emperor wants. They should get some back, right?
Seeing that his three brothers were silent, Yin Yan swallowed his saliva and said, "Is it possible that I can't even get back one million?"
Yinzhen gave a direct answer: "In my opinion, they may not even be able to recover 500,000 yuan."
Yin Yu said, "That can't be right. The Emperor already knows about this. Those ministers can't just return this little bit for the sake of Big Brother and Eighth Brother's face."
Yinzhen smiled mysteriously, "Tenth brother, tenth brother, you are still too young. The Emperor knows what's going on, but he hasn't directly ordered them to pay back the money. Big brother and Eighth brother have face, but these people who borrowed the money are all in cahoots with Big brother. If Big brother directly asks them to pay back the money, will they continue to support Big brother? Moreover, these people are all in cahoots. As long as one family dares to start, believe it or not, it won't be long before that family will suffer retaliation. Because Big brother and Eighth brother are in charge of this matter, they will pay back a little for the sake of Mingzhu and Prince An, but the total amount will definitely not exceed 500,000 silver."
Seeing Yinzhen bragging in front of Yinzhen and repeating what Yinreng had said a few days ago, Yinreng and Yinzhen looked at each other in amusement, neither of them exposing Yinzhen's little trick. Anyway, if they were to explain it themselves, it would basically be the same words, letting Yinzhen have a good time, just like loving his younger brother.
Yin finally understood why the second prince had immediately discussed how to collect the money. It seemed he had anticipated that his eldest brother and his team wouldn't succeed this time. However, he still had a question: "But, this matter has already been handed over to my eldest brother and his team. Even if they only collect a few hundred thousand, that's still the debt. How can this work be returned to us?"
This time, Yinreng spoke first, and his next words were more convincing. After all, when it came to understanding the Emperor, it was still up to him, the Crown Prince, to understand him. "Regarding this debt, even though the Emperor hasn't issued an imperial decree yet and has only ordered the eldest brother and others to collect, if they only get back a few hundred thousand, the Emperor will surely be furious. If their reputation is hurt and they don't return the money, what do you think the Emperor will do?"
Yin replied subconsciously: "I want the money. I must get it back."
Yinreng: "That's right. By then, the Emperor's decision will not waver, his attitude will be even more resolute, and his methods will not be soft. What do you think? If I take you to ask for mercy again, will the Emperor hand the matter over to us?"
Yin's eyes sparkled: "Yes, absolutely!"