mtl008 Chapter 116: Within 52, the drumsticks never stop
Chapter 116: Within 52, the drumsticks never stop
On the way back to the palace, Chujiu was driving the car. She, who was usually taciturn, suddenly asked, "Your Majesty, the eldest brother just asked me if I am willing to marry him and give birth to his children."
Lu Xi was almost falling asleep in the carriage, but when he heard these words, he immediately perked up.
"What? Chuyi proposed to you?"
Chujiu was silent for a while: "It seems so."
"Yes it is, no it is not, why does it still seem like that?"
Chujiu's face was slightly hot: "What he said should be regarded as a proposal to me, but judging from his attitude, it seems like he was just saying it casually."
Lu Xi was also stunned. She recalled that when Ling Chuan proposed to her, his attitude was quite sincere, so she said, "Just pretend he didn't say anything. How can we just be perfunctory about such an important matter in life?"
After that, she snorted again: "Tell him to come to the palace when he is free. I will ask him for you personally."
"Your Majesty, what if he really is asking casually?"
"Then..." Lu Xi suddenly realized a problem: "Chujiu, are you willing to marry your senior brother?"
Chujiu was silent for a moment before he hummed softly.
Lu Xi opened his mouth, but swallowed the words back. The goddess may have the intention, but the king may not realize it. If he summoned Chuyi to the palace but he denied it, then he would be doing something bad with good intentions.
So she changed the topic and said, "Why not ask Ling Chuan about this matter? He has a lot of tricks up his sleeve."
On the other side, Ling Chuan had turned off the lights and gone to sleep upstairs. Suddenly, he felt a person standing beside the bed. He was so scared that he sat up. In the moonlight, Ling Chuan saw the familiar silhouette and asked, "Chu Yi, is that you?"
"it's me!"
Ling Chuan finally breathed a sigh of relief: "Master Chu, if you scare someone, they will kill them. You stood at the head of my bed in the dark, and I thought a ghost was coming to arrest me."
Chuyi said quietly: "If you don't do anything wrong, you don't have to worry about ghosts knocking on your door."
"I……"
Ling Chuan was almost choked and couldn't breathe. After a while, he asked unhappily, "It's the middle of the night. If you have something to say, just tell me."
"I just proposed to Chujiu."
"Really?"
Ling Chuan jumped up from the bed and moved closer to Chu Yi: "What did she say?"
"She said she would think about it."
Ling Chuan nodded slightly: "She said that if she considers it, there is a chance. Girls are shy. Tell me what you said at that time, and what was her expression when she said she would consider it?"
Ling Chuan said this as he went to light the oil lamp.
Chuyi said calmly, "I just suddenly remembered what you said on the boat, so I walked over and said it casually."
Ling Chuan almost knocked over the oil lamp in his hand: "You just said it casually? She also said she would think about it?"
Chuyi replied: "Yes."
"Bullshit, if I were Chujiu, I would spit in your face." Ling Chuan rolled his eyes at him and said, "With your attitude, Chujiu said he would consider it, so this matter is most likely to be done."
"So what should I do next?"
"Do you understand the three matchmakers and six betrothal gifts? Ask your family to bring the betrothal gifts to propose marriage."
“We have no family.”
"..."
Ling Chuan choked again, thinking that there were only single people in Zhongnan Mountain? Why did they all seem to be ignorant of the ways of the world?
"Then you have to find your master."
Chu nodded: "I understand."
"Wait a minute." Ling Chuan stopped Chu Yi who was already standing outside the window and said, "Tell me first, is it because of what I said that you wanted to propose marriage, or is it because you really like Chu Jiu?"
Chuyi stood at the window and replied after a long while: "I don't know either."
Hearing this, Ling Chuan waved his hand and said, "Go, go, go play somewhere else. Children shouldn't play adult games."
Everyone on the first day of the new year had already jumped out, but when he heard Ling Chuan's words, he reached out to grab the railing outside the window and turned back: "I'm older than you."
"Tsk, I can be your master in this matter."
Chuyi thought for a moment and said, “You’re right.” Then he jumped down.
Oh shit, is this guy trying to point at me?
……
Although it has been less than ten days since the sugar futures incident, Guangfenghao has already started to build momentum.
Those wealthy families who were not short of money found that the price of Guangfenghao's sugar had actually increased by twenty taels. Now a pound of sugar cost thirty taels of silver.
Thirty taels of silver per pound of sugar. The servants from the wealthy families who came to buy were all stunned. This was simply a sky-high price. Who could afford it?
Some old customers privately asked Liu Quan when the price of sugar would drop.
However, Liu Quan told them that if the mansion was not short of silver, they should buy more, because the price would go up in a few days. Even the price of thirty taels was only given to take care of old customers, and it was only five hundred kilograms at most.
Some people believed it, and some people didn't.
Some people think that thirty taels of silver per pound is affordable, while others think that the price is too expensive.
But after just two days, the 500 kilograms of sugar were sold out. Two days later, a notice was posted in front of Guangfenghao, stating that the price of sugar was 60 taels per kilogram, with a limit of 1,000 kilograms.
Everyone was stunned. The sugar tasted good, but we had gone through times when there was no sugar. Who was crazy enough to spend sixty taels of silver to buy a pound of sugar?
However, just when everyone was expressing doubts, Longchang Grain Shop made a move and directly bought 500 kilograms of sugar in front of a crowd of onlookers without bargaining for a penny.
This aroused everyone's curiosity. Everyone in the capital knew that Longchang Grain Shop was the property of the Ning Prince's Mansion. Even if the Ning Prince's Mansion was not short of money, it would not buy so much sugar to take home.
Thinking back to the price of thirty taels two days ago, those who were quick-witted began to ponder the reason behind it.
Zhao Youtang and Shi Xing were even more surprised when they knew the inside story. They each bought 100 kilograms of sugar for 30 taels.
At the beginning, they promised Lingchuan that they would get involved, but they didn't say how much. They thought it was just a token of their appreciation, after all, the Guangfeng only released 500 kilograms at the beginning.
So when they found out that the price of sugar had risen to sixty taels, they rushed to Yunfu Ji to have tea with Lingchuan, wanting to ask whether they could sell it at the doubled price.
"Sold it?" Ling Chuan glanced at the two and said, "Have you two never seen silver? Let's expand the picture a little bit. Let me tell you this. Within three hundred taels, you can buy as much as you have."
"Three hundred taels?"
Shi Xing and Zhao Youtang were both shocked: "Isn't this price too high? Who can afford three hundred taels of sugar per pound?"
Ling Chuan slowly picked up the teacup and took a sip: "You guys still don't understand. Who told you that this sugar is for eating? This is simply a business deal."
"Buy or sell?"
Ling Chuan hummed and said, "Let me tell you this. An Jie just came this morning and he has already bought more than 200 kilograms of sugar, more than half of which he bought at the price of 60 taels."
"So what you mean is that we should continue buying?"
Ling Chuan rolled his eyes at the two of them and said, "Let me be honest with you. Within five hundred taels, I will not stop beating my drum."