The villain and the powerful official secretly read the diary and broke my plot every day

The luck is about to run out!

These four words stirred up a wave in Emperor Jianping's eyes again. He couldn't help but frown and said sternly, "Nonsense! That old man is talking nonsense!"

"Yes, I also think he's talking nonsense. He also said that the world will undergo great changes in the future, and the general star... will enter the Purple Star."

As Gu Yanqing spoke, he suddenly smiled at Emperor Jianping and said, "I naturally do not take such nonsense seriously. Therefore, when I returned to the capital, I did not report this matter to Your Majesty."

The star... will enter Ziwei.

The Purple Star represents the emperor, and the General Star...

Emperor Jianping's eyes were stern, but he soon regained his composure.

"Perhaps the divine thunder that fell that day was also a random guess by him, and he just happened to guess it correctly." Gu Yanqing's voice came again: "Your Majesty, I'm afraid the news of the cotton burning in Sanfeng City can't be concealed for much longer..."

This time, Gu Yanqing took the initiative to change the subject.

However, the phrase "the general's star enters Ziwei" is still deeply engraved in the heart of Emperor Jianping.

**

On the eighth day of the eighth month, Jiang Jiang had breakfast and went out feeling refreshed. Before he even reached the gate of Fu Sheng Bookstore, he saw countless sedan chairs parked outside the bookstore.

Why is it so lively today?

Jiang Jiang hesitated for a moment, turned a corner, went around the alley behind, and went directly into the backyard of the bookstore through the back door.

As soon as she entered the yard, Jiang Jiang saw Gu Yanqing.

This one is early enough!

That’s right, he should have been the first to receive news about what happened yesterday.

"A Chong, what happened? Why are there so many people outside the bookstore today?" Jiang Jiang looked at Gu Yanqing and asked first.

"I don't know what happened, but several shopkeepers came to Uncle Ping today, wanting to buy cotton."

Gu Yanqing pretended to be confused and spoke.

It was Uncle Ping's people who bought the cotton in the beginning, so when the managers from various families went to the capital to collect cotton early this morning, they found that the original cotton stock in the capital had already been taken away.

After some inquiries, these people found Uncle Ping.

"I didn't expect that cotton would become such a hot commodity overnight, and the price even went up." Gu Yanqing looked at Jiang Jiang and said with a smile, "You're going to make money now."

"Hehe, maybe it's just my luck. I feel like I'm very lucky this month. The price of cotton will definitely increase in the next few days. When it increases to ten times the original price, we will take action!" Jiang Jiang said half-jokingly and half-seriously.

ten times……

Gu Yanqing smiled, remembering the court meeting this morning, where the ministers argued for their opinions. On the one hand, they advised Emperor Jianping not to abuse his power and compete with the people for profit, while on the other hand, they said that the border troops were about to march north, and cold-weather supplies were urgently needed.

They just wanted Emperor Jianping to pay for cotton at a high price out of his own pocket.

This is not considered "competing with the people for profit."

Fortunately, Gu Yanqing had already discussed a countermeasure with Emperor Jianping last night, so during the morning court session, Emperor Jianping made the final decision that no matter what the cost, he must gather all the cold-resistant supplies for the Liu family army to march north!

According to the greedy nature of those aristocratic families, it would only be ten times, and it should increase quickly.

After all, they will use the money from the national treasury to buy back the cotton at double the price in the future.

They make a fortune by transferring money from one hand to the other. This is what they have been doing over the years. After all, Meng Xiang has the final say in the Ministry of Revenue.

**

"Uncle Ping has been working hard in the business world, so dealing with those managers shouldn't be a problem for him. I'll tell him what you mean later." Gu Yanqing put away his thoughts and said to Jiang Jiang.

"Well, I'll trouble Uncle Ping. This is his forte. When the deal is done, I'll give him a share and treat him to a meal."

Jiang Jiang was not stingy. Of course, she also knew that Uncle Ping was Gu Yanqing's man, and they definitely had no shortage of money.

But you still have to have the right attitude.

Jiang Jiang didn't stay at Fusheng Bookstore for long because there were too many people coming to the bookstore today and she didn't want to be seen. She believed that Gu Yanqing didn't want to be seen here either, right?

After leaving the bookstore, Jiang Jiang followed the address Shen Guiyuan gave her a few days ago and went all the way to the market in the east of the city and arrived at the door of a store.

Qingfeng Pavilion

Jiang Jiang took a look at the name of the store. It was a very elegant name, but the store was very deserted and there were not many customers.

Jiang Jiang stood at the door and took a few glances. This elegant shop was out of place among the messy shops on the entire street and stood out from the crowd.

Jiang Jiang walked slowly into Qingfeng Pavilion.

"Young lady, what would you like to buy? Our Qingfeng Pavilion's goods are all of high quality and low price, and they are worth every penny."

The waiter in Qingfeng Pavilion saw Jiang Jiang and quickly came over, smiling and sincere.

"I'll just take a look."

Jiang Jiang agreed casually and then strolled around the shop. The Qingfeng Pavilion sold ordinary pens, ink, paper and inkstones, as well as some calligraphy and paintings and books. There were many goods, but they were miscellaneous and not refined.

so……

Fu Qingliu is really not good at business!

He searched for a while but couldn't find anyone willing to be his partner, so in the end he had to open the "Qingfeng Pavilion" by himself.

How could he have come up with the idea of ​​opening a shop that only intellectuals would be interested in in the city?

If he doesn't pay, who will?

"Do you have Mr. Liao Zhai's "The Red Fox Girl" here?" Jiang Jiang looked at it for a while and suddenly asked.

The clerk beside him looked embarrassed. "Young lady, this copy of Mr. Liao Zhai's 'The Red Fox Girl' is out of stock recently. The whole capital is scrambling for it. Why don't you try something else? We have Mr. Dongfeng's latest copy, 'The Romantic Scholar Plays the Princess Three Times,' and the most popular copy from Wan Shu Zhai, 'The Thirteenth Lady of Qin.'"

The clerk was working hard to sell the storybooks in the store. Jiang Jiang walked over and paused in front of the bookshelf where the storybooks were placed. Then he saw a book placed in the most conspicuous position -

A Ridiculous Dream

Jiang Jiang picked up the book casually. The author's name was written on the cover - Qingliu Gongzi.

Um, this...

Wouldn’t it be enough to just write Fu Qingliu?

"Why haven't I seen this book before?" Jiang Jiang turned around and asked the waiter.

"Ah, this is a book written by our young master himself. You can't buy it anywhere else." The shop assistant spoke frankly. After Fu Qingliu finished writing this book, he had always placed it in the most prominent position. The shop assistant would always recommend it with all his strength. Unfortunately...

The young ladies in the capital city don't seem to like the storybook written by the young master very much.

After a long time, the shop assistants lost their enthusiasm for sales.

"I want this one."

Jiang Jiang paid the money readily and took away the book "A Ridiculous Dream".

**

The book "A Ridiculous Dream" written by Fu Qingliu is a very simple story.

Jiang Jiang read the story in the book carefully and had a rough guess about what happened to Fu Qingliu.

The protagonist of "A Ridiculous Dream" is a young man from a wealthy family. The story tells that the young man fell in love with a noble lady from Beijing at first sight during a poetry meeting.

Afterwards, the young man from a noble family pursued the noble lady madly, wanting to marry her. Unfortunately, the prince had a dream, but the goddess had no intention.

No matter how hard the young man from a noble family tried, he could not win the heart of the noble lady.

At first, he thought that his talent was not enough, so he studied harder and delved into poetry and songs. However, no matter how hard he tried, he could not match even one percent of the talent of the noble lady.