The first county magistrate in history

Chapter 237 Too Scary

Qin Zheng ignored him, picked up a cloth bag on the table, opened it, took out a watermelon seed and handed it to the parrot.

The parrot's eyes suddenly lit up, and it stretched out its beak, picked it up and swallowed it.

Xia Bitu was puzzled: "This bird is very picky about food. It actually likes to eat watermelon seeds? How come I didn't know this?"

Qin Zheng laughed and said, "You raise a bird, but you don't understand birds. It's a complete waste for it to follow you." Xia Bitu sneered, "Don't give me that! I wouldn't give it to you even if I roasted it for meat! It's worth one thousand taels of silver!"

Qin Zheng: “…”

He took out another seed and said to the parrot, "Come, learn to speak with me, old fox! When you have learned it, I will give it to you."

The parrot's red eyes whirled around for a few times, and suddenly it opened its mouth: "Old fox, old fox!"

Xia Bitu was stunned. "Fuck, how could this happen? I spent half a month teaching him to call me monkey."

Qin Zheng smiled and gave the watermelon seeds to the parrot.

He said: "Birds understand human nature. He knows that you don't like him purely out of your heart, so why would he cooperate with you?"

Xia Bitu looked at Qin Zheng: "You like parrots? No, you like pigeons!"

There is a pigeon house in the Shao Shi Mansion, where pigeons are released every day, and it cannot be hidden from anyone.

However, apart from the empress and a few others, no one knew the purpose of pigeons.

Qin Zheng said, "Yes, my favorite is the pigeon. He learned this sentence because it is easy to pronounce."

Then he handed the parrot a watermelon seed and said, "Come, learn from me, old man!"

Parrot: "Old thing!"

Qin Zheng laughed and fed the watermelon seeds to the parrot.

Swish!

Xia Bitu took the bird cage away, his face full of anger: "This is my bird, you have been corrupted by my bird!"

Qin Zheng: “…”

Why does this make me feel so chilled?

"Uncle, please sit down. You are not here just to show off, right?" Qin Zheng said.

Xia Bitu sat down holding the bird cage and looked at the bag of watermelon seeds on the table. "What did you prepare this for? Did you know I brought the bird?"

Qin Zheng: “…”

You don't want to take your bird with you.

Said: "I am useful, winter, you will know."

"Wait so long? Why in winter?" Xia Bitu's curiosity was piqued.

Qin Zheng said: "Even if I tell you now, you still won't understand."

"Tsk, you just want some silver?" Xia Bitu scoffed. He pulled out a hundred taels of silver from his sleeve and slammed it on the table. "Tell me!"

Qin Zheng didn't even look at the banknote: "You can't tell me how much it is."

Xia Bitu was surprised: "Is it so top secret?"

Qin Zheng nodded: "It concerns the people of the entire city, and even the people of the entire country. It is also a huge fortune!"

Xia Bitu's eyes lit up, and he smiled flatteringly and begged, "Master Qin, my nephew, how about we work together?"

Qin Zheng shook his head: "I want to do it myself."

Xia Bitu was shocked. What a good deal this was that Qin Zheng could do it himself?

Based on his understanding of Qin Zheng, as long as it is a business, it should be about making money everywhere, or even a win-win cooperation!

He became more and more curious and looked at Qin Zheng flatteringly: "My dear nephew, give me a chance. You know that I have spent a lot of money to cooperate with you in the transformation of the imperial capital."

Qin Zheng hesitated: "You really helped a lot."

Seeing this, the old fox was happy: "That's right, that's right, win-win cooperation, win-win cooperation, the two of us still have a tacit understanding, right?"

Qin Zheng nodded: "That's true, but the investment is not small. I also took into account your investment in the construction of the central city, which is a huge investment, so I decided to let Hongtong County do it."

Xia Bitu was anxious. "No, I'm here. Why would I have to go all the way from Hongtong County to get people and money? Even though my investment this time is not small, a lean camel is still bigger than a horse. I still have some money, so it's definitely enough!"

Qin Zheng looked unconvinced. "Uncle, stop trying to be so bragging. You may be rich, but the Central City investment has almost wiped you out. Where else would you get the money? You're too late to embezzle it now!"

"..." Xia Bitu was unhappy: "Nonsense, all my money is earned through honest business!"

Qin Zheng smiled and said, "Okay, okay, your money is all earned through legitimate means, okay?"

"Humph!" Xia Bitu snorted coldly: "Tell me, how much investment do you need?"

Qin Zheng stretched out a finger.

Xia Bitu said disdainfully: "Ten thousand, one hundred thousand, or one million?"

Qin Zheng: "Ten million taels. And that's just this year's investment."

Xia Bitu's expression changed. "So much? What's the total investment?"

Qin Zheng: "In the imperial capital, only 10 million taels of silver are enough. However, my goal is to seize the national market with this business and spread it to all the major cities in the Daqian Dynasty."

"So huge?" Xia Bitu was shocked.

Qin Zheng: "It has to be this way, because, over time, others will learn it. In fact, I wanted to donate it for free, but the Daqian treasury is really short of money.

Moreover, corrupt officials are rampant everywhere now. If such a good thing is not in our hands, it will fall into their hands. So I have discussed it with the princess and His Majesty. This business belongs only to the court, and no one is allowed to imitate it.

Xia Bitu's eyes turned blue: "Qin Zheng, if you don't let me participate, I will break up with you!"

Qin Zheng: “…”

He looked very conflicted, and after a long while, under Xia Bitu's anxious gaze, he finally said, "I'll count it as one share for you. But, you can't participate, you can only invest and get dividends!"

"Deal! Hahaha..." Xia Bitu was so happy.

"Monkey cub, old fox...monkey cub...old fox..." the parrot suddenly flapped its wings and cried...

Xia Bitu's laughter stopped abruptly. He looked at the parrot and then at Qin Zheng.

"Qin Zheng, this isn't a trap, is it?" Xia Bitu looked at Qin Zheng cautiously.

Qin Zheng really wanted to strangle the parrot.

Pretending to be happy, he said, "Uncle, you're not going to participate? That's great. I was just wondering how to convince the Empress."

Xia Bitu quickly said, "Who said I won't participate? I must participate!"

Qin Zheng looked very disappointed: "Uncle, you are just trying to trick me. You know that the empress hates you, but you still embarrass me!"

Xia Bitu chuckled: "Who made me your uncle?"

Qin Zheng asked, "What are you doing here?"

Xia Bitu stared into Qin Zheng's eyes: "You don't know?"

Qin Zheng looked into his eyes: "Tianjiazhuang?"

Xia Bitu smiled. "I knew you knew. What do you think?"

As he spoke, his eyes were fixed on Qin Zheng again, observing him closely, not missing any expression on his face.

Qin Zhengfeng said calmly, "Uncle, it's really boring. You did it, and you still try to cheat me!"

Xia Bitu shuddered. "Fuck! You can even deduce this! It's terrifying!"

Qin Zheng smiled and said, "You want me to continue helping you?"

Xia Bitu nodded, smiling broadly: "You really understand me."

Qin Zheng said seriously: "You no longer have any conditions with me."

Xia Bitu smiled and said, "I know, I know. If you help me this time, I'll make you a promise. When I rebel, I'll notify you in advance."

Qin Zheng was stunned. This condition was a bit too much!