Chapter 795 Taking the bait

Seeing that Hou Shikai refused to tell the origin of the sugar, Su Songbo was unhappy again.

But this time, Su Songbo didn't show it.

"My dear nephew, how much money did you spend on these sugars?"

Su Songbo looked at the sugar that Hou Shikai had rewrapped with hot eyes.

"Hmm...five hundred taels of silver!"

Hou Shi said with a smile.

Five hundred taels of silver?

How can it be!

If this little sugar cost him five hundred taels of silver, would he dare to give such a high interest rate?

It is estimated that Hou Shikai deliberately quoted a high purchase price!

Maybe, not even three hundred taels of silver!

But if this bit of sugar is sold, it might actually be worth seven or eight taels of gold!

Huge profits!

This is definitely a real huge profit!

No wonder Hou Shikai dared to give himself a 20% profit!

In an instant, Su Songbo's mind became active.

If you can obviously earn more money, why should you lend the money to Hou Shikai and let Hou Shikai make a big profit while they just eat some interest?

Although the profit of 20% is already extremely high, it is far behind the profit of Hou Shikai.

Who doesn’t want to make more money?

"My dear nephew, I have something that I don't understand."

A smile appeared on Su Songbo's face again, "I'm just selling sugar. Why do I have to lose my head? The court didn't explicitly ban the selling of sugar."

How many people never see what sugar looks like in their entire lives.

It makes no sense for the imperial court to ban the sale of white sugar among the people!

As long as the court does not prohibit it, you can sell it boldly!

Moreover, as long as the profit is large enough, even if the court prohibits it, you can still sell it privately.

"This one……"

Hou Shi laughed dryly and explained: "It's definitely okay to sell sugar, but if my nephew reveals the origin of this sugar, he might lose his head..."

"My good nephew is cautious!"

Su Songbo thought for a moment silently, and then asked: "My dear nephew, how much sugar can you get?"

"This one……"

Hou Shichi hesitated and said bitterly: "Uncle, please don't ask this. It's really inconvenient for my nephew to tell you!"

Hou Shikai kept Yun Zheng's words in mind.

Let the fish take the initiative to take the bait.

The more secretive he is, the lower Su Songbo's vigilance becomes.

Everyone is curious.

The more he didn't say anything, the more Su Songbo wanted to know.

Sure enough, after hearing what he said, Su Songbo's face fell again, "Can't you say this? My dear nephew, you don't trust me at all!"

"No, this..."

Hou Shikai looked at Su Songbo bitterly, "Uncle, you know this doesn't mean much, right? This sugar is very expensive. It's not about how much my nephew can get, but how much he can afford!"

"My dear nephew, you can't make all the money in the world by yourself, right?"

Su Songbo stopped pretending, "If my nephew can get enough sugar, I would also like to mix it in."

"no no……"

Hou Shi secretly smiled happily, but waved his hands and refused: "My nephew is just making money in his own head. He can't hurt my uncle. Besides, the Su family has a great business. There is really no need to take such desperate risks as my nephew..."

As expected, the prince predicts events like a god!

As expected, Su Songbo is still eyeing this sugar business!

Listening to Hou Shikai's words, Su Songbo couldn't help but curse secretly in his heart.

Hou Shikai said it nicely and didn't want to implicate him.

Hou Shikai clearly wanted to monopolize the sugar business!

For fear that someone would take a piece of the pie from him!

This guy is quite a man!

I want to borrow money, and I want to monopolize the benefits!

How can there be such a good thing in the world?

Seeing that it was impossible to pry Hou Shikai's mouth open, Su Songbo stopped asking any more questions and just left Hou Shikai to come down to eat.

During the dinner, Su Songbo and his family took turns drinking with Hou Shikai. He originally wanted to give Hou Shikai a drink and speak the truth, but Hou Shikai just drank a token amount on the pretext that he had important things to do in the afternoon.

After leaving the Su family, Hou Shikai went to Sifang County to buy brown sugar.

Sifang County can almost be said to be the territory of the Su clan, so Hou Shikai's actions naturally cannot escape the eyes and ears of the Su clan.

They also judged from Hou Shikai's behavior that the white sugar was refined from brown sugar.

Thinking about the huge profits from sugar, Su Songbo immediately called six other elders of the Su family to discuss countermeasures and see how he could get involved in the sugar business.

The opportunity is already in front of them!

If you don't make money, you are a bastard!

However, Hou Shi's words were too harsh.

Moreover, Hou Shikai obviously did not want the Su family to take a share of the pie.

If you want to participate in the sugar business, you must find a way to pry open Hou Shikai's mouth.

While everyone was discussing how to pry open Hou Shi's mouth, people from Su Henian's house hurried over and whispered in Su Henian's ear.

"what?"

Su Henian stood up suddenly, pulled the housekeeper aside, and asked in a low voice: "Are you sure it's the person sent by the prince?"

"This one……"

The visitor looked embarrassed, "I really don't dare to ask more questions, but judging from his posture, I can't be wrong. The eldest son, please ask the old man to return home quickly..."

He is just a servant, how dare he check the identity of the person sent by the prince!

Su Henian pondered for a moment, then immediately said to the other six clan elders: "I'm really sorry, something happened at home, I have to go back right away!"

Without waiting for anyone to ask more questions, Su Henian left in a hurry.

By the time Su Henian returned to his house, Su Huaimin had confirmed Yang Huizhou's identity.

Young Master Zhan of the Prince's Mansion has something to do!

Although his rank is the same as that of Su Huaimin's younger brother Su Huaiyuan, his status is not comparable to that of Su Huaiyuan just based on the word "Prince's Mansion".

Yang Huizhou didn't talk nonsense to Su Henian and the others. He directly informed them of Yun Li's instructions and promised them some benefits.

After listening to Yang Huizhou's words, Su Henian fell into deep thought.

He doesn't want to get involved in the fight between Yun Li and Yun Zheng!

But now, Yun Li has sent people to his house, and if he doesn't want to get involved, I'm afraid he won't be able to.

This is the matter of Young Master Zhan of the Prince's Mansion!

Just for such a matter, Yun Li sent all the young masters of the Prince's Mansion here, which shows how seriously Yun Li attaches importance to this matter.

Moreover, Yun Zheng may have already hated the Su family because of the issue of sharing the family.

Under this situation, it seemed that Su could only turn to the prince's side!

After pondering for a while, Su Henian smiled and said, "Master Yang has come a long way and you haven't had a meal yet, right? Why don't I order someone to prepare a banquet first to help Master Yang wash away the dust?"

"There's no need to catch the wind and wash away the dust."

Yang Huizhou waved his hand casually, "I'm feeling a little tired after coming all the way. Just grab something to eat!"

"well!"

Su Henian immediately ordered people to prepare meals.

Although Yang Huizhou said that he could just grab something to eat casually, he couldn't be so casual!

While waiting for people in the mansion to deliver meals, Su Henian told Yang Huizhou about Hou Shikai again.

"Sugar?"

Yang Huizhou was shocked: "How can he, a small grain merchant, get sugar?"

The dignitaries in the imperial city had no way to get some sugar, and they all relied on rewards from Emperor Wen.

He, Yang Huizhou, is a fourth-grade official, and he has never eaten sugar!

How could Hou Shikai get sugar?

"Could it be someone from the court who sold it to him?"