Jiangshan is hired [rebirth]

Chapter 69

"The oiran of Xianqinju burned her clothes, and the third young master of Xu's family wrote her a thin poem the next day, praising her for being in the dust and her heart like a bright moon. Anyway, she is praising her for understanding big things and knowing the general..."

In Yuan's mansion, the director of the brothel branch tremblingly reported to Yuan Honghou what happened on the banks of the Liwen River recently.Last time, the in charge was dismissed after the training, and the new in charge took over these brothels for less than ten days. I thought that this very rich business finally fell to me, and I didn't like it for two days. I found that it was a hot potato, I couldn't handle it at all!

The oiran's words that night were resolute and forceful, and he kept taking all the faults on himself, so as not to embarrass the guests.But the words are not embarrassing, but it doesn't mean that they can be indifferent to this matter. A prostitute is so righteous. These people don't show anything. Doesn't it prove that they are not even as good as prostitutes?

Whether it is to please the oiran, or I really feel ashamed and want to do something for the people who are still suffering. In short, after the oiran took the lead in saying that he would use his savings to help the poor, many people present immediately followed suit, saying that they would contribute to the poor. Last part.

Everyone gathered together for one night in Xianqinju, and the porridge donation in Qinglong Lane was arranged the next day.The young master of the Xu family was the most active. He not only wrote poems and paid for it, but also personally took people to the gate of the city to distribute food to the refugees outside the city through the fence.Although they were stopped by the government within a few days on the grounds of disturbing the law and order of the city gate, the matter had already begun.

"The young master of the Xu family wrote a poem to praise the oiran, and the oiran wrote a song to praise the young master Xu, and said that the person who did the most good deeds would sing a song alone every day. Some of the rich men in this city are not competitive. It’s not as good as Young Master Xu, and you can still lose ugly to a prostitute? Nowadays, doing good deeds has become a new fashion in Liwen. Even if some people don’t want to spend this wrong money, if others do it, then they don’t do it themselves , that doesn't make him appear extraordinarily cold-blooded and ruthless..."

"You bastard! You are not a thing!" Yuan Honghou kicked the head in charge, interrupting the head in charge.He didn't pay a penny, what's the matter?The oiran of Xianqinju made such a fuss, and several other houses followed suit and burned their clothes, and the bitch also learned how to set up a memorial archway.

When he bought the merman silk on this side, the oiran burned the clothes on the other side, so he underestimated that girl surnamed Yun.The 5000 taels of silver were treated as if he had fed the dog, and he wanted to force him to pay for the people, so let's make her mother's dream come true!

"Boss, why don't we pay a little more, or the people in this city will speak in a nasty way, and they won't buy many things from us..." another manager persuaded, they came to Yuan Honghou today to say With regard to this matter, doing good deeds has become popular in the city recently, and such a large firm like theirs said that they did not do it at all. Not only did it affect the business of the brothel business, but all businesses were affected, it was only a matter of how much they were divided.

The matter was caused by the brothel business. The person in charge of this area would be scolded no matter what, so they were pushed out to lead the battle. Seeing that the leader said something wrong and had no effect, the others had no choice but to stand up Scalp yourself.

"What's the matter with asking them to say a few words?" Yuan Honghou didn't care, "Did they stop eating rice or oil? Didn't they say the same thing when the price was raised before, and they had to buy it anyway!"

"But Deng's rice shop said that they will not raise the price of food in our family in the future, and the rice noodles for the disaster victims are also from their shop these days. Now many people in the city go to their shop. Buy rice." The manager of the grain and oil store came out and said.

Yuan Honghou sneered: "I don't know Deng Lao Wu's temperament. How could he have such a good intention? Someone advanced the money, so let him make a fuss. Besides, his Deng family almost confiscated food last year. , now we are still using the stock from the past few years, according to his wasteful method, it can last for a month, and when his stock is exhausted, who wants to buy food will have a choice?"

Several managers looked at each other in blank dismay, they said so, but what happened if they didn't keep it all in one month?A month ago, who would have thought that the Nashi Laozi Oiran Competition would be so important...

Yuan Honghou was determined not to pay the money, no matter how much his subordinates tried to persuade him, he would not change his mind. Anyway, with Wang Ao protecting him, could that guy surnamed Yun let someone set fire to his shop?

Speaking of Wang Ao, Yuan Honghou felt even more annoyed. When he was able to make money before, this man was friendly with his brothers all day long, and everything he talked about was easy to discuss. Recently, when he saw that his business was losing money, he immediately became tight-knit. Come over and ask some time, for fear that he won't be able to give the filial money.

If you want him to say, if you have the time to wrestle with him, it is better to arrest the two rebels as soon as possible. They were arrested when he went to report the case. As for all the troubles that happened later?

But the more it got to this time, the less Wang Ao would touch those two girls anymore.Yuan Honghou greeted the eighteenth generation of Wang Ao's ancestor in his heart, pretending that he didn't know what the treacherous and corrupt officials were up to?Is it just thinking that his side seems to be dying, and it is not worth offending the Xu family for him. After all, although the Xu family has not raised the price of their own shop, the money they provide to Wang Ao every month is not less than a penny.

A group of people gathered together to discuss for a long time, and there was nothing to do except to donate money and wait. Yuan Honghou rejected the item of donating money, so they had to wait for the wind to pass.Yuan Honghou was so annoyed that he cursed at this and that at home all day, for half a month, thinking that this matter should be over, but unexpectedly this was just the beginning.

On this day, Yuan Honghou became more and more depressed the more he stayed at home, so he thought about going to the shop.Yuan's firm has developed well in recent years, and the shops under its name are all in the best locations. When Yuan Honghou got out of the sedan chair, many people suddenly came to meet him.

"Boss Yuan, the fifty merman silk you ordered from our Sijin Pavilion has arrived. When will the payment for the 5 taels be settled?"

How dare you come in front of him and propose mermaid silk!Yuan Honghou rolled up his sleeves and pointed at Ginkgo's nose and scolded: "You profiteer still has the face to come to me? Last time you cheated me of 5000 taels of silver, I didn't settle with you, but you actually wanted to blackmail me with another 5 taels, Yuren Is it worth money now, do you have any idea?"

"Boss Yuan, you yourself are the biggest profiteer in Liwen, and you have the face to criticize others?" Yin Xing flicked the contract signed with Yuan Honghou that day and said, "This is clearly written in black and white, with our two fingerprints on it, and The seal of the government, you ordered the merman silk with me for 1000 taels of silver, now you can't pay the money and want to go back on your word?"

"What do you mean I repent, it's clear that you deliberately blackmailed me, last time you said that you only have 35 mermaids in total, and the rest will go to Changhe Kingdom to buy, and it's only half a month before you bought the mermaids back? "

"What's the problem with the goods transferred from other shops? You said that the next batch of mermaid silk can only be sold to you and not to others. How can I not follow the contract?"

The two sides quarreled loudly in front of the shop, attracting many people to watch. In the end, people from the government came to help drive everyone away, and the street was restored to cleanliness.

Yuan Honghou shook his clothes and stepped into the door of the shop, cursing bad luck in his heart, thinking of a way to go to Sijin Pavilion to get back the more than 3 taels of silver.

He hadn't come up with an idea on this end, but something happened to him on the other end.At noon that day, he had just finished his lunch when the treasurer of Xingrong Bank came to him in a hurry.

"Boss, something is wrong! Many people came here one after another early this morning to cash out the money from our bank, more than ten times more than usual. I saw that the momentum was wrong, so I asked You know, it is now rumored that our business failed to invest and lost a lot of money, and we have lost all the money that customers have deposited in our bank!"

Yuan's firm operates a bank and invests with the money stored in the bank, which is nothing serious.As for investment, there are naturally losses and gains. Yuan Honghou asked himself to control this within a reasonable range. Under normal circumstances, whether it is an individual customer or a merchant, if you take the notes from their bank, you will definitely not be unable to exchange them. money.

However, with this rumor, the people who only took half a day to cash out the money were worth half a month before, and in the past, people used as much as they used to exchange, but now they are worried that they will not be able to cash out if they are too late, so they rush to cash all the notes.He used all the money to buy goods and hoarded them. How could there be so much cash to exchange in a short time?Isn't this a big deal!

The more than 3 taels of silver that Yurenxiao lost is not too small, and it is not enough for Yuan's firm, but it is different for Xingrong Bank.The most important thing for a money bank is reputation. If the money cannot be exchanged, the merchants will no longer recognize the bank notes of their banks. If the bank notes cannot be spent, what is the difference between them and waste paper in the hands of people? Can people be in a hurry?

"What?" Yuan Honghou slapped the table and wanted to stand up, but he fell back because of his weak legs just halfway through the movement, sweating continuously on his forehead, and asked in a trembling voice: "How much cash do we have?"

The shopkeeper gestured to report the number, and was sweating profusely: "According to their way of exchange, the sum of gold, silver and copper coins would not be enough to exchange for three days. When I came, the shopkeeper had already closed the door. It's only half a day, and it should be able to hold on for a while..."

Before the shopkeeper finished speaking, Yuan Honghou was dizzy again: "How can you close the door! The more we have to find a way to exchange money for people at this time, as long as we can last for a while, the rumors will not be broken. Your door Once it's closed, wouldn't it be a fact that we have no money to exchange for them!"

"But, if we don't, we won't be able to last for a while..." The shopkeeper also understands the truth, but isn't there no way to do it!

Yuan Honghou weakly waved his hand at the shopkeeper, signaling him to leave it at that, and then called his servants to order: "You go to the trading house and ask the bosses to take stock of our goods that can be sold immediately, and then Let them find some people to hurry up and transfer money to other banks."

On that day, several carts from Yuan's Commercial Bank transported the money to Sijin Pavilion, and many people in the city saw it. On the second day, Sijin Pavilion transported the money out of the city with great fanfare, and many people also saw it. The boss of Ge had a quarrel with the boss of Yuan's business in the street. It is well known that Yuan's business recently lost money on Yurenxiao.

How much is 5000 taels? Most people don’t know very much. The entire savings of a small rich family can only be converted into silver. A loss of 5000 taels is already a huge amount of money in their eyes. payment.And many of them came here as refugees, and all their wealth was exchanged for bank notes. They are more anxious than the people in the city. Regardless of whether the loss will really shake the foundation of Yuan's Commercial Bank, anyway, get the money The safest thing to do is to have it yourself!

The banknotes were withdrawn one by one, and the cash was cashed out. The warehouse of Xingrong Bank was about to bottom out, but the goods that Yuan's Commercial Bank wanted to sell were not sold out.

People are like this. When the price of rice, flour, grain and oil in the city rises every day, they can’t wait to grab several big pockets of him at once. Now that Yuan’s business has lowered the price of the goods as soon as possible, there are fewer buyers. Everyone is waiting and watching, just afraid of themselves. It is too expensive to buy, and I just wait for it to drop a little bit every day, and then drop a little bit.

It's all money!Yuan Honghou's heart hurts to death, and it's not a matter of lowering the price now. The more he lowers the price, the less people will buy it. He can only hope in two ways: first, wait for a semicolon to transfer the money elsewhere; second, find someone to borrow money to back it up.

The situation in the former is now chaotic, and it is a little easier to adjust the money in Silk Prefecture. Many places in other places are separated by war, and the roads are not always clear. How can it be so easy to transfer money.And as for the latter—

"Boss Yuan, this is your own business. Of course, you have to find a way by yourself. What do you want me to do?" Wang Ao was puzzled.

Now in Liwen City, except for the Xu family, the only one who can come up with such a large sum of money at once is Wang Ao, the governor who has paid a lot of tribute to him. However, facing Yuan Honghou's request, Wang Ao left himself clean He refused to lend him half a penny.

"Inspector Wang! Don't forget who you have relied on to make so much money over the past year!"

Yuan Honghou has been really dizzy these days. He put down his cruel words to Wang Ao. Wang Ao's face darkened, and he said displeasedly: "Boss Yuan, pay attention to your identity! You are just a businessman, and you dare to threaten me? The official said that if there is no money, there will be no money, and those are all the money of the treasury, and I have the responsibility to take care of the imperial court."

After Yuan Honghou had money, he didn't pay attention to being an official for a while, but at this time the advantages of being an official appeared. Even if Yuan Honghou had more money, Wang Ao could attack him at any time if he wanted to punish him, but he couldn't. Ao centimeters.

Yuan Honghou was so pissed off by Wang Ao that after paying so much filial piety money, the corrupt official refused to help when it was time to save his life, and only exchanged a cool sentence, "If it weren't for the sake of our friendship in the past, I won't see you at all today."

He scolded Wang Ao in his heart all the way, and just as he sat down to drink some water when he returned to the mansion, another head of the firm ran over.

"Boss! It's not good! It's not good!!!"

Yuan Honghou spit out a mouthful of water. He can't hear words like "it's not good" and "something happened". Really bad.

"what happened again?"

"A letter from the branch of the capital bank, saying that the money over there has also been exchanged, and asked us to transfer the money..."

As soon as the man finished speaking, another person came running over: "Boss! The Cao merchants at Lanlong Wharf withheld our goods and said when to cash their banknotes and when to release them."

"My boss! Several shops in Ningzhang have been robbed, and they are said to be used for bank notes..."

"Master!"

"Master!"

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The urgent reports came one after another, and a series of consequences erupted one after another due to the failure of the bank to pay the money. Yuan Honghou became colder and colder as he listened, and finally the whites of his eyes rolled over and he passed out.

It was at this time that Yun Miaoqing brought Huo Lan to the door. At that time, Yuan Honghou had just been carried onto the couch, and woke up leisurely by pinching someone, when someone came to report that Miss Yun's family was waiting to see him outside the gate of the mansion. .

"No! No!" Panting heavily, Yuan Honghou smashed the vase beside the couch. Even if he didn't understand it at first, he still fully understands it now. The capital is so far away, half a month is not enough time for this news Pass it on, let alone report back the letter over there.This is clearly a trap, the oiran contest, the mermaid silk, and the success of doing good deeds are all pretexts!The one surnamed Yun had his eye on his bank from the very beginning, and there was only one reason to incite everyone to get together to exchange money from his bank!

He still doesn't know exactly what's going on in the capital, but it's not too bad if he thinks about it.The person surnamed Yun stayed in the capital for so long, even if she was not around, it would not be too difficult to find some old friends and servants to help her.

Exasperating, so exasperating!It was not enough for Yuan Honghou to smash a vase, and he also knocked down the shelf on which the vase was placed. He still can't believe that the business he had been running for half his life would be destroyed by a fledgling girl, and it only took less than a year. time!

The people in charge of the room exchanged glances, and one of them bravely stood up and persuaded: "Master, why don't you meet someone, if you keep the green hills, you won't be afraid of running out of firewood..."

Of course Yuan Honghou understands this truth, but he is not reconciled, but he is even more reconciled to let Yuan's firm decline. He stared for a long time with red eyes, and finally compromised.

"Boss Yuan, please stay safe."

Compared to Yuan Honghou's embarrassment, Yun Miaoqing and Huo Lan looked radiant, and without waiting for Yuan Honghou to speak, they sat down on their seats and greeted all the leaders present, as if she was the one The owner of the mansion.

"Miss Yun, is this a special trip to see Yuan's jokes?" Yuan Honghou propped his elbows on the couch, clenched his fists, as if he was about to jump down and eat someone at any time.

"Boss Yuan don't need to be so nervous, I'm not so free." Yun Miaoqing smiled, and took out a few written deeds, "I came today to save Yuan's business, I have already negotiated for you I bought several business firms, including my grandfather Xu's, and they are willing to pay to wish you through the current difficulties."

"What about the conditions?" Yuan Honghou is not stupid, the sky will not just drop the pie, and the surname Yun forced him to such a situation, and it is not for the purpose of helping him at this time.

"It's all common conditions. Boss Yuan is also in business. This borrowing money is nothing more than charging some interest. Of course, in order to prevent Yuan's business from failing to manage well in the future and not paying the money, you have to ask for a shop under your company's name." It can only be used as a mortgage, and the specific shops are written on it, so you can take it and have a look first."

Yun Miaoqing said that she distributed the deed paper in her hand to Yuan Honghou and the several managers present. If you lend them money at such a time, the interest rate will naturally not be low, and the shop you want is not available in the local area, but they are There is no capital to negotiate terms with others.

"That's all?" Yuan Honghou didn't really believe it. Although the interest rate was not low, it was not so high that it was outrageously high, and those shops were only temporarily used as mortgages, and they still belonged to them in name.He intuited that the other party spent so much effort, not just this one request.

"It's easy to talk to a smart person like Boss Yuan." Yun Miaoqing clapped her hands, "These are the conditions for other firms to sponsor you, and I, as the leader, have one more thing - I want all the Yuan's firms have received so far. food."

"Then how much do you plan to pay?" Yuan Honghou asked.

Yun Miaoqing smiled and said, "Of course I hope Boss Yuan can give it to me for nothing."

So far, the grain of the whole state has been given away for free!

All the people in charge couldn't help but "hiss", Yuan Honghou seemed to expect her to say that, sneered and said: "If I don't agree, the Xu family won't pay, the Xu family won't take the initiative to pay, The rest of the business houses don’t dare to fill in my hole, they would rather buy our shop at a low price after we can’t keep going, right?”

Yun Miaoqing returned him a look of approval.

At this point, Yuan Honghou had nothing to say, he simply leaned on the cushion of the soft couch, and smiled contemptuously at Yun Miaoqing.

"You can also want that batch of grain, but in order to prevent the refugees from robbing the grain, I asked Governor Wang to send someone to guard the granary. Now that I have fallen to this point, I can't speak in front of Governor Wang. If you want food, just go , as long as you can convince him to give you the rations. No matter what I say, I am from the same generation as your father. Don’t blame me, as an uncle, for not reminding you that the interests of our business family are not damaged by your move of the rations. It’s pulling teeth from Governor Wang’s mouth, you can decide for yourself what the consequences will be.”

Yun Miaoqing asked Huo Lan to take out the ink pad, and asked Yuan Honghou to put his handprints on those deed papers, and said briskly, "I don't need to worry about Boss Yuan, I have my own way, and I guarantee that this batch of grain will not fall into the in someone else's hands."

The author has something to say: Well, it’s finally revealed. I have written several times before that Sister Yun has always been concerned about the large amount of goods hoarded by Yuan’s Trading Company.