Shopkeeper Shen burst out laughing, and Shopkeeper Qin also laughed a few times, but the expected roar of laughter did not happen. He vaguely felt that something was not good, so he could only continue to bite the bullet and hear: "Idiots are talking about dreams, idiots are talking about dreams..." After that, he laughed again.
Unexpectedly, the flower hall was still completely silent. After a while, I heard Shopkeeper Cao say: "Shopkeeper Leng is right. It's just that there are rumors that Delong is in danger. If you use Delong's notes to borrow money, I'm afraid your colleagues will not be able to accept it..."
"Shopkeeper Leng," suddenly Qiao Wannian interjected, "Everyone outside said that you are in danger. If they ask you to borrow money at this time, no one can be justified. If you can't hold on and collapse, wouldn't the money borrowed from the loan be a piece of waste paper? open?"
Shopkeeper Shen breathed a sigh of relief, and someone finally came out to respond. Everyone has been pretending to be dead until now!
Leng Ningyun said: "If Delong is really squeezed out, this piece of paper you always have will be worth a hundred times in the future, and maybe it will be an amulet."
As soon as he said this, there was a chill in the hall. Everyone is sipping the smell here.
Before that, what they worried about the most was the threshold behind Deron. At this moment, they Mu Ran realized: Delong's biggest threshold is the thief Kun!
It was everyone's accepted fact that Delong had an affair with Kun Ze, but Kun Ze was far away from the capital and seemed to have no influence on them.
Thinking about it again at this moment, although the Kun thieves may not be able to attack the capital, if they really want to show off their face, it will not be difficult to deal with them. Regardless of Leng Ningyun's status among the Kun thieves, if Delong was defeated, the Kun thieves would lose at least two to three hundred thousand silver.
No matter how rich the thief is, he will not think that two or three hundred thousand silver is insignificant...
Thinking about him coming back safely, I'm afraid it won't be something that just a few escorts can do.
Shopkeeper Shen gritted his teeth and sneered: "It's nonsense, ridiculous!"
From Li's perspective, Leng Ningyun's words were extremely absurd and indeed "complete nonsense." However, when he said it now, there was nothing ridiculous about it.
However, no one spoke in the flower hall. Qiao Wannian sniffed the snuff nervously, and somehow it touched his nose, and he suddenly sneezed loudly.
This sneeze broke the silence in the flower hall. Shopkeeper Yuan suddenly said: "Even if we are all in the same industry, Manager Yu should help me." He slowly got up from the couch as he said, "My financial resources are limited and money is tight, so we can't help when it's time. That's it. I still have Delong’s notes in the store, which are about twelve thousand taels. Even if they are lent to Shopkeeper Leng, this was originally sent by Delong, and I think Shopkeeper Leng won’t dislike it.”
"Thank you very much." Leng Ningyun stood up and bowed.
Shopkeeper Shen was very worried. Although Shopkeeper Yuan said it beautifully, he was actually withdrawing from the bank run. Moreover, most of his more than 20,000 taels of delong notes were collected at low prices, and the total cost was less than 3,000 taels.
He was about to be born when he didn't expect Shopkeeper Cao to also say: "Oh, this is also difficult. I also have tens of thousands of Delong bills, so I was afraid of something happening! Since Shopkeeper Leng is so responsible, my Delong bills Let’s just call it a loan—please, Shopkeeper Leng, don’t dislike it.”
"How can I be dissatisfied when I get a ticket from my family?" Leng Ningyun said with a smile, "Thank you very much, Shopkeeper Shen, for taking care of my account."
At the beginning of the two families, each family also responded, and those with ten thousand or twenty thousand used Delong's notes to pay for the loan. A rough calculation showed that it was nearly ninety thousand taels. Leng Ningyun was secretly stunned: These old Xiers are really well prepared! Otherwise, once the business opens tomorrow, just cashing in these tickets will put him in trouble.
Thanks to the Senate... At this moment, Leng Ningyun fully realized the care from Lingao. Although he was short of time and did not have time to know exactly what the Foreign Intelligence Agency and the General Reconnaissance Bureau had done, the results were outstanding.
Thinking of this, he felt more and more happy and turned his eyes to Shen and Qin.
Although there is no direct evidence, judging from Shopkeeper Shen's performance, he cannot escape his involvement in this matter.
At this moment, he said somewhat teasingly: "I wonder what Shopkeeper Shen and Shopkeeper Qin think?"
Shopkeeper Shen never dreamed of this. What was originally a sure thing has turned out to have such a big change! He simply suspected that everyone was possessed by evil spirits, or had taken Leng Ningyun's drug. Just as he was about to jump up and reprimand, his sleeve was suddenly pulled by Shopkeeper Qin, and he whispered: "Don't worry! There's something fishy!"
As soon as he said this, Shopkeeper Shen immediately realized that Leng Ningyun had neither drugged them nor possessed them, but they must have had some private deal beforehand! Maybe this group of people has betrayed themselves!
Shopkeeper Shen's hands and feet were cold, and he couldn't think of what to say for a moment. Mu Dadai could only hear shopkeeper Qin saying in his ear: "I also have more than 10,000 Delong notes here, so forget about the interest..."
The meal lasted until the second watch. During the period, there were singing and dancing to add to the fun. Handsome boys and beauties invited them to drink with each other, and they left happily. But the shopkeeper Shen was not satisfied with the meal, and the beautiful lady was not interested at all. After finally getting to the banquet, the madam arranged for one of his favorite girls to stay with him. Shopkeeper Shen didn't have any desire, so he barely managed to say hello to his colleagues and then went back. As soon as he arrived at the sedan hall, Leng Ningyun suddenly appeared. Stopped in front of him.
"Shopkeeper Shen, is Manager Qiao in your shop okay? After all, he is also a member of the Qiao family in Pingyao. If you don't take more care of him, he will have his faults and you won't be able to explain it to him."
Shopkeeper Shen gritted his teeth and said, "Can I explain what it has to do with you?"
"So, he encountered an accident?"
Shopkeeper Shen looked stunned and whispered: "What nonsense are you talking about!" After that, he no longer bothered to argue with Leng Ningyun, and quickly got on the sedan, saying repeatedly: "Go back to the shop!"
Leng Ningyun returned to the mansion and congratulated Wu Kaidi, "My master is really a great talent! With just a few words, they bowed their heads!"
"Where, where?" Leng Ningyun changed his clothes, washed his hands in the copper basin brought by the maid, took the towel and wiped it, and said happily: "Where did I get such ability! You also need to have the capital to say harsh words. , First of all, the Senate is now so powerful that they have to consider the issue of their retreat; secondly, the special investigation team has probably given them a little shock in the past few days."
"I really don't know how powerful this special reconnaissance team is..." Wu Kaidi felt quite overwhelmed, "I really want to see it with my own eyes one day."
"Of course there is a chance." Leng Ningyun said with a smile, "Go and call someone over."
"Two assistants, early tomorrow morning, you will take these two orders and go to various Shanxi houses to withdraw money. Please bring more bodyguards to protect you."
Although Xiao and Wei were "full of confidence" on the scene, in fact they had no idea what to expect after opening on the sixth day of the Lunar New Year. After taking the order and looking at the number, their faces were filled with surprise and some disbelief.
"Master! Is this true?" Xiao Xiangli asked bravely.
"Of course it's true. It's the amount promised by all the shopkeepers at the banquet last night. You have to hurry up and get it done. I've decided to open it on the eighth day of the Lunar New Year, and a notice will be posted tomorrow."
Although he didn't give the money on the spot, in business, he never regretted what he said in public.
Wei Xiang reasoned: "Are they all for Delong? The two bills combined are almost one hundred thousand taels!"
"That's what they said."
"Hey, dear, we've wiped out all the Delong notes on the market! If they really rush over tomorrow, we will explode..." Wei Xiangli said, "There are probably still notes redeemed from other places. . If it is ordinary local exchanges, it will only be half at most."
"Speaking of which, this is also a golden opportunity for them. If such a big change hadn't happened this time, how could they have collected so many Delong bills so quickly? They were all discounted by 30%, 40% off, or even 20% off. Yes. How many of our customers have suffered losses and may have gone bankrupt!" Leng Ningyun sighed, "We are responsible for this matter."
"Selling Delong's tickets means you can't trust us, so you deserve the loss." Xiao Xiangli disagreed.
"You can't say that. Although we in finance have a way of saying that we are exempt from liability, and the money we handle comes and goes, it is inevitable that we will take the money and mishandle it. This is not allowed! What we use is the client's money. Money is earned through the hard work of our customers. Although profits and losses are commonplace, we should not be disdainful of money."
Wei Xiangli read it several times and whispered: "There is no Xia Ji..."
"If not, then there won't be. His family can't make big waves." Leng Ningyun didn't care.
"We originally had 150,000, and Eunuch Yang wanted to withdraw 100,000 tomorrow, leaving 50,000. Mr. Li gave another 30,000 taels. The 80,000 silver can be cashed at any time." Mr. Liu made some calculations. A total of 120,000 taels of silver were borrowed from peers. Although they were all Delong's notes and could not be exchanged, at least the same amount of liquidity was eliminated, causing the run pressure faced by Delong to suddenly decrease.
"...According to this estimate, even if there is a run after opening, the existing reserves are more than enough. The tickets we issued are only more than 300,000. Now 120,000 have been withdrawn, and tomorrow Eunuch Yang will withdraw another 100,000. , even if all the rest comes to demand payment, it will only be one hundred thousand."
As soon as Mr. Liu finished speaking, everyone present showed expressions of relief. Although Leng Ningyun has been cheering them up and some "good news" comes from time to time, the lack of capital is an indisputable fact. Now that Shopkeeper Leng has pulled out his teeth and forced Shanxi House to borrow such a large amount of money, Delong is safe and sound.
After everyone dispersed, Wu Kaidi was still worried and asked: "Master, that shopkeeper Shen of Xia Ji refused to lend money, could it be that..."
"You're right, he has a lot to do with this matter. I tried a question about Steward Qiao today, and his expression changed. In my opinion, Steward Qiao has probably been silenced by him."
(End of chapter)
