Chapter 186. Magistrate’s Request (Part 2)

Style: Historical Author: Song HunWords: 3338Update Time: 24/01/12 11:34:02
This was an old man in his fifties. He looked at Zhao Feiyang's party coldly.

The other party took the abacus and punched it, raised his head and said, "The interest is nine thousand eight hundred and fifty-four."

Upon hearing this, Zhao Feiyang found that although the workshop had been taken back, his two shops, a residence and all his paintings and calligraphy were gone. Moreover, he still owed the Jade and Gold and Silver Shop three thousand guan.

Although he has been heartbroken about the store, he can still buy it again in the future.

But the painting and calligraphy was "Broken Array: Composing Poems for Chen Tongfu" by Taoist Baishi. He liked one of the lines "I was drunk and read the sword with the lamp on, and I dreamed of the company blowing the trumpet."

When he was young, Zhao Feiyang once had a dream, hoping to ride a horse to fight the barbarians.

However, due to various reasons such as obstruction from his family, he could not go to the battlefield. Instead, he set up a hardware workshop, but that dream still appeared in his heart from time to time.

And another house was given to his daughter by him.

The daughter and son-in-law had no choice but to move back in together.

Now, all of this is basically ruined.

Thinking of this, his vision suddenly turned black and he was about to fall down softly.

Peng Shijun and Lei Jian hurriedly stepped forward to support Zhao Feiyang and glared at the shopkeeper.

The shopkeeper showed no sign of weakness and replied calmly: "This is a business rule. Since you want to mortgage, you must be willing to admit defeat."

The next day, Qin Yulong, who was in a very happy mood, returned to the mansion. The housekeeper cautiously said to him, "Master, that Yixin Hardware is here again."

Qin Yulong was secretly angry, wondering why this Yixin Hardware never finished.

Hasn’t your Wan Guan already been given to you?

But he is a scholar after all, and he still has some hospitality skills. He asked the maid to serve the drunken spring breeze tea. He was angry in his heart, but still had an amiable expression on his face.

After hearing what Zhao Feiyang said, he decided to keep it simple.

Before the war, the monthly interest rate of the Jade and Gold and Silver Shop was 30%, but during the war between the Hu people, the monthly interest rate suddenly increased to 60%.

Zhao Leishi was angry and didn't want to borrow money, but Zhao Feiyang had to agree.

First, the government is a government after all, and the money will definitely be returned.

Secondly, apart from this job, Yixin Hardware has no other jobs.

Thirdly, Yu Jie’s consecutive victories gave them confidence.

However, despite all calculations, I never expected that this war had been going on for three months, and now the interest had almost reached tens of thousands of dollars.

Qin Yulong couldn't help but stand up from the coffee table, put his hands behind his back, and kept walking around the coffee table.

On the surface, this matter has nothing to do with the government. In fact, Yixin Hardware took the blame for the government.

But if the government hadn't owed Yixin Hardware copper coins, and if the government hadn't urgently pressed for weapons, Yixin Hardware wouldn't have fallen to this point.

In any case, the government cannot escape its involvement.

But for Qin Yulong, it is not easy to win 10,000 yuan. He has no way to deal with this loan shark, which is beyond his ability.

He took a few steps around the coffee table, and Zhao Feiyang's eyes also moved around him. He did not refuse, and was obviously thinking of something.

After walking around for a few times, he found that the problem could not be solved by relying on the government itself. The government warehouse could run away the rats.

what to do? Hehe, doesn’t Zhao Ping like to be a good person?

Anyway, Jiading is in trouble right now, so it depends on you, a kind person like Ding.

Is Zhao Ping willing to solve this problem? After all, the number is quite large, close to ten thousand yuan, and Qin Yulong has no idea.

No matter, Zhao Ping's good people have already registered with Yu Jie anyway.

Zhao Ping did not live in the city, but lived near the workshop, where a barracks was built.

Fortunately, with the Hu prisoners and cement, the barracks here were quickly built.

In fact, Zhao Ping still has a luxury house in the city, which is rewarded by Yu Jie to Zhao Ping.

Of course, the sacrifice with Zhao Ping is not worth mentioning, but at least it reassures the soldiers of the security group.

The security team was extremely grateful when they saw that Zhao Ping was living with them instead of living in a mansion in the city.

The young man is indeed a young man, and he will always live with the security team.

Seeing Qin Yulong leading the people from Yixin Hardware here, Zhao Yun, Yang Yun and others couldn't help but look at Xi Xing.

Xi Xing also felt embarrassed. He had been wholeheartedly promoting Zhao Ping, but he didn't expect the side effects to appear.

It seems that now Zhao Ping has become the one who cleans up the mess of the Jiading magistrate. The Jiading government comes to Zhao Ping when it cannot solve many major problems.

Zhao Ping politely asked the magistrate and the people from Yixin Hardware to sit down and asked softly what happened.

Seeing how Zhao Ping treated them, Qin Yulong and the people at Yixin Hardware finally felt relieved.

I heard that Zhao Ping is a good man, and it is true.

Zhao Ping couldn't help but curse in his heart: This group of profiteers and barbarians not only failed to work together when they came, but instead made a huge fortune for the country.

You are poaching the Song Dynasty in this way. If the Hu people invade Jiading, not all of them will belong to the Hu people.

But now that things have happened, this must be resolved.

Zhao Ping asked Xi Xing to take out two thousand pick-up card money.

Xi Xing is a stingy person, otherwise why would he be called Xi Xing.

Now that he heard that Zhao Ping asked him to take out two thousand delivery cards, he felt extremely distressed.

Two thousand pickup cards are equivalent to ten thousand dollars, which has almost solved the major problem of Yixin Hardware.

This is the hard-earned money of Zhaojiazhuang and the security team! It seems that good people are really not so good!

Zhao Feiyang was so anxious that he shook his hands and said, "I can't do this. I'm almost at the end of my rope. How can I pay it off?"

Zhao Ping asked someone to put the delivery card into Zhao Feiyang's hand and said: "Expelling the Hu barbarians and returning China to me is the purpose of the security group. Shopkeeper, you want the soldiers to kill Hu barbarians, why don't you support it?"

Zhao Feiyang resolutely refused to accept it. He knew that Zhao Ping had already given him 10,000 guan, so he felt really uncomfortable asking Zhao Ping to give him another 10,000 guan.

Zhao Ping looked him over and said: "Don't worry, this is not given to you for free, you must also be able to make money."

Qin Yulong's face suddenly turned pale. He did not expect that Zhao Ping would also charge usury.

Zhao Feiyang thought in his mind that there are free lunches in the world, and as long as the interest is not too high, he would accept it.

Zhao Ping knew what they were thinking, stretched out his finger and said: "We at Zhaojiazhuang also charge interest, but we only receive very little. For Yixin Hardware, we only charge this amount a year. Is that okay?"

Qin Yulong and Zhao Feiyang couldn't believe it. This interest rate was almost the same as saving money. They thought Zhao Ping was wrong.

Zhao Feiyang stammered and asked, "Mr. Chao, are you afraid that you said something wrong?"

Zhao Ping nodded and said, "You're right, it's really just money."

Zhao Feiyang pinched his hand, it was painful, it was indeed a fact.

Qin Yulong's eyes widened. When he saw the pickup card in Zhao Feiyang's hand and heard Zhao Ping's words, he also suspected that he had heard wrongly.

Zhao Ping stepped forward and said to Qin Yulong: "Does uncle still have any ideas for the jade and gold and silver shop?"

Qin Yulong shook his head after hearing this. If he had a way, he wouldn't come to ask Zhao Ping.

Zhao Ping stood up, looked at Jiading City, sat down and asked: "For this group of blood-sucking insects, we must not take advantage of them like this."

Qin Yulong couldn't help being overjoyed and asked with surprise on his face: "Ping'er has a way?"

Zhao Ping nodded and said bitterly: "For these blood-sucking insects, we can only treat them in their own way."

Qin Yulong heard about it for a long time and didn't understand what Zhao Ping meant, so he asked: "Ping'er, what's the plan?"

Zhao Ping said word by word: "These gold and silver shops rely on usury to suck the blood of the people like crazy. My method is to prevent these blood-sucking insects from sucking the blood of the people."

Qin Yulong became more and more confused, which made him feel itchy. Zhao Ping talked for a long time, but did not come up with a reason.

Zhao Ping saw that Qin Yulong's appetite was almost gone, and then said: "Don't they have a gold and silver shop? Let's also open a bank."

Qin Yulong was a little worried and asked: "Ping'er, what should you do with this bank?"

Zhao Ping said calmly: "Of course this bank is different from them."

I heard that Zhaojiazhuang was also going to set up a bank, and everyone in Jiading was talking about it.

Some people say that Zhaojiazhuang is a hypocrite. Isn’t the bank usury?

Some people also say that Zhaojiazhuang has the strength and may be able to achieve three points in Jiading.

And some people who hate jade and gold and silver shops wish they had more money shops, so that they would have one more choice.

As a colleague of Jade, Gold and Silver Shop, of course they are also particularly concerned.

However, Zhaojiazhuang's previous productions such as Zui Chunfeng and Hua Xianzi were famously expensive. Are they planning to introduce more expensive ones?

But if this is the case, it will definitely be a serious blow to Zhaojiazhuang's newly established image of a good person.

Of course the Jade and Gold Shop is happy to see all this.

After publicity by the Song Dynasty China News, Jiading Zhaojiazhuang Bank finally opened its doors while people were eager to see it.

Dragon lanterns and lions waving wildly, fireworks

On the opening day, there were at least a thousand people, and they wanted to see what kind of bank Zhaojiazhuang Bank was.

But there were many people coming to watch the fun, but not many people doing business.

After all, Zhaojiazhuang Zui Chunfeng and Hua Xianzi are known for being expensive. Will their profits be higher?

People from the jade and gold and silver shop also came. Seeing the stark contrast between the deserted business and the lively scene in Zhaojiazhuang, they couldn't help but sneer.

But something unexpected happened, a famous person from Jiading appeared.

He is none other than Zhao Feiyang, the shopkeeper of Yixin Hardware.

Zhao Feiyang came over with a smile on his face, came to the shopkeeper Wang Weilang, and said, "Can I handle the loan business?"

Zhaojiazhuang Bank is similar to that of later generations. There is a customer platform in the front and a waiter platform in the back.

The customer and waiter platforms are of course separated, and for safety's sake, they are made of thin steel strips.

Wang Wei asked the waiter to serve tea to Zhao Feiyang and asked: "How much does the guest intend to borrow?"

Zhao Feiyang looked at the shopkeeper, then looked at the people in the jade and gold and silver shop among the crowd, and he had already made a calculation in his heart.

He nodded and said: "I plan to borrow Wan Guan Huizi, is it okay?"

Everyone was stunned after hearing this. Isn't Yixin Hardware going to collapse? Zhaojiazhuang also wants to lend them money?

The jade shopkeeper is also here, and Yixin Hardware is almost empty. Isn't Zhaojiazhuang afraid of losing money?

Wang Wei nodded, looked him over, and asked: "Your surname is your honor, what are you doing?"