Seeing that Xiao Qi was speechless, Zhang Laifu said: "Master Qi, you can't believe what this old guy says. Han Erfu's pension must be in the hands of this old guy."
Xiao Qi looked at Han Guangsan.
Han Guangsan said: "The neighbors have seen how many things the tiger character flag has sent. Master Qi will know as soon as he inquires about it. I am an old man who cannot tell lies."
Zhang Laifu said: "Who knows if the people from Tiger Character Banner have given you money in private."
Han Guangsan ignored him, looked at Xiao Qi, and said, "I'll pay back the money to the Han family, but you have to give me some time to collect it. Twenty taels is not a small amount. Even if Master Qi beats my whole family to death now, it still won't matter." I can’t afford so much money.”
Xiao Qi pondered for a moment and said: "Since the Han family has repaid Zhang Laifu's money, I will give you three days to raise it, but you have to make a new IOU, otherwise I will take the people away, and you will hide Han Zhang's family. , and then he refuses to admit his guilt, so where are we going to catch Han Zhang?"
"I can put my fingerprint on the IOU." Han Dafu stood up and said.
Xiaoqi ignored him and looked at Han Guangsan.
Han Guangsan coughed and said, "I'm illiterate. Find someone who is literate and I'll give you a fingerprint after finishing the IOU."
"No, I've prepared it here, just add your name." Xiao Qi took out a written IOU from his arms, and took out a writing brush from the cloth bag at his waist.
Wetting the tip of the pen with his tongue, he wrote Han Guangsan's name on the white paper, dried the ink, then handed it to Han Guangsan and said, "Put your fingerprints on it!"
Then a piece of ink pad was handed over.
"Dad, here I come." Han Dafu came over and reached for the ink pad.
Xiao Qi hid the hand holding the ink pad and said, "You can't."
"I am Han Zhang's husband, why not?" Han Dafu said with wide eyes.
Xiao Qi ignored him and still handed the ink pad to Han Guangsan.
Han Guangsan took the ink pad, pressed it with his thumb, and then pressed it on the new IOU.
Xiao Qi put away the IOU, folded it and put it in her arms. She smiled and said, "I'll come get the money in three days. Let's go!"
After saying that, he turned around and walked towards the courtyard gate.
Several men he brought with him also followed him and walked out of the courtyard gate together.
Zhang Laifu chased after him and shouted anxiously: "Master Qi, we can't just leave like this, the money hasn't come yet!"
Xiao Qi ignored him, led the people out of Han's house, and left Han Zhuangzi for Lingqiu County.
Many people from the village gathered outside the gate of Han Guangsan's courtyard. Intimidated by the power of Xiaoqi and the others, no one dared to come in to help. As soon as they left, several neighbors who had good relations with Han Guangsan came to the yard.
"Guang San, you shouldn't pay back the money for that beast Zhang Laifu."
"Yes, Guang San, that's twenty taels. People like us can't save twenty taels without eating or drinking for a year. How can we get so much money to pay them back?"
"This Zhang Laifu is just a beast. He owed money outside and brought someone here to ask Dafu's wife to ask for it. This is forcing Guang San to pay back the money for him."
"I heard Gou Shengzi say that these people are from Laicai Gambling House. These twenty taels must be Zhang Laifu's gambling debts."
Han Guangsan said with a sad face: "Although Zhang Laifu owes this money, I can't let anything happen to Dafu and Dafu's wife. Alas, my family deserves this disaster."
After saying this, he seemed to have aged several years.
A neighbor who lives next to Han Guangsan's house said: "Your family shouldn't repay this money. Those people in the gambling houses are simply scoundrels."
Hearing this, Han Guangsan shook his head helplessly.
He couldn't watch Han Zhang being arrested and his eldest son beaten to death. He already lost one son, and he couldn't watch the other son disappear.
The neighbor said, "By the way, go find the mayor. I saw the mayor here before. Let him make the decision for your family."
Han Sanfu's eyes lit up and he said, "Dad, why don't I go find Uncle Chen."
Uncle Chen is what the neighbors call the village chief. The last time the tiger-character flag came to Han Guangsan's house, he was the one who brought it there.
Another neighbor said: "There's no need to look for him. As soon as the gambling house people leave, the mayor will leave."
Han Guangsan sighed and said: "Forget it, find the mayor, he doesn't have twenty taels of silver to lend me."
No one answered the call for a while.
Everyone knew in their hearts that for a small family like them, even counting the money at the bottom of the box, they couldn't get together two taels of silver, let alone twenty taels.
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"Invite Zheng Qianhu inside. The banquet has been prepared. You can't help but show your respect." The speaker was a middle-aged man wearing a long gown with a businessman's look on his face.
Zheng Qianhu was shy and walked with the middle-aged man in a long gown on the wooden stairs of the restaurant.
In front of the private room on the second floor, there was a young man standing.
Seeing Zheng Qianhu and the middle-aged man in a long gown walking up, he immediately greeted them.
The middle-aged man in a long gown said with a smile: "Let me introduce you, this is shopkeeper Yang from Datong, and this is Zheng Qianhu."
He introduced each side.
Shopkeeper Yang bowed and said, "The common people have met Zheng Qianhu."
"Yes." Zheng Qianhu nodded lightly, and then said to the middle-aged man in a long gown, "I came here to give you the face of Brother Yu."
Broker Yu Qingchun said with a smile: "Don't worry, Lord Qianhu, most people won't bring you to see you."
"Okay, let's listen." Zheng Qianhu stepped into the private room.
"Shopkeeper Yang, please!" Yu Qingchun raised his hand and made a gesture of invitation towards the elegant room.
Shopkeeper Yang smiled and said, "Please, Mr. Yu."
The two people walked into the private room one after another, and Yu Qingchun, who was walking behind, closed the door of the private room.
Zheng Qianhu, who came in first, was already sitting in the main seat.
Yu Qingchun took two quick steps and came to Zheng Qianhu's seat. He picked up the jug and filled a glass of wine for Zheng Qianhu. At the same time, he said, "Has Master Qianhu ever heard of Lingqiu Jintie?"
The wine glass was filled with wine, and Yu Qingchun put away the wine bottle and put it aside.
"Of course I've heard of it, and my ship also brought Lingqiu Jin Iron and sold it to the Japanese country." Zheng Qianhu said, "When a pound of Lingqiu Jin Iron arrives in the Japanese country, it is equivalent to silver. Unfortunately, the amount of Lingqiu Jin Iron is It’s too little. If I save it for half a year, it won’t even be able to load my boat.”
Yu Qingchun asked with a smile: "Master Qianhu, does he know what kind of business Shopkeeper Yang is doing in Datong?"
Zheng Qianhu glanced at Shopkeeper Yang who was sitting on the other side of the table, looked back and said, "Speak directly if you have something to say, don't beat around the bush."
Yu Qingchun did not take Qiao, but said with a smile: "Shopkeeper Yang's boss is the owner of Lingqiu Iron Factory and the president of Lingqiu Dongshan Chamber of Commerce. If you want to buy more Lingqiu Jin Tie, with Shopkeeper Yang here, it’s not about how much you want, but how much you have.”
Zheng Qianhu's eyes lit up when he looked at Yang Yuan, he raised his glass and said with a smile: "It's Brother Yang. I was rude just now. I, Old Zheng, would like to toast you."
"I don't dare, it should be for the common people to respect you." Yang Yuan stood up, raised his wine glass, touched it in the air, and drank the wine in one gulp.
Regarding Zheng Qianhu's arrogant attitude towards Yang Yuan, Yu Qingchun smiled, raised his glass and took a sip.
