It's late at night, and Duobao Tower is going to close.
Cen Baofang picked out a bunch of agate necklaces, a gold inlaid agate hairpin, and an agate necklace from the newly arrived batch of jewelry. After looking at it, he checked the price and said to the accountant: "The price of this set of jewelry is, Record it in the account book of Chengyang Marquis Mansion."
When he sent jewelry to Chengyang Hou Mansion a few days ago, Mr. Cui asked him to send some good ones to him after the new ones arrived.
The accountant took out the accounts and wrote down a number: "Shopkeeper, the Chengyang Marquis Mansion spent almost 30,000 taels with us this quarter."
Cen Baofang smiled: "It doesn't matter how much he does, just take note of it, whether the Chengyang Marquis Mansion can still default on its debts."
The cashier just smiled and said nothing.
He is not afraid that Chengyang Houfu will default on his debt, but he is afraid that Chengyang Houfu will hold him back. Thirty thousand taels is not a small amount!
The waiter was closing the door when suddenly a big hand held the door.
"Sir, I'm sorry, our store is going to close." The waiter explained.
As soon as the person blocking the door heard this, he shouted inside, "Boss Cen, it's me, I'm Lao Zhao from Yonghe Building!"
Cen Baofang quickly put down his account book and walked over. When he saw that the person outside was indeed Shopkeeper Zhao, he asked in surprise: "Shopkeeper Zhao, why are you here so late?"
"Boss Cen, I have something urgent to ask you." Shopkeeper Zhao looked around and lowered his voice: "Let's find a convenient place to say a few words."
Cen Baofang did have an empty room here. The two entered the house and closed the door. Before Cen Baofang could ask, shopkeeper Zhao asked first: "How much did the Hou Mansion spend on you this quarter?"
Cen Baofang was stunned for a moment and said nothing.
How can I answer this? This is the guest's privacy.
Shopkeeper Zhao took out an account book from his pocket and handed it over: "This is what the Hou family bought on credit from my store this quarter. Take a look."
Seeing that he was not hiding anything, Cen Baofang flipped through the pages, turned to the end, and saw the number at the bottom, "Eight thousand taels? Is Hou Fuguang's supplements so expensive for a quarter?"
"Isn't that right?" Shopkeeper Zhao pointed to the items inside: "It wasn't this expensive before, but the Hou Mansion is getting more and more naughty. I don't want to eat ordinary bird's nests. I want to eat blood swallows. Tell me." , the price of this blood bird's nest is five times that of ordinary bird's nest. And it eats a lot, looking at this posture, it is obvious that it is eating the blood bird's nest!"
The supplements alone cost eight thousand taels a quarter, which is indeed very expensive.
Shopkeeper Zhao saw that he had finished reading and asked him again: "How much did the Hou Mansion spend on you?"
Cen Baofang had a number in his mind, but he couldn't tell an outsider the number, so he just laughed and said, "It's about the same as you."
Shopkeeper Zhao saw that he was perfunctory and knew that he was lying. He became anxious and said, "I am telling you this because I treat you as a brother. Do you know that the Chengyang Marquis Mansion is running out of money?"
"No money? Who did you listen to?"
"The news coming from the Hou Mansion is absolutely true."
"No way!" Cen Baofang said in surprise: "Usually the Hou Mansion spends several thousand taels of silver on me every quarter. I pay it back at the end of the quarter and never default on it."
Shopkeeper Zhao explained: "Didn't the young master of the Hou Mansion suffer from smallpox and disfigure his face? He hired a doctor and was rewarded with twenty-five thousand taels of silver. The Chengyang Hou Mansion has some foundation, but the gold and silver mountains are worth it. I can't help but use it like this. You said that the money has to be paid to the doctor. Is it possible that the Hou Mansion will become an empty frame? I plan to ask for the money tomorrow. I can't wait for one more day. Boss Cen, the money is still in my hands. What’s real is what’s in your pocket. You said we were running this small business, but if we don’t pay back the eight thousand taels, my work for the past six months will have been in vain!”
Cen Baofang silently thought about the nearly 30,000 taels that the Hou Mansion owed him. If he defaulted on the debt, he would have worked for half a year in vain. If he delayed, how could Duobaolou still have the money to purchase goods?
Cen Baofang was also anxious, "Remember to call me tomorrow and I will go with you."
"Okay, our two stores are among the best in Yancheng. I don't think the Hou family will dare to rely on us. Anyway, the money is real when it comes to our pockets. From now on, we will pay for everything to avoid losing everything." Shopkeeper Zhao said After finishing, he took the account book and left in a hurry.
Cen Baofang sent the person to the door, and waited until his back disappeared. Then Cen Baofang immediately closed the door, returned to the counter, and grabbed the accountant who was about to lock the account book: "Wait first, and then take out the account book of the Hou Mansion and do the calculation." Forget it, I will go to the Hou Mansion tomorrow to ask for money."
I hope Boss Zhao is unfounded. Then the Grand Marquis Mansion, the Marquis personally appointed by the ancestor emperor, will not pay back the money he owes?
But if they really have no money, how long will it take them to pay it back when they have money?
No, no, shopkeeper Zhao is right, it’s safe to be safe!
Shopkeeper Zhao walked into the dark night, looked back to see that no one was following him, and then turned into an alley. At the end, it was dark and dead.
"Is it done?" In the dark alley, a man wearing dark clothes suddenly stood in front of him, almost scaring Shopkeeper Zhao to death.
"It's done. I have agreed with Boss Cen that we will go together to ask for the money tomorrow."
"Do you know what you should do tomorrow?"
"I know." Shopkeeper Zhao nodded quickly, but did not give up: "Is the Hou Mansion really short of money?"
Then his eight thousand taels...
"You won't know tomorrow."
Shopkeeper Zhao had something in his hand and quickly looked down.
It was a silver note, a thousand taels of silver note. Shopkeeper Zhao was very happy. Just when he was about to say thank you, there was a figure of the man in black in front of him. He came and went without a trace, just like when he came.
Shopkeeper Zhao took the one thousand taels of silver and thought about going to ask for the account tomorrow, and his heart suddenly went up and down.
I don’t know whether I should be happy about the unexpected fortune of one thousand taels of silver, or feel sad that the eight thousand taels of silver may be hard to come by tomorrow.
The man in black had great martial arts skills and disappeared into the night with a few jumps. Shopkeeper Zhao naturally didn't know about it, but there was another man in black following him quietly. When he saw him, he turned over and entered the city. Yanghou Mansion.
Pei Heng is used to going to bed late.
When Fusong arrived, the candles in Pei Heng's room were still on. Fusong knocked on the door, got the answer from inside, opened the door and walked in.
"What did you find?" Pei Heng didn't look away from the book in his hand.
"Cui Yunfeng, the young master of Chengyang Marquis Mansion, hangs out with a maid in the house all day long."
"He is really energetic." Pei Heng sneered: "Hasn't he always claimed that he will be with the young lady for the rest of his life and will never take concubines?"
If he can really say it and do it, Pei Heng admires him as a real man, but Cui Yunfeng has obviously become a bitch and wants to build a memorial arch.
Fusong added: "The guard named Chen Wang of the Chengyang Marquis Mansion bribed Shopkeeper Zhao of Yonghe Building and asked him to find Shopkeeper Cen of Duobao Building. We will go to Chengyang Hou Mansion tomorrow to ask them for the residence of the Hou Mansion this quarter. Money on credit.”
Pei Heng finally put down the book, "Chen Wang? That guard next to that woman?"
"yes."
Pei Heng smiled and said, "The people in the Marquis Mansion are really fun. Men play with the people outside, and women play with the people inside."
When it comes to paying someone to come to your door and ask for a bill, this woman's thinking is really strange!
"I have heard this. The Hou Mansion owes Yonghe Tower 8,000 taels this quarter and Duobao Tower 27,900 taels."
"Just this quarter?"
"Yes."
"I have just ascended the throne. I have to live frugally for the sake of the people of the world and the country. I also require my ministers to be frugal in food and clothing and not to be extravagant and wasteful. His Chengyang Marquis Mansion is quite good. Every quarter, he only spends forty thousand taels of supplements and jewelry."
Pei Heng stood up, took two steps, stopped in front of the window, looked at the crescent moon outside the house, and continued, "If I remember correctly, the annual salary of the Chengyang Marquis Mansion is one thousand taels. These two shops have He owes nearly 40,000 taels in one quarter, and he has to save for 40 years even if he doesn't eat or drink. Is it corruption or bribery, or is he plundering people's wealth and wealth?"
"Do you want my subordinates to go investigate?"
Pei Heng didn't speak for a long time, so long that Fusong thought Pei Heng wouldn't answer. Pei Heng suddenly said, "The woman's natal Xu family is a wealthy businessman in Kyoto?"
"Yes." Fusong paused and continued: "My subordinates heard that the big wedding six years ago, with ten miles of red makeup and one hundred thousand taels of snowflake silver alone, not including all kinds of treasures, was very sensational. .”
At that wedding, the Xu family emptied almost half of their belongings just to marry their daughter.
Pei Heng was not here, he was recuperating thousands of miles away, so naturally he didn't know about the huge and infamous wedding.
He thought of the priceless white jade Guanyin, and also guessed where the Chengyang Marquis Mansion got its money.
That woman...
Is it really that stupid?
"You should continue to stare at the Hou Mansion first, and don't startle the snake." Pei Heng glanced at the crescent moon again, and thought about the delicious food that night.
That woman should have finished planting cotton and should be back, right?
It just so happened that he also missed the dishes cooked by the cook.
