At dusk, Xu Min felt sad.

As a doctor from the Ministry of Industry, after thinking for a long time, I really don’t know what to do with Wang Siqi, the supervisor of Baoyuan Bureau. After all, he is an official appointed by the emperor. What’s more important is that Baoyuan Bureau seems to have people inside and outside, up and down.

The shadow of His Royal Highness.

At this moment, Xu Min seemed to realize how much trouble Wuzhong, the minister of the Ministry of Industry, had dumped on him.

.....

"Let's go! I'll go too. Let's go together and see how difficult it is to invite Wang Siqi!"

"Sir... let's forget it. It's still too late to wait until tomorrow... Master Shangshu didn't say it must be today."

"no!"

"If you don't go, where is the dignity of the Ministry of Works? I have sent people to invite people, but they can't come back... Then why don't I go in person?"

After that, Xu Min asked someone to prepare the carriage, while he kept thinking about what and how he should say when he saw Wang Siqi later.

...

The entrance to Liu Ji's pawnshop.

Shopkeeper Liu looked at the paintings, calligraphy, porcelain, antiques and various handles, ornaments, and rare jewelry that were picked out one by one by the official from the Ministry of Industry with his sharp eyes, and he sweatdropped drop by drop.

The body was also trembling visibly.

Wang Siqi didn't say anything, he just sat on the rocking chair that was originally shopkeeper Liu's, slowly closing his eyes and enjoying the sunset... that was about to disappear.

"Master... we have finished counting them all. By comparison, there are at least thirty pieces missing, and there are still twenty or thirty pieces that are unclear. They must be fakes."

"Alas... Shopkeeper Liu..."

"It's a waste that I trust you so much. I've never been to any other place for so long. I just took care of your family's business."

"You now? What does this mean?"

Shopkeeper Liu's expression revealed a bit of despair.

In the end, he could only explain tremblingly: "Master Wang... I am obsessed with it and I don't abide by the rules. I just ask Master Wang to show his kindness. I will definitely make up for the money I am missing this time. I will give it to Master Wang every penny."

superior."

"silver?"

Wang Siqi shook his head and said to Wu De on the side: "Come on, go get the box containing the banknotes and let Shopkeeper Liu see if our uncle's house in Qingyuan is short of money."

"Okay! The young master... is short of money? Is our young master short of money?"

"Isn't this just a pure curse?"

As he spoke, Wu De stood up and took the box next to him, unlocked the lock on it, opened it and said, "Shopkeeper Liu, please take a closer look. There are three hundred thousand in this box."

Two silver notes, now do you know why my young master despises the silver you mentioned?"

Shopkeeper Liu was dumbfounded. He had never seen so many banknotes.

This is a total of 300,000 taels of silver. Even in the huge capital, there are probably only a handful of people who can easily come up with so much cash.

Now, the young master of the Wang family who used to come to him to pawn something for eighteen hundred taels of silver actually holds such a huge sum of money.

"Young Master Wang... I am too blind to recognize. Otherwise... you give me a few days, and I will find a way to raise money. I will definitely find and redeem all the things in our house... I will definitely

There won’t be any problem.”

"I have to say... Shopkeeper Liu really has a good idea."

"But Shopkeeper Liu... do you know that it doesn't matter if you break the rules? If you pay me money according to the rules, it will be fine. But the problem is that Wu De came to you every month to renew his ticket, but you didn't do anything.

Those who hesitated just pocketed the money."

"You... make us seem like a big grievance to our Qingyuan uncle."

"What... what kind? Master Wang! I was wrong... I was wrong!" As he said this, Shopkeeper Liu could no longer stand, and fell to his knees with a plop, tears and runny nose on his face in an instant.

It all burst out.

The capital is very big.

The core of power of the entire Ming Dynasty is here, and there are countless merchants, people, and officials who come and go every day.

The capital is very small.

It often only takes a short time for a thing to spread throughout the capital through word of mouth.

What's more, shopkeeper Liu is facing Wang Siqi at the moment.

"The Wang family has never owed you a single cent of money. Since you broke the rules first, don't blame me..."

"Then...what does Master Yiwang mean?"

Like a lamb waiting to be slaughtered, shopkeeper Liu asked softly without daring to breathe.

Wang Siqi waved his hand.

"There is no need for Shopkeeper Liu to look for things anymore. The next thing... someone will do it himself, but... this Liu Ji Pawnshop may have to change its name in the future and be called Wang Ji Pawnshop.

"

"What??"

After hearing what Wang Siqi said, no matter how stupid Shopkeeper Liu was, he understood that Wang Siqi wanted his own shop.

I want the current property of Liu Ji Pawnshop.

One's own momentary greed.

But he plunged himself into a desperate situation, and more importantly, he lost his ancestral business like Liu Ji's Pawn Shop. Shopkeeper Liu couldn't accept this, and he immediately burst into tears.

"Master Wang...Master Wang, this is absolutely impossible. This Liu Ji Pawnshop is the property of my ancestors, and we absolutely cannot give it away!"

"Young Master Wang... you ask for a price, you say a figure you are satisfied with, and I will give it to you even if it means selling it, and I guarantee your satisfaction!"

Every line has its own rules. At this moment, shopkeeper Liu felt extremely regretful, but it was too late. He just said this because he didn't want to throw away his ancestral business.

"Shopkeeper Liu...do you really want me to spell it out clearly?"

"I don't want Liu Ji's pawnshop for free. I will give you money at a discount of 10% off the market price... With this money, you can start from scratch in another place. And from now on, if you break the rules of the pawn shop, I will

Just pretend it never happened.”

"But if you don't let go and insist on doing this."

"I'm sorry... Shopkeeper Liu, have you ever thought about what else you can do besides the pawn business? What else can you do? Think twice... before you act, Shopkeeper Liu, think carefully.

Think about it."

After finishing speaking, shopkeeper Liu couldn't calm down for a long time, but he could only hesitate for a long time and couldn't say a single word.

After a long time.

As if he had figured it out, shopkeeper Liu sighed deeply and said, "Master Wang... I broke the rules. What you said makes sense."

"What should be done, just do it..."

"I... admit it!"

"good!"

"Wu De, count the money for Shopkeeper Liu!"
Chapter completed!