When he heard that it was related to Mr. Han, Han Guangtao didn't even want to ask what it was about. He waved his hands and said, "Sir, please forgive me! My old man's temper is hard to control by anyone except my father!"
Li Zian quickly gave Fan Yuru a wink, and the two of them put aside the topic and started pouring wine into Han Guangtao again.
After Han Guangtao was almost done drinking, Li Zian said: "Brother Han, I have no choice, so I asked you for help.
"Now there is a new magistrate in Wuchang Prefecture. You should have heard about it, but you may not know the details.
"The prefect, Mr. Shen, has quite a background. He was specially sent to Wuchang Prefecture to serve in Wuchang Prefecture after the emperor had just issued a decree to commend him. Who would have expected that he would encounter such a thing as soon as he entered the city.
"Master Shen didn't know Mr. Han's identity before, but now that he knows it, he is already riding a tiger and is in a dilemma!
"If you don't take care of it till the end, you will lose your authority when you first come here. It will not only be a slap in your own face, but also a slap in the face of the Holy One.
"But if you want to take control to the end, you can't get around your old man. If I were to confront your old man, let alone him, I would be scared!
"Everyone in Wuchang Prefecture knows that you are Mr. Han's most beloved grandchild, so after much thought, it seems that there is really no other way except asking you to take action."
Fan Yuru also helped to beat the drum and said: "Yes, brother Han, to put it bluntly, what does this money mean to your Han family? You can even spend more than this amount on a drink out.
"We don't need the old man to apologize. As long as the Han family is willing to pay the money, it will save Mr. Shen's face and ensure that this matter will not be publicized in a big way. What do you think?"
Li Zian followed up and added, "Brother Han, as long as you do this favor for me, from now on my private room will be just like yours. You can come anytime you want and invite whoever you want. You see.
How about it?"
Han Guangtao looked around with drunken eyes, slapped Li Zian on the shoulder, gave a thumbs up and said: "Brother, you are really like this!
"I'll take care of this matter. From now on, you, you will be my brother!"
Han Guangtao drank happily and agreed to things very happily, but it was a pity that he became a coward as soon as he got home.
As soon as I mentioned this matter to my grandfather the next day, I was scolded so much that I never dared to mention it again. I sent someone dejectedly to send a letter to Li Zian, saying that the old man had such a bad temper that I didn't dare to stroke the tiger's beard.
Son, no matter how good the wine fairy is, you still have to save your life to enjoy it.
"What a waste!" Li Zian was so angry that his already slightly hungover head hurt even more.
At the same time, Shen Zhonglei was also at a loss. The detectives sent out to look for witnesses all found nothing. The old man of the Han family didn't know what happened to him. He said before that he would only pay for the dirty horses in front of him.
Materials, but now his attitude has suddenly changed, and he is not willing to pay even a copper plate.
Shen Zhonglei didn't know that Li Zian was doing him a disservice, and he was just wondering when news came that shopkeeper Liu had fainted out of anger.
After getting to know Liu's family in detail, Shen Zhonglei realized that shopkeeper Liu's purchase was not just a matter of selling iron, it could be called a desperate move.
The money he mentioned before was not borrowed from relatives and friends, but was borrowed from others privately as usury.
Because he had a brother working there, the deed was signed more loosely.
The money will be calculated according to the normal bank interest rates before New Year's Eve. If the money has not been repaid after the New Year's Eve, then the interest will start to be compounded based on the usury.
Shopkeeper Liu also calculated in his mind that the period before the beginning of each year is the best selling time for clothing materials.
And because it takes time to buy the materials and make them into ready-made clothes, the peak business season is usually in late winter and early twelfth lunar month.
As long as the materials he buys are eye-catching enough, he can sell them back before New Year's Eve.
You can repay the money without waiting for the interest to be compounded, and you can still make a small profit, have a good year, and have the capital to purchase goods next year.
I have to say that shopkeeper Liu is indeed quite discerning when it comes to purchasing goods.
The ingredients he brought back from this trip were the only ones in Huguang, so as soon as the goods were put into the store, it became popular immediately, and business was extremely busy from morning to night.
Just when I was about to collect enough money to pay off my debt, something like this happened.
Not even a foot of the newly shipped materials could be sold, and customers refused to even enter the store, as if everything in his house was infected with the plague.
Let alone prospering now, business is not as good as it was before the purchase of goods.
If Mr. Han insists on refusing to compensate and drags on like this, the Liu family will simply not be able to repay the loan sharks from outside, and will have no choice but to wait for it to multiply and bring down the whole family.
Seeing the Liu family hugging each other and crying, Shen Zhonglei felt very uncomfortable.
He also wanted to help them, but now there was no human or physical evidence. Even if he made a ruling regardless of it, Mr. Han would not only not obey it obediently, but would actually make the matter even more out of control.
"Don't be anxious first. Shopkeeper Liu's health is very important. It's really not possible..."
Shen Zhonglei originally wanted to say, if it doesn't work out, I will lend you money to pay off the debt first.
But as soon as the words came to his lips, he swallowed them in the end.
It was not that he was afraid that the Liu family would not pay the money, but that he was saying this before the case was decided, which made him seem to be really afraid of Mr. Han.
The first case after taking office was handled like this. Shen Zhonglei was naturally in a bad mood. After returning home at night, he couldn't help but start drinking.
Now that the Shen family has lost the head of the house, Mrs. Shen still pretends to be ill and refuses to take care of things, so all the big and small affairs in the family can only be reported to Shen Tianshu.
Hearing that Shen Zhonglei was drinking in the room, Shen Tianshu immediately remembered what Mingyu had said before.
She thought for a moment, then ordered the kitchen to cook a few side dishes and brought them to Shen Zhonglei in a food box.
Shen Zhonglei himself was already a little drunk after drinking for a long time, and he was worried that there was no one to talk to. When he saw his daughter bringing wine and food, he felt happy, and soon explained his current predicament in detail under Shen Tianshu's skillful questioning.
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After hearing this, Shen Tianshu did not express any opinion on the matter. Instead, he asked: "Dad, you said that Mr. Han drools a lot and spits everywhere when he talks? Can you tell me more carefully?"
Shen Zhonglei was helpless for a while when he was asked. He didn't know why his daughter was interested in this. He couldn't resist his daughter's insistence, so he reluctantly recalled it and said: "I don't know what's going on with him. He drools when he talks.
I squirt out, and I squirt even more when I get emotional and argue with others.
"Even when he is not talking, I often see him spitting on the ground..."
He really didn't pay much attention to this before. When he was asked about it now, he couldn't help but feel a little disgusted when he recalled it. He frowned and said: "The Han family is also a wealthy family, but the character of this old man Han is really hard to describe. He has no education. It’s a shame to say that I have insulted the lintel of the Han family.”
After hearing the news, Shen Tianshu's focus was completely different from Shen Zhonglei's.
This old man Han may not be ill-educated, he may just be sick.