With the enthusiastic "help" of Shopkeeper Lin, Xu Zhiming successfully obtained the book purchase note. The note read: On the third day of the twelfth lunar month in the 36th year of Xuanwu, Xu Zhiming of Yunshan Academy purchased some books from Hanhai Bookstore and owed five silver dollars on credit.
Two, specially sign this certificate. Witness: Lin Shuhai.
Shopkeeper Lin's name is stamped with a red seal, which is the seal of Hanhai Book Company.
Xu Zhiming noticed something was wrong and frowned slightly: "Shopkeeper Lin, isn't this right? "Selected Poems" only costs one tael of silver. Why do you write, 'Buy a few books and owe five taels on credit'?"
Shopkeeper Lin looked at him with an incomprehensible look: "As far as I know, the study fee for scholars is only three taels per month, and it is quite difficult to successfully apply. If you don't write more to prove your difficulties at this time,
How can things go smoothly?"
This statement is reasonable and well-founded, but I can't find any problems.
But Xu Zhiming was very cautious and asked, "Why do you need to write a credit card? Shopkeeper Lin, I don't owe you any money on credit."
Shopkeeper Lin seemed to have guessed his question and said very skillfully: "Xu Langjun's worry is not unreasonable. I have also helped other scholars write notes before. The note stated how much someone spent to buy books. However,
I used that note to apply for money, but it was rejected at all. Why? After asking around, I found out that the response from Baishan Hall was, 'Since you have the money to buy books, why bother to apply for money again?' Later, we learned our lesson and turned the receipt into a note.
Once it becomes an IOU, it will be much easier to apply for money."
"It turns out there are so many ways inside."
Xu Zhiming looked stunned, but still hesitated: "Shopkeeper Lin, this is an IOU after all, I..."
"Xu Langjun, what does this mean?"
Shopkeeper Lin suddenly darkened his face and said with some displeasure: "Is Xu Langjun worried that I will use this IOU to blackmail you into paying back the money? We have known each other for many years, and we know everything about it. I took the risk of fraud and kindly wrote a note to help you.
When you apply for silver, you judge a gentleman with a villain's heart, you look down on people so much!"
Then why did Li Xiucai from Yiningfang commit suicide?
The people sent by His Highness King Su said that Li Xiucai not only owed money to the court, but also helped open a note shop and also used the notes to collect debts.
That's right, if there is no benefit, why would these shopkeepers be willing to collude with the scammers? The free help at the moment will turn into blood-sucking evil ghosts afterwards.
After all, it is an act of deception and deception. If Baishan Hall and the officials find out, their future will be ruined. They are sure that those who have been deceived will not dare to make the matter bigger, so they can only
It's a shame to be dumb.
That is to say, Li Xiucai couldn't bear the blow and committed suicide, so the news leaked out in the market. Otherwise, Baishan Hall would have been kept in the dark for who knows how long.
Xu Zhiming's heart sank, and he was frightened again. He almost became the target of a scammer.
If such evil deeds are not exposed and eradicated, I don’t know how many scholars will be deceived in the future. Although they did something wrong by deceiving Baishantang in the first place, these evil people who lead people to evil should be cut to pieces with thousands of swords.
!
Thinking of his task, he could only apologize and smile: "It was my fault that Shopkeeper Lin was wronged. Shopkeeper Lin was so eager to help. It was too late for me to thank you. How could I have misunderstood? After all, it was a large amount of money. I had to be careful.
I’ll apologize to you first.”
Shopkeeper Lin's face brightened slightly at this moment, he pushed over the IOU in duplicate and said: "Xu Langjun is willing to believe Lin, so Lin will naturally handle it for you quickly. This is the IOU in duplicate. You
We signed and pledged each one, one for application and one for me to keep as a record... Don't get me wrong, the people from Baishantang are here to verify. If I don't have an IOU, wouldn't I be telling others that I am committing fraud?
"
Yes, IOUs have been in duplicate since ancient times.
Xu Zhiming felt chilled, but he was confident after all. He signed and pledged steadily and got an IOU worth five taels of silver.
Shopkeeper Lin's face turned from gloomy to bright, and he said to Xu Zhiming with a smile: "Xu Langjun, just go back to your home, the man will come to you soon to go through the formalities."
Xu Zhiming now hated and hated Shopkeeper Lin very much. Seeing him acting like his conspiracy had succeeded, he felt very unhappy and couldn't help but said: "Shopkeeper Xu, since I issued an IOU to buy the book, do you think I have to bring some with me?"
Bring the book back? Don’t get me wrong, I don’t mean to be a free hand. You just said that if the people from Baishan Hall come back to investigate, wouldn’t they be suspicious if they find that I didn’t buy the book? "
The smile on Shopkeeper Lin's face slowly faded. He always felt that something was wrong with Xu Zhiming. In the past, the scholars who took advantage of him all signed the IOU obediently, and there were really no people who asked for books on the spot - after all, those scholars were very thin-skinned.
Although I was kind enough to help, I was naturally embarrassed to take someone else's book empty-handed.
This Xu Zhiming is quite shrewd.
Shopkeeper Lin was unhappy, so he said: "The bookstore has to check the accounts every few days. If the books and the money don't match up, I can't explain it."
If he was a thin-skinned person, he would be embarrassed to embarrass Shopkeeper Lin now, but Xu Zhiming was not polite to him and still insisted: "Don't worry, Shopkeeper Lin, I just took the book and went back to show off, and wait until Baishan Hall
After the verification is completed, I will send the book back. Can you still not trust my character, Shopkeeper Lin? There is absolutely no reason to write a book without permission."
Shopkeeper Lin thought for a moment and realized that it would be no problem for the other party to take the book back. The worst thing is to ask for the book back before the matter is done. This Xu Zhiming is a bit shrewd. If he refuses repeatedly, he may become suspicious and fool the person first.
Let’s talk about it later.
So he relaxed and said: "I can trust Xu Langjun's character. In this case, Xu Langjun will just go and get the book."
Only then did Xu Zhiming smile. He went to the bookshelf to select books. In addition to the "Selected Poems" that he wanted to buy, there were also several Confucian masterpieces that he had not been willing to buy and had no time to copy before. He was full of them, just five taels.
Shopkeeper Lin's heart trembled when he saw this, but his face didn't show any signs of it. He sent the person away with a smile before his face darkened - this kid doesn't know what is good and what is good, and he will be blessed with many good things in the future.
He summoned his nephew who was working as a waiter in the bookstore and whispered: "Xiao Lin, go to the old place to find Boss Wu and say that there is business coming..."
After whispering like this, Xiao Lin nodded repeatedly and ran out quickly.
Not long after, an inconspicuous man in a long gown walked out of the bookstore. He took a look outside and saw that the man who had been ambushing him had disappeared. He thought he was following Xiao Lin. He immediately felt relieved and went back to meet his master.