The stack of documents and contracts made Ms. Deng a little confused. After all, she was a woman and didn't understand these things.
Li Qi, on the other hand, was very solemn. He first cleaned his hands in a blue and white glazed sea bowl with red underglaze, then wiped it with a white silk handkerchief, took it carefully, and looked at it several times with great care.
"I remember you. You were in charge of the pawn shop. Your surname is Zhang, right?" Li Qi said casually while looking at it.
"Young master, you have a very good memory, just like the young one!" Shopkeeper Zhang was particularly respectful when facing the young master.
Speaking of which, Mr. Zhang is also a number one figure in the business world of the capital. But he clearly knows that everything he has was given to him by the wealthy Li family in front of him.
Not to mention the owner of the Li family, even a dog in the inner courtyard of the Li family must be treated with care.
"Are you sure it's the Prince Consort's house?" Li Qi raised her eyes and asked.
"I'm sure!" Shopkeeper Zhang half-bowed and said, "First of all, the two shops that are mortgaged are the property of the Prince Consort. The villain has found out about this two years ago, because the villain has been preparing to sell these two shops two years ago.
Two pawn shops were swallowed up. They are not large, but they are in a good place, and their regular customers are poor people from the Hanlin Academy, as well as officials from the capital...!"
As he said that, he paused and said, "The master also knows this. After the villain reported it to the master, the master said it was well done. The master also taught the villain that business can never be completed and money can never be made, but if there is favor,
If it is ruined, it will become an enemy, and it is better to dissolve enemies than to make them end!"
"Yeah!" Li Qi nodded, "Keep talking!"
"In addition, look at the mark on this document!" Shopkeeper Zhang continued, "Qingzhitang! The consort's nickname is Qingzhi, and the person who came to help him mark and seal it was his old housekeeper. That old housekeeper is
He has been an old servant growing up watching the Prince Consort since the time of the previous generation of the Marquis in their family!"
"Yeah!" Li Qi nodded again, "Do you know why his home needs a mortgage?"
"The villain didn't ask, and he didn't dare to ask!" Shopkeeper Zhang continued.
"Hiss..." Li Qi suddenly frowned, "Two cents profit?"
Shopkeeper Zhang was shocked, thinking that the interest he wanted was too much, so he hurriedly explained, "Master, two cents interest is the lowest interest rate for mortgage lending in the capital, and if you don't add interest in a three-year cycle, it means you are gone from our place."
Three hundred and sixty thousand silver, two cents of interest is the annual interest!"
"When others borrow money, we all get monthly interest. These two cents of interest are borrowed in vain! Moreover, in order to fear that the prince-in-law will be careless and find out later that it is a business of the house. The bank note given by the villain was specially preserved from Suzhou.
The bank notes temporarily borrowed from the Daxing bank account did not dare to transfer the bank notes from the bank bank account in our house."
This is why the banknote banks in the capital cannot compete with pawnshops. A pawnshop like Yuhengdang not only has many pawnshops under its name, spread all over the country, but also has a bank that can spread all over the country.
What it does is a capitalless transaction with left hand in and right hand out!
Other bank accounts dare to compete with him, without the master behind him coming forward. With a little trick, his own bank account can cause a run on the other party.
"The interest is nothing!" Li Qi frowned again, "But these two pawn shops alone are enough for more than 300,000 yuan, so why do you need someone else's farm land deed?"
"This..." Shopkeeper Zhang smiled bitterly and said, "Master, it stands to reason that these two pawn shops are enough, but first of all, we are pawns for living, not death. If we are pawns for death, that is enough, because we
You can take over those two pawn shops at any time!"
"But the work is a different matter. It can only be discounted at 40% of the market price. As for the land deed, I can't push it away. I have already pushed two carts of gold, silver and jewelry. If I push out the land deed, the Prince Consort will have more.
Isn’t it true?”
Hearing this, Li Qi fell into deep thought.
Then he opened his mouth and ordered, "Come here, bring me pen and ink!"
"Son, what do you want?" Deng was puzzled.
"I'm writing a letter to dad!" Li Qi handed over the contract in his hand and said solemnly, "This is not right. The emperor's consort is a person whom the emperor values and the money comes from our family. If something happens, our family can't tell us.
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"No way!" Deng frowned.
Shopkeeper Zhang nodded in agreement, "The villain thinks so too!"
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In the evening, Mao Xiang came to the Nankang Princess Mansion like an idle man with his hands behind his back.
The two of them sat down in the inner study. While Mao Xiang was still looking at the furnishings in the study, Hu Guan didn't say a word and directly took out a wad of silver notes and put them on the table.
"Please!" Hu Guan waved.
Mao Xiang was slightly surprised, "Prince-in-law, are you so fast?" He said, picking up a stack of banknotes.
Pooh!
First, he spit on his hands, then twist them open one by one.
"Let me tell you, Prince Consort, you must have some wealth!" Mao Xiang's face was filled with joy.
"Don't you know if I have any wealth?" Hu Guan hugged his shoulders, "Just tell me, I mortgaged all my family wealth! In exchange for these more than 300,000 yuan, I still don't know what I will get in three years.
Still have it!"
"You don't have to pay it back after three years, someone will pay it back!" Mao Xiang continued to count the banknotes, like a miser.
Hu Guan's heart moved and he came closer and said, "Senior, why do you want the money? Shouldn't you tell me?"
"I borrowed money from you, but I didn't ask for money!" Mao Xiang said.
"You don't even plan to pay it back, why don't you want it?"
"I borrowed the money, but you don't have to give it to me, I won't take it!" With that said, Mao Xiang raised the banknote in front of Hu Guan.
Suddenly, Hu Guan's face looked like a clay puppet, without any expression at all.
"What are you talking about?" After a long while, he finally said, "Can you just say it?"
Mao Xiang crossed his legs and took out a notebook from his arms, clattering it still on the table. "Do something for me again. Divide the money equally according to the number of people on it, and then deliver it to them according to their address and name."
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In an instant, Hu Guan seemed to understand.
I picked up the book and opened it. It was full of names, year of birth and death, time and place of death, how many people were in the family, and where was the home.
"What are you doing?"
"They are all my brothers!" Mao Xiang sighed, the cynical smile on his face disappeared, and he said with a bit of solemnity, "They are all my dead brothers!"
Hu Guan was confused, "But..."
"Some of them are blue-eyed, some are not, but they all died because of me. To be precise, even if they knew they were going to die, because I spoke, they could only choose to die!" Mao Xiang's voice was cold.
It was cold and without any emotion, as if he was talking about trivial things.
"Even among them, many of them didn't have to die. I forced them to... and some of them were killed by me myself!"
"When I was a boy, I thought about being like your father's generation and being an upright man who led thousands of troops. But as an adult, I can only hide in the darkest corners and live like a ghost."
As he spoke, Mao Xiang looked at Hu Guan.
"In the future, you will have a feeling!" Then, he smiled again, a little sadly, "These brothers, whether it is when they are about to die or after they die, I have spoken to them in front of them.
Go on your way with peace of mind, I will take care of your wife, children and mother!"
"I have never forgotten my promise over the years. I have taken good care of their home. But right away, I no longer have the ability to take care of them. So, I can only find you. Because you took over my shift, you
Taken over Blue Eyes!"
Suddenly, Hu Guan fell silent.
He felt a little emotional. He was born in a noble family in Huaixi, and he knew what brotherhood was from a young age. Among the Huaixi military leaders alive today, all of them privately support many families!
Brothers who lived and died together in the past can never be forgotten!
"But..." He came to his senses slightly, "These are all state affairs! They should be listed..."
"Fucking state affairs!" Mao Xiang curled his lips, "They are all shady people, they have nothing to do with state affairs!" As he said that, he rolled his eyes at Hu Guan, "Even if it is a state matter, who will admit it?"
Hu Guan was silent, they couldn't see the light.
"Besides, after all, it was because of my order that they..." Hu Guan sighed, "Speaking of beheading, do they recognize the imperial court? Sometimes it may not be possible, but they really recognize me! Call me
Brother, you sacrificed your life for me. But I really made them sacrifice my life for many reasons."
At this point, he looked at Hu Guan and said without any fluctuation in his tone, "Many people regarded me as their elder brother, but I killed them myself. Don't you think I should support their family?"
Hu Guan nodded.
"This money is enough for their family to have enough food and clothing in the future!" Mao Xiang suddenly stood up and turned his back, "You find someone to deliver it to their family."
Hu Guan's heart was full of gold, so he nodded and said, "Okay!"
At this time, Mao Xiang turned his head and said seriously, "I, Mao Xiang, have never owed anyone anything in my life. Remember, someone will come to repay the money three years later this year. At that time, I will pay you the principal with interest."
You!" Then he clasped his fists and said, "That's all I'm worried about, please!"