"Are you Fang Chen?" Zhang Fengwu looked at Fang Chen very carefully from head to toe.
He was very surprised when he saw that the young man in front of him was about the same age as himself.
Although Zhang Fengwu had known for a long time that Fang Chen was relatively young, after seeing Fang Chen in person, he couldn't believe that such a young Fang Chen could fight against the Hubu alone and seriously injure his father.
When Fang Chen saw the seriously injured Xiao San, he was very worried. He walked up to Zhang Fengwu and said coldly: "I am Fang Chen. If you have anything to say, let my people go first."
Xiao San turned his head, with a tragic look on his face: "Master Fang, you don't need to worry about me. This bastard is here for you, you don't need to worry about me, just get out of here quickly..."
"Who told you to speak!" Zhang Fengwu stepped on Xiao San's mouth and stepped hard several times.
Xiao San screamed!
Fang Chen was furious and rushed forward: "Asshole, stop it!"
The middle-aged man next to Zhang Fengwu flashed and stood in front of Fang Chen.
"Seeking death!" Fang Chen punched him!
But the middle-aged man did not retreat but advanced, and also punched him!
The two people's fists collided hard.
boom!
A burst of air spurted out, and Fang Chen took three or four steps back, but the middle-aged man did not move.
Fang Chen felt waves of severe pain coming from his right hand.
The person in front of me has a very high level of cultivation, with the lowest level being fifth grade or higher.
Li Yun, who was standing next to him, saw the two men taking action, and he also drew out the long knife from his waist.
But the fifteen people on the other side suddenly pulled out the knives from their waists and surrounded Fang Chen and Li Yun.
The whole space was filled with a chilling atmosphere.
At this moment, people outside heard the noise inside and were all worried.
"Master Fang, are you okay?"
"Master Fang, as long as you give the order, we will rush in and make it impossible for Zhang Fengwu to leave Yanghuafang!"
"Listen to me, you all, if you dare to touch Mr. Fang, we will definitely not spare you!"
These people who shouted were all Xiao San's former subordinates.
The soldiers and horses kept them from causing trouble.
Because it would definitely be extremely detrimental to Fang Chen if there was a commotion.
They just wanted to wait for Fang Chen to come over and resolve the matter.
At this moment, Fang Chen also understood that force could not solve the problem at all, and he was no match for these fifteen warriors.
This time Zhang Fengwu came prepared!
Zhang Fengwu had a sneer on his face: "Master Fang, Xiao San is my godbrother. He owes me a sum of money and has not repaid me. I came here today to ask for the money."
"Repaying debts is a matter of course. Besides, this is my family matter. I asked my godbrother for money. Mr. Fang had better not get involved."
Fang Chen's face was extremely cold: "Zhang Fengwu, don't talk so much nonsense. I know you are here for me. What do you want?"
Zhang Fengwu took out an IOU and put it on the table: "Xiao San owes me a total of ten thousand taels of silver. He originally paid me two to three hundred taels every month, and it will be paid off in a few years."
"As a result, he not only failed to pay back the money this month, but when I came to see him, he said he would not pay me back any more and even insulted me, so I gave him a lesson."
Xiao San wanted to say something, but his mouth was stamped hard by Zhang Fengwu, and he could only make a whining sound.
Fang Chen felt extremely resentful in his heart.
So many things happened, and every time he suppressed his opponent and suppressed the enemy, but this time, he obviously had to be passive.
Fang Chen took the IOU from the table.
It clearly states that Xiao San borrowed 10,000 taels of silver from Zhang Fengwu for a period of five years because he wanted to expand his gambling house and branch hospital business. He would repay 200 to 300 taels of silver every month. The total interest was calculated as sixteen thousand taels.
Two pieces of silver.
The IOU was written two years ago.
This is Chi Guoguo's loan sharking.
At this time, Xiao San struggled for a while and roared: "I didn't borrow money. He didn't give me a penny. I gave him a few hundred taels every month as protection fee."
Xiao San finished speaking.
In fact, it was Zhang Fengwu who deliberately raised his feet to let Xiao San speak.
Zhang Fengwu smiled: "My godbrother, how can you say that? If I hadn't loaned you twelve thousand taels of silver, how many branches could you have opened and a gambling house?"
"Now your business is getting bigger and bigger, and you are even working with Mr. Fang. You don't even want to pay me back."
"I love you like a brother. I treat you as a real brother. I loaned you ten thousand taels. Now you want to go back on your words and try to swallow up the money, and you still say that I didn't give you a penny!"
"You are so shameless. It seems that if I cut off two of your fingers, it would be too gentle!"
Of course Fang Chen believed that what Xiao San said was true.
These officials who collect protection fees are afraid of being investigated by others, so they arrange everything in advance and write a fake IOU with these merchants.
The monthly protection fees paid by these merchants appear to be repayments, and they appear to be very formal and without any problems. Even if someone investigates, nothing will happen.
Xiao San couldn't help but cursed: "Zhang Fengwu, you have a human face and a beast's heart, you are a shameless person!"
"How much money have you taken from me over the years? How many things have you taken from me? You won't give me money when you play with women in the branch hospital, and you won't give you money when you lose in gambling houses. I have seen shameless people, but I have never seen such shameless people.
You are so shameless!"
Xiao San's scolding was met with a severe kick from Zhang Fengwu.
This kick hit Xiao San on the head, knocking Xiao San unconscious.
Fang Chen really wanted to rush over immediately and tear Zhang Fengwu into pieces, but at the moment he could only endure it.
"I'll pay back the money Xiao San owes you, and let Xiao San go immediately!"
As he spoke, Fang Chen tore the IOU into pieces and threw it towards Zhang Fengwu.
Zhang Fengwu smiled coldly: "It's useless if you tear it up, there must be more than one IOU!"
"Since Mr. Fang said to pay back the money, as long as the money is paid back, I will release him immediately."
Sixteen thousand taels, with Fang Chen's current net worth, he could afford it.
The soap factory has made more than 10,000 taels of profit in the past few days. Plus his private money, he can definitely repay the loan.
"I will give you the money within half an hour." At this moment, Fang Chen could only compromise.
He wanted to rescue Xiao San first, because he didn't want Xiao San to be tortured again.
"Master Fang, don't worry yet." Zhang Fengwu said, taking out a stack of IOUs from his arms and placing them in front of Fang Chen.
"Except for the money borrowed from me by my godbrother, more than half of the merchants near Yanghuafang have also borrowed money from me. The total of large and small businesses is not much, more than 400,000 taels!"
The fox's tail is finally exposed.
Fang Chen was shocked when he heard this amount. He didn't expect Zhang Fengwu, a bastard, to control so many merchants.
The protection fees collected over the years are a huge amount of money.
This IOU alone amounts to more than 400,000 taels, and there must be more black money behind him!
Since Fang Chen took control of Yanghuafang, all merchants did not need to pay protection fees.
As long as you operate with peace of mind and legally, you don’t need to surrender to anyone or bow to any evil forces.
Fang Chen promised everyone that he would protect them.
But Fang Chen didn't know that so many people were controlled by Zhang Fengwu!