Seeing this IOU, Zhang Fengwu's face was full of excitement: "Master Fang, let me remind you that if you don't see the money in three days, I will burn all the merchants' houses, and the entire Yanghuafang will turn into a sea of fire.
And those merchants will be sentenced to death according to the law, and their families, wives and daughters will be sold to the land of fireworks if they have no money!"
Zhang Fengwu deliberately said these things to stimulate Fang Chen.
However, Fang Chen is still as stable as Mount Tai.
"We'll meet here in three days!"
"Then I won't bother Mr. Fang to collect the money, let's go!" Zhang Fengwu left with a dozen guards.
After Zhang Fengwu left, Li Yun gritted his teeth and cursed a few times: "This bastard deserves to die! In recent years, he has plundered people's wealth and protected their wealth and collected an astronomical amount of protection money!"
"Now he actually wants you to pay him 400,000 taels. It's really abominable!"
When people outside saw Zhang Fengwu's people leaving, they all rushed in one after another.
Fang Chen came over and personally helped Xiao San up.
Everyone gathered around Xiao San, and when they saw Xiao San's chopped off fingers and serious injuries, they were all very angry.
Several doctors came over to check Xiao San's injuries.
The severed finger was lying on the table, and there was no way to reattach it using ancient medical techniques.
The doctor bandaged all of Xiao San's wounds and provided emergency treatment on the spot. Xiao San woke up from the pain.
When he saw Fang Chen, his face was filled with pain and tears: "I'm sorry, Mr. Fang, it's all my fault. It's all because of me that I got into trouble, which is why I brought you down, Mr. Fang."
Fang Chen hurriedly said: "Xiao San, don't talk and take good care of yourself!"
"Don't worry, I will definitely avenge you. If Zhang Fengwu chops off two of your fingers, I will chop off both of his hands. I will make him regret living in this world."
Xiao San was so excited that tears filled his eyes after hearing Fang Chen's words.
He did not expect that Fang Chen would spend money for himself and repay all the merchants, and he did not expect that Fang Chen would fight against Zhang Fengwu for a small person like himself.
In fact, Fang Chen felt very uncomfortable. The reason why Zhang Fengwu did this was because he was targeting Fang Chen, and Xiao San and all the merchants were implicated.
Next, Xiao San was taken into the carriage and left with the doctor.
Ten minutes later, all the merchants and his family members came over, and many of them had injuries on their bodies.
According to the agreement, Zhang Fengwu let them go. If Fang Chen didn't pay the money, Zhang Fengwu would take them away at any time.
When all the merchants knew that Fang Chen had done everything for them, they were all shocked.
Everyone hated Zhang Fengwu extremely.
"Sir Fang, for the sake of Yanghuafang and the merchants, you are willing to compensate 400,000 taels. We will never forget your great kindness!"
"Four hundred thousand taels is an astronomical figure. Mr. Fang, do you really have that much money? And now you are still building a factory and the investment is huge. I'm afraid you won't be able to get that much money!"
"Master Fang, I still have a deposit of more than nine hundred taels. I will give it all to you. Although it is a bit small, you can keep it."
"Master Fang, you are our savior. I also have some money here. If we all pool it together, we can still make some."
All the merchants knelt on the ground and thanked Fang Chen for his great kindness.
At this moment, Fang Chen was very angry and shouted angrily: "When I wanted to give you a guarantee before, why didn't you tell me about the IOU?"
"If you had spoken out earlier, things wouldn't have turned out like this."
Fang Chen was furious and glanced at all the merchants.
The merchants kowtowed and admitted their mistake.
"Mr. Fang, you promised us these things before. We didn't expect that Mr. Fang would really do this. We, the merchants, have paid Zhang Fengwu protection fees on time every month without interruption. We don't want to pay Mr. Fang either.
cause trouble."
"Yes, Mr. Fang, you have made so many contributions to Yanghuafang. We don't want to trouble you about the protection money, and we don't want to provoke Zhang Fengwu, because Zhang Fengwu is a complete bastard who can do anything!"
"In addition to the merchants in Yanghuafang, many merchants in other places also pay protection fees to the Ministry of Household Affairs or other officials. Some people have written IOUs, but if the business is not good and there is no income, they still have to pay protection fees. If they cannot pay it,
Some people were beaten to death, some women were sold to fireworks places, and children were also trafficked to other cities..."
"Master Fang, you are different from those officials. You are different from all the people in power. Since you came to our Yanghuafang, everything here has changed tremendously. Master Fang, you are the god in our hearts.
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Fang Chen then understood that only Xiao San had not paid the protection fee to Zhang Fengwu this month. All other merchants had paid the protection fee on time, but Zhang Fengwu still arrested these merchants and asked them to pay back all the money at once. If
When the money was not settled, all their property was confiscated and their wives and daughters were sold.
After hearing about the evil deeds committed by some officials, Fang Chen felt extremely hateful and sad.
After he becomes the owner of Dongchang, he must arrest all these people, find all the evidence, uproot them by their roots, and kill them all.
Looking at these poor people, Fang Chen's face was full of bitterness!
It was all because of the dispute between himself and the Ministry of Accounts that he implicated these merchants.
"Please rest assured, I will pay off all your debts this time, and Zhang Fengwu will never ask you for protection money again in the future."
"Of course, my help to you is not in vain. From now on, if you take out 10% of your income, you still have to pay it back slowly and hand it over to a dedicated person to build private schools and use your money for education.
Spend it on the kids.”
Everyone at the scene was excited when they heard Fang Chen's arrangement.
In the past, they were squeezed and exploited by Zhang Fengwu, and 70 to 80% of the profits were taken away by Zhang Fengwu. But now they only use a small 10% of the profits, and it is used for urban construction. This is a godsend for them.
Great gospel.
Fang Chen left after handling the matters here.
Originally he wanted to go find Ye Xue'e that night, but with so many things happening, Fang Chen had to find a way to make money.
Fang Chen found the Ma family.
It would take three days to come up with 400,000 taels of silver, and even the Ma family couldn't do it.
But the Ma family can find some friends to get together, and there is absolutely no problem in raising one hundred thousand taels within three days.
However, Fang Chen thought about it and refused. He asked the Ma family to use all the money to build factories and provide relief to the victims.
If Fang Chen uses the money, the victims will not be able to settle well, and Fang Chen will not be able to become the owner of Dongchang Factory.
Fang Chen returned to the palace and lay on the bed tossing and turning.
He was thinking of making something new and novel.
As long as you sell something that is not available in this world, you can sell it for millions of taels, not to mention hundreds of thousands of taels.