Chapter 113 Usury
"Brother, let them go now?"
Xiao Ji asked behind her with reluctance.
"That's right, these messy ones are too cheap."
Dachang continued, Xiao Ji went to his place to steal sword skills. After a while, one big and one small get along very well. In addition, he is also a person who is not afraid of big things when watching the fun. Xiao Ji's words are very considerate of his thoughts.
"What should I do? Kill them all?"
Zhou Qinchuan asked back.
"Kill? Killing is not enough, but you can beat it up and let out anger."
Dachang said with a grunt, and Xiaoji nodded and agreed.
"Hasn't you beat me up just now? If you continue to beat me up, the villagers you and Xiao Duan brought can't control your anger. What should I do if I kill someone?"
Zhou Qinchuan explained.
This is the truth. It’s not that he doesn’t want to teach these lahu a lesson, but today’s situation is different from the fight between Guan Yang and lahu that day.
That time, it was a dignified battle between the two sides, and they did not use their swords. If anyone admits defeat, they will surrender on the spot. No major happenings will happen. Afterwards, they will be willing to accept the loss and will not be entangled.
The conflict broke out today was purely unexpected, especially for the Lahus. If the villagers were to beat the dogs in the water, who would know if the villagers who were kind to help afterwards would be tangled with the Lahus' revenge, it would be better to stop when they saw it.
As for what to do in the future? Two main leaders, Uncle Dong and Zhao Zitong, are here to deal with it. Today, I can beat the tiger without losing the disadvantage, and also keep the flow of the day. Even if I do my best, I will be worthy of them.
"Okay, stop talking nonsense, go pack up."
Zhou Qinchuan sent away the two unstable elements, Da Chang and Xiao Ji, and thanked the villagers who came to help, and said that tomorrow they would free up some of the bread they sold and share it with the helping villagers for free to express their gratitude.
The villagers were very happy and scattered after a while of noisy.
"As you wish, Uncle Dong, finally rushed back to the inn. You don't have to stay out overnight and you can have a good sleep.
Hey, it seems that the business is good today, so many footprints.”
While everyone in the lobby was still packing the tables and chairs, Zhao Zitong's voice sounded outside the door.
"I have to thank the young master for borrowing a donkey for the young man in the city, otherwise it would be difficult to have such a quick journey."
Uncle Dong happily took over the conversation:
"The inn business is getting better and better. You guys don't have to worry anymore. In the future, they will concentrate on studying and strive to pass the imperial examination."
It seems that after solving Zhao Zitong's worries, the old man was in a good mood and couldn't help but start teaching people a lesson again.
As they talked and laughed, the two crossed the threshold and entered the lobby.
"What's going on?"
Unexpectedly, the actual situation was completely different from what the two of them thought. The tables and chairs in the house were tilted and broken, and they were in a mess. Zhao Zitong lowered his face and asked.
"Zhou Dalang, what did you do?"
Uncle Dong waved to call Zhou Qinchuan in front of him, with a bad tone.
I and the young master have just gone out for a day and have made such a mess. It seems that I am still not steady enough at young age. I have to worry more in the future.
What happened? It was not done by wiping your butt.
Zhou Qinchuan glanced at the master and servant, and immediately said that he had the original story of today's encounter.
He couldn't hide such a thing even if he wanted to, and there was no need to take the blame for the old man.
"Uncle Dong, what's going on?"
After hearing this, Zhao Zitong frowned and asked.
This matter is quite annoying, and there are too many usury loans with capital and interest, and I have not treated this old servant badly on weekdays. Why did he borrow so much money?
He didn't think that Zhou Qinchuan would deceive him in this matter. Da Chang and Xiao Duan were there, and there were villagers who came to help. He was a foreigner and could not deceive his superiors and subordinates.
Uncle Dong's face turned from white to red, from red to purple before Zhou Qinchuan finished speaking, and finally from purple to carbon black like the bottom of the pot. After hearing Zhao Zitong's question, his body, which had been trembling constantly, could not bear it, and he knelt down again with a "thump".
This is his second kneeling today. Although he had just removed his master and servant status, he was all fooling outsiders. Uncle Dong always regarded himself as a servant of the Zhao family.
However, this time, Zhao Zitong did not rush to help the old man. When he knelt down, it was certain that he caused the disaster. Zhao Zitong naturally had to listen to him and talk about it carefully.
Whether it is wrong or right, you naturally have to analyze it after listening to it. If there is any mistake, you will be punished. If there is no mistake, you will say something else. There is no reason to forgive now. This is not the way to maintain a family.
"Young Master, it's all my fault for being confused for a while..."
Uncle Dong's face turned gray and murmured with the consequences.
It's actually very simple. The business was bleak before and the inn was unsustainable.
Zhao Zitong was unwilling to let the inn close, but she had no idea and didn't care much. In order to keep the inn running, Uncle Dong had to find a way to raise money.
But he knew only a limited number of people, and there was no one who could lend him money to his turnover. In desperation, he could only seek usury loans.
Due to the inn's situation at that time, it still couldn't come out until the time limit. Uncle Dong had to tear down the east wall and repair the west wall, find someone else, and use the money borrowed from the next company to pay the previous company's account. After a while, from the first five taels of silver, it was twelve taels.
Half a month ago, the twelve taels of debt expired, so Uncle Dong had to come out, and he couldn't find the next company to continue borrowing new debts, so he could only beg the other party to give him some grace.
In the past ten days, due to the huge sale of bread, there have been more customers. Uncle Dong has planned to spend his capital every month and always make a net profit of 2 taels and 5 cents of silver, and at most half a year, he can clear his debts.
I still think about finding the creditor if I have time, I will pay some money, and then talk about the current situation in the inn to make the other party feel at ease.
Unexpectedly, when the other party agreed to the grace period, he agreed to it well, but secretly sold the debt to Lahu.
The so-called debt selling refers to the creditor's feeling that it is impossible to recover the entire debt based on himself. In order to reduce losses, he simply reselled it to Lahu at a half price or even lower discount to ensure that he will not lose all his money.
From then on, whether the debt is dead or alive, and how much it can be recovered has nothing to do with the original creditor.
Lahu, relying on the IOU bought and his own strength to collect accounts, the difference in the price and the interest they set themselves to pay, are their profits.
"This... after all, I have to blame me for this matter, I have no ability, so I have to go out and borrow money."
After hearing this, Zhao Zitong looked very bad. She stepped forward and helped the old man up and blamed herself.
It’s all because I didn’t pay much attention to inn affairs before. If I had to take more burdens, I wouldn’t know anything about the inn’s shortage of money. How could I ask this old servant to borrow usury?
It is still possible to find a few peers to make money. Friends have the meaning of making money.
Chapter completed!