Lord of the House

Donghuamen Street, where the Fanlou is located, was originally the first-class prosperous place in Jiangning City. All the shops along the street were carrying lanterns. The street was full of people, and the cold wind was blowing, but I didn't feel that there was much coldness.

Lin Fu, Zhang Yubo, and Lin Menggo came to the street to find another restaurant. Zhang Yubo said, "I know a restaurant. Young Master Lin, don't think it's shabby..."

"How could it be?" Lin Fu laughed. He was afraid that Zhang Yubo would treat him too harshly. At this time, he could just find a warm pot of wine at a roadside stall and drink happily. Lin Mengde saw that things had become difficult, so he might as well have a drink first and then follow Zhang Yubo to the streets and alleys.

The restaurant Zhang Yubo mentioned was Song Wusao Mutton Restaurant in Tieqian Alley. Lin Mengde also knew this place and praised: "Master Zhang really knows how to choose a good place, I'm afraid I'm late today and I can't eat the fried lamb with chives and yellows. It's meat," he told Lin Fu about the beauty of this restaurant's signature dish, lamb's eyelid meat. "Each dish uses eight or nine sheep's heads, and only the tender meat in the eye socket is cut and fried with chives, and Song Wusao will cook it. The lamb's eyelid meat is fragrant and crisp, delicate and delicate, and it is indescribable..." Hearing Lin Jingzhong's saliva in the back.

Lin Fu smiled and walked into this inconspicuous yard together. The main room and the left and right wing rooms in the yard were converted into wine pavilions. The candles were shining brightly. There were seven or eight diners drinking in the yard. Zhang Yubo was a frequent visitor here. Entering the yard, the man and the middle-aged woman who looked like the hostess with a yellow waistband around her waist came over to say hello: "Master Zhang hasn't come to the shop to eat mutton for a long time, let the little good student miss..."

"This sentence can't be heard by my mother-in-law. I'm greedy for Song Wusao's sheep's eyelid meat, but when I get home, my mother-in-law will make noodle rolls..." Although Zhang Yubo was a jinshi, he has been doing it in the past few years. It's a job of catching thieves and rapists. Let go of her arms, and she will speak with arrogance in the market, and will joke with Song Wusao, who still has the charm of a milf.

Lin Fu also smiled and bowed to the fifth sister-in-law Song: "I disturb the fifth sister-in-law of Song."

The strict etiquette of men's and women's defense is a matter of the mansion in the deep courtyard, but it is casual among the common people and the market. Poor people sometimes have a hard time living, and they even sell their wives to others on a deadline. Of course, the pawn-buyer is also a poor family who cannot seriously marry a daughter-in-law. Pawn buys a wife and returns it to the family after giving birth to children and inheriting the lineage. Don't talk about the marriage wife, it is the companion wife (several poor partners or poor brothers marry one wife), this is not uncommon in Jiangning City, but it is the law of this dynasty, the marriage of the wife is legal, but the companion is illegal. Zhang Yubo sat down, Talk to Lin Fu about these things in the market.

The most famous stir-fried mutton with chives is naturally gone at this time. Zhang Yubo told Lin Fu that the smoldering mutton here is also a must, so he asked Song Wusao to cook five catties of mutton, and ordered a few side dishes for drinking. Warm two pots of good wine. Compared with the tens of thousands of dollars for a table of wine in Fanlou, three to five hundred dollars for a full meal here is enough.

Lin Mengde thought that he and Zhang Yubo had known each other for more than three years. They were both members of Dongyang Township, but they were always separated by a layer. At first, he thought that Zhang Yubo was a civil minister who was born in Jinshi Qingliu. Merchants, it’s natural that they can’t go together. At this time, seeing Zhang Yubo and Lin Fu meet only twice, they are so frank and unconcealed. Going down, it became the title of "Brother Yubo, Younger Brother Lin", and sighed inwardly: How good would Lin Fu be if he was a son of the sect, he is a son of a side branch, how can other clansmen accept him to take the position?

Lin Mengde pondered for a while, and said to Lin Fu, "You also lack manpower to run the Jiyun Club. I will lend you four people to help you. The old fox of Fan Ding will swallow his voice. If he wants to deal with anyone, he will always wait for the opportunity to pounce on it. If you kill your opponent, you won't let go, you don't need to worry about him, this old fox for the time being, it's just that you know the temperament of Young Master Mei, but it's hard to guess..."

"Thank you third uncle for your concern," Lin Bie shook his head and smiled. "You didn't see that the little prince kept idly on the sidelines tonight? Fan Zhimei has a temper, so I'm afraid there will be a chance of a flare-up, so I'll be careful. You help me like this, I'm afraid that the second son will not be able to talk about it."

"Second Young Master?" Lin Mengde shook his head and said, "Difficult..." This is the first time he has exchanged views with Lin Fu frankly. In his opinion, under this situation, Lin Xuzong still wants to be in the position. The odds are low.

Lin Fu didn't expect Lin Mengde to be able to help him completely at this time. Compared with the previous vigilance, being so magnanimous was a great improvement.

Zhang Yubo listened to them talking about the affairs of the Lin family. He sat next to him and did not interrupt. After a while, he remembered something and asked, "By the way, what did you mean when I heard you mention Jiyun Club in the Fanlou?"

"My little brother wants to set up a business in Jiangning, so he took this tacky name. Master Gu also put money in Jiyun Club. Jingzhong is the head of Jiyun Club." Lin Fu then introduced Lin Jingzhong carelessly. When I was in the fan tower, I only introduced Lin Jingzhong's name, and then asked Zhang Yubo, "Brother Yubo is interesting? I don't speak foreign languages ​​to brother Yubo. I hope brother Yubo can put some thought into Jiyun Club in the future. Calculate the stock of two hundred taels of silver every year."

Lin Mengde thought that Lin Fu was really not easy. In these days, some civil officials boasted of being clean and extorted money very neatly, but very few of them put their face down and directly do business together. He even allowed the Gu family to put some money in Jiyun Club, but he didn't know that Lin Fu was going the route of his wife, and Gu Wuchen agreed only half-heartedly.

Hearing that Gu Wuchen also invested some money, Zhang Yubo naturally didn't have any hesitation to pretend to be arrogant, so he readily agreed: "Yes... But this money, I must pay, and I will send someone to your house the next day."

The high interest rate of money in this era is unimaginable for people after a thousand years. In these days, the annual interest rate of money lending is not 100%, and it is embarrassing to call usury. If you have spare money in a **** shop, you can get 20 to 30 percent of the annual interest. Of course, the risk is also Much bigger than a deposit bank a thousand years from now.

It is difficult for outsiders to check the accounts of the firm. The firm's silver shares (also known as financial shares) have two types of dividends and fixed interest. Lin Fu will not let Gu family and Zhang Yubo participate in the business of the firm, nor will he regularly report the firm's accounts to them. Naturally, giving them a fixed interest rate for silver stocks is similar to giving money to a **** shop to get the money and interest on a regular basis, except that Lin Fu would not ask Gu Wuchen and Zhang Yubo to really take out the principal.

Lin Bie smiled and said, "The Chinese New Year is approaching, so this year's money is not worth it. Brother Yu, don't take the principal of the shares and run back and forth. It's too much trouble..."

Zhang Yubo smiled and didn't bother about this issue. He also knew that Lin Fu was not greedy for his principal and continued to drink. Lin Fu told Zhang Yubo about the business of Jiyun Club's underwriting of Gujia tea goods. I have some other confidence in Jiyun Club.

When they were drinking wine, the door of the courtyard was pushed away from the outside, and a gust of wind came in, making the curtains sway here, and heard someone shouting in the courtyard: "Okay, you money, Xiao Wu, I owe you money to Lai Wu Ye. When will the debt be repaid? If you don’t repay it, you will sell it with your mother-in-law’s code for a discount. Your mother-in-law looks fine, but she doesn’t have much meat, but my father has already found a good buyer for you. As long as you agree, we will settle it… …”

Hearing the familiar name, Lin Bie put it on his chopsticks, Zhou Pu lifted the curtain and looked out, it was indeed the young Qian Xiaowu who came to Jiangning to run errands when they first came to Jiangning. He was just recovering from his injuries in the past few days. He was carrying a basket and braving the cold wind into the yard, but he saw a man with a big, three-thickness and a face full of flesh broke in from the tea room in the left wing, pulling him like a chicken. Qian Xiaowu, a young man living in the house, forced him to sell his wife to pay off his debts.

Sister-in-law Song Wu walked out of the room and said to the man, "Lai Wu, Master Kou Zhang of the Army and Horse Division is drinking here, you won't restrain yourself! I'm going to buy mutton from Xiao Wu, you want to collect the debt, don't ask for it! in my yard."

That man, Lai Wu, calmed down a bit, but still said sternly: "Master Zuo Sikou can't stop me from collecting debts. I will not collect debts in your yard, but Qian Xiaowu, don't go out of this courtyard... Losing a wink to the two men, he said, "You guys go to the gate of the yard to guard. Today, Qian Xiaowu/If you don't pay off my debt, you will go directly to his house and pick up his mother-in-law."

Zhang Yubo shook his head and said to Lin Fu, "This Lai Wutou is surnamed Chen. He usually prints money in Xichengtou and collects debts for others. He has raised dozens of green-skinned gangsters. …”

Lin Fu said to Zhou Pu, "You invite Chen Laiwu in and talk about the money he owes me..."

Zhang Yubo and Lin Mengde didn't know what money Jiang Ning's local snake owed Lin Bie, so they watched Zhou Pu go out, put on Chen Laiwu's shoulders and invited him and Qian Xiaowuqiang to the wine pavilion, Song Wusao also followed. walk in.

Chen Laiwu entered the wine pavilion and saw Zhang Yubo, who joined the army of Zuo Sikou, sitting at the table, and said with a sullen face, "Lord Zhang has called me over for any orders, and Lai Wu will help you to do it right away."

"I'm looking for you," Lin Bie put it on the wine glass, "you must know who I am... A few days ago, I gave Qian Xiaowu some silver coins to do errands, and I heard that they were robbed in the middle of the road, please come over. Ask about it!"

Chen Laiwu robbed the ingot of silver that Qian Xiaowu had taken to repay the debt, but later heard the report from his subordinates that the family who had moved into Dustpan Lane had no scruples to pull out the two eyeliners of Qingfenghang, Hai Bian. After a while, he didn't know that the bottom of the house didn't dare to offend easily, so he returned the ingot to Qian Xiaowu that night, so as not to offend others; he did not go to Qian Xiaowu to ask for debts during this time. After these days, when he saw Qian Xiaowu helping Song Wusao's family, of course he forgot about Lin Fu, and grabbed Qian Xiaowu to force him to sell his wife to pay off the debt. How could he think that it would be such a coincidence that Lin Fu bumped into this matter.

Chen Lai smiled and said, "Young Master, that's really a misunderstanding. Besides, the money was not returned to Qian Xiaowu. Could it be that this beast is not at ease buying things for the Young Master? I will drag this beast out for a meal!"

"Chen Laiwu~www.wuxiaspot.com~ what's going on, do you want me to detain you in the yamen before I can tell?" Zhang Yubo asked Chen Laiwu with a gloomy face.

Although Chen Laiwu was a local snake, he was still afraid of officials, not to mention that the soldiers and Ma Ssuo made them look like they were ferocious. Zhang Yubo could be said to be the person he dared not to offend directly. Trembling, he ate it with a slaughtering stick to the Yamen, and this month's mutton was made up in vain, and he had to lie on the bed for the winter. He hurriedly knelt down and begged for mercy: "What a misunderstanding, when I saw Qian Xiaowu holding money in his hand, he was thinking about his debt repayment, but he didn't expect that Qian Xiaowu was using the money of the son to do things, and he almost missed the son. It's a serious matter. Lai Wu really deserves to be damned, he offended the young master, and offended Mr. Zhang's friend, Lai Wu must go to the son's mansion to apologize..."

"Okay, I just think you have forgotten about it, I don't mean to take you to an official," Lin Fu said lightly, "Qian Xiaowu is someone who has done things for me after all, I can't see him give it to you. Forced to sell his wife to repay the debt, how much he owes you, I paid him today..."

Chen Laiwu was really a bachelor, he knelt on the ground and took out the debt deed from his arms, spread his hands to Lin Fu to see, he tore it to pieces on the spot, and said, "Lai's five sins deserve ten thousand death, how dare you let Young Master repay the debt, The debt between Lai Wu and Qian Xiaowu is considered clear, and if there is any repentance, there will be five thunders."

"Okay, okay, I want to drink with Master Zhang. If you have anything else to do, go out and talk." Lin Fu waved Chen Laiwu, Qian Xiaowu and others out.

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