Peerless Pirates

The backyard of Kaibao Bank's Jiangning branch is covered with white curtains. In the main hall, a dark nanmu coffin shines with dim light. All the bank's guards, servants, and maids are all paying filial piety.

Young Master Jian was holding a bamboo stick more than five feet long in his hand, sitting on one side of the coffin, holding the lid of the coffin with his other hand, and his eyes were weeping.

Uncle De, wearing a white hat, appeared at the door. Looking at the appearance of Second Young Master Jian, he let out a long sigh. Ling Huxi to commit suicide was the best result for the Jian family, but Second Young Master Jian, who was deeply in love, It is full of regret.

Indeed, Young Master Jian could have stopped his wife, but for the sake of family reputation, he allowed his beloved wife to be killed in front of him. It is so tragic that it is difficult to describe in words.

In order to bury Linghu Xi, Young Master Jian spent ten thousand taels of money to buy a golden nanmu coffin from a wealthy family. This was the result of Huang Song's intervention. Otherwise, no matter how noble the young lady of the Jian family was, , also cannot enjoy the treatment of golden nanmu coffin.[

Despite this, Er Shao Jian was not very satisfied. He wanted to find a more precious sandalwood coffin. Unfortunately, this was almost a legendary thing. Even the emperors of Da Qi did not have this treatment.

Second Young Master Jian was afraid of treating Linghu Xi poorly, so he not only got a good coffin, but also insisted on holding a long stick for Linghu Xi, which is the bamboo stick he is holding in his hand now. This bamboo stick is very particular, and is called the eyebrow-equalizing stick. , also called the widow's stick, is only used by men.

After the wife dies, there are many conditions for her to win the treatment of her husband holding the staff. For example, she must have died for her parents-in-law, her children must have married and established a family, and she must have grandchildren. In addition, she must live a long life.

Linghu Xi could not meet any of these conditions, but Second Young Master Jian insisted on preparing a brow-leveling stick for him, and Uncle De couldn't dissuade him, so he had to let him go.

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When Lu Chun stepped into the mourning hall of Jian's family, he was deeply saddened. He was not a soft-hearted person, but he was still heartbroken when he saw the miserable look of Young Master Jian.

Of course, Lu Chun still didn't know that the person in the coffin was the one who had conspired to put his younger brother, Lu Qiu, in jail. Otherwise, Lu Chun might have stopped feeling pity.

After giving the gift and lighting the incense, Uncle De replied. Young Master Jian, who had been crying silently, raised his head and said, "Brother Lu."

Lu Chun was startled by Second Young Master Jian's mute voice next to the gravel, and quickly raised his hands: "Brother Jian, people cannot be resurrected after death, so I would like to express my condolences."

Second Young Master Jian nodded numbly and suddenly said: "How much money do you need?"

"Master." Uncle De was startled and quickly stepped forward to stop him.

"Uncle De, step back." Second Young Master Jian shouted sharply, then turned to Lu Chun and said: "We have a total of 198,000 taels of bank deposits in the three branches of Kaibao Bank in Jiangning. I will lend you 150,000 taels. You can repay it yearly and get two cents monthly interest. You can apply for it now."

"Master, you can't!" Uncle De shouted, are you kidding? This money is not just the money from Kaibao Bank's Jiangning branch, but all the bank deposits of Kaibao Bank in Jiangnan. The reason why it is concentrated in Jiangning is In order to prepare for the acquisition of shares in Huitong Trading Company, Ershao Jian not only did not mention the shares at all, but also provided a rare low interest rate. If the masters knew about this, Ershao Jian would be stripped of his skin. It's minor, even Uncle De will be implicated.

"There's nothing we can't do." Mr. Jian said with cold eyes: "Xi'er died so unjustly, what are those people doing? They have done such evil things, and they actually want us to calm down. Let me tell you, I can't do it. Even if Xi'er is under Jiuquan, she won't forgive me."

Uncle De said anxiously: "That won't work. Since I am the shopkeeper here, I will not let the young master do this. If the young master insists on doing this, I will not hand over the key to the bank."

Second Young Master Jian glared: "Zhao Youde, let me tell you, I am the boss, and everything here is decided by me. You have to hand over the keys whether you want to or not, and whoever comes."

Lu Chun, who was watching with cold eyes, finally stood up and persuaded softly: "Brother Jian and his wife are newly deceased, it is not appropriate for us..."

"How many days are left before your deadline." Young Master Jian muttered, "I'm also telling you that in two days, you may not be able to borrow money if you want to."

After such a big event happened, Er Shao Jian obviously can no longer take charge of the affairs of Kaibao Bank. The higher-ups will definitely send someone else. What Er Shao Jian has to do is to take revenge on Huang Song severely before the people from the Kaifeng head office come. Fourth Young Master Bao and other allies were involved, and the reason why Huang Song went to great lengths to obtain the nanmu coffin was to prevent Second Young Master Jian from "rebellion".[

Next to him, Uncle De was still shouting to stop him, but was held down by two guards who entered the door.

After a moment of hesitation, Lu Chun said: "I can't thank you enough for your kindness. Since Brother Jian is so upright, I, Lu Chun, am not a villain. I know that Brother Jian hopes to get the shares of our trading house. We are not unprepared. The trading house It is impossible for us to take out the total shares of Kaifeng Branch, but I can make the decision to give up 40% of the shares in Kaifeng Branch to Brother Jian. From then on, 40% of the shares in Kaifeng Branch will belong to Brother Jian, and the remaining 60% will belong to Brother Jian. The head office of the commercial bank, of course, this monthly interest rate is two cents..."

"Deal." Second Young Master Jian raised his hand and high-fived Lu Chun to make a contract. Kaibao Bank provided the trading bank with an interest loan of 150,000 taels for two years, and at the same time received 40% of the trading bank's Kaifeng branch.

Uncle De next to him didn't say anything. Although the result was very different from the original expectation, he finally had an explanation for the situation above.

Then, the two parties wrote a contract on Linghu Xi's mourning hall, and Young Master Jian first signed it and drew the seal.

Lu Chun summoned his entourage and took out the seal of the trading house. Uncle De cursed secretly. Lu Chun had clearly prepared for tomorrow. I'm afraid that Lu Chun would have to test it if Mr. Jian didn't bring it up.

No matter what, Uncle De reluctantly handed over the key.

There were two copies of the contract, but the comparison was wrong. Mr. Jian stuffed the copy into his arms without even looking at it. Lu Chun held the contract in his hand with trembling hands. With these 150,000 taels, Huitong Trading Company could To cope with the current difficulties, Song Zheng has already sent word to his brother Lu Qiu that he can take action against the Wang family. Lu Qiu will be released from Jiangning Prison soon.

Thinking of this, Lu Chun couldn't help but sigh in his heart. Song Xiaolang's action was indeed extraordinary. Not only did the trading house survive the disaster and rescued Lu Qiu, but it also caused the powerful opponent to internally divide. It will be difficult for those people to organize such a strong force in the future. When it comes to trade, killing two birds with one stone would have been unbelievable just a few days ago.

"Brother Lu, do you want cash or banknotes?" Er Shao Jian asked calmly. Lu Chun offered to give up the shares. Er Shao Jian was a little moved and secretly thought that Lu Chun was a good friend.

"It's better to have cash." Lu Chun took the contract into his arms and replied quickly.

Second Young Master Jian nodded. Although it is troublesome to use cash, it is safer. If someone comes from Kaifeng and refuses to exchange or delays the exchange of the banknote, Lu Chun will still be unable to pay the money.

"Okay, I'll arrange for someone to deliver the money to the Lu Mansion." Second Young Master Jian was also afraid of long nights and dreams, so he took the initiative to deliver the money to his door.

As soon as Mr. Jian finished speaking, a loud shout suddenly came from the door: "Brother Jian, come on."

Lu Chun and Second Young Master Jian looked back and saw Fourth Young Master Bao appearing at the gate, sweating profusely.

"Bao Xinghan." Second Young Master Jian snorted coldly: "What are you doing here?"

"Brother Jian, you really want to lend money to the trading house." Mr. Bao said urgently.

"What's wrong? It's not your Chase Bank's turn to make the decision regarding my opening of Baobao Bank."

Fourth Young Master Bao glanced at Lu Chun, who had just put the contract in his arms, and said anxiously: "Brother Jian, don't forget our agreement. How can you do this alone?"

"Agreement, what kind of agreement, take it out and let me take a look."

Fourth Young Master Bao looked pale. Speaking of which, he really didn't have anything on paper. The alliance organized by the Duke's government this time was just a verbal agreement. This kind of thing is not as shameful as a business deal written in black and white. How can we leave any clues to each other?

Seeing Fourth Young Master Bao grumble for a moment, Second Young Master Jian pointed out sharply: "You are not welcome here, go out and don't pollute Xi'er's mourning hall." [

The sweat on Mr. Bao's face became even more, and he quickly said with a smile: "Brother Jian misunderstood, I heard that Mrs. Ling passed away unfortunately, and I came here to express my condolences." As he spoke, Mr. Bao took out a knife from behind his back. A brocade box: "Inside this is eleven thousand taels of silver, which is for the funeral of my wife."

When it comes to silver, Young Master Jian's eyes sparkle. He doesn't know that these eleven thousand taels of silver include the ten thousand taels that he was extorted from. The real money is only one thousand taels of silver. What's particularly annoying is that the brocade box is the same one where Second Young Master Jian originally kept his silver.

It’s not that Mr. Bao Si is stingy, the funeral ceremony of one thousand taels of silver is already a huge amount, and he can definitely handle it. The key is that the 10,000 taels are originally Mr. Jian’s money. In this way, even if Mr. Bao Si It may have been a "single-minded" gimmick, but in Jian Ershao's opinion, it was completely ironic and gloating.

"Get out, get out of here." Second Young Master Jian's eyes were spitting fire.

Fourth Young Master Bao trembled: "Brother Jian, you...you have thought about the consequences."

"The consequences for your grandma." Er Shao Jian yelled angrily: "Come here, beat this guy named Bao out with a stick."

Immediately, a servant swung a stick and waved at Fourth Young Master Bao. They also faintly heard that the robbers who kidnapped the young lady were arranged by the Bao family. Otherwise, how could those 10,000 taels of silver be redeemed? It will be sent to Chase Bank.

Fourth Young Master Bao fled in a hurry, not even daring to say harsh words. The brocade box containing "One Heart and One Mind" was also lost in the mourning hall.

Finally escaping from the yard, Mr. Bao rushed to Huang Song's residence regardless of his weak legs and panting. He came here originally to prove his innocence and explain the situation, but he never expected that he would be beaten out.

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In a yard not far from the trading building of Huitong Trading House, Xu Mingxuan was discussing something with a servant of the Xu Mansion named Lu Liuer. After burning a stick of incense, Lu Liuer left Xu Mingxuan's residence and hurried towards the Xu Mansion. Let’s go to the compound.

No one in the Xu Mansion would have thought that Xu Mingxuan, a close servant of Xu Mingsu, had long been bribed by Xu Mingxuan. Because of this, Xu Mingxuan knew many of Xu Mingsu's actions. The only pity was that Xu Mingsu arranged for Yan San'er to take care of Wang. Lu Liuer didn't know about the affairs of the two families. Otherwise, Xu Mingxuan would have helped Lu Qiu.

When Second Young Master Jian led his men to Xu Mingsu's residence, Lu Liu'er was knocked down at the door of the secret room. Second Young Master Jian's men were smashing and looting in the yard. Lu Liu'er could only lie down in the flowers on the side of the steps and pretend to be dead, thus hiding. After a while, when everything calmed down, Lu Liuer slipped out and secretly reported this major event to Xu Mingxuan.

This time, Xu Mingxuan gave Lu Liuer a task, a task that even Song Zheng himself felt was a bit dirty.