Shanjiabao knew clearly that Ouyang Wende, an old fox, was saying good things with his eyes open, but he was also a little moved.
At least the people are actually here.
The eldest son looked at Ouyang Zifeng's worried eyes, and felt the deep love for the beauty and couldn't help himself.
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Main hall.
Let the juniors retire, leaving only the old lady Lin Xuan, the third fort master Shan Lu, the third fort master's wife Zhang Yan'er, the fort master Shan Rong, the eldest lady Gong Zhenzhen, and the second lady Du Xiaoyun to talk to Ouyang Wende.
Ouyang Wende said bluntly, "If it weren't for my in-laws' urgent need now, I wouldn't be able to ask questions."
"Brother Ouyang, please speak." The castle master raised his hand in invitation.
"May I ask my in-laws, how much cash can you put out now, and how much can you raise in a month?" Ouyang Wende handed over his hand, "There is another unpleasant question, that is, if you borrow money, how much can you borrow."
"This..." The castle master looked towards the eldest lady, and when he saw the eldest lady nodded, he continued.
"To be honest, Shanjiabao has indeed made some money over the years, but it has also cost a lot."
"Especially this wedding, it's really expensive."
"This is not to show off or complain to my in-laws, but I really didn't expect something like this to happen."
"I understand." Ouyang Wende handed over his hand, "That's it for now, I'd better ask my relatives to tell me the details."
"This is not because I want to know the secrets of my family. I really want to see if this battle must be fought."
"You must know that money is small, but life and death are big things."
The fort master reluctantly handed over his hand, "Brother Ouyang said yes."
"The cash that we, Shanjiapu, can now produce is less than one hundred thousand taels. Jufu buildings in various places can usually be sold at a good price, but now it is difficult."
"The only one that can be borrowed is Jiangnan Tian's family, but the total is only one hundred thousand taels at most, which is still nearly one hundred thousand taels short."
Ouyang Wende hesitated and handed over to the second lady, "Excuse me?"
The second lady shook her head, "My father is a salary earner, he doesn't have that much money, and so is my third aunt."
The third wife of the third fortress nodded, "Although my father is an altar leader in Canglan Pavilion, I believe that my father can make some money, but he can only survive with a few thousand taels, which is a drop in the bucket."
Ouyang Wende handed over his hand, "Forgive me for overstepping my bounds. I heard that Shanjiabao is doing various businesses, but I don't know..."
The castle owner sighed: "My relatives really don't know something. The tax on this serious business is very high, and the number of secret businesses is limited."
"Let's put it this way, we sell things to Lengmei City in the north, which is more than three thousand miles away. How much do you think Brother Ouyang can bring there?"
"There are really not many, and the price is not high. It is actually the horses that make the money."
"We buy horses from the north and sell them to the south. Based on the horse price, we can earn more than ten times for one horse."
"But we can't sell thousands of horses at a time, and the government won't let them go."
"There are only dozens of horses at a time, and they have to go on the road in batches, because they need to prepare food and grass for the horses on the road, and they cannot starve and lose weight."
"Brother Ouyang, a horse costs more than a person."
"If you count the food and drink expenses along the way, as well as the government card requirements and taxes, it won't be that much in the end."
Ouyang Wende nodded, "I see, that means we are still short of one hundred thousand taels of silver?"
"Yes, and no," the fort master gritted his teeth, "If the jewelry, horses, grain, medicinal materials, etc. in Shanjia Fort were all pawned and sold, we could make a lot of money, but the price aside, really
If you do that, you will lose face!"
"Indeed, it is indeed the case." Ouyang Wende stroked his beard, "Then make two preparations. While preparing for the war, go and borrow them. If it doesn't work, just return all the wedding things..."
"Mr. Ouyang is a righteous man. When Miss Ouyang comes to our house in the future, we will definitely treat each other well."
The old lady grabbed the conversation to prevent him from talking about the wedding.
You don’t have to want things, but we have to keep people.
Ouyang Wende was angry, but his face remained calm, "What did the old lady say? Shanjiabao is very polite and will not treat my girl badly."
This is a pun. The so-called politeness and thoughtfulness, and no wrong treatment refer to the wedding etiquette. You must have all the wedding etiquette. You can't be less or less.
"That's that, that's that." The castle owner laughed loudly and tried to deal with it first.
At this time, someone sent word that a carrier pigeon had arrived carrying a letter from the second aunt's grandmother, Shantou.
"Send it up."
"Yes, old lady."
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The old lady was shocked when she read the letter.
"mother?"
"It's okay, the second sister said she will pay for it."
"ah?"
The Shan family looked at each other, where did the second aunt and grandma get the money?
But the source of the money doesn't matter, as long as the matter can be solved.
Ouyang Wende couldn't help but blink his eyes. Even though he thought he was very resourceful, now he couldn't understand what was going on.
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That's right.
At this time, the team received the news, and Yamazaki asked his second aunt to write a letter back to Shanjiabao, saying that they would pay for it.
At the same time, people were sent to the Jianghu Market to spread the word and ask the Tsing Yi Sect to find them.
And this also shocked the emperor. Where did the money come from?
The secret agent commander was called in to question him, but he couldn't tell. He could only be sure that Duan Shi was not greedy.
He was unknown before, and it was impossible for anyone to send him money, let alone three hundred thousand taels of silver.
"Check, I want to know whether this is the Duan family's savings over the years or because of the appearance of that boy."
"Your Majesty, that boy refers to Yamazaki? It's impossible. How long has he been away from home? Where can he get hundreds of thousands of taels of silver?"
"But do you think the Duan family will have hundreds of thousands of taels of silver?"
"Definitely not."
"Then how did you get these three hundred thousand taels of silver?"
"I don't know."
The emperor snorted coldly, "If you don't know, check it out for me. I want to know what they have done along the way!"
"Your Majesty, I know everything I can know." The secret agent handed over his hand.
"Oh, really?" The emperor took out a document and asked, "What does Shunfeng Inn say?"
The secret agent leader suddenly realized, "Your Majesty suspects that they are also involved in the robbery?"
"This is the place where they have been injured along the way, and it is also the place where they have the most money."
"With their background and skills, it's probably impossible to say that they conspired with the bandits to commit robbery."
"But if the gangsters were inside when they were robbing them, and then took advantage of the chaos to steal a huge sum of money and escape, that's not impossible."
The spy commander handed over his hand, "Your Majesty presumes that it is polite, but this cannot be verified."
"Check the banknote."
"Your Majesty, commercial bills can be checked, but banknotes have been around for a long time. They have been around since before the establishment of the dynasty. There have been countless banknotes circulating for thousands of years, and there are also many fake banknotes that are difficult to distinguish between genuine and fake. I want to get rid of the banknotes.
It is almost impossible to find the root cause."
The emperor had a headache, "Then check the robbers. Is it possible that the people disappeared?"
The spy leader handed over his hand and said, "Your Majesty, after the fire, all the clues were lost. Now we don't even know how many robbers there are. We can only wait for the red goods to show up."
"Oh, they are all rubbish! Go down and report everything about the Southwest King as soon as possible. I want to know whether the revelations in the memorial are true and whether the Southwest King has really prepared his army."