Donghuamen Street, where the feudal lord is located, was originally the most prosperous place in Jiangning City. The shops along the street were all carrying lanterns, and the lights were brilliant, making the night of Donghuamen Street bright and prosperous. It was not too late at night, and the stone slabs
There were so many people walking on the street, and the cold wind blew by, but I didn't feel much lonely.
Lin Fu and Zhang Yubo, Lin Mengde came to the street looking for another restaurant, Zhang Yubo said: "I know a restaurant, Mr. Lin, don't think it's shabby..."
"How could that happen?" Lin Fu said with a smile. He was afraid that Zhang Yubo would treat him too harshly. At this time, he could even go to a roadside stall to warm up a pot of wine and drink it happily. Lin Mengde saw that things were already in trouble, so he might as well have a drink first.
After drinking, he followed Zhang Yubo into the streets and alleys.
The restaurant Zhang Yubo mentioned was Song Wusao Mutton Restaurant in Tieqian Alley. Lin Mengde also knew about this place and praised: "Master Zhang really knows how to choose a good place. I'm afraid I'm too late today and won't be able to eat fried mutton with chives."
"It's meat," he told Lin Fu about the wonders of this restaurant's signature dish, mutton gizzard meat. "Each dish uses eight or nine sheep heads. Only the tender meat in the eye sockets is cut off and fried with chives. Sister-in-law Song Wu cooks it."
The mutton tenderloin is so fragrant, crispy, and tender, it’s hard to describe..." Lin Jingzhong swallowed hard from behind.
Lin Fu smiled and walked into this inconspicuous courtyard together. The main room and the left and right rooms in the courtyard had been converted into wine pavilions. The candlelight was bright, and there were seven or eight diners drinking in the courtyard. Zhang Yubo was a frequent visitor here. They left
Entering the yard, the waiter and the middle-aged woman wearing a goose-yellow apron who looked like the hostess came over to greet her: "Master Zhang hasn't come to the shop to eat mutton for a while, so I'm thinking of you..."
"I can't let my mother-in-law hear this. Even if I'm greedy for Sister Song Wu's mutton gizzard meat, I'll have to have my mother-in-law roll the dough when I get home..." Although Zhang Yubo was born as a Jinshi, he has worked hard in the past few years.
He was on a mission to catch thieves and rapists. He let himself be relaxed, spoke with the arrogance of a businessman, and joked casually with Sister-in-law Song who still had the charm of a lady.
Lin Fu also smiled and bowed to Song Wu's sister-in-law: "Sorry to disturb Song Wu's sister-in-law."
The strict etiquette of guarding men and women is a matter of deep courtyards and mansions, but among the common people, it is casual among the people in the market. Sometimes life is really difficult for poor people, and they even agree to a certain time limit and sell their wives to others in pawn. Of course, the pawn buyer
It is also a poor family who cannot seriously marry a wife. They buy a wife as a pawn, give birth to children and carry on the family line, and then return the wife to the family. Not to mention pawn wives, they are companion wives (shared by several poor partners or poor brothers).
Marrying a wife) is not uncommon in Jiangning City, but according to the rules of this dynasty, it is legal to marry a wife, but it is illegal to accompany a wife. Zhang Yubo sat down and talked to Lin Fu about these market things.
The most famous fried mutton with chives was naturally gone at this time. Zhang Yubo told Lin Fu that the smoldering mutton here was also excellent, so he asked Sister Song to cook five kilograms of mutton and order some side dishes to go with wine.
I warmed up two pots of good wine. Compared to a banquet in the feudal lord, which cost tens of thousands of dollars, a full meal here costs three to five hundred dollars.
Lin Mengde thought to himself that he and Zhang Yubo had known each other for more than three years. They were both members of the Dongyang Township Party, but they were always separated by a layer of separation. Originally, he thought that Zhang Yubo was a civil servant who was born in the elite stream of Jinshi, and he himself smelled of copper.
It’s natural for businessmen to not be able to walk together. At this time, I saw that Zhang Yubo and Lin Fu had only met twice and were so open and unobtrusive. Before entering the store, they treated each other like "Master Zhang, Lin Juren, and Mr. Lin", and a bottle of wine.
After that, the title became "Brother Yu, Little Brother Lin". I sighed in my heart: It would be great if Lin Fu were a descendant of this sect. He is a descendant of a side branch. How can other clansmen be willing to accept him as the leader?
Lin Mengde pondered for a moment and said to Lin Fu: "You are also short of manpower to run the Jiyun Society. I will lend you four people to help you. The old fox of Fanding will swallow his anger. If he wants to deal with someone, he will always wait for the opportunity before pounce on him.
If you bite your opponent to death without letting go, you don't need to worry about him as an old fox for the time being. It's just that Mr. Fan Chimei's temper is hard to predict..."
"Thank you for your concern, Third Uncle," Lin Fu shook his head and said with a smile, "Didn't you see that the young Marquis has been sitting on the sidelines tonight? Fan Zhimei has a young master, so I'm afraid there is no chance of his temper getting angry. I will be careful myself. If you help me like this,
I'm afraid the Second Young Master will find it hard to explain."
"Second Young Master?" Lin Mengde shook his head and said, "It's difficult..." This was the first time he had a candid exchange of opinions with Lin Fu. In his opinion, under this situation, Lin Xunzong still wanted to ascend.
The possibility is very low.
Lin Fu didn't expect Lin Mengde to be able to help him completely at this time. To be so open-minded compared to his previous vigilance was a big improvement.
Zhang Yubo listened to them chatting about the affairs of the Lin clan and sat nearby without interrupting. After a while, he remembered something and asked: "By the way, I heard you mention Jiyun Society in the feudal mansion. What do you mean?"
"My younger brother wants to open a business in Jiangning, so he chose this tacky name. Mr. Gu also invested money in Jiyun Society. Jingzhong is the director of Jiyun Society," Lin Fu then casually introduced Lin Jingzhong.
When we were in the feudal mansion, we only introduced Lin Jingzhong's name, and then asked Zhang Yubo, "Brother Yubo, are you interested? Brother Yubo and I don't speak foreign languages. I hope that Brother Yubo can put some thought into Jiyun Society in the future."
Calculate the stock money of two hundred taels per year."
Lin Mengde thought to himself that Lin Fu was really not a simple person. These days, some civil servants claimed to be clean and honest, and they were very clever in extorting money, but few of them would smear their face and directly join hands to do business. After all, if word spread, it would damage Qing's reputation. Unexpectedly, Lin Fu
He actually asked the Gu family to put money into Jiyun Club, but he didn't know that Lin Fu was taking the wife route, so Gu Wuchen only half-heartedly agreed.
Hearing that Gu Wuchen also invested money in stocks, Zhang Yubo naturally had no reason to hesitate to pretend to be aloof, and readily agreed: "Sure...but I must pay for this money, and I will have someone send it to your house the next day."
The interest rates on money in this era are so high that people a thousand years later will never imagine. These days, if the annual interest rate of money lending is not 100%, it is embarrassing to be called a loan shark. If you have extra money in a pawn shop, you can get an annual interest rate of 20% to 30%. Of course, the risks are also high.
Much larger than what will be deposited in a bank a thousand years from now.
It is difficult for outsiders to check the firm's accounts. There are two types of bank stocks (also known as financial stocks) of the firm: profit-sharing and fixed interest. Lin Fu will not let the Gu family and Zhang Yubo participate in the operation of the firm, nor will he regularly report the firm's accounts to them.
Naturally, giving them fixed-interest silver stocks is similar to lending money to a pawn shop to receive regular interest payments, except that Lin Fu will not ask Gu Wuchen and Zhang Yubo to actually pay out the principal.
Lin Fu smiled and said: "The Chinese New Year is coming, let's forget about making money this year. Brother Yu Bo, don't use the principal of stocks to run back and forth. It's a lot of trouble..."
Zhang Yubo smiled and stopped worrying about this issue. He also knew that Lin Fu was not greedy for his little capital and continued drinking. Lin Fu also briefly told Zhang Yubo about Jiyunshe's business of underwriting Gu's tea products. He always wanted him to
I have some other confidence in Jiyunshe.
While they were drinking, someone pushed the courtyard door away from the outside. A gust of wind rushed in, causing the curtains to sway. They heard someone in the courtyard shouting: "Well, you Qian Xiaowu, I owe you money from Lai Wuye."
When will the debt be repaid? If you don't repay it, I'll sell your mother-in-law for money. Your mother-in-law looks good, but she doesn't have much meat. But I have already found a buyer for you. As long as you nod and agree, we will settle everything...
…”
Hearing this familiar name, Lin Fu put it on his chopsticks. Zhou Pu lifted the curtain and looked out. Sure enough, it was Qian Xiaowu, the young man they had hired to run errands the day they first arrived in Jiangning. He had just recovered from his injuries in the past few days and was carrying a bag on his back.
I walked into the yard in the cold wind, only to see a tall, thick-looking man with a sinister face burst in from the tea room in the left wing. He grabbed the young man Qian Xiaowu like a chicken and forced him to sell it with a fierce look.
The wife pays off her debt.
Song Wu's sister-in-law came out from the inner room and said to the man: "Lai Wu, Mr. Zuo Sikou and Zhang from the Bingma Division are drinking here, so you won't restrain yourself! I asked Xiao Wu for money to run around and buy mutton. You want to collect debts? Don't do it."
Begging in my yard.”
The man Lai Wu's voice calmed down a little, but he still said forcefully: "Master Zuo Sikou can't stop me from collecting debts. To give you face, Sister-in-law Wu, I won't collect debts in your yard, but Qian Xiaowu, don't leave this courtyard..."
"He gave his two men a look and said, "Go and guard at the gate of the yard. If Qian Xiaowu doesn't pay off my debt today, you will go directly to his house to pick up his mother-in-law."
Zhang Yubo shook his head and said to Lin Fu: "This Lai Wutou's surname is Chen. He usually places loan sharks in Xichengtou and collects debts for others. He has dozens of green-skinned gangsters under him. He seems to be a cousin to the chief steward of Mu Guogong's mansion...
…”
Lin Fu said to Zhou Pu: "Invite Chen Laiwu in and talk about the money he owes me..."
Zhang Yubo and Lin Mengde didn't even know how much money Jiangning's local snake owed Lin Fu, so they watched Zhou Pu go out and put his arm around Chen Laiwu's shoulders to invite him and Qian Xiaowuqiang to the wine room. Sister-in-law Song also followed.
walk in.
Chen Laiwu entered the wine pavilion and saw Zhang Yubo, a member of Zuo Sikou's army, sitting at the table. He said with a salivating face: "Master Zhang called me here to give you any orders. Lai Wu will help you get it done right away."
"I'm looking for you," Lin Fu put the wine glass, "You must also know who I am... A few days ago, I gave Qian Xiaowu a piece of silver to run an errand. I heard someone robbed me, so please come over.
Ask about it!"
Chen Laiwu initially snatched away the ingot of silver that Qian Xiaowu had taken to pay off the debt, but later he heard from his subordinates that the newly moved family in Dustpan Lane had no scruples in picking out two informants from Qingfengxing.
After a while, he didn't know that this family didn't dare to offend easily, so he returned the ingot of silver to Qian Xiaowu that night to avoid offending others; during this period, he did not go to Qian Xiaowu to collect debts again.
These days, when he saw Qian Xiaowu helping Sister Song Wu's family, he of course forgot about Lin Fu and grabbed Qian Xiaowu to force him to sell his wife to pay off his debts. Who would have thought that such a coincidence would happen to Lin Fu.
Chen Lai smiled and said: "Master, that's really a misunderstanding. Besides, the money was not returned to Qian Xiaowu later. Could it be that this beast can't buy things for Master with peace of mind? I'll drag this beast out and give him a slap in the face!"
"Chen Laiwu, what is going on? Do you want me to take you to the Yamen before you tell me?" Zhang Yubo asked Chen Laiwu with a gloomy face.
Although Chen Laiwu is a local snake, he is still afraid of officialdom. What's more, Bingma Sisuo treats local gangsters like them like evil spirits. Zhang Yubo can be said to be the person he least dares to offend directly. Zhang Yubo's face is gloomy, and his calves are swollen.
Shivering, he was taken to the Yamen and eaten with a killing stick. This month's supply of mutton was in vain, and he had to lie in bed all winter. He hurriedly knelt down and begged for mercy: "What a misunderstanding. At that time, I saw Qian Xiaowu holding a
While holding the money, he was only thinking about repaying his debts. He did not expect that Qian Xiaowu used the young master's money to do things, and almost missed the young master's official business. Lai Wu really deserved to die, he offended the young master, and offended Mr. Zhang's friends.
, Lai Wu must go to the Young Master's Mansion to apologize and apologize..."
"Okay, I just pretend that you have forgotten this matter, and I have no intention of bringing you to court," Lin Fu said lightly, "Qian Xiaowu is the person who has done things for me after all, I can't see him doing it to you.
He was forced to sell his wife to pay off his debt. How much does he owe you? I paid it off for him today..."
Chen Laiwu really thought he was a bachelor. He knelt on the ground and took out the debt deed from his arms. He showed it to Lin Fu and tore it into pieces on the spot. He said, "Lai Wu deserves death for his crime. How dare you ask the young master to repay the debt?"
The debt between Lai Wu and Qian Xiaowu has been settled in full. If they regret it, heaven will strike with thunder."
"Okay, okay, Mr. Zhang and I are going to have a drink. If you have anything else, go out and talk." Lin Fu waved his hand and drove Chen Laiwu, Qian Xiaowu and others out.
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