"Steward Liu, please do it. This is the money I paid to buy medicine for my wife. You can't take it away!"
As soon as Wang Xu went out and was far away, he saw two groups of people entangled together.
If you look carefully, the man blocking the intersection with three strong men is not his housekeeper Liu Quan.
The people confronting Liu Quan were two middle-aged men and a little girl about his age.
"Liu Quan, what's going on?"
Wang Xu saw the argument and came up from behind.
Liu Quan looked back, immediately shrank his body, and said: "Master, this man borrowed ten taels of silver from us, and he is already overdue. I saw him on the street today, and he had something in his arms.
I don’t want to give you the money, isn’t this asking for money?”
"Steward Liu, it's not that I won't pay you back, but my wife is very ill. These two taels of silver are for hiring a doctor and getting medicine. I really can't give it to you." The yellow-faced man looked to be in his thirties.
He was followed by a peer with a similar face, who seemed to be a relative like a brother.
Behind the two of them, there was a little girl about the same age as him hiding, but she was looking at him with tears in her eyes.
"Liu Quan, what do you owe this money to?" Wang Xu turned to look at the housekeeper.
Liu Quan, the housekeeper, pointed to the man taking care of the child and replied: "Four months ago, his mother-in-law was ill. She borrowed ten taels of silver from us for medical treatment. She agreed to pay back the money in three months. Now she has four taels of silver."
It's been a month, and his mother-in-law hasn't gotten better either. The guys have pressed me several times and they all said they have no money. They've sold everything they can. I thought, if I don't come back, 80% of the money will be wasted."
Wang Xu nodded slightly and glanced at the yellow-faced man.
The yellow-faced man had a miserable look on his face, his eyes were bloodshot and tired. It was obvious that he hadn't slept well for a long time. He looked like a pitiful man at first glance.
However, everything is lacking these days, except for poor people. In this indifferent world, who will pity whom?
"Kill to pay for life, and debt to pay for money. This has been the truth since ancient times. If you can't repay it, don't borrow. No one forces you to borrow money, don't you think so?" Wang Xu didn't say anything like exemption, the Wang family's loan business
, the interest rate is not high, it is not considered usury, and business must look like a business.
The folks in my hometown are exempted from the yellow-faced man today, but they have to be exempted from others tomorrow.
If you don't do this in business, getting started is like drilling a hole in a dam, and you won't be able to stop it at the end.
"Well, I, the Wang family, are not country bullies. I will give you another three months. If you don't have money by then, I see you can endure hardship. You come to work at Wangjia Rice Shop. I am being honest.
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After Wang Xu was born into the Wang family, he has been subtly changing the rules of the Wang family. The wives of losers in the casino were separated, and the families of loan sharks were ruined. This kind of thing has not happened for a long time.
"Master, please do me a favor and lend me another five taels of silver. If there is no money, my mother-in-law will not be able to survive." Seeing that things were turning around, the yellow-faced man bowed his head and knelt on the ground.
Boom.
When Liu Quan heard this, he became anxious and cursed: "What's the matter? Seeing that my young master is kind-hearted, are you making a fool of yourself?"
"Let him speak"
Wang Xu waved his hand, signaling Liu Quan to step back.
Liu Quan looked unwilling and whispered: "Master, don't listen to him. He is bullying you because you are young. These honest people are the best at sticking their noses in their faces, just like dog-skin plaster.
You can't even tear it off."
"What, do you want to teach me how to do things, or do you want to teach me a lesson?" Wang Xu raised his head slightly and looked at Liu Quan expressionlessly.
Liu Quan's heart skipped a beat, Wang Xu was Mr. Wang's old son, and the old couple were reluctant to teach him a lesson. If this was spread, he would have to teach the young master a lesson, and he would be whipped to death by the master later.
Although Mr. Wang has softened his tactics in recent years, anyone who dares to think that he is a good old man will have his bones chewed to pieces.
The Wang family has only been prosperous for thirty years, so it cannot be that they have earned a huge fortune by being kind to others and receiving charity from others.
"I don't dare, I don't dare. It's all up to the young master." Liu Quan quickly retreated, not wanting to leave a bad impression in front of Wang Xu.
Wang Xu ignored him. None of the Wang family members were worthy of publicity.
It's okay to stay in the countryside, but if you move up the ladder, the structure and means are not enough, and the strategy is not enough.
"Go on, if your words are good, I can still lend you money." Wang Xu is not afraid of borrowing money. The Wang family has a lot of wealth. Let alone five taels of silver, even fifty thousand taels is nothing.
When the yellow-faced man heard this, he quickly continued: "My mother-in-law was ill in the spring. The doctor said it was a cold and she had to be taken care of. Master, if you can lend me another five taels of silver, let me transfer my mother-in-law's health to her."
Once you recover from your illness, I can work as a cow or a horse for you."
"It's not sincere to say that. You and your family also need to eat and drink. It was ten taels before and five taels now. I'm afraid it will take you twenty years to pay it back. You have to give me a reason to lend you money again, right?"
Wang Xu didn't want to hear about being a bull and a horse. It didn't count. Moreover, since ancient times, he had been helping people in times of need rather than helping the poor. Even ten taels of silver could not be repaid. If he borrowed another five taels, what would he have to pay back?
Fifteen taels of silver, put into Jiuquan Town, is enough to buy four acres of land.
There are tens of thousands of people in the town, and some of them have four acres of land. This is no reason or responsibility to borrow money.
"I, I" the yellow-faced man was anxious, but he couldn't think of any countermeasures.
"As long as I can marry my mother and have no money, I will sell myself to you." The little girl who had been hiding behind the two of them said to Wang Xu in a cold voice.
"Erya" the yellow-faced man was inexplicably sad. He wanted to say something, but he couldn't.
Wang Xu glanced at the little girl and smiled: "It's settled, Liu Quan, give him another five taels of silver. If they don't pay back the money in three months, I still need a personal girl by my side.
She got it."
"Yes, Master."
Liu Quan took out five taels of broken silver from his purse and shouted: "Take it and get out of here."
The yellow-faced middle-aged man picked up the silver and left with his daughter and brother, as if he would be eaten if he stayed.
Wang Xu watched the three people leave, looked at their retreating figures, and whispered: "The advantages and disadvantages of the dynasty are so accumulated that it is difficult to return!"
On the surface, this is just a matter of not having enough money to see a doctor, but upon closer inspection, it is the epitome of the people at the bottom.
The Wu Dynasty lasted for 120,000 years, and the seriousness of land annexation can be seen here.
The wealth of the entire dynasty was concentrated in the hands of a few people. Ordinary people worked hard all their lives, and the few taels of silver they earned from digging in the dirt would be thrown away in case of a serious illness.
This world has reached the point where it has reached the point where it is unstable and lifeless. If the Confucianists had not been suppressing it, I am afraid that the people below would have revolted long ago.
Even so, this volcano cannot be contained. In recent years, Buddhist and Taoist monks have been traveling among the people more and more frequently. They have only respected Confucianism for millions of years, and Buddhism and Taoism may not be willing to do so.
The deeper he looked, the more Wang Xu could feel the undercurrent beneath the calmness.
What's more important is that Buddhism and Taoism are different from Confucianism in that they have monks who fly to heaven and escape from the earth. These people have no life span limit.
Generations of great Confucians died, and generations of Buddhist and Taoist masters retired to seclusion.
Millions of years after Dong Zhongshu advocated the exclusive respect of Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism have accumulated countless masters. Are these people really willing to retreat to the mountains and forests and be idle clouds and wild cranes?
"Either we change the dynasty and divide the world, or we open up the territory and expand the territory, increase the area of cultivated land and consume the internal noble families, otherwise this will be an unsolvable problem."
There was a coldness in Wang Xu's eyes. Changing dynasties can cause a large loss of population, and even many aristocratic families will be destroyed. When more people die, land will naturally be freed up. This is also the reason why dynasties flourish and decline, and the cycle starts again and again.
Historically, the reason for changing dynasties was not because of the tyranny of the previous dynasty, but because the people had no way to live, no hope, and could no longer afford to live, die, or get sick.
On the other hand, it is also possible to expand the territory. As long as one more state is conquered, some people who lack land can be moved to new lands to cultivate fertile farmland.
After alleviating ordinary people's demand for land, the undercurrent will naturally stabilize. If there is land to grow and food to eat, who will rebel?
If neither of them works, Wang Xuguan's world may be in chaos, and it will be a big chaos.
In the past few years, the Buddhist and Taoist families have traveled around the world, helping the world and serving the people. Behind the seemingly good intentions, they may not be harboring evil intentions.
He has seen the pros and cons of Confucianism suppressing the world, and there is no reason why these people can't see it.
What will they choose? Wang Xu is looking forward to it