After the fourth master took two sips of tea, he felt that his mood had calmed down a little, and then he said: "I checked your debt, and it's nearly two hundred thousand taels.
What is the current expenditure situation of your house? Is it possible to get the money back? "
Fourth Master asked, but he actually didn't have much hope.
When Master Shi heard this, his face immediately turned ugly: "Fourth brother, how can I afford it? I borrowed 20,000 taels from Ninth Brother a few days ago to survive until now. Ninth Brother gave it to me
After a lot of scolding, he even said that he raised me like a son." After speaking, there was a bit of resentment in his tone.
Then he added: "My brother now has a few thousand taels of money left in his books. I'll show you the account book later. I really can't get the money out!" The tenth brother said with a bitter look on his face.
Mutually.
The fourth master nodded: "I guess you are a little unable to take it out, so I will help you put it on.
However, don’t think that you won’t have to repay it in the future. From now on, some of it will be deducted from your salary every year to pay off the debt.”
"Fourth brother, you are so kind, can you really help me advance this money?" Master Shi looked at Fourth Master with his eyes widened.
I simply couldn't believe it was his fourth brother who said such words.
But in the end, he was still a little reluctant to let go. He looked at the fourth master and said with a slightly flattering smile:
"Fourth brother, why don't you just forget about my brother's money for the time being.
That's nearly two hundred thousand taels. When can my brother pay back the money?
I owe you so much money and my brother will have trouble eating and sleeping."
"You deserve it!" Fourth Master squinted at him, and then said with a bad expression: "You are really promising. Then you have borrowed a lot of money from Lao Jiu in the past few years. How come you can't eat or sleep?"
Not available?"
After hearing what the Fourth Master said, the Tenth Master hesitated for a long time, but did not give an explanation.
Then the fourth master said: "Do you know how empty the treasury is now? The people are still waiting for food, but there is no food in the treasury, and there is no money to take out.
As a prince, if you take the lead in not paying back the money, how can others return the money?
Anyway, they didn't say anything, they just said that you were the prince and they didn't even give any money. They just learned from you.
If Emperor Ama were to perform surgery, he would do it to you first. Do you know the seriousness of this matter?
Furthermore, I have sent the money to you today, and you still haven’t paid it back! Are you worthy of the word prince? Are you worthy of the common people?"
As he spoke, Fourth Master looked very serious.
After hearing what the Fourth Master said, the Tenth Master lowered his head, like a child who had made a mistake: "Fourth Brother, don't be angry, the younger brother is just saying it, and he doesn't really mean that he won't pay it back.
This money...my younger brother won't owe Fourth Brother, but my younger brother has no money now and needs to pay it back slowly, don't be angry."
Seeing that he still looked like a person now, the fourth master's anger had subsided a little, and he warned again: "I will give you this money today. Remember, I also have to sell some things in the house.
Tomorrow at the court, tell me that you care about the people of Ming Dynasty, so you have sold off your property to raise the money and return it.
Emperor Ama will most likely praise you if he knows what you did.
By the way, you also remember clearly, never say that I gave you this money.
You just say it's the income you got from selling your property."
Then the fourth master remembered the orchids at the door and said directly: "By the way, those orchids of yours are in good quality and should be fetched at such a good price.
If you don’t like it, just sell it.”
But Master Shi frowned: "Fourth brother, that can't be done!
I'm a rough guy who won't appreciate it, but my Fujin will appreciate it. She said she wanted to take a look at this thing before, so I got it back."
After hearing this, the fourth master raised his eyebrows, and then nodded in relief: "It's a good thing to know that you feel sorry for your wife.
I said, why do you think of orchids? You usually dislike this the most.
But if Fujin likes it, then don’t buy it."
Then the fourth master directly asked Su Peisheng to bring a box in and said to the tenth master:
"Old Shi, there are 180,000 taels here, and the remaining nearly 20,000 taels are yours to figure out.
Well... I'll just present it to the court tomorrow."
After hearing this, the Tenth Master nodded like a chicken pecking rice, then frowned, suddenly looked at the Fourth Master and said: "Fourth Brother, you won't go bankrupt if you do this, right?
Emperor Ama asked you to collect the money, so you advanced all your money. Wouldn’t it be a huge loss?”
The Fourth Master glared at him, thinking that he had already taken out the money, but he actually remembered to care about his Fourth Brother!
"Do you think I'm stupid for helping others with money?"
After saying these words, the fourth master pushed the box into his hand: "Don't give it away, I'm leaving now." He strode out quickly.
The tenth elder brother looked at the fourth brother's back for a while, then sighed and said: "The fourth brother is the fourth brother." Look, his fourth brother has dealt with him a lot over the years, but when it came to the real chapter, he still
The fourth brother is the most devoted to him.
He still scolds Fourth Brother behind his back on weekdays, which is really not the case!
As soon as I left Master Shi's house, I turned around and entered Master Jiu's mansion. The mansion of Lao Jiu and Lao Shi was relatively close to each other.
Ninth Brother is very smart. In fact, he knew it when Fourth Master just went to Lao Shi's house.
At this moment, Fourth Master asked Su Peisheng to knock on the door, and saw Master Jiu greeting him at the door: "Ouch, what kind of wind has brought my fourth brother in? Come on, come on, please come in!"
Fourth Master raised his eyebrows: "Ninth brother is going out?"
Master Jiu immediately shook his head and said, "I'm not going out, but I'm just here to greet Fourth Brother." He squinted his eyes and smiled at Fourth Master.
The Fourth Master knew that he was close to Lao Shi, but he didn't expect that his information was so well-informed. However, the Fourth Master didn't care and followed him directly into the yard.
Lao Jiu's place is much more elegant than Lao Shi's house, and the whole courtyard is arranged in an orderly manner.
The overall impression is dignified, yet elegant and restrained.
The fourth master nodded immediately. He had just come from Lao Shi's smoky yard, and he really thought Lao Jiu's place was a bit eye-catching.
Suddenly I thought of my own yard. My front yard was still the same as before, but my back yard was full of fruit trees, and it was full of life.
In the past, Fourth Master would have disliked it, but now, he feels extremely comfortable.
After entering the hall and sitting down, tea was served, along with various snacks.
Brother Jiu pointed with his hand and said: "Brother 4, come and try it out to see if the snacks in my house are as delicious as the ones in your house?"
As he spoke, he enthusiastically placed a plate of snacks closer to Fourth Master.