Xiao Ci smiled lazily, crossed his legs, shook them, and said, "It doesn't mean anything. You are not kids anymore, so the meaning of this is obvious."
The clothes on the back of Magistrate Chen were soaked with sweat. He tremblingly took out a handkerchief from his arms and wiped his forehead. He looked at Xiao Ci and did not dare to say anything, but his heart was in a state of confusion.
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Xiao Ci knew that among these people, the Du family was the most deceitful, so he also looked at the eldest son of the Du family, shook his legs and said: "Isn't there an old saying that repaying debts is a matter of course? I have ignored Rui for many years.
Regarding the state affairs, I didn’t know that you had borrowed so much money from me in the past, but now that I know it, I happen to be short of the money, so I have no choice but to shamelessly come to you to ask for it.”
The Du family's young master's mentality was not much better, but he still said bravely: "Your Majesty, is the calculation here wrong?"
"Really?" Xiao Ci asked in confusion, sat up and flipped through a ledger in front of him: "That's right, the Du family has one hundred and fifty-three thousand three hundred and sixty taels, and the Zhou family has one hundred and sixty-six thousand taels."
Nine taels, the Li family and the Chen family each have more than 90,000, and the other has more than 70,000..."
Xiao Ci spread the account book in front of him, nodded the cinnabar characters on it, and said: "I have invited several accountants to confirm that there are no mistakes. If you think there is anything wrong, just point it out, I.
Let Mr. Accountant check it again."
The eldest son of the Du family was irritated again and again, knowing that Xiao Ci had come prepared, and no matter how much he defaulted on the debt, he would never let it go.
Mr. Li's mind was not on this. He just turned his head and glared at Mr. Zhou. He chuckled and said, "Don't you usually say that you are the most honest? I didn't expect that you would be so greedy."
Mr. Zhou broke out in a cold sweat and glared at Mr. Li: "I don't know what you are talking about."
Mr. Li used to be the best friend of Mr. Zhou, but later the Zhou family robbed the Li family of the marriage relationship with the Chen family, and something bad happened.
Whenever Mr. Li sees Mr. Zhou, his nose is not his nose, and his eyes are not his eyes. After all, no one can escape now, and he doesn't want this face anymore.
He snorted coldly and laughed: "What are you pretending to be? Do you think it will be fine just by pretending to be stupid?"
As he spoke, he threw the account book on the table and said to Xiao Ci: "Your Majesty, this account is recognized by the public. Do you want cash or banknotes? I will go home and prepare it in a while. I must give it to you early tomorrow morning."
past."
As soon as Mr. Li said these words, the Du family, the Zhou family, and the prefect Chen all turned to look at him, wishing to eat him alive.
Mr. Li was not afraid, and smiled: "It is natural to pay back debts. The account books are all here, what is there to rely on?"
Even without the account books, they all knew it and no one knew it.
Mr. Li is simply disgusted with the Zhou family. It’s not like he can’t get the more than 90,000 silver, but his body hurts a little. But as long as he sees that the Zhou family is not doing well, he is happy even if his body hurts a little.
There was a smile on Xiao Ci's eyes and brows, and he said: "Master Li is still happy."
He rolled his eyes towards a few people, and the smile in his eyes became more and more unclear. Even before he used his alienation plan, these people had already started to rebel against each other.
Then he asked: "Where are the others?"
The Li family has been demolished, and the other families can't afford to default on their debts.
When Xiao Ci was less than ten years old, he was granted the title of king and assigned a fiefdom, and it has been more than twenty years since he arrived.
Although the land in Ruizhou is not as wealthy as Jiangnan, it is not really as poor as the poor mountains and rivers. The highest of 150,000 and the lowest of 70,000 are not all, but only in the past ten years.
Everyone has an account in their mind, and seeing Xiao Ci's behavior, it is clear that giving money will not cause any difficulties.
Young Master Du groaned for a long time, but finally gave in. He asked him to take out hundreds of thousands of silver at once. Naturally, he felt very distressed. But after thinking about it for a moment, if he didn't get these hundreds of thousands, how could he want to work in the future?
It’s hard to survive in Ruizhou.
For a moment, he felt regretful for underestimating his enemy. If he had known that Xiao Ci was like this, he would never have acted like this.
Immediately, he followed suit and said: "Your Majesty, don't worry, if you borrowed anything in the past, we will return it accordingly."
After a pause, he continued: "We will live in Ruizhou from now on, and we can be considered a family. I only hope that the prince can take more care of us."
Xiao Ci laughed: "Of course, in my territory, I will protect you all."
Young Master Du spoke, and the Zhou family and the Chen family were in no position to say anything. Especially the prefect Chen was greatly relieved when he saw that Xiao Ci had no intention of pursuing the matter further.
Everyone relaxed and wanted to spit out the money they had swallowed, but Xiao Ci didn't pursue it so closely. He just asked her to send it to Prince Rui's Mansion tomorrow night before turning on the lights.
After finishing talking about the business, Xiao Ci called the girls in again and invited the gentlemen to eat and drink.
These people seem to deserve good things, but how can any of them really eat and drink well?
The banquet broke up in the middle of the night, and Xiao Ci went back to the palace to wash up and rest. However, the elders of the four families hurried back to the palace to raise money.
Mr. Zhou thought that the reason why he gave up so much money this time was because of the good deeds done by that idiot Mr. Li, so when he came down from Rouge Tower, he grabbed him by the collar and cursed: "You idiot, you are so stupid that you can't be saved."
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Seeing Mr. Zhou's anger, Mr. Li also smiled: "What's the matter? Are you feeling distressed?"
Mr. Zhou said: "I feel bad for you, don't you feel bad for me? I gave the money back to others in vain. Are you sick?"
Mr. Li smiled and said: "You feel sorry for me, but I don't feel sorry for you. Even if I give up nearly 100,000 silver to go out, I am still happy to see you looking so angry..."
"You crazy person..."
The two people's eyes turned red one by one, and they almost started to fight.
It took the eldest son of the Du family and Magistrate Chen to persuade each other.
But in the end, it still ended on bad terms.
This incident happened at the gate of Rouge Tower. Xiao Cicai went back to Mingyue Pavilion and washed his face before he found out.
Hearing this, he smiled: "I thought these people were sincere, but who knew they were just a bunch of scattered sand."
Then he said to Song Qinghuan: "Remember to prepare a few more boxes tomorrow, hundreds of thousands of taels, even if you give them all the banknotes, it will be enough for one box."
Song Qinghuan sat at the corner of the couch and yawned repeatedly. As soon as he lay down on the bed, he said in response: "It has been prepared for a long time. Even if it is hundreds of thousands more, it will be enough."
The couple slept well that night, but the Du family, Zhou family, Li family and Chen family could not sleep all night.
Early on the next morning, Xiao Ci got up and had breakfast with Song Qinghuan. As expected, Mr. Li came to the door and delivered the money.
