Chapter 475: Severance
Huitong Qian Zhuang has been glorious for several years, and now it has reached the end of the light crossbow. The pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info Mrs. Zhen's promise is like a mirror, and everyone naturally doesn't dare to believe it easily.
Mrs. Zhen stood up, elegantly put her right hand on her chest, and looked solemn and serious: "I swear to heaven here, if I can't pay it tomorrow, half of everyone's hard-earned money will be wasted, and I will fall into the eighteenth layer of hell, and I will never be able to live beyond it." ”
This vow was made ruthlessly, and most people believed in Mrs. Zhen's personality and were willing to wait one more day. Naturally, some people didn't believe it, and shouted: "Huitong Money Village pushes tomorrow today, tomorrow postpones the day after tomorrow, who knows what you take to exchange silver, who knows if it's not a shirk plan." ”
Some scoundrels were caught in it and coaxed, and for a while, foul language spread everywhere, and their heads were splashed on Mrs. Zhen. Mrs. Zhen still returned to the high chair and sat upright, took the tea handed by the girl, and her graceful and elegant posture did not change for half a minute, so that those people stopped talking and felt so uninteresting.
Mrs. Zhen stroked the dark fragrance on her sleeves, and said with a slight smile: "Everyone is noisy here, and you can't get a penny of silver." It's only one day, so it's hard to wait?"
In the past, Huitong Money Village had a very good reputation, and Mrs. Zhen was cheerful and never did hurtful business. On the contrary, she was the first to donate silver to build temples and roads and raise funds for disaster relief every day, and she also fell into a chivalrous reputation.
Some old people are so kind that they persuade young people not to fall into the well, and to come back tomorrow after an appointment.
Some people also turned around and threatened: "Mrs. Zhen, if you don't give you face, if you don't see the money at this time tomorrow, even people in this Huitong money village will start smashing and robbing." ”
Mrs. Zhen was as steady as Mount Tai, and still smiled: "At this time tomorrow, if there is no silver money exchange, it will naturally be respectful." ”
The personal girl has never seen such a world, although she is loyal to Mrs. Zhen's eyes, she is also trembling with fright. As soon as the front feet of those people walked, the girl's hind feet went limp.
Mrs. Zhen sighed, bent down to help her, and then ordered the remaining twenty or so people in the money village to gather in the hall, she had something to say.
In the glory days of the past, there were nearly 200 people in the money village, and the river flowed endlessly every day. Now that it is in trouble, only one-tenth of the loyal servants still do not give up, and it can be regarded as seeing the truth in adversity.
Treat people with people, such honest and generous subordinates, Mrs. Zhen naturally has to leave a way back for them one by one.
ordered the girl to take the brocade box under her pillow, and Mrs. Zhen guarded everyone to open it and took out a stack of silver tickets from Guangyuan Yinzhuang. She saw that everyone had a share, and each of them was divided into two hundred taels, which was naturally enough for them for the rest of their lives. Then grab a handful of broken silver from the money box, which is considered the carriage and horse fare for leaving tomorrow, and it is also thoughtful.
Seeing that Mrs. Zhen obviously meant to dismiss everyone, the loyal servants knew that there was a banquet in the world, but after several years of getting along, they couldn't help but bow their heads and cry one by one.
On the contrary, Mrs. Zhen's expression was calm, still as calm as usual. She took another silver ticket with a balance of 100 taels, pointed to the two clean girls, and ordered them to clean up the kitchen, buy some sumptuous seafood, meat and eggs, and have a reunion dinner together in the evening.
Tomorrow will be scattered, and this is the last night for everyone to stay in Huitong.
The gilded plaque of Huitong Money Village has been removed, and it is quietly leaning on the corner, witnessing its own vicissitudes from glory to decline. A few scattered door panels were piled up in the ground, and the oil-varnished paulownia wood still smelled of it, but they were no longer useful.
Mrs. Zhen glanced at these things indifferently, not necessarily showing much emotion, and only ordered a few men to put them into the warehouse.
He also pointed to the big shopkeeper on the original counter, and asked him to lead two followers, and then take his own posts to the largest pawnshops and silver buildings in Yangzhou City, and asked them to be the shopkeeper of the Lord, and come to Huitong Money Village tomorrow to be a witness.
Mrs. Zhen had already contacted them in private, and she wanted to use all the treasures in her hands to exchange for the silver tickets of each family, and pay the silver taels that her family owed to the people. As for the wealthy families in the government, they are a raccoon dog, so let them tear up with Qian Weizhen in the future, and they have nothing to do with themselves.
It was arranged in an orderly manner here, until everyone had received their orders and dispersed, and the personal girl was worried and afraid, standing beside Mrs. Zhen and crying: "The only silver in Huitong is only a few thousand taels in the treasury. These people are menacing today, what will Madame give them tomorrow?"
Mrs. Zhen smiled: "It's hard for you to really plan for me, don't you hear that the drama says that Du Shi Niang still has a treasure chest to sink." Your lady has been running a money bank for a few years, and it's rare that she has no body to use?"
called the girl to the bedroom, and when the girl looked carefully, there were more than a dozen boxes on the ground next to the wall, all of which were arranged by Mrs. Zhen yesterday. When I opened it to see, the jeweled Ruiguang was so bright that I couldn't open my eyes.
In front are jewelry pendants, jade agate, dazzling. The last box was full of boxes of silver tickets from Guangyuan Yinzhuang, all of which were around 100 taels in face value, and they were also above 100,000 yuan.
The girl has followed Mrs. Zhen for many years, so she naturally knows the goods. After a little inventory, I thought about it again, although there were many things, it was far from enough to pay off the arrears of Huitong Bank.
Mrs. Zhen sneered: "Who said that I want to pay it all off? Those dignitaries and nobles put them on the village and wanted to make money with money, so they asked them to go and look for money by themselves. At this time, it is a fool's dream to want to break off the relationship with Huitong. All my flesh has been sold, and it will be enough to return to the people of the market. I am not greedy for the hard-earned money of poor families. ”
The girl was sad when she heard it, and she was afraid that her master would be sad, so she only secretly wiped her tears. Mrs. Zhen took her hand, put a small box in the palm of her hand, and said pityingly: "Here is a little self-consideration, which was originally left for your dowry." It's a pity that tomorrow, I can't see you on the sedan chair with my own eyes, so I will add makeup for you in advance. ”
The little girl insisted on not accepting it, and Mrs. Zhen shouted: "You know my temper, I have never said that one is one, and there is absolutely no reason to take back the things that I send out." ”
The master and servant are all that can be left with this thought. Since Mrs. Zhen has the intention of committing suicide, she naturally wants to scatter the remaining wealth in her hands and leave without worry.
On her slender white wrist, she had already taken off the priceless gold honey bracelet, and she was reluctant to take off a thin bracelet with red gold and diamonds, which was also a valuable thing.
Pulling the little girl's hand, Mrs. Zhen untied the bracelet and buttoned it for her with her own hands. With a sour nose, Mrs. Zhen smiled reluctantly: "The things I wear every day, those are used to pay off debts." Now I only have this one, and I will give it to you to bring, and it is also full of our friendship. ”