The moment he pressed the handprint, Shen Jinshan's heart was dripping blood.

He stared at the shops listed above the handprints, the silk reeling shop in the south of the city and the dyeing shop in the west of the city...... These are all painstakingly accumulated by the ancestors of the Shen family over the past hundred years. Since he inherited the family business, he has to go around the shop every ten years, and he must be severely reprimanded when he sees a man who is cheating and cheating. Under his strict supervision, these shops have flourished and have now become the most profitable part of the Shen family.

And now, he has to give Hu Jiuling so lightly.

When he handed over the deed, Shen Jinshan's hands were trembling.

"Brother Shen is reluctant?" Hu Jiuling asked very easily, as if to say that the weather was really good today.

"How can you give it up, those are the most profitable shops in the Hu family." Standing next to Ah Yao, the businessman who originally followed Shen Jinshan would reveal his old background mercilessly.

Looking at all kinds of disdainful glances, Shen Jinshan, who was originally irritable, calmed down.

He knew that these people were laughing at him, laughing at him for going back on his word, laughing at him for trying to take advantage of him, but he didn't regret what he had done.

Who in Man Qingcheng doesn't know that Hu Jiuling is benevolent, if he really agrees, then he can stop the loss in time; Of course, he didn't expect much from this, but Hu Jiuling was benevolent but not stupid, how could he let go of his mouth at this juncture. But I have already made it clear that tearing up the contract is for a smooth transition in Qingcheng Silk Market. There will be nothing to be seen, but when the silk is grown in ten days and half a month, the price will remain high, and Hu Jiuling will become the culprit at that time.

It is true that it is he Shen who raises prices. But he has made it clear that he can come down, but the surname Hu does not agree. The Hu family is an imperial businessman, the leader of Qingcheng Silk City, who would dare to surrender if he didn't let go?

The truth is confusing, in short, he can splash this basin of dirty water on Hu Jiuling. At that time, whether the price of raw silk will drop or not, is it not a matter of his words? If he does not fall, he will surely make a lot of money, and make back today's shortfall; If it comes down, then today's contract built on the sky-high price of raw silk will not work.

In short, with raw silk in hand, he is absolutely invincible.

After thinking about this, Shen Jinshan didn't have time, in short, this will already be drawn, why not just make things beautiful.

His expression was calm, his hands were no longer trembling, and he handed the deed to Hu Jiuling: "What Shen said just now is just for the Qingcheng silk market, but unfortunately Brother Hu is unwilling." In this case, Shen has drawn a pledge on the deed, and asked Brother Hu to look at it. ”

"I'll see."

Taking it from him, Hu Jiuling really looked serious.

Generally, the contract signed on such a large occasion has been reviewed many times before, and it is just a formality in person, and no one will look at it again after it is signed, at least not in public. But Hu Jiuling was unusual, not only did he look at it seriously, but finally took out the diorama from his arms and carefully studied it in front of Shen Jinshan's autograph.

After reading it from beginning to end, he carefully tucked the deed back into his sleeve.

"I haven't seen you for a few days, Brother Shen's calligraphy has improved again, and Hu almost didn't recognize this name."

In business, the handwriting pays attention to horizontal and vertical, and the handwriting is clear, and the scholars who participate in the imperial examination nowadays have to deliberately practice the pavilion style. Although some of the businessmen present had dabbled in cursive writing, they all pursued clear, neat and easy to identify seals and drawings related to business.

When Hu Jiuling's words came out, most people understood what they meant. How anxious and sad Shen Jinshan was, he changed his handwriting.

As if to detect the strong sarcasm in his words, Hu Jiuling said again: "Seeing Brother Shen's hesitant expression, when Hu collects the shop, he won't do the word 'drag', and the shopkeeper guards the façade and refuses to leave, just don't give me a place for the Hu family, right?" ”

Shen Jinshan's face did not change, and he said insincerely: "How is it possible." ”

"Oh," Hu Jiuling breathed a long sigh of relief: "I know that Brother Shen is not such a person, when he took the silver from my Hu family yesterday, he couldn't wait for a moment." You are an anxious child, and what you promised will be done as much as possible. ”

After speaking, he patted his sleeve, looked at the little Hou Ye in the middle, and said respectfully: "Hou Ye, the account between Master Shen and Hu has been settled." Since it is to use the shop to pay off the debt, with the financial resources of the Shen family, there will be no worries about recruiting military salaries. ”

"Well," Lu Jingyuan raised his head and looked at Ah Yao by the door: "Announce the results." ”

"In the sixth round of fundraising, there are a total of 15 companies with more than 100,000 taels. Hu Jia...... donated 1.5 million taels of silver, ranking first; The Shen family added 1.3 million taels of silver, followed by the Huang family and the Zhao family, and then the Huang family and the Zhao family ......, and the thirteen families each donated 100,000 taels of silver. There are also ...... Sun family and Wu family, and each of the eight families donated ten taels of silver. ”

Among the huge sums of money that can easily cost millions or hundreds of thousands, the word "ten taels" at the end is particularly eye-catching.

Those businessmen who followed the Shen family originally thought that with the Hu family as the leader, ten taels was not too embarrassing. But then they realized that the reason why others didn't react much when they donated ten taels in front of them was because everyone believed in Hu Jiuling.

Face is not given by others, but accumulated little by little. In these big and small things in Qingcheng, Hu Jiuling has never been stingy with money and hard work, and he must always do his best in everything. It is this time and again that makes everyone feel that Master Hu is credible, even if he only donates ten taels in the front, it is nothing, and he will definitely make up for it once in the future.

It is because of this faith that no one laughs at it. This confidence is even so strong that when Hu Jiuling also donated ten taels in the last round, everyone's first reaction was not ridicule, but surprise, they were surprised how Hu Jiuling could uncharacteristically donate so little. And then things took a sharp turn, and he donated 1.5 million taels in the name of the Hu family's girl. No matter whose name it is, in short, everyone knows that the money came from the Hu family.

The Hu family did not live up to their trust, and the biggest joke of this fundraising banquet suddenly returned to normal. Hidden behind the scenes, those businessmen who only donated ten taels were eye-catching.

The businessman who donated 100,000 taels couldn't help but look at the people by the door, and the meaning in his expression couldn't be more obvious: Master Hu endured it in front of him for the last time. What do you guys do? Are you going to use such sixty taels to deal with the past?

They don't want to! Eight businessmen by the door sat on pins and needles.

And the next sentence of the little marquis made their hearts cold.

"The people who report the good news along the street, according to what the senior sister said, come one by one, word for word."

One by one, word for word, isn't it that Master Sun donated ten taels of silver, and Master Wu donated ten taels of silver...... They have also seen the battle of the honor guard opening the road just now, and they can hear the movement from most of the distance. If this word gets out, will they still be human beings?

Finally, the one closest to Ah Yao couldn't help it, "Little one...... I really don't have enough money, so donate 10,000 taels. ”

"Now the family really has no money, and Sun also pays 10,000 taels."

Although they were pitted at King Ping's banquet yesterday, they could still take out the crowd of 18,000. Although the face is not as good as donating 100,000 taels, it is better than being paraded in the street with 100,000 taels.

People want faces, trees want bark, there are two people who take the lead, and the eight families who followed the Shen family all changed their minds and changed them to 10,000 taels.

"Jing ......" said that A-Yao, who was smooth-mouthed, paused: "Master Hou, do you still want to change?" ”

This stupid girl, who was supposed to be the one who lacked the 80,000 taels of silver? These eight businessmen bullied his girl so badly in his previous life, and he always remembered those things. Now you want to buy back face with 10,000 taels of silver? How can there be such a cheap thing in the world!

Thinking of this, his face was stern, and his voice was forced into a straight line: "I have said this, and I will not regret it." ”

When asking Brother Jing, Ah Yao was also a little conflicted in her heart. After the death of Daddy in the previous life, it was these people who piled up in front of the Hu family to collect debts, scolding and scolding, and even some people peed directly into the mouth of the pair of stone lions at the door of the Hu family, and all kinds of persecution methods can be said to be exhaustive. If it's just for her, the Hu family owes money to others, and as a family member, she can endure being told a few words. But they actually used all kinds of foul language to insult Daddy, and Daddy didn't even come out before he came out, and he didn't have a funeral in the courtyard of the Hu family.

This kind of insult to the ancestors, even after a lifetime, she is angry every time she thinks about it.

She can't wait for these people to lose face, but recruiting military salaries is Brother Jing's business, and she can't be the master. Originally, she wanted to ask softly, but as soon as she thought about it, this morning's suspicion came to mind. Brother Jing is so thoughtful, who knows what he has planned? Shengsheng swallowed back the biased words on her lips, and she asked as politely as she could.

Even so, she still hoped that Brother Jing would favor her.

And then she heard it.

Anyone with a discerning eye can see that he is angry, so is he helping her, or does he think that these businessmen have rebelled and violated his majesty?

With a "clang", the merchant next to him fell to the ground heavily. His face was pale, his forehead was faintly sweating, his pupils were dilated, and his lips trembled and he said, "It's over," "It's over," "It's really over."

You also have today!

This is the merchant who peed in the mouth of the stone lion in her previous life, although she did not see it with her own eyes at that time, but the maid told her who she was. In my memory, how arrogant he looked at that time, and the two states that are completely opposite to the way he is now cowering and trembling.

While feeling happy, Ah Yao also vaguely understood Brother Jing's intentions.

Sit upright, write a note of each family's details, and summarize it to the people who go along the street to report the good news. The voice outside Yunlai Lou soon sounded, different from the previous five times the word "Shen" began, this time it started with the word "Hu".

"The Hu family donated 1.5 million taels of silver......

The Hu family? Isn't it the Shen family?

The people who were discussing this matter in the streets and alleys were surprised, and after confirming it again and again, most of them began to praise the Hu family. In fact, after experiencing A-Yao's several times, the people in the market are not so easy to be fooled. Although they were suspicious, they didn't rashly say bad things about the Hu family. Hearing that the Hu family donated so much at once, they were faintly relieved in their hearts, and at the same time, they also began to laugh at those who said that the Hu family was not good.

The facts are in front of you, and those who don't talk about virtue just now can only watch themselves being slapped in the face.