"Shopkeeper Jin, the account that Boss Zhang borrowed just now hasn't had time to be recorded in the account books, should we go and talk to His Royal Highness the King of Shu now?"

In Xinfeng County, at the counter in the front hall of Yanhuang Qianzhuang, a young man in Tsing Yi hurriedly asked nervously after seeing the golden shopkeeper coming out of the back room.

"Shut up!"

The golden shopkeeper was panicked when he heard this, he hurriedly turned his head to look behind him, and when he saw that there was no one behind him, he breathed a sigh of relief, and then he raised his feet and walked to the little guy, and put on a calm face, and said:

"Wang Xiaodong, His Royal Highness the King of Shu has every opportunity, this time it is just a casual move to come to our Qianzhuang to check the accounts, and after checking the accounts, His Royal Highness has to rush back to Chang'an, how can there be so much time to spend here? So more is better than less, just now Boss Zhang came to the bank to borrow money, don't tell His Highness, while provoking His Highness impatient, the old man will not be able to save you at that time! Got it? ”

Wang Xiaodong is just a small guy in Qianzhuang, where has he seen anything in the world, and he doesn't know the temperament of a prince and nobleman like Li Ke, and he was so frightened by the golden shopkeeper that he immediately panicked, "Don't worry, I will definitely not talk too much!" Thank you for the reminder! ”

The golden shopkeeper nodded with satisfaction and said, "Hmm! Xiaodong! You are very sensible, I heard a while ago that your mother was sick and bedridden, this should be very expensive to see a doctor, right? After a while, you go to the account to withdraw two pieces of money, and it will be a part of the old man's heart~! ”

When Wang Xiaodong heard this, he immediately said gratefully: "Thank you Shopkeeper Jin!" You are really good to me, but in the future, the gold shopkeeper has orders, and the little one must never give up! ”

"Huh! Not bad! Xiaodong, you know that you are grateful, the old man really didn't misunderstand you! Now you take people to Wanbin Building in the city to set up a first-class banquet for His Royal Highness the King of Shu, remember, there must be the best wine, the best food~! ”

Seeing that the goal had been achieved, the golden shopkeeper said with a smile.

"Yes! Shopkeeper's! ”

Wang Xiaodong responded excitedly, and then hurriedly put down the work in his hand and went out of the bank.

"Huh? Why do I think that the golden shopkeeper wants to hide the account that Wang Xiaodong said? Who is Boss Zhang? Oh, the person I bumped into outside the house just now is also surnamed Zhang, could it be that Wang Xiaodong is talking about that person? No, there must be something greasy in this, I'll go talk to Xiao Ke! ”

The shopkeeper didn't know that the conversation between him and Wang Xiaodong in the front hall was listened to by Cheng Chumo, who had just come out of the side hall.

Although Cheng Chumo has an upright temperament, it doesn't mean that he is stupid, and the conversation between the shopkeeper Jin and Wang Xiaodong made him feel that the shopkeeper Jin must have a ghost in his heart.

So he hurriedly reined in his breath and returned to the side hall lightly.

"Xiao Ke, how is it? Did you find a problem in the books? ”

After returning to the side hall, Cheng Chumo approached Li Ke and asked hurriedly.

Li Ke replied while looking through the account books: "How can it be so fast? However, as far as I have checked the accounts for a few days, I have not found any problems! Didn't you say go out and go around, ugly cow? How did you come back again? ”

Cheng Chumo turned around, first probed out to check left and right, and after confirming that there was no one outside the house, he looked at the door, and then walked to Li Ke's side, and said mysteriously: "Xiao Ke, I think this golden shopkeeper is not quite right, I am afraid that the account book he gave you is not complete!" ”

When Li Ke heard this, he couldn't help but raise his head and asked, "Oh? Why did Brother Ugly Cow say this? ”

"I was going to go out for a walk just now, and I overheard the golden shopkeeper talking to the little guy in the front hall to make another account.........

Cheng Chumo lowered his voice and told Li Ke what he had just seen, Li Ke couldn't help frowning deeply after listening to it, "Listening to what you just said, the gold shopkeeper does seem to have some problems, if we want to find out the truth of the matter, we must first find out who this Boss Zhang is, and how much money is involved in the latest account that Wang Xiaodong said?" ”

Cheng Chumo chuckled in a low voice: "Hey! It's easy! That Wang Xiaodong went to buy a banquet, and I stopped him halfway after a while, bluffing him, not afraid that he wouldn't tell the truth~! ”

Li Ke pondered for a moment, nodded and said, "That's very good!" But you have to act secretly to avoid startling the snake! ”

Cheng Chumo nodded and said, "Xiao Ke, you can rest assured!" It's up to me! ”

"Bang bang bang!"

Not long after the two discussed countermeasures, there was a knock on the door outside the house, and Li Ke asked aloud, "Who is it?" ”

"Your Highness, it's me! Blessed with gold! His Royal Highness was tired all the way, and Jin set up a banquet for His Royal Highness in the Wanbin Building in the city, so as to wash the dust for His Royal Highness, and hope that His Royal Highness will enjoy the light! ”

As soon as Li Ke's words fell, Jin Wanfu's voice came from outside the door.

The two glanced at each other, Li Ke got up and opened the door, and then said to Jin Wanfu: "Jin shopkeeper, don't hide it, this king followed Yong'an Hou's Tianji Brigade to Xinfeng County to exterminate locusts today, and checked the accounts in Qianzhuang, but it was just a byway move!" Therefore, it is inconvenient for this king to dine in Wanbin Building at noon, and he has disappointed the kindness of the gold shopkeeper! ”

When Jin Wanfu heard this, his face was stunned, and he was surprised: "What? Yong'an Hou's Tianji Brigade came to Xinfeng County? ”

If the Tianji Brigade really comes to Xinfeng County, then the locust plague in Xinfeng County will be completely resolved in two days, and then Xinfeng County will become the second county town after Lantian County to eliminate locusts, and the price of grain in the city will not even want to rise further, and the 6,000 yuan borrowed by Zhang Xiongfei in Qianzhuang will not only not make a big profit, but will even lose money!

Li Ke's eyes flashed, and he asked meaningfully, "What?" The golden shopkeeper doesn't want to see the Tianji Brigade come to Xinfeng County to exterminate locusts? ”

When Jin Wanfu heard this, a layer of cold sweat instantly appeared on his back, and he hurriedly waved his hand and said, "No! No! Yong'an Hou's Tianji Brigade can come to Xinfeng County to exterminate locusts, Jin is too late to be happy, how can he not be willing? Jin was just a little surprised that Hou Ye would come to Xinfeng County so soon, and there was absolutely no other meaning! ”

Li Ke glanced at Jin Wanfu deeply, then picked up the account book on the table and said, "Hehe! I didn't see it, but the gold shopkeeper still cares about people's livelihood! The king will take this account book and look at it for a while, and he will have someone send it back before dark! Now that the king still has important matters, he will go first! ”

Although Jin Wanfu was reluctant in his heart, he didn't dare to raise any objections, so he had to give up his hand and say: "Your Highness, go slowly!" His Royal Highness has orders in the back, just give an order, and Jin will definitely be on call! ”

"Hmmm! Ugly cow, let's go! ”

Li Ke nodded, greeted Cheng Chu silently, and the two went out.

"Could it be that the King of Shu found something in the account books? It shouldn't be! This account book is decent, the old man has also checked it privately, although there are some small flaws, but there is absolutely no big problem, alas, maybe I think too much~! ”

Looking at the backs of Li Ke and Cheng Chumo leaving, Jin Wanfu had a bad premonition in his heart, but he couldn't think of where he had revealed his flaws for a while, so he could only comfort himself.

But that bad premonition did not dissipate, but weighed heavily on his heart like a stone, so that he didn't have the heart to go back to the backyard to meet the two beautiful orchids he had just acquired!

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"Xiao Ke! That's him! ”

Out of Qianzhuang and walking on the street, Cheng Chumo suddenly pointed to a young man in Tsing Yi who was coming towards them on the right path, and said to Li Ke: "Xiao Ke, otherwise you and Pang Feiji will go to the county government first, and I will go to Wang Xiaodong to ask for clarification!" ”

Seeing that it was almost time for lunch, Li Ke knew that there was no delay, so he nodded in agreement: "That's okay!" But don't hurt the ugly cow, let alone startle the snake, if possible, it's best to persuade the little guy to come to our side! ”

Cheng Chumo patted Yuehun and said with a smile: "Xiao Ke, you can rest assured!" Okay, without further ado, I'll go first! ”

After that, Cheng Chumo turned around and went directly towards the little guy in Tsing Yi.

"Let's go! Let's go to the county office! ”

Although Li Ke was a little worried, but at this time, he had limited manpower around him, so he could only believe that Cheng Chumo had returned, he turned his head and said a word to Pang Feiji, and then the two went straight to the direction of the county government of Xinfeng County.

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"Huh! Yong'an Hou can bring the Tianji Brigade to Xinfeng County to exterminate locusts, which is really a blessing for the people of Xinfeng County! Xiaguan is the county magistrate of Xinfeng County, these days are because of the locust plague and broken heart, now Hou Ye has solved the trouble of Xia Guan's henchmen, Xia Guan must thank Hou Ye in person, otherwise his heart will be uneasy! ”

Xinfeng County Ya, after Li Ke revealed his identity and intention, the county commander Wang Dezheng said excitedly.

Li Ke said calmly: "Of course it is okay for Wang Xianling to thank Yong'an Hou in person, but the top priority at the moment is to prepare a meal for the more than 100 people who came with him, and I hope that Wang Xianling can arrange it as soon as possible!" Meals don't need to be luxurious, just meat! In addition, a pot of throat soup and a pot of hot mung bean soup are prepared, and they will be sent to the farmland outside the city when the time comes! ”

Wang Dezheng was surprised: "Your Highness, the Marquis of Yong'an and those children in Lantian County don't go back to the county seat to eat?" ”

Li Ke shook his head and said, "It's too much time to go back to the city to eat!" Wang Xian ordered you to send someone to prepare the meal quickly! All the expenses are from this king, this is the recipe of the throat soup prescribed by Sun Shenyi, let people boil carefully, there must be no mistakes, otherwise this king is the only one who asks! ”

Wang Dezheng's face was solemn, he took the prescription with both hands, and said: "The Tianji Brigade is here to help Xinfeng County exterminate locusts, and the cost of food should be paid by Xinfeng County, how can you let His Highness break the bank!" As for this throat lozenge soup and mung bean soup, the lower officials will personally keep an eye on it, and there will be no mistakes, please rest assured, Your Highness! ”

Li Ke waved his hand and said: "You don't have to worry about the food money, this king has made up his mind, you go and arrange someone to prepare lunch!" ”

Wang Dezheng had no choice but to give up: "Yes!" Your Highness, sit down! The next official will arrange it! ”

After that, Wang Xianling walked out of the inner hall and arranged for someone to prepare the meal.

Li Ke happened to take out the account book, lay down on the table next to him and began to read it seriously.

After about two quarters of an hour, Cheng Chumo walked in and said excitedly to Li Ke: "Xiao Ke! Xiao Ke! I've inquired! ”

Li Ke put away the account book, got up and said in surprise: "So fast? Tell me about that ugly cow! ”

Cheng Chumo looked left and right, and said to the few maids standing on both sides: "You all go down first!" I have something to say to His Royal Highness the King of Shu! ”

"Yes!"

Everyone knew that the two teenagers in front of them were nobles from Chang'an, and they couldn't even provoke Wang County's order, so they couldn't afford to provoke them even more, so they hurriedly bowed and withdrew.

Cheng Chu silently saw that there was no one around, so he whispered to Li Ke: "Xiao Ke, I found out, the boss Zhang that Jin Wanfu said is called Zhang Xiongfei, which is the big fat man we bumped into at the gate of Qianzhuang before, I heard Wang Xiaodong say that Zhang Xiongfei is the owner of Zhang Ji Grain Shop, this time Zhang Xiongfei went to Yanhuang Qianzhuang to borrow money from the gold shopkeeper, guess how much he wants to borrow?" ”

"How much?"

Li Ke was still sorting out these clues that Cheng said silently in his heart, and when he heard this, he couldn't help frowning, and asked subconsciously.

"Six thousand! And it's borrowed at 16 percent per annum! ”

Cheng Chu lowered his voice and said.

"Six thousand? Sixteen percent interest rate? ”

Li Ke couldn't help but exclaim, first of all, 6,000 guan may not be worth mentioning for a top "local tyrant" like Li Zexuan, but for a small county like Xinfeng County, 6,000 guan is definitely a huge amount of money, and there are absolutely only a handful of people who can get 6,000 guan!

Another point that surprised Li Ke was the 6,000 yuan loan interest rate, the annual interest rate of 16 percent was indeed cheap for private lending in the past, but Yanhuang Qian Zhuang had just implemented a unified annual loan interest rate of 8 percent a while ago, and the gold shopkeeper here directly lent 6,000 yuan to Zhang Xiongfei at an annual interest rate of 16 percent.

"What is Zhang Xiongfei borrowing so much money for? And he is also willing to borrow money at twice the borrowing rate, which shows that he is in dire need of money and is confident that he can make more money with it in a short period of time! Therefore, he must have a business in his hands that is sure to make money and not lose money, at least he thinks it is a steady profit and no loss! ”

Li Ke thought for a moment and muttered to himself in a low voice.

"Hey! It's hard to guess? This surnamed Zhang must have taken the 6,000 guan to buy grain, and now there are locust plagues everywhere, this old guy must want to stock up on more grain, and when the people's crops are plagued by locusts in the future, he will take the opportunity to raise the price of grain and make a lot of money! Xiao Ke, do you still remember that when we first entered the city, the people said that the price of grain in the Zhangji Grain Store in the west of the city had risen again? Doesn't that mean that this old bastard is not at ease? ”

Cheng Chumo said with a smile at this time.

“.... Well, your analysis makes a lot of sense! ”

When Li Ke heard this, he nodded sympathetically, and suddenly, he looked at Cheng Chumo with a strange expression and said, "Eh! Wrong! Ugly Cow, when did your brain become so flexible? This doesn't look like you~! ”

Cheng Chumo's old face suddenly froze, and it was estimated that tens of thousands of grass and mud horses were galloping past in his heart at this moment, "Damn!" Xiao Ke, you're not kind! I worked hard to help you investigate the case after running the money, but you hurt my brother like this~! ”

Li Ke smiled and said, "Hehe! I'm just kidding you, but then again, how did you make Wang Xiaodong willingly confide in the truth? ”

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