On August 20, Jia Zheng visited the ancestral hall, and after bidding farewell to Jia's mother, he set off, and the children of the Jia family sent Jia Zheng to the tear pavilion outside the city.

Xue Pan mingled in the crowd, and when he saw Jia Zheng's figure drifting away, he immediately pulled Jia Lian, Jia Baoyu, and Jia Yun to Jinxiang Courtyard.

Not long after the three of them arrived at Jinxiang Courtyard, Liu Xianglian, Feng Ziying, Wei Ruolan, Jiang Zining, Han Qi, Chen Yejun and others also arrived one by one.

Everyone gathered, and Xue Pan excitedly said the reason for the banquet, so that everyone could contribute money and force, either to buy some treasury bonds, or to help him sell it.

Feng Ziying said with a smile: "We don't have you as much money as you do, how can we have the money to buy that thing, I'll introduce you to a few people in a few days, and it's up to you whether you succeed or not." ”

Jiang Zining scolded with a smile: "I don't know who did this thing, a piece of waste paper can be worth a few dollars, in my opinion, you don't have to be so careful, few people will buy that thing." ”

Chen Yejun, Han Qi, and Wei Ruolan all said that they still owe a lot of money that has not been repaid, how can they have money to buy any treasury bonds, but they have money and do not get involved in this matter.

Seeing this, Xue Pan's face suddenly felt a little unbearable, in the past, everyone ate and drank and played, most of them paid for themselves, but now when they are used, almost no one helps.

Jia Lian got Xue Pan's silver, and hurriedly said: "If you know someone you know, you might as well say hello and introduce a few more to Brother Xue, after the matter is completed, Brother Xue will definitely not treat everyone badly!" ”

Xue Pan shouted: "That is, if anyone can introduce someone, I will naturally thank him." ”

Han Qi said with a smile: "I'm really weak, I only know you people on weekdays, it's okay to eat, drink and fight, if you want to say that there is no money at all, you are strange today, why are you so positive about this matter, didn't you get a thank you gift from Brother Xue?" ”

Feng Ziying explained with a smile: "Second Brother Lian and Brother Xue are close to each other, so naturally they are more troubled than us!" ”

Jia Lian smiled: "That's natural, in order to support Brother Xue, I took out all the money I saved." ”

Wei Ruolan smiled when she heard this: "I've been hearing people talk about national debt for the past two days, but I haven't seen anything about it, Brother Xue has it in his hands, take it out for us to see!" ”

After Xue Pan was frustrated, his expression was a little bad, and he shook his head and said, "I haven't seen that thing either!" ”

Jia Lian said with a smile: "I heard Brother Yun say that that thing must be traded in the Zhaoxin Bureau, if you really want to see it, you might as well follow Brother Xue to buy some, and we can also take a look at it when you get it back." ”

Feng Ziying took out twenty taels of silver and said: "When you say this, I'm a little curious, but that's all I have, everyone got together and bought a few back, first, to support Brother Xue, and secondly, we also have a lot of knowledge, maybe when we can take it to the court to ask for silver." ”

Xue Pan's face was overjoyed when he saw Feng Ziying taking out the money, but when he saw that there were only twenty taels, his face instantly collapsed again.

Seeing this, Jia Lian hurriedly took out a hundred taels of silver tickets, and said with a smile: "This proposal is good, in the past, we owed the court silver, but now we buy some treasury bonds and come back, and I also experience the feeling that the court owes us silver!" ”

Wei Ruolan smiled, took out a few taels of silver on her body and said, "I also want to see it, but I came out in a hurry today, so I will bring so much, let's get together again!" ”

Seeing this, Jiang Ningqi and Chen Yejun took out the silver on their bodies, whether they wanted to or not, or five taels, or ten taels, which was worth two hundred taels.

For a while, everyone was a little embarrassed, and it was not enough to be ashamed to take this money to buy treasury bonds, but it was even more unreasonable to take it out and get it back.

Jia Lian smiled and said: "I think this silver will be used as our wine money, and next time we get together, we will bring more silver." ”

Chen Yejun said with a somewhat dissatisfied expression: "I don't have any money, even if I get together next time, I won't be able to take out the money." ”

Xue Pan shouted: "Whoever has the silver will take it back, I invited this wine!" ”

Seeing this, Yun'er hurriedly turned around and left the room, and after a while, she came in with a bag of silver, and said with a smile: "I have saved a few hundred taels of silver, you go and buy some back, and I will also see what the national debt looks like." ”

Feng Ziying hurriedly stopped: "Take it back, there are so many of us, and I won't have the face to come after I let you give out the money." So saying, he called in a servant and told him to go back and fetch some silver.

When Han Qi and the others saw Yun'er behaving like this, they couldn't hold their faces a little bit, and they hurriedly called people home to get some silver.

Seeing this, Jia Lian hurriedly stopped a few people, and really wanted to make them unwillingly pay for the silver, and this friendship had to be broken.

After this incident, the atmosphere between everyone was suddenly a little awkward, and everyone reluctantly drank a few glasses, and then they found excuses to leave.

In the end, there were still five people left in the room: Feng Ziying, Liu Xianglian, Jia Lian, Jia Baoyu, and Jia Yun, and it didn't take long for the little guy sent by Feng Ziying to come back with five hundred taels of silver tickets.

Feng Ziying took it to Xue Pan and said: "I have so much money, I will introduce you to a few rich masters in a few days, and you will definitely be able to find them." ”

Xue Pan was a little moved when he heard this, and after pulling Feng Ziying to drink a few more glasses, several people came to the Zhaoxin Bureau.

Lu Jing happened to be in the Zhaoxin Bureau, and after seeing Jia Lian and Jia Baoyu, he said hello, and arranged for someone to go through the relevant procedures for Xue Pan and Feng Ziying.

Jia Yun took advantage of the gap between the formalities of several people to find an excuse to break away from Xue Pan and the others and report the matter to Lu Jing.

Lu Jing nodded when he heard this, he had expected this result, and the reaction of Han Qi and the others was reasonable, but he was a little regretful that he didn't get more information.

After receiving the money, the staff of the Zhaoxin Bureau took out two agreements for Xue Pan and Feng Ziying to sign, and the Zhaoxin Bureau kept one and handed one to Feng Ziying, and then handed him an equal amount of treasury bonds.

After the formalities were completed, Xue Pan, Feng Ziying, and Jia Lian left the Zhaoxin Bureau and continued to return to Jinxiangyuan to drink and have fun.

After Han Qi left Jinxiang Courtyard, he came to a mansion in Dongcheng.

"Uncle Han, why are you here?" Yang Hong said with a smile.

"Today, the big fool of the Xue family invited me to drink, and he wanted to persuade me to buy treasury bonds, hehe, I'll come over to see how our treasury bonds are doing!" Han Qi said with a smile.

"The version of five taels has been carved out, but the chapter on it is a little troublesome, and now it is being imitated!" Yang Hong replied, the haze on his face flashed.

In the first round of selection, both the family and the Xia family, who were also imperial merchants, were eliminated, which made him feel hatred and anger all the time.

Han Qi nodded and said, "I heard that although the transaction process of the Zhaoxin Bureau is simple, it is very strict, and the people who buy it have a record, and there is an agreement, how will we get this then?" ”

Yang Hong said with a smile: "Uncle, rest assured, the prince has already arranged for someone to enter the Zhaoxin Bureau, and it will naturally be foolproof when the time comes." ”

Han Qi nodded, checked around the courtyard, and after there was no abnormality, he rushed to the Beijing Palace.

The next day, Xue Pan, who was unwilling to fail, came to the Xia family and wanted to persuade the Xia family to buy treasury bonds.

When the Xia family saw Xue Pan's arrival, it was exactly what they thought, so they hinted to Xue Pan that the Xia family could buy treasury bonds from the Xue family, but the premise was that the two families had to settle a relationship.

When Xue Pan heard that there was such a good thing, he immediately ran home and asked Aunt Xue to go to Xia's house to propose.

Aunt Xue strongly objected when she heard this, now that the Xia family has lost the identity of the imperial businessman, how can she still be worthy of the Xue family, so she persuaded Xue Pan to wait a few days to find a good family for him.

Xue Pan was unwilling, so he quarreled with Aunt Xue.

Seeing this, Xue Baochai hurriedly came over to persuade and comforted Xue Pan: "There are a lot of things now, let's talk about this matter in the next few days!" ”

After several persuasions, Xue Pan agreed to put the matter on hold for the time being.

After Xue Baochai persuaded Xue Pan, he hurriedly sent someone to inquire about the character of the girl of the Xia family, worried that the subordinates in the family would be fooled, and entrusted the matter to the shrewd Jia Yun to inquire.