Su Ziheng looked in the direction where the voice came from, and to his surprise, this person turned out to be Chen Wenxuan. Qian Xingping also looked at him with an unhappy face, knowing that this old fox must not be well-intentioned.

Sure enough, Qian Xingping heard Chen Wenxuan say: "Master Su, if you take out something and sell it, it will naturally be the one with the highest price." ”

Qian Xingping snorted coldly: "Old horseman, you haven't even paid the money for the gambling contract, it seems that you are not eligible to participate in the auction, right?" ”

Chen Wenxuan said with a smile: "Old fox, this is a matter between me and Su Gongzi, it seems that it is not your turn to interfere." ”

Qian Xingping said indifferently: "Is a person who doesn't even have credibility qualified to participate in the auction?" It seems that there is no such rule among my Xining commercial firms. ”

Chen Wenxuan's face changed slightly, in this era, when there are not so many guarantees in the law, doing business depends more on reputation. Especially for big commercial banks like Zhao's Commercial Bank, Qian's Commercial Bank and Chen's Commercial Bank, which have become famous in Xining, the reputation is even more important.

Some century-old businesses even go bankrupt in order to maintain their reputation. Only by maintaining the credibility of the firm can there be a comeback in the future.

Chen Wenxuan pointed at Qian Xingping with his finger and glared angrily, "Old fox, you don't want to open the river and spew blood." Where is the old man not keeping his reputation? ”

In this era, suspecting that a merchant has no reputation is like saying that a scholar has no moral character, which is an endless situation. If it weren't for Qian Xingping and Chen Wenxuan, they would have been at odds for decades, and he grabbed Chen Wenxuan's handle this time, otherwise he would not dare to say that about Chen Wenxuan.

Qian Xingping sneered a few times: "If you have a reputation, you will pay Su Xian's nephew's gambling contract first." ”

Chen Wenxuan gasped for breath, waved his sleeves violently and said, "The old man won't entangle with you." This is a bet between the Li family boy and the Su boy, the old man is just the guarantor, and if he wants to compensate, he must be compensated by the Li family. ”

Everyone immediately shifted their attention to Li Haobang. Facing everyone's burning eyes, Li Haobang said with a sad face: "I...... I can't come up with that much money to pay it out. ”

Although Su Ziheng didn't say what the value of the dolphin crystal ball music box was, Qian Xingping just now offered 8,000 taels to another music box that was not as good as the dolphin crystal ball music box, so it can be proved that Li Haobang had to pay at least 80,000 taels of bets this time.

If it is the entire Li family, eighty thousand taels may be a lot, and it is not that it cannot be taken out. But Li Haobang is only a member of the Li family, and he is not in charge of the Li family at all, so let him take so much silver out at once, how can he take it out?

Su Ziheng looked at him with a smile, "Young Master Cousin, how much money can you come up with?" ”

"One, ten thousand taels. All my possessions add up to only 10,000 taels. ”

Qian Xingping laughed and said, "Old man Chen, did you hear me?" The Li family kid can only compensate for 10,000 taels at most, and the rest of them, shouldn't you make up for them? ”

Chen Wenxuan's wrinkled old face was blue and white for a while because of overwork, and it was obvious that this question made him very difficult. Even if it is calculated according to 80,000 taels, in addition to the 10,000 taels of silver in Li Haobang's hand, he will have to pay 70,000 taels.

For Chen's firm, 70,000 taels of silver is not unaffordable, this is because after giving it out, it will inevitably hurt his muscles and bones, and it will disrupt many of his plans. For example, Zhao Chengwen's plan to buy salt from Zhao's trading house, Zhao Chengwen has made it clear that as long as the silver, nothing else is wanted, which puts an end to his plan to barter goods.

Chen Wenxuan stared fiercely at the paper gambling contract in Su Ziheng's hand, his eyes were dripping, and countless thoughts flashed in his mind. How to break the game?

Although the Chen family firm was inherited by the ancestors of the Chen family, it was also carried forward in his hands. He has experienced many difficulties in the past, and the most difficult one was almost bankrupt, but he turned the tide, reversed the crisis, and even found the breaking point, so as to reach a higher level.

Although he is now older and does not have the courage to break through the kettle as before, his experience and vision are becoming more and more sophisticated. The so-called old and strong is talking about people like him.

Just when Qian Xingping thought that Chen Wenxuan had nothing to do, suddenly Chen Wenxuan smiled, "Su boy, can you show the old man the gambling contract in your hand?" ”

Su Ziheng was stunned, but he still handed the paper with the gambling contract in his hand to Chen Wenxuan, anyway, everyone was watching, and he was not afraid that he would take the opportunity to break the contract. If Chen Wenxuan dared to take this opportunity to tear up the gambling contract, then the credibility of him and Chen's firm would really plummet.

Chen Wenxuan took the paper, read it carefully several times, pointed to the terms on it and said to Su Ziheng: "Su boy, it says 'compensation is ten times the dowry', right?" ”

Su Ziheng nodded and replied puzzledly: "That's right, it's indeed written like this." ”

Qian Xingping suddenly had a bad feeling in his heart, and stepped forward to take a look, and saw that the gambling contract was written in black and white, "Compensation is ten times that of the dowry". His gaze fell on the word "thing" tightly, "Does the old man want to ......?"

Sure enough, as he expected, he saw Qian Xingping smile and groaned: "Su boy, it's good that you recognize it, this 'thing' doesn't mean an item like silver." As long as the old man takes out an item of equivalent value, it is also within the scope of the gambling contract, right? ”

Su Ziheng thought that he had come up with something, it turned out that he wanted to use the goods to settle the account, and for others, it might be easier to take the silver. But you are different, as long as you have raw materials or items in hand, the value you can create is higher. Besides, if he wants to rebuild Bailu Academy and develop the manor, what he lacks is more items.

Su Ziheng replied affirmatively: "Count! ”

Chen Wenxuan didn't say a word, untied a bunch of keys from his waist, threw them to Su Ziheng, and said lightly: "The old man's string is the key to the warehouse of the West City, and the value of all kinds of items in the warehouse is far more than 80,000 taels of silver. The location of the treasury is known to the old fox, if you don't believe it, you can ask him. ”

Seeing Su Ziheng looking at him, Qian Xingping nodded bitterly. This old man is really calculating, his family's warehouse in the West Market is close to his own warehouse, although the items stacked in it are worth 80,000 taels of silver, but most of them are not easy to sell.

There is also a warehouse full of grain, which is the military grain purchased on behalf of the imperial court for the Northern Expedition in the coming year. Even if Su Ziheng got his hands on it, he couldn't get out. He could not eat it all by himself, until all the grain rotted.

In addition, according to the information he secretly inquired, there was a batch of table salt in the warehouse, and its value was more than 40,000 taels of silver. But don't think that Su Ziheng has earned it, because Su Ziheng has no salt in his hands, he can only use this batch of salt for his own use, not for sale.

For Chen Wenxuan, this batch of salt was paid to Su Ziheng, although he suffered a lot of losses, but because he still has several salt mines under his name, as long as there is salt to be introduced, the lost salt can be mined back, it is just a waste of labor.

So it seems that Chen Wenxuan paid more than 80,000 taels of silver to Su Ziheng, but in fact, the cost he spent is estimated to be less than a quarter.

Thinking about this, Qian Xingping couldn't help but give Chen Wenxuan a thumbs up in his heart, and he really deserved to be known as Chen Wenxuan, who was known as a ghost talent in Xining's business community. In the face of such a predicament, you can still come up with such a subtle trick to break the game!