Through Mr. Xu's narration, Qiao Lao Dart knew the end of the matter.

It turned out that Mr. Xu had been doing business in Fujian and Guangdong, and the business was getting bigger and bigger, and he had a great reputation, and there were tens of thousands of workers when he had the largest number of subordinates, but in the past two years, the business has gradually become difficult to do, and the government has not allowed merchants to go to the sea at will, which has intensified the crackdown and reduced their business.

To add insult to injury, at the end of last year, several of Mr. Xu's ships of goods were looted by pirates at sea, making him almost bankrupt, and many creditors flocked to the door to force debts.

Subsequently, Mr. Xu used his past connections, borrowed from east to west, and scraped together some capital, intending to make a comeback, he originally planned to buy some sought-after goods from the south, and then let the Sanjiang Dart Bureau transport them to Yangzhou. As a result, this last hope has put himself in an unprecedented predicament because of the mistake of the Sanjiang dart game, for Mr. Xu, the predicament he encountered is far greater than that of Qiao Lao's dart, maybe as soon as he goes back, those creditors will block the gate, holding IOUs to ask for debts.

Hearing this, Qiao Lao Dart couldn't help but be very surprised, he looked at Mr. Xu who looked like a scholar in front of him, and his heart was really shocked, so he was also full of resentment towards the person who robbed the dart, this move was really ruthless, not only discredited the dart bureau, but also almost caught up with his son, and most importantly, his benefactor, because of this loss of darts and to fall into an unprecedented predicament.

Old Qiao Dart clearly knew the value of the dart they lost, and maybe he could sell everything in their dart game to pay it back, but he might not be able to pay it back.

However, no one in the outside world knows, because before the dart car darts, he did not tell anyone what the dart car contains, he just said that there are some magnetic silk inside, and the price is only half of the original, because the owner of this dart is Mr. Xu, if the price is calculated according to the truth, Mr. Xu will have to pay nearly double the commission.

As the bodyguard of his benefactor Mr. Xu, Qiao Lao originally planned not to charge a penny, but the dart board has its own rules, and he can't break it, after all, everyone has wives and children to raise.

Now, the dart is lost, how can this be good?

Finding the dart silver is now a top priority, but what if you can't find it?

Qiao Lao Dart quickly calculated, and soon he made a decision, and said to Mr. Xu: "Mr. Xu, this matter is the responsibility of our dart bureau, you don't have to worry, I will let the dart bureau make up for your loss first, although it may be just a drop in the bucket, but it can always save the emergency, I will arrange it." ”

Soon, the Sanjiang Dart Bureau received an urgent order to collect all the money of the Dart Bureau, including the Zhejiang Province Dart Bureau, to collect 200,000 taels of silver in the shortest possible time, and the Dart Bureau will compensate for the loss of the dart a few days ago, and the insufficient part of the Dart Bureau will sell the relevant valuable property and raise funds quickly.

For a while, the chickens and dogs jumped in the dart game, people were panicked, and a lot of discussions arose.

Some businessmen who heard the news also flocked to the Sanjiang Dart Bureau, hoping to take advantage of the chaos to pick up some bargains.

"I said Mr. Fan, you actually offered 30,000 taels for half of the shares of Yihong Courtyard, which is too much, although you are in a hurry to use the money, but you can't raise the price so much, in my opinion, it is worth 20,000 taels at most." A chubby businessman smiled at Fan Darthead.

"That's it, you see this Hangzhou Xicheng wharf he actually offered 5,000 taels, this broken wharf is a place for laborers to beg for food, where is there any oil and water, if it weren't for my kindness, I can't see these hardships haha I will be unemployed, I won't pick it up, how about 2,000 taels?" A big man in the shape of a man.

"Also, a broken house in this city is actually worth 600 taels, you should be the palace, although this house is bigger, there are some broken pavilions and broken stones in it, but it is not worth 600 taels, I said it is worth 200 taels at most, Fan Darthead, if you want, we will trade now, how about it?" A toothy-looking man grinned.

……

"What a broken pavilion, broken stones, that stone is authentic Taihu Lake stone transported from Wuxi, each stone is more than a zhang high, those stones can be sold for 200 taels, the couplet hanging on both sides of the pavilion is written by Mr. Qingteng himself, the smooth pen fee is 50 taels, you are taking advantage of the fire to rob, falling into the well, Mr. Wang, here is handed over to you, I really don't want to talk to these people, I'm afraid that if we talk about it again, I will fight with them." Mr. Fan's face turned red, and he turned to the tent gentleman, and then turned around and entered the back hall.

"Dart, don't worry, just leave this matter to me, they just want to take advantage of the situation to lower the price, it's not good for you to hurt your health." Mr. Wang said to the head of the dart, then turned around and said loudly to everyone in the hall: "Everyone, don't make a fuss, let's come one by one, first say that half of the shares of Yihong Courtyard, who is willing to take over, please quote." ”

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Mr. Fan returned to the inner room of the dart game angrily, sat down, his chest kept rising and falling, and drank a cup of cold tea on the table, which calmed down a little anger.

A person walked in from outside the door, it was the fourth elder Nie Feng, seeing the second brother like this, he couldn't help but smile bitterly and sat down on the other side of the table.

"Fourth, I can't swallow this breath, it's obviously all good things, but in the mouths of these merchants, all of them have become tattered things, nothing is worthless, and I have always regarded them as friends." Mr. Fan said angrily.

"Businessmen, it's always like this, at the lowest cost, to earn the maximum profit, it's just human nature, second brother, don't be angry, it's not good to be angry." The fourth man paused for a moment and continued: "I'm just wondering why our dart is obviously 150,000 taels, but now it's 200,000 taels." ”

"How do I know that this matter was ordered by the eldest brother, what else can we do but do it? You have questions, why don't you ask Big Brother? Mr. Fan replied angrily.

Suddenly, the light at the door dimmed, and another person walked in, it turned out to be the third Chen Qi.

Chen Qi still looked lifeless, squinted at the two people in the room, didn't say a word, walked to the side, sat down on a chair, and everyone could see the look on his face, he was angry.

"Third brother, why are you here?" The fourth asked curiously.

"Boss, what are you doing? Do you want to ruin the Sanjiang Dart Bureau that we worked so hard to create, the 200,000 taels of silver will be lost, what is left of our Sanjiang Dart Bureau, I estimate that there will only be a few of us left, and even the house of this Dart Bureau will be taken out. The old man said angrily.

"It's not like we've lost someone's dart, we must be with us." The second child was dissatisfied with the third child.

"I said the second brother and the third brother, our eldest brother was saved by others back then, and he wanted to repay others, this is a matter of course, people in the rivers and lakes, righteousness comes first, I have nothing to say as a brother, I will only give a thumbs up, but I can't completely confuse righteousness with the business of the dart board, this time I lost Mr. Xu's dart, I have no opinion, but I can't lose one and two, what kind of truth is this?" The fourth child was a little excited.

"I said before, the boss's temperament, one day, will give the whole dart game to others, now verify it." The third old man is secluded.

The two stared at the third child, didn't speak for a long time, their eyes were very complicated, there was helplessness, there was happiness, and regret.

After a long time, the second child sighed lightly and said: "When the third child said this to me five years ago, I was very angry, and the third child was scolded at that time, and then the fourth child also came to persuade me, let me focus on the dart game and leave the back hand. ”

"If the boss knows what we did secretly, I guess he will give it all this time and sell it to this surnamed Xu together." The fourth said with a little dissatisfaction.

"I think the boss will finally understand our hard work in the future." The second child said quietly.

It turned out that many years ago, when Mr. Qiao was rescued by Mr. Xu, he had been thinking about how to repay others, but Mr. Xu has insisted on not accepting, and Mr. Qiao said to the brothers that his life was saved by Mr. Xu, and this dart game was also saved from bankruptcy because of Mr. Xu's shot, so in order to thank Mr. Xu for his great kindness, he decided to give half of the property of the dart game to Mr. Xu as a reward.

At that time, the dart game was not too big, everyone felt that Boss Qiao did this is the heroic spirit that the Jianghu people should have, and everyone nodded in agreement, but with the development of the dart game, growing day by day, there are a few people who have ideas in their hearts, the first to have ideas is the third, and then the fourth, they feel that the brothers have been working hard in front, so there is a good situation in the dart game, but with the growth of the dart game, the more they lose, because no matter how much money they make, half of it always belongs to Mr. Xu, not their own, There are so many people in the dart game who have to support their families, and there are many other daily expenses in the dart game, and the remaining half is shared by everyone, which is becoming more and more insufficient.

If the dart game was only worth 1,000 taels of silver, give half of Mr. Xu, it was only 500 taels, and now with the growth of the dart game, give half more, you may have to give 100,000 taels, and in a few years, wouldn't it be more to give?

So the third and fourth came up with an idea, every time they are bodyguards, they take out a part of the dividends, set up a fund, and hand it over to professionals to take care of, this money does not belong to the dart board, only belongs to their brothers, including the boss also has a share, so that in case the dart board can't do it one day, or suffers a major blow, they still have a piece of money to support the elderly. They told the second brother about the idea, and the second brother firmly disagreed at first, but they couldn't help but persuade them again and again, so they agreed.

Now the fund is under the management of a dedicated person, and its total value has reached almost half of the game.

But this plan, only the three of them know, because they know that the boss will resolutely not agree, and the fifth is equivalent to the shadow of the boss, what the boss says, the fifth will only say yes, and will never say no. The sixth came to join the game later, and they would never say it unless they were completely sure.

So this became the biggest secret of the three of them.

And some secrets can kill people.