"Don't worry, the people of this money bank will send a carriage to the palace to pick you up tomorrow, and then you just have to go with them, it is estimated that it should be no problem to borrow 300,000 yuan." Zhao Si said to Gao Chen confidently.

"Why did he pick me up at the palace? I don't live there. Gao Chen didn't want his brother Gao Huan to know about this, so he was very worried that the people in Qianzhuang would find someone to ask nonsense, and when he found out, he would have to be scolded, and the matter would be yellow.

"Isn't that what they want to verify your identity?" Zhao Si told the truth.

"I'll go, although I'm not a big official, I'm not a big official, but I'm also officially registered by the Ministry of Officials, can this identity be fake?" Gao Chen was angry when he heard this, and hurriedly said: "You go and tell them that if you are willing to take me to my place, you can't believe me, forget it, I don't want to borrow money from them, who is it, you can kill and not be humiliated!" ”

Zhao Siyi was also very helpless when he heard this: "I can't help it, he said that this is the rule of their money bank." But what you said also makes sense, so let's go back and talk to that person and see if it can be done. Zhao Si was probably afraid that Gao Chen would ask him back for the ten taels of silver, so he worked very hard before and after.

"Well, then please leave to my brother, I still have something to do, so I'll go first, and the tea money is mine, okay?" With that, Gao Chen got up and left his seat. Zhao Simeng also got up and left after taking two sips of a large bowl of tea.

Gao Chen kept inquiring about Li Yuan's father outside the city, and found that everyone didn't know his details, but said that Li Yuan's father was a rich man who came to Yecheng from Huainan two months ago.

It seems that he is really a very powerful person, Gao Chen feels more and more that he needs to get in touch with a rich man like him, and he will become a big man in the future, and this social aspect also needs to be expanded, and it will not be wrong to associate more with people like Li Yuan's father.

Early the next morning, a disciple came to report, saying that someone was asking to see Gao Chen outside the door, and he said in his heart: It is estimated that someone from Qianzhuang has come to pick him up. So he hurriedly sorted out his appearance and came to the gate. Seeing that it was Zhao Si and an unknown man waiting for him, Zhao Si saw Gao Chen coming out, and hurriedly greeted him and said, "Brother Gao, this is the person sent by Wang Daguan to pick you up, you quickly get in the car and go outside the city with him." ”

Gao Chen was afraid that Zhao Si would be in trouble if he missed his mouth when he was talking nonsense at the door, so he hurriedly followed the big man and got on the car without saying a word, and the three of them sat in the carriage with very boring big eyes, and the carriage stopped in front of an inconspicuous house for more than half an hour.

The outside of this house looks very ordinary, there is nothing special, the more you go inside, the more you have a hole, the front yard is a place for welcoming and receiving guests, arranged with high-end furniture celebrity calligraphy and paintings, the courtyard in the middle is a comfortable nest for the Spring Festival, it is full of famous Kabuki in the capital, even the famous prostitutes who were laid off in the Tongque Building are here to open a house to pick up customers, the business is very prosperous, the last yard is a casino, there are everything to play, dice bet on the size, pai gow on heroes, and play horse hanging. I saw a huge courtyard divided into three sides, east, west and north, and it was crowded and bustling, all of which were as lively as the temple fair.

Gao Chen walked all the way, saw some people happy, some crazy, some people won and went to the front of the comfort nest chic, lost people refused to leave, wanted to turn over the book to borrow money, after getting the gambling money, his eyes were red and his face was hideous and returned to the gambling table, and in the end, he often lost his family and sold his son and daughter to pawn his wife. So how many people have been harmed by this gambling since ancient times.

Gao Chen has no interest in gambling money at the moment, he just wants to borrow money first to find Xu Gongzi to open the back door to get promoted and make a fortune. Zhao Si, as a nominal Chinese, was also brought along, and the man who led the way in front of him led them to the rearmost room in the courtyard and said, "Two masters, please inside, my uncle is waiting for you inside." ”

Gao Chen mustered up the courage to stretch out his hand and push the door in, and Zhao Si followed closely. The light in the dim room was not very good, and I saw a few big men standing inside, with a tiger's back and a bear's waist, all of them looking at the two people who came in, just in the middle of a man in his forties, with a full face and a long scar on the left side of his face, sitting on a Taishi chair, staring at Gao Chen with blazing eyes.

This scarface is the manager of the money village here, called Xu Er, a fast gunner, who is very famous for his ruthlessness in the Dingzhou area of Xiangzhou, so that his spear is invincible, and ordinary people and villagers really can't beat him. Coupled with his unique facial features, people also call him Scar Xu. This person was an errand officer under Ge Rong in the north, and then Ge Rong was wiped out by Er Zhurong and simply went up the mountain to be a coward, and later Gao Huan took power to clean up banditry, so he returned incognito to Yecheng to take care of people's homes, just because of his addiction to alcohol, he made trouble after drinking, and he was very fierce, and was dismissed by his employer many times, and was later invited by the behind-the-scenes boss of this money bank to do the stewardship.

Gao Chen froze down, took two steps forward and said, "Under Gao Chen, this is polite." ”

Scar stood up suddenly, the gown on his body was open, and the lush heart hair on his chest was exposed, only to see him walk in front of Gao Chen and look left and right, Gao Chen didn't dare to come out, for fear that he would himself on the spot. Zhao Si was also so frightened that he didn't dare to squeak.

Scar looked at it for a while, turned around and returned to his seat, sat down steadily, picked up the teapot and took a sip and said, "You want to borrow money from me?" You say you are the younger brother of the current King of Qi? ”

Gao Chen hurriedly replied very respectfully: "I am indeed the younger brother of the King of Qi, and I want to borrow 300,000 cash from the big officials here for emergency." Zhao Si also nodded again and again.

Who knew that Scar Xu laughed when he heard Gao Chen's words, and several big men in the room also laughed. Scar Xu laughed twice and said, "You have a good tone, 300,000 taels of silver?" What do you have to pledge? ”

Gao Chen also wiped the sweat from his forehead at this time, he had reached this point, there was no reason to return empty-handed like this, and he thought that for the sake of wealth and glory, he mustered up the courage to speak: "Although there is nothing to mortgage in the next place, but isn't my identity as the younger brother of King Qi worth 300,000 taels of silver?" ”

Scar Xu looked at Gao Chen with interest, and after a while, he slowly spoke: "I have also checked your details, you are indeed the younger brother of King Qi, it stands to reason that it is the honor of our money to borrow your money, but ......"

"But what?" Gao Chen hurriedly asked when he heard that there was a play in borrowing money, at this time he was already obsessed with his mind and was in a state of madness.

"Although you are also a dignitary, but our money is not blown by the wind, and this 300,000 taels of silver is not a small amount, in case you can't pay it back and there is nothing to pledge, wouldn't we suffer a great loss?" Scar Xu said to Gao Chen very indifferently while picking his feet.

"What you said is also right, I can write an IOU and a letter of guarantee to you, if I don't pay it back, I will smash the pot and sell iron and let my brother pay back the money for me, you know that the king of Qi is rich and rivals the country." Gao Chen said to him with an oath.

Scar Xu glanced at him and asked strangely, "Since King Qi is rich and rivals, what are you doing here to borrow money from us?" The hob of this money bank is very expensive. ”

Gao Chen also lowered his face at this time and said: "This is my family matter, it is inconvenient to tell you, besides, without someone like me who borrows money from you, aren't you unprofitable?" Having said that, to borrow or not to borrow, you give a word! ”

Scar Xu saw that he was a little angry, so he hurriedly smiled and said: "Hey brother, make money with kindness, you said you came to borrow money, I can't just give you a lot of silver without asking anything, right?" I think so. As soon as Gao Chen heard him talk, he raised his head to look at him, and Scar Xu said very leisurely: "I said that I have investigated your bottom line, brother, don't be angry." You don't have anything to pledge, but as far as I know, you're in charge of a gold mine for your brother? ”

Gao Chen secretly shouted in his heart, these people really have their hands and eyes to the sky, and they have been checked cleanly, and it is estimated that who they sleep with at night has been found out. So I had to nod my head and say, "That's right, but the accounts in the mine are not in my charge, I am only in charge of mining and production." ”

"It's enough to have your words, so let's make a note for us, and if we don't pay the 300,000 silver in the future, then you will give us the right to mine the gold mine for ten years." Scar Xu This is premeditated, how much is the mining of gold in ten years, millions of taels of silver, this usury is powerful, like a vampire, whether it is carrion or fresh meat, it will bite when it sees meat.

Gao Chen didn't expect them to come to such a hand, and it seems that he already knew that he estimated that he couldn't afford to pay back the 300,000? At the moment, he secretly said in his heart: You are waiting for Lao Tzu to clean you up after he becomes a big official. But he said: "The owner of this mine is not me, and I have no right to pledge the mining rights to you." ”

"Hey, I said brother, why don't you open your mind, although this gold mine is not private, but it is always public, you make a note in private as the younger brother of King Qi, we only send someone to take over the production and mining, after the gold comes out, you will be left with three percent to hand over, and the remaining seventy percent will be divided into one percent, why not be happy?" Scar Xu stared at Gao Chen with bright eyes, and the long scar made his smile look very hideous in the dim room, like a demon from hell.

Gao Chen was also moved when he heard that he could finally get a little gold, it seems that the 300,000 silver will be scattered and he will not be able to pay it back in the future, not only will he not be caught and beaten, but he can also take the opportunity to make a windfall, but when he thought of this, if Gao Huan knew about it, he would definitely not be able to eat and walk around, and he was a little hesitant in his heart.

Scar Xu saw that he was tempted, and hurriedly struck while the iron was hot and made up his mind for him: "Don't worry, as long as we do this seamlessly, we will definitely not be discovered, and besides, you are in charge of the gold mine and the younger brother of the King of Qi, who dares to check your account, it is looking for death." ”

Zhao Si listened really well on the side, and hurriedly responded: "Ah, the big official, you called me?" I'm not going to check the accounts. I ......" and wanted to say a few more words, but Scar Xu interrupted him with an impatient wave of his hand, and continued to tempt Gao Chen: "Do you want to take 300,000 taels of silver for nothing, and you can still share the dividends of the gold mine every year, and then you can enjoy the glory and wealth at will, not better than your current situation?" ”

Gao Chen seemed to have made a lot of determination, and finally took a deep breath and said to Scar Xu: "That's okay, just do as you say!" But I'll say it first, don't let my brother know what you're doing, or we'll all finish together! ”

"Hey, don't worry, let's do things, and we also point to the gold mine to make a fortune together!" Scar Xu's wish-fulfillment smiling face looked very ugly in Gao Chen's eyes, making him want to vomit when he looked at it.

"Come on, quickly take the pen and ink and give it to Uncle Gao. What are you doing? Hurry up and serve tea to Uncle Gao, Uncle Gao, please sit here. "Scar Xu is really a human spirit in the loan shark, and the whole action is done in one go without any delay.

Gao Che finished writing the note and stamped his own private seal, Zhao Si also pressed the handprint and stamped the seal in the column of the Chinese, Scar Xu picked up the IOU and looked left and right to look very satisfied, so he asked Gao Chen to write a letter of transfer of gold mining rights, which was also stamped with a private seal and handprint, Scar Face was already fascinated by these two things at this time, and it was clearly written on the IOU that the loan period was one month, which clearly showed that Gao Chen would definitely not be able to repay the 300,000 silver within a month, and he would be able to make a fortune as a mine owner after a month.