Donglai Commercial Bank has three money houses in Weiyang County, which are distributed in the south, middle and north of the longitudinal axis, among which Donglai Money Village in Beishi City is the head of the three money houses, and the chief steward of the money village is surnamed Mu, who is also the head of Donglai Commercial Bank in Donghai County.

At this time, Chief Steward Mu was standing in the small attic on the second floor of Qianzhuang, through the air window, he looked at the situation outside worriedly, it was now dusk, but there was still a crowd of people in front of Qianzhuang, and more than half of the people standing in the North Market Square, at least no less than 20,000 people, all of them were people who came to withdraw money, and a large part of them came from Jiangning.

I heard that the money village over there had smashed two and burned one, and the panicked Jiangning people couldn't care about the long distance and came to Weiyang County to withdraw money.

Steward Mu was full of regret in his heart, he originally wanted to bring down Qi Dafu Qianzhuang, but he didn't expect that the enemy would hurt himself before he was killed, and the surging run made the losses of the two families far exceed that of Qi Dafu Qianzhuang, and the crisis is still deepening, can they survive this catastrophe?

Fortunately, the Weiyang County government was able to control the chaotic situation, and there was no smashing, but there was not much money in the bank, if it was taken out, what would be the consequences, if the large households were restricted from withdrawing money, the reputation of Donglai Qianzhuang would be over, and it was not taken or not, and the chief steward Mu was very entangled in his heart.

"Steward!"

The second steward of Qianzhuang appeared at the door of the attic, "A young woman came from outside Qianzhuang, saying that she was the proprietor of Qi Dafu, and she wanted to visit the chief steward, and there was ....."

"The proprietor of Qi Dafu? Young woman? Could it be Qi Fengwu? ”

Steward Mu said to himself, he knew that Qi Fengwu was the chief inspector of the Qi family, and he asked again: "What else did you just say?" ”

"There is also a group of people in public uniforms, but I have never seen them in official uniforms."

"What kind of uniform?"

"It looks like a red robe, with a lot of white plum blossoms printed on it."

Chief Steward Mu had been in the capital for a few years, and he reacted suddenly, "Plum Blossom Guard!" ”

He was scared into a cold sweat, the plum blossom guard and the embroidered clothes guard are known as the two kings of Yama, if they are targeted, they will often be ruined.

"Come in! Forget it, I'll go and ask for it personally. ”

He walked briskly down the attic, and as he went, he asked the second steward, "How much treasury money do we have?" ”

"It's less than 500,000 taels, just now Nanshi Qianzhuang asked us for help, asking us to transfer 500,000 taels, their side is less than 300,000 taels, and the number of people who can withdraw money has only increased and not decreased, saying that Pingjiang County has been run out of money, and a large number of people are pouring into Weiyang County."

The second steward was even more worried, he was afraid of the tragic scene of smashing, and said nervously: "Chief steward, when will our rescue silver arrive, I'm worried that it won't be able to survive in the next two days." ”

Steward Mu is more anxious than him, according to the prior deployment, all counties in Chuzhou should report the situation to the envoy of King Qi of Jiangning Mansion in a timely manner, and then he will ask Qizhou for instructions in a unified manner, with the next step of countermeasures, the letter for help has been sent yesterday, but Jiangning Mansion has no news at all, and even if Qizhou knows the crisis in Chuzhou, and then transfer silver from the Yidu General Bank Treasury to support, it will take half a month to go by sea, so Qizhou rescue can not be counted on at all, and it depends on self-help, at present, Donglai Commercial Bank has raised 400,000 taels of liquid silver, but it is still a cup of salaryNow the key is to collect debts, to ask the borrowing businessman to pay back the money as soon as possible, this is the only way.

"Rescue silver taels, don't expect it, the key now is to ask for debts, and at the end of the year, they should repay the money, you go and urge, let the Luo family and the Shao family pay back the 500,000 taels of silver they borrowed at the beginning of the year first, and the interest can be slowed down, let them repay the principal first."

"The chief steward, I went there yesterday, and the Luo family said that the repayment deadline is the end of the year, and their money is pressed on the sea, and they want us to wait for another month, and it ....."

"And what?" Grand Steward Mu stopped and asked with some annoyance.

"And I feel that many borrowers are waiting and watching, hoping that we will also be smashed and burned like Jiangning Mansion, and their IOUs will be destroyed, so that they can repay their debts."

"Bastard!"

Steward Mu scolded: "This is Donglai Qianzhuang, it is the Qianzhuang of King Qi, don't they want to live?" ”

Although he scolded like this, he was still a little uneasy, and ordered: "You go and put all the IOUs into the underground treasury, if there is any trouble, close the treasury immediately, we can't be as caught off guard as Jiangning Qianzhuang." ”

The second steward agreed, and hurriedly went, but the chief steward Mu was worried about the proprietor of the Qi family, and walked quickly to the side door, he couldn't figure out how Meihuawei could come together?

．．．．．．． Outside the side door of Donglai Qianzhuang, Qi Fengwu was talking to Wu Jin in a low voice, and with them was Qi Ruifu's Qiao Da Steward, Wu Jin just gave her a strong voice, how to talk about it, he didn't interfere.

At this time, the small iron door opened, and Steward Mu walked out with five or six men, he saw Steward Qiao at a glance, and also saw Qi Fengwu, sure enough, she came, followed by twenty Plum Blossom Guard sergeants with knives.

"It turns out that Miss Qi has arrived, welcome! Welcome! ”

He said that he was welcome, but he didn't let them enter the money village, he glanced at Wujin, he didn't know who this person was, it was estimated that he was the leader of Meihuawei, he laughed again and said: "I don't know if Miss Qi is here, what do you think?" ”

Qi Fengwu smiled slightly, "I just arrived in Weiyang County at noon, and I made a special trip to find Steward Mu, because I wanted to negotiate a deal that could solve Donglai's urgent needs." ”

Hearing that he could solve his urgent needs, he was also a little tempted, as the Miss Qi family, he would not talk nonsense, so he hurriedly waved his hand: "Then please come in and talk!" ”

Qi Fengwu glanced at the small door of the black hole, she was also a little nervous in her heart, Qi Ruifu's people had never entered the interior of Donglai Qianzhuang, at this time, she felt a strong hand around her shoulder, when she turned around, she saw Wujin looking at her with a smile, she suddenly felt a great reliance in her heart, courage burned in her heart, she nodded to Wujin affectionately, and walked into Donglai Qianzhuang.

Steward Qiao and Steward Mu, who were walking behind, both saw Wu Jin holding Qi Fengwu's shoulder, and the two were stunned at the same time, Steward Qiao knew Wu Jin's identity, and he suddenly realized that the second lady was likely to marry King Liang, this should be Qi Ruifu to marry King Liang, he was secretly happy in his heart, in this way, Qi Ruifu also had a backstage.

And Steward Mu was very surprised in his heart, it was obvious that the relationship between this Plum Blossom Wei leader and Miss Qi was not ordinary, who was this person? He suddenly noticed that this person's belt was actually a jade belt, he had stayed in the capital, and knew that only the general and above were qualified to tie the jade belt, so this person turned out to be the general of the plum blossom guard.

Steward Mu's legs trembled a little, he had already vaguely guessed who this person was, General Meihuawei of Chuzhou, and he was so young, but he didn't dare to be sure with a belt.

With trembling legs, he led them into a conference room, where there was a long table of elegant sandalwood, and glanced at Wu Jin timidly, seeing that he was looking at the situation in the room with his hands behind his back, Steward Mu hurriedly greeted, "Miss Qi, please take a seat!" ”

Qi Fengwu was also not polite, she sat down in the front, Steward Qiao also sat down on the side, but Wu Jin stood behind her, and twenty plum blossom guards stood outside the door of the conference room and waited, Qi Fengwu glanced back at Wu Jin and pointed to the chair next to him, meaning to let him sit down next to him, but Wu Jin smiled and was still standing behind her.

Qi Fengwu understands that he is just playing the flower messenger and does not participate in the negotiations between Qi Ruifu and Donglai, this guy is quite caring.

Steward Mu finally couldn't help it and asked Qi Fengwu, "Miss Qi, may I ask who this is?" ”

Wu Jin arched his hand and smiled: "In the lower emperor, Wu Jin is Miss Qi's entourage. ”

He was just joking, but Steward Mu was so frightened that he knelt on the ground and kowtowed repeatedly, "It turns out that His Royal Highness King Siliang has arrived, the villain doesn't know, please forgive Your Highness!" ”

Qi Fengwu turned her head and glared at him, secretly complaining that he was troublesome, she hurriedly said: "Mu Zhangshi, General Huangfu is accompanying me in a private capacity, please Mu Zhangshi is not polite, please sit down!" ”

This sentence undoubtedly recognized the relationship between her and Huangfu Wujin, Steward Mu was full of doubts in his heart, no wonder Donglai and Baifu were defeated in Jiangning, it turned out that it was King Siliang who supported Qi Ruifu in the back, he slowly got up and sat down, and asked nervously: "I don't know if Miss Qi is here today, what's the matter?" ”

Qi Fengwu smiled slightly: "We are all old rivals, we know each other well, I know very well the current predicament of Donglai Qianzhuang, the sum of the silver deposits of your three Qianzhuang should not exceed one million taels now, and the recovery of creditor's rights generally takes December to recover one after another, Qizhou is far away, these are far away from quenching the thirst, if Donglai Qianzhuang can not raise three million taels of silver in two days, it will be cashed without silver, we are all doing money, we are very clear about the consequences of cashing without silver?" Even if there will be no smashing of Jiangning, but the credit of Donglai Qianzhuang will be over, I'm right! ”

Steward Mu said coldly after a while: "Isn't Qi Dafu the same?" ”

"It's really different!"

Qi Fengwu shook his head and said with a smile: "Qi Dafu Qian Zhuang escaped in Jiangning Mansion, it has been fully paid, no people from Jiangning Mansion ran to Weiyang County to find Qi Dafu to ask for money, we only face local payment, and Donglai Qian Zhuang is different, I also saw it, a large number of people from Jiangning Mansion rushed to Weiyang County to ask you for money, at least half of the people at the door are from Jiangning Mansion, and they are still coming one after another, your pressure is much greater than Qi Dafu, and I can tell you the truth, I came by boat, The ship is carrying six million rescue silver taels of the Qi family, and if we need to, we can transfer another five million to Donghai County in two days, we are not worried at all, and the crisis of Donglai Qianzhuang has just begun, isn't it? ”

Steward Mu secretly regretted that it was a mistake to launch an attack on Qi Ruifu in Chuzhou, the foundation of the people was in Chuzhou, and it was very convenient to mobilize rescue, and more importantly, Qi Ruifu was originally a businessman, and the silver he earned could be stored, unlike Donglai Commercial Bank, although the scale was large, the money earned every year went to raise the army, so once a crisis occurred, Donglai and Baifu were immediately overstretched.

"What business does Miss Qi want to talk to me about?"

(To be continued)