Qi Wannian smiled slightly: "If I buy your share, I need to go to the county government for the record, so that the court will know that Qi Ruifu and King Siliang jointly opened a bank, but if you don't go to the record, if your money bank uses Qi Ruifu's brand, it will also be discovered by someone with a heart, does Your Highness understand what I mean?" ”

Wu Jin understood what Qi Wannian meant, what he meant was that he was willing to cooperate with him, but he could only cooperate privately, and he couldn't let the court know, he could understand this, after all, it was his own suggestion to let the Qi family leave the circle of officialdom and power.

"I understand what the old master means, please let the old master say it clearly."

"Then I'll say it directly, I mean to say, I can sign a contract with His Royal Highness, and I will buy the money in full, that is, all of it is Qi Ruifu's property, and then go to the county government to transfer, but in private, we still do it according to His Highness's plan, Qi Ruifu only accounts for thirty percent of the shares, and the other seventy percent is owned by His Royal Highness, which is operated by Qi Ruifu, according to Qi Ruifu's rules, settle the account every three months, Qi Ruifu will give the silver to His Royal Highness, in addition, in order to show the sincerity of the Qi family, although I only buy three parts, However, it will still be paid to His Highness at the full purchase price. ”

Old Man Qi's plan made Huangfugui stunned, the capital of that money village is 100,000 taels of silver, that is to say, the Qi family will give Wujin 70,000 taels of silver for nothing, worthy of Qi Ruifu, regard silver as soil.

Wu Jin said lightly: "But in this way, I will take a big advantage." ”

"Nope! In fact, His Highness did not take advantage of it at all. ”

Qi Wannian said with a smile: "Your Highness's money bank should be very profitable, if a stranger comes to me and sells your money bank to me at the original price, is Your Highness willing?" Definitely unwilling, no one will sell the profitable store according to the capital, at least the price will increase by five or six percent, so the Qi family did not suffer a loss, and His Royal Highness did not take advantage of it, this is a fair deal. ”

Wujin had to admire this old man, who deserved to be the largest businessman in the world, and he actually understood the truth of capital premium, so he happily said: "Okay, just do what the old master said, we will make a decision." ”

The two sides inadvertently made a deal, this transaction made Wujin and the Qi family become joint ventures with related interests, the Qi family wanted to rely on Wujin's power in Chuzhou, and Wujin took a fancy to the Qi family's financial resources.

The two sides drank a few more glasses of wine, and at this time, Qi Wannian toasted a cup of tea to Huangfu Gui, and said to him with a smile: "I heard that the merchants of the Eight Immortal Bridge call you Lao Gui, then please allow me to call you Lao Gui as well, I have one thing I want to ask you for." ”

Qi Wannian said very politely, which made Huangfugui a little flattered, and he hurriedly waved his hand, "If the old master asks, I will tell you the truth." ”

"That's right!"

Qi Wannian thought for a while and said: "About half a month ago, there was a sudden run on the Eight Immortals Bridge Qi Dafu Money Village, and a million taels of silver were taken away by thirteen maritime merchants, although this kind of thing has happened before, but my intuition tells me that this run is different from before, Steward Liu also investigated, saying that this matter may be related to a person named Zhu Erye, and then I don't know about other things, I don't know how much Lao Gui knows about this matter?" ”

Huang Fugui hesitated for a moment, Wu Jin saw it, and he said to Huang Fugui: "Fifth Uncle said, with me, don't have any scruples." ”

Huangfugui sighed and said: "The old master of this matter really asked the right person, I didn't know, but Luo Xiucai, that is, a friend of mine, he is very well-informed, he told me a little bit about the inside story of this matter, this matter is indeed a deliberate plan, the so-called Second Master Zhu is actually the Mu Steward of Donglai Qianzhuang in Beishi, and it was he who pulled the silver deposits of thirteen maritime merchants to Donglai Qianzhuang at an interest rate twice as high as Qi Ruifu's. ”

Wu Jin felt a little strange in his heart, and asked again: "Speaking of this, does the fifth uncle feel any concerns?" ”

Huang Fugui shook his head and said: "It doesn't have any impact on me, but Luo Xiucai repeatedly told me that Donglai Qianzhuang warned thirteen maritime merchants that if this matter spreads, once it is found out by Donglai Qianzhuang, they will kill people." ”

"Murder?"

Wu Jin sneered, "Donglai Qianzhuang has such a crazy tone!" ”

Qi Wannian sighed: "It's nothing to His Royal Highness Donglai Qianzhuang, but to the merchants of Weiyang County, Donglai Qianzhuang can't be provoked, I understand Lao Gui's worries, don't worry!" We won't confront Donglai Money Village about this matter. ”

At this time, Ah Qiao appeared at the door. Xiang Wujin saluted, "Childe, Madam said, it's too late, it's not good to disturb the Qi family again, we can go back." ”

Wu Jin glanced at the hourglass in the corner of the house, and unconsciously, he sat for an hour, it was indeed not early, so he got up and said with a smile: "Then don't disturb the old master, thank you for the hospitality of the old master tonight." ”

"It's nothing, Your Highness can come to appreciate it, that is the honor of the Qi family, and I will let Huan'er be responsible for the cooperation of the Qian Village."

Wu Jin pointed at Huang Fugui and said with a smile: "The fourth prince can find my fifth uncle, and he can represent me with full authority." ”

The Qi family sent Wujin out of the gate, Su Han and Jingniang had already gotten into their carriage first, Huangfugui was a little overwhelmed with alcohol, and also got into the carriage, Wujin said a few words to Qi Wannian at the door, he was just about to leave, but at this moment, Steward Liu rushed over with a letter, "Master, the letter from Baxianqiao Qianzhuang is urgent!" ”

The three words of the Eight Immortal Bridge made Wu Jin a little sensitive, he deliberately stopped, only to see Qi Wannian read the letter, his face immediately gloomy, and Wu Jin asked, "Old master, is something wrong?" ”

Qi Wannian nodded silently, "A strange thing happened. ”

"Do you want me to talk to the old master again?"

Qi Wannian's eyes showed gratitude, "If Your Highness is willing to stay for another moment, I can't thank you enough!" ”

"Good! Please wait. ”

Wu Jin walked to the carriage where his wife was sitting, and said to Su Han and Jing Niang: "The Qi family may be a little troublesome, I'll stay and talk to them, you guys go back first!" I'll be back a little later. ”

"Then let's go back first, Fulang be careful himself."

Wu Jin also instructed the soldiers, "Protect the good lady!" ”

The two carriages were activated, and the cavalry guarded Su Han's carriage around him, and soon disappeared into the darkness.

Wu Jin watched them go away, and then he turned back to Qi Wannian and said, "Old master, please!" ”

"Your Highness, please!"

．．．．．．． In a quiet room in the inner house of Qi Mansion, Qi Wannian sat solemnly, next to his four sons Qi Huan, and his granddaughter Qi Fengwu, and the three of them had six eyes staring at Wu Jin.

Wu Jin was looking at the express letter sent by Weiyang County, the content of the letter turned out to be that the Donghai County Government was going to take away two million tax silver within three days, saying that it was the household department that asked Donghai County to release the tax silver in advance into Beijing, Wu Jin immediately found something strange, he had been in contact with the tax silver, he knew that the tax silver was generally shipped to the capital in March of the following year, and now it is only October, nearly half a year in advance, which is very strange.

He thought for a moment and asked, "Can't the household department directly withdraw money from the Qi Dafu Money Village in the capital?" ”

Qi Wannian shook his head and said: "Although this is very convenient, but the household department has never been willing to do this, so the imperial court stipulates that the tax and silver are not allowed to deposit money, and the household department only acquiesces to the private deposit of money by the local government, and the tax and silver must be released to Jiangning Mansion first, and after verification by the branch of the household department in Jiangning Mansion, it will be combined with the tax and silver of other counties, and will be released into Beijing by the army." ”

"Does the old master think there is something wrong?"

"The problem is that the money village will not put so much silver in the treasury, it will generally be taken out to lend, and only a part of the silver will be left in the treasury according to the plan, we did not expect to raise the tax silver in October, so we did not prepare so much cash in Donghai County, two in Weiyang County and one in Pingjiang County, the inventory of the three cash silver added up, a total of only 3.5 million taels, and half a month ago has been withdrawn 1 million taels, now there are only 2.5 million taels, the tax silver will be withdrawn at once, only 500,000 silver remains, This is very dangerous. ”

"The old master means that there is a danger of a run?"

"Yes! I'm just worried about this," Qi Wannian's eyes showed deep worry.

At this time, Qi Fengwu, who had been silent, said: "Grandfather, I think there is a big conspiracy here. ”

"Second girl, don't talk too much!" Qi Huan interrupted Qi Fengwu's words in a low voice.

Qi Wannian hurriedly waved his hand, "No, let her say, I want to hear the thoughts of the second maid." ”

Wu Jin also thought of conspiracy theories, and he also wanted to hear whether Qi Fengwu's thoughts were consistent with his own.

Qi Fengwu said slowly: "This is obviously Donglai Qianzhuang's three-step strategy, the first step is the run half a month ago, first took away a million taels of silver, although we felt wrong, but did not pay enough attention, did not inject silver into Weiyang County in time, and then the second step appeared, to withdraw the tax silver, the purpose is to make my treasury cash sharply reduced, the third step is about to happen, some people will spread rumors, saying that Qi Ruifu will go out of business or will be confiscated by the imperial court, causing panic, resulting in a large-scale run, What if we don't have the money then? Not only did the reputation of Qi Dafu Qian Zhuang plummet, but it was not good that the household department would take the opportunity to make trouble and close Qi Dafu Qian Zhuang. ”

Wu Jin secretly praised in his heart, this Miss Qi thought of going with him, and the one million taels of silver were taken away, and he also felt that something was wrong.

Qi Wannian's face was extremely heavy, he knew that his granddaughter was right, and he said: "You haven't thought of another point, the household department is controlled by Uncle Shen Guo, he won't buy the account of Donglai Qianzhuang, but he will buy the account of Baifu Qianzhuang, and the thirteen maritime merchants are instructed by Donglai Qianzhuang, which shows that this time it is Donglai and Baifu who have joined forces to attack Qi Ruifu, and this letter is a day and a half ago, I am very worried that a large-scale run may have happened." ”

Speaking of this, he looked at Wu Jin as if asking for help, Wu Jin understood what he meant, now time is life, he immediately said: "I can write a letter to Lord Su through the official pigeon letter, asking him to postpone the tax and silver for a few more days, and then the Qi family should immediately notify Weiyang County, let the people withdraw the silver, and at the same time immediately organize the silver two from all over the country to urgently support Weiyang County." ”

After a pause, Wu Jin said again: "But I want to remind the old family master, this time it may be that Baifu and Donglai will jointly attack Qi Ruifu, and the old family is mainly psychologically prepared." ”

(To be continued)