Ruohong and Mei Zhigao were choked, indeed, ordinary people can't see that prince, if you want to see him, maybe only if Ruoxue goes, you can see that persimmon.

Even if he goes, the persimmon may not come out to clarify the facts, such a thing, only when he brings the sea to refute the rumors!

The people who had the Jiutong Fortune Silver Ticket in their hands heard that the Mei family could not recover the 500,000 taels of silver lent out, and they were afraid that they would not be able to withdraw their own silver, so they all took advantage of the news to take out the silver from Jiutong Fortune.

Walking into Chang'an Avenue of Jiutong Fortune, from a distance, I saw more than a dozen carts pulling goods parked at the gate of Jiutong Fortune, and dozens of people were blocked there, and the surrounding passers-by were standing in the distance and watching.

Those who have done that good thing will crowd to the nearest person to inquire about what has happened, and when they inquire about it, they will go outside and tell the people.

Ruoxue asked the carriage to go to the door a little more, got out of the carriage and was opened by a few guards in front of him, and then entered the gate of Jiutong Wealth.

"Whose family is that, and why are there still women?"

"I'm here to take the money, too."

"It's not. That's the young master and miss of the Mei family, and she's here to stabilize people's hearts, right? ”

There was a lot of chaos outside, and there was also a lot of people in the hall, some asked each other how much silver they had saved, and some people were discussing whether the Mei family would really lose Li Tao's money this time.

"I heard that the prince of Jin Zhang Wang borrowed 500,000 taels to run the seafood, but he was robbed by pirates, this must be compensated, 500,000! Not a decimal ......"

"No, Jiutong wealth will be given for nothing now! ……”

"What my brother said is, who dares to ask the palace for silver."

"Dude, how much silver have you saved?"

"Not much, just over 3,000."

"I'm also a thousand taels of silver, and I don't know if I can take it out!"

"Hey, I have more than you, if I can't take it out, what can I do! Damn......"

The people in the hall, when they were anxiously waiting and chatting, saw more than a dozen guards coming in at the gate, followed by several young masters and young ladies who were fourteen or fifteen or sixteen years old, richly dressed and delicate.

The hall was silent, and they all looked at the brothers and sisters of the Mei family, and someone recognized that it was the eldest young master of the Mei family and the eldest lady of the Mei family, "Young Master Mei, when can our silver be taken out?" They shouted.

"Our family is going to use silver for the New Year, so let's exchange it first, right?"

"Our family is also going to celebrate the New Year......"

"My son is going to get married......"

"I'm ...... I want to buy a concubine ......"

Someone was reminded by them, so they rushed towards Ruoxue and them, shouting, "Return the money I waited." ”

Mi Pearl and Gong Yue stopped in front of Ruoxue and them, and when someone saw that it was two maids, they wanted to reach out and pull them away, but before their hands touched anyone, they felt that they were pushed by a small hand, and their bodies floated out like a ball of cotton wool.

The people who followed behind were hit before they had time to dodge, and they retreated in embarrassment, and Hulala was taken down by seven or eight people.

The people in the hall all looked at the people who were blocking in front of the young master of the Mei family, and when someone saw the two maids, they stretched out their hands and pushed them, and the two people who ran over flew out upside down, with little force, but they looked like they had bounced back against a wall.

These two little girls know kung fu, this is the first thought in everyone's minds.

"Don't worry, your money will not be less than a penny." Ruoxue said loudly, her voice resounding in the hall and reaching everyone's ears.

Wei Quan Baowei, the big shopkeeper, saw Ruoxue and them coming in, and he didn't hurry to speak, but he saw a group of people rushing up, and at this time, he didn't care about a few customers who fell on the ground, and bypassed a few people and squeezed around a few masters.

When everyone came back to their senses, they shouted chaotically that they needed money urgently, and that they could redeem it for them first. But someone shouted, but no one went any further.

Ruoxue walked inside, while asking how much silver had been taken away, how much silver was still in the treasury, and how much was missing.

Ruoxue said loudly: "Don't be impatient, let us discuss, and give you an explanation with a stick of incense." ”

Ruoxue appeased loudly again, and was surrounded by people and walked upstairs, "The inventory is less than 1.8 million taels, and the silver of several big customers has not been given, and the small retail investors have already redeemed as much as 270,000 taels, and the deficit is more than 500,000 taels of the prince of the world." Wei Quanbao bowed down and walked beside Ruoxue, crossing his fingers and talking about the amount of silver deposited by more than a dozen families.

Ruoxue stood still, the pearl tassel on her head swaying, "How can there be silver saved by the Huang family, why don't I know?" ”

"It's all written in the account book, maybe the eldest lady didn't pay attention to it." Wei Quanbao pushed open the door of the private room and let them to the side, and asked Ruoxue and them to enter.

Ruoxue stepped in, Mei Zhiyuan and Mei Zhigao followed behind and also entered the private room, Ruohong stopped at the door, turned to look at Wei Quanbao on the side of the door, "The Huang family's money is not recorded in the name of the Huang family, right?" She said.

Wei Quanbao was stunned for a moment, and immediately responded: "I didn't use the name of the Huang family, I said it with him." It's the name of their shopkeeper. ”

"That's right, there are six deposits of silver surnamed Lu in the account books, totaling 398,000 taels. Am I right, Master Wei? Ruohong turned around and walked into the room slowly, and said casually with a smile on her face.

Wei Quanbao followed and walked in, he was a little surprised in his heart, the third lady had seen the account book, he knew, she and the eldest lady lived in the same courtyard, it was not difficult to see the account book.

He was surprised that after the third lady saw it, it was not easy to remember it so clearly after so long.

"The third lady has a really good memory, it's these six strokes."

"Are the people from the Huang family here?" Ruoxue stopped at the table and looked sideways at Wei Quanbao, who entered the room later.

"Haven't come yet...... Wei Quanbao paced in, and when he saw Ruoxue standing, he also stood, slowly turning a pair of Taiji balls with white jade carved cloud pattern landscapes in his hands.

Mei Zhiyuan walked over and sat down on a chair, his eyes lingering on Ruohong for a moment before looking at Wei Quanbao.

This is the first time he has come back to Jiutong Wealth, and he is not familiar with this Wei shopkeeper, and he has met twice before, but he has no intersection, and he does not know his personality, only that he is in charge of half of the Mei family's money.

His aunt thought that after the eldest uncle died, they could take over the family business in the second room, but the eldest sister took the family master token and refused to hand over the family business, and the father and third uncle were in favor of her managing the family business, and even the grandmother couldn't take the eldest sister.

A few years ago, I heard that Jiutong Fortune lent out a business of 500,000 taels of silver, and at that time, my father also advised not to lend so much at once, in case there was a bad one, it might make the Mei family lose a lot.

Sure enough, if that comes true, how can it be reversed?

Mei Zhiyuan turned his head to look at Ruoxue who was standing at the table, and saw that she frowned slightly, looking through a thick account book, what can she do to solve this hurdle at the moment? It must be difficult!

Mei Zhigao walked to the window and looked at the people in the hall, he just saw the two maids do it again, so he pushed forward so easily, and the two eight-foot men flew out upside down.

He peeked at Mi Pearl and Gong Yue, these two maids didn't know where the eldest sister came from, such skills were no worse than their guards, and they looked much stronger.

Ruohong also walked to the window and looked downstairs, there were thirty or forty people standing or sitting in the hall, buzzing, and there were more than a dozen Mei family guards standing around, staring at the group of people vigilantly.

Ruoxue sat slowly on the embroidery pier with one hand on the table, with an inventory of less than 1.8 million taels, that is, there was still a difference of more than 500,000 taels of silver, "What does Master Wei think of the current situation, do you let them take it all, or press it for a few days?" ”

Wei Quanbao didn't need to be asked, he found a chair to sit down, and looked at a few people in the room, the eldest young master was sitting there, with an anxious look on his face, feeling that he was worried about the Mei family's industry.

The second young master and the third young lady seemed to be watching the movement downstairs by the window, but in fact, they were all listening to what the eldest lady said, and they were all concerned about whether the family really had to lose so much silver.

The eldest lady sat there, her right hand stroking the bracelet of mutton fat jade on her left wrist, looking deep in thought, she frowned and looked at him, waiting for his answer.

"Give them the silver in stock first, and then figure out how to do the rest." Wei Quanbao said.

"That's more than 500,000 taels! Where to figure it out? Mei Zhigao hurriedly said.

Ruoxue looked at Mei Zhiyuan and asked, "What does the eldest brother mean?" ”

Mei Zhiyuan was stunned for a moment, was this the decision to let him participate in the family business? "In my opinion, it's better to press it for a few days, and see what the prince of Jin Zhang has to say in a few days, and then it's not too late for us to make a decision." He said.

"If you press it for a few days, you still have to give it to others, so why offend people because of it." Mei Zhigao answered.

"Second brother......" Mei Zhiyuan glanced at him with a warning in his eyes.

"What's the matter, you can't talk yet?"

"The eldest brother thought that he was going to press their money now, and he would give it to them in a few days. Did you ever think that if someone thinks that we won't be able to get the money, more people will come to get it, and what will happen then? Ruoxue asked.

Mei Zhiyuan choked, which would cause more people to panic, and then it would not be a shortage of 500,000 taels, but a shortage of several million taels.

At this time, a rough and loud voice came from downstairs, "Wei Lao'er, you come out for Grandpa Hu, you give Lao Tzu's five taels of silver to your grandfather, and I will spit it out." ”

"Hahaha......"

Ruohong couldn't hold back her laughter, raised her hand to cover her mouth, looked at the shopkeeper Wei apologetically, and then looked at Ruoxue.

There was also laughter downstairs.

Wei Quanbao sat there with an unchanged face, slowly turning two white jade balls in his hands, such an insult was nothing to him, and it was even more ugly than this, he could not move and deal with it calmly.

Mei Zhigao wanted to open the window to see who it was, but he didn't push it open twice, and when he looked closely, the window turned out to be dead, and when he turned his head to see Ruohong laughing at him again, he glared at her with a straight face.

The silver can still be redeemed downstairs, but more than 50,000 taels will have to be delayed, and a few big customers are already waiting impatiently, and they are noisy downstairs.

"Give them all cash, send them out first, there are fewer people at the door, and you can also calm the hearts of others. Master Wei looks feasible? Ruoxue asked.

"That's what the eldest lady said." Wei Quanbao echoed.

He also means this, there are fewer people watching the excitement at the door, and this matter can slowly cool down.

It's too ugly to be stuck there like this, and anyone who sees it will think that something has happened to Jiutong Wealth, which will affect the reputation too much.

Mei Zhiyuan asked Ruoxue if she wanted to go to the prince of Jin Zhang, urging him to ask for the 500,000 taels of silver, he said that he had no confidence in his heart, although he was just a prince, he was also a relative of the emperor, they were lowly merchants, and they couldn't afford to provoke others.

Ruoxue said: "The term of his loan is 12 months, and now it is only three months, and the deadline has not yet arrived, and our family cannot go to collect the debt." So, what's the difference between us and these people? After a pause, she said again: "Although businessmen are profitable, our Mei family does business with integrity and cannot destroy our reputation. ”

Mei Zhiyuan said "um", he also knew that the Mei family's shops were all based on integrity, and he had never been approached because of a lack of catty, which was also the reason why the Mei family's reputation has always been very good.

Wei Quanbao echoed Ruoxue's words, although he was also worried that the silver would not be recovered, worried that it would be useless, it would only make people uneasy, and the most important thing at the moment was how to suppress such a crowd.

"Let's go down and have a look."

Ruoxue said and stood up and walked to the door, Lianxin opened the door, and Gong Yue flashed outside to stand.

The group followed Ruoxue back to the hall, and after a moment of silence, chaotic shouts came and went, all eager to get their silver back as soon as possible.

"Ladies and gentlemen...... Be quiet......"

Ruoxue shouted loudly, her voice was crisp and pleasant, and she shouted loudly, and the voice was stirring in the hall.

When the room was quiet and everyone looked at her, she said, "Uncles, our Mei family will never let your hard-earned silver be lost in the treasury of our Jiutong wealth.

Everyone has come to withdraw the money, please rest assured that you have a lot of money, and you can take it all, and you will never owe you money. ”

Ruoxue turned around and said to Wei Quanbao, who was standing behind her: "Master Wei, open the warehouse, clear the deposit for everyone, and let everyone go home with peace of mind." ”

"Yes." Wei Quanbao bowed in response, turned around and shouted at the counter: "Open the warehouse and settle the bill." ”

"Yes......" The reckoning gentleman in the counter began to receive the deposit voucher and calculate the interest.

Wei Quanbao took people to the backyard, opened the treasury to move the silver, and boxes of silver were moved to the hall, and there were five or six burly men carrying jack scales and weighing them in front of everyone.

"Jufu Building has 21,500 taels of silver, and it is necessary to pay 127 taels of silver."

"Yipinzhai has eight hundred taels of silver, and one tael or nine coins of silver."

"Green Garden......

The sound of singing accounts sounded in the hall of Jiutong Fortune, and it was as high as a sound.

Ruoxue stood here and watched for a while, then turned around and went back upstairs, and Ruohong and Mei Zhiyuan also followed her upstairs to watch the development of the situation.

The people in the hall all stared their eyes and minds on the silver chests, and their eyes turned red when they saw the rapid decrease in the silver inside.