When Qin Yining arrived in the side hall, the front of the shopkeeper Zhong was solemn and turned all over the ground, and when he saw Qin Yining entering the door, he immediately walked over quickly, and said anxiously: "The owner, something is wrong." ”

"What's the matter? Sit down and speak slowly. ”

Qin Yining led the shopkeeper Zhong to take a seat, and Songlan served tea to the two and then retreated.

The shopkeeper didn't care about the etiquette, and poured most of the bowl to moisten the throat that was already anxious to breathe fire.

"There are more and more people fleeing for their lives in the city these days, and the people who mortgaged their properties and asked us for a loan have all abandoned their houses and run away! I took people to look for people from house to house, but none of them obeyed the rules at all, only stayed to watch the house, and most of them left us letters and property deeds. ”

Qin Yining was stunned, took the stack of letter paper handed over by the shopkeeper Zhong and flipped through it.

The meaning is similar - those people don't care whether the borrowed silver can be worth the price of the house price of their storefronts and shops, because there is an urgent matter at home, or for various reasons, they are in a hurry to leave Kyoto, and the borrowed silver will be used by Qin Yining to buy their shop façade, and which stores and real estate will belong to Qin Yining.

What is this? Forced to buy and sell?

If it is in the era of peace, where can you find such a good deal? Don't say that it is the dozen house deeds in your hand, it is one of them, Qin Yining wants to take a lot of effort to put it down, according to the calculation method of the era of peace, Qin Yining is a big bargain!

But the problem is that in this world, the façade is not worth anything at all!

According to the brutal behavior of the Tiger Army in Xihua City, it is difficult to guarantee whether they will rush into Kyoto in the future, in case the Kyoto City is broken, and the Tiger Ben Army burns and loots in the city?

The shops and houses are dead things, and these people can flee with their families and mouths, and they can't take the houses and land, but the silver can be taken away, and they go to the new realm, and they can still count on the silver to support their families.

But what is the use of Qin Yining asking for so many dead things in Kyoto? You can't eat it or use it, if the Great Zhou people come in, there will be nothing if it burns down.

It's no wonder that the shopkeeper Zhong is anxious like this.

Qin Yining sighed faintly, "The way of the world is like this, it's useless to be anxious at this time, at best, let's still leave these shops and houses behind." If I had so many shops in the past, I would have spent a lifetime renting them out. ”

"The owner can still laugh when he arrives." The shopkeeper Zhong sighed and said, "The owner hasn't gone outside to see these days, don't say that these businessmen have the foresight and chose to flee with the silver in advance, even those ordinary people are also selling houses and land to go out, there are many big Zhuangzi on the outskirts of the city, all of them are going out, but now in troubled times, who doesn't know to leave some silver to escape?" Who wants what to do with the crops that cannot be eaten or used? ”

The shopkeeper Zhong shook his head, pointed in the direction of Da Zhou and scolded: "You said that those eight lambs of the king, why are they so untrustworthy, they said that they had good peace talks, and the peace agreement was signed, we are cutting the land and paying compensation, so that the people can have a few days of peace, and now the silver has also been given to the land, and they have turned their faces and refused to recognize people!" Yes, our emperor is incompetent and mediocre, but the emperor is a bastard, how can ordinary people be innocent? At present, the common people are selling their land to flee for their lives, and I think it will not be long before they will become selling their sons, daughters, and wives. ”

Qin Yining naturally knew what kind of life the common people were living under the war, not only the enemy army was hateful, but those bandits who couldn't eat and fell into the grass were even more hateful than the enemy army, burning and killing traitors

Lewdness is all evil, and people who are really scared don't dare to close their eyes when they sleep, otherwise she wouldn't have hid in the mountains alone.

"Shopkeeper Zhong, now that the world is so chaotic, can you arrange the affairs of your family?"

The shopkeeper nodded and said, "I have already ordered my son to arrange a retreat." ”

"That's good. Regardless of the outcome of this battle, it is not a bad thing to prepare in advance, and the shopkeeper of Zhong Da might as well go south to avoid the limelight, if Kyoto City is safe, it is naturally good, and you can come back at any time if you want to come back. If there is anything, it will also be spared. Now that the city has not reached the level of martial law, it is better to leave quickly, if the Great Zhou soldiers are really coming to the city, it will not be so easy to escape. The shopkeeper Zhong is a smart person, and he should have arranged his family early. ”

The shopkeeper Zhong nodded again and again, and said movingly: "It's rare for the owner to be so kind, I heard someone say it before the old man, the owner let go of the slaves in the house, and gave them silver to let them escape." Now many people praise the benevolence of the Marquis of Anping, but the emperor has no eyes and treats the Marquis of Anping like that. ”

Qin Yining waved his hand and said helplessly: "Thunder, rain and dew are all Jun's grace, and my father is wholeheartedly loyal, so he naturally has to bear it." I just don't want to implicate innocent people, and since they have decided to go, I don't have to force them to stay. Now that the house of the treasurer has been arranged, when the time is right, you should also leave Kyoto with your children. During this time, the treasurer can start to hand over the accounts to me. ”

The shopkeeper Zhong just deliberately did not answer, just to avoid this question.

But Qin Yining cared about him wholeheartedly, so he had to look directly at the current situation.

"Boss, it's easy for me to go, but what about you?"

"Me?" Qin Yining smiled slightly: "I am the daughter of the Qin family, even if the sky of the Great Yan Dynasty falls, I will also stay in Kyoto City to advance and retreat with my father." ”

Qin Yining got up and paced to the back window, looking at the green grass and a small patch of lush woods outside the window, where a few finches were perched on it, chirping happily.

I don't know if I will be able to see such a peaceful scenery in the future.

Thinking of the people in the city who were working hard and had no entanglement, Qin Yining thought for a while and said, "Big shopkeeper, I have one last thing for you to do, you can arrange it, and you can leave Kyoto with your family." ”

The shopkeeper Zhong asked suspiciously: "What does the owner command?" ”

"My silver, in addition to feeding those homeless people in Ning Yuan, should have a surplus, right?"

Shopkeeper Zhong nodded and said, "At the beginning, the property left by the Duchess of Dingguo to the owner was a large amount, and the owner only spent 10,000 taels, even if it was used vigorously, how much could it use." ”

"Well, it's good to have a balance. Since some of the people in the city sold their land to flee for their lives, the treasurer Zhong ordered to go down and let people quietly buy those fields. ”

"What!" Shopkeeper Zhong stood up in astonishment, "The owner, the land they sold is the same as the house left by those who mortgaged and borrowed money, and it is of no use to you at all!" Once the city is broken, those lands will be wasteland, and then they will not even know whose country it is, let alone the heavy fields that no one cultivates! If the owner's money is spent, it will be a waste! ”

"I understand what the big shopkeeper said." Qin Yining turned around and said with a smile: "But I just don't want to be cheap to the emperor of the Zhou Dynasty." ”

The shopkeeper Zhong was stunned.

"If the Great Yan falls, the country is not a country, and the home is not a home, don't say that my Zhaoyun Division, that is, the entire Qin family, the treasury of the entire Yan Dynasty, will fall into the hands of the emperor of the Zhou Dynasty. I don't count the country's treasury, the Qin family's silver is not much, and it is not up to me, but my own silver, even if I throw it away, I don't want to cheapen the emperor of the Zhou Dynasty! ”

"The ...... of the owner" Zhong Da shopkeeper suddenly felt that his eyes were hot, his nose was sour, and tears almost poured out.

"I must not be able to escape, once the country is really lost, my things have become Emperor Zhou's, while the silver is now at my disposal, it is better to give it to the people to flee for their lives, it is also used on the people of the Yan Dynasty, it is not a waste." Otherwise, in the future, the emperor of the Zhou Dynasty will be cheaper, and then I will really feel distressed. ”

"The proprietor is righteous." The shopkeeper of Zhong Da gave his hand in admiration, and for a moment, he seemed to have a firm mind, "Okay, since the owner has decided, this matter will be left to me." ”

Qin Yining said with a smile: "You remember, this matter can't be publicized, it has to be arranged step by step, so that people can't find out about me." ”

"Why didn't the owner take this opportunity to make a name for himself? You're really doing things for the people. ”

Qin Yining pointed to the top of his head and said with a smile: "Don't forget, the emperor has been staring at my Zhaoyun Division all the time, if he knows, won't he snatch it back in anger?" Then nothing can be done. “

The shopkeeper Zhong Da thought of the faint king, and he was full of anger, but he was just a small ordinary person, and there was no other way, what he could do now was to let Qin Yining's silver play its role to the maximum.

"Okay, don't worry, I will definitely arrange it properly, even if I can't find out our heads."

"There's a big shopkeeper. I thought that this matter would be done in about three or five days, and when the money was spent, you would give me the house deed, title deed, and land deed, and then you could leave with your family. ”

Shopkeeper Zhong looked at Qin Yining's sincere smiling face, just shook his head, said goodbye, and turned to leave.

Qin Yining watched the shopkeeper Zhong leave, and then went back to the fish pond to continue to talk with Qin Huaiyuan.

In this way, five days passed, and seeing that it was nearly July, this year there was little rain, the weather was hot, and the sun was getting hotter and hotter day by day, and the hot people's hearts were stuffy.

On this day, Qin Yining put her arms around Erbai and was about to take a nap, when Songlan walked into the door quickly and said in a low voice: "Girl, the shopkeeper Zhong is here." ”

Qin Yining was stunned for a moment, got up and hurriedly pulled his hair down the stairs again, and went straight to the side hall of the front yard.

The shopkeeper Zhong still had sweat on his forehead and his face was oily, but he had actually tanned a little after five days of hard work, and he looked very good.

"Why is the big shopkeeper here at this time? But ran out of money? ”

The shopkeeper Zhong said: "Owner, someone wants to do a big business with us!" I couldn't get it myself, so I hurried to pick you up. ”

Qin Yining was stunned for a moment and said, "It's all at this time, what kind of business will there be?" ”

The shopkeeper Zhong's eyes were shining, and Qin Yining could know his excitement just by looking at his expression.

He lowered his voice and said, "Owner, the shops and houses that were mortgaged to us in the city before, someone wants to buy them!" ”