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Out of the yamen, Zhang Qingting almost went home with Zhao Chengcai. As soon as Fang Dehai told Fang Dehai about this, the old man's eyes immediately lit up, and he ordered in a deep voice, "You and Mingzhu go to the money village to withdraw money, Ah Li hurry up and hire a carriage, let's leave immediately!" ”

Zhang Qingting instructed Zhang Jinbao to look at the alley, but Zhao Chengcai said, "Let Jinbao go with him!" There is a place where he has to work hard, Jinbao, you quickly pack up the pen, ink, paper, inkstone, and abacus or something. When the Ali car comes, they will come to the money bank to pick us up! Yulan went to Fang's house to watch, Fluttershy and Yulian went to the backyard to guard, if there is business coming, you deal with it first, if there is anything, we will decide when we come back tomorrow! ”

Zhang Facai said, "Go get busy!" We are at home, don't worry! ”

Here, Zhao Chengcai took Zhang Fang's two daughters out in a hurry, and went to Qianzhuang to withdraw all the remaining taels of silver in the account at one time, and after waiting for a while, Yan Bo arrived with the car. He was careful, afraid that there would not be enough people, so he directly hired two big cars to come over.

The group got into the car and went straight to the yamen.

Master Chen was not idle, and as soon as they left, he sent a few errands to chase back several creditors who had not gone far, and when they heard that someone was willing to take over and repay the money, those creditors were overjoyed. When the two met each other, they saw that it was not early and there was not much noise, so they invited them to get into the car and went to the Shenjun Racecourse together.

After all, Zhang Qingting is a female streamer, and it is not good to share the car with strange men, so Zhao Chengcai became a representative of the creditors and got to know each other.

Most of these creditors are not locals, and they have already come several times to collect debts, so they live in inns, and they are eager to take care of things less, so that they can go home early for the holidays. I heard that it was Zhao Xiucai who built the hall, these creditors can be trusted, and Master Chen specially said that Zhao Chengcai had just sold a few suites, and he paid off all the debts first, and those creditors were even more satisfied.

"That's how business should be! It is natural to repay debts, no one says that you have earned money, and you enjoy it with big fish and meat, but let others eat bran vegetables! ”

"That's it! This Shen family is not like that! Even if the two sides of the family pay five taels, they can help us pay off the account, but they refuse. Hmph, don't blame us for being unrighteous if they're unkind! Didn't you give us the horse farm? Then we'll sell it. What are they still angry about? ”

It seems that these creditors are not less angry with the wives and concubines on both sides of the Shen family's racecourse, and they are filled with righteous indignation and complaints.

Zhao Chengcai secretly said in his heart, this blessing of Qi people is not easy to enjoy, and if you don't get it right, it will become a disaster for Qi people! A family or monogamy is the most worry-free, why do you have to have a wife and four concubines? What a trouble!

After a short walk, the Divine Horse Farm arrived.

In the spring dusk, the sun sets, and the evening breeze blows the tender grass, which is thriving.

Zhang Qingting came down to take a look, and was really surprised. Master Chen is not wrong, if this horse farm is bought, this ranch alone will be able to keep the capital.

The creditor brought them in and enthusiastically introduced, "This Shen family's Shenjun Horse Farm is the second largest horse farm in Zalanbao after the He family's Pegasus Ranch, although the place is a little smaller, but this pasture is rich in grass and water, but it is the best pasture in the entire Zalanbao, you see, the two ditches just turned a corner at the foot of the mountain, and it is convenient for horses to drink water!" ”

"And over here! This stable is not a straw hut. It's all adobe walls, and you're not afraid of wolves! And over there, the two brick houses that were built were the warehouses and the places where the guys lived, all ready-made! ”

Among their group, only Yan Bo really understands horses. He squinted his eyes and looked, the place was good, but he didn't know how the horses were, "Let's go to the stables first!" ”

In the tall and spacious stables, there were only a few dozen horses in the place where they could have been accommodated, all of them listless and emaciated. It should have not been cleaned up for many days, and there is a lot of horse dung and horse drowning, and in this warm spring season, I feel nauseated.

As soon as Zhang Qingting arrived at the door, he covered his nose and frowned and retreated, and the creditor also looked at each other and was shocked, "Why are there only so many horses left?" ”

They came in for a long time, and none of them came to greet them. Zhao Chengcai frowned, turned his head and called Zhang Jinbao, "You come in with me, and the number of these horses, including the color, must be remembered one by one!" ”

Yan Bo took out a sweat towel from his sleeve and tied it around his mouth and nose, "I'll come!" Brother Zhao, you remember, Jinbao went to open all the windows next to him to breathe! ”

He stepped forward and broke open the mouth of a horse, "One, black hair and white forehead, years old." Medium. ”

This one is an expert at a glance, Zhao Chengcai doesn't understand or pretend to understand, he also took a sweat towel to concoct it like that, took Zhang Jinbao's pen and ink, and began to move the pen like flying, and wrote down.

They counted here, Zhang Qingting said, "Then let's go over to the guys and take a look!" ”

The huge workshop was quietly empty, and the guys in it had almost moved, and there was nothing left except a few bulky pieces of furniture. In the other room next to it, the door is chained and locked is the warehouse.

"What about people! Is there anybody? Come on! ”

In the midst of the noise, someone finally came outside, "Hey! What are you doing here? ”

The creditors finally grabbed people, "Who are you?" ”

"I'm in charge here!"

"You're in charge? Let me ask you, what about the original steward Feng here? ”

The man was shocked, "Do you know him?" Let's go! I've been home for a long time! I was invited by him to help watch the horses for the time being. If you look for him, you have to wait a little longer to see if you will come back after the Dragon Boat Festival! ”

"And what about so many horses here?"

"Sold! The Shen family didn't even pay them for most of the year, so let everyone drink the northwest wind? Sold it to everyone! ”

The group of creditors was really angry, jumping to their feet and scolding, "This is not responsible anymore!" I don't even care about my own schemes, so what do we care? Mrs. Zhao. Master Fang, do you want to? If it's confirmed, let's sell it now! ”

The man panicked, "Huh? Do you want to play? This Shen family's things are not allowed to move! ”

"We're creditors here! See, this is the contract that the Shen family gave us! ”

The man scratched his head, "I can't read, and I don't understand!" Do what you love! Then don't you want me to see it here? Then I'll go! ”

"Stop!" Zhang Qingting felt that something was wrong, "Then what benefits did Steward Feng give you?" You're here to watch the horses for him? Did you steal horses and sell them? Or did you steal the grain? ”

"Where?" The man's eyes flickered visibly, and he turned around and wanted to run out.

Fortunately, Master Chen also brought two officials with him and immediately ordered. "Stop him! The government is here, do you still want to quibble? Hurry up and recruit from the truth! Otherwise, you will be arrested and punished by the yamen! ”

As soon as the man heard that he had provoked the official mansion, he was so frightened that he immediately recruited, "It's Steward Feng who promised me!" He said he didn't have any money to give me, so he gave me what he had here! ”

"Then open the storeroom and let us see!"

The man staggered, "I...... I don't have a key! ”

"Lie!" Zhang Qingting pointed out sharply, "If you don't have a key, where will you get the fodder to feed the horses?" Why don't you open the door yet! ”

The man slapped his thigh and howled, "Steward Feng promised to come back after the first month!" But how many months has it been now? Nowhere to be found! I help him look at such a big horse farm, what's wrong with collecting some wages? ”

The creditor said, "If you tell the truth honestly, we will not pursue you!" If you push back the fourth, you must be arrested and entered the yamen! Open the warehouse! ”

The two officials carried the man directly to the door of the warehouse, and he reluctantly opened the door of the warehouse, and squeaked and pushed it open, and the warehouse was about to be emptied.

"There wasn't much food left! The Shen family didn't have anyone to take care of it! With so many horses to eat and drink all day long, I've only sold a few packs! ”

"What about the horses?" Zhang Qingting still cares about the most valuable things, "How many horses have been sold?" ”

"The horses were counted when they left, and I didn't sell them, so I pulled two of them home to work!"

Master Chen didn't believe it, "Is it really two horses?" Don't let the government find out more! ”

"Four horses!" The man swore a curse, "If you hide anything, you can arrest me and go to jail!" ”

Master Chen immediately ordered, "Forget about the grain, why don't you hurry up and send the four horses back?" ”

The man just wanted to run, but Master Chen made a look, and the two officials followed him. The man secretly cried out that he was unlucky, but he had to hang his head and take the man home to lead the horse.

As soon as the group of creditors summed up, they apologized to Zhang Qingting and them, "Mrs. Zhao, Master Fang, you see if this will work, we don't want the mantissa number, as long as you can return the whole amount of silver in front of us, this horse farm will be yours!" ”

Zhang Qingting thought for a while, "Ladies and gentlemen. It's not easy for you to do business outside, and this debt is as much as it should be! Since no one is in charge of this horse farm, let's move on. We won't lose a penny of money, it's the Dragon Boat Festival soon, and we should let you have a good holiday. The cash we have in our hands today is a little shorter, and I wonder if we will be able to raise money when we go back in a while. Well, do you think that's going to work? Let's see which one is the furthest from home, take the money back first, and the others, we will pay back all your money tomorrow at most, so that you can go home for a good holiday with peace of mind. ”

When the creditors heard this, there was such a good thing? Everyone was overjoyed, "What's so embarrassing?" ”

Zhang Qingting smiled, "You all have business dealings with the racecourse, I can't say that we will have to deal with business in the future, so please make it convenient for you at that time, and everyone will get rich!" ”

"Good, good! Mrs. Zhao, you have said so, and we can't help but be righteous. In the future, as long as you need it, just come to us, it will definitely give you the lowest price! ”

The crowd agreed, "Then we will hand over this contract to you now!" ”

Master Chen's things are ready-made, and he immediately drew up the contract, signed it, and put it away, "I'll give it to you after I go back and stamp the official seal!" ”

Zhang Qingting knew what he meant, and he didn't say much.

After waiting for a while, Zhao Chengcai and the others came back from counting the horses, and they couldn't take a few breaths of clean air, and reported the results first, "There are forty-seven horses, but only eleven are good, and the rest are all sick, so we have to ask the veterinarian to come back quickly!" ”

After a while, the official who came out to pick up the horses also came back with four horses, and that was fifty-one. Zhang Qingting secretly calculated in his heart, this alone is worth a lot of silver.

When Yan Bo saw the jujube red horse that had just returned, his eyes moved obviously, but he didn't say anything, and led the four horses back together, "I'll stay tonight and wait for the doctor to come." They have to be cleaned up now, or the horses will suffer! ”

"I'll stay too!" Zhang Jinbao was snorting and stinking outside, "In such a big place, you can't finish it alone!" ”

This younger brother finally knows how to be diligent. Zhang Qingting was very pleased, "Then you two stay!" I'll bring you food in the evening. ”

Zhao Chengcai thought for a while, "I'll go and ask for a doctor, and then bring Chengdong too, now there is no guy, let him come to the top first!" ”

Zhang Qingting suddenly remembered, "Then what about your family's harvest tomorrow?" ”

Zhao Chengcai smiled, "Are you stupid?" Now that there are so many horses, how much can I help my mother by bringing one back? Even if there are not enough people, just spend money to invite people, how can this side of the matter be important? Say no more! Ali, you pick a good one, and I'll take it back to work. See if there's anything else to bring, I'll bring it later! ”

Yan Bo took out a white horse from the few horses he had just received, "If you are doing farm work, this is good, although you are older, you are very tame." Just, do you know how to ride? ”

Zhao Chengcai's face was a little unbearable, and he asked with a smile, "Have you ever seen any men in our Bei'an Kingdom who can't ride horses?" It's just not skilled, just hit it a few times! ”

So Zhang Qingting was very surprised to see Zhao Xiucai turn over and get on the horse, which was quite decent. My heart couldn't help but move, so can she ride a horse in the future?

Fang Mingzhu had already asked excitedly, "Brother Ali, I'll come tomorrow, will you teach me how to ride a horse?" ”

"The horse is still skinny! You'll have to raise it! Yan Bo said to Zhang Qingting again, "Boss, I have to buy a carriage as soon as possible, there are a lot of things to buy in the future!" You come and go, and it would be inconvenient if you didn't have a carriage. ”

Well. Zhang Qingting nodded, and hurriedly took everyone back first.

When Zhao Chengcai rode a tall horse back to Zhao's house, Zhao Wang's family was taken aback, "Where did you rent a horse?" Even the harvest is wasted! ”

Zhao Chengcai stomped his feet, but there was a smile on his face that couldn't be hidden, "What rented?" It's ours! There are dozens of horses in the racecourse! ”

"What?" Zhao Wang thought he had heard it wrong, "How can we have a horse farm?" ”

Zhao Chengcai smiled proudly, "I just bought it!" ”

Zhao Wangshi was dumbfounded, just bought? Racecourse? How much does that cost?

(P.S. Wait a while, two will be sent soon!) ）