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"Name?"

"Shen Mu."

"Home address?"

"It's in the capital."

"What line of work?"

"Uh, I think about it...... Carry. ”

After about half an hour of queuing, Mu Chen finally came to the window where he borrowed a loan, and was currently talking to a man wearing a hat who looked like he was keeping an account book.

"Carrying ......," the man jotted down these two words in his notebook and asked, "What about the approximate income?"

Mu Chen thought about it and said with a smile: "It's not much, about one or two taels of silver a day."

"One tael of silver...... The man drew a circle in his notebook, and wrote one or two silver in the circle. Then he asked, "How much do you want to borrow?"

"Uh...... 10,000 taels! ”

"Ten thousand taels?!" The man looked at Mu Chen stunned with reading glasses, and said in a disdainful tone: "Borrow so much? Are you sure you're done paying it back?! ”

"What? …… I borrow money, and you don't borrow money, you care about me! ”

"Okay! Yes! ......" The man saw Mu Chen's appearance of a loser, sighed slightly, and said in his heart: "Young people now! It's such a loser, you want to spend as much as you want, and it's up to you to pay it back when the time comes!

Immediately after, he wrote down the amount in his notebook.

"When are you going to pay it back? ……”

"Get out of the way! Get out of the way! ——”

At this moment, the voice of someone scolding came from outside the gate.

Immediately afterwards, a large number of officers and soldiers rushed in with swords and guns, first subduing the big men guarding the gate, and then besieging all the people who were borrowing usury present, including a few people in charge of affairs.

"Who's in charge here?!" Walking in from the door, a middle-aged man who looked like a general, with a saber at his waist, looked like he was in his thirties, wearing a helmet, giving people the feeling of experiencing life and death on the battlefield.

"I ...... I ......" came out of the crowd a middle-aged man in a gray robe.

If you look closely, you can naturally recognize that he is the one who persuaded Mu Chen just now...... Steward Lee.

"You're the one in charge here?" The general looked high, and when he saw the latter nodding his head, the former explained his intention: "Let me ask you, your family...... This one...... What the thing is coming, what is the village, when it opened, how do I not know?! ”

Steward Li replied with a smile: "The general doesn't know anything! Our tall village has been open for many years, but it is in a small corner to the east...... The general doesn't come here very often, so naturally he doesn't know. ”

The general said "oh~~" and said, "I see, I said!" …… So be it! General Ben is not here to make trouble...... Show me your deed so that I can give an account. Well, no problem, right? ”

Steward Li instantly blackened his face when he heard this, he was not the biggest here, when the owner of the village opened this tall and broad village, he built it casually, and he didn't reach a consensus with the government at all...... It is true that there is a deed, but it is not the name of the owner of the village, so it is troublesome......

"What's wrong?! What are you stunned about! Don't go yet! - "The general is worthy of experiencing life and death, and in a word, he shocked Steward Li back to his senses. The latter was at a loss for a moment, and said, "That...... That, General, our deed...... Now, in the hands of our owner, if you ask me, I can't take it out! ”

"Then don't you hurry up and let your owner get out of here! Hurry up! ——”

When the general heard this, he suddenly became furious, and his voice was like the roar of a lion in Hedong, which shocked everyone around him and couldn't help but cover their ears, the decibel was too big, and no one could stand it. Steward Li covered his ears and ran into the backyard with his bones shrunk like a mouse.

"General Lu, right?"

Mu Chen squeezed out of the crowd around him, shook off the fan in a dashing manner, and walked like a gentleman.

He swaggered up to General Lu, the latter looked at him with a frown, and the former smiled: "Xiaosheng Shen Mu, it's polite here." As he spoke, he bent down.

"It turned out to be Brother Shen! - General Lu hurriedly stepped forward to support him, and his heart was sweating! A dignified prince gave such a big salute to a general who guarded the city...... Can this head be saved?

"General Lu, I have something ...... say"

"This way, this way!" General Lu has been mixed with many teenagers in the army, so he can also listen to some secret words. At that moment, he escorted Mu Chen and walked out and came to the shade of a tree where no one was around.

"The last general will see His Royal Highness the Crown Prince! ——" General Lu immediately saluted.

"No need to be polite." Mu Chen helped him up and asked, "General Lu, let me ask you, this Gao Kuozhuang ...... When it was founded, you really didn't know? ”

General Lu replied: "Back to the prince, the last general really doesn't know."

"Strange, if this Gao Kuozhuang has been established for some years, how can you not know it?"

"Your Highness, the last general thinks that there must be someone behind this."

"Guarantee?" Mu Chen heard this word for the first time, and said, "What do you mean?"

General Lu said: "Your Highness doesn't know anything. In the officialdom, some officials are of the same mind as His Royal Highness the Prince, all for the sake of the people. However, there are also six or seven special ones, who specialize in cheating the people's money...... This kind of person is called a corrupt official by the people, that is, as long as you give them money, they will be willing to do anything for you. So ......"

"So! Do you think that this tall and broad Zhuang ...... "Mu Chen is thorough, and naturally understands what this means, and he is annoyed for a while, "I see!" I see! …… I said that this Gao Kuozhuang has been established for so many years, but the palace has never heard of it, and it is like this! ”

"Your Highness is angry." General Lu hugged his fists; "Your Highness, now is not the time to be angry, the last general was called by His Highness today to manage this matter, and he will not disappoint His Highness, please rest assured!"

"Good! - Mu Chen's heart was happy, and he said, "General Lu, it's up to you next!"

"The last general will never live up to His Highness's expectations! ……”

(Hint: Character analysis: Lu Yun, the current general of Liucheng, was once a general on the left who participated in the Battle of the Xiongnu.) ）

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By the time Lu Yun came back, the Steward Li had already called out the owner of Gao Kuozhuang. Seeing Lu Yun coming back, the owner hurriedly stepped forward, and did not forget to pat the fart while smiling: "It turned out to be General Lu!" The small hospitality is not good, the small hospitality is not good! ......" As he spoke, he suddenly turned his head to look at Steward Li and scolded, "Look at you!" General Lu is here, don't you call me out quickly! Even if I have something, you can't help but show the general tea! - Come on! General Lu inside please! ”

"That's it! That's enough! ——”

No matter how Lu Yun said it, he is also a person who has experienced life and death, and this kind of sycophant action naturally can't escape his eyes, but he hates sycophants very much!

"You're the owner here?"

"Yes!" The owner of the village answered all questions and said, "Little Lin Yuan."

Lu Yun let out an "oh" and asked again: "I heard that you have been open for some years...... You say, why didn't you invite me when you opened this village? You've been hiding from me for so many years...... You say, what are you trying to do? ”

After he asked, Lin Yuan's forehead couldn't help but be covered with beads of sweat, and he said nonsense: "I...... I...... Didn't I think it had just been founded! If I invite you to come, I'm afraid...... I'm afraid the hospitality will not be good! Besides, to run a store, you have to have a foundation first, right? ”

"Yes! It's also right ......" Lu Yun didn't know what the plan was, he looked at Lin Yuan and said with a smile: "Actually, I'm not such an unkind person......" As soon as he said this, Lin Yuan suddenly breathed a sigh of relief. The former added: "So be it! Take your deeds and books...... Take it out for me to see, and I'll leave after reading it, how about it? Seeing Lin Yuan's face darkened instantly, "Master Lin, there should be no problem, right?" The latter gritted his teeth and nodded slowly, "No—problem!" ”

After a few minutes, Lin Yuanfang reluctantly walked out with the account book and other things, and handed them to Lu Yun's hand weakly.

Lu Yun took the account book, turned the pages back and forth, and when he saw the income and expenses on it, his eyes widened. With so much money, I can support me for two or three years a day!

"Master Lin Zhuang ......" Lu Yun walked up to Lin Yuan with a smile on his face, held up the account book in his hand, and said, "I didn't expect it?" How do you make money...... It's almost time to catch up with Guanlu. Yes? ”

"General Lu! General Lu ......" Lin Yuan pulled Lu Yun's arm in a panic, put his toes on tiptoe, and said in his ear: "General Lu, as long as you promise not to interfere in this matter again, I promise to give you 50,000 taels of silver."

Fifty thousand taels?!

is worthy of being the owner of Gao Kuozhuang, and his mouth is tens of thousands of taels!

However, this also indirectly shows that he is a rich man!

"Really?" Lu Yun asked in a questioning tone.

The latter nodded straight.

"Someone, arrest me! ——”

Lu Yun gave an order, and before Lin Yuan could come back to his senses, his arms had already been held by the soldiers.

"Okay, you Lin Yuan, you dare to bribe General Ben and tell you that General Ben doesn't eat that set at all!"

"Lu Yun! I'll fuck your uncle! How dare you fool me! - Do you know who your grandfather and I are?! Lin Yuan struggled on all fours, trying to break free from the restraints.

"I don't care who you are! Tell you, in Lao Tzu's territory, Lao Tzu has the final say! - Take it with me!! ”

The next moment, Lin Yuan was escorted down.

As he was leaving, he was heard shouting:

"Lu Yun, I'll go to your uncle's! ——”

"Tell you! Lord Liu will definitely make the decision for me! ——”

"You don't have many days left! ——”

"Let go of me! Let me go! … Let me go! ”

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"Give my order, Gao Kuozhuang is now seized because he is suspected of deceiving others! No one is allowed to enter without my orders! ”