Chapter 196: Dilemma

"Actually...."The confidant steward pondered for a moment and said, "Grandpa, do you remember the business of collecting silk cocoons a month ago?" ”

Hearing him mention this, Gu Changchun's face was slightly gloomy, and he exhaled softly.

Thinking about it carefully, this year their Gu family seems to be Tai Sui, whether it is personnel or business, everything is not going well, the Gu family's business is mainly money and silk brocade, relying on silk brocade to make a fortune, according to the money village to grow, a month ago I learned that there are silk merchants in Chaozhou defeated a large number of silk cocoons eager to sell, Gu Changchun ordered to be sure to grab it, but in the end one step behind, watching Dali fall into the hands of others.

"How?" Gu Changchun pressed his brows and said.

"Actually, the price was already negotiated at that time... It's just that our cash is one step behind others...."The henchman said.

"It's embarrassing to say" Gu Changchun snorted, suppressed a little annoyance, and was immediately stunned, squinting slightly at his henchman, "Could it be..."

"At that time, it was a transfer of silver from the branch of the capital...."The confidant steward said in a low voice and nodded.

"You mean he's deliberately procrastinating?" Gu Changchun asked in a deep voice, with a bit of coldness in his voice.

In order to successfully win this batch of silk cocoons, Gu Changchun mobilized a large amount of cash and put it into the capital bank.

The confidant steward hesitated for a moment, "It's not a delay, he said that a large amount of silver was released to earn a lot of interest, so it was a few days late to raise money and send it... I also questioned him, and the steward of the capital was also very aggrieved, saying that he didn't know that the money was for this, so as soon as he received the money, he released it according to the usual practice...."

Gu Changchun held back a sullen breath, for the sake of business insurance, Qian Zhuang did not know what was going on when he transferred money, this has always been the rule, and with a large amount of cash deposits, Qian Zhuang will put usury to earn high interest, this is also the rule, there was nothing to do with each other before, but I didn't expect this rule to collide with the rules, and there was such a dark loss.

"Are you sure he didn't mean it?" Gu Changchun pondered for a moment and asked.

The henchman looked slightly hesitant and said vaguely: "Probably not... Chang is not an outsider...."

Gu Laochang, the steward of the capital, is Gu Changchun's own family, and has been helping in Qianzhuang since he was sensible, and he has been conscientious for decades, and he has been the manager of the largest branch of the Gu family's Qianzhuang since he was a young man.

Gu Changchun's expression flickered, he was silent for a moment, and suddenly said: "Transfer the account book of the capital bank." ”

A few days later, in the branch of Gujia Qianzhuang in the capital, a richly dressed middle-aged man walked in, and when he saw this person coming in, the busy young men immediately took it over.

"Fifth Master, that gust of wind has blown you here...", everyone bowed in unison and said with a smile.

This is the status of the Gu family, the steward heard the news, immediately respectfully accepted it, sat down in the back hall and served a good tea, and the two exchanged pleasantries for a moment.

"There's such a big thing going on at home...."The two of them naturally said something about Gu Shen'an, and their expressions were a little sad.

"However, fortunately, there is still Brother Yu'er....not to be overwhelmed...."Gu Wuye cheered up and smiled.

A strange look flashed on the face of Gu Laochang, the steward of the capital, and he immediately lowered his head and said yes again and again.

"That's right, Lao Chang...."Gu Wuye took a sip of tea and changed the topic, "I have an urgent matter in the capital this time, and you can open a silver ticket for me of 500,000 taels." ”

While taking out a note written by Gu Changchun himself.

Gu Laochang took it and examined it carefully, and then won it with a smile on his face, "Fifth Master, wait a minute, I'll get it for you..."

Gu Wuye took the silver ticket, got up to say goodbye after a few gossips, and a group of people personally sent it to the door, watching Gu Wuye take the car and staggered to the most prosperous place on the street.

Gu Wuye's car didn't go far, so he turned a sharp corner, turned into an inn with a bright façade, didn't need a small servant to lead the way, went straight upstairs, came to a door, pushed the door and entered.

In the room, Gu Changchun was sitting quietly eating tea, and when he saw him come in, he raised his head and asked, "How is it?" ”

"Uncle, he didn't shirk it, he gave it happily..."Gu Wuye put the silver ticket on the table, with a bit of ease.

Gu Changchun picked up the silver ticket and looked at it carefully, and also exhaled lightly.

"From this point of view, the 700,000 taels of silver in his account are not fake...."He said, pushing the silver ticket to Gu Wuye, "Two days later, return it to him...."

Two days later, after looking at the silver ticket that was sent back, Gu Laochang sat in the room, looking relieved, and reached out to open a locked box in front of him and took out an account book.

If Gu Changchun was here, he would recognize that this account book was exactly the same as the account book of the Beijing branch he had transferred, but this content....

Gu Laochang slowly opened it, and his eyes fell on the last line, which showed that there were less than 100,000 taels of silver in the Beijing branch now.

"Rao you are the head of the clan, and you also have to listen to my old plan to come out of the empty city...."Gu Laochang said in a low voice, his voice was elongated, he really hummed, and after singing, he was full of fear and gratitude, unfolded a piece of paper, and wrote a letter.

"Thank you for concealing the sin of the old man, and pointing out that the Gu family has no big business dealings at this time, so that the old man has the courage to not panic under his tentative move, and the old man has nothing to repay, and he will saddle up the horse and only the order of the adult, after the arrival of the goods in the South China Sea, the old man swore to stop, and he would not do this to borrow public money for smuggling and trafficking...."

In a few words, Gu Lao often put down his pen and shook it, and folded it to call a henchman.

"Go, send the young master of Yangzhou Fishery to collect it personally." He whispered.

The henchman took the order and left.

Sending off his henchmen, Gu Laochang got up and went to the window to see the dark clouds in the sky and the north wind whistling.

"The snowstorm is coming...", he muttered to himself, reaching out to close the window.

Towards the end of November, the weather in Jiankang became even colder, with several days of heavy wind and snow, and there were significantly fewer pedestrians on the streets.

Guo sat in the room and closed his eyes and recited the Buddha, but he was upset and irritable because of the cold.

"Someone, add another brazier," she shouted, opening her eyes suddenly.

The maid standing on the side hurriedly bowed her head and said timidly: "Madame....Master ordered....ordered....only one can be used...."

Guo was furious, raised the Buddha beads and smashed them.

"An Dexin, do you want to freeze me to death and marry again?" No mistakes, no word skipping.

Gu Leshan stepped in at this moment, and he was furious when he heard the words.

"Everyone is clean when they die"

Guo didn't dare to fight back, so he whimpered in a low voice, "Master... This... How do you live... I can't even burn charcoal... The eldest and the old 2 houses have been sold....the family is crowded here, and it is going to be noisy... Still dead clean...."

Gu Leshan's face was pale, his eyes were dejected, and he let out a heavy breath and sat on the chair.

Just a few days ago, Gu Changchun suddenly sent someone to chase the 100,000 taels of silver they wanted to borrow, and his attitude was tough, and if he didn't pay it back, he would open an ancestral hall to remove the family tree and sell his family property.

Seeing that Gu Changchun was not joking, and begging everywhere to no avail, Gu Leshan did not dare to slack off, sold all his property, scraped together 100,000 taels of silver and handed it over, and since then life has been like fire and water.

"Your white-eyed wolf son, he refused to take out a penny, I didn't believe it before, but now I believe it, even if you, the father, dies tomorrow, he won't blink...."Guo said crying.

Gu Leshan's cheeks puffed out angrily, grabbed the teacup and smashed it on the ground, "Shut up for me... Where does he have money."

"The one surnamed Huang has a lot of money, and he is going to have maggots," Guo retorted crying.

"Don't argue, the money has already been given to the clan," Gu Leshan shouted loudly.

Guo's crying stopped, and he looked up in surprise.

"Master..."Thinking of the atmosphere in the clan recently, and then looking at Gu Leshan's face, Guo's heart suddenly pinched, and a gust of cold wind blew in, only to feel cold all over his body, "There is a meeting in the clan today, but... But something happened? ”

Gu Leshan closed his eyes violently and leaned back in his chair.

"Money Bank... Run...," he muttered.

“？” Guo covered his mouth and exclaimed.

In the Gu family, the night was dark, but the hall was still brightly lit, and a room full of people were crowded, all looking panicked.

“… More and more people are withdrawing silver..."

“… Grandpa... Taikang refuses to accept silk brocade..."

“… Grandpa....The four major money banks refuse to borrow turnover silver...."

One bad news after another came, representing that one road after another was blocked.

Gu Changchun sat on the chair, his whole person was like petrification, and he seemed to be unable to hear the chaotic sound in the hall.

How could things be like this....or, until now, Gu Changchun didn't even know how all this happened.

A year ago, it was supposed to be the peak of silver, which is not surprising, but I didn't expect it to be menacing this time, and the most important thing is to suddenly find that the turnover of the money bank is gone.

"It's been found out..."A shout woke up Gu Changchun, and several account offices came over with account books, "It's the branch of the capital, and three million taels of silver were transferred..."

"Gu Laochang" Gu Changchun slapped the table and stood up.

Only then did the room full of people realize that among the stewards who had gathered at home, there was no Gu Laochang alone.

Once the source is discovered, the matter will be quickly sorted out, over the years, Gu Laochang has been using the money of the money to make profits for himself, from privately lending foreign debts to transferring profits to embezzling the money of the money to sell goods by sea, and the number of embezzlements has become more and more, until this time the huge sum of three million.

"Where's the goods?" Gu Changchun took a few deep breaths before he asked completely.

"I said I was robbed by pirates... So... Gu Lao Chang also knew that he would definitely die, so he ran away..."Someone replied.

Gu Changchun only felt that his eyes were dark, and he barely stretched out his hand to support it.

"Grandpa is not good.." Someone shouted and ran in.

This kind of voice has never been interrupted in the past few days, and everyone is going to be numb when they hear it, and their eyes are dumbfounded and they look at the incoming voice.

"Grandpa....Jiankang Mansion... Come on, I want to mention... Three million taels of silver." The face of the person who came was as pale as paper, and he knelt on the ground.

"It's over...."Gu Changchun's body shook and he moved forward.

Yangzhou, Huang Shiying walked into Gu Yu's study, and Gu Yu, who was leisurely waving ink, heard the sound and looked over.

"Mother is coming.." He said with a smile.

"Yu'er..."Huang Shiying looked at him, "Is there still no news of the cargo ship hijacked by pirates?" "No mistakes, no skipping words.

"No, I don't." Gu Yu said with a light smile and put down the pen.

“… Yu'er," Huang Shiying was silent for a moment, "The Gu family is in a predicament..."

"Yes..."Gu Yu said with a smile, "People's hearts are unstable, and when the run starts, it will be like snow rolling into a ball... The uncle and uncle were defeated, the people were rumored, and the DPRK was full of doubts... It's really a house leak that happened to rain overnight..."

"Yu'er..."Huang Shiying looked at him and said, "Mother has never begged you..."

She bowed slowly.

Gu Yu knelt down, "Mother is tormenting the child at this time..."

"Please solve the Gu family's dilemma..."Huang Shiying said.

Gu Yu raised his head, and Huang Shiying saw a real smile on his face for the first time.

"Child," he shook his head and smiled slowly, "I can't solve it...."

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