Lin Zhilan sent away the matchmaker sent by the Marquis of Zhongyong's Mansion and finally breathed a sigh of relief.

The two families exchanged Bai Xiuyang and Lin Jiuniang's Geng stickers, and the marriage contract was made, but there are still six years before Jiuniang and Lu, and I am afraid that there will be any variables in these six years.

If there is really a variable, the 150,000 taels of silver may be lost......

Although the Lin family is the richest man in Fuzhou, the silver of the white flowers is not washed by the flood, but the Lin family has slowly accumulated it after a hundred years.

Lin Zhilan is the fourth generation of the Lin family.

Although the Lin family is rich, in the Wangchao, the class consciousness of Shinong industry and commerce is strong, and even if the Lin family is rich, it is not famous.

Originally, the Lin family also wanted to take the path of the imperial examination, but unfortunately the children of the Lin family have lived a long time in wealth, and most of them can't bear the hard work of the head cantilever beam and cone thorn stocks.

Therefore, the Lin family had the idea of using marriage to enhance their reputation.

However, the real aristocratic family has always been ashamed of marrying merchants, and even if they are married, it is also the marriage of concubines and concubines, and they have never let their sons-in-law marry merchants' daughters, and their daughters marry merchants' sons.

Unexpectedly, a big pie suddenly fell from the sky.

Two months ago, Bai Wenbin, the marquis of the Zhongyong Marquis Mansion, suddenly sent his cronies to the Lin family to deliver a post, and sincerely invited Lin Zhilan, the head of the Lin family, to the Hou Mansion for a while.

Lin Zhilan was surprised and panicked.

The place of Fuzhou is not large, and the Mansion of the Marquis of Zhongyong is the only noble family in Fuzhou, with a high status.

Although the Lin family is rich, they are only merchants after all, and they are not in the same circle as the Marquis of Zhongyong at all, and they usually have no contact.

With full doubts, Lin Zhilan went to the Hou Mansion.

Bai Wenbin, the loyal and brave marquis, behaved very politely, and after a few rounds of Tai Chi, Bai Wenbin finally confided in the purpose of inviting Lin Zhilan to come.

He wanted to borrow 200,000 taels of silver from the Lin family.

200,000 taels, the Lin family is not unable to take out, but it is by no means a small amount.

Lin Zhilan asked himself, every penny of silver earned by the Lin family was hard-earned money, innocent, and he couldn't take the risk of letting 200,000 taels of silver go down the drain for fear of offending the Zhongyong Marquis's Mansion, so he politely refused.

Bai Wenbin was not angry, but directly proposed that he was willing to exchange the title of Mrs. Zhongyong Hou Shizi for 200,000 taels of silver.

Lin Zhilan was startled at first, and then a little moved.

But he was cautious by nature, and only excused himself from the fact that his grandmother and father were still alive, and he did not dare to decide on his sister's marriage on his own, and he needed to go home and discuss with his elders again. Bai Wenbin didn't force it, and gave him ten days to think about it.

In these ten days, Lin Zhilan sent someone to find out the origin of the matter.

It turned out that Bai Wenbin, the loyal and brave marquis, owed 100,000 taels of gambling debts outside.

Decades ago, Bai Xixun, the old marquis of the Zhongyong Marquis's Mansion, followed the emperor to fight on the battlefield, and gave up half his life in exchange for the title given by the emperor.

The old marquis Bai was loyal and low-key, and soon after he was knighted, he asked the emperor to resign, saying that he was old and frail and could no longer be loyal to the emperor, and hoped that the emperor would be sympathetic and allow him to return to his hometown.

The first emperor was grateful for the loyalty and courage of the old marquis Bai, not only allowed the old marquis to return to his hometown, and the three generations of the loyal and brave marquis did not descend to the lord, but also specially gave marriage, and married the third daughter of the eldest princess, the lord of Shurong, to Bai Wenbin, the only son of the old marquis Bai.

Since then, the old marquis Bai has withdrawn from the center of the whirlpool and returned to his hometown in Fuzhou to recuperate.

After the death of the old marquis Bai, the prince Bai Wenbin inherited the title.

Although Bai Wenbin is the only son of the old marquis Bai, his temperament is not worthy of his father. He thought that the territory of Fuzhou was small and not prosperous enough, so he often took his cronies to the capital to linger, often staying for several months.

Half a year ago, Bai Wenbin was bored and fell into the vice of gambling, and stayed in the casino for two months, and after two months, he actually owed 100,000 taels of gambling debts.

Of the 100,000 taels, except for 1,000 taels of cash, the rest of the 99,000 taels are IOUs.

At the beginning, Bai Wenbin didn't take it seriously, he thought that as long as he showed his name as a loyal and brave marquis, the casino owner would definitely retreat and write off the rest of his gambling debts.

However, Bai Wenbin forgot, but anyone who opens a casino must have the support of forces behind him.

The behind-the-scenes boss of this casino is the brother-in-law of the current emperor, Gong Lianda, the younger brother of Gong Guifei.

Gong Guifei is now in the favor of the Holy Grace, and has given birth to the fourth prince and the seventh prince successively, the Gong family is like cooking oil in a blazing fire at this time, and the flowers are blooming, and it is not at all something that the Zhongyong Marquis Mansion can afford to offend.

Bai Wenbin was dumbfounded, although the Zhongyong Marquis Mansion has the name of the Hou Mansion, but in fact, it does not have much real power, and the family background is also limited, and all the belongings add up to more than 100,000 taels of silver.

After thinking about it, the idea hit the Lin family.

Looking at the entire Fuzhou, the only one who can take out 100,000 taels of silver at once is the Lin family.

But the Lin family is not a fool, he rashly opened his mouth to borrow it, such a large amount, I am afraid that the Lin family will not agree.

After several hesitations, Bai Wenbin finally made up his mind to exchange his son's marriage for silver.

After returning to Fuzhou, he told the Lord of the Hou Lady Shurong about it.

The heirs of the Marquis of Zhongyong are thin, Bai Wenbin is the only son of the old marquis, and the current son Bai Xiuyang is the only son of Bai Wenbin and the lord of Shurong.

The lord of Shurong has always regarded his only son Bai Xiuyang as the pearl of his palm, and when he heard that Bai Wenbin wanted to exchange Bai Xiuyang's marriage for silver, he was so angry that he fainted several times, but he was also powerless to return to the sky.

The mother of the lord of Shurong, Princess Duanjing, has long since passed away, and his father, Marquis Jingping, was reduced by the emperor a few years ago because of his private discussion of the government, and he was demoted from a first-class marquis to a third-class uncle, and his status plummeted.

The mother's family has declined, and the lord of Shurong has no hope, so he has to rely on Bai Wenbin.

Knowing what happened, Lin Zhilan finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Obviously, Bai Wenbin was calculated by the Gong family.

Bai Wenbin still couldn't say the bitterness, so he could only break his teeth and swallow it in his stomach.

But Bai Wenbin's appetite is not small, he owes the Gong family 100,000 taels, but he wants to take this opportunity to loot 200,000 taels.

Lin Zhilan and Bai Wenbin had a secret meeting a few more times, and cut 200,000 taels to 150,000 taels, so they nodded and agreed.

The only additional condition is that the son of the world must marry the youngest daughter of the Lin family, Lin Jiuniang.

Bai Wenbin only needs the silver at this time, but he is afraid that the Lin family will not agree and he will not be able to get the silver, and the Gong family will not let him go easily.

As soon as he heard Lin Zhilan nod in agreement, he was overjoyed and immediately agreed.

It doesn't matter if she is a few young ladies of the Lin family, as long as she can bring herself silver!

As soon as the news came out, the Lin family exploded.

The Marquis of Zhongyong's Mansion also exploded.

Without it, just because Lin Jiuniang is the concubine of the Lin family.

In other words, Lin Jiuniang is not even a concubine, because her mother is Mei Niang, a once famous Qing woman in Fuzhou.

Mei Niang didn't enter the door of the Lin family, she was born to Lin Jiuniang outside the Lin family.

In other words, Lin Jiuniang is an illegitimate daughter.

She is not even as good as a concubine.