Liu Hongxun was anxious at this time.

He was originally a cabinet scholar, and he still has the bearing.

Although he plummeted, he was more determined than ordinary people and could always afford it.

Can ...... now

He stepped forward quickly and said, "This ...... This...... How much have you borrowed, and how much have you borrowed? ”

Liu Wenchang was already disillusioned at this time, and said with a sad face: "150,000 taels ......"

Liu Hongxun felt dizzy again.

To be honest, in the past, the Liu family's family must have been able to support the number of 150,000 taels.

But investing 150,000 taels and borrowing 150,000 taels are fundamentally different things.

People who dare to lend money to the Liu family are definitely not ordinary people, and if they dare to borrow, they can ensure that they can recover it.

To put it mildly, it is not easy to ask for other people's money after borrowing, but it is easy to ask for money from cabinet scholars.

After all, everyone is a person who wants to be faced, if there is an impeachment of the imperial history at that time, or there is a storm in the city, he Liu Hongxun will have to go around without eating.

Moreover, the loans in this era are often terrible with high interest rates, after all, ordinary people have no financing channels at all, unlike later generations, they can borrow banks and engage in crowdfunding.

For example, the normal loan interest is now nine out of thirteen, and the gameplay is also very simple, you borrow 150,000 taels of silver, but you need to sign an IOU of 165,000 taels, and after that, you have to repay 16,000 taels every month.

If you don't pay it back, then not only will the previous monthly interest be lost, but the collateral you gave before will also be confiscated.

According to the principle of mortgage, if you want to borrow 150,000 taels of silver, people need at least more than 300,000 taels of silver as collateral.

Liu Hongxun only calculated slightly, and immediately understood.

This stupid son didn't just borrow 150,000 taels of silver, but took all the Liu family's wealth as collateral, and people were only willing to borrow 150,000 taels of silver.

Own family background...... It's all mortgaged......

At this time, Liu Hongxun wanted to cry and said without tears: "The land at home ...... All...... ...... all."

"It's more than the earth." Liu Wenchang said: "Beijing, Nanjing, and the old mansion have all arrived, as well as the mules and horses at home, and ...... There are gold and silver jewelry...... And my father's book collection......"

Liu Hongxun didn't mention it in one breath.

Not to mention the land, but the houses are all left by the ancestors.

Gold and silver jewelry is the dowry of the lady, as for the collection of books, the collection of books in this era is not just as simple as collecting books.

Because printing did not have a large-scale popularity, the vast majority of people's books were copied from others, so the book market of the ancients was the most lively, not only selling printed books, but also all kinds of hand-copied books.

What is really valuable is the hand-copied books of celebrities, or the only ones on the market.

These books are a symbol of a family's poetry and book heirlooms, so the gentry may not boast to you about how much money and land they have in their family, and people like the Liu family often boast of their own book collection.

For example, a certain solitary book, that is, his great-great-great-great-grandfather painstakingly searched for it, and the painstaking efforts here actually cost money in essence, and the cost is very high, and some of the solitary books, and even the market value of thousands of gold.

Because of this, Liu Hongxun's life, the most comforting thing is that he not only kept the collection of books of his ancestors, but also spent a lot of money over the years, and spent a lot of effort to collect many unique books, which are not only the proof of the Liu family's poetry and book heirloom, but also the lifeblood of Liu Hongxun.

Hear that now...... He looked up in amazement.

Then I saw a rope hanging alone on the beam.

At this time, Liu Hongxun's heart was completely broken.

This feeling that the inheritance of more than ten generations was ruined made his mind just buzz.

He couldn't hear his son's words anymore, just lined up the women on the side, and then stepped on the stool.

Everyone woke up and found that Liu Hongxun had stepped on the stool and his head had been stretched into the rope.

At this moment, another wave of chickens and dogs jumped up, some people shouted, and some people rushed forward.

This Liu Hongxun was rescued.

On the contrary, Liu Wenchang was also anxious now, grabbed Liu Hongxun tightly, and said grief-stricken: "Father, son should die......"

"Shameful, shameful......" Liu Hongxun's whole person seemed to be drained of his spirit all at once, and he only muttered in his mouth: "Insulted the ancestors? What other faces are there to see the ancestors and fathers? You don't have to stop the old man ......."

Then he burst into tears.

So the Liu family cried a ball.

Tossed until midnight.

Liu Hongxun didn't get a drop of water, but at this time, he calmed down a little.

Sitting upright, Liu Hongxun looked at Liu Wenchang solemnly, and then said, "Why did the stock fall so much?" The old man also heard some rumors, isn't it ......"

"It's related to the New Deal." Liu Wenchang interrupted Liu Hongxun's words, and then continued in frustration: "When the railway was built, the new deal was taken into account, and the cost of land was not calculated at all. Now I don't know which one of them who has lost his conscience insists that His Majesty postpone the new policy, father...... DID YOU KNOW...... As soon as this new policy was suspended, the local gentry raised their heads, and the railroad was going to cross the border, and they would go through their land, where would they be willing to follow? ”

"Some of them are lions with big mouths, some are determined to refuse to agree at will, wait and see the direction of the wind, a railway line, there are thousands of people involved in the purchase of land, these thousands of people, even if there are only a few families who do not let go, this road will not be repaired. It's not that that's scary, someone has already inquired. In fact, there are four or fifty percent of people who are easy to talk to, as long as the market price, they are willing to sell the land, and they have been negotiated, but now they are all overturned, because they are not stupid, they hear other people's lions open their mouths, even if they are honest people, they are afraid of eating this kind of loss, why should their own land be sold at the market price, and others can sell it at ten, twenty, or one hundred times the price? Now it has become a mess, and the railway company has sent a lot of people to talk about it with good voices. ”

"With so many people involved, it's impossible to talk about it." After all, Liu Hongxun is a cabinet scholar, and he knows these people better than anyone else, so he shook his head and said, "There is no way to talk about it at all." ”

In fact...... Liu Hongxun's words are not unreasonable, what is your emperor, as long as he does not have a new policy and does not raid his house, these gentry will never compromise. Let's just say that in history, Emperor Chongzhen pulled down his old face and went around to borrow money from ministers and gentry, and he had to cry, after all, ...... The knives of the Jiannu and the Liukou were all on their necks, and it was reasonable, whether it was for the benefit of their gentry or in the face of the emperor, everyone took out a little money together to tide over the difficulties, which was actually said in the past.

But what? People ignore it, and would rather the whole family die at the hands of the rogue or the slaves, even if the whole family is killed, there will definitely not be a tael of silver.

Liu Hongxun knows very well that plucking people is no different from working hard.

"These roads are not repaired, 150 million taels, the railway company has already received this silver, they are not at a loss, but the shares we bought at a high price, the bet is that other railways will be built one after another, and if they can't be repaired, they will die!"

Liu Wenchang bit the word death very hard.

It's no joke, it's really going to die.

If this continues, there will be no difference between stocks and waste paper.

And what else is left of the Liu family?

Liu Hongxun couldn't help but feel an indescribable disgust in his heart.

"In this court, I don't know which traitor actually asked to suspend the new policy, this is to cut off the roots of our Liu family, such a dog thief is really harmful to others and himself, father...... They've made us miserable. ”

In the past, he said that he hated the indiscriminate killing of His Majesty and Zhang Jingyi, but now, what he hated was those gentry who did not know the general situation.

At this time, Liu Hongxun looked at Liu Wenchang with a strange expression and said, "To tell you the truth, it is my father's idea to postpone the new policy......

Liu Wenchang: "......"

Liu Hongxun continued with a wry smile: "It's really unwise to be a father at the beginning, I didn't sort out the relationship here, and the most hateful thing is those damn so-called gentry ......"

As soon as he said this, Liu Hongxun's hateful teeth itched, and he said sharply: "The old man spoke for them in the court, but these people don't know the general situation, the construction of the railway is for the benefit of the country and the people, and when they buy their land, they don't suffer a loss, but these people ...... Too greedy. ”

After a pause, he continued: "Now that I think about it carefully, it is not unreasonable for the king of Liaodong County to advocate the new policy. The local gentry, corrupt and pervert the law, exploit and harm the people, these people think very highly of themselves, and they don't take the court seriously, which is really a big trouble for my Ming henchmen. ”

"Father......" Liu Wenchang stared at Liu Hongxun: "My son is telling the truth, these days, my son is also pondering, you say...... What's so bad about this new deal? The land of this world is not given to the gentry or to the people, what is wrong with giving it to the people? As for the so-called landlords and gentry, what good does it do to the country when they get the land? These people are useless to stay. On weekdays, it is always said that the court is not as good as the rogues, but where did these rogues come from, and they were not forced out by these damn gentry? ”

"The king of Liaodong County has indeed acted a little too radically, but the overkill must be overcorrected, if not, is it still soft-spoken? Let's just talk about the New Deal, the resistance is so great, go and tell those people with good voices, can they agree? It's not the same, I want to fight hard with you, it's either Zhang Jing's death, or the situation where those people die, but we still have to say that Zhang Jingyi is cruel and unkind, which is actually unreasonable. ”

Liu Wenchang paused, then looked at Liu Hongxun cautiously, and continued: "If the new deal fails, he Zhang Jingyi will lose power in the future, and in the end, won't he still be the second Liu Jin, giving people a thousand cuts?" Case...... This Zhang Jing is killing a lot, saying that it is murder, it is better to say that it is self-preservation, which is understandable! ”

If these words had been said before, they would have been absolutely shocking.

But here, the father and son avoided others, coupled with what happened today, Liu Hongxun just glanced at Liu Wenchang deeply, and did not reprimand.