Chapter 24 Repayment of Principal and Interest
"The King's ......"
Zhu Houwei looked at Peng Ze and said with a smile: "Peng Dongjia has something to say."
Peng Ze bowed and said: "The king, you are in Huzhou, it is the grace of Huzhou Mansion, I am a Huzhou businessman, since I should like the king's like, evil the king's evil, the lack of use on the palace needs to be borrowed, we are simply ashamed of the landless, if the prince does not give up, the grass people are willing to donate 3,000 taels of silver to the palace every year......
"What Peng Dongjia said is reasonable, we are willing to donate every year......"
The merchants expressed their attitudes, to put it bluntly, they still didn't believe that King Yong would repay the money, but wanted to blackmail again in the name of repaying the money, for example, King Yong could come to another after saying that......
However, the palace has a large expenditure this year, what is it, and then borrow it, you don't borrow it......
Instead of being boiled to death like a frog boiled in warm water, it is better to simply stick his head out, and the right to pay the silver to avoid the disaster, and take the initiative to say that King Yong is the king after all, how can he be embarrassed to open his mouth again.
Who else in this world can play more abacus than a businessman......
Xu Zhenqing and Li Mengyang smiled, this is normal and reasonable, this Peng Ze was obviously coerced by King Yong, so he took the initiative to speak, in order to naturally ask the other sixteen businessmen to comply.
In this way, the merchant took the initiative to donate, and the Yongwang just accepted it, and the law of the Ming Dynasty did not stipulate that the vassal king could not accept the donation of the merchant.
What a trick.
Shameless!
Xu Zhenqing is already playing this matter to the imperial court at this moment, but in the past year, he has also played seventeen or eighteen times to the imperial court, but unfortunately they are all like a stone sinking into the sea.
But it's one thing for the court to be in charge, and it's another thing for him to play or not, so how can they be confused.
"Peng Dongjia means that this king will break the covenant and break his promise?" Zhu Houwei's face turned cold.
"The grass people don't dare." Peng Ze shuddered.
Zhu Houwei snorted coldly: "Merchants value credit the most, businessmen without integrity can't do business for a long time, although this king is young, he also knows the truth of not standing without trust!" This king is a descendant of Taizu, now his brother, this king's words and deeds are not only his own face, since it is said to be borrowed is borrowed, then the bond is an IOU, if this king can not repay the principal and interest according to the contract, will not lose the face of the descendants of the Zhu family, what face does this king have to base himself on this Huzhou, and seal this land! ”
Peng Ze immediately knelt down......
"Get up." Zhu Houwei said unhappily: "This king knows that you don't believe it, and he also knows what you think in your hearts, but this king wants to tell you that you are wrong, and you underestimate the credibility of this king. Big Companion! ”
"The slave is here." Ren Xing clapped his hands, and suddenly dozens of palace guards poured into the palace, carrying seventeen wooden boxes, and when they arrived in the hall, they opened the wooden boxes, and suddenly the silver and white things lit up the entire hall.
"Ladies and gentlemen." Ren Xing said with a smile: "A year ago, the palace borrowed, each of you lent the palace 3,000 taels of silver, according to the bond interest, at the end of one year, the palace needs to pay you 3,150 taels of principal and interest, each box here contains a full amount of cash, you can check it yourself, after the inspection, you can send someone to transport it away, and the palace can also arrange for the transfer."
"Grass people dare not ......"
The prince borrowed silver from you, that is to look up to you, and if you are willing to repay the money, the ancestral tomb is smoking, and you dare to check it on the spot?
Why the hell do you think that it is ordinary people who do business with you, what's the matter, this is doubting the integrity of the prince, and suspecting that the palace will cheat? I don't want to mess around, do I?
"This king is not a businessman, and the restaurant in the palace is also run by people in the palace, but this king also knows that there is a difference between doing business and silver, and you don't want to check the silver in person, you don't dare, but this king tells you that you must check it, this is the rule!"
Forced by King Yong's words, coupled with Ren Xing, who was eager to put a knife on their necks to check the silver, where did these businessmen dare to talk nonsense, they each chose a box of silver, and the inspection ended in a few moments.
"Is there an omission?"
"No, no."
"The king's letter, we admire it."
Zhu Houwei smiled and said: "That's good, now that the king has given you the silver, then it's time for you to plan the bond for the king, you can't take the silver and keep the bond and prepare to ask the king for a second time."
"Don't dare, don't dare." When the businessmen heard this, they took out the bonds from their arms and respectfully handed them over to Ren Xing, and after the inspection, the business was successfully concluded.
But after all, there was an accident......
Chang Zhengyang's face was blue and white for a while, and at this time, even his intestines were repentant, he sneered at King Yong's use of bonds to circle money, and firmly believed that King Yong could not repay the money, so after he went back a year ago, he tore the bonds to pieces in a fit of anger!
Now all the merchants except him can take out the bonds and take away a box of silver, why should he receive the bonds without them, and what qualifications can he have to receive them?
In fact, these three thousand one hundred and fifty taels of silver are a drop in the bucket for a big grain merchant and a big landlord like Chang Zhengyang, otherwise he would not tear it up with anger, but the problem now is that the silver can be wanted, but what if King Yong thinks that he is disrespectful, as soon as he thinks of this, cold sweat flows out of Chang Zhengyang's face.
"Chang Dongjia, where are your bonds? Take it and get the money, and go. Ren Xing looked at Chang Zhengyang with a very unkind gaze.
"Grass People...... Grass Folk ......"
Ren Xing said slightly angrily: "Chang Dongjia didn't bring or lost the bonds?"
"It's not...... It's ......" Zhan Chang Zhengyang said incoherently: "Don't dare to hide it from your father-in-law, grass people...... The grass farmer's house ran for water a few months ago, and the bonds were burned during that walk...... Go up in flames. ”
"Really?"
"It's true!" Chang Zhengyang is also anxious, but what he said is really not false, at the beginning of the year, Chang Zhai did have a small water walk, but it did not cause any losses, at this time, I didn't expect this water to become the biggest backbiter.
"Lord Wang, this ......"
Zhu Houwei sighed: "Chang Dongjia is a well-known businessman in Huzhou, and he won't make up lies because of just three thousand taels of silver, but this king borrowed silver with bonds, and it is natural for Chang Dongjia to exchange bonds for silver, but this bond is lost ......."
"The grass people's own fault, these more than 3,000 taels of silver should be a lesson to the grass people."
Zhu Houwei laughed and said: "There is no need to do this, in this case, you can write down a note and declare that the previous bond is invalid."
Chang Zhengyang was stunned, is this okay?
"Alright, that's it." After saying that, Zhu Houwei got up, and Ren Xing took care of the rest of the matter, as for Xu Zhenqing and Li Mengyang, they were ignored again......