Chapter 4 Good and Bad and Gambling
Beshang County is about one-eighth the size of Sands Co., Ltd., but as a commercially prosperous county, its prosperity and opulence are truly astonishing.
The architecture of the city adheres to the small and delicate style that has always been in the southwestern part of the Tianxuan Continent, and it seems that these short buildings are showing the world the beauty and richness of this area. Chic and low-key, but there is always a unique charm in between.
The city wall is five zhang high, and there are only two gates in the north and south.
Two spacious bluestone-paved streets in the form of a cross run through the city, and in the center of the cross there is a large circular courtyard, which is the castle lord's mansion and one of the palaces of the prince Tie Anxing.
The prince spent most of his time in the Tolan County Palace, because there were many beautiful women there, while the Shell Merchant's palace only brought a carload of beautiful women to stay here in July and August when the weather was very hot.
The courtyard wall of the palace is one zhang high, but outside the courtyard wall, there are three steps, one post, five steps and one sentry, and the guard is strict.
Here is a concentration of all kinds of goods and wealth that the prince has collected from the thirty-six towns of the three counties of Beishang County, and the huge palace is replaced by one of the prince's cronies, a guy who was expelled from a small sect in the Western Sect.
This guy's skills are ordinary, but it happened that he bumped into the prince's appetite, so he got such a beautiful difference.
This person's name is Gou Jian, and he only cultivated to the sixth layer of the Bright Moon Realm in the small sect of the Western Sect, and he was expelled for molesting the female disciples in the sect several times.
Gou Jian didn't know where to get a secret method, it is said that after cultivation, he can reign at night and ten women tirelessly, relying on this, he threw himself into the prince Tie'anxing, and won his favor in a short time.
Tie Anxing inherited his father's temperament of having no daughters every night, often collecting beauties everywhere, drinking and carnivaling all night, and the appearance of Gou Jian made him like a tiger, and he became more and more addicted to wine and couldn't extricate himself.
It is said that there are as many as one or two hundred beauties raised by him in the Beishang Palace alone.
Gou Jian controlled the affairs of Beishang County, and every elite of Bei Shang was in his favor, and in the eight years that Bei Shang replaced the prince's director, Gou Jian won a reputation of "dog pickpocket".
Greedy, murderous, and lustful are the labels of Gou Jian's personality.
The Situ family is no exception, and the property given to Gou Jian every year alone is no less than two or three hundred thousand spirit stones.
Despite this, if it weren't for the existence of the Liu family's seemingly nonexistent nepotism, Gou Jian would have stripped the Situ family to a loss.
The goose plucked its feathers and scraped the ground three feet, which is the most famous means of Gou Jian.
And his master Tie Anxing admires him the most, but it is precisely this point, who is not happy to have a subordinate who can please himself and can help him grab money?
With his simple style, he naturally offended many people. I don't know how many times, Gou Jian was safe and sound in the face of the killer's secret attack, because he had a personal guard by his side who didn't know how strong he was, and he was also his biggest helper.
In the thirty-six towns of the three counties of Beishang County, the secret agents cultivated by Gou Jian are lurking everywhere, and any actions or remarks that are detrimental to the interests of the prince will reach Gou Jian's ears at the first time, and then these actors and speakers will completely evaporate from the land of Beishang County in an instant!
Gou Jian's family guards were all worldly martial arts masters, and among them were some cultivators he had recruited from various holy realms, and these cultivators had undoubtedly become his right-hand men.
There are only two main streets in the county, but there are countless shops lining the streets, and the streets are bustling with people.
The large courtyard of the Situ family is in the middle of West Street in the county town, which is also quite a lively area.
Today, the street in front of Situfu is quite lively, and the crowded crowd is constantly pointing and talking.
Such a scandalous matter that damages the image of the family, Situ Wuming will not come forward, and the brothers of Situ Daoting will not come forward, and there is a town mayor Situ Wangyue at home, so it is naturally the most appropriate thing for him to deal with.
Situ Wangyue walked out of the mansion with Meng Yang depressed, followed by a group of ashamed-looking guards, as if dealing with such a mess would also make them lose face.
Situ Wangyue naturally knew it.
The little brothers of his own family and several other cousins have had countless bad deeds over the years, and Situ Wangyue has long been accustomed to it, but today a few people owe such a huge amount of money, which is really beyond Situ Wangyue's expectations.
In his impression, the young masters of several Situ families received the most money every month with a thousand spirit stones.
A low-grade spirit stone is enough to sustain a person's life for a month, if this person lives like Meng Yang when he was a child.
A thousand spirit stones can completely make these young masters live at ease!
What's more, even if the money is spent, these guys will find ways to make up for the shortfall with a little money from their families, as they have done all these years.
If you owe 18 million in gambling debts, you can also owe 13 million if you drink flower wine?
Where did Situ Wangchun get so bold?
An iron ore mine of the Situ family, excluding labor and taxes, excluding material wear and tear in a year, barely makes a net profit of more than one million, these guys are good, and in a blink of an eye, they will play with the annual profits of almost all the mines!
31 million, I'm afraid that the Situ family can't save this huge amount of money in a year.
Isn't there a big family to live anymore?
Situ Wangyue felt that he really had the heart to kill at this moment.
The father followed several other uncles to interrogate the six prodigal sons who had just finished the family law, but handed over this problem to him to deal with, Situ Wangyue was very annoyed.
Originally, because of the jade slip and pill gifted by Meng Yang, he became very happy, and his mood suddenly became extremely different.
Seeing that the door was crowded with people watching the excitement, and they were pointing at Situ Mansion, I felt even more angry.
Xindao, why didn't the stick of the family law just now beat those guys into meat sauce?
That's a lot of trouble.
However, since the incident has happened, and looking at the battle between Jinlou and Wanhualou, I am afraid that people will never give up if they can't get money today.
The two stewards who came to force the debt were each accompanied by a man who was holding a sign in his hand.
The sign in the hand of the guy in the gold building reads: "Prostitution and gambling are righteous!"
The sign in the hand of the man in Wanhualou reads: "If you don't pay your debts, you will be punished by God!"
Situ Wangyue only felt that there was a hot blood in his heart that was about to burst out, and forcibly pressed it down, no wonder the onlookers gathered more and more, no wonder they were all pointing and talking there.
Feelings: This time, people forced debts to play such a trick.
The world is really full of wonders, and this really opened Meng Yang's eyes.
He learned that the Situ family had always taken the family's reputation very seriously, so he stood aside and watched how Situ Mochiyue dealt with the matter in front of him.
Seeing that someone from the Situ family came out, the steward of the Pinjin Building coughed dryly and stepped forward and asked: "Situ Mansion has always been famous for its integrity, and I was ordered to come to ask for a small amount of money owed by several young masters in this building, which is really helpless, please understand." I don't know if your mansion has prepared the money, this is an IOU written and drawn by several young masters, please take a look!"
The steward of Wanhualou on the side also handed the note that had been prepared in his hand to Situ Wangyue together.
Situ Wangyue's face sank like water, took the two IOUs and looked at them carefully, and couldn't help but be stunned.
This matter is really strange, with the courage of these ruined brothers in the family, I am afraid that even if you owe more than 10,000 spirit stones, you will feel that the sky has collapsed, and everyone in the family has already known about it, why did you owe such a huge debt this time The family did not receive the slightest rumor earlier?
Looking at the handwriting on these two IOUs, he was puzzled again, of course he recognized the handwriting of several ruined brothers, and the IOUs were indeed written by several brothers, not forged, and he immediately felt that this matter was a little tricky.
Looking at the position of the two creditors, I am afraid that if the handwriting does not pay today, it will be known to everyone in the county town in an instant, and the reputation of the Situ family will be greatly damaged.
The most important thing is that there is no evidence to refute the handwriting now, and people have already prepared the evidence very well.
What to do?
Is it true that 31 million hands are handed over to these people for no reason? He is not reconciled!
That's a lot of spirit stones, it's the hard-earned money of the Situ family, how can you give it to people casually?
Situ Wangyue was in a dilemma.
Obviously, these two things will not appear for no reason at this juncture, this is no accident, it is obvious that someone has carefully planned to target the Situ family.
Could it be related to the prince's forced requisition of the mine?
The other party was really aggressive, and he tried his best against the Situ family one after another, and suddenly, Situ Wangyue was furious.
has always relied on a good relationship with Gou Jian, and the Pinjin Building and Wanhualou that do whatever they want in the county town have always made Situ Wangyue deeply ashamed.
He never goes to a casino, let alone a fireworks.
Who can afford to gamble more than 10 million yuan in this small place of Beishang County? How can such a gambling game be shared by a few timid and fearful brothers of his own family? This gambling debt is really strange.
Wanhualou has countless beautiful singers and dancers, eating, drinking and having fun, and it is indeed a good place for men to yearn for.
But even if you wrap up all the most popular beauties in Wanhualou and play for a month, it won't take 13 million, right?
How did this account come about?
As soon as he raised the two notes in his hand, Situ Wangyue asked coldly: "Two, the Situ family is not a person who does not repay debts. But I'd like to hear how my brothers have incurred these debts, whether over the years or in the recent past?"
"Of course it's only recently owed, where do you get so much nonsense? Don't say that your Situ family doesn't recognize this account! You can go home and call your brothers out and ask them face to face, who dares to cheat or what?"
Situ Wangyue's tone was calm: "Don't you come to the door to ask for money, can't I ask what the hell is going on? Every cent of Situ family's money is hard-earned money, but it is not something that anyone can take away if they want to, asking for money is simple! Just explain the matter as it is." ”
"So, are you Situ family ready to admit and repay the money?" asked the manager of Wanhualou in a weird manner.
At this time, a guard hurriedly walked out and whispered a few words in Situ Wangyue's ear, Situ Wangyue's eyebrows suddenly tightened, and his fists clenched unconsciously!
Obviously, I was extremely angry in my heart.
Seeing this, Meng Yang hurriedly stepped forward and said softly: "Brother Situ, there are many onlookers here, we might as well go directly to meet the person in charge of them!"
Awakening the dreamer with a word, Situ Wangyue nodded, returned the IOU in his hand to the two stewards, and immediately said to them: "Let's go, two, I will go with you to see your master, everything is easy to discuss." ”
A steward swept Situ Wangyue up and down for a while with cold eyes, and asked sharply, "You did the master of the Situ family's business?"
"Bold!, it's the eldest young master of our family, it's the elder of Ink Town, you speak politely!" a guard standing behind Situ Wangyue couldn't help but scold.
"Oh?" The two stewards didn't expect that this Situ family was actually Situ Wangyue, the mayor of Ink Town, and he was also the most popular young master of the Situ family, not to mention who didn't know that this person was the son-in-law of the Liu family in the capital?
It doesn't matter who offends the Situ family, but don't offend Situ Wangyue easily.
The two stewards exchanged glances with each other, and then bowed down and said, "I don't know that Your Excellency turned out to be the elder of Situ Town, and Shicai is more offended." Please also move with us for a hard trip, my lord, please!"
Embarrassed, the two guys who held the sign hurriedly accepted the sign and squeezed out of the crowd first.
The crowd dispersed, and Meng Yang and Situ Wangyue followed behind the two stewards and walked along the street to the east.
The crowd of onlookers saw that they were far away, and then they dispersed in all directions.
For a while, there was a lot of discussion in Beishang County, and they all said that this time the Situ family was afraid that they would break their muscles and bones.
Several young masters of a ruined family have owed more than 30 million huge debts, and recently I heard that the Situ family's business everywhere has been frustrated and suffered heavy losses, and it has been greatly damaged, and now there is such a show, I don't know if the Situ family can still survive?
Pinjin Building, Wanhua Building, this is the property controlled by the two big families from the imperial city, even the prince has told Gou to take care of his life, and he doesn't dare to slack off, the young masters of the Situ family are really a big disaster this time.
Can the Situ family compete with the strong Pinjin Building and Wanhua Building?
I'm afraid that once the Situ family pays this money, many businesses will fall into an embarrassing situation where the shortage of funds is unsustainable, and this time, the Situ family is afraid that it will be difficult to survive safely!
Tens of millions of gambling debts and tens of millions of flower and wine debts sound simply sensational.