After finding out important information from Chen Yuanyuan, Shen Shuren was not impulsive.

Two days later, the cultural meeting in Lixiangyuan was as usual, and Shen Shuren invited many local literati and talents in Suzhou to listen to the music and discuss politics together. Then, it was also smooth to talk to Chen Yuanyuan's adoptive mother Chen about "chartering for another half a year".

At the end of the Ming Dynasty, when the goulan pear orchard and the like spent the purse sister's field, the bustard looked not only at the silver, but also paid attention to the "exposure" of his daughter's future.

To put it bluntly, it is the benefactor who values the chartered venue, will he often host the literary meeting, increase the opportunity for his daughter to interact with well-known literati, and further praise her.

Shen Shuren didn't understand this twist and turn at first, but after chatting with Chen Yuanyuan a few times, he quickly got used to it. Therefore, in the past few days before talking about the "renewal monthly subscription", he had to show his appeal well, so that Chen could see how much he could save up.

Several meetings were held, the last of which was about June 10. Shen Shuren even invited Zheng Hongkui of the Zheng family, and invited Zheng Sen, who had just been picked up by Zheng Hongkui to Suzhou.

Shen Shuren also killed two birds with one stone, and took advantage of this opportunity to form some personal friendships with Zheng Senxian.

Zheng Sen was also very moved when he saw that this big brother Shen was picking him up, and he also let his future concubine come out to dance and sing, and he secretly thought that this big brother had followed.

In addition, Zheng Sen is young, strong-blooded, and his loyalty to the court is far above his father Zheng Zhilong, Shen Shuren talked with him very happily, and within a few days, Zheng Sen was used to chatting with this new big brother if he didn't understand.

And Chen was also overjoyed when he saw that his daughter could take the opportunity to meet so many wealthy and advantageous dignitaries.

But in fact, when Shen Shuren realized the unspoken rules of this industry, he had already made a plan: once the contract was renewed, he would hide Chen Yuanyuanxue as soon as possible in the future, and never let her show up and sing songs when she was treated.

In this way, she can do the opposite, so that her popularity in the pear orchard line will disperse as soon as possible.

As a traverser, Shen Shuren has seen more of this kind of operation that detracts from the brand value in later generations. So for how to redeem Chen Yuanyuan in the future, he has formed a very complete plan:

He wants to be like Coca-Cola buying Huiyuan juice, buying it and not operating it, deliberately depreciating the brand such as rotten. Once Chen Yuanyuan is no longer popular, the Chen family will not have the confidence to ask for a high price to redeem himself in the future.

And he also buried some mines in the monthly contract, if Chen insisted on letting Chen Yuanyuan become popular through other channels during his period of hiding Chen Yuanyuan, then he would sue Suzhou Mansion with a lawsuit, directly let Chen breach the contract and buy Chen Yuanyuan back at the official price.

Although an old bustard like the Chen family is an old river and lake that eats people and does not spit out bones, where is the opponent of Shen Shuren, an old yin who has more than hundreds of years of experience, was blinded by the fire cooking oil in front of him when he renewed the contract, and he didn't expect the follow-up risks at all.

It seems that these days, Shen Shuren is still the same frivolous prodigal son, and there has been no change at all, and outsiders don't think much about it at all.

……

But on the other hand, Shen Shuren had secretly arranged for his henchmen, and while going home to check the accounts, he inquired about the news, and completed all the preparations for the acquisition of Dongjia Xiuzhuang.

First of all, he first asked Shen Fu to check the foreign debt accounts of his own business, and listed all the business partners who owed the Shen family more than 1,000 taels. Then he himself looked at it himself, pretending to be "inadvertently" to discover the accounts of Dongjia Xiuzhuang.

This Dong Bai family really owes the Shen family a lot of silver, and they have been in trouble since two or three years ago. They were originally suppliers who sold Su embroidery to the Shen family, but after they couldn't turn around, they asked the Shen family to owe raw materials on credit, and they owed more than 50 loads of raw silk on credit.

The principal alone is more than 2,000 taels of silver, and the average account period is about two years, and after counting the interest, the final approval is more than 2,800 taels.

And Dongjia Xiuzhuang basically has no fixed assets left, only a manor, some old equipment, plus Dong Bai himself, to put it bluntly, "insolvent, should be bankrupt and liquidated".

When seeing this result, Shen Shuren also secretly sighed, or the rich people of later generations are not afraid of their children eating, drinking and having fun, but they are afraid that their children want to start a business.

After Dong Bai's father died, if he directly closed the embroidery village, farmed and collected rent and interest, he would not be bullied by the original employees.

After doing his homework, it dragged on until June 15, which was also the fourth day after Zheng Sen was deceived into arriving in Suzhou.

Shen Shucai quietly hid his identity, took a few subordinates, and came to the north of Kunshan City, on the shore of Yangcheng Lake, and found Dongjia Xiuzhuang.

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"Miss, it's not good, a group of people have come to the door to force debts! He said that if he can't pay his debts, he will pay you off his debts. ”

In the inner house of the Dong family, a girl wearing a plain silk filial piety skirt and a beautiful and refined appearance was originally sitting there embroidering with a sad face.

Whether the embroidered things can be sold, she has no bottom in her heart, and she has never counted on it, but she just embroiders it mechanically instinctively, as if this way she can forget her worries for a while, and not think about the big bad debts that are not on the way.

After listening to the rough maid's urgency, she was also stunned for a while before she reacted, and her face turned pale:

"Forced debt? Which creditor's? Didn't Uncle Liang say that he helped us carry all the debts outside? He said that he would carry it until the end of my filial piety period, and I promised him, and when the time comes, this Zhuangzi will be his, how can he ......"

The uncle Liang in her mouth was a shopkeeper brought out by his father, and he was originally named Dong Liang with Dong's father's surname.

After the death of Dong's father, the business of Dong's embroidery village soon declined, but Dong Liang set up his own door and opened another business, but it was thriving.

It is said that since Dong Liang has changed his surname to Dong, his descendants should also be surnamed Dong. However, after the death of the old master, he changed his sons back to their original surname Cai, only he himself was embarrassed to do too much, and still used the surname Dong, showing that he did not forget the benevolence of the old master.

And after his sons changed their surnames and went back, they had different surnames from Dong Bai, and there was no taboo of "not marrying with the same surname". So a few months ago, when Dong Bai was completely insolvent and couldn't support it, Dong Liang made a condition with her:

Dong Liang's family helped Dong Bai carry foreign debts, and when her filial piety period expired, the rest of the Dong family's embroidery village was owned by Dong Liang. She herself had to marry Dong Liang's son as his wife.

Dong Bai resisted death at first, feeling that it would be insulting to spread the lintel, how could he talk about these things when his mother's filial piety was not full? So she also thought about fleeing incognito, and simply didn't want the house at home.

Later, Dong Liang saw that the hostess had a tough attitude, so he took a step back, saying that this matter could only be made a gentleman's agreement for the time being, and there was no need to make it public, and there was no need to take the deed to witness the completion of the deed tax, and it would not damage the reputation of the Dong Bai family.

Dong Bai temporarily let go of his hanging heart and continued to live at home for a few months.

Unexpectedly, the person who forced the debt came to the door today, hasn't Dong Liang paid off the Dong family's foreign debts as promised? Could it be that it was only a temporary stabilization of creditors and a pause in forcing debts?

Dong Bai only felt dizzy, and it took a while to breathe a sigh of relief, and first chased after the maid and asked, "Can you hear the words of the person who came clearly?" On behalf of whom are they collecting debts? How much silver is involved. ”

The maid was also blind, so she could only say vaguely: "I don't know, the people who came didn't look good, and they refused to reveal their identities, only saying that they pawned some dead accounts of the Shen family that they didn't want to come back, and came to collect them." ”

When Dong Bai heard this, he became more and more afraid.

She knew that the Shen family in Taicang was the biggest creditor of her family, but the Shen family was a decent person after all, and if she came to collect it in person, there was still room for mercy.

But listening to the maid's words, it is obvious that the Shen family has already felt that the Dong family's money will not come back, and it has been delayed for two years, so they have resold the debt cheaply.

This is like a company in later generations, selling dead and bad debts to a specialized debt collection company, and letting the debt collection company come to the door to ask for money, then the method is much more ruthless.

"It's not good, hurry up and take the two bags of clothes that have been packed on the bed, and throw the rest to them, let's run through the back door!" Dong Bai knew that if he fell into the hands of a wicked person who specialized in debt collection, he would not end well, so he immediately made a decision and ran away.

……

However, luck obviously did not favor Dong Bai.

She and the maid came to the back door, first quietly opened a crack in the door, and saw that there seemed to be no one outside, so they opened the door wide at once, and took advantage of the darkness of dusk to run out directly, wanting to escape to the reeds by Yangcheng Lake to hide first.

However, as soon as he walked out of the back door, a few people turned out of the corners on both sides. The man led by him was tall and long, and soon caught up with the small-footed girl, and slipped Dong Bai away, making her unable to resist.

"Mrs. Dong, I owe my family a few thousand taels of silver, not to mention that she wants to run away secretly, and she dares to take away these bags of fine soft jewelry, which is not very authentic. Even if I don't embarrass you, these things should be my family. ”

The tall man at the head was obviously Shen Shuren, but in order to make a game, he had to pretend to be vicious for the time being.

Dong Bai's face was pale, his heart was like ashes, and as soon as he struggled to struggle, he was about to commit suicide by throwing himself into Yangcheng Lake.

In the midst of the chaos, Shen Shuren grabbed Dong Bai, held her down, and loudly scolded other subordinates to come over and help surround her, so as not to have another accident.

Naturally, the family members did not dare to disobey, and immediately formed a circle according to the young master's instructions.

But because of this, the family members relaxed their control over the rough maid who had been captured on the side, and when the maid saw this, she also struggled to break free and fled immediately.

The women of the Ming Dynasty were not as cruel as the Qing Dynasty, but the young ladies of the big families would still wrap a little bit, especially now that they are at the end of the Ming Dynasty.

But the rough maid didn't have to wrap her feet at all, and she escaped much faster than Dong Bai. In addition, she was not very important, so the two Shen family members pretended to chase for a while, and then came back to report that they had not been chased.

Shen Shuren didn't care either, waved his hand to signal for a while, and then changed his face to a pleasant expression of hatred that iron is not steel, and sent Dong Baili back to the house first.

Dong Bai saw that he didn't have any other excessive actions, but he just came to force the debt to pay off the debt, and he didn't have the face to resist, and the situation was at a stalemate for a while.

Shen Shuren waved his hand to let his subordinates withdraw, and analyzed with empathy: "Miss Dong, we are just here to ask for debts, why do we have to come to this point?" You are so beautiful, even if you are arrested to pay off your debts, you can be a concubine at worst.

If you escape, you can only stay incognito, and the whole of Suzhou will not be able to stay. Could it be that you have studied Kunqu Opera for a few months, and you can't go to the Qinhuai River to sing? In your heart, isn't singing as miserable as being a maid? ”

Dong Bai gritted his teeth, his heart was like ashes, his eyes were closed, and tears were dropping: "If I am incognito, no matter how humiliated I am, I will not insult the reputation of my deceased parents, and no one knows who I am."

If it is found that he is caught back, but he is not even allowed to keep his mother's filial piety, he will be forced to be a concubine, and the reputation of the Dong family will be over! ”

Shen Shuren was stunned, he hadn't adapted to this feudal way of thinking.

Indeed, in the eyes of people in the late Ming Dynasty, especially those with status, whether they were physically humiliated or not was not the worst. If you can be incognito, and others don't know who you are when you are humiliated, at least it is better than the reputation of your dead parents.

This is a time when the name is greater than the reality.

Shen Shuren was still a little angry about Dong Bai's choice at first, because he felt that it was understandable that a woman was unwilling to be bought by a rich man.

But if you would rather sing than be a single man's plaything, it will be a bit incomprehensible.

Now that he learned that it was only because of the burden of his family's reputation, he didn't bother to care about it anymore.

"Even so, you calm down first, and I'll talk to you later."

Shen Shuren hung Dong Bai first, and let the family keep an eye on her so that she would not have a chance to commit suicide. Then he stepped aside, quietly pulled the family who pretended to chase the runaway maid just now, and asked carefully:

"Did you really not catch up, were you thrown far away, or did you keep biting and staring?"

The family replied in a very reliable low voice: "Young master, don't worry, I have been watching her where to flee according to your orders, and finally found that she escaped to another embroidery village two streets away, and we came back." ”

Shen Shuren nodded, everything was going well, the maid should have gone to the buyer who had privately agreed with Dong Bai to "help her carry her debts, and when the period of filial piety expired, she would even bring Zhuangzi to take her incorporated" for help.

The subject matter of this lawsuit is well chosen, and the first buyer of one house and two sales, isn't this being stirred into the game? Shen Shuren spent seven or eight days for this scene, slowly laying out the case.

The maid who asked for help didn't know Shen Shuren's identity until he escaped, so the other party, as a local snake, would definitely not give up.

Shen Shuren pondered his thoughts for a moment, then waved his hand and signaled to the family member who pretended to chase after the maid: "You two go back first, be strict, the rest of the matter has nothing to do with you." ”

Shen Shuren is very cautious, the thugs use the thugs, and the followers use the followers, the division of labor is clear, they keep each other secret, and they don't know the overall plan.

Therefore, even if the case is reported in the future, these two stalkers will not be turned out, let alone become witnesses, and they have nothing to do with the subsequent part of the case.

After laying out the affairs of the outside world, Shen Shuren took the debt deed and the prepared documents and renegotiated with Dong Bai:

"Miss Dong, I'll tell you about it now. In Xia Shen Shuren, the eldest young master of the Shen family in Taicang, today I personally asked you for a debt, and your Dong family embroidery village owes my family fifty quintals of raw silk, with a total of more than 2,800 taels of principal and interest.

If you transfer this manor to our Shen family immediately, and you yourself will be a servant girl for my family for five years, this debt will be written off.

In addition, you said that you are afraid that before the filial piety period is completed, you will be forced to be a concubine and humiliate the lintel. Then I can clearly stipulate in the deed that during the period when you are a maid, you can continue to wear Sujuan's filial piety clothes, and the content of the maid does not include the servant of Israel.

You just need to continue to help my family make embroidery and weaving, and pay it off with labor. This can also be noted when asking neighbors to witness and take this deed to pay the deed tax. ”

Shen Shuren wanted to rush for time, and he completely finished his conditions in one breath.

Dong Bai had the heart to die at the beginning, and after listening to it, he found that the Shen Gongzi he had just met in front of him was actually quite kind, and he couldn't help but relax.

She just didn't understand what the Shen family was planning and why they would give her such preferential conditions - let her weave silk and embroidery for five years and embroider Su for five years, and she would be able to pay off the insolvent part, and the Shen family couldn't afford it.

"Doesn't Shen Gongzi think that this condition is too generous? The little girl is not worthy, I'm afraid she can't stand such conditions. Dong Bai finally persevered.

Shen Shuren smiled: "Heh, do you still think the conditions are good?" Well, it seems that you are not greedy, so I will tell you the truth. A few thousand taels of silver are nothing to me. I was in Kunshan Lixiang Courtyard, and I sang with Miss Chen Yuan, and I had so much money in a few months.

Once, a while ago, when I was drinking and talking with Miss Chen, she looked sad after drinking, and she couldn't help but be sad when she remembered what happened to a sister who had studied quyi with her.

I smiled for Bo Jiaren, so I wanted to secretly surprise her, and while her sister was still crumbling on the edge of the cliff, I pulled someone along, which can be regarded as accumulating virtue and doing good. ”

After Dong Bai heard this reason, he was completely relieved.

It turned out that giving her such generous conditions to save her from suffering was just to please Sister Yuanyuan, which is something that this kind of super-rich man can do.

"I didn't expect that Sister Yuanyuan herself was not out of the sea of suffering, but she could say a casual word and save me from this quagmire. You are so good to Sister Yuanyuan, I believe in you, as long as you don't insult the reputation of the Dong family. ”

Shen Shuren got up with a smile, clapped his hands, and after a while, the Shen family found the nearest neighbor to Dongjia Xiuzhuang, put the wine notarization, and set up the paperwork. All the legal formalities were completed in half a day.

Some procedures that need to be reported to the yamen would have been very slow, but how energetic is the Shen family? is not only the richest man in Suzhou, but Shen Tingyang is also the head of the household department.

With a little bit of silver to open the way, the local officials in Kunshan stammered one by one, and their work efficiency was unprecedentedly high. Even the little officials who originally got off work because it was dark were dragged back to work with the lamp.

During the whole process, Shen Shuren himself did not show up, nor did he sign, and he was handed over to the Shen family's steward for disposal.

After doing it, since Dongjia Embroidery Village is already the industry of the Shen family, Shen Shuren is not polite, and said that it was late that night and he lived in Dongjia Embroidery Village, but he lived in the front yard, Dong Bai lived in the backyard, and there was no crime in autumn.

The signboard at the door will not be changed for the time being.

Everything really did not disappoint Shen Shuren, and the next morning, Dong Liang's family, who had a secret gentleman's agreement with Dong Bai before, but did not have a notarized deed, sent someone to find him.

"It's so slow, these people won't work overtime to recover women." Shen Shuren yawned, and he was secretly worried in his heart.

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