"What?"

Listening to Qi Hongxi's words, Lu Weimang's chair couldn't sit still, he got up and walked out, "Let the creditor block the door, what kind of system, go and announce the creditor to come in!" ”

Qi Hongxi opened his arms and blocked Lu Weimang, "Lord Lu is angry, and he is calm. You may not have experienced creditors blocking the door before, but after spending half a year in this golden city, you will get used to it. No matter how you can't see the creditor today, if you repay the money, you won't be able to pay the monthly salary tomorrow, and the people of our yamen will be less than half. Everyone has to support their families, and Lord Lu understands one or two. ”

Lu Weimang couldn't cry or laugh, she was called the "Little God of Wealth" in Kyoto, but now because of more than 100 taels of silver, people blocked the door.

"Okay," Lu Weimang whispered to Qi Hongxi, who blocked the door, and took out the silver ticket from his cuffs, "This official is a good man, and it won't shorten your salary." ”

Qi Hongxi can also be regarded as having some insight, and when he saw the silver ticket, his eyes were straight, "The large silver ticket of Kyoto Qianhui Pass? ”

After that, he rubbed his hands, "Hey, you are worthy of being a noble person from Kyoto, our small people have little knowledge, and we have offended Lord Lu." ”

As he spoke, he withdrew his hands blocking the door and scratched his head, "Hey, how do you say this, the operation of this yamen is all funded by the imperial court, or the operation of land tax, where can you make up for it yourself?" This thousands of miles of being an official is only for money, Lord Lu is high-spirited and bright, and his mind is too big for me and other petty officials to shoot horses! ”

As soon as he was obedient and didn't want money, Lu Weimang was impatient and waved the silver ticket, "Go and call the creditor." ”

"Hey!"

Qi Hongxi agreed loudly and actively ran errands.

After a while, a merchant with a fat head, big ears and a full body of silk followed Qi Hongxi in.

"I've seen adults."

The merchant gave a hasty salute, and Lu Weimang didn't mind, "How much I owe you, the official will write off the account today." ”

The merchant was not ambiguous, "Don't give more, I'll wipe the change for you, you can give me two hundred and fifty taels." ”

"I think you're a two-hundred-five!" Qi Hong was in a hurry, and walked to the merchant, his thin body looked extremely imposing in front of the fat-headed and big-eared merchant, but he still pointed at the merchant and said menacingly, "At the beginning, I only borrowed one hundred and ten taels for a period of three months!" I saw Master Fan write the IOU with my own eyes, why did it more than double in just over two months? You put usury, put it in the yamen! Believe it or not, I let the officials arrest you and put you in prison for a year and a half! ”

The merchant dared to come to the government to ask for accounts, so he was naturally prepared, and he would not be frightened by a few words, "Lord Qi, you spend money on weekdays, and you spend it in half, and I have never seen the IOU of one hundred taels of silver." Think about it for yourself, at the beginning, Lord Fan turned this Jincheng family into a fate to the point that no one was willing to borrow, if it weren't for the usury he promised, how could I be willing to borrow so much money from him? ”

When it comes to the predecessor Lord Fan, Qi Hongxi has nothing to say, when the yamen was embarrassed, the people's hearts of the yamen were floating, and if they didn't pay the moon, the entire yamen would fall apart, and Lord Fan was also kind, but he left a big hole for the current one.

Qi Hongxi looked at Lu Weimang with an ugly face, "This, Lord Lu, otherwise, our monthly salary will be sent later, and we will repay this loan shark first, otherwise, it will be delayed one day at a time, and I don't know how much it will rise tomorrow." ”

Lu Weimang didn't care, and said directly to the merchant, "Isn't it two hundred and fifty taels?" Take the IOU, you take the silver ticket. ”

The merchant was overjoyed, "Sure enough, it's a noble person from Kyoto, that is, what is this hundred and ten taels in the eyes of the nobleman?" ”

At the moment, take out the IOU and take the silver ticket.

Lu Weimang didn't let go, and motioned for Qi Hongxi to come forward and look at the IOU.

"It's Master Fan's handwriting."

Qi Hongxi took the IOU, checked it carefully, and nodded in confirmation.

Lu Weimang let go at this time, and the merchant took the silver ticket, and in the main hall of the yamen, he began to count the money with a mouthful of saliva, "One, two,... A total of five fifty taels of silver tickets, a total of two hundred and fifty taels, Cheng Wei, adults need to look for me again. Leave! ”

With that, he turned around and left.

"Did I let you go?" Lu Weimang drank.

"What do you mean, sir? We just wrote in black and white..."

Lu Weimang stretched out his hand and took Master Fan's IOU in his hand, "The Great Cadre Law decrees, those who lend usury will be detained for the lightest, and exiled for the heavy." The ready-made evidence is here, the stolen goods are in your arms, the evidence is conclusive, and it cannot be denied. When this official first arrived, he would not be severely punished, and he would give you an open net and only be detained for three months as an example. Come! ”

"Whoa!"

The officials in the hall had long been unhappy with this fat-headed and big-eared person, and this time they listened to Lu Weimang's orders and agreed with a bang.

"Take it down and hold it for three months!"

"Whoa!"

The official dragged down the merchant who was roaring and dissatisfied, and the rest of the people in the main hall, including Qi Hongxi, all looked admired.

"My lord is wise, and the lower officials still think..."

"What do you think? Think I'm stupid and have a lot of money? ”

Lu Weimang shook the wide sleeves of his official uniform, "I tell you, whether it is the money paid back for Lord Fan today or the salary paid to you tomorrow, the official will truthfully record it in the account book, and this money is considered to be borrowed by the yamen, and when the yamen has a surplus, it will be returned with interest." ”

When everyone heard this, they only smiled, they have been in Jincheng for so many years, where do they not know that this Jincheng, although it is the state capital yamen, but it is poorer than the counties below. The counties below have enough land to collect land taxes, but here in Jincheng, only the little fields on the four sides can collect taxes. Moreover, where Jincheng birds don't, there are very few people who do business, they are all small businesses that make a living, and business taxes are a drop in the bucket. When the yamen has a surplus, I hope Lord Lu is still in office.

Lu Weimang knew that everyone didn't believe it, but for others, Jincheng was a place where birds didn't, and for Lu Weimang, it was just to be developed.

Here she is the chief official, someone has land, and she is worried about no income?

Both sides had their own ideas, and they went home.

"What, is there any money in the account of the state government yamen?"

For dinner, Huo Jing came out of the study and asked Lu Weimang at the dinner table.

Lu Weimang shook his head, "Not only do I have no money, but I also paid out of my own pocket to pay off my predecessor's account, and I will bleed tomorrow to pay salaries to the officials under the government." ”

Huo Jing smiled secretly, "Do you need my support?" ”

Lu Weimang waved his hand, "It's a trivial matter, just when I invest in the Yamen of Jincheng Prefecture." You know me, I have never done loss-making business, and how much I invest in this state capital yamen now, I will definitely earn back a hundred times and a thousand times in the future! ”

Huo Jing knew Lu Weimang's ability to make money many years ago, not only was he convinced, but His Majesty and Qin Hou, the head of the household department, were all amazed, they came to poor Yongzhou this time, I can't say, Your Majesty has this intention, and wants to use Lu Weimang's ability to make money to revitalize Yongzhou. After all, this is the first pass in northern Xinjiang, and if it is strong here, other state capitals can be safer.

"Then I'll see."

Huo Jing looked at the confident little girl in front of him and said.

"Hmm!"

(End of chapter)