Night, in the city of Hangzhou, Zhuang Ji silk line.

Two ingots of gold weighing fifty taels in one place were slapped on the counter, shaking the owner of the shop, Zhuang Xianzhi, his eyes straight, and his heart beat much faster than usual.

After a moment, his eyes moved away from the two ingots of gold, which were worth more than seven hundred taels of silver, and fell back to the two people in front of him: "What do you mean...... Want to buy my little shop?"

"Yes, as long as you nod your head, this gold is yours, and everything in this shop has nothing to do with you anymore." The man who claimed to be Duan Hai smiled and nodded, "How, are you willing?"

"Of course!" Without hesitation, Zhuang Xian nodded vigorously in response.

Not to mention that now his shop can only be barely maintained, and he can't make a few dollars in a year, even in the past, the value of the silk shop was only three hundred taels.

Now the other party wants to buy a shop at double the price, and a fool will refuse.

However, he still kept an eye on it in the end, and cautiously tried to say, "Dare to ask Your Excellency, why are you willing to spend so much money to buy only one shop?"

"This, it's none of your business." Duan Hai only pushed the two ingots of gold forward, "If you get this gold, whether you are in Hangzhou or go elsewhere to make a living, in short, what this shop will do in the future will no longer have anything to do with you."

"Sold!" After glancing at the gold again, Zhuang Xian finally gritted his teeth and nodded in response.

Immediately, he ran to the back again, took out the relevant documents such as the title deed of the shop, as well as the relevant bills of dozens of silks, and handed them over to the other party.

Duan Hai didn't look at the content on it carefully, flipped through it casually, put it all in his sleeve, and then snorted at the people around him, who understood, so he took out the voucher of the two parties to buy and sell the store, and put it in front of Zhuang Xian: "Please sign and draw."

As long as the signature is completed, the transaction will be completed, and you will be able to make a lot of money. Zhuang Xian naturally did not hesitate, quickly read the content above, and after confirming that there was no problem, he took a pen and dipped it in ink, and wanted to sign at the bottom.

But as a result, at the moment when he put down the pen, his movements stopped again, and his eyes fell on the contract date on the side, on which the word May was written, which was more than a month earlier than today.

"This...... Is there something wrong with the date?" Zhuang Xian asked with a little puzzlement.

"What does this have to do with our deal? Sell it early for a month, sell it late for a month, you have to be so golden, and you won't care about anything else. What's more, this is a contract signed by both of us, and it has nothing to do with anyone else." Duan Hai said with a smile.

Although he had doubts in his heart, Zhuang Xian quickly put down his pen after glancing at the eye-catching gold again.

Their willingness to double down on their own shop is a problem in itself, and they don't care about many doubts. Anyway, as he said, as long as the gold is in hand, everything else has nothing to do with his family.

With this money, what is better to do than to run such a half-dead silk shop?

Zhuang Xian signed happily, and Duan Hai also officially handed over the gold to him, and the transaction was completely completed.

Then, Zhuang Xian, who was no longer the owner here, did not stay for a long time, and left happily. It was only at this time that Duan Hai looked at the people beside him: "Tomorrow, you will carefully read the accounts in the store and everything else, and then act according to the plan."

"The villain understands that I will definitely do what the adults tell me." He solemnly bowed his hand and responded in one bite.

Duan Hai patted him on the shoulder, and then turned to leave, leaving him alone in the store.

Outside, someone had already prepared horses, Duan Hai went out, and quickly rode away, and half an hour later, he came to another small shop in a similar situation as Zhuang's silk shop.

It's the same communication, the same dazzling gold to buy the whole shop with the owner of the shop, and the same time to finalize the contract is set for May.

Everything was so smooth and orderly, and throughout the night, Duan Hai signed contracts with six silk and satin shops in Hangzhou and bought their shops.

None of the proprietors of these shops objected. It's because their current business is too bad

It's easy to do, and it's difficult to even sell it, let alone make a lot of money.

Now there is such a good buyer, even if there are some doubts in it, they will not pursue it too much. I didn't even dare to tell anyone else that there were three of them, and they decided to leave Hangzhou temporarily after dawn tomorrow.

At the same time that these silk and satin shops were successively changed owners, there were also major changes in several other places in Hangzhou that had an important relationship with silk.

Located in the east of the city, where a large warehouse is located, it should be quiet in the dead of night at this time, quietly. Tonight, however, it was a lively scene, with countless torches illuminating the area as if it were day, and hundreds of carts lined up to carry large, heavy boxes from the inside.

When they were full, the carts, escorted by a few coachmen and strong men, slowly walked out along the fairly smooth road.

After reaching the intersection ahead, the convoy quickly diverged and headed for the center, southwest and south of the city.

What is particularly surprising is that during this period, so many carriages and men constantly passed through the streets and alleys, and even had to pass through half of the city of Hangzhou, but there was no stopping or interrogating any soldiers on the road who were patrolling the night.

Obviously, their actions were carried out with the tacit consent of the government, and everything had already been settled.

The Ji family, located in the city, also ushered in more than fifty carts full of boxes after the third watch.

The vehicles that drove into his mansion through the side gate quickly filled the three compounds on the side. And the ruts left by these vehicles were as deep as half a foot, and the servants of the household who were ordered to help were amazed.

But now was not the time for them to sigh, and with the order of the steward who took care of all this, the strong men who came with the car, and the servants of the house, quickly got busy again. The four of them carried dozens of cartloads of boxes into the houses in the courtyard one by one.

It was almost an hour or so on, and it was not until after dawn that they emptied all the vehicles, and then they were all so tired that they sat down in the yard, but they didn't even want to move anymore.

However, the housekeeper of the Ji family did not dare to rest, and after confirming that everything was done, he asked people to give everyone food, drink and rewards, and on the other hand, he ran to the backyard to report to his master.

Soon after, the well-dressed Ji Du braved the scorching sun, went out in a spacious carriage, and went straight to the Taishou Mansion not far from here.

When he arrived in front of the yamen, the other two carriages also stopped, and two middle-aged men with similar bearings and well-dressed clothes also got out of the carriage one after another, and the three of them went straight to the yamen at the same time.