He Bin's words made everyone look at each other, the reason why these people came in a hurry and accepted the arrangement of the Oriental Trading Company was that they hoped that trade could continue, and they also wanted to protect some interests, but who would have thought that people would say ugly things in front, and they didn't even hide their ability to do nothing, which made many people hesitate.

Some people said that they would deliver the silver tomorrow, while others gritted their teeth and chose to continue to deceive.

And as He Bin finished his words and answered the questions raised by some people, he could settle the accounts.

Because the Zheng family does business, they all lend money to others and let people return the goods and interest, so there is no situation where the Zheng family borrows money from others or owes others money. Therefore, He Bin will only collect money, not spend.

Li Zhaoji's policy is very clear, first of all, all the loans of the Zheng family, according to the agreement at that time, all the principal and interest were handed over to the Oriental Bank, and if the goods were handed over, they would be specially taken over and checked.

It is the Oriental Bank that collects the money, and if each company needs to continue to borrow in the future, it will also be handled by the Oriental Bank, a professional institution.

It's just that the businessmen who borrowed money from the Zheng family in the past were all cronies of the Zheng family, and although the trading company didn't blame it, it wouldn't believe it all. Therefore, after the repayment is completed, there must be collateral for borrowing from the Oriental Bank, and this collateral includes two kinds, one is the deposit certificate of the Oriental Bank or Yuetong, and the other is the hostage.

Of course, some people took out some collateral approved by He Bin, such as Cheng Bi, who took out a thousand acres of mulberry fields in Tamsui and the shares of two sugar farms as collateral and successfully got the loan.

Therefore, there are three ways for merchants to join the system of the Oriental Trading Company.

First, take out the collateral, and most people can only take out hostages.

Second, to borrow money from Daming merchants, such as Cheng Bi, he got a loan of 400,000 taels at once, and he himself couldn't use so much, and a lot of the amount was used to take care of those who wanted to participate in trade but didn't want their wives and children to be collateral.

The third is not to take out loans.

Of course, many people don't want to take out loans, especially big merchants like Cheng Bi, who are actually not short of gold and silver, and the so-called loans are a way for Oriental trading companies to share their trade profits. If you don't lend money from the Oriental Bank, you don't want to participate in the trade between the two oceans independently.

However, retail merchants do not need loans, but according to the rules, in the next three years, they can only lease space from the merchant fleet of the Oriental Trading Company or a designated part of the merchant ships. Obviously, the loss of loan interest was made up by the Oriental Business Society through the lease fee.

Lishui County.

It was late afternoon, and the setting sun was casting a blush on the river. As with many counties in the south of the Yangtze River, there will always be a variety of refreshment shops located near the pier.

At this time, there were few customers in a tea shop, and the chatty tea doctor carried a large teapot, leaning on the counter, his eyes not glancing at a guest located near the door.

The guest was of medium stature, slightly dark-skinned, and muscular, somewhat like a slender man pulling a boat on a river, but dressed in the form of a solid merchant.

Dr. Tea talked to him a few times and found out that this person had a Fujian accent, but what really made Dr. Tea attentive was this person's generosity. Entered the tea shop, twice asked to buy food, the reward was a lot of money, Dr. Tea thought, this is already getting dark, he sat for a day, why didn't he leave?

"Little third son, this merchant must have something to do with the Liu family temple behind the willow forest." The shopkeeper knew that Dr. Cha still wanted to make money, so he smiled and reminded him, after all, he was also his own family.

Dr. Tea asked, "Seventh Uncle, are you saying that this person is a descendant of the Liu family?" ”

"Stupid, he has a Fujian accent, of course it has something to do with the Fujian soldiers who died there." The shopkeeper tapped Dr. Tea's head with a brush stick.

Dr. Tea nodded slightly, remembering a battle that happened there half a year ago, when it was still Lu Jianguo, a group of several hundred Fujian soldiers crossed the border from here to Nanjing, but was suddenly ambushed by Chu Zhen soldiers from Nanjing, and people were trapped in the Liu family temple.

After two days of fighting, they surrendered, and the Chu Zhen soldiers captured more than 300 people, but all the wounded soldiers were beheaded. It is said that the hundreds of heads in the family temple have become a hell on earth.

At this moment, the guest suddenly moved, got up, and shouted, "Account." ”

Dr. Tea immediately passed, and the guest took out a silver horn, and Dr. Tea said, "Guest, this silver is too big, I can't find it." ”

The guest smiled and patted the flat burden behind him, and said, "Little brother, how about you pick up a burden for me and send me to the city inn?"

You sent it, and the rest of the money was your reward. ”

"Oh, that's a good dare!" Dr. Tea immediately put down the teapot and picked up the burden directly, but he felt light, he walked all the way, talked all the way, and talked about which inn in the city was good and which inn was cheap.

Walking to the intersection, the guest pointed to the Liujia Temple behind the willow forest in the distance and asked, "Little brother, do you know what happened there?" ”

Dr. Tea thought that his seventh uncle had guessed correctly, but he didn't dare to talk nonsense, first determined what the relationship between this guest and Fujian soldiers was, so he said: "I know some, I don't know why the guest officer asked this?" ”

The guest said: "Alas, my younger brother followed General Shi's army to the north, and since then there has been no news, saying that he is dead, but he has not even seen the corpse.

My younger siblings always have nightmares, and my mother can't let it go, so let me come to the memorial and ask the mage to overdo it. ”

Dr. Tea thought to himself, this person is really affectionate and righteous, and said: "So that's the case, don't hide the objectivity, at the beginning, Chu Bing cut off hundreds of heads here, and others didn't dare to approach, and finally the master of Fahua Temple in the north of the city couldn't stand it, and asked the court, the court didn't care, they reined."

The corpse was burned by Chu Bing at that time, and the head did not know where it was buried by the mages. If you want to go over, you can ask the master of Fahua Temple to ask where the head is buried. ”

The guest nodded, thanked him again and again, and said, "I'm going to burn paper at the place where my brother died, but I heard that it's someone's family temple, so I don't know if I can go in." ”

Dr. Tea immediately said, "If the guest officer is not afraid, he can go in." The Liu family had long been dilapidated, and after that incident, he was afraid that he would be wronged by the imperial court and related to the Fujian soldiers, so he ran away at that time, and he didn't even ask for the tablet of his ancestors. This Liu family temple is also unattended, because there are so many people dead in it that even beggars dare not live there. ”

The guest asked: "Has no one been in and out all this time, some time ago, the family of another soldier in my hometown said that he should have arrived early." ”

Dr. Tea thought for a while and shook his head firmly: "I didn't see it, guest officer, it's not a small blow, the way to go to Liu's family temple is that way, passing by our tea shop, if someone passes, the small one must have seen it." The small one didn't see anyone, that is, no one passed. ”

"Did you go at night?"

Dr. Tea retorted: "Absolutely not, so many people died there, eerie, terrifying, who dares to go at night?"

Although his ancestors will not harm his family, hundreds of people have died, and those unjust souls can be said for sure. If it weren't for the Dharma Master of Fahua Temple, we wouldn't have dared to open the tea shop.

Guest, if you are worshipping and going tomorrow at noon when the sun is heavy, don't go at night, you are alone, and you don't take care of it. ”

The two asked and answered, and when they arrived at an inn in the city, Dr. Tea sent the guests upstairs to settle down, and then left with a smile.

But this guest said to Xiao Er that he didn't want anything, don't bother, went back to the room and closed the door, and turned over from the window, he was in a sturdy posture, not like an ordinary businessman at all. Leaving the inn, he went all the way to the city gate, waited at the city gate for a while, and went out when the city gate was about to be closed, and the shops in the city had been packed up.

The guest chose an unattended place to rest for a while, and when it was completely dark, he walked to the temple and entered by the moonlight.

As Xiao Er said, the courtyard was gloomy, full of barren grass, even the temple of the family temple had collapsed for the most part, the guests blew the fire fold, illuminated some roads, walked to the huge stone incense burner in front of the door, looked at the bottom, the bricks had been thrown all over the ground, and then illuminated, but saw that the ground that was originally covered by bricks was intact, or even dry.

"Looking for what?" Suddenly, a voice sounded from the family temple, and the guests panicked, jumped up, and when they landed, they had an extra dagger in their hands, which glittered in the moonlight.

"I didn't ...... Didn't look for anything, who are you? The guest asked.

The man who spoke was fifteen or sixteen years old, but behind him were six capable men, some with ropes, some with long sticks, all of whom looked like they were not to be messed with. The person at the head was none other than Zhao Changshui, who smiled and said, "We are the ones who arrested you." ”

"What are you going to do with me? I'm just a small businessman who missed the time and couldn't get into the city's investment shop. The guest said.

Zhao Changshui smiled: "Small businessman? How is General Shi Lang a small businessman? ”

Shi Lang's body immediately stiffened, he clenched the dagger in his hand, and said, "It seems that you have been in ambush for a long time, who are you, Zheng Sen sent you to kill me, or Li Zhaoji's subordinates?" ”

"My big shopkeeper sent me to invite you, and by the way, bring back the account book in your hand." Zhao Changshui said, but there were two more pistols in his hand and aimed at Shi Lang.

When Shi Lang heard that it was Li Zhaoji's subordinate, he sighed, threw the dagger, sat cross-legged on the ground, and said: "It turned out to be Li Zhaoji's person, I hurt him, and he deserved this result."

Kill me, I don't want to see him. ”

"Where's the ledger?" Zhao Changshui asked.

Shi Lang said: "You don't start as soon as I come in, don't you just want to know where the account book is?" I came out while I was looking for the ledger but I didn't find it, just to preserve the ledger. ”

Zhao Changshui smiled: "Smart." ”

If you start early, you don't know where the account book is, and if you start it late, the account book may be destroyed when it reaches Shi Lang's hands.

Zhao Changshui ordered someone to dig up the account book, and sure enough, it was dug up under the stone incense burner. When Shi Lang first hid, he first dug up the soil and hid the account book, and after covering it, he put some silver and covered it with bricks. The money was stolen, but the ledger remained.

But Zhao Changshui, who got the account book, did not kill Shi Lang, he said: "The big shopkeeper ordered me to invite you, please is please, you will most likely not die." ”

Shi Lang opened his eyes, took a closer look at Zhao Changshui, and said, "You have been working by Li Zhaoji's side for a short time, it seems that you don't know what I have done to him." I am the cause of your trading company's grudge against Japan. ”

Zhao Changshui said: "For you, that's a big deal, but it shouldn't be for the big shopkeeper." Do you have any great big secrets in your heart? ”

Shi Lang shook his head, and Zhao Changshui said: "If it's true, then the big shopkeeper will not kill you if he invites you to go." ”

"If you tell me who betrayed me, I will willingly follow you to see Li Zhaoji." Shi Lang said seriously.

Zhao Changshui thought for a while and said, "It's Zheng Zhibao."

He sold the ledger to our treasurer, but he didn't get the price he wanted, and he sold you for more money. Tell us that at the beginning of Kinmen Island, Zheng Cai did not get the account books of Shi Daxuan and Shi Fu, but it was not in your hands either.

If there's one way you can hide, it's in the same place where your father died, in this family temple. ”

Shi Lang said: "Okay, I don't have anything to look at. ”

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