Hearing Gu Yunji's words, Xu Ziqi's face changed slightly, and he quickly returned to normal, and said with a smile: "Don't worry, niece and son-in-law, I will definitely restrain the children in the clan well, and I will definitely make them dare not commit it again." ”

Gu Yunji nodded, smiling: "With Uncle Tang's words, I am relieved." The younger generation still has official business, so he will say goodbye first and come back to visit another day. ”

Watching Gu Yunji's back gradually disappear outside the door, the corners of Xu Ziqi's mouth smiled stiffly, and he always felt as if he had ignored something. The more he thought about it, the more he felt that something was wrong, so he asked the waiter who was waiting, "...... When Gu Yunji first entered the door, he said what was he doing today? ”

The little guy watched the whole process and saw it quite clearly, he was afraid that Xu Ziqi would get angry, so he lowered his head and said cautiously: "Aunt Gu said as soon as he entered the door...... Let the lord cherish your feathers, restrain the children of the clan, and don't do anything illegal...... Also, urge the Xu family to pay the fine in full as soon as possible. ”

Xu Ziqi was stunned, and finally realized that he was surrounded by Gu Yunji, and he was angry: "Good Gu Yunji!" pretended to cry and pretended to be embarrassed in front of me, and acted in a big scene, which actually confused me! ”

"He was supposed to ask us to pay the fine today, but he still acted in tears, as if he had made such a big concession, which made me feel a little uncomfortable. As a result, what is not as serious as he said, he is afraid that we will not pay the fine, so he gave me such a play! ”

Xu Ziqi was so angry that he scolded in the room: "I miss Xu Ziqi as a person of my age, today I actually fell in love with Gu Yunji's way, and planted such a big heel on him!" How did Xu Chengyu teach his apprentices? This is the good son-in-law he chose, and his calculations are all used on his own family! ”

Just because the two families are in-laws, the Xu family is so fearless about this investigation of the Japanese merchants, and feels that the government does not dare to do anything to them. If Gu Yunji didn't act like this, it would be strange that Xu Ziqi would be willing to pay the fine.

The little guy was silently slandered in his heart, but he didn't dare to say the truth, seeing that Xu Ziqi was so angry, he had to ask hard: "Master, what should we do now?" Penalty...... Still not handed? ”

"What else can I do! The words are all said, can you still regret it? Xu Ziqi didn't have a good breath and said, "Of course, according to Gu Yunji's request, I will hand over the fine to the government before noon today!" ”

Thinking of the fine of a few thousand taels, the little guy couldn't help but feel a little painful: "Master, that's thousands of taels of silver, even if our Xu family has money, we can't afford to spend so much...... After all, Master Gu is the uncle of the Xu family, can you talk to him softly and reduce it a little as appropriate? ”

Xu Ziqi's anger instantly surged again: "Do you look at Gu Yunji like that, is he a person who listens to soft words!" Simply pay as much as he wants, and buy a clean one when he pays it all at once, so that he won't have to talk about it in the future. There is also this matter, our family is not reasonable, if it keeps dragging on and not handing it over, Gu Yunji turned his head and sued Xu Chengyu, and he may not know where he will stand. ”

The inheritance of the eldest is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, even if Xu Chengyu does not live in Shaoxing Mansion for a long time now, but after all, he is the eldest son of Dafang, and he retired from the position of the first assistant of the cabinet, and his prestige is very high. Don't look at Xu Ziqi occupying the position of a patriarch, but as long as Xu Chengyu comes back, he will have to stand aside.

Thinking of Xu Chengyu, the little guy shrank his head and didn't dare to speak again.

Xu Ziqi took a deep breath: "The matter has come to this, it's useless to talk more, call me the account room, I have to see if the cash at home is enough to pay the fine." ”

"And-"

The little guy was just about to turn around and go out, but Xu Ziqi stopped him again, threw the list of messengers into his arms, and said angrily: "Call all the people on this list back to me at once!" Outside, Gao Shishu is already on the same page with the imperial court, and they still dare to do business with him, don't they want their heads! ”

"This time it caused my Xu family to bleed hemorrhage, and I paid such a large fine of silver, will it affect the entire Xu family to be exiled next time? Let them come back and kneel in the ancestral hall for two hours, think about what they are wrong, and then come to me for training! ”

"Yes!" The little guy hurriedly caught the list thrown by Xu Ziqi, answered heavily, and then hurriedly ran out of the door.

He was worried about Xu Ziqi's order, for fear that things would be done inappropriately and make him angry, so he was in a hurry, so he didn't pay much attention to the road in front of him, and he didn't pay attention to bumping into a person head-on.

"Don't you have long eyes when you walk!"

As soon as the little guy looked up, he found that it was Xu Shuchang, so he confessed again and again.

Xu Shu straightened out the wrinkled clothes, looked at the little maid twice, and looked impatient: "You are the person next to your cousin, right?" Doing things in front of the patriarch, no matter how frizzy he is, he can bump into people when he walks"

When the little guy heard this, he made amends, and said: "Young Master Shuchang forgives his sins, the little one is really in a hurry, and the master will be angry after a long time, so I didn't pay attention to bumping into you." ”

Xu Shuchang raised his eyebrows: "What's the matter, Uncle Cousin is in a bad mood?" Who him off? ”

The little guy told him about what happened, and said with a bitter face: "Aunt Gu's words are hard knives and soft knives, so that the master has to pay the fine, and at this time the old man can't let out the anger in his heart, and he is lacking a reason to get angry, and the little one doesn't want to be this punching bag." ”

The little guy looked at Xu Shuchang's posture, and seemed to be about to go to Xu Ziqi, so he kindly reminded: "If the young master Shuchang has nothing important, don't touch the old man's moldy head, the old man starts a fire but doesn't recognize people." ”

Xu Shuchang really planned to find Xu Ziqi. Last year, after Xu Chengyu knew that he was involved in gambling, he locked up his father's inheritance to prevent him from squandering indiscriminately, and also said hello to the gambling houses in the city, not allowing them to gamble with Xu Shuchang, let alone give Xu Shuchang credit.

But gambling addiction is so easy to quit, Xu Shu often can't find a gambling house in Fucheng to take him in, so he goes to the county seat to find it, or directly calls three or five fox friends and dog friends, and plays a few times in private.

However, his monthly silver is so much, but he can't support his gambling method, Xu Shuchang's money bag has been empty for a long time, although the Xu family does not lack him to eat and drink, but they will not take money specifically for him to go out and have fun. He thought about coming to Xu Ziqi to grind hard and see if he could give him a monthly increase.

But what the little guy said was right, Xu Ziqi was in a bad mood at this time, and he was afraid that he would only add fuel to the fire in the past.

Thinking like this, Xu Shuchang dispelled the idea of going to Xu Ziqi, and casually took the list of the little guy over and took a look, and when he saw the fine silver written on it, his eyes instantly widened: "Three thousand taels?" Why so many? The government is simply a lion's mouth, doesn't Gu Yunji want to take the opportunity to knock us? ”

The little guy said: "Three thousand taels looks like a lot, but it is also a name, according to the government's statement, it is calculated according to three times the fine." In other words, the fine will be tripled on the basis of how much money is paid for selling things to the Japanese couges, and we can't say anything if we sell more and pay more, and pay less for less. ”

Xu Shuchang's heart moved: "According to this, our family sold it for a thousand taels of silver just by selling?" I have also heard about the investigation of the merchants, and the items included in the scope of the inventory are ordinary goods, such as cloth, grain and oil, and the profits of these goods are not high, and the net income of a shop in a year is only a few dozen taels of silver. ”

"I see that what is written on this list is basically a transaction that happened this year, and in such a short period of time, you can actually earn a thousand taels of silver?"

Xiao said: "Gao Shishu has been beaten by the anti-Japanese army for more than half a year, and he has completely retreated to the sea, almost forced to have no way out, the materials are quite scarce, in order to buy food, sometimes they are willing to pay ten times the price, otherwise these goods, how can they be sold for a thousand taels of silver." ”

"Ten times the price?!"

Xu Shuchang was taken aback, and suddenly thought of something, and unknown emotions flashed in his eyes.

The little guy didn't notice his changes, and soon left, leaving Xu Shuchang to think about the same place.