Next to the big box full of silver taels, Deng Tong and Xia Dezhang were all like dead mothers, looking at these white flowers of silver, sighing.

These silver taels, they could have been divided with Zhou Ming together, even if they didn't divide it equally, if they got a small part of it, they would have no worries about food and clothing for the rest of their lives.

Even if they don't have a clear conscience and embezzle the pensions of those dead brothers, and only take their own share of the bounty, there are three thousand taels, such a huge amount of money, how many good things can be eaten, and how many girls can be found in entertainment places.

The more they thought about it, the more distressed they became, and tears were about to fall.

When the two of them saw Zhou Ming coming in, they hurriedly stepped forward to give a salute: "Brother Zhou, haven't you already asked for leave?" Why bother to go on a business trip again in the afternoon? ”

"I only took half a day off, and I didn't want to take advantage of the imperial court, so I came." Zhou Zhou Ming said as he looked at the silver taels in the box, "Do you two particularly don't want me to come?" ”

Deng Tong and Xia Dezhang followed Zhou Ming's gaze, and they were immediately shocked, and immediately explained: "Brother Zhou, what are you talking about?" You are the backbone of our patrol yamen in the south of the city, and if you are not there, the two of us have no idea what to do.

These silver taels were just sent in the morning, and if you don't come, the two of us are planning to send someone to inform you and let you come to the yamen to preside over the overall situation. ”

Zhou Ming sat down on the chair, crossed Erlang's legs, stretched out his right hand, and waited in mid-air.

Xia Dezhang understood, hurriedly went to make tea, and then respectfully handed it to Zhou Ming.

Zhou Zhou Ming took a sip of tea and said with a smile: "What is the overall situation to preside?" How simple it is, you two divide the silver into thirteen parts, and wrap it up for me, and I will do the work to be assigned.

You two will stay here until I finish the money, and you will not leave an inch. ”

When the two of them saw Zhou Ming say this, their hearts immediately cooled down, originally when Zhou Zhou Ming didn't come, they thought that as long as Zhou Zhou Ming saw these silver taels, they would definitely be greedy, and when the two of them were on the side, maybe Zhou Ming would change his mind and leave this huge amount of money.

Seeing that Zhou Yiming's position was so firm, the two of them could only retreat to the next best, and while carefully serving Zhou Ming, they said tentatively:

"Brother Zhou, there are so many silver taels, if you give it to the families of those deceased brothers at once, it will also be a burden for them, in case they leak money, maybe they will have to worry about their lives.

You don't think it's better to keep half of it first, and give the remaining half to those family members.

The three of us will take the half of the silver taels left behind to lend, and the interest we earn will be divided equally among the three of us, and after a year, we will return the remaining half of the silver taels to the families of the brothers who were killed.

What do you think? ”

Zhou Ming smiled slightly, these two people still don't give up on this money, and they have to keep a part of it, and they can figure it out, they will actually use this trick to retreat into advance, it seems that they underestimated them before.

Fortunately, Zhou Ming still saw through their tricks, and the two of them said that they wanted to use the half of the money left behind to lend, and the interest earned would be divided equally among the three people, and the remaining half of the silver taels would be returned after a year.

On the surface, the plan was seamless, and in the end, it would create a win-win situation, not only not losing a penny to the family of the deceased brother, but also making a small amount of money for Zhou Ming and them.

But when this plan was implemented, there were more doorways.

First of all, Zhou Ming will definitely not do this kind of thing, Zhou Ming will definitely not do it, his energy will be used on more important things, and in the end, these things will naturally be handled by Deng Tong and Xia Dezhang.

At that time, they are very likely to send interest to Zhou Ming every month, but after a year, if they tell Zhou Ming that after the money is released, it will not be recovered, and the person who borrowed the money has already run away, what will Zhou Ming do?

Two old foxes, you want to play tricks in front of me, you are too tender.

Zhou Zhou Ming put the teacup in his hand on the table, and said calmly: "It sounds like this method is not bad, after all, the three of us will make a profit without losing money, and it will not damage the interests of the families of the dead brothers, which can be described as a win-win situation." ”

When Deng Tong and Xia Dezhang heard Zhou Ming say this, they felt that things had taken a turn for the better, and the two of them immediately smiled: "Brother Zhou, you are still insightful, the two of us have thought about this plan for three days and three nights, and we were afraid that you would not agree, but I didn't expect you to see the benefits at once, so the two of us really sighed to ourselves." ”

"I'm not done yet." Zhou Zhou Ming looked at the happy looks of the two of them, and he really couldn't bear to interrupt, "This plan can work, but the half of the money left behind must be put here with me, and how much you want to release must be approved by me."

And every money lent out, whoever handles it, will be responsible for getting it back, and if the borrower defaults on the debt, runs away and disappears, you have to pay out of your own pocket to fill the hole.

If you are insolvent at that time, then I can only come to the door to collect the house, after all, this is business, no matter how good our private relationship is, we can't distinguish between public and private. ”

The smiles on Deng Tong and Xia Dezhang's faces disappeared immediately, the two of them originally wanted to use this plan to slowly swallow the money privately without Zhou Ming knowingly, and they didn't expect to make a fortune with this business at all.

And even if they have the heart to use this money to lend, with the identities of the two of them as errand boys, how dare people with good reputation ask them to borrow, those scoundrels splash skins, and if there are dogs who dare to borrow money from them, the two of them will not give it.

"Brother Zhou, you give such harsh rules, this business can't be done." The two men spoke their hearts.

"If you can't do it, don't do it, you two don't play any tricks anymore, hurry up and divide the money, I'm in a hurry to send it to others." Zhou Ming urged.

The last hope was dashed, and Deng Tong and Xia Dezhang were still unwilling to give away the money in vain.

The two men winked at each other and pleaded at the same time.

"Brother Zhou, you see that we have won such a huge bounty, and the brothers outside are all watching, they don't know that we haven't left a penny, if we don't invite them to eat and drink, they will think we are stingy.

You don't think it's like this, let's leave five hundred taels of silver, and when we have time, we will lead the brothers outside to consume, eat, eat and visit the Manhua Building. ”

Zhou Zhou Ming thought about it carefully, what he said also made sense, a small part of the current poor people in the south of the city to inspect the yamen were the old people in the yamen before, among which there were survivors who survived the catastrophe, and the other half of the poor people were all newcomers.

Now that the disappearance case has been solved, and the final result of the imperial court has come down, whether it is to appease the old man or win the hearts of the newcomers, as the head of the yamen, Zhou Ming should invite everyone to eat and drink.

"What you two said is very right, for public and private, we should all treat the people in the yamen." Zhou Ming gave a rare affirmation to Deng Tong and them.

The two of them were so happy that they went to the box to get five hundred taels of silver before they could speak.

"You two wait a minute, although I agree with your idea, I didn't say that I wanted to leave five hundred taels of silver." Zhou Ming smiled evilly.

Deng Tong and Xia Dezhang turned their heads at the same time, and both of them had an ominous premonition: "What did Brother Zhou mean?" ”

"You don't have to take this money from here." Zhou Zhou Ming stood up, walked to the side of the box, and divided the money himself, "All expenses will be deducted from the three of us." You two must not say that I am not righteous enough, if I am not righteous enough, Lao Tzu will not pay a penny. ”

Deng Tong and Xia Dezhang's regretful bowels were green at this time, and the two of them thought about it for several days, wanting to take this opportunity to leave some silver, but the plan did not succeed, and they did not get any benefits, and they had to pay for their own money.

The two of them complained a lot in their hearts, the two of them knew Zhou Ming's character very well, and since he had decided, he could only accept it helplessly.

The two of them hung their heads in frustration while helping Zhou Ming divide the money.

First, the amount of silver was too large, and it was cash silver, and it took the three men half a day and a lot of effort to divide the silver into thirteen parts.

"You are guarding here, I have marked every piece of silver, don't have any bad intentions, or I can see it."

Zhou Zhou Ming picked up a divided silver tael, and when he turned around and went out, he said to the two people.

Such a large sum of silver, they can only look at it and not move it, Deng Tong and Xia Dezhang don't mention how uncomfortable they are, but Zhou Ming is always supervising them, and the two of them dare not move the slightest evil thought, so they can only obediently agree.

Zhou Ming was very satisfied, he hummed a little tune, and left the south of the city to inspect the yamen.

Chengnan District, suburbs.

In the dilapidated alley, several children were playing, one of whom was a young child of five or six years old, dressed in white, who was crushed under him by several naughty children, bullied and beaten.

While beating the young children in white, several naughty children kept cursing.

"Kill you, what are you so angry, your father is a waste."

"Anyway, he has no father, no matter how we bully him, no one will support him."

"Blowing your father as a hero all day long, everyone has long heard that your father was killed with a knife, and the hero who solved the case was Zhou Ming Zhou's head."

"Don't let you say that about my father, my father is a big hero, you let go of me, I want to go home."

The young boy in white resisted hoarsely, but it was useless, he was still held down by a few naughty boys, and he was soon beaten all over his body.

At this moment a stranger appeared at the entrance of the alley, raised his foot and kicked a stone on the ground, and the stone flew out like a flint, hitting the wall next to several urchins, smashing a large hole.

"Ah, run!"

Several of the urchins were so frightened that they scattered and fled.

The white-clothed young boy was covered in mud and had a few blood marks on his face, and he struggled to get up, sat on the ground, and looked at the stranger who had saved him.

The stranger approached him, pulled him up, and touched his head: "Your father is on an errand?" ”

The young boy in white nodded, and said with tears in his eyes: "My father is a big hero, and in order to solve the case, he died." ”

"As the son of a great hero, you must first learn not to shed tears." The stranger wiped away his tears and whispered.