Hu Jishi heard the discussion of the surrounding people, and he couldn't wait to find a crack in the ground and get in, so he had to say to the big housekeeper with a smile on his face: "The big housekeeper doesn't know that the new governor of Yunnan, Chen Shiying, and Lord Chen personally commanded it, but it was the soldiers of the Yamen, the governor of Sichuan Lake, who used it. First, they were afraid that there would be collusion between Yunnan officialdom and Wuyunzhai, and the army did not move, and Wuyunzhai fled when he heard the news. Moreover, he was afraid that the local soldiers would loot the gold and silver after attacking Wuyun Village, so they transferred troops from other places. Lord Chen is so strict, how can we fill our own pockets? To tell the truth, this attack on Wuyun Village has damaged more than ten disciples of this sect, and the funeral expenses of these disciples and the expenses of comforting their families cost five or six thousand taels ......of silver, and Lord Chen has allocated only 10,000 taels of silver to this sect, which is really a drop in the bucket."

The big housekeeper "snorted" and said: "Chen Shiying is a fool! He made a mess in Henan, and went to Yunnan to toss again. This person sold his name directly, but he did not look at who the former governor was? He worked hard to fatten a pig, and the top and bottom of Yunnan officialdom were honored. Chen Shiying killed this pig when he went, and this guy and official still have to turn their faces against him? Look at it, in less than two years, Chen Shiying will definitely get out of the bed with a cover!"

When Hu Jishi heard that he scolded the governor of a province in public, where did he dare to respond, so he had to be silent on the side.

After scolding a few words, the big housekeeper Zuo said to Hu Jishi: "Master Hu, since the Diancang faction can't come up with the money, my old Zuo naturally can't make it difficult for others." In this way, I will give this silver a grace period of half a year, and the interest will be added by five percent, and then I will trouble Hu Zhangmen to send the silver to the Dali Zuojia money shop, so that we can talk to you in front of the big shopkeeper, right?"

Hu Jishi was like being amnestied, nodding like pounding garlic. The big housekeeper Zuo ignored him anymore, smiled at the group of people who greeted him, and said, "What's the matter today, what are you doing in this place where birds don't?"

Xiao Zhanpeng saw that this person was extremely arrogant, and he was angry, and said: "This bird steward is just a slave of the Zuo family, and he has been rampant like this. As the saying goes, if the moon is full, it will be lost, and if the Zuo family goes on like this, the disaster of destroying the door is only not far away. ”

Li Qiufeng shook his head and said, "Brother Xiao, I'm afraid you guessed wrong this time." ”

Xiao Zhanpeng was stunned, but listened to Li Qiufeng continue: "The business of the people of the Zuo family is so big, what we all think of, how could the great shopkeepers of the Zuo family not think of it? Since the day Chengzu ascended the throne, the money shop of the Zuo family has continued to expand, controlling the circulation of silver money in various parts of the Ming Dynasty, and even the official bank has also circulated through the money shop of the Zuo family. Since ancient times, those who monopolize money and food have never ended well. Shen Wansan was rich in the world when he was Taizu, and in the end, he was inevitably raided by Taizu, not to mention the confiscation of property, and the whole family was beheaded all over the house. This bloody lesson is just around the corner, and the Zuo family naturally understands this truth, in addition to fully supporting the royal family and local governments, the treasurers of the past dynasties are extravagant and hedonistic, and they are powerful. They were telling the court that the Zuo family was determined to make a fortune and had no intention of fighting for power. Each generation of the Zuo family will produce a few unscrupulous descendants, eating, drinking, prostituting and gambling, bullying men and women, and doing all kinds of evil. The more the Zuo family is like this, the more relieved the court is. Brother Xiao, I'm afraid that you have also hidden it from them. ”

Li Qiufeng's voice fell, but he saw a servant open the sedan curtain from a distance. When the group of heroes ascended, they were silent, and they couldn't help but retreat, let go of the three feet in front of the sedan car, and stood solemnly on the side.

After a long time, I saw an old man with white hair slowly walking out of the sedan chair. Someone in the crowd shouted: "Hello Old Lady Zuo!" After this shout, dozens of people had already squeezed out of the crowd and knelt down in front of the old man, some kowtowed to thank him, and some said hello to Old Lady Zuo on behalf of the famous people in the gang.

Two maids rushed forward to help the old lady Zuo. I saw him smile on his face and said to everyone: "Why are you heroes so polite, aren't you killing the old man?"

Hu Jishi, the head of the Diancang faction, also crowded among the crowd and said to the old lady Zuo: "This is everyone's sincere heart to the old lady, and it is definitely not pretentious. ”

Old lady Zuo looked at Hu Jishi and said, "This hero is ......"

Hu Jishi hurriedly knelt on one knee and said, "The villain is Hu Jishi, the head of the Diancang faction. On the old lady's 70th birthday, the villain went to Zuojiazhuang with the family teacher to pay homage to the old lady. After a few years, the old lady became more and more healthy. ”

Old lady Zuo nodded with a smile and said, "I remembered, I remembered." Master Hu hurry up, Hugh wants to kill the old man. The respected master has been the head of the Muwang Mansion in Yunnan, and his martial arts character is not to be said. There are a lot of semicolons in our Zuojia money shops all over Yunnan, and I want to ask your faction to take care of them. ”

Hu Jishi stood up, still bowed, and said with a smile: "But with the old lady's words, it is not uncommon for the cangpai to go to the soup." ”

Old lady Zuo smiled: "It's rare that Master Hu has this heart. After that, he turned his head to the big butler and said, "Master Hu has business dealings with our money shop in Yunnan. ”

Since the old lady Zuo walked out of the sedan chair, the big butler changed his face, and at this time he had already rolled the saddle and dismounted, and stood respectfully to the side. Hearing the old lady Zuo's question, he hurriedly took two steps forward, and said with a sneer: "Yes, yes." In the past few years, Master Hu has spent a total of 17,000 taels of silver on our Dali counter......"

The old lady Zuo waved her hand and said: "The teacher of the head of Hu has been the west seat of Mu Wangfu, and the prince of Mu Wangfu once said to the old man the year before last that he admires this teacher very much. Love the house and Wu, and the money will be sold. ”

As soon as these words came out, the heroes were dumbfounded. It must be known that 17,000 taels of silver is not a small amount, it is almost worth a county's annual income for a year. Hu Jishi was stunned at first, then turned to ecstasy, and finally cried bitterly, knelt on the ground and kowtowed to Old Lady Zuo three times.

Many people in the rivers and lakes who owed the Zuo family money shop regretted it, and thought to themselves: "I really damn it!" Why didn't Fang Cai rush forward to greet the old lady Zuo, but let the surnamed Hu get this big advantage. ”

Li Qiufeng and Xiao Zhanpeng looked at the mess and couldn't help but glance at each other. Xiao Zhanpeng said in a low voice: "Although the Zuo family is very famous in the martial arts, it was only bought with silver, but I haven't heard of any great martial arts masters in the Zuo family. This old lady Zuo looks trembling, can't she come to see the duel?"

Li Qiufeng said: "I don't know this." Looking at the old lady Zuo's style, it doesn't look like he's in a hurry, but I'm afraid that I don't know if I'm passing by. ”

The two whispered a few words. At this time, many high-rollers arrived, and the disciples of each gang were nearly 4,000, far exceeding the number of people who rushed to the imperial tomb that day. Li Qiufeng was deeply worried, and said to Xiao Zhanpeng: "The more people come, the bigger the mess." If these four or five thousand people make a disturbance, they are afraid of endless calamity. ”

After saying a few words to several seniors, the old lady Zuo got into the sedan chair and walked slowly in the farewell of the group of heroes.

After the Zuo family and his party disappeared into the distance, several gang leaders gathered around Hu Jishi and said: "Old Hu, you are a pie in the sky!

Hu Jishiwu didn't believe that all this was true, he just smiled, and even called it "lucky", and then praised the old lady Zuo for his kindness, and his descendants will be blessed.

Looking at Hu Jishi's appearance of Mi Dengden month by month, he sneered and said, "This person's death is not far off." “

Li Qiufeng and Xiao Zhanpeng were taken aback, and Xiao Zhanpeng said, "What did the girl say?"

Zhu Yue said: "I have also heard of the name of that old guy. It's just that what is a money shop? To put it mildly, it's just a loan shark. Seventeen thousand taels of silver, enough to buy a hundred lives. But the old fellow was spared a word, which must have made him do something more difficult than buying a hundred lives. ”

Xiao Zhanpeng shook his head and said, "The girl's words are wrong. The Zuo family has always been generous, and 17,000 taels of silver is a huge amount of money for others, but for the Zuo family, it is really not a big deal. It is not uncommon for the big shopkeeper to come here in person and spend 17,000 taels of silver to buy people's hearts. ”

Zhu Yue said: "What you said is not right. It must be known that the richer a person is, the more he knows how to spend his money! I'm stacking my words here, and if that old man doesn't let the head of the Cang Sect do things for him, I'll gouge out my eyes. ”

Li Qiufeng knew that he was ruthless every month, and he couldn't imagine that he would make such a poisonous oath on himself, so he had to wave his hand and said: "It has nothing to do with us whether they spend money or not, why bother to make this poisonous oath? Now that there are so many martial arts figures, I don't know what they want to do next." ”

(End of chapter)