Chapter 2 Trapped for money
Yi Yunchang, who was saddened by himself, was taken aback, and the person he was waiting to see was Su Yunqing, the housekeeper in the house, and when he heard that the third child had an accident, his face became a little ugly.
What's wrong with the third child? Among the three sons, the third child is the least unsuccessful, and he doesn't let him worry about it, he can't do it, he is idle all day long, and he causes trouble everywhere, but he doesn't give him less trouble, although he is upset, he still endures, slowly sits down and says: "Say it slowly, what's going on?" ”
"Yes, sir." Su Yun calmed down his breath slightly, and then continued: "The third young master was on the flower boat at the Jinghaimen ferry last night, indulging in wine and seeking fun, and accidentally fell into the water, and now he is still unconscious, and the high fever does not ......go away. ”
Fear for your life! Yi Yunchang's face changed again and again, he stood up with a "rub", and scolded loudly: "Why did you report the incident of the third watch yesterday now?" ”
Su Yun explained in a low voice: "Last night, I rescued the boat and tossed, the third young master's breathing became even, it seemed that there was nothing wrong, I just thought that he was drunk and did not wake up, and he still stayed in the flower boat, and the little guy in front of the third young master was not on the flower boat at first, and after knowing it, he was lucky, and he found out that it was wrong this morning, so he urgently asked Lang Zhong to ...... it." ”
"These things that kill a thousand knives!" Yi Yunchang gritted his teeth and scolded, before he held back his anger and said, "Where are people now?" ”
"I've been taken back to the house."
"Why don't you hurry up and invite Tang Langzhong."
"I've already sent someone to invite it."
"Go home!" Yi Yunchang said that he would leave without taking care of the business bank, he originally had three sons and five daughters under his knees, the second Yi Zhili was gone at the age of twelve, the third was the youngest child, and he was a descendant, he has been spoiled since he was a child, and if he doesn't fight for it, it is also the meat of his heart!
Cong Kwai Fong, Yi Mansion, East Cross Courtyard.
Outside the courtyard gate, there were four small maids, Li Zhonggui knelt in the front, kneeling straight, with a green brick on his head, in the room, the unconscious third young master of the Yi family, Yi Zhicontent, was lying on the bed, was stripped naked, only a pair of shorts were left on his body, and the two pretty maids kept wiping his whole body with wet towels to cool him down.
Mrs. Lin Shishou turned around anxiously outside the door with tears on her face, looking up at the door from time to time, hoping that Dr. Tang or Yi Yunchang would appear.
Xu is cooling played a role, and Yi Zhifen on the bed suddenly said vaguely: "Water... Water.... ”
The two maids looked at it carefully, and then said happily: "Wake up!" The third young master is awake! ”
As soon as he heard that his son had woken up, Lin hurriedly wiped his face, rushed to the side of the bed with his little feet, and sure enough, he listened to Yi Zhisuff and said intermittently: "Water....water....water...." She couldn't help but be overjoyed, and hurriedly said, "Go and pour a bowl of water." ”
Yi Zhishu drank a big bowl of water in a daze under the service of the three of them, and fell asleep groggily, seeing this situation, Lin's hanging heart finally let go, and the person became assertive, and ordered: "Tell the kitchen to boil a bowl of ginger soup immediately, sweat first, otherwise you can burn people out." ”
The anxious Yi Yunchang sat on the sedan chair of four people and kept urging, it still took more than half an hour to rush back to the house, as soon as the sedan chair stopped, he rushed to the East Cross Courtyard with fire, along the way, he carefully pondered, two sons, the eldest assisted in taking care of the business of Futaixing, it was impossible to escape, only the third child who could go to Nanyang was not a weapon, if the third child had three long and two short, the Yi family would have no hope.
Hurried to the door, Tang Langzhong was sitting on the edge of the bed and concentrating on the pulse, Yi Yunchang hurriedly stopped, waiting outside in a nervous mood, a strong self-comfort, it will be fine, Tang Liansheng is the most famous Langzhong in Xiguan, with excellent medical skills, he will definitely be able to save the third child!
After a while, Tang Liansheng stood up, and Yi Yunchang hurriedly stepped forward and asked eagerly, "Mr. Tang, the dog ......." ”
Tang Liansheng waved his hand, looked at the two maids standing aside, and said, "The patient sweated just now, and you poured him ...... Ginger soup? ”
"Yes." The maid Xia He squatted down and replied: "The third young master asked for water in a daze, and his wife fed him a large glass of water. ”
Yi Yunchang knew that Tang Liansheng's most taboo was for the patient's family to do their own thing, and he couldn't help but scold when he heard this: "Nonsense! ”
"No problem." Tang Liansheng said unhurriedly: "Mrs. is also a beloved son, this ginger soup is well fed, fed in time, the third son is drunk and falls into the water late at night, the inside is hot and the outside is cold, the two phases are excited, causing high fever, after one night, the strength of the wine has passed, and it is just right to use ginger soup to drive away the cold and sweat." ”
"How's the dog pulse?"
Tang Liansheng stroked the long beard under his chin and said slowly: "The pulse of the third prince is calm and gentle, not floating or sinking...... The rhythm is even, there is no major problem, a little recuperation, two days of rest will be fine. ”
Hearing this, Yi Yunchang couldn't help but look at the housekeeper Su Yunqing, and said suspiciously: "How did you say that you were worried about your life before?" ”
Tang Liansheng said with a smile: "It's just a trick by quacks to cheat money." ”
It's okay, Yi Yunchang was completely relieved, looking at Yi Zhizhi who was lying on the bed, he suddenly had an idea, and immediately drove the two maids and the housekeeper out, then looked at Tang Liansheng and said, "Mr. Tang, can the dog's condition be kept secret for the time being?" ”
Tang Liansheng and the Yi family have also been friends for seven or eight years, and after a little hesitation, he said tentatively: "Someone asked, are you still worried about your life?" ”
Yi Yunchang smiled and said, "I'm tired of Dr. Tang." ”
Yi Zhizhi slept all day, until the time of the lamp, he woke up, as soon as he opened his eyes, he saw a strange, but very familiar and kind old woman looked at him with a happy face, and after a little hesitation, he said: "I'm hungry." ”
Knowing that if you are hungry, then it will be fine, Lin suddenly smiled and said, "Mr. Tang told me that you can only eat porridge or pasta." ”
"I want to eat the noodles you cooked."
"Okay, mother, I'll cook it for you." Lin stood up happily and ordered: "Tell them to send the medicine to simmer immediately, and put more sugar in it." ”
After Lin and the maid left, Yi Zhizu struggled to sit up, looked around at the antique house and the furnishings in the room with a complicated expression, raised his hand and examined it carefully, and then touched his face and head, his bare forehead, and the braid on the back of his head, he couldn't help but sigh lightly, all this is not a dream, it is really a crossing, a real crossing!
After sleeping all day, he had a very long dream, the dream was clear and real like a movie, that was actually the main memory fragment of the original third young master of the Yi family, exaggerated to say, in just one day of sleep, he experienced the simple life of the third young master of the Yi family.
Listening to the slight footsteps outside the room, he closed his eyes weakly, not pretending, this day and night, without eating, not to say, and high fever, he is really quite weak.
Under the waiting of the two maids, he ate a bowl of light Yangchun noodles, and then drank a bowl of Chinese medicine that smelled strange suffering, Yi Zhishu finally recovered some strength and spirit, and the Lin family and the maid retreated, and he crooked on the bed and closed his eyes in silence.
He was born and raised in Guangzhou, worked in a third-rate university in the north for four years, and returned to Guangzhou after graduation, working in a small foreign trade company.
In the seventeenth year of Daoguang, that is, in 1837 AD, there were still two years before Lin Zexu Humen sold cigarettes, three years before the ** War, and thirteen ......years before the Taiping Rebellion.
Think far, the thirteen lines will disappear after the first ** war, and now it is the time when the thirteen lines are in turmoil, Xingtai Xing is in danger at the moment, once it goes out of business, it will inevitably cause a chain reaction, and Yijia's Futai Bank is likely to be affected and go out of business.
The consequences of the collapse of the Thirteen Merchant Houses were not ordinarily serious, and they were far from being as simple as bankruptcy, not only did they confiscate their family property, but the merchants were also exiled to Xinjiang for the crime of fraud, which was outrageous in the sense that the relatives of the merchants wanted to sell them into slavery to pay off their debts.
From his memory, Yi Zhizhi knew that the situation of Fu Tai Bank was not good, and he also had a large amount of foreign debts, which were real foreign debts - debts owed to foreign businessmen.
If Fu Taixing is implicated and goes out of business, as the third young master of the Yi family, he will definitely be sold into slavery, and he will really not be able to live that day.
How can we keep Fu Tai from being implicated? Yi Zhizu wrinkled his brows and meditated, when it comes to the vision of doing business and making money, he is confident that no one in the thirteen lines can compare with him, the problem is that Xingtai Bank is in danger, and the crisis of Futai Bank is imminent, so he didn't give him much time, and he is now blind to the situation of Futai Xing, and he doesn't know anything.
Another way of thinking, simple and direct thinking, to save Fu Tai Xing, in fact, is very simple, it is money, as long as there is money, do not worry about the danger of bankruptcy.
The question is where to get the money? Although he didn't know how much foreign debt Fu Tai owed to the bank, he knew that the merchants in the thirteen lines owed the least more than 100,000 silver dollars, and the Fu Tai Bank was not the least, at least 200,000 yuan.
200,000 silver dollars is not a small amount, in terms of purchasing power, 40 or 50 million in his time, how to raise such a large amount of money in a short period of time?