Chapter Eighty-Six: The Debt Collector
The sky was overcast, and a storm was coming.
Liang Jiemin stood on the steps with his head held high, without saying a word, picking up the plaque and breaking up the group, he was not willful, he was nearly fifty years old, he had already passed the age of being willful, the reason why he said so, one is to force the ticket number, the other is to show his attitude, the ticket number dares not to help, he dares to break the jar and fall, increase the scale and speed of the collapse of the large and small money houses in Guangzhou, and completely pull the ticket number into the water!
Huang Zichang hurried behind him and arched his hand: "Ji Xing's move is to retreat into advance, it is really clever, the ticket number has been loosened, I respectfully invite you to discuss the details." ”
Hearing this, Liang Jiemin secretly breathed a sigh of relief, but ignored it, still looking at the sky with his head held high, seeing this, Huang Zichang said in a low voice: "If you don't want to get off the donkey, do you really want to take off the plaque?" ”
"I really want to pick up this plaque, and I'm happy." Liang Jiemin sighed as he spoke, and said: "This time, in order to save the market, I have insisted on tightening the money for a long time, and I will have to give up. ”
As the president of the Tea Association, Huang Zichang has a good impression of Yuan Qi, after all, low-interest loans are very beneficial to the tea trade and tea merchants, but now that he has a request for the bank mansion, he is not easy to persuade, so he has to divert the topic and say: "Everyone is waiting inside." ”
"It's okay to keep them waiting." Liang Jiemin glanced at him sideways and said, "This tea collapse is extremely fast, don't you suspect that someone is making trouble behind it?" ”
"It's just an exchange of courtesy." Huang Zichang smiled disappreciatively and said: "Last year, the tea shop united all the tea merchants to force the thirteen lines to increase the price of tea, and this year, the thirteen banks seized the opportunity to repay last year's one-shot revenge, which is not unusual." ”
"You're open-minded." Liang Jiemin turned around as he said and said, "Look at this cloud, it's a little hideous, I'm afraid there will be a violent storm." ”
Before the words fell, a lightning bolt lit up, and then a thunderbolt rolled over everyone's heads, Huang Zichang shrunk his neck, and said loudly: "In our lives, what storm has we never seen?" ”
Seeing that the sky was going to change, Yi Zhizhi did not dare to stay in Rongqing Garden, hurried back to Xiguan, the boat docked, and the raindrops of beans fell, seeing that the rain was fierce, he had to take shelter under the eaves of a restaurant.
The place where you go ashore is called Daguan Bridge, one of the eight bridges in Xiguan, there are many restaurants on the side of the bridge, the rain you see will not stop for a while and a half, Yi Zhifen simply took the little guy into the restaurant, climbed to the second floor, it was only about two o'clock in the afternoon, not a meal, the second floor was empty, he chose a table near the window to sit down, ordered a few dishes at random, and called a pot of wine, while enjoying the rain scene, while drinking.
After only two glasses of wine, the shopkeeper ran up quickly, and when he arrived, he bowed with a smile on his face and said: "I hope that the guest officer will forgive the sin, someone on the second floor has taken care of it, and the guest officer will change ......." ”
Without waiting for Xiao Er to finish speaking, Li Wang said angrily: "You Xiao Er don't know anything, how can you have such a ...... to do business." ”
Yi Zhizu waved his hand, stopped Li Wang, then ordered the table, and said, "How are these drinks and dishes counted?" ”
"The wine and food are four dollars in total..."
Yi Zhixiang smiled and said slowly: "That's sorry, let me finish eating, and then change places." ”
Xiao Er's face stiffened with a smile and said, "You want to eat white food." ”
After draining the wine in the cup in one gulp, Yi Zhishu took out a few silver tickets, slowly spread them out on the table, and said, "Look, do I seem to eat white food?" ”
Xiao Er glanced at it, and saw that the silver ticket on it was one hundred taels, so he quickly slapped himself in the mouth and said with a smile: "The little one has no words, and the son forgives his sins." ”
Yi Zhishu naturally didn't have the same knowledge as him, and said with a smile: "Someone has chartered your second floor, I won't stop you from getting rich, but you still have to settle with me for four coins of silver, this doesn't make sense, business is not like this, right?" ”
"Childe is very right." A little old man stepped forward upside down, bowed down and said: "Childe's wine and food, the small shop is east, and if it is not thoughtful, I still look at Gongzi Haihan." ”
"It's like doing business." Yi Zhishu stood up and collected the silver ticket, then took out a piece of ocean, handed it to the little old man, and said, "Reward you." He walked slowly downstairs.
Xiao Er muttered softly: "What a strange person, he refuses to account for four dollars of wine and food, but he rewards another ocean." ”
The shopkeeper was a popping chestnut and reprimanded: "If you don't have a little eyesight, people are teaching you not to lose big because of small things, you can only get if you give up!" As he spoke, he instructed, "On a rainy day, don't hurry up and send two umbrellas to the guests." ”
Yi Zhizu slowly went downstairs, and saw a few young people in Chinese clothes sitting in the lobby on the first floor who were laughing in a low voice, estimating that they should have taken the second floor, and couldn't help but glance at them, just passing by these people, he heard someone behind him whispering: "It's him!" ”
It was clearly a female voice, the voice was crisp and pleasant, Yi Zhishu glanced back, and couldn't help stopping, talking was a girl about sixteen or seventeen, although she was dressed in men's clothes, she was born extremely dignified and beautiful, a pair of eyes were big and bright, and she was very clever, he smiled slightly: "Have we seen it?" ”
The girl stood up, smiled very happily, and slowly stepped forward and said, "What about the fat man?" ”
The fat man must refer to Yan Shikuan, Yi Zhizhi couldn't help but be a little vigilant, although this girl smiled very good-looking, and there were dimples, but the tone was wrong, and the smile was also problematic, just like the happy smile that the hunter showed after seeing his prey caught.
"Did the girl recognize the wrong person?" Yi Zhishu still smiled.
"Ben... The girl will never forget, will she recognize the wrong person? The girl stretched out her hand and said, "Where is my hat?" ”
"Hats? What hats? Yi Zhifen glanced at the hat on her head with some astonishment, it was a common gauze melon skin hat, but the hat was inlaid with a piece of green jade, and he understood that it must be the two dead fat people who did not do good deeds, robbed or deceived the hat of the little girl, it seems that it was bad luck, and met a debt collector.
"I see that you don't shed tears when you don't see the coffin." The girl turned around as she spoke, "Second brother, send him to see the official." ”
As soon as he saw those young men get up, Yi Zhixiang hurriedly smiled and said: "The girl really recognized the wrong person, and she is the big shopkeeper of Yuanqi Bank." ”
Yuanqi Bank in Guangzhou and Xiguan are now thunderous, Yuanqi shopkeeper is a handsome young man, this is well known, listening to this, a few young people really dare not be reckless, one hesitated and said: "Really? ”
Yi Zhizhi said with a smile: "How can the big shopkeeper of Yuanqi be so easy to pretend, go to the head number or branch of Yuanqi Bank, and you will know it by trying." ”
Seeing that he was so calm, one of them said softly: "Sister Xuan, are you out of sight?" ”
Sister Xuan? Yi Zhizhi smiled contentedly, and was about to explain, but there was a crazy laugh outside the store, "Haha, the tea has risen!" Tea has risen! ”
Everyone looked out of the door, and saw a man in a moon-white robe dancing in the rain, shouting, seeing that he was neatly dressed, not like a madman, Yi Zhicontent's face changed, and he commanded: "Go back to the general number!" So saying, he pulled out his feet and left.