"Tie Niu, well done!" Back in the room in the courtyard, Chen Ke slumped in the chair and gave Tie Niu a thumbs up.
Tie Niu scratched his head embarrassedly and chuckled, "Master, I'm just telling the truth. In fact, I didn't know there were only a pile of white papers left in the cash box."
Lichun was scared and patted his chest with his hands, "It was a close call. I finally managed to deal with it."
Liqiu said bitterly, "Those merchants are all snobs who change with the wind. Master, when you paid the bill, I have already written down the names of their shops."
Chen Ke nodded, "Write them all down later. If my father doesn't deal with them, I will!"
Two generations of imperial merchants, two generations of the leaders of the Shuzhou Chamber of Commerce, were actually blocked at the door by people demanding debts. The uncle couldn't stand it, and the aunt couldn't stand it even more.
If we don't deal with them, everyone will think that the Chen family is weak and can be bullied. Won't the Chen family be bullied to death in the future?
These are just small merchants, the real big merchants have not made a move yet.
Suddenly thinking of something, Chen Ke's face darkened, and he said to Li Qiu, "Li Qiu, what's going on with those bodyguards?" It
would have been fine if he didn't mention it. As soon as he mentioned it, Li Qiu's face was full of anger:
"Young master, I went to invite them, but they said they were just here to collect debts and didn't threaten your life, so no one was willing to come."
"Did you say it was my order?"
"Yes, but the leading bodyguard Dong said that they know when to take action, so you don't have to worry about it!"
Chen Ke couldn't help but sneer. Such a big thing happened in the family, Uncle Chen's head was broken by someone, and they still dared to say they knew what to do?
Are you just keeping these bastards around for free?
We can't keep these people here anymore. We have to find a way to drive them all out quickly to avoid causing trouble here.
Instead of having a bunch of useless escorts, I might as well raise a few dogs!
"Master, Master," the butler Chen Xiaofu suddenly ran in and said with a look of joy, "Everything is fine at the bank!"
Chen Ke felt relieved, and the three little followers also smiled with joy and breathed a sigh of relief at the same time.
The money shop is the Chen family's signature business in Meicheng. As long as the money shop is fine, everything will be fine.
Chen Xiaofu put a plaster on his forehead and said thankfully, "Thanks to you, young master, those big merchants who were waiting and watching left after seeing that we easily sent away the debt collectors. Otherwise, they alone would have taken all the money from the bank."
Chen Xiaofu suddenly thought of something and took out a large stack of banknotes from his bag,
"Young master, this time, thanks to the money you borrowed, we were able to deal with those people. Here's 300,000 taels for you first, and I'll give you the rest after I count it tomorrow."
Chen Ke said worriedly, "What about the bank?"
Chen Xiaofu smiled and said,
"Don't worry, we were caught off guard this time, so we're a little confused. The bank has already sent a letter to the master, and a large amount of silver will be delivered soon."
Chen Ke was really worried about his rich father. Meicheng was like this, and Furong City must be even more filled with swords and gossip!
He was no longer polite and took the three hundred thousand taels.
Among them, one hundred thousand taels were given to him by Xiao Shu for emergency use, and the remaining two hundred thousand taels were left for him to buy the Mind-Concentrating Pill.
Although I now have the "Guixu Sutra", I still need to prepare some mind-concentrating pills in case of emergency.
But when he thought that Ruyizhai was the only store selling elixirs in the whole city, and Feng Ruhai's greasy face, he felt extremely unhappy.
Forget it, don't think about it anymore. Anyway, this crisis has been dealt with.
Chen Ke's mood improved and he said to Tie Niu, "Tie Niu, notify everyone who has contributed today will be rewarded with twenty taels of silver each!"
The housekeeper Chen Xiaofu smiled and nodded repeatedly.
The young master is becoming more and more like the head of the family. If the old master saw the young master now, he would probably be so happy that he would wake up laughing in his dreams.
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In the training ground in the west wing, seven or eight escorts were practicing martial arts, some lifting stone locks, some playing with swords, and some practicing Tai Chi.
A sturdy man with his upper body naked put down the stone lock in his hand, stretched his arms downward, and his pectoral muscles bulged high.
"Xiaoshu, look, are my chest muscles big?"
The sturdy man winked and looked at the young man dancing with a stick not far away.
"Big, bigger than my sister-in-law's!"
The sturdy man laughed triumphantly, not noticing that Xiao Shu'er was laughing secretly with his back turned.
Just then, everyone heard cheers coming from the courtyard.
The old escort Dong who was practicing Tai Chi stopped, took a look and said sarcastically: "We just drove away a few debt collectors, but it's like we recovered Meicheng."
Everyone laughed. It was not a big deal. These people from the deep mansions had never seen a big scene before.
"Hurry up and collect your money. It's twenty taels per person!" A voice from far away reached everyone's ears.
Two gleams of light flashed in the eyes of old escort Dong, and he shouted, "Boys, follow me to get the money!"
Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh, the escorts rushed out one by one, showing the style of masters.
Chen Ke looked at the escorts who were flocking in, smiling as he handed the silver bills to the escorts one by one.
Tie Niu, who was standing at the back, was so furious. These bastards disappeared when the accident happened, but showed up one by one when it was time to collect the money.
Young master, why are you giving them money?
These people won't say a good word about you after taking your money. Instead, they treat you like a fool who is easy to bully!
Sure enough, the escorts who received the money were all grinning.
After getting the money, they didn't even look at Chen Ke, turned around and left laughing.
Chen Ke was extremely angry, but the angrier he was, the brighter his smile became.
After the last escort left, Tie Niu couldn't bear it anymore and complained,
"Master, you are such a fool. Our money didn't come from the wind. Why give it to these bastards?"
Chen Ke looked at the escort's departing back and said coldly, "Don't worry. Our money is not that easy to take."
The run on the bank has just passed, and it is time to stabilize the morale of the army.
If the Chen family were to fall into chaos because of these escorts for a mere hundred taels of silver, not only would it become a laughing stock, but it would also give the enemy an opportunity to take advantage.
Even if Chen Ke dislikes these bodyguards, he can only endure it for now. When the storm passes, he will have plenty of ways to deal with them.
After tossing and turning for a long time, Chen Ke was tired. He ate something casually and fell into a deep sleep on the bed.
Late at night, in an alley in the east of the city, Liu Zimeng walked quickly to a pile of garbage, and his eyes suddenly turned red.
Next to the garbage dump, the dismembered bodies were arranged into a pyramid. The head on the top had its eyes still wide open, and a broken bamboo tube was inserted in its open mouth.
A man in white standing by said gloomily,
"Instructor, the information in the bamboo tube is gone. It must be that the spies of the demon tribe took away the information after killing Xiao Liu."
Liu Zimeng's eyes were red, and his teeth were clattering. "Investigate, dig deep into the ground to investigate. If you catch these bastards, I will cut them into pieces!"