I was the richest man in Da Song

Chapter 1 Fragrant Butcher Shop

Late in the day, the country is beautiful, and the spring breeze is fragrant.Mud flying swallows, sand warm sleeping mandarin ducks.

The spring scene is warm, and even the light rain of apricot blossoms can't stop the enthusiasm of the people in the city for spring. Two old men with gray hair and slightly loaded backs stepped on the brick road with their hands behind their backs to enjoy the scenery beside Mingyue Lake.

The originally noisy pedestrians ran away after encountering these two people. Everyone on the crowded road stood by the side of the road to make way, quietly waiting for the old man to pass before looking at the back and muttering something.

"I haven't gone out for a long time, why are people on the street so afraid of me?" The old man in the lead asked strangely.

"Of course they are afraid of you. Now you have a nickname called He Dangguo," the old guard laughed.

"He Dangguo? How to talk about it?" The old man was a little curious.

"Young master, people outside are saying that your wealth is more than the sum of decades of taxes from the national treasury"

"Then He Dangguo can't do it, you should call me He Hemisphere"

I was bored at home for a long time. I thought I would gain popularity outside, but the people I met along the way made the old man lose his interest in continuing to play, and he was a little glum and ready to go home.

When I went back, I was still thinking, how did I become so rich from He Yujie back then to He Bancheng, and now in He Dangguo? ——
When the drums of Xu time sounded on the Bell and Drum Tower, and the sun also set, the fiery city of Kaifeng had a rare coolness. The midsummer night was the busiest time in the capital of the Song Dynasty.

Merchants on both sides of the Royal Road hung up lanterns one after another. From the Suzaku Gate of the Imperial Palace to the Longjin Bridge, Shili Red Street was crowded with people under the night.

There are nearly a thousand merchants and tea houses and restaurants on the left and right sides of Yudao, and almost all of them have a prosperous business, but there is a corner shop called Xiangroudian, which is empty.

An old man who was nearly half a century old stood behind the meat case with half of his body supported on the case, with half a leaf of meat hanging on an iron hook beside him, and he greeted people who came and went with his hands.

"My lady, young master, come and see the fresh white meat"

But after taking a look at it, many passers-by showed disgusted expressions and couldn't help but quicken their pace.

He Anwen looked at the same butchers next door, but the Jia's butcher shop next door had a long queue early.

Finally, a person came. He Anwen thought that he was going to open, but he didn't expect this person to throw the meat in his hand directly on the case.

"He cripple, your meat stinks"

"The guest bought the meat elsewhere, right? I have good meat brought back from the Xiuyifang slaughterhouse in the morning."

He Anwen said while smiling apologetically.

"I remember right, this is here, return the money to me"

"This…."

The people in Kaifeng City like to eat mutton but not cheap pork. There are not many people who buy his meat. He Anwen has no impression of this person in front of him. He should be a rascal who doesn't know where he came from.

"Everyone, come and have a look, this fragrant butcher shop sells rotten meat."

Seeing that He Anwen didn't respond, the man shouted at the passers-by and made a scene, which immediately attracted a lot of onlookers.

"The meat I bought at noon stinks in the evening, please comment on it"

"Selling meat that stinks, do you still have a conscience?"

"How can you do business like this?"

"This old man looks like an honest man, but he didn't expect to be a day thief, bah!"

This person pointing to the relentless onlookers, He Anwen had no choice but to return the money for this catty of meat in order to settle the matter.

After refunding the money, these people also dispersed, and the front of the fragrant meat shop became deserted again. A handsome boy of seventeen or eighteen came in from outside the shop.

"Father, please rest for a while"

"Feng Lang, you are here"

He Anwen forced a smile on his face when he saw the young man, took off his clothes and limped to the store and sat down. He Shao took out a paper wrapped in sesame cake from his arms. The bag was handed to He Anwen.

"Let me handle the case for you"

"I don't need you, you go study hard, and we won't have to suffer this crime when you get an official status in the future."

He Shao was a little helpless, his father's honest and unspoken temperament was not suitable for business at all, he spent most of his life savings and borrowed hundreds of coins from the counter shop, and finally opened a butcher shop on the side of Yudao before he got together , but it looks like it will turn yellow soon.

Even so, He Anwen never let He Shao do these low-level jobs, and only wanted to let him enter the imperial examination. On the contrary, He Shao himself didn't care whether he was an official or a businessman.

This fragrant meat shop is mainly engaged in raw meat, selling wine, and also makes a few side dishes to entertain diners. The business is really bleak.

It was the time of the meal, and there were no customers for six or seven tables in the store, and even the woman who sold soup along the street with two wooden barrels had better business than them.

Until the store closed, only two or three individual customers sold a few catties of loose wine throughout the night, and none of the meat was sold.

"Ugh"

Because of the poor business, He Anwen frowned, his heart felt like a big stone, and he sighed all day long.

Just when He Shao was about to close the door and put on the board, a middle-aged man in brocade clothes walked in arrogantly, ignored He Anwen and instead looked around in the store, He Anwen limped along and took care of him carefully with.

"Feng Lang, go get a plate and go to the shop next door to cut some meat and make some wine. I'll have a drink with shopkeeper Sun."

This middle-aged Jinyi named Sun Mao opened a counter shop on Chengyu Street in Kaifeng, specializing in loan business. He Anwen once borrowed a hundred guan from the counter shop in order to open a shop.

After He Shao brought the wine and meat to the table, Sun Mao was not polite, he picked up a few pieces of meat and took a sip of the wine before speaking slowly.

"He lame, today is the day to repay the debt on the contract"

"Shopkeeper Sun, my business here is not very good." He Anwen was in distress.

"I know it's not easy for you to take care of two half-grown boys, but I sympathize with Gui and sympathize with me. The rules of this cabinet shop cannot be broken," Sun Mao said.

"Then can you give me a few more days, I will find a way to borrow some money"

He Anwen smiled and added some wine to the wine glass and held it in front of Sun Mao with both hands. Sun Mao didn't drink but put the wine glass on the table.

Seeing He Anwen's gesture, Sun Maocai said pretendingly.

"The daily interest rate is three per cent, ask around, is there such a conscientious price as me on the entire imperial road, so I will give you a grace period of four days"

"Thank you, Shopkeeper Sun, there are not many good people like you, Shopkeeper Sun." He Anwen breathed a sigh of relief.

He clearly knows that the man in front of him eats people and doesn't spit out his bones, but he can only accompany him with a smiling face, after all, he is under the eaves.

"My ugly words are up front. If you don't pay the bill by then, your fragrant butcher shop will be mine."

"What? It's not written in our loan deed."

If his shop was sold for at least three or four thousand guan, why was it mortgaged to Sun Mao?
"Why didn't you write it, look at the last line"

Sun Mao smiled and took out a loan deed from his pocket, pointing to the last line

"If you can't repay after the due date, use the fragrant butcher shop to pay off the debt"

"You know that I don't know a single word, not to mention that the guarantor didn't read this sentence to me when I borrowed the loan. You should know that I can't borrow the money even if I use the store as a mortgage." He Anwen was burning with anxiety.

"The black and white words are still drawn by you, don't you want to deny it?"

"Dad, let me see"

He Shao took the loan in his mind and glanced at it. There was indeed a line of such small characters at the bottom.

"You are trying to force our family to die!"

"Then I don't care, and you don't have to think about selling this store and repaying the debt. I won't let go of this street and no one will dare to take your store."

"When the time comes, all the money will be returned to you," He Shao said from the side.

"That's the best"

Sun Mao was in a good mood. After eating and drinking enough, he patted He Anwen on the shoulder and stood up. Before leaving, he carried another piece of white meat and two catties of wine.

Looking at Sun Mao's back, He Anwen quietly moved aside and cursed something.

"How can you borrow money from this kind of person?"

The cabinets on the imperial road are full of ruthless people, and there are many intricate relationships behind it. It is said that Sun Mao is backed by people from the Kaifeng government office, so he dared to say such words.

"At that time, it was only a hundred bucks away from buying this store. We had no relatives in Kaifeng City, so I had to borrow from them. Who knew it would happen!" He Anwen regretted endlessly.

"How can the business in this store get better?"

He Anwen's heart was weighed down by a huge boulder, and he couldn't even breathe. If the business continued to be so deserted, the three of them, father and son, might not even have a way to survive.

(End of this chapter)