At the end of the Sui Dynasty

Chapter 469 Debt Collection

In the midsummer of May, the sun was scorching hot, and it was hot and sweaty even indoors. Gao Kaishan personally brought a bowl of lotus seed syrup, and smiled at Du Ruhui who was counting the betrothal gifts: "Mr. Du has worked hard, the weather is hot, drink a bowl of lotus seed syrup Let’s cool off with some soup.”

"Oh, how dare you work hard for your honorable old man." Du Ruhui quickly thanked him and took the bowl of lotus seed syrup.

Gao Kaishan said with a smile: "We have our own opinions, Mr. Du called me Lao Gaode, and that boy Fan Er sometimes called me that."

Du Ruhui hastily said: "Don't dare, I should call Zunweng Gaochangzhu. Gaochangzhu and Gao Langjiang have such a harmonious father-son relationship, which is really enviable."

Gao Kaishan chuckled, pointed to the dowry gifts of various colors that almost filled the entire courtyard, and asked: "Mr. Du, are... all the things here? If there is anything missing, I will send someone to prepare it right away."

Du Ruhui drank the bowl of sugar water in one gulp, put the bowl down, took out a gift list and said seriously: "There are really a few things that are missing, and there are a few things that are not in the right amount. I have marked them all, please trouble Gaochang Lord make up."

Gao Kaishan took the gift list from Du Ruhui's hand and read it carefully, he couldn't help but wiped off his sweat and said with a wry smile: "It's more troublesome for this kid to marry a wife than it is for me to marry a wife. It's over when you enter the bridal chamber, so there are so many red tapes."

Du Ruhui smiled and said: "You don't need to pay attention to small family members, but you can't pay attention to high family members. Master Gao is also a fourth-rank master. After this battle is over, it is possible to be promoted to a third-rank official. If you don't pay more attention , not only the woman's side will be unhappy, but also the members of the Bohai Gao clan will be unhappy."

Gao Kaishan laughed and said: "That's right, thank you Mr. Du."

Du Ruhui shook his head and said, "It's not hard work, it's just that things are more cumbersome, but it doesn't matter, there is still a month left for the big ceremony on the sixth day of June, so there is still plenty of time."

At this time, the servant Gao Shou walked in against the scorching sun, and reported with a strange expression: "There is a farmer outside who said he wants to visit you, the Patriarch."

Gao Kaishan was stunned for a moment, and said a little displeased: "Gao Shou, you can't judge someone by their appearance, does the other party have a registration number?"

"That man only said his surname was Dou." Gao Shou replied.

Gao Kaishan's heart moved, he cupped his hands to Du Ruhui and said, "Mr. Du, I'm sorry for a while."

Du Ruhui hurriedly replied, "Master Gao, hurry up and go, I can take care of myself."

Gao Shankai nodded, and quickly walked out of the yard. Du Ruhui looked at his back with a thoughtful expression.

By the way, Du Ruhui has been busy with Gao Bufan's wedding during this period, and the sixth day of next month will be the day of the big ceremony. In order to shorten the schedule and save time, all the items needed for the big ceremony will be prepared at Feiying Racecourse in Jixian County, Bohai County. At that time, it is enough to set off for Luoyang to hire about [-] days in advance.

Let's say that after Gao Kaishan left the house, he hurried to the suspension bridge at the entrance of the racecourse, and he saw a rough man standing on the other side.This rough man was about 40 years old, with a snub nose and wide mouth, barefoot, wearing a sleeveless gown, and opened the skirt, revealing his bronzed chest muscles, sweating profusely, with his left hand carrying a A hoe, fanning the wind with a bamboo hat in his right hand, a vivid image of a peasant.

A trace of doubt flashed in Gao Kaishan's eyes, and he cupped his hands and raised his voice: "The brother on the opposite side is Gao Kaishan, the owner of Feiying Racecourse, why are you looking for a certain family?"

The farmer on the other side took a look at Gao Kaishan, and said a little displeased: "Master Gao, this is not the way to treat guests, is it?"

Gao Kaishan observed that there was no one else behind the farmer, so he gestured for Gao Shou to put down the suspension bridge.

Due to the deterioration of the surrounding situation in recent years, and the fact that his son Gao Bufan is now besieging Wang Xuba in Hejian County, for the safety of the racecourse, Gao Kaishan has stepped up his precautions. The suspension bridge of the racecourse is usually suspended to avoid accidents. The idea of ​​the thieves hitting the racecourse.

The suspension bridge was lowered, and the farmer on the other side walked over with a hoe calmly, and two domestic servants with single knives watched him vigilantly to prevent accidents.

The farmer glanced at the two servants, put the smooth hoe on the ground, fanned the wind with a bamboo hat, and said: "It's so hot, Master Gao doesn't invite someone into the house." Have a cup of tea?"

Gao Kaishan smiled and said: "I want it, brother Dou, please!"

Dou Jiande nodded, and followed Gao Kaishan towards the house. Those big feet stepped on the hot dust, leaving two rows of clear footprints.

Gao Shou and the two gatekeepers could not help but look at each other, secretly guessing the identity of this person.

"Pull up the suspension bridge." Gao Shou ordered, then picked up the hoe on the ground and put it at the foot of the fence of the horse farm, and then quickly chased after him.

Gao Kaishan led Dou Jiande into the living room, ordered someone to serve tea and a bowl of lotus seed syrup, and said with a smile: "The weather is hot, brother Dou, why don't you drink a bowl of lotus seed soup to quench your thirst first."

"Master Gao, you're being polite." Dou Jiande picked up the bowl of lotus seed soup, drank it up without blinking an eye, wiped his mouth and said, "It's delicious, let's have another bowl."

Gao Kaishan ordered someone to fill another bowl, and Dou Jiande drank two large bowls before he breathed a sigh of relief: "Thirsty is not thirsty anymore, but a certain family is a little hungry again, can you trouble Master Gao to fix it?" Want something to eat?"

Gao Shou couldn't help but roll his eyes, who is this guy, did he come here deliberately to find fault?

Gao Kaishan said politely: "Brother Dou, wait a moment, someone from a certain family is going to prepare a banquet."

Dou Jiande waved his hand and said: "It doesn't need to be so troublesome, just get something to eat, as long as it can fill your stomach."

"Gao Shou, go to the kitchen to see what else to eat." Gao Kaishan ordered.

Gao Shou left the hall reluctantly, and after a while, he brought back a plate of leftover steamed buns from the morning. Dou Jiande didn't mind, and almost ate the whole plate of steamed buns with the tea.

"A starved ghost reincarnated?" Gao Shou was speechless secretly, a little suspicious that this guy was a refugee fleeing from famine, and came to the racecourse to play the autumn wind on purpose, but do ordinary people with mud legs have the guts?

At this time, there was only one steamed bun left on the plate. Dou Jiande took out a sweat towel to wrap up the steamed bun, and carefully put it into a hidden pocket in his arms. Gao Shou was speechless when he saw this, but Gao Kaishan looked normal and asked, "Dou What is the reason why brother came to the door this time?"

"Buy a horse!" Dou Jiande said lightly.

Gao Shou blurted out: "Are you rich?"

"No!" Dou Jiande replied very simply.

Gao Shou couldn't help being amused: "If you don't have money, what kind of horse do you buy for entertainment?"

"Can't your racecourse use credit?" Dou Jiande asked rhetorically.

Gao Shou was about to reprimand, but Gao Kaishan waved his hand to stop him and said, "Of course, how many horses are you going to buy, brother Dou?"

Gao Shou could only swallow the words with a grunt.

"Five hundred horses!" Dou Jiande extended a slap.

Gao Shou couldn't help but gasp, Gao Kaishan couldn't help but frowned, Feiying Racecourse only sells about [-] horses a year at most, and it's only May now, most of the horses haven't reached the level of slaughter yet.

Dou Jiande glanced at the distressed Gao Kaishan, and asked, "Master Gao is in a difficult situation?"

Gao Kaishan nodded and said: "One thing, there are not so many horses in the racecourse."

"Then how many do you have?"

"Three hundred horses."

"I want it all."

"No problem, when will Brother Dou get the horse?" Gao Kaishan said straightforwardly.

"The night after tomorrow." After finishing speaking, Dou Jiande stood up, put on the bamboo hat, and said, "I still have something to do, so I'm leaving."

"Do you want to leave after eating?"

Dou Jiande licked his lips, seemed to hesitate for a while, and finally shook his head and said: "No, next time, you get the horse ready, and a certain family will come to pick it up the night after tomorrow." After speaking, he walked out of the house.

Gao Kaishan sent Dou Jiande across the suspension bridge, watched the latter disappear behind the bushes, and then turned back to the house.Gao Shou hurriedly caught up with him, and asked in puzzlement, "Patriarch really wants to give that guy [-] horses on credit?"

"Of course!" Gao Kaishan nodded.

"But... but you didn't negotiate the price with him, the Patriarch." Gao Shou said honestly, he wondered if the Patriarch's head was kicked by a horse yesterday.

"What's the price?"

"The price of the horses? Even if it's on credit, you have to bargain. Otherwise, how do you know how much the other party owes our racecourse?"

Gao Kaishan said with a dark face: "It's fine if they didn't ask us for money, but you still want money?"

Gao Shou couldn't help being at a loss, and said in a stuttering manner: "Why? Could it be that Patriarch, you owe that person money?"

"Ask your extraordinary young master!" Gao Kaishan went back to the mansion resentfully, and met Du Ruhui head-on, who wondered, "Master Gao's guest left so soon?"

Gao Kaishan managed to squeeze out a smile and said: "Sent away, not a guest, but a door-to-door debtor."

Du Ruhui couldn't help but suddenly realized, no wonder Gao Kaishan's complexion is not very good-looking.

Let’s say that Dou Jiande returned to the secret camp in Gaojibo. As soon as he got off the boat, his daughter Dou Xianniang ran over, took the hoe he was carrying in a fawning manner, and asked with a sweet smile, “Father, where have you been? It's been a long time since someone sent you a message."

Dou Jiande hummed lightly and said, "Father, go collect some debts."

"Hey, who owes you the debt? In the future, my daughter can handle things like debt collection, and I won't bother you as an old man to do it myself." Dou Xianniang asked with a smile.

This girl is 17 years old this year, her figure has fully grown, she has a slender waist and hips, pretty eyes and a delicate nose, a small mouth like a water chestnut, and a bright red beauty mole on the center of her eyebrows. She is indescribably smart and beautiful. However, those minions peeked sideways.

Dou Jiande shook his head and said affirmatively: "If you go there, you will definitely not be able to collect the bill, and you may have to pay back. Dad will not do such a stupid thing."

Dou Xianniang's eyes widened immediately, she put her hands on her waist, and said fiercely: "Father, who do you look down on? Tell me, who is Lao Lai, and my daughter will pay back the debt for you."

"No need, Dad has already collected... some, and the rest will be collected later." Dou Jiande curled his lips, flew up and kicked a minion next to him, and cursed: "Boy, dare you!" Fat, right? Look and look, is my daughter something you can miss?"

That minion got up and patted his buttocks, a little unconvinced and said: "My fair lady, a gentleman is so good, you can't even take a peek?"

"What a ball! Bring three hundred horses first, and Sima can think about it for a while."

"Uh... forget it then, I can't afford three hundred horse hairs!" Seeing that Da Sima was about to kick someone again, the minion hurried away clutching his ass.

Dou Xianniang glared at me with a blushing face, and said coquettishly, "Father, what are you talking about? Eh, you... You didn't go to Feiying Racecourse, did you?"

"No!" Dou Jiande turned around and left.

"You must have gone!" Dou Xianniang chased after her.

"If you say no, then there will be no." Dou Jiande jumped into the boat, picked up the bamboo pole and drove away from the shore.

Dou Xianniang stomped her feet angrily, and said loudly, "Father, how could you do this, it's too much!"

whoosh...

Something flew over from the boat, Dou Xianniang subconsciously took it, and found that it was a steamed bun wrapped in a sweat towel.

"You take good care of the house. Father is going to see Lord Donghai. Also, don't try to think about the warehouse. Father has already changed two locks and sent someone to guard it. Without father's order, you can't get even half a step closer to the door of the warehouse. Yes, don't keep thinking about going to Gaoyang County, or Dad will think of collecting debts again, remember to remember!"

Dou Jiande propped the boat up and down, and soon, the harmony of people disappeared in the dense reeds.

Dou Xianniang stomped her feet fiercely in anger, and threw the steamed bun in her hand to a nearby minion, who hurriedly caught it, licked it happily, and then ran away quickly.

(End of this chapter)