I just want to make money

Chapter 183 Immediately find Mr. Lin
The three of them walked into the theater, and the waiter, with sharp eyes, ran over and bowed his head to say hello, "Your Majesty is here, what are your arrangements for today?"

Lin Yi waved his folding fan, "As usual."

"okay."

The clerk immediately yelled, "Mr. Lin listens to the music, opens a room in a private room, serves a piece of dried fruit tea, and rewards the troupe with money."

The actors who were singing on the stage bowed to thank for the reward.

The people who watched the theater looked at Lin Yi and the three of them, whispering who this person was, and there was a natural introduction that they knew Lin Yi, and this was the official Lin of the county.

Lin Yi looked calm, but Earl Ying and Xie Xida were shy and proud, with a dog-leg image.

In the other box, an old man with a long beard poked his head out, looked at Lin Yi and the two people behind, with contempt on his face, just in time for Earl Ying to see, Earl Ying's face darkened and he snorted, Lin Yi looked At this scene, I glanced at the old man and asked in a low voice:
"What, is there a grudge?"

During the conversation, the three entered the box.

"The old man is a member of Zhang Shouchu in the west of the city. His family opened a silk and satin shop. You know my family also opened a silk and satin shop. It can be said that half of the reason why it closed down is thanks to his Zhang family." Earl Ying said bitterly.

"Hey, I haven't heard you say that before." Lin Yi said.

"I was embarrassed to say such a shameful thing before. After I took over my family's silk and satin factory, many silk and satin factories in the county colluded and said that they would raise the price of silk and satin uniformly. Zhang Shouchu was one of the initiators. I thought I saw an opportunity. I bought a large amount of silk and satin from other places with Gao Li. I never thought that the price of the silk and satin in the county would start to drop as soon as the goods came back, which made me lose all my money. In the end, I lost my capital instead. After being chased for money, I had to sell the silk and satin village, and ended up in this situation."

"Later, I heard that many small silk and satin shops closed down, and my silk and satin shop was taken over by Zhang Shouchu, and it became his property instead. Can you tell me I can't be angry?"

Ying Earl was indignant.

Lin Yi smiled softly in his heart, he had seen too many intrigues in shopping malls, maybe those people, even a game specially targeted at the small silk and satin factory.

Earl Ying is a fledgling guy with no business experience, it's not uncommon for him to be tricked by several people.

On the stage, the actors were babbling and singing, and Lin Yi was admiring the different styles of ancient times, when he suddenly heard someone rushing up the stairs and knocking on the door of the box next to him.

Immediately afterwards, someone shouted from the side, "What, you said that water thieves robbed our goods."

Immediately, I saw Mr. Zhang take someone away quickly.

Earl Ying naturally heard it too. He leaned over the railing and looked down with great interest. Seeing Zhang Yuanwai leaving in a hurry, he smiled at Lin Yi and said:
"Brother, it sounds like something happened to the Zhang family. Just now he said that water thieves robbed the goods. Could it be that their silk boat was robbed? Haha, it would be great if that was the case."

Lin Yi's heart skipped a beat.

"Count, go and inquire, the more detailed the better, come back and tell me after you have inquired." Lin Yi ordered.

"Okay, I'll go right away, I'm itchy if I don't ask about the details." Said and quickly walked out of the box.

"Brother, what are you doing asking about that?" Xie Xida asked curiously.

"Curious, by the way Xida, do you know how many bandits and water bandits we have near Qinghe?" Lin Yi asked.

Xie Xida's father is a thousand household official, Xie Xida really heard something from his father, and he also heard the news from the side.

"As far as I know, there are Heifeng Village, Duotian Village, and Tulong Village nearby, and Qingfeng Village and Shuiboliang Village are farther away. There are too many."

Speaking of this, Xie Xida lowered his voice, "The government exorbitantly imposes miscellaneous taxes, corrupt officials exploit people, and the people live in hardship. Anywhere may become a copycat."

Lin Yi looked at Xie Xida, he didn't expect this guy to have such insight.

Earl Ying didn't come back until after listening to the song. Lin Yi took Xie Xida to find a restaurant for dinner. As soon as the food was served, Earl Ying smelled it. Lin Yi knew that such a guy would never have to worry about him finding less than myself.

"Brother, the Zhang family is very busy now." Earl Ying picked up a glass of wine and said with a smile.

"What's the situation, let's listen to it to relieve boredom." Lin Yi picked up a chopstick and put it in his mouth.

Earl Ying moved forward, his face full of joy, as if he had won a few pennies from a bet, "The Zhang family's silk boat was robbed by Liang Shanshui bandits on the way, and the value of the cargo was about 1000 pennies. Not the most important thing, the most important thing is that Zhang Yuanwai's two sons are on board."

"Nowadays, Zhang Yuan's family's business is mainly managed by the eldest son. His youngest son has been studying and thought about taking the imperial examination. This time he went home for the August Festival. He happened to pick up his second child and come back with him. How can he be caught by the water bandits?" It's all in one pot."

"Now the robbers are asking Zhang's family for a ransom of 5000 guan, and even if they lose a penny, the Zhang family is anxious like ants on a hot pot, hahaha."

"They didn't report to the officials?" Lin Yi asked.

"It's reported to the official. Zhang Yuanwai yelled for the housekeeper to report to the official halfway, but what's the use of reporting to the official? The water park Liangshan is not in our Qinghe County boundary, so the government will not take care of it."

At this time, Xie Xida was beside him and said: "Shuibo Liangshan stretches for [-] miles and is composed of many lakes and swamps. There are many reeds in the water. It belongs to the boundary of the three regardless of land. Even if the government wants to control it, there is nothing they can do, unless they send a large army to encircle and suppress it. But now The army is fighting everywhere, and they are already exhausted, so the imperial court will not make great efforts to suppress the bandits."

Lin Yi listened and pondered in his heart, he suddenly raised his head and said to the earl, "Count, if you do something, it will benefit you afterwards, and maybe you can even vent your anger."

"Brother, what can you tell me?" Earl Ying quickly responded.

"Five thousand is not a small number. Although the Zhang family opened a silk and satin shop, it is estimated that they will not be able to get it out for a while. In order to redeem his son, the member Zhang must raise money. If you go to him, tell him that I can lend him the money." Lin Yi said. .

"Xi Da, you go too. You will also get a commission if this matter is negotiated. You can choose whoever you want in the best flower house at night."

The two were overjoyed.

"Brother, look after me."

The two guys were originally helping out, and what they usually do is this kind of pimping to earn intermediary fees. They are naturally happy to hear that they can make money.

I didn't eat any food.

The two guys scurry out.

The casino plan in the afternoon fell through, so Lin Yi went home directly after lunch, and was served by Chunmei Xiu'er, changed into a strong outfit, practiced martial arts for an hour, took a shower, and returned to the study to continue reading.

at dusk.

Earl Ying and Xie Xida came over hand in hand.

However, both of them slumped their heads.

"Brother, the matter didn't work out, that Zhang Yuanwai borrowed money from another family."

Then tell Lin Yi what happened.

After the incident, the Zhang family was gloomy, and the two young masters were robbed. The robber released a servant to bring back the news that the Zhang family was rich, so they opened their mouths and offered 5000 guan as a ransom.

If you want to return the silk and satin, you have to pay another 1000 guan, otherwise you will just release the people and not return the goods.

6000 two.

Although the Zhang family is well-off, with houses, fields and shops, most of them are fixed assets, and they can't afford so much cash for a while.

The eldest lady kept crying, and the two children were her heirs. If something happened to her, she would lose her life as a mother, and the government would not be useful. The only way now is naturally to raise money to redeem her, and immediately start a relationship Find someone to borrow money from.

But the other family didn't have much spare money, and in the end they only managed to scrape together more than 2000 guan, which is considered to be Zhang Yuanwai's extensive friendship.

There are still more than 3000 gaps left.

The family was discussing whether to borrow usury, and Mrs. Zhang felt distressed about the interest. Mrs. Zhang saw the old man hesitated, pinched his waist and scolded the old man, "The two sons are more important than the money. If you borrow money, you must get them back as soon as possible."

Then Zhang Yuanwai asked people to ask around to borrow money. At this time, Earl Ying came to the Zhang family. He was originally in the silk business, and he had met Zhang Yuanwai a few times, so he gritted his teeth and called him Uncle Shi.

"I heard that Uncle Shi needs money. I know an official who is Lin Yilin who runs a herbal medicine store in the east of the city. He is willing to lend it to Uncle Shi for temporary turnover."

"How much?"

"Five cents per month." Earl Ying said.

Zhang Yuanwai felt a pain in the flesh, "No, I have other channels, I need to use them."

Earl Ying knew that Zhang Yuanwai was holding on, so he waited outside, but he didn't expect that Zhang Yuanwai borrowed money from outside, and the interest was five cents, but that person was more familiar with Zhang Yuanwai before, which made Earl Ying's teeth itch. .

A harvest is missing.

Lin Yi nodded unhurriedly when he heard it, "If you can't make it, you've been busy all day, so I won't tell you to run away in vain."

As he spoke, he took out two small silver beads from his sleeves, each weighing about two renminbi, the two guys saw that there was a reward for the failure of the matter, so they took it happily.

"I won't go out at night, go and play by yourself." Lin Yi said.

The two guys left Lin's house with a smile.

The Zhang family was in a hurry to find money, and when the money was raised, they immediately ordered the housekeeper to take two swift guards and drive the cart to Shuibo Liangshan to pay the ransom. son.

Qinghe County is about [-] miles away from Shuibo Liangshan, whether it is far or near, the three hurried on their way, but suddenly saw a fallen dead tree on the road, the driver told the steward, and the steward asked two guards to get off the car Remove the tree.

When the two men lifted the wood,

Suddenly a person sprang out from the nearby bushes, holding an eight-edged iron rod in his hand, whistling and knocking down the two guards, the housekeeper heard the exclamation from outside, subconsciously opened the curtain of the car, and saw a figure rushing over, punching him orbital.

"Oops~!"

The butler fell down with a scream.

This man was extremely agile, he got into the car, picked up the money box and left. When the housekeeper came to his senses, he found that the man had rushed into the woods.

that's it,
Six thousand coins were robbed.

"Butler, what should I do?" the driver asked tremblingly.

The housekeeper looked at the two guards who fell on the ground, "Put them into the car, and we will report back to Qinghe County to the master."

Those who drive the car move quickly.

The robbers acted very well, and only knocked out the two guards, but did not hurt their lives.

Returning to Qinghe County in the middle of the night, the housekeeper with bruised eyes and two injured guards were robbed of reporting money to Zhang Yuan's foreign exchange, and Zhang Yuan fainted suddenly.

The Zhang residence was in chaos immediately.

Everyone was in a hurry to wake up Zhang Yuanwai.

Zhang Yuanwai howled, "My money is six thousand guan, how many years will it take to save six thousand guan?"

But crying is useless.

The child must be saved.

Zhang Yuanwai scolded the damn robber while looking for someone to raise money again, but raising money this time was far more difficult than last time.

My friends borrowed it all last time.

Usury is also unwilling to borrow again, for fear of risk.

When the housekeeper came back to report the situation, Zhang Yuanwai was at a loss what to do. Suddenly he thought of something, that's right, Earl Ying asked for it before, saying that Mr. Lin was willing to borrow money.

"Go to Officer Lin immediately."

(End of this chapter)