A Good Landlord in the Tang Dynasty: Emperor Yuan Cong

Chapter 221

Wu Huaiyu took Zhang Chengde to visit the former prince Xima Wei Zheng's house.

Wei Zheng didn't want to see Wu Huaiyu as a guest, and even felt disgusted.But Zhang Chengde explained his purpose to the old servant of the Wei family, and Mrs. Pei persuaded Wei Zheng to meet him.

"The one who came today is an official from the Economic and Economic Bureau of the Eastern Palace. They said that you, Wei Zuocheng, are the former prince of the Economic and Economic Bureau. Besides, he has a business to do. The Bureau of Economic and Economic Affairs is doing a big event recently and visited many high-ranking officials. Scholars, haven't stopped them from the door..."

"Wu Laoer came to the door, there must be no good things, how much did you cheat us last time?"

"That's what you invited too."

"Yes, I opened the door to lure thieves into the house, so I won't let them come this time."

Mrs. Pei persuaded Wei Zheng to appease his anger. Wei Zheng pointed to the half-written epitaph on the table in front of him and said, "You see, in order to pay back the money, I have to write epitaphs for Qian Jiulong and Ma Sanbao's fathers."

"Qian Jiulong is also a well-known family in the south of the Yangtze River. It's just that he offended the faint king in the Sui Dynasty and confiscated his family as a slave, but isn't he also a real duke now? Ma Sanbao also sealed [-] households, and you even got a false viscount lost."

"Don't talk about that, I'm like this now, don't I owe it all to Wu Laoer?"

"You can't blame others for this matter. It is you who borrowed the money on your own initiative and asked someone to borrow it. In the end, if you don't borrow it, you will break the contract. They act according to industry rules,"

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"You don't think you have offended enough people, and you want to offend the new crown prince?" Pei was very angry.

Wei Zheng said helplessly, "Okay, let someone call them in."

Wu Huaiyu brought Zhang Chengde all the way in. Zhang Wenxue was very surprised at the simplicity of Wei Zheng's house. He visited Huaiyu's mansion first before coming together. The two families are separated by a wall, but the difference is too great. farewell.

"Duke Wei!"

Wei Zheng looked at Wu Huai's teeth itching, but he had no choice but to salute him sullenly.

"Wei Gong, our Bureau of Economics and Economics is here today to visit the old boss in the next bureau." Wu Huaiyu ignored Wei Zheng's constipated face and explained with a smile that he wanted Wei Zheng to donate books.

"Duke Wei has a collection of [-] volumes, which is famous in Chang'an. The Donggong Sijing Bureau is now going to restore the collection of books in Chongwendian, and I want to ask Duke Wei to help."

Wei Zheng said angrily, "Aren't my [-] volumes of books still in custody in your Longevity Hall?"

"Don't you still have a lot of books on Duke Wei's bookshelf? I guess there are still hundreds of volumes?"

Wei Zhengqi's beard trembled wildly.

Zhang Chengde didn't know the reason, so he asked.

"It's like this. Wei Gong wanted to marry Wang Xueshi's family earlier, so he asked Changshengtang to pawn the house and his [-]-volume collection of books, and took [-] coins. Unexpectedly, this matter was impeached by the censor. Wang's family took too much money , His Majesty issued an order to reprimand them for this matter, the marriage of the two families has failed, and Wei Gong asked Changshengpu to break the contract..."

How could Wu Huaiyu be so cheap? Wei Zheng, Changchangtang’s condition for early redemption in case of breach of contract, either the money will continue to be used, and the interest will be paid off when it expires, and the house deed and book collection will be redeemed.If you have to redeem it in advance, you have to pay one month's interest, plus three months' liquidated damages, and you have to pay all the handling fees.

One month's interest is [-] guan, the liquidated damages for three months is [-] guan, and the total handling fee is [-] guan, which is a total of [-] guan.

Wei Zheng is not married now, and it is useless to put two thousand guan in his hands, but he can redeem it in advance, even if he borrows the money for one day, he has to pay [-] guan for interest and handling fees, etc., Wei Zheng refuses.

So now the matter is still deadlocked, Huaiyu doesn't compromise, anyway, every day counts as a month, and every month counts as a season, he is not afraid of Wei Zheng's consumption, his house title deed and three thousand volumes of books are still with him.

The Pei family invited Wu Huaiyu to come in today because they wanted to talk about this matter again, and delaying it is not an option, after all, they were the ones who broke the contract first.

"Marquis Wu, if our family's matter is resolved, our Wei family will definitely donate books to the East Palace at that time. I can decide this matter. How about donating [-] volumes of books? Including a set of notes written by our Alang himself, Contribute together."

"Eternal Life Hall has already proposed two solutions to that matter, both according to industry rules, but there is no irregularity at all. It is Wei Fu who has been unwilling to solve it." Wu Huaiyu chuckled.

Showing weakness to Wu Huaiyu, Mrs. Pei sighed, and talked about how difficult the Wei family is now, the marriage was not consummated, and it was a joke between the government and the public, and now they have to pay so much money, but the Wei family doesn't have so much money to pay.

Wei Zheng now has to write epitaphs and inscribe plaques for people every day, just to earn some money for his pen...

Zhang Chengde couldn't bear it when he heard this, the dignified Shangshu Zuo Cheng and the man from Julu County are also fourth-rank officials and fifth-rank nobles.

"Miss Pei, I'm actually very embarrassed about this matter. You were the ones who begged to borrow money and asked me to help, but I deliberately disregarded the rules of Changsheng Hall and lent you money by giving you two less monthly interest.

But now looking back, you have to renege on the papers and renege on your debts. I am not a human being inside and out, and I can't explain to my bosses.

Why,"

"Wu Erlang, please help me out."

"Well, I'll do it to the end as a good person, and make another exception. In your case, I also suggested that you choose to redeem in advance, but you have to pay the monthly interest, three-month liquidated damages plus the full handling fee."

"But we can't get it out at all. Even if my family, Alang, writes epitaphs for people every day, it will cost tens of thousands of dollars to write one, or a thousand pens. It will take years and months."

"How about this, since you returned the capital to Changshengtang the next day, although liquidated damages, interest, etc. were not paid, but today we will talk about some solutions and nothing else."

Huaiyu didn't intend to let Wei Zheng go easily.

He put forward a settlement condition, that the one thousand money will be offset by the three thousand volumes of books that have been withheld, and the land deed will be returned to Wei Zheng.

"How is this possible? How many rare books and secret books are there in my three thousand-volume collection!" Wei Zheng shouted angrily.

"Wei Gong, books don't have a clear price for real gold and silver. They are better than calligraphy and paintings. In the eyes of those who like them, they may be worth more than ten thousand gold, but in the eyes of ordinary people, this volume of books is worth a lot. It’s just one book, and three thousand books are worth one thousand coins, which is quite fair.”

"Of course, if Duke Wei thinks that the price of this book is more than this, I can make Changshengtang a little troublesome and sell these books. If the sales are less than a thousand guan, then we will consider ourselves a loss. If it exceeds a thousand guan, we will deduct points The selling fee, and the one thousand guan, the rest can be given to Wei Gong, how about it?"

Wei Zheng refused to accept this condition, because it was a treasure he had collected for many years, and some of them were even family heirlooms.

"This doesn't work, that doesn't work either. Duke Wei just wants to repudiate the debt, right? I can tell Duke Wei that even if Duke Wei is the Chancellor Zuo Cheng, you won't be able to refuse this lawsuit even if it reaches the imperial court.

At that time, it will be spread to the government and the public, and everyone will say that Wei Zuocheng, who has always prided himself on integrity, is actually a dishonest reproach. "

Wu Huaiyu's words were very blunt.

Upon hearing this, Mrs. Pei had no choice but to drag Wei Zheng to apologize to Huaiyu.

Isn't it because of his reputation of loyalty that Wei Zheng is able to be invincible in the court now?
If he is a person who reneges on his debts and has no faith, wouldn't he be a person who deceives the world and steals his name?
This is also why Huaiyu has always dared to take advantage of Wei Zheng. Wei Zheng owes money, that is a fact, no matter what he says, he will borrow it for a day or two, and both parties are in agreement.

Breach of contract must be done according to the rules of breach of contract, and the interest and liquidated damages that should be paid must be paid. Even if the emperor comes, he can't just break the contract.

When a lawsuit comes before the emperor, he is not afraid of him, and he is not an ordinary small businessman, but an official of the imperial court. Wu Huaiyu is not the only one who runs this quality store Changsheng warehouse. Which one doesn't run this?

Those who run this business themselves are all these people with status.

Therefore, if Wei Zheng wants to break the contract, he is against the entire elite in this business. Who can support him?
Wei Zheng wanted to hammer Wu Huaiyu to death, but Pei was still sensible.

Under her constant moderation, they talked slowly.

"How about this, I will propose another solution, don't fight for the thousand dollars, it doesn't make sense anywhere, but, we are also neighbors, and we are still ministers in the same palace, so let's not It's ugly.

I also know that you have difficulties. Originally, buying books is the best way, but since Wei Gong is not willing to give up these favorites, I will not take away people's love.

The title deed is temporarily placed in the Changsheng Hall, and the three thousand volumes of books can be taken back first, but there is an additional condition. "

"Marquis Wu, please tell me." Mrs. Pei hurriedly said.

"As long as the thousand coins are repaid within one year, we will no longer charge any additional interest. It will be divided into twelve installments, one monthly, and each installment only needs to be repaid over [-] coins.

I won't charge any extra interest, but I need one thing, I want the exclusive secret recipe of Wei Gong's family. Wei Gong wine tastes very good, and I plan to brew some in the future. "

This is equivalent to a credit card burst, and finally negotiated with the bank to stop repaying the principal first.

"My monthly salary is only four thousand two, and my annual salary is only three hundred shi..."

"Wei Gong, when you first asked to borrow two thousand strings, you had to consider these things. The money we borrowed from you, real money, was also raised by various parties, and it didn't fall from the sky. We also have costs."

"Furthermore, it's really not much money to pay more than [-] yuan a month. Wei Gong is now writing an epitaph. It is said that one of the epitaphs is at least one horse. General Qian asked Wei Gong to help. It is said that he gave two horses plus [-] yuan. Money, it’s worth a hundred thousand, unless Duke Wei really doesn’t want to pay it back, he’s not sincere.”

"Okay, we agreed, thank you Marquis Wu, how about writing an agreement now?" Mrs. Pei agreed immediately upon seeing this, for fear that Wu Huaiyu would go back on his word. This is the best solution so far, otherwise the Wei family will be in trouble. In this mud pit, it is not just a matter of money interest,

It may also affect Wei Zheng's reputation, which is the foundation of the Wei family. When the reputation is gone, everything will be gone.

"Is Duke Wei really willing to give Duke Wei the secret recipe for wine?" Huaiyu asked while staring at Wei Zheng.

"Okay." Wei Zheng gritted his teeth.

"I won't give fake ones, or keep a hand?"

"I, Wei Zheng, say one thing and one thing."

"Okay, then make a contract, and you have to add a clause that the monthly repayment is more than 8. If you fail to repay the contract when it expires, you have to calculate interest. It is calculated at eight percent of the public money. It's over, the title deed will be redeemed."

"Yes." Wei Zheng gritted his teeth.

Huaiyu smiled and asked Pei again, "Ms. Pei said just now that if the problem can be solved today, she is willing to present three hundred volumes to the East Palace. Does that still count?"

Mrs. Pei smiled helplessly, "Of course I keep my word, once I get the book back, I will send three hundred volumes to the East Palace."

"Then don't bother, we will come to pick it up then."

Wei Zheng personally wrote an agreement, and the two signed and sealed it together.

"The secret recipe of Wei Gongjiu?"

"I'll write it to you right now." Wei Zheng dipped his pen into the ink and wrote to Huaiyu a detailed method of brewing Weigong wine, including the koji he used without reservation.

After accepting this secret recipe, Huaiyu planned to go back to his and Wang Ji's winery and brew a batch of Wei Gong wine according to this recipe to sell, still called Wei Gong wine.

"My book?" Wei Zheng asked with a gloomy face as he watched Huaiyu put the secret recipe into his arms.

"Why don't Duke Wei follow me to the Hall of Eternal Life now?"

"Okay," Wei Zheng couldn't wait for a moment.

Zhang Chengde was on the sidelines and witnessed how his young boss beat the former crown prince, Wei Zheng, to death.

Wei Zheng borrowed two thousand guan from Wu Huaiyu for a day, but in the end he took in not only one thousand guan, but also the secret recipe of his own Wei Gongjiu. Wu Xima helped to find a way.

(End of this chapter)