Picturesque Rivers and Mountains in the Red Chamber

Chapter 139 Chapter 3.46: How many things did Brother Tadashi find out?
Volume Three

3.46 How many things did the tadpole brothers find out?
A few days passed in the blink of an eye. On March 25, the courtyard of the Zhou family was extremely lively. Headed by Zhang Dehui, there were more than a dozen shopkeepers with different looks and costumes, but all with humble attitudes and flattering voices, kneeling in front of the shop. Waiting outside the main hall of the hospital, they relaxed after Zhou Yang signaled and watched Zhang Dehui enter. Most of the people went to the east cross courtyard to rest.

"Old slave, I've met my uncle!" Zhang Dehui's title was obviously a deliberate attempt to draw closer to each other. Although Zhou Yang had indeed made a marriage arrangement with Xue Baochai, as long as he hadn't officially entered the house for a day, he was not allowed to use this title for a day. "This time, my uncle is in high school." Wu Jinshi, I think he will be awarded an official soon. I congratulate you in advance!

This time I came with Lao Nu, and those who were kneeling in the yard just now are all semi-colon shopkeepers from the prosperous cities in the northern region of Xuezhao, including Tongzhou, Dingzhou, Baoding, Zhengding, etc., and even some from outside. Chengde, all the slaves have joined together to show their filial piety, and I hope that I can help you."

"Okay, you should sit down too!" Opening the brocade box that had just been delivered and placed on the table, he saw a thick stack of one hundred taels of silver notes. He smiled and nodded, seeing that Zhang Dehui had already He half pulled his buttocks down and sat down, and then asked, "I understand what you mean. I guess Brother Tadou has been a little strict these days, right?"

"Uncle Mingjian, these slaves were deceived by lard a few years ago and actually stole their master's property. They didn't dare to ask for forgiveness. This time they pushed the old slave out, just hoping to spare their lives. , I dare not ask anything else." Zhang Dehui said with a smile, "As for the money they have spent greedily over the years, they are willing to pay as much as they want."

"Huh, are you afraid that you will be frightened by the accounting team of the Duke of Qi?" Zhou Yang sneered and said something, which made Zhang Dehui tremble all over. He quickly stood up again and waited, "I don't know about business names. All the accounts in Beidi have been checked." Brother Tao was responsible, but it was the more than ten old accountants sent by his mentor who actually took action.

After all, Xue's surname is Xue. These days, it's not convenient for me to ask about the specific progress. But more than four months have passed now, so Brother Tao must have almost figured it out, right?What you brought today are all the leftovers that haven’t been cleared yet?Tell me, how many things did Brother Tadashi find out? "

"Back to my uncle, this time I checked all the 31 Fucheng branches in the entire Northland and found a total of 170 million taels of silver that did not match the accounts." Zhang Dehui's answer was very cheerful, because these cannot be hidden at all. "Thirteen of them went too far and were confiscated by the people of the Duke of Qi in accordance with Uncle Tao's request.

The seventeen people standing outside the door didn't do too much, but each family didn't have less than 5 taels. There was also one family who might have been involved too much, and the whole family went too far before Uncle Tadou could take action. Not a single one of the more than 30 servants was left. Considering that the problem was too big, Uncle Tadashi didn’t ask any more questions. He just rearranged the local semicolon and continued to operate. "

"What do brothers mean?" Zhou Yang said lightly.

"What Uncle Tao wants is for each family to pay money and go back to Jinling with the boat, and then they can live their whole life in a village in the countryside." Zhang Dehui said with a smile, "It's just that they are also old men of the Xue family, and they have served them all their lives. I think this doesn’t have to be the case, right? It would be better to release them and show the master’s magnanimity, wouldn’t it?”

"How much is the difference in the account, and how much do you need to pay?" Zhou Yang smiled sarcastically, "You bully me into not doing business, so you don't understand the twists and turns? Don't talk about anything else, but don't tell me. , they just embezzled the Xue family's money honestly and didn't do anything of their own in private. Do you believe it?

Not to mention that they are stationed in various places and have served as shopkeepers for many years. Is it possible that they have already hooked up with the local aristocratic families?Coupled with the trade route connecting the north and south with the name "Xue", they didn't know how much money they could get in exchange for it?The reason why the tadpole brothers didn't kill them was just because they didn't cause too much damage, but it didn't mean that they didn't deserve to die! "

"Old slave, I'm guilty!" Zhang Dehui knelt on the ground in a cold sweat. "Bang bang bang," he kowtowed more than a dozen times before he said, "Please forgive them for the sake of their hard work all their lives." Fate, as for the money, please ask me to give you a price, so these dogs really have a lot of money left!"

"How much did they give you?" Zhou Yang asked lightly.

"10 taels, and we will double it when the deal is done." Zhang Dehui replied without hesitation.

"It's a little more than 1 taels per family, not a big number." Zhou Yang shook his head and didn't ask more questions in this regard, "What's the figure offered by Brother Tao? Think about it clearly, they are not dead yet, mainly because Because they still have money, if they can’t satisfy the Xue family, they won’t be able to take the money away, and it will be difficult for them to keep their lives.”

"Each family will pay 20 taels to buy their life, and the deed will be returned to them." Zhang Dehui said with his head buried.

"It's a bit too much, but it's not bad." Zhou Yang sneered, "Then I'll reduce the number a little. Each family will leave three times the money according to the found accounts and get out. It doesn't matter if you don't agree, just press on. Brother's request is to do it. As for the outcome, I will not interfere anymore.

A reminder, they can also try to play hard. Not to mention the reputation of the Duke of Qi, there is a saying that "a monk can run away but cannot run away from the temple." They had better think clearly before taking action. What I did in Jinling is not a secret. They'd better be able to run faster than my strong bow, or faster than Xue Jiahai's firearms! "My uncle was joking, how dare the old slave?" "Zhang Dehui quickly kowtowed and said. In fact, they had thought of this a long time ago. Otherwise, how could they be honest? "I understand, I will tell these idiots outside to prepare the money as soon as possible - come here! "

The master-slave rules in the feudal era were extremely cruel. For example, the reason why the Xue family dared to send out these shopkeepers was that they were all in Jinling. All the property in the fields and houses that I have left will be thrown away. If I can carry gold and silver on my body, I will have to worry about it for the rest of my life.

Of course, it is not impossible to kill Xue Biao. The problem is that even if Zhou Yang is not discussed, the Chen family of the Duke of Qi and even the entire Eight Dukes camp are standing behind the Xue family. If they take action, whether it will succeed or not is another matter. It will be a success. It is tantamount to offending the largest martial arts group in the world.

Basically, there is no need to consider whether you can still live. If you lose your life, you will still lose your money, because when Wu Xun did something evil, he was much more evil than the Xue family, and he would never show any kindness or mercy - This is also the fundamental reason why throughout the feudal era, every big businessman would find someone to hug him. Someone would protect him at critical moments.

"I have seen my uncle!" The seventeen shopkeepers cheered to the door, but no one dared to enter. They knelt on the ground and kowtowed, but no one said anything.

"You all heard what I said just now, go back and finish the matter, and then don't let me see you again!" Zhou Yang said lightly.

"Don't worry, uncle, the servants will go back and send the money as soon as possible!" One of the shopkeepers kowtowed "bang bang" and said happily.

"Looking for death!" Zhou Yang strode out, kicked his neck into a [-]-degree angle, pointed at the corpse on the ground and sneered, "You are still not honest at this time, this is what you will end up with! The Snow Brand is the property of the Xue family , Brother Tao is the uncle sent by the Xue family, no matter how much money you have, it must go through his hands first, do you understand?"

"I understand, I understand!" The kowtow of "bang bang bang" became louder.

"Zhang Dehui, take the people there in person. I don't care where this blind dog is the shopkeeper or who is behind. If a chicken and a dog run away from their house, you don't have to come back. You can find a place to dig a hole yourself. That’s good, so you don’t have to worry about it anymore!” Zhou Yang waved his hand to stop the group of people from kowtowing, and pointed at Zhang Dehui to explain.

"I understand. Please rest assured. After the matter is over, I will explain it clearly to Uncle Daza!" Zhang Dehui replied with his head buried.

"Go away!" Zhou Yang waved his hands with a cold face, "Clean this place clean."

After a while, the whole yard finally became quiet. Zhou Yang breathed a sigh of relief. He actually didn't want this. The problem was that feudal society was like this. If he spared these people, many others would dare to follow him in the future. Even his current approach was not consistent. Xue Biao discussed it, but he believed it would be okay.

"Uncle——" After all the shopkeepers left, Zhang Dehui ran into the living room and knelt down again, holding a brocade box in his hand, "This is all the water they gave to the slaves, this is it"

"Take it to Brother Tao, I won't ask!" Zhou Yang glanced at him indifferently, "Also, don't do these extravagant things for me. The business of the Northland under the Snow brand will definitely be under the name of Brother Wenlong in the future. Come on, I believe Brother Tao will arrange the money this time; as long as you are honest and filial, you will benefit from it, but if you still dare to commit suicide, don’t worry about not being able to place it in the mass graves in the west of the city!"

"I don't dare!" Zhang Dehui sweatdropped directly on the ground, "I came back to report something. A few days ago, my wife came with news, saying that I asked my uncle to arrange a yard nearby for him to stay when he comes to Beijing. Now it has been bought, that is, this house on the west side, which happens to be in this row of four-jointed houses. The old slave has bought them all and kept the rest for spare."

"Huh?" Zhou Yang was stunned for a moment, "Madam, you want to come over? When? Where are Sister Bao and Brother Wenlong?"

(End of this chapter)