The blessing of the Qing Dynasty is difficult to pass

Chapter 482 Asking for Money (Part [-])

"It's okay, no matter how you got it, that piece of land belongs to you now, right?" Yin Xiang asked with a smile, shaking the pen in his hand.

"Yes." Ker Kun nodded honestly.

"You also have a farm in Shengjing. Although I don't know how many there are, but I remember that every year there is a motorcade from Shengjing to Beijing to send interest. The carts are full, and there are all kinds of furs, vegetables, livestock, grains, everything you expect. Right?" Yinxiang asked again.

Ke Kun didn't expect that a dignified elder brother from Yinxiang would sit down and patiently calculate such trivial matters with him, and he quickly explained, "Master, how many silver are those items worth, and the cost of the house is so high, it's not worth it at all." thing."

"It doesn't matter whether it's important or not, you just say yes, or not?" Yinxiang looked at Keer Kun, with a smile in his dark eyes, looking very kind.

Friendly?It was clear that the visitor was not kind, Ke Kun secretly became vigilant, nodded hesitantly, and said, "Yes."

"I heard that you have several shops in Beijing, all of which are in bustling areas, right?"

"Yes."

"Don't talk about other things, just talking about these farm shops, the annual profit is several thousand taels, right? And the few shops under your name occupy a good location, and the annual profit of those few shops alone is more than a few thousand taels Right?" Yinxiang said.

"Master Thirteen, you don't know..."

"No, I know, I know very clearly." Yinxiang opened his mouth and interrupted Ke Kun's defense. He put down the brush in his hand, picked up the tea bowl and took a sip to moisten his throat, and then continued, "You know, too, Grandpa." He and the fourth brother both have some properties under the name of the master. There are a few shops under the name of the master that happen to be next to the ones under the name of yours. Don't say that those shops are losing money, I don't believe it."

After Yinxiang said this, he put down the tea bowl in his hand, looked at Keer Kun with a smile, and said, "If you insist that those shops have been losing money, then I can't help it. After all, I didn't see the account book and my mouth is so long. It's on you. But what use are you keeping the loss-making shops? Your family's annual expenses are so high that life is already tight, but you still have to squeeze out money to support those loss-making shops. Wouldn't that make life more difficult?"

"Why don't you transfer those loss-making shops to the master, for the sake of your whole life's hard work for the Qing Dynasty, the master will definitely give you a price that satisfies you, how about it?"

Yinxiang answered the conversation, without giving Kerkun a chance to explain, and blocked all his subsequent words. Kerkun opened his mouth, and the astonishment in his eyes flashed. He had underestimated it before. This thirteenth master, who is experienced in handling things, does not look like a young man in his early 20s. He is no worse than an old fox like him who has lived for decades and even has empty eyelashes.

"Master Thirteen was joking. Selling a shop is like killing a goose to get its eggs. Although those shops are always losing money, the slaves don't plan to sell them. If they manage well, they might make money someday." Ke Kun shook his head, watertight.

Yinxiang scolded the cheeky old fox secretly when he heard the words, and said, "You are really strange. You are living a tight life tomorrow, but you still save money every year to subsidize a few loss-making shops. From my father's point of view, those shops are not at all. No loss, right? I have seen the crowds of customers with my own eyes."

"There are a lot of customers, but not every customer will buy something, just look at it but not buy, that's why those shops have been in a state of loss."

Kerkun and Yinxiang were arguing, talking nonsense with their eyes open, and Yinzhen, who was sitting by the side, became impatient. Wangwang was furious, although Yinxiang told him to just watch before he came, but at this moment he really couldn't help it, and put the tea bowl in his hand heavily on the coffee table, there was a "bang" and there was a splash of tea Out, Yinzhen said coldly, "Kerkun, it's only natural to owe money to repay the money, what do you mean by all kinds of twists and turns now?"

"It's not that the slave is stalking, it's that the slave really has no money." Ke Kun said with a bitter face. He is the elder brother's father-in-law, and he has fought with Yinfeng Suo'etu and others for many years. How could he be afraid of the little Yinzhen, in fact, he has never paid attention to this fourth master who is quiet and impatient, okay?

"Without money, is the master blind? Not to mention what the thirteenth brother just mentioned, it is the filial piety that the officials below give you every year, no less than 10 taels? When you were in trouble, Huang Ama allowed you to borrow from the treasury. The silver has weathered the storm, but now the treasury is empty, but you have the silver and don't pay it back, what do you mean?" Yinzhen scolded with a cold face.

"Fourth Master, where did you come from?" Kerkun opened his eyes wide and shouted, "What do you mean 'the officials below donate no less than 10 taels of filial piety every year'? Fourth Master, where did you hear about this?" What? I have worked hard all my life for the Qing Dynasty and the emperor. I am diligent, conscientious, cautious, and dare not make any omissions. I have never done this matter of collecting hundreds of thousands of silver. Fourth Master, although you are Brother prince, but you can't casually fabricate crimes against your slaves."

He has never done anything to collect hundreds of thousands at once, but after a few years, all kinds of things add up to hundreds of thousands, but he doesn't believe that Yinzhen has evidence of his bribery, if there is evidence, Yinzhen and Yinxiang would have gone to Kangxi went to complain, so why would he sit here and play tricks with him.

He is very confident.

"You!" Yinzhen was so angry that he really had no evidence. What he said just now was just a guess. People scrambled to curry favor with him. In terms of money alone, if he was willing to accept it, he would be able to collect one hundred thousand and eighty thousand taels a year. To judge others by himself, he did not believe that there would be fewer people curry favor with Kerkun than him, even if there were fewer, Not much less, after all, Kerkun is the elder brother's father-in-law, a first-rank official, not much worse than his fourth master who has no real power in his hands.

"Hey, fourth brother, fourth brother, calm down first, calm down." Seeing that Yinzhen was going to run away, Yinxiang hurriedly comforted him. When dealing with an old fox like Kerkun, you should not get angry, be calm and smile. If you speak without going through your brain, you will not be far from defeat.

"Kerkun, what did you say? You also questioned the fourth brother?" After comforting Yinzhen, Yinxiang reprimanded Kerkun with a straight face. Yinzhen is the king of the county, and Kerkun questioned Yinzhen just now. disrespectful.

Seeing that Yinzhen was a little out of sorts, Kerkun couldn't help sneering in his heart. Hearing Yinxiang's words, Kerkun explained in his mouth, "I am also impatient for a while. After all, it is related to my reputation. Fourth Master, how much did I have just now?" If there is an offense, I hope fourth master will make amends."

(End of this chapter)