Back to the end of Ming Dynasty to be a warlord

Chapter 10
Yang Yong had a bitter expression on his face: "My lord, isn't this account still due?"

Yang Chao also entered the bright hall at this time and stood aside, feeling bad in his heart.

Yang Chao guessed that the family might have borrowed money, but he didn't expect his father to borrow money from this Jinyiwei Baihu. He was really confused. This Xu Baihu is a well-known bully who eats people and does not spit bones.

Xu Baihu snorted: "It's not due. But I'm not unreasonable. You borrowed 20 taels of silver, and it's due at the end of the year, with a total of 50 taels of principal and interest. Since it's not due now, I will allow you 30 taels of principal and interest." .”

Where does the Yang family have so much money now, Yang Yong hurriedly said: "My lord, forgive me, but the villain has no money, otherwise the villain will pay back two liang first, how about money interest?"

Xu Baihu slapped the table fiercely: "You are begging for food when you are an official. You begged me for 20 taels and bought ginseng for your son to hang his life. Your son is fine now. You want to renege on your debt!"

Yang Chao knew that the family borrowed money because of his illness.

At that time, the doctors said that he was hopeless, so the family borrowed money to buy a small ginseng, and used the ginseng soup to hang himself for three days before he came back to life.

Because of his illness, his family borrowed money, and now he was forced to the door by the creditor, Yang Chao couldn't help feeling guilty.

Father Yang Yong had already knelt down: "Master Qianhu, forgive me, the villain really has no money. At the beginning, it was agreed to pay back in installments. At the end of the year, I will pay back five taels first. If I pay it now, the villain really can't get it out."

Xu Baihu hummed: "Okay. I'm not unreasonable. Since you can't get it out, then use your blacksmith shop to pay off the debt. It's not a loss to you."

"Absolutely not!"

Yang Yong shouted, the blacksmith shop is not only the guarantee of the family's livelihood, but also an ancestral property, which must not be lost.

"It was left by the ancestors. Your lord can't take it away."

Speaking of which, Yang Yong kowtowed like pounding garlic.

Yang Chao rushed forward and helped his father up.

Yang Chao was excited at this time, not only because the family owed debts because of his relationship, but also because he realized at this time that what this thousand households valued was not the debts, but their own blacksmith shop.

This blacksmith shop is the only property of the Yang family, and it is also the place that his father is most proud of. Although he is often worried that there will be no successors, he is absolutely reluctant to give it to others.Sometimes it is said that Yang Chao will have two sons in the future, so let one learn blacksmithing from him, and sometimes he sighs, if it is really not possible, he will sell the blacksmith shop in the future and marry Yang Chao a wife.

My mother also often complained that her family agreed to marry her to the Yang family because she liked that the Yang family had their own blacksmith shop. She knew that she would be so poor, and Yang Chao's external skills would never agree to such a small gift.

But now this Xu Baihu actually wanted to take advantage of the debt and take away the Yang family's blacksmith shop. Yang Chao felt that this might be a long-planned thing, so he was extremely angry.

Seeing his father kowtow on the ground, he became even more angry. After helping his father up, he said immediately: "Isn't it just to pay back the money? Show me the IOU!"

Yang Chao stood in front of Xu Baihu and opened his hands.

Yang Chao did not expect the money he earned yesterday to come in handy, but he never told his family because it was hard to explain.

I can't care about these now.

Xu Baihu snorted and slapped the IOU on the table.

Yang Chao took a look at the IOU, and it really said 20 taels of loan, and 50 taels of principal and interest would be repaid at the end of the year.

But there was no installment repayment written on it at all. Obviously, my father was tricked by someone, and my father couldn't read at all. He didn't know what was written on the IOU at the time, but he had to borrow money at that time no matter what.

Thinking of this, Yang Chao's conjecture was even more affirmed: The Xu family really planned it for a long time!

"Wait!"

Yang Chao said coldly, turned around and walked to his room, and quickly found his hidden silver ingots from the bookcase.

Now there are four ingots left. At that time, I earned five ingots from Mr. Zhou, one ingot was given to Hu Quan to buy meat, and the remaining four ingots were used as capital to invest, but now I have to use them to pay off the debt.

He took out three ingots, walked out immediately, and patted them on the table next to Xu Baihu.

"The bill is settled!"

Yang Chao said.

Xu Baihu was surprised, he didn't expect the Yang family to come up with so much money.

"it is good!"

Xu Baihu put away the money, with a gloomy face, stood up and was about to leave.

"Stay back!"

Yang Chao stopped him.

Xu Baihu stared at Yang Chao: "What?"

Yang Chao said: "The money and accounts have been settled, and there is no evidence for empty words. I want a receipt!"

After finishing speaking, he handed over the pen and paper. Yang Chao had already prepared it. He was afraid that the Xu family would go back on their word and cause trouble again.

Xu Baihu gritted his teeth and said "Okay", picked up the pen and brushed the receipt, signed it with the monogram, and threw it on Yang Chao's face. He is very familiar with business, and he often writes in a regular way.

When borrowing money, the borrower must write an IOU, and when repaying the money, there must also be a receipt.

This kind of procedure was already very formalized in the Ming Dynasty. Xu Baihu's family opened a pawn shop and a silver shop, so they naturally knew it very well.

Then Xu Baihu strode out of Yang's house without stopping for a moment.

Parents and younger sister were stunned at this moment, they really couldn't imagine how Yang Chao had so much money.

But it's good to get rid of Xu Baihu.

Because this Xu Baihu is a well-known vampire, it is impossible to borrow money from him without shedding a layer of skin.

So after borrowing money, Yang Yong and his wife worked day and night, hoping to earn enough money sooner.

Unexpectedly, Xu Baihu suddenly changed his mind and wanted to pay back the debt in advance, let alone Xu Baihu wanted his own blacksmith shop.

If he had known that Xu Baihu was up to this idea, Yang Yong would not have dared to borrow money from the Xu family, and would rather pay a higher interest rate to borrow money from another family.

But my father was also curious. Where did Yang Chao get the money from? When he was about to ask, Yang Chao took the initiative to say.

"The money was given by a good friend named Zhou."

Yang Chao's voice was cold, and he didn't want to explain.

The family didn't even ask.

"Mom, I'm hungry, let's eat."

Yang Chao continued.

Mrs. Zhao paused for a moment, then heyed: "Okay, let's eat dumplings."

Talking and walking out in a hurry, Yang Yue followed out with a wink, but she would be scolded if she didn't wink.

Father Yang Yong still looked worried: "That Mr. Zhou..."

He borrowed 20 taels and almost got into a catastrophe, but his son took out 30 taels out of the blue, so he probably borrowed it too.

Yang Chao didn't wait for his father to finish speaking, and said: "Mr. Zhou's family is a wealthy businessman in Hangzhou, so the money is not borrowed. Don't ask about anything else."

After finishing speaking, he returned to his room.

In the past, Yang Chao treated his parents like this. He never explained his behavior. When he asked urgently, he would talk about scholars, "What do you know about scholars?" But now, Yang Chao has such an attitude towards his parents for the first time. .

This is also anxious. If he doesn't respect his parents, he will never do such a thing, and he will never hide the money. It is precisely because he respects his parents and is afraid that his parents will be unhappy that the money is obtained by pimping, so Yang Chao didn't say anything. .

Back in the room, with the IOU and receipt in his hand, Yang Chao put it away after thinking about it, because he really wanted to tear it up just now.

The IOU clearly stated that the principal was 20 taels, due at the end of the year, and the principal and interest had to be repaid in total of 50 taels.

The receipt also stated that Xu Zhongxiao received the debt of 30 taels, the debt was settled, the date, monogram, etc.

Seeing the IOU and receipt, Yang Chao had some ideas in his mind.

He was afraid that Xu Baihu would cause trouble again, because Yang Chao was worried that Xu Baihu had taken a fancy to his own shop.

If that's the case, Xu Baihu will definitely not let it go.

With this IOU and receipt in hand, if Xu Baihu makes trouble, don't blame Yang Chao for being rude to him.

Soon my sister called for dinner.

Yang Chao ate a big bowl of dumplings this time, which comforted his parents after being frightened just now, and felt that his son was in good health.

The next day Yang Chao turned around for most of the day.

After what happened to Xu Baihu, Yang Chao secretly felt a little anxious, but he still couldn't find something suitable for him to do.

Yang Chao had no choice. If he wanted to make money, he had better go into business. However, his major was civil engineering, so he was fine as a contractor, and he was studying classical architecture. It is a classical building.

Working as a contractor in the Ming Dynasty was no easier than later generations, and still depended on relationships, so this Yang Chao didn't think about it at all.

If it is used to open a shop, the capital in Yang Chao's hands is really limited, only ten taels of silver are left, which is far from enough to open a shop in a prosperous area. This amount of money is enough for two or three months' rent in a prosperous area. After opening the shop, there is no working capital.

Yang Chao still needs at least some start-up capital before he can open a similar shop.

When Yang Chao returned home with a sad face, his sister told herself that someone was looking for him today.

Yang Chao asked, "Is it Hu Quan?"

The younger sister said: "It's not the one who was beaten with the iron rod. It's a book boy who sent a post."

A post is a greeting post, but also an invitation post.

Posts in the Ming Dynasty were also called famous thorns, and they were very diverse, including greeting posts, wedding posts, congratulatory posts and so on.

Basically the same as the invitation cards of later generations, it is a thick piece of paper with the name, reason, and date written on it.

The post Yang Chao received was very delicately made, with a wooden surface, just like the booklet given to the emperor on TV, rectangular, and when opened, there was a thick piece of paper with the purpose written on it.

The signature is Hangzhou Tongsheng's surname is Wang, and Yang Chao is specially invited to go to Nanshilou for a while.

Yang Chao didn't know any Tongsheng whose surname was Wang from Hangzhou, but it was clearly stated in the post that he was invited to Nanshilou, so it didn't look like he was being sent by mistake.

Yang Chao is no stranger to the Nanshi Building. This building is one of the famous [-]th buildings in the Ming Dynasty. It is located in the south of the city, not far from his home.

Like Meixianglou, Nanshilou is also considered a brothel, but it was officially opened in the Ming Dynasty and managed by the Secretary of Jiaofang himself, so it can be regarded as an official brothel.

Yang Chao used to go there often. Although it is not as grand as Meixianglou, it is more lively because there are more girls and more customers.

After Yang Chao thought about it, he decided to go there. It wouldn't be a bad thing to invite him to visit the brothel.

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