Rebellious Contract Beast

After listening to Ye Baocun's words, the busy workers in the winery had already stopped their work, and all their eyes were looking towards the gate. The sound of gasps could be heard from time to time.

Nine million taels of silver?

How much money is this?
I'm afraid even four or five carriages can't pull it all!

The workers simply didn't dare to think about it.

It was also the first time they realized that the winery owed so much money to others!
The young man from the Xu family's face had already turned dark.

Nine million taels of silver, and you’re paying it back now?

What a joke!
Then he said in a sarcastic tone: "Nine million taels of silver, this is really... a lot!"

"What the Fourth Young Master said is correct. Nine million taels of silver is indeed a bit too much. However, the Xu family is one of the four major families in Jiangzhou City, and we, the Tiger Gang, should at least give them some face. So our leader said that more than half of the nine million taels of silver was due to the advertising rental of Luoxiangzui Liquor Industry. Considering that it was only used for less than four months, we will not calculate it based on the ten-year period, but three months. After rounding off the decimals, it is 100,000 taels of silver. Add the three million taels of silver owed to the Tiger Gang and the money spent by the Tiger Gang to build relationships for Luoxiangzui Liquor Industry, and the total is 4.2 million taels of silver."

At this time, the young man from the Xu family had a dark cloud on his face, which was extremely gloomy. However, Ye Baocun seemed to have not noticed his expression at all. He held the account book in his hand and compared it one by one. He became more and more excited as he finished speaking. He asked, "Mr. Xu, how about only paying back 4.2 million taels and not taking the change?"

"You, the Tiger Gang, are the first to ask the Xu family for money."

"I don't like what Master Xu said. What do you mean by asking the Xu family for money? My Tiger Gang lent so much money and put in so much effort. We can't just give up the money because the winery has changed its owner, right? How can such a thing be justified in the world?"

"Besides, this money doesn't just belong to the Tiger Gang, it's also the Zhu family's money."

"Get out of here!"

"Why did you suddenly change your face, Master Xu?"

"I told you to get out!"

"Then this money..."

"What money? Don't even think about taking a penny! Get out!"

Xu Honghu no longer had the patience to continue talking to Ye Baocun, and with a gloomy face he was about to drive him away.

Ye Baocun certainly didn't want to leave just like that, but the Tiger Gang and the Xu Family were simply not on the same level. He knew very well that if he confronted the Xu Family head-on, he and his brothers would die miserably.

Rather than coming to collect debts, it would be more accurate to say that the men around him were there to give him courage.

It takes some courage to confront the Xu family.

After negotiating for a while, seeing the guards around Xu Honghu closing in step by step, Ye Baocun felt something was wrong and quickly led his men to retreat outside the winery.

"In that case, brothers, just leave."

"roll!"

"Yes, yes, brothers, let's retreat!" There was no choice, Ye Baocun could only wave his hand and leave with the Tiger Gang disciples around him.

However, when he walked down the last stone step, he turned his head to look at Xu Honghu and said faintly: "Mr. Xu, we will leave first, but it will not be so easy for the Xu family to shirk this debt!"

After making these harsh remarks, Ye Baocun was startled when he saw Xu Honghu draw his sword, and he ran away with his men.

Xu Honghu's hand holding the sword stopped in mid-air, and his face turned pale and blue.

It's just a Zhonghu Gang. As the eldest son of the Xu family, he doesn't take it seriously at all. Moreover, the Xu family has eliminated the threat of Luoxiangzui Jiuye today, which can be regarded as a great happy event. It is not suitable to kill people at this time.

But Ye Baocun's attitude made him very unhappy, especially the last sentence, which made him feel like he had fallen into a trap and was a little suffocating. He wanted to vent, but the person had already run away.

With no one to vent his anger on, he simply smashed the door frame of the winery with his sword, sending wood chips flying everywhere.

"Let's go back."

"Yes."

The door of the winery was closed again, and Xu Honghu sat back in the chair he had sat in before, continuing to observe the brewing steps of distilled liquor.

I thought the arrival of Ye Baocun and his party was just a minor episode, but less than half an incense stick of time had passed since the silence when bursts of horse neighing suddenly sounded outside the winery. It seemed that the horses pulling the carts outside were startled by something, and the cries sounded very uneasy.

A guard next to Xu Honghu must have seen something with his senses, and his face became solemn, but the next second his body stiffened, his face turned pale, and then he sucked in a breath of cold air, holding his head with both hands, and squatted on the ground in pain.

"what's wrong with you?"

The guard's senses were clearly being countered, and he felt an intense pain in his head as if it was about to explode.

Hearing Xu Honghu's voice, he raised his head despite the severe pain and replied: "Master, there are people outside again!"

As soon as he finished speaking, the door of the winery started to knock "dong dong dong". The knocking sounded very rude, and was much more overbearing than the previous time Ye Baocun knocked on the door.

Xu Honghu didn't understand what was going on, his brows knitted together, and after thinking for a while, he finally asked the people around him to go over and open the door.

But before the Xu family's guards could act, the gate of the winery was violently broken open.

I saw a group of people rushing in, each of them carrying a weapon. The leader was wearing expensive brocade clothes like Xu Honghu, but he looked older than him.

Xu Honghu was about to get angry, but after seeing the leader's clothes and appearance, his face suddenly changed.

"Who is it... Chen Feifan! Why is it you!"

The people who came were members of the Chen family. Dealing with them was not as easy as dealing with Ye Baocun and his companions.

Hearing the other party calling out his name, Chen Feifan did not respond. He glanced around and finally fixed his eyes on the workers in the distance. He said, "There will be a fight soon. If anyone does not want to be affected, I will give you ten breaths to leave here."

Hearing this, the workers looked at each other, and finally at Xu Honghu and the Xu family. After thinking about it, they decided that their lives were more important, so the workers did not dare to stay any longer and ran away towards the outside of the winery.

"Stop!"

Xu Honghu was so angry that he called out to the workers, but how could they listen to him?
It would have been better if he hadn't shouted. Once he shouted, the workers ran faster. Within a few seconds, all the workers in the winery escaped.

The guards of the Xu family wanted to chase after them, but right in front of them was the Chen family. They didn't dare to bet whether the other party would attack them, so they could only watch.

As the workers left, only the Chen family and the Xu family were left confronting each other in the huge winery. Xu Honghu frowned, suppressed his anger, and asked in a low voice: "Chen Feifan, what are you doing here?"

Chen Feifan still did not respond, but asked casually: "Has the current owner of this winery changed to your Xu family?"

"So what?"

"That's good. My Chen family doesn't want to make a big deal out of it, so I'll just tell you what's going on..." An account book appeared out of thin air in Chen Feifan's hand. He opened it and started talking one by one.

At first Xu Honghu didn't care much, but as Chen Feifan said more and more, he froze in place.

numb.

Another debt collector. Before, he was still wondering why Luoxiangzui Winery wanted to borrow three million taels of silver from the Tiger Gang, but now he completely understood that Luoxiangzui Winery used the money to borrow all the shops of the Chen family. There were more than a hundred shops, and they were all prosperous shops with excellent geographical locations!
The loan lasted for ten years.

With so many shops and renting them for such a long time, it stands to reason that the three million taels of silver borrowed by Luoxiangzui Winery would not be enough. This would be a horrible expense.

Not to mention a winery would dare to do this, even the wealthy Xu family would not dare to take such a risk.

But Luoxiangzui Winery did just that.

In addition, even if Luo Xiangzui had more than three million taels of silver, considering the winery's background and prestige in the city, it would be impossible for it to rent so many shops. So the doubt arises, why did the Chen family choose to rent to them?

Are they out of business?
Xu Honghu couldn't figure out why, but he knew one thing: there were hundreds of shops, how could he rent them all with three million taels of silver.

At least it has to be doubled.

However, Luoxiangzui Winery did something weird. Part of the three million taels was used to pay the deposit for those stores, and the other part was used to pay the Chen family. In any case, it had nothing to do with the Xu family.

As for the remaining money owed, it was issued to the Chen family by Luoxiangzui Winery in the form of so-called "bonds". In other words, Luoxiangzui Winery now owes money to every member of the Chen family. This money is not as simple as simply paying it back. Xu Honghu heard a very unfamiliar word from Chen Feifan, that is, "installment payment".

Let's put it this way, if there is a young man from the Chen family, and Luoxiangzui Winery owes him 100,000 taels of silver, but Luoxiangzui Winery will pay him back part of the money every year thereafter, for a total of twelve installments.

Of course, there are benefits, that is, the interest rate is 30%, and the annual repayment is 4,000 taels of silver. In the last installment, both the principal and interest will be repaid.

By the end of this, Xu Honghu's mind was in a mess. He had no idea how much money was owed. He only knew that the debt should have been borne by Tsurumi Hatsuyun at the beginning, but now that the winery had a new owner, the debt had become the responsibility of the Xu family.

When Chen Feifan finished checking the account book, Xu Honghu asked dazedly, "How much money do you owe?"

"The total principal is more than five million taels, but for the sake of your Xu family, we Chen family can waive the interest, but you have to pay the money back as soon as possible, otherwise you have to pay us back all the principal and interest."

"My Xu family doesn't want these shops!"

"No?" Chen Feifan looked at the Chen family guests around him as if he had heard something funny, and everyone couldn't help but burst into laughter.

"Mr. Xu, I think you have lost your mind. Back then, the Luoxiangzui Liquor Factory sent people to my Chen family's mansion to pester us. My Chen family also spent a lot of effort to get these stores. Now you just want them gone. What do you think of my Chen family?"

"But this is totally unreasonable! I don't know what kind of people your Chen family is. How could you allow Tsurumi to rent so many shops?"

"What does this have to do with you? Since they want it, it's up to our Chen family to decide whether to give it or not."

"You guys..." Xu Honghu said a lot of things, but maybe because he was too excited, his words were not clear, as if he was talking nonsense. Not long after, he became so angry that his eyes rolled up and he fell straight to the ground, fainting on the spot.

"Master! Master!"

"Master is in trouble! Call a doctor!"

"Master! Don't scare us!"

"Physician! Physician! There is no physician here!"

"Chen Family! You are going too far!"

……

Shen Yi had been in the Shen Mansion for a long time. After learning that the Chen family had gone to the Luoxiangzui Winery as agreed, he was completely relieved.

He didn't do anything else after that. After sending Qu Xiangui away, he left the Shen Mansion through the secret passage and returned to Mingyanyuan.

The old witch was sitting in the pavilion in the backyard, playing Go alone as usual. But although she was playing, her eyes were looking elsewhere, and she looked absent-minded, and no one knew what she was thinking about.

She came back to her senses when she felt something coming and looked at her resentfully.

"Xuanli..."

"What's wrong with you? Someone owes you a million dollars?"

"I'm not in the mood for bickering right now. I just want to ask you a question, and you have to answer me well and seriously."

"Oh, you're still asking about the winery."

"Just answer me!"

"Okay, okay, go ahead and ask."

"Will the Xu family return the winery? How sure are you?" He Jianchuyun looked serious. Shen Yi couldn't help rolling his eyes after hearing that.

Even though the old witch would ask this, he still responded: "Not much, only seven levels of confidence."

"what?"

"Well, let me ask you a question. Do you think you can come up with more than nine million taels of silver?"

"Can't take it out."

"If you have 20 million taels of silver, would you be willing to use 9 million taels to buy the Xu family's winery?"

"This..." He Jianchuyun hesitated. She knew that the Xu's Brewery Shen Yi was referring to was the Luoxiangzui Brewery. If it was really Xu's Brewery, she would really be reluctant to spend nine million taels of silver to buy this industry.

Because that's too much.

But the reality is that she is not the one who wants to buy Xu's wine. The Xu family is the butcher. Although the Xu family is unlikely to be willing to spend nine million taels of silver to acquire Luoxiangzui Wine Industry, she is afraid that the probability is small, but it does exist. What if the Xu family really does this...

But Shen Yi was too lazy to think so much. This was his way anyway. He would force the Zhu family and the Chen family to be involved in the Luoxiangzui Distillery. Then the Xu family would have only two choices. One was to give up the Luoxiangzui Distillery and return the property to the original owner without having to bear the debt. The other was to bite the bullet and pay back the money. But in this way, Shen Yi would make a lot of money, and the Xu family would also be known as the sucker. That was nine million taels of silver. No one would spend so much money unless they came across a rare treasure.

The Luoxiangzui wine industry is obviously not a rare treasure, it is just an industry.

If the Xu family is unwilling to be taken advantage of, the debt can be easily resolved. Zhu Wanzai can just ask Qu Xiangui to go over and say that the matter has not been accomplished. As for the Chen family, they are only cooperating because of the alchemist.

After suspecting that the Chen family had already guessed that He Jianchuyun was an alchemist, Shen Yi directly asked the old witch to confront them.

Now that you know everything, why are you pretending?

If you continue to pretend, you will only make people laugh at you.

The Chen family is being targeted by the Jiyuan Division and is in urgent need of a wild alchemist as their leader. They also need the Chen family's help. The cooperation between the two sides is a win-win situation. In terms of demand, the Chen family has the most urgent need. Naturally, they will not miss such an opportunity to please the alchemist.

At the beginning, Shen Yi asked the old witch to make an agreement with them that the Xu family would give up the Luoxiangzui Winery, and the three million taels of silver that the Tiger Gang had entrusted to the Chen family for "safekeeping" would be returned in full.

If the Xu family chooses to be the one to bear the brunt of the blame, the three million taels of silver will belong to the Chen family. Of the nine million taels paid by the Xu family, three million taels will be given to Zhu Wanzai and Zhu Yanhan, and the remaining six million taels will all belong to the Tiger Gang.

Everyone made a net profit of three million taels of silver, and only the Xu family was hurt.

...(End of chapter)