Jinyi Town Mountains and Rivers

Chapter 255 Everything is ready, I only owe Dongfeng

One million taels of silver is not a small sum.

Wu Qing had only 60 taels of living silver in the accounts of several commercial banks, plus the 70 taels of silver he cheated Huayuanquan, the total was only [-] taels.

Fortunately, the Yamen of the magistrate of Baoding wanted to buy a large amount of sand and gravel from Qingfeng Lanya to build the Yishui River.

Wu Qing came to the Yamen of the prefect of Baoding.

Ji Chunhui, the prefect of Baoding, is Wu Qing's father-in-law.But Ji Chunhui is a soft-hearted person, and he behaves respectfully in front of his son-in-law.Who let the son-in-law have a father who is the governor of Beizhili?
In the lobby of the magistrate's yamen, Ji Chunhui stepped back and poured tea for Wu Qing personally: "Son-in-law, you are here to discuss with me about the batch of sand and gravel materials?"

Wu Qing nodded: "Master Yuezhang, the amount of 30 taels is very fair. But, recently, I don't have much money in my account. I'm afraid I can't do it. See if this works, you can transfer the 30 taels first. Go to Qingfenglan Yahang. I put this money into sand and gravel, and transport it directly to the edge of the Yishui River embankment."

Ji Chunhui nodded: "Hey, the meat is rotten in the pot. We are all a family. You can just send an accountant to tell me about such a trivial matter. You even went there yourself, it seems that we are too common! "

Ji Chunhui and Wu Qing, the son-in-law, used the imperial treasury of Baoding as their vegetable garden.

Ji Chunhui chatted with Wu Qing again: "How is Lan'er? Why don't you see her go back to her mother's house this month?"

Wu Qing has a very good relationship with his wife Ji Lan.He said with some concern: "Oh, Lan'er's body has always been very weak. He suffered a cold two days ago and was recuperating in bed. Please don't worry, Mr. Yuezhang. I have asked Doctor Xue from the east of the city to have a look. , just an occasional cold, it's not a serious problem, just take a few medicines and take a few days of conditioning and you'll be fine!"

Ji Chunhui said with emotion: "Son-in-law, you really don't have anything to say about Lan'er. It's not pleasant to say that, nowadays, who is rich and official, who doesn't have many concubines? The in-laws even have more than 100 rooms. . Oh, what do you think about my old mouth, Hu Qin? Now you and Laner have only one son, which is too simple. If you marry a concubine with one room and two rooms, and spread branches and leaves for the Wu family, I will do it Father-in-law has nothing to say."

But Wu Qing quickly waved his hand: "No! If I do that, I'm sorry Lan'er! Master Yuezhang, I'm not my father. To be honest, I can't stand my father accepting so many concubines. Come on, I'll go back first Qingfenglan Yahang, the 30 silver is waiting for you."

Ji Chunhui said: "Success, after that I'll have people type the silver into bank notes of Detai Bank and send it to the dental office."

Wu Qing went back to the tooth shop.Not long after, Ji Chunhui sent Fu Cheng to bring him a bank note.

After receiving the money, Wu Qing said to the shopkeeper of the dental bank: "Give me all the 60 silver on the books of the tea bank, the grain bank, and the dental bank, and make them into 1 taels of bank notes. "

The shopkeeper of the dental shop said: "Young master, what are you doing with so much money? Does the master know about this?"

Wu Qing coaxed him and said, "It's the money my father asked me to carry. Didn't Yan Shoufu return to his hometown? My father, the governor of Zhili, has become unstable. This money is going to be sent to the capital. , for making connections up and down."

When the shopkeeper of the dental shop heard this, he didn't ask any more questions, and turned to get the silver.

One day later, Tianfu Inn.

More than 40 soldiers from the governor's yamen poured into the inn and cleared the place first.Both Fatty Xu and Lao Hu were "invited" out of the inn as idlers.

Then Wu Qing entered the inn and found Li Zipian and He Liu.

He Liu glanced at the dozens of soldiers, and said in his heart: "These more than 40 soldiers are really inseparable from Wu Qing. I hope that the old eleven's celestial game will work..."

The three entered the private room on the second floor.Ten personal soldiers followed upstairs and stood guard outside the private room door.

Li Zipian showed displeasure on his face: "Mr. Wu is still worried about us. Are you afraid that we will tie up your ticket? You will bring your own soldiers when you go in and out."

Wu Qing explained: "Hey, seniors don't know, I was robbed by two local ruffians a while ago. My old man was afraid that something would happen to me again, so he issued a strict order to let the soldiers of the governor's yamen protect me every step of the way."

He Liu said to Li Zipian: "It's okay, the door of this private room has a interlayer, the 'Qingya door' wrapped in cotton, people outside can't hear what we say."

Wu Qing said to Li Zipian: "Senior, I drilled holes to collect the 100 million taels of betting money. I made all the money into 1 taels of silver bills."

Li Zipian said: "I have already planned a thousand rounds. Let's play 'Hengbeizi' this time, playing hemp tags. One for you, one for me, and one for my elder brother. The three of us, you bring 50 taels of betting money, me and My eldest brother, 25 each."

Wu Qing suddenly smiled strangely: "Okay. Then I will send the 50 taels of silver notes to the two of you later?"

Li Zipian cursed inwardly: You are really a cautious person!What you said was nothing more than a test, to find out if we would take your 50 taels of bet and run away.

Li Zipian said sternly: "No way! Giving away the gambling book before the game is done, this is not in line with our Qianmen's rules! Young man, please listen to me. I came back to Baoding this time to kill that stupid big family of Huayuanquan. ! My prey is not you! I know, you said that you will send us the gambling book first, because you are worried about us! You want to test me!"

The more Li Zipian spoke, the more angry she became, and all the stars spit out: "put away your tricks, junior! I am the direct disciple of head master Zhou. How can I not see through what is temptation and what is sincerity?" ? If you don't trust us, then we won't do this game!"

Hearing this, Wu Qing hurriedly explained: "Senior, I'm just shallow and forgot the rules! I really didn't mean to test you! If I didn't believe you, I wouldn't go to dig a mountain and dig a hole to collect such a large sum of money!"

He Liu persuaded Li Zipian from the side: "Although I am not from your Qianmen, I don't understand your rules. But I can see that Mr. Wu is sincerely cooperating with us."

Li Zipian said: "That's all. I'll trust you once. Well, now it's time for you to come forward and invite Hua Yuanquan to come out to make a game!"

Wu Qing volunteered: "I would like to be an anti-commander for the senior, and go to Huayuanquan for an appointment!"

Li Zipian said: "Okay! If you are the counter general, it's best to schedule this round in two days' time!"

Wu Qing patted his chest: "Senior, just watch."

Li Zipian said again: "Let's talk about our strategy. Let's play 1000 taels with him first. I am a master of yardage in the hemp hanging field. I will try my best to give him good cards and let him win. Wait until he wins." It’s almost time to win, let’s pretend to lose and increase the stake! From one thousand to two thousand, two thousand to five thousand, five thousand to ten thousand! When the three of us lose half of the bet, I will give you Mr. Wu will give you a pair of all-in-ones! Get back our book! Then I will give you a pair of thirteen, and you will win 280 million taels!"

Wu Qingdao: "This size is so big, I'm afraid that Huayuanquan guy will eventually renege on his debt!"

Li Zipian said: "It doesn't matter, for such a big size, I will ask him to take out the bank notes. The bank notes are not enough, so use the house deed and land deed to pay for it. Besides, don't you have more than 40 soldiers in the governor's yamen? Let them be the fire generals in the Eight Generals of Thousand Clans. If Hua Yuanquan dares to renege, we will let the fire generals directly!"

Fire generals are among the eight generals of a thousand families, who specialize in the use of force.He Liu listened to Li Zipian's various strategies to deceive Huayuanquan, and thought to himself: Old Eleven is a poor guy working in Jinyiwei.This fellow is simply a born liar!
Wu Qing suddenly said: "That's right. This is such a big game, we'd better find someone famous in Baoding City to be a notary. Lu Yuanwai in the west of the city is a relative of the emperor. His daughter is a noble concubine in the palace. Let's let Let him be the notary of this gamble. With him as the notary, Huayuanquan will not be afraid of repudiating debts."

Li Zipian clapped his hands: "Okay, everything is ready, we only owe Dongfeng! Let's just sit and wait for the flower spring to take the bait!"

(End of this chapter)