Struggle in the early Tang Dynasty

In the early morning of the next day, Guo Ye continued to transform into Wu Maocai, a merchant in central Sichuan, and drove a mule cart with Zhang Jiujin and a hundred people to Yangzhou Bank.

When they got there, they found that Cui Yigui had been waiting for a long time, so they naturally greeted each other with smiles on their faces.

Afterwards, Guo Ye asked the disciples of the Bailai No. of the Salt Gang to wait outside in a car, while he brought Zhang Jiujin and Wang Bajin into the bank with Cui Yigui to make the delivery.

Cui Yigui led Guo Ye to the backyard of the bank, and saw hundreds of red boxes piled up everywhere in the backyard. The yard is not big, so they had to be piled up to make a small hill.

The two brothers Zhang Jiujin and Wang Bajin clicked their tongues inwardly, "Be good, 30 taels of silver sounds like that, but I didn't expect it to be so much, it's too rich for his grandma."

Cui Yigui pointed to the big mahogany boxes all over the yard, and smiled at Guo Ye: "Wu Dong's house, here is 30 taels of silver. In one night, our Yangzhou Yinhao will prepare it for you. This letter, right? Our Cui family in Qinghe , not short of money!"

Guo Ye smiled and nodded, and said: "Cui Dong's family is really straightforward in handling things. First time, they are familiar with second time. I think we will have many opportunities to cooperate in the future."

Afterwards, he pointed to the three big red boxes beside him, and said in a low voice: "These three boxes should be more than 1 taels of silver. Hehe, Cui Dong's family has prepared the silver for me in time, and Wu will naturally Do what you say, and this 1 taels of silver is just your hard-earned money."

Cui Yigui glanced greedily at the three boxes that Guo Ye was pointing at, and immediately beamed with joy and beamed.

However, he still held back a little bit, and said: "There is no rush, we will make the delivery after shopkeeper Hu and the others have inspected the house deed, land deed and land deed brought by Wu Dong's family."

Obviously, Guo Ye's mortgages were not 100% verified until the last second. Cui Yigui would never let go and let Guo Ye and the others take away the money.

Guo Ye shrugged and spread his hands, expressing his understanding.

Soon, the shopkeeper Hu of the bank took a stack of house deeds, land deeds, and land deeds, and led a few accountants to the backyard, nodded and bowed in front of Cui Yigui, and said, "Master, I have checked everything. These mortgage contracts of Wu Dong's family are all no problem."

"it is good!"

Cui Yigui clapped his hands happily, and said to Guo Ye: "Wu Dong's family, please come with me to the cashier's side to make a paper receipt, and then sign and draw a deposit. As for the silver box in this courtyard, you can let you The men outside come in and carry it out, and load it into the mule cart."

Guo Ye hummed, waved to Zhang Jiujin and the others, and signaled them to call for helpers.

Afterwards, he, Cui Yigui, shopkeeper Hu and others entered a counting room in the backyard to carry out the last procedure - making a written receipt and signing it.

About half an hour later, hundreds of silver boxes were loaded onto mule carts under the handling of hundreds of people, ready to be escorted away at any time.

At the same time, Guo Ye also established written documents with Cui Yigui. The two parties agreed that Guo Ye would borrow 30 taels of cash from Yangzhou Bank with a premium of 30 taels of land deed and land deed. The turnover time limit was one month and the interest was fixed. It is 5000 taels.

In other words, after one month, Guo Ye must return 30 taels of silver with interest.If it is overdue, the interest will be added. If it cannot be repaid after the overdue period, then the house deeds, land deeds and land deeds used as mortgages will be owned by Yangzhou Bank.

After setting up the written evidence, Guo Ye, accompanied by Cui Yigui and shopkeeper Hu, talked and laughed all the way out of the gate of Yangzhou Bank.

Guo Ye got into the mule cart, bowed his hands to Cui Yigui and said goodbye: "Cui Dong's family, thanks to your help this time. After waiting for a month, Wu will not only return the principal and interest as scheduled, but also have a heart Thanks."

"Hahaha, Wu Dong's family is being polite!"

For the smooth delivery and the 1 taels of benefit fee received from Guo Ye, Cui Yigui was naturally overjoyed, with a smile all over his face and he sent him off warmly: "In business, the gate of Yangzhou Bank will always open to you." Wu Dong's house is open."

Guo Ye nodded and said, "Okay, there will be a date later!"

Then he sat down on the shaft of the mule cart and shouted at Zhang Jiujin, "Notify the mule and horse team, let's go!"

"Got it!"

Zhang Jiujin and Wang Bajin both stood up, raised their arms and shouted in unison: "The boss has orders, let's go!"

da da da da~

A convoy of mules and horses of fifty or sixty, loaded with large and small boxes, drove away slowly, and gradually left Dazhongfang.

Cui Yigui, who was standing at the door seeing the mule and horse convoy drifting away, still had a smile on his face, shook his head and sighed: "This man surnamed Wu has a wealthy family, and he can actually take out so many house deeds and land deeds at once." Land deed, I didn't expect him to buy so much property in Yangzhou. Tsk tsk, he is a rich master."

The shopkeeper Hu next to him was Cui Yigui's direct descendant, so he naturally knew that the shopkeeper had received 1 taels of favor from the other party, and he was full of envy in his heart.

Then he echoed: "Yes, Master, all the house deeds, land deeds and field deeds brought by this merchant from central Sichuan have been inspected one by one, and they are absolutely fine. And most of them are the original property of the Zhang family in Gujing Lane. It should be confiscated by the government. The Zhang family's property was then sold off and passed into the hands of this surname Wu."

"I don't care if he owns the Zhang family's property or the Li family's property, hmph, as long as there is no problem!"

Cui Yigui snorted coldly and said indifferently: "The Zhang family is also unlucky. The industry that has been in business for a hundred years is so cheap to the Yangzhou government. But the Zhang family is also damned. If it weren't for their Zhang family, how could my cousin Yizhen do it?" Died innocently in Yangzhou?"

When shopkeeper Hu saw Cui Yigui getting angry, he was terrified and shut his mouth decisively.

At this time, Cui Yigui turned his head to look at the door, and waved to the guy who had pulled Guo Ye into the bank yesterday.

The clerk ran up to him affectionately, and Cui Yigui praised him: "You are a good boy, you have good eyesight, and you actually caught a big fish with our bank. Well, let's go back and get five liang of silver from the cashier. award."

The clerk secretly scolded Cui Yigui for being stingy and numb, for a transaction of 30 taels, he only rewarded himself five taels of silver.

However, he smiled flatteringly and said: "It should be, it should be. After eating the food of the master, it is natural to do things for the master with all my heart."

"very good!"

Cui Yigui glanced at the waiter with satisfaction, and then ordered: "Hurry up and quietly follow this mule convoy, and see where they finally transport the money."

The man responded, and Sa Yazi chased after him.

Shopkeeper Hu next to him looked at Cui Yigui suspiciously, and asked in a low voice, "Master, could it be that there is something wrong with this surname Wu? But if he wants to deceive our bank, he will not use these house deeds, land deeds and land deeds as collateral." Huh? This is really unreasonable."

Cui Yigui shook his head and said: "I have a mortgage guarantee, but I am not afraid that he will deceive me. The key is that I always feel that this person is a little strange, and I don't know what is wrong. And this big deal went too smoothly."

"Oh……"

Shopkeeper Hu was very disdainful of Cui Yigui's words in his heart, he was belittling, and after all, it was nothing more than his boss's suspicious temperament.

Afterwards, Cui Yigui and shopkeeper Hu turned back and entered the gate of the bank.

About an hour later, around the time of lunch, the guy who quietly followed up to check the news went back and forth, and came to Cui Yigui's room to report what he saw.

After listening to the man's report, Cui Yigui's brows gradually eased, and the doubts in his heart gradually faded, and finally confirmed: "You mean, they drove the mule cart to the East Gate Ferry, and then unloaded the silver box and loaded it on the boat?"

The guy said: "That's right, my boss. That guy, there are several big ships parked at the pier, all of which are here to carry money. And I think the people who got off the boat shouldn't be any kind. With sharp eyes, I saw them There are swords hidden in the ships."

Cui Yigui's complexion changed slightly, and he thought to himself: "Transport 30 taels of silver to the riverside... a few big ships will meet them... the people on board are hiding swords and swords... Could it be that these people are the Salt Gang rampaging on the Yangzhou Canal?"

Immediately, he immediately figured out what was going on. It turned out that he was going to the Salt Gang to buy private salt.

After figuring this out, Cui Yigui couldn't help but smile, nodded with satisfaction and said, "It seems that this Wu Maocai did not take advantage of me. He really wants to smash the private salt in Yangzhou, and then transport it to Sichuan for sale. Not bad, very good , this is a big fish, and the silver bank needs these large-scale merchants to lend silver."

After finishing speaking, he waved his hand to the clerk, and signaled: "Get back, by the way, tell shopkeeper Hu, and say that I told the chef to add more meat for dinner tonight, just as a reward from the boss." All the guys."

The clerk cursed at the iron rooster again, but praised the benevolence of the owner with joy on his face, then turned his head and ran out of the room.

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At Dongmen Ferry Wharf, Guo Ye asked the disciples of the Salt Gang to load hundreds of boxes onto the boat, and then confessed to Zhang Jiujin: "Jiujin, you will hold the 30 taels of silver for me and go to the Salt Gang for a month. One month later, you will return to Yangzhou with the money. At that time, we will return the money to the Yangzhou bank with interest, and return it to Cui."

Zhang Jiujin snorted, without asking why, turned around and took two steps, and jumped onto the boat.