Chapter 9 end

A few months later, in that elegant little bamboo building, Young Master Xiang was lying on the Easy Chair with his eyes half closed, his body swaying slightly with the rocking of the Easy Chair.The dusty Uncle Xiao put a stack of posts on the table as usual, then rubbed his hands and said, "Young Master, that Miss Yin wanted to meet you last time, so I would like to thank you personally." "No need." Young Master Xiang replied lazily, still not opening his eyes, "Is there any news from Jinling?" "Just as you expected, the news that the boat department moved to Jinling is indeed false, and Liu Gongquan already has a lot of shops in his hands. In addition, he took over our shops and houses at a high price, and he eats too much. Even if the shop price The highest increase was four or five times the original, but he still failed to get out of his body. At least half of the shop was in his hands. Not only did he not make any money, but he also suffered a small loss. He borrowed several million taels of silver and invested them in the shop. When the price of the shop fell, all the silver lent to him by shopkeeper Fei became a dead debt. Tongbao Bank is a royal bank, and most of the treasury revenue is stored there. Once it suffers a huge loss, It will definitely shake the foundation of the country. Therefore, Fu Wang had no choice but to make a fake show after discussing with the ministers, and unreasonably set up a new deputy director of the boat in Jinling, which made Liu Gongquan retreat from the Jinling store market."

"Ridiculous!" Young Master Xiang suddenly opened his eyes, "With the Hangzhou Shipyard Department in front, isn't the Jinling Shipyard Deputy Director superfluous? It's useless to support a large group of idlers?" "That's right," Xiao Bo sighed, "in order to revive the huge amount of bad debts of Tongbao Bank, the officials headed by Fu Wang did not hesitate to fabricate lies to the end, and set up a boat berthing deputy in Jinling to lure those foolish people in the south of the Yangtze River He took over the shops in the hands of Liu Gongquan, and transferred all the huge losses of Tongbao Bank and Liu Gongquan to the wealthy businessmen and rich men in the south of the Yangtze River. Only a few people became rich overnight in this turmoil, and most of the merchants who participated in the business of shops lost in the end. They became impoverished, and many people even incurred huge debts for this, and in the end they had to hang themselves, causing their families to be ruined and their wives to be separated.”

Young Master Xiang's body stopped shaking, a trace of unbearableness flashed in his eyes, he looked into the void and said sadly: "Uncle Xiao, you said that we took advantage of Liu Gongquan's situation to steal hundreds of thousands of taels of silver, are you also an accomplice who ruined other people's families? Isn't it against the law?" "My lord, please don't think so," Uncle Xiao hurriedly said, "Other people don't understand you, but this old servant knows that what you are doing is doing justice for the heavens, and every tael of silver you take is for the world." People are spent where they should be spent most.”

"Practice the way for the sky?" Young Master Xiang smiled bitterly, "If the sky has the way, why do you need me, Qianmen Yunxiang?" Uncle Xiao nodded in understanding, then took out a thick account book and handed it in front of him, comforting him: "Even if you don't take the hundreds of thousands of taels of silver, it will fall into the hands of Liu Gongquan. Besides, the young master created this The organization obviously needs this money more than Liu Gongquan and those wealthy households in the south of the Yangtze River. With these hundreds of thousands of taels of silver, we can not only maintain its operation for several years, but even open more than a dozen new branch churches across the country."

Young Master Xiang took the account book, and gently stroked the thick book, as if he was stroking his own child, his eyes were full of comfort and love.On the cover of that thick booklet, there are three large Chinese characters—Jishengtang!