Chapter 549 Usury

Mr. Qi sat in the main hall and took a while to recover completely. He took out another post and handed it to Gu Jinli: "Girl of the Gu family, Mr. Gu, and aunt of the Gu family, yesterday's banquet was not finished. This is what I personally posted." Please go to Qi Mansion to discuss the post."

Then he said to Gu Jinli: "Madam at home would like to meet you. Madam has a gentle temper and is very tolerant to others."

Unlike his mother, there is no need to worry about any conspiracy.

Gu Jinli refused: "There is no need to eat, just go about business normally."

She hates socializing. For her, if the business can be done, she can do it, and if she can't, she can't do it. If she goes to dinner, socializing, and flattering each other, she might as well sleep in at home.

Seeing that she was not willing to go, Mr. Qi looked at Third Grandpa again: "Mr. Gu?"

Third Grandpa smiled and waved his hands and said: "We appreciate Mr. Qi's kindness, so there is no need to eat."

Mr. Qi felt frustrated. Is his food so terrible? You won’t even go if you’re invited?

He shouted again: "Old housekeeper."

The old housekeeper of the Qi Mansion handed a written letter to Gu Jinli: "This is the situation of the Li family. Little girl, take a look and feel happy."

Gu Jinli took it and handed the letter to Gu Daya. Gu Daya, the sufferer, would be happier after reading about the Li family's turmoil.

Mr. Qi spoke to Gu Jinli and Third Grandpa for a while, and after realizing that it was purely an awkward conversation, he stood up and left.

Third Grandpa took Gu Jinli and the others to see Mr. Qi off.

Gu Jinli said to Mr. Qi: "Sir, don't be too anxious about the tools. If the time is not right, just wait until the end of the month when the Qi family goes to get the spices."

Mr. Qi nodded, took his two sons into the mule cart, and called the old housekeeper up.

After the mule cart left Le'an Street, Mr. Qi frowned and asked the old housekeeper: "Do you always feel that the Gu family girl is relieved of her anger? Or is she angry?"

The old housekeeper knew what Mr. Qi was worried about and said with a smile: "The Gu family girl didn't say anything about the situation. She is such a nature. She just doesn't like complicated things and just wants to do things simply. In the old slave's opinion, the second master doesn't need to do anything. If you think about things too complicated, just talk about business, buy goods, and give money, and you really don’t need to do too much else.”

After hearing this, Mr. Qi felt relieved and couldn't help but ask: "Is the Qi family really that bad? Why does that girl look down on them?"

Qi Yun and Qi He also looked at the old Gu family, yes, is the Qi family really that bad? Are our brothers really bad? It's really... a strange thing that a peasant girl could look down on them.

The old housekeeper smiled and said: "Second Master, you think too much. The life of a farmer is actually very simple, just making money to satisfy your hunger. The girl from the Gu family has already made it very clear, we don't need to think too much."

Then he looked at Qi Yun and Qi He who were looking at him with a pair of big eyes, and said: "The girl from the Gu family is fierce. She does everything she wants to make her happy. From the old slave's point of view, she really looks down on the rich family. In the back house, more than 90% of the peasant families live with one man and one wife for the rest of his life, and there is no second woman. The girl from the Gu family must have known that the wealthy family likes to have concubines, so she made it clear to avoid future troubles. .”

Qi Yun and Qi He's faces turned green. These words clearly told them, wake up and stop thinking about it. People don't like your back house at all.

After the old housekeeper explained it, Mr. Qi and his son finally understood that Gu Jinli was not lying to them. She was telling the truth. She just wanted to do business simply and don't cause trouble for her, otherwise she would fall out. !

Mr. Qi put this aside and asked the old housekeeper about selling spices in the capital.

The old housekeeper said: "What the Gu family girl is reminding is that although our Qi family is a wealthy family in He'an Prefecture, we are not a distinguished family in the capital, and we have no noble relatives. We can stabilize the foundation of He'an Prefecture and then eat up this area of ​​Jianghuai." That's all. When it comes to business in the capital, take your time, being too ostentatious will bring trouble."

He had previously thought that the business in the capital was too good, and if it continued to be so good, the royal family and nobles would definitely be eyeing the Qi family. What should the Qi family do then?

It's better to just stick to Jianghuai and make money safely.

Qi He said: "The seasonings and spices belong to the Gu family. Even if we have inspected the goods when we got the goods, if someone in the capital is framed, the Gu family will be implicated. Aren't the Gu family afraid?"

He doesn't really like the girl from the Gu family. Although she is very good-looking, she is fierce and doesn't speak nicely. He still likes gentle and gentle girls. He is afraid of fierce women like the girl from the Gu family.

The old housekeeper sighed: "In the past, if something happened to the Qi family, the Gu family would not be able to escape. But now that the Zheng family is following the official family, even if our Qi family is ruined by the nobles of the capital, the Gu family will be fine."

The Zheng family and the Guan family are not only wealthy families, but also relatives of the emperor. It is not difficult to keep a Gu family. The girl from the Gu family is also very shrewd. At worst, she would give half of the spices to the two families and bring them into the alliance. How could she still be afraid of being implicated by the Qi family?

Mr. Qi wanted to cry when he heard this. His mother also said that the Gu family was weak and looked down upon them. But look at the Gu family. They have found many backers, and all of them are better than the Qi family. No matter what, nothing will happen to them. Only his Qi family is miserable. .

After Mr. Qi returned home, he immediately sent a letter to his eldest brother in the capital, telling him all the pros and cons, and then closed the shop selling spices. He would not do business in the capital for the time being, and would only stabilize his business in He'an. As a government, just control the Jianghuai area.

Mr. Qi's brother received the letter. Although he felt sorry for the money, he was a man who knew how to be powerful. He would swallow as much money as his family had the ability. Being too greedy would not lead to success, so he wrote back to Mr. Qi and agreed with his decision.

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Gu Jinli asked Qiu Lang and Feng Jin to move the tools for grinding medicinal materials into the house: "Pack them all and take them back when you get home."

"Hey, don't worry, little boss, we will definitely take good care of these tools." Qiu Lang led Feng Jin and others to move the tools, and his heart was very hot. The young boss looked young, but he was a good businessman. Today he was facing a Uncles in their thirties can still dominate. Working with such a master, they feel confident and no longer panic.

The little boss told them not to call her mistress. Everyone in the family's workshop called her little boss, so they just followed suit.

Qi Kangming was reading the letter from the Qi family, and the more he read, the more relieved he became: "The Li family really deserves it. If they continue to do this, sooner or later they will be sold into slavery."

Mr. Li Sanye is a big-hearted person. After being defrauded in his wheat harvest business, he borrowed usury money and wanted to use the money to sell cotton in order to make money.

But usury money is money that can be eaten at compound interest. Borrowing this kind of money will cost you your life.

Fortunately, Mr. Qi was a pretty good man. When he found out about this, he immediately went to the Li family and asked his servants to drag Mr. Li out and beat him up. He also threatened Mr. Li that if he dared to do these evil things again, he would be punished. Take the house back to the Qi family and let them sleep on the street.

Li Sanye was beaten badly and cried and agreed.

When Mrs. Qu learned that Mr. Li had borrowed usury, she was shocked. She grabbed Mr. Li and asked, "Master, you, you borrowed usury? Who encouraged you to borrow it?"