Han Shizu

Chapter 1921 Still in debt

He almost lost his breath, his expression was in a daze, and it took a long time before he regained consciousness. At this time, Wang Yansheng was already extremely depressed, but he still tried his best to restrain himself.

Wrapped in endless disappointment, but having pretended to be confused for more than ten years, he was extraordinarily clear-headed. Pushing away the few people who surrounded him with expressions of concern, Wang Yansheng got up and picked up another account book, with a tone of " "Calmly" asked: "If these accounts are true, the monthly expenses in the mansion are so huge, even five thousand or ten thousand guan, you can spend them cleanly. The account is less than one thousand guan, how long can it last? The new year has only just begun, and the rest of the day will not last? There must be something wrong with this account, so where is it?"

Hearing Wang Yansheng mention this, the three brothers Wang Yinghao and the stewards looked at each other in blank dismay, and Wang Yinghao still said in a low voice: "The imperial court's salary is allocated on time every month, and the properties operated outside the government can also receive income, so it is still possible supported"

This kind of explanation certainly couldn't convince Wang Yansheng, so he said viciously: "Just including your brother's salary, it's only five hundred guan per month. What can this little money be used for? How much can you get from any industry? You guys There must be something hidden from me, so tell me the truth!"

Hearing the question, Wang Yinghao's face was troubled, hesitating for a while, but he lowered his head and persuaded: "Father, don't worry about it, the family affairs can be taken care of, and the expenses for going to Nanyang must be raised as soon as possible!"

"What way, to steal? To cheat? Or to rob?" Wang Yansheng broke out completely, turned the hilt of his sword, and slammed it on Wang Yinghao: "At this point, you still want to lie to me, I really think I am stupid , can you deceive me?"

Wang Yinghao suffered from the pain, and fell to the ground grinning, but he didn't care about it, he knelt down on the spot, and said: "Father, don't be angry! Don't dare!"

As he said that, he kowtowed his head very hard, making a knocking sound, and after a few knocks, he became a little dizzy, his scalp was scratched, and he still didn't stop, probably he had never been so hard on himself in his life.Seeing that the eldest son would rather harm himself than tell the truth, Wang Yansheng's heart couldn't help sinking.

Kicked him over, turned to look at the other two sons: "Say it!"

The two sons looked like dogs, but facing the old father in such a state, they were completely cowardly. They looked at each other, lowered their heads at the same time, pretended not to hear, and refused to say a word.

Seeing the reaction of the two, Wang Yansheng immediately understood that the two rebellious sons also had a share in the family's lack of money.Averting his eyes from the two, he walked slowly to a gray-bearded official, raised his sword and put it on his neck: "Wang Jin, you have been with me for more than 40 years, don't you know You lied to me, tell me!"

Looking at the old master who was already a little crazy, the old servant named Wang Jin also showed a bit of unbearable expression in his eyes. He is not afraid of the sharp weapon on his neck, but only cares about his body, and he really can't be stimulated anymore .

However, Wang Yansheng became ruthless, and he was also the master who was not recognized by his relatives. Seeing his silence, he looked as if he was about to wipe his neck. The sober Wang Yinghao got up, shouted "no", trying to take the sword from Wang Yansheng's hand, but in the end He was kicked over again.

At this point, Wang Jin couldn't hold back any longer. After hesitating for a moment, he decided to tell the truth: "The government is running short, and there are some foreign debts to make up for."

At this moment, Wang Yansheng was completely stunned. He never thought that he would get such an answer. His skinny hands were particularly powerful at this moment, and he grabbed his chest fiercely, staring at the butler fiercely: "Is this true?"

"Yes!" Wang Jinchang sighed, with some shame on his old face.

When Wang Yinghao saw the old housekeeper tell the truth, he couldn't help but sat there paralyzed, he couldn't get up at all, his head was downcast. There were two "clicks", and the sharp sword in his hand fell to the ground. Wang Yansheng laughed twice, and there was a bit of sadness in the laughter: "I am a hero, and I have to suffer this humiliation in my later years. The dignified mansion has to rely on it." Borrowing money to live on, making people laugh at you, making you laugh at you!"

Wang Yansheng was very angry, but also very puzzled, how could this happen?It stands to reason that even the annual salary of the county lord alone is enough to support this big family. Of course, the huge expenditure items came to mind, and this reasonable thought quickly turned gray
Even as strong as Wang Yansheng, in the face of such a situation, he couldn't bear it anymore. He sat down again, lost his mind for a while, raised his eyes and asked, with endless exhaustion in his tone: "Who did you borrow money from?"

Wang Jin said in a low voice: "Some counties in the village are famous for their talents and wealthy businessmen, and the other is Kangning, a big merchant in Luoyang."

"Corning!" Wang Yansheng recalled, and said, "The one who sells fur?"

"Yes!" Wang Jin said.

"Is he still in the business of borrowing money?" Wang Yansheng said indifferently.

"He doesn't borrow from ordinary people. It is said that many dignitaries and nobles have extended their hands to Kang Ning, and they will never refuse."

"Can't you see such tricks?" Wang Yansheng looked at his sons and old man sarcastically.

Wang Yinghao said: "The government only borrowed [-] guan from Kang Ning, and part of it has been repaid. The interest is not high, and Kang Ning has never made any excessive demands from the government!"

When he said this, Wang Yinghao even felt a little complacent, but Wang Yansheng's heart sank to the bottom, why did he give birth to such stupid sons.I used to think that the eldest son was a little clever, but now it seems that such a little cleverness will only bring disaster, and it is better to be the two younger brothers who have been rice bugs.

"When he opens his mouth, will you still be allowed to refuse?" Wang Yansheng stared at Wang Yinghao coldly, his anger was gone.

With a sullen face and after thinking for a long time, Wang Yansheng looked at Wang Jin and ordered: "Go and tell the sons who are going south, and let them wait for two days at ease. I will definitely prepare the money and fees!"

"However, there is really not much living money in the mansion!" Wang Yansheng said swearingly, but Wang Jin did not have any confidence, and reminded worriedly.

"Are you going to recite my order?" Wang Yansheng gave him a cold look.

"Don't dare, the old slave will inform you!"

Wang Yansheng ignored the three sons, picked up the sword on the ground, flipped it back into its sheath twice, called the warehouse managers, and headed towards the warehouse.

Bafanglou, located in Luoyang North City, is a medium-sized restaurant with a high reputation and excellent dishes, especially delicacies from all over the world gathered here. Its owner is Kangning, a big businessman in Luoyang.

The situation has changed for decades, and the same is true for the business world of Dahan. Under the historical background of the great development of the handicraft industry and the great expansion of the commodity economy, batch after batch of wealthy businessmen have risen, and batches of wealthy businessmen have also fallen due to various reasons. Another batch of big businessmen, those who can stand for decades are truly qualified to be awarded the title of "big merchants and big businessmen". What they rely on is not only a smart mind that is good at management. In a privileged society, background comes first.

Kang Ning is obviously such a person, his background is not ordinary, his original name is Kang Yanning, but he is the nephew of the former minister Kang Fu.And Kang Fu is the father of He Chuan Bo Kang Yanze, and the relationship between Wang and Kang was broken because of the conflict between the grandchildren, and the relationship between Kang Yanze and Kang Ning's lineage seems not very good. The relationship is a bit complicated.

Speaking of Kang Ning, he started very early. He was already in business when he was still in Tianfu for 12 years. At that time, the army was in chaos, and the world was full of thieves. To do business is to risk your life.

Thanks to his background and the capital to make a fortune, Kang Ning was also courageous. He took some clansmen and bought some thieves and refugees, and went to Huainan to gather (rob) and buy (rob) grain, and then transported it back to Kaifeng.

At that time, Kaifeng had newly recruited hundreds of thousands of soldiers and civilians in Hedong. The most important thing was mouth, and the most lacking food was three hundred yuan for a bucket of rice. As long as the food was successfully transported, it would be huge profits. After only three trips, Kangning’s capital was overturned. twice.

However, the profiteering business of food is not a long-term solution. Although the imperial court tacitly and even secretly supported them to source food from other places to fill the capital, Kang Ning turned ahead of time with great foresight.

Corning turned to the "transportation industry" with extremely meager profits at the time, and the first customer was the Han court. Relying on the name of the Kang family, he directly approached the then minister Wang Zhang, expressing his willingness to help the court transport grain to On the front line, in order to gain trust, he first donated [-] shi of flour. Wang Zhang, who was having a headache for the army, felt his "sincerity" and agreed to let him have a try, and arranged for someone to classify part of the tasks to Kang Ning.

The road from Kaifeng to Yecheng is not far away. Du Chongwei's rebel army was trapped in Yuancheng by Gao Xing, and Kang Ning's group had rich experience in transporting grain. Together with his donation, the first batch of five hundred shi The military rations were successfully delivered to the front line.

With the first time, the following things went smoothly, and after the entire "Pindu" war, Kang Ning took his buddies to help the court transport more than 3000 shi of military rations, which was no less useful than an auxiliary barracks.

As for the entire transportation business, Corning lost all the profits from the previous grain business, let alone making money.But it has to be said that this was the beginning of Kang Ning's fortune. Strictly speaking, Kang Ning had a relationship with the imperial court and the core power department of the imperial court much earlier than the Kang Yanze brothers. Doing business under shelter is more secure and can make a lot of money
(End of this chapter)