Song Dynasty Iron Armored Army

Chapter 40

As the big shopkeeper, Zhou Fu couldn't keep selling in the store.In the afternoon, I went out to prepare for the opening of Baihu Commercial Bank. According to Chai Lin's arrangement, Baihu Commercial Bank mainly sells soap, hand-pressed wells, agricultural tools, steel tools, and other weird things. It will be a flagship store, mainly for display. Wholesale customers have to source goods from Chaijiazhuang.

Stores need exquisite shelves and counters. There are more than a dozen carpenter shops in the city. If you want to say who makes the best one, it is the time-honored Yu family. Yu Hao, the shopkeeper, is in his thirties. There is nothing to say about the craftsmanship of the carpenter when crossing the sea.

Zhou Fu brought a clerk to the ordering counter of Yu's time-honored shop. The distance is not too far, five miles away.In fact, Zhou Fu walks there every day, but today is different. As the owner of the car dealership, he wants to promote the carriage and let the coachman drive there.

When he first arrived at the carpenter's shop of Yu's house, he was stunned. On the door was written in chicken blood, debt repayment, and then he saw all kinds of tools and materials in the yard crumbling here and there.

Zhou Fu has a good relationship with Yu Hao, and they have known each other for a few years, so he immediately went in when he saw the situation.

None of the clerks and workers were there, and when I entered the guest room, I heard Yu Hao's daughter-in-law crying.

"Brother and sister, why are you crying? What happened in the store?" Zhou Fu asked with concern.

"Shopkeeper Zhou, go and see my old Yu, he is sharpening his knife, and something big will happen soon." Yu Hao's daughter-in-law was crying with snot and tears.

"Don't panic, brothers and sisters. I'll go and see Lao Yu, and I won't let him do anything stupid." Zhou Fu said as he came to the backyard.

Yu Hao is sharpening a machete, this machete is two feet long, and it is sharpened.

"Old Yu, what's the situation, tell me." Zhou Fu came over and patted Yu Hao on the shoulder and said.

Seeing that it was Zhou Fu who came, Yu Hao stopped sharpening his knife immediately, and put two sharp axes on his waist, and wrapped the machete in cowhide.

"The shopkeeper Zhou is here, I'm afraid I don't have time to drink a pot with you today, if there is still tomorrow, we brothers will drink again." Yu Hao said.

Zhou Fu said: "What nonsense are you talking about? If there is anything, please tell me. If you can help, you will definitely not shirk it."

"Okay, then I'll talk about it." Yu Hao sighed.

"At the beginning of this year, the store took over a complete set of furniture from a rich family. The order was relatively large, and the payment was 1000 taels. The deposit was 200 taels from the customer, but it cost 400 taels to buy wood, and there was still a shortfall of 200 taels. I was thinking about finding a friend to borrow. After all, 200 taels is not a small amount. I inquired about Hongtong Bank and said it was a loan. A point. I have a loan of 200 taels for half a year, which means 18 taels of interest.”

"That's right, the account is clear. You only need to repay the principal of 200 taels plus 18 taels of interest when it's due." Zhou Fu said.

"I thought so too. I wondered if this big business could earn 300 taels of silver. I paid 18 taels of interest, so I signed and pledged the loan. But here comes the problem. It's been half a year since last month, and I'm going to repay the loan. I paid 210 eight taels. At that time, the counter opened and gave me a letter. I thought it was settled and it was fine. But who knew that the next day, Hongtong Bank sent a collector, named Ma Liu, and brought four big men over. Said that the payment was wrong yesterday, and the account was calculated according to the monthly interest. In other words, I was still short of ninety silver. Didn’t this mean to steal money? Economic disputes are not under their control if they are not expensive, and they have to solve them by themselves. Maliu came to make troubles every now and then. Including late fees and fines, it is already 150 taels of silver."

"It's really dark." Zhou Fu gasped.Although the business of this carpenter's shop is booming, the labor cost is also high. Apart from the clerk's salary, Yu Hao probably has less than 150 taels of silver left throughout the year.

"Since yesterday, Ma Liu has started a riot. The store was smashed, and the guys were too scared to come to work. I reported to the police and no one accepted it. Ma Liu said that the money can't be repaid, and the shop will be taken back to them. Otherwise, I will drag my daughter-in-law to cover the debt. I have no other choice, they will come to close the shop this afternoon, this is for them." Yu Hao patted the machete on his waist.

Zhou Fu said: "That's enough man, it's just killing for life. It's not worthwhile for you to exchange the life of a boss for the life of a scumbag. Otherwise, I will make up for it. I will lend you a hundred and ten taels, and you can get another few dozen by yourself." Two, if you let this matter go, it's just a matter of being dumb."

Just as I was talking, I heard someone outside smiling sinisterly: "I'm afraid you can't afford this dumb loss. The head of the house said that I will give you two ways. One is to give me the deeds of the six front doors. The other is It is to send the wife and daughter to the brothel as the top account, you can choose one.

Yu Hao said angrily: "Ma Liu, how dare you."

Ma Liu smiled contemptuously, and said, "Yao, you even brought a knife. Don't have a dead mouse in your waist, pretending to be a hunter. So what if I give you the Qinglongyanyue knife? You will become the second master of Guan."

Yu Hao was so angry that he trembled all over, he drew his knife and chopped off Ma Liu.Poor Yu Hao is a carpenter. Although Kong Wu is powerful and good at chopping wood, he has never chopped anyone before, and his hands tremble.Ma Liu fought all the year round, his iron-like hands grabbed Yu Hao's wrist, and he let go of the machete, Ma Liu pushed his knee up, Yu Hao spat out a mouthful of blood and fell to the ground.

"Loosen this guy's bones." Ma Liuyi waved his hand, and the five big men behind him jumped up and beat him.

Yu Hao's wife took a rolling pin, came out, and shouted, "I'll fight for you."

Ma Liu was kicked over, and Zhou Fu scolded: "You have gone too far, there is no law, you are not allowed to beat people."

"Who didn't fix the crotch properly, and you are exposed. Who are you, and you dare to meddle in Mr. Ma's business." Ma Liu said.

Zhou Fu is not a very talkative person, others scolded him so harshly, how can he bear it, he immediately scolded: "You pickle, you rascal, you dare to ask me where I am, my master is Chaijiazhuang, drunk fairy The shopkeeper of the building."

Hearing about Chaijiazhuang, Ma Liu had no fear at all, and said, "Chaijiazhuang? It happened a long time ago, and now Cangzhou Hongtong Bank is the boss. Give me a call."

When Zhou Fu came out, he didn't expect to fight too, so he took a coachman outside, and he suffered a disadvantage immediately, and his nose was bruised and his face was swollen after a few blows.

Seeing that the beating was almost done, Ma Liu shouted: "Okay. Yu Hao, I'll give you another day to prepare the house deed, or don't blame me for being a bad hand. A mass burial will not leave you with a dead body to feed the dogs. And you Big shopkeeper, don't worry about things that shouldn't be done, don't ask about things that shouldn't be asked."

Zhou Fu's eye sockets were darkened, and the corners of his mouth were bleeding. He stood up and sneered, "I'm afraid you don't know the methods of Chaijiazhuang. Young people don't know the heights of heaven and earth."

"Haha, did I, Ma Liu, get scared?" After saying that, Ma Liu walked away.

(End of this chapter)