Hope for luck

Chapter 72 The Mysterious Owner
Gao Pan's fundraising in Xiangmanlou has achieved unprecedented success, a result that he himself did not expect.

Roughly estimated, this time the wealthy gentry have at least 8 to [-] taels of silver.

Gao Pan originally thought that he could just plug the gap in the Yamen Bank. Even if someone really didn't buy it, Gao Pan still had other ways to raise money in his mind.

To his surprise, it was naturally the owner of the Xiangmanlou, and it was tens of thousands of taels of silver when he made a move, which is really impressive!
This also made Gao Pan even more curious about the owner behind Xiangmanlou.

After returning to the county government office, Gao Pan couldn't help thinking about Yin Weian and began to inquire:

"Master Yin, what is the origin of this Xiangmanlou owner? It seems very mysterious and powerful?"

Yin Weian was about to talk to Gao Pan, but Gao Pan took the initiative to talk to him, and quickly replied:

"I don't know much about the humble position, but I heard that the owner is a woman, and she rarely shows her face in front of outsiders. Most people really don't see her."

After Gao Pan listened, his eyes lit up as if he had heard something very interesting, and he said to himself:

"It's rare for a woman to have such courage. It's no wonder that Xiangmanlou can gain a firm foothold in Dantang County. It's amazing!"

After hearing this, Yin Weian asked with a smile:

"My lord, we give money to the common people and only receive [-]% annual interest, but we promise to give [-]% annual interest to these old men and women. How can we make up for the gap?"

After hearing this, Gao Pan woke up from the fantasy in his head, raised his eyebrows, and said as he walked:

"Silver is used for circulation. If it is just kept on the shelf, it is a dead thing. Do you think that the borrowed silver is only paid back with three per cent interest? Then you are wrong, just look carefully. Guaranteed to open your eyes in the coming year!"

Gao Pan's words made Yin Weian very confused, but Gao Pan's words were so convincing that he couldn't refute them.

Right now the gap in the yamen bank has been plugged, even if the biggest thing at the moment has been dealt with, as for the bonuses paid to these gentry officials, that is something that needs to be considered next year.

Yin Weian felt that perhaps by then, things would have a new turn for the better?Without asking any more questions, he followed Gao Pan into the main office of the county's back office.

At this moment, it was still as crowded as it was in the afternoon, but the line was slowly shortening, and many subordinate officials came in and out in an orderly manner.

Seeing this scene, Yin Weian felt no envy or jealousy other than doubts in his heart.

The longer he followed Gao Pan, Yin Weian knew that every step Gao Pan made had his reasons.

Although he really didn't understand, why did Peng Ming, a child who didn't understand anything, handle the requests from these subordinate officials.

However, when Gao Pan raised it, he naturally had his reasons, and Yin Weian didn't ask any more questions, and just did what Gao Pan arranged for him.

……

Following Gao Pan's departure, many squires in Xiangmanlou also left one after another, but the shopkeeper came to the farthest room on the third floor with light steps.

At the door, he respectfully asked for instructions:

"Boss, the villain Zhang Ji is asking to see you!"

I only heard a faint voice coming from inside:

"come in!"

After hearing this, the shopkeeper named Zhang Ji walked in respectfully.

I saw the "fairy spirit lingering" in the room, I couldn't see what it looked like inside, but I could vaguely see a figure above.

But Zhang Ji knew that this 'immortal energy' was nothing but the smoke of incense. When he got closer, he could smell a faint fragrance.

"Why, they all left?"

Zhang Ji hadn't spoken yet, but the woman sitting at the top slightly opened her red lips and asked calmly.

Zhang Ji didn't dare to look up, but just lowered his head and replied respectfully:

"If you go back to the owner's house, it's right, Gao Pan has already left in the official sedan chair!"

"Well, is he suspicious?"

The words spoken by the woman at the top are gentle and clear, making people very comfortable to hear, and one can tell that it should be the voice of a young woman.

"No, the boss took the shot. He was too happy to be happy, so why would he think of other things? He even said that he would thank you face to face!"

Zhang Ji didn't hesitate at all, and quickly took the words and said.

"Well, I got it. Also, I still say that I don't see outsiders! I don't see anyone!"

The hostess seems to be very calm, and she doesn't comment on Gao Pan's actions, which seems to be an insignificant matter.

"Yes, villain, keep in mind, now that outsiders are going to say that the owner is optimistic about Gao Pan, we don't dare to have anyone come to make trouble in our restaurant!"

Zhang Ji lowered his eyebrows and spoke pleasantly. After speaking, he didn't dare to cast his eyes randomly in the room.

"Okay, these things are not your business, get out!"

The hostess seemed unwilling to talk more, so she asked Zhang Ji to leave. Seeing this, Zhang Ji quickly saluted respectfully, and then withdrew from the room.

After Zhang Ji left, the room returned to calm, and the hostess slowly came to the window and slowly opened a window.

The afterglow of the setting sun just came in through the window, and a ray of yellowish sunlight made the hostess's face look golden.

I saw an extremely gorgeous face, a pair of bright beautiful eyes under the beautiful eyebrows, and under the petite Qiong nose were thin and thick cherry lips, which looked very shiny.

Taoji Xing's face looks delicate and charming, and at this moment, the afterglow of the setting sun is shining on her body, making her look even more like a fairy.

When a breeze blows by, strands of blue silk flutter with the wind, the skin under the fair neck is like fat, and the breath is like orchids, looking like a peerless beauty.

However, at this moment, no one around could see such an amazing scene.

The female hostess rested her hands on the window sill, looking into the distance, her eyes were like autumn waters, as if she was deep in thought.

……

And in the unknown forest to the west of Dantang County, there are several people's heads moving around.

I saw that they were all bandit-like, and they wore various clothes, but most of them were thick and short linen clothes, but they held sharp weapons in their hands, such as swords and spears.

"Boss, what are we doing here? Didn't the master tell us to go to Dantang County to find out the truth? Why are you wandering around in this deep mountain and old forest all day long?"

At this moment, a young man with short hair asked among the two leaders.

"You, I still don't understand. The second master easily believed Yu Zongqi, and ended up in prison. Now we are going to Dantang County to find out the truth, and we are going to throw ourselves into a trap!"

The other leader was a sturdy man with a big knife on his shoulder. He seemed careless, but listening to what he said, he seemed very thoughtful.

"But... don't we go to find out the truth? The head of the family only gave five days, and now three days have passed!"

The short-cut man asked hesitantly.

"Of course we'll go, otherwise, how can we go on business? However, the foreign military orders will not be accepted. We finally went to the mountains and didn't do anything. How can we be worthy of the name of our Zhongli Shanzhai?"

The tough man in the lead spoke fiercely, and as he spoke, he stared fixedly through the woods at the small village not far away where the smoke was rising.

(End of this chapter)