The Republic of China: Twins with a beautiful start, navigating a troubled world

Zhao's living room!

"Xiaohe, eat slowly, don't be hungry."

"Uh-huh, Dad, I'm so hungry."

"I understand. After fighting for so long last night, it's normal to be hungry. I'll tell you to go down later and ask the kitchen to stew some riding whip for you. I'll make sure you're full of energy and vitality the next day."

"Horse whip? Dad, what is a riding whip?"

"Here... just eat your food quickly, don't ask so many questions why!"

Surrounding a dining table, Zhao He was devouring rice, braised pork ribs, black-bone chicken soup, and fragrant rice. If placed in modern times, this meal would obviously be very common and would not feel luxurious.

But in this era of war and chaos, when everyone doesn't have enough to eat, the food on this table is definitely very luxurious.

Nowadays, most people eat vegetables, potatoes, white flour steamed buns, etc. As for pork, chicken, duck, etc., I am afraid they can only eat them during the holidays.

"Master, it's not good, it's not good."

While Zhao He was eating his meal, suddenly a man in his forties ran in, looking anxious and panting.

His name is Li Decai, he is the housekeeper of the Zhao family, and he has been following Zhao Haiquan for more than twenty years.

"What's wrong?" Zhao Haiquan stood up suddenly. Seeing the other party's appearance, he knew that something must have happened.

Zhao He also stopped eating, looked over quickly, and listened carefully to the conversation between the two.

"There is a strike going on at Cloth Village. The workers heard the news from somewhere, saying that the goods we were pulling out had encountered pirates. Not only would the goods not be returned, but people were also kidnapped. Now the workers are panicking. A collective strike, clamoring for wages!" Li Decai said with a gloomy face.

Upon hearing this, Zhao Haiquan's face immediately sank.

Business has been difficult recently, and the Zhao family has been squeezed out and targeted in Panlong County, so last month's wages were postponed for a few days. After the outbound goods are sold, wages will be paid immediately.

Zhao Haiquan had already explained this clearly to the workers, and everyone expressed their understanding. But why did this rumor pop up again? Why did the strike start again?

"Master, according to my investigation, I'm afraid there is something to do with the Fang family behind this. They bribed several workers and then deliberately created such rumors to make the workers panic. This is how this situation emerged!" Li Decai said .

"Hmph! I just guessed it was related to them. How damn despicable!" Zhao Haiquan snorted.

And Zhao He couldn't help but darken his face and clenched his fists secretly. Since he became stupid three years ago and his mother died of a serious illness, the Zhao family has become worse day by day and year by year.

He is no longer the richest man in Panlong County!

The culprit of all this is the Fang family. Since Fang Wenying and Xia Yunfang got married, the government and businessmen have colluded together to oppress, exploit, suppress, etc. the Zhao family by various means. This has led to the continuous decline of the Zhao family.

Today in Panlong County, the Fang family is the dominant family, and they are the real richest people.

"Master, what should we do now?" Li Decai couldn't help but ask.

"What else can we do? The workers must be paid. Even if we sell the pot, we must not miss the wages. Let's do this. You take people to the cloth village first to stabilize people's hearts. I will go and get the money immediately." Zhao Haiquan gritted his teeth. He made up his mind.

Li Decai was a little surprised, because the Zhao family was indeed at the end of its rope and no longer had so much liquidity, so they were just waiting for the goods to be sold to meet their urgent needs.

I didn’t expect that Zhao Haiquan could still come up with money!

"Okay!" Li Decai nodded and ran out without thinking much.

Zhao Haiquan looked at Li Decai's background, sighed, and then looked back at Zhao He.

"Xiaohe, there is something special happening at home now. Dad has to use the money he saved for you. Are you willing?" Zhao Haiquan asked with a smile.

Even though his butt was on fire now, he was extremely anxious and angry, but he still had a smile on his face when facing his son.

Hearing this, Zhao He was deeply moved. Unexpectedly, his father had already thought of a way out for him and saved a sum of money for himself. This made him deeply moved and at the same time extremely guilty.

In the past three years, I have been a carefree fool, with no worries about food and clothing, but I don't know how much Zhao Haiquan has paid for this family.

"Dad, I do, of course I do." Zhao He resisted the urge to cry and said with a smile.

"Well, my son is so good. After this matter is over, dad will return it to you soon." Zhao Haiquan patted Zhao He on the shoulder, then turned and left resolutely, "You eat slowly, dad has something to do when he goes out." .”

Zhao He looked at his father's old figure. At some point, his eyes became wet and tears flowed down uncontrollably.

"Dad, my son is no longer stupid now, and I have grown up. I will definitely support this family, and I will not let your life's hard work be ruined like this. There are also the Fang family, the Liu family, and the Xia family. I will definitely If I want you and them to pay the price, I must avenge my mother, and I want their family to be destroyed!"

Zhao He swore secretly, his eyes bursting with chills!

But soon, he calmed down. The most urgent step now is to help the Zhao family survive the crisis. The method is also very simple, that is, to get more and more money.

As long as you have money, all problems can be solved.

Zhao He naturally thought of [100-fold rebate card]!

"It seems that I have to use this [100-fold rebate card] immediately. The maximum rebate is 100,000 yuan, so I must get 1,000 yuan now!"

Thinking of this, Zhao He showed a look of embarrassment on his face. One thousand oceans is not a small sum. If he was not stupid, it would be easy to get it from his father, but now the Zhao family cannot protect itself, let alone It’s a thousand oceans, and I’m afraid even a hundred oceans would be difficult.

"What should we do?" Zhao He frowned in thought, not even thinking about eating anymore.

After a long time, his eyes suddenly lit up and he came up with a solution that was not among the solutions: mortgage on the house deed!

In Panlong County, there are many pawn shops, banks, etc. If you need money urgently, you can use methods such as pawning gold and silver jewelry, loans, etc.

And the first thing Zhao He wanted to be was the mortgage of the house deed!

Although the Zhao family today is worse than ever, the lean camels are bigger than horses, and they are far from being sold as property, so they still have a lot of house deeds, gold, silver, jewelry, etc.

And Zhao He knew where the house deed was hidden and could easily steal it.

"First use the house deed to temporarily mortgage it, and after receiving the rebate, you can get one hundred thousand yuan, and then redeem it. This transaction is not a loss!" Zhao He thought of this and immediately made up his mind.

Deed mortgage is not about selling the deed, but a loan model. As long as you can repay the money in time, you can redeem the deed.

Of course, there will naturally be handling fees, interest, etc. along the way.

After the three of them had eaten, Zhao He sneaked into Zhao Haiquan's bedroom alone, opened a secret room, and stole a house deed from inside.

"Dad, I'm sorry, I will return the house deed soon."

Zhao He felt very guilty and hid the deed to Haosheng. Just when he was about to close the cabinet, he discovered that there were two pistols and six rounds of ammunition inside.

Zhao He was not surprised that his father had a gun. In this era of warlords and chaos, every household wanted to prepare a few guns as long as they had access.

With a gun, you have the ability to protect yourself.

Not to mention a big family like the Zhao family, even the private security team established by the family is also equipped with guns.

"Hold the gun, maybe you can defend yourself."

Thinking of this, Zhao He took away the pistol and six bullets. After doing all this, he walked out of the bedroom.