bayedsolid Chapter 436 Door-to-door debt collection
Chapter 436 Door-to-door debt collection
"It's me. May I ask who you are?" Seeing that they didn't look like they were here to eat, Si Wei Zhong restrained his smile and quickly searched his mind for information about the person in front of him. He had never seen him before, he definitely hadn't seen him before.
"Oh, I'm from the Jixiang Casino. Your two sons borrowed money from our casino three days ago and agreed to pay it back today. But they said they don't have the money, so they asked me to come to you. Just pay back the borrowed money." The fat man with a mouthful of yellow teeth said as a matter of course.
"What did you say?" Si Wei Zhong couldn't believe it. The two of them had just returned not long ago, and they had forgotten why they went to the manor and started to cause trouble for him again.
"Stop talking nonsense and return the money immediately." The muscular man shouted at the top of his voice, shocking everyone in the hall so that they kept looking over here.
"Come upstairs with me." Si Wei Zhong lowered his voice, his face sullen, the muscles on his face trembling slightly, obviously he was trying his best to suppress his anger.
The muscular man snorted coldly and followed him to a private room on the second floor: "Our boss said that we don't need to pay the three-day interest. Just pay back the principal."
"I will pay back whatever silver they owe me." Si Wei Zhong's face was extremely ugly. These two evil sons, just wait and see how he will deal with them when he gets back.
"Boss Si is really straightforward. I like dealing with straightforward people. The two young masters owe our gambling house a total of 100,000 taels of silver. Please take a look at this." The fat man said as he took out a piece of paper from his arms.
It listed the amount of silver owed by Si Chengren and Si Chengyi, and their signatures and fingerprints were also at the end.
When he first heard his words, Si Wei Zhong thought he had misheard. He then looked at the piece of white paper in his hand in confusion. The amount of silver owed was clearly written on it. He stood up from his seat in shock.
Is it really written on it that it is one hundred thousand taels? One hundred thousand taels? Si Wei Zhong subconsciously reached out to take it to see if it was real, but the muscular man took it back. What a joke! What if the IOU is destroyed in his hands?
"Impossible, absolutely impossible, how could they owe so much money?" Si Wei Zhong suddenly shouted and clenched his fists. He had watched his son grow up since he was a child, and although he did not have much potential, he did not have the courage to owe so much money.
"How can it be impossible? It's clearly written in black and white. Do you want to default on your debt? If you don't pay the money back quickly, I will take the IOU to the government office and ask the prefect to decide the case for us."
Rather than being a thug for the gambling house, it would be more accurate to say that the muscular man is in a cooperative relationship with the gambling house. His specialty is to collect debts from those who owe money, and he takes a certain commission from the collected accounts.
He had seen many cases like Si Wei Zhong's, but this amount of silver was indeed a lot. After so many years of cooperation with the gambling house, this was the first time he saw someone owe 100,000 taels of silver.
When he saw it for the first time, he was really surprised. One hundred thousand taels, what a concept! It was enough to buy several large houses in the most prosperous area of the capital.
Although he had doubts about the IOU, he was paying people to do the job, and as long as the IOU was real, Si Wei Zhong had to pay.
If he doesn't give money, he will have to solve the problem himself.
"No, I don't have that much silver right now. I'm going to go back and ask them what's going on." Si Wei Zhong obviously still didn't believe it. Even if he lent them the courage of a million taels, they couldn't owe 100,000 taels of silver.
Even if you sell the entire mansion, all the money added up still wouldn't be enough to make up this amount.
Although he had earned a lot of money over the years, his expenses were also high, and he only had about 50,000 or 60,000 silver coins in total. If he was asked to take out that much money at once, even if he had to borrow it, he had nowhere to borrow it.
"Okay, then I'll come again tomorrow. I know everything about you. Don't try to hide. I will definitely find you." The fat man said arrogantly. The reason why he had the confidence to speak like this was because he had connections in the court. Naturally, he didn't take a small official like Si Wei Zhong seriously.
"I, Si Wei Zhong, am an upright person. How could I do such a despicable thing?" Si Wei Zhong retorted.
"As expected, you are a rich man who speaks frankly. I will come to get the money tomorrow. Sir Si, please prepare it in advance." After saying this, the fat man strode away with a few of his men.
Only Si Wei Zhong was left. He could no longer stand and sat down on the ground, holding onto the table with his hands.
He regretted so much. If he had known earlier, he would not have brought them here from Chengyang County. It was like inviting a wolf into the house. What he gave birth to were not two sons, but two executioners who came specifically to kill him.
"Someone, prepare the car to go back home." Si Wei Zhong shouted outside.
Sitting in the carriage, Si Wei Zhong fantasized again and again that the IOU was fake, the IOU must be fake.
As soon as he returned to the mansion, Si Weizhong rushed directly to Si Chengren's room. When he arrived, he saw that the door was closed.
Knowing that he was inside, Si Wei Zhong stepped forward and kicked the door open.
Si Chengren and Si Chengyi were discussing something in the room. The sudden loud noise startled them and they all looked towards the source of the sound.
When he saw Si Wei Zhong's gloomy face, he was so scared that his eyes widened. He wanted to call Si Wei Zhong "Dad", but his lips trembled and he couldn't utter a word for a long time.
I involuntarily took a few steps back, trying to use the table in front of me to block his body.
Those people from the gambling house who came to collect debts just left not long ago. How come his father came back so soon? They haven't even come up with a plan of action yet.
Seeing the confusion on his two sons' faces and the evasiveness in their eyes, what else did Si Wei Zhong not understand?
The IOU must be real, for one hundred thousand taels of silver. This was not just asking for money, this was asking for his life.
The total value of all the shops and property deeds under his name is less than 100,000 taels. How can he pay it back and what can he use to pay it back?
He closed his eyes tightly, took a deep breath, and when he opened his eyes, the ruthlessness in his eyes was clearly displayed in front of the two of them.
He who knows the times is a hero. Since you know you are wrong, you should have a better attitude and strive to get lenient treatment.
"Dad, we know we were wrong, and we will never dare to do it again. If I go there again, you will cut off both of my hands." Si Chengren fell to his knees and kowtowed to Si Wei Zhong several times, making the ground bang.