bayedsolid Chapter 504 5
Chapter 504 5
"Isn't it 60,000 taels?" Fang Tang exploded.
"I'm turning fifteen in a few days, don't we need to have a ceremony?" Yunyi frowned at the other person. "Are you even my real father? Aren't you going to hold a coming-of-age ceremony for me?"
"I……"
"Is it wrong to spend ten or twenty thousand yuan on a coming-of-age ceremony?"
Fang Tang dared not say there was a problem, and could only nod: "Father is thinking about it, but there are still a few days left, aren't there?"
"Give me the house deeds, land deeds, and personal contracts of the people involved, and I will give you the silver."
"But……"
"has a problem?"
"No." Fang Tang could only nod, remembering what was happening outside. He had originally wanted more, but only got 50,000 taels. It would solve the problem, but he felt it was a loss no matter how he thought about it. However, there was nothing he could do about it.
The only option was to have Fang Zhong retrieve all the contracts.
Yunyi glanced at it but didn't say anything. The original owner only cared about the Third Prince and didn't care about Qi Miao'er's business at all. Therefore, she didn't know how many of the people in these two shops were still the original ones. However, with Sangye around, she wasn't worried.
The two shops were located in the East Market and the West Market; one was a tea shop and the other was a medicinal herb shop.
The normal transaction value of these two shops would be around 40,000 taels. Fang Tang had inquired about the price beforehand, so he only agreed to accept 50,000 taels from Yun Yi.
"Where are the silver notes?"
"Wait a minute, I need to have someone go to the government office to transfer the ownership before I can give it to you. Otherwise, what if you want to back out?"
Fang Tang felt a lump in his throat, but he could only wait patiently.
Sang Ye returned quickly and hurriedly: "Young Miss, you were looking for me?" When she saw Fang Tang sitting in the room, she stopped in her tracks and her smile faded. "Lord."
"You're Sang Ye?" Fang Tang's eyes widened. "You're not..."
“I’m lucky, I didn’t die.” Sang Ye smiled. “Maybe it’s my young lady’s blessing that allowed me to come back and continue to serve her.”
Fang Tang's expression turned somewhat unpleasant.
“These are the two shops my mother used to run. Go and take a look.”
Sangye took the house and land deeds, looked at them, and then nodded: "This is indeed what Miss... this is what Madam originally set up. This pharmacy was also set up by Lianqiao."
"Go to the government office to transfer the property and register it."
"Okay." Sang Ye left happily, without even glancing at Fang Tang.
Fang Tang wanted to say something, but Yun Yi directly slapped the 50,000 taels of silver notes in front of him: "Our transaction is settled." After saying that, she yawned, "Father, please do as you please. I'm going upstairs to rest for a bit." Then she went straight upstairs.
Fang Tang took a deep breath, picked up the silver note, and turned to leave.
Standing upstairs watching Fang Tang's retreating figure, Yun Yi beckoned Yun Lu over: "Go and inform Yun Sheng to have someone follow Fang Tang and find a way to steal that silver note."
Yunlu's lips twitched: "Well, I've already notified them."
"Huh?" Yunyi turned to look at Yunlu in surprise. "You've even learned to answer first?"
"Hehe, I just didn't like him, so I thought..." Yunlu touched her nose, "I didn't know if I was doing the right thing at first, but now I know I did the right thing."
“That’s absolutely right.” Yunyi patted Yunlu on the shoulder. “I’m giving you a verbal compliment.”
"Can I have some real food to reward you? I want to eat the sponge cake that Miss made."
"Are you pushing your luck? But I'll grant your permission." Yunyi nodded. "Let's go, let's go make a cake."
Fang Tang hurriedly left the Earl's mansion with the silver notes and headed straight for Babao Lane.
However, the carriage stopped halfway there.
"what happened?"
"My lord, there are several beggars fighting up ahead," Su Mu said from outside.
"detour."
As the carriage was about to turn around, it suddenly tilted.
Fang Tang fell to the side, but fortunately the carriage did not overturn completely and came to a stop quickly.
"Lord, the axle is broken, come out quickly," Su Mu reminded from outside.
Fang Tang hurriedly climbed out of the carriage and found one of the wheels on the ground, with Su Mu bracing himself against the carriage. He quickly scrambled down and asked, "What happened?"
"The axle suddenly broke," the driver replied fearfully. "Sir, it can't be repaired in a short time."
"What are you good for?" Fang Tang was furious, feeling like nothing he did went right.
"This carriage is quite old. We've been saying it should be replaced for a while, but we haven't had the money, and this servant is powerless to do anything about it," the driver said, shrugging.
"Fix it quickly, then pick me up at Babao Lane." Fang Tang didn't have time to waste with him and left with Su Mu.
Just then, the group of fighting beggars arrived at their location.
"Get out of the way." Su Mu hurriedly protected Fang Tang.
But there were so many beggars that they ignored all reasoning and swarmed towards them.
Fang Tang kept backing away.
Su Mu had no choice but to draw his sword.
The beggars were also afraid of dying. Seeing this situation, they shouted "Let's fight somewhere else!" and ran away.
Fang Tang breathed a sigh of relief, but after taking only two steps, he touched his chest and his face turned pale: "My silver notes are gone."
"What?" Su Mu exclaimed in surprise. "Lord, please search carefully."
"They're gone. That little beggar who bumped into me just now. Go find him!" Fang Tang shouted, then chased after the beggars who had disappeared.
Su Mu's eyes flashed, and he followed after them.
Yun Sheng had already run to the Wonderful Pavilion and placed the silver notes on the table: "Young Miss, I've got them back."
“Sure,” Yunyi nodded with a smile. “I just made some steamed sponge cake. You can eat it before you go out. I’ll treat my friends to roast chicken tonight.”
Yun Zi gave Yun Sheng ten taels of silver.
"Yes, Miss." Yun Sheng was overjoyed and took the silver, putting it into his worn-out purse.
"Won't the Lord be worried to death?" Yunlu laughed unkindly.
Yunyi smiled, but the smile didn't reach her eyes. It was time for him and Sun Qingli to fight like dogs.
Even being cuckolded didn't make him harm Sun Qingli, so let's see if money can make them completely break off their relationship.
Fang Tang was indeed in a hurry, as he needed to pay off debts. The Earl's mansion had been robbed, and he also had to support his mistress, so the mansion was in dire straits. Therefore, he borrowed a sum of money from outside through Sun Qingli.
Sun Qingli followed the county magistrate of De'an in lending money at exorbitant interest rates. Whether it was intentional or not, she somehow got Fang Tang to lend her money at exorbitant interest rates.
"Yenziqian" is essentially the ancient form of usury, offering substantial returns while also being extremely exploitative.
As the saying goes: You get three times the loan amount if you borrow at exorbitant interest rates; interest compoundes every year; you borrow for one year and pay it back in ten; but you can never pay it off in several lifetimes!
Therefore, usury was illegal in any dynasty.
However, some high-ranking officials and nobles still secretly use this method to amass wealth, or to win over people to their own advantage.