All the six hired workers were talking at this time.

Everyone showed uneasy expressions on their faces.

Without work and stable income, it is really a terrible thing for them who can only make money by working and have no land.

But now, the entire Yingtianfu area has been in a state of depression after the rebellion, and even experienced old shopkeepers find it difficult to find new work.

Therefore, in order to have a job, they have to continue to come to their boss Du Shouchang.

Seeing that these six hired workers were also hoping that their shop could be opened again, Du Shouchang couldn't help but feel a sense of mission and responsibility.

At the same time, Du Shouchang was also willing to give up the wages he owed in order for his shop to reopen, and even took the initiative to raise money for himself, which also gave rise to gratitude.

"Du Laoliu! You are here! Let me tell you a good thing! The people from the Funing Marquis' Mansion fell in love with you and specially sent the palace manager to sign the contract, and wanted to buy your shop for fifty yuan silver coins."

At this time, Bai Shaohong, the general manager of Du Shouchang's house, came.

Behind Bai Shaohong was a fat man wearing a brown brocade robe.

This fat man is the manager of the Funing Hou Mansion Palace mentioned by Bai Shaohong.

The palace manager was riding on a horse at this time, and he didn't look at Du Shouchang at first. He just bounced his nails and said, "Kneel down and kowtow, thank you, thank you, and then sign the contract. These fifty silver coins will be given to you immediately!"

Before Du Shouchang could reply, a veteran employee who had been with Du Shouchang for a long time, and Hang Chunjiang, the shopkeeper of Du Shouchang's former clothing shop, said:

"How can this work? The boss's shop is the best shop in this area. It is next to the streets, so it is worth 100 or 200 silver dollars. Your price is too harsh. You can't agree to it, boss!"

"Yes, boss, you are a ancestral shop. Besides, this shop will become the property of this marquis' mansion, what should we do?"

Another hired employee also echoed.

At this time, the palace manager smiled and said, "What should you do? Humph, if you want to make a living, you will naturally sell yourself as slaves and go to the Funing Marquis Mansion to be a slave. You can work in this shop for 500 yuan a month, and then let your sons and grandchildren continue to work for the Funing Marquis Mansion, and your daughters and granddaughters and granddaughters serve as slaves of our Funing Marquis. Maybe one day they will be taken aback by the men and taken as people in the room. You will be prosperous at that time! You can ride on my head!"

"I am a pure and innocent person, what kind of slave I don't do, otherwise I will not have the opportunity to study and take the imperial examination in the future."

Hang Chunjiang started talking.

"Don't be ungrateful!"

The Palace Manager had no choice but to say a word, and then looked at Du Shouchang: "Du Laoliu of Renqingfang, why, don't you appreciate the grace of our Marquis' Mansion? Kneel down and kowtow!"

Du Shouchang bowed first and said, "I have received the kindness from the Marquis' Mansion, but this shop is an ancestral property. Therefore, the common people dare not sell it at a low price, otherwise they will be sorry to their ancestors."

"Do you think your shop, except for our Marquis' Mansion, can anyone else have the spare money to buy your shop? Also, your goods and silver were burned and robbed by the rebels. Bai Zongjia said, "You have a family of young people, and you have eight people. The young are sick and the young are just born. They need money urgently and owes a lot of wages for hire workers. Your shop can no longer be opened. If you don't hurry up and take fifty silver dollars to the doctor to buy rice and pay the wages. Do you have to hold on and do not care about your family's life or death? Fifty silver dollars are enough for this Marquis' Mansion. Don't be content or not. I can force your shop to take over in one sentence and let the people in the yamen directly change your property to the Marquis' Mansion!"

The Gong Manager shouted.

"These powerful men are really hateful! Take advantage of this time to buy the shops of our merchants at a low price! Now it is Du Laoliu's ready-to-wear shop, and the next thing it is my paint shop!"

"Yes, we have to force us to be the first slaves. Although we can rely on our masters to be rich and domineering, we have no freedom and affect future generations and no chance to turn things around. Sorry to our ancestors. If we meet a bad master, we will not be able to seek justice even if we are beaten to death."

"The property of the Funing Marquis Mansion is almost occupying half of the street, so why is it not enough to be tired of it? Because his family opens a brothel, no one dares to open a brothel here, and it is too domineering!"

Because I saw that there were people in Du Shouchang’s shop, the nearby neighborhood merchants came and talked about it after learning about the causes and consequences, and they were all angry.

"I would like to forgive the Palace Manager. The small shop is not big, not worth much silver coins, and it is not much profit to operate. Compared with other industries that make money every day, it is not beneficial to occupy it. Therefore, why should the Hou Mansion occupy it? Please ask the Hou Mansion to be kind, and don't have the same knowledge as the young man."

Du Shouchang said again, "In addition, the young man has already borrowed 500 silver dollars from the official Ming Bank to repay his wages, ask doctors to get medicine, buy grain and buy goods, and let the shop reopen. Therefore, the palace manager does not have to worry about the young man's ordinary merchant. Now that the emperor's kindness is vast, the young man believes that his own industry will return to the past."

"Boss, is this true?!"

Hang Chunjiang asked excitedly.

"Owner, what is the Ming Bank?"

Some of the other Du family employees started asking.

"It is the official money house mentioned in the diary, where you can borrow money from the government."

Du Shouchang replied.

"Five hundred silver dollars is indeed enough! There is still a lot of surplus. Anyway, the hired workers and shops are still there, so I just need to rebuild the warehouse that was burned out and add a batch of Songjiang cotton cloth!"

Hang Chunjiang continued.

"So, with our wages expected, this shop can be reopened? Is it, boss!"

At this time, another Du family employee asked excitedly.

"Yes! I will immediately compensate everyone's wages, and I will also ask everyone to report other hired workers who have not yet received their wages to collect them."

Du Shouchang replied with a smile.

"The emperor really kept his word. He had said he wanted to use tens of millions of silver dollars to save us. Unexpectedly, he gave the boss five hundred silver dollars. Is the boss' interest rate high?"

Some hired workers took the initiative to mention the emperor because they were the eyeliner of the East Factory.

"Because it's less than one thousand silver dollars, there is no interest within three years!"

Du Shouchang did not doubt this, but just answered truthfully.

"It's really a good emperor. We didn't pay much commercial tax, but we would still save us! We also gave us money with interest, which is much better than those usury big loan makers who want to lose all their money!"

Other Du family employees sighed.

However, the palace manager of the Funing Marquis Mansion fell down because the usury loans mentioned by these employees were also released by the Funing Marquis Mansion, and even forced loans, which occasionally resulted in human life.

Of course, what the Palace Manager was most angry about was that the newly opened Ming bank of the court obviously prevented their Marquis' Mansion from acquiring the store industry and lending usury when the rebellion had just ended the depression, and also stopped the Marquis' Mansion from expanding the number of slaves born to the people, and also left him, the manager, without the opportunity to gain benefits from it.

"Du Laoliu, do you think you can't get your shop if you borrowed money from a Ming bank?! You have to sell it this time, and you have to sell it if you don't sell it!"

The Gong Manager started to take ruthlessness and threatened.

"Damn it, you have to sell whatever you want, and you have to sell it if you don't. If you don't know, you think you are the master here and you are the one in my patrol camp, and you can mess with me!"

Zhou Yuji, who happened to pass by here, heard this and shouted loudly.

When the Gong Manager saw that the people from the patrol camp came over, he couldn't help but shut up. He knew that the people in the patrol camp were all emperors, not local soldiers, so he was not that easy to bully, and his officers could go to the imperial court to complain at any time, so he turned around and left in shame, and he didn't want to cause trouble for his marquis.

"Stop! Did I tell you to leave? Your marquis didn't discipline you well. I will discipline you! Disturbing public order and bullying others with power. He committed the crime of extortion promulgated by His Majesty! Take this guy down and arrest him in the class room!"

Zhou Yuji shouted loudly at this time.

The officers and soldiers of the patrol battalion immediately detained the palace manager and took him away.

Du Shouchang was relieved when he saw this, and then laughed, feeling very happy, because he did not expect that one day, the people in the government would no longer be afraid that local wealthy families like Funing Hou could vent their anger for ordinary merchants and other ordinary people.

The Du family hired workers and the merchants who gathered here also looked at the patrol battalion officers and soldiers who were guarding the palace manager and other slaves from the Funing Hou Mansion.

"It's better to be the official army of the patrol battalion!"

"Yes, unlike other officers and soldiers, like those wealthy slaves, they are also the tycoons of these wealthy families. They only know how to bully us ordinary scholars and civilians!"

"That's natural. I heard that the officers and soldiers of the patrol battalion are the emperor's Yulin Guards. They are both loyal and loving the people. They are naturally different from other official troops! If they don't steal houses, they will also pay for their meals!"

The Du family employees and merchants started to talk about this.

Then, the merchants who came here hurriedly asked Du Shouchang about the Ming Bank.

"Brother Du Liu, you really got 500 silver dollars from the Ming Bank, and you really have no interest?"

Cao Agui of the paint shop asked Du Shouchang first.

Du Shouchang opened his own bag of silver coins, took out the deed and showed off: "Look, especially this deed, it is covered with a large seal from Li Butang, the right assistant minister of the Ministry of Works. Can it be fake?! There is no rest for less than one thousand, and only one cent of profit will be charged for more than one thousand!"

"I heard that, but I didn't dare to believe it. I really believe it this time. I have to go and borrow it quickly. I won't ask my brother-in-law to borrow money from Zhenyuan Hou Mansion!"

"I'll go too! What else can I jump into the river now? I'll borrow the money quickly and make the transaction bigger and it's just the most serious thing!"

"It's better for the emperor! The old masters and husbands said that the emperor was cruel or something, but now we are in trouble. The old masters and husbands tried to raise interest rates in different ways and asked us to kneel down and beg him to borrow. But now the emperor directly gave us interest-free and low-interest loans. I'm really confused. After listening to the nonsense of the old masters and husbands, I also thought that the emperor was fooling people and would not be so kind, and almost missed the emperor's grace!"

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"This, I won't say that there is no reward. Now I'm setting up a Ming bank to steal our business of loan sharks and prevent us from buying the store industry! The patrol camp arrested the people of this marquis as soon as possible. The treacherous ministers around His Majesty are so hateful!"
Chapter completed!