Records of the Lost Cases of Helaitang in the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 131 Money Meeting
Zhuge Xian and Wang Cai wanted to delay time and chatted with the boy. The boy welcomed him and saw him off. They ate a meal and talked happily for a while. They roughly understood that this was a gang in Suzhou City, Chaobei Gang. At the door of the hall, they went to the north to help make money and make a living.

During the conversation, the curtain in the inner compartment was lifted, and a rough voice came: "Mr. Second, it has been postponed three times. Don't blame me for being unkind. It will not be until this time tomorrow at the latest. If you don't bring it again, we will have to respect it." Let’s take a trip to the house.”

Wang Erchaofeng came out of the curtain and said solemnly: "I'm sure, it's easy to talk about."

After saying that, he lifted up his cotton robe, lowered his head and hurried out.

Wang Cai sat next to the waiter, blocked by the waiter's figure. Zhuge Xian turned his face and turned his back towards Wang Erchaofeng. After a few words of conversation, he pretended that he would go back to discuss with his parents in the hall and come to the Tutu Temple next time. The clerk knew that copper and silver were at stake, and it was impossible to make a business easily, so he gave them away in vain, and the two of them slowly walked out of the Tutu Temple.

He didn't dare to follow too closely, for fear that Wang Erchaofeng would find out.

During this period, Wang Cai even bought two cotton hats for three cents at a roadside market, changing them from time to time while following them.

Without taking a breath, Wang Erchaofeng walked to Hulong Street and entered the gate of Henghe Bank.

In the Earth Temple facing north just now, Zhuge Xian's back might have been seen by Wang Erchaofeng, so this time Wang Cai followed him in alone.

The counter of Henghe Bank was high, and Wang Erchaofeng stood there negotiating with the clerk on the counter. Wang Cai looked like he was waiting, with his back to the antique vases on display. The clerk at the bank thought he was following. When Wang Erchaofeng came in, no one greeted him.

The conversation between Wang Erchaofeng and the bank clerk was extremely low-pitched, but since there were no other merchants in the store at the time, a few words could still reach Wang Cai's ears. It seemed that Wang Erchaofeng had taken a piece of one thousand, two hundred taels. The promissory note had to be discounted with Henghe Bank. After a long discussion, we agreed to discount it to 200 six taels of silver. Due to the inconvenience of cash delivery, we issued several small-denominated bills that could be redeemed on sight.

After everything was done, it was getting late outside. For safety reasons, Henghe Bank thoughtfully called Wang Erchaofeng a small sedan chair. The bearer asked where he was going, and Wang Erchaofeng asked him to take it to the archway of Changchun Street.

The Changchun Street archway is where Wang Erchaofeng's house is located.

Wang Erchao presented the sedan chair, and Wang Cai followed him out of the palace, pretending to be a follower.

When he went out, he saw Zhuge Xian sitting under the big tree facing the cold wind, and quickly told him what he had heard in bits and pieces.

Zhuge Xian was shocked when he heard that Wang Erchaofeng was carrying a promissory note worth 200 taels of silver. He said that the wages in their drug store were already very high. The big man's annual salary was only 20 taels of silver. The shopkeeper's 30 taels and 200 taels of silver were almost their wages for three to forty years. Where did Wang Erchaofeng get so much money?

Wang Erchaofeng took a sedan to his house on Changchun Street. Both of them felt that they could leave Wang Erchaofeng alone. He had a huge sum of money and would not dare to wander around.

Zhuge Xian decided to enter the bank account and explore the reality again. If Wang Erchaofeng really had so much money, he must have money problems himself.

Even if he didn't take action on the "Fishing Hidden Picture" this time, he might not have taken action on Long Xing's other targets.

The promissory note in his hand is 200 taels, which may be the price of the stolen goods. The promissory note given by the other party is a silver number, which is worth pondering.It is very likely that the value of the stolen goods is more than one thousand, two hundred taels of silver, but the price is so high that there is no buyer for the time being.

Since he was taking a promissory note, he would lose a lot by going to a bank account to cash it out, so Wang Erchaofeng paid the money he won at Chaobei Earth Temple. When it was time to pay the dues, he tried every means to postpone it for three installments. This time, he should have escaped. However, Chaobei Gang had already issued a message, so he had to reluctantly cash out 930 six taels to pay the membership fee.

The two of them walked up the steps, and as soon as they entered the bank door, Wang Cai said to the clerk at the counter: "We have six members, please come out and talk about business with the shopkeeper of your bank."

It was time to close the shop, and the clerks were packing up their bills and preparing to close the door. When they saw two young men with extraordinary bearing coming in, they were confused for a moment and invited the shopkeeper to come and meet their guests.

The shopkeeper of Henghe Bank learned that Zhuge Xian was the owner of Gaolong Medicinal Materials Company, and immediately invited tea to be served in the living room.

Zhuge Xian said that the company recently wanted to set up a branch in Suzhou Fucheng, and it had some promissory notes business and needed a bank account to do business. Wang Erchaofeng, who was in charge of Longxing, had some old acquaintances with him and introduced him to Henghe. Bank Negotiation.

The two had a lively discussion about the bill business. Zhuge Xian guided the shopkeeper to discuss the promissory note discount rate. He would open the business in a few days.

The shopkeeper asked Gaolong Company which bank issued the promissory note from Zhejiang. Zhuge Xian replied that it was Hangzhou Baotong Bank. The shopkeeper calculated that the discount could not be more than [-]%.

Zhuge Xian pretended to be surprised and said that the number Wang Erchaofeng mentioned was not this, but a bit higher.

The shopkeeper explained that Wang Erchaofeng had made a discount at Henghe Bank, and it was indeed slightly higher. In fact, the situation was different. Wang Erchaofeng had taken promissory notes from the Hangzhou branch of Henghe Bank. Their own bank account The credit of the tickets is also higher. For foreign banks such as Baotong Bank, only time-honored banks like Henghe dare to discount. Other small banks dare not take this business.

Zhuge Xian pretended to be lying on the gauze chair, crossed his legs, and smiled without saying a word.

The shopkeeper became anxious and hurriedly called the clerk in and asked him to bring the promissory note from General Wang Erchaofeng.

The promissory note, with a face value of 200 taels of silver, was issued under the Hangzhou branch of Henghe Bank. Zhuge Xianzi looked at it carefully. The maker of the note, Zhang Fuchuan, and the discounter, Lu Liansheng, silently remembered it and returned it to the shopkeeper.

After saying a few more words, Zhuge Xian looked outside, and Wang Cai said at the right time: "Six members are out, it's not early. Shopkeeper Zhang of Baoguang Pavilion has an appointment for dinner. Why don't we talk about it another day."

Zhuge Xian stood up, lightly dusted his fur robe, and said hello to the shopkeeper to say goodbye. The shopkeeper asked if Zhuge Dong's family was staying at the Quanzhe Club and wanted to visit him another day. Zhuge Xian nodded slightly.

The dusk clouds gathered around and the afterglow disappeared. They hired a small sedan and rushed to Longxingdang.

(End of this chapter)