Chapter 1569: The Fish That Slipped Through the Net

This day, Fan Shuang came to ask He Lingchuan: "I just heard that the interest rate for lending has risen to thirteen percent. What do you think, Brother He?" If you borrow 100,000, you have to pay back 13,000 in interest in a single month, not counting compound interest; you have to pay back more than 150,000 in interest a year.

Too many people are borrowing money, so the interest rate has risen so fiercely.

"What the Qi family does is a business that makes a steady profit without losing money." He Lingchuan said without hesitation, "Sell the residential land in your hands. Whether it's the new city or the old city."

Sell even the old city's? Fan Shuang was surprised: "Not keep one piece?"

He Lingchuan smiled without saying a word.

"Ah. But—" But the residential land in the new city is still rising. Fan's father inquired, and it is hard to find a piece of land in the Shanghu District. Fan's father's superior, Master Mi, firmly believes that the price can at least double or triple.

Selling now, what if it rises sharply later? Isn't it a pity?

Fan Shuang has always trusted He Lingchuan, but he hesitated at this time.

Money, every day that passes, those few pieces of land earn him more money!

"I don't guarantee that you can sell at the highest point, but at least those few pieces of land won't be smashed in your hands." He Lingchuan couldn't point it out, "Believe it or not, sell it or not, it's up to you."

Fan Shuang whispered: "I want to sell, but everyone in the family is firmly opposed."

They are a family of small officials, and the salary that the father and son get every month combined is less than a fraction of the appreciation of these few pieces of land.

If they sell them all in one breath, and the land price rises to the sky later, how much money will they lose?

"Money, where it comes from, mostly returns to where it came from." He Lingchuan patted him on the shoulder, meaningfully, "What shouldn't be yours, you can't keep it in the end."

How much perseverance does it take not to be blinded by greed?

He was relatively tactful. Fan Shuang knew that if this sentence were translated more directly, it would be: small officials, small clerks, and small commoners, why do you think the wealth of the sky will fall on you?

Where you earn, you will eventually lose in the end.

Although Fan Shuang couldn't see where the specific danger was, the blind trust in He Xiao finally prevailed. He took a deep breath, his face determined: "I listen to Brother He, I will sell the land!"

After going back, I'm afraid I'm going to quarrel with my family.

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Julu Port.

In the afternoon, A Hao came out from his lover's place and burped.

Xiao Hong is serving people more and more thoughtfully. Today, she even prepared his favorite roasted lamb ribs, seven lean and three fat, making him full of oil.

Returning to the Haolin Society, he was planning to take a comfortable nap, but heard a burst of crying.

The Haolin Society has been prosperous recently, and both the government office and the wharf give face, and few people dare to come to make trouble. What is going on today?

A Hao walked in with big strides, but saw a woman lying on the counter wiping tears, with a child holding her hand.

"What happened?"

The waiter immediately said: "President, Liu Chuansheng has not returned home, and his wife and children came to the door to ask."

"Not returned home? Did he find a job here?"

Before the waiter could answer, the woman snatched and said: "Yes, yes, he took a job at your Haolin Society! The other party is a Beijia person, and he is generous!"

Beijia person! A Hao was slightly surprised: "When did this happen? Take it out and see."

The latter sentence was said to the waiter.

"Fifteen days ago." The woman continued, "My Chuansheng said that the Metropolitan Envoy Bai found him to be a guide, to walk around the middle of the Glittering Gold Plain, only needing about ten days, but the reward offered was very generous. I was worried at that time! Little work and much money, where is such a good thing!"

The waiter flipped through the table a few times, no. He leaned into A Hao's ear and whispered: "Hao Ge, I gave you the information from fifteen days ago."

"Is that so?" A Hao scratched his head, "Come in with me and see."

His room is in the back, usually for office work, and sleeping at noon.

The documents in the room were piled into two small hills, one by the table and one by the couch.

As soon as the waiter entered, he went to the couch to look for it, and soon pulled out a booklet: "It's here, the work assignment for the past twenty days!"

A Hao took it and flipped through it, and found two lines of small characters on the last few pages.

This is the record of the waiter at that time.

"Beijia, Metropolitan Envoy Bai, going to the Peng Nation?" The more he looked, the more frightened he became.

The Haolin Society deals with all kinds of people and is well-informed. Brother He specifically told him through the Yangshan Chamber of Commerce under his command that if the Haolin Society receives any intelligence related to Beijia, Lingxu City, or the Mou Nation, it must be notified to Yangshan immediately.

For the past half year, the Haolin Society has been doing this, but most of the reports were merchants from the above regions, and there were no important figures.

This time, a "Metropolitan Envoy" actually came? Listening to this title, is he still a big official? Terrible, terrible, he was lazy for half a month and didn't look at the files, but he missed such a big fish! A Hao calmed down, walked back to the front hall and asked Liu's wife: "Did Liu Chuansheng say where this Metropolitan Envoy Bai is going?"

"I heard there are Shizhoutou and Liu, Liu..."

"Liuping?"

"Yes, Liuping!" Liu's wife was tearful, "Did he have an accident, was he killed? We are orphans and widows, how will we live in the future!"

Thinking of the sadness, she burst into tears.

This kind of thing happens from time to time in the Haolin Society. What kind of peaceful place can the Glittering Gold Plain be? A Hao sighed: "Sister-in-law, what are you in a hurry for? It's only been five days, when has Old Liu ever returned home on time when he went on a long trip? He has to linger outside for two or three days? He has a sum of money deposited in the Haolin Society, you can take it for household use first. If Old Liu returns home naturally, it's best. If he doesn't return, we will discuss the matter later. Those guests also submitted a large deposit here, you first calm down and make a record with A Qing here."

"A Qing—" A Hao said to the waiter, "Do you know what to do?"

The waiter said repeatedly: "I know, I know, sister-in-law, come with me."

Liu Chuansheng signed an agreement with the Haolin Society, and every time he took a task from here, he had to share a little reward as "stability money" and entrust it to the Haolin Society. If he is safe for many years, all the stability money will be returned in full after a number of years; if he dies or disappears, the Haolin Society will pay a sum of money to his family as a pension or emergency.

This set of systems was first brought out by Blade Port. Everyone knows that the weather changes for a moment, and people are gone. The merchant fleet invented the stability money system that He Lingchuan found very familiar, but it has not been well promoted, mainly because there are always people who want to cheat insurance.

The Yangshan Archipelago took it over, transformed it, and taught this set of methods to A Hao.

The Haolin Society can operate prosperously, which has a lot to do with A Hao's official background, eating both black and white, and seven or eight people who wanted to cheat insurance were cleaned up and cried, and two had their hands and feet chopped off. ===== CHAPTER 1570 =====