Yào Shi Yǔ Jiè Jù - 鑰匙與借據
An Ziran returned to the main house of the An family. After sitting in the study for a while, Butler Su came over.
As soon as he came in, he saw Butler Su's worried face, "The Eldest Young Master, do you really want to do that?"
He had already heard about what happened in the grain store this morning, and he followed An Changfu with him. He has been around for more than 20 years, and he is the one who knows the situation of the An Family the best. The An Family's IOUs have been accumulated since more than ten years ago. Almost 90% of farmers in Anyuan County have borrowed grain or silver from the An Family. The accumulation is no longer a small sum. If it is taken out at once, the An family will lose a large amount of silver taels.
"Housekeeper, I have already decided on this matter." An Ziran put down the account book in his hand.
"But... if the Old Master in the spirit of Heaven knows... and it's not just some chaotic people, the Eldest Young Master really doesn't need..." Butler Su hesitated, he knew how much the Old Master valued those IOUs, because with them, it was equivalent to a firm bond. Holding the farmers in Anyuan County, they can create more wealth for the family.
An Ziran raised his hand to stop him. He knew what the housekeeper meant and said, "Even without them, I would have already decided to do it. You don't need to say it anymore." After he saw the bad debts of the An family, he knew to do Imperative.
A businessman who is hated by the people for being rich and unkind or a businessman who is praised by the people will live longer?
Without a doubt, it is the latter!
An Ziran came from the 21st century, and he is very clear about this. Besides, there are many ways to create wealth. Now that the An Family has been handed over to him, there is no need to take the old road of An Changfu, and he will not allow it.
On the contrary, he thinks that An Changfu should be thankful that he died early, otherwise he will not end well in the future. From the national conditions of Da Ya, it can be seen that the An family must change.
"Housekeeper, take out all the IOUs from the An family. I want to count them. Also, call Su Zi over." An Ziran put away the account book and instructed. The IOUs were placed in the basement.
Seeing his firm attitude, Butler Su knew that he could not be persuaded, although he had persuaded him just now, the Eldest Young Master's actions made him relieved. Over the years, he has seen too many farmers who have been persecuted by the Old Master. He has always been uneasy. He once persuaded the Old Master, but after being warned his Old Master died.
The two father and son quickly brought the box over. The box was very large and heavy, so they needed to work together.
Butler Su then said, "The Eldest Young Master, the key to this box is kept by the Old Master. Only he has it. The old slave doesn't know where the Old Master kept the key."
As soon as he finished speaking, he saw An Ziran's hand holding a key.
The study is a forbidden place for An Changfu. Usually, even several concubines are not allowed in. It can be seen that important things are usually hidden in the study. For An Ziran, it is too easy to find a key in the ancients' room. So he found it while the housekeeper was going to move the IOU box.
An Ziran opened the box with the key, and there were a lot of IOUs inside. The landlord of the An family really wasn't telling lies.
"Category these IOUs, put food borrowed together, and put silver taels in a pile. Besides, I need..." An Ziran placed a stack of IOUs in black and white on the desk, while giving instructions to Butler Su and his son, who were stunned beside him.
The two fathers and sons reacted.
Because there were too many IOUs, An Changfu didn't specifically sort them out at first. It took them more than an hour to sort them out, but in addition to opening them up, An Ziran also took a look at the situation of each IOU.
It didn't take long for shopkeeper Feng to send someone over to report the situation.
In the morning, after An Ziran left the grain store, the rioters finally dispersed.
Although most of the rioters did not believe his words, they were also afraid of being imprisoned. Even though the short man kept stirring fire, they were just a group of peasants who were too timid and could not gamble.
The short man had no choice but to leave, but he didn't know that he had been targeted, and the people from Manager Feng followed him all the way, and finally determined that the man behind the scenes was An Changde.
An Changde's original intention was to stir up chaos, but he didn't expect it to be destroyed by An Ziran. For three days, right, then he would wait and see if An Ziran was really willing to give up so many IOUs, and all his taels of silver, he doesn't believe that there are people in the world who are so generous!