I embezzled 100,000 taels at the beginning, and the empress begged me to be more greedy

Two days later.

Beijing.

Imperial Palace, Imperial Study Room.

Chen Qingyun was anxiously waiting for a reply from the north.

Jiang Zuo hasn't sent her a letter for more than half a month, and he doesn't know if anything has happened.

Chen Qingyun was very worried.

After waiting for a while, I finally got the news.

"Your Majesty, the northern barbarians have all withdrawn from the border."

Hearing this, Chen Qingyun stood up suddenly.

"How's Jiang Zuo?"

Chen Qingyun finally breathed a sigh of relief and said with concern.

"Jiang Zuo has been relieved and is still in Zhenbei Pass."

"Still in Zhenbei Pass? What is he doing there? Isn't he afraid that the Northern Barbarians will make a comeback?"

Chen Qingyun frowned and sighed helplessly.

In the past half month, she has been so worried about Jiang Zuo, but Jiang Zuo is still so aggressive.

"Your Majesty, I have heard that Jiang Zuo seems to be here, but he seems to be doing something now, and it is quite noisy. I think... yes, it is finance."

"finance?"

"I heard that it was a loan. He used Anding County as collateral and cooperated with some wealthy businessmen to borrow money from others to do business."

"Borrow money? Is Jiang Zuo in need of money?"

There was confusion between Chen Qingyun's brows and eyes.

What is Jiang Zuo doing now?

"I heard that the interest rate there is 10%, which means if you borrow 100 taels, you will have to return 110 taels to others in ten days. If you borrow 1,000 taels, it will be 100 taels!"

"With such a good thing happening, Jiang Zuo must be dying of loss, right?"

Chen Qingyun was very curious, but he thought that Jiang Zuo was such a cunning and greedy person, it was impossible for him to suffer such a loss.

"Your Majesty, it seems that Lord Jiang has also lent a lot of money to those wealthy businessmen."

"He loaned it out, too?"

The empress didn't understand, but was greatly shocked.

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grassland.

The camp of the Gul tribe.

"Great Khan, there is a merchant from the Yan Kingdom at Zhenbei Pass who is borrowing money from everyone. The interest rate is as high as 10%. Should we lend him some money and test his strength?"

The subordinate said to Igna.

"10% interest, how can there be such a good thing in the world?"

Igna was skeptical.

"It might be true. After all, Jiang Zuo also lent that person one thousand taels. When the ten-day deadline is up, we will know whether it is true or not."

Igena said quickly: "Don't believe a word Jiang Zuo said!"

The ten-day deadline has passed.

Before daybreak, there was already a crowd of people outside Zhenbei Pass.

They came here not only to do business, but more importantly, to collect debts.

At daybreak, the city gates opened.

Ten days ago, the salt merchant Pang Li had already been waiting in Zhenbei Pass.

In front of him, there were boxes of silver.

I only heard him say: "Thank you all for your support. Now I have sold all the goods from the last batch and made a lot of money. Now I will return the money to you with interest."

After hearing this, everyone felt relieved and were extremely excited.

They did nothing but lend a little money to the businessman and were able to reap a 10% profit.

There really is such a good thing in this world!

When Di Zhen heard about this, he ordered his men to lend the other party five hundred taels to find out whether it was true or not.

"Great Khan, they really did give money, and I also heard that someone invested 10,000 taels and got 11,000 taels including principal and interest. All those who invested money this time got their money back."

"So, this is not a lie..."

Di Zhen felt a little regretful at this moment, wondering why he didn't give more at the beginning.

I have heard that the profit from salt trading is extremely high, so it seems that these salt merchants will not go back on their word.

"These Yan people are really stupid and rich. If this good thing had happened earlier, why would we have to rob everywhere?"

Di Zhen laughed secretly.

In just ten days, you can earn 10% profit, so why bother working so hard?

At this time, the salt merchant Pang Li shouted again.

"This time I plan to expand my business further. Would you like to invest?"

As soon as he finished speaking, Jiang Zuo stood up and said, "Yes, I will set an example and support the financial industry in Anding County. I will give you 50,000 taels of silver!"

fifty thousand!

Everyone was surprised. After some calculations, they found that Jiang Zuo could earn a total of 5,000 taels in ten days.

It’s a pity that others don’t have the capital, otherwise they would also be prepared to invest.

"I'll pay you a thousand taels!"

"Five hundred taels."

"We'll also give 50,000!"

Di Zhen's followers also shouted loudly after receiving the order.

"Thank you all for coming here and signing the IOU."

Pang Li was very grateful.

At this moment, everyone's faces were filled with anticipation.

When the deadline comes, they are ready to make a lot of money...

Ten days later, the people of Mobei gathered at Zhenbei Pass, preparing to recover the money they had lent out, just like last time.

This time, no matter how hard they waited, Pang Li would not show up.

"What about people?"

By noon, there was still no one to be seen.

"Everyone, don't wait. You probably won't get any money today."

At this time, Jiang Zuo appeared in front of everyone.

"Didn't you say that you would be able to repay the principal and interest in ten days? Why haven't you done so yet?"

Di Zhen rushed to the scene as soon as possible and was already a little panicked at this moment.

"That guy ran away with the money, and I am also a victim!"

There was a hint of anger on Jiang Zuo's face.

"What?! Ran away?"

Everyone was immediately dumbfounded.

"But didn't you from Anding County vouch for that person? Could it be that you are an accomplice?"

Di Zhen questioned.

After hearing this, others began to question Jiang Zuo.

"What do you mean by accomplice? I also paid tens of thousands of taels in compensation."

Jiang Zuo was so angry that he slammed the table and seemed very angry.

"No, you have to help us get the money back."

Di Zhen would never give up. This time, he had invested tens of thousands of dollars, but now it was all gone.

"I've said that the guy ran away. If you want to come back, just lead your troops south and find the guy and bring him back."

Jiang Zuo was not polite at all.

"Pay back the money!"

"Fuck you, give me back my money!"

Everyone was furious.

The soldiers at Zhenbei Pass rushed to maintain order.

At this time, Jiang Zuo stood on a high place and said to everyone.

"Don't worry, everyone. That kid cheated me out of more than 50,000 taels. I will not let him get away. I will definitely catch him and repay your debt within this month."

After hearing Jiang Zuo's promise, everyone still couldn't feel at ease.

This time, the Mobei merchants almost lost everything they had.

Jiang Zuo completely ignored the harassment of this group of people, ordered the Anding Army to maintain order and handle the affairs of Zhenbei Pass, and then returned to Anding County.

At this moment, boxes of gold, silver and treasures were piled up in the lobby of Anding County Government Office.

Pang Li, the "An Ding Salt Merchant", was standing in the middle of the government office. When he saw Jiang Zuo, he leaned forward respectfully and said, "Sir, here is a total of 1,293,000 taels. Please count them."

Jiang Zuo raised his eyebrows and looked at the treasure in front of him, feeling quite happy.

"Very good, these three thousand taels are yours. Your acting is excellent and deserves a reward."