I want to ruin the country

Gao was a little worried and asked,

"Brother, what kind of big boss would need so much money?"

"Sister-in-law, they are running a big business. One or two million silver is just a drop in the bucket for them."

"Brother, this is all your brother and sister-in-law's savings. Don't let anything go wrong. If it doesn't work out, you have to come back when the deadline comes. If you lose this money, your sister-in-law will die!"

Eltai comforted her,

"Don't worry, sister-in-law. I'll take care of everything. The term is one year, and it expires at the end of the year. If you feel it's not working out, you can get it all back when the term expires!"

"That's best!"

Just before the New Year, Gao urged Eltai to return the money he had lent out, including the principal and interest, and Liu Hongxi agreed.

Two days later, Eltai came to Gao in a panic.

"Sister-in-law, I'm in trouble!"

"what happened?"

"Our creditor is dead!"

"Ah, what's going on?"

"This person suddenly fell ill and died!"

"It doesn't matter if he's dead, as long as we get our money back!"

He invested all his money in a factory jointly opened with foreigners in Songjiang Prefecture. When the factory just opened, they said they didn't want money, but they could take shares!

Gao Dao,

"I'm a woman, how would I know how to run a factory? What's the point of asking for shares? I just want money!"

Eltai Road,

"Sister-in-law, no one expected this to happen. It's not that they don't want to pay, the key is that the money has been invested in the factory, and it can't be turned around for the time being. After a year or two, it will be able to operate normally!"

Gao was already scared and said

"I can't wait a year or two, I want my money back now!"

Eltai Road,

"Sister-in-law, you don't understand. In fact, if you have shares, you can get dividends when the time comes. It's much higher than interest. You don't have to worry about it. I'm your brother!"

Gao just disagreed.

Eltai kept persuading him.

Gao was just a woman who didn't even know where Songjiang was. She had no other choice but to agree to take the shares.

A few days later, Eltai came with a man who looked like a legal advisor and a foreigner with a high nose and blue eyes.

They brought a stack of papers written in foreign languages ​​and asked Gao to sign and seal them, saying that they were documents proving shares worth more than 1.9 million silver coins.

Gao saw that the foreigner's calves were cramping, so she obediently pressed her handprint.

After the New Year, Eltai hurried to find Gao.

"Sister-in-law, something terrible has happened!"

Gao asked hurriedly,

"what happened!"

Eltai Road,

"The original foreigner secretly sold the factory and ran away with the money. The factory manager has been replaced!"

When Gao heard this, she fainted in panic!

After waking up, I cried loudly.

"Brother, what should we do? We can't just throw away over two million silver coins!"

Eltai gave a hypocritical suggestion.

"Sister-in-law, don't worry, the money will definitely not be thrown away in vain. We have the documents and share certificates in our hands, and whoever becomes the factory director will have to take responsibility for this!

At worst, we can go to Songjiang Prefecture to sue. The prefect there is my classmate, and we will definitely win!"

When Gao heard that she had to go to court, she was stunned. She had lived a life of luxury all her life, and she never thought that she would have to travel across mountains and rivers to go to a distant place to go to court when she was old.

He asked hurriedly,

"Brother, who's going to the lawsuit?"

Eltai Road,

"Sister-in-law is the one who is in charge. She must go. It will be useless if anyone else goes!"

When Gao heard that she had to go, she was scared and burst into tears. She had never been far away and didn't know where Songjiang was, let alone how to fight the lawsuit!

Eltai gave her some advice.

"Don't you have any relatives? Just ask them to accompany you. At most, you can give them some hard work fees!"

Gao had no choice but to go to her mother's side to find a distant nephew named Changsuo.

Changsuo was a nice man. When he heard that his aunt asked him to accompany her to Songjiang, he agreed without saying a word.

Gao made an agreement with him to provide him with food and accommodation, and a hard-earned salary of 100 coins a day.

Gao also took her regular maid and an old housekeeper with her, packed up her things and took a boat to Songjiang Prefecture to file a lawsuit.

Eltai rented a boat for them and arranged for one of his attendants, Liu Huairen, to accompany them, and instructed them,

“Sister-in-law, you have never been out of the house, the world is dangerous.

My long-servant is from Jiangnan, and he's a veteran. You must obey him on the road, so that you can reach Songjiang Prefecture safely."

Gao agreed to all of them.

They took a boat south along the canal. The journey on the canal was calm and nothing went wrong. Gao felt good about it. Taking a boat was much more comfortable than traveling by land.

She could not have imagined that this trip was like "pigs and sheep entering a butcher's house, seeking their own death step by step!"

The wind was strong and the waves were rough on the Yangtze River, so the small boat was swaying and unstable. Gao and her friends were all from the north, so they were seasick and vomited a lot.

Changsuo was standing by the boat and retching. The boatman came over and accidentally bumped into him. He lost his footing and fell into the river with a splash.

"Oh no! Changsuo fell into the water!"

The boatman shouted loudly.

Gao had just finished vomiting and was lying in the cabin to recover. When she heard that her nephew had fallen into the water, she quickly forced herself to get up and come out to see.

Following the direction the boatman pointed, I saw Changsuo several feet away from the boat. He raised his hands and struggled, flapping his arms and legs, up and down.

Not only can people from the north not swim, even if they can, they can only do a few dog paddles in a pond. Once they get into the Yangtze River, a whirlpool can swallow them up.

Seeing that the boatman only shouted but did not jump into the water to save people, Gao became anxious.

"You guys are saving people!"

The boatman said,

"Old lady, this is the Yangtze River. Our swimming skills will be useless if we go down there!"

"I'll give five taels of silver to anyone who goes into the water, and ten taels to anyone who pulls them out!"

The boatman discussed with others, found a rope and tied it around his body, then two of them went down to rescue Changsuo.

After such a long time, the long lock was gone.

It was still the first month of the lunar year. Although the temperature here was much higher than in the capital, the water in the Yangtze River was still icy cold. People could not stand it for a while. Even if they did not drown, they would freeze to death after a long time.

The boatmen searched back and forth in the water for a long time but couldn't find anyone. Seeing that it was getting dark, they had to return.

"Old lady, look, we're almost freezing to death. We really can't find him. People drown every day in the Yangtze River. How many people can be rescued? It's a waste of effort!"

Gao had no other choice but to give silver to a few people with tears in her eyes.

"Have some wine to warm yourself up!"

Gao cried for a while and told the old maid and the yard master,

"If you want to vomit, spit into the basin, but don't go to the side of the boat."

I was also thinking, how am I going to explain this to Changsuo’s family when I get home?

The boat docked and we rested for a night, but we still have to set off again tomorrow.

After a day's journey, it was almost dark when suddenly the boatman shouted,

"It's broken, it hit a rock!"

Before he could finish his words, the boat capsized.

After that, Gao disappeared without a trace and there was no news of him anymore.

The Niu family's house naturally fell into Eltai's hands.