Uncle Wang Zhan finally came to his senses and immediately fell into his seat, but he couldn't help but clap his hands excitedly: "No wonder my nephew asked me to invite my in-laws! This business is going well!"

"No wonder the Imperial Censor Wanqi summoned me." Qu Duan finally sneered. "Are you afraid that Uncle Zhao is a fool, so you use me to scare him?"

Wanqi Xie smiled but said nothing.

And Zhao Shi? Uncle Zhao also sighed and twirled his beard: "Even if you all regard me as a waste like a parasite of the country, I am willing to do my best for the country."

Wanqi Xie finally revealed his plan: "If so, according to my plan, uncle will set off tomorrow and personally visit the wealthy families around him who are familiar with him and have connections. Just say that you are short of money and want to borrow as much as you can. Just a few hundred thousand will be enough to make the emperor look at you with new eyes. And if anyone has doubts or is discerning, why not invite him over and let him drink a glass of wine with me, Uncle Zhao, and General Qu in person like we did tonight?"

Uncle Wang Zhan did not say anything, but just picked up the wine glass and drank it all. However, he kept shouting, asking the servants to bring good wine and food, and even asked his son-in-law to come in, to apologize to Qu Da.

It was a joyful night of feasting and drinking, and everyone left with a great time.

The next day, there was no court meeting, and there was no "routine" rule as in previous years. There was no summons from the palace. Wanqi Xie, the censor, got up calmly and went to find the idle man Qu Da. One rode an iron elephant and the other rode a donkey, and they came to Wang's house, ready to take charge of the command, determined to gain some credit and show his ability in front of the emperor.

When they arrived at the Wang Mansion, Uncle Wang Zhan was indeed impatient and went out to borrow money early, and Uncle Zhao also came as agreed to take charge, which made Wanqi Xie even more proud.

However, after only waiting for an hour, before noon, the former Minister of Rites returned in a hurry, his face was pale and he looked panic-stricken, which caused the three people sitting in the hall to be surprised and suspicious.

Without waiting for the three to speak, Uncle Wang Zhan took out two pieces of paper from his arms.

Wanqi Xie snatched it away, took a look at it in the hall, but just sighed and slammed the paper on the table.

Uncle Zhao and Qu Duan hurried to see, but they were both speechless.

It turned out that these were actually two IOUs for 5,000 strings of cash. The words on the front were exactly the same, as were the signatures and calligraphy... They were "Cangzhou Zhao Jiu" and were stamped with a familiar seal.

Even Qu Duan was very sharp-eyed and could tell at a glance that the handwriting on the front was from Mr. Kobayashi.

"Last night, the Wu family and the Pan family gathered wealthy merchants and families to hold a banquet to sell this item. Each ticket is 5,000 guan, and the upper limit is 50 tickets. They are sold at the original price without cheating. Each family is limited to two tickets, and the deadline is six months. There is also an interest of 3%... It is said that the government has issued an oral order that this is not a loan from him, but a national debt guaranteed by him personally. But if you don't understand, you can treat it as the emperor's debt." Uncle Wang wanted to cry but there were no tears. "I saw two tickets at Meihua Han's place, and I didn't bother to come back to tell you, so I went to Pan's house again, but he didn't want to sell it to me. I persuaded him to buy one, and then went to Wu's house to ask for another one... My dear nephew, you are really a god, trying to figure out the interests of the government, but you shouldn't have come half a day late!"

Wanqi Xie was embarrassed for a moment, and blurted out: "I really don't know, the situation is so good now, it's just a small problem, but the government is still so cruel?! It's really frightening."

Qu Duan calmed down at this time, but he couldn't help but hold a promissory note and laughed at him on the spot: "The emperor would rather risk his own reputation and directly sign his name to ask for a loan than use your two families. The two families' relatives held a banquet together, but no one invited you to come. This shows what you are in the eyes of the emperor and the wealthy families in Tokyo... Wang Taichang, if you want to be Taichang again, wait a few more years!"

Uncle Wang gnashed his teeth for a moment. If he didn't know that he couldn't withstand two or three punches from the opponent, he would have wanted to kill this "talented man" on the spot!

PS: The 74th cute, Black Ice Technology! I am the old boss of the book club, so I think I typed the name correctly this time... Thanks for the cute post.