Chapter 1707 Happy to Give
Eighty thousand taels of silver is no small sum.
If it wasn't Shao Yunduan and Qiao Xuan, but someone else became the prefect, as a newcomer, I'm afraid that few people would be able to come up with 80,000 silver coins at once.
That would be embarrassing...
How can this prefect have any dignity and confidence in front of these wealthy families?
No wonder every prefect can’t stay in office for long. Apart from bandits and robbers, these wealthy families may also be responsible.
And if these wealthy families have secret ties with bandits and gangsters, every prefect would be even more angry but dare not speak out.
How frustrating...
Qiao Xuan pondered in silence, while Fan Ruyin was pleased.
I thought to myself, she is the wife of the prefect, so what? A penny can kill a hero, and the prefect is too naive to think of controlling the Fan family without money.
Do you really think the Fan family is a soft persimmon?
Fan Ruyin added: "Madam Shao, we have difficulties too. Please understand, Madam Shao and Master Shao!"
Qiao Xuan smiled slightly, "It is only natural to pay back debts, Madam Bai, you don't have to be so polite. However, 80,000 taels of silver is not a small amount, I have to discuss it with my master. How about this, Madam Bai, come again tomorrow, don't forget to bring the IOU with you."
Madam Fan and Fan Ruyin were both stunned.
What does this mean? Does Mrs. Shao really want to pay back the money?
Eighty thousand taels of silver is indeed not a small amount. Can they come up with it all at once?
However, now that she has said so, there is no way she can go back on her word.
Fan Ruyin immediately agreed with a smile.
Qiao Xuan nodded and smiled: "Then it's settled!"
Mrs. Fan felt even more ashamed and subconsciously a little uneasy.
She felt embarrassed to stay any longer, so she smiled and stood up to say goodbye.
Qiao Xuan didn't stay long and ordered someone to send the two of them out.
So when Shao Yunduan came back, Qiao Xuan told him about this with a smile.
"My husband, it seems that these three major families have no intention of cooperating with me!"
Just when Shao Yunduan was about to cancel their privileges, the Fan family jumped out impatiently, and the other two families might not follow suit.
Shao Yunduan had roughly expected this to happen, but he didn't know it would happen so soon. "It seems that we can't count on them for the seeds. The Fan family has already jumped out, and it's hard to say about the other families. I've implicated my wife again!"
Qiao Xuan smiled sweetly: "This is not a burden. I have the IOU in my hand. It's not like I got the money for nothing! If the tax revenue can be collected normally this year, just pay it back to me."
Shao Yunduan smiled, hugged her and said, "Of course I have to pay it back!"
Even so, he would not be able to handle this matter without Qiao Xuan.
If several major families join forces to attack, it would amount to more than 600,000 taels of silver. Where would an ordinary prefect get it?
The two talked for a while, and Shao Yunduan said, "Money is one thing, but I'm still a little worried that they might do something else. Madam, don't go out easily recently, and be careful when Songshi and the others go out."
Shao Yunduan was not too worried about Song Shi and the people who were reclaiming the wasteland. The three major families would either target him or his wife, but would not target his servants.
What's the point of touching his servants? They don't think he can do anything just because of a few servants.
They will not dare to touch or reclaim the mountain land because they have fields and land of their own. If they dare to mess around with it, they must be unafraid of retaliation.
If they really retaliate, they will be the ones who suffer.
After all, their fields were better and more numerous.
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(End of this chapter)
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