Chapter 628: Don’t bother two people with one thing
Qiao Mansion.
Because of the matter of silver, Mr. and Mrs. Qiao were still frowning and sighing. They would end up having a small quarrel while discussing it, making the entire backyard of the county government office shrouded in dark clouds and low pressure.
Finally, it was Mrs. Qiao who came up with an idea.
"Why don't you borrow from a few wealthy locals?"
Lord Qiao was stunned.
He had borrowed from several wealthy families before, otherwise, his family would have been emptied out long ago. Now he had to borrow again. Mr. Qiao felt a little embarrassed.
As a local official, it was not a glorious thing for the county magistrate to borrow money from local wealthy families; he might even be talked about and laughed at behind his back.
When he borrowed money, he carefully selected five families that were relatively wealthy and not difficult or cunning, and lent one thousand taels to each of them.
Even though these families are good-natured, you can imagine that they will not look very happy when they take the money. If they borrow again.
If I want to borrow again, I will naturally go to these five. I can't go to other places. Otherwise, it will be bad to have a bad reputation for borrowing from all the rich families.
For things like this, the fewer people know about it, the better, right?
However, one thousand taels of silver is already a considerable amount. If I borrow another thousand taels, it still may not be enough. I will have to find a few more families to make up the amount.
Just thinking about how his reputation would be ruined behind the scenes, Mr. Qiao felt a little suffocated.
Mrs. Qiao sneered in her heart when she saw his tangled face. It was already this time, and he was still concerned about his face? How much money could his face be worth? Could it buy him a good future?
Having invested so much, not to mention Lord Qiao, even Mrs. Qiao was unwilling to give up.
"Master, there are priorities, and your future is the most important!" Mrs. Qiao advised: "Think about it, if you are successfully transferred back to Beijing, you can make a further step, or even several steps, in the future. Compared with this, what else matters?"
"Besides, this money is just a loan. When the master becomes successful in the future, he will return it to them. It is a blessing for them to be able to establish a relationship with the master. I am afraid they are so happy that they can't wait!"
Lord Qiao nodded slowly, and the embarrassment on his face and in his heart gradually disappeared.
"Madam, what you said makes sense! As long as I am transferred to the capital and become a high-ranking official, I will have no worries about not having money. When the time comes, I will just pay them back!"
Moreover, when it comes to your future, nothing else is that important.
The most important thing is that as long as the operation is successful, he can return to Beijing at the end of next spring, which means that he has been here for less than a year.
If that's the case, why would he be afraid of others laughing at him behind his back?
Soon he will be gone.
"Let's do it!"
Lord Qiao made up his mind.
The several local wealthy families, including Mr. Zhao, were all shocked and stunned.
Didn't he just take 1,000 taels? What's the point? He said it was a loan, but who dared to ask the county magistrate to return the things he took?
In fact, it is just a waste of money.
One thousand taels of silver. Even a wealthy family like Mr. Zhao would feel heartbroken, let alone other families.
Several masters gathered together secretly, and the atmosphere was depressing and awkward.
"Master Qiao, what's wrong? You want another thousand taels? How can our family afford that much silver?"
Someone spoke up first to break the silence, and everyone couldn't help but complain and groan.
"That's right. My family only has some land and not much cash."
(End of this chapter)
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