Chapter 651 Donating Property
Cai Guang was also disappointed with the court's response.
After thinking it over again and again, Cai Guang made a decision.
He told his son, "Go and invite Zhao Song over."
Cai Guang saw through it all, and the Zhao family probably had no other options.
He was trying his best to save himself, so naturally he didn't want to bring Zhao Song, who was a burden, with him.
Cai Qin asked, "Dad, you invited him here. Does he have a solution?"
"Just go if I tell you to go, and don't talk so much nonsense!" Cai Guang has been very displeased with his eldest son recently.
Cai Qin went out for a while and came back, "Dad, the message has been passed to Zhao Song. Zhao Song is busy now. He said he will be there later."
"Yeah." Cai Guang responded. He didn't care that his son didn't go to invite him in person. Anyway, he had already made the decision. As for Zhao Song, he could just treat him poorly.
He pointed to the seat next to him and said, "Sit down."
Cai Guang decided to tell his eldest son about his plan. He was going to tell him later anyway, so he didn't want his eldest son to make a fuss and embarrass himself in front of Zhao Song.
"I plan to divide the property, give Zhao Song's share to him, and let the Zhao family withdraw their shares."
Hearing this, Cai Qin was stunned, "Dad?"
"After Zhao Song withdraws his shares, I plan to donate our family's assets to Pingzhou."
Another thunderclap.
"Dad?!" Are you crazy? Cai Qin almost screamed.
Cai Guang glanced at him and said, "Don't look at me like that!" Stupid son! Do you understand that you must risk your life to survive?
"Things have developed to this point. Do you think we can still protect the Cai family's assets?"
As one of the main culprits, the Cai family has not had an easy time recently.
Before, the common people were struggling and Cai Guang was also waiting.
He was waiting for the court's solution, and then, he got it, but the court's solution was no different from no solution at all.
Cai Guang felt that since the court could not satisfy him, shouldn't he give Pingzhou a chance now? Moreover, the officials who came down were so greedy, so what credit would his family property get if he offered it to them?
Cai Qin was stunned, his eyes wet. He knew that all this was because of him.
Cai Guang finally patted his eldest son on the shoulder and said, "Son, when you make a mistake, sometimes having the courage to admit it, bear the consequences and take responsibility is the price of growth and maturity."
At this time, a servant came to report that Zhao Song had arrived.
"Control your expression and cheer up, or you'll have to go to the back! This concerns the life and death of my Cai family. I don't want any unexpected situations to happen. Understand?"
Cai Qin nodded quickly.
Not long after, Zhao Song was led in by the servants.
After Zhao Song sat down, he asked directly, "What do you want to talk to me about?"
Zhao Song's face was gloomy. The situation in Zhuozhou had truly exceeded his expectations. He had been having a hard time recently. In fact, it wasn't just him. His eldest nephew, Zhao Minglou, was even worse off. During this period, ordinary people had been surrounding the Zhuozhou County Governor's Mansion from time to time.
Cai Guang said directly, "Manager Zhao, I won't say any polite words. The situation in Zhuozhou is like this. You previously invested 500,000 taels in the Cai family, but now it seems that there is no way to make money. How about I give you back your shares?"
"How are you going to return my shares?" Zhao Song thought to himself. If the Cai family was willing to return cash to him, he would also be willing. This time, he was destined to return empty-handed.
Cai Guang said, "According to the current donkey market conditions, how about I return you 80,000 donkeys?" Zhao Song's investment of 500,000 taels of silver was not returned to him.
"Five hundred thousand taels, and you're giving me eighty thousand donkeys? Do you think my Zhao family is easy to bully?"
"This is already a high offer." His five hundred thousand taels was for equity, not a loan to the Cai family. Shouldn't he bear some of the losses along the way?
"I don't want the donkey. If you, the Cai family, don't have money, you can use gold, silver, and jewelry as collateral."
Cai Guang just bit off all of these.
Zhao Song was very unhappy. He was like a tiger in a plain being bullied by a dog!
Cai Guang simply let him choose from the Cai family's assets, including land, shops, farms, houses, farms... except for superficial wealth such as gold, silver and jewelry.
Zhao Song was well aware of the current situation in Zhuozhou. Neither farmland nor shops nor houses were good options. In the end, he chose 80,000 donkeys.
As soon as Zhao Songyi made his choice, Cai Guang directly allocated a large breeding farm to him.
After the transaction was completed and Zhao Song left, Cai Guang drank a bowl of tea. He had finally solved one problem, and it was time to take the second step.
"I'll contact your Uncle He later. He should have a way to contact the higher-ups in Pingzhou."
Cai Qin nodded. His father had already kicked Zhao Song out, and they were bound to offend the imperial court. Once the arrow was shot, there was no turning back. Now they had no choice but to go down this path.
Shanggu County, Juyang
That day, Ji Wuyin, Wu Ren, Gu Huaisheng and others were discussing matters. Ji Wuyin felt that it was time to proceed to the second step.
Gu Huaisheng hesitated and said, "Ji Daxiu, are we going to proceed to the second step now? Given the current situation in Zhuozhou, the price of donkeys can be pushed down a bit."
"This is the governor's permission," Ji Wuyin said first, then added with a smile, "This is your first time co-hosting such a major event. Don't you know the governor's saying, 'When buying, don't expect to sell at the highest point and buy at the lowest point.'"
Lu Songli's move was also a warning to Xie Zhan, she wanted to disrupt his thoughts. Even if Xie Zhan could deduce their purpose in Pingzhou, or even their next plan, she wanted him to be confused about the timing of their action.
At this time, someone came to report that He Shizhong had passed on a message.
He Shizhong is one of the people of Dali who has a good impression of Pingzhou.
I must take a look at the message he gave me.
Ji Wuyin watched and actually laughed.
Wu Ren and Gu Huaisheng looked at each other and looked at the letter in his hand curiously. Could it be some good news?
"Take a look at this." After reading the letter, Ji Wuyin handed it to the two of them.
"Aren't we just about to proceed to the second step? It's really a sleepy moment and someone brought a pillow."
Wu Ren and Gu Huaisheng quickly finished reading the letter.
Gu Huaisheng thought for a moment and said, "If Cai Guang truly wishes to join us in Pingzhou, he would be a better choice than the person we chose previously to assist us in completing the second step."
Wu Ren also said, "That's true, but I don't know if Cai Guang is truly loyal to us or just pretending."
Ji Wuyin smiled and said, "Don't worry, Cai Guang is a smart man to have come up with this plan. Since he is a smart man, he will definitely make sure we don't have to worry about anything. Let's just wait and see."
Wu Ren and Gu Huaisheng nodded.
The governor often said that they would unite all forces that could be united. They would accept any Han people who abandoned the dark and joined the light.
Gu Huaisheng has a deep understanding of this.
In Zhuozhou, after sending the letter, Cai Guang had been waiting for He Shizhong's reply. He was nervous and anxious the whole day.
When he got a positive reply, he couldn't help but feel overjoyed and breathed a sigh of relief.
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