Chapter 12 I'll find a way
The next day.
The sky was getting light, the wind was less cold, and spring finally arrived in Bianjing in March.
The mansion of Marquis Yongyi was immersed in a strange atmosphere. People from the second and third houses stayed in the mansion last night. The mistress's power as the head of the household was handed over to Zhou, who had always gone on expeditions with Marquis Yongyi. The young marquis left the East Garden last night with a bloody head.
As soon as daybreak came, the front hall was already full of people.
Except for Jiang, all the masters of the Yongyi Marquis's Mansion were sitting in the front hall.
Marquis Yongyi, who was sitting in the main seat, glanced at Qin Junyi with a cold expression. He had heard this morning that his eldest son had left the East Garden with injuries last night, and went to the North Courtyard after bandaging his wounds.
I don't know what I said to Jiang, but I heard the sound of something being thrown in the main house in the north courtyard.
Marquis Yongyi didn't need to guess too much to know that his eldest son had not gained any benefits from his new wife, Xie.
Since no benefits were gained, it was not what Chiang wanted.
The daughter-in-law that Jiang had carefully selected turned out to be a tough one. Although Marquis Yongyi wanted to mock Jiang for being too calculating, he knew from the current situation that what Jiang was calculating was to solve the problem of the Marquis' Mansion as quickly as possible.
"Brother, although you can't even write a single word of the Qin character, the Qin family has been completely handed over to your sister-in-law since our mother passed away. Although our third branch has not clearly divided the family, the money is clearly divided. But now you say that the money owed to the court is inseparable from our second and third branches. This is a bit too much." The one who spoke was Qin Beiyuan, the head of the third branch, with a tone of blame.
"Yes, big brother, if you and your sister-in-law have any difficulties and ask us, we will not hide the money and not use it to overcome the current difficulties. But if you say that our second and third houses also spent this money from the court, my third brother and I will be a little unhappy." Qin Fengyuan stared at the Marquis Yongyi on the main seat with dissatisfaction.
This title has belonged to the eldest son since he was born. The entire Yongyi Marquis Mansion belongs to the eldest son. Now that there is trouble, they have to be dragged along to solve it together, so on what basis?
Marquis Yongyi sneered, "If the government punishes you for this amount of money, you think you can just get away with it, right?"
Sure enough, after hearing what Marquis Yongyi said, the dissatisfaction on the faces of the people from the second and third houses gradually faded a lot, and instead they looked a little more sad.
Qin Fengyuan added, "But big brother, even if we don't eat or drink, the annual income from our farm and shop over the years is still not enough to pay off the debt we owe to the court."
"That's right, big brother. If we had that money, how could we let that hole get bigger and bigger?" Qin Beiyuan looked at Qin Junyi as he spoke. "Doesn't Junyi's new wife have a solution? I heard a few days ago that my sister-in-law handed over all the household affairs to her new wife. Why is there no movement now?"
"Assholes!" Marquis Yongyi roared, "Only the most worthless clan would covet their daughter-in-law's dowry! And you're still men of stature!"
When the people from the second and third rooms heard this, they all shut up.
Now that things have come to this, who would still be willing to admit that they are coveting the bride's dowry?
"So how much silver can you raise?" Marquis Yongyi asked again.
Qin Beiyuan raised his eyebrows and said, "Brother, our third branch can only come up with 10,000 taels of silver. We really can't come up with more. You also know that your nephews need to be taken care of when they come in and out, and life is very tight."
"Our Second House can come up with 30,000 taels of silver." Qin Fengyuan looked at Qin Junyi as he said this: "But this amount of silver is just a drop in the bucket. Compared to the silver owed to the court, it can't solve the problem at all."
After stating his stance, Qin Fengyuan immediately turned the topic to Qin Junyi: "Junyi, what happened to your forehead? I heard you got hurt in Xie's yard? You can't spoil a woman like this. If she doesn't listen, you have to take good care of her."
Qin Junyi, with a bandage wrapped around his head, looked towards Qin Fengyuan and said, "Don't worry about what's going on in my room, uncle."
"Junyi, does Xie really have no intention of helping the Qin family?" Qin Beiyuan looked at Qin Junyi with a smile: "After all, the Qin family is also her family now. We are one family, and we should keep our distance from each other. If she can help us this time, we will slowly earn money and return it to her in the future."
"We're a family, so why would we talk about not paying it back?" Qin Fengyuan took over Qin Beiyuan's words and said it as if it was a matter of course: "Our family should just remember her kindness. After all, when you inherit your father's title, the entire Qin family's power will fall into the hands of Xie. Today, she has settled this bad debt for our Qin family, and everyone in our Qin family will remember her kindness."
Although Qin Fengyuan's words were also what Jiang meant, Qin Junyi felt uncomfortable when he heard these words coming from someone else.
He frowned and looked at Qin Fengyuan: "Second Uncle, Xie said that if you want to help, you can go to the Xie family to borrow money, write an IOU, and stamp it with the official seal. She can't help with this."
The six words "write a promissory note and stamp it with the official seal" seemed to sting the eyes of everyone in the Qin family. After a moment of silence, everyone began to talk about it.
"What do you mean? How can our Qin family's daughter-in-law say such things?"
"We're all family, yet you're so mean."
"That's right. We're all family, and you're still saying such inappropriate things."
Qin Fengyuan's anger immediately flared up: "Junyi, how can you tolerate this? The deficit in our Qin Mansion can be solved by Xie's family simply opening the warehouse, yet you still have to go to the Xie family to write an IOU and stamp it with the official seal?"
"Go and call Xie over. I want to ask her if she is a member of the Qin family!" Qin Beiyuan shouted loudly.
"Enough!" Marquis Yongyi looked at the faces of the group of people in front of him. He never thought that one day he would also feel desperate for those golden things. "Give me all the silver you can come up with! If you can't come up with it, go borrow from me, rob me, or steal from me!"
"Second brother, third brother, you must each contribute one hundred thousand taels. I will find a way to handle the rest!" Marquis Yongyi made the final decision, refusing to allow anyone to question it. "Since this is the Qin family's business, you are all responsible."
As he spoke, he looked at the people with different expressions and said, "Okay, everyone go and figure out your own solutions!"
"Brother, even if my second brother and I each contribute 100,000, it's still far from enough." Qin Beiyuan's eyes flashed with coldness. Can 100,000 taels of silver be taken out just like that?
Isn't this embarrassing?
"Just give me the 100,000 taels you're owed, and I'll figure out the rest." Marquis Yongyi's patience faded, and he said, "Everyone, get out!"
Upon hearing this, everyone left with different expressions.
Marquis Yongyi said again: "Junyi, you stay."
Qin Junyi didn't want to leave, knowing that his father would keep him.
After the front hall quieted down, Qin Junyi looked at Marquis Yongyi and asked, "Father, did you keep your son because you wanted Xie to use her dowry to settle this matter?"
Marquis Yongyi pondered for a moment, then said with difficulty, "Does Junyi think it's not possible?"
"I will find a way, but I have to agree to one condition."
Marquis Yongyi raised an eyebrow: "What conditions?"
"After the matter of the Marquis's mansion's deficit has been settled, I beg you, father, to ask the emperor for permission. I wish to go to the frontier."
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