Two, two, two more!

"Another twenty taels?" Zhao Shouzheng immediately jumped up and said angrily, "Even if it's two hundred taels, it won't do!"

If he can’t get back the two thousand taels, he will have no pocket money for the whole year. How can he live like this?

"I mean two thousand taels of silver." Mr. Zhang sighed helplessly, and said with a painful look on his face, "Is this good enough, my foolish brother?"

"Ah!" Zhao Shouzheng was shocked when he heard this, and he felt like he had seen a ghost in his heart. This recipe was just something Zhao Hao made up at random, and he copied it at random, but he actually paid two thousand taels for it?

"My son is really the reincarnation of Shen Wansan..." Zhao Shouzheng secretly exclaimed in amazement.

Seeing his constipated face, Mr. Zhang thought he was dissatisfied with the amount of money. He endured the pain and gave in a little, saying, "For your sake, I will add another 500 taels."

"Ah..." Zhao Shouzheng was stunned. He didn't expect that this skinned man would actually offer a price on his own initiative.

"I'll give you all of it, up to two thousand five hundred taels, without deducting the first month's interest." Seeing that his attitude had softened a little, Mr. Zhang closed his eyes and made his final concession.

According to the pawnshop's rule of 90% out and 13% back, the nominal loan was 2,500 taels, but in reality only 2,250 taels would be paid. Ten percent would be deducted as the interest for that month, which was the so-called head interest.

Therefore, in Mr. Zhang's mind, he had saved a full seven hundred and fifty taels of silver, which was more than the price of the jade pendant!

He cursed himself in his heart for being so obsessed, because the candy recipe was too tempting...

"Well, okay..." When Zhao Shouzheng heard about this good thing, he naturally agreed.

Mr. Zhang smacked his lips for a long time before he realized that he had been overthinking...

But to avoid further complications, he immediately ordered the court official to draw up two pawn tickets. The court official took advantage of Zhao Shouzheng's ignorance and used the same old trick again, writing "six months" instead of "half a year".

The moon character still has a pair of cute short legs...

Zhao Shouzheng took it and looked at it, and was surprised again. He thought to himself, could my son be the reincarnation of Zhuge Liang? How could he have expected that they would change half a year to six months?

Now he was even more confident in Zhao Hao, and said meticulously: "Didn't it say that it was half a year? Why did you write it as June?"

"Is there any difference?" Chaofeng looked at Zhang Yuanwai.

"If you say half a year, it means half a year. How can it be changed to six months?" Zhao Shouzheng said with his eyes wide open: "Today is the last day of February. Does it have to be counted as one month as well?"

"Change it, change it quickly..." This sentence left Mr. Zhang speechless. What he was most worried about at this time was that Zhao Shouzheng would change his mind. He immediately ordered Chao Feng to change it.

Chao Feng was disappointed and obediently issued a new pawn ticket. Fearing that the nerd would find fault with it again, he even wrote the words neatly this time.

"Hey, it turns out this court clerk can write." Zhao Shouzheng looked at the pawn ticket and marveled at it.

Yang Huzi Chaofeng almost fainted.

"Can you sign now?" Mr. Zhang personally handed the brush to Zhao Shouzheng.

Zhao Shouzheng was about to take the brush when he suddenly remembered his son's last instruction:

"If the other party still agrees, you can go ahead and do it without any worries!"

He then turned his hand away and reached for the teacup beside him, picked it up and took a few sips slowly, then slowly stood up under the anxious gazes of the two people and said:

"I'm really sorry, Brother Zhang Shi. I've considered it but I'm still worried. This recipe is the hope for my Zhao family to turn things around. If you guys get a peek at it, it will be troublesome."

After saying that, he began to pack up his things and pretended to leave.

But in my heart, I couldn't help but shouting: 'Stop me now, don't embarrass me...'

"Brother, you are not doing this right!" Although Mr. Zhang did not reach out to stop him, he immediately pretended to be angry and said, "I have been with you for a long time, but now you are backing out. Are you trying to make fun of me?!"

"I'm not, it's not me..." Zhao Shouzheng was quite embarrassed by what he said, thinking to himself, isn't this just making fun of you?

"In our line of work, the most important thing is trust. If you break the rules, you will be compensated tenfold!" Seeing that he was speechless, Mr. Zhang slammed the table and said, "With this sentence, you will feel relieved, right?"

"But how do I know whether you have read it or not? It won't miss a single word if you read it." Zhao Shouzheng still refused to give in.

Mr. Zhang was so annoyed by this nagging nerd that he really wanted to have him kicked out.

But who made him covet other people's recipe?

He was determined to get the sugar recipe, but Zhao Shouzheng was the son of the former minister after all. If he robbed it openly, it would obviously leave a bad impression on the officials of the Southern Ministry of Revenue, and it was inevitable that some officials would feel grief for the death of the rabbit and vent their anger on behalf of Mr. Zhao's son.

That would be a waste of time.

Patience is very important in doing business. As long as you have a good relationship with this nerd, you will get the sugar recipe sooner or later. There is no need to rush.

Thinking of this, Mr. Zhang suppressed his anger and said to Zhao Shouzheng with a forced smile: "Don't worry, brother. De Hengdang is more than ten years older than you and me. How can there be no way to prevent it?"

As he spoke, he waved his hand and asked the attendant to bring a few things from behind the counter, including a small wooden box, a large thick sheet of rice paper, as well as keys, glue, seals, and stamps.

Mr. Zhang said to Zhao Shouzheng, "Put the recipe in the box and lock it up. You can keep the key. Then apply paste all over the rice paper and wrap the wooden box layer by layer. Finally, put a seal and a saddle stamp on it. You can also sign anywhere you want. It's done now, right?"

"This..." Zhao Shouzheng was extremely impressed and gave a thumbs up, saying, "You are indeed an expert. I am not worried anymore!"

Zhang Yuanwai and Chao Feng were as if they had been pardoned, and immediately asked Zhao Shouzheng to check the two lines of the recipe for them. After confirming that it was correct, both parties put the recipe into the box together, locked it, applied starch, and wrapped it up. Finally, they put a seal on it and wrote their names and time.

After the matter was settled, Chao Feng issued the pawn ticket for the third time, and this time Zhao Shouzheng finally signed and sealed it.

"Huh..." The three of them breathed a sigh of relief at the same time.

Mr. Zhang and the other two were surprised. "Why are you sighing?"

"It's really unpleasant to worry so much about such a trivial thing." Zhao Shouzheng said from the bottom of his heart.

"Go to hell, you nerd!" They both spat at him inwardly.

~~

De Heng Pawnshop is not comparable to Tang Ji, a southern goods shop. The shop always has a huge amount of cash and can issue bills directly. However, its range is slightly worse than Wu Ji's and it can only be exchanged in Nanzhitong.

Even without Zhao Hao's instructions, Zhao Shouzheng felt guilty. How could he leave the money he cheated with with Zhang's money? So he asked to transfer it to Wanyuanhao, and his reason was very overbearing.

"After I pass the imperial examination, I will go to the capital to take the exam. It would be better to use the national coupons."

Mr. Zhang didn't know how to respond.

Fortunately, the Nanjing headquarters of Wanyuanhao was located on Hubu Street, and Mr. Zhang had a ready-made Wanyuanhao membership ticket, so he accompanied him on the trip.

In less than an hour, Zhao Shouzheng walked out of Wanyuanhao with Zhang Yuanwai, carrying a huge bill of two thousand taels and another of five hundred taels.

Zhao Hao, who had been standing not far away, could not help but sigh inwardly. The country's largest bank was really amazing. It could handle the same business in half the time of Wu Ji...

If Widow Ye heard this, she would definitely jump up and down and curse! Mr. Zhang is the boss of Deheng, and he personally came to handle the business. Of course, Wanyuanhao must treat him as a distinguished guest and handle special matters.

Tang Youde is just the owner of a small southern food store. How could Wu Ji take him seriously? Naturally, he followed the rules and did things in an orderly manner.

After saying goodbye to Mr. Zhang, Zhao Shouzheng panicked and looked everywhere for his son.

Gao Wu quickly showed up, escorted Zhao Shouzheng out of Hubu Street, and got on the carriage.

Zhao Hao had already arrived, waiting for his father in the carriage.

He looked over Zhao Shouzheng's shoulder and stared at Mr. Zhang as he entered the pawnshop before he let go and lowered the curtain.

Mr. Zhang, don't worry, today is just the beginning, the best is yet to come...

~~

In the carriage.

Zhao Shouzheng handed the ticket to his son solemnly as if he were presenting a treasure, and then he couldn't help but ask the biggest question in his mind.

"Mr. Zhang and Chaofeng are so cunning. Why didn't they worry from the beginning to the end? What if this prescription is fake?"

"This is what father is capable of." Zhao Hao never expected that his father would actually exceed the task. He kissed the two tickets happily and said cunningly, "If it were a child, people would definitely be suspicious and would definitely not be able to get even a tael of silver."

"Only a gentleman like my father who is upright and loyal can win their trust..."

Although Zhao Shouzheng still didn't quite understand, he laughed heartily upon hearing his son's praise, "When life is happy, you should enjoy it to the fullest, and when you are happy, you will be intoxicated with joy!"

"Gao Wu, hurry up, or my dad will be delayed from going to jail this afternoon."

"You spoiled child..."

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