"Oh, I don't know when my dear Shan will come back." Under the shade of the tree, Mrs. Dong also had a worried look on her face.
"It should be soon." Qian Chunhua opened his hazy eyes and spoke.
When she signed the contract with the prince a few days ago, she heard the prince mention that Dong Xishan's money house had already started a grain seed lending business for the villagers.
The business has been launched, his tasks have been completed, and he can return to Beijing. The rest can be handed over to his subordinates.
This kind of business is only carried out in major banks in Leizhou and has not yet been promoted to other provinces.
It's a pity that the promotion time is too late and we have missed the wheat planting season, but it also provides everyone with a new idea.
The kind of grain to be borrowed can be specified by the villagers themselves, and it does not have to be wheat. Once the villagers have specified it, the money house will be responsible for providing it.
Of course, this kind of loan relationship is not directly established by the money house and the villagers, there must be a guarantor.
The local village chief and the head of the village must provide a guarantee.
In this way, the money houses were able to screen out a large number of unreliable people, and those who actually came to borrow money to grow grain were all honest farmers.
As for the loan repayment model, there is no need to repay silver. After the harvest, the corresponding weight of grain will be returned.
As for the losses of the money house, the loan notes signed by the head of the village and the village chief would be deducted from future taxes.
The Dong family has also done the math. Their money-making business may seem to be at a disadvantage on the surface, but in fact it is not.
After all, the surface prices of grain seeds are inflated, but their Dong family does not need to buy these inflated grain seeds. Their Dong family's grain has enough inventory to meet the villagers' loan needs.
Moreover, the tax deductions given to them by the imperial court were calculated based on the inflated grain prices.
In other words, not only did the Dong family not suffer any loss, but they also made huge profits.
Not only that, the Dong family also obtained the status of imperial merchants, and in the future, their children would even have the opportunity to study in the Imperial Academy.
This is the truth, though.
But Madam Dong missed her son, and Guan Yueru missed her husband, but her heart did not stop.
"Is Zhenni coming back soon?" Guan Yueru was a little surprised.
Madam Dong calculated the time and realized that he should be back soon. "I will be worried if he is not around for a long time."
There are some things that Mrs. Dong didn't say. Dong Qishan has been away from home for more than a month.
The second wife's family started to bother him again. After Dong Qiang's leg was broken, he had to rest in bed for a while and he completely accepted his fate.
Wang Yunshen asked him to open an antique soup shop opposite Yipinxiang, but before it even opened, the business went bankrupt after several people’s legs were broken.
Dong Shanshan witnessed with his own eyes that Wang Yunshen acted like a grandson in front of Sun Yudong, and he also saw Sun Yudong behave in a bad manner in front of Princess Ruiyun.
He was filled with remorse, knowing that he was doomed if he followed Wang Yunshen, so he wanted to come back and ask the eldest wife to take him in.
In order to achieve their goal, the two of them even went so far as to invite their ancestors' clansmen to sue for peace.
This time their attitude was no longer as arrogant as before, but even more humble.
But it is precisely this kind of humility, like a dog-skin plaster, which cannot be torn off once it is stuck, that makes Mrs. Dong miserable.
Although the Dong family and the second branch had already fallen out last time and there was no need to give them face anymore, Old Madam Dong would not refuse to give face to other members of the family.
So in the end, Madam Dong closed the door and said that she didn't care about the situation on the field and she didn't care, and asked them not to come to her again.
But in this way, all the mess was pushed onto Dong Qishan.
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