"General Liu is right. It is only natural to pay back a debt."
"But you know this too. We just took your salt. We didn't have enough silver and had to use goods to pay it off. We really can't come up with the silver."
"Don't worry, General Liu. Give us some time. We will not give you any discounts and will pay you back with interest."
Zhou De immediately stood up with a smile on his face, no longer showing the initial intention of taking advantage of Liu Feng.
"Boss Zhou, this won't do."
Liu Feng spoke tactfully, but refused directly.
"Right now, there's nothing I can do. There are so many mouths waiting to be fed."
"How about this? According to the current market price, you can just use your things as collateral. I'll have no objection if you pay me back."
"Or, according to the terms of this contract, I will take away the land and house deeds that you originally mortgaged."
The three brothers were really anxious now.
After the land deeds and house deeds were taken away, they only had a small piece of land as small as the Deqingtang headquarters. They had really struggled for more than ten years, but suddenly they were back to the time before liberation and had nothing.
How can Deqingtang continue to operate? How can this business continue?
Only at this point did the three brothers realize that this person was not here to bring them wealth, but was clearly here to cause trouble.
His target is the entire Deqing Hall.
"You bastard, who do you think you are? How dare you shout like that in front of our Deqing Hall?"
"Are you tired of living?"
"Let me tell you, my Deqingtang is not made of clay. Who knows where you got this IOU? Maybe you even got these deeds by slaughtering the gambling house."
The young man sitting at the very end suddenly stood up, slammed the table, and cursed.
This person was none other than Zhou De’s second son, named Zhou Ming.
The reason why Liu Feng invited this kid to the Hongmen Banquet was because this second-generation rich kid was an important supporting role in the banquet.
Upon hearing this, Zhou De could no longer sit still. Deqing Hall was in danger.
If Liu Feng was annoyed by this silly boy, he would just give an order and raze Deqing Hall to the ground without asking for a promissory note.
By then they won’t even have a place to seek redress.
He slapped his son in the face and said, "How dare you talk to General Liu like that?"
"It's okay, it's okay. It's normal for young people to be a little angry."
"Boss Zhou, there's no need to get so excited."
"Actually, I've calculated that if you return the salt to me and give me all the treasures in the warehouse, it won't make much of a difference."
"I can take a small loss, and I'll return the IOU to you immediately after I get the things."
When Zhou De heard Liu Feng's conditions, he almost vomited blood.
There are not many things left in the warehouses now, and the inventory in the stores will not last long.
What's more, if you move all these things away as you said, how can I continue to run these shops?
It has become a complete empty shell, with no money left to purchase goods.
The three of them looked at each other and realized that the only way at the moment was to cut off their arms to survive and abandon the three shops.
He even gave up his own base camp, Deqingtang.
Give it all away in exchange for this salt.
As long as they have these two stones of edible salt in their hands, they will be able to make a profit quickly with the connections they have accumulated over the years.
"Okay, General Liu, we'll return it now."
"But we don't have that much silver."
"The deeds and title deeds of the three shops, including the deeds and title deeds of the Deqingtang headquarters, are all given to you."
"Then we sign a document and settle this account, how about that?"
Liu Feng laughed, this is what he wanted.
"Okay, Shopkeeper Zhou is a straightforward person."
"Come, let's sign the agreement now."
Of course, what Liu Feng wanted to do was not to swallow them all up.
It is true that greed is like a snake swallowing an elephant. What he has to do is to nibble away at it step by step.
Now that Deqingtang has lost these things, it has become an empty shell, existing in name only.
What about Liu Feng?
He now has land and shops, and he only needs to hire a few people to run the business directly.
They were counting on this batch of salt to make a comeback, but could Liu Feng not have thought of this?
How could they possibly take this batch of salt and turn the tide?
Once the contract is written and both parties have put their fingerprints on it, and they have no strength to resist, Liu Feng can use his trump card.
Now that the contract is written, everything belongs to Liu Feng.
At this time, the three brothers had no appetite anymore. Looking at the table full of delicacies, they found them tasteless. The wine that usually tasted refreshing to drink was now hard to swallow.
I was just about to leave and go back to discuss how to use this salt to turn the situation around.
Liu Feng reached into the box again.
"Boss, why are you in such a hurry? We haven't eaten the food or drunk the wine yet."
"Besides, we just settled one account, but there are still some accounts that haven't been settled yet?"
After being slapped, the second young master Zhou Ming saw Liu Feng take out several brand new documents. He suddenly felt unwell and fell to the ground.
The three brothers were all stunned and had no idea what was happening.
In fact, Liu Feng could not hide their thoughts at all.
If the store is gone, it’s gone.
After all, Deqingtang has been doing business for so many years, and each of the three brothers has his own mansion.
There are still two stones of salt left. As long as one of the three brothers grits his teeth and sells the house, he will have the capital to make a comeback.
With the accumulated connections, this batch of salt can be sold, and everything will be back to normal in three to five months.
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