Chapter 26 Since self-discipline is praised, indulgence can be regarded as a reward
Chapter 26 Since self-discipline is praised, indulgence can be regarded as a reward
Cheng Leixiang also looked at Pei Yuan eagerly.
He had escaped death and had lived in the open air for so long that he had long been eager to enjoy some good time in the land of peace and happiness.
Pei Yuan had no choice but to say, "In that case, you can go by yourself. But we need to agree on a meeting place later, in case of any emergencies, it will be difficult to take care of each other."
Cheng Leixiang was a little disappointed.
"Your Excellency is not going?"
Then he patted his chest and said, "This is just a small matter, I will take care of it, and I will make sure that we brothers will do our best."
Seeing his sincerity in persuading him, Pei Yuan suddenly thought of the word "freeloading".
A poor guy like Pei Baihu, who was heavily in debt, only dared to lie in the yard and listen to the free songs played by the Jiaofangsi. How could he dare to covet those beautiful young ladies?
Now that Cheng Leixiang took the initiative to treat him to a meal, Pei Yuan's faith in Taoism was shaken.
But Captain Pei has never been a casual person.
He looked at Chen Toutie with some embarrassment, "Old Chen, you are an old member of the Jinyiwei, and you have been in the East Factory for so many years. Isn't it inappropriate for us to do this?"
Chen Toutie immediately answered wisely, "As long as we grasp the general principles, nothing will go wrong."
Pei Yuan couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.
Principle is a magical word.
For example, saying that you can do something in principle actually means that you cannot do it in practice.
To say that you can't do something in principle means that you can actually do it.
How can you be a good official if you don’t know how to grasp the principles?
Pei Yuan thought about the precarious days he had been living these days and decided not to worry about it anymore.
Before leaping out like a fish dragon, who is more noble?
Since self-discipline is praised, indulgence can be seen as a reward.
Seeing Pei Yuan's intention, Cheng Leixiang raised his eyebrows at Chen Toutie.
The two men said nothing more and followed Pei Yuan to the money shop to exchange their belongings.
Those who can open a money shop in a canal town like Jining naturally have some background.
However, with such a background, he did not dare to offend three Jinyi military officers who were out on business just for a few hundred taels of silver.
Pei Yuan and the other two placed the bundle on the counter and asked the shopkeeper to estimate its price.
Cheng Leixiang also threw his chopped-off Xiuchun sword on the counter.
The shopkeeper was startled and opened the three bundles tremblingly.
Looking at the treasure inside and then at the three ferocious-looking Jinyiwei officers outside, the shopkeeper had a rough guess as to the origin of the treasure.
He looked panicked, but his heart was calm.
Because the things that the Jinyiwei looted and sold were very clean.
It doesn't mean that the origin of the things is clean, but generally speaking, the end of the handling of the money is clean.
——Basically, there will be no victims looking for stolen goods.
He carefully estimated the prices of the pearls, jades and gems, and used a knife to cut a small hole in the gold and silver ingots to check their quality.
Then several prices were quoted.
If converted into silver, Pei Yuan's things are worth more than 600 taels, while Cheng Leixiang and Chen Toutie are worth between 150 and 160 taels. This amount of silver may not seem like much in the future, but that is entirely an illusion caused by the average number of Ma Yun's sons.
For example, Wanping County, which is known as the best county in the world and is located near the imperial city, only collected 3 taels of silver as tax in the 6th year of Wanli.
The reason why this mixture of numbers and Chinese characters is used is because the number after the decimal point of eight taels of silver can only be expressed in this way, so that future generations can take a look at it and say, "Wow."
The official tax of the 3th year of Wanli was 6 taels of silver, and the following is...
7钱5分2厘6毫5丝4微8纤6沙6尘6埃1渺2漠5糢。
Pei Yuan asked the shopkeeper to exchange his share for small gold cakes, while Cheng Leixiang and Chen Toutie exchanged theirs for small silver ingots that were convenient to spend. The other two also asked the shopkeeper to give them a few more strings of copper coins.
When Pei Yuan saw the strings of copper coins, he suddenly had an idea and said to the two men, "Each of you lend me a copper coin."
Cheng Leixiang and Chen Toutie were puzzled and wanted to give him a silver ingot, but Pei Yuan insisted and only asked for a copper coin.
After getting the copper coins, Pei Yuan silently refreshed the "debt settlement system", and the names of Cheng Leixiang and Chen Toutie soon appeared in the list of creditors.
Pei Yuan clicked on the drop-down menu under the names of the two people and set them as debt-related persons.
When I opened the simple map showing the creditors' locations, I saw two small red dots near me.
Pei Yuan couldn't help but feel extremely relieved.
This map interface in the "Debt Settlement System", which was originally intended to avoid creditors, does have great potential for exploration.
Pei Yuan took the opportunity to check the nearby creditors and unexpectedly found two of them who were engaged in traveling business. They were not far away and happened to be in Jining City.
One was Chen Lu who owed 55 taels of silver, and the other was Chen Minzhong who owed 167 taels of silver.
The debts of these two people can even be traced back to the time of Grandpa Pei Yuan.
When Pei Yuan took over these accounts from his father Pei Guang when he was a child, Pei Guang shamelessly said that he could deny recognizing these two accounts if he delayed it for a few more years.
At that time, Pei Yuan had once envisioned the wonderful scene of these two debts suddenly disappearing.
Unfortunately, the system does not tolerate any flaws, and these two loans were still faithfully recorded and occupied a considerable amount.
Pei Yuan looked at his credit score which had reached 18 points, and couldn't help but feel excited.
If he could add one credit point to each of these two payments, his total credit point would be 20.
Twenty credit points are just enough to force someone to owe you a favor.
In that case, even if we encounter any unexpected situations during our business trip to Nanzhili, we will have room to maneuver.
Moreover, even if the credit score does not increase, simply paying off these two debts and reducing the debt limit is not a bad thing.
He didn't know what kind of troubles he would encounter on his way to Nanzhili. If he lost his money on the way, all his efforts would be in vain.
Pei Yuan made up his mind and said to the two flags, "When my grandfather was still alive, he borrowed money from others. Two of them are nearby. How about I go find someone to pay back the money first, and then go out to play with you guys?"
The two little flags were confused after hearing this.
When they understood Pei Yuan's intention to repay the money, they couldn't help but sigh, "It's been so many years since the debt was paid, and yet you still remember it. You can really be called a trustworthy person!"
Then two lines of system prompts popped up.
——Current credit value: 19/100 (Your faithful fulfillment of your debts has increased Chen Toutie's trust in you)
——Current credit value: 20/100 (Your faithful fulfillment of your debts has increased Cheng Leixiang's trust in you)
Pei Yuan looked at the two new system prompts that popped up, and the credit value that had reached 20 points...
Suddenly I felt that my mood to pay back the money was not so urgent.
(End of this chapter)