Chapter 426: The Edge of Bankruptcy

Markets, large and small businesses, overnight, as if they had been programmed, were all discussing one thing.

"Hey, did you hear that?"

"what?"

"Zhu Family!"

"I heard, I heard. Are you saying this is true? That's the Zhu family."

"My third uncle's sister-in-law's brother-in-law's brother-in-law's cousin is working as a clerk in the shop below Cheng'en House. I heard that the shop can't even get a hundred taels of silver. Thousands of taels of cash were all taken away by the owner."

"Ah! So the Zhu family is really out of money?"

"First I was fined 1,550,000 taels, and now the ship has been robbed by pirates. That's a loss of several million taels. No matter how much money the Zhu family has, they can't stand the toss."

"I won't tell you. My mother-in-law saved a sum of money in the Zhu family's bank, and she has to get it out quickly."

"I have two bank notes issued by Zhujia Qianzhuang in my hand, and I have to exchange them for cash quickly."

"Let's go together, go together. I'm afraid the Zhu family will have no money if we go late."

"The Zhu family won't go bankrupt, right?"

"Who knows."

People in the market are worried about their own losses, and they all want to rush to the Zhujia Qianzhuang to exchange for cash before everyone reacts.

As a result, when I arrived at the gate of the Qianzhuang, I saw a huge crowd of people, all of whom came to run the money. Where did they not respond.

I am afraid that everyone in the capital has heard the news that the Zhu family's ship was robbed.

"Hurry up, let's squeeze in too."

It’s hard to save some money. If the Zhu Family Bank closes and goes bankrupt, who will pay for the loss?

The run on the Zhujia Qianzhuang gate flew into thousands of households as if it had grown wings. More and more people ran on Zhujia Qianzhuang with bank certificates of deposit.

The crowd is surging, and stampede is inevitable.

The embroidered clothing guards, the soldiers and horses of the five cities, and the Jingzhao Yin yamen were all dispatched to maintain public order and prevent accidents from happening.

In the Zhu family of Cheng'enbo's mansion, the atmosphere is depressed and solemn.

Cheng Enbo Zhu Ci dragged the sick body,

Meet with shareholders and partners.

The three ships were hijacked, and several million taels of goods were lost, half of which came from the partners, or the Zhu family's relatives and friends.

When the Zhu family raised funds to go overseas, everyone was afraid that they would be slow, and they were afraid that their own money was too small for the Zhu family to look down on.

Now that the ship has been hijacked, how enthusiastic these people were at the beginning, how much regret they are now.

Hundreds of large and small shareholders, Zhu family relatives and friends gathered around Cheng'en Bo Zhu, asking for an explanation.

"Uncle, tell everyone the truth, is the Zhu family's ship really hijacked?"

"You also believe the rumors in the market. Where's your brain?" Master Zhu Er was grumpy and took the lead to go back.

"There is no impermeable wall in the world. The whole capital is talking about the hijacking of the Zhu family's sea ship. Could it be fabricated out of thin air? It's been a few months. Where is the ship? Where is the cargo of several million taels? You said the ship was not hijacked, take out the cargo!"

"Yes, hand over the goods."

"Hand over the money."

"So far, uncle, you can give everyone a precise word. Has the ship ever been hijacked? If not, should the goods and profits be explained to everyone?" of. He said nothing, his eyes half-squinted.

"You are nothing. My father is willing to see you, and he has already given enough face. You still dare to persecute my father. Who gave you the courage?"

Master Zhu Er rolled up his sleeves and was about to start working.

"Second child, step back."

Master Zhu shouted angrily, "Everyone here is our Zhu family's guests and partners, you must not be rude."

"Brother, these people are bullying them to the head, and they also spread rumors that our Zhu family's ship was hijacked. Why should you be polite to them. If they were not arrested by the police, it would be considered polite."

Hundreds of business partners, the Zhu family's relatives and friends looked ugly.

Everyone respects Cheng'en Bo Zhu's speech, which does not mean that you will be scolded by your second master Zhu.

Someone directly blacked his face, "The rumors about your Zhu family have already spread all over the city. Your Zhu family has never given you an explanation. Could it be that the ship was hijacked, or you made it up yourself, and the purpose was to greed for us. silver?"

"Your Zhu family is so shameless. If you were fined more than one million taels in taxes, you hit our head with your idea. You deliberately fabricated the news that the ship was hijacked, trying to embezzle our money and money. Goods. I tell you, no way."

"Fuck you motherfucker. It's just over a million taels, and our Zhu family has not paid attention to it. Our Zhu family will not be greedy for your money and goods. Brother, tell them, now the ships and goods are in Where, tell them all to shut up."

Master Zhu Er's violent temper really pissed him off.

Master Zhu subconsciously looked at his father Chengen Bo Zhuci, "Father, do you want to say a few words?"

Everyone looked at Cheng'en Bo Zhu's speech.

Cheng Enbo Zhuci opened his eyes, his eyes swept across everyone's faces.

He opened his mouth, ready to speak.

A steward rushed in at this time, "Old, old man, it's not good. Over at the Qianzhuang..."

"Shut up!" Master Zhu scolded sharply.

"What happened to Qianzhuang? Make it clear."

"You Zhu family don't want to hide it."

The partners and the Zhu family's relatives and friends all made trouble.

At the same time, he hurriedly sent the accompanying servant or the shopkeeper to go outside to inquire about news.

There must be something wrong with the Zhujia Qianzhuang.

"Your Zhu family is too shameless, did you take the money from the Qianzhuang?"

"Uncle, we all respect you. We have been very happy to cooperate with the firm under the Zhu family's name over the years. This time, please tell us the truth."

"Yes, we need to be honest."

"Uncle, we have followed you for many years, and we have never been ambiguous with our money and contributions. As soon as you gave an order, we charged into battle. Now that something has happened, you can't harm us."

"Uncle, please tell the truth."

"What happened to the ship? Was it really hijacked by pirates? What happened to the Zhu family's bank? Are your Zhu family really out of money?"

"Fart! Our Zhu family is so poor that we have money left. You dare to say that our Zhu family has no money, it's just a joke."

"Master Zhu Er keeps saying that the Zhu family is so poor that there is only money left. That's good. My family is so poor that I can't open the pot. Please Master Zhu Er give me my share of the money. I only need the principal, no interest, and no profit."

"Yes, return the principal to us."

"Your Zhu family can have today, thanks to our concerted efforts. Now you want to cross the river and demolish the bridge, but there is no way."

"Yes, no way."

"Enough, shut up!"

After being noisy for a long time, Cheng En Bo Zhu Ci finally opened his mouth to speak.

He glanced at the audience, his expression was calm, and he said firmly: "The three ships of the Zhu family..."

Everyone has a heart, what is the situation of the Zhu family's ship? was hijacked?

Cheng En Bo Zhu said heavily: "Everything is normal!"

boom!

Excited.

"Uncle, do you have evidence for what you said? Where's the ship and the cargo? There's no ship or cargo, so there's someone there. There's nothing, how can you tell us to trust you."

"Uncle, you can't talk nonsense."

Master Zhu Er was furious, "My father said that the boat was fine, what do you think? You have to force our Zhu family to admit that the boat was hijacked, so you will be happy? What kind of peace do you have? You can't wait for it. Okay. The ship is really going to be hijacked, what's the benefit to you?"

"Right now, we don't do any good. You said that the ship was not hijacked, then we ask to see the goods, see the money, and ask for the principal, which is not too much."

"The profits from those three sea ships are all given to you Zhu family. I don't want it anymore. I just want my principal. It's not much, 100,000 taels, please pay it."

"My fifty thousand taels."

"My thirty thousand taels."

"My fifty thousand taels."

Obviously, these partners and the Zhu family's relatives and friends did not believe the words of Cheng Enbo Zhu's remarks. Firmly believe that the ship has been hijacked.

It doesn't matter if you're not kidnapped.

Anyway, this year will be a waste of hard work, as long as you can get the principal back.

Hundreds of people in the hall are noisy, like a vegetable market.

Master Zhu Er rolled up his sleeves and quarreled with these people.

As the center of the incident, Cheng Enbo Zhuci half-squinted his eyes, like an old monk entering into meditation.

Master Zhu actually had a hunch for a long time. When the rumors came out, he almost believed that the ship was hijacked. Just one confirmation.

He was a little restless, and when everyone was arguing into a pot of porridge, he first called the steward to him and asked in a low voice, "What's the situation in Qianzhuang?"

"Reporting to the lord, all the banks under the Zhu family's name have run on the bank. And it is getting more and more serious. Later, the situation was out of control, and the shopkeeper closed the bank. Those small people rioted and directly attacked the bank. If it wasn't for Xiuyiwei, I would be afraid It's our people who will be trampled to death by those mobs."

When Master Zhu heard this, his face changed drastically.

He looked at his father Cheng'en Bo Zhuci, "Father, how are you doing now?"

In fact, what he wants to ask most is how much money is left in the bank?

Did the father vacate the bank?

Cheng Enbo Zhu Ci was silent.

Master Zhu was anxious, "Father, please tell your son the truth, has the sea boat been hijacked? Is our Zhu family out of money?"

Cheng Enbo Zhu Ci suddenly opened his eyes, his eyes were like torches, and he stared at Master Zhu with an angry flame.

Master Zhu shivered with fright.

Cheng'en Bo Zhuci scolded sharply, "Hugh, you are talking nonsense."

As soon as the voice fell, the shopkeepers of several partners rushed in and shouted loudly, "Sir, it's not good! There is a run on the Zhujia Qianzhuang, and the Zhujia Qianzhuang has no money!"

what!

The audience was silent, so quiet as if the pause button had been pressed.

A few seconds later, as if someone had turned on the light, the hall immediately boiled.

Everyone stood up from their seats and rushed to Chengen Bo Zhuci.

"Pay back, pay back!"

"You still dare to deceive us now, do you really think we are fools?"

"Give money, give money. Give me my capital."

"Everyone in the capital knew that the ship was hijacked, and wanted to keep it a secret. You Zhu family are so dark-hearted."

"I think your Zhu family clearly wants us to take the blame for you, and wants us to die with your Zhu family."

"The Zhu family has a title, so how can they die. They clearly want us to be scapegoats."

"Cheng Enbo, you immortal bastard, pay back the money."

...

The whole hall became a mess of porridge.

The guards of the Earl's Mansion poured in and formed a human wall to separate the emotional partners of the Zhu family's relatives and friends.

Cheng Enbo Zhu Ci's face was pale, and he coughed violently.

It seems that in a short period of time, he seems to be ten years older, like an old man who is very old. How can there be a high-spirited and well-maintained look in the past.

Cheng Enbo Zhu Ci stood up with the help of Butler Zhu.

Master Zhu Er was still clamoring, "How dare you do something to my father, arrest you all, put you in jail, and tell you to walk away without food."

"Second child, don't talk nonsense."

Cheng Enbo Zhu resigned to stop Master Zhu Er.

Master Zhu Er was very angry, "Father, these people who recognize money but not people are not good things."

"It's all our hard-earned money, why shouldn't we ask for money?"

"Does it count as loyalty, filial piety, benevolence and righteousness if we have to bury you with the Zhu family? Your Zhu family is a big brand."

The partners and the Zhu family's relatives and friends were even more angry, and Mr. Zhu Er was too deceiving.

"Okay, let's all say a few words less."

Chengen Bo Zhuci raised his hand and pressed down, after all, the majesty was still there, and everyone quieted down when he made a statement.

"I'm sorry everyone."

I'm sorry, everyone's faces are bad.

"Father!"

Cheng Enbo Zhuci waved his hand to stop his son from clamoring.

He continued: "The three ships of the Zhu family were indeed hijacked by pirates. These days, the old man has been busy with these things. There have been some results, but I don't know who broke the matter and made such a big mess. so much that the old man's previous efforts to recover the losses were all in vain.

It's a last resort to hide everyone's facts, but I just hope you all have more confidence in this old man. The Zhu family has not yet reached the point where the mountains and rivers are exhausted, and now they are only encountering a little difficulty. Give the old man some time, this difficulty will be resolved soon. "

The partners looked at each other.

Master Zhu also stood up and bowed deeply, "Please give the Zhu family some time, and we will definitely give you a satisfactory explanation."

"We naturally believe in Uncle's ability. But my family is waiting for me to take the money to go home to buy rice and cook the pot, and the guys are also waiting for me to take the money and go back to pay salaries. Money is also irrelevant. Please, return our principal to me. I don't want any interest, profit."

"I don't want any interest, nor do I participate in the dividends of sea trade, I just want to return the principal to me."

"Me too."

"Me too."

"Do you want shame?" Zhu Er pointed at everyone, "Knowing that the ship was hijacked, you still forced our Zhu family to pay back your principal? Why should you pay it back to you?

When you started doing business in partnership, you took the initiative, and no one forced you. And it is said that there are risks in sea trade, and everyone is responsible for their own profits and losses. What's the matter, is what you said all farts?

Sea trade makes money, and everyone makes money together. Now that the ship has been hijacked, all losses are of course shared by everyone. I want our Zhu family to bear all the losses alone, and tell you, there is no door. "

"Uncle, you are right. If you think the same as Master Zhu Er, we have nothing to say."

Cheng Enbo Zhu Ci took a deep breath, "Everyone must believe in the Zhu family and the old man. Isn't the reputation that the old man has built up over the decades, worth a few more days of grace?"

"We only need the principal."

"When the matter is resolved, the principal will be paid back."

"The Zhu Family Bank was run on, where did you get the money to pay back our principal?"

"It's a big deal, the old man becomes a seller. This is the head office. Don't forget that there are hundreds of merchants under the Zhu family's name. Isn't this money?"

The partners exchanged glances, "Okay, let's just trust the old man once. I hope the old man won't let us down."

Everyone dispersed.

The hall was a mess.

Master Zhu asked worriedly, "Father, what are we going to do next?"

Cheng'en Bo Zhuci sighed wearily, "First draw a sum of money to the bank to stabilize the situation. It really doesn't work, let's prepare to sell some of the property. First, sell the property from other places, and the property in the capital can't move yet."

As soon as the capital moved here, the Zhu family really had no power to return to the sky.

Master Zhu frowned, "Father, where should we draw funds from?"

"from……"

Chengen Bozhu was speechless for a while.

Suddenly, I realized that the Zhu family really had no money.

"The big Zhu family can't make up a few hundred thousand taels?" Master Zhu Er was very angry.

He did not expect the hijacking of the ship to be true.

It's a pity that he quarreled with his partners from the beginning. The result was slapped in the face.

"Father, where did the money go?" Master Zhu asked very rudely.

Cheng Enbo Zhu was speechless.

Butler Zhu couldn't bear it anymore, "Master, Uncle has been trying to make up for it all this time. Part of the funds was deliberately transferred to Jiangnan to buy marine goods, in order to cover up the fact that the ship was hijacked. Unexpectedly, someone found out in advance. The news was made known to everyone.”

"Since the money is all in Jiangnan, then quickly withdraw it."

"The money is all on the goods, where will it be realized in a while."

"Father is confused!"