"Liu Dafu, one thousand taels of silver!"
"The debt between us is written off!”
During the Hongwu period, in a small county city in South Zhili, Chen Shu took a sip of tea and looked at the silver taels handed over by a fat man with trembling hands. He nodded his head in relief.
The moment he took the silver, a notification automatically sounded in his mind.
"Congratulations to the host for recovering your investment. You are rewarded with ten years of lifespan!”
Chen Shuxin thought that the money he had invested back then had finally been collected.
He looked at Fatty and the messy environment around him. He stood up and said,
"You just have to pay me back honestly!”
"Childe Chen, you're too evil!"
"Back then, I only lent you ten taels of silver. Now, I have to return you a thousand taels!”
"Ask yourself, aren't you afraid that you won't be able to sleep?”
Chen Shu's expression did not change as he said,"
"Back then, in the chaos of war, I lent you ten taels of silver as a guarantee for my father. At that time, it was clearly written that if you returned it on time, you would only be able to return eleven taels at most!”
"Even if the war is chaotic and you can't make ends meet, even if you pay back in the early years of Hongwu, it's only a hundred taels!”
"Look, my father is dead. You bully me because I'm weak. I've been in mourning for three years, but you've dragged the repayment date to today!”
"This principal is ten taels, but the penalty you owe over the years is a thousand taels!”
"Greed always comes with a price!"
After Chen Shu said this, the fatty's face turned red and he was speechless for a moment.
The debt between him and Chen Shu was clearly stated on the IOU, and he could not deny it.
Just as Chen Shu had said, it wasn't that he didn't have the chance to ask Chen Shu to return the money back then, but he took advantage of his family's decline and his father's death, so he had the thought of refusing the money!
However, who knew that after mourning for his father for three years, this young master would bring along the IOU and start asking for debts!
Those debt collectors had taken advantage of his young age. Who would have thought that this fellow would quickly sweep away everyone in such a destructive manner?
Ten times, a hundred times…
After Chen Shu collected the debts, the wealth he had accumulated was already comparable to that of a country.
However, he actually wanted to come personally for a mere 1,000 taels.
Chen Shu left the fatty's mansion under his ashamed gaze.
"It's not easy. I've already gotten back all the debts I wanted!”
"Next, we'll have to bite those hard guys!”
" However, the penalty that these guys owe has already exceeded a hundred times!”
"It's a little difficult to get it back.”
"However, as long as I can get it back, the reward the system will give me must be very rich, right?”
"Maybe there are even methods to live forever and cultivate immortality?”
Chen Shu did not pay attention to the fatty. Instead, he directed his thoughts to the other debt that he had not recovered.
He was actually not a person from this world, but a transmigrator from the future.
Back then, he had transmigrated to a family of merchants in Huizhou. Their family made a living by giving out interest.
Chen Shu had just awakened the Super Investment System. At a young age, he had taken over a part of the family business.
To put it simply, he released the money from the loan sharks at a low interest rate. If the other party could pay back the money on time, he would receive a system reward.
The system's rewards were random. There were good things and bad things.
The good ones included military books, martial arts, and treasures. The bad ones included some trash.
At that time, it was the end of the Yuan Dynasty, and there were countless people who rebelled.
In troubled times, there were many people who needed money. Chen Shu had also used interest money to help many people. In order to put some pressure on them, Chen Shudui paid a very low interest rate for the timely repayment, but the penalty for breaching the contract was extremely high.
Moreover, as the number of years passed, the penalty for breaching the contract would roll to a terrifying level in the form of interest.
Most of the dead debts he had were like this.
Many people thought that in the chaos of war, even if they didn't pay back the money, they wouldn't be able to find them.
Unfortunately, they didn't know that the IOU they signed had their own position.
Chen Shu only needed to spend some time to find the person who owed the debt.
"Are these five old fellows very brave?"
Chen Shu took out five promissory notes with the names of five people written on them.
"Zhu Da, Li Er, Xu San, Chang Si, Liu Wu, what kind of lousy names are these?”
"This is obviously a fake name!"
"However, when I instructed them to rely on Old Zhu, their position on the IOU was also in the capital!”
"I think these old scoundrels should be able to make a name for themselves!”
"I'll go collect some interest!"
The five promissory notes that Chen Shu drew reminded him of a story from back then.
At that time, he was only eight years old and had just started his own loan business. One day, the servants of his family pulled five people up from the river.
It was said that these people were soldiers who had lost the battle and were separated from the main army.
Chen Shu treated their injuries and gave them some pointers on the current situation.
After he told them that Zhu Yuanzhang was the true Son of Heaven, those people were shocked.
Chen Shu still remembered that Old Zhu had said that Zhu Yuanzhang could not be the true Son of Heaven. After he was defeated, he said that he wanted to rely on Zhu Yuanzhang.
Before leaving, Chen Shu lent them a sum of money because he was short of money.
Especially that Zhu Da who borrowed the most, and he even promised that if one day he was successful, he would be willing to share the family property with him.
Chen Shu didn't care about sharing, but it was fine as long as he paid back the money on time and completed his investment.
Unfortunately, a man's mouth was a liar.
They had clearly agreed to pay back the money in a year, but these people had left for three years. Three years after three years, the world had changed.
Chen Shu did not see a single cent.
The money he invested had to be returned. This was related to the return and punishment of his investment system.
If these people could not pay him back, he would be in trouble.
These debts were Chen Shu's disgrace.
Chen Shu swore that he would never let Zhu Da and the others have it easy.
"Since the debt is almost done, why don't we go to the capital to catch the old delinquent?”
"I'll go to the capital immediately!"
Chen Shu rubbed his fists and vowed to teach these old scoundrels a lesson.
……
A few days later, in the capital of the Ming Dynasty, in the deep palace of the Heaven Ying Prefecture.
The current Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang and the Great General Xu Da were drinking and chatting.
Beside them sat the Empress Ma and Crown Prince Zhu Biao.
"Your Majesty, are you really going to betroth my daughter to Fourth Brother?”
"Are you unwilling?"
"There's nothing to be unhappy about. Of course, I'm happy to be in-laws with you. However, I have to go back and ask my daughter if she's willing.!”
"Alright!"
Zhu Yuanzhang and Xu Da talked and laughed and decided on the marriage of the two juniors. Zhu Yuanzhang was very happy.
Xu Da was his childhood friend, and he was also an old brother who had followed him all the way to conquer the world. He was different from the others. In this life, he was loyal to him and had no selfish motives.
The girl from the Xu family was also quite famous.
Being able to become in-laws with Xu Da and get a good daughter-in-law was a great thing.
The two of them had decided on the marriage, and the drunkenness was even stronger. However, Empress Ma, who had been drinking with them, held her forehead.
"I'm a little tired, I'll go to sleep first!”
Empress Ma received the Emperor's permission and left.
"In this life, the only person I owe is my sister!”
"She accompanied me and suffered a lot!”
The emperor looked at Empress Ma's back and sighed. Xu Da suddenly said,
"Your Majesty, do you owe Empress Ma a favor?”
"Have you forgotten about that child?"
Zhu Yuanzhang was stunned. He immediately thought of an eight-year-old child.
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