Chapter 130: The Two Great Trenches In Hall

"What's wrong, Mrs. Zhen? I will definitely not just listen to one side. If there is anything that does not match the truth, please let me know now." Ju Shou said quietly, and didn't seem to favor either side.

Zhang Shi smiled and did not refute. She said directly, "These land deeds and IOUs are all issued by my Zhen family. Although I am very interested in knowing how these IOUs and land deeds came here, this is not the place to talk about them. I also please ask Ju Shou to directly convert the money."

Obviously, Zhang Shi directly admitted that her money was not enough and allowed the government to repurchase at a discount, and then use the repurchased money to repay the debt.

After all, the non-payment of such debts did not violate the criminal law. In the Han Dynasty, it was still a miscellaneous law. According to the law, as long as the debt was paid off within a given time after the official sentence was pronounced, it would be flogged at most.

Because of this, in such cases where debts are overdue, the repayment method and time limit determined by the presiding judge are the key points. According to the results of the repayment, the final punishment can be said to be very different. Insolvent debtors may even be relegated to slavery.

Zhang Shi has the status of a wife and will not be sentenced to whipping at all. She also will not be demoted to slavery because of insolvency. Therefore, the final penalty will be cancelled, as long as the given time is prolonged or even delayed. After further delay, the Zhen family can get all the shops directly without spending a penny.

However, it is clear that Zhang Shi did not want to do this. This practice was too shameful for the Zhen family. The Zhen family could not afford so much money, but the goods were still in their hands. As long as the goods are use to paid of the debt, the Zhen family would at best lose some money without actual damage. Of course, this refers to the situation of no discounts.

When the Han government forced the debts to be repaid, no discounts were rare in the Han Dynasty. The government discounts were more severe than the private loans who gave out 3/10 discount, and the 7/10 discounts were considered to be face-saving. But like the Zhen family in Jizhou who are an rich aristocratic family, it is not impossible to make a no discount in the local area. To be precise, if they can't even do this, can they still be counted as a century-old rich family?

Ju Shou sighed and stood up, "Is Mi Zhu willing to be merciful? How about letting the Zhen family go?"

As soon as Ju Shou gave this statement, those present in the audience, who knew the current situation, began to whisper. After all, this is a bit different from their unified script. They have decided as unify group to abandoned the Zhen family, and now Ju Shou came out to say this. Then, if things turn around, won't it be troublesome?

"It's not that Zhu doesn't want to. The Mi family has no hatred with the Zhen family, and even before this there are some business contacts. As for now, the Mi family has no choice but to go down one road. Please forgive me." Mi Zhu said with a bitter smile. He got up and gave Ju Shou a hand. At this point, as long as he insists on not letting go, Ju Shou can only pronounce judgments in accordance with the miscellaneous laws, and can only use the discounts commonly used by the government. The Zhen family has been forced into the corner.

"I also know that it is not easy for your Mi family. Can you please discuss and give the Zhen family some affection? After this matter, we in Jizhou will not forget it." Ju Shou continued to mediate, and implied that if Mi Zhu will let it go this time, Jizhou will never forget it. So let it go, and Jizhou will remembers your kindness. If you don't let it go, Jizhou will be shameful about this and will remember it for you.

Mi Zhu smiled bitterly on his face, but he didn't care in his heart. Are you sure about the ending of Yuan Shao ​​and Liu Bei? If you can see through the world, will you still need to be here? My whole family is responsible to Liu Bei, and your whole family is responsible to Yuan Shao. Now you tell me that Yuan Shao ​​is good?

"Ju Shou, with Jizhou's ability you probably already know who the person behind me is. I'm just another pawn. What if I don't want to fight the Zhen family?" Mi Zhu lowered his figure and said helplessly.

Ju Shou sighed, "Is the people behind you really unwilling to reconcile with Jizhou? There is no direct conflict between our two sides."

Ju Shou persevered in showing how much he defended the Zhen family in Jizhou in front of Zhang Shi, thinking that it was for the future plans.

"I don't dare to authorize." Mi Zhu continued to maintain a bitter face and said. He despised Ju Shou in his heart again and again. Mi Zhu, who knows what is going on, is now 90% sure that Ju Shou, this bastard, just wants to take himself out of the group that abandoned the Zhen family.

"Alas, Mrs. Zhen!" Ju Shou turned his head and said to Zhang Shi.

"Thank you Ju Shou for your protection. Please also calculate the actual price. The things I bought from the Zhen family at the beginning may not be worth so much." Zhang Shi stared at Ju Shou and said. The actual conversion is equivalent to selling it to the government, and for the Zhen family there is even a little bit of profit, "Presumably patriarch Mi has lost a lot this time."

"That's not true. Anything my Mi family sells in Jizhou is a little profitable. Although not much, it can be regarded as a tower of sand." Mi Zhu laughed and said with a smile. He was sure that this time the government would definitely not perform the actual calculations as the Zhen family thought. A discount is already the limit.

Soon the Zhen family's current wealth was calculated, "County guard, the Zhen family's calculable asset is price at 770 million yuan! The difference is 1.1 billion yuan!" Shu Zuo said in shock, even if it was discounted, the Zhen family's assets are worth 770 million yuan. The family owners of all type groups in Jizhou who were there immediately looked at the Zhen family in shock. They used to know that the Zhen family was rich, but no one was too bored to calculate it before. The Zhen family's assets are not easy to calculate. This time it is an eye-opener!

If it wasn't 10% of the original price, the Zhen family should have 7.7 billion yuan. If this amount of money is converted into rice at Jizhou grain price, it is equivalent to 40 million stones. This is no longer a simple wealthy home. By the power of this family alone, it was enough to support the super-rich warlords all the way. For the first time, the Hebei family felt the pressure, and the noble bloodline could not resist the charm of money.

Ju Shou was trembling a little. Although he had known this data before, he felt that he was still trembling after the public announcement. When he learned this data, Ju Shou felt that he fully understood why Chen Xi had to choose the Zhen family. It was because Liu Bei had no foundation and needed stability. For insufficient money and food, swallowing the Zhen family can basically consolidate the foundation!

One million Yellow Turbans are nothing. The Zhen family will raise all of them, and they will not be badly injured. What's more, there is also Mi Zhu standing here, and Mi Zhu, who is part of the five great merchants, should have billions of money.

Mi Zhu was also frightened. Although he and the Zhen family were called the top five wealthy merchants, the Zhen family was too rich. He can put together about 2 billion yuan. The Zhen family's fortune was directly four times that of his. No wonder how much he tried in the past few years, the position of the Zhen family as the number 1 wealthy merchant has never been moved!

The family patriarchs present were a bit greedy when staring at Mi Zhu. If you swallowed the Zhen family, your Mi family should have become the number one wealthy merchant, and you are also a rich businessman with no background. Under the influence of money, no one here would mind giving the Mi family a aristocratic background. They don't mind letting Mi Zhu enter this circle!

Mi Zhu could only smile bitterly at the greedy gaze of the family present. He now doubts how much assets the Wei family from Chenliu and the Wei family from Hedong has, who has always been at odds with the Zhen family. The two Wei families, who have been fighting with the Zhen family for a hundred years, probably have far surpass his own assets. The five great merchants of the world who feels pressure are only his Mi family. Aristocratic family! Mi Zhu once again made up his mind that his Mi family would become such an aristocratic family!