Chapter Thirty-Three: Qing

  If it were an ordinary person, who would notice the origin of the Qin state's rulers throughout history? Who would encourage the different people of Qin?

  Qin Yiren was extremely surprised and respectfully saluted Yu Furen, loudly expressing his gratitude: "Thank you, madam, for your teachings. I will remember them in my heart."

  "Uh-huh." Madame Yu nodded slightly and encouraged him with another sentence: "Things in the world are always changing, who knows what will happen next? As long as you stick to your heart, that's all that matters, young master."

  This woman is not simple at all, every sentence is beyond ordinary people's reach. Qin Yiren smiled and said: "The young master has changed his mind."

  "Excellent! Excellent!" Madame Yu was extremely pleased with this change and loudly praised it.

  However, she had not finished speaking a word of praise when Qin Yiren said: "The young master has made up his mind and will no longer borrow one hundred taels, but instead wants to borrow ten thousand taels."

  "Ah!" A clear grinding sound came from behind the curtain. It can be imagined that Madame Yu was certainly surprised, her face full of astonishment.

  Is there such a person who would borrow tens of thousands? Tens of thousands is a huge amount, even the five largest merchants in the world wouldn't say they'd lend it out just like that. Qin Yiren is too daring to borrow.

  "You..." Yu Furen was also somewhat tongue-tied at this moment, unsure of how to begin.

  "Listening to your words, I knew you had insight and many gold. You have a lot of gold." Qin Yiren's face turned serious, and he said solemnly: "With your courage, you won't lend me tens of thousands of gold?"

  "Ha ha!" A burst of silvery laughter came from behind the curtain, a clear and pleasant sound that was extremely moving and full of charm, like a bright pearl hitting a jade plate. It can be imagined that Madame Yu must have been laughing with a radiant smile.

  "You're really interesting." Madame Yu smiled and commented on Qin Yiren, chuckling continuously, "Even if I have a lot of gold, that's my business, what does it have to do with you?"

  This is reasonable, Mrs. Yu has a lot of gold, that's other people's business, what does it have to do with Qin Yi?

  "Besides, a sum of ten thousand taels is not a small amount, it's not something to be taken out lightly. Even if I were to lend it to you, what would you use as collateral?" Madame Yu's smile was gone, her tone growing increasingly stern.

  A sum of ten thousand taels is an astronomical figure for anyone, and even the treasury of the current Zhao state may not have such a large amount. Without collateral, Madame Yu would not easily lend it out, no matter how generous she was.

  Qin Yi's current worth is less than forty taels of gold, what does he have to mortgage?

  "Can it be offset like this?" Qin Yiren seemed to think that the matter of mortgage was a trivial problem, and handed the brocade box from under the curtain.

  A soft sound of opening a brocade box came over, presumably Madame Yu was opening it.

  "Ah!" Madame Yu's exclamation rang out, somewhat astonished.

  "Is this... a brush?" Madame Yu's voice was full of shock, with a hint of sudden realization: "A brush can be used like this?"

  The brush made by Qin Yiren is different from the brushes used in the Warring States period only in one place, that is, the wolf hair bundle is tightly fixed in the bamboo tube, rather than being tied to the end of the bamboo tube.

  Although there is only one change, the change brought about is earth-shaking, its applicability has increased greatly, no longer leaking ink or dropping ink.

  "Is it useful?" Such a brush, even with Yu Furen's extraordinary insight, was greatly shocked.

  "Madam will know at once." Qin Yiren reminded with a smile on his lips.

  "Wait for a moment, young master." Madame Yu threw out a sentence and then there was no more movement, only a faint sound of footsteps grew distant, presumably to try the brush.

  Qin Yiren heard it in his ears, and the smile in his eyes grew thicker. He thought to himself: "I will definitely return with a full load today."

  Qin Yiren came to Weifeng Business House this time with a purpose, borrowing money was just an excuse. The key is to test the character of Weifeng Business House. If possible, they would cooperate in the long term, not only getting benefits from Weifeng Business House but also restoring contact with Qin State through them. After a round of probing, Qin Yiren was very satisfied with Weifeng Business House and prepared to cooperate with them in the long term, then he took out his brush pen.

  "Whoosh!" The curtain was suddenly lifted, and a slender figure appeared.

  Qin Yiren fixed his eyes on him and exclaimed in his heart "Top-notch, top-notch".

  This is a noble and elegant woman, who dares not gaze at her directly. She has a slender figure, wearing deep-colored clothes, with an upper garment and a lower skirt, cut extremely elegantly. Her hair is styled in a bun, adorned with jade pins, adding a hint of nobility to her temperament.

  A pair of eyes as clear as water, with a mesmerizing power that can captivate one's soul, even Liu Xiahui would lose his composure.

  "Such a top-notch woman, rarely seen in the world, even in today's society where beauties are rampant online, it's still hard to come by. If one could take her to bed, she would surely make them feel like they're dying of desire." Qin Yiren wasn't an animal controlled by his lower body, but seeing this woman, he couldn't help but have a physical reaction.

  Look at those beautiful legs again, although the skirt blocks them, and the beauty of the legs is unknown, but they are slender and prominent, making people have endless reveries.

  "If these legs were wrapped around my waist, it would be wonderful beyond words! Wonderful beyond words!" Qin Yiren thought to himself.

  The only pity is that the woman's face was covered with a veil, so I don't know what she looks like. However, judging from her figure, it should be good too. Even if her face resembles Zhu Bajie's, paired with this rare and wonderful body, she would still be an extremely exceptional woman.

  Qin Yiren's heart was greatly moved by the wolf-like ambition, but on the surface, he pretended to be calm and composed, with clear eyes that showed no signs of excitement or ferocity.

  Madam Yu looked at it with great surprise, slightly nodded her head in approval. This slight nod, though light, was full of infinite charm, as if it could melt men's hearts.

  "Sir, this pen is very useful, I am willing to buy it for ten thousand gold." Madame Yu's vermilion lips lightly opened, her crisp and pleasant voice sounded again, giving people a feeling of being bathed in the warmth of spring.

  A sum of ten thousand taels is no small amount, but Madame Yu was very generous.

  "Thank you for your kindness, Mrs. Xie, but I'm not selling." Qin Yiren refused outright.

  "Oh." Madame Yu was quite surprised, her clear and calm eyes stopped on Qin Yiren, somewhat puzzled: "Young master, is it not enough?"

  "It's not a matter of having more or less money, but I know a principle: if you want to eat eggs, you have to keep the hen that lays them." Qin Yiren shook his head with a smile.

  "Good insight." Madame Yu praised and said: "Young master has already made up his mind, if I say more it's useless, let's follow your plan. You three, me seven, how about that?"

  "Deal!" The Weifeng Chamber of Commerce had to put in the work and materials, but still had to sell it, while Qin Yiren only contributed an idea, yet got a 30% share. This was already very high, so Qin Yiren had no reason to haggle over the price anymore.

  "Madam is majestic! Others admire!" Without any haggling, she directly quoted a price of thirty-seven, which required great audacity. Qin Yiren couldn't help but feel admiration.

  "Too kind of you, young master. Let's just sign a contract then." Madam Yu was straightforward and efficient in her dealings, never dragging things out unnecessarily.

  "It should be so!" Qin Yiren also had this meaning, empty words are useless, and evidence must be left behind.

  Madam Yu ordered someone to bring over a bamboo slip and wrote a contract on it with the brush sent by Qin Yiren.

  The handwriting is bold and majestic, completely unlike what a woman would write. Generally speaking, women's writing has a delicate and elegant air, one glance and you can tell it was written by a woman. If Qin Yiren hadn't seen with his own eyes that it was written by Madame Yu, he would have definitely thought it was written by a man.

  "A woman is not inferior to a man!" The words were just like the person, Qin Yiren silently praised in her heart.

  Madam Yu took out another seal and stamped it on top.

  "Pure!" Madame Yu's seal had only one character, which was an ancient script, and according to the predecessor's memory, it was a "pure" word.

  "Could it be..." Qin Yiren thought of a famous woman and couldn't help but feel surprised.

  After Qin Yiren stamped the seal, Madame Yu took a carved knife and cut the bamboo slips in half from the middle. She and Qin Yiren each took one half. In case of any dispute in the future, the two halves would be put together again and dealt with according to the law.

  "Since Cangjie created characters until now, Huaxia has been suffering from the difficulty of writing. This pen has solved this problem very well and is selling extremely well. I'll pay you 1,000 taels of gold first." Madame Yu's magnanimity was once again displayed: "Consider the gold that Master owes to Wei Feng Merchant House as a gift to Master."