latelenovela Chapter 1071
Chapter 1071
Chapter 1071
All the officials present were stunned, and then everyone felt a chill in their hearts!
They thought that Qin Yu had just finished speaking, but suddenly asked them whether they had signed a contract with those silk merchants. Wasn't it obvious that he was setting a trap for them?
Moreover, they got in on their own, and once they got in, there was no way they could get out, because Qin Yu was the crown prince of Daliang. Deceiving Qin Yu was a crime not much different from deceiving the emperor.
"Your Highness, we absolutely wouldn't dare to lie to you. We did sign a contract!"
"Yes! The contract is now in the government office. We will go back and get it for you!"
"We'll get the contract to you in three to five days at most!"
The officials said one after another.
Seeing these people were so understanding, Qin Yu said, "That's the best. Don't worry, I won't spread this news for a while. You guys should hurry up too!"
After saying that, Qin Yu turned and left.
These officials knew very well that Qin Yu was telling them to handle this matter as soon as possible, otherwise they would be in big trouble once those silk merchants came to their senses.
The officials hurried back to their provincial and county governments to find the silk merchants who had previously contacted them.
"Master Chen! Why did you rush us here so hastily?"
The silk merchant asked in a deep voice.
Master Chen chuckled and said, "Haha! I called you here this time because I hope to sign a contract with you to order 100,000 kilograms of silk. Moreover, the price is ten times the market price!"
Lord Chen felt that once the contract was handed over to Qin Yu, Yu Qian would be doomed to death. In this case, he might as well offend him more thoroughly and directly sign a contract worth ten times the amount!
In this way, he could also please Qin Yu and give himself an extra way out.
"What! Sir Chen! Are you kidding us? I'm not even talking about whether you can grow 100,000 kilograms of silk a year. Just talking about this ten times the price, why should I give it to you?"
The silk merchant said coldly.
"What if I can't pay you 100,000 kilograms of silk, and I give you ten times the penalty?"
Lord Chen said in a deep voice.
what!
Hearing what Lord Chen said, the silk merchant was so shocked that his jaw dropped. From what Lord Chen said, it seemed that after signing the contract, he had no intention of giving him silk at all, and he simply wanted to pay him liquidated damages!
"Master Chen! You must be kidding me! For 100,000 kilograms of silk, I must at least give you a 10% deposit. At ten times the price, this 10% deposit must be at least 10,000 taels of silver!"
"The penalty for breach of contract must be at least ten times that amount. In this case, that would be 100,000 taels of silver. Do you have that much silver?"
The silk merchant said with a look of disbelief.
"I really don't have that much money, but His Royal Highness the Crown Prince does!"
Lord Chen said.
"What do you mean?"
Silk merchants became interested.
Afterwards, Lord Chen exaggerated the story of Qin Yu. Of course, he said that Qin Yu would cover for them, not that Qin Yu planned to cheat them out of a big sum of money!
"That's great! Isn't this like giving us silver? Don't worry, Master Chen, once we get the 100,000 taels of silver, you'll definitely benefit from it!"
The silk merchant said with a smug look on his face.