This is simply a fairy dance, but Mr. Morsan has no reason to refuse. Sir Fox's meaning is very clear. He is a national member and is not allowed to participate in these large-scale commercial activities, especially the ocean shipping trade that is still smuggling. Therefore, although he entrusted Mr. Morsan to arrange a merchant ship and goods for him, it is best to change this receipt into an IOU.
If it is an IOU of five hundred gold crowns, then Sir Fox can occasionally mention it in front of others to leave a deep impression. After the merchant fleet returned, Mr. Morsan mortgaged a merchant ship and cargo to Sir Fox on the pretext that he had no money to repay. In this way, even if Sir Fox made a fortune, no one would gossip about him.
At that time, Mr. Morsan did not question whether it was unreasonable to mortgage a merchant ship loaded with specialties from the Nubisian continent and worth nearly ten times five hundred gold crowns to Sir Fox to repay the debt. At that time, his mind was filled with the golden scene of money, and he believed that the merchant fleet would definitely return safely. After all, the new route was only in their hands.
So Mr. Morsan happily wrote an IOU and asked his friend who was with him to sign it as a witness. He also complimented Sir Fox for his thoughtfulness. I remember that Bockaar’s father, Ruby Will, was also present at that time, and when he saw Mr. Morsan preparing to write an IOU, he secretly pulled him twice. It's a pity that Mr. Morsan didn't notice this. He thought it was a bit crowded because of the crowd, so he moved to an empty seat to write. Now that he thinks about it, he regrets it.
Claude finally understood. He had always thought it was a little strange. Didn't Mr. Morsan own two merchant ships in the merchant navy? The last time his father settled the accounts, he only remembered that his father had invested three hundred and fifty gold crowns, and then A loan of one hundred and fifty gold crowns was taken from the National Bank. This adds up to only five hundred gold crowns, which is only enough to invest in a merchant ship. It turns out that there is another merchant ship that belongs to Sir Fox, but it is just in his father's name.
Now that something has happened to the merchant fleet, all investors have lost their money, and they have to pay compensation and pensions to the families of the sailors and crew members to appease people's hearts. Mr. Morsanne thought that he was debt-free, but he didn't expect that Sir Fox asked Bill the Butcher, the boss of the Black Snake Society, to come to his door with the IOU and wanted to collect the debt of five hundred gold crowns.
Claude no longer knew what to say. His father was digging a hole to bury himself. He thought that everyone had suffered heavy losses, so Sir Fox would also accept the loss. But he didn't expect that Sir Fox had already prepared a back-up plan when he asked him to write an IOU. The five hundred gold crowns had become his debt. Although Sir Fox did not make a fortune from the merchant navy, he could get his own from him. Loss.
"What do they say when those who want to pay are gone?" Claude could only ask.
"Then, Bedelir Blanche of the Black Snake Society said, here, give me two days to raise funds to pay off the debt." Mr. Morsan covered his face in pain, tears falling from his fingers. When Beadle Blunt took out the IOU he wrote to Sir Fox and placed it in front of him, he immediately understood that he had been trapped. It was written in black and white, and there were also the signatures of those friends who were witnesses. The five hundred gold crowns A huge debt fell on his head
"What will happen if you don't have the money to repay the debt in two days?" Claude was thinking in his mind, should he go to the butcher Bill, the boss of the Black Snake Society, at night, maybe he could retrieve the words written by his father from his body. Zhang IOU, at this moment Claude has murderous intention.
"Two, two days later, no, if there is no money to pay back, he said he would ask a notary and a property appraiser from the National Bank to come over and assess how much our house is worth." Mr. Morsan looked up at the ceiling in despair.
"They want to use our big red brick house to pay off the debt."
Mr. Morsan shook his head in frustration: "It can't be worth it. The last time I got a loan of 150 gold crowns from the National Bank, this house was mortgaged. At that time, the appraised price was only 320 gold crowns. Even if I still have There are more than forty gold crowns, which is about one hundred and forty less. Without this house, where can I get so many gold crowns and give them back?"
"Can I borrow it?"
"Borrow" Mr. Morsan was startled, but soon became discouraged: "It's difficult. If the family members were not paid compensation and beard gold, it would not be difficult to raise five hundred gold crowns. But now they are like me. They have all dispersed their wealth, I am afraid it will be difficult to borrow money, and