During the Jiajing period of the Ming Dynasty, there was a merchant surnamed Liang in Cangzhou, and his family ranked eighth. Everyone called him Liang Ba.
The family was originally wealthy, but they had no choice but to operate poorly, lose money in business, and owe a lot of foreign debt.
Debt collectors are almost lined up all over the street, and people from the family come to collect debts every day.
Liang Ba could only tear down the east wall to make up for the west wall, but to no avail, the debt he owed was still so much.
Liang Ba really had no choice but to run away and discuss with his wife at night. If the two ran away together, it would be easy to be discovered.
Liang Ba has been in business for many years, and he still knows some laws about debt. He can pretend to divorce his wife and break away from the relationship with his wife, so that the wife does not have to bear the debt.
But after negotiating with his wife, this is a fake divorce, just to escape debts. After saving enough money and repaying the debts, the divorce can be cancelled.
Liang Ba had operated in Huizhou before. When he went to join an old friend, he naturally ran to Huizhou and set off overnight.
Next to the road in Huizhou, there is an inn. The innkeeper is an old lady. That night, she had a dream that she had a lot of silver. The old lady wanted to take the silver.
At this time, a golden armored god appeared, saying that the silver was Liang Ba and she was not allowed to take it. When she woke up the next day, the old lady still remembered the dream clearly.
As long as it was just a dream, the old lady did not rest assured. Who knew that at noon, a guest came to the inn, and this person was called Liang Ba.
The old lady was also puzzled. With such a coincidence, the old lady was shocked and arranged for Liang Ba to go to the room, and the food and clothing expenses were arranged very properly.
He kindly advised Liang Ba to stay. The old lady's son died early, and now her daughter-in-law is unwilling to remarry in order to take care of herself.
The old lady was very touched and wanted to keep Liang Ba as her son-in-law.
Liang Ba refused: "I already have a wife at home, although I have taken a leave, it is a leave and cannot be remarried."
The old lady burst into tears, struggling to retain her.
Liang Ba thought to himself that he owed a lot of foreign debt and his future was bleak. At least he would have a place to live here. If he earned money in the future, he would explain the situation to Yixiu's wife and take a concubine.
In this way, Liang Ba lived in peace, and the family lived comfortably after marriage.
On this day, Liang Ba went to the city to buy goods for the inn. Passing by a barren mountain, he saw a white rabbit. He was overjoyed and chased all the way to a cave.
The cave was very cool. Liang Ba sat down to rest, but the rabbit didn't catch up. He was very annoyed and picked up a stone and wanted to smash it into the deep hole.
But when he picked up the stone, Liang Ba saw that there was something luminous in the stone. Liang Ba traveled around in business and was well informed.
Knowing that the stone should be silver ore, he quickly came back.
When I told my family about it, my family advised me not to make any noise. I bought the mountain and opened a silver mine, which would make endless money.
The old lady took out the money she had saved for a generation to buy the mountain for Liang Ba. From then on, Liang Ba earned more and more money.
After becoming the richest man in the local area, Liang Ba returned to Cangzhou with his wife, paid off all foreign debts, and burned the divorce letter. The new wife was willing to be a concubine, but her ex-wife was also reasonable.
After dealing with these, Liang Ba brought his family to Huizhou, bought a lot of fields, and opened several pawn shops.
The business gets bigger and bigger, and the family lives a happy life.
One night, Liang Ba had a dream. A golden-armored god told Liang Ba that Liang Ba saved hundreds of fish with mercy in his previous life and spent dozens of silver taels, so he had a silver mine in this life.
In life, you still have to do more good deeds, every bit has cause and effect. Evil deeds end, good deeds result, good deeds must be rewarded, and evil deeds must be rewarded.