Among them, several elderly merchants had already fainted from crying, and the cries in the crowd were even stronger, at this time, the family members of the Guan Mansion stood in a line with sticks in hand to maintain order, and Guan Kaihui walked out with heavy steps and his back hand.

"Rank peers, please be quiet, I, Guan Mou, have been groping and rolling in Qiman Town for nearly 50 years, and I have never encountered such an incident, but as citizens of Nanyang Country, we should abide by the national law and pay the rental fee as soon as possible. ”

"Guan's mood, now it is the same as the rank, now the column seeks to Guan's door, that is to look up to me Guan, Guan is very moved, but, the Guan family's business has not been ideal in recent years, the silver stored in the family is in addition to the turnover of normal trading and the expenses of thousands of people in the family, the rest is only enough to pay the rent, and there is nothing I can do to lend half a bit of silver to you, I'm really sorry!"

"Please Master Guan to call the shots for us......"

"Master Guan, you can't see death without saving wow, our family pointed to that shop and survived......"

"Please be merciful to Master Guan and save us poor little merchants......"

All of a sudden, the merchants in front of the door were gossiping, crying and shouting, and they all knelt on the ground, begging Guan Kaihui to come to the rescue.

"Everyone be quiet, don't hide it, Guan Mou has also received everyone's help in his daily life, just by virtue of this, I, Guan Mou, should do everything to help everyone, but the Guan family is also a fish in the fire, and I really can't turn over!"

"Master Guan, you can buy our shop in your hands......."

"Master Guan, I am willing to give you the fifth layer of equity in my hand, please think of a way to help me get through this crisis......"

All of a sudden, a few people fainted in the crowd, and the crying became more and more numerous, Guan Kaihui was in a hurry, rubbing his hands together, wandering alone in front of the door, and when he was young, the crowd all knelt on the ground and kept kowtowing to him.

"Everyone be quiet, let me give you an answer in a certain day's time, I will do my best to solve this matter for you, now please all get up, hurry back to prepare for the silver two, I will give you an answer in a day, okay?"

Guan Kaihui shouted at the top of his voice, and the merchants kneeling on the ground heard him agree, and they all burst into tears and laughed, kowtowing and thanking.

He Xiu understood the reason why Guan Zhihe had not appeared for a long time, and returned to the Hidden Mountain in a dull mood, gnawing on a pigeon, thinking about how to help those merchants.

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but smile bitterly, as a poor person, he couldn't even take care of himself, and he actually took up this leisure, He Xiu changed the position of the Guan family, thinking that Guan Kaihui agreed to those merchants in public, he must have his own abacus, after all, the conditions offered by those merchants are really attractive, if the Guan family can come up with enough silver taels to buy the transactions of those merchants, they will be able to return to their capital in less than three months, and then, they will be able to sit in the cashier two without a little effort.

Early in the morning of the second day, He Xiu hastily filled his stomach and came to the gate of the Guanfu on time, standing at the outermost part of the crowd, waiting anxiously.

As a group of housekeepers armed with sticks ran out fiercely, forming a column to control the crowd, Guan Kaihui swaggered out, and He Xiu saw a man in his early thirties standing behind him.

"Let everyone wait for a long time, stay awake for a night, think about it, and think of a not very comprehensive way, and then the young man next to me will interpret it to you. ”

After Guan Kaihui finished speaking, he stepped aside, and the well-dressed man took a step away, cleared his throat and said, "Hello everyone, I am Master Guan's big butler, Qiao Shenming, now everyone listens to my arrangement, consciously stands in a line, and comes to me one by one to report the name and details of the family's business, and the shortage of silver taels. ”

The merchants consciously lined up, and Qiao Shenming sat in front of a desk and carefully interrogated each merchant's specific situation.

Time passed quickly, and after the last merchant made a report, Guan Kaihui said loudly, "Please wait for a while, Butler Rong Qiao will screen on the spot, I hope you don't have to worry." ”

When the merchants below heard it, it seemed that they were not all helping, but they were going to be screened, and there were a lot of crying voices for a while, but He Xiu saw that Qiao Shenming was not affected at all, but was writing and painting back and forth with the brush in his hand, and his expression was quite serious.

After a stick of incense, Qiao Shenming stood up, took a piece of paper full of writing, and said loudly, "Merchants whose names I have read, please stand on my right hand." ”

As Qiao Shenming read out the names of more than forty merchants on the paper, the remaining merchants on the left all scolded, and their emotions were extremely angry, scolding the Guan family for falling into the well, and only picking the merchants with the greatest interests to lend a hand, and then there was a commotion at the scene, and the people standing in the first row on the left began to surge in front of the gate of the Guan Mansion, and the family members with sticks were almost unable to support it.

With Guan Kaihui's eyes, Qiao Shenming waved his hand, and thirty more family members with sticks participated in it, and the merchants who had lost their minds began to push backwards, until another thirty swordsmen ran out to stabilize the chaotic situation.

Guan Kaihui bowed deeply to the remaining merchants, "I'm sorry everyone, I, Guan Mou, really can't take out more silver taels to help everyone, please Haihan!"

"Old man Guan, if you don't save yourself when you die, you will be retributed......"

"Guan Kaihui, you can't die well......."

He Xiu saw the remaining merchants beating their chests and smashing their heads, sitting on the ground like shrews scolding the street, and refused to leave, Guan Kaihui introduced the more than 40 merchants into the mansion and did not show up, leaving Qiao Shenming to personally supervise the scene and maintain the situation.

He Xiu saw it in his eyes and was anxious in his heart, he could fully understand that Guan Kaihui's decision was undoubtedly the most correct, even if he had enough silver taels in his hands to buy all these merchants, but there was no guarantee that he would be able to make money, he could only pick merchants who had enough interests for him to cooperate.

The business sea is ruthless, and people are ruthless, this is the mentality that buyers and sellers should have.

This farce gradually ended at ten o'clock in the afternoon, Qiao Shenming left the ninety family members to take care of the courtyard, and walked in by himself.

What He Xiu was worried about finally happened, and the remaining merchants drove the carriage to move out after they returned.

He Xiu walked above the market and saw that nearly 30 percent of the shops were sealed, and the number of residents shopping was also much reduced.

About ten days after the incident, the residents of Qiman Town began to panic, because the remaining merchants advanced the ten-year rental fee and were anxious to recoup the cost, as if they had negotiated it, and increased the price of the items by nearly three times compared to before.

As a result, many residents could not afford to buy daily necessities, and even there was a shortage of food, and a large number of residents drove horse-drawn carts to other places to buy food.

The residents of Qiman Town, united, all gathered in front of Guo's mansion to ask for an explanation, for five days in a row, Guo Fengxiao did not show up, and the residents did not dare to be too presumptuous, but just surrounded Guo's mansion, intending to stay up until Guo Fengxiao came forward to give an explanation.

He Xiu also participated in these teams, looking at the panicked faces of these people, he remembered the previous situation of being hungry, and couldn't help but sigh again and again, hoping that Guo Mansion could open the relief food to help the residents tide over the difficulties.

"Don't rub around here, the Chang family has opened their granary to the outside world, and the price is twice as much as those merchants, everyone go buy it!"

Behind the curtain, a man appeared behind the crowd and shouted at the crowd, and when the residents heard such a good thing, they all got up and ran away, and He Xiu followed the team and ran outside the Changfu Gate.

When He Xiu rushed over, he saw three rows of endless queues, each of them raised their heads and tiptoed, just afraid that there would be no food to buy when it was their turn, He Xiu inadvertently saw a familiar face in the second row of queues, he thought carefully, it was the Guan family's family.

He Xiu secretly wondered to himself, it must be Guan Kaihui who sent someone to inquire about the news, could it be that he also wanted to open a warehouse and sell grain?

After about three incense sticks, He Xiu saw Chang An standing on a high platform with his waist crossed, "Don't worry, our Chang family has plenty of food, I guarantee that everyone can buy food, please tell your neighbors when you go back, just say, my Chang family will sell food here every day to provide everyone's food and clothing, do you understand?"

The residents who bought the food knelt down one after another, thanking Dade in their mouths, praising the righteousness of the Chang family, Chang An enjoyed his face, and his neck was also higher.

He Xiu saw that after the Guan family's family bought a bag of grain, he left in a hurry, and walked out of the team, following behind, the family entered through the back door of the Guan Mansion, and He Xiu followed in.

He groped his way to Sha Jiannan's bedroom and saw that he was still drinking alone, "Mr. Sha, have you ever seen He'er?"

Sha Jiannan pressed He Xiu on the stool, poured him a bowl of spirits, and said, "See, He'er is very good, you don't have to worry about that leisure, come, let's just drink." ”

He Xiu stood up and pushed the bowl aside, "Mr. Sha, please invite He'er here, I have something important to inform her." ”

The smile on Sha Jiannan's face disappeared, but he still put down the wine jar and stepped forward, He Xiu sat on the stool alone, thinking about the problem.

At tea time, Guan Zhihe pushed the door in, ran forward, and hugged He Xiu;

He Xiu also hugged her tightly, and all the thoughts saved in the past few days were fulfilled at this moment, stroking her apricot cheeks, and said tenderly, "He'er, if I haven't seen you for the past few days, I'm like a soul lost and died, and besides, such a big thing happened in Guanfu, why didn't you send someone to inform me?"

Guan Zhihe's eyes were as gentle as water, and she looked straight at him, "Brother He Xiu, you heard He'er say, my father came back the day after his return, and the government sent someone to report the news. ”

"No," He Xiu stroked her green silk, "He'er, I just saw a member of your family buying food in Changfu, what's the matter?