Chapter 553: Exploitation
"What's going on? Didn't you send someone to investigate?" Sun Xuanshu asked the steward a little angrily.
The steward smiled bitterly, what is the status of the Pingchuan Marquis Mansion in the capital, no one knows better than him who stays in the capital all the year round, although he is the husband of the eldest princess, but the eldest princess of Ruyang herself has no status in the capital, let alone her husband?
In the early years, some people still remember that the Marquis of Pingchuan was a victorious general on the battlefield, but now, when people mentioned the Marquis of Pingchuan, they would also talk about his demeanor on the battlefield, but now, they only remember that he is the husband of the eldest princess of Ruyang, who is not very compatible with today.
Nothing else can be said.
Therefore, the Pingchuan Marquis Mansion is in Beijing, it can be described as a small and transparent, and it is even more insignificant than the third-rate nobles of the people, and they go out not to take the name of the Pingchuan Marquis Mansion, but also to take the name of the Sun Mansion.
Because of the fear of attracting the attention of the emperor, so the Pingchuan Marquis Mansion did business in Beijing, and it was the chief manager Sun Qi who came forward, and after a long time, people called Sun the general manager Sun Boss, and the name of Sun Qi in the shopping mall was much more useful than that of the Pingchuan Hou.
But even if Sun Qi's name is useful, it is not easy to check the Wang family's shop.
The steward served tea to Sun Xuanshu and said, "Before, the Wang family's shop suddenly had a good business, and it can be described as a daily income and gold. The steward looked at Sun Xuanshu at a loss, as if he didn't understand what this was, and said that this master was a person who didn't care about anything, so he didn't know the importance of gifts between relatives, and he wanted to explain it to him, but then he thought about it.
He continued, "But the last time, not only did they not give gifts, but they also picked and chose the gifts we sent. β
"What kind of noble person have they climbed, so they don't think they need to take our family in their eyes?" Although Sun Xuanshu is not sophisticated, he still has some concepts of basic etiquette.
Wang Zixian's shop used to tie up with his own family in order to have a backer in Nanchu, and now this kind of behavior means that they have found a better backer, ......right?
"And then?"
"I originally thought that the Wang family was a relative of the second lady, so I helped take care of it, they found a better backer, we don't have to take care of it, it's also a good thing, the small one didn't take it to heart, but a few days, someone in the market over the Wang family shop made trouble, the small one didn't think much about it, and then I heard that the Wang family shop was made trouble, and it seemed to be quite a big trouble. β
"Then they didn't come to the door, looking for you to help settle it?"
The steward sneered, of course there was! But because the stewards of the Wang family had no face for their own family before, the chief steward Sun Qi ordered to ignore it.
The general manager of Sun Qi represents their Pingchuan Hou Mansion, and the Wang family is just a relative of the second lady, and everyone has no face for their own family, do they still force themselves to go up? When something happens, they come to the door, and when they are proud, they step on them? What is their Pingchuan Hou Mansion?
So the chief manager spoke, and the steward was happy to obey his fate, but now facing Sun Xuanshu, the steward was inevitably a little confused.
Sun Xuanshu didn't care, what he was concerned about was, "Who went to Wang's shop to make trouble?"
"I heard that it was a few noble ladies in Beijing, and I don't know how they offended them. The steward looked at Sun Xuanshu carefully.
Sun Xuanshu thought for a while and asked, "After that, the Wang family's shop will be closed?"
"It should be!" To be honest, he has a lot of things to do, how can he have the leisure to keep an eye on the Wang family's shop, if he hadn't happened to pass by two days ago, he really didn't know that the Wang's shop was closed.
"Send someone to check, even if the store is closed and no business is done, will all the people working in it run away? β
"Yes. When I heard that the young lady from the second room had taken a fancy to Wang Zixian, and Wang Zixian's original fiancΓ©e had broken off the marriage contract with him, the steward was shocked and hurriedly asked about the time.
After knowing the time, I realized that the guys in the Wang family would suddenly not give gifts, and they were picky in every way, I was afraid that after knowing Sun Cuichan's actions, Wang Zixian was dissolved from the marriage contract, and felt that the Sun family would have to take him to the Wang family in the future, otherwise Sun Cuichan's life in the Wang family would definitely be difficult.
As for the later incidents, they came to the door for help and were refused, so the stewards simply closed their doors and did not do business, but these things, the stewards of the Sun Mansion did not know.
Of course, he didn't know that the steward of the Wang family asked them for help to no avail, and when he learned that Li Qianqian and they had returned to Beijing, he came to ask for help.
"The steward of the Wang family?"
"Yes. The chief manager replied with the post, she wanted to give the post to Li Qianqian, but Li Qianqian didn't even look at it.
"What are they looking for me?"
The chief manager thought for a moment and said, "The slave maid heard a few days ago that a noble girl went to the Wang family's shop to make trouble, and the Wang family stewards couldn't bear it, so they went to the Pingchuan Hou Mansion for help, but the Pingchuan Hou Mansion didn't even let them in. I don't know what the relationship between the two families is, but then I probably heard about the relationship between you and Miss Ji, so you came to the door, right?"
The reason why the internal manager guessed so much was because she didn't know the relationship between the Wang family and the Pingchuan Marquis Mansion, and she also didn't know that Miss Zhang, who followed Li Qianqian back to the mansion, had a marriage contract with the son of the Wang family.
"Miss Ji? What does this have to do with Ji Yaoshen? Don't tell me, Ji Yaoshen and others went to the Wang family shop to make trouble. β
The manager smiled bitterly, "It's not Miss Ji's willingness, she was implicated." β
Ji Yaoshen has a lot of fame in the circle of nobles in Beijing, especially after talking about Li Qianqian's whereabouts before, Gao Gongzi and they will go out of Beijing because of this, although several young ladies in Prince Ping's Mansion are not close to her, but it doesn't matter, there are many noblewomen in Beijing who want Ji Yaoshen to befriend.
Prince Ping has a lot of children, but like Ji Yaoshen, the outer room girl who picked up him halfway is quite favored, which is almost rare!
Ji Yaoshen's appearance inherits the advantages of both parents, plus she has studied in the boudoir over the years, and has been favored by Prince Ping, her aunt gave birth to her younger brother a few years ago, judging from the above conditions, she is really a good candidate for daughter-in-law, especially she is also a friend of the emperor's daughter with the former celebrity Li Jingshi.
The Li Sect Master has been in the capital for a few years, and the people who can be called friends with him, except for Ji Yaoshen, are gone, and these people who can't get married to Li Jingshi's father and son, and Li Qianqian, all regard Ji Yaoshen as an important person.
Of course, there are also people like Gao Gongzi and them, who feel that Li Jingshi will be favored by the emperor for only a few years, and there is no need to show favor at all, as for Li Qianqian, that is a village girl from the countryside, what is there to talk about? But for Ji Yaoshen, they still tend to make friends, after all, her father is Prince Ping, even if he used to be a foreign maid, what if he used to be a foreign maid?
I didn't look at the old age, after entering the house even pregnant with two children, although the first child fell, but then I was pregnant again, and also gave birth to a healthy and lively boy, which has entered middle age, the prince of Ping who has not added children in the house for many years is very proud, what does this mean? This means that he is not old!
It can also give birth to healthy offspring!
For this, he is very fond of Ji Yaoshen's mother and daughter, and because of this, even if Prince Ping wants to make a move on their mother and daughter, she has to go around the bend.
According to the general manager, a friend of Ji Yaoshen's boudoir went to the Wang family shop to buy things, and the Wang family's shop sold spices, groceries from Zhao State, as well as fabrics imported from Eastern Qi and Western Vietnam, etc., the internal manager did not know that Ji Yaoshen's friend went to the Wang family's shop, but knew that after the noble girl bought the Wang family's things, when she went to other shops, she found that the Wang family was expensive, and if the price difference was only a fraction, the noble girl would not be counted.
The deviation is half, which means that she can buy one at the Wang family, and she can buy two at another house, which is not a big gap!
It's obvious that there are pit people!
If that noble lady has a gentle temper and may not make a fuss, why bother? Go home and complain, and let the government come forward to punish her.
Unfortunately, this noble girl who was also born in the clan had a very hot temper, and someone bullied her and told her to endure it.
In addition, some noble girls who cheered and watched the excitement were originally just a trivial matter, but in the end, the store had to close its doors to avoid trouble.
Ji Yaoshen's relationship with this noble girl was not very good, the county lord was born in the clan, so he was naturally better with Ji Yaoshen's sisters-in-law.
I don't know what is going on with this county lord, anyway, after meeting Ji Yaoshen a few times, she is very active in communicating with her, holding a banquet in the palace or holding a banquet outside the palace, as long as she is invited, she will take Ji Yaoshen to attend.
Ji Yaoshen's sisters were puzzled and envious.
You must know that among the daughters of Prince Ping, only the eldest daughter has been named the county lord, and there is still no title, but this county lord, who is a good friend of Ji Yao, has a title.
Who made her father a general in the dynasty, repeatedly made contributions to the emperor, he died young, and there was only one daughter under his knees, so the emperor specially named her the county lord of Fulin, and gave a county of Fulin as a fief, although the fief is not big, but it is much more beneficial than the county lord of Ji Yaoshen's eldest sister.
"She doesn't have a brother?"
"No, she just arrived this year, and I heard that she seems to have a good impression of the major general. The chief manager hesitated for a long time before he said to Li Qianqian.
"My eldest brother?" Li Qianqian was shocked, "Then she and Ji Yaoshen got close, also because of ......"
"Slave maid guess, it's because of the young general, the young general usually either goes to the barracks, or comes to our house, or goes to our shops in Beijing to inspect, as long as the young general comes, within a moment, Miss Ji and the county lord of Fulin will appear. β
Li Qianqian said in a shallow heart, I'll go, this chase is really obvious, no wonder there will be legends outside that the county lord of Fulin has a good impression of her eldest brother.
"She's an only daughter, and who's in the family?"
"There are also the wives of the brave generals, and then there are the concubines of the brave generals, and then there are the concubines born to them!"
The general's wife only gave birth to one daughter, the concubines are very blessed, some people have three, but unfortunately they are all daughters, if the general is still alive, even if he is a concubine, he can marry well, but unfortunately the general passed away, even if the general's wife wants them to marry better, so that they can become their daughter's arms in the future, but the general is dead, there is really no benefit in marrying his daughter, no matter how hard the general's wife runs, it can't change their fate.
Because the lord of Fulin County has a title and a fief, although the benefits of marrying her are not much, it is enough for many people.
So she is still good looking in the marriage market.
It's just unfortunate that she fell in love with Li Shaoxi.
She wants to marry, in addition to looking at the Li family, she also has to see whether the emperor is willing or not, but she doesn't understand these things at all, she only knows that she likes Li Shaoxi and wants to get close to him, so she tried her best, and finally she found Ji Yaoshen.
quarreled with the Wang family shop, probably because Ji Yao saw the joke and felt that she couldn't save face, so she would not give up, and she would definitely ask the Wang family shop to give her a reasonable explanation.
"Look, are we going to take care of this?"
"What's the matter?" Li Qianqian shook his head, "I went to see the steward of the Wang family, I just wanted to hear what they wanted to say, Miss Zhang has nothing to do with them now, but I have to guard against them and take out her marriage with Wang Gongzi to talk about it." β
Whether it is the dissolution of the marriage contract or the divorce, the woman will definitely be blamed more than the man, even if she is not at fault at all.
Li Qianqian didn't want the steward of the Wang family to take out the dissolved marriage contract to speak, so he had to stop their mouths first.
But really sitting in the hall, listening to the Wang family's housekeepers, you and I are making noise there, Li Qianqian suddenly felt very lucky, fortunately, Zhang Lao broke off the marriage contract with the Wang family early.
After listening for a long time, Li Qianqian raised his hand and asked them to stop talking, but the stewards of the Wang family said that they didn't take Li Qianqian seriously at all, just a strong request, asking Li Qianqian to send someone to their shop to guard, in case someone deliberately went to the shop to find trouble, and the lion opened his mouth widely, asking Li Qianqian to inject funds, and the requirements were very miscellaneous, but in a word, if Li Qianqian did not agree, they would not say good things for Zhang Duoli in front of Wang Zixian's parents.
Everyone in the hall was filled with righteous indignation, and they all clenched their fists, eager to step forward and beat them fatly.
"You mean that if I don't agree to your request, you will speak ill of Miss Zhang in front of Wang Gongzi's parents?"
"Exactly, Sect Master Li, your sect is now very dependent on Miss Zhang's master and apprentice, if Miss Zhang's life is not good after marriage because you did not agree to our request, don't blame us for not reminding you in advance!" The stewards of the Wang family still didn't know that the marriage between their son-in-law and Zhang Duoli had been canceled.
Although I knew that Sun Cuichan would enter the prince's room as a concubine, but I didn't know that because of this matter, the marriage was canceled, and I came to Li Qianqian, in addition to hoping to borrow her power to settle the county lord of Fulin, I also wanted to get benefits from it, although the sixth room was not very conspicuous in the Wang family, but who let the sixth lady have a good sister, who is the daughter-in-law of the eldest princess of Nanchu?
"I see, you can go. β
"Sect Master Li, you haven't given us an answer yet?" the leading steward of the Wang family asked.
Li Qianqian smiled, "This steward, you are too anxious, you came to the door rashly today, and made so many requests, do I not even think about it, I have to agree immediately?"
The stewards of the Wang family naturally knew that they were too anxious, could they be blamed for being in a hurry?
You must know that if this shop is not opened, it will lose a day's income, and if the lord of Fulin County holds on to them and keeps an eye on their shop for ten days and half a month, how can this loss be reported? They have privately raised the price to fill their pockets, but they have concealed it from their masters, and if this matter is not resolved and dragged on, I am afraid that all the money they have earned over the years will have to be filled back.
How does this work?
If Sect Master Li agreed to what they wanted, then not only would they not have to fill back what they earned, but they would also be able to earn several more sums.
Now I'm waiting for Li Qianqian's approval! But why is this dead girl so unreasonable! Several stewards of the Wang family saw that Li Qianqian didn't nod their heads, and wanted to send them away, so the anger came up, and Chunshou saw that their faces had changed, and they were all on guard.