Chapter 221: It's Hard to Stand Alone
At that time, in the living room of the city lord's mansion, a man and a woman sat on the main seat. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info
The man was handsome and chic, with an extraordinary bearing, sitting on the main seat, and his noble and majestic momentum was not much better than that of the city lord.
The woman is veiled and masked, very young, with picturesque eyebrows, bright eyes, and shimmering wisdom. Sitting next to such an excellent handsome man is not inferior.
Everyone knows that man, he is Zhou Chengkuan and Zhou Gongzi, who grew up in the city lord's mansion since he was a child, and he is deeply respected by the city lord, and he is like a brother with the young city lord, and even General Qi attaches great importance to him and trusts him. Now the affairs of the Xue family's money village are fully responsible for him.
And although the woman was masked, everyone also knew that it was not a young lady from any family in Lianbi City, because everyone had already rumored that a strange woman came from the Medicine King Valley, who not only cured General Qi's illness, but also helped Zhou Chengkuan solve this very tricky money bank robbery incident.
It is said that Liancheng Qianzhuang took advantage of this rush to repay the money for depositing money, and the policy of signing an agreement to borrow silver was also proposed by this young lady.
The first person sitting on the left is the most prestigious among the merchants, the founder of Fengxiang Teahouse, Mrs. Shen. Old lady Shen is over seventy years old this year, and although her body is still healthy, she doesn't go out much. The reason why Mrs. Shen went to the appointment in person today was because she was very curious about this little girl who could turn the tide and save the entire Qi family and Lian Bicheng, and wanted to come and see what was going on.
The first person sitting on the right is Second Master Xue, although Second Master Xue has basically disappeared in Lianbi City in recent years. But in this moment of crisis, he did not flee from Lianbi City like Xue Baokun, but stepped forward, which is really admirable.
Further down, there are the bosses or shopkeepers of the major merchants. Everyone knows that today is a big event to talk about the exchange of silver, so those who have come have done the Lord's work.
Song Man arranged for his subordinates to serve tea, and seeing that the people invited tonight had also arrived, he smiled at everyone with a smile on his face, bowed his hand, and said: "Thank you bosses and shopkeepers for taking the time to go to the appointment today, Song Mou thanked everyone on behalf of the City Lord's Mansion." The lord of the castle has something to do and can't come. But the city lord said that tonight's discussion meeting is in charge of this Miss Zhou, and what Miss Zhou said is what the city lord said. After speaking, he took a deep look and slowly retreated behind Lin Wan.
Lin Wan sat still, smiled slightly, nodded to everyone, and said, "You are all old-timers in the mall, and the younger generations don't want to go around the bend and don't want to delay everyone's precious time." Lin Wan paused and said: "In business, interests are of course the primary consideration. We don't talk about hypocrisy, how can we get everyone back their money, and even get greater benefits, is the purpose of our discussion tonight. ”
After listening to Lin Wan's words, everyone turned their heads sideways and exchanged opinions with several business owners around them, and nodded their heads in agreement.
Old Lady Shen looked at Lin Wan with sharp eyes, and slowly asked, "Miss Zhou is from the capital, right?"
Lin Wan smiled slightly, shook his head and said, "Old lady Shen, it doesn't matter where the juniors come from, what matters is what the juniors' purpose is, right?"
Old Lady Shen nodded, and asked again, "What is Miss Zhou's purpose?"
Lin Wan smiled faintly and looked around at the people in the hall: "You are all old merchants who have been operating in Lianbi City for decades, I believe everyone hopes that Lianbi City will be as prosperous and stable as it has been in the past few decades, so that everyone can continue to live and work here in peace and contentment, right?"
Everyone looked at Lin Wan, waiting for her next step, no one was easy to fool, and they didn't want to express their stance casually.
Lin Wan didn't need everyone's answer, and continued: "Lian Bicheng wants to be stable, of course, it can't do without the protection of the Eastern Qi army, over the years, although the Xue family has been supplying the military supplies of the Eastern Qi army, but it is also inseparable from everyone's help. Without everyone here, the Xue family is also difficult to support. ”
This remark made everyone's hearts very useful, and they exchanged glances with each other and nodded their heads one after another.
A middle-aged man dressed in brocade clothes frowned and said, "Miss Zhou, please tell me directly, what is the purpose of your invitation to us today?
Lin Wan shook his head slowly and said, "Shopkeeper Zhu, don't worry. You don't have to worry, since you are here today, of course I will give you an explanation. The younger generation hereby promises that none of you will suffer, let alone use identity and force to force you to agree to any conditions, even if we have the ability. ”
This is said very domineeringly, but all the people here are smart people, and they all know that she is telling the truth. The hall suddenly fell silent, and all eyes were focused on Lin Wan's body, waiting for her to continue.
Lin Wanjian suppressed these old foxes, couldn't help but relax a lot, and continued: "Everyone knows that Jubao Qianzhuang has been robbed this time, and with the current situation of the Xue family, it is not enough to repay all the debts. Therefore, if we don't intervene, all of you here will be victims, and the losses you will suffer will be enough to make you work hard for more than ten years in vain. ”
"Yes, all the money we have earned in the past few decades has been turned into a blank sheet of paper overnight, and we are told how to live! My old woman was very ill last night, and if she had any strengths and weaknesses, I had no choice but to follow her. The old shopkeeper of a grocery store looked sad, and tears appeared in his old eyes.
Lin Wan sighed lightly, and Wen Yan persuaded: "The old man doesn't need to panic, the government is already planning to intervene, otherwise how can he come to you to discuss?"
Old Lady Shen snorted coldly and said unceremoniously: "This time, the one who benefited the most was Liancheng Qianzhuang, who knows if someone is manipulating it behind the scenes?"
Everyone in the hall whispered, and everyone nodded their heads, indicating that they agreed with Old Lady Shen's statement. This remark just expressed the doubts in everyone's hearts, and some people have long suspected that the Qi family was dissatisfied with the Xue family, so they directed this play. Now that he saw Second Master Xue here, he suspected that all this was a conspiracy of their collusion with each other.
Lin Wan was not in a hurry, and waited for everyone's discussion to stop before he slowly spoke, and said, "The Xue family's ending today is inevitable, and it will be sooner or later. The Xue family's business has become bigger and bigger in recent years, although it looks extremely beautiful on the surface, but it has long been unable to make ends meet. In recent years, all that has been squandered is the silver deposited in the treasure bank, and a big hole has already been dug out of the bank's books. Whenever you want to take out your silver, the Xue family can't take it out. ”
As soon as these words came out, everyone was in an uproar, and their eyes all looked at Second Master Xue.
Xue Baoliang looked at Lin Wan in surprise and blurted out, "You, how do you know?" (To be continued.) )