For several days in a row, the snow in Jinling has no end meaning, sprinkled day after day, the snow has reached the calf, listen to the old people on the street said, this heavy snow is really rare in a hundred years. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

Although the heavy snow is a good sign, but the snow has gone too far, the snow on the street has not been removed, and even the carriage can't pass, and most people can only hold the soup woman and stay at home to see their wives and children.

"What's going on?"

Ji Yao looked at the account book in front of him, and couldn't help frowning, Chang Xi on the side came over when he heard the words, and before he could carefully look at the doorway on the account book, he heard Chang Ji Yao say in a deep voice: "Several shops on Wangchun Road in the west of the city have been sold, and the price is still so low. ”

"Miss Wangchun Road, is it that very dilapidated old street? There are not many people there, and it is normal for the price to be lower." Chang Xi blinked, thinking carefully about that place, there were indeed few people.

Ji Yao shook his head and said with great certainty: "That old street should be under the jurisdiction of the East Palace, I heard before that a new market will be built there soon, and the street will also be expanded." ”

"The new market will definitely attract a lot of people, and the price of the shop will naturally be several times higher than now, as far as I know, many people can't buy a good shop in line, and our shops are in such a good location that they were sold at a low price, which is really incredible!"

Ji Yao flipped through a few more pages, but she really couldn't let go of this shop, so she turned her head sideways and said to Chang Xi: "You go and find Donglan, I want to ask for clarity." ”

"Yes. ”

Chang Xi responded, and hurriedly ran out, Ji Yao looked through and found that there were many shops in other places that had been transferred at low prices, and he was really shocked, the Chang family had received very little silver in the past two months, and looking at the mark on it, it seemed that even a few big households who often came and went had severed their relationship.

Thinking of the second uncle's behavior in the past few days, Ji Yao's doubts became deeper and deeper, Donglan always followed the second uncle, thinking about what he should know.

"Lady looking for me?"

Hearing Donglan's voice coming from the door, Ji Yao hurriedly beckoned to him and said, "Donglan, come over quickly, let's see if this account book is wrong?"

Donglan slowly walked towards Ji Yao, but he didn't reach out to take the meaning of the account book, and only then hesitated to look at Ji Yao's surprised gaze: "I remember that the account book is right, those shops are indeed sold out at a very low price." ”

"Do you know why?" Ji Yao saw his expression, and knew that he must know what had happened, so he asked.

Donglan nodded, and did not hide what she meant, and said bluntly: "Miss had an accident at that time, and the Chang family was so busy all of a sudden, the second master said that he really couldn't manage it, and he wanted to shrink the industry and keep the foundation, so he sold the unnecessary places." ”

"Unnecessary?" Ji Yao repeated, as if he couldn't believe his ears, at that time, the East Palace had close contacts with the Chang family, and the west of the city was going to rebuild the market and expand the road, how could the second uncle not know?

Ji Yao glanced at the account book with lowered eyes, and said in a low voice: "You go and check, who are these shops sold to?" ”

The person beside him didn't move when he heard this, Ji Yao glanced sideways, stared at him tightly at his appearance of wanting to speak and stopped, and said in surprise: "What?"

"There's no need to check, these shops were sold to the Jiang family, and the second master had the heart to reconcile with the Jiang family, saying that he was selling them a favor. Donglan said with a little hesitation.

"The Jiang family?"

Ji Yao was even more puzzled when he heard this, the Jiang family had already fallen out with the Chang Mansion, and the business dealings, even if it was a copper plate transaction, did not come and go, the second uncle knew that the two families would not reconcile easily, and he had to forcibly send this favor, which was really a bit abnormal.

"Donglan, how much business do you have now?"

"There are only 30 percent, and most of them are local grain merchants, cloth and a few shops in the east of the city. Donglan said honestly, he has been doing business with the eldest master and the second master since he was a child, and he knows a lot of doorways, so he naturally noticed the inappropriateness of the second master's approach.

He saw with his own eyes how the Chang family expanded the industry in a short period of time and became the leader among the Jinling merchants, so he naturally couldn't bear to see the Chang family fall. It's not that he hasn't stopped it, but what he gets is always a ridicule, and now that someone has finally taken care of this matter, Donglan is really a little happy.

Ji Yao bowed slightly, thought about it carefully, and said: "When the second uncle comes back, I will discuss with the second uncle and ask him to give you another thirty percent of the business, so that I can rest assured." ”

Donglan looked at her in surprise, Ji Yao did this tantamount to relieving the second master's authority, and asked with a pair of eyes uncertainly: "Miss, is this feasible? If the second master knew, would he ......?"

"Speaking of which, what is the second uncle going to do these days?" Ji Yao didn't answer the rhetorical question, Donglan suddenly hesitated when he heard this, and looked like he wanted to say and stopped, which made people look so anxious, and it took a long time to open his mouth before he spit out a few words, "Actually, the second master didn't say what to do, and I guessed it myself." ”

"If you know anything, say it, I have my own measure. Ji Yao stared at his eyes tightly, only feeling that this matter was not simple, and sure enough, he listened to Donglan say slowly, "Shopkeeper Chen and Shopkeeper Wang said that they were short of money and wanted to withdraw all the funds, but they turned around and ran to the Jiang family, and the second master seemed to be running for this matter." ”

It can be said that the Chang family has been in business for so many years, and has never encountered the withdrawal of funds by the big owner, if this matter is spread, it will definitely have a great impact on the Chang family, Ji Yao really didn't expect that things would be so bad that things would get to this point, and he didn't expect that the Jiang family, who didn't seem to threaten the Chang family, was secretly digging their owner, which was really despicable!

"Did you give the money?" asked Ji Yao.

"No, who dares to give it, if this is given, how will the business be done next month?" Donglan shook his head again and again, and at the end, he added, "Originally, I wanted to tell the eldest lady about this earlier, but the second master said that he would solve it, but he didn't think about it, and the situation is getting more and more serious today." ”

Ji Yao's eyes tightened, his fingers tapped rhythmically on the account book, the second uncle and the prince have always been in close contact, seeing that he is so disregarding the life and death of the Chang family, most of it is the prince's instructions, if this is the case, then the second uncle has become the prince's henchman, and he will probably have to guard against the second uncle in the future.

Thinking of this, she suddenly got up, looked at Donglan and said, "Let's go, let's go and meet this shopkeeper Chen and shopkeeper Wang for a while." ”

Donglan's eyes lit up, he responded with a smile, and turned around to hold the account book, but was stopped by Ji Yao: "What do you do with that?"

"Settle accounts, can't you take the account book?" Donglan said that he had already taken the account book, and quickly followed Ji Yao's footsteps, but Ji Yao didn't say anything anymore when he saw it.