When Chu Yiyao received Qin Manqiu's letter, it coincided with the peach picking, and a basket of peaches was sent over, all freshly picked, Chu Yiyao asked Bao Yi to distribute these peaches to each yard, looking at the meaning of Cheng Shaopeng's stroke in Qin Manqiu's letter, about everyone felt that how could she Chu Yiyao be the last person to know the news.

"Miss, Steward Chu is here." The peacock came in and said, Chu Yiyao nodded, "Take it to the study, make some good tea and send it over." ”

Walking into the study, Chu Zhong and a guy were putting two huge wooden boxes on the table, opening one of them to be a vase, and the other was a set of porcelain for furnishings.

Chu Yiyao picked up a porcelain utensil, the carvings on it were very beautiful, and the base of the utensils was engraved with carvings, which looked very good, but there was something missing in his hand.

Chu Yiyao touched the vase and felt the same, so she called the peacock in, took a brocade box in her room, and opened it to be a set of porcelain for furnishings, but the feel was much worse, Chu Yiyao handed it to Chu Zhong, who nodded, "Miss, this is a good porcelain of yours, and it feels like fat and jade when you hold it in your hand." ”

"This is what the eldest brother brought back when he went to Datong, saying that it was specially sent when the kiln came out there, even if it is good, the one sent back from Datong in the past will not be much worse than this." The two pieces brought by Uncle Zhong are really good-looking just by looking at the outside, and the furnishings are also good, but insiders know that this is not good.

"This is sent by Qiu Yuena, and these two pieces, bought by the guest half a month ago, and returned them yesterday, saying that they are different from the ones I bought before."

Almost none of the things sold by the firm have been returned, and if they are returned, they have suffered damage, and it is the first time that they have directly said that the quality of the original refund is not good.

Chu Yiyao and Chu Zhong glanced at each other, reached out and picked up the vase and immediately threw it on the ground, with a bang, the vase was broken on the ground like a brittle bone, picked up the fragments and looked at it, whether the porcelain was burned well or not, and looked at the finished product it fired and the broken fragments now, you can tell one or two.

It should be the intersection of the fragments that can't see the slightest problem, and there are thin holes, Chu Yiyao doesn't know much, but looking at Uncle Zhong's expression, she knows that this is very serious.

"Miss, it seems that the same batch of goods as this one has to be recovered." Halfway through, Chu Zhong sighed and said, looking up at Chu Yiyao, his eyes were a little helpless.

Chu Yiyao suppressed the anger in her heart, "Uncle Zhong, then I have to trouble you to put away all the goods in Nantang first, I will go to find the second brother, as for the rest of the dock, I will let the second brother go to the second uncle, the matter of the commercial house, you have to worry too much." ”

Chu Zhong went out with his buddies, Chu Yiyao stood in place for a long time, looking at the broken porcelain pieces on the ground, it turned out that it was because of these things in the previous life that the Chu family's capital turnover was not effective, and after being forced to close several shops, he also had to be 'kind' to help raise silver to get through the difficulties.

Because of this, the second uncle really intervened in the affairs of the trading house, and also occupied one-third of the Chu family's property to offset the silver raised. If it weren't for Uncle Zhong, the group of stewards in the trading house, who would come to the Chu family to inform these things, and no one would come to inform them in advance, wouldn't it still be the same as in the previous life.

Now it is less than a month before those merchants crusade, if you can't dodge it this time, won't everything be in vain!

Chu Yiyao couldn't help but sweat, stepped on those broken tiles, and went directly to Wutong Courtyard, the maid guarding the door saw that it was the eldest lady who came, and was about to remind Chu Yiyao that Chu Yiyao had already pushed the door into the house, Chu Duyuan was lying on the chaise longue, with a thick account book covered on his face, and fell asleep.

Chu Yiyao held on to the door frame and took a few deep breaths, "When did the second young master sleep?" ”

"The second young master just fell asleep not long ago, in the morning Steward Chu came, and the young master has been watching the accounts after lunch." The maid behind him reported Chu Duyuan's daily routine and rest, the expression on Chu Yiyao's face softened a little, walked in gently, reached out and took the account book on his face, and looked through it, it was the account in the business house a few years ago, and Uncle Zhong asked him to learn from scratch.

"Why are you here?" Not long after the ledger was removed, Chu Duyuan woke up, and when he saw his sister sitting opposite, he propped himself up, rubbed his eyes, and stretched his waist before standing up.

"I have something to discuss with you, Uncle Zhong saw that you were resting, so he went to my place." Chu Yiyao took out the broken porcelain piece and repeated what Chu Zhong had come to say, "Now Uncle Zhong has gone back to take back all the things sold from the shops in Nantang, but he only includes the ones sold in the shops, and whether the merchants who took the goods from us have also been sold have to be checked, I don't know how much is left on the dock." ”

"Are you saying that Qiu Yue's batch of goods is not good, and now it is sold as shoddy, and people will return it?" Chu Duyuan still didn't wake up a little, "The second uncle should have a number when he bought the goods, although it was not as good as Datong, but it was not so bad, and it was the first time that the goods were returned as they were." ”

At the beginning, Master Chu was able to gain a foothold in Jinling, which was full of commercial houses, relying on the reputation of the Chu family firm, and these reputations were also accumulated little by little by by little by Master Chu back then, never selling inferior products, never rushing well, not bullying you for not knowing how to sell bad goods to you, and not deliberately raising the price.

And these things that have been accumulated with great difficulty can't withstand a little damage, Chu Duyuan didn't believe that the second uncle would not think of this, and retreated the Chu family to a desperate situation.

Chu Yiyao took a porcelain plate in the peacock's hand, threw it directly to the ground, picked up a piece under Chu Duyuan's surprised eyes and gave it to him to compare it with the previous one, "Second brother, you know these things better than me, this porcelain plate was bought from the kiln of Datong, you can see for yourself." ”

In comparison, this difference is obvious, Chu Duyuan looked at it a few times, and Chu Yiyao on the opposite side said, "Second brother, there are only a few companies in Jinling that have stood tall over the years, and the rest of the ups and downs are not clear at all, among them, the ones that are not doing well are still annexed, and if they are replaced with such a boatload before, it will have little impact on the commercial house, but now it can't, and the Chu family can't afford to do anything like this now." ”

Chu Duyuan seemed to be a little unable to accept this for a while, and was silent for a long time, "I'll go to the second uncle and ask him to take back all the goods." ”…

On the second floor of the head office of the commercial bank at that end, Chu Hanlin slapped the table suddenly, and Xiao Jingbai, who was standing opposite, shook his body and raised his head to look at him with a sneer, "Sister and brother-in-law, I don't think this is necessarily a good thing." ”

"Good thing, you still say it's a good thing?" Chu Hanlin picked up the pen holder on the table and threw it at him, "How did I tell you, Qiu Yue's things there, it's better to get them the first time, what about you, come back with this kind of goods, you see!" Chu Hanlin picked up a bottle and threw it at his feet, "You say, how much silver did you steal this time." ”

Xiao Jingbai took a step back and trembled and stretched out his hand to compare two words.

"Okay, okay, you don't want to mess around here, do you!" Chu Han laughed angrily, suddenly walked up to him and grabbed his collar, and roared in a low voice, "You dare to swallow two thousand taels, this batch of goods is only three thousand taels of silver in total, you actually took two thousand taels privately, you burned a boat in Qiu Yue yourself, didn't you!" ”

"Brother-in-law, don't worry, I gave my sister a thousand taels of silver, you know, there is still a group of people to take care of at the bottom, I see that this goods are no different from Datong's, you see that it is so cheaper, and it looks much better, and a few people who don't know the goods will return." Xiao Jingbai said flatteringly.

"Embroidered pillow straw bag, you can see clearly with your dog's eyes, no one wants eight hundred taels of goods in this boat, and you still think you have picked up something cheap!" Chu Hanlin picked up the porcelain piece and threw it directly on his face, Xiao Jingbai caught it in pain, and wiped his hand on his face, a bloody mark.

"Brother-in-law, this is not just a few people who came to retreat, which means that others don't know yet, this." Before he finished speaking, he was glared back by Chu Hanlin, "Do you really think I don't know, Nantang has already retreated several times, and there are also those in Beishi, why don't you have a long brain, you are so anxious to earn this silver, is it enough to earn it at one time." ”

"Brother-in-law, you didn't always want the Chu family's property." Xiao Jingbai shook himself and changed his words, "No, you want to run the Chu family business house for your eldest brother, but now this is not a good opportunity no matter how you look at it, this is a good opportunity, if those people rush to the door to ask for an explanation, let's push the second young master out, this Chu Zhong is not also he found it, when the time comes, the silver will be refunded according to the original price, brother-in-law, you can help them, this is homeopathic..."

Xiao Jingbai's eyes rolled, revealing his yellowish teeth, and he smiled hehehe, "Brother-in-law, you can run a business house for your eldest brother, and the Chu family also has to thank you, so you can't make up your mind about anything in the future." ”

"You think Chu Zhong is you." Chu Hanlin looked slightly calm, Xiao Jingbai'□s words were not far from what he thought in his heart, the eldest nephew could still make a difference, but it was a pity that people left early, these two nephews could see through at a glance, this Chu family would be him sooner or later, but now that Chu Zhong is back, although he has not done anything against him everywhere, many things are inconvenient.

"It's not easy, he doesn't know which master has a future, and now in this Chu family, apart from your brother-in-law, who else can be in charge." Xiao Jingbai smiled flatteringly, and he still had the idea of those silver in his heart, and what fell into his pocket was categorically unreasonable, so he let the Chu family pay for it themselves.

Chu Hanlin glanced at him and snorted, "Idiot! "If it is so easy to take down Chu Zhong, you still need him to come up with ideas.

"We just need to add fuel to the fire, and if someone comes to make trouble, let him make a bigger fuss." Xiao Jingbai felt that his idea was very good, and when the time came, the Chu family would not be able to bear it, what was the use of that Chu Zhong if he had the ability, if he refused to listen, he would let him go.

When he was talking proudly, the voice of the steward came from the door, "Second master, the second young master has come to the firm, saying that he is looking for you in an emergency." ”