Chu Yiyao's words frightened Shen Shixuan, and in the ten days after she said these words, Shen Shixuan paid attention to her emotions every day, and didn't find anything different, but she always felt that she had something hidden in her heart.

Life is still going on, Shen Shixuan is even busier, the addition of those old stewards and the thriving business of the tea house make Shen Shixuan think that he can't stop here anymore, the Shen family business house is still there, but this does not affect him to create his own business.

After discussing with Shen Er, Shen Shixuan decided to prepare for the opening of a trading house, and the first thing to do was to book a merchant ship.

There are 200,000 taels of silver privately given by the old man Shen, plus what Shen Shixuan has on hand, they are not short of money, counting this time, five years have passed since returning from Luoyang, and now Zhang Ziling is a big celebrity in front of the emperor.

In March, it was the day when the merchant ship was about to return, Shen Shixuan asked someone to set the matter of building the merchant ship, and the ship could not be delivered until the end of the year.

Chu Yiyao finished reading the accounts at the end of February, and there was a sound of fun in the yard, children are always so easy to be satisfied, even if she picks up a branch, she can be happy for a long time, and she is very happy to play with it in her hand.

Chu Yiyao stretched and walked to the door, Le'er wriggled towards her, followed by the nurse.

"I'm sweating." Chu Yiyao squatted on the □, picked up a handkerchief and wiped her sweat, Le'er squinted and smiled, her flesh bulging, and her small mouth kept spitting out milky words, one would say that the little green fruit she had just picked up in her hand, and the other would point to the vines crawling on the wall.

In fact, adults don't understand the words of children, if they don't get along with her every day and watch her grow up, Chu Yiyao can't understand what she means.

Reaching out and taking the green fruit from her hand to prevent her from shoving it into her mouth, he took her hand and walked towards the wall.

Le'er poked the little green tip that had just emerged, pulled it twice, and directly grabbed a handful of young shoots and ripped them off the vine, signaling to give it to Chu Yiyao.

Chu Yiyao let go of her hand, Le'er ran to the middle of the courtyard again, followed by a nurse, Chu Yiyao was also relieved, and left home with Baosheng to go to the boudoir.

The shop that was originally opened next door has already been replaced by Chu Hanlin's own business, and there is no need to deliberately inquire, every time Chu Yiyao passes, Shopkeeper Li will mention a sentence or two about the matter next door, Xiao's death doesn't seem to have much impact on him, and people go to tea and cool.

"Shopkeeper Li, you have been here for many years, and you have been helping me take care of the boudoir, if one day you are asked to work in the business house, are you willing?" Chu Yiyao began to recruit talents for the upcoming commercial bank.

Shopkeeper Li was flattered, he was just an inconspicuous shopkeeper at the beginning, this lady actually wanted to promote him to be a steward, he was too late to be happy, how could he not be willing.

Steward Li nodded hurriedly, "Yes, yes, Madam must be good for me, this is Li's blessing!" ”

Chu Yiyao smiled, "That's also because Steward Li is talented, you should think about it, after all, being a steward is not so free here, to say the least, you have to sign for ten years, you can't leave." ”

Steward Li shook his head and said sincerely, "Don't say it's been ten years, even if I still do it in this life, my wife is still willing to use the small one, and the small one is willing to do things for my wife." ”

When Shen Shixuan came back in the evening, Chu Yiyao talked about this matter, she incorporated all the shops that Shen Shixuan gave her into the commercial house, including the things purchased after marriage, but she still decided to hand over some of the shops under her dowry before marriage to her second uncle to help take care of them.

"Your second uncle doesn't go to the business house to be a steward?"

"My shops are enough for my second uncle to be busy, besides, my second uncle is my mother's family, no matter how I say this, it's better not to involve too many relatives." Chu Yiyao has her considerations, if the business bank is all her own people, then she may not be so dedicated to doing things, and it is not easy to manage.

"I discussed the name of the firm with my father, and it was called Shengfeng." His wife has taken this into consideration for him, and Shen Shixuan has nothing else to say, so he turned around and talked about what was being prepared.

"This is a good distinction, after all, the name of the Shen family firm is still from the uncle's side." Chu Yiyao nodded, "I think we still have to find the guys on this dock in advance." ”

Shen Shixuan handed her a list to see, "I showed my grandfather what you said, he praised your idea is very good, this is the goods I plan to buy after discussing with my father, we have so many stores ourselves, I am not afraid that there is no place to promote, my father means that the first time to enter more, so that you can distinguish which ones are good to sell and which ones are not good to sell, and the second time you go back, you will be targeted." ”

Chu Yiyao looked at these thirty kinds of goods and agreed, "Jiang is still old and spicy, Dad's plan is good, the quantity is small and there are many types, these prices are not too high, and the middle grade is easier to sell." ”

Saying that, Chu Yiyao thought of the batch of goods that Shen Shijin bought last year, "This time, the eldest brother won't want to buy some strange things back, I don't see that few companies ordered those things last year, and I also went to buy them and sold them in the shop, and they didn't sell well." ”

"The goods on the dock are still hoarded, these things seem to be of high quality, the cost is not low, and they are unique enough, but everyone is an ordinary person's appreciation, and those who like to collect these dislike it are not valuable enough to collect, how can they be sold if they are not high." Shen Shixuan didn't know what the eldest brother would bring back this time, but according to his temperament, maybe it would be even stranger.

Chu Yiyao said sarcastically, "So, there are still many normal people in this world, and things have to be special to have selling points, but they also have to be special to attract people's like, I think those things taken out of my grandfather's treasury are about to be destroyed by him." ”

Chu Yiyao's words still have a certain degree of judgment, at the end of March, when the merchant ship came back, Shen Shijin really brought back a batch of new things, this time he learned to be obedient, the number of things he brought was not much, there were many types, the choice was large, and it was easy to sell.

He waited expectantly for the orders to arrive, and by mid-April, he was disappointed again.

Chu Yiyao heard that he hadn't seen a single guest in the Shen family firm for a few days, and he really didn't understand why Shen Shijin had to be special, he had to be different from others, he just didn't do anything, and conservatively entered the Shen family's These things, the money earned was enough to maintain the Shen family, after all, the reputation of the Shen family firm for so many years was there, and there were so many guests who had cooperated for a long time.

Isn't he pushing the business firm to its death now? To be precise, the comptoir has been pushed to a dead end.

By the beginning of May, the Shen family firm could no longer pay wages.

This is the first time that the Shen family has had such a situation in these generations, and the Shen family firm is so poor that it can't pay its wages!

It doesn't matter if the stewards don't get paid for a month or two, but the guys at the bottom are counting on a monthly salary to live, and they can't open the pot if they don't get paid for a month.

By the end of May, the guys who couldn't wait came to the firm to discuss the explanation.

Dozens of people surrounded the door of the Shen family's firm, the scene was extremely spectacular, they were all people who did rough work and worked hard, no matter how poor the firm was, Shen Shijin still wore gold and silver, ate and drank well, if they didn't have these silver, they would have to wait to starve to death.

A few people with great strength directly began to bang on the door of the trading house, and the stewards inside couldn't withstand it at all, and in the time of a stick of incense, the people at the door poured into the trading house.

Shen Shijin looked at this group of people with a calm face, hiding the disgust in his eyes, they were dirty, messy, smelly, unreasonable and vulgar.

"I have already said that I will pay you your wages next month, and now that you are making such a fuss, the business of the trading house cannot continue, what good will it do you." The steward on Shen Shijin's side signaled everyone to be quiet and persuaded him.

One of the leading men shouted, "Give us the wages now, the April and May wages have not been paid, and by the next month we will all starve to death!" ”

"Yes, give us the wages!" The people behind him shouted in unison.

Shen Shijin's brows furrowed even deeper, these wages are only a lot of silver, and they are worth making noise and trouble here.

"How can you starve to death, you are also considerate and considerate of our hardships, I have not defaulted on your wages for so many years, this time there are really difficulties, our Shen family firm has a reputation, will it depend on you."

Those guys naturally refused, "There is no money in the trading bank, there are so many valuable things in the Shen family, you can just take one out and be a pawn is enough to give us the wages, you can drag it out, we can't afford it." ”

This is another insult to Shen Shijin, selling household goods to pay wages, a flash of anger flashed in his eyes, Shen Shijin looked at such a group of people, and said in a deep voice, "I, Shen Shijin, swear here, do what I say, I will definitely give you the salary at the beginning of June, if you haven't received the salary at the beginning of June, you can go to the government to sue me, now that the white prince is still in Jinling, he will call the shots for you!" ”

Everyone fell silent, and after half a sound, one of them spoke, "Okay, since the eldest young master of the Shen family said so, we will also buy you a face, brothers, go!" ”

The lobby that had been crowded with so many people was chaotic when they left, and there were so many people standing in the empty lobby, which seemed lonely.

Shen Shijin stood there for a long time without speaking, and the two stewards on the side were also a little frightened, and only after half a sound did he suggest, "Young Master, do you want to ask the second master for help with this silver matter." ”

The next words were blocked by Shen Shijin's slanted eyes and didn't continue, the two stewards, you push me, I push you, and I don't dare to leave first, standing behind no one will open this mouth again.

After a while, Shen Shijin turned around and went up to the second floor, the atmosphere in the lobby eased a little, and the two stewards instructed everyone to clean up, and not long after, Shen Shijin came down from upstairs, went directly out of the trading house, and got into the carriage