Chapter 31: Things Went Wrong
Dong Rong was sad when she heard it, but she didn't want Mrs. Liang to be immersed in sadness, after all, there were still many things in front of her that needed to be solved immediately.
"Okay, sister, since this has happened, you can't go back even if you cry. It's better to think about it and deal with the present first. ”
"Sister Cao, I don't talk about being shrewd on weekdays, and I'm not stupid. But suddenly my house became like this, and my head was rumbling, and I had no idea. Mrs. Liang pulled Dong Rong's sleeve hard like a person in the water encountering driftwood, and pleaded, "Sister Cao, you are so smart, can you help me think of a way?" ”
Dong Rong sighed, turned her head to look at the smiling Dabao on the soft couch under the bed, and decided to be nosy, "That's it, let me tell you my opinion first, you can listen to it." ”
"Okay, okay, sister said."
"I heard what you just said, the person who robbed your family property colluded with the government, if you want to get the property back, you can't do it. Let's just take this as a lesson. Since the ancestors of the Liang family can start from scratch and break into a huge business, Master Liang will definitely not be bad as a descendant of the Liang family. For the sake of the future, you should rent a yard quickly, whether it is good or bad, it is better to be big enough, and then go and bring back the goods in the shop. Although the deed paper is someone else's, the goods are not. ”
Mrs. Liang nodded as she listened, but still asked with some hesitation, "Sister Cao, can those people let us bring the goods back?" ”
"Of course not," Dong Rong raised her eyebrows and smiled, "You let Master Liang be tougher when the time comes, just say that if they don't give the goods, he will go to Kyoto to sue the emperor, and the fish will die." Those people are guilty of doing this, and they don't have enough confidence, so they must not dare to stop it. When you have to get the goods back, you can sell them at a discount, and you will have at least some capital in your hands, and then you will re-trade with the shop or buy land, at least there will be no shortage of food and clothing. ”
"My sister is right, I can't get anything back from that restaurant, the grain and oil in the grocery store are at least enough for my own food for a year and a half, and the goods of the felt carpet shop are purchased every three months, and at this time it has just been finished, and it is sold at a discount of several hundred taels." Mrs. Liang had a backbone, and stood up as she spoke, "I'm going to find the master, and I'm bothering my sister to take care of Dabao for me." ”
"Don't worry, I'll take Dabao to my house, you can just be busy."
Dong Rong responded, and was just about to walk to the soft couch, but the door of the inner room was pushed open, and Master Liang stood outside the door with a guilty face, bowed his head and saluted, "Thank you Mrs. Cao for your kind words, we husband and wife are grateful." ”
Dong Rong told the truth, she didn't have a good impression of this lustful man who didn't care about his wife and children, but now that she lives in the Liang family, she still has a passable face, so she returned the salute and said lightly, "Master Liang is polite, Sister Liang has her own plans in her heart, I just persuaded a few words in vain." ”
Master Liang Xu also guessed it, and lowered his head a little sneeringly. Mrs. Liang was reluctant to embarrass her husband, so she stepped forward and pulled him and hurried to get busy.
Dong Rong coaxed Dabao to play for a while and then hugged him back to the east wing of the temporary residence, first washed the fat boy's hands and face, then fed him half a bowl of porridge, and finally pondered while playing with him.
Originally, she thought that the power of the Maitreya Sect would only be arrogant in those places far away from Kyoto in the south, but she didn't expect that it was not restrained in Luozhou, so the headquarters of the Dong family firm in Anzhou was also under the surveillance of the Miller Sect, if she went rashly, Xu Yi would be arrested at the door of her house if she was not careful. Since this is the case, it is better to have someone send a message and wait for someone to come from home to answer.
There is a semicolon of her own money bank in Luozhou City, but she will inevitably reveal her whereabouts when she comes forward, so she still has to find a way.
After a night without words, Dong Rong slept with Dabao in her arms, and at night the fat boy sent a lot of water and wet Dong Rong's middle coat, which made her cry and laugh.
Master Liang didn't know whether he was guilty and remorseful, or he didn't want his wife and children to suffer with him, so he finally cheered up, but after a night's work, he really found an empty yard in a small alley not far away. Although the house is dilapidated, it is far less comfortable than the Liang family's residence, but it is better than the warehouse, and the inverted house in the front yard is empty, and it can be used as a warehouse to put goods at any time.
Mrs. Liang took the old girls in the family to pick up things and prepare to move, so Mr. Liang went out to ask for goods with the three guards and the little butler who escorted Mrs. Liang back.
Mrs. Liang was full of worries, for fear that Master Liang would be injured, so she commanded everyone to do things and make mistakes from time to time. Dong Rong really couldn't see it, so she stuffed Dabao into her arms and hugged her, and then temporarily served as the steward of the inner courtyard.
Soon, the Liang family's fine and soft clothes, along with wooden utensils, were loaded onto the carriage and transported to the new courtyard. Mrs. Liang walked through the courtyard crying all the way with Dabao in her arms, got into the carriage, and finally stood outside the gate and watched the old money take off the plaque with the word "Liang Family" written on it and put it under her arm.
The carriage walked on the bluestone road, and after a day, it was not the same mood at all. Mrs. Liang's eyes were red from crying again, and Dong Rong didn't know what to say, so she had to hug Dabao, coaxed the fat boy to touch her mother's hair, and persuaded, "Sister, you still have Dabao." Life will always get better! ”
Mrs. Xu is Liang really listened to this, raised her hand to wipe away her tears, straightened her back and said, "Sister, don't worry, I will not let Dabao lose his support." ”
The carriage entered the new courtyard, and the salute was resettled, and it was again a hectic chat. Just when the toss was done, Master Liang came back with the guards and dragged a few carts of sundries.
Mrs. Liang saw that Master Liang was not injured, and she almost shed tears again with joy, and finally saw that Dong Rong was blushing again, and hurriedly ordered people to unload the goods to cover up the embarrassment. Master Liang Xu had the upper hand in the battle just now, and he had the courage to not even eat lunch, and planned to go out to find a buyer to sell these goods quickly.
Of course, Mrs. Liang has 10,000 supports, how can any man be excited, as a wife, he still stops. Dong Rong motioned for Mrs. Liang to enter the house with her, and said in a low voice, "Sister, my sister has a letter that she wants to send to Datong Money Village in the east of the city." But I can't go out, can you ask Master Liang to do me a favor? ”
"Of course you can," Mrs. Liang responded without thinking about it, turned around and took a small silver ticket from her makeup box and said, "It just so happens that my family has no silver money in his hand, and the master has to entertain when he goes out to find a buyer, and I still have a twenty taels of silver ticket here, so let him go and exchange the silver money on the way." ”
Dong Rong was still worried about what excuse to find, seeing that Mrs. Liang was so clever, she was naturally happy, and took out the superstition written down last night while Dabao was sleeping from her arms, and whispered, "Please hand it over to the shopkeeper of Datong Bank, and say that someone brought it from Binzhou." ”
Mrs. Liang repeated it once, and when she saw Dong Rong nodding, she turned around and went out to find Master Liang. Master Liang didn't think it was a big deal, so he took the envelope and the silver ticket and left with the guards.
In the evening, everything in the new house was cleaned up, and everyone had dinner, but they didn't see Master Liang come back. Dong Rong saw Dabao rubbing his eyes, so she was about to hug him to sleep. As a result, at this time, Master Liang had a black face and came in from outside the door angrily.
Needless to say, there must have been no buyers. Dong Rong was worried about whether the letter had been delivered, so she hugged Dabao and patted it while sitting aside and listening. It turned out that although the Maitreya Sect was forced to give up most of the goods due to the threat of Master Liang, he was not willing to suffer such a loss, so he sent someone to warn all the Liang family's peers that if anyone dared to receive those goods, they would be against the Maitreya Sect, and they should be careful of the uneasiness of the house.
In this world, it has always been that it is better to offend the gentleman than the villain, even if some people are jealous of the profits of this batch of goods, but they don't want to cause trouble for themselves because of the money.
Mr. Liang looked for most of the shops in the city, and his mouth was dry, and he was stunned that he didn't find a buyer. He was so angry that he drank a pot of tea in one gulp, and said angrily, "I don't believe it, is this Luozhou still the world of Maitreya." I'll look for it tomorrow, and I'll sell these goods! ”
Mrs. Liang praised, "The master is right, there is always justice!" ”
Master Liang was also angry after speaking, and then saw Dong Rong sitting in the corner of the room, and quickly got up and said, "Mrs. Cao, don't be surprised, Fang Cai was so angry that she forgot to say a word." I sent the letter to the Qian Zhuang, and the shopkeeper of the king had a relationship with me before, and he saw the letter and said that it would be delivered, and he would invite me to drink, but I was too busy looking for a buyer to answer. ”
Dong Rong was completely relieved when she heard this, and then she got up and thanked her, and finally retreated with Dabao in her arms.
Early the next morning, Master Liang really left with the steward. This walk is a whole day, and the result is still nothing, the day before yesterday he came to the door at least the shopkeeper to meet, this time he simply couldn't even enter the door. Not only that, Wei San also followed behind him with a few ruffians, not laughing loudly and sneering. If it weren't for the fact that he still had a wife and children at home, he really wanted to rush up and fight with Wei San.
A large family wanted to eat, and the remaining silver in Mrs. Liang's hand was quickly gone, and she had already taken the jewelry and secretly asked Zique to pawn at the pawnshop. Dong Rong saw it in her eyes, and hesitated whether to help.
The goods that the Liang family recovered, she had briefly looked at, and they were all bought at the Jinli firm in neighboring Zhuzhou. When she first adopted Gardi, she said that she wanted to think of a way out for the herdsmen of the grassland, at least to be able to make money in exchange for some food and solve hunger, so that the grassland would be stable, and the border pass of Daqi would naturally not be in danger of being invaded.
Later, Batu had a fixed pasture in the grassland, and there were more than 10,000 herdsmen under her command, so she took the silver to set up this trading house, and transported the dried milk from the grassland, some cashmere blankets, handmade Tibetan silver jewelry, daggers and other items to Daqi for sale, in exchange for daily necessities such as grain and cloth.
After the business of the firm was on the right track, after Zizhu and Wu Qien got married, she completely handed over the business to them to take care of, and no longer handled the accounts. But Gardi was very close to her, and often talked about the business, and she also knew a little about the Dajin script used in the correspondence between the business and the grassland.
At this time, if you write a letter and send it to the firm, presumably the Liang family can also get back the cost of these goods. But Maitreya must be suspicious, and it will be a little difficult for her to hide quietly in the house and be answered. R638