Chapter Eighty-Eight: Sima Guang's Might (Asking for Collection and Recommendation Votes)
As a deep-rooted grain merchant in the capital, Yu's also has a main store in Bianjing City, which is called Yujiazhengdian, but it is almost the bottom of the seventy-two main stores, ranking sixty-fourth.
This is not to say that the way of Yujiazhengdian is worse than others, and the scale is smaller than others.
In fact, the specifications of Yujia's main store are enough to compare with the top 30 stores, but adhering to the low-key behavior and the obedience to the order of making a fortune, Yujia has never competed with others about the ranking.
Moreover, Yujia Zhengdian is different from other main stores, and the faΓ§ade is a three-story building, and the whole main store is a big mansion, which seems to have nothing to do with wealth and luxury. The location is also ordinary, but it also seems to be quiet.
In particular, this mansion is divided into 33 small courtyards by rockeries, flower gardens, small bridges and flowing water, and several winding corridors, which appear to be very private and quiet, and have a large number of long-term fixed customers over the years, and the profit is actually very objective.
"The head of the family, the person is in the Jade Wind Courtyard." Yu Jianshu hurriedly came to his main store, and as soon as he got out of the carriage, the big shopkeeper who was in charge of taking care of the main store stepped forward and said in a low voice while saluting respectfully.
"How's it going? What have you said? Yu Jianshu asked in a low voice as he walked towards the Jade Wind Courtyard.
"There was no expression on his face from beginning to end, he couldn't see anything, and he didn't say anything superfluous, just let you, the head of the house, come and see him." The big shopkeeper said respectfully.
Yu Jianshu sighed: "You didn't wait slowly, did you?" β
The big shopkeeper smiled bitterly: "How dare you! The specifications of Yufeng Temple are the best among the thirty-three small courtyards. β
Yu Jianshu nodded, no longer asked, walked quickly into the Jade Wind Courtyard, glanced at the two indifferent guards at the door of the main hall, and walked in.
He walked around the screen and saw a middle-aged man with a square face and a long beard, quite dignified, on the main seat.
The table is full of all kinds of precious food, bowls, plates, fruit and vegetable plates, water vegetable bowls, wine cups, wine jugs, etc., the size of more than 20 pieces, and all of them are shiny silverware.
In the corner of the hall, cigarettes rose from a delicately shaped bronze incense burner, the fragrance was clear and mellow, but it was a sleep incense of one or two silvers.
Next to Yujiazheng's shop, the most popular Oiran Yan'er, was pouring wine, there was a group of dancers dancing in the hall, and there were two musicians playing the pipa and singing small songs in one corner.
"The villain Yu Jianshu meets the bachelor." Yu Jianshu saluted respectfully.
"No need to be polite!" Sima Guang said lightly at Yu Jianshu, and then waved his hand to let the Oiran Yan'er and the women singing and dancing beside him step back.
Yu Jianshu always stood respectfully to the side, and Sima Guang didn't dare to say anything without asking him.
"Sit down and talk!" Sima Guang pointed to the first table on the side.
"Thank you, Bachelor." Yu Jianshu saluted again before going over and sitting down.
In the whole process, Sima Guang was very much like the master here, and Yu Jianshu was the guest who came to ask for help.
But in fact, it's just the opposite, it's just that the status of the two is too different, and it becomes such a scene.
Yu Jianshu asked respectfully: "I don't know what the bachelor told the villain to come over?" β
Sima Guang's eyes were sharp, staring at Yu Jianshu, and said, "Have you received the bidding document of the third division?"
Yu Jianshu sighed in his heart, and hurriedly said: "Back to the bachelor, the villain did receive it, but the villain asked himself if he couldn't come up with so much spare money to participate in the bidding." β
Sima Guang snorted coldly and said, "Do you already know the reserve price of the bidding?" β
Yu Jianshu hurriedly said: "The villain doesn't know, the villain is just guessing." β
Sima Guang said lightly: "There is something that the official needs you to do, are you willing?" β
"I wonder what the bachelor asked the villain to do?" Yu Jianshu's heart was full of all kinds of speculations, but in his capacity, he didn't know about the bet between Zhang Bin and Sima Guang in the court, so he couldn't think of Sima Guang's purpose for a while.
"This official wants you to not participate in the bidding in two days, and you should contact other big grain merchants, and don't participate, otherwise you will definitely be imprisoned." Sima Guang said very strongly.
Yu Jianshu was a little surprised in his heart, because the third division had already issued an official notice, and the matter of bidding was the meaning of the imperial court, and their Yu family did not dare to disobey the words of the imperial court, he shook his head and said: "Bachelor's forgiveness, the official notice of the third division is very clear, and we must participate in the grain merchants......
"Humph!" Sima Guang suddenly snorted coldly, his eyes became as sharp as a knife, and he looked at Yu Jianshu gloomily.
Yu Jianshu couldn't help but feel a chill in his heart, under the pressure of Sima Guang's eyes, he was sweating profusely, feeling that it was difficult for the whole person to breathe, and he couldn't say anything at all.
Sima Guang then said: "You and other grain merchants can participate, but each person can't bid more than 10,000 yuan, which is naturally not a violation of the requirements of the three divisions, can the court and the Son of Heaven still punish you?" β
ββ¦β¦ The villain understands! Yu Jianshu immediately nodded yes, no matter whether the Yu family originally wanted to bid or not, they couldn't afford to offend Sima Guang at all, otherwise with the power of the other party, there would be too many means to ruin their Yu family.
But Yu Jianshu is an old treacherous and cunning person, knowing that Sima Guang coerced them to go against the three divisions, there must be a reason that he didn't know, he faintly felt that this reason was very important, so he got up and walked over, personally poured wine for Sima Guang, and asked casually: "Bachelor, the villain has something unknown, with the respected status of the bachelor, how can he suddenly be interested in cheap things like us......"
When Yu Jianshu said this, his voice became smaller and smaller, and it stopped abruptly, because Sima Guang's eyes became cold, and when he thought about the other party's power, his whole person seemed to have fallen into an ice cellar, and he immediately bowed down, bowed his head and said, "It's the villain who has too much to say!" β
"Humph!" Sima Guang snorted coldly again, then got up and walked out of the door, and before turning behind the screen, the disdainful words reached Yu Jianshu's ears again: "You are just cheap businessmen and ants, how can you get involved in the right of the imperial court to transfer and sell grain, it is simply self-defeating." β
"Congratulations to the scholars." Yu Jianshu hurriedly bowed down to see him off, and did not follow to send him out of the door, but his face facing the ground was extremely gloomy and ashamed, but there was a deep helplessness in the depths of his eyes.
After Sima Guang's figure completely disappeared behind the screen, Yu Jianshu slowly straightened up, sat down where Sima Guang was sitting just now with a gloomy face, picked up the wine jug, and casually filled the silver wine glass on the table with wine.
Yu Jianshu picked up the wine glass and wanted to drink it, but suddenly remembered that this was the wine glass that Sima Guang had used just now, so he casually put the wine glass on the ground with a look of disgust, and his expression became more and more gloomy.
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