Qiao Wei has been really anxious these days.

Since he and His Royal Highness the Prince separated not far from the city, this young lady of the Qiao family did not even take a day off to start the layout of the Qiao family's forces in Youzhou.

Doing business somewhere sounds like a very simple thing, as if finding a good place to set up a shop, bringing in some hot and sought-after goods, and finding a few shopkeepers who can speak well can open the door and make a lot of money, but in fact, how can it be so easy as imagined. You must know that this place is Yanjing City, where all forces are intertwined and extremely complex, and the Qiao family in Fenzhou is not a small business shop that can be satisfied by earning a few thousand taels of silver every year.

The Qiao family had a big appetite like a dragon, and the local wealthy merchants who had operated in Yanjing City for several generations were not fuel-efficient lamps.

After several visits to the political envoys of Bubu, the few big people who were not of high rank but held real power all ran into a wall, even if they were as conceited as Qiao Wei, they began to examine the strategy they had set before, and considered whether they should stand firm first step by step.

After all, what happened on the way back to the prince did not spread for various reasons, how could outsiders know that Qiao Wei and His Royal Highness the prince had an opportunity to talk about whether it was big or small.

In fact, Qiao Qisheng and others' plan for Qiao Wei's visit to Youzhou this time was originally to unite with local large merchants to gain a firm foothold first, even if it was to give up the profits in the business, and then cultivate their own connections with the help of the relationship between the head snake in Youzhou, and the relationship should be from bottom to top. After all, in their long-term planning, Qiaofu's business in Youzhou is only one of the small aspects, and the big head is still the mouth-watering position of the princess of King Yan.

The reason why Qiao Wei is so upside down and resolute is actually because of the contradictory thoughts in his heart.

"Maybe when the business here is normalized, I can go back to Fenzhou in the name of justice."

A woman's heart is always erratic and unpredictable.

However, it was precisely such a radical method that alarmed the vigilance of the local wealthy businessmen, and several big merchants in Yanjing City joined forces to suppress and communicate with each other, so that the Qiao family has not been able to buy a decent shop until now.

If it weren't for the fact that the shopkeeper of the Qiao family, who was stationed in Yanjing City, bought a large mansion with a huge area early, I am afraid that the Qiao Mansion with more than 100 people would have to sleep in the inn for a few days.

Compared with such overt tricks as exploiting and comparing prices, some dirty methods secretly made Qiao Wei even more angry.

Qiao's family originally had a small amount of business in Youzhou, but because the old lady Qiao's focus was not here a few years ago, so it was just operating some small transactions that were better than nothing, and it was not a threat to the local big businessmen. And today, there are people who provoke and spend a lot of money to buy a valuable Hetian jade, but they go and return to say that it is a fake, the shopkeeper sees that this piece of original jade is very different from the piece of Fangcai, it is obviously a bag planting, but looking at the buyer's luxurious service and extraordinary attitude, the shopkeeper knows that something is wrong, and hurriedly sends someone to tell Qiao Wei.

When Qiao Wei arrived in a sedan chair, the door of the store was already full of good deeds on the third floor and the outer three floors, and more than a dozen errand servants had taken the shopkeeper and a few guys aside, and there was a shout of grievances all around, which was extremely lively.

Qiao Wei got out of the car in a fit of anger, frowned, and looked straight at the man in a fancy dress who had been sitting on the chair for a long time and closing his eyes, she knew that this person was the third son of the Shen family, a wealthy merchant in Yanjing, and he was one of the masterminds behind the joint suppression of Qiao's mansion by local merchants, and she already understood it when she thought about it again.

The old housekeeper who accompanied Qiao Wei behind him had a cold face and disappeared in an instant, and he stepped forward with a smile to greet a few officials with unkind faces and said: "Uncle Official, stop for a moment, I think there is a misunderstanding here, my young lady has a lot to do with Lord Huang of Shuntian Mansion, and a few uncles also ask to see a little thin noodles in the Qiao family." As he spoke, he took out a piece of silver from his bosom.

That Shen Gongzi looked arrogant and domineering, and sneered: "Lord Huang is in charge of water conservancy and land cultivation, I'm afraid that he can't say anything about the profiteers' cheating." ”

Several officials had already softened their expressions, but it could be seen that Shen Gongzi said so, so he had to put on a straight face and push away the old shopkeeper's hand holding the silver two.

In a group of people, they are the only ones who are inside and out, not people.

Qiao Wei took two steps forward, saluted lightly, and said, "Hello Shen Gongzi, what happened?" ”

That Shen Gongzi deliberately seemed to have just seen Qiao Wei, pretending to be surprised but did not get up to return the salute at all, and said with a smile: "It turned out that Miss Qiao came in person, but it was just right, I bought a piece of jade in your shop, and your shopkeeper asked me for a thousand taels when he opened his mouth, and blamed me for being clumsy, and thought it was a rare treasure, but I bought it back to show people who knew the goods that it was a fake, I couldn't get angry and came back to theorize, your shopkeeper flatly denied it and said that I planted it, planted it!" Hahaha. ”

Speaking of this, Shen Gongzi suppressed his laughter without warning, and then suddenly picked up an object in his hand and smashed it towards the shopkeeper of the jade store, and scolded in his mouth: "You dog, I haven't seen anything in the Shen family in Yanjing, as for planting a thousand taels for this?" Blind your dog's eyes? ”

The shopkeeper shrank his neck and avoided it, and the thing hit the wall, and with a muffled sound, it fell to the ground and broke into two pieces, which was the fake jade.

Shen Gongzi burst into a rage and hurt people, and the whole room suddenly became cold, and even the old housekeeper who had just smiled and stepped forward with the slightest good words suddenly turned cold.

Several officials saw that things were not good, and hurriedly shouted to stabilize the scene.

Hou Yu, the man who followed Qiao Wei step by step, clenched his fists, just waiting for the young lady to give an order.

The maid Cuijuan couldn't hold back any longer, and said angrily: "You surnamed Shen are too deceitful!" ”

When did the dignified Fenzhou Qiao family suffer such anger!

Shen Gongzi laughed: "You say I deceive people too much? Why don't you say that your Qiao family's shoddy profiteer nature is exposed? In the past, I also said that Jin Shangding must be honest and supreme, but I never thought that it would be such a face, why? Come to our Youzhou is Taiyuan's business not good? Or do you think that the people of Youzhou are short-sighted and don't know the truth or falsehood? ”

I don't know if Shen Gongzi's words are extremely incendiary or if he has already installed his own people to fan the flames among the onlookers, and there is a voice of echo outside the store, and the people's hearts are fierce.

Qiao Wei was angry, and he was so indignant that he almost wanted to tear his face, and he heard Shen Gongzi shouting: "The lords of Shuntianfu are here to testify, and all the villagers are also watching, today your Qiao family must give me an explanation!" ”

Cuijuan still wanted to come forward to theorize, but was finally pulled by Qiao Wei, who was forcibly suppressing the fire, and said coldly: "What does Shen Gongzi want?" ”

"I don't want to do anything, according to my Youzhou practice, if you lose ten for one and sell me a thousand taels of silver, you have to pay me 10,000 taels! Then don't open your shop, and the gang of profiteers who harm the people under you will kowtow to the people of Youzhou three times here, go back to your Fenzhou! ”

Shen Gongzi did not leave the people of Youzhou every word, and very skillfully occupied the moral high ground, obviously prepared.

said that it was a very light 10,000 taels, not that Qiao Wei couldn't take it, but it was not only the silver that was lost, but also the face of the Qiao family.

As if seeing Qiao Wei's unkind face, Shen Gongzi sneered: "Miss Qiao, I advise you not to deny it, Lord Zhao, the prefect of Shuntian Mansion, is eating in the back street at the moment, you Miss Qiao Shao can't enter Lord Zhao's mansion, but my Shen family is free to enter!" ”