"Damn!"

After listening to Yang Xing's words, Zhao Xin couldn't help but burst out two words coldly, it seems that the people of the general number have begun to clean up Zhao Deyi's power in Fuxiang.

"Alas! Shao Dongjia, although I am still the big shopkeeper here, but in fact, it is the second shopkeeper sent by the general number who has the final say, and I am afraid that it will not be long before I, the big shopkeeper, will have to bear the black pot for those few businesses. ”

Yang Xing sighed and looked at Zhao Xin helplessly, although the general number directly intervened in those businesses, he was the actual manager, so he must be responsible for it in the end.

"I didn't expect them to use such despicable means, they are really villains!" Zhao Xin slapped the desktop next to him hard, and said with a frosty mask, you must know that doing so will damage the interests of the Fuxiang.

"Young owner, there is a sentence that I don't know whether to say or not." Yang Xing hesitated for a moment, and said with a solemn expression, "I think those businesses are a little strange, so I secretly asked people to check and found that they were related to the eldest prince." ”

"Something to do with the eldest prince?" Zhao Xin was stunned when he heard this, and then asked in a deep voice, "You mean that the eldest prince is making money from our business?" ”

The eldest son in Zhao Xin's mouth refers to his uncle's eldest son Zhao Enming, the eldest son and grandson of the Zhao family, and the future heir of the Fuxiang, to be exact, the theoretical heir.

Although the inheritance of large families is usually inherited by the eldest son, the situation of the merchant family is somewhat special, and for the development of the family, sometimes the best performing son-in-law will be chosen to inherit the family business, rather than necessarily the eldest son.

Zhao Xin's father, Zhao Deyi, is the best of the Zhao brothers, and the expansion of Fuxiang's business in Liaodong, Jiangnan and even the Western Regions was completed by him, and he has made great contributions to Fuxiang.

However, it is a pity that Zhao Deyi only has a daughter and Zhao Xin, and he does not even have a concubine, which makes him fall behind when competing with his brothers for the future voice of the Zhao family.

This is also the reason why the old man Zhao sent Zhao Deyi to Baihe Town, as the head of the Zhao family, he has a long-term view, and does not want the Zhao family's industry to fall into the hands of people with foreign surnames in the future.

And if the Fuxiang is given to Zhao Deyi, it is obvious that Zhao Deyi will pass it on to Zhao Xin, and then the Zhao family's family business will be controlled by outsiders, even if Zhao Xin's son changes his surname to "Zhao", it is also an outsider, after all, the blood relationship is there.

In fact, Zhao Deyi was not interested in inheriting the Fuxiang at all, he just wanted to do something for the family, otherwise he would not have continued the string and accepted a concubine for so long.

It's just that Zhao Deyi never expected that he would end up in such a downtrod end for the sake of his family's business, and he was kicked by his family to Baihe Town, and his heart was naturally difficult to calm down.

In Zhao Deyi's heart, Zhao Xin is his everything, in order to avoid Zhao Xin being wronged, he would rather not renew the string and take a concubine, so he will not be caught after being treated unfairly by his family, and he will leave Zhao Xin an inheritance no matter what.

Of course, Zhao Deyi will definitely not do anything that harms the interests of the family, his counterattack method is to let Zhao Xin get involved in the business of Fuxiang, as long as Zhao Xin shows superhuman business talent, then he will naturally be able to gain a foothold in Fuxiang in the future.

Therefore, the first thing Zhao Xin did after coming to Wuchang City was to check the accounts of the Wuchang branch of the Fuxiang number, and wanted to understand the business transactions of the Wuchang branch and be familiar with the business process and operation, but he didn't expect to involve Zhao Enming.

"Shaodong, if it weren't for the conclusive evidence, I wouldn't dare to talk nonsense."

Yang Xing naturally couldn't lie on such an important matter, and nodded to Zhao Xin with a wry smile and said, "I heard that the eldest prince has made a lot of money in Jiangnan, and often spends a lot of money, and the funds of the Jiangnan branch seem to have been misappropriated by him. ”

"This loser, just eat, drink and have fun by himself, and even hit the crooked idea on the business!"

After learning that Zhao Enming had done such a bold thing, Zhao Xin couldn't help but reprimand, according to Zhao Enming's approach, the Fuxiang would be defeated by him sooner or later.

"Young owner, when the owner was in charge of Jiangnan business in the past, the eldest prince behaved in a proper manner, and now the business in Jiangnan has fallen into the hands of the eldest prince, so naturally he can sit whatever he wants, and the old people who used to follow the owner to fight the world were almost driven away by him and returned to the general number for the elderly."

Yang Xing's face showed a gloomy look, "Maybe it won't be long before I have to go back to my hometown to retire." ”

"Yang Zhang, you have contributed to the situation of Wuchang Branch, if it is not for you, I am afraid that Wuchang Branch will be difficult to compete with other firms."

Zhao Xin naturally heard the sadness in Yang Xing's words, so he opened his mouth to comfort, "Don't worry, my father will definitely not sit idly by." ”

"There are Lao Dong and Shao Dong to worry about, if it weren't for repaying the Zhao family for their kindness over the years, I really want to go home and live for the rest of my life." Hearing this, Yang Xing bowed his hand to Zhao Xin, sighed and said, "The Fuxiang has been created by generations of hard work of the Zhao family, so it can't be defeated like this!" ”

Zhao Xin's willow eyebrows frowned slightly, and she felt quite uncomfortable in her heart, she knew that Yang Xing's words were true feelings, the shopkeepers of the Fuxiang branches were all apprentices, and they had stayed in the Fuxiang since they were children, so they naturally had feelings for the Fuxiang, and no one wanted to see their hard-earned foundation ruined.

But now Zhao Enming is the person in charge of Fuxiang's Jiangnan business, not to mention Zhao Xin, even Zhao Deyi is not good at interfering in Jiangnan's business, which is really a headache.

Since the township examination was about to be held in early August, Li Hongyu did not leave the gate after arriving in Wuchang City, and concentrated on preparing for the exam at home.

Liu Dongfu seems to be really like Li Hongyu said, he was lucky when he was hired, and he was qualified to participate in the township examination with the third-to-last result.

Compared with Li Hongyu, Liu Dongfu's preparation for the exam is much simpler, his main purpose is to memorize the article that Li Hongyu gave him, and when he took the exam, he counted on this article to win a fame, and then glorify the ancestors to give them the Liu family.

"Young master, I just heard a piece of news, last night the students from Wuchang Mansion and Changsha Mansion who came to take the exam fought in the Yellow Crane Tower, and even the governor's yamen was alarmed."

At noon one day at the end of July, when Li Hongyu was strolling around and flipping through a book in the shade of a tree in the yard after lunch, Rou'er brought him a cup of herbal tea and said, "I didn't expect these scholars to fight." ”

"I'm full." Li Hongyu smiled when he heard this, picked up the herbal tea and drank it leisurely, in his opinion, literati fights are not a new thing, not to mention those young and vigorous and vigorous students, even in the capital, there are often civil officials with disagreeable political views to fight in public.

"Young master, I heard that the casino in the city has opened a handicap, betting on the solution of the township test, and the names of you and Zhao Gongzi are on the gambling board." Seeing Li Hongyu's disapproving look, Rou'er smiled and said something else.

"Let's talk about it, what are the odds of Young Master Ben and Zhao Gongzi." Li Hongyu suddenly became interested when he heard this, and after putting down the teacup in his hand, he asked with interest, he wanted to see what his reputation was in Wuchang City.

"The young master is ranked ninth in the handicap, with odds of one to five, and Zhao Gongzi is ranked twenty-one, with odds of ten to one." Rou'er knew that Li Hongyu was interested in the handicap, so she replied with a smile.

"Ninth?" Li Hongyu was stunned for a moment, he didn't expect his dignified Xiangyang Mansion children's test case to be ranked so low, and then asked a little unconvinced, "Who are the people in front?" ”

"There are a total of seven people from Wuchang Mansion and Changsha Mansion, and the other one is the head of Jingzhou Mansion, and the young master ranks fourth among the heads of our fifteen prefectures and two Zhili Prefectures."

Seeing this, Rou'er couldn't help but smile, and opened her mouth to comfort, "Young Master, Wuchang Mansion and Changsha Mansion have produced the most Xie Yuan over the years, and they have the most prosperous literary style in our Huguang, so there are the most people in the front. ”

"These guys also look down on Young Master Ben's little Sanyuan too much!"

Li Hongyu smiled a little depressedly when he heard this, he didn't expect his odds to be too high, and there were many discrepancies with his expectations, in his opinion, how could he be in the top five, it was obvious that the outside world was not optimistic about him winning Xie Yuan this time.

"Hongyu, I heard a news when I went to buy something on the street just now, someone placed a heavy bet on you not long ago, betting that you can get the solution of the current department, and the casino in the city has adjusted your odds to one to two after receiving that bet, and now it ranks third on the odds list."

At this moment, Liu Dongfu suddenly walked into the courtyard quickly, and asked Li Hongyu excitedly, "Do you know who has such a big hand?" ”

"One pays two!" Li Hongyu's eyes flashed with a look of surprise when he heard this, he never expected his odds to be reduced so much, and then asked curiously, "Brother Dongfu, how many bets did they make?" ”

"The two largest casinos in the city, each received 50,000 taels of silver at noon, and bet on you." Liu Dongfu looked at Li Hongyu excitedly, "I heard that the person who bets is speaking with the accent of our Xiangyang Mansion, but I wonder who will do this, do you have any clue?" ”

"One hundred thousand taels?" Li Hongyu was stunned for a moment, this is an out-and-out huge amount of money, who would take out such a large sum of money to bet on him, if he didn't understand the yuan, wouldn't it be a miserable loss.

"What can I do, I'm afraid that the bettor must be dizzy, otherwise how could he gamble so big." Then, Li Hongyu came back to his senses and smiled at Liu Dongfu helplessly, he really couldn't guess that someone would do this, it was just desperate.

However, Li Hongyu would like to thank the desperate gambler, after the other party's words such a fuss, he undoubtedly made a name for himself in Wuchang City, so that more people knew that there was such a number one person as him.

As for the identity of the other party, Li Hongyu is not in a hurry now, knowing that sooner or later he will figure it out one day, his top priority is the township test, and other things can only be left behind and wait for the township test to be finished.