It was obviously a sharp questioning voice, but it was very fluctuating in the ears of Cang'er and Xia Rong.

Cang'er couldn't hold back his sadness and gave Xia Rong a look.

Xia Rong hurriedly stepped forward to help Banniang, and said cautiously: "Miss Ba will sit down first, and the slave will go and make a cup of tea." ”

Banniang didn't care about her, just looked at Cang'er.

When Xia Rong retreated, Cang'er coughed lightly, and was about to speak, when he heard Banniang say quietly: "What happened in the workshop and shop?" ”

If it weren't for a big event, Cang'er wouldn't have been with Xia Rong and deliberately concealed himself.

Seeing that she didn't ask Di Erlang about it, Cang'er breathed a sigh of relief: "It's not that I want to hide it from you, but I'm really worried about you, and it's not helpful to tell you at this time." On the day of my uncle's funeral, there was a fire in our workshop, which was originally a fire from the woodsmith's workshop, because the fire was too big, it was a southeast wind that day, and the lacquer workshop was in the east of the carpentry workshop, so it was also burned. In the shop, it has also been seized by the yamen in the past few days, and it is impossible to open the door to do business, saying that we have underreported the tax. ”

The woodworking workshop is full of wood, and the paint in the lacquer workshop is more likely to catch fire than the woodworking workshop, Cang'er is not a word about the situation, and Banniang also knows that the two newly built workshops, even if they are not destroyed, they have also destroyed most of them.

When Banniang heard the news, her body shook, her eyes were dark, and she almost fell. Fortunately, Cang'er was vigilant and helped her: "Eighth sister, don't worry, things are not as bad as you think." ”

Banniang breathed a sigh of relief, stabilized her mind, and said, "Are there any casualties?" ”

"In the woodsmith's shop...... Two apprentices died. ”

"How to deal with the aftermath? Since he died in our workshop due to an accident, the pension cannot be less. ”

"The strange death of the person, there was a fire here, and the count was completed, and before the family of the deceased could be verified, there were the families of the two apprentices who died in the fire came to make trouble, fortunately, the second brother Liu was thoughtful, and he called someone to invite the people of the Terracotta Division to come over, and sealed the scene, and the people of the Terracotta Division secretly called the troublemakers over to question, and the steward of the Yiwang Mansion had sent Jingyin to the Terracotta Division, so those people were questioned by the people of the Terracotta Division, but they did not dare to make too much trouble. It's kind of pressed down. Later, Brother Liu and I thought that although this matter was not so simple, it was also the first thing to solve the matter in front of us, so the people from the Terracotta Division came forward to mediate, and we accompanied the money. I sent those family members away. ”

"If there is really a problem with these people as you said, the two apprentices also died strangely, and it will definitely be a hidden danger in the future, it is better to send someone to follow them safely, and also see if the people of these two families have any contact with any suspicious people, if there is, we must know that if the fire is not an accident, who is targeting us."

"I've already done it."

Banniang nodded, only feeling exhausted.

It's really a leaky house, and it rains a lot. Her mother must not leave her hands alone at this time, but she has encountered difficulties in business that she has never encountered before, and there is no solution now, and she is even black-eyed and does not know anything. It's all handed over to Cang'er and Brother Qiao, and she definitely doesn't feel at ease.

"And what is the situation in the two workshops today?"

Fortunately, due to the tight time, there were not many wood raw materials transported, that is, all of them were burned, as long as there were no big casualties, the loss was just money. Banniang calculated, originally built these two workshops, because they were intended to be used for a long time in the future, so the construction of the intentions, the raw materials for building the house are also used well, fortunately, because it just started, although there is a lot of land, but it only occupies one-third of the area, and the loss of about more than 3,000 silver coins to build the building,

There are not many raw materials in the lacquer workshop, even if they are all burned, it will probably not exceed 2,000 yuan, but in the wood workshop, there are nearly 10,000 precious wood.

All of this is counted, there is probably a loss of fifteen or six thousand.

It's just that the problem is not just about money these days. It's time.

It would take at least two months to rebuild the workshop, and it would take time to transport the timber from Quanzhou Port. And there are not many finished products that the woodware shop intends to sell at the beginning, so if the woodware shop wants to operate normally, it can still be transported from the workshop in Quanzhou? This is definitely a situation that Banniang does not want to see.

I heard Cang'er reply: "It's okay in the paint workshop, only about one-third of the house was burned, and the woodwork workshop is more serious, fortunately, because you thought of preparing for the fire before, the moat around our workshop is dug deeper, and the water source is sufficient, so although the fire is big, it is saved in time, and the raw materials we originally piled up in the warehouse have very little loss, and they can basically be used." However, except for the warehouse, all the other buildings of the carpentry workshop have been destroyed by fire and must be rebuilt. ”

Hearing that the loss of timber is not big, Banniang is very relieved, 10,000 is not a small amount, although she can afford to lose, but there is no need to occupy another fund on the wood, always let the money on hand be much looser.

"Eighth sister, don't worry too much, I discussed with Brother Qiao and Second Brother Liu, the woodcraft workshop has to be rebuilt, but we have wood and people, and production will not stop. The buildings of the lacquer mill were not seriously burned, so they could be repaired first, and half of the houses were evenly distributed for the carpentry workshop. However, the carpentry workshop also had to be rebuilt. So by the end of the year, both sides will be able to function normally. In the past two days, the three of us have also taken stock of both places, and we have lost a total of three or four thousand yuan of silver, and now the money in the account can still be turned around. What needs to be solved urgently now is the matter in the shop. In our business, there was an accident in three places, that is, I thought with my toes, and I knew that someone was deliberately behind it. But we are just a new business in the capital, whether it is that shop, or two workshops, compared with others, it is not eye-catching, ordinary businessmen, there is really no need to find our trouble, not to mention that there is a Dingnan Houfu in the middle, that shop, but Dingnan Houjia, although it is our business, but it is the shop of Dingnan Houjia. If no one provokes trouble from behind, how can the Kaifeng Mansion be like this? ”

Today's Kaifeng Ya boss, but the famous Bao Heizi in later generations, Bao Zheng, the straight bachelor of Longtu Pavilion. Even if you don't believe in other people and any officials, Banniang also believes that this Kaifeng Fuyi, who is now called Bao Xiren, will not be driven by general interests, let alone succumb to a certain force, and find trouble in your own shop for no reason.

There must be something wrong with this.

"Can you find Zhao Zhe?"

"Brother Qiao has already gone to see Zhao Wugongzi." Cang Er replied.

"What did Zhao Zhe say?"

"Zhao Wulang said that the shop belongs to theirs, and it is said that it is our business, and since we have rented his shop to do business, he should not interfere more, but this matter is in his shop, and he promised that you will take care of our business, and he will help with it. Let's be calm and wait until we have figured out what happened, and then it's not too late to solve it. There is no rush in these days. ”

Hearing that Zhao Zhe was willing to help, Banniang breathed a sigh of relief.

With Zhao Zhe's help, at least they won't be black-eyed.