Yu Taibei, Ji Du, and Zhou He, the fame and status of these three people in Hangzhou City are not trivial.

The three have almost monopolized the silk business in Hangzhou, and even in the entire Zhejiang, and how many people who make a living from it have to live on their breath.

And their relationship with the local government is extremely close, and many officials receive a share of the income given by the three families in addition to the income given by the government.

Therefore, when these three people came to the Taishou Mansion at the same time, including the Taishou Chu Xiangxun, all the officials in the yamen did not dare to be disdainful, and soon led them to the second hall living room to watch tea, and Chu Taishou quickly went to receive them in person.

Then without saying a few words, Lord Taishou quickly passed the order and invited Zhong Yongda, the Hangzhou garrison of the Yamen next to him, plus Lord Chi of Hangzhou, who was already here to report the situation, and at this time, he gathered several of the most important officials in Hangzhou.

It was also not until several people gathered together, and after the people put a few ice basins into the heat and served tea, the doors and windows of this hall were also closed, and several officials and businessmen had a formal secret discussion.

Compared with the others, Zhong Yongda, the Hangzhou garrison who was a martial artist, was obviously more direct, impatient with the greetings between several people, and asked directly, "Why did Lord Taishou call us to a certain place? But it has something to do with letting Wulinmen let go of that cart of silk the day before yesterday?"

"That's right, you may not know the danger in it......" Taishou Chu Xiangxun said, glanced at Ji Du, and motioned for him to make an introduction.

Ji Du also sank his face, and told the story of his own unscrupulous children being tricked, as well as the fact that the other party was on the side of the palace, plus the fact that he blatantly wanted to transport a large amount of silk out of the city the day before yesterday.

Although most of the people present already knew the inside story of the matter, after listening to all this, their faces still changed.

"There is such a thing? Did the court hear something and want to attack us?"

"Do they have any credentials in their hands?"

"And how do we deal with it?"

As several people spoke, their eyes fell on Ji Du and Chu Taishou, obviously relying on the two of them to make up their minds today.

The matter started because of the people of the Ji family, and they naturally had the responsibility to do so. And Chu Taishou, after all, the position is here, and the involvement is too deep, and it is impossible to avoid it.

"I thought it was imperative that we didn't give them any leverage. That's why I urgently notified the two of you last night to empty all the inventory in the warehouse located in the east of the city." Ji Du coughed low and said his plan. Look at the book

Yu Taibei and Zhou He each nodded: "The warehouse has been moved clean, even if someone goes to check now, don't think about finding any problems."

"But that's not enough, isn't it? Especially those who know a little bit about the silk shop, we have not caused them to suffer a lot over the years."

"That's why I'm here to see Taishou-sama today." Ji Du's face was solemn, "Since the other party has made a move, it is naturally impossible to just forget it. As long as they knew what was going on in the city, they would have turned their minds to the small merchants.

"And to them, we can use both grace and power, so that they will not be our enemies."

"Grace means giving them good?" Chi Zhizhou asked curiously, and then quickly got an affirmative answer: "Yes, I decided to send someone to send a sum of money to each family later, which can be regarded as making up for the debt owed to them over the years."

"How much? Is fifty taels enough?" Yu Taibei asked with some pain.

There are thirty or fifty such silk shops in Hangzhou, that is, two thousand taels of silver, which is not a small amount.

Ji Du glanced at the other party, and there was a burst of disdain in his heart, when did it be, it was still this small money. It is said that he is the most stingy in northern Thailand, a standard miser, and today he really saw it with his own eyes.

"Fifty taels is definitely not enough, it has to be doubled!" Zhou He said without hesitation.

"No, it's three hundred taels. Only if the money given is enough can they be silenced!" Ji Du slapped his hand on the coffee table and asserted.

"That's 10,000

Two pieces of silver, ah......" Yu Beibei was even more painful, and exhaled in a low voice.

"Otherwise, it is not enough to buy people's hearts. What's more, over the years, we have made enough money, and with a little money, it can be regarded as buying peace." Ji Du said, and said, "If Brother Yu feels that your hands are tight, your share of my Ji family will come out."

"That...... That's not necessary, we can divide it evenly." Yu Taibei felt the atmosphere, so he could only grit his teeth and admit it.

When the three of them made this decision, several officials were silent, and the money was definitely not paid by the officials, and the next thing was what they should do.

Sure enough, I heard Ji Du say again: "The second is Liwei, this is not what businessmen like us should do, and we also need the help of the government. In fact, it's nothing, just let some officers and soldiers go and explain to the people in those shops, after taking the money, no matter what happens next, they will keep their mouths shut for me.

"If they are bewitched and dare to talk nonsense, I will also ask a few adults to teach them a lesson, and let them know that Hangzhou is hundreds of miles away from Jinling."

"If this is not a problem, my brothers will be able to get things done." Zhong Yongda immediately responded.

Ji Du breathed a sigh of relief, he was afraid that when the matter came, the government would shrink his head because of fear, but now it seems that there is no need to worry: "Thank you, Lord Zhong, I will definitely record this love, and he will repay him in the future."

After a pause, he added, "There is also the next period of time, we can only choose to stop for the time being."

Several people looked at each other for a while, and each nodded. are all targeted by the imperial court, who dares to mess around again, if you have money to make, you have to have a life to spend, right?

"Last but not least, I hope that Lord Taishou can help." Ji Du said, got up again, and said deeply to Chu Xiangxun.

"But what?"

"Please also ask Lord Taishou to find an opportunity to go to the palace and ask tentatively, to see if the matter against us this time has anything to do with His Majesty the Emperor."

Chu Xiangxun suddenly felt embarrassed: "This ......" He is too guarded in one place, how dare he go to the side to knock on His Majesty the Emperor.

"After the deed is completed, we are willing to take out 20% of the dry shares of the silk business to thank Lord Taishou for his kindness." After exchanging glances with the other two, Ji Du immediately said.

This offer immediately made Chu Taishou's expression change, and after a while, he finally nodded: "Then I'll take advantage of the greetings to test one or two in the past two days."

Just as a few people were thanking each other, suddenly, a drum beat sounded outside, interrupting their conversation and train of thought.