"Oops! Rare Guest! The late night visit of the adults made my Shen family shine! ”

Before the old man went out, he bowed his hand to ask for a gift, smiling with spring on his face.

That Beijing official, around forty years, has a ruler and a long beard, an easy-going face, and an extraordinary bearing. The accompanying guards are all strong and strong, holding knives at their waists, full of majesty.

"Xiaguan Cao Tian, worship the Liangzhejiang Road transfer envoy, and come to Suzhou to buy New Year's coins on a mission," Cao Tian was modest and polite, and looked at Shen Tian and asked, "I don't know if you are Aunt Song?" ”

"Song ...... Uncle? Shen Tian was stunned for a moment, and glanced at Song Che behind him.

Song Che stepped forward with a smile and asked for a salute: "Aunt Song doesn't dare to be, grass people Song Che, see Lord Cao," he turned to the old man and introduced: "This is my father-in-law, the head of the Shen family, Shen Tian." ”

Cao Tian said with a smile: "Originally, I thought that Aunt Song was an old man, but when I saw it today, I never thought that it was such a young talent, disrespectful and disrespectful. ”

"Lord Cao is polite, the grass people are just a businessman," Song Che politely made a gesture of invitation, "Lord Cao, sit down in the guest hall." ”

"Please."

Cao Tian stroked the house.

The old man looked at Song Che in surprise, "Virtuous son-in-law, do you know Master Cao?" ”

Song Che smiled and shook his head: "Xu is that our cloth sells well, and word of mouth has spread to Luoyang." ”

Entered the guest hall and served good tea. Shen Tian and Cao Tian sat down, while Song Che waited respectfully.

"This time, the imperial court is in a hurry, and I was also temporarily ordered, and I got out of the court this morning and came all the way from Luoyang, which disturbed Master Shen and Aunt Song at night." Cao Tian drank the tea in one go, and it seemed that he was really in a hurry.

The old man was confused: "This year's coin ......"

Cao Tian sighed: "I don't know much about the mystery here, but since it is something ordered by the official, you and I can do our best to do it,"

He asked straight to the point: "Now the imperial court needs 300,000 pieces of silk and 50 pearls as a tribute to neighboring countries, I don't know if Master Shen and Aunt Song can take it?" ”

The old man exclaimed: "Three...... 300,000 horses! This...... It's-"

"You can get it." Song Che was categorical: "It's just that the silk is going to be late, and now it has passed the peak season of sericulture, and it will take some time to peel off the cocoon, as for the pearls, my mother-in-law's family is the largest jeweler in Hangzhou, and it can be prepared at any time." ”

Cao Tian asked again: "The official family is in a hurry, can it be prepared this month?" ”

Song Che said confidently: "Don't worry, Lord Cao, within seven days, it will definitely be ready." ”

"Good! is worthy of being recommended by high-ranking officials, and doing business with Aunt Song is really refreshing! Cao Tian got up and said, "After seven days, I will come to accept!"

Cao Tian didn't stay long, and said before leaving: "This year's coin is related to the national fortune of Daliang, and I also look at Master Shen and Aunt Song to be rigorous." ”

Song Che sent the guests out of the house, and it was not until Cao Tian boarded the official sedan chair that he turned back to the guest hall.

The old man sat down in his chair, perhaps all this happened so fast that his mind could not turn a corner.

Shen Wenjun walked out of the screen, and Hua Rong was worried, "Husband, I heard it all now, 300,000 silks, only 150,000 horses in the Yunshuifang warehouse, even if you put together all the cloth shops that joined, it will be less than 300,000 horses, you still boast to the Beijing officials about Haikou, how can you get it together within seven days?"

Song Che smiled: "When have I ever done something unreliable?" ”

"And the other 150,000 horses you can get so much?" Shen Wenjun grabbed Song Che's arm and glanced at the old man who was slumped in the chair, "If you don't say a reassuring word tonight, I'm afraid that the whole family won't be able to sleep for the next few days." ”

Song Che patted the back of Shen Wenjun's hand and said softly: "Madam, don't worry, our family doesn't have it, but other families do." ”

"Farewell...... You mean...... Chen? ”

"In Suzhou City, apart from that wronged leader, who else can take out so much cloth?"

"Can be Chen's style, how can he take out the cloth?" Shen Wenjun was worried.

Song Che smiled coldly: "If he doesn't spit it out, he will have to go bankrupt." ”

There are sericultures everywhere in Jiangnan, anyway, the order has arrived, it's a big deal to go elsewhere to purchase, be a middleman to make the difference, 300,000 pieces of cloth, how can you eat a big fat man.

The old man looked up at the lobby and muttered, "This time my Shen family is going to heaven......

……

This family is happy, and that family is sad.

Chenfu Ketang.

The Chen father and son paced back and forth, anxiously waiting.

"Master, childe, Lord He is here."

The servant led He Qiu into the guest hall.

"Cousin!"

"Virtuous nephew!"

Chen's father and son respectively dragged He Qiu's right arm.

"Cousin, I just got the news that the transfer envoy entered the city and went straight to the Shen family, did he make a mistake!" Chen Rencai said eagerly.

He Qiu shook off the father and son, and said in a deep voice: "After Lord Cao entered the city, I didn't see him at first, so I went directly to the Shen family, the purpose is very clear, uncle, cousin, I look at this year-old coin business, you still don't have to worry about it." ”

Chen Rencai said in a lamented voice: "My old watch! It's not like you said that, my uncle told us to put a hundred hearts, saying that the silk business in the New Year's coin belongs to my Chen family, and we have spent so much money up and down, how can we ...... Why did you suddenly ask the Shen family to cut off the beard! ”

He Qiu sighed and only asked, "Who is that Song Che?" ”

Chen Rencai said: "He is a door-to-door son-in-law who was picked up from the middle of the road!" ”

"Impossible!" He Qiu said: "Do you know that with a letter, he can call the Lin'an Mansion to send an envoy; Even my father couldn't keep the New Year's coin business, but he cut it off, which shows how powerful the forces behind it are...... Uncle, cousin, in my opinion, you still don't want to provoke him, losing a business is small, and moving your head is big! ”

"Ah......h

Chen Rencai sat on the ground with his buttocks, wiped his tears and cried: "For this business, Suzhou, Linzhou, Jiangning, Hangzhou...... All the silk in Jiangnan has been collected by us, and there are 400,000 horses in the warehouse! Just wait for the business of the year's coins to come down, and the good funds will return the balance of the arrears, but now that the business is yellow, the remaining family wealth cannot fill this hole at all, and if the contract is broken, it will be compensated three times...... Isn't this the life of my Chen family! ”

"Good nephew, at the beginning, your father personally promised that this business would be successful, so we hoarded silk on a large scale, and now the Chen family is on the verge of bankruptcy, you can't sit idly by!" Father Chen climbed He Qiu's arm, a handful of snot and tears.

"Oops, uncle! The matter ...... This matter is you and my father are negotiating, if it weren't for the official worship here, I really didn't know that there was such a thing, I, as a parent official in Suzhou, how could I cheat for your business! ”

"Then you want more than 100 people in our Chen family to die!"

Father and son, hugged each other and cried bitterly.

He Qiu couldn't bear it, helped the father and son up, and sighed: "I have a way to get a glimmer of life for the Chen family, I wonder if my uncle and cousin are willing to listen?" ”

Chen Rencai grabbed a life-saving straw, "How! Cousin, come quickly, as long as I can keep the family business, I am willing to do anything! ”

He Qiu gently spit out eight words: "Put down your body and go and beg Song Che." ”