Chapter 123: Giving back to others in the way of others
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With a smile on his face, Wen Chen lifted the hot teapot and poured the hot water into the tea bowl and shook it slowly, and the dark green and dry tea leaves bloomed bright green as if they had been reborn.
"Good tea, good tea ......"
"Miss Xueqin continued!"
Xueqin nodded slightly, and said, "If you want to say that the person who likes this kind of exotic stone treasure the most in the world, it is none other than the Xiongnu north of Yizhou, the grassland in the north of the country is rich but there are few gem deposits, and the Xiongnu people, regardless of men, women and children, are born to wear all kinds of accessories, if you can resell the luminous stone over there, it must be promising!" ”
Wen Chen smiled and said nothing, this coincided with his own train of thought, and he had this idea when Xiao Heidou asked him for the luminous stone that day.
Xuanyang County mainly lives in the northwest, and her mother is a Hun woman captured by Liu Weiheng, the king of Pingbei, so under the influence of her ears and eyes, she is somewhat contaminated with the aesthetics and hobbies of the Huns.
On the side, Han Rishan was puzzled, "But the Xiongnu are not as prosperous as me, they all live in pastoral areas, and they have always been self-sufficient, do they have so much silver to buy treasures such as luminous stones?" ”
Xueqin smiled euphemistically, "The cattle and sheep in the hands of the herdsmen are much more valuable than silver, if you can exchange the glow-in-the-dark stone for cattle and introduce them into my Dasheng Kyushu and sell them again, I am afraid that the benefits will be much more cost-effective than the Xiongnu directly giving silver!" ”
"Nice, nice......"
Wen Chen clapped his hands and praised, "It is worthy of being a woman who grew up in a merchant family, she can expand her thinking and come up with a way so quickly, this official admires!" ”
This is not a polite remark, in this era, most women's lifelong destiny is to teach their husbands and children, take care of a small family, and few women will study hard in their studies or business.
Xueqin belongs to a special group of people who are talented and qualified, and they are simply excellent seedlings for doing business!
"Master Wen has won the prize." Xueqin bowed slightly, "But the method that the little woman just said has two difficulties that are not easy to solve in practice!" ”
Wen Chen waved his hand, "Don't worry, these things are under the control of this official!" ”
"Does Lord Wen know what two difficulties the little woman is talking about?" Xue Qin was surprised.
Wen Chen chuckled lightly and poured two cups of the tea he had just brewed, one in front of him and one to Xueqin.
"First, the merchant Jia wants to obtain the luminous stone from the Southern Qi Dynasty, the cost is huge, plus the labor freight along the way, and the commercial tax to be paid later, the cost of reselling the luminous stone to the north of the country will be very high, even if it can be exchanged for cattle and sheep into Dasheng to continue to resell, a lot of time, manpower and financial resources are invested, and the income may be much smaller than the profit generated by normal business!"
"Lord Wen, Gao Jian!"
"Second, the Xiongnu in the northern part of the country are extremely fierce, there are many examples of robbing caravans and killing people and goods, there are few businesses in the surrounding countries that can do business with them, even if it is your Xue family business, the contacts that can be contacted are very limited, even so, it is difficult not to be targeted by greedy people on the way to transport precious gems such as luminous stones, so this security issue also needs to be carefully considered!" Wen Chen continued.
"That's right." Xueqin nodded in agreement, "So the little woman thinks that the business of Nanqi Luminous Stone is of little value to adults, so it's okay not to do it!" ”
"Neither nor not!" Wen Chen shook his head slowly, "If these two problems can't be solved, there is no need for this official to talk to Miss Xueqin for so long." ”
"Wen ...... Does Lord Wen have a way? Xueqin was surprised.
"This official has reliable channels, and he can obtain a large amount of luminous stones from Southern Qi at a very low price, even lower than the labor cost paid later, and this official is confident to persuade Liu Weiheng, the king of Zhenbei, to send troops to escort him when the Xue family business is doing business with the Hun merchants!" Wen Chen said confidently.
"Is this true?" Xue Qin said in surprise.
"That's nature." Wen Chen bowed slightly, "It's just that this official needs to borrow the caravan and connections of your Xue family's firm, and when the time comes, you and I will distribute it according to our work, and this official will never treat Miss Xueqin badly!" ”
"Ahem!" Xue Ding, who had been left hanging aside for a long time, had a slightly unnatural expression, he was the real leader of the Xue family's business, and his daughter Xueqin was trained by him.
"What, Mr. Xue has something to say?" Wen Chen put away his smile and looked at Xue Ding.
"Lord Wen, the little girl is still young and inexperienced, doing business is still a little grass-dwelling, why don't we finish talking about business first, and when things are understood, in the future, my Xue family's business will be at the disposal of Lord Wen!"
"Well, that makes sense...... Wen Chen picked up the "evidence" that Xue Ding handed him just now, and asked, "Is there anything else Mr. Xue needs to add to this?" ”
"No, the evidence collected by the grass people is in the hands of Lord Wen!" Xue Ding said respectfully.
"Okay, good ......" Wen Chen let out a long sigh, and in the surprised eyes of several people, he lifted the teapot and stuffed the thick stack of paper into the stove, and the orange-red flame immediately wrapped it, and in the blink of an eye, the "evidence" turned into ashes.
"Han, Mr. Xue didn't want to live at all, pull it out and cut it, remember, you have to cut it on the street and let everyone see it!"
"No!" Han Rishan answered.
Xue Ding's father and daughter, who were kneeling, suddenly changed their faces, "Lord Wen, what do you mean by this?" The grass people kindly came to send you evidence, why did you kill the grass people? ”
"Han, tell him why." Wen Chen lowered his head and blew on the hot tea and pointed at Xue Ding.
Han Rishan was stunned for a moment, obviously he didn't expect this work to fall on his head, fortunately, in the past few years, it has not been in vain in the Zhenguo Division, Zhengse said, "The criminal Xue Ding, in front of Lord Qincha Yu Shiwen, to discuss the government in vain, slander His Majesty's decision-making on the Qingzhou disaster, the crime is extremely heinous, and it should be decided!" ”
Xue Ding's face turned pale, isn't this just a naked frame-up? How could I have said such a thing?
"The grass people are wronged! If this matter gets out, won't Lord Wen be afraid of causing public anger?! ”
"Anger?" Wen Chen snorted coldly, "Yuan Qingshan is protected by the people of Qingzhou, and the official can't move him now, but what are you?" This official will kill if he wants, look at the time when you cut off your head for a while, do the people believe me or believe you?! ”
"Qin'er, you heard it all, look at what this Lord Wen said? You have to bear witness for your father! Xue Ding looked flustered and grabbed Xueqin's shoulder.
Xueqin gritted her teeth and looked at Wen Chen, "Lord Wen, can you give your father another chance......
"This official looks at your face, from entering the door to just now, he has been given two chances, if Miss Xueqin still asks for mercy, she will follow your father in a while, your Xue family's business is not only the two of you who can do business!" Wen Chen said expressionlessly.
Only then did Xue Qin know what this meant, when Wen Chen was talking about business with him just now, he already had the intention of replacing his father, so he would reveal so many plans and ideas to himself.
When Wen Chen asked his father if there was anything he needed to add, he was giving him one last chance, but his father still felt that he could fool him, which made Wen Chen completely murderous!
"Lord Wen, the grass people have no grievances with you, why do you want to harm me?!" Xue Ding's eyes cracked, and he asked in a loud voice.
A trace of impatience flashed on Wen Chen's face, and he was about to urge Han Rishan to make a move, but he heard Xueqin on the side say softly:
"Dad, for the sake of the foundation of my Xue family's business for a hundred years, you still have to explain......