Chapter 699: The Han Family's Crisis I have a way
Han Xiaoyu finally discovered the strangeness in the family, as the most favored little princess in the family, she has never lacked pocket money, and her parents and brother will give her a lot every month. Some time ago, she went to Xingchen to play, and her mother gave her a thousand citrine coins in one go.
But these days, her family hasn't given her a single copper coin. When she needed money to invite some friends, she suddenly found that her parents and brother, who were usually shushing her, had not come to see her for many days.
Xiaoyu, who had been immersed in happiness and pride, finally realized the problem, and immediately sensed the tense and anxious atmosphere in the family, and almost all the children forced out a smile when they saw her.
"What the hell is going on?" Xiaoyu felt uncomfortable, and turned around to find her parents.
Han Kang is the contemporary head of the Han family, their family is just a small nobleman, and his father used to be a commoner. Later, Yuan Quan was activated at the Imperial Academy to obtain nobility.
But only twenty years later, the Han family had just developed, and the old man Han died because of his practice.
Fortunately, Han Kang's talent at that time was good, and he was only seventeen years old and was already in the third layer of internal qi, so the family was not short-lived. Later, he saw the opportunity to enter the utensils industry, and successfully squeezed into the high-end market of Dachen Kingdom, which led to the current family business.
However, just half a month ago, the Han family's utensils store, which has been occupying a certain share of Dachen's high-end utensils industry, suffered a fatal blow.
In just two or three days, the nobles of the Great Chen Kingdom changed their preferences and began to pursue a kind of pure silver ware shipped from overseas, and at the same time, a large number of pure silver ware also appeared on the market. It immediately replaced the high-end market of fine pottery.
Pure silver is a metal with a shiny body and a pronounced luster. Very beautiful. The utensils are also carved with various patterns, giving people an elegant, atmospheric feeling, only from the appearance of the pottery products to get rid of a large section.
And because it is made of metal, the utensils of pure silver have a strong ability to resist falls, and they are far more than pottery products. Therefore, although the silver utensils were expensive, the extravagant aristocrats still fell in love with this new favorite.
Sales declined. Many of the nobles who had pre-planned in advance also changed their minds and opted for silver utensils instead. Of course, Han Kang is anxious about this, and the Han family is a single product sales. Only zuò fine pottery is made, and the market is all in the Kingdom of Dachen, and even the kiln mouth is there. Such a situation is absolutely fatal to the Han family.
For this. Han Kang made a special trip to the Kingdom of Da Chen. Prepare to unite some pottery merchants to resist the silver utensils. The emergence of new utensils will definitely not only affect themselves, but also all pottery companies.
However, when Han Kang arrived at the Kingdom of Dachen, he found that this was not the case, and many of the shops that made zuò pottery had turned to selling silver utensils.
It is impossible to exit this market, and there is no room for you to survive anywhere else. In this case. The Han family's only option was to also switch to selling silver ware. has been doing business in the Kingdom of Dachen for many years, and Han Kang still has some connections. He also has a good relationship with some nobles, and with the fact that pure silver is sought after, it is not difficult to make money.
But the problem now is that the Han family has pressed too much money on fine pottery, if they can't sell a large number of utensils in their hands, they have no money to buy at all, and the silver utensils are quite expensive, not to mention, the major utensils stores are also competing for the purchase volume, and people will ignore you if you want less.
At the beginning, Han Kang also wanted to put fine pottery into the low-end market, but it was a big deal to lose some money, as long as he could make up a sum of cash on hand, he could earn it back if he bought pure silver products.
But then he found that many trading houses had the same idea as him, and a large number of fine pottery was put into the low-end market, causing the price of pottery to continue to fall. At this time, there were too many losses at the reserve price, and the funds returned could not grab the pure silver.
Later, he wanted to bring back all the pottery in his hand, but considering the high cost of shipping, this idea was abandoned.
In the end, Han Kang decided to come back and borrow money, as long as he had enough funds on hand, he would definitely be able to tide over this difficulty.
The next thing once again dealt Han Kang a blow. Those people who used to be good friends with the Han family, as soon as they heard that he was going to borrow money, they either shirked and cried poor or hid from seeing anyone, and none of them reached out.
This is also the reason why the atmosphere of the Han family is depressed these days, almost all the children of the family are running for their own connections, hoping to make up a sum of money for the family. But the Han family's background is too shallow, and the business is in Dachen, no one is optimistic about them, and they are afraid that the money lent out will be lost.
Time passed day by day, Han Kang was anxious, if there was no money to buy it, I am afraid that the silver utensils would really not have their own share. The Han family's business will also be completely ruined, and the family can only sit and eat empty in the future, and finally end up in despair!
Xiaoyu rushed outside her parents' room and happened to hear her father lose his temper and scold those so-called friends for forgetting their righteousness. My mother kept persuading and reminding me that I hadn't found anyone yet, so I might as well try it.
"It's useless, usually they run to our house when they have nothing to do, and they also say that they want Xiaoyu to marry their family. But since something happened to our family, are they still coming?" Han Kang said angrily.
"Or ...... Let Xiaoyu find her friends, aren't they all Zijing fans, maybe they can help!"
"It's all a bunch of fun-loving kids, what can they do. Could it be that their family would lend us money because of a child's words! If Xiaoyu said that we should lend a large sum of money to her friend, I would not have given it...... Forget it, don't tell her about this, this child has been carefree since he was a child......"
"The situation at home these days, do you think that if you don't tell her, she won't be able to notice it, our daughter is not young!"
"Hey~" Xiaoyu's father was stunned for a moment and let out a deep sigh.
Xiaoyu was stunned outside the door for a long time, her eyes getting redder and redder, and finally covered her mouth and cried. She really didn't expect that her family would encounter such a big difficulty, so her parents didn't want to sue herself, for fear that she would be sad.
The door creaked open, and Han Kang and his wife walked out, looking at Xiaoyu in surprise, speechless for a while.
After a long time, the mother stepped forward and hugged her daughter and asked, "Girl, have you heard everything?"
"Hmm!" Xiaoyu nodded. The voice was a little choked.
Han Kang also walked over, patted his daughter's shoulder, and comforted, "Girl." Don't worry, Dad will solve it, it's not a big deal!"
Xiaoyu suddenly raised her head from her mother's arms and asked, "How much money does our family lack?"
"Xiaoyu, you don't have to worry about it, I ......"
"Daddy, sue me. How much money is lacking in the family!" Xiaoyu asked categorically, interrupting her father for the first time in her life.
Han Kang and his wife are also the first time to see Xiaoyu like this, although this girl is usually lively. But he was very well-behaved, and he had never been so strong.
"Daddy, hurry up and sue me!" finally Xiaoyu almost shouted.
"Five hundred thousand, silver vessels are very expensive. A small cup can cost hundreds of citrine coins. To ......"
"500,000, I know!" Xiaoyu interrupted his father again, then broke free from his mother's embrace and ran out.
"Xiaoyu!" her mother stretched out her hand and was about to chase after her, but Han Kang grabbed her wrist.
"Xiaoyu is unstable, it won't happen if you run out like this, right?" asked the mother worriedly.
"I told them to follow her...... We didn't notice it before, and we always treated her like a child! Xiaoyu has really grown up!" Han Kang sighed.
"Then do you think she can borrow money?" Xiaoyu's mother asked again.
"It's hard, but it won't be long before she understands. Those friends of hers, who can help her deliver a message to her family, are not in vain...... Let's move on to something else!"
Han Kang shook his head bitterly, ordered someone to follow Xiaoyu, and then turned his head and entered the room......
Half a month later, in the Tian family's mansion, Xiaoyu told Tian Hongmin about his family's difficulties. This is her best friend, and Xiaoyu thought of her at the first time.
"500,000!" Tian Hongmin exclaimed, if it were about the family's financial resources, the Tian family would be able to shake off the Han family's a few streets, which could be seen from when Tian Hongmin's father was the first to go to the teahouse to apply for membership, and he threw 100,000 citrine coins without blinking.
But with the figure of 500,000, Tian Hongmin really can't agree, she has to nod her father.
"Sister Hong Min, is it difficult?" Seeing that Tian Hongmin was a little embarrassed, Xiaoyu chuckled in her heart. He remembered his father's friends, and he wouldn't shirk it as soon as he borrowed money.
Xiaoyu had never encountered such a thing before, and she couldn't help but sweat her palms at this time, this was her best friend.
Tian Hongmin is much more mature than Xiaoyu, of course she knows what Xiaoyu is worried about, and she also knows that this girl is very sensitive now, and if she doesn't use a good wording at this time, it may make Xiaoyu misunderstand.
Tian Hongmin thought for a while and said to Xiaoyu: "If I had so much money, I would definitely lend it to you!" But you also know that I have to find my father for this matter...... In this way, you come with me, I will take you to meet my old man, and I will try to help you!"
Xiaoyu nodded silently, followed Tian Hongmin to get up, and walked to the backyard.
Not long after, in the small hall in the backyard, a big fat man frowned and looked embarrassed.
"Dad, you can help Xiaoyu's family, she is my best sister! And I promise that Uncle Han will definitely pay back the money in the future!" Tian Hongmin pulled the sleeve of the big fat man, and was coquettish for a while.
Xiaoyu also looked at the big fat man nervously, bowed down and said, "Uncle Tian, I'm sorry for you!"
The big fat man looked at his daughter, then at Xiaoyu, and after thinking about it for a while, he finally shook his head: "Xiaoyu, it's not that Uncle Tian doesn't help you! You also know that Uncle Tian is in the grain business, this year's imperial floods, most of the territory has not been harvested, and Uncle Tian's has also lost a lot, if I lend it to your family again, I will have a problem here!"
Xiaoyu was stunned for a long time when she heard this, held back her tears, and bowed again: "I understand, thank you Uncle Tian, for causing you trouble!"
Tian Hongmin couldn't speak at this time, Dad's words were already very clear, she couldn't let Dad's own house go in.
Walking out of the backyard, Tian Hongmin said in a low voice: "Xiaoyu, I'm sorry!"
"It's okay!" Xiaoyu wiped away her tears, turned her head and said with a smile, although the money was not borrowed, but this friend finally did not make a mistake! She remembered what her father said not long ago, if Tian Hongmin asked her to borrow money, she would have to get through her father.
"But ...... at home" Seeing that Xiaoyu had no mustard, Tian Hongmin's heart was relieved.
"It's okay, I have a way!" Xiaoyu took a deep breath and nodded vigorously! (To be continued......)