Since the Su family came to Hucheng to escape the summer, the people who came to visit every day were about to break the threshold of the Su Mansion Courtyard. However, there have been a lot fewer people coming in recent days, because the old woman has been disturbed to recuperate, so she has been ordered to come down, and no one has come. At first, those people thought it was just a pretext, and they came as usual, but they didn't want to be stopped at the door, and then they realized that they really didn't see the guests, so everyone gradually stopped thinking about clinging.

"Brother Guard, please pass it on, we really have something urgent to see Master Su. A middle-aged man in his forties at the door was carrying a young man, and the young man had a reluctant expression, but was desperately dragged by the middle-aged man next to him.

The guard impatiently waved away the middle-aged man's flattering hand: "I said that our son is gone, what are you doing here, go away!"

"Dad, let's go, no one wants to see you, what are you still doing here!" the young man took the middle-aged man's hand and wanted to go out.

Bele jumped to the door, and when he saw this entangled scene, he immediately sank his face.

"What's going on!"

The guard just now walked up to Bele and bowed his hand to Bele and said, "That's the case, the two of them have to see the eldest young master, I said that the eldest young master is not there, and they have to rely on it and not leave." ”

Beile took two steps forward with a calm face and put his hands behind his back: "Our eldest young master has already said that he will not see guests during this time, if you don't see it, you don't want to entangle, or leave quickly, so as not to please our eldest young master, then the gain will outweigh the loss, understand!?"

When the middle-aged man heard this, although he was a little settled, he still cautiously stepped forward and asked, "Then according to the meaning of the little brother, when will the eldest young master meet the guests?"

Don't be happy to see such flattery, although he was disgusted, he still said patiently: "When it's time to meet, I'll naturally meet, what's the hurry?!"

After Beile finished speaking, he left directly, really, delaying his own time, the businessmen in this small city are so mercenary and short-sighted, and they have to go to the office to explain the matter.

After Bele left, the middle-aged man slowly frowned again, and the young man saw it: "Dad, now you are willing to go." ”

The middle-aged man shook his head and made a bitter face: "What do you know, you know how to have fun all day long, and you don't know how to help your father share his worries, besides, Dad is not cheeky for you, if it weren't for you, wouldn't Dad give people a smile everywhere?"

"Dad, what does my own business have to do with his Su family, can his Su family manage it?"

After hearing this, the middle-aged man knocked his unsuccessful son hard: "You must know that the Su family is an imperial businessman, we are just a merchant in Lake City, no matter how big it is, it is in Lake City, but it is not as big as the Su family, do you understand?"

"But ..........."

"It's nothing, but my father knows that you want to say that the Su family is not a yamen, but if you offend the Su family, will there still be a good life for us?

"Dad, I know, but what can I do if I don't see them, go back. ”

"Let's go. ”

Three days later.

Lake City is located in the north, although it is a hot summer, but there is no heat in the south, a light rain drove away a lot of heat, and it was a little cooler.

"Don't be happy, pack up, and go out with me. ”

"Yes, young master. ”

Su Weicheng stopped clapping his hands, paused, and commanded: "By the way, you go and call the second brother, just say that he should also learn to share the worries and manage the family." ”

"Yes, don't understand. ”

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The streets are bustling and lively, although it is only a city in the north, it is also bustling and lively.

"Why did the eldest brother suddenly remember to take the second brother out today?" Su Weiqi looked around and asked inadvertently.

Su Weicheng smiled: "You are the second young master of the Su family, and the Su family's great cause naturally has your share, and now I call you out just to learn how to handle business with you, and to share the worries of the eldest brother in the future, the mother is not in good health, and we should naturally do more as sons." ”

Su Weiqi bowed his head and said: "What the eldest brother said is that the second brother has been taught, but the second brother is blunt, so the eldest brother should not dislike it." But at the moment of burying his head, a gleam flashed in his eyes, and he disappeared in an instant, which made people think it was an illusion.

Su Weicheng patted Su Weiqi's shoulder, nodded and said, "What is the second brother talking about, how can the eldest brother dislike the second brother? Let's go, let's go and see the shops in the city today." ”

Walking to a rouge shop, there is a lot of people in the market, many women are choosing rouge inside, the shopkeeper is carefully playing with abacus beads in front of the counter, and a few small guys are shuttling back and forth, which shows how popular this shop is.

Su Weicheng thought about it for a while, and said to the person next to him: "Second brother, let's go in and have a look?"

Su Weiqi nodded: "Big brother is in charge." ”

The two walked in with their respective personal servants. A junior in the shop frowned when he saw several big men coming in, and greeted him.

"Ladies and gentlemen, this is the place to buy rouge, and you are not suitable to go in. ”

Su Weicheng didn't glance at the little guy, and just said: "This opening is to welcome guests, how can there be any reason to drive guests out?"

Xiao Si had a bitter face: "But, but you are both men, and the small shop sells things for women." ”

"Needless to say, call your shopkeepers out. ”

The little guy was helpless, and saw that Su Weicheng and the two of them had extraordinary bearing, and they were wearing high-quality materials, so they should be prominent people, so they had to invite them to sit next to them.

"The two masters will sit here for a while, and I'll call our shopkeeper right away. ”

The women who bought rouge next to them couldn't help but feel a little funny when they saw two big men coming to this rouge shop, but after looking at it twice, they devoted themselves to such a big thing as choosing rouge.

It didn't take long for the shopkeeper to come over, followed by the little guy just now.

The shopkeeper looked like he was about fifty years old, and although he was old, his face was full of energy. He saluted Su Weicheng and the others with their hands, and said, "I don't know what the two guest officers are looking for to be old?"

Su Weicheng said: "Finding a shopkeeper is naturally a matter of business. Just now, when I was outside, I saw that your store was doing good business, so I came in to have a look, and if I really wanted to negotiate a deal with the store. ”

When the shopkeeper heard this, he frowned slightly: "I don't know what kind of business the guest officer is going to do?"

Su Weicheng turned his hand and shook the folding fan, and said with a light smile: "Your store's rouge is so popular, it must be excellent, and the business I want to do is to buy your store's rouge, and it is a large amount." ”

As the largest merchant in Rongguo, one of the businesses of the Su family is to buy goods from all over the country, and then sell them in a unified manner, to put it bluntly, it is to buy and sell, of course, the purchased goods must be of the highest quality, otherwise how can they reach the signboard of the Su family? It can be said that almost all the merchants in Rongguo hope to climb the high branch of the Su family and do business with the Su family, which means that they have a lofty position in the business circles of Rongguo. On the other hand, even such a high threshold for the Su family to enter also shows that their own goods are indeed excellent, so in the eyes of the people, they are still eager for their own goods?

"That's nature, and the rouge in the small shop is naturally good. When the shopkeeper heard Su Weicheng say that he wanted to buy a large number of them, his face was smiling, and he was a little complacent when he spoke.

"Take me to see it. ”

"Okay, well, please come here. ”

Su Weicheng picked up a box of rouge, opened it and smelled it, it did smell good, but the more he smelled it, the more he felt that something was wrong, and finally, his face that was always smiling finally attached a layer of coldness.

Su Weicheng slowly put down the box of rouge and said coldly: "Has your store's rouge always used the same material?"

The shopkeeper didn't understand why Su Weicheng suddenly changed his tone, but he still had to speak: "This old man doesn't know, the old man is just employed by the owner, and only the owner knows about these things." I wonder if there's something wrong?"

Su Weicheng didn't answer, but just picked up a few boxes of different types of rouge, opened them and smelled them, and they all frowned.

The shopkeeper was very worried when he saw this: "Guest officer, is there any problem?"

"Rouge is mixed with this poisonous flower, although it has a whitening effect, it is more poisonous than arsenic in the long run, do you know?!"

When the surrounding women heard this, they all turned their heads involuntarily, and then threw away the rouge in their hands.

The shopkeeper's face turned white with fright, but he was more angry, and said: "What do you mean by this, do you think that the small shop is poisoning the people? I thought you were here to do business, and you were treated as guests, but you slandered the small shop like this, in my opinion, you are here to find fault, come and arrest them and throw them in the back firewood room, I want to see who sent them!"

said that he was going to let the thugs in the store arrest Su Weicheng and them.