Chapter 34 Insufficient sincerity
When Mrs. Xu heard such an overly rude request, a look of disgust flashed through her eyes.
But she quickly returned to normal and said respectfully: "I am old and old, and I am in a state of a weak and beautiful woman. How can I be qualified to enter the bedroom with the Lord? If the Lord likes me, after I go back, I will elect a few wonderful people with excellent beauty to send to the mansion to make the Lord enjoy the fun."
Perhaps with her status, she no longer wants to sacrifice her lust. Even if she wants to sacrifice her, it is probably not to sacrifice her badly-known relatives like Zhang Yanling.
Zhang Yanling immediately changed into a cold look on his face and said, "Speaking of that, Madam, you are not sincere enough, which makes me very disappointed."
Mrs. Xu said: "The Lord is young and strong, so he should have a young and beautiful girl with him. How can I catch your eyes?"
The more I said this, the more I felt guilty.
After all, this is Jianchang Bo Mansion. If Zhang Yanling really wants to do something random to her, she will obviously lack the room for resistance. If others do, they will definitely not dare to do something randomly. But who is Zhang Yanling? Zhang Yanling used to force a robbery of a private girl?
But this time, when Zhang Yanling heard that she had no intention of giving up, she seemed to lose interest and sat aside again, with an extremely indifferent attitude.
"It seems that the lady still doesn't want to be too close to her. She just treats this matter as a business. Since it is a business, then Benjue has no need to keep any kindness. She has a price of 50,000 yuan, and the money is paid at the same time."
Mrs. Xu was shocked.
In her opinion, the price offered by Zhang Yanling was completely a big talk.
Mrs. Xu thought it could be bargained, so she argued: "The goods in my Huizhou Merchant Warehouse, except for the Tian family, are less than 50,000 yuan. Even if there is an extra filial piety to Jianchang Bo, it is just to calm down the people and make more roads in the future. If Jianchang Bo wants to put the charge of opening the fence on other Huizhou Merchants, it is probably not that easy."
She had spoken in a business-related tone before, and now she showed her shrewdness and moderation in advance and retreat.
Zhang Yanling seemed very disdainful and said: "In addition to the price of redeeming goods, there is also the protection fee you have to pay to Benjue."
"How do you say this?"
Mrs. Xu frowned.
Zhang Yanling said: "I won't hide it from you. Now that the Secretary Ye has fallen, the money has scattered. The good days of Hui merchants in the capital ended. I thought that relying on the two ministers of the Ministry of Revenue, or the new Minister of Revenue Zhou, would not be able to restore the glory of Hui merchants in the past. Unfortunately, from now on, your business in the capital will plummet. There is also salt inclination, so you can't get more salt inclination."
"Without my protection, you Hui merchants will completely withdraw from the capital. The losses at that time will not be able to solve the problem of 50,000 guan."
Zhang Yanling is not exaggerating.
The rise of Hui merchants in recent years is entirely due to Ye Qi's reliance on Hui merchants after becoming the Minister of Revenue.
After Ye Qi fell, Zhu Youzhan made up his mind to reform the Ministry of Revenue and enter the Ministry of Revenue with Zhou Jing, who had been deeply involved in the officialdom of the capital, which was Zhu Youzhan's first step. Everyone knew that Zhou Jing would not be in vain with merchants, and Hui merchants could not open a gap from Zhou Jing.
It means that after the Hui merchants lost their greatest backing, the originally inherent merchant family in the capital would immediately launch a counterattack.
For example, the Su family, even those who have a relationship with the nobles in the court, or even the Li family, and other families. In recent years, these families have seen Hui merchants monopolize all walks of life in the capital, and watch a lot of money fall into the pockets of Hui merchants, how can they not be resentful?
In the past, you Hui merchants had the support of the Ministry of Revenue and could not move you. Now that Ye Qi has fallen, you should let you know the consequences of snatching business with us.
Mrs. Xu smiled calmly and said, "Jianchang Bo's view on the situation coincides with my or even the people from the Huizhou Chamber of Commerce."
"But, as a foreign relative, Jianchang Bo did not control the Ministry of Revenue, and he probably wouldn't be able to help us Hui merchants too much..."
Mrs. Xu's words were straightforward and hurtful.
She seemed to be saying, you are right, we Hui merchants are going to be unlucky, but we don’t think you are qualified to help us, and we don’t think you need to give you huge sums of money as a “protection fee”.
"Ha ha ha ha……"
Zhang Yanling laughed. Mrs. Xu originally thought he would be angry, and even thought he would make some extreme actions, but Zhang Yanling was just laughing.
Zhang Yanling stood up and said, "Since the wife believes that my master is unable to interfere with your Hui merchant's business, there is no need to come here. The goods you want to redeem are not to pay for. In short, this batch of goods falls into the hands of the court and will eventually go out. Then, wouldn't you just spend some money to buy them back from the Ministry of Revenue?"
"Madam Xu, let me talk to you today and benefit me a lot. You can leave!"
Zhang Yanling was very polite and issued an order to expel guests.
Mrs. Xu seemed unwilling to accept that if the goods were bought from the Ministry of Revenue, it might be cheaper, but that batch of goods became "stolen goods". A large number of goods from Hui merchants were seized by the government. Who would dare to do a large amount of business with Hui merchants in the future?
Hui merchants may not care about the tens of thousands of coins of money. What they care about is goodwill. Spending money is to exchange for peace of mind for the government to not investigate it in depth.
"Fifty thousand coins...it's not impossible to discuss." Mrs. Xu saw that Zhang Yanling's attitude suddenly became very tough and her tone also relaxed.
But Zhang Yanling will no longer give her a chance.
Zhang Yanling said: "Mrs. My wife is right. I am shallow in my ability and can't help you Hui merchants. Mrs. can go back first."
After a pause, Zhang Yanling reminded again: "But if the wife comes to talk again next time, send your people first and satisfy my master before continuing to talk and send them off!"
This time, Zhang Yanling's voice was very loud. Nanlaise and other servants outside heard the noise, thinking that something big happened inside, so they almost knocked the door open.
After seeing these fierce and vicious servants, Mrs. Xu did not dare to stay any longer. If she really made Zhang Yanling angry, she might have done anything to her.
She knew that she couldn't continue to talk, and she had to make sacrifices in the future, which was something she couldn't accept. She didn't even say goodbye, and after bowing, she went out of the room.
Zhang Yanling did not go out to see him off.
"Cousin, what's going on? Has the deal been negotiated?"
When Zhang Yanling arrived at the main courtyard, Jin Qi couldn't help but come forward to ask.
Zhang Yanling said coldly: "President Jin Qianhu, it seems that you don't want to hang out with me in the future. Jianchang Bo Mansion has a small temple and cannot tolerate you, a big Buddha. I will ask Han Zhenfu to change his personal affairs to do something about the emperor. You can do your big business."
Jin Qi became depressed when he heard this, and even knelt down and said, "Sir, you can't give up on the young one. We are relatives, and our father is your uncle..."
Nan Laise said arrogantly: "Our Lord's words are not clear enough. If you want to do business with the Lord, you must listen to the Lord's everything. You will not be loyal to you at first glance, and even relatives have no need to discuss it."
Zhang Yanling looked at Nan Laise and thought to himself that you can do it.
This ability to change his mind when he sees the wind is almost as good as half of the master of the Earl's Mansion. I taught the Qianhu, the deputy general of the Jinyiwei, because the official position is there. What's the point of teaching him a lesson?
Jin Qi kowtowed and said, "The young man received some money from the Hui merchants and returned it to them. He also asked the Lord not to give up on the younger one. The younger man also wanted to do big things with you, Lord."
Zhang Yanling was too lazy to pay attention to Jin Qi.
Although it is not necessary to be unfaithful at one time, Jin Yiwei is always with Jin Qi. It is not realistic to expect this group of people to be principled, so he can only beat this group of people hard and see if there is really something that can be used for him.
Chapter completed!