Li Yanqing rushed to Baoyanzhai and saw that the gate was deserted and the once-popular situation disappeared. Several female clerks hid in the corner nervously. There were more than a dozen strong men of unknown origin standing in front of the gate, each with a fat face and a fierce appearance. They stood on the steps with their hands in their arms. Many customers who wanted to enter the store turned around and left when they saw this scene.

At this time, Manager Wu suddenly saw Li Yanqing and hurriedly came forward, "You little boss is here!"

Li Yanqing pointed at more than a dozen strong men, "Who are they?"

"They are all fellow butchers brought by the three butchers. If they don't give them gas money, they won't let us do business."

"How much money do you owe in total?"

"About one thousand stakes, two stakes three hundred stakes, and one stakes four hundred stakes."

Li Yanqing took out a stack of melons from his arms and handed them to Manager Wu, "The money for spices can be slowed down for these three thousand melons. Other accounts will be settled first, which is not enough for me to have it."

After saying that, Li Yanqing picked up a white wax stick, strode forward, and beat a group of strong men, "Get out of here!"

When more than a dozen strong men saw the fierceness of the other party, they were so scared that they retreated one after another. Several of them were swept into their legs and rolled down from the steps. They all glared at Li Yanqing.

Although these strong men looked fierce, they did not dare to ask them to hit people. After all, there were some backers who opened shops on Yujie, so they only dared to pretend to scare the shopkeeper and the female clerk.

At this time, three middle-aged men walked out of the store quickly and shouted: "Stop it!"

Li Yanqing took the stick and said coldly: "If you want money, you can come to me, but if you block my store, I will deduct the losses in it from the payment for the goods. You can calculate the 300 guan a day!"

The three butchers looked at each other, and one of the older butchers hurriedly stepped forward and apologized: "We are all small businesses and we really can't afford to arrears. If we weren't anxious, we wouldn't use this bad strategy. We promise not to do this again. We beg the small officials to give us the money."

Li Yanqing was just looking for a place. Since the other party apologized, he would not force him. After all, he would have to supply lard in the future and he would not really turn against him.

Li Yanqing said in a gentle tone: "Everyone is in business. Who doesn't have time to get busy? Although the store has no money, I am the owner of the house. I will give you money. I will not lose a penny. I hope everyone will understand more in the future and make a fortune together!"

When the three of them heard that they were given money, they were overjoyed and their attitude immediately became extremely respectful. They all stepped forward to greet Li Yanqing.

Li Yanqing gave Manager Wu a wink. Manager Wu politely invited three butchers to discuss inside. The three butchers quickly asked their subordinates to return to the store. Without harassment, Yang Xin quickly organized the female clerk to reopen, lit a string of crackling firecrackers to drive away the evil spirits that affected the business. After a moment, the customers who came to buy jade fat re-queued again.

In the room, Li Daqi was lying on the sickbed, while Yang was holding a bowl and carefully feeding him medicine. At this time, footsteps came from outside, and then Li Yanqing asked outside the door: "Can I come in?"

Yang was overjoyed, "It's Yanqing here, come in quickly!"

Li Yanqing walked into the room and saw that his father was pale, his cheeks were sunken, his breath was weak, and he was obviously very sick.

Li Yanqing suddenly remembered the situation when his father was injured by Liu Yanfu. He felt sad and walked up to hold his father's hand, "Are Daddy better?"

Li Daqi slowly opened his eyes and saw that his son was sitting beside him. He felt a little guilty in his eyes. He felt really sad. His eyes turned a little red and he said in a choked voice: "Dad is incompetent, and he wants to destroy Baoyanzhai, which you have worked hard to build."

Li Yanqing smiled and comforted his father, "Dad is just inexperienced, don't worry! I will ask King Jia for help and get back the owed money from the palace."

"But what if I don't come back? It's 30,000 guan!" Li Daqi was about to cry.

"Dad, I actually thought about this on the road. The so-called way of heaven makes up for shortcomings and lose more. Our business is booming, and the shop on the Imperial Street is in vain. It's so smooth. So God wants to give us this setback. If we really don't get back the money, we will admit it. We will suffer a loss and gain wisdom. In the future, we will learn from the lessons and slowly make the money back."

"But what should I do if I turn over money now? We can't afford to pay so many people to pay it back."

"Who said we can't afford it? This shop is worth 100,000 yuan. Besides, I still have a few thousand yuan in it, so I can pay off some urgent accounts. I will go to talk to the Zheng family. The Zheng family will give us time. If it really doesn't work, I can also ask someone to borrow some. My father should not worry at all. The key is to protect his health and then do business well. As long as the Baoyanzhai brand is there, it will slowly recover."

Yang, next to him, also said: "Yanqing is right. The key is to protect his body and great things. Don't blame yourself anymore. I believe it will get better."

Li Daqi also saw hope after his son's words, but when he thought that he wanted his son to pay for his debt, he felt even more guilty and couldn't help but sigh, "I'm incompetent!"

Li Yanqing saw his father and came to the store again. He happened to meet Manager Wu who was sending him back.

"The three plague gods have been sent away?" Li Yanqing asked with a smile.

"The little boss can't say that. They also heard the news. I don't know who told them that we were going to close the door and closed down. They were anxious. Now that the account has been cleared, everyone is friends again."

"Will they still deliver goods in the future?"

"The Peng family may not give it to you. The other two are still willing to continue delivering goods, but they require checkout when they see the goods."

"What else is there to be debt?"

"There is also the treasure box money of Cao Ji Carpenter's Store, about 2,000 guan, and Zhang Gu's 1,000 guan spent on oil, and another 600 guan."

After pausing for a while, Manager Wu whispered: "The most difficult thing is the Zheng family's spice money. They don't urge them, but they stopped supplying them. Our spices can only last for three days at most."

Li Yanqing nodded, "I still have three hundred taels of gold, which is worth about four or five thousand jin of coins. I will settle the accounts other than spices first, and turn the remaining money into a turnover. I will go to the Zheng family to discuss."

Manager Wu heard that the little boss had 300 taels of gold, and his heart was completely lost. He knew that the little boss had a good relationship with the Zheng family's yamen. With the Zheng family's family business, of course, he would not take a few thousand guan of money into consideration. It is estimated that they would give the little boss face, and this crisis could barely be overcome.

But when he thought of the 30,000 guan, Manager Wu was still very unwilling to accept it, "Little official, are we not able to do anything about that 30,000 guan?"

"I can only say give it a try."

Li Yanqing left the Imperial Street and came directly to the Jia Prince's Mansion. After waiting for a moment at the door, a guard quickly walked out and clasped his fists and said, "Let Li Shaojun wait for a long time. Your Highness Jia Prince is invited!"

Li Yanqing followed the guards into the palace and came to the central hall. However, he saw Zhao Kai standing in the courtyard, concentrating on painting a big tree. Li Yanqing did not disturb him and waited quietly. At this time, Zhao Kai put down his pen and smiled faintly: "The weather is too hot, let's sit in the yard!"

"Yanqing has disturbed Your Highness!"

"If there is nothing, please sit down!"

There were stone tables and benches under the shade of the tree. Li Yanqing and Zhao Kai sat down opposite each other. A maid served two cups of tea. Zhao Kai held up the tea ceremony: "Two days ago, my father came to me and said that Zhu Jie's collection had Western shell goods. My father thought it was incredible, and I also thought it was strange."

Li Yanqing's heart moved and asked without saying a word: "I don't know what fake it is?"

"Several famous calligraphy and paintings, including Wang Youjun's Shangyu tab, and Tang Qin's Jiuxiao ring pendant was also imitated, which made the father very angry. It would be fine if Tang Qin was fake, but the Shangyu tab that he had been thinking about for a long time was also fake, so he scolded me hard."

Li Yanqing immediately understood that Luan Tingyu's goal was indeed not as simple as Tang Qin. His real goal was Shangyu Tie. He frowned and said without saying a word: "How could you blame Your Highness for this? We didn't open any box when we were in a shipwreck."

"That's right, you and I can prove each other, but the father didn't know. Of course, he didn't say that I took it away. He just asked me what's going on?"

"What did your highness answer?"

"I can only say I don't know how else I can answer. There are too many possibilities here. Maybe Zhu Jie got a fake, or maybe he was replaced by some people with ulterior motives on the way to Beijing. Of course, it may be that someone pried open the box under the water."

Speaking of this, Zhao Kai glanced at Li Yanqing and said as if nothing had happened: "I remember you told me that water would be in the calligraphy and paintings in the box. Why did you think of asking this question at that time?"

Li Yanqing knew that Zhao Kai was a little suspicious of himself, so he said calmly: "I was attending the funeral of the master at that time. When I was sorting out his relics, I found that water was in the cellar. Many of his books were soaked in the water and were completely destroyed. I thought of the box at the bottom of the water."

"It seems to be a coincidence. Just two days before you told me, Liang Shicheng also reminded his father that the box in the water would endanger precious calligraphy and paintings, so his father decided to salvage the wrecked ship."

Li Yanqing's heart suddenly jumped, and the answer was about to come out. He knew who Luan Tingyu was going to the water for. (.)
Chapter completed!