Shen Zhonglei's face became more and more ugly, and he raised his voice and asked: "Where have all the people gone? Even if I haven't taken office yet, is it possible that the dignified Wuchang government office is so disorganized?"
Guo Fan hurriedly ran forward, pushed up the sleeping person lying on the table, and nodded to Shen Zhonglei and introduced: "Master Shen, this is Chief Secretary Cai Hongcai. Everyone else in the Yamen will go to the back house to help you move.
The resettlement has gone, and only the two of us are left to look after the house in the Yamen. Look at this..."
Guo Fan's unfinished intentions were obvious. None of them expected that Shen Zhonglei would arrive at the Yamen first day before arriving in Wuchang Mansion.
Cai Hong finally woke up at this moment, raised his hand and rubbed the corner of his mouth with his sleeve, and asked sleepily: "Fanzi, what time is it, has dinner been served?"
"Hahahahaha!" This time Mr. Han simply laughed out loud without giving any face.
Guo Fan and Cai Hong both turned to look in the direction of the laughter. When they saw Mr. Han, their expressions changed drastically and they immediately surrounded him.
"Hey, isn't this Mr. Han? Why do you have time to come to the Yamen today?"
"Did Mr. Han know that Master Shen was arriving today, so he came over to take a look?"
"Mr. Han, please sit down quickly." Guo Fan even dragged out a chair from nowhere, wiped it with his sleeve, and then respectfully asked Mr. Han to sit down.
The two of them were much more attentive to Mr. Han than to their immediate boss, Shen Zhonglei.
Although he didn't know the origin of Mr. Han, looking at the situation, Shen Zhonglei understood in his heart that he should be a character that was even more difficult to mess with than the prefect, otherwise there would be no need for the people in the prefecture to be so groveling.
After learning about this situation, Shen Zhonglei not only did not back down, but even sympathized with the shopkeeper of the silk shop.
Facing a person who even the government officials don't take seriously, how could he dare to challenge him if he wasn't really cornered?
Now that I have followed him to the government office, he is probably planning to make a desperate move.
The more this happened, the more Shen Zhonglei wanted to make the decision for the owner of the silk and satin shop, at least to recover his losses.
Thinking of this, he walked a few steps to the main seat and sat down and asked: "You two, who can tell me what happened today?"
Shopkeeper Liu immediately knelt down and said: "Your Excellency, I am an ordinary businessman. In order to sell well this year's New Year's goods, my family sold iron and borrowed a sum of money to buy a batch of high-quality materials.
The most fashionable colors in Jiangnan and Beijing this year.
“Since the arrival of the goods ten days ago, there has been constant customer flow in the store and sales have been extremely hot.
"As a result, at noon today when there were the most customers, Mr. Han suddenly came to my store. He stood in front of the row of ingredients and walked around, looking and talking. His saliva sprayed everywhere, all over my ingredients.
saliva.
"Not only have all the customers in the store left, but now word has spread on the street that my new ingredients have been spat on and I can't get them anymore.
"I still have more than half of the goods I bought in my hands that I haven't sold yet. Now I don't even have enough money to repay my debts. Mr. Han still refuses to lose money. This is going to make our family suffer from the northwest wind during the Chinese New Year!"
"Mr. Han must have seen that my ingredients are selling well and have undermined his business, so he came here to cause trouble. I hope Mr. Qingtian will act impartially and let Mr. Han compensate me for all the money I spent on the ingredients."
After listening to shopkeeper Liu's words, Shen Zhonglei raised his head to look at Mr. Han, who was sitting in a chair looking leisurely.
Not only did this man not kneel before the official, but he also sat firmly. It seemed that he really had a lot of support.
It's just that Shen Zhonglei has just arrived and doesn't know anything about the situation in Wuchang Mansion, let alone who this old man is.
After listening to Shopkeeper Liu's words, Mr. Han snorted and said: "It's just your shabby shop, but the business has just been a little better recently. I will come to the door personally to find trouble for such a trivial matter? You think too highly of yourself.
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"Besides, I can't listen to your side of the story on this matter. Just because you said it's dirty, it's dirty? Which one did I dirty? Take it out and show it to Mr. Shen!"
This is a bit nonsense, but it's just spitting on the mouth, and it's been so long, so you can't see anything.
But just looking at the way he is slobbering even as he speaks now, anyone can imagine what it would be like for him to speak in front of someone else's valuable materials.
Shopkeeper Liu bought this batch of high-end goods, and the purchase price was high and the selling price was not cheap. Ordinary people would only be willing to take a piece back to make clothes during the Chinese New Year.
Most of the people who buy the materials are housewives and girls from various families. Now that these materials are sprayed with saliva by an old man, who will come to shopkeeper Liu's silk and satin shop to buy things?
Not to mention that I would feel uncomfortable spending so much money to buy a piece of saliva-stained material and would be laughed at if others saw it.
Everyone is now buying good materials to make new clothes, just to wear them when visiting relatives and friends during the New Year to make themselves look good.
When the time comes, when you go out wearing new clothes, others will say that the material of your clothes is full of old men’s saliva. It’s not embarrassing enough to stay away from you, not to mention having a long face.
Therefore, Shopkeeper Liu’s losses are real.
But although the principle is so reasonable, this matter is very difficult to handle.
Now that the two people are insisting on their own opinions, and physical evidence cannot be extracted, the only thing that can prove who is right between the two is human testimony.
But seeing how Guo Fan and Cai Hong were flattering Mr. Han just now, Shen Zhonglei doubted whether the customers who witnessed everything in the store had the courage to stand up and testify.
Shen Zhonglei had no way to make a decision on the spot, so he could only say: "The two sides are still arguing about this matter. I haven't seen the whole story, so I can't draw a conclusion. You two should go back first and wait until I find witnesses."
Make a decision."
When Mr. Han heard this, he raised the corners of his lips and showed a victor's smile, as if he was sure that Shen Zhonglei's words were just excuses.
Shopkeeper Liu's eyes dimmed instantly, but he still thanked Shen Zhonglei, and then slowly got up from the ground. When he walked out, his waist was much more rickety than when he came in.
After the two of them left the government office, Cai Hong slapped his thigh and said, "Oh my Lord Shen, why did you get into such a difficult situation when you first came here?"
Shen Zhonglei was thinking about the origin of Mr. Han. When he heard what Cai Hong said, he asked casually: "What is the origin of this person?"
"If you say that Mr. Han has a big background!" Guo Fan said in a very exaggerated tone, "Looking at the entire Wuchang Mansion, except for Prince Rui, who is now unconscious in bed, he doesn't take anyone else seriously!"
Shen Zhonglei was stunned when he heard this, and asked subconsciously: "How dare he even look down upon the prince?"
Guo Fan and Cai Hong both laughed a little embarrassed when they heard this, but neither of them spoke.
Shen Zhonglei's heart skipped a beat. Unexpectedly, he seemed to have gotten into a big trouble just on his first day on the job?