During this period, Zheng Tong was dealing with wealth transfers. He didn't have many copper coins, only hundreds of thousands of them stored, and other liquid wealth existed in the form of various precious treasures.
But even so, Zheng Tong was still so exhausted that he could not straighten up. He had just returned from Quanzhou. His second son Zheng Bai told him that Uncle Wei Guo went to Zheng Lou again at noon, for the tenth time, and asked the Zheng family to come to his house within three days.
When discussing the transfer of Zheng Building, if you don’t go there within three days, you will be deemed to have given up on Zheng Building.
Zheng Tongquan was angry. This was not a negotiation, it was clearly a robbery.
Zheng Tongquan immediately went to Xu Xiantu. The Qian family mainly followed his members in overseas trade, and invested 10% of the money in real money. Xu Xiantu took 10% of the money in his restaurant, but he did not pay.
Now that Uncle Wei Guo was aggressive, Zheng Tongquan had no choice but to go to Xu Xiantu, and there were also 10% of Xu Xiantu's people in the Zheng building.
After sitting in the guest hall for a while, Xu Shou, Xu Xiantu's third son, came out, cupped his hands and said, "My father is ill and it is inconvenient to see guests. Please forgive me, Master Zheng!"
"Ah! Mr. Xu is sick?"
Zheng Tongquan was extremely disappointed. Xu Xiantu was not sick, he was clearly looking for excuses not to see him.
At this time, Xu Shou handed him another sandalwood box, "My father asked me to give this to Dongzhu Zheng. I don't know what it is. Dongzhu Zheng, please accept it."
Zheng Tongquan stared at the wooden box and couldn't say a word for a long time. Of course, what was this? It was the gift letter he personally handed to Xu Xiantu four years ago. Each of his seventeen restaurants in Lin'an would give Xu Xiantu a gift.
Become a member.
Now that Xu Xiantu has actually returned the gift letter, is he disowning himself?
A huge sense of fear welled up from his heart. He knew very well that Xu Xiantu was not a thin lover. If something big hadn't happened, he would not have let go of their relationship easily.
"Did your father say what happened?" Zheng Tongquan asked with a trembling voice.
Xu Shou was silent for a moment and said: "Father said that the proprietor had better leave Lin'an for a while."
"Why?"
"Father said that someone seems to be investigating the proprietor's previous affairs in Hejian Mansion."
Zheng Tongquan's head was buzzing, and the thing he was most worried about finally came to pass. He went to Liaodong every year to purchase medicinal materials. He was once a guest of Wanyan Aguda, and he was very familiar with the Jurchen high-level officials, even if he was in Bianjing for money
After the army was defeated, he went there twice, and it was the second time that he rescued Empress Zheng and her daughter.
This past incident can be said to be his dark history. Once exposed, his reputation will be completely ruined. The court will definitely make a fuss about this matter, severely punish the whole family, and seize all the Zheng family's wealth.
Since Xu Xiantu wants to cut ties with him, it means that his dark history has been exposed.
Zheng Tongquan walked out of Xu's house in despair. A gust of cool wind blew, and Zheng Tongquan's mind suddenly became clearer. He suddenly remembered Xu Xiantu's advice to him, even if he left Lin'an.
Yes! You have to leave quickly and leave overnight tonight!
Zheng Tongquan got on the carriage and hurried back to Zheng's mansion. He immediately asked his family to pack up the most valuable items and leave tonight.
At two o'clock in the morning, twenty-four members of the Zheng family, carrying soft packages, boarded a large boat from the back door, and the boat sailed along the Cao River in the city to the West Lake outside the city.
After crossing the West Lake and landing, they took four ox carts and rushed to the Qiantang River dock. There was also a three thousand stone cargo ship moored at the dock. Zheng Tongquan took this ship from Quanzhou just this afternoon. They boarded the cargo ship.
The boat set off and headed for Xiaoshan County.
Of course Zheng Tongquan cannot leave like this. The Zheng family still has a lot of wealth in Lin'an and the accountants and stewards who have been with them for many years. They cannot leave them alone. Zheng Tongquan still wants to wait and see the situation. They have a very large building in Xiaoshan County.
A hidden mansion where you can hide for a while.
At noon the next day, the "Beijing News" was published as usual, but today's front page headline caused a sensation in Lin'an City.
It turns out that King Yong Chen Qing himself published a warning statement in the Beijing News.
"In the name of King Yong, I hereby declare that Lin'an merchant Zheng Tongquan is the father of Zheng Ping, the commander-in-chief of the Western Army. He is also the father of the 400,000 soldiers of the Western Army. He is also the father of me, Chen Qing. Anyone who wants to bully, kill or seize him
Zheng's family property, then he is the enemy of the 400,000 soldiers of the Western Army, and also the enemy of Chen Qing. I will send high-ranking warriors to destroy the whole family. Although he is thousands of miles away, he will be killed. King Yong Chen Qing swears by his sword!"
To put it simply, it is just one sentence, 'If you dare to touch Zheng Tongquan, I will kill your whole family.'
This warning statement, unprecedented and unprecedented, became a hot topic of discussion in the streets and alleys of Lin'an for a while. It turned out that the backstage of the Zheng family was King Yong Chen Qing.
Empress Dowager Zheng died of illness at the beginning of the year, and some people started to take advantage of the Zheng family, so Chen Qing issued a statement. Now no one dared to touch the Zheng family.
After lunch, Uncle Wei Guo came to Zheng Lou. He did not enter the building. He said to the shopkeeper: "A senior monk calculated the horoscopes for me. You guys, Zheng Lou and I have horoscopes that conflict with each other. Buying it will harm my life. Please tell me."
I don’t want your proprietor, Zheng Lou, so that he doesn’t have to come to me.”
The shopkeeper knew this well and hurriedly clasped his fists and said, "Thank you so much, Uncle Guo, for your magnanimity!"
Uncle Wei Guo asked again: "Did you overcharge me for food before?"
The shopkeeper quickly asked the waiter to fetch a hundred taels of silver and handed it over respectfully. Uncle Wei Guo grabbed the silver, grunted heavily, got on the carriage and left.
The shopkeeper clenched his fists and cheered from the bottom of his heart. He turned around and said excitedly to the guys: "Who said Uncle Wei Guo is not afraid of heaven or earth? No, after King Yong said this, he came to admit his mistake obediently."
Xu Xiantu hurriedly walked to the imperial study room with the newspaper. He felt a little regretful in his heart. If he had been a day late, he wouldn't have had to be so ruthless. His annual income of 70,000 to 80,000 yuan would have been lost, and he would have been laughed at.
When they arrived at the door of the imperial study, a eunuch went in to report. After a while, he came out and said, "Your Majesty has summoned you. Mr. Xu has invited you!"
Xu Xiantu walked into the imperial study and happened to see Emperor Zhao Gou stuffing a newspaper under the table.
He pretended not to see it, stepped forward and bowed: "I am here to see you, Your Majesty!"
"Is Mr. Xu holding a newspaper in his hand?"
"Exactly, it's today's Beijing News. There's a piece of news in it that your Majesty will definitely be interested in."
Zhao Gou knew what Xu Xiantu was talking about, so he pretended to be confused and said: "What news? Let me take a look!"
Xu Xiantu handed over the newspaper. Zhao Gou squinted at it for a moment and sneered: "What a big tone. Are you going to send an assassin to kill someone?"
"Maybe that's what it means!"
Zhao Gou frowned and said, "But if Zheng Tongquan and I agreed to let him go, why would we make this statement?"
Xu Xiantu whispered: "Your Majesty, someone wants to take action against Zheng Tongquan."
"Qin Hui?"
Xu Xiantu nodded, and Zhao Gou immediately said angrily: "Summon Mr. Qin to see me quickly!"
A eunuch rushed away, and Zhao Gou walked two steps with his hands behind his back: "I feel it is necessary to sign an agreement with Chen Qing, and I will not allow assassinations to be used against ministers!"
"Your Majesty, there is actually no need. In all these years, I have never seen him use assassination methods. However, he himself has been assassinated three times. The key is not to touch his bottom line. If he touches the bottom line, he will tear up the agreement even if he signs it."
Zhao Gou nodded, "Ai Qing means that Zheng Tongquan is his bottom line?"
"As I said before my humble position, he has no parents, brothers, or family. Zheng Tongquan arranged his marriage for him. He regards Zheng Tongquan as his father in his heart. Zheng Tongquan is indeed his bottom line!"
At this time, the eunuch reported at the door, "Your Majesty, Mr. Qin is here!"
"Announce him to come in!"
Qin Hui hurriedly walked in, bowed and saluted, "I'm sorry to see you, Your Majesty!"
Zhao Gou threw the newspaper in front of him and said coldly: "Did Mr. Qin read Chen Qing's statement?"
