"How did my boss know that you would be successful in Yongzhou?" The middle-aged man who looked like a scholar stood up with a serious look on his face. Chen Jinjun remembered him as the shopkeeper Ning of Hongyin Bookstore. He was the boss of Taixue in his early years. Later, he voluntarily resigned from his post and went to work as the supervisor of Hongyin Bookstore under the name of the Chen family. After many years of careful management, when the old shopkeeper retired, he took the initiative to ask the old man to take over the bookstore.
As soon as he finished speaking, his superior, Shopkeeper Shen, held his chin, narrowed his fox eyes and said quietly: "You scholars are really ink. My boss has been doing business since he was eight years old, and now he has more experience in business than most of the people sitting here." There are many of them. The boss has money, experience, ability and connections. What is lacking is manpower. If you don’t go, there will naturally be people willing to take your seat in Yongzhou.”
Saying that, Shen Xiaoxiao stood up. Although she was in her thirties, she was very charming, but she gave her a heroic Jianghu gift: "Thirteen years ago on the Shangsi Festival, Xiaoxiao was only able to be where she is today because of the great kindness of Madam. Now, I am willing to go to Rongcheng with my boss and go through fire and water without hesitation."
Chen Jinjun looked at her, a little stunned. Eleven years ago, when she was seven years old, her mother brought back a woman who was sold to a singing house by her fiancé. She was Shen Xiaoxiao. Over the years, she watched Shen Xiaoxiao go from discussing matters to Taking the seat at the entrance of the hall, Yu Chunlou took her seat step by step, getting closer and closer to the main seat.
Seeing that Chen Jinjun was a little dazed, Shen Xiaoxiao winked at her, as if she was the first person she saw when she entered the council hall for the first time.
Chen Jinjun's eyes couldn't help but feel a little hot.
At this time, Shopkeeper Ning's temper was also aroused: "I once swore in front of my old employer that I would make the book a businessman that everyone can afford. Now that my old employer is gone, I will let my employer witness it."
Chen Jinjun was speechless, and nodded to Shen Xiaoxiao and Shopkeeper Ning with a straight face. He turned around and saw the old shopkeeper Wu calling a young man in his twenties from behind: "This is the grandson of my Wu family. In the future, he will be just like me." I follow my boss just like my old boss."
"Wujiang, Daijiu transported grain stores and went to Yongzhou with his employer."
Xu Sheng took a pen and wrote down the names one by one on the screen behind the main seat.
Many people came forward one by one, saying that they or their juniors could go to Yongzhou with Chen Jinjun.
Of course, there were some who were going to Yongzhou and some who were not going to Yongzhou and wanted to stay in the capital. Chen Jinjun did not make things difficult. He just asked shopkeepers Wu and Yu to take good care of the third and fourth bedrooms of the Chen family who stayed in the capital out of past friendship.
Seeing her uncles nodding happily, she felt very warm. Her business partners, who were neither relatives nor friends, were willing to go to Yongzhou with her to start from scratch, but Uncle Chen, who was related by blood, tried his best to join forces with his opponents to drive her out of the Chen family. .
The shopkeepers who stayed in the capital have all left, leaving only the people on Xu Sheng's list to put their fingerprints under their names one by one.
In this way, the last meeting of the Chen family was held from the sunset to the misty sky.
Looking at the rising sun outside the window, Chen Jinjun quickly asked Xu Sheng to let the new shopkeepers go back to pack their things.
After finally waiting for the shopkeepers to press their fingerprints and send them off, Xu Sheng turned around and saw his boss asleep on the table, still covered with the embroidered cloak of shopkeeper Shen of Yuchun Tower.
Also, since the old boss passed away, the boss has been organizing the funeral. Yesterday's funeral and the forced marriage were all over the place. After working so hard for the Chen family, I just hope that the second young master of the Huo family can treat his boss better in the future. I think of Xu like this. The students took the door and stood guard at the door of the meeting hall.
The sun climbed higher and higher, and Chen Jinjun, who was lying in front of the case, suddenly woke up.
The short rest allowed her to regain some strength. She rubbed her eyes and saw that she was still in the meeting hall, and hurriedly called for someone.
Xu Sheng heard the noise and immediately entered the door.
"When you go back to the main yard, you have to watch the box being sealed before you feel at ease."
Chen Jinjun stretched and yawned before walking outside. The dark purple cloak covered his mourning clothes. It was as out of place as the white cloth at the funeral of his old employer yesterday had been replaced by red silk half an hour later.
Most of the courtyard was occupied by boxes made of valuable wood, and several old gentlemen in the counting house were busy counting the dowries in each box.
Chen Jinjun slapped his forehead: "Xu Sheng, let Uncle Liang prepare the car quickly. I will go to Taiping Villa to hire an escort myself."
There are thousands of miles from the capital to Yongzhou, there are 108 dowry bearers, and dozens of shopkeepers dragging their families with their families, which is far beyond ordinary businessmen, and it is a single escort, which is even more dangerous.
Since the Chen family took off the title of imperial merchant ten years ago and lost the protection of the royal family, they have had a lot of business dealings with Taiping Mountain Villa. Even the Chen family's nursing home has many former bodyguards from Taiping Mountain Villa.
Chen Jinjun got on the carriage and fell asleep. When he woke up, he was already at the gate of Taipingshan Villa outside the capital.
Uncle Liang revealed his identity to the Chen family, and someone immediately opened the door and took the carriage to the villa.
Taipingshan Villa is very big. It has a large hilltop on the outskirts of Beijing and is specially used for the daily escort business in the capital.
When she arrived at the living room of Taiping Villa, the host had not arrived yet, so the escort on duty moved a chair for her and asked her to sit in the pavilion of the living room and wait.
This pavilion is well built. Sitting inside and looking down, you can easily see the bodyguards practicing martial arts below.
She was so engrossed that she didn't notice that Xu Fanming had already walked aside. Seeing her concentration, she joked: "Which escort is this that you have your eye on?"
Chen Jinjun immediately came back to his senses, turned around and saw Xu Fanming: "Long time no see, the chief escort has not changed at all, his momentum is like a rainbow."
"It's true that I haven't seen my young master for a while. Oh, I neglected it. I should call him now."
Xu Fanming was dressed in a black cloth coat and a pair of old-fashioned cloth shoes. He was dressed in such a simple style, and his hair style was the oily one that foreigners like to wear.
"You should congratulate me." Chen Jinjun took a sip of tea, his eyes half smiling but not smiling.
"It's my fault that I didn't congratulate my host on finding a husband and getting married." Xu Fanming hurriedly filled her with tea as if to apologize.
"The chief escort is really well-informed. Let's make a long story short. I am marrying to Yongzhou this time. I am a solo escort and I need a lot of escorts."
"How much?" Xu Fanming raised his eyebrows, knowing that this was a big deal, but he still had to be able to afford it.
Chen Jinjun gestured with four fingers and tapped the table twice.
"So many escorts?" He knew the business was big, but this was indeed a bit more than he expected.
"I know that the chief escort can arrange it. Not only in the entire capital, but also in the entire North China, I am afraid that you are the only one who can accept this business." Chen Jinjun praised him, making it difficult for him to refuse the business.
"I can indeed take it out here, but you are escorting alone this time. Not all escorts are willing to escort alone." Xu Fanming frowned, looking a little embarrassed.
Chen Jinjun could understand his difficulties, but she also had her own reasons: "Many people know that this trip to Yongzhou is very dangerous. I must ensure that my people reach Yongzhou safely."
"Of course, the price can be increased. It's not impossible based on the prices of previous merchants."
He was already a regular customer, so when she increased the price, it was even harder for Xu Fanming to refuse.
"If it wasn't urgent, I wouldn't come to visit the chief escort in person."
Chen Jinjun looked embarrassed. She knew that she was good-looking, but a warrior like Xu Fanming was most likely to take advantage of younger women.
Seeing her frown slightly and her eyes slightly red, Xu Fanming felt a little unbearable, but this was not something he could make the decision on his own.
"My boss, I really may not be able to get so many people at once. Going to Yongzhou with this number of people is basically the same as moving most of the villa. But if you want it, I will try my best to get it together. I can do it in three days.
I’ll give you this number,” he held out two fingers, “and you’ll have to figure out the rest yourself.”
Chen Jinjun knew that this was the limit, so she nodded: "I'd like to thank the chief escort, but I'll go to other escort agencies to ask about the rest."
As he spoke, he stood up and prepared to leave.
"I'll see you off." Xu Fanming quickly stood up to see off his big customer.
Chen Jinjun walked in such a hurry that he didn't even go around the bench. The handle of the chair grabbed the sachet from his waist and dropped it to the ground.
"Master, you dropped something."
Xu Fanming hurriedly picked it up and accidentally saw the jade plaque inside, and was stunned.