Chapter seven hundred and seventy-eight, but what misunderstanding
"Zhao Chen again?" Hou Junji frowned.
He would never have thought that Zhao Chen was supporting those businessmen in the Jiangnan Chamber of Commerce.
Qin Huaiyu, as Zhao Chen's first team member, naturally would not just show up in a glaze shop casually.
The only explanation is that the person behind that glass shop is Zhao Chen.
"Why is he everywhere?" Hou Junji asked again, looking extremely unhappy.
He originally thought that the previous batch of more than 200 pieces of colored glaze could be sold, so he obtained several hundred more pieces of colored glaze from the West.
But those damn Jiangnan merchants would rather not buy their colored glaze without a deposit.
Although they had a deposit of two thousand guan, it was not enough to live up to their expectations.
After hoarding too much glass, how long will it take for them to earn back their capital?
"Father-in-law, what should we do now?" Helan Chushi asked.
In his impression, none of the things they had done against Zhao Chen seemed to have been accomplished yet.
And Zhao Chen always brings them a lot of trouble inadvertently.
Helan Chushi often wondered whether Zhao Chen was the nemesis of these people.
"How much does the colored glaze in the colored glaze shop cost?" Hou Junji asked Helan Chushi.
"Fifty Guan Yi!" Helan Chushi replied.
The Liuli shop under Zhao Chen sells fifty guans each, but they sell one hundred guan each.
Even a fool knows that he should buy the glass from that company.
If this continues, unless they also lower their prices, they will have to close down soon.
But if they follow the price reduction, their profits will drop too much.
"Are they crazy? Whose glass can only be sold for 50 pieces?" Hou Junji couldn't believe it.
The price of buying colored glaze from the West and the losses along the way were only thirty guan on average.
There are various other expenses involved in returning to Chang'an City.
Fifty dollars, that's really not profitable.
"Father-in-law, if Zhao Chen is rich, he can spend money here regardless of the cost, even if it is just to destroy our glaze shop!" Helan Chushi said in a deep voice.
Hou Junji lost his voice.
Zhao Chen indeed has too much money, and his annual income is more than the national treasury.
If Hou Junji were the emperor, he would definitely capture Zhao Chen, so all his property was confiscated to the state treasury.
But the emperor did nothing.
"Let's look at this matter slowly. If Zhao Chen really wants to confront me head-on, then don't blame me for killing him."
"Tomorrow, you and I will go together to the court meeting and ask His Majesty to issue an edict to set the date for the wedding." Hou Junji said with a ferocious look on his face and waved his hand.
…
Wei Zheng looked at Zhao Chen with a worried expression.
He didn't expect Zhao Chen to come to him and bring him such frightening news.
"Do you really want to do this?" Wei Zheng was silent for a long time, took a sip of tea to moisten his dry throat, and then asked Zhao Chen.
"I'm here to inform you, not to seek your opinion!" Zhao Chen put down the cup with a calm expression.
Since he dares to do it, he is not afraid of the trouble afterwards.
This time, everyone with ulterior motives must know the consequences of irritating Zhao Chen.
"But Hou Junji is the Duke of the country after all, and he still controls more than 20,000 Zuowuwei."
"Why, do you think he dares to use Zuo Wuwei against me?" Zhao Chen said.
"No, I'm worried that His Majesty will have some scruples about you..." Wei Zheng did not continue.
The garrison in Chang'an City is actually not too many.
There are only two armies of left and right armed guards, plus the Beiya Imperial Army.
There are less than 70,000 people in total.
In this way, Zuo Wuwei in Hou Junji's hands becomes very important.
If something big happened, the emperor would inevitably have worries.
"That's his business, I just do what I should do."
"If someone wanted to kill your wife and child, Old Wei, would you do nothing?" Zhao Chen said with a smile.
"Of course not, but you made too much noise..."
"Old Wei, Hou Junji is not a good person. If you don't hurt him once, he will be even more aggressive in the future."
"I can't follow anyone every day and every night."
"In order to prevent me from having any regrets, I have to make him, Hou Junji, afraid!" Zhao Chen said with a smile.
It's like just talking about an ordinary thing.
But when he thought of the plan that Zhao Chen had just told him, Wei Zheng was frightened.
It's really not a good thing to humiliate a prince like that.
"Let's go. Don't go to tomorrow's court meeting. Ask for leave!" Zhao Chen waved his hand with a smile, turned around and left.
Wei Zheng sat on the same spot and did not move for a long time.
He knew what Zhao Chen meant by telling him not to go to court tomorrow.
Once what happens tomorrow happens, people in Chang'an City will definitely be in panic.
Even if the emperor defends Zhao Chen, the officials will not agree.
As an admonishing official, Wei Zheng had to distinguish between right and wrong.
But he didn’t want to embarrass Zhao Chen...
"Alas -" Wei Zheng let out a long sigh.
…
This night is destined to be inevitable.
The Chang'an City curfew patrol team can always see a few dark figures on the streets.
When they went after it, they found nothing.
The next morning, people rushing to the morning market saw many people standing in front of the glazed shop owned by Hou Junji in Dongshi.
These people were all wearing brocade clothes and satin, and at first glance they looked like young men from wealthy families, sons of noble families.
Many people also spotted several familiar faces.
For example, Luo Tong, the Duke of Yue, Wei Shuyu, the son of Wei Zheng, and Qin Huaiyu, the son of Qin Qiong.
What is even more shocking is that there is a siege vehicle in front of these people.
Siege vehicles are used to break through enemy city defense gates during sieges.
If this were to hit, every house would be bulldozed.
Siege engines all appeared on Dongshi Street.
Moreover, when such military weapons appeared here, the common people did not see any Yamen servants from Jingzhao Mansion.
"What is going on? Are they trying to push down General Hou's glazed shop?" Some people asked, with shock on their faces.
You know, this is Hou Junji's shop.
Even the princes and grandsons would not dare to do such a thing.
But this look in front of me...
"No, that's not the case. This is General Hou's shop. General Hou is the powerful Duke of the country. Who dares to provoke him?"
"Then how do you explain this? It can't be just for fun!"
"Yesterday, Helan Chushi came to cause trouble for the Duke's shop. Today, the Duke sent people over to bulldoze General Hou's shop?"
"This is too scary!"
"I guess it's not that simple."
The people were talking a lot.
Looking at the huge siege vehicle, I felt uneasy.
As the shopkeeper of Hou Junji's Liuli Shop, he was even more panicked at this moment.
How could he have imagined that when someone opened the door early in the morning, he would see a siege vehicle standing straight in front of his door.
Moreover, these people in front of me are clearly the guys around Zhao Chen.
"Everyone...everyone, this shop belongs to Mr. Hou and General Hou. General Hou is an official in the same court as you, Zhao Chen."
"With today's posture, is there any misunderstanding?" The shopkeeper already acted very calmly, but he couldn't control the panic in his heart, and his legs were trembling.?