After Zhu Hao finished speaking with a smile, Butler Liu was extremely shocked: "Ma... is Mr. Ma one of yours? This... this is impossible!"
Immediately he realized that he had said something he shouldn't have said, and looked at Zhu Jiashi with a look of inquiry, waiting for Zhu Jiashi to take charge of the overall situation.
Zhu Jia asked calmly: "The newly emerged big businessman in the local area who manages collapsed houses, the shopkeeper surnamed Ma, is the third daughter-in-law of yours?"
This question is very acute.
Mother Zhu didn't know what to say.
It was obviously a secret that he wanted to hide, but his son said it so bluntly... This business has only been in business for less than two months. If the Zhu family is unreasonable and takes away this business...
The consequences are unimaginable!
"Yes, grandma."
Seeing Zhu Niang's hesitation, Zhu Hao simply said the matter himself, "Actually, we didn't spend much money to run the house. The goods were basically given by Dongzhu Su... It was Su Xigui, Dongzhu Su, Huangfantai's brother-in-law. He wanted
We were doing business with Prince Xing’s Mansion, but because his brother-in-law was about to join the central government as a minister, it was inconvenient for him to do many things in person, so he pushed my mother, who had worked with them before, to the front..."
"The manpower and space are basically provided by Dongzhu Su. The shopkeeper Ma is Dongzhu Su's employee, and the wages are paid by Dongzhu Su. We just get a profit."
Zhu Niang was horrified when she heard her son spit out beans and suddenly understood why her son said so.
yes.
Everything was given by Su Xigui, not even the goods are ours, we are just middlemen...
In other words, in the entire closed business loop, we don’t have any industry. We are all a white wolf with nothing. What are we afraid of the Zhu family coming to rob us?
There was still a workshop in the Liuli business before, but now it’s all empty and there’s nothing to grab!
Without our friendly relationship with Su Xigui, the Zhu family's acquisition of the collapsed house business would have been in vain.
Zhu Jia is a smart person, so he naturally understood the meaning of Zhu Hao's words.
After she learned that Shopkeeper Ma belonged to Zhu Niang, of course she wanted to take the business as her own, but the question was... how to do it?
So difficult...
Is this a business specifically for my Zhu family?
Liu Guanjia said: "Young master, please don't laugh. Mr. Ma is such a shrewd person. That boss Su can let him prop up the facade in Anlu by himself. Why should he hand over the business to you? This is a profitable business.
...It’s not Dongzhu Su’s style to give it away.”
Zhu Hao is still laughing.
Will this business make money if it is left in Su Xigui's hands?
Make money!
It’s good if he doesn’t pay to death!
Su Xigui's business in demolishing houses was not to make money, he just wanted to connect with Prince Xing's Mansion and transfer benefits to Prince Xing's Mansion.
Zhu Hao was even losing money a month before he took over. It wasn't until Zhu Hao implemented a series of reforms and expanded the business aggressively with the help of Shopkeeper Ma and others that he started to make money.
Moreover, I can tell you that Su Xigui actually owes me a lot of favors. For example, the contract stipulated 10% of the profit from official salt... Only then is he willing to hand over the manpower and the venue to us?
And the venue does not belong to Su Xigui, it just has a lease term. Su Xigui used a business that he thought was destined to be a loss in exchange for Zhu Hao's concession. Maybe Su Xigui himself felt that it was very profitable!
But I'm afraid even Su Xigui didn't expect that the business was transferred to Zhu Hao, and it quickly turned a profit into a loss in just two months, becoming the largest businessman in Anlu Prefecture.
Zhu Hao said: "Shopkeeper Ma should come to us soon to pay New Year's greetings. I told him to come early today and make development plans for the next year...Grandma, how about I send someone to urge him to come early?"
"No need!"
Zhu Jiashi raised her hand to stop Zhu Hao from going out.
A person like her could naturally see that Zhu Hao was not lying, and what he said was reasonable and reasonable.
Su Xigui wanted to do business with Prince Xing's Mansion, so he pushed Mother Zhu and her son to take the lead... The main reason was naturally that Zhu Hao worked as a companion in the Prince's Mansion and had a close relationship with the Prince's Mansion. Yuan Zonggao, Zhang Zuo and others had previously stood up for Zhu Hao, which shows that
Prince Xing's Mansion regarded Zhu Niang and her son as one of their own.
This gives people a headache.
There is obviously a big business that is making a lot of money every day, and it can be snatched away with some tricks, but this business is extremely special, and there is nothing tangible that can be touched...
This feeling is crazy!
What's even more terrible is that when it comes to business with the palace, this relationship is too important to the Zhu family. If the Zhu family can control the authority to do business with the palace, all the goods for the palace will be purchased from the Zhu family, which is no different from controlling the economic lifeline of the palace.
…
But the question is, are Mother Zhu and her son considered members of the Zhu family?
"Madam, there is a man named Shopkeeper Ma outside asking for an audience."
Yu San's voice came from outside.
Zhu Hao smiled and said: "Say Cao Cao, Cao Cao is here, shopkeeper Ma is here, why don't you call me in to talk."
Zhu Jia's face looked ugly, but she still nodded slightly.
Then Zhu Hao went to the door and asked Yu San to take Ma Yan to the front door of the hall.
Shopkeeper Ma saw that the room looked like an ancestral hall, with an imposing old woman sitting inside. Although her name had not been announced, how could he not guess the identity of Zhu Jia with his knowledge? To make Zhu Niang and her son so awe-inspiring
Among the women who are so old, the only one who is currently at the helm of the Zhu family is Zhu Jia.
When Butler Liu saw Shopkeeper Ma coming, his face was ashen.
He has always been very accurate in reading people. He once raised a question in front of Zhu Wanjian at the dock, but after Zhu Wanjian refuted it, he felt that the guess was too bizarre...
Unexpectedly, the reality is even more absurd.
"My boss, my little boss, I'm here to deliver the accounts, and..."
Shopkeeper Ma has no regard for Zhu Jia at all.
In order to seek political power in his position, I was employed by Zhu Niang and her son. They were the ones who paid me wages, and my deed of sale was also in their hands. Even if Zhu Jia is the elder of my employer, what does it have to do with me?
"My third daughter-in-law, you are really capable!"
Zhu Jia was so angry that he almost bit his old yellow teeth into pieces.
What she hates is not that she can't grab the business, but that she is completely controlled by Zhu Niang. She obviously thinks that she manages the Zhu family like an iron bucket, and water can't be poured in, but she has repeatedly failed at the hands of her daughter-in-law. With her arrogant attitude towards everything
Is your temperament acceptable?
So what if you don’t accept it?
But I still want to use this daughter-in-law...
She was so angry right now that her eyes were almost bloodshot and veins were popping out on her forehead. She wanted to explode but couldn't. She no longer had the intention to discuss things with her daughter-in-law, so she simply stood up and made a gesture of leaving.
"Mom, what are you...?"
Zhu Niang is much more confident now.
I also looked away.
It turns out that you, the head of the Zhu family, are a paper tiger!
I have nothing to worry about. Just come over if you have the ability. Don’t think I will give in!
There is a big conflict between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, but my husband is dead, your grandson is studying in the palace and is not under your control, and you can’t take away the business. What am I afraid of you for?
"We'll talk about everything later. Since you have something to discuss with your subordinates right now, I...don't bother you!" Zhu Jia was extremely angry, but she still had to suppress her anger and walked straight to the door. Housekeeper Liu followed with a look of dismay.
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Zhu Niang greeted: "Mom, why don't you stay a little longer? My daughter-in-law has just come out to start a dental business. If there is something she doesn't understand, she still needs to ask you for more advice!"
I actually learned to take the initiative to fight back!
Zhu Hao was very satisfied with his mother's performance. She was the mother who could protect her son from the wind and rain. She was still too fragile before.
Zhu Jia had no intention of talking to Zhu Niang, and walked out of the courtyard without looking back. A group of people behind looked at her, all of them were Zhu Niang's subordinates. This made the furious Zhu Jia feel that she shouldn't come today.
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"Xiao Hao, your grandmother is gone. Why is she... so anxious?"
Zhu Niang saw the person off and even went out of the shop to see him off in person.
Seeing the carriage leaving with a puff of smoke, Zhu Niang looked at her son in confusion.
She was angry just now, but she still didn't think about some things thoroughly. At this time, she already understood that it was more reliable to ask her son for advice than to make blind guesses on her own.
Zhu Hao spread his hands: "Of course grandma is very angry. We took advantage of her anger..."
Zhu Niang was puzzled: "What is pinching?"
Zhu Hao smiled and said: "She thought she could control the situation and control our lives, but she found that she couldn't find a single place to say... Grandma is a very shrewd person. She has hit many walls and knows that if she leaves us, the family will
It is declining day by day, and maybe the next step will be to come back and ask our family to return to the Zhu family, and the previous things can be wiped out."
"Impossible! How can we go back?" Zhu Niang looked determined.
Begging us?
It’s no use begging!
A family separation is a family separation. You take your Yangguan Road, we take our single-plank bridge...
Besides, it’s not certain which way is Yangguan Road!
Zhu Hao said: "That's what it says, but the next step is for us to make the conditions... The separation of the family is inevitable, but the Zhu family has no choice but to count on us to help...
"Just like when I worked as a companion in the palace before, the Zhu family needed me to spy on information from the palace. Now that my grandmother knows that we are doing business with the palace, she will only get more places from us..."
Zhu Niang nodded, thinking that the Zhu family would take advantage of the relationship between the third room and the palace...
Zhu Niang felt relieved for a while.
"Xiao Hao, you are right, it seems that the Zhu family has indeed been manipulated by us!" Zhu Niang's face became more determined.
There was a sense of exultation and joy in his tone.
Zhu Hao shook his head and sighed: "But mother, we must not take it lightly. Grandma never follows the rules, and... what I am most afraid of is my uncle...
"I haven't heard about my uncle's whereabouts recently. I don't know where he is... He knows many of our secrets. If he joins forces with the old lady, we need to be careful."