Zhu Jia went to the city early in the morning and rushed to the warehouse. He saw Butler Liu who had been guarding here all night and Zhu Wanjian who had just woken up.
"It's really hard to ask you to do something! If you can't handle even the smallest things, how can you still be entrusted with important tasks in the future? Why don't you just crash to death?"
The old lady was really angry this time.
It was unbelievable to her that a good empty-handed move could lead to such a monstrous mess. It was obvious that there would be no problem no matter how hard she thought about it, but how could this happen?
How good is his second son, whom he has always trusted, at playing "flower work"?
Zhu Wanjian was so scolded that he was still unconvinced: "Mom, this time I was clearly tricked by Su Xigui. He tried every possible means to design such a trap and used this kind of substandard goods to make up the money. We can go to the Yamen to sue him!"
Butler Liu's eyes were red, and he knelt down and kowtowed: "Old madam, I didn't check it carefully, but there was indeed no major accident during the transportation. It's really possible that this batch of goods... has something wrong with it."
At this time, even Butler Liu was trying to shirk responsibility.
Zhu Jia's face was grim: "How many were destroyed?"
Liu Guanjia said: "Fifty mirrors, plus the samples bought before, a total of fifty-one. Now there are still sixteen intact, and the other six have been transformed into smaller mirrors, which are barely usable.
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Zhu Jia felt a little relieved after hearing this.
I thought that all the 250 taels of silver were lost, but now there are still 16 sides left. If I sell each side to the Ouyang family for 8 taels of silver, I can recover 128 taels and recover part of the loss.
As for the remaining six damaged sides...
If the Ouyang family insists on not wanting it, it would be a bit difficult to recreate it and sell it, but there is still hope of realizing it.
Zhu Jiashi said: "Steward Liu, take people to meet the Ouyang family right now. Even if you find someone to support you on the way, you can't make any more mistakes. Go back quickly!"
"Yes, old lady."
Butler Liu hurried to the city inn to make up for the loss.
"Mom, what should I do?"
Zhu Wanjian looked unyielding.
Zhu Jiashi said coldly: "I went to see the third family with me. This matter... we must seek justice after all!"
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Zhu Jia asked Butler Liu to deliver the mirror, while he took Zhu Wanjian to find his daughter-in-law to settle the score.
Zhu Hao had already expected that the old lady would come to kill her, so he didn't rush to go to class that day and stayed at home to watch the excitement.
as expected.
Before breakfast was over, Xiaobai came in and announced that the old lady was here.
"Mom, you must stay calm and do as I said, just leave the matter to Dongzhu Su." Zhu Hao encouraged.
With a heavy look on her face, Zhu Niang took her son to the front yard.
Behind the screen wall, Mrs. Zhu Jia actually brought a high stool and sat there with her majesty and gold sword, looking like she was going to completely break with her daughter-in-law.
"From the third family, you should know why my mother came here, right?" Zhu Jia asked sternly.
Zhu Niang shook her head: "I don't know."
Zhu Wanjian, who was standing next to him, was furious and jumped up on the spot: "You colluded with outsiders and took advantage of your family members... I asked you why you were so kind and sold us mirrors. Their feelings are defective. Why don't you use my two hundred and fifty taels?"
The money will come back!"
Zhu Niang's face was full of confusion and asked: "His second uncle, what are you talking about?"
Zhu Jiashi's face was dark, but she still tried her best not to explode, and said coldly: "That shopkeeper Ma who is in charge of your collapsed house business, didn't tell you anything? Then go and call someone over now to find out...
"
Zhu Niang frowned and said to Gouzi at the door: "Go to the ferry to inform Shopkeeper Ma and ask him to come over quickly!"
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The atmosphere in the courtyard was solemn.
Zhu Jia didn't have any fits, and waited until shopkeeper Ma arrived to settle the accounts together.
But Zhu Wanjian couldn't keep his temper, and just like an old woman talking nonsense, she kept talking about things over and over again.
"...You two, you are so cruel in scheming against my family. If you don't do good business yourself, you have to push it to your family. The mirror will break if you touch it..."
Zhu Hao listened for a long time and asked curiously: "Second uncle, I seem to understand. You made a deal with Shopkeeper Ma, but when the mirror was shipped back, it was found that it was broken a lot, so I think we and Shopkeeper Ma...were wrong.
, are you working with Dongzhu Su to scheme against the Zhu family, right?"
"Hey, look, you've admitted it, right?"
Zhu Wanjian looked proud, as if he had figured out Zhu Hao's words.
Zhu Hao spread his hands: "But I really don't understand... Didn't the mirror be properly inspected before it was given to you? If it passes the inspection, the money and goods are paid, and even the contract is signed, then the goods are destroyed and the owner is asked to compensate.
,This doesn’t seem to be in line with the rules of the business world, right?”
Zhu Wanjian's expression suddenly changed: "You little brat is so ignorant, yet you are talking nonsense!"
When you were trying to trick me just now, you thought I understood everything, but now you think I don’t understand? It seems that whether I understand or not is entirely up to you.
Zhu Niang said: "Mother, let's not say that shopkeeper Ma has not said hello to us about this business. Even if we were told in advance, it is the Zhu family doing business with Mr. Su... Shopkeeper Ma is nominally following our orders, but in fact he is
Dongzhu Su's people, if something happens to you, don't go to Shopkeeper Ma or Dongzhu Su, but come directly to your daughter-in-law to ask questions. My daughter-in-law is really surprised and doesn't understand what this has to do with us."
Zhu Jiashi was originally going to wait until Ma Yan arrived before she would have an attack, but now that her daughter-in-law, General, could no longer hold back her anger, she wanted to find an outlet to vent her anger.
Zhu Jia's voice was gloomy: "Shopkeeper Ma is yours. If something happens, I will naturally have to settle the account with you."
Zhu Niang said: "But Mom, the money didn't go into our pockets. Otherwise, if the Zhu family insists on thinking that we are collaborating with Dongzhu Su to scheme against the Zhu family, it is better to report this to the government and let the government handle it... Daughter-in-law
I really don’t know how to resolve the issue privately.”
"You won't shed tears until you see the coffin, right? The government will let you and your son go squat in the kiln!"
Zhu Wanjian had an attitude of "I am right, but who am I afraid of?"
Zhu Jiashi frowned and glanced sideways.
Although the purpose of bringing the second son here was to take advantage of his arrogant and domineering temperament and to make his irritating remarks as clear as possible, the problem is... the second son's brain really doesn't work!
The third daughter-in-law obviously saw it. Even if she reported this matter to the government, the government would think that after the money and goods were settled, the entire responsibility would lie with the Zhu family.
Do you really think that if you have some power, when you get to the state or county government, you can call black people white?
By then, things will surely spread quickly.
The onlookers who didn't know the truth saw that the Zhu family was really good at doing business. After they bought something and didn't keep it well, they asked the original owner to apologize.
If they don't pay compensation, they go to the government to sue, and they threaten to send them to jail... This is really a big deception of the shop, and we will never dare to do business with the Zhu family again in the future.
The old lady has her own account, so this matter cannot be publicized at all!
It must be resolved privately.
"It's better to wait until Shopkeeper Ma arrives and explain things clearly in person before making a decision!" Zhu Jia felt that her daughter-in-law had Prince Xing's Palace and Su Xigui as her backers, so she could speak with confidence.
no way.
Let’s not talk about Prince Xing’s Mansion. Su Xigui is the brother-in-law of the local vassal. Which of the officials below would dare to offend him?
Furthermore, it is not the Zhu family who is in charge now, but the orphans and widowers in front of them.
Things are very difficult!
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Shopkeeper Ma is here.
Also coming at the same time were two shopkeepers and many housekeepers.
This posture is very obvious. It prevents the Zhu family from causing chaos, and if it doesn't work, they will drive people away... Anyway, we can't let the Zhu family cause trouble here.
Shopkeeper Ma knelt down as soon as he arrived: "My boss, I didn't notify you in advance because this business has nothing to do with you... Mr. Su's family has a batch of goods delivered here. I had no intention of doing business with the Zhu family.
It was Mr. Zhu Er. I didn’t know where he found out that we had bought a batch of colored glaze from them, which was related to mirror making, so he took the initiative to visit...
"He said he would cut off our supply of colored glaze and threatened me to sell the mirror to him. I couldn't bear it anymore, so I sold it at the ex-warehouse price of five taels of silver. I never thought that...it would be okay to transport this mirror all the way from Wuchang Prefecture.
, nothing happened after being piled in the warehouse for a while, but after selling it... something went wrong overnight?"
Shopkeeper Ma said in frustration.
The reason is obvious. When I sold the things to you, everything was in good condition and I signed the contract. However, it was destroyed not long after it was transferred to you, but you claimed that it was our problem... Is there anyone doing business like this?
Zhu Wanjian pointed at Shopkeeper Ma angrily: "It's obvious that you were ordered by Su to want Fang'er to trick the Zhu family! To avenge the fact that you were imprisoned by the government when you were selling smuggled salt, right?"
Shopkeeper Ma quickly said: "Second Master Zhu, don't talk nonsense. What we sold back then was serious official salt. For this, all the prefecture and county yamen were implicated. Furthermore, this time, I will sell you a mirror."
, Mr. Su didn’t know about it at all. You touched your conscience and said... I took the initiative to push this business to you?
"There are many local merchants who want to buy mirrors. The female proprietor of the Ouyang family who came from Nanjing also mentioned that this batch of goods was supplied to the Ouyang family by Su Dangjia. It was just because of a misunderstanding that the female proprietor of the Ouyang family
They misunderstood us, so they didn’t purchase goods from us.”
"fart!"
Zhu Wanjian said, "Since you know each other, why doesn't she buy your goods?"
Shopkeeper Ma sighed: "I don't know the specific reason. It may be that when I first came here, there was some unpleasantness on the dock. Furthermore, a shopkeeper named Mu under Boss Ouyang has a great prejudice against us... I heard that the Ouyang family
We are doing glass business with the Zhu family, why don’t you, Master Zhu, go ask the Ouyang family why they don’t buy from us?"
"you……"
Zhu Wanjian was instantly dumbfounded.
If others don't know the reason, why won't he?
It was obviously Mu Renqing who took the opportunity to hollow out the Ouyang family and make Ouyang's daughter a concubine of the prince. He then interfered and destroyed the cooperation between the Ouyang family and Su Xigui, giving the Zhu family an opportunity to gain nothing.
Speaking of which, in fact, shopkeeper Ma had no intention of selling mirrors to the Zhu family from the beginning. It was just because of a misunderstanding with the Ouyang family that the mirrors were no longer sold. Zhu Wanjian took the initiative to work as a middleman to earn the difference, but he was killed because of poor storage.
Things, can this also be said to be deliberately framed?
After Zhu Jia heard this, her anger surged up in her heart. No matter how she heard it, she felt as if she was in the wrong, but her face was as strong as iron, thicker than the Great Wall.
"Shopkeeper Ma, what should I do now that the mirror is damaged?" Zhu Jiashi asked coldly.
Shopkeeper Ma said: "If only a few sides are damaged... maybe it can be treated as depreciation. The small ones... are taken back, all for the sake of the third lady... I wonder how much damage has been done?"
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