Chen Yu asked several people to stand up: "Speak slowly and clearly."
Su Jiubao wiped his tears with his sleeve: "Everything was fine originally. After the Chinese New Year, someone from the government came to tell us that our merchants from other places, in addition to paying taxes, would also have to use people from Liangzhou Prefecture and wine shops.
We have arranged five people, the sauce shop needs three people, and the rouge shop has given twelve people! Isn’t this too much of a lie? I wanted to go home quickly today to find the second grandma, but fortunately the second grandma came
, we haven’t been able to open the door here for three days, and if I don’t use their people, they won’t allow us to open the door to sell goods.”
Ah!
Chen Yu nodded: "I just came here to convey a message, didn't I give you any documents?"
"Yes, if we don't give you a document, how can they dare to give it to you? It's hard for a strong dragon to defeat a local snake. They have bad intentions because they see our business is good." Su Qin, the shopkeeper of Rouge Shop, said.
Next to him, Su Qianxiu whispered to Chen Yu: "Grandma, Qianxiu is going to arrest someone."
Grandparents and grandsons coincided with each other, and speaking directly gave others a chance to deny it. Chen Yu asked Su Jiubao: "Do you remember the person who came to deliver the message?"
"Remember!" Su Jiubao knew that he would definitely say this when the second mistress came, and he became very stubborn.
"Take the eldest son to identify the person. Are all three of you going to do it by one person?" Chen Yu saw a few people nodding and then said: "You only need to identify the person and come back. The eldest son will handle the rest."
Su Jiubao took Su Qianxiu out, and Chen Yu asked Zhou Dabao to lock up the boy, and asked the accountant to bring over the accounts. Mrs. Wang took the people to settle down.
In the accounting room, Chen Yu looked at the sales for the next few days after the New Year. The business opened on the fifth day of the lunar month, but there were no accounts after the tenth day of the lunar month. After five days of sales, no shop had more than one hundred taels in its accounts. Today is the twenty-fourth of the first lunar month.
Just say that it has not been open for business for half a month.
After reading the accounts, Chen Yu slowly flexed his muscles in the yard: "Xunmei, have you brought Xiang Jun's outfit?"
"I brought it with me. Mother Wang said it might be useful," Xunmei reported back.
Chen Yu raised the corners of her lips slightly, Mrs. Wang is so useful, wouldn't she need it now?
Su Jiubao came back very quickly, and Su Qianxiu was not too slow either. He came back with a dark, thin middle-aged man.
"Who are you! I'm from the Yamen, and you dare to arrest me?" The dark and thin middle-aged man looked at Chen Yu arrogantly.
Chen Yu asked calmly: "What's your name?"
This attitude cannot be called arrogant, but it is definitely rude.
The dark and thin middle-aged man looked at Chen Yu, and the little old lady said that she must be a member of the Su family who runs the shop, but what can the Su family do? How dare they open a shop here?
A stick in the neck: "It's your Grandpa Zhao!"
A big fist hit his face and knocked the man to the ground, with blood coming from his mouth and nose.
Su Qianxiu stepped forward and stepped on his neck, sternly saying: "Believe it or not, if I kill you, your death will be in vain! How dare a little officer be so arrogant!"
This time, the blinded middle-aged man became honest. He vomited a mouthful of blood and showed three teeth. He rolled his eyes and looked at Su Qianxiu. He blushed and asked, "Which road are you from?"
"It's a dead end! If you don't want to die, just ask and answer whatever you want!" Su Qian used a secret method to trim his pedicure.
Feeling suffocated, the yamen servant quickly begged for mercy: "Spare my life, spare your life, little Zhao Dacheng is a servant of the yamen government."
Su Qianxiu looked at Chen Yu.
Chen Yu nodded, which meant it was enough.
Su Qianxiu retracted his feet, bent down and picked up Zhao Dacheng, adjusted his collar, and patted his face twice: "Be careful if you want to live or die!"
"I don't dare, I don't dare. I'm just following orders, and I don't dare to let the Su family's business fail. It's all a job from above." Zhao Dacheng said quickly. He had finally figured it out, let alone this little old lady.
Wow, this guy who did this really dares to kill people.
Su Qianxiu asked Zhou Dabao to get a rope, tied up Zhao Dacheng tightly, and threw him directly into the woodshed.
"You can't attract outside thieves without insiders. Our Su family's sales clerks are all locals. We have controlled all the clerks in several shops. Let's not be in a hurry and have a good night's rest." Chen Yu said.
Su Wulang immediately said: "Mom, I will do it."
"Okay, come back for dinner after everything is done." Chen Yu has a house here, and some of the people he brought settled in the wine shop, while the rest went back to the house.
Liangzhou Prefecture is larger than Huizhou Prefecture. Although it is close to the sea, the main city is quite far away from the sea.
Chen Yu's house is just across the street from the Yamen. When you open the door, you will see that it is spacious and exquisite inside. This house is not a bamboo house. It has bluestone paving, red tiles on the eaves, and exquisite carved beams and paintings.
Mrs. Wang took Leng Xiang and Xun Mei to prepare the room where Chen Yu rested. Zhou Dabao and others went to the back kitchen to chop wood and boil water, and the cook they brought over was busy in the kitchen.
After bathing and changing clothes, after dinner, Chen Yu took Wu Lang and Qian Xiu out for shopping.
Liangzhou Prefecture is rich in products and can be said to be a prosperous place. People are generally short and dark-skinned.
There are many buying and selling shops, mostly wine shops and grain shops. The porcelain shops are full of things necessary for daily life, such as cups, dishes and dishes.
After wandering around for a while, we arrived at the yamen gate.
The Yamen of Liangzhou Prefecture is not small. There are two guards guarding the door. The vermilion door is open, and there is a grievance drum playing next to it. There is a plaque with two gilded characters of Fu Yamen hanging on the door.
Without staying long, the group went back to the house to rest. The journey from Qingniu County to Liangzhou Prefecture was longer than to Huizhou Prefecture. It took nine days. Chen Yu asked Leng Xiang to make up for the losses caused by not being open for business these days.
Figure it out.
In the early morning, Chen Yu asked Mrs. Wang to give her a make-up. Although the status of a rural monarch was not as valuable as that of a fourth-grade court official, it was enough that he would not kneel before an official.
Chen Yu, who was dressed up, took Mrs. Wang and two maids, accompanied by Su Wulang and Su Qianxiu, got on the carriage and went straight to the yamen. Outside the yamen, Mrs. Wang went down and handed the greeting card to the servant.
In the backyard of the Yamen, the prefect Yin Zhirong was drinking tea. When he saw the post handed over by the Yamen servant, he frowned slightly: "What is the Su family of Lecheng Prefecture doing in the Yamen?"
"Sir, that woman didn't say anything," the officer replied.
Yin Zhirong threw the post on the table and waved his hand impatiently for the yamen servant to leave.
What a great figure for a womanly family!
After waiting for a cup of tea and no movement, Su Qianxiu left quietly.
In the study, Yin Zhirong, who was wearing casual clothes, was practicing calligraphy. A dagger was pierced directly on the table. The dagger with a dragon head containing a pearl made Yin Zhirong tremble and he fell to his knees: "Your Majesty, Yin Zhirong, kowtow, long live, long live."
,Long live!”
Su Qianxiu lowered his eyes and looked at the white-haired Yin Zhirong: "You are really too old. It's time to retire!"
"I don't dare. I have dedicated my life to the country and died." The last time Yin Zhirong saw the dragon-headed dagger with a bead in it was when Emperor Jiajing came back from the expedition and used the dagger to kill Zhang Zhizhou in front of all the civil and military officials.
This person who has been gifted by the emperor, it is easy to know that he is from the Tian family. Why is he so violent?