Faced with the shopkeeper's doubts, Mr. Ye sneered a few times, "Do you think I'm talking out of anger? It's not impossible if I'm really desperate."
Shopkeeper Liu said in disbelief: "When we leave our hometown, we always have to maintain some friendship with our hometown..."
General Ye waved his hand and stopped Shopkeeper Liu from continuing, "That's all the way of old antiques! Besides, there was an accident this time. Seeing that we unfortunately became the target of attracting the attention of the imperial government, people's hearts are divided.
.Who knows if others can talk about hometown friendship? Maybe they will push us out to appease the court! At that time I..."
Just as he was talking about this, suddenly a waiter in front of him stood outside the door in a panic, shouting loudly: "My boss is in trouble! Two police officers from the Ministry of Justice have sent a summons, asking the bank to send someone to appear in court tomorrow."
Mr. Ye was taken aback, looked at Shopkeeper Liu and murmured: "It came so fast."
Before he finished speaking, another person came to report: "My boss! I sent a message from the guild hall, saying that my colleagues from the Japanese bank will discuss things in the guild hall tomorrow and invite my boss and his party."
The two things actually collided. Mr. Ye thought for a moment and then told shopkeeper Liu: "Tomorrow, as a banker, you will come forward and go to the lobby of the Ministry of Justice to hear the hearing; I will go to the guild hall to meet with my fellow locals and see what happens."
What a limelight."
Shopkeeper Liu agreed, and the next day, he went directly to the lobby of the Criminal Department on behalf of Yinzhuang, while Yuanwai went to the Shanxi Guild Hall to meet with his colleagues. Although the twenty-one people were not able to make it today, there were ten of them present.
Six or seven people are enough to represent the Western merchant silver industry.
The topic of this discussion is naturally the recent official debt crisis. There are all kinds of people lending official debt in the capital. But the Western businessmen group is definitely the group that occupies the largest market share. This crisis has triggered a fire.
The five creditors that Suoshang Magistrate borrowed from were all Western merchants, so the Western merchants felt angry.
Someone said in public: "This turmoil may have been an accident. It was easy to calm down, but it became more and more intense. According to my judgment, it was taken advantage of by the envoy Li. Mingli Bao must also be under his instigation, and his purpose is obvious."
, they want to protect the Huichang Yin by attacking us."
Someone else answered: "Now the fire has been set on Heyuan Yinzhuang. I heard that the Ministry of Punishment has been sent for questioning. Brother Ye is really unlucky. Let's take it on behalf of everyone in our generation."
Lei Yuanwai, a very influential member of the Western Business Group, suddenly said: "Although Brother Ye is taking the lead now, as time goes by, I am afraid that we will all suffer, so we must solve it quickly. But we must settle this matter as soon as possible.
There is only one simple way."
"What method?"
Lei Yuan looked around and glanced at Ye Cheng again, "Whether it's justified or not, the imperial court always holds great righteousness, so we don't want to be tough this time, it's better to retreat in order to advance. Brother Ye simply admitted his mistake.
How about keeping the matter under wraps, Heyuan Yinzhuang goes out of business in the capital, and Ye Yuanwai returns to his hometown to open another business? In this way, the pressure we face will naturally be relieved."
Lei Yuanwai's strategy is to retreat in order to advance. To put it bluntly, Heyuan Yinzhuang, who was hit by the gun, is to make a decision on its own and admit its mistake, so that the whole industry can withstand the pressure from the court on this cusp of the storm. In this way, other shops can survive safely.
Get through this storm.
Sure enough, someone had such an idea! Ye Yuanwai was furious. Although this was indeed the simplest and most effective way, he absolutely did not want to sacrifice himself. He retorted: "Senior Lei is short-sighted! It is not advisable to be short-sighted!"
Lei Yuanwai frowned and said, "This is not the time to talk about principles. What we want to do is to solve the problem. As long as we can solve the problem, why not? What's more, it's not that I'm abandoning you, I'm just letting you stay away from the edge and go back to your hometown to wait for the opportunity.
, we will naturally help you if we can, and we will never make you unable to make a living!"
Everyone in the hall was whispering to each other, discussing the feasibility.
Officer Ye laughed angrily, "Senior Lei is so scheming, thank you for your ability to speak out! In the event of an accident, he will lose his car to protect his commander, so what's the point of joining forces with twenty-one of us? Don't forget, this time we are involved with the Shangzhi County
There are five families in total. If the fire is burning on me today, it may be burning on someone else tomorrow. Does Senior Lei mean to leave them all to fend for themselves? Then there is no need for the union of the twenty-one families to exist."
At this time, someone saw that Mr. Ye was agitated and stepped forward to smooth things over. Mr. Ye took a few breaths, looked at the faces of his colleagues around him, and said loudly: "Don't blame me for saying ugly things. If you seniors really have a baby, you and I will be together."
Yuan Yin Zhuang thinks that he is abandoning his son, so I will launch an alliance to cooperate with that Huichang Yinhao. I believe that Director Li will welcome it very much! The troubles we encountered will naturally be solved!"
This was Ye Yuanwai's threat to bet on his own property. Their Western merchants had finally formed a situation of isolating Huichang Bank in the capital, and it was about to shake its foundation. If at this time and Yuan Bank suddenly abandon the alliance,
Investing in the Huichang Bank and the forces behind it will inevitably become a symbol of breaking the complicated deadlock. It is not an exaggeration to say that it is a big move.
Of course, everyone did not want this situation to happen, and they all said: "Brother Ye, don't be impulsive, we have no intention of treating you as an abandoned son! Lei Yuanwai just put forward some of his own ideas."
When Ye Yuanwai saw that the threat of breaking the jar was effective, he gave up and sat back. He stopped talking and just lowered his head to drink tea.
At this time, there was a brief silence, and everyone had no good ideas for a while. After all, the opponent they faced this time was a bit complicated. It was difficult for the high officials they had made friends with to stand up and say anything, and everyone had to cherish their feathers.
In the quiet atmosphere, Lei Yuanwai opened his mouth again, "The ancients said that when you shoot a man, you shoot the horse first, and when you capture the thief, you capture the king first. After thinking about it, the key to this matter lies in two people. One is ordered to review official debts.
Feng Shangshu, and the other is Li You who is trying to use Ming Li to fish in troubled waters. As long as these two people are settled, everything else will not be a problem."
Someone said: "Everyone knows the truth, but the key is how to do it? Feng Shangshu doesn't know, but Li You is famous for not taking hard or soft advice, and will not give up until he achieves his goal. This time his goal is to dominate the money industry
, what can be done to deal with him?"
Lei Yuanwai said in a deep voice: "Of course I have a way to deal with the two of them, and I will risk it. It must be kept strictly confidential and cannot be leaked. There are many people here with mixed opinions, and it is inconvenient to make it public. If you can trust me, let me go down and give it a try.
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Ye Yuanwai's brows moved. He was not at ease at all. If Lei Yuanwai talked nicely to him in person but secretly sold him behind his back, then where could he make excuses? He questioned: "Senior Lei has always been upright, why is he covering up this time?
Hiding it, I’m afraid there’s still something wrong in my heart.”
Lei Yuanwai still refused: "It is indeed inconvenient to make it public. If it is spread, it will easily lead to accidents, which will definitely not be a blessing to our generation."
But the more he behaved like this, the more uneasy Mr. Ye became. Then someone came up with an idea: "Since Brother Lei emphasizes confidentiality and cannot discuss with us, that's it. Let's send two of the rest of us to replace us to listen to Brother Lei's idea.
, if we all think it is feasible, then we have no doubts. I would like to suggest that Brother Ye and Senior Fang listen to Brother Lei’s idea on our behalf, so we don’t have to worry about it being leaked.”
Ye Yuanwai was very hostile to Lei Yuanwai today. If even he thought Lei Yuanwai's idea was feasible, then there would be nothing to worry about. The other person, who was respectfully called Senior Fang, was the oldest one, and seniority was respected.
Lei Yuanwai hesitated for a moment, feeling that he had to do this to dispel other people's suspicions, so he had no choice but to accept the proposal.
The others voluntarily exited the hall, leaving only Lei, Ye, and Fang. Lei looked around, and after repeatedly confirming that there was no one else around, he lowered his voice and said, "By chance, I learned something shocking a few days ago.
big event."
Ye and Fang remained silent, holding their breaths and waiting for Lei Yuanwai to continue speaking.
"You have all heard about the Qianli Seawall Embankment in Zhejiang. In the past few years, the stone reserves were stolen and sold in large quantities. It is said that the amount was as high as hundreds of thousands of taels."
This was truly a shocking secret. When Ye Yuanwai and Fang Lao heard about it, they couldn't help but turn pale with horror. Zhejiang Seawall involves the safety of millions of soldiers and civilians on the seaside. If this kind of thing has serious consequences, there may be many heads rolling.
The two of them remembered almost at the same time that a few years ago, the governor of Zhejiang was none other than Feng Shangshu of the Ministry of Justice! It must be related! But there is still a question, what does this matter have to do with Li You?
"I heard that Xujiang County used a lot of seawall stones to build the Xujiang River stone embankment at that time. Li You was at the Xujiang County River Engineering Station at the time, so it may have something to do with it."
Old man Fang said in a trembling voice: "You mean to use this as an excuse to ask them to show their favor this time? These things may not be harmful to Li You, especially to Li You."
Lei Yuanwai explained: "No matter whether it hurts their bones or not, they definitely don't want this matter to be brought out and their names connected. Besides, I'm not threatening anything, I just want to put an end to the matter, so that from now on, we won't mess with each other, or we will do more
If you honor them, they should understand these painstaking efforts. So I have to meet them in person so that I can decide what to do."
"Since my dear brother is confident, you can give it a try." Mr. Fang nodded.
Officer Lei looked at Ye Cheng again. Ye Cheng thought about it a few times and said, "Senior Lei will have the final say on this matter."
In this way, the plan was agreed upon, and the owners of each house went back to their respective places and entrusted the matter to the mine operators.
But it was said that Shangzhixian had indeed moved into Li's house. After Li You took over the courtyard next door, he had extra guest rooms, so it was not a problem to accommodate Shangzhixian. That night, after dinner, Li You and Shangzhixian sat down to drink tea and talk.
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Shang Zhixian said worriedly: "My lord, you have made too much noise this time. I am a little worried."
Li You smiled lightly and said: "Don't worry, luck is on our side, everything is under control!"
At this time, a disciple of the Li family suddenly reported: "A shabby-dressed man came outside the door and asked to see him. He claimed to be from Heyuan Yinzhuang."
"I said no!" Li You scolded casually.
Menzi explained: "That man claims to be the owner of the bank. He has urgent confidential matters to tell me. I don't dare to make the decision."
An urgent secret? Li You was extremely confused. After thinking about it, he waved his hand and said: "Please come in over there."...)
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