Mrs. Zhang had been very comfortable during this period, and now she was just waiting for that little bitch to die. But after she waited and waited for several months, the little bitch was still hanging on for dear life, so she My patience was worn out.

"Madam, there is no need to worry. The effect of the medicine is slow to come, and that person will have to go sooner or later."

Grandma Chen could only console her like this. She didn't know what to say other than this, because she was impatient to wait.

When Mrs. Zhang was happy, she became a little slack in controlling the shop outside. When things started happening one after another in the shop, she became anxious.

It was the same day as usual. Mrs. Zhang and her maidservant were enjoying the scenery in the garden. The concierge and the shopkeeper of the cloth shop hurried over.

Before Mrs. Zhang could ask, shopkeeper Wu hurriedly said: "Madam, something is not right. Something happened in our shop."

"What's making you so anxious?"

"Madam, didn't Prince An order a batch of fabrics from our shop last month and promised to deliver them tomorrow?

But the fabric in our shop was gone, and we were robbed by bandits from Xiantiantian when we were still three days away from Kyoto City! "

"How did you do things? Didn't you take care of things along the way?"

"Madam, I am really unjust. I have asked the person in charge to take care of things along the way. Every year, I only give two hundred taels of silver to Yixiantian. Who knows what the madness of the bandits in Yixiantian means? Not only did they get money, but they also robbed our family of goods.

However, this time, the people from Xianxiantian not only robbed our family's goods, but also intercepted three or four families along the way. I guess they were not targeting us, but the most important thing now is that the goods that will be delivered to Prince An's Mansion tomorrow cannot be delivered. Madam, How good is this! "

It can be said that the business of the cloth shop has been stagnant, but just last month, the manager in charge of purchasing for Prince An's Mansion fell in love with a kind of fabric in the shop. Although this fabric was bought from the manor to be made for the servants of Prince An's Mansion. They are used for clothes, but this batch of fabrics are all fine cotton, and the patterns and colors on them are very novel.

When the shop received such an order, the shopkeeper of Cloth Village was naturally happy. Because the quantity was large this time, he sent a letter early to ask Jiangnan to send a batch. They used flying pigeons to pass the message, otherwise one person The months came and went, and the fabric could not be delivered.

It turned out that this batch of fabrics should have arrived a day ago, but shopkeeper Wu waited and waited. It was not until the steward in charge came back with a few guards that shopkeeper Wu realized that all five carts of goods were gone.

If the goods were lost normally, they would just be lost. Most of them would be a loss of some money. Shopkeeper Wu didn't think it was a big deal.

But what happened to be lost was the batch of goods ordered by Prince An's Mansion. The colors of this batch of goods were different from the usual ones. If you go to other shops to buy them, you won't be able to buy them. Shopkeeper Wu was anxious now. As soon as he received the news, he He hurriedly came to Yu Mansion and asked Zhang to discuss a solution.

Zhang was not a business person. What could she do? She thought about it and looked at Shopkeeper Wu.

"Otherwise, you go to Prince An's Mansion to talk to the purchasing manager and give him some gifts in exchange for other fabrics in our shop."

"Madam, this can't be done. The purchasing manager at the time signed an agreement for this batch of fine cotton in our shop. If we fail to deliver the goods by the time, we will definitely be compensated five times. At that time, I said We promised that our shop would deliver the goods on time, but now, I feel that no matter how much money we give to the purchasing manager, he will not agree."

"How come I don't know about this?"

When Mrs. Zhang heard what Shopkeeper Wu said, her face suddenly became unhappy.

Shopkeeper Wu felt aggrieved. "Madam, our business is based on integrity. You can go to other shops and ask around. If a shop does business with a large volume, it must sign an agreement. I also follow the rules."

When Mrs. Zhang heard what Shopkeeper Wu said, she immediately fell silent.

"Calculate how much money we will have to pay to Prince An's Mansion if we pay five times the compensation for this batch of goods?"

"Prince An ordered 5,000 taels of goods from our shop. If the compensation is five times, our shop will have to pay 25,000 taels."

"Why so many?"

Shopkeeper Wu was thinking about what he said to his wife when he told his wife that he had made a big deal with Prince An's Mansion. She said that he had done a good job, and she even praised him and rewarded him with two taels of silver. , now that the month has not passed, I have completely forgotten about it.

However, Manager Wu only thought about it in his heart, but did not dare to show any dignity on his face.

"You go back first and wait for me to think of something else. If you really can't wait for me to have the money delivered to the shop."

Hearing what Zhang said, Shopkeeper Wu's heart dropped. He was here to ask for money today.

If the goods are ordered from another house, depending on how favored the eldest young master is in front of the emperor, he will be offended if he offends him. But King An is the emperor's younger brother. If he offends King An, their shop may be in danger. The city of Kyoto cannot be opened anymore.

Shopkeeper Wu has been the shopkeeper of Buzhuang for more than ten years, so he naturally cares about Buzhuang.

The Zhang family had just sent away Shopkeeper Wu from Buzhuang, but they didn't expect that Shopkeeper Yang from the grain store would come to visit again not long after.

Today alone, Mrs. Zhang met with the shopkeepers of three shops. By the time they were all sent away, Mrs. Zhang was exhausted.

At first, when one shop had an accident, Zhang could say it was bad luck. When two shops had an accident, it could be said to be a coincidence. But when three shops had an accident, Zhang felt that things were not simple.

But even if she reacted now, it would be useless. Today, three shops asked her to pay out one hundred thousand taels of silver, but this was just an appetizer. The next day, three or four shopkeepers came to visit, and three villagers were in charge. Got to the door.

Mrs. Zhang vomited three liters of blood in one day. In the past two days alone, she paid out more than 300,000 taels of silver, but she still couldn't pay.

Just when Mrs. Zhang was breathing a sigh of relief, something happened again at her parents' side. The eldest man of the Zhang family was tricked into gambling and borrowed money from usury at a gambling house. Now the compound interest has reached one million taels.

Nowadays, debtors are coming to the door. If they can't get the money, no one in the Zhang family will be in trouble.

Among the married aunts of the Zhang family, Zhang was the rich one, so everyone in the Zhang family set their sights on Zhang. , As for other married women, they don’t plan to let them go, and they will take as much as they can get.

Naturally, Mr. Zhang would not come to visit. Men are like this. No matter how outrageous their mistakes are, they still want to lose face. He can't lose face with his former sisters.

But Zhang's sister-in-law didn't have that worry. She knew that Zhang had money. As long as someone paid back the money, she would be willing to kowtow to Zhang, so the first one to come was Yufu Mansion.

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