Zhumen Chunshen

Chapter 167 The Mysterious Old Man

"Second boss, look, what should we do about this matter?" Shopkeeper Hao pondered for a while, then looked up at Master Yao Er.

Shopkeeper Hao's meaning is very clear. No matter what, when Master Yao left, he told Master Yao Er to be in charge of all the affairs of Beijing.

Master Yao Er knew in his heart that shopkeeper Hao must have made up his mind, and asking himself such a question was just a matter of saving face!He hated secretly in his heart, and thought to himself now that he has taken care of my face, why were you so rude when you were with that damn girl and I was with you?Hmph, don't think that you don't know what you did if you don't admit to me!
"What else can we do, there may be no reason for it! These days, everyone should be more careful, and report immediately if there is anything abnormal! What we need to do now is to stabilize the situation, and we will talk about everything when the elder brother comes back!" Second Master Yao sighed.

It was a matter of the Yao family's life and death, so he had to be careful.More importantly, the Minjia Grain Store has already been sold. As long as he can prove that he is right and Yao Cunhui is wrong, Yao Cunhui will never be able to gain a foothold in Mihang again just because of the matter of grabbing the seal!Therefore, at present, he is the one who least expects another accident to happen!

Once an accident occurs, there is a risk of improper control if it is not guaranteed. Once the control is improper, he, the left-behind designated by the big boss, is obliged to take the first responsibility. Then, he will not be able to justly and confidently accuse Yao Cunhui of no!

"Isn't this too passive? I'm afraid it will take about ten days for Dad to come back. Are we just going to wait for these ten days?" Yao Cunhui asked tentatively.

"Oh?" Elder Yao sneered, and asked with a half-smile, "I don't know what Huier thinks?"

"We at Mihang want to investigate a person, I don't know how difficult it is. Please second uncle and a few elders arrange people to investigate Bai Muyuan's details!" Yao Cunhui's tone was gentle, but there was an air of stubbornness and tenacity.

Everyone's heart trembled, and they looked at Yao Cunhui in shock.

The Yao family's rice line is in danger, and she doesn't want to protect herself, yet she still wants to take the initiative?
"Are you crazy? If the Lu family is behind Bai Muyuan, it's not something we can afford! Don't forget, our food source has been cut off, and the food collected from various places is only a drop in the bucket! I don’t know what will happen if the eldest brother goes south to seek help from the Xie family! You still don’t care about your own family affairs, and you still want to provoke the Lu family?”

Master Yao Er was really angry and impatient, he didn't know whether to praise her for being brave or scold her for being ignorant.

"It's not the Lu family, it's Bai Muyuan." Yao Cunhui looked at Master Yao and said word for word.

After all, the Lu family is a relative of the emperor, no matter how powerful they are, it is impossible to pick an imperial merchant casually without reason.Maybe that's why the Lu family asked Bai Muyuan to come forward.Then, if you just hold on to Bai Muyuan tightly, the Lu family will naturally not be able to come forward!

Taking a step back, if the Lu family's goal is really to annex the Yao family's rice line, is it safe to ask for self-protection?

In fact, depending on the financial resources of the Lu family, it is not impossible to get involved in the grain business, but they have too much appetite and ambition, and they are eager for quick success and quick profit.

"Second Miss is right, we can't just sit and wait for death." Shopkeeper Hao said slowly: "The shopping mall is like a battlefield, we can't just wait for the boss, we have to do something! Second boss, let's check this Bai Muyuan, right? Not only He, as well as the well-known grain shops in the capital, are all being watched by people! There are also careful inquiries to see if there are any new grain stores that have opened recently!"

The Second Master Yao thought for a while, and said with a smile: "Since shopkeeper Hao also thinks it is necessary, then I will leave it to you to take full responsibility for this matter, how about it?"

Shopkeeper Hao paused immediately, glanced at Yao Cunhui, nodded and said, "The second boss thinks highly of me, it's better to be respectful than obedience."

"Hehe, shopkeeper Hao is an old man of Mihang, so it's outrageous to say that!" Master Yao Er smiled, then turned to Yao Cunhui and said, "Hui'er, you have to keep an eye on the rice storehouse! Take stock of new and old grain and check to see if there is any problem!"

Yao Cunhui understood that he was not allowing herself to be united with Shopkeeper Hao, and felt disgusted at the same time, but also felt funny: I am a big living person, so I can't do it clearly, can't I have contact with Shopkeeper Hao in private?How could he stop it?Why be a villain in vain!
"Hui'er understands, the second uncle at the rice warehouse is at ease!" Yao Cunhui nodded.

"That's good!"

Everyone discussed for a while, shopkeeper Hao asked someone to discuss and thoroughly investigate the matter of Bai Muyuan and others, so everyone dispersed.

The next day, Yao Cunhui started running to the warehouse outside the city again, continuing to work as a supervisor of the mill.

Unexpectedly, on the third day, Yao Cunhui's carriage was stopped by people sent by shopkeeper Hao when it was still on the way.

Yao Cunhui was startled, didn't bother to ask any more questions, and hurried back to the city to head to the main store on Zhuque South Street.

"Shopkeeper Hao, what happened?" Yao Cunhui hurried to the room where Shopkeeper Hao worked, and when he saw that he was there, he felt relieved.

"Second Miss! Look at this!" Shopkeeper Hao frowned, and handed her a list with both hands.

Yao Cunhui took it and looked at it, his pupils suddenly widened, and he looked at it carefully again in disbelief, regardless of the content on the list, only the signature at the bottom, the three big characters of Bai Muyuan, flamboyant and imposing, clearly provoking her!

This side has just decided to thoroughly investigate him, but he jumped out without thinking about it!Jumped out by himself or in such a way!

What Yao Cunhui held in his hand was a purchase contract, and Bai Muyuan wanted to buy two thousand shi of high-quality japonica rice from Yao's rice shop!

Two thousand stones is equivalent to nearly 20 catties.

"This is against the rules!" Thinking of Bai Muyuan's beautiful face and gentle demeanor, Yao Cunhui was so angry that there was a fire burning in his heart.

In addition to anger, she also has a feeling of being cheated!This feeling was like a thorn, and like a heavy hammer, hitting her heart hard!

Buying two thousand shi of rice at one time is clearly a malicious run. If it is placed in a post-disaster famine year, such a person is hoarding and begging for quick profits, and he will go to prison to eat!
"We won't sell it!" Yao Cunhui said angrily, "Although it is not a famine year or after a disaster, isn't there a war in the Western Regions? If there is not enough food in the imperial warehouse, our Yao family, as the leader of the rice business, will definitely not be able to escape to the Western Regions." The responsibility of supplying food, we have to keep our food for ourselves! Just use this to refuse him!"

"Second Miss!" Shopkeeper Hao sighed softly: "Although this is the case, at this very sensitive moment, if we can't produce food, it is tantamount to confirming the rumors in the market. If this surname Bai adds more fire, the Yao family will His reputation is over! That surnamed Bai is precisely aiming at this point, so he dares to be so presumptuous!"

"That said, we have to sell this grain to him!"

"That's the only way." Shopkeeper Hao sighed softly: "I've done the math, and I can still afford two thousand shi of polished round-grained rice from various shops."

Yao Cunhui smiled wryly: "Master Hao, since he is determined to bring down the Yao family, these two thousand shi may be just the beginning. If he wants another two thousand shi, what are you going to do?"

Shopkeeper Hao was at a loss for words. If Zhao continues like this, the shop will close sooner or later!
"No, food is different from other things. If he buys so much and doesn't need it, he can only wait for it to get moldy! Second Miss, don't forget, they still have our Yao family's rice line in their hands. If there is no normal sales channel for the grain source in the hands of a few big households, hmph, then they will cry to death! No matter how powerful the money owner behind it is, they can’t afford to play like this!” Hao shopkeeper said a little Gritting teeth.

"Why didn't you tell me about such a big thing!" Master Yao Er suddenly opened the door with a bang and strode in, his face full of displeasure.

Upon entering the door, there was a series of pressing questions.

Yao Cunhui remained silent, Shopkeeper Hao hurriedly told the second master Yao about the matter from beginning to end, and then said: "Since the second master has ordered me to be responsible for this matter, I want to report this matter with a regulation. The Second Master, I don't want the Second Master to know the news!"

Master Yao Er's expression eased when he heard him say this, and he snorted softly, "Then have you produced the charter yet?"

"Not yet." Shopkeeper Hao shook his head.

"Since that's the case, let's invite Lin Accountant and the others over to discuss together!" Yao Cunhui said.

Second Master Yao saw Shopkeeper Hao looking at him inquiringly, he pondered for a moment, then nodded and said: "Alright! Let them all come over!"

Lin accountant was called over, and after hearing this, he immediately exploded and started discussing in a hurry.

No one thought that the doubts about Bai Muyuan and the Lu family would be confirmed in this way!However, it is meaningless to trace Bai Muyuan's identity now, he is the face representative of that mysterious enemy, and that mysterious enemy is the Lu family!

What matters now is that the opponent has clearly launched an attack.

"We are still counting on collecting grain to survive, how can we sell him so much at once? Think of a way to refuse!"

"But now the cusp-"

"..."

Yao Cunhui and Shopkeeper Hao looked at each other, and the discussion was not much different from the discussion between the two of them just now.

All in all, it's wrong to do anything these days.

"It's not good! It's not good!" A Jing, Master Yao's personal assistant, suddenly stumbled in with a pale face.

"What are you yelling for?" Elder Yao stopped drinking and glared at A Jing: "What happened, please speak slowly."

After finishing speaking, the Second Master Yao gave Yao Cunhui a reproachful look, and decided that Bai Muyuan had come up with something new.

Shopkeeper Hao and the others were also full of nervousness, holding their breath and staring at A Jing closely.

"Second owner..." Ah Jing wiped the sweat from his forehead, looked at the people in the room, and looked at the second master Yao in embarrassment, unable to speak.

(End of this chapter)