Zhong Niangzi Wanfu

Chapter 49 8000 million taels of silver
一
After learning that Wen Yi was in danger again, Wen Shu hurried to Qin Lin.

Wen Shu drove straight to Shen's mansion, not caring about the dust and fatigue all over her body, and rushed into Wen Yi's room. After seeing Wen Yi, she was slightly relieved, her eyes were slightly red, and she went forward to ask Yun Lang Wen Yi's injuries.

Looking at Wen Shu, who was rushing over for his own safety, Wen Yi thought that she was trying to persuade him to give up again, but he didn't want to but felt sorry for her fear. He lowered his head and hesitated: "Sister, I was going to give up right now. , but Miss Jiang died for me..."

Wen Shu had already understood the cause of the matter from Zhong Lan, and waved her hand to stop Wen Yi's words: "We, the Wen family, do not cause trouble, and we are not afraid of trouble. When they bully us, we don't just know how to accept it."

Wen Yi was stunned.

"Now that you have made up your mind, continue the investigation." Wen Shu's eyes were full of coldness, "I have my own way to help you."

"What can I do, big sister?"

"You heal your injuries first. I will take care of the Jiang family's daughter's funeral. Don't worry about what I want to do." Wen Shu said in a deep voice.

The next day, after Wen Shu ordered people to take good care of Wen Yi, she hurriedly left Qin Lin and went straight to Xiliang. They stopped Guo Bing on the path that Guo's caravan had passed when transporting railways.

Seeing Wen Shu's expression was not kind, and the waiters behind her were looking fierce, with swords at their waists, Guo Bing wiped the cold sweat from his forehead: "Boss Wen, what are you doing?"

"Boss Guo was helping the nobleman transport the iron. He cried and begged me to help you. He also said that every profit from the future would be half of the Wen family's. Why did the Wen family's caravan only help once and then nothing more?" Wen Shu said Qiao smiled and said, "Or is it that Boss Guo couldn't eat it before, but now he can eat it again?"

Guo Bing didn't know why, but he was always being manipulated by the young girl in front of him, so he simply said: "Boss Wen is here today to reminisce with Guo, right? But it's always the owner's business to choose a caravan. There is nothing Guo can do about the matter. Please ask Boss Wen and Prime Minister to support the boat and not make it difficult for Guo."

"Oh, Boss Guo can't do anything?" Wen Shu pretended to be surprised, and pondered for a while, "Then I'll ask Boss Guo for a favor, and this kind of stupidity that violates faith will be written off."

Guo Bing became alert: "What's the matter?"

"Give me all the private railway orders of that noble man, including the ones in your hand and the orders you entrusted to other caravans." Wen Shu spoke easily and spread her hands in front of Guo Bing, as if she wanted to What he wants is nothing more than a small item that Guo Bing can have.

Guo Bing was shocked: "You can't do this, Boss Wen! Guo is not a person who is greedy for huge profits. It's just that Guo made that nobleman's business and tied all his wealth to that nobleman. Wen. For the sake of our family friends, the boss, how about letting me go?"

Wen Shu sneered: "Boss Guo, I think you understand Wen Shu's uncompromising temperament these past few years. Now let me say it again. I, Wen Shu, want all of that nobleman's private mine. You can just give it to me." , if you don’t give it, I will also want all the business of your Guo family’s caravan in Xiliang from now on. Do you think the businessmen in Xiliang will choose the Guo family or the Wen family?”

"Presumably that noble man has nothing to do with Xi Liang's affairs no matter how powerful his eyes are."

Seeing that Wen Shu was determined to fight against him, Guo Bing wanted to cry without tears: "Boss Wen, aren't you embarrassing? No matter what, Guo is a dead end now."

"Actually, Boss Guo doesn't have to be so miserable, and I didn't intend to do such a despicable thing as breaking Guo's life." Wen Shu glanced at Guo Bing and said with a calm expression, "You don't have to tell that nobleman about this, I Wen The family's caravan will help you deliver this batch of iron ore in the name of your Guo family. The profits will be divided up afterwards, and my Wen family doesn't want a penny."

Guo Bing was suspicious: "What does Boss Wen want?"

"What I'm planning has nothing to do with you, you don't need to know." Wen Shu sneered.

"Boss Guo's wife and children must be in the hands of that nobleman, right? But I know that Boss Guo doesn't care about his wife and children's lives at all. What Boss Guo really cares about is the trade route that Guo's caravan is taking."

Seeing Guo Bing's complexion changed drastically, Wen Shu smiled flamboyantly: "This road was opened up by three generations of Guo family merchants. Few people know about it. Such a safe and hidden road is the foundation of the Guo family's fortune."

"The Guo family has been keeping quiet these years, quietly doing business with Xiliang, and making a fortune in silence. Why did the nobleman find Guo instead of a reliable escort? He wanted to hide the whereabouts of this batch of goods as much as possible. Guo. The boss must have had no choice but to find me behind the noble man's back last time. Did he ever think that leading the Wen family this way would be tantamount to luring a wolf into the house?"

"If Boss Guo does what I say, I will try my best to cover it up for you and help Boss Guo find a good business path in the future. If Boss Guo doesn't do what I say, I will let the caravans all over the world know about Boss Guo's good business." Road. That really cuts off the old road of the Guo family."

In the end, Guo Bing gritted his teeth and agreed to Wen Shu's request, changed the name of the Wen family caravan to the Wen family caravan, signed the appointment contract, and handed over all the iron ore in his hand to Wen Shu.

two

No one knows what Wen Shu wants to do.

At the beginning, Wen Shu still behaved as she did for the first time as a merchant, ordering her staff to put on the clothes of Guo’s caravan merchants, and secretly transported batches of iron ore to Xiliang, and handed them over to the respondent. .

In addition, Wen Shu gave Guo Bing part of her cargo list in Xiliang.

Seeing that Wen Shu was cautious and did not make any mistakes, and that his boss in the royal capital did not notice it, the Guo family caravan, which was so free, also took over the order assigned by the Wen family. The Guo family caravan was doing well all the way, and Guo Bing began to Let go of your guard against Wen Shu a little bit.

Seeing this, Wen Shu helped Guo's caravan introduce a shipment to Dongchang.

Dongchang has just begun to open up its trade policy to the outside world. It is a piece of meat that is well known to all four countries. All traders with a little strength are coveted for it, and Guo Bing is no exception.

With this business, Guo's caravan can reach another level.Therefore, Guo Bing attached great importance to this order. He personally took people to Dongchang and entrusted the business in Xiliang to Wen Shu.

Wen Shu was proud and began to develop the next plan.

three

On October [-]th, Guo Bing returned from Dongchang with a full load. As soon as he arrived in Danzhou, he was mentioned to the royal capital by Mao Xun.

Regardless of whether Guo Bing could bear the bumps of the carriage, Mao Xun took him back to the capital day and night, blindfolded him and took him to a courtyard.

At Mao Xun's instruction, Guo Bing took off the black cloth belt that covered his eyes. The dazzling sunlight forced him to squint his eyes, and it took him a while to vaguely see Mao Xun in front of him.

Mao Xun was also tired of his career: even for a practicing master like him, he had been working day and night for more than ten days, but he still looked good.

But Guo Bing suddenly discovered that Mao Xun had a long scar on his forehead.

The long scar was deep enough to show the bone, diagonally from the left corner of the forehead to the right, straight to the corner of the right eye. Although it was no longer bleeding, it was a dark reddish-brown color, which was shocking.

"Mao, Master Mao, what's the matter with the injury on your forehead?" Guo Bing asked with a smile.

Mao Xun didn't respond. He knelt down on one knee and saluted the screen: "Master, I've brought you here."

There was a sound of increasingly urgent breathing from behind the screen. While Guo Bing was thinking hard, an inkstone was thrown out from behind the screen, splattering black ink all over the floor.

Guo Bing knew that the noble man inside was angry, and he quickly apologized: "My boss, forgive me! It was me who went to Dongchang for small profits and delayed my boss's goods."

"Delay?" A sneer came from behind the screen, "You call 8000 million taels of silver a delay?"

"Eight thousand, 8000 million taels of silver?!" Guo Bing suddenly raised his tone and raised his head with enthusiasm.

"Boss Guo is really talented. When I was short of people to transport goods, he took three years to win my trust. He didn't care about the life and death of his wife and children, and stabbed me so deeply."

As soon as Qi Kong finished speaking, several heads rolled out from behind the screen. They were the heads of Guo Bing's wife and children.

Guo Bing looked at his blood relative's head and turned it several times. His dull eyes stared straight at him. He was so frightened that he was sweating like water. He couldn't even speak coherently: "No, no, it's not me. Yes, it's Wen." Wen, Wen family, Wen Shu, that..."

"Does Boss Guo want to say that all this was done by Wen Shu, the owner of Wenjia Company?" The cold and eerie voice sounded again, impacting Guo Bing's heart.

"But isn't it Wen's caravan that Boss Guo wrote on the brochure? The seals used for several deliveries are also Wen's seals. Which Wen family do you ask Ben Gong to ask for these 8000 million taels!" The screen "clanged" Suddenly he fell to the ground, and a Qi Kong Rakshasa-like face appeared behind the screen.

Qi Kong was holding a long knife with strands of blood still hanging on it. Next to him were several large and small corpses, which was where the heads of Guo Bing's blood relatives came from.

"My boss, forgive me, my boss, forgive me!" Guo Bing knocked his head heavily on the ground, begging for mercy.

"Although these 8000 million taels are nominally shipped to private mines in Xiliang, they actually come from official mines in Dai and Bao prefectures under my jurisdiction. If the shortfall is not filled, the court will definitely notice. I will give you five days. , if you don’t do it within five days, you will be punished by death for destroying the nine tribes.”

The business of Guo's caravan has been sluggish this year. This trip to Dongchang for business trip only earned 50 taels. Now it is completely impossible for Qi Kong to ask him to pay back 8000 million taels in five days.

Guo Bing fainted after hearing this.

"Drag him out." Qi Kong was also very worried and asked Mao Xun to deal with him.

Qi Kong followed the road of official mines and private ownership, using Xiliang to confront Beizhao. In recent years, he began to develop an armament posture and quietly distributed the remaining iron from Beizhao's official mines to Xiliang.

At first, they only sold some iron that was not listed in the list. After tasting the benefits, they became bolder and started to make plans to list it as an official mine.

Because there are many official mines in Beizhao, they are distributed in the five prefectures of Sheng, Dai, Bao, Heng, and Yu. This year, the official mines in Shengzhou are abundant, and the two prefectures of Dai and Bao under the jurisdiction of Qi Kong are not so eye-catching, so he will prepare The registered official mines sold to Dongchang were also sent to Xiliang at a high price, in the hope that after the profits were returned, the money and sub-rail could be used to send Dongchang.

But I didn't expect that something went wrong at this juncture: Wen Shu let the Wen's caravan pretend to be the Guo's caravan and the Wen's caravan to transport the official mine away, and then disappeared without transporting it to Xiliang.

The informant from Xiliang, who had not received the goods for a while, sent someone to pursue it, and Dongchang, who should have been sent away with money, sent someone to ask again.Qi Kong could not afford the mines or money, so he could not cope with it. He was also afraid that the two parties would report to the Municipal Shipping Department, and he was in a state of embarrassment.

(End of this chapter)