Uncle from a poor family

Chapter 592 The Tiger Falls in Pingyang
Beijing.

In a teahouse near the Huizhou Trading Company.

Zhang Yanling and Qin Zhao sat down opposite each other, ostensibly to drink tea but actually to discuss the current situation.

"...Your Huishang's losses this time must be quite large, right?"

Zhang Yanling remained indifferent, as if it had nothing to do with him.

Qin Zhao looked cautious: "A little loss is nothing, I'm just afraid that the mastermind behind this is not targeting the Huizhou merchants, but the Second Young Master and your father.

"Recently, many Huizhou merchants have been detained by people from Shuntian Prefecture. All their previously shameful money transactions have been reported to the government, causing huge losses to their reputations and making many merchants anxious.

"Many people even decided to cut off all ties with me and never have any contact with me again."

Zhang Yanling asked in surprise: "Even if he is a businessman, he can't be so powerful, right?"

Qin Zhao sighed and said, "There are always people who choose to protect themselves in pursuit of profit, or even do things like turning against their own side at the last minute. However, it will be difficult for these people to gain a foothold in this industry in the future.

"But at the moment, it is the local merchants in the capital, especially those related to the princes and ministers, who have more frequent interactions with the government, and they may even have merged with the government!"

Zhang Yanling asked, "Master Qin, how much did you lose this time?"

"Not much."

Qin Zhao shook his head and said, "It's just a few warehouses of goods."

Zhang Yanling smiled coldly: "Now that things have come to this, it is difficult for our Zhang family to remain unscathed. I will use business methods to solve business matters and do not want to involve my father. I just wonder if the head of the Qin family is willing to stand by me and make progress and retreat together?"

"What? You want to do it yourself?"

Qin Zhao seemed very surprised.

You are obviously a relative of the emperor and a nobleman. Your father is also a powerful official in the court, and your father-in-law is favored by the emperor and is even biased towards him.

When you encounter problems, you don’t want to use your power to pressure others?
Want to solve it yourself?

No matter how good your business skills are, and you really have the ability to solve problems... why don't you take the shortcut of the broad road, but choose the narrow path to make things difficult for yourself?

As they were talking, Zhang Heling ran in breathlessly, looking very anxious: "Second Brother, I finally found you! Why are you chatting with others here?

"Something happened in our workshop outside the city... A lot of strange people gathered there, seemingly looking for trouble. The people in the workshop were very anxious, and couldn't find you anywhere, so they had to come to the Jinyiwei Yamen to find me... You really made me have a hard time looking for you!"

Zhang Yanling smiled and asked Qin Zhao, "Master Qin, have you known about this for a long time and deliberately sent me away?"

Qin Zhao looked worried: "As long as you don't show up, those workshops can be registered under my name and said to be the property of our Huizhou merchants... In this way, your and your father's reputation will not be harmed in any way."

"Oh! You really have good intentions."

Zhang Yanling turned back to Zhang Heling and said, "Brother, why are you in such a hurry? We still have Mr. Chai to support the workshop... With his talent, he may not be able to do something as humiliating as scolding people, but he is definitely a first-class hand at reasoning. In addition, I have arranged for someone to protect us, so nothing will go wrong."

"I rely on!"

Zhang Heling calmed down immediately after hearing his brother's words. After swearing, he complained, "You should have said it earlier. I thought you were caught off guard and were bullied... If the workshop is demolished and I lose my pocket money in the future, I will hold you accountable."

Zhang Yanling defended himself, "Hey, big brother, that money is just a personal gift from me to you, not your dividend. You have to divide it clearly.

"Don't think it's natural to ask me for money."

"Hey, as brothers, why do you have to calculate so much?"

Zhang Heling said with a frown, "Isn't everything mine yours? Everything yours is mine too, what's there to say..."

Zhang Yanling no longer paid attention to this shameless elder brother, and turned to look at Qin Zhao, and took the initiative to invite him: "Since the head of the Qin family has already known about this matter, this place is not far from Chongwenmen, why don't we go over and take a look?"

"Are you really going?"

Qin Zhao frowned and said, "The people who go to cause trouble must have some power, and they will definitely use the identity of the owner behind the workshop to make trouble... If your Zhang family is involved in unwarranted crimes such as bullying and monopolizing the market, even if we can deal with it, but in terms of reputation..."

Zhang Yanling laughed and said, "What kind of business am I in? I just produce soda ash, glass, soap and other things. What business do I want to dominate? Is there a company in the capital that does the same business as mine?"

"This one……"

Qin Zhao was speechless for a moment, then he understood and nodded, "That's true, but I'm afraid those people will make trouble unreasonably. I heard that not only the Beijing merchants, but also the Shanxi and Shandong merchants have stood on the other side. They are changing their stance according to the situation. If they find a reason, I'm afraid it will be..."

Zhang Yanling sneered and said, "In fact, even if you Hui merchants are involved, I am not afraid, as long as you, Mr. Qin, don't get involved."

Zhang Heling also looked indifferent: "Even if our family is bullying the market, so what? If they are not convinced, come to me! I will teach them a lesson... Hey, you don't know who my brother-in-law is, right? I will definitely let them know that the pot is made of iron..."

When Qin Zhao heard this, for some reason, he felt relieved.

I thought to myself, this is the demeanor that you, the Zhang family, should have.

This is the reason why I am joining your Zhang family! If your Zhang family always likes to reason with others when doing things... I'm afraid... you can tolerate it for a while, but not for a lifetime!

It’s still too difficult these days to make money and have a good reputation!
……

……

The Zhang brothers, Qin Zhao, Xu Gong and several other followers walked to the market area outside Chongwenmen.

On the way, Qin Zhao gave a general explanation of the situation.

This was also to allow Zhang Yanling to be prepared.

But in fact, Zhang Yanling didn't need to prepare at all, because he had already prepared a response strategy and even informed Chai Meng in advance...

In this matter, Chai Meng has decided to follow the Zhang family completely. As for the Shanxi merchants behind Chai Meng... I'm sorry, Master Chai's principle is to help the right rather than the relatives.

the other side.

Li Zisheng, who was recuperating at home, learned from Pang Qing that some government officials had joined forces with merchants in Beijing to cause trouble for Zhang Yanling's workshop.

"Oh, the tea is cold. Please bring me a new pot of tea." Li Zisheng ordered.

Pang Qing said: "It is true that the Second Young Master is very talented, but I am afraid that this matter will not be easy to deal with. Because the group of people who want to fight with the Second Young Master will not reason with him... They see that he is a relative of the Zhang family and cannot compete with the people for profit, so..."

Li Zisheng looked over, pursed his lips, and said disdainfully: "Bingkun, do you look down on Zhan, or do you look down on Yanling?"

"I……"

Pang Qing was somewhat unable to resist.

Li Zisheng smiled and said, "What do you mean by bullying and dominating the market? It's nothing more than trying to criticize Zhang's weaving in the palace... Liu Ji's ability is too low, and his officialdom and power struggles are all based on some dirty tricks, which are despised by others."

Pang Qing asked, "Do you think we should find some people from the market to cause trouble?"

"Tell me your plan."

Li Zisheng said with interest.

Pang Qing came forward and whispered, "Since someone went to Zhang's warehouse and workshop to cause trouble, then we can find a group of gangsters in the capital, go in and interfere, wreak havoc, and prevent people from knowing that it is related to Zhang's."

Li Zisheng said, "Aren't you just causing trouble? Someone with a government background went to Zhang's property to cause trouble, and ended up getting beaten up. How can others not say that it was Zhang who sent someone to do it?"

"We're going to cause trouble."

Pang Qing patiently explained, "That is... not helping either side, smashing Zhang's things, and beating up the people who went to cause trouble... Who would think that Zhang hired someone to do this?
"Let's not explain to Zhang's people at that time. I will go back and find the second young master to clarify later."

"hey-hey……"

When Li Zisheng heard this, he couldn't help but laugh out loud.

Pang Qing was confused and asked, "Master Dao, tell me, is this idea feasible? We can call people over at any time. We can rush over now. It's totally in time."

"Does he need your help?"

Li Zisheng smiled and said, "But you have a very flexible mind... This is indeed a good opportunity to fish in troubled waters. But it sounds like you are more like a troublemaker."

"Master Dao, if you disagree, you shouldn't be so disrespectful, right?"

Pang Qing felt unhappy for a moment.

I'm helping you pay off a favor, and you actually call me a troublemaker?
Li Zisheng said, "When the Second Young Master came to save me, he was very helpful and sent people. He was very loyal and righteous... If I knew that he was in danger and stood by and watched, wouldn't that be a bad thing?"

Pang Qing explained, "I thought you only wanted to repay Zhang Guozhang and were indifferent to other things, so I took on this matter myself. This time I just came to ask for your instructions as usual."

Li Zisheng waved his hand and said, "The Zhang family father and son, sometimes we have to look at them separately. I know exactly what Lai Zhan likes and can satisfy him, but as for the second young master, I may not be able to do so. It's a rare opportunity to repay him.

"Besides, this time someone is targeting me, that is, the Zhang family. As long as it affects Lai Zhan's reputation, it will also destroy my future, and even affect my life and property. I have to fight him with all my strength!"

Pang Qingxin said, damn, it turns out you know everything. I thought you were careless and thought it was just a matter of profit-seeking in the market and didn’t want to get involved.

Li Zisheng said, "It's just right. It's not a good idea to stay at home all the time. Let's go out for a walk and watch how the little prince fights a bunch of fools."

"Don't underestimate your opponent too much."

Pang Qing hurriedly reminded.

"Are you afraid of something going wrong? Then be fully prepared and call all your people along."

Li Zisheng said, "If you don't need it, forget it. When you need it, just rush over and smash and rob. Don't say you won't help either side. Just keep saying that you were invited by the troublemakers to do something bad to the Zhang family... I will notify Shuntian Prefecture, and then we will arrest them all.

"Aren't we going to reason with them and ruin the good reputation of Zhang's little uncle and even Laizhan? I have to make them the rats crossing the street that everyone wants to beat!

"The emperor is in chaos? Are there still laws?"

Pang Qing said with a smile: "Master Dao, if this happens, His Majesty will surely be furious and severely punish those who went to the Zhang family to cause trouble and their masterminds. You are really ruthless!"

Li Zisheng flicked his sleeves and said, "A tiger in a plain is bullied by a dog... I have been too idle recently, so I don't want to fight with powerful officials, but a group of ordinary people. Which of them can beat me?"

"That's right. Small places like Shanglinyuan and the Imperial Observatory are really a waste of your talent." Pang Qing complimented.

"Humph!"

Li Zisheng snorted, "It's all because of them."

……

……

Workshop outside the city.

The group of craftsmen in charge of the construction and the workers working inside were in chaos at this time.

The work at hand has temporarily stopped...

Because no one told them how to deal with such emergencies, they were just here to work and were not responsible for solving the problems for the Zhang family.

Contract workers do contract work.

For Zhang Yanling, the employment relationship is very clear, the price is clearly marked and reasonable, and there is never a need to sign a contract to sell one's body.

"It's almost time."

Chai Meng looked at the position of the sun outside, stood up from his chair, and waved his hand, saying, "Let's go out and meet them."

The accountant Lao Wang said in embarrassment: "Sir, the second young master is not here. Wouldn't it be too rash to go out like this?"

Chai Meng said: "Do you really have to rely on the Second Young Master for everything? Then why do you need us? I am just a student, can't I handle a few street thugs?
"Listen carefully. You are all here to watch today. No matter what happens, you are not allowed to take action. Once the back door is cleared, you will leave through the back door. Leave this place to me!"

(End of this chapter)