The Peerless Concubine of the King's Favorite

Chapter 75 Winning the right to trade wisely, the covenant in the bamboo forest (3)
However, when those people who said they don't need to check, turned their backs and quietly opened a gap to check whether there were bank notes lying inside, no one paid attention to the exchange of glances between the three people on the stage.

Chu Zhengyang didn't intend to check at all, but under Chu Qing's eyes, he opened the brocade box in front of the three people on the stage, took out the bank notes inside, spread it out, and read out loud the contents .

Then, under the sight of the three people, carefully put the silver ticket back into the box, and fastened the small lock on the box.

Min Zifeng looked at Chu Zhengyang's actions thoughtfully, thought for a while, and followed his example.

The rest of the merchants also followed suit, including Hu Boyi and several merchants from Anning City.

After the inspection was completed, the chief manager smiled and said, "Businessmen who have not been inspected before will be disqualified from the inspection."

This sentence caused an uproar among the crowd.

However, about half of the businessmen were invited out of the venue by Mr. Liu's men.

Chu Zhengyang looked at Chu Qing, but the latter had a flat expression and nothing unusual.

An hour is not short, and the businessmen who continued to compete were taken to the lounge to rest.And they were separated and could not gather together.

"A Li, what are these stewards thinking?" After entering the small wing room, Chu Zhengyang couldn't wait to ask the people who followed behind him.

Chu Qing smiled slightly, and explained the speculation in his heart: "Presumably, the competition in this game is honesty. In the mall, trust is true, but face-to-face inspection is also a rule, and it has nothing to do with trust. People who verify it quietly in the field are naturally unqualified."

Chu Zhengyang thought for a while, and felt that this was a good statement.He asked again: "Then what's the point of keeping this box for an hour?"

The eyes of the father and daughter fell on the brocade box on the table in the side room at the same time, and their hearts were full of doubts.

After a long while, Chu Qing said: "As long as we insist on the word integrity, we are not afraid of what they will do."

Time passed slowly, and in another wing, Han You was playing with the exquisite box with a mysterious smile on his face.

"Master, this..." The attendant beside him asked in a low voice, looking at the box with puzzled eyes.

Han You raised his lips and smiled. Originally, he thought that since he encountered these rare and valuable overseas products, he would find a way to win the trading rights, which could be regarded as earning some windfall for his country.

But now, his mind has changed.

Now, these goods are not important, because even if he got them, he would not have the energy to sell them.What he is interested in at the moment is who is the real winner in the end.

This person who won may be able to cooperate with everyone in the future.

When the time came, businessmen with suspicious expressions appeared in the venue again holding boxes.

The three people on the stage seemed to have never left, standing on it smiling and looking at the businessmen who entered the venue.

After waiting for everyone to arrive, the chief manager smiled and said, "Please also open the boxes in your hands, we will inspect the goods and take them back."

People do what they say.

However, after the box was opened, there was a sound of surprise.

For some reason, those boxes became empty without exception, and the banknotes that were originally there disappeared.

What's happening here?
The merchants in Zhongtu all peeped at each other, and even Lord Liu on the stage changed his expression.You know, there are 1 taels in each brocade box here. There are so many brocade boxes present, that is, several 10 taels. This is equivalent to ten years of tax revenue in Anning City. The officer did it too.

"Bold! Where did you hide your banknotes?" Master Liu slapped the table and stood up from his chair.The teacups on the table were shaken so that a few drops of tea splashed out.

This shout made some timid merchants collapse on the ground in fright. They groaned in their hearts, and they didn't know where the banknotes that were originally placed in the box flew.

Chu Zhengyang exchanged glances with Min Zifeng after the meeting, and they all looked at the three people on the stage who were not in a hurry.

Suddenly, Chu Qing's eyes flashed, and he stretched out his hand to gently tug on his father's sleeve.

Chu Zhengyang turned his head to look at her, but saw her silently spit out a few words, and these few words immediately dispelled the doubts in Chu Zhengyang's heart, and he nodded in a sudden realization.

The interaction between the two fell into Min Zifeng's eyes, and he couldn't help but look at Chu Qing a few more times curiously.

Facing the non-malicious scrutiny, Chu Qing just smiled and said nothing.

"Why don't you invite me for the truth, and ask my lord to torture me?" Lord Liu continued to growl.

At this time, a businessman fainted from fright, and a hissing voice called "Daddy" attracted everyone's attention.

That familiar voice made Chu Qing raise her eyebrows.The man who was crying for his father was actually the dandy who had troubled Yu Wensang on the street a few days ago.

Did not expect to meet here today.If he knew that the person who offended that day was the young patriarch of the Oscar family, I am afraid that he would not appear today, and his old father would not be so frightened and fainted by Mr. Liu's words of "serving with great punishment".

"Lord Liu, don't panic, I want to hear the explanations of all the merchants." In the chaotic situation, the chief steward of the Oscar family finally came out and said something that made everyone feel at ease.

Master Liu thought for a while, and sat back temporarily.But secretly gave Catcher Li a wink, telling him to arrest him if he noticed something was wrong.In short, he cannot be charged with the theft of huge silver for no reason.

Li Butou understood, his hand was already quietly on the handle of the knife, and his eagle eyes were firmly patrolling the people in the field, making many people feel as if they were being pricked by needles.

Hu Boyi rolled his eyes, and stood up first and said: "Oscar is in charge, why the banknotes disappeared, I don't know. But please believe me, give me a few days to find out everything, and I will definitely give you an explanation. "

The chief manager smiled, bowed his head politely, raised his right hand to his chest, and said to Hu Boyi with the etiquette of the Da Luo Kingdom: "Thank you, Boss Hu, for your kindness."

After finishing speaking, he looked at the other silent businessmen and asked, "Does anyone else have any other explanations?"

This kind of reaction made Hu Boyi, who was the first to come forward, frown slightly, always feeling that there seemed to be some crucial point that he had overlooked.

Chu Qing lowered her eyes and sneered in her heart.Obviously, there must be an organic package in this brocade box, and the bank notes were hidden without everyone noticing, resulting in the current situation.

However, the purpose of the Oscar family in doing this was not to extort money from the middle-earth merchants, but to find the most honest person from their attitude towards this matter.

Right now the monsoon will arrive in half a month, the Oscar family naturally wants to seize the few days to process the goods as soon as possible and leave. Hu Boyi's delay is obviously useless.

(End of this chapter)