Chapter 222 Competition
The so-called competition was actually just like a fight. The investor named Wang hadn't arrived yet, but the managers, accountants and purchasing clerks of the Wanjia delegation and the Chunfeng delegation were almost on the verge of a fight.
“There are bugs in your food!”
“You’re cooking with dead chickens!”
"There are lice in your quilt!"
"Someone's fallen dead upstairs!"
These are all lines from Chunfengdu. The guys at Wanjia store can only grit their teeth. Because they are only separated by a street, they usually see each other every day, and they get along well. The two bosses also seem to have a good personal relationship. But they didn't expect that they would really fight back when the real deal came!
Wan Yangui sat in front of the shopkeeper of the thirteen branches, clasping his hands and closing his eyes, as if he hadn't heard anything.
Shiqiao, who was sitting opposite, smiled and bowed, "Boss Wan, I'm really sorry. The guys only heard it from hearsay. I know that Boss Wan would never destroy his reputation."
Wan Yangui closed his eyes and nodded slightly as a response.
Su Luo sat in the audience, waiting to see the two sides engage in verbal battles in order to win the favor of investor Wang. Next to Su Luo sat two medium-sized grain merchants in the capital, who were talking in a random manner.
This one said: Have you heard that Mancang Store is the main food supplier for the Ningxia war this time?
The other said: If I had known this earlier, that old guy Mantun would have made a fortune again. In fact, businesses like ours should unite and fight for it once. We can’t let others take the lead every time…
Su Luo didn't quite listen to what they talked about later. She only heard two words: Ningxia.
Su Luo came over and said, "Has the war in Ningxia started again? I heard that the troops sent by the imperial court before were defeated."
"It's still early. We have just set out. It will take at least a month right? But we will win this time, right? The court has sent Li Rusong, the current general of Xuanfu, as the commander-in-chief of Shaanxi's anti-rebellion military affairs, leading six armies to carry out the encirclement and suppression. General Li is Li Chengliang's son, so it won't be easy to capture him?"
Hearing that the battle had not started yet, Su Luo breathed a sigh of relief for some reason. Another person said, "Not necessarily. The soldiers sent by the court before were not bad soldiers. They still suffered defeats in battles. General Li is so young and he leads so many troops. It is hard to say whether he can convince the people. Besides, Ningxia City is famous for being easy to defend but difficult to attack. I think, hehe , we should store more food. We may need our food someday."
Su Luo's mood suddenly became heavy again. Qin Huai patted her hand and said, "Don't worry, nothing will happen."
Su Luo nodded, but was still distracted. She heard Qin Huai exclaim, "It was him?"
Su Luo raised his head and glanced at the door. The person following behind the president of the Chamber of Commerce was the investor. If Qin Huai was surprised, Su Luo was simply... yaya yaya yo!
Su Luo was about to stand up when Qin Huai pulled her and asked, "What are you doing?"
Before Su Luo could say anything, the president of the General Chamber of Commerce and the investor had already taken their seats. The president of the General Chamber of Commerce bowed to the investor and said, "Boss Wang, shall we begin?"
Boss Wang has a square face and looks extremely honest. He is low-key no matter how you look at him, which does not seem to be consistent with his status as someone who can come up with so much money at once.
Before the Chunfengdu staff could list the bad things that happened to the Wanjia store again, Boss Wang spoke first, "Boss Wan, I heard that the Wanjia store has had a lot of trouble recently?"
Wan Yangui smiled and said, "It's just some troubles, it's been resolved."
Boss Wang nodded. "But this is a big reputation-damaging matter for the business. Boss Wan must manage it more properly in the future."
Wan Yangui naturally agreed, and Boss Wang turned to Shiqiao. Shiqiao talked about his father every other sentence, and it was obvious that he wanted to take advantage of his father's identity as a Korean overseas Chinese.
Seeing Boss Wang nodding while listening, Su Luo was furious and cursed in a low voice: "This old liar, if it weren't for him, I would have made a fortune long ago!"
Qin Huai was confused. Su Luo broke away from Qin Huai's hand and suddenly stood up, greeting Boss Wang, "Wang Han, do you still recognize me?"
The square-faced man turned out to be Wang Han, a poor businessman who had cheated Su Luo of eight hundred taels of silver. Wang Han was stunned for a moment when he saw Su Luo clearly, then he quickly stood up and walked to Su Luo, "I didn't expect Miss Su to be in the capital too."
Su Luo snorted and laughed, "You are quite successful now."
Wang Hanzhong's face was covered with embarrassment. "After I separated from the girl, I went north to Goryeo. I traveled between the two countries and saved some money in the past two years. That's why I plan to come back."
Actually, Su Luo didn't care about the eight hundred taels of silver anymore. She just couldn't swallow the anger she had in the past. But now, in front of all the merchants in Beijing, Wang Han was so humble to her. He was much older than her. She couldn't bear to tell her about that matter. Finally, she waved her hand and said, "You have always had a good vision in doing business. Otherwise, you wouldn't have accumulated so much money in just over two years. It's just that I'm unlucky. But now..." Su Luo whispered to Wang Han, "Mi Mi Yan has a bad character. He even dared to throw corpses into other people's stores. This is no longer a competition."
Wang Han thought about it and nodded, "I understand."
No one could hear clearly what Wang Han said to Su Luo later, but there was no need to hear it clearly, as Wang Han's actions were the best explanation.
With Su Luo's help, Wang Han's final investment candidate changed from Mimiyan to Wan Yangui. Mimiyan was naturally dissatisfied, "Boss Wang, since you already know that Wanjia store has many drawbacks, you shouldn't increase the risk. You have to think carefully before talking about personal relationships when doing business!"
Wang Han smiled bitterly and met Su Luo's eyes. Wan Yangui stood up and said, "Everything that happened in Wanjia Store recently was caused by someone maliciously disrupting it. It was all done by outsiders. I know that there is a person whose behavior was beyond his own will, and what he did would be despised by all the people of Daming."
Everyone listened with interest and raised the issue to the level of the nation and country. Who were they criticizing?
Wan Yangui pointed his finger and said, "Shiqiao, I suspect that Chunfengdu is hiding bandits and letting Japanese pirates stay there!"
Shiqiao's expression suddenly changed, "Nonsense, what evidence do you have?"
"The evidence is in your shop!" Wan Yangui bowed to everyone, "If you are interested, you can come together and see it in Chunfengdu."
The result... was just as Qin Huai wished. With the help of the tatami and Wan Yangui's timely explanation, after everyone entered Chunfeng Ferry, a gust of sunlight blew towards them.
"If it's not to cater to the preferences of the Japanese pirates, why would you build this kind of room?"
"This tatami is also in his shop!"
Shiqiao realized that he had been cheated and had to hold on to the last bit of hope to refute Wan Yangui. As a result, there was naturally no such thing in Wan’s store. When Shiqiao realized that he had been cheated, he actually had a small climax again.
The Ming Dynasty's Dongchang was like today's tabloid reporters, they would go to investigate wherever there was a disturbance. They heard that there was a person colluding with the Japanese pirates. How could this be tolerated? Quick, close the shop and search!
Unexpectedly, the search actually uncovered something. Not only did they discover an amount of gold and silver beyond anyone's imagination, they also found two aliens in a cellar that was built like a secret room!
Oh no, they are not aliens, they are foreigners, pure-blooded Japanese pirates, working like Japanese!
It is said that later, under the harsh interrogation conditions in the East Factory where you couldn't even bite your tongue, Shiqiao swore to never urinate, and he staged a heroic show in which even a living person could be killed by holding his urine.
Unfortunately, Shiqiao died, but the other two Japanese pirates had not trained themselves to hold their urine, so they had to confess.
Qin Huai's idea was right. They were not only related to Japan, but were also spies sent by Toyotomi Hideyoshi to the Ming Dynasty. The "bare-barred" family crest was the abbreviation of "五七桐". It is said that there is also "五三桐", which also has the same number of petals. Of course, the highest level is "五七", then "五三", and finally "bare-barred". Qin Huai only dealt with daimyo when he was at sea, so he didn't know that civilians could only use abbreviations.
As for the three spies, calling them spies may be an exaggeration because their purpose was not to steal any information, but to make money, exchange money, cheat money, and defraud money! In short, they did everything related to money. Then they used the money to buy back the rich products of the Ming Dynasty, exchange weapons with the Portuguese who were so poor that they only had firearms left, and shipped them back to Japan for war.
Only then did Su Luo remember, wasn't it? The first time she said "Gou Mennasai", this boy was not surprised at all. Later he treated her to dinner so warmly that she was scared and thought Mimi Yan had fallen in love with her. Fortunately, this was probably just out of Mimi Yan's homesickness. The same went for tatami.
If you think about it carefully, he didn't hide his identity from the beginning, it was clearly there. Shiqiao, how could his surname be Shi and his given name be Qiao? His surname is Shiqiao, or maybe his given name is Dalang.
Wan Yangui became a hero in the fight against the Japanese pirates and was invited by the Chamber of Commerce to make two reports. Once Wang Han injected funds, this guy became even more proud and anxious. The only thing he was not proud of was that Qin Qing was detained at home by Mrs. Qin, and there was no way to make him "take responsibility" every night.
Wan Yangui quickly proved with his actions that he really wanted to take responsibility, so the matchmaker and the engagement letter appeared, and Mrs. Qin also fulfilled her wish and successfully left the capital in early June - she left after drinking the son-in-law tea.
