It rained heavily almost all night, and in the early morning, the sun was shining brightly.
Jinhe Wharf, in the corner of the second floor of the Li Family Warehouse, in a watchtower that is half a floor high, stands Li Tong and Ning Da shopkeepers, looking at the Changhai Warehouse that has just begun to get busy.
The Changhai Warehouse is an industry in the name of Li Tong's grandmother, and it is now under the name of Mrs.
Zhang.
The Changhai warehouse is full of peppercorns from Maochang Xing.
Li Tong squinted at the bench set up in the yard of the Changhai Warehouse and spread a rough mat, which was about to dry peppercorns.
The shopkeeper of Ning Da sighed, "The pepper business of Hanyuan Mansion is ruined in the hands of Maochang Xing." ” "Hmm."
Li Tong responded plausibly and paused for a moment, "It's not that He Zongxiu is doing business very well. ” "It depends on who says it."
Ning Da's shopkeeper laughed dryly, "Before Second Master Wen left, he talked to me about this, Mrs.
He, who married into the Suiguo Mansion, is the sister-in-law of Uncle He's sister-in-law, Second Master Wen said that the custom of the He family to make housework is not one generation or two generations, this Qiao Zong'er, who is a confidential confidant for the uncle, how can the He family's house be willing to fall into the field of outsiders, and it must be held in the palm of his hand." ” "Hmm."
Li Tong was a little stunned when he heard Ning Da's shopkeeper mention Second Master Wen, and received a letter yesterday saying that Second Master Wen had entered the boundary of Jiangnan West Road, and along the way, he was in too much hurry, I don't know if his body can hold it, this trip is extremely troublesome.
"He family's room, who else can only come forward Uncle He, Uncle He's eldest son and grandson, since he was raised as a son, he is still smart in this business, at least he learns like it, that is, he learns like it, I think this business has nothing to do.
"How is Shopkeeper He doing now?"
"The shopkeeper He is old, he rolled up the cover and went home to care for the elderly, life is good, we have several shopkeepers in Shu are good friends with him, and he often comes and goes."
"Hmm."
"In fact, even if Uncle He doesn't speak, the shopkeeper He doesn't want to do it in Maochangxing, saying that Maochangxing starts from the shopkeeper of Zhu, that is, the nepotism is connected to the nepotism, and the relationship climbs the relationship, the shopkeeper Zhu Da is the son of the He family, and there is a sister who turned out to be the big girl next to Uncle He, and later accepted the aunt, and died of dystocia when giving birth, and then the next layer of the shopkeeper, all of them are the relationship in the house, and then down, either there is a little face in the house, or even the shopkeeper of Zhu Da and the shopkeeper on the second floor, even the guy, you have to find a relationship to get in, otherwise, When I went in, I was also a third- or fourth-class guy who worked as a coolie.
Alas, this relative pulls on his relatives, and none of them can move, alas, how well this business is done" "Nobles do their own business, most of the time."
Li Tong didn't care much about it, she used to be so ruthless, and she couldn't put an end to such a thing, and the shops in the Suining Palace's mansion in the capital were also full of poor relatives of the Jiang family, relatives of aunts, and relatives of the housekeepers.
Downstairs, the guys have already begun to carry out the peppercorns and spread them on the mat.
The shopkeeper Ning shook his head.
"Hanyuan Mansion's peppercorns, originally Shuzhong peppercorns of the golden signboard, these two years, alas, really can't mention, since last year, Jinchuan Mansion's peppercorns began to rise in price, but Jinchuan Mansion's peppercorns and Hanyuan Mansion's taste is not quite the same, I went to the class building before, and listened to our bell head complain about this pepper, really."
It is probably because of the increase in the price of peppercorns in Jinchuan Mansion that the peppercorns in Hanyuan Mansion are not as good as a year after year, and Maochang Xing started the idea of Jinchuan peppercorns again.
At the gate of the Changhai Warehouse, several proudly entourages followed, and the shopkeeper Zhu half-bowed and accompanied He Zongxiu into the warehouse.
The shopkeeper of Ning Da stopped talking, and looked downstairs with Li Tong.
In the warehouse downstairs, a guy who had been scolding and scolding saw He Zongxiu, piled all the peppercorns in his hand on the mat, walked in front of He Zongxiu in half a circle, and arched his hand angrily: "Owner, the villain has a few words to tell you, don't say it's really panicked." ” "Well, you say."
He Zongxiu put his hands behind his back and looked majestic.
"Owner, do you see what we're doing, drying peppercorns now" The guy waved his finger at the peppercorns that had been spread out in half of the yard, and the shopkeeper Zhu's face sank, "If you don't dry peppercorns at this time, will you wait for it to rain and then dry them?"
"Listen to you, you don't understand" The guy unceremoniously blocked Zhu Da's shopkeeper, "How heavy the rain was last night, a penetrating rain, and it didn't stop until it was almost dawn. ” The guy waved his hand, "The water beads hit the face, this ground is also, the owner, you see, the ground is full of puddles, the sun is shining, you see, the water vapor is all steamed into the peppercorns, which is to dry the peppercorns, this is to use the peppercorns to absorb moisture, to dry, you have to wait for the dry ground to dry and then dry" Zhu Da's shopkeeper's face turned red and blue, glaring at the guy fiercely, He Zongxiu's face sank, "Since you know, why don't you tell the steward that you have to wait until I come, and say such things in front of me, if I don't come today, you won't be able to say it, right?"
"You can't say that, owner."
The guy looked stunned and a little flustered.
"Hmph, people like you, who are clever and want to climb up, I have seen a lot, and they play such tricks in front of me, hum" He Zongxiu sneered, turned his head and scolded Zhu Da's shopkeeper, "His words, since you heard this, since he said it, I won't repeat it, as soon as I entered the door, I was on fire, and I was an old steward, and I don't understand this little truth, I don't understand it, I don't understand it, I don't care, I don't take this poor place at ease."
"It's a small mistake, let's check the small one" Zhu Da's shopkeeper sweated.
"This is also used to check the peppercorns and put them in, wait for them to dry and then dry them, and the steward on duty will withdraw and play ten boards, as for this."
He Zongxiu looked back at the guy who was already stunned, "Clever, always calculating and calculating himself, playing ten boards, and getting rid of it" Upstairs, Li Tong sighed softly, turned around and went downstairs, "Let's go, don't look at it." ” The shopkeeper Ning Da followed behind Li Tong, and sighed continuously as he went downstairs.
Mao Changxing's style of work, no wonder even if it is ridiculously wrong, up and down, there is no one who dares to speak, no wonder it is a trivial matter such as unloading a few boats of peppercorns, it can make a storm in the city and make trouble in the court.
"Let's get started."
Downstairs, Li Tong gave a low order to the shopkeeper of Ningda, and the shopkeeper of Ningda smiled, "The girl is more careful than Mrs. back then." ” "There's so much to do with it, you have to be careful."
Li Tong replied vaguely.
The matter that the eldest princess ordered is an introduction, who knows how many things will be introduced later, in case it doesn't work out, it's not this one thing that will be delayed, maybe, the second master will also be implicated in Jiangnan, and there is really no room for error
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