Chapter 16 Imperial Envoy
When Lu Jia placed the house deed of the shop on the table, Zhang Qiuniang and Xie Yi behind the dinner table were stunned.
And when Lu Jia finished explaining the cause and effect, the mother and son were so surprised that they even forgot to breathe...
That day Lu Jia said that she would wait for Zhang Qi to come to the door. Qiuniang was worried about the Zhang family causing trouble, so naturally she would not agree with his statement. Xie Yi didn't take it to heart. In his mind, although Lu Jia was not a soft persimmon, he was not strong enough to fight against the Zhang family on his own.
Unexpectedly, Zhang Qi came to the door so quickly. Not only was Lu Jia safe and sound, but he also sent him back. After sending him back, he came again and asked Lu Jia to help him buy a warehouse. In the end, he actually gave up the shop. Out!
How did she do this?
Of course, Lu Jia didn't tell the whole story how the news came about, so neither mother nor son could figure it out.
But this is not important to Lu Jia. What is important is that with this shop, their current predicament can be changed.
"We will start from here and restore the Xie family to its former glory step by step." Lu Jia held the land deed and was extremely determined. "Where we came from, we must return to where we came from."
"But this shop was originally run by the Zhang family. Although the house and land deeds were taken over, they now occupy the space. How should we run it?
"Besides, we have no capital now. It costs a lot to purchase goods, hire assistants, accountants, shopkeepers, and three meals a day for so many people.
"Also, what should we do to make a living? Since the Xie family moved to the capital, there has been no care here, so there are no regular customers at all. Everything has to start again.
"How can we alleviate the dilemma if we only have a shop?"
Speaking of this, Qiuniang sighed again.
It's certainly a good thing to get the shop back, but there's still a long way to go before we can make money from it.
"Don't worry about this, Mom. I've already planned it. On the way out of Liu's house with Zhang Qi, I made it clear to him and asked him to vacate the shop within three days. Otherwise, I will find a way He can't do business
“In this current situation, we don’t want to open a shop, but let’s rent it out.
"I have inquired about it. Although our shop is not in the best area, it is not too bad. If you rent it for a long time, the market price is fifteen taels of silver per month. But I don't want to rent it for a long time. It's still ten taels if you rent it for a long time. Up and down.
"Ten taels of silver can fully support our lives, and there is even a lot of surplus.
"I will naturally take back this shop in the future. What kind of business should I choose? Our Shawan mainly deals in rice grains, and our Xie family was also originally engaged in rice grain business, so naturally we will choose this line of business.
"The most important thing now is to pack up the shop and rent it out as soon as possible. Next, I will go and get familiar with the Miliang Terminal. When the preparations are almost complete, we will set up the shop."
Lu Jia spoke in an orderly manner. Qiuniang nodded frequently, but at the end she disagreed: "You said you were going to the pier? There are so many people on the pier. How can you, a big girl, go to your house? Let Brother Yi Go!”
"Yes, yes! I'll go, I'll go!" Xie Yi quickly put down the bowls and chopsticks, "I'm the only man in the family, I have to do this!"
"You also know that you are the only man in the family," Lu Jia looked at him deeply, "are you going to hang out with these mixed people for the rest of your life?"
Xie Yi was stunned: "What else?"
"Go ahead." Lu Jia patted him on the back of the head, "What you should do is learn something else, study or practice martial arts. You must learn how to defend yourself and save your life, instead of thinking that everything will be fine just by guarding a shop!" < br>
Xie Yi's head hurt from the beating.
But he was used to it.
Qiuniang said: "You can learn some moves, just study. In the current world, there is nothing good about being an official. The cabinet ministers and important ministers in the six ministries in the imperial court have all died several times over the years.
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"Which of them is not well-read in poetry and books, and is he not a talent among talents? We have already suffered the hardships of party struggle. There is nothing wrong with guarding this family fortune and living an ordinary life."
The Xie family was doing prosperous business in the capital in those years, but suddenly lost all their wealth because they offended someone. To be precise, it was because they were on the wrong team. Ten years ago, the censor Yang Tingye impeached Yan Song for "five traitors and ten sects". "Crime", he was falsely accused, imprisoned, and eventually beheaded.
When Mr. Xie was invited to Beijing, the classmate who opened the shop was named Liang Jun, a student of Yang Tingye. The day after Yang Tingye was imprisoned, his students were imprisoned one after another on various charges.
Two years later, Liang Jun was imprisoned because he failed to give way to Yan Song's grandnephew on the street. He was believed to be dissatisfied with Yan Song's treatment of Yang Tingye and had evil intentions against the people of the Yan family.
Although the Xie family is just a businessman and is far from important enough for the Yan family to take action, there are always few people in the world who offer help in times of need, and there are many people who add insult to injury. There are many people in the capital who take the initiative to work for the Yan family.
After Liang Jun's accident, Mr. Xie took out his money without hesitation and ran around for his friends. As a result, the Xie family's business also suffered a blow and had to close down in the end.
At the same time, the money the Xie family took out also disappeared. Not only did it not lead to any improvement, but Mr. Xie was beaten on the way to seek a chance to rescue Liang Jun. After returning, he fell ill and died three months later with regret. .
Lu Jia's adoptive father, Xie Zhang, was a scholar. He suffered such blows repeatedly and was filled with grief and anger. How could he have the power to compete with the powerful? Under internal and external troubles, his body collapsed.
Later, when Zhang Hong heard about it, he immediately sent people to Beijing to bring them back. This allowed Xie Zhang to live a few more years. In the previous life, after the Lu family returned to Beijing, they visited Liang Jun in prison. After eight years of purgatory, the censor who was supposed to be a respectable person was already haggard, with teeth falling out all over his mouth, and his speech was still unclear.
When he heard that Lu Jia was a young lady from the Xie family, he burst into tears, and then he wrote a string of Mr. Xie's name on the ground with his already ulcerated fingers.
When he was young, Liang Jun, who was from a poor family, received help from Mr.
In turn, he supported the Xie family and brought the Xie family's business to several heights.
A pair of friends who originally supported each other turned out to be one who had long since become dead, and the other who had become a living dead in prison.
From this aspect, it is understandable that Qiuniang would be so negative.
The Yan family and his son are entrenched in the imperial court. Unless they become their lackeys, no one can guarantee that they will survive to the end.
Lu Jia saw this fact with his own eyes in his previous life.
So Lu Jia didn't say anything more.
From the next day, the first step will be taken, first supervising the Zhang family to vacate the shop.
Of course the Zhang family would not be happy with such a large piece of fat being spit out. However, the warehouse was already in hand, and a bigger profit was waiting for them ahead. They were very busy these days, and Zhang Qi was really afraid that Lu Jia would cause trouble, so he didn't waste any words.
It was just a bit slow. They originally agreed to take three days, but it took them five days to move it out reluctantly.
On the day they moved out, Lu Jia posted the leasing notice on the door.
That's right, it's only available for rent for half a year.
If the rent is long-term, what can you do with the ten or twenty taels of silver earned from renting the shop? What Lu Jia wants is not to have a full stomach, what she wants is to get rich and become a rich man!
Without a lot of money, how could she learn from Xie Yi? How do they fight their way back to the capital? How can we gain a foothold in the capital? How to gather strength to fight against Jiang?
Enough money is the prerequisite for achieving everything.
She had to do her own business, and eventually she had to do big business.
At the same time, she didn't have much time left. Since Jiang's people had found Tanzhou, there was no telling when they would find her whereabouts.
She had to fend off herself and the Xie family before the Jiang family discovered her.
In fact, Lu Jia is confident.
In the past half month, according to what she told Zhang Qi at the time, 30% of the ships at Tonghuomen Pier had arrived. The ships on the river were getting denser and denser, and more and more people were passing by the gate.
With such a prosperous customer flow, even if it is a short-term rental for half a year, there will be suitable business no matter what. If you really want to do it, whether you can get it is another matter.
In the first two or three days, a steady stream of people came to inquire. Some of the reasons for not deciding were because they couldn't afford the rent, and more of them wanted to buy it outright. After all, the location was good.
In short, there are still many people who are willing, and Lu Jia and Qiuniang are so talkative.
But the strange thing is that after two or three days, gradually more people looked and fewer people asked. After a few days, more than half of the people who came came. Later, not only did no one come to inquire, but almost no one came to hang out.
Something is wrong. With such a good facade, why do these people seem to be hiding from evil?
When I returned home that evening, I met Li Chang.
Li Chang helped Xie Yi who was chopping firewood in the yard. The two chatted while working:
"I heard that the imperial envoy who came back this time has a good background. When he came, everyone in the county government and the prefect's government were so busy that they couldn't touch the ground."
Hearing the words "Imperial Envoy", Lu Jia stopped for a moment - yes, it's already March, it's time for the Imperial Envoy to arrive.
She remembered that the official sent by the imperial court to the two lakes to supervise the water transportation this time was a fat-headed official named Zhang. Soon after she returned to Beijing, she learned that the few imperial envoys sent out were all appointed by the cabinet. In other words, he is the loser of the Yan family.
After thinking for a while, she walked up: "How many days has the imperial envoy been here? Where does he live?"
"I've been here for two or three days, and I'm living in our Shawan County government office. You still don't know? The guy next door has been posted on the county government office wall these days!"
Xie Yi said and glanced in the direction of Zhang's house.
(End of chapter)