Chapter 271 Not so kind
"Why is this gentleman so angry? You came to Hong's house to do business. How can you do business when you are angry?" This steward, whose name I don't know, must have seen big scenes and didn't care about Qi Renli at all. Keep the anger in mind.
"It seems that I really can't reach the Hong family. Well, I won't do this as a middleman. It means we have no fate." Qi Renli turned around and left.
The steward didn't know what he was thinking, but he actually stopped in front of Qi Renli.
"My lord, why are you leaving before the matter is discussed?"
Qi Renli said angrily: "Do you, the Hong family, want to talk to me?"
"Why not?" The steward made a gesture of invitation. "I'm here to talk to you. It's not even summer yet. Why are you so angry?"
Qi Renli finally understood how this family had the guts to treat him like a monkey. As long as he got angry, he was wrong.
OK, very good!
No matter how good-tempered a person is, he can't help but think in his heart that whenever he gets the chance, he must take revenge on this family severely.
He was taken back to the room by the steward and sat down face to face. There was no tea or snacks, and there was not even a hint of respect.
I don't know what the steward wants to prove by despising Qi Renli, but obviously doing so makes the steward feel very comfortable.
The steward asked: "This county magistrate, which merchant are you trying to connect with? Have you ever cooperated with the Hong family before?"
"It's not a famous merchant, so you don't need to ask." Qi Renli said, "His family used to sell local silk and satin from the south, and it is impossible for him to have contact with your family."
"Since you have already checked out the goods at the cloth shop in town, I won't bother to ask you to look at them again. Anything sold by our Hong family will never be shoddy, so you can rest assured." The steward said, "Let's talk about other things. When do you want this goods? Should you pick it up yourself, or should we ask someone to deliver it to you?"
Qi Renli: “Let’s talk about the price first.”
"Look what you said, you have to decide how to pick up the goods before you can set the price." The manager smiled and said: "If you pick it up yourself, the price will be lower, but if you want us to deliver it, the price will be higher. Some.”
"This is common sense." Qi Renli sat upright on the stool, "Then tell me the difference between the two prices."
"The difference is five hundred cents." The steward said, "The silks and satins in our place are not as fine as those in the south, but they are silks and satins after all. Since the county magistrate has come personally to complete this transaction, then it will cost three taels of silver per bolt. If you want If we send it to the south, we will add five hundred coins for each horse.”
As the steward spoke, he took out pen, ink, paper and inkstone from the cabinet next to him, "If you think it's appropriate, give me a deposit of one thousand taels and write the contract now."
After Qi Renli heard this, he laughed twice and said, "It's easy for you to negotiate business. If you don't pay for the goods, the price will be fixed. Are you just waiting for me to pay you?"
"Alas, you are not an expert in what you say." The steward said, "As long as you have inquired outside, you will know that the price is not high. If you don't even accept this price, how can you do business?"
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"I'm really not the type to do business." Qi Renli stood up, "I'm not the type to do business with your Hong family."
Now Qi Renli wanted to leave, but no matter what the steward said, he didn't stay.
Qi Renli didn't breathe a sigh of relief until he walked out of Hong's house.
Ma Laifu looked at the closed door and said, "Master Qi, why didn't Captain Yang come out?"
"He left through the side door, let's go find him."
Qi Renli led everyone around the Hong family's wall and finally found the side door through which Yang Zheng went out.
"This is the trail. If we follow the road, we should be able to find Captain Yang."
Sure enough, not long after walking along the path, I saw several rows of houses, and Yang Zheng was standing in one of them. "Master Qi." Yang Zheng waved to them, "This way."
The motorcade stopped at the door. Just now, Yang Zheng had been complaining about men, and he was wary, "Sir? What are your identities?"
"Don't be afraid. This is Mr. Qi from Beishan County. He is here to investigate the Hong family's oppression of the people. Tell him what you just told me."
There was no joy on the man's face. He pushed Yang Zheng out of the house with a look of horror, and then quickly closed the door, "Stop hurting me. If I really say what I said, can my family survive here?"
Yang Zheng knocked on the door, "What are you doing? If you don't tell me what grievances you have in your heart, how do you know, how do you get justice for you? Do you still expect the Hong family to be kind?"
"I have no grievances, please don't go out!" Hearing the knocks on the door from outside, the people inside said: "I beg you, please let us live."
Yang Zheng clenched his fist angrily and wanted to smash it on the door, but he couldn't do it.
"Brother Yang, come here." Qi Renli didn't even get off the carriage.
Arriving in front of the car, Yang Zheng said helplessly: "These people have grievances in their hearts but refuse to speak out. They expect others to come forward. They are waiting to pick up what is already available."
"What did he tell you before? Tell me."
"They say that the Hong family is bullying them. The price of silk threads keeps rising, and the price of silk keeps falling. They want to sell it until they can't sell it, but no buyer dares to buy it. They say that things made with the silk thread of the Hong family can only be sold to sellers. To the Hong family.
The Hong family was very domineering in his words. They were simply the emperors of this land, and the government had to look at the Hong family's face to do things.
The man also said that there were people who wanted to make decisions for the people before. The early county magistrate wanted to check the Hong family's accounts. At that time, many people thought they would see the light of day and jointly wrote a complaint against the Hong family years ago. His domineering behavior was written down on the pleading and handed over to the magistrate.
And guess what?
It didn't take long for the county magistrate to be replaced. ”
Qi Renli sighed: "If it is really what they said, then does Daliang still have the law of heaven?"
"Sir, if we want to take care of this matter, we must have someone who is willing to stand up. Otherwise, we have no position to take care of it, right?"
Qi Renli also felt strange. Last time he was in Hongfu Village, many people came to him to beg him. If he didn't feel sorry for those people, why would he wade into this muddy water?
"Qi Xiang, let's go to that family last time. I want to ask them. If no one is willing to sue the Hong family, then there is no need to deliver the token given by Master Futai to Dazhou Prefecture."
The group of people took several small paths and detoured for a long time before returning to the place they visited last time.
Seeing Qi Renli coming with the government officials, the old men from last time immediately came to greet him excitedly.
After the two sides talked, Qi Renli realized that the village where the strong man was located did not belong to Hongfu Village.
The Hong family's house was built between the two villages, occupying a lot of land. Go out from the gate and follow the road to Hongfu Village, but if you go out from the side door and follow the path, you will go to another village.
"We have a lot of silkworms here, and they have a lot of weavers there, but in the end they all rely on the Hong family for their livelihood."
Another person said, "The Hong family said that these skills were taught to us by their ancestors, and we can't use them in vain. Not only do we have to give him the cocoons and silk threads, but we also have to pay him additional rent. Our village rents mountainous land, while theirs does." Rent a loom.”
"Who knows if the Hong family is telling the truth! How can the Hong family have such courage if their ancestors taught them? Can they teach others crafts for nothing? I only remember that I learned my crafts from my father. .”