Amidst amid grief, Gu Qinghan had calmed down and said lightly: "Don't worry, since this fire started with a pawnshop, the Marquis' Mansion will naturally compensate you for your losses."
When everyone heard this, they immediately showed joy.
"You all go back and count them first. How much losses are there? After confirming it, the Marquis' Mansion will pay you a lot of money." Gu Qinghan looked a little tired, "This fire suddenly came and you are in trouble. I'm really sorry."
One person smiled and said, "Third Lady has said this, so that's easy to say. In fact, my loss is not too great, and it's only three or four thousand taels of silver in total." He looked back at the ruins and sighed, "It's not easy to burn the shop a fire. It's really not easy to count it."
"Yes, what Lu Dong's family said makes sense, and the account books are burned clean, so it's really hard for us to count them." Someone on the side immediately agreed, "But each company has its own account in mind, and it's not easy to calculate it clearly. There is a rough number. We respect Marquis Jinyi. Even if we suffer some losses, don't worry about it."
"You all have this kind of heart, and the Marquis of Jinyi is deeply grateful." Everyone was sighing, but Yang Ning had already come over and was calm: "Sanniang also said that the Marquis of Marquis of yours will bear all your losses. Since you are burdened with you, you will not suffer any further."
The man who knew the prince in Jinyi immediately said, "The prince has also spoken, so everyone should keep his heart in his stomach."
Yang Ning looked at the Lu Dong family and asked with a smile: "Lu Dong family, do you think your shop has lost about three or four thousand taels of silver?"
"It's almost this number." Lu Dongjia hurriedly said: "Don't worry, our shops have been adjacent to each other for many years. This time the Marquis' Mansion was in trouble, so we will have some responsibility."
Yang Ning smiled and said, "It's okay, yes, what does Dong Dong's business do?"
"Oh?" Lu Dongjia said: "It's a salt shop!"
Yang Ning was stunned and thought that salt was not an official business? According to what he knew, the government had a salt office and institutions all over the country were in charge of the transportation and transactions of salt. It seemed that the people could not sell salt privately. Once it was found out, the blame would be severe.
Could this Dong Dong family be an official businessman who sells salt?
"So it's a salt shop." Yang Ning smiled, "Dong Lu, does your shop store a lot of salt on weekdays?" His eyes sharpened and asked the shopkeeper Xu next to him, "Shopkeeper Xu, since this shop is the neighboring shop, you should be very familiar with him."
Manager Xu's face was pale and looked in a daze. After hearing Yang Ning's question, he hurriedly said, "I have known Dong Lu's family for six or seven years."
"Shopkeeper Xu, the shop of Dong Lu's family is bigger than ours?"
Manager Xu didn't know what Yang Ning sold in the gourd. He looked at Gu Qinghan and saw Gu Qinghan's cold face. He could only say, "Lu Dong's pawn shop is only half the size of our shop."
"How much money did our shop spend back then?"
Manager Xu looked at Gu Qinghan again. Gu Qinghan was smart and already understood Yang Ning's meaning, and said, "This shop is in a very good location. It cost 600 taels of silver to be sold."
Yang Ning turned to Dong Lu's house and asked with a smile: "I wonder how much money did the shop of Dong Lu's house cost?"
The Lu Dong family is also a smart businessman. After Yang Ning asked a few words, he knew Yang Ning's thoughts, and his eyes suddenly shone brightly and he didn't answer.
"Even now, it's only worth 400 taels of silver at most." Manager Xu also recovered. "This is the highest price. Dong Lu, I remember that someone was planning to use 300 taels of silver to buy your store last year, and you almost agreed."
Dongjia Lu said awkwardly: "That...that shop is indeed worth only a few hundred taels of silver, but the salt inside the shop...!"
"Of course, Dong Lu will not put antique calligraphy and paintings in the salt shop, so it will not burn any valuables." Yang Ning looked cold: "Even if I don't know the price of salt, you said you will lose three or four thousand taels of silver. Apart from the shop, you will still lose two or three thousand taels. I don't know how much salt can you buy for two or three thousand taels of silver?"
The few of the people present were businessmen who had been doing business for a long time. Seeing that the Lu Dong family looked embarrassed, they were a little gloating. They thought that you were so arrogant that you offered a price everywhere. Now it was a good thing. The prince in Jinyi said a few words, but you couldn't raise your head. They thought that although the loss was to be recovered, they really couldn't offer a price everywhere.
Of course they knew that although salt is an indispensable item for people, it is not expensive and is a matter of small profits but quick turnover. Not to mention a few thousand taels, even five or six hundred taels of silver is enough to fill the salt shop. Moreover, no salt shop really has a full warehouse full of salt. The losses of Dong Lu's family will not exceed one thousand taels at most.
Yang Ning stopped and did not continue to pursue the Lu Dong family. He glanced at everyone and said, "I am deeply sorry for this time that you have implicated you. No one wants to happen. But since it happens, the Jinyi Marquis Mansion will never shirk the responsibility. Sanniang also said that your losses will not be a penny for you. The principle of doing things in the Jinyi Marquis Mansion has always been to repay debts...!" At this point, his voice became cold: "But if someone wants to take advantage of the situation, I advise these people to give up this idea earlier. Although the Jinyi Marquis Mansion will not owe others debts, but if others owe the Jinyi Marquis Mansion, it is probably not a good thing."
Several of the bosses looked at each other, but in fact they were thinking in their hearts that the prince of Jinyi was a fool with a weak mind, but at this moment, it seemed that it was not the case at all.
"Well said!" A burst of laughter came from behind Yang Ning, and a sarcastic voice said: "You must pay if you have debts. This is the family tradition of Marquis Jinyi. It is really gratifying for the prince to inherit the family tradition."
Yang Ning turned his head and saw a few people strode forward. One of them stood tall, wearing a long sword on his waist, wrapped in golden silk on his sword, and hung with beautiful jade on his sword spear. He looked like a handsome young man, only twenty-five or twenty-six years old.
This person is full of eyes. Yang Ning has never seen him before, but judging from his clothes, he is obviously a child of an official, and he doesn't know where to get out of it.
The man walked up, looked at Yang Ning for a while, and smiled and said, "Criminal, I haven't seen you for many days. I heard that you were kidnapped before. I was very worried about it. Later, I heard that you returned safely, which is a joyful congratulation." He glanced at Gu Qinghan, with a light in his eyes, stepped forward, approached Gu Qinghan, and bowed, "This must be the third wife of the Marquis of Jinyi's Mansion?"
Gu Qinghan obviously had never seen this person before, and frowned and said, "Who are you?"
"In the lower Dou Lianzhong, my father Dou Kui!" The man squinted his eyes and smiled, but his eyes were looking up and down on Gu Qinghan, unable to move his eyes away.
"Oh, it turns out to be Master Dou's son." Gu Qinghan said lightly: "In the middle of the night, I wonder what Mr. Dou is coming?"
Yang Ning also looked at Dou Lianzhong up and down at this time, thinking that the man was filled with a wave of air. Just looking at his eyes slipping around Gu Qinghan's convex body, he knew that this guy was not a good thing.
"This fire is really not small." Dou Lianzhong glanced at the ruined bricks and sighed: "Three Madam, where did this fire come from? Could it be that it was burned from your pawn shop?"
Gu Qinghan's pretty face turned cold and asked, "How did Mr. Dou know that this fire started from the pawnshop?"
Dou Lianzhong hurriedly smiled and said, "Mrs. Third Lady, don't get me wrong. I don't have the ability to predict the future. I just talked about compensation. I think the other families are being affected by you." After glanced at everyone, I said, "Mrs. Third Lady, what can I do to help?"
Gu Qinghan said lightly: "The matters of the Hou Mansion are not to be asked by others. Mr. Dou can only understand the kindness of his brother."
"Mrs. Third Lady, don't be polite." Dou Lianzhong stepped forward and approached Gu Qinghan. "The prince and I are close friends. His affairs are mine. If there is a place to help, please speak, don't be polite." He smiled at Gu Qinghan. "We are all our own family. If we are too disgusted, we will get along."
Yang Ning knew that this guy should have had some entanglements with Prince Jinyi. Seeing him approaching Gu Qinghan step by step, he suddenly reached out and pulled Dou Lianzhong's wrist. Dou Lianzhong was caught off guard. Before he could react, Yang Ning pulled Dou Lianzhong hard and pulled Dou Lianzhong aside, pulling him away from Gu Qinghan.
Dou Lianzhong looked angry, but Yang Ning grabbed his wrist and smiled, "So it's you. In the middle of the night, are you really here to help?"
Seeing Yang Ning smiling, Dou Lianzhong was unable to get angry for a moment. He wanted to shake Yang Ning's hand away, but found that Yang Ning's hand was like an iron hoop and it was quite strong. It hurts when he pinched it, and frowned and said, "Let go first."
"Why, I'm turning my back on you?" Yang Ning said with a smile: "I just said that I was a friend of mine, so why didn't I even shake hands?"
Dou Lianzhong lowered his face and said, "Brothers must settle the score clearly. I am here to do the serious business, you can let go of your hand." With a hard pull, Yang Ning let him break free this time, and asked, "What do you mean by the serious business?"
Dou Lianzhong glanced at Yang Ning with a little disgust, turned his head to look at Gu Qinghan, and smiled and said, "Three Madam, I passed by the nearby street before. I heard that there was a fire here, so I rushed over anxiously, afraid that your pawnshop would be burned. I am really afraid of anything I am afraid of. Look at your pawnshop...!" He sighed and shook his head.
"Mr. Dou, I have a lot of things. If you really have something to do, just say it." Gu Qinghan looked pretty and lonely, "If there is nothing else, you should leave first."
Dou Lianzhong reached into his sleeve, took out a stack of paper, shook his hand, and then said proudly: "Three Madam, take a look first, this is the ticket for your pawnshop?" He handed over the stack of paper, Gu Qinghan reached out to take it, flipped and glanced a few times, and frowned even more, raised his head and asked Dou Lianzhong: "This is indeed the ticket for us here, how is it in your hands?"
"The third lady was joking." Dou Lianzhong smiled and said, "I'm using things as tickets. Since there are things in your pawn shop, of course I have them as tickets!"
Chapter completed!