Old man Xu opened his mouth and thought to himself: Isn't this just forced buying and selling?
Six thousand taels of silver is nothing.
Can’t his granddaughter make enough money? Why sell it to you and lose this family heirloom?
But looking at the other party's determined look, he hesitated a little.
Really not for sale?
If they offend the prince, will the emperor speak for them?
He wasn't sure.
I think, what do they mean? The emperor valued the third child and gave him an official position. Isn't it because of the pepper? With the secret recipe booklet, there is no need for the third child, and it will be the same if he changes to someone else.
Can the emperor speak to the prince for them?
If it hadn't been for this, the majestic prince had fallen in love with his family's recipe. If his family didn't give it to him and his family would be ruined, would his family still have the ability to resist?
"Shopkeeper Xu! You must have thought clearly!"
Mr. Wang's tone increased, which shocked Mr. Xu. Subconsciously, he wanted to nod and agree. It's better to have money than to give it for free. If he offended the prince and robbed him without telling anyone, and hurt his family, then
But there was really no place to cry.
But before he opened his mouth, he first saw his granddaughter stepping in, and his eyes lit up. His granddaughter had an idea. Let's wait and see what she said before making a decision.
"Master Wang!" Xu Yinyin said before anyone arrived.
Mr. Wang paused for a moment, then turned around and said, "Mr. Jiacheng Township."
"Mr. Wang has thought about it and agreed to sign the 30% of the business?" Xu Yinyin said with a smile.
Before Old Man Xu said anything, Mr. Wang said first, "No, Mr. Wang came here today because he planned to buy the secret recipe. He was discussing with Shopkeeper Xu, and Shopkeeper Xu has already agreed."
"I haven't agreed yet." Old Man Xu said hurriedly.
Mr. Wang's eagle eyes narrowed slightly again, and he said with a faint smile: "Don't worry, shopkeeper Xu will have a good talk with Mr. Jiacheng Township first and discuss it before it's too late. I'll be waiting for good news in the teahouse next door."
As he spoke, he made a gesture of invitation, then turned around neatly with his entourage and left the shop.
Seeing that he was gone, old man Xu quickly took Xu Yinyin to the backyard to talk.
"Yin Yin, I know the person behind Mr. Wang is actually the prince! He said he belongs to Prince Yong! He gave us 6,000 taels of silver to buy our family's secret recipe booklet. I think that's a forced purchase.
If our family doesn't agree to the forced sale, I'm afraid it won't be a good idea."
Old man Xu's face was full of worry, "Yin Yin, look. Should we sell this secret recipe booklet? If you think about it, six thousand taels of silver is quite a lot. I heard someone tell me when I was still in Wuning Mansion,
The magistrate of our county took a fancy to a girl from a family and wanted to take her as a concubine, but the family was unwilling. In the end, the magistrate's family was ruined by him, and the girl was also taken by him.
That's just the county magistrate. He can't even match the fingers of the prince, and he can deal with ordinary people like us, let alone the prince.
Grandpa is also a little scared, and he doesn’t know who King Yong is to the emperor, so we can’t afford to offend him.”
Hearing this, Xu Yinyin also frowned, so she directly identified her identity and came to buy the son forcibly?
I haven't heard back from Manager Wu yet, so I don't know what's going on.
But no matter what, this recipe cannot be sold. Even if it cannot be kept, wouldn't it be delicious as a tribute to the emperor?
If you sell it to King Yong, you will get a lot of money.
This method of forced buying and selling makes people unhappy.
Xu Yinyin thought for a moment, fearing that Old Man Xu would be frightened, and said hurriedly: "Grandpa, don't worry, we can't sell this recipe. At worst, we can present it to the emperor. I'll ask Liu Lang to go to Manager Wu for help. Right now, let's stabilize that recipe first.
Mr. Wang will talk about it later."
Old man Xu listened and thought, the worst he could do was give it to the emperor. What would the six thousand taels of silver he got from selling it to you, Prince Yong, count?
Thinking like this, he had some confidence in his heart, nodded and said: "Okay, let's stabilize Mr. Wang first."
Later, Mr. Xu came to the teahouse and expressed his position: "Mr. Wang, our family wants to discuss whether this secret recipe booklet should be sold. We also ask Mr. Wang to be accommodating and give us two days."
When Mr. Wang heard this, he smiled with satisfaction in his heart. As long as he was willing to let go, he was not in a hurry for the past two days. It would be best if he could use money to buy and sell the matter.
Immediately he said: "Okay, I will give Shopkeeper Xu two days. In two days, Wang will come with the banknote. I hope Shopkeeper Xu will not disappoint me."
At this point, I didn't forget to threaten you.
Old Man Xu felt heavy in his heart, and he didn't show it on his face. He didn't know whether Manager Wu could help them.
Xu Yinyin planned to go to Songlinfang to pick up Xu Dajun when school was about to end, and asked him to go to Mingren Garden to find Manager Wu.
This time when I came to the door, I just told the person who claimed to be King Yong's confidant that he wanted to buy their secret recipe.
Manager Wu had also received the news a long time ago. He was not surprised to see Xu Dajun coming. After listening to his words, he just said: "Wait for two more days. After two days, when Mr. Wang comes to visit, I will come too."
of."
After receiving this answer, Xu Yinyin breathed a sigh of relief.
Two days is not a short time, it is enough for a lot of things to happen.
But the next day, Xu Chunhe sent someone to deliver a message, saying that something had happened in the workshop and asked Xu Yinyin to go back and take charge of the overall situation.
As soon as Xu Yinyin heard this, she immediately took the carriage back to the village.
Entering the workshop, Old Man Zhou greeted him first, "Yinyin, you're back!"
Then tell Xu Yinyin the matter so that she can understand.
But it turned out that Mrs. Chen’s wife and Mrs. Chen’s second wife had been ordered by Mrs. Chen to spy on other assembly lines since the start of work. At first, they just took advantage of the break to chat with people and inquire. They were also smart and did not ask people from their own village.
, just talk to people in other villages, chat casually and ask them what they do, whether their work is easy, etc.
Later, when I saw old man Zhou, the manager, and the other team leaders, they didn't seem to be paying attention to them. During the work, they used the excuse of going to the latrine or other to go to the nearby assembly line, looking back and forth.
Look, the group leader also told them several times to not wander around when working, otherwise their wages will be deducted.
But seeing that they were just talking like this, they became more courageous. No, today they took advantage of their lunch break to sneak into the warehouse and steal essential oils!
Xiaoshi got Xu Yinyin's order to keep an eye on them, and immediately caught them red-handed. This time the evidence was conclusive, which was different from the previous petty harassment of people.
Stealing essential oils from the workshop is a big deal!
After Xu Yinyin heard what happened, she secretly laughed in her heart. King Yong's reputation was big enough, and the Chen family did not hide anything. This was because they had taken advantage of Mr. Wang's side, and they were not afraid of being kicked out of the workshop.
, her family really won’t force them to pay money for violating the contract, right?
She smiled faintly and immediately asked Old Man Zhou to inform him that all workers should stop work immediately and assemble at the dam.
The dam is a large open space between the old and new workshops, which can accommodate all workers to gather here for meetings.
Within a quarter of an hour, all the workers had gathered together. Everyone had vaguely heard that something big had happened, and a worker had stolen something in the workshop!
Now that everyone was gathered together, they couldn't help but start talking among themselves.
It wasn't until Xu Yinyin stood on the podium that everyone gradually fell silent and stared above intently.
Xu Yinyin glanced at everyone below, and her eyes focused on Chen's first daughter-in-law, Chen's second daughter-in-law, who was guarded by Shi and others on the side of the podium.
Then, he slowly said: "Dear workers! Whether you are a new worker or an old worker, before entering the workshop, you all know the workshop management regulations of our Xujia Workshop, and after the interview, the work contract signed is as follows
Everyone knows clearly what the terms are, yes or no?"
Everyone below responded unanimously: "Yes!"
Why are you so unclear about this? When they first entered the workshop, they had to listen to the workshop management regulations twice a day, and they almost all memorized them!
And the contract was clearly spelled out and they all understood it, which is why they pressed their fingerprints.
Xu Yinyin immediately said: "But some people don't take the workshop management regulations and contracts seriously! First, they violated the workshop management regulations many times. After being warned and punished, they still refused to correct themselves. Today, while taking advantage of the lunch break after lunch, they actually stole the workshop.
He was caught red-handed!"
With that said, she motioned to the Shi family to bring Chen's eldest daughter-in-law and Chen's second daughter-in-law to the podium so that everyone could take a closer look.
"Since the workshop started last year, all the workers have been abiding by the regulations and working hard. I am very pleased. I never thought that such a thing would happen! I am very sad! Mrs. Chen Dong, Mrs. Chen Liu, what else do you have?
What do you want to say?"
The eldest daughter-in-law Chen and the second daughter-in-law Chen were already pale. How could they have imagined that they had just made a move today and were caught by such an accident.
The second daughter-in-law Chen complained that her sister-in-law was too slow. Otherwise, she would not have been caught. The eldest daughter-in-law Chen resented Chen Xiaotian for causing trouble to the family. Otherwise, they were doing a good job in the workshop, so they would not have taken risks to do such a thing.
?
Now that they are fine, what should they do if they are caught? What else can they say?
You said they didn't steal anything? Is that a mistake?
Who believes it?
The two of them were close to each other, feeling a little panicked in their hearts.
Xu Yinyin paused for a few breaths, which was enough for the workers below to see clearly who these two people were and to think a lot.
Then he continued: "Mr. Chen Dong and Mrs. Chen Liu violated the workshop management regulations and stole important things in the workshop. The evidence is conclusive. Our Xu family cannot bear it, so we can no longer keep you in the workshop.
I declare that from now on, Mr. Chen Dong and Ms. Chen Liu will be fired and will never be hired again!"
Fired!
There was a lot of sadness underneath, and my scalp tightened when I was busy, thinking in my heart, they can't do something wrong, and they can't be fired!
Not hearing the main sentence, the eldest daughter-in-law Chen and the second daughter-in-law Chen looked at each other and breathed a sigh of relief. Just fire them.
But Xu Yinyin's tone changed, and she said in the next moment: "According to the contract regulations, if you are fired for repeatedly violating the workshop management regulations, you need to pay the workshop one thousand taels of silver as compensation. Chen Dongshi and Chen Liushi, you will pay the compensation together.
Or should each pay his own compensation?”
Hearing this, Chen's eldest daughter-in-law and Chen's second daughter-in-law felt their feet weak and both collapsed on the ground.
"I, we don't, we don't have that much money." It took a long time for Mrs. Chen to utter a few words with difficulty.
She thought about what Chen Xiaotian said that they couldn't get the money out, and the Xu family couldn't do anything to them. Don't be afraid, don't panic, don't panic.