Jun Mingzhang originally wanted to unite with the major merchants in Kunming City to jointly run against Huo Xi, but he did not expect that only a few companies were left holding on.
Most businessmen don't want to offend either side, so they listen to the Jun family's words with one ear and speak out with the other. They do things perfunctorily.
It is better to be an official now than to be in charge now. They are afraid that they will still be under the influence of the Jun family and act under the Jun family in the future. But the prince and his wife do not want to offend.
Besides, you, Mr. Jun, say every day that the prince will not stay in Kunming for a long time, so isn’t the prince still in Yunnan?
Moreover, he is still leading the army to fight against the enemy at the border and protect his family and country. Isn't it bad that they join forces behind his back to deal with his wife?
Many merchants have withdrawn their business. The remaining Jun family and a few in-laws are receiving goods at high prices every day.
But has the water in Guangfeng fallen?
No. At any rate, he had status, status, and the title of "Righteous Merchant" bestowed upon him by the emperor, so he did not fall.
Jun Mingzhang was furious every day, and Mrs. Jun and Mrs. Jun Hua couldn't breathe every day when they heard from the manager that the money in their accounts had bottomed out.
Aunt Jun went back to her parents' house several times to persuade Jun Mingzhang to stop, but Jun Mingzhang could not hear a word she said.
I just want these two couples to be unable to do business in Yunnan.
Aunt Jun was anxious and angry, but she had no choice. She wanted to send someone to the workshop to do some work, but she didn't know that Caiyun Xiaoyuan had sent a large number of guards to guard the door at some time, and no one could even get close.
He wanted to send someone to find Huo Xi to make peace, but he didn't expect that Huo Xi came back before the person he sent came out of the house.
After listening patiently to Aunt Jun, Huo Xi asked her with a smile: "Auntie, do you want me to close the workshop?"
Uh... "Not really."
Huo Xi smiled: "We have not raised the price to receive the goods now, and it should not have affected the Jun family's business. Although the sign for receiving the goods is hanging, no one is stupid. If there is a higher price to receive the goods, no one should pick it up.
Sell it in my shop. It won't affect the Jun family."
Huo Xi didn't understand Aunt Jun's purpose in finding her.
"Even if I don't even hang up my sign, and I don't do anything else, can I guarantee that the Jun family and I will coexist peacefully, and that the water in the well does not interfere with the water in the river?"
I'm afraid I can't.
Jun Mingzhang was openly targeting the couple at every turn. He suffered a loss this time, and he was afraid that there would be more secret tricks, so he would not stop.
"Everyone relies on their own means to do business. If my skills are not as good as others, I should admit defeat. But I have found a clear path to business through the emperor. The people under me still have to rely on Guangfeng water to make a living. I am afraid that it will not be possible for the time being.
It can’t be shut down. Besides, doesn’t my aunt know best why I started doing business in Kunming? Two days after I entered Yunnan, the military family members came to my door and asked for money. My aunt also knew about it, didn’t she?
?”
Before Aunt Jun could say anything in her belly, Huo Xi sputtered out a bunch of words.
Slightly stunned.
Huo Xi had maintained a good relationship with her before. Although he didn't care about morning and night, he still respected her as an elder. Why did he suddenly start talking with guns and sticks?
"You misunderstood. You helped the military families solve their livelihood. They no longer came to the door asking for money or supplies. The whole family breathed a sigh of relief. In his reply, the Duke of Guo also greatly praised you.
"This time, my eldest brother failed to investigate and did too much business with you, causing you a lot of trouble. I want to make amends to you on behalf of my eldest brother."
Huo Xi hurriedly apologized: "Oh, I misunderstood my aunt because I didn't hear clearly. I just came to Yunnan and didn't know everything. If I had known that my aunt's eldest brother was also in the fungus and flower business, I would definitely not have done anything like this."
Business. I am the wife of the crown prince. I stay at home and chat with my aunts and sisters. In my spare time, I visit various houses and attend various flower parties with them. In my spare time, I go to various places in the city to see the sights.
Strong in everything? I don't have to worry so much."
Huo Xi looked relaxed, as if the misunderstanding had been resolved.
"I have been living in the garden given by the Duke of Guo for a few days. The sky is so wide and the land is so wide. I have never seen such a beautiful scenery. I can't wait to stay in the village every day and never come back.
. Let men worry about the things outside. Let’s just drink tea and talk and be funny.”
No matter how many things Aunt Jun wants to say, she can't say them out anymore.
He only chatted casually with Huo Xi, trying to find out her next move.
Huo Xi didn't leak anything. He only said that he had been in Kunming for so long that he couldn't visit the wives of each house. He accepted the invitations but couldn't meet everyone. He just had time to hold a banquet to invite everyone back.
The two of them exchanged opinions on the matter of hosting a banquet.
Aunt Jun was in charge of the palace's minister, and she often circulated among the wives of various families as the wife of the head of the Duke's palace, and said many seemingly instructive words to Huo Xi.
Everything she said, both inside and outside, showed her sense of superiority as the wife of the head of the Duke's palace when she was out socializing.
Among all the wives of various families and chieftains in Kunming City, who doesn’t know that she is the wife of the head of the Duke’s mansion?
Mrs. Cheng in the capital, no one knows that she was left in the ancestral home in the capital by the Duke of the country. Although the prince was granted the title, he was not her son, but the prince and his wife stayed in the capital as hostages, and the various tribes and prefectures in Yunnan did not recognize them.
Mother and son are the heads of the Duke's Mansion?
Huo Xi also followed the meaning of her words and said that it was hard work for her to run the family.
After Huo Xi left, Aunt Jun felt for the first time that this person named Zhang was not simple. She might have underestimated her before.
The next day, Huo Xi went to Caiyun Courtyard first.
The amount of goods received by shops in the city has dropped sharply, but there is no shortage of work in the workshops of Caiyun Xiaoyuan. Huo Xi arranges people to collect goods in the prefectures, counties and villages near Kunming City, which has been quite effective. They are delivered to Caiyun Xiaoyuan every day.
The yard's cargo piled up into a mountain.
Huo Xi was very satisfied to see that everything in the workshop was operating normally. The shops in the city and Caiyun Courtyard attracted most of Jun's attention, but Huo Xi's layout had extended beyond Kunming City.
"Madam, many military family members are interceding with the craftsmen in the workshops and the managers in various places, and want to return to work in the courtyard."
"What is Caiyun Xiaoyuan? You can come and leave whenever you want?" Vanilla and others were very angry, "Madam, we can no longer hire people like this."
Huo Xi thought for a while and said to the manager: "Tell them that the quota here is full, and they will be considered when there is another job. Let them wait and see first."
"Yes." The manager stepped back.
"Madam, why are you still considering these losers?"
"Otherwise, do you want them to cause trouble? Then go to the house to block the door? It's not easy for your family's heir apparent to be crowned the heir, and you don't have to ruin his reputation. Let's see then. If they really work just to supplement the family,
At that time, as long as they are not assigned to key tasks, it will be fine."
"Humph, these wallflowers are so cheap."
After coming out of Caiyun Courtyard, Huo Xi visited various tea shops in the city. Seeing that the tea shops were booming, Xun Gen Qi and other stewards learned about the situation of the tea horse company releasing low-price shipments this time.