Following the sound, Xia Shang saw his wife and felt a little guilty.
If Ruyan saw him bringing a young lady like Xiao Keer to the building, who knows what kind of gossip would be spread back home.
Liu Ruyan went directly behind the counter, put down the small wine bottle in his hand, and looked at the account book intently without raising his head, not noticing Xia Shang yet.
The shopkeeper turned around and said, "Madam, these people came in with a group of servants. They are really rude."
Xia Shang didn't want to be seen by Ruyan, but when the shopkeeper said this, Ruyan raised his head. The two of them had a tacit understanding, and when they raised their heads, they noticed each other immediately.
"Ms. sir..."
Ruyan threw the account book aside, pushed open the counter rail, and trotted to Xia Shang, "Mr. why are you here?"
The shopkeeper's face was covered with this sound. He couldn't think about it for more than a second before he started to sweat.
Isn’t the madam’s husband the real boss?
"Yuanyuanyuan...it turns out to be the boss...me, me, me..."
The shopkeeper was extremely nervous.
Everyone in the Xiao family opened their mouths in surprise, thinking to themselves, isn't this a certain adult? How did he become the owner of the best grains?
The Xiao family is also a merchant, and even the servants of the Xiao family are closer to merchants, and the essence of grains has long been a famous brand in the world.
Although the Xiao family can be considered a super wealthy family, it is still a little different from Wu Gu Jingjing.
The Xiao family's business is relatively complex, and it is obviously more difficult to become a world-famous merchant with the essence of grains and a wine business.
When the servants looked at Xia Shang again, their faces showed more admiration and they felt closer to him in their hearts.
Xiao Ke'er was even more surprised and looked at Xia Shang for a while: "You said your true identity is a businessman, but I didn't expect you to be the owner of the grain essence! But you are obviously an official of the imperial court. How could the imperial court allow an official to have such a good reputation?"
Big private industry?”
At this moment, Xiao Keer had many temptations. Following her series of questions, Liu Ruyan noticed the beautiful girl standing next to her husband.
Seeing such a young and beautiful girl, Liu Ruyan instinctively glanced at her husband and frowned meaningfully, her eyebrows like smoke clouds.
"Ahem..." Xia Shang cleared his throat, "This is Mr. Xiao from the Xiao family in Xuzhou."
Miss, this is Liu Ruyan, the second roommate in the family."
After a brief introduction, the two women simply looked at each other and nodded.
Liu Ruyan looked calm and smiled politely. She knew in her heart that although Miss Xiao was very beautiful, she was still inferior to herself.
If we just talk about beauty, the hostesses of the Xia Mansion are really not afraid of anyone. Although Liu Ruyan has a reserved personality, she is very confident.
After all, Xiao Ke'er was a bit younger. Although she had been in business for many years, she rarely saw a woman who could surpass her in beauty. For a moment, her expression was too surprised, and she was obviously at a disadvantage in terms of aura.
But Xiao Keer's surprise came from the bottom of her heart. She had never thought that Xia Shang's wife was so beautiful. She was even prettier than the girl who walked out of the painting.
For some reason, Xiao Keer looked at Liu Ruyan and then at Xia Shang, feeling that this old friend was further away from her.
Xia Shang didn't think anything about Xiao Ke'er. Now he was just worried that his wife was overthinking, so he hurriedly invited everyone to go upstairs and sit down to talk.
Now that they know that Xia Shang is the owner here, the Xiao family is naturally more relaxed. After Xia Shang's arrangements, they can eat and drink as they should, feeling very uncomfortable.
Xiao Keer followed Xia Shang to the compartment on the top floor, and Liu Ruyan also sat on the table.
It's not surprising that Liu Ruyan came to the No. 1 store in Beijing today. She couldn't manage this store thousands of miles away when she was in Yangzhou, so she naturally wanted to come and take a look when she came to Beijing.
It didn't matter when she looked at it like this. She found that there were many problems with the accounts. It was obvious that the shopkeeper had tampered with the account books.
But the shopkeeper didn't do too much, and he didn't embezzle too much. Liu Ruyan planned to let the shopkeeper go.
Because although the shopkeeper had embezzled money, he was very capable. If he was kicked out because of this, he would lose more.
After some punishment, the shopkeeper breathed a sigh of relief, but he didn't expect to meet his real boss now.
He was waiting outside the cubicle, his heart pounding, praying to God and praying that his wife would not tell his employer.
Xia Shang didn't care about this. He was busy telling Ruyan what happened between him and Xiao Keer in Xuzhou.
When Liu Ruyan learned that this young girl actually took her family members to follow the army to open up mountains and rivers, she felt a little more admiration for this woman in her heart.
After the two women had a few drinks at the table, the hostility and suspicion between them was finally resolved.
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Liu Ruyan lost her guard against Xiao Keer and stopped accompanying her upstairs. She said that there were still many unclear accounts and she needed to compare them in a hurry, leaving the two of them to talk alone.
After Liu Ruyan left, Xia Shang returned to the topic.
"Miss Xiao, why did you come to the capital suddenly? There was no news at all."
After hearing Xia Shang's question, Xiao Keer frowned first, and then took out a piece of rough oil paper from the small bag that she carried with her.
Xiao Ke'er didn't say anything, just pushed the oil paper to Xia Shang.
Xia Shang curiously took the oil paper, opened it, and found that it was a piece of oil paper with deposit receipts written on it.
It was the Xiao family master and Liao Baican who jointly pressed the fingerprints. It was the receipt that the Xiao family deposited 1.4 million taels of cash into Fenghui Bank.
Writing such a large deposit on a piece of inconspicuous oiled paper seems very unreliable, even too crude and hasty.
Moreover, in the most critical parts of the oil paper, the writing became blurred because it was soaked with water.
The lower part of the character "万" is basically blurred. It is not so much the character "万" as it is the character "一".
Seeing this, Xia Shang understood most of it.
If 1.4 million taels of silver becomes 141 taels of silver, there will be a big problem.
"Fenghui Bank doesn't acknowledge the account. Does it mean it's one hundred and forty-one taels of silver?"
Xiao Keer twisted her beautiful eyebrows and whispered: "This was established by my grandfather and Mr. Liao, the owner of Fenghui Bank. My grandfather and Mr. Liao were close friends. It is said that they grew up together. Grandpa told
I said that back then, Mr. Liao’s Fenghui Bank was suppressed by the Metropolitan Procuratorate and was short of funds, so he found my grandfather. My grandfather simply wrote such a note on a piece of oil paper, transferring all the belongings of our Xiao family to
The money was turned into money and lent to Fenghui Bank.
Grandpa is gone now, and I heard that Mr. Liao is not in good health. And our Xiao family was affected by the invasion of Japanese pirates, and our business suffered serious losses. So we thought of getting the money back. Unexpectedly, this document has been stored for many years, and the ink marks have been damaged.
The key word "influence" is unclear. Although the people at Fenghui Bank did not directly deny it, they must wait until Mr. Liao confirms before giving the money. Mr. Liao has not shown up all day long, which has delayed us for several months.
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I thought this matter was strange, so I had no choice but to come to the capital from Xuzhou, thinking that I must find Mr. Liao."