Chapter four hundred and eighty fifth found nothing
Li Man stepped forward and said with a smile: "Why is Duke Dugu here?"
No matter how arrogant she is, she doesn't dare to offend the Dugu family, which is a century-old noble family and the family of the late emperor and empress. She doesn't even dare to offend her backstage Yuan family.
Dugu Changqiu snorted, "This is the wine shop of the Lonely family. Am I weird here?"
Li Man was startled and said quickly: "As far as I know, the owner of this wine shop should be named Zhang."
"You mean Zhang Lei, he has sold the wine shop to the Dugu family. Does our transfer contract still need to be reviewed by Hidden Sword Pavilion?"
"That's a misunderstanding, a misunderstanding!"
She turned around and slapped the hall master, staggering, "You bastards, who told you to mess around?"
Li Manpai smiled and said: "Don't dare to disturb me anymore, let's take our leave."
"You smashed my wine vat, injured my guy, and just walked away like that?"
"This... we will compensate you in full!"
Dugu Changqiu smiled faintly, "As long as you are willing to compensate, it is a misunderstanding. I will not raise the price randomly. This wine vat is relatively expensive. It is a century-old wine vat. One thousand guan. Three cylinders of Meishou wine. The market price is 2,000 per vat.
Guan, I'll make it cheaper, give you half the price, plus the clerk's medical expenses, emergency expenses, and the loss of customers, for Pavilion Master Li's sake, forget it, it's a total of six thousand Guan, please pay it in full."
Li Man gritted his teeth and said, "Old man, your price is too harsh!"
Dugu Changqiu sneered and said: "This is Meishou Liquor Shop, the best liquor in the world. The two brands above your head are the inscriptions of the late emperor and the current emperor, but you don't take it seriously. Since you think it is expensive, then you
Let’s go! I’ll ask the emperor for this money later.”
Li Man also knew that it would be difficult to step down without losing money today, so she could only nod her head, "We just need to pay the money, and I will send someone to deliver it later. Six thousand dollars, not a penny less!"
"In that case, Pavilion Master Li, please invite me!"
Li Man snorted, "Let's go!"
She turned around and left, and the large group of black warriors left in an instant.
Walking to the gate of the West Market, Li Man pulled the reins of the horse and ordered the hall master: "Go to the city office immediately to find out who the proprietor of the Meishou Liquor Shop is?"
She suffered a big loss at the Meishou Liquor Shop today, and she really couldn't swallow it. It wasn't a matter of money, it was because she couldn't hold on to her face.
The hall master took a few people and rode away on horseback. Not long after, the hall master came back and said, "To inform the hall master, the wine shop does belong to the Dugu family. The owner used to be Zhang Lei, but he changed his name to Dugu Qiu yesterday afternoon."
"This bastard, for me to catch him, I have to make him fat!"
Now that the ownership has been transferred, Li Man no longer dares to provoke the Dugu family. She had to send someone back to collect money to pay the compensation. She urged her horse and led her men towards Dongshi.
As soon as he arrived at the gate of Jubao Pavilion, he saw Ying Caihe gathering people to leave.
"What's going on?"
Ying Caihe cupped his fists and said: "To inform the master of the pavilion, Jubao Pavilion has been closed for business. I sent my men through the window to get in. There is not a single clerk or shopkeeper inside."
Li Man was already mentally prepared. Since Zhang Lei had sold the Meishou Wine Shop to the Dugu family, how could Jubao Pavilion not be prepared.
"Have you checked who owns Jubao Pavilion now?"
"I checked with my subordinates and found that the proprietor is still Zhang Lei."
Everyone is looking at Li Man, waiting for her to make the final decision. Li Man has to do two things now. One is to catch Zhang Lei, and the other is to find the gold and silver exchanged by Guo Song. Since Zhang Lei was still in the West Market yesterday afternoon
, he is probably still in Chang'an, but just hiding. As for the gold and silver, Li Man suspects that they are hidden in the warehouse of Jubao Pavilion.
She pondered for a moment, then gritted her teeth and said, "Open the door of Jubao Pavilion. I want to go to its warehouse to take a look."
Ying Caihe was startled and quickly advised: "Pavilion master, calm down first. Jubao Pavilion is a famous store in the capital, so you can't make mistakes!"
Li Man suffered a secret loss in the West Market and was feeling angry. She raised her horsewhip and whipped it away, "Get out of here. If there's any problem, I'll take care of it!"
"Pavilion Master Li, I'm afraid you can't afford it!" A cold voice suddenly came from the side.
When Li Man turned around, she saw a very elegant middle-aged man standing not far behind her. She immediately recognized him as Li An, the chief steward of the Royal Merchant. Hidden Sword Pavilion had protected the caravan for him last year, and Li Man knew him.
"Why is the chief steward here?"
"Let me take a look at the Jubao Pavilion."
Li Man was startled, "Has Jubao Pavilion been transferred to the chief steward?"
She suddenly thought of the possibility that Jubao Pavilion had been transferred like Meishou Liquor Shop, but she had not had time to go through the transfer procedures.
Li An said calmly: "For the sake of Hidden Sword Pavilion protecting Huangshang, I remind you that Jubao Pavilion has a very deep background, and you'd better not provoke it."
Guo Song dug a big hole for Li Man, hoping that Li Man would burn down the Jubao Pavilion, but Zhang Lei couldn't bear it, so he didn't listen to Guo Song's instructions. Before leaving yesterday, he entrusted the Jubao Pavilion to Li An's care.
, and at the same time gave him the list of the second shopkeeper and the clerks.
Li Man turned over and dismounted, stepped forward and clasped his fists, saying, "Please teach me, Chief Steward."
Li An was a very tactful man. He did not want to quarrel with the Hidden Sword Pavilion, so he said: "Jubao Pavilion used to be the property of the late emperor. The late emperor awarded it to Guo Song. Both Guo Song and Zhang Lei were involved, but there is a hidden secret inside.
proprietor."
He lowered his voice and said to Li Man: "Empress Wang is 20% involved."
Li Man's face changed with fright. Fortunately, Li An stopped her, otherwise she would have been in big trouble. She was grateful in her heart and said quickly: "Thank you, Chief Manager, for reminding me."
"Pavilion Master Li, there's no need to be polite!"
Li Man asked again: "I wonder where Zhang Lei is now?"
"He came to see me yesterday afternoon and entrusted me with the Jubao Pavilion. I don't know where he is now, but he seemed to complain that he was as busy as a dog and said that there were still many properties to be disposed of. I guess he was there
Get busy with these things!”
Li Man understood that in addition to shops, there should be many houses and estates to be sold.
"Thank you, Chief Steward. I'll take the first step."
She waved her hand and led her men to quickly leave the Jubao Pavilion and walk to the gate of Dongshi. Li Man told Ying Caihe, "I will give you three days to find Zhang Lei and the gold and silver he exchanged for me no matter what!"
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Ying Caihe sighed secretly, and Li An casually said that she would be as busy as a dog. She did not dare not to obey, and bowed and said: "I humbly obey the order!"
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The Hexi Corridor is still a bit chilly in early spring in February and is still covered with snow, but the breath of spring is coming quietly. The warmth of the sun makes the snow on the ground begin to melt. The caravans who have been waiting all winter are impatient.
The road is now on the ground, and it is basically possible to walk on the snow. The thin snow is only a few inches thick, and even the feet cannot be covered.
In addition to businessmen, there are also teams of soldiers running and training on the official road to strengthen their physical strength.
In addition to the merchants who were eager to get on the road, the supervisor Tian Wenxiu was also impatient. He waited all winter, but Guo Song's wife and daughter were still in Ganzhou, which made him anxious. What if the emperor asked?
That morning, he came to look for Guo Song at the military camp. Guo Song was not in the tent, but he unexpectedly met Pan Liao.
Tian Wenxiu checked Pan Liao's accounts for two months, but found nothing. The direction of all the money and property was clear, the sender and the signee signed and pledged, and the money in the bank was all correct. Tian Wenxiu was greatly disappointed.
In the end, he could only use the fact that Pan Liao had an illegitimate child to make trouble.
Unexpectedly, Guo Song took out Pan Liao's resignation letter. Guo Song had agreed to stamp it and wait for the weather to warm up before sending it to the court for approval. Pan Liao had resigned two months ago because he could not bear the humiliation of the military supervision.
Tian Wenxiu worked hard for almost three months, but the final result was that he wasted three months.
Tian Wenxiu was so depressed that he almost choked to death. He was so angry that he even threw seven or eight tea cups, but it didn't help.
Pan Liao is now Guo Song's staff, still doing the same thing as before, and his salary is twice as high as before.
Seeing Tian Wenxiu standing at the door of the tent, he asked coldly: "Excuse me, what's the matter with the supervisor?"
Tian Wenxiu felt really depressed when she saw the radiant Pan Liao, so she could only reluctantly say: "We are here to see Ambassador Guo!"
"Are the supervisors looking for me?" Guo Song's voice came from behind.
As soon as Tian Wenxiu turned around, Guo Song was standing behind him with several followers. He quickly clasped his fists and said: "The weather has turned warm, and there are constant caravans outside. Please be sure to ask your wife and children to leave for Beijing in the next two days."
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"The supervisor is joking!"
Guo Song walked into the tent. Tian Wenxiu was anxious and followed him: "This is the emperor's will. For the sake of road closure, we have allowed you a winter and now you can go on the road. Why haven't you agreed yet?"
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"My wife is six months pregnant and cannot travel long distances. I'm sorry, but I can't obey!"
"What!"
Tian Wenxiu was stunned, and he suddenly roared, "Guo Song, this is the emperor's will, how dare you resist and disobey it?"
Guo Song glanced at him with disgust, but still said coldly: "I will write a letter to the emperor to explain the situation. It will not affect your black hat of supervising the army."
"You...you!!"
Tian Wenxiu pointed at Guo Song and was speechless. He stamped his foot fiercely, "Guo, I'll wait and see!"
He turned around and stormed away.
Pan Liao stepped forward, looked at Tian Wenxiu's thin back, and said to Guo Song worriedly: "I suspect that he will send a letter to the emperor and falsely accuse the envoy, so be careful!"
"That's for sure. The Yuan family arranged for him to come to Ganzhou just to falsely accuse me. Don't worry! I have a plan to deal with it."
Guo Song immediately wrote a letter to Emperor Li Shi, and at the same time wrote a letter to Li Mi, hoping that he could uphold justice for him.