Need for a Guard

"Well, I didn't expect Mr. Meng to be a kind person with money like dung. I have wrongly blamed you. %&*";"

Yan Tong's icy face showed a beautiful smile, waved to Meng Jiao, and said softly: "Okay, Mr. Meng, get up!"

"Thank you, princess!"

Meng Jiao finally clarified the 'crime' of slandering the eldest princess, thinking with lingering fear: He Dan still has a way, and his words have weight!It is an absolute maxim that businessmen do not fight with officials.

"that……"

Meng Jiao came to his senses, wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, and smiled flatteringly, "Eldest Princess, the tea business...is that settled?"

He is still not willing to give in to this - the tea business is equivalent to the second part of Meng Jiao's annual turnover, how can he let it go easily?

Yantong sipped the tea, frowned, and said impatiently: "What? Didn't I say that? The tea business takes turns to take care of it, and the next three years will be handed over to the Kong family. This matter must not be changed, you The Meng family is not a lover of money, so do you still need to get entangled in this matter?"

"Ah! That... I..."

Meng Jiao's words were pushed back by Yan Tong, so he had to ask He Dan for help.

He Dan had prepared his speech a long time ago, and said loudly: "Eldest Princess, Mr. Meng has something hard to say, that's why he couldn't stop sighing, but the eldest princess misunderstood."

"Oh?" Yantong smiled charmingly, "Tell me and listen."

He Dan said: "Mr. Meng is not worried about money, but his kindness. He is worried about the livelihood of those employees."

"Princess, since the Meng family took over the tea business, there are more than 100 branch offices all over the south of the Yangtze River. For each branch, there are more than [-] shopkeepers, clerks, and coachmen. More than a thousand people rely on the Meng family to manage tea for their livelihood. i^”

Having said that, He Dan paused for a moment, and his tone became extremely helpless and sad, "But now that the eldest princess has taken the tea business away from the Meng family, what about these people? They don't have the tea business, but it is equivalent to no more. rice bowl, how will the family's livelihood be maintained?"

"They are all old at the top and young at the bottom. If they starve to death, wouldn't that be a great sin? According to Mr. Meng's Bodhisattva heart, how can you bear it?"

When Meng Jiao heard this, he couldn't help being elated, thinking that He Dan is really a great talent, how did he come up with such a reason?

Following He Dan's words, he hurriedly cried: "Princess, what I am worried about is precisely this. Whenever I think of those guys who will be displaced because of this, how can I bear it? I believe that the princess will not Can't bear to watch them starve to death without food?"

"This……"

Yan Tong didn't expect this, and was suddenly fooled by He Dan—the livelihood of 5000 people is not a small amount.

Kong Liren scratched his ears anxiously, thinking of such a good thing, don't be fooled by He Dan's words, let yourself be happy for nothing.

Shi Yue heard it, but burst out laughing.

He Dan said angrily, "Shi Qianhu, the tea business affects the livelihood of [-] people, but what are you laughing at? As an official, you should think about the livelihood of the people instead of basing your suffering on hunger and cold. of cruelty."

"I……"

Meng Jiao was about to attack Shi Yue, but when he saw Yan Tong's face turned cold suddenly, he hurriedly took back the insulting words, and stammered: "Master He and I have... the same meaning."

Shi Yue put away his smile and asked Meng Jiao: "Mr. Meng, if you don't do the tea business, will these 5000 people have to be swept away and left to fend for themselves?"

Meng Jiao bite the bullet and said lonely: "That's the only way, but I'm a kind person, so naturally I can't bear to see them lose their means of earning a living. I can give them some money, but it can only be for a while. I can't give him a life, think about it, it breaks my heart."

"Haha...Mr. Meng doesn't need to be heartbroken, I have my own way." Shi Yue laughed out loud, his brows filled with pride.

Yantong asked: "What can you do?"

He Dan and Meng Jiao looked curious, but Kong Liren looked more expectant.

Shi Yue pointed to Kong Liren, and said: "Actually, not only Mr. Meng has a heart of compassion, brother Kong's heart for kindness, is it less than Mr. Meng? Since Brother Kong has accepted the management right of the tea business, naturally he will not take away that Five thousand guys, the shopkeeper's job."

"Aren't those guys and shopkeeper Meng Gongzi going to be kicked out? Haha...that's okay, Brother Kong has a kind heart. He should take all those guys in and not dismiss any of them. Maybe he will lower their monthly salary. What about [-]%? Brother Kong, do I make sense?"

When Kong Liren heard this, he couldn't help jumping up excitedly, he laughed loudly and said, "Brother Shi, you still know me well, I'm so kind, how can I just ignore the five thousand men who were kicked out by the Meng family?"

He looked at Yantong and He Dan again, and said loudly: "Princess, Prime Minister He, don't worry, I will take all the five thousand men that Mr. Meng drove out, and according to what Shi Qianhu said, everyone I will add another [-]% of the monthly silver, and I will never break my promise, and the eldest princess and Prime Minister He can supervise all of them."

Then he said to the stupid Meng Jiao: "Mr. Meng, I accept all your people. Your worries have been relieved. Now you can rest assured that the tea business can be handed over to me?"

"Ah I……"

Meng Jiao was so angry that he almost vomited blood, his face was swollen like a pig's liver, burning hot, his eyes were burning, and his lips were frighteningly purple.

He never thought that Shi Yue would come up with the trick of pulling out the bottom and pulling out the ladder. This blunt blow caught him off guard and he was at a loss as to what to do.

The five thousand shopkeepers and clerks in the tea business are all elites refined in the tea market. Everyone can speak well, and they are all talented people.

After a long time of tempering in the business field, they have mastered one method and ten thousand methods, not only running a tea shop, but also doing any other business, and they can get started quickly. How can they be willing to give it away?

However, Shi Yue's plan is indeed vicious enough, not only to take away the tea business, but also to poach his people. How could Meng Jiao agree to such a deal of losing his wife and losing his army?

But what He Dan said just now was full, how can he turn around now?

Yan Tong looked at Meng Jiao's swollen face like a pig's liver, and said with a charming smile: "Young Master Meng, what do you think of this idea? I really appreciate Shi Qianhu's idea! You can follow Shi Qianhu's idea." Let’s do it with Huhu’s idea, and when we return to Hangzhou, I will do my best to supervise this matter.”

"Ah? This..."

Hearing this, Meng Chen glanced at He Dan, He Dan's eyes dimmed, he shook his head slightly, and sent an unchangeable message to Meng Jiao.

Knowing that the situation is over, Meng Jiao bowed down and said, "Meng Jiao will follow the Eldest Princess' wishes. As long as the five thousand shopkeepers and shopkeepers are willing to follow the Kong family, I will naturally fulfill them."

Yantong told Kong Liren: "Young Master Meng, I don't know how many pairs of eyes are staring at you when I entrust the business of the tea shop to the Meng family. You must do things wholeheartedly. Don't let me down, and don't let someone who cares about you come to you." poked me in the back."

When Kong Liren got the exact news, he couldn't help being overjoyed. He knelt down and saluted Yantong, gratefully saying: "Thank you for your love, the eldest princess. , to Tubo."

"Get up!" Yan Tong looked back at Shi Yue with a smile, and said leisurely: "I also want to thank Shi Qianhu for his good idea."

Shi Yuemei smiled happily, "Princess Shengming!"