Since the Accounting: A Chronicle of the Roman Khanate

Chapter 442 Yuan Shen, go out!
At the entrance of the compound rented by the Java Chamber of Commerce, a store clerk rushed in hastily.

"My boss, my boss!" He rushed into the courtyard regardless of the guard's obstruction: "Where's my boss? I have to see my boss quickly!"

The armed servant standing guard at the door of the hall hurriedly stopped him and told him not to shout.But the guy shook his head.

"I've been working in the store for many years. How can I not understand the rules? But the matter is urgent and I can't take care of so much." He stopped, explained, and then shouted at the top of his voice: "Master! Something big has happened." Got it!"

"What happened?" Sun Shiwan's questioning voice came from inside the room.

After a sound of footsteps, he poked his head out, frowned and asked, "What's the big deal that makes you so panicked?"

He was wearing cloth clothes and an apron around his waist. He didn't know what he was doing.It does seem that he was suddenly interrupted, and he was a little unhappy.Behind him, a young man in fine clothes followed.

"Boss, there's a fight outside!" The clerk said quickly: "People on the street are spreading rumors that the War Commander has rebelled and is rushing towards the palace."

"What, what?" Sun Shiwan didn't react for a moment.

He scratched his head, thought about it, and comforted him first: "Don't be anxious. No matter how urgent the matter is, these few sentences are enough. Tell me about the situation. How did you hear about this?" "

"Over at the warehouse, the patterns we promised before have not been delivered for a long time. We will use them the day after tomorrow, so we can only go there by ourselves, hurry them up and see what's going on." The clerk also calmed down. , telling him that they were passing by: "But on the way, I saw the people over there were commotion. Everyone ran out of the house and asked each other about this and that on the street."

"Do you know where the source of the news is?" Sun Shiwan immediately asked.

"The source should be the people who fled there." The clerk thought for a while and replied: "It is said that it was in the east. Several urban areas were in chaos first. Someone ran out from there and brought news."

"The situation was quite scary, and I didn't dare to inquire carefully. But from what they said, those who escaped saw the Warmaster's flag. That's why they thought so."

"Flag..." Sun Shiwan said noncommittally: "Then what are they doing in the dock area?"

"It was just to escape the war." The man explained: "I thought they were exaggerating at first. There was chaos in the capital no matter how much they said it was. But it didn't take long before there were real flames over there."

"Now, even the dock area started to panic. Some people immediately went to clean up the gangsters, while others gathered their brothers and friends to raid the gangsters. The whole street was in a panic. For this reason, too I couldn't help but not believe it. So I ran back quickly and reported the news to you first."

"What do you think we should do, boss?" he asked.

"It doesn't matter, I already know it in my heart." Sun Shiwan seemed to feel relieved and reassured him again: "We come all the way to do business, don't we just want to take some risks as a price in exchange for a higher profit?" Is it profit? Isn’t it reasonable to encounter some unexpected situations? Natural disasters and pirates at sea are everywhere. Since you are in this business, don’t be too timid.”

"Besides, it's not like we haven't seen military chaos before. When we were in Tianzhu before, we also encountered Tuwang fighting at the gate of our camp. But you see, not only did nothing happen that time, but it actually made us a lot of money. .We are not taking sides, so don’t be afraid, just wait and see what happens.”

"The situation outside is indeed chaotic, but we have come all the way this time and are well prepared. We have enough manpower and supplies, and we have good relations with various local forces. There is no problem in self-protection." He looked at the people around him. , said loudly: "But this time, we really did not expect that this kind of thing would happen suddenly. You can report the news so quickly and provide a lot of convenience to our entire company. We must commend it."

"Sun Zhong!" He shouted to the side: "The reward is 50 taels of silver."

The butler next to him heard this, bowed, turned and left.

"This is the consolation money given to you first." Sun Shiwan stepped forward and patted him: "When the matter is over, I will tell your shopkeeper that you will be responsible for inquiring about information and managing transactions in the entire store. More Work hard!”

"Thank you, boss!" The waiter was very grateful and quickly nodded and bowed to express his gratitude.

"You all should be alert!" He turned around again and shouted to everyone: "This time there may be an opportunity! When the matter is over, if we make a profit, everyone will be rewarded!"

Everyone agreed with a roar, and suddenly they gained momentum again.

"Sun Xian, Sun Yong, come here." He waved again, and when the two servants came over, he warned: "This situation seems a bit unusual, so call your family members immediately and gather here. In addition, Go contact the spies and see what our 'good neighbors' are up to."

"Are you all gathering here? Master, we have prepared several warehouses for selling goods. Now that there is chaos in the city, there must be people looting. If there are not enough people to watch those places, the losses will be huge." One of them advised. .

"I can't care so much anymore, hurry up and do it." Sun Shiwan waved his hand.

The two looked at each other, nodded, and immediately went to work.

After everyone who had come close to him had left, Sun Shiwan turned around and called the young man behind him over.

"Shibo." The young man stepped forward and cupped his hands: "Do you have any plans?"

"I want to ask you first." Sun Shiwan did not answer, but asked directly: "How much do you think the news just now is true?"

"Less than half." The young man said bluntly: "I think it may be true that there is something wrong with the city. The rest are probably their own imagination, or even some people deliberately spread rumors and spread the news."

"That area in the east of the city..." He thought for a moment: "Is that a slum area over there? I remember that the people living there were poor outsiders, especially the Oros people in the north. Why did the mutiny start from there? Set off?"

"If you want to say hiding soldiers, it is possible. After all, the management of that place is very loose. But the location of the place is wrong. Since you are preparing to start an uprising, you must first conceal your whereabouts and let the participating subordinates get as close to the key positions as possible. When the time comes, We need to take it down in one go. This situation is completely wrong."

"So you think there shouldn't be a rebellion?" Sun Shiwan nodded and stroked his beard.

"The upper echelons of the Roman Khanate are also from a family of Han soldiers. We all know these people in the Yuan Dynasty. They are not so ignorant." The young man shook his head repeatedly: "Assuming it is a rebellion: they have already started revolting. The whole city knew about the commotion. Instead of taking control of the palace as soon as possible, they set fires everywhere on the road and started fighting with civilians... What is this going on?"

"So I think it is the war commander's political opponents who took the opportunity to spread rumors and carry out planned attacks on him, making it difficult for him to step down." The young man speculated: "To be honest, I don't even believe that this is a rumor spread by local residents. Because it’s too common sense to spread the news—are the mutinies of the Oros people so outrageous?”

"Anyway, I've read a lot of history books, but I've never heard of such a rebellion." He finally asserted: "It's more normal for the city to be flooded and cause commotion."

"It's normal for some people to fight and some residents to run away. After all, in terms of public security management in this city, robberies, wealth and murder are inevitable. Taking Xinruan and running away first is an understandable choice. And fleeing to the seaside, This is even more true - this is definitely the place least likely to be burned by fire. For those affected by the fire, it is instinctive to run to places with more water."

"But this matter has obviously been attached with a more complicated meaning." He changed the topic: "The fact that it can be directed to the war commander shows that someone in the court has long been very dissatisfied with him. Accusations of rebellion are everywhere. It's a big deal. Even if there is no evidence, just by chance encountering certain events, it will make people think that it is groundless, and it is uncertain whether it is true or not. It will take a lot of energy to calm the matter down, even if it is to create a Trouble has paid for itself."

"As for that flag, I think it's just a rumor. Why fight against the Warmaster's flag?" He listed various possible situations: "If the rebellion is to promote the members of the sweat room that you support, then you should fight against others first. If it is for myself, then I am not a war commander, but a show-off, let alone this. Therefore, this act of using a flag to show one's identity seems inexplicable. Apart from rumors, I can't think of anything good. explained."

"My nephew is indeed smart." Sun Shiwan nodded with satisfaction: "You have seen all these doubts."

"So I don't think you need to reward him so much." The young man suggested: "He didn't even hear clearly, so he ran away directly, and just gave him a piece of silver and gave him a promotion. After that, others If everyone follows suit, how should we reward them?"

But Sun Shiwan just smiled and shook his head.

"If I don't reward him more, next time something like this happens, everyone will run away and no one will come to deliver the letter."

"The prices in the market can rise and fall today, and the vendors on the street can see it. You can't distinguish good businessmen based on these. The most important thing for us to do business is to have a vision and be able to judge long-term investment and output. Come out, this is the most valuable part." He warned.

"The investment of these dozens of taels of silver can increase everyone's enthusiasm, which is really worth it. As for the position, if he has talent, wouldn't it be a good thing to let him go to this position?"

"And if not, then after a while, he will be squeezed out by other capable people. We, the hosts, don't have to get involved in anything, and we won't lose anything. In this case, why should we care about it?"

"Shibo taught me a lesson." The young man immediately lowered his head and replied. "Hey, you don't have to be so polite. Your father and I are close friends, and you are the most talented person of our generation. I am not saying this to teach anyone a lesson, but to allow you to accumulate experience as soon as possible. It is also for the sake of The future of our Dayuan." Sun Shiwan shook his head.

"It's not a good place to be treated in a foreign country!" He shook his head, pointed to his apron, and sighed with a smile: "Look, I was stingy at the time and was not willing to bring a good chef. As a result, I haven't eaten the food here yet. I'm used to it. If we want us to eat something good this time, we have to make it ourselves."

"But there is nothing we can do. Our future lies here."

"To the east, there is no way to go. Your uncle Qian's caravan has sailed to the southeast twice, and can only find scattered small islands. The islands are covered with miasma, and there are neither resources worth developing nor resources that can be exploited. A trading city settlement. There are only all kinds of primitive barbarians everywhere. They are so poor and unruly that even the Javanese natives are too lazy to mess with them."

"They are very persistent. They say that based on Guo Shoujing's theory, the earth we live in is round. Further south, the climate will be the same as that of the Central Plains and return to normal. But let me tell you, this idea is too far away from being realized. What we can do is to look for opportunities westward. Therefore, I have always said that I would go here personally, and I asked you, Erlang, to come over as well. That’s what I meant.”

"Business related to the country is the most valuable and rarest big business. Compared with this business, a flower shop machine is nothing." He shook his head and said: "This is definitely indispensable within the Roman Khanate. There are undercurrents, but we must seize the opportunity and gain a foothold here. This is not just a matter of one or two businesses, it is also related to the national destiny of my country."

The young man nodded solemnly.

They waited for a while, and Sun Xian, who had just been ordered to leave, ran back panting.He was even more anxious than the guy just now. He ran to the middle of the courtyard, tripped over a decorative stone, and fell out.

"Master, Master!" He stood up and cupped his hands, then quickly turned around and called to the side: "Oh, Mr. Zhang. What a joke..."

"Don't worry about it, hurry up and say it." Sun Shiwan urged.

"The Western Yi Chamber of Commerce has all responded." Sun Xian gasped and said: "The spies said that the Oros people were in a panic and couldn't see clearly what they were doing. They only saw someone packing their things to go to the dock. In addition, the Oros people were in a panic. The chambers of commerce in several countries have mixed reactions. Some people seem to have received the news much earlier than us and are currently having meetings; others are also gathering their servants and don’t know what they want to do.”

Sun Shiwan pondered for a moment, then slammed his hand.

"Isn't that very simple? I know what they want to do." He widened his eyes and said decisively: "Quickly, open the warehouse and recruit troops to your family and associates!"

Sun Xian didn't even make any suggestions this time, and immediately rushed out again, shouting for everyone to gather.

"What's the matter, Shibo?" Zhang Erlang asked quickly before he could react.

"Do you remember what my buddy said before, about someone coming out of the Oros settlement and running to the beach?" Sun Shiwan asked.

Zhang Erlang nodded.

"Look, the Oros merchants are also preparing to run to the seaside." Sun Shiwan said briefly: "I'm afraid it's not a fire problem, but someone is chasing them."

"Who?" Zhang Erlang asked.

"Old question. Who benefits the most?" Sun Shiwan asked again, letting him think for himself.

"Oh, those Italian businessmen..." Zhang Erlang also reacted.

"That's right. Do you still remember that Oros merchants are a relatively new force, and those Italian merchants, especially those from Venice, are the old business overlords here." Sun Shiwan explained: "Now Oros merchants are rising rapidly. Come on, think about it, who do you get the share from? Of course it’s the businessmen from before.”

"No businessman can endure this situation for a long time." He shook his head: "Sure enough, the fire and the war commander are all cover. I am afraid that the Italian businessmen have been planning for a long time and are ready to find opportunities to deal with the Oros people. "

"The Oros merchants have established themselves here not only by the business itself, but also by the large labor force and vast market they control - you see, almost all the new hard workers in the city are from the Rus area. A large number of raw materials, It also comes from there. It can be said that the Oros settlement is where their roots lie."

"I understand." Zhang Erlang nodded: "It doesn't matter what the cause is. What they want to do is to take the opportunity to drive these people out of their roots, right?"

"I'm afraid that's the case. Those Oros people who ran to the dock are probably not just ordinary residents, but many of them are members of the Chamber of Commerce who were implicated." Sun Shiwan estimated: "The chaos of the Ross Chamber of Commerce is also understandable. Moreover, some People were frightened and in a panic, they were ready to pack up their belongings and run away to the dock - this may be why they had to go to the dock area."

"Then we..."

"The Oros people are finished, will they let us go?" Sun Shiwan asked.

"I just said our goal. Even if they don't know the idea yet, they can see the clues from our high-profile activities. And with a little knowledge of history, it is not difficult to know that we are an opponent with huge competitive potential. Anyway, if I were them, I would not let our company go."

"Then we can't escape." Zhang Erlang clenched his fists: "In this case, we can only fight to the death."

"Yes." Sun Shiwan raised his head with emotion and looked at the bright full moon in the night sky: "In fact, over the years, we have had many conflicts and even many wars with other powerful businessmen. .Even if we get to Da Qin, I’m afraid we will inevitably encounter these things.”

"After so many years of doing business, I understand very well that pure business behavior has its limits. Why didn't we, the Yuan Dynasty gentry, want to just run a good business and live a good life without caring about anything? But they didn't want to."

"Dayuan has always been lenient and can leave us alone. But this won't last long, because you see, someone will always come to take care of it." He shook his head: "When someone comes to take care of it and we can't defeat them, then we can only do it ourselves." Accept that you are unlucky."

"It's the same now. We are doing business well, but there are always people who don't want us to just do business well and insist on giving us some extra tricks. Then, in this case, we can only respond in the same way."

"They must have been preparing for a long time." Zhang Erlang reminded: "If there is a sudden conflict, will we suffer a loss?"

"If you are afraid of losing money, you won't be able to do big business." Sun Shiwan also reminded him in turn.

"Besides, since they are still having a meeting, it means that their preparations have not been completely completed. This is our opportunity, and the sooner we act, the better." He warned his nephew: "It is better to dispatch now than to be attacked." It’s hard to beat someone at your door.”

"Don't be afraid. Mr. Zhang told me that you are also good at martial arts. And this time, you can just follow me." He patted his belly: "Don't look at me like this now, back then I was with your father and the others. , braved the interception by the pseudo-Ming navy and sailed away to sell salt."

"Bah, what kind of idiot in Italy wants to kill me?" He scolded: "A straight bitch. I can't beat Zhu Chongba, and I can't beat you!"

Sun Shiwan brought a group of elite servants.Even the helpers are all skilled. They have been practicing all the way here.It didn't take long before everyone was ready, picked up the guy, and gathered in the yard.

"You are all old friends. The matter is urgent, so I won't say anything." Sun Shiwan also grabbed a sword and said to everyone: "Now someone wants to kill us and swallow up our business. You tell yourselves, what's going on? manage?"

"Fuck him!"

"Damn it, are you trying to steal my job?"

Sure enough, everyone immediately became motivated without having to explain themselves in detail.

"I heard that these Italians are not good at fighting, but they like to brag the most. The more they drift in this little Thai-Western bathtub, the more they feel that they are the commercial overlords and the masters of the maritime trade routes." Sun Shiwan continued said:

"But I don't quite believe it. The trade route is obviously ours! I, Dayuan, should be the master of this sea!"

"The spies just said that several of them have gathered their manpower and are preparing to kill them. Since they attack first, we don't have to be polite. Anyway, in the end, whoever is alive will own the trade route."

He waved his sword fiercely: "Everyone is messing around, let's go and eliminate their main force first. Remember, don't leave anyone alive!"

"go!"

(End of this chapter)