Yu Tang Golden Boudoir

Chapter 11 Resignation (2)

"Those were left to me by my grandma. I would rather destroy them... If it's not possible, I'll wander the rivers and lakes with you." Li Tian's words were another kind of determination, and Yue Niang laughed: "How can you bear it?" That suffering? It’s me. I’ve grown lazy in the past few years. Thinking about the past with my master and brother, it’s really hard... Then again, you have so many thoughts, plus my kung fu, the two of us If you really want to break into the rivers and lakes, you can become famous in half a year."

Yue Niang took Li Tian off the horse outside the inner city gate, and then walked in, the two of them riding the horses were too eye-catching, Yue Niang led the horse, and the two walked leisurely for a while Zhong, arrived at the back door of Fan Tower. Mammy Xiong and Fourth Daughter-in-law Cao were already waiting in the car. When they saw Li Tian coming, they hurriedly got out of the carriage. Enter Fanlou through the back door.

The fourth daughter-in-law of Cao led the way, and soon turned into a private room behind a bamboo forest.

Shopkeeper Cheng and Sun Liu were sitting opposite each other drinking tea in muffled voices. Hearing the movement, Sun Liu rushed forward and lifted the curtain to let the four of them in.Shopkeeper Cheng also hurriedly stood up, looking at Li Tian with deep worry and concern.

With a calm face, Li Tian took off the cloak and handed it to Madam Xiong, looked at Shopkeeper Cheng and Sun Liu, and said bluntly, "Treasurer Huang, please resign. I have already left for Lizhou Road to take up my post early this morning. Already know?"

"I just heard from Cao Si's family." Shopkeeper Cheng replied worriedly, and Sun Liu also nodded and said, "I only found out after hearing from Cao Si's sister-in-law."

"Hmm." Li Tian stood in front of the window, looked at the bleak bamboo forest outside the window and was silent for a moment, then turned to look at shopkeeper Cheng and Sun Liu, and said with a hint of sadness in his indifference: "It's normal to covet outside, I also think about it." Yes, but shopkeeper Huang... Sigh." Li Tian sighed: "His father and son have been working with grandma for two generations. I didn't expect him to be so short-sighted. Forget it, don't mention him, let's go. If he leaves, I'm afraid we will be so short-sighted. It will be difficult for a while, and you two will have to work harder in the future."

"My boss, don't worry, who doesn't have a difficult time? There is no obstacle that you can't get over. On my side, you just have to rest assured." Shopkeeper Cheng comforted Li Tian first, Li Tian nodded slightly to show his thanks, and Sun Liu looked at it frankly. Looking at Li Tian, ​​with a trace of excitement in his expression, he said: "The boss's errands are refreshing, you just tell me, where should we start first?"

"The Huang family got the appointment. It must be Huang Liangyu, the only son of shopkeeper Huang. I heard that he received an errand from Lizhou Road. I asked shopkeeper Cheng to ask the official department what kind of errand Huang Liangyu got and who asked for it for him. Appointment." Li Tian looked at Shopkeeper Cheng and ordered, Shopkeeper Cheng nodded in agreement, Li Tian turned to look at Sun Liu and said: "You have more things to do, first, carefully inquire about Huang Liangyu's whereabouts, from the day grandma passed away Ask about who you met, where you went, and what you did, the more carefully the better; second, pay attention to the movement of the six shops and shopkeepers in the capital, regardless of size, but if there is something unusual, hurry up Report it to me, and pass the letter to the shopkeeper of Muji Soup Noodle Shop next to the Gongyuan."

"Yes!" Sun Liu answered loudly and crisply, and Li Tian looked at the two and confessed again: "Be careful for a while, we have to find out the hand that moved the shopkeeper Huang secretly, but we have to keep it hidden." In the dark, you can't let people pick it up to the light, otherwise it will be really hard to do anything."

"Don't worry, my master." Shopkeeper Cheng and Sun Liu replied solemnly. Li Tian motioned for Madam Xiong to pass the cloak and put it on, then raised her head slightly and tied the cloak strap and said proudly: "Since someone wants to reach out, let's try it with a knife. Hand, it's not so easy to retract!"

Sun Liu's brows fluttered in excitement, he made a promise, and bowed to the end, the worry in Cheng's eyes suddenly decreased, as if he had breathed out, with a smile on his face, he bowed his hands respectfully, and sent Li Tian away from the door.

Li Tian and his group left Fan Lou and found another hotel for lunch. Seeing that it was almost time, they boarded the car and went to Li Tian's largest shop in the capital——Rong An Tang Herbal Medicine Shop.

The shopkeeper Wang of Rong'an Hall took Li Tian in, and went to the room in the backyard of the pharmacy. The shopkeepers of the other five shops had already arrived. They were worried, thoughtful, or excitedly looking forward to Li Tian, ​​who was dressed as a handsome scholar. When Tian came in, he bowed his hands or bowed to salute unevenly.

Li Tian glanced coldly at the gazes of several shopkeepers, with a decent smile on his face, raised his hand and said, "You don't have to be polite, shopkeepers." After finishing speaking, he walked all the way to the upper left and took a seat. Fourth daughter-in-law Cao stood at the door of the upper room with her hands down on the left and right, and Yue Niang stood upright behind Li Tian with her hands behind her back.

"Everyone, please sit down." Li Tian politely raised his hand to give way, and the six shopkeepers made a few words and sat down. Li Tian saw that everyone was seated, and said in a calm voice: "Please come, there are two I have to explain a small matter, one is that the shopkeeper Huang Da sent a letter today to resign, and he has already left for Lizhou Road to take up his post early in the morning."

Li Tian stopped talking and looked at everyone's reactions. Shopkeeper Wang lowered his head and sighed heavily. Shopkeeper Zhao and Shopkeeper Qian who were next to him exchanged glances quickly with intense surprise on their faces. The shopkeeper looked at Shopkeeper Wang, and then at Li Tian, ​​with a suspicious expression on his face, as if he didn't know whether to be surprised or sigh.

"The second small thing is that there will be no more big shopkeepers in the future. You are all first-class shopkeepers in each business. Needless to say about business matters, if there is anything else, please report to me. Discuss what to do with everyone, and everyone's annual bill will be increased by [-]% from this month." Li Tian continued, several shopkeepers looked at Li Tian in surprise, and they all knew about the resignation of Huang Da shopkeeper before she did. , more or less thought about who the new owner would take the position of the big shopkeeper, but hearing what Li Tian said, she didn't plan to mention another big shopkeeper.

"Grandma is returning home on the crane, and the shopkeeper Huang is leaving in a hurry, and the end of the new year is approaching. Please work hard for a while, and take care of everything, so that this year can pass this year safely, and I will thank you separately." Li Tian was not prepared to stay longer, so he stood up and waved his hands together to say goodbye.

Shopkeeper Wang hurriedly led Li Tian to the corner gate, looked left and right, looked at Li Tian and said in a low voice: "Master, I heard that Huang Dalang got an appointment as the county magistrate of Ningyuan County, I thought you knew about it a long time ago. ... There are people behind, my master, be careful."

"Thank you, I understand, I will thank you for your troubles in the shop." A warm light flashed in Li Tian's eyes, and he thanked him with a slight bow. Take care, people are the most important thing."

"Yeah." Li Tian smiled, "I've made a note, don't worry."

In the evening, Li Tian called Mama Xiong, Yue Niang, Cao Si's wife, Ying Luo, and Qing Zhi to come in, briefly said about the resignation of the shopkeeper Huang, looked at everyone, and continued: "Now that there is no big shopkeeper, this year's big shopkeeper is gone. The account has to be handed over to us directly, Fourth Sister-in-law Cao is in charge of the account, Qingzhi has made up his mind, you can help Fourth Sister Cao, and Yingluo will take care of the other matters and send them to me for disposal."

Cao Si's daughter-in-law, Qingzhi and Yingluo hurriedly nodded in agreement, Mammy Xiong said worriedly: "Fifth lady, this can't be done without a big shopkeeper, we are all women and men, if anything happens, we don't even have anyone to show up. "

"I know, but at this moment we can only go through it first, and look at the opponent's way of thinking. He lured Huang Zhongxian away first. This is the way of capturing the thief first and capturing the king. If we propose another big shopkeeper, it will be nothing but Set a target for the other party, this big shopkeeper will either be bought by the other party, or try to get rid of it, no matter what, our situation will only be more difficult, and the two evils are weighed, whichever is the lesser, as it is now, it is inconvenient. It's a trivial matter." Li Tian explained carefully.

"What kind of king is a big shopkeeper? I think the black hand is also an idiot!" Yue Niang curled her lips and said, Li Tian didn't answer her words, but turned to look at Cao Si's wife and then ordered: "I'm afraid I have to Trouble Brother Cao."

"How can I bear the word troublesome, fifth lady just give orders." Cao Si's daughter-in-law hurriedly stood up and responded, Li Tian continued: "Fourth Brother Fancao first went to Hangzhou Mansion and brought a letter to my aunt. We are in Lianghuai, Jiangnan The shops on Fujian, Fujian and Liangzhe roads have to be entrusted to my aunt to take care of them for a while, and then I will ask my aunt to send a safe steward to walk around the shops together and tell my aunt what to do with the shops."

The fourth daughter-in-law of Cao stared at Li Tian blankly, and didn't dare to answer for a while. She was Li Tian's chief manager of the internal tent. Except for the shopkeeper Cheng, all the other businesses were under her control. The shops in these four places occupied Nearly [-]% of Li Tian's property is entrusted to his aunt who has never met?This is too risky!
"That's it." Li Tian rubbed his brows wearily, not going to explain further: "Tell Fourth Brother Cao to ask him to travel day and night. The other party probably started to arrange it on the day grandma passed away. We are half a little late Yue, let him go as soon as possible."

"Okay!" The Fourth Daughter-in-law Cao gritted her teeth and replied emphatically. Li Tian motioned to Yingluo. Yingluo turned and went into the room, and brought out a very ordinary indigo fine cloth bundle and handed it to the Fourth Daughter-in-law Cao.

"It's all sewn up?" Fourth daughter-in-law Cao asked after taking the bundle, Yingluo nodded and said, "It's been sewn several times, you can wrap it with another layer of oilcloth when you go back." Fourth daughter-in-law Cao agreed, hugged the bundle carefully, and got up He said goodbye: "Fifth lady, then I will go back quickly, and I will send Shi Geer and his father away tonight."

"Yeah." Li Tian agreed, and Qing Zhi hurriedly lifted the curtain to see Cao Si's daughter-in-law go out. Li Tian turned to look at Mammy Xiong and said in a low voice: "The mammy in this mansion is too much trouble to keep an eye on the others." what happened."

"Fifth lady, don't worry." Xiong Mama hurriedly replied: "It's only half a month, Fifth lady has lost a whole circle of weight, so don't worry too much, no matter what, the most important thing is your body, the old lady has always said so before."

"I know, it's getting late, you should go back early and rest, everyone should take care." Li Tian said with a slight smile, Mammy Xiong agreed, stood up and walked out of the yard, and walked around the kitchen behind Just go out and go back.

The next day, Sun Liu got a letter first, and it turned out that Huang Liangyu, the only son of the shopkeeper Huang, was appointed as the magistrate of Ningyuan County on Lizhou Road. Yes, there was no letter. A few days later, shopkeeper Cheng came over in person. He found the small official who wrote the appointment, and said that Huang Liangyu got the job because of Tweeting, but this He has no way of knowing who invited Tweet down here.

(End of this chapter)