The Golden County Magistrate

This made everyone stunned, and they all looked at the book on the ground.

Is there something strange in this?

Mr. Kong supported his knees, bent down with difficulty, picked up the book at his feet, and opened the first page.

The people around him also came closer and looked.

"Is this... Brother Su from Zhonglin?"

Mr. Kong said in surprise, and his eyes followed the things written on it. The more he read, the more solemn his face became.

The book recorded the relevant situation of the owner of the Su Silk Shop from Zhonglin City.

Naturally, it was not as detailed as the book sent to Chen Yan. This was a selection, and the part that could clearly point out the relationship between the Su and Shang families was copied out.

From the business dealings between the two families, to how the Su family later owed a huge debt, to how the Shang family provided heavy assistance and took over the Su Silk Shop, the records were clear and clear at a glance.

This booklet is not very thick, but it has more than ten pages. The first three pages are records, and the back is full of various documents, and they are originals with their own private seals and handprints.

Everyone read to the end in one breath, and they were all surprised.

After reading it, Mr. Kong couldn't help but look up at the head of the Su family over there, with a strange look.

The head of the Su family felt uneasy and couldn't help but walk over quickly. He took the booklet and took a look. His eyes suddenly widened, and he couldn't believe it!

After seeing the back, he lost his voice and said, "This... How is this possible! These documents were clearly placed by me in a safe place..."

At this point, he realized that he had spoken out of turn and hurriedly stopped talking.

But he couldn't help but look at Shang Qiu.

Shang Qiu was shocked and angry, and cursed in his heart. Looking at him at this time, isn't it self-exposure?

But he didn't say anything, stepped forward a few steps, picked up another booklet, and flipped through it.

The others also reacted, picked up all the books that fell on the ground, and flipped through them.

"The other pile on the table is the same thing."

"If it weren't for my great power to find these evidences, not only would my Zhou Chamber of Commerce be deceived, but all the nobles present today would also suffer a great loss!"

"It's obviously a fair deal, but you have to do this, Mr. Shang, how are you going to explain to everyone!"

Zhou Yang shouted, his expression even more angry.

In fact, he didn't know where these books came from.

He just followed He Jinyao's instructions and played this drama well.

Of course, he didn't know even more, He Jinyao himself didn't know where Chen Yan got these materials from.

Especially the signed documents attached to it. It is said that every family would hide such things properly. How did Chen Yan get them?

At this time, everyone was more and more surprised, and many people couldn't help but look at Shang Qiu frequently.

Shang Qiu's face changed drastically, and he couldn't believe it!

"Oh my god, it turns out that Ge's grain also belongs to Shangjia!"

"Wujiang Shipping Company is also Shangjia's property. How come I didn't know when Shangjia had also reached out to our Wujiang?"

"Isn't Mingsheng Bookstore a private business passed down from ancestors? It was actually taken over by Shangjia?"

A burst of surprised discussions rang out, and everyone involved was panicked.

Shangqiu, who had always been calm, finally couldn't hold it anymore. After flipping through several books in a row, he suddenly threw the booklet to the ground and said angrily: "I don't know anything about this matter. Manager Zhou, if you are not deceived, you are fabricating false evidence!"

At this time, he had no time to care about how the other party got these things. All he could do was never admit it!

Zhou Yang said coldly: "Why fabricate?"

Shangqiu was speechless for a while.

Everyone secretly felt that it made sense.

The two sides were not mortal enemies, and there was no reason to suddenly come up with such things to harm Shangjia.

"Mr. Shang, making money is not shameful."

"You and I are both seeking wealth in the business world."

"But seeking wealth also has its principles and limits!"

"You broke the rules of our chamber of commerce today and did such a thing. If people knew about it, they would think that our chamber of commerce had a private relationship with you and deliberately let you get the best store location!"

"Let alone your influence on our chamber of commerce, how can you be worthy of these nobles who want to do business with us!"

Zhou Yang shouted angrily and unceremoniously.

At this time, everyone had to be reminded by him before they reacted one by one, and they were all furious.

Mr. Kong was the first to say angrily: "That's right! This practice is shameful!"

He really spent a lot of time choosing a place for this business, but Shang Qiu used a trick to instruct others to grab it first. How could he swallow this breath?

"Yes, yes, this is too shameless!"

"I still want to do business with Shangjia, but who would dare to do business with you if you do this!"

"I am so angry! I want to kick out the Shang family!"

"Just kicking them out is not enough? This method is extremely despicable, we should report them to the authorities!"The crowd was furious and cursed. Shang Qiu's face changed drastically and he subconsciously took several steps back, fearing that the crowd would rush up and attack him in anger.

The merchants who were instructed by him dared not say anything at this time. They shrank their heads in fear. Some of them wanted to sneak away, but were stopped by the guards guarding the door.

Seeing that the time was almost right, Zhou Yang spoke loudly:

"Please don't get angry, this matter will be explained!"

"As the saying goes, a country has its own laws, a family has its own rules, and a business has its own rules!"

"You have all signed the franchise documents, so you must act according to the documents!"

"Mr. Shang, and you fellow friends, the franchise documents list detailed penalties for breach of contract, and I believe you all know them."

"We will handle official business impartially. According to the agreement, each breacher must pay 5,000 taels of breach of contract silver, and the selected store location will be taken back."

"Don't say that our chamber of commerce has no feelings. My boss said that if you still want to continue to join, you can give it a chance and choose a new store location."

"But, it must be after other franchisees have made their choices!"

"Of course, you can also choose to give up, but according to the agreement, the franchise fee will not be refunded."

Everyone suddenly realized it.

No wonder he said before that he would cancel the franchise that had been decided, and said that he would give everyone an explanation.

In this way, the good places that Shang Qiu had seized could be chosen by everyone again.

In the end, even if Shang Qiu was shameless enough to join, he could only choose those places with bad locations.

Shang Qiu was in a panic and looked at the people around him in a panic.

Five thousand taels for one person is not much, but he has more than twenty people!

In other words, if he wants to pay it all, he will have to spend at least 100,000 taels of silver!

Moreover, the more than 400,000 taels of silver that have been paid cannot be taken back. In total, it is more than 500,000 taels!

Even if he is a merchant, who is rich enough to rival a country, this is by no means a small amount!

"I am wronged, don't even think about taking a penny from me!" Shang Qiu was completely panicked.

"If you can't admit the penalty for breach of contract, then there is nothing you can do, Mr. Shang, let's meet in court!" Zhou Yang said coldly.