Gu Peng's face turned cold, and he gritted his teeth fiercely: "I don't accept it, if you act like this, the merchants in Chengdu will not be convinced, where is there any reason in the world to buy and sell?" ”

Yang Youcai stretched out his hand and pulled out the knife: "Grandma's, you are still quibbling after being stolen and obtained, do you think that our Jinyiwei's knife is just a decoration?" ”

Cheng Xiaolian stretched out his hand and grabbed him: "There are so many people here, even if we take advantage of it, killing him with a knife will always have a bad impact." ”

Speaking of this, as soon as he raised his hand, a brocade guard on the side stretched out his hand and took out a piece of white paper: "This white paper is written in black and white on the white paper, your ancient family is willing to become the imperial merchant of my Ming Dynasty, and now you collude with the villagers of Hanjiazhuang to guard and steal, and now the villagers of Hanjiazhuang have almost given their lives because of this matter, according to the law, your ancient family is indeed not punishable, but you are confused for a while, so I spared you this time, but you have to compensate us for the silver of Gongbu." ”

Gu Peng laughed disdainfully: "You went to Hanjiazhuang and naturally found Kampot before you dared to kill, and now that Gongpot is naturally back to you, why should my Gu family pay for the silver?" ”

After he said this, the people around him looked at him like idiots, Master Gu, do you admit that you grabbed Kampot yourself?

Yang Youcai laughed: "Your Highness, I'm convinced." Someone came, arrested Gu Peng, and copied the Gu family. ”

Cheng Xiaolian glanced at Hall Master Xu: "Hall Master Xu, in front of so many people, he personally admitted this matter, let's arrest him without wrongdoing." I just didn't know that Hall Master Xu and Gu Peng were so close, I don't know if your Xu family had a share in this matter? ”

Hall Master Xu waved his sleeves: "I, Xu Jingyan, am blind to think that his Gu family is a serious merchant, I can't imagine that Gu Peng is mad and would do such a thing, I am here to apologize to His Highness for the rudeness just now, if His Highness needs any help, just speak, I will never refuse." ”

Gu Peng's face changed: "Xu Jingyan, this matter has been discussed by the two of us, in order to destroy the matter of the imperial merchant and make Chengdu Shangtang the only person in charge in the eyes of Chengdu merchants, why did you retreat at this time?" ”

Xu Jingyan's face remained unchanged: "Nonsense, Your Highness, I guess you have already seen it, this person is because I can't help him, he actually climbs and bites indiscriminately, this kind of person is simply not as good as a pig and a dog, I suggest that His Highness immediately behead him to the public, on behalf of the merchants of Chengdu City, I thank Your Highness for the business community of Chengdu City except for such a mouse!" ”

Cheng Xiaolian smiled and nodded: "I don't think Hall Master Xu will do such a rebellious thing, but since Hall Master Xu has made a request on behalf of the merchants in Chengdu, how can I not agree, come here, immediately cut off Gu Peng's head and hang it on the city gate tower to show the public." ”

Xu Jingyan never thought that Cheng Xiaolian really did what he asked, in his opinion, Cheng Xiaolian must have doubts about him, he strongly proposed to kill Gu Peng, Cheng Xiaolian would definitely not agree, but wanted to knock something out of Gu Peng's mouth, and then gave him time to react, maybe he could take the opportunity to make some mess to talk to the court about the conditions.

But Cheng Xiaolian didn't fall for this, in his opinion, even if Gu Peng said something in his confession, it would be impossible to bring down Xu Jingyan, the owner of Chengdu Shangtang, with such a confession, Xu Jingyan would definitely not leave such an obvious flaw, and he didn't have his own internal response at home, so it was better to do what he said, and this matter would definitely make Xu Jingyan eat a fly.

The people of Shangtang estimated that many of his allies knew about their relationship, even if the two of them didn't tell those allies before, but they would definitely be able to speculate about this matter, and when Xu Jingyan's proposal would definitely make them feel sad that they would die and die, the next time there was such a thing that jumped out and went against the court, it is estimated that no one would rush out to do it for him.

Xu Jingyan couldn't say anything, so he could only suffer this dumb loss, and then looked at Gu Peng is mouth full of scolding, a brocade guard was about to come over and remove his chin, Yang Youcai kicked it away: "People who are dying, don't let people say a few words in their hearts?" Get out of the way. ”

So Gu Peng was taken around the city, even if the people who hid at home and didn't come heard the scolding: "Xu Jingyan said that you don't have to die, Lao Tzu saddled the horse for you, and now if something happens, he will throw Lao Tzu out as a scapegoat, and Lao Tzu is waiting for you, the turtle son!" ”

In the end, his head was cut off and hung on the top of the city, of course, Cheng Xiaolian didn't care if his head was hung up, and glanced at the few imperial businessmen in the crowd: "Everyone, today's big show is quite good-looking, right?" ”

Several people smiled bitterly: "It's good-looking." ”

They returned to Cheng Xiaolian's house, sat down, and Cheng Xiaolian took a sip of tea: "How about it, do you want to continue this errand?" "Through this incident, he also understands that the twisted melon is not sweet, besides, although he doesn't know how to do business, there are many people in the world who know how to do it, and then look for it, if you forcibly leave them, I don't know if this kind of thing will happen in the future.

Several people glanced at each other, and immediately knelt on the ground: "Your Highness, it was the grass people who were blinded by lard for a while, and we don't want to do this business." ”

Cheng Xiaolian is not very surprised, although these people saw the truth of the Gu family's affairs today, but they also saw that the contradiction between the court and the Shangtang has intensified, at this time, they are involved, both sides are angry, even if they have the identity of the imperial businessman, the Shangtang family has a big business, once the purchase price is deliberately raised, they can't stand it, it is better to wait until the dust settles.

It's just that there was a person who was originally sitting, and at this time he suddenly knelt down: "The grass people are willing to continue to do the business of this imperial merchant." ”

Cheng Xiaolian was a little surprised, and waved his hand first: "A few of you go to Zhu Fu, return the documents of the imperial merchant, and remove the imperial merchant's brand, although we can't cooperate, but I still wish you good fortune." ”

"The grass people have thanked His Highness, and I wish His Highness peace and well-being."

After these people walked out, Cheng Xiaolian stared at the remaining person: "What about your father." ”

"My father handed over the whole family's business to me three days ago, and now I am the steward of the Tao family."

Cheng Xiaolian laughed: "I think you should go back and discuss with your father, this business is not easy to do, and I don't want to harm your Tao family." ”

"The stakes, Tao Li has already thought clearly, we have done this imperial business, we must be run by the merchant hall, people buy and sell fairly, His Royal Highness also needs the stability of Chengdu, they will not be touched for a year and a half, so the life of the Tao family will not be easy."

"Now that you have figured it out, why do you still want to take over the business of this imperial merchant?"

"Wealth and danger are sought, everyone loves the icing on the cake, and the grass people prefer to send charcoal in the snow, thinking that the grass people know that the risk is big, and the rewards will be much more."

(End of chapter)