Chapter 46: The Takeover
Liu Han didn't care what he thought, and said straight to the second shopkeeper: "From now on, I will be in charge of the Chang'an store, take out all the account books, I will check the accounts first, and all transactions will be suspended." ”
The second shopkeeper is like ashes, he has been here for more than a year, Fu Sangongzi promised him that after getting the Chang'an store, he would replace Bi Liang and let him be the big shopkeeper, but overnight, things all changed, Li Minshi, the big housekeeper came to inform him that he and their people were resigning today.
"Proprietor, this is my resignation. The second shopkeeper took out his resignation letter expressionlessly and put it on the counter, and then a few more guys took out the resignation letter.
Liu Han swept his eyes: "Okay, but you can't leave for the time being, you must wait for the accounts to be checked clearly before leaving." Speaking of this, there was a pause: "You have worked for the Hanhai Trading Company for many years, and in order to thank you, the trading company has decided to give each person a hundred taels of silver as severance pay, and if there are other people who want to leave, they will do the same, but I hope that we will get together and disperse well, and not make any unpleasant things." ”
The second shopkeeper and the guys were very surprised, the second shopkeeper knew in his heart what was going on, Liu Han wanted to check the accounts, which was expected by him, Liu Han had not yet arrived, Bi Liang asked him to prepare all the accounts, and Liu Han would definitely check the accounts.
One hundred taels of silver, this is a large amount, the annual income of ordinary people's homes is only twenty or thirty taels of silver, this one hundred taels of silver is the income of ordinary people for several years, even if the second shopkeeper, the annual income is only seventy or eighty taels of silver, as soon as Liu Han said this, not only the second shopkeeper and all the guys were moved, but even the officials on the side were surprised.
"The shopkeeper is so generous," the team leader looked at the body for a long time, but he didn't see the slightest flaw, and returned the body to Liu Han: "This Chang'an City, the status is noble, and there are many rich people, how long will the shopkeeper stay in Chang'an?"
Liu Han shrugged: "I was only going to stay for a few days, but the shopkeeper was killed, it seems that I have to stay for a few more days, thank you for your trouble." ”
The head of the squad looked at him again, turned around and walked out, several officials followed him dejectedly, Lao Huang stopped them at the door and gave them five hundred taels of silver tickets: "Brothers have worked hard, this is the money that the owner of my family gave to your brothers, and I ask you brothers to laugh." ”
Several officials looked at the team leader with a smile, and the team leader took it in a deep voice: "Thank you Guidong, but."
"After the shopkeeper's business, you brothers have bothered a lot to find out the real culprit, and the proprietor of my family has another reward. Lao Huang said with a smile, his eyes were already small, but now they are even smaller, almost invisible.
The head of the team looked at Lao Huang and smiled slightly: "There are many nobles in Chang'an, please be careful with your proprietor." ”
After saying that, he left without looking back, Lao Huang looked at their backs, and said in his heart that this team leader is still a little interesting.
The officials talked while walking, five hundred taels of silver, this is a huge amount of money, usually do things, meet generous, the reward is only one or twenty taels, this time they gave five hundred taels at once, so that the officials were very excited.
After discussing for a while, someone finally remembered what he was doing today, and a servant walked two steps closer to the squad leader and asked, "Head, what should I do next?"
The head of the squad was expressionless, shook his head and said, "This case is difficult to handle." ”
The officials hurriedly surrounded him, and the man continued to ask, "What's wrong?"
"From now on, this person surnamed Liu is definitely not the murderer who killed the shopkeeper," the team leader thought solemnly, and said slowly: "However, I don't feel that he is surprised at all, and the resignation of the second shopkeeper was also prepared in advance, and as soon as he entered the door, he announced that he would take over the whole store, indicating that he probably knew that the surname Bi was dead, how did he know? ”
"Why wasn't this Bi Liang killed by someone surnamed Liu?"
"Bi Liang is his slave, if he wants to kill Bi Liang, he will pay twenty taels of silver at most, and there is no need to hide and hide. ”
Hearing this, the officials nodded frequently, and the team leader sighed and flicked the silver ticket: "This silver is even the cost of the brothers' injuries." ”
There is a time limit for solving a case, and the time to solve a case is generally seven days.
The head of the squad has already noticed that there is something strange in this case, there are many nobles in Chang'an City, some people, let alone them, even the assassin Shi and the master of Futai can't afford to provoke them, if the case involves these nobles, they are helpless.
This time it was troublesome, the team leader looked back at the door of Hanhai Trading Company, the door of the store was now closed, and he had a hunch that this case was not ordinary, and it was strange inside.
"Let's go to the scene again. The head of the squad said categorically, touching the five hundred taels of silver tickets in his arms, although the silver is good, but the case still has to be explained, whether it can be broken is another matter, but at least there is an explanation from top to bottom, he suddenly wanted to remind the surnamed Liu, it is best to give some money to appease Bi Liang's family, but when he looks back, this surnamed Liu is so shrewd and generous, he should not be so stupid.
The handover of the Chang'an store was very smooth, Fu Sangongzi's people did not set up the slightest obstacle, Lao Huang organized a receiving team, counted the accounts, checked the warehouse, Liu Han interrogated the second shopkeeper, what reassured him was that the people he put in the Chang'an store really went to the desert and Bingzhou, and what he was most worried about was that these people were harmed by the Fu family. The caravan that went to the desert still had more than half a month to come back, but the caravan that went to Bingzhou came back four days later, it was no wonder that Fu Sangongzi did it so quickly, if he waited for his people to come back, he was very likely to be exposed.
Liu Han saw that the second shopkeeper seemed to be a little uneasy, so he comforted him a few words, telling him that this matter had nothing to do with them, as long as the handover was done, they could leave, and the second shopkeeper thanked him gratefully.
The owner of the Hanhai trading company arrived at the store, and the shopkeeper of the trading company, Bi Liangnai, was a slave and was harmed by people outside Chang'an City, and the news spread throughout Chang'an in half a day, and merchants who had business contacts with the trading company came to the door one after another. Liu Han told them that the agreements or contracts signed by Bi Liang with them would continue to be executed, that Hanhai Trading Company kept its promises, and that the trading company had the strength to honor all contracts.
Among all the merchants who came to the door, Liu Han paid the most attention to Tonghui Qianzhuang, Tonghui Qianzhuang came to the door is the shopkeeper outside the Qianzhuang, the shopkeeper outside the Qianzhuang is a middle-aged man in his thirties, he took two buddies, Bi Liang once borrowed 20,000 taels of silver from Tonghui Qianzhuang in the name of Hanhai Trading Company, obviously, he was worried about this money.
"Please rest assured, Hanhai Trading Company has enough strength to pay this money," Liu Han was very polite, this is equivalent to a bank in the previous life, and no one who offends a businessman can offend the bank: "We, Hanhai Trading Company, hope to have more and more in-depth cooperation with Guiqian Zhuang in the future." ”
"I've always wondered that with your strength, you don't need a loan at all, and when the shopkeeper Bi asked us for a loan, I was surprised. After the opening of the Chang'an store of Tonghui Money Zhuang, he wanted to borrow money to Hanhai Trading Company several times, but Bi Liang refused, and he didn't think that some time ago, Bi Liang came to the door to borrow 20,000 yuan, which made him overjoyed, and at the same time he was skeptical, because as far as he knew, Hanhai Trading Company's financial situation was good, and there was no need to borrow at all, of course, lending money to people who could afford it, that was the most willing money of Qianzhuang.
Of course, Liu Han knew that nine months ago, the old prince went to the imperial capital to conduct business, and transferred 30,000 silver from Liangzhou and 70,000 silver from Chang'an, which caused the turnover of Chang'an to be ineffective for a while, so he borrowed 20,000 silver from Qianzhuang.