Chapter 135 Greedy Kid
Seeing that Jiao took the money, Yu Ren said, "I think I have heard about Manager Jiao. I don't have to hide this from you. Since my uncle got sick, we have lost several old customers. Now there are a lot of cotton cloth piles in the weaving room, so I want Manager Jiao to help you think of some solutions."
Manager Jiao gently put down the chicken legs in his hand, "Why should Mr. Yu hide it? Actually, I have heard of this a long time ago. All the big merchants in your Shen family were snatched away by the Xu family. Now I am afraid that the cotton cloth in the warehouse has been piled up! It's not just a little too much."
Seeing that Manager Jiao had already found out about the inside story of their Yu family very clearly, Yu Ren knew that this time the business would not be so easy to negotiate.
"Mr. Jiao said it well. Our family's situation is indeed a bit difficult at present, and this is the main reason why I came to see Mr. Jiao today."
Manager Jiao squinted his eyes and looked proud. He heard what Yu Ren said.
"I heard that your boss has always been aloof and thinks that we maritime merchants are not clean and do not want to do business with us. How could Mr. Yu ask for my Zhang family again today?"
Yu Ren's face was a little unfair. He didn't expect that this Jiao surnamed Jiao would be so unsupported. He obviously received the benefit of twenty taels of silver from him, but he was still so disrespectful. Yu Ren looked at Ouyang Ming beside him and said nothing.
Ouyang Ming is a smart man. When he saw that everyone's atmosphere was a little stiff, he quickly came out to smooth things over. He picked up the wine glass and said to Manager Jiao, "We are here to drink today. It's not too late to talk about those business matters when you have time. Come on, I'll treat Brother Jiao to a glass first."
Manager Jiao didn't look at Ouyang Ming, but just stared at Yu Ren and said, "Boy, I'll put my words here! I'll give me 500 taels of cotton cloth for your house, and I'll pack you up all the goods in the warehouse at present. Our Zhang family has five big ships going to sea every year. I can at least move one boat for you to pack your Shen family's cotton cloth."
When Yu Ren heard Ouyang Ming open his mouth and asked for five hundred taels of silver, he couldn't help but get angry. Unexpectedly, the manager of an ordinary merchant was so greedy. So he couldn't help it anymore, and stood up and said, "It's really a good time for the King of Hell, but the little devil is difficult to deal with!"
After saying that, Yu Ren shook his sleeves and left!
After leaving Taibaiju, Cai trotted up.
"You are so impulsive just now. Now that you offended Manager Jiao, the cotton cloth business is probably going to be ruined."
Yu Ren didn't care. "It's no big deal. I don't believe it. Without his surname Jiao, my cotton cloth business would not be able to be done. He is not a boss, so if he doesn't do this business with us, I just go to their boss. At worst, we will lower the price. The cotton cloth in our Shen family is more refined than that of those small households, and the price is cheaper. Are you afraid that he won't charge it!"
Cai Chanfang sighed. "The boss doesn't know anything. The reason why this surnamed Jiao is so arrogant is because he is still the nephew of Jiao's official official. Although he is nominally a manager in the Zhang family's shop, he is actually half of the boss. Their boss Zhang Shunyi knew that he often greed for some business money and often ate the benefits of the seller when receiving goods, but he pretended not to know because of his relationship.
Although the Zhang family's business in Songjiang Prefecture is not small, they still have to rely more on him to deal with the people from the government and the Shipbuilding Department. Therefore, even Zhang Shunyi did not dare to offend him too much.
I heard that Jiao Rong is very stingy. Boss, you hurt his face today, and this will definitely not be able to do business with the Zhang family."
Speaking of this, Cai Chanfang couldn't help but sigh.
Only then did Yu Ren realize that his impulse just now had such serious consequences. However, regret was useless at this time. Besides, Yu Ren couldn't stand it by letting him bow down to please the Jiao person. "Isn't it just a business! I still don't believe it. Without him Jiao Rong, I can't get the business!"
Cai Chanfang said, "The business of the mainland merchants has been almost monopolized by the Xu family. The business at sea has never been stable. Now it has lost the Zhang family, which mainly sells cloth to Southeast Asia. I am afraid that even if the owner temporarily finds a merchant and solves the current inventory, the subsequent sales of weaving cotton cloth will still be a big problem."
Yu Ren suddenly asked Cai Chanfang and said, "Can't we sell cloth ourselves? Why do we have to hand over our destiny to others?"
"The Chen Dongjia once considered this issue. However, because there was no suitable person who could help him travel long distances to sell cloth. If he went there himself and no one took care of the business at home, he had to sell the woven cotton cloth directly to those cloths. Although the profit was weaker, there was no risk."
Yu Ren lowered his head and said nothing, and he began to have a new plan in his heart.
The next day, rumors came from the teahouse in Songjiang Mansion. It was said that Shen Minghang's nephew was unable to bear the pressure and sailed alone on the sea, leaving behind a huge family business without anyone taking care of it.
The Shen family has developed rapidly in Songjiang Prefecture in recent years. When Shen Minghang took over from his father, the Shen family was still a small household in Songjiang. At most, they could only be considered a wealthy family. However, in his hands, in less than ten years, they had become one of the two major weaving house owners of Songjiang Prefecture, with thousands of looms.
Therefore, most people in Songjiang Prefecture are both envious and jealous when they see the Shen family. Now that they finally see that the Shen family is in trouble, these people have greatly satisfied their own mentality. Therefore, all the bad news about the Shen family is spread particularly quickly in Songjiang Prefecture.
However, the rumor about Yu Ren's departure only lasted for three days, but it could not be spread on the fourth day because Yu Ren returned on a boat again.
When he went there, Yu Ren was alone, riding a small fishing boat. When he came back, he was still alone, and the small fishing boat.
So a rioter asked the boatman privately where he had traveled to Yu Ren in the past few days, who had met someone, and what he had done.
However, everyone found that the boatman had been silent since he left this trip. No matter who asked him about his trip to the sea, he kept silent.
Such strange things made people even more puzzled, so there were more speculations about Yu Ren going to sea this time. Some people said that he brought a boat of property and planned to go out to sea to escape to his hometown Fujian, but he did not expect to meet pirates on the sea and was robbed, so he had to come back.
Some people also said that he originally planned to take the Shen family's property and escape back to his hometown in Fujian, but suddenly found out with conscience on the way and then turned back.
However, no matter which version, everyone's conclusions are consistent. This young master Yu is definitely not as profitable as the legendary one, nor as kind as the legendary one. This time the Shen family is afraid that they will fall.
However, this conclusion was only spread in the wine shops and teahouses in Songjiang Prefecture for five days, and no one said it again on the sixth day. Because something that no one expected happened!
On that day, the city gate had just opened, and five people wearing strange clothes entered the city. Originally, in the Ming Dynasty, due to the spread of Mingyang's Xinxue for nearly decades, coupled with the serious lack of officials and no one to discipline and guide, the current trend has been greatly changed, and it is common for strange clothes to be worn. However, these people are wearing a bit strange, and these five people are all old acquaintances known to Songjiang people.
They were the five shopkeepers who ran away from the Shen family shop a few days ago, together with the shop assistants, who took away the property from the Shen family shop.
At this time, the five people were naked, carrying two thorns on their backs, and headed towards the Shen Mansion.
This scene is so familiar to the Chinese! I apologize for the blame!
This time, there were more people watching the fun. For a moment, people began to speculate. Originally, everyone was not optimistic about this young husband Yu, thinking that he was a greedy and incompetent guy. After Shen Minghang fell like this, the shrewd managers of the Shen family had emptied the Shen family!
The five shopkeepers in front are the best examples. They are considered bold. The timids dare not come out openly, but they are greedy and make fake accounts. This is inevitable. In less than half a year, the Shen family will inevitably break through. This is the public view of Songjiang people and the representative of mainstream views.
However, no one expected that these five bold examples would fall into the trap this time and take the initiative to come to the door. They even made such a confession.
No matter how these guys look at them, they don’t look like people with such enlightenment! If they had such enlightenment, they wouldn’t have done that at the beginning.
So, everyone finally came to only one conclusion: they were forced.
Chapter completed!