Chapter 136: Rumors of the Shen Family
It seems that this young master Yu is not as simple as he seems! These five shopkeepers must have used some ruthless means by this seemingly kind young master Yu, so that they have to perform such a scene? However, this move has had a good effect on the worms of the Shen family who intend to bite a few bites on the big meat of the Shen family. Those managers and friends who were originally sick and who were having bad intentions, saw that the five shopkeepers they swore to follow came back in such a mess, naturally put away their wrong thoughts one by one and worked hard.
After the five shopkeepers came back, although they were pleaded with thorns, Yu Ren did not forgive them. They still handed them over to the government. However, it was probably because they handed over money to Jiao Tuiguan, but the few of them were sentenced not to heavy. In addition to returning the corruption of Shen Jia family, each of them was only thirty thrones and exiled for a thousand miles.
However, soon an explosive news came out again. The five shopkeepers had just been taken out of Songjiang Prefecture, and they were killed by a group of robbers. When the news came back, the people in Songjiang were secretly surprised. Although they also felt that these five shopkeepers took advantage of the boss's trouble and were worthy of death. However, if Yu Renzhen took action to kill them, it would be unavailable by the Ming Dynasty's law. However, such a way of death had nothing to do with Yu Ren and the Shen family.
Everyone believed that these five shopkeepers were killed by Yu Ren, but no one had any evidence, and no one was willing to make the case for them.
The fate of these five shopkeepers has had an excellent effect on the group of officials who were originally in a bad mind in the Shen family. Although Yu Ren didn't say a word, no one dared to think of any bad thoughts anymore. When Shen Minghang first ill, they all felt that Yu Ren was young and had just taken over the manager, and he didn't know anything, so he was easy to fool.
Especially after seeing the examples set by the five shopkeepers, many people began to contact them in private and planned their plans to embezzle their owner's property. The sudden death of these five shopkeepers shocked all of them into a cold sweat, and they quickly stopped their shameful plans.
So, the vicious and cruel image of Yu Xiaogong spread in Songjiang Prefecture.
However, soon another incident happened, which gave Songjiang people a new understanding of Yu Xiaogong. For the first time, they admitted that Shen Minghang's nephew was not like what they thought at first - he was a rich second-generation who was living a life of scattered life and his management ability should not be underestimated.
On this day, the people in Songjiang saw the Shen family pull dozens of carts of cotton to Mingang, and then the cart came back, and then pulled it for a whole day. Some people working in Mingang came back to the city and said that they didn't know where the Shen family got so many ships, more than twenty. The cotton cloth was loaded with more than twenty ships before they set sail.
This news spread, and the Songjiang people who had originally looked down on Yu Ren were automatically put away this contempt. The Xu family's head, Young Master Xu San, even regretted his thighs. He originally planned to fall ill this time with Shen Minghang, and could hit the target with one blow and take the opportunity to knock the Shen family down. From then on, the Xu family took over the cotton production in Songjiang. Unexpectedly, he finally lowered the price, but still failed to defeat the Shen family. He really lost his wife and soldiers.
However, it was said that Yu Ren was able to make a complete comeback this time, thanks to Xu Xinsu's help. That day, he came out of Taibaiju. After listening to Cai Guanfang's analysis, he thought that the Zhang family's business would definitely not be completed, so he had the idea of finding Xu Xinsu to help.
So Yu Ren asked Cai Chan Room where the Nansha Island was.
Cai Chanfang was a little strange. "Nansha Island is just over ten miles from Wusongkou. It's a big island. When I was a child, I went there once. There were thousands of residents on the island, but no one dared to go there in the past 10 or 20 years. Why did the owner suddenly ask about this?"
"Oh! I heard that people on that island have boats, and many of them specialize in sea business. I wanted to search for it to see if I could take a few big merchants going out to sell our cotton cloth to them." Yu Ren did not hide it, but did not tell the truth to Cai Chanfang.
"This is absolutely unstoppable! This is too risky. I heard that in the past ten years, it has been occupied by a pirate named Xu. Although there are indeed many ship owners who do business in Dongyang and Nanyang. However, they are all private ships and do not have official documents from the Shipbuilding Department. I heard that their ships also have cannons and bird guns, and the officials of the Shipbuilding Department are powerless to them and are even afraid of them.
Such businessmen are not suitable for people like us to contact publicly. In the past, Dong Dong's family, even a little unclean business like the Zhang family was unwilling to interact, let alone those unclear maritime merchants on Nansha Island."
Yu Ren did not speak out after hearing Cai's tent. He knew that it was easy to be caught in this way. However, if not, there seemed to be no better way to save the Shen family's crisis.
Yu Ren thought about it all night in the house, but finally decided to give it a try. He didn't tell anyone about this, but just asked Cai Guanfang to find him a small fishing boat. He knew that his actions this time were very risky. Not only because of Xu Xinsu and the others' illegal identities, if someone knew about it, he would be guilty of bandits; even if it was not as big as Nansha Island, he had never been there before, and he didn't know anyone, so it would not be easy to find Xu Xinsu. It would be impossible to deal with him on the spot if he met any ignorant pirate.
However, for the sake of his uncle's lifelong career, Yu Ren decided to take a risk.
In the afternoon, Yu Ren took a fishing boat to the east along the Huangpu River. Because Yu Ren gave three times the shipment fee that ordinary guests were, the fishermen did not ask much.
It was not until the boat sailed on the Wusong River that the boatman on the fishing boat asked Yu Ren, "Where are you going to? If you want to go to sea, a small boat like me will never work. Although the monsoon on the sea is not too strong at this time, it is not something that our small boat like us can bear."
Yu Ren smiled and refused to answer, "You will continue to drive your boat. As for where I go, you don't have to worry about this. Anyway, you won't let you take risks. You must know that taking risks is equivalent to taking risks to me."
After hearing this, the boatman stopped asking more questions.
However, until the fishing boat sailed out of Wusongkou, Yu Ren still had no intention of turning the boat around. The boatman could no longer help, "Little husband, if we go, we will go to sea. There is a big pirate on the sea in this area. It is said that it is very beneficial. If we fall into their hands, there will be no good results!"
"Don't worry! There will be no pirates. I just want to go to Nansha Island to see a relative!" Yu Ren said lightly.
When the ship owner heard this, his face turned pale.
"Little, don't joke around with my little husband. Nansha Island is the pirate's nest. If we go there, it's equivalent to going to die! This little man dare not go. You should find someone else!" As he said that, the boatman turned around.
Yu Ren finally showed his rogue nature at this time. He suddenly took out a dagger from his arms and pressed it against the boatman's waist.
"Do you go? If you don't go, I will kill you with one knife. Anyway, I have arrived at the sea now. Even if I kill you, I just need to throw you into the sea, and no one will know."
The boatman was panicked when he saw the dagger in Yu Ren's hand. He dared not to say he would not go, so he had to nod.
Seeing that the boatman dared not go, Yu Ren took out a rope from his arms, tied one end to the boatman's feet, and the other end to the boatman. The boatman was puzzled, "What are you doing with your little husband?"
Yu Ren smiled. "Didn't you say the storm on the sea? I'm afraid that you will fall into the sea accidentally and will not come up!"
The boatman was not a fool, so he naturally understood that Yu Ren's move was to prevent him from jumping off the ship and escaping. Originally, he had this plan, but he didn't expect to see through it first. The boatman had to give up this idea and sent Yu Ren to the island with fear.
Chapter completed!