Republic of China small businessman

When Xu Jun went back at night, he was a little distracted when he read the account books for the first time.

Xie Siquan had a drink outside and came back to talk to him. After talking for a long time, no one responded. Looking back, he couldn't help pinching the account book in his hand and glanced at it: "What's the matter with you today? I saw that you were looking at the revenue of the medicinal material store this season, why are you still looking at this?"

Xu Jun regained his senses, withdrew the account book and said, "It's nothing, I'm thinking about something."

Xie Siquan leaned over to take a look, and asked suspiciously: "Why, the accounts of the medicine store are wrong?" After a little thought, he said: "The old men in the clan are bothering you again? Don't pay attention to them, those people are used to guarding the saltworks. It’s normal to not want to get involved in other businesses for a while, you just do what you want. If anyone is dissatisfied, let him come to me tomorrow, and I will personally reason with him.”

Xu Jun glanced at him, shook his head and said, "I handled this well, it's about Xie Jing."

Xie Siquan: "Did he cause trouble?"

Xu Jun chuckled: "No, he is very obedient, he learns things quickly and well, and invited me to eat stewed rabbit meat today."

Xie Siquan laughed when he heard it, sat down next to him, poured some tea and said: "He really likes you, you don't know, he is very defensive, last time he went back to Huda to Beidi, but followed him for a while, I almost explained it over there. It's not that I'm boasting, Jing'er is a bit like me, and can detect any trouble..."

"Yes, he already knows about the relationship between you and me."

"..."

Xie Siquan's pouring hand paused for a moment, then resumed quickly, handed Xu Jun a cup of tea, and took a sip of the cup himself, "Oh, what did he say?"

Xu Jun said: "I didn't say anything, it looks like usual, and I also said that he has someone in his heart."

Xie Siquan was more interested in this matter: "Who is he looking at?"

Xu Jun said: "Shanghai Stock Market, people from the East Courtyard of the Bai family."

Xie Siquan thought about it for a moment, and the appearance of the second young master of the Bai family appeared in his mind. He vaguely remembered his name as Bai Mingyu, but he was not sure.Bai Ershao looks pretty good, he is tall and tall, but he doesn't look very smart. Xie Siquan can only comment on him as simple and honest after getting in touch with him in the Shanghai stock market. Seeing him, he yelled more diligently than Xie Jing, yelling uncle one by one.

Xu Jun told him about the letter, Xie Siquan said: "Since Jing'er said it, then listen to him, don't need to intercept it in the future, just let it go."

Xu Jun: "The Bai family's hands are too long."

Xie Siquan said with a smile: "What about the length, I am not like He Dongting's family here, I am not afraid of his Bai family's inquiring about any news."

Speaking of the He family, Xu Jun mentioned the dowry brought back from the He family and asked how to deal with it.

"I've picked out some of my sister's favorites before, and let Bao Bao keep them for Jing'er." Xie Siquan put down his teacup, and when he mentioned the matter of sister, he was in a bad mood, and said with a sneer, "All the other gold and silver utensils are melted." I bought Xinzhu, and the people from the He family have touched it, and it is also allocated to my Jing'er?"

Xu Jun agreed: "Okay, I'll let someone handle it tomorrow."

Seeing Xie Siquan sitting there silently, he said again: "I took Jing'er to learn account management today, he did a good job, I don't have anything to teach, how about taking him to the saltworks tomorrow?"

Xie Siquan nodded and said: "Just look at the arrangement."

Probably because of those dowry matters, although Xie Siquan didn't suffer at all in He's family, he was very quiet all night long.

When going to bed at night, Xu Jun knew that he hadn't fallen asleep.

Xie Siquan sleeps very unsteadily, always moving around, can occupy most of the bed by himself, and sometimes his legs are pressed on the other person's body.Lying on your side quietly like today, you don't need to guess, you know it's too abnormal, you must not sleep

Xu Jun lay beside him, hugged him from behind, and sighed inaudibly.

In the daytime, a man with teeth and claws stretched out, but at night, he curled up sideways and looked a bit thin.Xu Jun felt that the other party held his hand and kept covering his chest. He listened quietly to Xie Siquan's heartbeat for a while, kissed his ear, and coaxed him to sleep.

Silent all night.

Xie Siquan regained some energy the next day.

Xu Jun had breakfast with him, and during the dinner he talked about teaching his nephew, and wanted to take them to the saltworks.Xie Siquan said: "Take a few more people with you, the lower city has been a bit uneasy recently."

Xu Jun asked: "Bandits again?"

Xie Siquan frowned, and the boss said displeasedly: "Who knows if it's true or not, those families complained every now and then that they had no money, so let's give it a few days. After all, my ancestors are brothers who worshiped me. I don't want to rush too much. I will talk to them today. talk."

"The contract that was signed at the beginning was clearly written in black and white. They only took 4000 taels of silver to invest in the construction of the well, and it is imperative to take back the salt well." Xu Jun was a little dissatisfied, "Those people have enjoyed bonuses for so many years and are still not satisfied. "

Xie Siquan snorted: "People's hearts are not good enough, the good days are too many, sooner or later they will be dealt with."

Xie Siquan went down to the city again today to talk about taking back the salt well.

Xu Jun was not idle either, so he asked someone to prepare a carriage and took Xie Jing to the saltworks.

Xie's salt farm is divided into two areas, Xu Jun took him to identify it all the way, and also told him about the interest relationship among the major salt merchants in Xichuan.

The Xichuan Salt Field is roughly divided into two factions. One is the old-fashioned salt merchants, most of whom live in the Shangcheng District. Although Xie Siquan came out of it by himself, he relied on his ancestral foundation, so he can be regarded as a representative of the old-fashioned salt merchants; the other is the new-style salt merchants, who mostly live in the Xiacheng District. , just took the lead for only a few years, the business is booming, and they dare to work hard. They fight fiercely with each other, and the methods are endless.

The battle between the upper and lower cities of Xichuan has been going on for a long time. In addition, although the old-school salt merchants have a gentle attitude, some of their descendants failed to live up to their expectations and lost a lot of property. Even the salt farm was mortgaged and sold to the lower city.Now the Xie family is dominant in the upper city, while the lower city cannibalize and annex each other. Although it can't be said who is in charge, there is a vague tendency to compete.

Xu Jun sat on the carriage, stretched out his hand to lift the curtain and pointed to a salt field with a yellow flag to show Xie Jing, and said: "The owner of this place is called Huang Wanxing, and the Huang's business is doing well in the lower city. I bought a small salt farm, but this one is a bit unruly, if you see it, don't be polite to them."

Xie Jing glanced sideways outside and asked, "Why don't you follow the rules?"

Xu Jun said coldly: "I have raised dozens of thugs, and I am used to dominating the lower city on weekdays, and I will treat the upper city as his territory..."

Just as he was talking, there was a muffled "bang" sound from the carriage, and the carriage shook a few times. Xu Jun steadied his figure and frowned and asked, "What happened?"

The coachman said at the front: "Going back to the second head's house, the opposite is the Huang's carriage, just now it rushed over to grab the road—"

Xu Jun's expression darkened: "Bump back!"

The coachman was always by the head's side, doing things neatly, and immediately drove back without saying a word, and the collision was more violent than before!

The carriages and horses of the Huang family neighed for a while, and the people inside seemed to be sitting unsteadily, and he could hear him cursing in a low voice.

The two carriages met on a narrow road, and the stone road, which was originally spacious enough for the two carriages to run side by side, was now stuck together, refusing to give in to each other.

The Huang's car opened the mouth first: "Is the second master Xu on the opposite side?"

Xu Jun ignored him.

The Huang family asked loudly again: "I just came to Shangcheng, some things are not very clear, Xu Erzhang's family blocked the road to prevent villains from passing... Could it be that only the Xie family's carriage is allowed to travel on this road, and other families' carriages are not allowed?"

Xu Jun sneered, and said: "Since you have come to Shangcheng, I will teach you to know, not to mention this road, which of the eighteen alleys in Shangcheng is not related to Xie's family? The road was built by Xie's family. The shop and house are also under the name of the Xie family, if you want to play wild here, why not go back and ask your master Huang Wanxing, how dare you hit my car?!"

The opposite side was quiet for a while, and then stepped aside a little, followed by a rich and dignified middle-aged man, who was Li Chunlin, Huang Wanxing's confidant shopkeeper.Li Chunlin was wearing a spring silk gown, looking like a rich man with thick eyebrows and big eyes. He stood beside the Xie family's carriage and greeted Xu Jun, but Xu Jun only lifted the curtain to look at him, and told the driver to move on.

Li Chunlin was left out on the road in the cold, and several nurses from Huang's family surrounded him, but he stopped him with a wave of his hand. He twirled his beard and said, "No hurry, did you see the man in Xu Jun's car? Send someone to inquire about it." Find out who it is."