Gu's Trading Company is located not far from the entrance of Tokyo Nanshi. It is a large store with almost five shops. And this is just their head office. There are two other shops in Bianliang City. As for the world In all state capitals, no matter east, west, north or south, the Gu family also has semicolons.
It can be said that in terms of wealth and power, and doing business all over the world, there are only a handful of trading houses in the Song Dynasty that can rival them, and only the Li family trading house in the capital can stabilize them. But even so, the Gu Family Trading Company was not something ordinary court officials dared to provoke casually, and their daily business was surprisingly good.
This place not only sells all kinds of fresh mountain products from north to south, but also sells carriages and horses, gold and silver exchange, and even firewood, rice, oil, salt, medicinal materials and other items closely related to people's lives can be sold here in a price that is acceptable to ordinary people. I bought it at a reasonable price, so customers come here like clouds every day.
This is the best time for business in the afternoon. There is a constant flow of customers in the large shop, which is almost full. The shopkeepers inside are even more busy, greeting and picking up goods from time to time. Many bosses who were in the deserted business were drooling after seeing it. However, the prices here were lower and the styles were more complete, so they couldn't compete with them.
But for Gu Hui, the young master who is taking care of it here, this can only be called trivial. After all, he has become accustomed to it over the years. He just walked around the store casually, and after saying hello to a few familiar customers, he turned back to the back, and then met a nervous-looking man in civilian clothes. When the other party saw him, he hurriedly stepped forward and said: "Sir, the Yan family's grain store has just been surrounded by the army. They have been doing food business with us before..."
"I've known about this for a long time, it's just a trivial matter." Gu Hui remained calm, smiled and waved his hand and said: "It was because Yan Ziliang offended his boss and was killed, and his family was incited to appeal, that it really happened It has brought a lot of trouble to ourselves, which has nothing to do with us, who would pay attention to this grain transaction?"
"Young Master is right, but after all, we are afraid of the unexpected. If someone really sees something from this, and then follows the clues and finds out about us..."
"Then I will know it as soon as possible and I will have my own way to deal with it." Gu Hui still didn't take it to heart. Until this person said something: "But today we will ship a large number of goods out of Tokyo, and they are all..."
Only then did Gu Hui's expression change: "This was the idea that Third Uncle made early in the morning? Does my father know about it? At this juncture..." Even though he has been in charge for many years and is a steady man, after knowing this, , couldn't help but feel a little nervous, after all, he had a guilty conscience. After a moment, he said: "Then stop the things for a while. Even if it is delayed for a few more days, it is better than an accident. As long as the things are still in our warehouse, they are safe."
"Yes, I'll make arrangements now. I hope I can stop them." The man said and hurried out, not through the main entrance, but towards the side door as he had come. Seeing him going out, Gu Hui just breathed a sigh of relief: "We have already said that from now on, we would rather go to extra trouble to buy food from elsewhere than just buy food in Tokyo for convenience. If someone really finds out something, it will be really troublesome. …”
At this moment, a burst of noise suddenly came from outside
Sounds, followed by bursts of exclamations, the door curtain that separated the inside and outside was suddenly opened, and a familiar figure staggered in, followed by several soldiers with tall and straight postures, holding swords and wearing armor. Come in.
The person who half stumbled in was a shopkeeper from outside. As soon as he saw his young master, he shouted for help: "Sir, these military masters suddenly broke in and said they wanted to see the manager, and they even took all the guests in the shop. They were so frightened that they surrounded our store."
Hearing this, Gu Hui's heart was even more chilled, but he still managed to stay calm, raised his eyebrows and said: "I wonder why you military masters broke into my shop, what are you doing? If there is anything to offend, Gu Hui will be here first." I apologize. Come here, bring me twenty taels of silver..."
The startled entourage behind him just responded and wanted to turn around, when another person came through the curtain and said with a smile: "No need, we are not here to fight against the autumn wind. It's just because there is an important case to investigate, so there are many I’m offended. Are you the one in charge here?”
"I am Gu Hui, the young master of the Gu family business. I wonder who the general is?" Gu Hui felt the powerful aura of the person coming, which was much stronger than his own. He was suddenly frightened, but his expression remained unchanged. Stay calm.
"I am Sun Tu." Sun Tu smiled lightly.
"It turns out that the Marquis of Yue is here. That's really disrespectful. Our Gu family business has always been honest and honest, so I don't know why I was harassed by the government? If there is any violation of the king's law, I hope the general will make it clear, but... even if If there is really something wrong, shouldn't the relevant officials from Kaifeng Prefecture or Nanshi come here? Why are you all so busy?"
What he said was really a hidden secret, and he pointed out the key point at once. Sun Tu and his subordinates had no such rights at all. But Sun Tu was not threatened at all. He only smiled and said: "It is of great importance. You will only know after investigation. If your Gu family has any dissatisfaction, you can file a complaint at that time, and I will follow up." He didn't. Gongfu quarreled with him and pointed to the accounting room, living room and warehouse behind Gu Hui: "Search for me, don't miss any corner, I've got every piece of paper."
"Here!" These were all Sun Tu's cronies brought from Shandong. They had killed countless people, so they naturally didn't care about the identity of the Gu family. After hearing the order, they all swarmed forward, frightening the people in front of them. The dozen or so accounting clerks screamed in surprise and hurriedly moved to both sides, not daring to block the way. They are all dutiful people, how have they ever seen such brutal and domineering methods
Not to mention them, even Gu Hui, the young boss, although he was more than thirty years old and was an expert in managing business, had never dealt with such a person before. He was stunned for a while and could only let the troops attack him. The soldiers entered those houses and searched them vigorously.
After a while, he suddenly reacted, his face already as gloomy as water: "Yuehou, what are you talking about? My Gu family is relatively well-known in Tokyo City, but you insulted me at will today..."
"Didn't I say that there is an important case to be investigated, so I can only offend you. If your Gu family is indeed innocent, how can you be afraid of investigation?" Sun Tu ignored the other party's anger at all, his eyes only focused on this Scanning the inside and outside of a large row of houses to see if there are any clues.
Account books were quickly collected one after another, and the things in those houses and warehouses
It was also messed up by the soldiers at will, but it was obvious that they could not find any useful evidence and clues for a while. Although Sun Tu was sharp-eyed, he did not see any problem here.
In fact, this is reasonable. It would be weird if the Gu family could really leave some big flaws in the shop. What Sun Tu was looking for was not evidence that they purchased grain at a high price and then didn't know their next plan, but some other business issues. He believes that no matter ancient or modern, as long as one is doing business, especially if the business is as big as the Gu family, there will definitely be some problems behind the scenes that can be grasped, and as long as one grasps these, he can dig deeper and thus hide them deeply. All the hidden secrets were dug out.
Most of these problems are in the account books. It seems that I need to use my brain again and take a closer look.
But at this moment, there was another noisy sound outside, and then the curtain was raised, and a group of official servants rushed in quickly. The leading official even shouted and asked: "What's going on? Who told you to wait and run away?" Are you coming to our southern city to cause trouble?" The person who came was a small official in green robe, but after seeing Sun Tu and others inside, he seemed domineering and did not take these guys dressed as imperial guards seriously at all.
Gu Hui was overjoyed to see him and hurriedly stepped forward to greet him: "Mr. Xu, you came just in time. These military masters suddenly broke into my store for some reason. They didn't say what laws we had violated, and they just started wreaking havoc here." The search scared away all the customers in my store. If they can just leave, my Gu family will naturally not pursue them." The implication is that if they continue to refuse to leave, we will not give up.
Chief Xu nodded hurriedly to Gu Hui, and then looked at Sun Tu: "What right do you forbidden troops have to come to Nanshi to cause trouble? Why don't you leave quickly..."
"We won't give up until the matter is found out." Sun Tu looked at the man and said.
"You...you are so brave. Which army are you from? How dare you act so recklessly? I will report it to the front office right now..."
"Hu Ben Army, Sun Tu." Sun Tu responded to his threat, but the smile on his face also revealed a bit of sarcasm: "Mr. Xu, could it be that you are determined to protect the Gu family, or do you have any interests with them? ?"
"You, you are just talking nonsense!" Master Xu subconsciously distanced himself beforehand, and then realized: "You... are you Sun Tu, the Marquis of Yue?" After seeing Sun Tu nodding, his heart suddenly shrank. , knowing that this time he was kicking on an iron plate.
Even if he had never paid attention to the chaos in the south of the Yangtze River and did not care about such a general who had made great contributions to the Song Dynasty, he still knew that the official circles in the capital were panicking in the past two days, and many yamen such as the Ministry of Husbandry, the Palace Department, and the Ministry of War were all disturbed. The brave man who was dragged into the muddy water, as a Nan City official, was also a member of the Ministry of Household Affairs.
In the eyes of many people, Sun Tu is a mess-up and a thug who dares to offend so many yamen officials. Is he still afraid of a seventh-grade official like himself? But now that I have faked my momentum, I can't just leave. How should this end
After Sun Tu nodded and recognized his identity, the atmosphere here seemed a little weird again. The people outside were all stunned, but the soldiers inside the house were still searching without hesitation. It seemed that they were going to destroy the place. Three feet, find out the clues...