Chapter 65: Bargaining
But Ji Zhisui has lived in this world for so long and has been with Pei Yian for so long. Although she knows the male protagonist's abilities, she is still a little worried.
Today is the delivery day of Zhang's Embroidery Workshop, so Pei Yian, the buyer, naturally has to be present. Looking at the piles of cloth being moved out, the corners of his mouth raised slightly. Now is the time.
Several yamen runners came to Zhang's embroidery workshop, and the one leading them said directly to the manager: "This is a search warrant. Someone reported that your Zhang's embroidery workshop is suspected of theft."
The shop assistants and the manager of the embroidery workshop were all dumbfounded. Some of them didn't quite understand the meaning of this sentence. How could their embroidery workshop be involved in theft when there was nothing wrong with it?
This was the first time the manager had encountered such a thing, and he was a little anxious. However, the shopkeeper had gone to the Wang family's birthday party and was not here at all. He couldn't make up his mind. In addition, the yamen runners had a search warrant, so he couldn't hinder them from performing their duties and could only let these people act.
The yamen runners came to the cloths and found that there was indeed a word "口" embroidered on the ties that bound them. These were the logos of the Wu Family Embroidery Workshop. It seemed that these cloths were indeed stolen.
"Take the stolen goods away and arrest the person in charge." The leader gave an order and his men did as he was told.
Many vendors and passers-by around stood aside, watching the show curiously and talking about it.
The Zhang siblings lost the competition, leaving the Wu Embroidery Workshop with no way to recover. Their faces were as dark as the bottom of a pot. When they came back, they found that their embroidery workshop was surrounded by people, who were still muttering words like thief and liar.
Zhang He's heart skipped a beat and his eyelids twitched constantly. It seemed that the hidden filth was about to see the light of day again.
Zhang Xuan couldn't care less. He was already in a bad mood, and now seeing some random people crowded into his embroidery workshop, he exploded and shouted, "What are you doing blocking my embroidery workshop? Get out of my way!"
When everyone saw Zhang Xuan's dark face, they knew that he was the owner of the embroidery workshop, so they all made way for him to enter.
When Zhang Xuan entered, he found that there were many yamen runners at the door of the embroidery workshop. Those runners were trying to move the cloth away. Seeing this, he stepped forward and scolded them, "What are you doing?"
The chief bailiff's gaze fell on Zhang Xuan, "Are you the owner of this embroidery shop?"
"It's me, that's right." Zhang Xuan didn't realize the seriousness of the situation at all.
"Then please, boss, come with us." After saying this, the chief bailiff continued to direct his men to move things.
"Why are you moving my things? This is robbery. I will go to the county magistrate to sue you!" Zhang Xuan pointed at these people's noses and cursed.
The yamen runner was not lenient with others. He glanced at Zhang Xuan and kindly reminded him, "Boss, this is probably not yours. It must have been stolen from somewhere else!"
"You...what makes you say that? These are all things from our Zhang Embroidery Workshop!" Although he was a little nervous, Zhang Xuan still insisted.
"In that case, can the shopkeeper produce some evidence? For example, the detailed sources of these cloths?"
Zhang Xuan was speechless for a moment. He really couldn't get the details of the cloth, because these things were not obtained in a legitimate way...
Pei Yian was furious and said angrily, "Shopkeeper Zhang, I sincerely wanted to do business with you, and this is how you repay me? I don't want to do this business anymore! Your embroidery workshop broke the contract. Please compensate me for the deposit and the breach of contract fee, a total of ten taels of silver."
Zhang Xuan found that Master An was also there, and he cursed inwardly that he was unlucky. He hurriedly explained: "This... Master An, listen to me, this... there must be some misunderstanding here. I will deliver the goods to you on time."
"So, Shopkeeper Zhang is planning to hand me a bunch of stolen goods of unknown origin?"
"This... Mr. An, don't worry. Once I finish dealing with this matter, I will definitely give you an explanation."
"No need. You were the ones who breached the contract first. I no longer plan to cooperate with you. Manager Zhang, please return the deposit and pay the penalty for breach of contract. Otherwise, I will go to the county government to sue your embroidery workshop for trying to sell me stolen goods." Pei Yian ran out of patience and was too lazy to continue pestering.
Zhang Xuan gritted his teeth and looked at Pei Yian with gloomy eyes, as if he was about to take action the next moment.
Although Zhang He felt sorry for the money, he also knew the priorities of the matter. If Mr. Pei were to file another lawsuit with the county government, the matter might become even more serious.
Fang Lang has connections in the county government. Once he knows what happened to her, he will definitely find a way to rescue them.
She went into the embroidery workshop and reluctantly took out ten taels of silver, handing it to Pei Yian, apologetically saying, "Mr. An, I'm so sorry. We didn't expect this to happen. Someone must be displeased with us and is deliberately targeting us. Please accept this money. After we have explained everything to the government officials, our cooperation can continue."
These words were spoken beautifully and sincerely, and Pei Yian nodded as a sign of agreement.
But he knew that cooperation between the two families was absolutely impossible. His identity was fake in the first place. Besides, Manager Wu already had sufficient evidence. The two siblings of the Zhang family and the rat would all be in trouble.
Zhang Xuan saw that his sister really took out ten taels of silver and handed it to Pei Yian, and complained: "No way, sister, you really gave it to me!"
"Shut up, do you still want to get into trouble?"
After being scolded, Zhang Xuan reluctantly shut his mouth and could only watch Pei Yian go away.
Pei Yian came to the rouge shop with ten taels of silver, intending to buy something for Sui Niang.
The rouge shop owner saw a customer and greeted him enthusiastically, "Sir, what would you like to buy?"
"Do you have any ointment with the scent of agarwood?" This is what Sui Niang likes.
"Yes, yes, yes." The boss enthusiastically took out a small ceramic jar, which was sealed with a piece of paper and had the word "chenmu" written on it.
Pei Yian took it, put it to the tip of his nose, and could smell the faint scent of agarwood from the ointment.
"Sir, are you going to give this to the girl you like? I have several other styles here, you can take a look at them too."
Pei Yian looked up at the boss and corrected him, "It's for my wife."
"Okay, okay, why don't you take a look at our other rouge and powder? They would be great gifts for your wife." The boss tactfully changed his tone and began to promote his other products.
"No, how much is this agarwood ointment?"
"Five taels of silver. The materials used in this are all of the best quality." The boss narrowed his eyes and looked at the handsome young man in front of him. He was dressed like a wealthy man, so he must be well-off and easy to cheat.
Pei Yian keenly noticed the boss's gaze and knew that the other party might have raised the price a lot.
"Two taels of silver, and I'll take it." After being with Sui Niang for a long time, he also learned to bargain and not be taken advantage of.
The smile on the rouge shop owner's face froze. This handsome young man was bargaining too hard!
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