Chapter 22 Who will my wife come with today?

Shopkeeper Tao left the door ajar.

Walk further away from Xing Lun to avoid hearing the conversations of the people in the house.

But, still stay here.

Xing Lun stood at the entrance of the corridor, looking quietly at the door of the tea room.

Shopkeeper Tao didn't want to see Xing Lun now. He hadn't signed the contract with Jifang Pharmacy to buy medicinal materials, mainly because they couldn't reach an agreement. The problem was that the young master said that he would buy at the market price.

Xing Lun insists on the current market price.

Shopkeeper Tao was only willing to give the original market price.

Everyone holds his own opinion and no one is willing to give in.

"Xing, the price you're asking for is really not good. This business is a long-term one, and we need a large quantity. It's not a one-time deal."

Shopkeeper Tao had recently taken all his tantrums out on Xing Lun.

Xing Lun said calmly: "It's a good price for you to give."

"You can't just not do this business with us. This is an agreement between your boss and our boss. You can't mess things up because of your youthful impetuosity."

"Agree on a deal, but don't specify a time."

If this batch of high-quality medicinal materials were all prepared by the boss, Xing Lun would not have to worry about not being able to sell the materials.

Jifang Pharmacy recently received a batch of medicinal materials, but the quantity was not large. Rather than selling them to the bookstore owner, Xing Lun preferred to secretly sell them on the market.

Xing Lun said leisurely, "Manager Tao, you are also a businessman, you should understand one thing. For example, if you have a batch of goods, you can obviously make 700 to 800 taels, but someone asks you to sell it at a low price and only make 100 taels, are you willing to do that?"

Of course not! Who would be willing to do such a stupid thing? That's the truth, but Shopkeeper Tao didn't want to give up, "If I say that your boss and my boss have other deals behind the scenes, then this deal is just a bonus."

Xing Lun finally glanced at Shopkeeper Tao.

As if assessing whether he was lying.

His calm and peaceful eyes always made Shopkeeper Tao inexplicably angry.

After a moment of silence, Xing Lun said, "Then I'll talk about it after I ask the boss for permission."

Two people were talking outside.

The two people in the tea room were also very quiet.

Song Jin had just finished reading the investigation materials.

There was news about Yang Lingyu, the prefect of Huizhou, and Lao Huo found out that the Song family might have boarded the Zhu family's cargo ship. If that was true, it was not good news.

"The Zhu family is a Shanxi merchant family with three fleets on the sea..."

Song Jin knew that the merchants from Shanxi and Guangdong had organized merchant ships to sail across the sea and do business in many overseas countries.

The Zhu family is one of them.

If my family had boarded the Zhu family’s boat, would they still be found?

Seeing her completely immersed in grief, Qin Chi could not bear to tell her the news he had just received from Hangzhou, "It's better to find out than nothing. As long as we can find a way to get the Zhu family to talk, we won't be afraid of not being able to find them."

I’m afraid that the Zhu family is just a cover.

Then Qin Chi lowered his voice and said, "Madam Song, today we received some bad news from Hangzhou. Do you want to hear it?"

"What is it?" Song Jin's heart trembled slightly.

"The cargo ship suspected to be carrying the Song family has entered the East China Sea and has disappeared without a trace."

It usually takes seven or eight days for a cargo ship to travel from Tunxi Wharf to Hangzhou. If the cargo hold is fully loaded, the journey will be one or two days slower.

Qin Chi brought Song Jin to the county town.

It had only been five days since the Song family incident. Qin Chi knew that the Song family members had disappeared in Tunxi, so he used special channels to summon his men in Hangzhou and asked them to track down the suspicious cargo ship.

Unexpectedly, they really got something out of it. The spies set their sights on the Zhu family's cargo ship.

But the Zhu family cargo ship never docked.

On the big river near the East China Sea, the Zhu family cargo ship and an unfamiliar large ship completed the handover of cargo in the middle of the river.

The spies only saw from a distance nearly a hundred large wooden boxes being transported from the Zhu family cargo ship to the large ship.

Then the big ship headed towards the East China Sea.

The spies chased secretly for two days.

The ship was heavily guarded, and the spies had no chance to get close.

I just followed behind and salvaged some garbage from the water on the river.

I actually found a clue from it.

There was a woman's dress that was badly damaged.

Qin Chi's voice came from the other side of the screen, "There seems to be blood on the dress. The pattern, embroidery and style are from Huizhou Prefecture. Wait for Hangzhou to send it over, and then you can come over to identify it."

"good……"

The veil concealed the moisture in Song Jin's eyes.

Qin Chi suddenly asked again: "Does the Song family have any grudges against any powerful family?"

"Probably not."

Song Jin thought of the power behind Prefect Yang.

Then he thought about the cabinet document he received that day, which was burned by coincidence.

"Are you asking me whether the Song family has a feud with the Yang family?" From what we have investigated so far, the family most likely to be plotting against the Song family is the Yang family in Shangjing.

The man on the other side of the screen remained silent.

There is no wrong version in the 1619 book forum!

Song Jin hesitated for a moment, "My father once said that there is a nobleman who covets my family's ancestral craftsmanship."

Qin Chi sat up straight abruptly.

If this is really the reason, then it makes sense that the people behind the scenes went to great lengths to take the Song family away!

The only thing about the Song family that is worthy of the nobles' covetousness is the Song family's skills in preparing medicinal materials.

Look, we caught a whole nest at once.

No, it's a clan! Qin Chi comforted: "So, the Song family is safe for the time being. As long as they don't resist..."

Don't resist? Song Jin thought of his ancestral teachings.

Thinking of his father's determination to leave the "Song's Pharmacopoeia" to him, and the blood-stained clothes salvaged from the river, Song Jin couldn't stop trembling.

Qin Chi saw that Song Jin had been silent.

"I almost forgot to say that I sent a message to the northwest to ask for help in the investigation. We will know what the Song family's crimes are once we investigate. However, the northwest is too far away from Huizhou, so it will take some time for the news to come back."

"I can wait."

I waited for your whole life in my previous life.

Besides, it’s only been a month or two? They talked for a while longer.

Before leaving, Song Jin bowed deeply to the screen.

Don’t think that it is easy to investigate this information. In his previous life, Song Jin spent his entire life but failed to figure it out. This shows how powerful the person behind the screen is.

He must be more than just a businessman.

This great gift was her way of thanking him.

Qin Chi did not stop Song Jin's gift and accepted it calmly. He was currently doing a loss-making business, and his investigation revealed that it consumed a lot of manpower and financial resources.

Song Jin strode out of the tea room.

When Xing Lun outside saw him, he immediately went to greet him.

"Boss!"

Qin Chi just stood up from behind the screen.

Suddenly, I heard a strange man's voice coming from outside the door, and then I heard my wife answer: "Well, it's okay, go back first."

Then, there was the sound of two people's footsteps gradually walking away.

The smile on Qin Chi's lips paused slightly, and he stood there for a long time without taking a step forward.

Shopkeeper Tao walked into the tea room with light footsteps.

Seeing no movement from behind the screen, he tentatively called out, "Sir?"

"Who is coming with Madam today?"

Qin Chi didn't understand why he was feeling so irritated, but his long-term calmness made his expression no different from usual.

Shopkeeper Tao bowed his head and replied, "Sir, this person is the manager of Jifang Pharmacy, his last name is Xing Lun."

"Oh, from Jifang Pharmacy..."

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(End of this chapter)