Chapter 185: Something went wrong with the fruit at the birthday banquet
"There's a problem with a batch of fruit supplied from the south, and I have to go take care of it." Gu Shuo had just entered Kyoto City and rushed straight to the palace gate when he heard about this.
"It's just a batch of fruits, why are you so flustered?"
"We in Beili are rich in fruits. The fruits are brought to the emperor's birthday banquet for the taste of all nations. If anything goes wrong, the emperor will be furious."
"There's plenty of fruit in Kyoto City. Our Gu family owns several fruit shops. If that doesn't work out, just take it from ours." Old Gu felt sorry for his grandson, but when he realized he wasn't taking on a Gu family business, he became annoyed. "We have so many businesses of our own, and the Imperial Merchants have only been around for a few years? You don't understand the ins and outs of it, yet you insist on taking over the Imperial Merchants. You're wasting your precious brain."
"The fruits in Yuzhou are the best in the world and cannot be replaced by anything else. The birthday party is in a month and I have already made arrangements and will go to Yuzhou in person." Gu Shuo has been extremely busy these past two days.
"Are you going to Yuzhou?" Mr. Gu widened his eyes.
"Well, we'll leave the day after tomorrow."
"The disaster in the south has been so serious recently. All the bridges have been washed away and the flood has not receded yet. Do you want to live?" Old Gu was very angry. Even his Gu family's caravan was washed away by the flood in the south, and no one knew whether it was alive or dead.
He actually wanted to go to Yuzhou through the flood-stricken area for a royal merchant?
"I have planned everything. The flood range is about several hundred miles. The impact of the flood is smaller the further downstream you go. Bridges a hundred miles away should not be washed away. Yesterday I also found some escorts who are very good at swimming to accompany me." Gu Shuo had planned the route for two days.
"You are not allowed to go. The south is very unsafe. If the emperor blames you, the worst that can happen is that you just quit being an imperial merchant and come back to our Gu family." Old Gu values this grandson the most and loves him the most.
"Grandpa, it's okay."
"What do you mean it's okay? You just can't go. Come back to Gu's house with me tomorrow and I'll see who dares to say anything." Mr. Gu was not in Kyoto for some time.
People in big families are cunning and do a lot of sinister things behind the scenes, but he never expected that his uncle would force his nephew to leave the family.
"Grandpa." Gu Shuo sighed.
"The Gu family still has some stockpiled fruit for the Emperor's birthday banquet. We'll temporarily take it from the Gu family's shop for emergency use."
"Grandpa, the quality of the fruits in our shop is very different from those in Yuzhou." Although there are many fruits in other regions, they are not as abundant as those in Yuzhou and cannot be compared.
"It's good enough that it can be made up. You are still picky. If the emperor is capable, he can send someone to take a look." Old Gu also knew that Yuzhou was famous for its fruit production, but he couldn't get away.
Mr. Gu was puffing his beard angrily, not noticing that his eldest grandson was staring at the big apple in his hand.
"Grandpa, are these apples from our Gu family?" Gu Shuo reached out and picked up the apple. He had been exposed to business since he was a child, and everything that caught his eye was carefully selected and the best.
But the apple in front of him was better than any apple he had ever seen in terms of size, color, and smell, and was even several times better than those in Yuzhou.
Where is it produced in abundance?
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"Where did you get it?" If there were such a batch of fruits in Kyoto City, why would we go to Yuzhou?
"The little girl gave it to me."
"Little Fatty?" Gu Shuo was surprised.
"Well, you little brat, you don't know that the little girl is very nice to me now. She secretly took two fruits from the palace and didn't forget to give me one. It was worth waiting for half a night." When Mr. Gu mentioned the apple, he was no longer angry and his mood improved.
"From the palace?"
"He gave it to me secretly." Mr. Gu was complacent.
(End of this chapter)
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