Mingzhou, Baiweilou Restaurant.
Ye Erquan and Sanquan Tieniu had just finished building a latrine.
"Phew—" Ye Erquan wiped the sweat from his forehead, "The semicolons here have all been covered."
"Haha, Second Brother is confused. This Baiweilou in Mingzhou is the main store! Our Nanzhou branch is the branch." Ye Sanquan sat on the ground fanning himself.
Ye Erquan chuckled sheepishly, “Baiweilou has branches in several counties in Mingzhou. Once the building is finished, I can go home.”
"Then let's hurry up!" Zhao Tieniu stood up and stretched. "I'm already homesick."
On his first long trip, Tie Niu dreamed of his wife's cooking.
Ye Erquan and Sanquan stopped resting and started packing their things with smiles on their faces.
"Ye Erquan!" At this moment, a short, stout figure strode in.
Ye Erquan was taken aback: "Manager Lin? What are you doing here?"
Manager Lin, panting, said, "Something terrible has happened to your family. There's a letter for you here."
As he spoke, he handed the two letters to Ye Erquan.
Upon receiving Ye Daquan's letter yesterday, Manager Lin immediately set off, traveling for a full day to reach the main store.
Ye Erquan only saw two letters, one with his own name on it and the other with Su Hen's name on it.
Ye Erquan opened his letter, read it quickly, and his expression changed.
He turned and rushed out.
Ye Sanquan and Tie Niu looked at each other, then looked at Manager Lin.
Manager Lin frowned and said, "I heard that Madam Ye's family harbored notorious thieves. Not only her family, but also the Daquan family and the Erquan family. Everyone in them has been imprisoned."
Sanquan and Tieniu's expressions changed drastically. Sanquan said, "How could this be? Even if my little sister is confused, she wouldn't harbor a notorious bandit!"
"I don't know about that. Anyway, I received the letter and delivered it to her. As for the rest... well, they'll have to rely on themselves."
...
The Su family.
Su Hen frowned as he looked at the letter in his hand.
Ye Erquan knelt before him, sobbing, "Master Su, please save us..."
Ye Caiping's letter to Ye Erquan explained the reason: Magistrate Lu valued her contribution in discovering yellow cassava and also coveted her assets, so he forced her to marry.
Ye Erquan asked Su Hen for help.
In Su Hen's letter, Ye Caiping also said that she was willing to give him half of the shares in the spicy soup workshop, in addition to a more profitable glass business.
She claimed to have a secret recipe that allowed her to mass-produce glass at extremely low cost.
If he is willing to help, he can be given half of the shares.
After reading the letter, Su Hen frowned slightly and remained silent.
He and Ye Caiping are partners. Because of her spicy soup base, their Baiweilou restaurant's customer traffic and profits have increased by 30% compared to before.
He still admired and appreciated Lady Ye.
Su Hen sighed softly, "Although our Su family has been in business for many years, we are still just ordinary merchants..."
Ye Erquan said urgently, "Master Su, you've stood strong for decades, you must have something to rely on. Let's not talk about personal relationships, just money. Little sister is very smart. Her hot and sour soup workshop is already so successful, her glass workshop will definitely make a lot of money in the future!"
"Mr. Su...please give it a try for this reason!"
Su Hen nodded: "Okay."
A glass workshop sounds like it's very profitable.
But right now it's not a matter of money, it's about the government, and this is a bit difficult to handle.
His ancestral home is Mingzhou, and he relies on the prefect of Mingzhou for support. As the wealthiest merchant in Mingzhou, he hopes the prefect will give him some face!
Su Hen sent a letter to the prefect of Mingzhou.
The prefect of Mingzhou still liked Su Hen very much, after all, Su Hen contributed half of the harvest in Mingzhou and also handed over so many benefits to him.
The prefect of Mingzhou received Su Hen in his study and heard him say that a county magistrate in Nanzhou had forcibly married a commoner woman...
Before he could finish listening, the prefect of Mingzhou waved his hand and said, "Master Su is a smart man and should know how to protect himself. That Lady Ye has little to do with you, so mind your own business."
"Besides, if this happened in our Mingzhou, what harm would it do if I intervened? But that's a matter for Nanzhou, how can I overstep my bounds?"
Having dealt with government officials for many years, Su Hen knew they all preferred to protect themselves and act independently. Unless their own interests were involved, who would stand up for whom?
Su Hen thought for a moment and said, "That Madam Ye has quite a talent for business. She plans to build a glass workshop and said she would give me half of the shares. I can't help her, so I can't accept a reward without merit. If you can help her, I believe she would be very willing to give you half of the shares."
The prefect of Mingzhou's old face hardened slightly: "I'm tired, Master Su, please leave!"
Su Hen's heart skipped a beat, and he cupped his hands in greeting: "Then I, Su, will take my leave first."
After saying that, he turned and left.
The prefect of Mingzhou snorted and rubbed his temples.
Today he's going after Magistrate Lu for half of the shares, who knows if someone else will be after him for money tomorrow?
Besides, is it possible for a small business owner to run a business producing something as expensive as glass?
Su Hen returned to the main store of Baiweilou.
Ye Erquan and the other two had been looking out the door. When they saw Su Hen coming from afar, they immediately rushed over.
"How is it, Mr. Su?"
Su Hen shook his head: "I'm sorry, I've done my best. This kind of thing is beyond the control of a mere businessman like us."
Ye Erquan felt a thunderous roar in his mind, as if the sky was about to collapse. Even the most powerful person they knew, Su Dongjia, couldn't help them.
"Is this Ye Erquan?" At this moment, two constables came over and lifted Ye Erquan up from the left and right.
"What are you doing? Let me go! Let me go!"
"We are yamen runners from Yue'an County, Nanzhou. Your family is harboring notorious bandits. We are here to arrest you."
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