Warrior in Turbulent Han Dynasty

Guo Shao didn't go home in the morning, so he went straight to the Department of Guards from Dong Mansion. Because I didn't return home last night, I have to go home early this afternoon.

As soon as I returned to the mansion, I saw Yulian worried and said: "Mr. Lang, I seem to have been deceived by someone! What should I do?"

Seeing her anxious face, Guo Shao pulled her to sit on the stool at the back door of the living room, and said, "Don't worry, what's going on, who lied to you?"

"The money for buying silk is fixed." Yulian felt guilty and worried, "The Shen Lichen weaving shop took my money...but this morning when I asked Bai Xiangu and Huang Blacksmith to take people to see the goods, the people in the shop refused to let them see, saying that the batch of goods could not be sold! I asked Bai Xiangu to ask for the fixed money and compensation for breach of contract, but the people in that shop didn't return it..."

Guo Shao was confused by what he heard, and after hearing a rough idea, seeing Yulian anxious again, he thought: What kind of businessman is that, who dares to lie to the wife of a high-ranking military general of the Forbidden Army?

He asked, "Is there a contract?"

Yulian nodded aggrievedly: "I wrote it, but what if they don't recognize it? I gave a large deposit."

Her oval face was full of anxiety and pitiful. Seeing this, Guo Shao hurriedly shook her hand, and comforted her with kind words: "Money is something outside of the body. Even if you are really cheated, it's no big deal. Just treat it as a lesson for spending money. But how dare a businessman do that? Even if there is no contract, their courage is too great."

Holding Yulian's hand, the back of her hand is smooth, and there are calluses on the palm! When Guo Shao touched it, he felt even more pity, and he yelled: "I have many ways to make them lose more than they gain! If the shop really wants to bully you, a woman, I will help you out. But Yulian will explain the matter in detail first, so I can know what is going on."

Yulian said: "In the beginning, Jing Niang asked Bai Xiangu to go to the shop to discuss the purchase of silk weaving, but their silk, brocade, silk, and yarn were all more expensive than the market, more than 30% more expensive. I told Bai Xiangu to go to Dongshi and Xishi. If it doesn't work, there are silk merchants in the outer city. Can't you buy things in Tokyo with money?

Unexpectedly, that afternoon, a woman was sent to the shop. The woman was over forty years old, dressed luxuriously, and had servants. She called herself Aunt Sun, and she seemed to be in charge of the weaving shop. When I met her, she was very forthright and said that the originally negotiated price would be halved! If it is sold according to what she said, the silk will be much cheaper than the silk fabrics on the market, and I have seen the samples, and it is indeed finer than ordinary silk. Immediately, I was a little puzzled and asked her why. "

Guo Shao asked casually: "It's only natural for a businessman to seek profit. Why is she doing this business?"

Yulian said: "She said that this time the business lost money and she had to do it, because she had heard of General Guo's name for a long time, and their master wanted to make friends, but she had no chance before. Later, Aunt Sun didn't talk about business, but kept talking about your husband's affairs, starting with Zhang Yuanhui in the Northern Han Dynasty. I don't know some things about the battlefield, but she talked about it in detail... She even knows about me."

Yulian's face turned red slightly when she said this, "There is still some discrepancy between the truth and the truth. But it is not wrong to say that your husband was promoted in the Battle of Gaoping and went to the market with great fanfare to welcome me."

She paused and continued: "I was surprised and asked her, why do you business people care so much about the war? Aunt Sun said that her master loves to hear about General Guo, and she and the people below just do what they like, and often ask her to tell her master."

Guo Shao was very pleased to hear this, he is a common man who loves fame and wealth, and knowing that irrelevant people also praised his deeds of meritorious deeds can always satisfy some vanity. Xindao said that the owner of the shop admired him very much, so how could he deceive Yulian?

Before he asked this question, Yulian said again: "I heard that Mrs. Sun loves Mr. Lang so much, and she is so righteous, so she took it lightly. Let Bai Xiangu take the money and go to 'Shen Li Chen Weaving' to write a contract and order the silk and satin. When they are ready, they will pay the rest of the money to move things. Unexpectedly, after paying the money and discussing the matter, when I sent people to move things today, she told us that the transaction would not be done! But she would not refund the deposit... Mr. Lang, will Mrs. Sun know? What kind of villain pretended to be the shopkeeper of the shop, and came here to extort money?"

Guo Shao thought for a while, and said, "Didn't you say that you ordered the goods from the shop you sent Bai Xiangu to, and signed the contract with them? If that's the case, if the people in the shop knew about it, how could they allow her to cheat money in the shop? Yulian, please be safe, don't worry, don't get angry, let me handle this matter."

He comforted him with good words, and thought that even if he was really cheated, it was just a loss of some money. Compared with money, Yulian is more important.

Not long after, Bai Xiangu went in to look for Yulian, saw Guo Shao was there, and reported: "The 'Shen Chen Li Weaving' shop sent people here, and wanted to invite people from the Guo family to talk about things in the shop. I came back and wanted to tell Yulian first."

Guo Shao asked casually: "The last time Aunt Sun didn't come to talk, why do you want us to go to the shop to talk about things this time?"

Bai Xiangu said: "I also asked. The people in the shop said that this time their boss is personally handling the matter. The boss is a woman and it is inconvenient to come to the door. So let's send someone over."

"Master, it should be the master who Aunt Sun said, who likes to hear about my wars?" Guo Shao mused, thinking that after all, Fairy Bai couldn't make a decision on the spot, and it was the master who came to talk in person, so he thought about it, "I have nothing to do this afternoon, so I'll go back to her and settle this matter, so that Yulian won't worry."

Yulian said quietly: "Does your lord think that I'm useless and I can't do anything well?" Guo Shao smiled and said: "No. But Yulian is still so petty, and that little money makes you worry about it." Yulian whispered: "It's not a little bit. If it were before, the deposit would be enough for us to spend a lifetime."

"Wait for me at home." Guo Shao stood up from the stool with a smile, and told Fairy Bai to call Jing Niang all the way, and then asked the servants to prepare the carriage and guards.

Then Shen Chenli Weaving is close to the inner city Dongshi, because it is in one direction, not far from Guofu. Go north out of the gate of the mansion, after passing the Daxiangguo Temple, walk a few streets to Dongshi; both places are in the southeast of the inner city.

Jing Niang and Guo Shao rode in the carriage together, she said: "After all, the shop is on someone else's site. We don't know much about the Shen Chenli firm. Why don't we find a teahouse at the entrance of the downtown area, and send someone to invite the owner of the firm to meet at the teahouse. Even if she is a woman, it's okay."

Guo Shao adopted Jingniang's suggestion, first he found a restaurant at random, booked an elegant seat, and then sent someone to make an appointment with the owner of the firm. Because of what happened last time, Jing Niang is now more cautious when going out, and asks her servants to disperse and watch from inside and around the building.

They drank tea in the room and waited for a long time, and a cup of tea gradually became cold. At this time, a middle-aged woman came and said that she wanted to see the master of Guo's mansion.

After the woman was brought in, Guo Shaoguan made a sound of satin, his expression was calm and not like that of ordinary servants, and seeing that she was about forty years old, he remembered what Yulian said, this person might be Aunt Sun. Could it be that Mrs. Sun is the hostess of the firm?

Sure enough, the woman made a blessing as soon as she came in, and lowered her eyes and said: "My name is Sun Da Niang, and I pay my respects to General Guo."

Guo Shao said: "You're welcome, please sit down, let's talk about things."

But Aunt Sun said: "Today, I'm not here to talk, my master has already arrived. It's just that the master is a widow, so it's not convenient to show up. She asked my concubine to plead guilty to General Guo first, and then asked General Guo to move to the next room to talk."

After hearing this, Guo Shao thought to himself: The hostess of this firm is really arrogant, she even asked me to visit her when she got there, making it seem like she summoned me. There are too many widows in this world, and since she has come out to manage the business, why can't she see people? In the capitalist society of later generations, female directors of group companies can still put on airs; but in this era, the role of money is the same, it is very useful in the market, but it is useless when it reaches a certain level, and the status of businessmen cannot be compared with civil and military bureaucrats at all.

But since they are all here, Guo Shao is too lazy to know her as much as he cares about face with this woman. Immediately said: "Alright, please lead the way."

Immediately, together with Jingniang and Bai Xiangu, they left this elegant room and changed places.

As soon as he entered the tea room, he saw a curtain drawn against the wall, and there was a faint figure inside. Seeing this, Guo Shao felt that this woman is really hypocritical... This scene is not small, even meeting someone in a teahouse, and even covered it with a curtain. And this curtain is obviously not something from the teahouse, it was brought by them!

"I'm a woman, so it's not easy to meet men. I ask General Guo to forgive me if I'm rude." The figure saluted politely inside. As soon as she opened her mouth, Guo Shao was taken aback for a moment, the voice was very clear... Hehe, it sounds like she has a bit of hypocrisy.

Guo Shao said: "That's all, it's just some small details, I don't care about it."

After hearing this, the woman praised: "General Guo is indeed a hero, and his conversation is good."

Guo Shao showed a smile on his face, and said in his heart: I just said a word, how can I tell what I said?

The woman said softly: "General Guo, please sit down. The tea outside here is too dirty, so I didn't ask anyone to serve tea. If there is a chance in the future, I will treat General Guo with clear spring tea to make up for today's rudeness."

After hearing this, Guo Shao felt strange again, as long as the tea in the teahouse was not poisoned, why not drink it? This bitch has a cleanliness! Fortunately, her family is rich, otherwise she would be an ordinary family in this troubled world, let's see how she thinks the tea is dirty.

Guo Shao said: "I don't drink tea anymore, we have to talk. I heard that the deal has been discussed, but you go back on your word? But I don't know what happened?"

The woman said calmly, with a quiet voice: "Let me explain myself, this is why I came here today. This is a dispute between our own people in the firm, but General Guo has been involved, I am really sorry."

Guo Shao asked: "Isn't the lady the owner of the shop? How can someone make a claim and go back on his word without your consent?"