Chapter Twenty-Five: Recruitment

  Liu Guanjia smiled and agreed, picked up some more wild chickens from the oxcart, and only then paid the money. Today was strange, Liu Guanjia didn't leave after finishing these things, but instead sat back on his own stool, staring at Liang Guanjia with a smile.

  "I said, I want the musk for 500 coins! The people here are all deceitful and unscrupulous, you're also a dishonest merchant. The best quality dry musk pouch in the pharmacy doesn't cost more than one tael, but you dare to ask for three taels for this untreated musk pouch? Liang Guan Jia, what do you have to say? Last time you bought leopard skin and asked for six taels, even the leopard skin from Chengdu doesn't exceed three taels. Six taels is the price of tiger skin! If I hadn't checked the accounts, how long would you continue to cheat us?"

  Yun Zheng stared at Liang Guan Jia, who was full of awkward color on his face. It is said that family shame should not be exposed to the public, how can this woman humiliate Lao Liang in front of so many people, and also humiliate several other families' managers together? Don't you care about human relationships and social etiquette? Even if the Liang family is wealthy and powerful, they can't make enemies like this, after all, your family is just a merchant, not an official family.

  "Let's go back and talk about it, I've done something wrong, let the young master deal with me when he returns." Old Liang repeatedly begged the woman in the carriage to go home and talk again. As a dignitary on this land, he was being humiliated like this and just wanted to die.

  Yun Zheng smiled and said to the people in the carriage, "I suppose the leopard skin is in your hands? Give it to me, I'll return six taels of silver to you. If that's not enough, we can even calculate interest. How about that?"

  "Yun Dai, don't make a fuss about it. That leopard skin is for Old Master Liang as a token of respect. The Liangs have never returned goods before, so please, Big Sister, consider the family's reputation."

  "It's a shame to have someone like you in our family, take the leopard skin away, not a single coin of the six taels can be missing." As she spoke, a neatly folded leopard skin was taken out from the carriage by the little maid.

  Yun Zheng smiled strangely at Liu Guanjia, took the leopard skin and examined it carefully. He found that it was indeed the one he had sold before. "Wait a moment," he said to the young servant girl, then immediately walked up to Liu Guanjia with the leopard skin in hand and said: "Liu Guanjia, please take a look at this leopard skin. The fur is bright and dense, and when you blow on it, it forms a whirlpool. It's definitely new fur that grew during winter, so seven taels of silver is not too much to ask for. As for whether there are any injuries, you can examine it carefully yourself. This was shot through the eye by an expert hunter with one arrow, so it's impossible for there to be any wounds."

  Liu Guan's family laughed happily and loudly said: "Three strings of money for leopard skin are all over the street, but can that thing be called leopard skin? Some were shot by arrows into sieves, some were still autumn hair, summer hair. Liu's family likes expensive ones, taking them back home to give to the young lady as a mattress, and they will definitely be able to give birth to a strong little young master like a leopard for our Liu family."

  "Good boy, good thinking. This business is going well, and with just one turn of the hand, we've made an extra tael of silver. Here's a tael of silver for you to take home. As for the remaining six taels of silver, Old Liang, why don't you come by my house's shop to collect it? I don't have that much on me, believe it or not. If it's really not possible, I, Old Liu, will write a receipt. If you don't give me the money, you can report me to the authorities, haha!"

  Not only did Liu Guan's family burst out laughing, but the rest of the people also followed suit, even Liang Guan's own family couldn't help but smile wryly and nod their heads, indicating that they should let themselves off easy. Although the crime of intentionally offering a high price was cleared from their name, the Liang family had already lost face.

  The people in the carriage fell silent, and Yun Zheng didn't have time to argue with her. This woman was very arrogant when she sold pigs herself last time, and unexpectedly this time she was even more unreasonable. Liang Guan said it was six strings of money, but actually five strings of money could buy the leopard skin, and he was just bullying people with his power. Yun Zheng reluctantly agreed because he was an old customer, but he didn't expect there to be another episode like this.

  The horse cart didn't move, it just stopped there watching Yun Zheng sell goods, until Yun Zheng's goods were sold out before she opened the curtain and came out from inside. Yun Zheng knew that if she hadn't left, it was because she wanted to find her own trouble. No matter who it was, being humiliated like this wouldn't let them rest easy without getting revenge back. However, this didn't matter, because after today, future business would be handed over to Liu Du Tou, whether good or bad wasn't related to herself anymore. So she just crossed her arms and leaned against the cow cart waiting for the main person to appear. The Yun Er in Lao Rou's embrace seemed even more excited than Yun Da, constantly pawing at Lao Rou's hands, wanting to drill out from her embrace. He was very interested in ancient rich young ladies.

  The young lady of the Liang family did not disappoint Yun Er, and the one who came out of the carriage was indeed a beauty. She was not very old, only thirteen or fourteen years old. The little girl had a high bun, but it was unclear why she wore two red gemstone earrings that sparkled as if they could captivate people's hearts. Anyway, Yun Zheng's eyes fell on the white skin below her ears and couldn't move away.

  "After all, the rural grass market is not a big scene. I think you are clever by nature. If you can come to my Liang family business, it won't take a few years for you to stand out and even become the manager of the Liang family is not impossible. Come to my Liang family to do business, I won't treat you unfairly."

  Unexpectedly, this woman still has such a broad mind. Because Yun Zhen found that her few words were still very sincere. This woman lacked only business acumen.

  After saying these words, she waited confidently for Yun Zheng to surrender to the Liang family, and her gaze fell on the chubby Yun Er. This guy had gained a lot of weight recently due to the improvement in his family's food supply, looking just like a plump baby in a New Year's painting, extremely deceptive.

  "Pretty sister, you're wasting your breath. Cloud Er was born to be a famous singer at Donghua Gate. Recruit me and I'll help you sell goods, I can sell out all the goods in your house." Cloud Er immediately took over, eager to get along with beautiful women.

  While talking, he stretched out his arms and asked the beauty to hug him.

  No one can refuse the request of a lovely child, let alone Yun Er, this clean and excessive little boy. The merchant's daughter didn't have too many scruples, hesitated for a moment, then picked up Yun Er, looked at Yun Da in surprise, she couldn't believe that a poor boy from the countryside actually had such great ambitions.

  Yun Er glared at Yun Si, his face rubbing back and forth against the beauty's neck, sniffing heavily with his nose, revealing an extremely enjoyable expression, just knowing this kid was asking for a beating.

  "I didn't know brother had such ambitions, I was too rash. But does brother have any achievements to his name?"

  "Yun Dai is still a young man, he will take the county exam in a few days, and after getting the first place, he will go to the prefectural exam, and finally participate in the imperial exam. By next autumn, he will become a scholar and have a good reputation. How about marrying Yun Dai? I'm not deceiving you, he really can make a name for himself at Donghua Gate." Yun Er patted his chest to vouch for Yun Dai, causing Miss Liang to burst out laughing.