The fact that the old man of the Yang family is in bed to recuperate can be traced back to the booming business of Chu family's paper money a few years ago.
The reason why the old man of the Yang family was anxious at first and wanted to quickly imitate copper coins and paper ingots was because he wanted to take advantage of the peak season before the Spring Festival to make a lot of money.
The Yang family has its own paper money workshop. I thought it would not be a difficult task, but I didn't expect that things did not go smoothly. After the counterfeiting of copper coins and burned paper was made, the counterfeiting of paper ingots has been stagnant. In the end, they had to first Starting from the wholesale of copper coins and burned paper, I thought I could earn a day's worth of money early.
Although the matter of paper ingots has been put aside for the time being, the Yang family has never really given up. After all, in the eyes of the old man of the Yang family, fellow travelers are enemies, not to mention the funeral of Chu Ji, which caused a stir as soon as he came to the county. Colleagues who have caused a lot of trouble should naturally be suppressed and eradicated as soon as possible.
Although the Yang family is not considered to be the top group in the funeral industry in Xing'an County, if the scope is narrowed down to the paper money industry, it is still one of the best. The Yang family's brothers were all peddlers at first. I did it for more than ten years. Later, after saving some capital, the brothers opened a small restaurant together.
But after getting rich and becoming a small boss, the conflicts between the brothers increased. In the end, they couldn't even continue the business of the restaurant. The old man of the Yang family did not earn more than his brothers, and in the end he only got some money. It happened to be It happened that the owner of a paper money workshop was eager to use money and wanted to sell the workshop at a low price, so he took the workshop workers with him. Therefore, he was really an outsider in this paper money industry.
Although the old man of the Yang family was a layman, he still built this paper money workshop that he bought halfway. He really knew nothing about the production and crafts of paper money, but he had his own set of theories about doing business.
The old man of the Yang family firmly believes that no matter how big the county is, the money that can be earned from a business is limited. The more shops that operate a trade and the more prosperous the business of the same trade, the less the Yang family will earn.
Therefore, he almost regarded the saying that peers are enemies as golden advice, and he used endless methods to suppress and squeeze peers.
Regarding the funeral of Chu Ji, the old man originally had a good plan. He thought that once his reduced-price copper coins and burning paper started to be sold, only a fool would go to Chu Ji to stock the goods. It would be the worst if the person named Chu overestimated his ability to bid with him. Well, how much capital can a country boy from the village have to compete with my own family? If the time comes, I won’t pay for him to sell iron and run away to the countryside in a mess.
Even if the other party didn't fall for it, the Yang family's move had already ended Chu Ji's wholesale business. Without the wholesale business, the Yang family didn't pay much attention to the retail investors that Chu Ji sold. I'll just sort it out slowly in the future.
But after all calculations, the old man of the Yang family never expected that since Chu Ji could make so many paper ingots in a short period of time, he would also wholesale them with great fanfare. Although the appearance of copper coin burning paper and paper ingots are completely different, they are the same. A real competitor, Chu Ji Funeral’s move really gave the Yang family a beautiful counterattack.
It stands to reason that the Yang family made copper coins to burn paper, and deliberately lowered the price to steal the Chu family's business. Even if there was competition from paper ingots later, they should have made a lot of money before the Spring Festival, but the old man of the Yang family is really not a broad-minded person. The man felt that he had been tricked by Chu Ji's young couple, and his heart surged with anger.
Then he happened to catch up with the workers who had been deducted from their wages because they failed to imitate the paper ingots. They were so angry that they fell directly on the Taishi chair where he usually gave orders.
On one side were the workshop workers who had gone on strike and were clamoring that if their wages were not paid immediately, they would not only quit their jobs but also report to the government. On the other side were the workers who were so angry that they had a stroke. The doctor said they could only stay in bed to rest, but they still refused to let go. Mr. Yang surrendered, and the three Yang brothers couldn't make up their minds for a while.
The main reason is that the old man of the Yang family has accumulated a lot of power over the years and has never let go of power. Even now that he is old and unable to show up in some situations, he still wants to control all the affairs of the Yang family in his own hands.
Although the three sons of the Yang family have all passed their thirties, none of them can really take charge. Moreover, the three brothers also have their own thoughts, and they all want to take advantage of this opportunity to overpower each other and perform well for the sake of the family. This is why other brothers proposed it as a way to pave the way for taking over their own business in the future.
Naturally, no matter what the idea is, we will oppose it. As a result, this matter can only be postponed again and again. Read the book
The third son, Yang Fangsheng, has the temperament and temperament of the three sons who are most like Mr. Yang. He must repay every penny and has a dark heart. However, he is spoiled by the old lady of the Yang family. He has always acted wantonly and is just like a little gangster.
The old man of the Yang family has always looked down upon this young son who has no brains and only knows how to get into trouble. Because of this, the third son, Yang Fangsheng, always wants to prove his ability to his father and prove that he is no better than his cowardly peacemaker. The eldest brother is nothing different from the cunning and cunning second brother.
This time the old man is bedridden, and Yang Fangsheng is not popular at all. Now the sense of urgency is even stronger. You must know that the old man's body is getting worse day by day. If he really can't afford to be ill, he will have to pay for it. That day, according to the current situation and Mr. Yang's consistent attitude towards him, he would definitely not have his share of the family property.
Yang Fangsheng must seize this opportunity firmly and do something to change the Yang family's old man's opinion of him. As the saying goes, Qin Hui still has three friends. Although Yang Fangsheng is not a good person, his hands are quite spacious. , so there are a few little followers around.
After understanding his current situation, Yang Fangsheng sat in a restaurant and brothel with a few servants all day long to discuss countermeasures. He didn't know who brought it up, but he still had to deal with Chu Ji's funeral.
Chu Ji's funeral was indeed the cause of this incident. If he could take advantage of this moment to get the Chu family's paper ingots, or even drive the Chu family out of the county, his father would definitely look at him with admiration.
Yang Fangsheng is a villain through and through. Naturally, he would not rely on normal means such as cooperation, negotiation or buying and selling to obtain the method of making paper ingots, so he approached the two brothers surnamed Wang and asked them to find an opportunity to go to Chu Ji and learn how to make paper ingots. Yuan Bao's recipe is obtained.
The two brothers surnamed Wang first went around the Chu family's shop in the name of buying paper money. They originally wanted to stop by and inquire about the situation, but this inquiry did not matter. They watched the continuous flow of customers at Chu Ji's funeral all day long. , and because of the sudden increase in the frequency of patrols in the Yamen before the new year, I couldn't help but retreat.
Although the two brothers usually hang out with Yang Fangsheng, they can never go to the point of disregarding their own safety in order to do things for the other party. In such a situation, they must not be able to commit crimes against the wind.
Therefore, no matter how much Yang Fangsheng urged and his eyebrows were burning with anxiety, the two brothers just found excuses at random and did not really take any action.
It wasn't until after the Spring Festival that the two brothers discovered that Chu Ji's funeral shop was closed, and the county government officials were on vacation, and even the number of patrols was much reduced, so they started to think again, so in early February The young couple heard about it from brothers Changfeng and Changlin.
This matter has been going back and forth for a long time, and Yang Fangsheng spent a lot of money. Just when he thought his plan was going to succeed, suddenly the first day, the old man called him to the bed and threw a pile of papers on him. His face was full of evidence that he had been having a great time and causing trouble recently.
This incident made the old man so angry that he banned his feet and made him kneel in the ancestral hall to reflect. He was only recently released because of the plea of the old lady of the Yang family.
As soon as Yang Fangwu regained his freedom, he went to the two brothers named Wang and asked about the paper ingots: "Have you two finished the matter? Where are the things?"
Wang Dashun touched his nose and said flatteringly: "Third brother, if you're not here, we brothers don't have a backbone. This matter is really not easy to handle."
"Fart, just ask you two cowards to steal something, use the backbone of this fart, you fucking think I, Yang Laosan, am stupid!"
Wang Dashun waved his hands repeatedly and said: "No, absolutely not. How dare we, Third Brother! This matter is really difficult to handle..."
Yang Fangsheng grabbed Wang Dashun's collar and threatened: "I didn't see you guys complaining when you took my money. Now it's hard to tell me. I think you two don't want to hang around in this county anymore!" "
Wang Xiaoshun hurriedly stepped forward to break Yang Fangsheng's hand, and said to make amends for himself and his brother: "It's not like we brothers just take money and don't work. This job is really not easy to do. Third brother, you are locked up." The family won’t let it go
The door is closed, let alone little guys like us. "
"What do you mean by that?"
Wang Xiaoshun just said it randomly in a moment of impatience. Unexpectedly, Yang Fangsheng suddenly stared at him and asked what he meant. What other meaning could they have? But seeing that Yang Fangsheng was locked up at home, and there was no one to give him money, he had no idea. People kept urging them, so the brothers got lazy and forgot about the paper ingots. Now that Yang Fangsheng was suddenly released, they panicked before they could think of an excuse.
Wang Dashun, who was being pinched by his collar, saw that Yang Fangsheng had actually listened to what his younger brother was saying. He had an idea and deceived the other person: "Third brother, my dear third brother, we brothers have been following you for so long, what? Don’t you know better, man? We sincerely regard you as the boss. How can we not do the things that the boss tells us with all our heart and soul, or risk our lives?”
"Hmph, stop fooling me with such nonsense!"
Seeing that Yang Fangsheng's hand seemed to be loosening slightly, Wang Dashun hurriedly continued: "What I said is true, boss. Didn't you feel anything was wrong from the beginning to the end? It's all right, old man, why?" I want to ban your feet, this... this must be someone who snitched on you and framed you, boss!"
Regarding the fact that Mr. Yang suddenly became angry and locked himself in the ancestral hall to kneel as a punishment, Yang Fangsheng was actually a little out of his mind. He really couldn't understand how the old man who was in bed and recuperating knew what he was doing outside: "You mean someone deliberately You told my old man just to harm me?"
Seeing that someone had taken advantage of him, Wang Dashun nodded hurriedly and said, "Well, the old man is already in bed and recuperating. At this time, why do you still have the energy to investigate what you are doing outside, boss? There must be someone who doesn't want to ask the boss to take care of the Chu family. After the matter is done, I went to frame you in front of the old man."
"What you said makes some sense. Could it be...that it's my two brothers? Yes, it must be them. If I get this done, they will be nothing in front of the old man. It must be them. Them, damn them!"
"Not only did they frame you, boss, but when we went to Chu's house to do things, we were always blocked. It didn't go well every time. It was obvious that they were here for us. We are really over-whelmed but unable to do anything!"
Only then did Yang Fangsheng let go of Wang Dashun's hand and said with a sinister look in his eyes: "Huh, if you don't want me to make it, I just want to show it to them. If you have the ability, I will stay with you forever. You two listen to me." ,this time……"
