While they were talking in the room, there were footsteps outside the room.
"Shopkeeper, Official Wei sent someone here and brought several large wooden boxes." A waiter came to the back room and said to Wang Zizi.
After hearing this, Wang Zi said: "I still have something to do here. You can entertain the people sent by Wei Daguan on your own. No matter what the other party wants, you can give it to him."
"Shopkeeper, you should go there in person. The other person wants to see you by name. Moreover, the person's face is very ugly. He doesn't look like he is here to buy something in the shop. Instead, he looks like he is here to cause trouble." The waiter said.
"Must you see me?" Wang Ziyi frowned slightly.
The guy nodded.
The young and strong man sitting in the room said: "Shopkeeper Wang, you'd better go and see him. It's not easy to offend Wei Zhongxian's people now."
Wang Zi hesitated for a moment, and then said: "Okay, you wait here for a while, I will come back after meeting the person."
With that said, he stood up from his seat and walked out of the house with his assistant.
Before he could reach the shop, he heard a sharp voice inside saying: "Why aren't your shopkeepers here yet? We don't have time to waste time with you."
"Father-in-law, please wait for a moment. You have already called our shopkeeper. Please drink tea first. The best Longjing has just been delivered from the south."
The person who spoke was a clerk in the shop.
Wang raised the curtain on his own and walked in from the outside. He said with a smile on his face: "Eunuch Li, what brought you here? We haven't seen each other for a while."
When the eunuch in the shop saw Wang Zijin, he sneered and said: "Shopkeeper Wang, you are such a big arrogant person. We have been here for a long time and you just hired a waiter to fool around. Who are you looking down on!" "
Eunuch Li held the orchid and pointed at Wang Zi.
Wang Zijin confessed in fear: "My father-in-law has misunderstood. The common people were in the backyard just now. As soon as I heard the news about my father-in-law, I knew that you were coming. I didn't dare to delay for a moment, for fear of neglecting my father-in-law."
As he spoke, he took out a piece of silver from his sleeve and put it into the other person's hand.
Eunuch Li received the money and pocketed it.
Wang Zizi, who was standing aside, said at this time: "My father-in-law, what do you want to buy when you come here this time? If there is anything you like, it is up to the common people to give it to your father-in-law."
"Our family doesn't dare to take your things for nothing. The guy who eats in our family wants to stay for a few more years!" Eunuch Li said with a straight face, without a trace of a smile.
At this moment, Wang realized on his own that the booklet from Datong should have been delivered to the palace, otherwise Eunuch Li would not have the attitude in front of him.
In the past, when Eunuch Li came to the shop, even if he didn't smile every time, he wouldn't be like this time, squinting his nose or raising his eyes, or talking in a weird way.
Moreover, this person is someone close to Wei Zhongxian. Even if he is unhappy, he cannot offend him. Wei Zhongxian is still useful to their Tiger Flag, so it is not easy to offend him.
Eunuch Li picked up the tea cup on the table and took a sip of tea, then said: "Okay, we don't have time to break these useless things here. Have you seen those boxes?"
He pointed to several wooden boxes in the room.
"I wonder what this means, father-in-law?" Wang Zi took a look at the wooden boxes, and then asked in confusion.
The wooden box was placed in a conspicuous place in the house, and he saw it when he entered the house.
Then Eunuch Li said: "Eunuch Wei asked our family to bring these boxes to us. They contain all the objects that your Tiger Flag gave to Senior Official Wei to play with over the years. Before we came, Eunuch Wei asked our family to tell you that now the items have returned to us." The original owner will return it to you."
Wang walked to one of the wooden boxes on his own and reached out to open the wooden box. Inside were some fur cloaks of good quality.
Then he opened the other two wooden boxes, which were also full of fur clothes.
These things were all made by him, so he naturally recognized them, and the fur clothes he gave to Wei Zhongxian were not only these, but also a lot of Dongzhu deer antlers and ginseng.
However, except for the furs, there was nothing else in the wooden box.
"Shopkeeper Wang, please do some counting." Eunuch Li said, holding a tureen in one hand, "Now that the counting is clear, we can go back and recover."
Wang raised his hand to close the wooden box, and said with a smile: "No need to order, the quantity is correct, they are all items sold by Cao Min to Wei Daguan in the past two years."
When Eunuch Li, who was sitting in his seat, heard this, the arm holding the bowl paused and his eyes narrowed slightly.
Wang turned around on his own and said to the waiter on the side: "These are good goods. Take them, count them, convert them into silver and send them over."
The guy agreed and left the room.
Soon, two men walked in from outside and carried several wooden boxes out of the room one after another.
Wang Zizi smiled and said to Eunuch Li: "Excuse me, please wait a little longer. After the people below have finished counting the furs and calculating the price, Eunuch will bring the silver to Senior Official Wei."
"Shopkeeper Wang, what do you mean?" Eunuch Li put down the bowl in his hand.
Wang Zizi said with a smile: "These furs were bought by the official Wei from the grassroots. Now that they are returned, the grassroots will naturally return the money to the official Wei. Of course, the depreciation fee still has to be calculated, but the grassmen think these furs are in good condition." Yes, the key is that it is very new and does not look like old goods, so the depreciation fee will not be too much."
Eunuch Li, who was sitting in his seat, looked Wang Ziqing up and down, and finally smiled and said: "No wonder your Tiger Flag business is so big. With a shopkeeper as sensible as Shopkeeper Wang, it's difficult to do a lot of business."
"My father-in-law is too flattering." Wang Yiqing bowed.
At the same time, I secretly breathed a sigh of relief, knowing that I did the right thing and didn't stupidly accept these things, even though these things were given to Wei Zhongxian for free before.
Not long after, the clerk came in from outside, holding a banknote in his hand.
"Shopkeeper, several wooden boxes have been counted, and the converted silver taels have been exchanged for banker's votes." As he said that, he handed the banker's vote to Wang Ziqing.
Wang, who took the vote, took a look at the amount on it, then smiled and said to Eunuch Li: "Eunuch, this is the bank's vote. Take a look, is the number correct?"
He put the meeting ticket on the table next to Eunuch Li.
Eunuch Li turned his head and glanced at the number on the ticket. It was a ticket worth three thousand taels, and the furs in the wooden boxes he brought were only worth three or four hundred taels in total.
He stuffed the meeting tickets on the table into his sleeves, then stood up and said, "Okay, it's time for our family to go back and resume their lives."
After saying that, he walked out.
Wang himself accompanied him.
When he walked to the door, Eunuch Li suddenly stopped, turned around and said to Wang Zizi: "My family heard that there were bandits in Datong, and even the imperial court sent Jin Yiwei to investigate. You tiger character Qi is a trading name of Datong, have you heard about the bandits?"
"The grassroots people haven't been back for a long time, but the caravan that came over never said there were any bandits in Datong." Wang Zibing said with a frown.
Eunuch Li smiled, stopped talking, and walked out.
