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"You Tiger Flag must give everyone an explanation. We all spent money on it, so why should we commandeer the big car we hired?"
As the four-wheeled carts were taken away one by one, many merchants surrounded the manager of the Tiger Flag in Xujiazhuang.
"I have just explained to you that all the carts have been requisitioned. If you are in a hurry to go back, you can hire carts to haul the goods yourself. If you are not in a hurry to go back, you can also choose to stay in Xujiazhuang and wait for the goods. The requisitioned carts have been sent back to help you transport your goods back." Cheng Qiumo, the steward here in Xujiazhuang, explained.
This time the requisition of four-wheeled carts was so sudden that Xujiazhuang was caught off guard. Some four-wheeled carts had already been assigned to some merchants.
Now that all four-wheeled carts have been requisitioned, those merchants who had reserved four-wheeled carts were unable to get on the road in time. These merchants were the most dissatisfied.
"If you say requisition, then requisition it. We have signed the paperwork. If you don't call the truck back to deliver the goods to us, we will take the paperwork and go to the Yamen to sue you."
"Yes, I will sue you."
"Let's go, let's go to the Yamen to sue them now. With the signed documents here, I don't believe that the government dares to protect you."
Many of the many merchants clamored to go to the government to report Tiger Flag.
"If you want to complain to the government, go ahead and file a complaint. I will never stop you. Whether you go to the Lingqiu County Yamen or the Governor's Yamen in Datong Fucheng, it's up to you." Cheng Qiumo narrowed his eyes slightly and looked at the merchants in front of him. , with a sneer on his lips.
He didn't take the threats from these people seriously at all.
However, as soon as he said these words, the merchants who had been clamoring earlier shrank back into the crowd.
No one who dares to go out to do business is stupid.
What's more, they often come to Xujiazhuang to do business with the Tiger Flag, so why don't they know the foundation of the Tiger Flag.
They shouted that they were going to the Yamen to file a complaint, just to frighten them so that the tiger-character flags would send all the carts back. If they really wanted to file a complaint, they didn't have the courage.
"What? You're not talking anymore?" Cheng Qiumo glanced around at these merchants, and then said impatiently, "What are you doing? If you have time to grind your teeth here, why not go find a car early? Take your own cargo away."
The surrounding merchants saw that it was impossible for Tiger Flag to send them four-wheeled carts, so they had no choice but to find their own carts, which caused many people to leave in a hurry.
For the caravan, staying in Xujiazhuang for one more day means one more day of expenses. It is impossible for the caravan to waste their money in Xujiazhuang just to wait for the cart with the tiger flag.
Soon, most of the traders in front of the chamber of commerce dispersed.
Most of the merchants who stayed behind had not yet purchased their own goods, and their need for large trucks was not that urgent.
"Manager Cheng, has something happened? I've been to Xujiazhuang so many times, and this is the first time I've seen you willing to violate the signed documents and commandeer these big cars." Someone who is familiar with the stewards here in Xujiazhuang A businessman asked curiously.
Tiger Flag started as a business name and values integrity the most.
This is why they, the merchants, risk offending the imperial court to do business with the Tiger Flag. Of course, the most important thing is to make money.
Cheng Qiumo said to the merchant who spoke: "Xujiazhuang will no longer sell anything from today on. You all should go back. It is best not to stay in Lingqiu."
After saying that, he walked into the Chamber of Commerce.
The few merchants who stayed outside looked at each other in shock after hearing his words again.
"Did you understand what Manager Cheng just said?" A businessman asked the people around him.
"They seem to be saying that the Tiger Flag won't give us the goods and they are asking us to go back. What do you mean by them? Are they even making any money?"
The businessman who spoke was chirping.
Cheng Qiu later returned to the chamber of commerce, picked up the tea cup on the table, and took a sip of herbal tea to moisten his dry throat.
"Manager Cheng, has something happened? Don't hide it from me. We are a family." A middle-aged man with a mustache walked in quickly from outside.
This person is a steward sent by the Xu family of Dongshan Iron Station. He usually stays at the Xujiazhuang Chamber of Commerce. If the chamber of commerce has any urgent matters, he can report them back to the Xu family in time.
"Manager Xu came just in time, take a seat first." Cheng Qiumo pointed to the empty seat opposite.
Indicate the other person to sit down first.
"Where can I sit down? Your tiger-character flag has requisitioned all the big cars. Now many people have come to my place, making me two big and one big." Manager Xu looked sad, but his eyes were looking at Cheng Qiumo waited for his explanation.
Cheng Qiumo put down the tea in his hand and said to Manager Xu in front of him: "Recently, several workshops in Tiger Flag have stopped selling anything to the outside world, so the four-wheeled carts are no longer needed."
"Not selling it anymore? Why not selling it anymore? Your workshop in Tiger Flag doesn't sell iron products. What to do with the iron ingots sent from Dongshan Iron Works?" Manager Xu frowned.
Since Hu Zi Qi established a chamber of commerce in Dongshan Iron Farm, the iron ingots from the iron yard are no longer sold to other people. They are all sent to several workshops in Hu Zi Qi, and the finished products are made by the workshops in Hu Zi Qi and then sold.
Cheng Qiumo said: "The order I received was to close the shop in Xujiazhuang and stop selling tiger-character flag things. I don't know anything else."
After saying that, he spread his hands.
"After all, we are also a family. There is no need to hide anything from me, one of our own, right?" Manager Xu realized that Cheng Qiumo was hiding something.
He had no choice but to talk about the relationship between the two parties, hoping to make the other party relax.
Cheng Qiumo shook his head slightly and said: "I don't know anything just like you, Manager Xu. I just do what the superiors tell me to do. You also know that the tiger-character flag has big rules, and I'm just a little kid." Stewards can only obey orders from above."
"Since Manager Cheng doesn't know what happened, it should be clear where those requisitioned four-wheeled carts are going!" Manager Xu saw that he was unwilling to tell, so he chose to start with the requisitioned four-wheeled carts.
I want to know more about four-wheeled vehicles.
"Steward Xu, you think too highly of me. I really don't know anything." Cheng Qiumo stood up and said, "I still have something to do over there, so I won't accompany Steward Xu. I will go back to Steward Xu and tell Boss Xu, The Iron Ingot Tiger Flag Workshop will not accept it."
After saying that, without waiting for Steward Xu to speak, he turned around and walked out.
Manager Xu, who was sitting in his seat, hesitated for a moment, but finally did not call out to Cheng Qiumo.
He could feel that Cheng Qiumo had no intention of telling him, even if he asked several times, it would be useless.
However, although he could not figure out what happened to the Tiger Flag, it gave him a feeling that a storm was about to come.
