Hearing Zhen Renyi's words, everyone raised their heads, and some even asked, "If you have any suggestions, Master Zhen, you might as well tell me, so that we can open our eyes."
Hearing this, Zhen Renyi raised the corner of his mouth slightly, stepped forward and said, "Everyone, since the quality of the cloth Feihong shipped is so good, it happens to weigh three million kilograms."
"Then for this three-million-dollar order, it would be better to use Feihong's cloth."
When the officials heard this, they were a little surprised, and some even said bluntly: "There are three million kilograms of cloth, but only the Feihong family is chosen."
"If word spreads, I'm afraid it won't sound very good."
"Hey, what does Cai Juncheng mean by this? The selection of the order from the three northern counties is based on the best."
"Since Feihong's cloth is far superior to the Jiangnan Cloth Merchant Alliance in terms of both quantity and quality, then it is understandable that we hand over all the three million kilograms of orders to Feihong."
"If it really spreads and others know about it, they won't be able to grasp anything about us or find anything wrong with us." Chen Chuge stood up and said.
After Chen Chuge's explanation, the official's face looked much better just now, but he still frowned slightly and said: "But at the beginning, the message passed down from above obviously told us to choose from various cloth merchants. …”
"That's because the superiors felt that an order of three million kilograms could not be put together by just one cloth merchant, so they took this step. But now the situation is very different. Feihong's family alone can put it together. If you want to get these three million orders together, then why bother anyone else?" Zhen Renyi said.
But even so, Cai Juncheng still refused to give up and said: "Masters of the county, it is best not to speculate on the intentions of the superiors."
These words were already a little bit weird, and Zhen Renyi couldn't help but get angry, and said angrily: "It's obviously well-founded, but why did it turn into random speculation when it came to your mouth?"
"Then tell me, how can I say that I have not made any random guesses?"
Seeing that Zhen Renyi was really angry, Cai Juncheng didn't dare to say anything anymore. He just smiled bitterly and shook his head before retreating.
However, it was this way of handling that made the atmosphere at the scene awkward and Zhen Renyi also found himself in a dilemma.
After all, if rumors spread in the future that a county governor was using his power for personal gain and bullying the county magistrate, Zhen Renyi would not be able to live with it.
Seeing the deadlock, a voice suddenly emerged from the crowd and said: "It is indeed inappropriate to give all these three million kilograms of orders to Feihong's family."
"How about this, give Feihong two million catties, or even two and a half million catties, and choose the rest from the goods shipped by the Jiangnan Cloth Merchants Alliance and those small cloth merchants."
"In this way, Feihong takes the majority and we don't disobey the orders from above. Isn't it the best of both worlds?"
"Of course, it's not impossible to blame Feihong for all the orders of three million kilograms."
"Just to avoid punishment from above, we have to send some fabrics from Feihong and the Jiangnan Cloth Merchants Alliance to the Qiandu court, and at the same time report the huge gap in quantity. Only in this way can we be foolproof." Zhou An stepped forward. , not only resolved the embarrassing situation, but also gave appropriate suggestions, which immediately attracted everyone's attention.
In fact, none of these officials really care which cloth merchant the three million order falls on. What they really care about and fear is the punishment from the imperial court after all orders fall into the hands of one cloth merchant.
After all, these people are not like Shen Liangfu and the other ten people who were entrusted with important tasks just after taking the imperial examination.
Most of the officials who came here were actually demoted. But what most people think about is that as long as they work diligently as officials in the three northern counties for several years, they will one day be transferred back to Qiandu.
But if something went wrong while serving as an official in the three northern counties, then the day of returning to Qiandu would be really far away.
In this way, when faced with Zhen Renyi's suggestion that something might go wrong, they naturally tried to avoid it and did not want to accept it.
Even if he is the head of a county, as long as he stands on the opposite side of everyone's interests, the end will not be much better.
Zhou An's starting point was very particular. In just a few words, he brought himself and many officials to the same front.
Then, in a tone that seemed to consider them, he made suggestions that were actually beneficial to Feihong and Zhen Renyi.
As expected, after listening to Zhou An's suggestion, the officials all smiled and nodded in admiration: "Zhou Juncheng's method is good. It can not only give instructions to the superiors, but also keep the best cloth. It is really a blessing for the people."
"Yes, yes, Zhou Juncheng has such a good idea, why didn't you tell him earlier?"
"Hey, I just thought of this method. Otherwise, there is no reason to know but not say anything."
"Hahaha, it's true, what Zhou Juncheng said is true."
"Okay, now that you have made up your mind, let's act quickly. There are still countless people in the three northern counties waiting for this batch of fabrics to save their lives."
"It will be up to me, Yayu County, to present the fabrics from Feihong and Jiangnan Cloth Merchants Alliance to the court and truthfully reflect the quantitative gap between the two parties."
"It is for the common people to distribute cloth and avoid looting. Tianshui and Linyi counties will do it. Do you have any objections to this distribution?"
The officials thought about it for a while, then nodded and said in unison: "Chief Shen's arrangements are very appropriate. We have no objections."
"That's good, let's go do something."
After hearing this, everyone retreated.
This matter has come to an end, and both Zhen Renyi and Shen Liangfu are secretly relieved at this moment.
…
Jiangnan County, private room on the second floor of Feihong Restaurant.
Today is a big day.
To be precise, it is a big day for the Jiangnan Cloth Merchants Alliance.
Because today is the day when the results of the orders from the three northern counties will be released!
But in fact, there was no suspense. Every cloth merchant with some channels in Jianghuai County knew that Feihong was destined to fail miserably.
Jiangnan Cloth Merchants Alliance can start celebrating in advance.
In fact, this is indeed the case. Today, the Jiangnan Cloth Merchant Alliance has taken over the entire second floor of Feihong Restaurant.
All the well-known cloth merchants from Jianghuai and Jianghuai counties were invited to celebrate the successful order from the three northern counties.
As the protagonists, Qian Tong and the other four people naturally arrived early and greeted the guests one by one at the door of the box.
"Exceptor Qian, I have admired you for a long time!"
"Exceptor Qian, congratulations!"
"Old Qian, after the Huangshang incident happened last time, I thought you were going to be in ruins. Who would have thought that it would only take so long for you to get back on your feet? You're still eating a piece of meat from Feihong, a big tiger. Really? Impressive!"
