There is a light green silk curtain hanging in the room, but the fine texture is incompatible with the decorations here... It is annoying to pull the curtain in such a room.

The gauze curtain was a little transparent, but the sunlight shone in from the outside and reflected. Guo Shao couldn't see the scene behind the curtain clearly outside, so he could only see the outline of his figure; but the curtain should be clearer in the outside, and the light outside was good.

Guo Shao thought this girl was very artificial and had too particular pomp.

Unexpectedly, at this moment, the woman inside suddenly knelt down, bowed a favor, and said quietly: "I am here to apologize today. Please listen to my explanation."

The voice was soft and clear. When Guo Shao saw the shadow inside, he hurriedly made a support: "If you can't do it, why should you do this big gift? Isn't it just a business? Because my family is anxious, I came to ask. Please get up quickly, let me tell you what's going on."

The person inside said thanks and got up. Guo Shao then sat down on the stool and was about to listen to her.

At this time, the afternoon sun shone in from the wooden window, making the tabletop in the room glow with greasy light. Sure enough, the place is not clean, and the tabletop is not clean, but it is unknown what greasy soup sprinkled by the previous group of guests. This place was randomly ordered by Guo Shao, and it was at the entrance of the downtown area, so naturally there was no choice. Now he found that the building was open big but not like a particular place. There were gaps in the teapot and cup on the table.

For a moment, Guo Shao's mood completely changed. He felt that the curtain he was pulling was no longer abrupt. As expected, what exactly does the world mean? Is it actually following people's mood?

He thought that it was not easy for a widow to do business, and it was understandable that he would not show up when he saw a male customer. Also, this place was dirty, and if a woman had a cleanliness, she would probably not want to drink the water here and treat the customers.

However, some people are indeed pretentious. She is such a person. If she doesn't understand her, she may be very uncomfortable when she suddenly comes into contact with her. Just like the woman I met today.

The woman inside seemed to have a Wu-language accent, and then she said softly with a clear and soft voice: "My name is Chen Jiali."

After hearing this, Guo Shao's mouth moved slightly, but he refused to speak. He felt that the name was really tacky, which was very different from her delicate image... He found that at this time, any woman with a little background was actually very tacky; those girls with nice and literary names probably had no background. But for some reason.

Chen Jiali continued: "Our 'Shen Chen Li Weaving', as the name suggests, is the weaving business jointly by the Shen, Chen and Li families. The three families have been married for generations, and are actually a business gang, not only for the management of weaving. I am a member of the Chen family, but I am married, and now I am a wife of the Shen family. Some people also call me Shen Chen... So my surname is Chen, but I run the Shen family's business. I can't control the management of my parents' family.

General Guo wanted to ask, since I am the head of the Shen family, why can't I restrain the people below... There is a reason here.

My husband had already inherited the Shen family's business. His first wife, whom he married five years ago, was the daughter of the Li family and had a son; but later when Li passed away, he reunited and married a concubine. Previously, the two families meant that his husband Xuxian also married the Li family; but he insisted on marrying me... Later, we respected each other as guests and got along very harmoniously." Chen Jiali said this with a little shy tone.

"Now that all directions are divided, each town has set up a tray and exploitation, and the business is not easy to do. But most of the rare goods are beneficial. It is profitable for us to transport silk fabrics and pearls from the Southern Tang Kingdom to Tokyo and even Youzhou; we will buy precious fur, ginseng and other goods from the north from Youzhou, and transport them to Tokyo, Yangzhou and Jinling. Therefore, our business has shops and horse gangs in famous places in the world. Last year, my husband went to Youzhou to make more money..."

At this time, Chen Jiali's voice gradually choked, and her tone was very sad, "I didn't expect that the Khitan man just fell in love with the beautiful concubine around her husband, so he killed and robbed people! Her husband was killed because of this. The Khitan government not only did not punish the murderer, but also shamelessly sent the prisoners back and asked us to use money to forgive the living people. Two of the concubines were also from the Chen family, and their parents took the money to redeem the people... But... but..."

Her voice trembled, as if she had seen something extremely terrifying, "The man is back, but the two little ladies have been tortured to the point of being human. I have been in the world for more than twenty years and have never seen such a cruel thing; even the person who committed a great crime and committed a death sentence has not been treated like this! Before my husband was killed, I don't know what kind of humiliation and torture he suffered..."

After hearing this, Guo Shao couldn't help but sigh and expressed his sympathy.

It took a long time before Chen Jiali came to her senses and said, "After my husband died, his legitimate son should have inherited the family business, but the child was only a few years old; there were only a few cousins ​​in the Shen family lineage. So the people from the three families discussed asking me to raise the child and preside over the Shen family business.

On the one hand, the Li family felt that the child was born to the wife of Li, and was unwilling to hand over the family business to the cousins ​​of the Shen family, and they didn't trust me very much; on the other hand, my mother's Chen family also felt that I was the wife of the head of the Shen family and should raise the child to inherit the family business; the Shen family's cousins ​​were also staring at it. Although I was the head of the family, I was in dilemma on all three sides."

Chen Jiali said sadly: "If my husband was alive, why would it be so difficult for me?"

After hearing this, Guo Shao said, "So that's it. Too many people interfere in this business, and it's really easy to argue. This way, it's not entirely because of Mrs. Chen. It's understandable that there was something wrong with our order."

Mrs. Chen said: "I have long heard that General Guo is brave and extremely powerful, and I admire him. Moreover, although Tokyo is prosperous, the various yamen have unclear power, and there are too many people who can threaten and bully our businessmen. If we can make friends with people like General Guo, wouldn't it be beneficial to the business of the Shen, Chen and Li families? What is a little money?"

Guo Shao said, "Thank you, Mrs. Chen, for trusting me. Her words are very sincere and there are not so many false words that are superficial."

Mrs. Chen said: "General Guo is very famous. I have heard a lot about you. Naturally, I believe in your character. How can you make a fool of yourself with false words?"

She said again: "At the beginning, the Guo Mansion sent someone to the shop to check the goods, and I learned that the fairy Bai was from General Guo Mansion. Later, she thought it was expensive and went to other places... It was not that our price was expensive. Those goods were transported from the Southern Tang Dynasty and Wuyue Kingdom, and the cost of many checkpoints along the way was high; but the materials of weavings such as Yunjin were indeed better than those of the Zhou Dynasty. Everyone could tell that the good things were good and bad. Good things were naturally expensive.

Since there is such an opportunity to interact with the Guo Mansion, how can I push the customers to another place in order to make money? I immediately sent someone to the Guo Mansion to discuss and promised to discount half the price. In this way, the price is cheaper than on the market and the things are better, so the Guo Mansion naturally has no reason to choose another family. Of course, we will lose a lot of money for this business, but I think it is worth it.

Unexpectedly, I was not here in Dongshi this morning. When the Shen family's cousins ​​on the shop saw that they were losing money and did not understand the situation, they suspected that I was seeking personal gain and refused to deliver the goods at the moment. But I was the one who decided on this business, so they did not immediately refund the deposit and regretted the deal. Instead, they pushed the trouble to me... We were rude first, so I didn't care about the widow and were gossiping. I hurriedly sent someone to meet with the people from the Guo family, wanting to apologize and deal with this matter."

After hearing her detailed explanation, Guo Shao was indeed reasonable. He thought that he still had this point of mind and could not hold on to it just because others were wrong. He was not an enemy. He said generously: "The business is done as usual, the goods are good, and it is natural to be expensive. Just rewrite the contract according to your original price; the original one..." Guo Shao took it out of his arms, tore it in person, and threw the broken paper on the table.

Mrs. Chen hurriedly said, "No, I can still solve this problem. There are shops in the west and outer cities. They are dowry given by my parents when I got married to the Shen family. I can make complete decisions on these businesses alone. Tomorrow I will send someone to transport the goods from my shop to the Guo Mansion and deliver the goods first. Since I can trust General Guo, what else can I write a contract?"

Guo Shao said: "I am a great general of the imperial guards, can you bully you a woman? That's it, and the price is as high as the price. If Mrs. Chen insists on it, it's fine if she doesn't do this business. Anyway, Guo cannot be greedy for you."

"Since General Guo has said that... well, let's follow what you said." After saying that, Mrs. Chen asked again, "Is General Guo going to buy so many silk fabrics, isn't he going to give the betrothal gift to the Wang Wei family?"

Guo Shao said in surprise: "How do you know?"

Mrs. Chen smiled and said, "To be honest, our business is mainly about buying and selling with wealthy families. Although the things are good, they are expensive. The Wei Wang family in Daming Mansion also has business dealings. The women of the Wei Wang family like to customize all kinds of things from us."

After saying that, she called Aunt Sun to come forward and whispered a few words. Guo Shao didn't hear it clearly, but because he was close, he heard only words such as "take some jewelry".

Mrs. Chen ordered Aunt Sun and said, "If General Guo trusts me, how much money is planned to spend on the betrothal gift, first set the number, and then you can hand it over to us to handle it for you with all your authority, which will definitely satisfy General Guo."

When Guo Shao heard this, he suddenly felt interesting. He didn't understand those things very well. He didn't have time to ask Mrs. Gao that day. If someone helped to cook, wouldn't he worry?

Then he said, "That's good. I'll go back and ask the people at home and I'll send someone to tell you."

Mrs. Chen smiled and said, "That's it. As long as General Guo sends someone to speak, I will transport the things to the mansion first, and then the Guo mansion will pay the money."
Chapter completed!