Sihai Tea House began to officially collect tea. Fang Jinshi asked the staff to put up a sign based on the price of the same period last year, and strictly evaluate the grade of tea according to industry standards.
He was collecting tea in such large quantities. Even if Miyamoto Shizo tried to lower the price, he couldn't. If it was too low, he wouldn't be able to collect the tea at all. When his men came to quote, Miyamoto Shizo's tea price was the same as his. , Fang Jinshi smiled and didn't comment. Everyone was doing their own business, and no one was in the way of anyone else.
On this day, the clerk came over to report that the warehouse was almost full. Fang Jinshi asked shopkeeper Hu to calculate that two ships could be loaded to go to sea. Sun De, the general manager of Sihai Company, was responsible for the shipment, so Fang Jinshi went to find it himself. After asking Sun De for a moment, Sun De heard that he had collected the two ships of tea, so he asked him to bring the tea. He wanted to take it to the Municipal Shipping Department to apply for customs clearance documents, and arranged for manpower to load the ships and go to sea by sea. It was transported all the way to the Kingdom of Jin.
Fang Jinshi did everything according to the rules, and Sun De asked someone to issue a payment receipt according to the agreed price and stamp it with the bright red seal of Sihai Trading Company. The purchase of the first two ships of tea was considered completed.
Fang Jinshi asked shopkeeper Hu to take the certificate and go to Sihai Bank to withdraw money. Shopkeeper Hu went and came back soon. The other person Jinshi said: "I won't give you the glory of wealth."
Fang Jinshi immediately became angry and asked: "Why?"
Shopkeeper Hu said: "He said he would deduct the 500,000 Guan Liao money from us before. When the money is enough, he will give us the money again."
Fang Jinshi knew the rules of the bank. Naturally, he would deduct the debt first and then give cash in cash. He took 500,000 Guan Liao money from Sihai Bank, but he made the loan document. This time Fu Zhirong did this according to the rules. It¡¯s not too much to say.
So Fang Jinshi suppressed his anger. Anyway, he had a lot of capital. He had hundreds of thousands of dollars in Siping Bank. He asked shopkeeper Hu to clean up the accounts and check them with Sihai Bank.
After Baozhu left, Fang Jinshi sent away the girl who followed her and asked Qiao Ling'er to move to the place where Baozhu lived before. Her foot injury gradually healed, and she was still good at cooking, and very good at cooking. Diligently, Fang Jinshi told her many modern cooking methods, which made Qiao Ling'er's cooking skills improve by leaps and bounds, so that Fang Jinshi could eat more delicious meals.
Qiao Ling'er spoke well to him, and her stuttering was not obvious. However, when talking to outsiders, especially unfamiliar people, she often stuttered and couldn't speak, which made people anxious. Fang Jinshi asked the doctor, There was no better way, so he found a lot of tongue twisters for Qiao Ling'er to read, hoping to get rid of her stuttering problem.
After dinner, Fang Jinshi sat in the study and casually looked through some accounts. Qiao Ling'er brought in some pastries. Fang Jinshi stopped after taking two bites and said to Qiao Ling'er: "If you say such a thing, a white-backed person will jump out from behind the door. People with short poles.¡±
Qiao Ling'er said: "He jumped out with a pole on his back. What was he doing?"
Fang Jin made a slate face and said, "Just say what you say. It doesn't matter what you do."
Qiao Ling'er had to say it once. She couldn't say the simplest tongue twister smoothly. She couldn't even say it quickly several times. Fang Jinshi corrected her many times, but she still couldn't explain it clearly. Fang Jinshi was a little annoyed. He saw two small pebbles placed on the table, so he took them over and said, "Go and wash these carefully and cook them."
Qiao Ling'er took it and asked doubtfully: "Why are you cooking this? Do you want to eat it?"
Fang Jinshi was angry and funny, and teased her: "Yes, my name is Fang Jinshi, so naturally I have to eat rocks every once in a while."
Although Qiao Ling'er didn't believe it, she didn't say anything. She walked outside the door and asked again without giving up: "How long how long will it take to cook?"
Fang Jinshi said: "Cook it."
Qiao Ling'er scratched her scalp and went anyway. Fang Jinshi stayed in the study very late. Just when he yawned and wanted to go back to sleep, Qiao Ling'er came in carrying a clay pot. Fang Jinshi asked: "Have you cooked it?" Already?"
Qiao Ling'er put the earthen pot on the table and said, "I used strong fire and kept cooking. I don't know if it's cooked or not."
Fang Jinshi opened the earthen jar and took a look, and couldn't help but laugh. It turned out that there were not only the two pebbles but also two eggs in the boiling water in the earthen jar. There were green onion leaves and oil floating on the water, which smelled fragrant.
It turned out that Qiao Ling'er made it into a pebbled egg soup, but the eggs were not broken and turned into boiled eggs. She was so realistic that she really thought that Fang Jinshi wanted to eat these two pebbles.
Fang Jinshi picked up a pebble with chopsticks, washed it in tea and let it cool down. Qiao Ling'er said in surprise: "This is really edible?"
Fang Jinshi said while washing: "Of course you can eat it.""After washing it for a few times, he said to Qiao Ling'er: "Open your mouth. "
Qiao Ling'er hesitated and opened her mouth. Fang Jinshi used chopsticks to put the pebble to her mouth and said, "Put it under your tongue. Go back and say what I asked you to say ten thousand times a day."
Qiao Ling'er held it in her mouth and didn't dare to speak anymore. Fang Jinshi stretched and said, "Okay, I'm going back to sleep. Talk to more people. When you become fluent, I will take you to see you. Your mother."
Qiao Ling'er's eyes widened with the stone in her mouth, she paused and walked slowly away. Fang Jinshi saw that the soup in the jar should still be drinkable, so he peeled the eggs and ate them himself.
A few days later, Fang Jinshi saw Qiao Ling'er reading the tongue twister with pebbles in her mouth, but when she was asked to spit it out, she still stuttered and seemed to have no effect. Fang Jinshi told Huang Jinmian, and Huang Jinmian suggested Asking Qiao Ling'er to talk more, Fang Jinshi thought for a moment. The best place for Qiao Ling'er to talk more would be to help in the tea house. When he went back to talk to Qiao Ling'er, Qiao Ling'er said carefully: "No. Go, is it possible?"
Fang Jinshi made a serious face: "No, you go to the tea house and sit and watch first. Then your feet will be completely healed. Follow me every day. Follow me wherever I go. See more of the world and become more courageous. Then you will be fine." .¡±
Although Qiao Linger was very reluctant to go out to meet people, she was relieved when she heard that she could follow him every day.
It's just that after she arrived at Sihai Tea House, she still didn't like to talk. Whenever she opened her mouth, the clerk in the shop would laugh secretly, which made her feel even more inferior. Fang Jinshi became angry and issued an order. Anyone who saw her talking again would be fined a hundred cents. Qian, although the guys no longer dared to laugh in front of her face, the same thing happened behind her back, but as time went by, except for the people who just saw her, after everyone got used to it, no one made fun of her anymore. Qiao Ling'er was in a crowded place. After staying for a long time, except for being nervous sometimes, her stuttering problem gradually improved a lot. She basically no longer got stuck when talking to Fang Jinshi.
The days passed quickly, summer came, the business of Sihai Tea House became more and more stable, and the tea collected was shipped to the Kingdom of Jin. On this day, shopkeeper Hu came over and said to the other side: "The previous money from Sihai Bank has been deducted. .¡±
Fang Jinshi said: "Then let Fu Zhirong pay us."
Shopkeeper Hu said: "We have already been there. Shopkeeper Fu said that he would ask Mr. Meng Da for instructions before giving it to us."
Fang Jinshi frowned and said, "This Cai Meng doesn't see anyone else a few times throughout the year. When can I ask for his instructions? Has this batch of tea been shipped?"
Shopkeeper Hu said: "Manager Sun has sent a ship to transport it away."
Fang Jinshi said: "Of the two of them, one took my goods and the other refused to pay according to the rules. How much money I have is not enough to give them. When Prince Li Ka'an comes to ask for money or goods, I don't have any. Where can this be done?¡±
Shopkeeper Hu said: "That's right, this is not how the business is done. Manager Sun's tea imports for the goods have not been sent over yet. He cannot get the paperwork from the Shipping Department, so he cannot ship it out to sea."
Fang Jinshi said: "The goods have been shipped away, how can a tea guide bother them? Give me the tea guide."
Shopkeeper Hu went over to get the tea and handed it over to him. Fang Jinshi went out. He did not go to Sun De. He first came to Sihai Tea House to find Fu Zhirong.
Fu Zhirong met him upstairs at Sihai Tea House. Now he was very proud. After Ji Changan went to Bianliang, Tokyo, he replaced all the important positions in Sihai Tea House with his own people, and won Cai Meng's trust and respect. He holds huge amounts of money and power, and no one except Cai Meng takes him seriously.
So Fang Jinshi was brought in by the waiter. He didn't even get up. He just put down the tea bowl in his hand and said calmly: "Young master, it's rare that you have some free time today. I'm here to inspect. Please sit down."
Fang Jinshi was not polite and sat on his left. Fu Zhirong asked, "What kind of tea will you drink, young master?"
Fang Jinshi said: "Whatever tea is in the rich shopkeeper's bowl, just give me a cup."
Fu Zhirong smiled and said: "What I have in this bowl is the golden eyebrows from the young master's tea house. The young master is really very capable, and the tea leaves he collects are all so good."
What he said was obviously approval, but secretly it was ridicule, which meant that Fang Jinshi was actually nothing except collecting some tea leaves. Of course, Fang Jinshi could hear the meaning of his words, so he suppressed his anger and ignored him. As he spoke, the waiter came over and poured tea for him. Fu Zhirong raised his tea bowl and said, "Please, young master."
Fang Jinshi picked it up and put it down again, and said to Fu Zhirong: "I came today to ask shopkeeper Fu that the 500,000 Guan Liao money he took from Sihai Bank has been fully repaid, and my batch of goods has been handed over to Mr. Sun. I sent someone to transport it away, when will the rich shopkeeper pay me?"
Fu Zhirong still put down the tea bowl gently and calmly, saying: "Really? Then ILet the cashier check it out. How about the young master coming back in a few days? "
Fang Jinshi knew that Fu Zhirong was just an excuse to delay time, so he stared at him and said, "Business Manager Fu, should I ask my accountant to come over right away and check it out face to face?"
Fu Zhirong smiled and said: "Young master, why are you so impatient? You can't be in a hurry when doing business. The more anxious you are, the more likely you are to make mistakes."
Fang Jinshi said: "My tea house has to pay for the tea every day, but I don't have a penny to pay. How can I not be in a hurry?"
Fu Zhirong said: "Didn't the young master get 500,000 yuan of Song Dynasty money? This year's tea money is more than enough."
Fang Jinshi asked: "Is it possible that the rich shopkeeper doesn't even plan to pay me this year?"
Fu Zhirong stopped smiling, put the tea bowl on the table, and turned around and said: "Young Master also knows that Sihai Company has a lot of business. No matter how much money there is, there will be times when the turnover is not enough. As a member of Sihai Company, young Master As the second-in-command, and with enough money in hand to run the business, you should think about the company and put others before yourself, right?"
Fang Jinshi became angry all of a sudden. He stood up and said, "Since the rich shopkeeper said so, let me take a look at the bank's accounts. If there is really a money problem, then I won't mention it for now. How about that?"
Fu Zhirong narrowed his eyes, looked at him and said, "Young master, you want to check my accounts?"
Fang Jinshi said: "Isn't it possible?"
Fu Zhirong said in a deep voice: "No one in the entire Sihai Company, except Mr. Meng Da, has this right."
Fang Jinshi said: "What are you afraid of, the rich shopkeeper? Are you afraid that I will audit the accounts because you have embezzled money from the bank?"
Fu Zhirong chuckled and said: "Fu thinks that the money in the account is innocent. Even if it is really someone who embezzled money from the bank, Meng Da will take care of it one after another. The young master also has no right to check my account." .¡±
Fang Jinshi said: "Is this a rule set by Mr. Meng Da, or was it said by Prince Consort Cai?"
Fu Zhirong clasped his hands behind his back, stood in the middle hall, and said proudly: "It's the rules set by Fu, so what?"
Fang Jinshi threw the teacup on the ground, and it shattered immediately. He stared at Fu Zhirong, and Fu Zhirong also turned around and looked at him coldly. They both looked at each other for a moment, and then Fang Jinshi turned around and walked towards the stairs. Go and hear Fu Zhirong smile disdainfully from behind.
Although he was full of anger and dissatisfaction with this rich man, he could not do anything to him at the moment. He was weak and had no one at the key place, so he was always tied up and unable to do anything.