All along, Xiao Yu thought that he had hidden himself very deeply and had not been exposed, but looking at the shopkeeper Liu in front of him, he felt that some things might have been exposed.
"Think carefully about when our deal with Zhidaobao began, and when they said they wanted to end it. Don't miss any details. The more detailed the better."
Xiao Yu is also a capable person. If he had not been born at the wrong time, he would have been able to call the shots in the court. Even so, he has served as a prime minister. Although he is now unemployed at home, it does not mean that his personal ability has declined.
In such a chaotic situation, the main cause of the incident was quickly grasped, that is, Zhidaobao terminated the loan cooperation with them. If this was true, then many actions of His Royal Highness the King of Wu would have to stop. He was originally going to entertain these generals, but if he could not come up with some powerful bribery materials, then this banquet would be of no use.
Some people stand for their political future, some people stand for these yellow and white things. If you don't have them, why should others stand behind you?
Shopkeeper Liu thought over everything. Because their assets were all excellent and registered with Zhidaobao, it only took three days of verification and basically everything was approved. Moreover, the manager of Zhidaobao also said that if there were similar assets that needed to be mortgaged in the future, they could always contact them and their attitude was very good.
But when he came to see him just now, his attitude was neither cold nor indifferent, completely different from before. Manager Liu didn't understand what was going on, but Xiao Yu almost understood it. This showed that the other party had already noticed it. If Zhidaobao was someone else's business, perhaps someone would need to interfere, but Zhidaobao itself was Li Xiang's business, so this matter must be related to Li Xiang.
"Would you like me to ask a few of my business acquaintances, who have a good relationship with Zhidaobao, to speak for us?"
Seeing that Xiao Yu remained silent for a long time, Manager Liu was also thinking about what he could do. Xiao Yu was already dissatisfied with him. If he could help with this matter, this position might be his in the future. If he was of no use at all, he was afraid that the position of manager would change hands after this incident.
"Go find these people right now and ask them to speak for us. Don't be reluctant to spend the money. As long as this is done, no matter how much money you spend in the future, you will be able to earn tenfold back. I'll be waiting here. Report back to me immediately if you have any news."
Although Xiao Yu understood that these friends of Manager Liu could not play a big role, Xiao Yu still had a glimmer of hope in his heart. What if it was a purely business operation? Maybe a few words from these people would have an effect. Of course, Xiao Yu already had other ideas in his mind, and this was just one of the ways.
"I'll go right away."
Shopkeeper Liu ran out quickly. He also realized that this matter was very important, but he didn't know why their master wanted to spend so much money. You know, in recent years, apart from the normal expenses of this mansion, the master basically did not take money from their company. Most of the time, he would put some money in his hands and let him expand the company. Now he didn't know what was going on. He actually wanted so much money all of a sudden.
"master…"
Hearing the old housekeeper's voice, Xiao Yu frowned again. Usually, there was nothing happening in this mansion after sunset. Why were there so many things going on today?
After hearing the old butler's report, Xiao Yu was even more surprised. Was the opponent's counterattack so quick?
Just now when Xiao Yu asked Manager Liu to go out and contact his friends, he still had a little hope in his heart. Maybe it was a pure business operation, or maybe he wanted to increase the interest rate, and it might have nothing to do with this matter. But when he saw Wu Zhuangtou outside the door, he knew that this matter was not that simple.
Manager Liu is in charge of the business operations of the Lanling Xiao family, and Wu Zhuangtou is in charge of the Lanling Xiao family's granary. Now that Wu Zhuangtou has come all the way here, he must have encountered something serious.
"Are you coming from Luoyang?"
Xiao Yu said in disbelief that although this man was an old man under his command, they only met twice a year. Apart from coming to give gifts during the Chinese New Year and the Mid-Autumn Festival, he never met Xiao Yu at other times.
"In reply to the master, I set out on this journey at noon today. I changed horses along the way but never changed people. I finally arrived in Chang'an City. Something serious happened. The Cui family's steward..."
Wu Zhuangtou didn't care about anything else and quickly told his own story. It turned out that the grain on their farm had a buyer and the deposit had been paid, but when the day came to pick up the grain, the manager of the Cui family said he didn't want it anymore, not even the deposit.
This kind of thing has never happened before. The Cui family is the largest grain merchant in the entire Tang Dynasty. If you want to trade grain, you have to sell it to them.
For people like Xiao Yu, they usually don't care about such things. It is the people below who do the trading. But now there are mountains of grain there. If they can't sell them, they must have enough granaries. If they want granaries, they have to spend money to build them.
It would be completely possible if there was plenty of time, but we don't have that time now. The weather has been relatively good these days, but if it rains, the grain will get moldy. Even if you want to lower the price, you won't be able to sell it in the end.
The Lanling Xiao family has more than a dozen farms, all of which are doing business with the Cui family, and have been doing business for more than ten years. Now, if the other party tears up the agreement and is willing to pay the deposit, no matter how the lawsuit goes, we will have no way to recover.
It took Xiao Yu a long time to calm himself down. The Lanling Xiao family had a large number of people, and the annual expenses were not a small amount. Food income accounted for 40% of it. If there was a problem with food income, these people would probably have no money to eat next year, which would be fatal for any big family.
Although the Lanling Xiao family has other sources of income, it takes time to establish such a sales system, and it is also profitable for the Cui family. Why are they not making money? Is it because my money is too much to handle?