Daming female local tyrant

Shen Chang received a letter from his daughter Shen Wan, which said that Xiao Yulang instigated someone to frame her for the crime of "communication with the Japanese". Fortunately, he had the help of his close friend Huo Zhongkai, who served as the judge in Suzhou, otherwise he might be implicated in it. I also have to suffer some flesh and blood.

In the letter, Shen Wan said in an extremely angry tone that Xiao Yulang didn't take the Shen family seriously. Years ago, he brought people to the Shen family's old house in Suzhou to smash the door to bully him, and now he ordered people to bribe the Leisi Prison of the Suzhou government office. He was sued by himself, and wanted to close the Shenji silk and satin shop that he opened with great difficulty.

Thinking that such a person would be in charge of the Xiao family and herself, and be an enemy of the Shen family, she couldn't help worrying about herself and the future of the Shen family.

In the end, she mentioned that Shi Dahu and Zhu Dahu, two big grain merchants in Suzhou, came to see her, and begged her to help them sell their grain to the capital, and said that if Shen Wan was willing to help, they would be willing to split the bill with the Shen family.She begged her father to consider their proposal.

Although Shen Wan's letter did not clearly state that Shi Dahu and Zhu Dahu should replace the Xiao family who cooperated with the Shen family, Shen Chang couldn't understand what his daughter meant.

The Shen family is now only cooperating with the Xiao family in the grain business, relying on the third house of the Shen family, Shen Ji is the servant of the household department, helping the Xiao family sell grain to the Gyeonggi area, and the money the Xiao family earns from selling the grain shipped to the north, and The Shen family split the accounts.The Xiao family got eight, and the Shen family got two.

This condition was accepted by the Shen family because the Xiao family and the Shen family were related by marriage, and Shen Wan married Xiao Yulang, the eldest grandson of the Xiao family.

Later, the two reconciled and separated, and the Shen family continued to maintain a cooperative relationship with the Xiao family, but it was because the Xiao family was one of the four prominent families in Jinling after all, and the relationship between the two families did not become much worse because of Shen Wan's reconciliation with Xiao Yulang.

After Shen Chang became the patriarch, he still adhered to the principle of "governing a big country is like cooking a small fish" when dealing with the relationship between the Shen family and other families, as well as the internal affairs of the family.

Therefore, even if Xiao Yanlu and Xiao Yulang's father and son later came to Shen's house to ask for Jun Pei to be taken away, Shen Chang did not use this to blackmail them into giving up Jun Pei out of family interests.In the end, it was the old lady's witty words that blocked their mouths and made them quit.

Even because the Xiao family gave up on leaving Jun Pei, Shen Chang still wanted to maintain the cooperative business between the two as a kind of compensation to the Xiao family.

But the letter from his daughter Shen Wan brings up the old matter again, mentioning the old grievance that Xiao Yulang went to the Shen family's old house in Suzhou to smash the door and search the house, and the new grievance that Xiao Yulang now instigates people to frame her daughter for "Tongwa".

It was clear that Xiao Yulang harbored evil intentions towards her and the Shen family. Such a person would inherit the position of patriarch of the Xiao family in the future, which would be a threat to both her and the Shen family.

Then if you cooperate with the Xiao family again, wouldn't that mean digging a hole for yourself?

If only the safety of his daughter was involved, Shen Chang would consider it from the perspective of a patriarch, then he might choose to protect the interests of the Shen family, put the interests of the family first, and would not break the cooperative relationship with the Xiao family.Of course, from the perspective of a father, he will do everything possible to protect his daughter.

However, Xiao Yulang harbored evil intentions to deal with his daughter, it would be fine if he was just an ordinary Xiao family member, and it would not be too harmful to the Shen family by himself.But he will inherit the position of head of the Xiao family in the future, he is so hostile to his daughter, it is hard to guarantee that he will not be hostile to the Shen family.

That being the case, no matter whether it is out of selfishness or for the consideration of the Shen family, no longer maintaining a cooperative relationship with the Xiao family, making them unable to sell the Xiao family's food to the capital, making them earn less than half of the current money every year, and suppressing the Xiao family will all It is to eliminate future troubles.

This move can also tell the Xiao family not to act rashly and attack the Shen family. Even if the daughter is in Suzhou, the Shen family will protect her.Those who dare to attack the members of the Shen family must bear the unfavorable consequences.

The Xiao family can no longer sell grain to the Gyeonggi area, so the Shen family can choose other big grain merchants and get more share. Supporting other big grain merchants to compete with the Xiao family and continuing to weaken the strength of the Xiao family can be regarded as killing two birds with one stone.

Shen Chang secretly praised his daughter for coming up with such a good idea.

However, before making the decision to sever the cooperative relationship with the Xiao family, he took the letter from his daughter to his mother, Mrs. Li, and asked her to show her.

After all, breaking off the cooperative relationship with the Xiao family is a big deal. Even if Shen Chang, as the patriarch of the Shen clan, can make such a decision by himself, it is only natural to report to the eldest son of the Shen family.

When they arrived at Yanniantang with the letter, old lady Li was with her daughter-in-law Yu Shi, and Shen Jiao and others were sitting next to her, playing with Jun Pei there.

Jun Pei is already ten months old, her eyebrows and eyes have grown, she looks very much like Shen Wan, smart and delicate, and her body is also good, she is a snow dumpling with pink makeup and jade.

Now she is babbling, she is not very old, but she can already yell, and a few simple words pop out of her mouth from time to time.

As soon as the old lady Li saw Jun Pei, she smiled until her eyes narrowed, and she held her little fleshy hand and did not let go.

The people around said something funny again, basically wherever Jun Pei was, there was a group of people around, laughing from time to time.

When Shen Chang went to see old lady Li with the letter today, he heard chatter and laughter.

When the big maid next to Mrs. Li saw Shen Chang, she went to the old lady Li and whispered a few words.

Looking up and seeing the eldest son coming in a hurry, the old lady Li guessed that there must be something important for her son to come to see her.

So the old lady Li asked Mrs. Yu and others to hold Xiao Junpei and retreat first, and then asked the eldest son to come to her side and asked him what he wanted to see her.

Shen Chang handed over the letter from his daughter Shen Wan, saying that it was from Suzhou.

When mentioning the letter from Suzhou, old lady Li knew that the letter was written by Shen Wan, the eldest granddaughter.

She took it over and looked at the cover, then put the letter on the table, and asked Shen Chang what was written in the letter.

Shen Chang bowed his body and whispered to his mother what his daughter wrote in the letter.

After hearing this, the old lady Li's expression was not hesitant, and she asked Shen Chang after a while, "What does Chang'er think?"

Shen Chang said in a deep voice: "My son thinks what Wan'er said is right, Xiao Yulang has evil intentions, if he becomes the head of the Xiao family one day, it will definitely be detrimental to the Shen family. This time Wan'er did not have an accident, it is fortunate that Er had thought about it a long time ago. Otherwise, Wan'er must suffer. Xiao Yulang dared to take action against the granddaughter of our Shen family. Didn't he bully our Shen family? Last time he took people to the Shen family's old house to smash the door and search the house, trying to take Jun Pei, we didn't bother with him. I didn't expect that now he's pushing his limits..."

The old lady Li was silent for a while, and finally said: "Then stop the grain business with the Xiao family, and let others transport this year's autumn grain to Beijing. You should write a letter first and have someone send it to you." The Xiao family, in addition, send someone to invite the two big families that Wan'er mentioned to Jinling. After you meet, if you understand the rules and etiquette, you can choose them to transport grain to the Gyeonggi area. After the decision, I will give you three more Brother wrote a letter, saying that the big family that cooperates with our Shen family in grain trading has changed..."

"Yes, son, let's do it now." Shen Chang said respectfully.

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Xiao Yulang was so angry that he brushed the tea bowls on the table to the ground when he heard the report from Director Dong who had returned from Suzhou, splashing tea and broken porcelain all over the floor.

Dong Guanshi panicked and said: "Who would have known that Shen Wan would know Huo Tongpan from the Suzhou government office, walked through his connections, and got out of the relationship..."

Before he finished speaking, Xiao Yulang slapped the table and shouted: "Before, I asked you to find out which families in Suzhou Mansion Shen Wan was with. Didn't you say that the people she walked with were merchants? Why did this pop up?" Is there a Huo Tong sentence?"

Dong Guanshi hastened to argue: "The villain did inquire before, and Shen Wan did not have any dealings with the officials of the Suzhou government. Before the villain came back, he went to inquire about Huo Tong and judged him, and only then did he know that he is the current patriarch of the Shen family. Friends from more than 20 years ago have only exchanged letters in recent years..."

Only after hearing this did Xiao Yulang realize that Huo Tongpan was Shen Chang's dark move, and he had planned it many years ago.He sent Guanshi Dong to go to Suzhou to find someone to bribe Lei Si Prison and frame Shen Wan, which was likely to succeed.But who would have thought that Shen Chang had planned long ago, so it is reasonable for his plan to fail this time.

Sure enough, Jiang was still old and hot. Unexpectedly, he had been Shen Chang's son-in-law for three years, and he didn't realize that Shen Chang had this ability.

At this time, Guanshi Dong continued to say to the gloomy Xiao Yulang: "Fortunately, Ke Wenhan, who was bribed by the villain, was tortured in prison and did not confess to the villain. Young Master Sun will not be implicated in it."

Xiao Yulang felt a little relieved when he heard that.

However, he was still heartbroken that his 1000 taels of silver had been wasted, and he once slapped his chest in front of his father and assured him that this time, Shen Wan would definitely suffer and avenge his humiliation in Suzhou.

Hey……

If his grandfather found out about this matter, he might be accused of being stupid again.

Fortunately, now he also has two sons, his wife Peng and his second wife, and his cousin Tang Duanshu each gave him a son.

Because of the birth of these two sons, his grandfather has seen him in recent months, and his face has become much better.

I hope that for the sake of these two sons, his grandfather will not scold him after he knows about Suzhou.

This time, the plan to trap Shen Wan in the lawsuit against the Japanese failed. Xiao Yulang didn't dare to mess around after seeing the methods of his former father-in-law Shen Chang.

His father saw him the next day and asked him how things were going in Suzhou.

Xiao Yulang honestly told the situation over there, Xiao Yanlu shook his head, and said: "I didn't expect that Shen Changqi was superior, and he had a plan. You, please restrain yourself in the future, and don't provoke Shen Wan anymore. Now you are also a father Those of you, take good care of your two children, give birth to a few more sons, imprison the eldest grandson of the Xiao family, and then act accordingly."

Xiao Yulang answered "yes" dejectedly.

I never thought that the tree wants to be quiet but the wind doesn't stop.

The consequences of provoking Shen Wan soon became apparent.

As the head of the Xiao family, Xiao Yongqing received a letter from Shen Chang, the head of the Shen family, saying that this autumn, the autumn grain originally sent by the Xiao family to the Gyeonggi area would not be given away.The reason was a letter from the capital saying that the grains sent by the Xiao family to sell in the Gyeonggi area last year were all inferior grains that were not full. The Xiao family cooperated, and turned to cooperate with other grain merchants, because they can provide high-quality grain to Beijing.

After reading the letter, Xiao Yongqing's expression changed, and he sat down on the grand master's chair holding the letter paper.

He wanted to go to Shen's house to see Shen Chang immediately, and ask him why he did this?

But after thinking about it, there must be something inside the Shen family's sudden attack and no longer cooperating with the Xiao family in grain sales.If he wanted to find out about this matter, he might have to ask his son and grandson, especially his grandson Xiao Yulang. He had always been at odds with Shen Wan, and he went to Suzhou to find Shen Wan a few years ago, and it was very unpleasant.