Red Mansion: Taming the Overlord

After listening to Bo Yang's words, Xue Pan suppressed his temper, and he didn't lose his temper as soon as he came back. Instead, he asked people to visit him in private. Sure enough, he caught the handle of the shopkeepers, and then he invited all of them to openly attack him. .

The evidence is conclusive, and these shopkeepers cannot deny it, they can only bow their heads and plead guilty.

According to Xue Pan's opinion, such a betrayal of the Lord should be taught a good lesson, as a warning to others.

However, Xue Biao said that in fact, this kind of deduction may be found in any shop, but there are more or less differences.When the water is clear, there will be no fish. As long as the surface is not bad, there is no need to pursue it so carefully.Now that this incident has been revealed, the shops below are already panicking, if they still punish him privately, everyone will probably become terrified.Besides, it's the end of the year, seeing blood is unlucky after all.It would be better to turn the person directly to the government and recover the owed money.

If Xue Biao was so thoughtful in the past, even if Xue Pan didn't show it on the face, he might feel uncomfortable in his heart.But after an in-depth discussion with Bo Yang, he now firmly believes that he is also superior, and he doesn't care that Xue Biao knows about these things better than him, so he generously sends these people into the yamen according to Xue Biao's wishes.Anyway, as long as you take care of them, it is not difficult to make them suffer in prison.

Unfortunately, what Bo Yang suspected was that there were supporters behind these shopkeepers, but there was no clue at all.Neither Zhou Da nor Xue Biao thought there was anyone behind the scenes. After all, such things were very common, and the shopkeepers of the Xue family were nothing more than bolder.As for saying that people from the Xue family were instigating behind the scenes, that's even more nonsense.

Xue Pan suspected his family without any evidence. If he hadn't been the head of the family and was usually the least caring, he might have been suspected of having ulterior motives.Even because he doesn't know how to hide it, even if he didn't mention Bo Yang, Zhou Da was suspicious of it, so after Xue Pan asked him once and the other party denied it, he could only shelve the matter temporarily.

After all, it's not a good thing to cause unrest at home because of something without evidence.

Now that the Xue family has gradually declined, it is time to unite with the clan and develop well.Don't say that this kind of thing doesn't exist, even if it does exist, it is estimated that it can only be suppressed.

Under Zhou Da's earnest persuasion, Xue Pan finally reluctantly agreed not to pursue it.However, he was able to swallow this breath for a while, but it didn't mean that others could too.I don't know who leaked the news and let the members of the Xue family know about it, so they all refused to obey and came to the door to ask Xue Pan to give an explanation.

After all, a lot of people were dismissed from the shop, and they couldn't find anyone to take care of them for a while. It was already a mess, and now people from the tribe came to make trouble again, Xue Pan was very annoyed, and felt that his head was big up.

He remembered what Bo Yang said, as long as you put your heart into it, being a housekeeper is not that difficult, so he couldn't help but smile wryly.When he heard it, he was also full of enthusiasm, thinking that as long as he put his heart into it, there was nothing he couldn't do.However, it now appears that this matter is far more difficult than he thought.

All the things piled up together, leaving Xue Pan at a loss, but at this time he received a letter from the capital, Aunt Xue urged him to go to the capital to celebrate the New Year and reunite with his mother and son.

Because he was afraid that they would be worried for nothing in the capital, Xue Pan didn't tell Aunt Xue about this matter, and now he received the urging letter, he couldn't help but smile wryly.With the mess in front of me, I'm afraid this year will be difficult, let alone go to the capital?

Just what excuse to refuse, but it is very nerve-wracking.I can't tell the truth, but if I don't tell the reason why, I'm afraid his mother will just think that he is playing crazy in Jinling and doesn't want to go to Beijing, and maybe there will be another accident.

At this moment, when he heard that Bo Yang was coming, Xue Pan couldn't help being overjoyed, as if he had found the backbone for a moment, even if Bo Yang came, he couldn't do anything, and seemed to be able to calm his heart.So he personally greeted him at the door.

"Brother Xue, don't rush to reminisce about the past." Bo Yang said, "When you come back this time, bring the rest of the fabric. Brother Xue, send someone with me to have a look."

Xue Pan originally wanted to say that he didn't need to read it, because he trusted Bo Yang.But he also remembered Bo Yang always said the phrase "brothers will settle accounts clearly" and never liked the company being mixed up, so he changed his words, "Since that's the case, I'll go and see it myself. It’s easy to talk along the way.”

He desperately hopes that someone can give him advice, and it is indeed not suitable to talk about these things at home, after all, there are too many people to talk about.It's cheaper to say in the car on the road.

So when he got in the car, Xue Pan couldn't wait to say, "Brother Bai is finally here. I have a lot of things going on here, and I don't know how to deal with them. I just want your help."

"I don't know much, so I might not be able to help. But maybe I can help Brother Xue. If Brother Xue doesn't give up, please tell me the matter." Bo Yang said.

Xue Pan then described what had happened during this period, "I originally said to investigate, but both Zhou Da and Xue Bian said that after all, they are a family, and it is not good to tear up the face. I think about this new year. The next thing, if there is a commotion in front of the ancestral ancestral hall, it will not look good. Even if you want to investigate, you will have to turn over the New Year. That's all, but they don't know where to get the letter, they have been making trouble when they come in, and there is no time for peace. There are fewer people in the shop, and it's time to settle accounts, so I have so many things to worry about!"

"I'm afraid I can't help you with other things, but I should be able to look at the account book." Bo Yang said, "If brother Xue can trust me, I'll go over and help later. As for the clansman's matter, we don't have evidence now, so we can only settle the matter temporarily. But I think that since the other party has such thoughts, he won't give up easily, and if we investigate carefully in the future, we can always find some clues."

"That's all there is to it." Xue Pan said, "I'm afraid he will be vigilant, so he won't do it again."

"Things like this are like tricks, as long as he makes a move, you can find a loophole. But he will never stop acting just because there will be a loophole." Bo Yang said.If you don't take action, then this person is nothing to worry about.In the future, Xue Pan will gradually control the Xue family's business in his hands, so naturally he doesn't have to worry about it.

So he expected that this person would make trouble again in a short time. After all, if he missed this opportunity, there might not be a next time.

While talking, the carriage has arrived at the silk and satin village.At this time, boats could no longer sail on the river, so Bo Yang hired a cart to bring things here this time.Xue Pan ordered the Xue family's guys to move the goods, count the quantity, check the fabrics, and when they were all finished, they wrote a receipt to Bo Yang.The two of them calculated the price, deducted Bo Yang's original arrears, went to the bank to pay off the money due to Bo Yang, and then returned to Xue's house by car.

On the second day, Xue Pan invited most of the Xue family members to follow what Bo Yang taught, and explained the matter clearly in public.

Xue Pan said to the crowd, "It was only because these shopkeepers were so bold and shocking that day, so I suspected that someone was instigating them, otherwise it would not have happened. Because there is no evidence, I just mentioned it casually. To put it bluntly, we don’t even have anyone to suspect, let alone our own family members. As a result, news has been passed around and rumors have been passed around, and it has become like this. Inviting everyone to come today is to clarify this matter openly and honestly. I have absolutely no doubts about what you mean, and you will have to check the source of the news carefully when you go back, or someone is going to stir up trouble here, and I don't know."

These words were well-founded, and it almost overturned everyone's impression of Xue Pan.Now he is holding the side of righteousness, and after all, he is only suspicious and has not done anything. The clansmen complained for a while, and had to disperse.They want an explanation, and now they have an explanation, whether they are satisfied or not, the matter is over.

After settling this matter, Xue Pan wrote another letter to Aunt Xue, saying that at the end of the new year, everything in the store was complicated, and he might not be able to get away for a while. He might not be able to go to the capital before the new year, but he will go to Beijing immediately after the new year. Let Aunt Xue and Baochai not worry about Yunyun.He also ordered people to prepare many things and rituals and send them to the capital together.

In the end, it's all about the shop.

Fortunately, it was the Chinese New Year at this time, and most of the shops were originally closed for accounting.Although the manpower is less, it can still support it for the time being.But in the spring of next year, I'm afraid it will take some time to recruit people.

After that, Xue Pan asked people to send all the ledgers to his home.It's not appropriate for outsiders to know about Bo Yang's checking accounts at the moment, it's more convenient to stay at home.

Xue Pan deliberately vacated his study as a place to read the books.In order to make Bo Yang feel more comfortable, he even re-arranged it with thick quilts and a warm charcoal fire, and put great effort into the arrangement.

Bo Yang really liked it too.Xue's family has a big business, and if they want something, they will have it immediately.So even though Bo Yang put a lot of thought into taking care of his small yard, it is still not as good as here.

In this way, it is even more necessary to help Xue Pan hard enough to be worthy of Xue Pan's hard work.

Bo Yang sorted out the abacus in front of him, thankful that he had learned it when he was a child, and even won the ranking in the abacus and mental arithmetic competition among elementary school students in the city. Although he hadn't touched it for many years, as long as he was familiar with it, he could get started quickly.Otherwise, facing this ancient calculator, he might be blinded.

What bothered him the most was that the ledgers were written in traditional Chinese characters, and they were arranged vertically, which looked very awkward, and the speed and efficiency were also reduced.

So not long after, Bo Yang put aside the abacus and asked Xue Pan to bring white paper and charcoal pencils, and directly use the vertical calculation.At this time, Arabic numerals had been introduced to China, and even things like physical chemistry, geometry, and algebra were brought by missionaries, but they hadn't been popularized yet, so he didn't have to worry about using them.