The predecessor who was scumbag by me was the emperor

There are ten major commercial firms in Chang'an, and the owners are all people with backgrounds. They have a prominent position in the business world, and they are almost monopolies in their industries. Most of the shopping mall rules in Chang'an City are formulated by them.

Shen Jia wanted to build a business district, these ten commercial firms were the first batch to win over, and they took the lead, so that Shen Jia could easily raise the first sum of funds.

"Now the situation is a bit confusing, can the business district be built?" The owner of Yuanji Trading Co., Ltd. is a burly and fat man, dressed in a red-purple silk shirt, and looks like a lucky cat.

"Master Wei, you have the best relationship with Mr. Shen, but knowing a little about the situation, it doesn't matter if you lose the money, but how we express our position is the most important thing." Someone asked Wei Shu who was sitting beside him, With the help of the newspaper, the popularity of Universal Bookstore in Dajin has greatly increased, and it is faintly becoming the top ten commercial firms.

Wei Shu said conservatively: "Whether it is completed or not, it will have little impact on us."

"Even if you say that, is it true that this business district can't be built?"

"I think it will be completed. Go and see the progress. It's almost finished. It's hard to say whether someone will move there after it's finished. Who wants to be neighbors with those untouchables in the north of the city?"

Wei Shu explained: "Everyone will know when it's completed. It's too early to say anything now, and everything has to be arranged by the court, but with Mr. Shen's ability, this business district must be built. "

"I heard that Qiao Shangshu is about to retire, and the next Minister of the Ministry of Industry must be Mr. Shen."

"That's not as good as this. If you open a branch shop over there, you won't lose much even if you don't have any business. You have to give the newly appointed Mr. Shen a little greeting."

"I'm afraid that our shop will be evacuated within a few days of opening. Look at Damudin. This time we lost a lot."

Mentioning the Hu merchant whose goods had been stolen, everyone laughed unkindly. There are not many friends in the mall, especially the Dajin merchants and foreign merchants, who are originally competitive.

"He said that he lost tens of thousands of taels of silver, can you believe it?"

"Haha, the barbarian's caravan only has as many people as there are camels. It would be terrible if it was 5000 taels. I don't know how the government will judge it."

As soon as the words here were finished, someone shouted outside the door: "The case has been solved, the Hu businessman has been imprisoned by the Shuntian Mansion..."

"What's going on?" Wei Shu sent someone out to inquire about the news, and soon sent back the detailed news.

Yuan Dong's family patted the table and laughed, "Let me just say, how can this Western barbarian get so much money, he directed and acted out a play with his emotions, and wanted to blackmail the government, he really ate a bear."

"How did he do it?"

"He hid the goods outside the city, then loaded a truckload of mud into the city, dumped the medicine in the store in the middle of the night, then transported the mud to the construction site and poured it out, and the car was dismantled and thrown on the construction site. Got it."

"It's not that easy, is it? He didn't inspect the goods when he entered the city from the gate?"

"It is said that he bribed the city guard."

"Really daring!"

"The government is fast enough to investigate the case this time. It's only the third day. We were all worried about our relationship just now. This business district has to be opened if it doesn't open. Otherwise, where will Mr. Shen lose face?"

"I heard that the case was tried by Mr. Shen together with the Ministry of Criminal Affairs and Shuntian Mansion. They always arrested the defendant for trial. This time they actually tried the plaintiff who reported the case directly. I heard that the sentence was also imposed. I don't know which Mr. With such discerning eyes, I can see that there is something wrong with the barbarian."

"Let's go and watch the fun, and send the remaining balance to the Ministry of Industry!" Yuan Dong's family shook their fat body and moved out, and the rest of them dispersed.

When the case file was handed up, many people were shocked, especially the group of people who accused Shen Jia at the court meeting. Their faces were so red that they couldn't lift their heads when they walked.

"The imperial court should drive out all these barbaric things! It's really incomprehensible to fool the imperial court officials so much."

"Calm down, you forgot to say in the report of the Ministry of Household Affairs last time that these businessmen have contributed a lot of business taxes to the treasury. Thinking about the good, this time I caught a sneaky, treacherous and slippery person. In the future, those Hu businessmen will definitely Don’t dare to mess around.”

"It's too cheap for them!" Cao Ruiwen still couldn't hide his anger after signing the verdict. He was the stupidest one in his feelings. He actually found the lost property for a liar. When he heard the confession, he wanted to kill the Hu businessman. There is.

The most important thing is that this matter was exposed in front of Shen Jia, he himself felt that his face was dull, it was really terrible.

"Lord Shen, please report this matter to the emperor, and the emperor is also waiting for the result." Lu Jian said calmly.

Shen Jia nodded, "Thank you two lords for clearing the wrong name of the people in the north of the city, they will definitely be grateful for the kindness of the two lords."

Cao Ruiwen bowed to him generously: "Thanks to the help of the two adults this time, otherwise Cao may have really wronged the good people, please accept my worship."

"That's a serious word. Mr. Cao is not a fool. If you want to investigate for two more days, you can find out something strange." Lu Jian still has a good impression of the second son of the Cao family. He is young and tall, and it is rare to be flexible , the essence is not bad, and Shen Jia is in the same court as Shen Jia. In the future, the court should be dominated by the two of them.

Lu Jian himself is quite old, so he would not be jealous of outstanding young people, not to mention his nephew Lu Zhen has a good relationship with these two, and there may be places where they can be used in the future.

Shen Jia is not a stingy person either. Seeing that he admits his mistakes quickly and has a good attitude, he doesn't care about the things he wanted to cheat on himself before, and he also wants to win over Cao Ruiwen. Someone stood by.

"It's getting late, Mr. Cao, would you like to have a drink at this official's mansion?" Shen Jia extended an invitation to Cao Ruiwen.

Cao Ruiwen had just apologized, so he naturally wanted to give Shen Jia some face, so he agreed without thinking.

"Master Shen, let me go and change clothes later." He looked at Lu Jian, wondering why Shen Jia didn't invite Lu Jian by the way, it's not like Shen Jia's character to care about one thing and lose another.

Lu Jian knew the inside story, Shen Jia's mansion...is that a place he can go?forget it.

He smiled meaningfully at Cao Ruiwen, "I'm getting old and quit drinking, so I won't join in the fun with you, you two adults can enjoy themselves."

Cao Ruiwen changed into his normal clothes and came out. He usually takes a sedan chair to go back and forth. When he saw Shen Jia getting into the carriage beside him, he said: "Master Shen's carriage is faster, so you can go first, and the next official will arrive sooner."

"Master Cao, please come up and share with me. If you haven't been there, you should not be able to find the way, so as not to get lost, and it's a bit far away. The carriage is faster."

Cao Ruiwen was puzzled, why he couldn't find his way?He knew where Yujingfang was, and it wasn't far away, but he didn't ask the question, what he thought was, maybe Mr. Shen has something to say to me in private?

After getting into Shen Jia's carriage, Cao Ruiwen could tell at a glance that this carriage came from the palace. It was no less comfortable than a sedan chair, and it was more spacious than a sedan chair.

He always thought that the carriage was too rough, and civil servants should sit in a sedan chair to be decent, but now he changed his mind, and he could try another carriage for himself when he went back.

The two are about the same age, have similar interests, and there is no barrier in chatting. As long as the relationship between Shen Jia and that person is not thought of, Cao Ruiwen still admires Shen Jia very much.

After an unknown amount of time, Cao Ruiwen suddenly woke up, why hasn't the Shen residence arrived yet?Has the carriage been driving for at least two quarters of an hour?Is Yujingfang that far away?

He leaned against the wall of the carriage calmly, listening to the sounds outside. It was quiet outside, only the sound of the horse's hooves landing. He panicked for a moment, wondering if Shen Jia lured him out on purpose to get revenge on him.

"Why haven't we arrived yet? Did we go the wrong way?" Cao Ruiwen asked bluntly.

Shen Jia handed him a cup of tea and said with a smile: "It will take another quarter of an hour, and the new house is a bit far away."

"Master Shen moved out?" Cao Ruiwen was shocked, why didn't he know about such a big event?

"Probably." Shen Jia didn't say it clearly, now very few people knew about his move, and he passed by Shen's residence every day before changing cars to go to his new home, which really prevented the news from leaking.

"Cao doesn't know about such a big event, is it because Mr. Shen didn't invite Cao to your housewarming party?"

"I didn't hold a housewarming banquet, but I just moved out of Shen's residence alone, it's not worth fussing about."

Cao Ruiwen was confused by what he heard, what does it mean to move out of the Shen residence alone?Was it kicked out of the house?But no one in the Shen family would dare to drive him out, the Shen family now relies on him alone.

But after all, it was a private matter, and the relationship between the two was not that good, so Cao Ruiwen didn't continue to ask.

The carriage continued to drive for about a quarter of an hour and finally stopped. Cao Ruiwen was so curious that he jumped out of the carriage first, and then saw a big mansion standing in front of him. The gate was closed tightly, and there was light seeping inside. But there was no sound of people, and it was so quiet that it didn't seem like a place where people lived.

He looked up at the plaque on the gate, it was not written "Shen's Mansion", but "Yiyuan". Could it be that Shen Jia moved to live in another courtyard of his family?

"Master Cao, please, the house is a little deserted, please forgive me." He went up to open the door himself, Cao Ruiwen followed behind him with a look of surprise, turned around, and saw that none of the guards who followed Shen Jia came over. , and stopped his people.

Shen Jia turned around and explained: "I'm sorry, Mr. Cao, Yiyuan is usually only lived by my wife and I, and they all live next door."

Cao Ruiwen suspected that he was deaf, otherwise, how could he have heard such strange words? When he followed Shen Jia into the gate, he saw an empty courtyard and an empty house. Except for the light from the lanterns on the corridor, he really didn't see the mansion. people.

"Master Shen, don't you need someone to serve you on weekdays?"

"It doesn't count, it's just that the servants will choose to clean up when there is no one at home." Shen Jia took him to the pavilion by the lake in the backyard. At this time, the weather has started to heat up, and it will be cooler at night by the lake.

"Lord Cao, I'll go to the kitchen to get some food later, how about monkey wine?"

"Any kind of wine is fine, but since Mr. Shen has no one at home, can there be food in the kitchen?"

Shen Jia smiled, "There are ingredients, just do it yourself."

Cao Ruiwen was dumbfounded, followed up subconsciously, and asked: "Master Shen can also cook?"

"Yes, and the cooking skills are not bad. Mr. Cao can try it later."

Cao Ruiwen felt that he had been stimulated a bit today, and he didn't want to say something like "a gentleman stays away from the kitchen". He was very much looking forward to what kind of food Shen Jia would cook.