“But…”
“Uncle Liu, you can rest assured, nothing will happen!”
Seeing Han Mo’s confident expression, Zhe Yourong also said with a smile.
“Then, shall I go back first?”
“Rest assured!”
Seeing that Zhe Yourong said so, the old butler took one step and looked back three times as he walked towards the door.
“Are you really sure? If not, should I cause a scene?”
Although Tang Ke had indeed gone too far with this matter, Han Mo was, after all, just a small county magistrate. If it really kicked off, Zhe Yourong was genuinely afraid Han Mo would suffer.
“Of course I’m sure. It’s just a small Ministry of Revenue official. I would have been better off not bothering him, but he actually came to my doorstep! On the Hebei circuit, the emperor is far away, and as the Hebei Circuit Transport Commissioner, I truly had no way to deal with him. But back in Bianliang City, what is a Ministry of Revenue official worth?”
Han Mo said dismissively.
“What you say makes sense, but he is a subordinate of the Crown Prince after all, so you should still be careful…”
“Don’t worry, leave this month’s slave matter to you, but the shop matters, you can just leave them to me!”
Han Mo smiled, then walked straight towards the west wing.
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“Sir, if we seal all their shops like this, will the Zhe family…”
In the Ministry of Revenue’s yamen, Li Yan looked at Tang Ke with some worry.
“What are you afraid of? Does his daughter dare to storm the Ministry of Revenue’s yamen? If she really does that, wouldn’t this military fund of 3 million guan be more than half collected in one go?”
Compared to Li Yan’s nervousness, Tang Ke was currently basking in glory.
Although he had indeed accepted a hot potato, for him, this was indeed a rare opportunity.
As long as he could handle this task well, he would be able to establish a firm foothold in the Ministry of Revenue.
The Crown Prince’s side was desperately lacking in such high-level support. If his luck was good enough, perhaps before the Crown Prince ascended the throne, he could even climb to the position of Chancellor.
“What you say makes sense, but your subordinate feels that this matter, I’m afraid…”
On the Hebei circuit, Han Mo had left too deep an impression on Li Yan, to the point that even though they had the upper hand now, Li Yan still felt that Han Mo was probably plotting some hidden move behind their backs.
“You just focus on your own business. You don’t need to worry about the rest. Send people to watch their shops. If anyone dares to remove the seals, don’t be polite to them!”
Tang Ke said, sounding clearly impatient.
“Yes!”
After Li Yan acknowledged, he could only turn and walk out of Tang Ke’s office with a sigh.
“Send these two letters out immediately, and then find Manager Zhe for me!”
After quickly writing two letters, Han Mo called Xu Fengnian in again.
“Young Master, won’t Manager Zhe coming here directly be too conspicuous? After all, the Ministry of Revenue should be watching him now, right?”
The manager in charge of business for the Zhe family was named Zhe Wanchun. In terms of seniority, he was a distant cousin of Zhe Kequn.
Although he was neither competent in literature nor martial arts, he had some skill in business. Although he had only met Han Mo a few times, Han Mo was quite satisfied with his character.
As Han Mo’s personal attendant, Xu Fengnian was naturally very familiar with him.
Trapped in this small inn, Han Mo couldn’t go out, so Xu Fengnian naturally became his ears.
“It doesn’t matter. I think Tang Ke is eager to pull me into this at this time!”
“Yes!”
Since Han Mo had said so, Xu Fengnian directly agreed, took the envelopes, and quickly walked out.
However, upon seeing the name on the envelope, Xu Fengnian’s mouth twitched.
Li Shishi…
After carefully reading it three times and confirming he wasn’t mistaken, Xu Fengnian glanced nervously in the direction of the main hall.
“Uncle Liu, what did the young master say?”
Zhe Wanchun, who had finally waited for Liu Wu to return, hurried forward to ask.
“The young master said he would handle this matter and asked you to tell the various managers to go back and appease the employees!”
“What’s the use of appeasing the employees? How much copper money is lost for each day they are closed!”
Recently, their business had become increasingly prosperous. Now, each day they were closed, it meant thousands of guan in pure profit!
“The young master should have other plans. You should still have them follow the young master’s intentions first!”
Liu Wu himself couldn’t figure out what Han Mo was thinking and could only try to persuade Zhe Wanchun not to be anxious for now.
“No, I’ll go find the young master myself. This business can’t just stop like this!”
Zhe Wanchun was almost burning with anxiety and couldn’t listen to anything now.
“Uncle Liu, my lord requests Manager Zhe to come to the inn for a chat!”
As the two were talking, Xu Fengnian had already rushed in.
“Fine, you go ahead. I’ll explain to those managers.”
Liu Wu was stunned and simply stopped obstructing him.
“I’ll be back soon!”
Zhe Wanchun nodded, then turned and followed Xu Fengnian towards the carriage outside.
“Sir, what do you think of this matter this time?”
As soon as he entered the room and before he even sat down, Zhe Wanchun couldn’t help but ask directly.
“Second Uncle, what’s wrong with your mouth?”
Han Mo did not answer his question, but instead looked at Zhe Wanchun’s lips with concern.
“How else could it be? It’s from worrying!”
Reaching out to touch his lips, Zhe Wanchun cried out in pain. In less than two hours, he had developed a mouth full of blisters from worry.
“Second Uncle, listen to me. Our business is unique in the world. No one else can get our goods. Why are you in such a hurry?”
Seeing his anxious state, Han Mo said with a slow smile.
“Ah?”
Reminded by him, Zhe Wanchun was stunned. After a long while, he finally realized. That’s right! He had forgotten this!
Their business was unique. If they didn’t open, the customers couldn’t buy the same things from anyone else!
Therefore, there was no such thing as being snatched away by competitors. If they didn’t open today, customers could only wait for them to open and then come!
In that case, why was he so anxious?
“I, I forgot about this…”
“Someone, go get Second Uncle a bowl of cooling soup!”