Wanjin Lady

Chapter 134 The shit stirrer

"This...this...doesn't look like someone from Ping County...Sixth Master, please go take a look. If you're any later, you might have to sign the contract!"

In the carriage, Yuan Jing was spinning in panic, "How could this be? In such a huge county like Ping County, who else besides me would keep an eye on that winery? Who dares to go against the Cheng family?!"

Don’t blame Yuan Jing for being anxious.

After meeting Wen Weiming yesterday, he felt confident of victory and quickly wrote a letter home, urging a servant to deliver it back to his aunt to announce the good news. His aunt couldn't keep secrets, and after receiving the letter announcing his capture of the Wen family winery, she would surely spread the news widely.

Now that the deal is at its final stage, how come another buyer suddenly appears?
If something unexpected happened to the winery that he should have easily taken over, Yuan Jing would probably never be able to hold his head up again!
Yuan Qi will have the opportunity to suppress him so that he will never be able to turn over in his life!

Zhu Wang was also anxious. "I told you long ago that we shouldn't push the father and daughter too hard! The barefoot are not afraid of the ones wearing shoes. We don't have any evidence. Even if you threaten us with the Bingzhou incident, it won't scare Wen Weiming!"

Yuan Jing's face flushed with anxiety, "Why didn't you tell me earlier? What's the point of talking about it now?"

Hasn't he said it earlier?
God knows, how many times has Zhu Wang tried to persuade him?
This second-generation rich guy didn't listen himself, and now he blames it on himself?
Zhu Wang was so angry that his face turned pale, and he gritted his teeth but couldn't utter a word.

Yuan Jing muttered to himself again, "No way, how could such a coincidence happen? A buyer suddenly appeared out of nowhere. It must be someone hired by Wen Wan to raise the price! That woman always likes to use shady tricks, just like last time she tricked me into buying grain at a high price!"

Yuan Jing gradually calmed down, then sneered again, "Same trick again? That woman is really at her wit's end. Never mind, since she lured me here, she must be thinking of selling the winery, just to get me to pay more money. If I don't take the bait, let's see how she plays this show!"

When they arrived at the place, Yuan Jing asked people to stop the carriage far away. Then he saw another carriage parked in front of the winery. He was anxious and could only instruct Zhu Wang to go to the winery to find out the situation.

Zhu Wang refused as well. He had just had a falling out with Wen Weiming and was already feeling guilty. He just wanted to avoid the father and daughter of the Wen family. Now he was being humiliated by Yuan Jingshang.

The two men pushed and shoved each other, trying to be polite to each other, and even nearly came to blows. Yuan Jing, relying on his youth, kicked Zhu Wang off the carriage and said, "Brother Zhu, you want to get the deed to the Wen residence without spending any effort or money?"

Zhu Wang was in the wrong, and while cursing, he looked towards the winery. There was no one in front of the winery, so Zhu Wang leaned against the door and looked inside. Unexpectedly, he saw a familiar figure.

The man accompanying Wen Wan...isn’t he Liu Hui, the leader of the Cao Gang branch who sent them to Bingzhou before?
Liu Hui had several ships under his command. When he and Yuan Jing went to Bingzhou, they took one of Liu Hui's ships.

I never thought that Ma Changshun, the master chef of Wenjia Winery, was on another boat at that time!
Zhu Wang couldn't hear clearly, but seeing the two of them talking happily, he had a bad feeling and hurried back to inform them.

"Liu Lang!" Zhu Wang called out to Yuan Jing with a mournful voice, like a young wife longing for her husband who had been away for a long time. He was flustered and angry, and in his anger he was shy. "It's over! This time, it looks like it's not the sedan chair bearers that Manager Wen hired. I'm afraid they're serious about buying the winery! Liu Hui! Who controls the canal transport merchants in our area?"

Yuan Jing's face changed slightly. The Cao Gang had weapons and could gather people to commit crimes. They could get hundreds of people to respond to a single call. They were the real local tyrants in the area around Ping County!
Although Old Liu's identity is not prominent, the Cao Gang has complicated relationships, sticks together, and is very loyal. Who would dare to provoke the Cao Gang for no reason?
If not for this, when he came back from Bingzhou he was short of money, but he never thought about owing money to the Cao Gang!

If Liu Hui really comes, and wants to use the Cheng family's name to bully others, it will probably not work!
Just as they were about to succeed, a Cheng Yaojin suddenly appeared, making Yuan Jing both angry and annoyed: "Why...why is he here?" Zhu Wang was also pondering in his heart, judging from the way the two of them were chatting and laughing in the courtyard just now, they seemed to have a close relationship.

I just don’t know... when did the Wen family get close to such a person?

If the Wen family really has a past relationship with this Mr. Liu, what can Yuan Jing use to fight against them?
Old Zhu, the fence-sitter, began to ponder every day: Should I, Old Zhu today, defect to the Wen family at the critical moment?
In the courtyard, Wen Wan leisurely took Liu Hui to visit the entire winery, and talked about the history of the Wen family's rise and the reasons for selling the winery. During this period, Wen Weiming added timely how they made their way from a small mountain village to Ping County to build this business. For a while, the atmosphere was quite lively.

Liu Hui then explained why he had taken over the winery. "My father-in-law used to be the master chef at Daoxiang Winery, but it later closed down, leaving him at home unemployed. My wife, on the other hand, wanted to open a winery herself, following the example of Mr. and Miss Wen. It just so happened that I heard that Manager Wen was short on money and wanted to sell the winery, so I hurried over to meet you two."

"Daoxiang Distillery?" Wen Weiming said with a smile. "Speaking of which, when I first came out of the mountains, the first place I went to was Daoxiang Distillery. At that time, it was run by a master named Zhou—"

"Oh, Brother Wen, I'm afraid you're talking about my wife's second uncle!"

I never thought that the two of them would have such a fate!

Liu Hui smiled and said, "Since my wife and you two have a long history, I'll be frank and give you a definite answer." As he spoke, he paced the courtyard with his hands behind his back, taking in the details. "Your winery is only valuable because of this piece of land and a few houses. You two are in urgent need of money, and I won't be the one to take advantage of you. How about this? The land deed and the houses, a total of 1,500 taels. How about that?"

One thousand five hundred taels?

This was not Wenwan's expectation.

It was not what Wen Weiming expected.

Wen Weiming was anxious, but remained calm. "Brother, what you said... is quite rude. Let's be honest. Friendship is friendship, and business is business. Let's not talk about these large blue-tiled houses, just this land deed... is worth at least two thousand silver coins!"

Liu Hui smiled as he glanced at Wen Wan's face. "But if you're in a hurry to sell, you have to sell at a low price. This is an eternal principle. Not to mention that your Wen family is now at odds with the Yuan family. If I take over your winery now, it would be tantamount to offending the Yuan family. I'm taking such a big risk to trade with you, brother, you can't just sell it to me at the original price, right?"

Although this is true, Wen Weiming could not accept the fact that the winery's price was cut by one third, 1,500 taels. After paying off the debt to Xinlong Money House, he was left with only a few hundred taels of silver!
Could it be possible that Wen Weiming worked hard all his life, only to end up with such a miserable ending?

He practically begged, "Brother Liu, please add a little more. The water from the well in my winery is from a mountain spring, and I'm really good at making wine! If your wife wants to open a winery, she can just hire two employees and get started without having to worry about anything. Wouldn't that save her some money?"

Liu Hui pondered for a moment, seemingly undecided.

But then Yuan Jing's voice rang out from outside the door, "Shopkeeper Wen, business should be based on honesty. You just keep raising the price. Why don't you say a word about the haunted winery?"

(End of this chapter)