I fought back after reselling my engagement

Su Jingzhai sighed, "Your second uncle looks the most honest, but he is actually the most difficult to deal with. We all have the same thing. I don't owe the people from those two families anything. Because your youngest uncle has always been dissatisfied with the marriage, Wulang is his eldest son, and the Xie family in Luoyang has no official title, they are just a farming and reading family. If you want to cancel the engagement, you have to do two of these three things for him."

Zhen Su was silent for a moment: "The engagement between the Su and Xie families has been cancelled?"

"I wanted to untie it, but Wulang disagreed."

"Why?"

"He said so many ways that one thing became two, and the Su family suffered a lot."

It was indeed a bit surprising that Su Wulang could say this.

"Will Goro be willing?"

"He said that the old man of the Xie family in Luoyang has many granddaughters, and he can always pick one that he likes."

Zhen Su could see that Su Wulang didn't seem to object to this.

"Is it my uncle who has an opinion?"

"Your uncle said that he was able to marry the person he loved back then, and he doesn't want his son to sacrifice his life's happiness for the sake of the family."

The one who disagreed was my uncle. He was a kind father and didn't want his son to be ruined by the marriage.

"Are there many young ladies of marriageable age in the Xie family in Luoyang?"

"The Second Old Master has six sons, two legitimate sons and four illegitimate sons. Xie Si Niang is the legitimate daughter of the Fourth Old Master who was born out of wedlock."

With six sons, the family is indeed prosperous.

"Xie Liu Gongzi is..."

"He is the youngest son of the eldest son's family. He doesn't like to study, but he is quite interested in business. After you came to Yueyang Prefecture, in just a few months, you managed the Su family's shop and your aunt's dowry shop very prosperously, so Old Master Xie sent him to study with you."

Zhen Su felt that it was not an easy matter for a young man to study with her.

Su Jingzhai saw through her thoughts at a glance, "This is pure learning. Last time, with my permission, Xie Liulang went to Yunyifang and Yunrongfang to walk around. He gained quite a lot of experience. I heard that he is planning to open Yunyifang and Yunrongfang in Luoyang recently. He has a lot of ideas."

"Copy it exactly?"

Su Jingzhai replied, "Divide our Su family into three parts. A few days ago, Xie Liulang signed a contract with your uncle on behalf of the Luoyang Xie family."

They went there several times, and because the two shops had a cooperative relationship, the managers of the two shops did not hide anything and told the key points.

"Will they even use Yunyifang and Yunrongfang as their signboards?"

"There are Yunyifang and Yunrongfang in the capital?"

The shop in the capital used Zhen Su's staff. Qiu Rong, Qiu Ye and others went to the capital. Princess Changle had two shares in each of the two districts, and the Zhou family of the Grand Secretary's Mansion had one share each. They were said to be for Princess Changle, but in fact they were for Prince Gong's Mansion.

It's not easy to live in Beijing. It's hard to gain a foothold without support.

"The shop in the capital is yours, Yueyang Prefecture belongs to your uncle and aunt's branch, and Luoyang belongs to the Xie family branch. Of the 30% profit of the Luoyang branch, 10% belongs to you."

Is this a modern chain model?

While Zhen Su was still thinking, he heard Su Jingzhai say, "Both Jinling and Yangzhou will open branches of Yunyifang and Yunrongfang, and give us 20% of the profits. One tenth will go to your uncle and his son, and one tenth will go to you. The Xie family in Hedong has opened Yunyifang and Yunrongfang, and they will still be divided into two branches with our family, one tenth will go to you and one tenth to your uncle."

It really needs to be operated as a chain model.

"Do you want to use the clothing styles, cosmetics styles and types from the main store?"

"I will take over the flower and tea shops in Baihua County for you and assign someone to look after them. Yunrongfang can produce a portion of rouge and powder, and the rest will be purchased from Baihua County, remixed, and then sent to several Yunrongfangs."

In ancient times, the chain operation model was used, with the same store name and signboard.

Su Jingzhai said: "This was not something I came up with, it was Young Master Su who came up with it."

"Is this the method used by the Su family's pawnshop, restaurant, and cloth shop?"

The only thing that could unite the hearts of the Su clan members was profit and making money together. Although he took advantage of the clan members from the branch, the only thing that could make them sincerely convinced was the promises of benefits.

Su Jingzhai said, "I will tell Young Master Su tomorrow morning that he cannot use the same brand as us, but if they want to borrow the clothing style and cosmetics, we will give them to them, but we don't want the other two components."

The imperial court has set its sights on the Su family in Jiangnan, but he cannot take action, which means he cannot help or protect them. The more he uses his favor, the less it will be. Emperor Dezhi still has some affection for them because of the deceased Su Wan. Perhaps he is doing this for Su Wan and also for Wen Jiang.

Zhen Su said: "You can give them the name of the signboard, but I will not share the dividends or take any share. I only have one condition: the five people with the surname Su that you have helped to enter the officialdom in the past few years, I hope that you will return all of them to my grandfather."

Su Jingzhai said, "I would like to hear the details."

Sure enough, I knew there was a reason.

"Su Qinglin, the current magistrate of ** County, Hunan Province, has been in office for two years and has made no achievements. He has also amassed a lot of wealth while in office, which has offended the noble families of Hunan Province. They have reported him to the capital and ordered him to return the money he has swallowed. Su Jianye, the current magistrate of ** County, Hunan Province, has been in office for five years..."

The first one is the eldest son of the eldest branch of the Su family in Yangzhou. The old man of the eldest branch has six eldest grandsons, and this is just the most favored one around him. He is good at flattering and cunning, but after becoming an official, he took advantage of Su Jingzhai's position as the Grand Commander of Hunan Province and solicited and accepted bribes without limit.

The second one was from the Jinling branch, the patriarch's nephew, the son of his brother, who was not greedy for money but still loved beauties. There was a commoner girl in the county called Tofu Xishi, who had been engaged since childhood to a scholar, but he fell in love with the girl and could not take her away by force, so he actually bullied the bride in front of the scholar on her wedding night.

Tofu Xishi could not bear the humiliation and hanged herself afterwards.

Su Jianye kept this matter a secret from Su Jingzhai, but Su Mo knew about it. This time, Su Mo went to Yueyang Prefecture to visit him in person, and contributed money and effort to suppress the matter.

The young scholar's parents and brothers collected a large sum of money, but the scholar was unwilling to accept it, so he sought help from his friends and classmates and made the matter public.

Zhen Su detailed the crimes committed by the three men while in office. "Grandfather, you were recommended to serve as an official. If they committed crimes, you will also be implicated. Now that these things have been exposed, I think the official documents from the Ministry of Justice and the Ministry of Personnel will come down soon."

problem occurs!

If his granddaughter hadn't told him, he wouldn't have known such a big thing had happened.

Didn't the Jiangnan Su family pick the most talented disciples to enter the officialdom? Three out of the five had problems, and the problems were caused by the three people who were recommended by him at the beginning.

"One of the other two has been in office for less than half a year, and the other has been in office for just over a year. Although they have committed minor offenses, they have not violated the laws of Da Qi. Grandfather, they say that the Su family has the most outstanding young men. They are so bold, are they really the best? The other two are definitely not easy to deal with, so we need to be careful."

Recommending someone to serve in the government is like a good horse being met by a good horse, a favor that is appreciated.

However, these people were not only restless, but also took advantage of the fact that Su Jingzhai was the Grand Commander of Hunan Province to do whatever they wanted.