amaotonovel Chapter 1091 Big Business
Chapter 1091 Big Business
At this time, a group of people from the Feng family came to escort goods, and they offered a very good price. The eldest brother of the Feng family sent someone to find Feng Qingyu.
"Ninth Master, the Master requests your presence immediately."
Feng Qingyu, who was also drunk early in the morning, said, "I'm drinking with my brother, I'm not going."
The man was also very anxious. "The old man said it's a big business deal and he wants you to take a look. If the old man sees that Ninth Master is drunk this morning, he might get beaten up."
Feng Qingyu said to the person who came, "Ninth Master is not afraid of anything except... I'm afraid of Big Brother's slap. You go and give me your answer first. Ninth Master will come after changing his clothes."
The newcomer, exasperated, cupped his hands in greeting and said, "Yes, please hurry, you really are a big customer."
Immediately afterwards, Feng Qingyu slammed the wine bottle on the table, cupped his hands to Wan Qianshan, and said, "Brother Wan, please drink first. I'll be right back. If I don't hurry, I'm afraid my elder brother might suddenly come looking for me... and if he gets angry, I'll be in big trouble."
Feng Jiu was the youngest in the Feng family, the most favored and the most mischievous, but he knew his place and respected his older brothers the most, so naturally he dared not contradict or disobey.
"Go!" Wan Qianshan waved his hand in a daze, but he was so drunk that he fell asleep on the table, and then rolled on the ground like a lump of mud, unconscious.
Seeing this, Gongsun Lan only asked the servant to stay and take care of Young Master Wan before going to help Feng Qingyu, saying, "You've satisfied my good brother, aren't you feeling unwell after drinking so much?"
Feng Qingyu has a decent alcohol tolerance. "I'm sorry! He's my sworn brother since childhood. I couldn't refuse to drink with him. He thought I abandoned him after I got married, and he's heartbroken..."
"What nonsense are you spouting?"
Feng Qingyu realized she had said the wrong thing and immediately shut up.
Gongsun Lan was also a straightforward person. She gave Feng Qingyu a hangover medicine but ignored Wan Qianshan, saying, "If he's feeling unwell, let him stay drunk so he won't cause trouble when he wakes up."
After taking the medicine, Feng Qingyu felt much better. In front of the servants and maids, she gave Gongsun Lan a quick kiss and said, "Thank you, wife. It's so good to have a wife."
The two were newlyweds, and their relationship became even closer after the wedding. Gongsun Lan's cheeks were flushed, and a shyness she had never shown before flashed in her eyes. "Let's go back to the room and change our clothes before we go see our elder brother! Our clothes smell of alcohol."
He did whatever Gongsun Lan said and followed her back to the backyard.
The Feng family mansion was very large; it took nearly 45 minutes to walk from the front yard to each room. When Feng Qingyu and Gongsun Lan arrived after changing their clothes, they saw a square box about the height of a person sitting on a large carriage in the yard. It was sealed tightly with a seal.
He thought to himself: What kind of caravan would entrust our escort agency with such a grand gesture?
Grandpa Feng had arranged for his guests to have tea in the lobby. He then made an excuse to come out and look for Feng Jiu. When he saw him and smelled the alcohol on him, he immediately scolded him, "You're all grown men with families and careers now. How come you're drinking so early in the morning..."
As soon as he finished speaking, Gongsun Lan walked in and greeted him, "Brother."
"Sister-in-law Jiu is here too!" Seeing that his sister-in-law had also arrived, Grandpa Feng naturally couldn't scold his younger brother. Old Jiu was a bit younger than his son, so he disciplined him more and developed the habit of raising him like a father.
Grandpa Feng said, "This shipment is going to Shengjing. I think it will take about two months to get there. I'll have Xiao Jiu take the younger generation of the Feng family on a long-distance shipment to familiarize them with the route."
He said a few polite words, somewhat embarrassed, "Logically, it shouldn't be my newlywed ninth brother who's escorting the goods, but the other party specifically requested that Ninth Master Feng personally escort this shipment, so Ninth Brother's wife..."
Gongsun Lan felt a little uncomfortable suddenly joining a large family, but everyone in the Feng family treated her very well. She also respected Feng Qingyu's sister-in-law and brothers. She said, "If we are going to escort goods to Shengjing, we can go back to Shengjing anyway, so let's treat it as a homecoming."
Boss Feng paused for a moment, then said, "It would be best if Ninth Sister-in-law accompanied Little Nine."
Feng Qingyu interrupted their pleasantries, pointing to the large wooden crate in the courtyard and asking, "First, tell me what you're escorting!"
Boss Feng led them to the goods being escorted, saying, "These are the goods."
"Who delivered the goods? Where is the person?"
No sooner had he finished speaking than a middle-aged man dressed in a blue robe walked over. "This must be the famous Ninth Master Feng! It's a pleasure to meet you."
Feng Qingyu looked him up and down. "Do you know me?"
The man said, "A little inquiry is all it takes to know the name of Ninth Master of Feng's Escort Agency. I've heard that Ninth Master has never made a mistake in escorting goods, so my master is willing to pay a high price to hire him to escort goods."
Feng Qingyu has indeed made a name for himself in this line of work and has long since figured out the tricks of the trade. As long as people from both the legitimate and underworld circles give him face, his goods will never run into trouble.
However, Yuzhou had not yet recovered from the natural disaster, so who would dare to go to Yuzhou, especially to personally deliver such a large item to the Feng family and ask him to escort it?
A hint of suspicion arose in his heart. "Where is your master from, and what are you transporting? Is it going to Shengjing?"
The middle-aged man said, "My master's surname is Zou, and he is from Jiangzhou. I am Chen He, the steward of the Zou family. The Zou family is the wealthy Zou family in Jiangzhou City, which is not far from Yuzhou. Because of the long distance, we sent it directly to the Feng family. We want to ask the Feng Family Escort Agency to deliver this item safely to the capital to celebrate my old lady's birthday."
"You came all the way from Jiangzhou, why didn't you just send them directly to the capital? Your master should have plenty of manpower to send them himself, why spend money to hire a security escort agency?"
The man said, "Those who hire Feng's Escort Agency to transport goods must be people with manpower, right? Safety is the biggest problem on a journey of thousands of miles, which is why my master wants to hire Ninth Master for a hefty sum to help with this."
Bandits are rampant on the road, and my master dares not risk delivering them himself, so he has resorted to this method to ensure their safety.
Feng Qingyu never did business without certainty, and he dared not boast that the goods would be safe. He said, "Even if I entrusted the goods to the Feng family, I could not guarantee that everything would be foolproof. It is the end of the year now, and the road is indeed very unsafe. In addition, I have just married a beautiful wife and it is inconvenient for me to travel far. Therefore, the Feng family will not be carrying out this shipment. Steward, please find someone else!"
The man clenched his fists, looking somewhat anxious. He said, "You've already accepted it, and the deposit has been received. The box contains a Buddha statue that my master devoutly commissioned for the old lady. It's neither edible nor wearable. As long as Ninth Master makes the arrangements, the journey will definitely be safe."
Gongsun Lan looked around at the sealed wooden box, and she seemed to hear faint sounds coming from inside.
She had very keen hearing and was certain that there was more than just a Buddha statue inside; there was something else there as well.
She sized up the newcomer and felt that his gestures and movements were somewhat deliberate, unlike the demeanor of a butler.
She pulled Feng Qingyu aside and whispered to him, "Did you hear anything just now?"
Feng Qingyu shook her head, "I didn't hear anything. What sound could there be?"
Gongsun Lan rested her chin on her hand and pondered, "There really was a sound, how could you not hear it! It sounded like..." the croaking of a toad.
At this moment, Steward Chen said directly, "My master is willing to pay one hundred taels of gold to hire Master Feng to escort the Buddha statue to Shengjing."
The group held their breath upon hearing that it was one hundred taels of "imperial gold." How could any wealthy man like Master Zou be so willing to spend so much "gold"?
Before they could agree, Wan Qianshan suddenly appeared and said, "The commission is one hundred taels of gold. Wan Family Escort Agency will accept it."
What they didn't see was a huge golden toad suddenly jumping out of the wooden box, but when Steward Chen opened the box to check the goods in front of them, the golden toad disappeared again.
Gongsun Lan took the opportunity to search around inside, but saw nothing, and even the sound disappeared.
At that moment, a familiar and pungent odor entered her nasal cavity, making her feel dizzy and lightheaded.
It smells like some kind of toxin.
Before she could think any further, she fainted.