Xu Hanyong was stunned for a moment, stepped forward to support him, and sighed: “This cannot be blamed on you. First, I am to blame for my negligence. When you pointed out that the silk was not good, I did not take it seriously. Second, I blame myself for previously excluding you.”
The reason grandfather reclaimed your two shops was because I went to grandfather and spoke about this matter. When all is said and done, I created the cause, and this is the result.”
“Big brother, since the matter has occurred, we can only try to salvage it. Hanren has come to ask if there is anything big brother needs Hanren to do.”
Xu Hanyong gently shook his head: “The workshop is out of silk, the shops lack goods, these can be endured. We can wait until the summer silkworm harvest. But in these few days, many buyers are requesting refunds. Once the news spreads, more buyers will come to request refunds and returns. How can the shop have so much cash to refund? If we cannot refund promptly, this will have an irreparable impact on the Xu family’s reputation.”
“Then Hanren will try to persuade those buyers to wait for a while, or convince them to exchange goods instead of requesting refunds. Big brother should still have many good materials in the city warehouse, right?”
Xu Hanyong sighed again: “For now, this is the only way. We will split up and try to persuade as many as we can.”
Xu Gui entered the main hall, with several people remaining in the hall. Xu Gui first paid his respects and then said, “Young Master, Zhang Quan has been captured.”
Xu Hanzong heard this with joy, walked to the door, and saw Zhang Quan and another small manager kneeling on the ground, tightly bound: “Where was he caught?”
Xu Gui glanced at Madam Xu and then replied, “Young Master, they were caught on the road in the western district.”
Zhang Quan, the head steward of the entire weaving workshop, noticed that the Young Master was coming to the workshop less and less due to his rivalry with the Second Young Master. Gradually, Zhang Quan developed the idea of stealing and selling raw silk from the workshop. To facilitate this, he found another small manager in the workshop who was somewhat related to him.
