Daming: The system rejected my request for salted fish

Chapter 965

"Qingxia, didn't I tell you not to worry? Do what you need to do, and sleep well when it's time to sleep."

"I understand, Master."

Hearing Qingxia's obedient response, Wei Wu knew that his words were in vain, so he turned to look at Huang Tianfeng.

"Check it out?"

"Yes, sir."

Hearing Wei Wu's question, Huang Tianfeng immediately pulled Zhang Houjia forward and said:

"What a coincidence! When Miss Qingxia came to see me last night, Old Zhang also came to me and told me about this matter."

"The news about us making money by building roads came from him, but it wasn't his intention."

"But..."

Huang Tianfeng was about to continue speaking when Zhang Houjia suddenly interrupted him.

"Alright, President, this is my fault. I will explain the whole thing to the Marquis myself!"

Seeing that Zhang Houjia said this, Huang Tianfeng didn't know what to say, but just slowly took two steps back.

At the same time, Zhang Houjia turned around and bowed deeply to Wei Wu.

"My Lord, the responsibility for the leak of our Chamber of Commerce's internal information lies with me. The reason is as follows."

"After receiving the Marquis's guidance that day, I started raising funds after returning home. My wife asked me about it when she saw me doing so."

"Because I always discuss big and small matters at home with my wife, and this investment is quite large, I told her about it."

Hearing this, Wei Wu nodded and asked.

"So, it was your wife who spread the news?"

"No."

Zhang Houjia shook his head in denial and immediately explained the situation.

"It was my wife's brother who spread the word. He's always wanted to do business with me, but he's got a fickle personality, so I never agreed."

"This time, he noticed that I was raising funds and thought I had found another good business to make money, so he went to ask my wife about it."

"But he didn't want to do business with me. He planned to use his own money to do it himself. You should have guessed the result even without me telling you."

Indeed, even if Zhang Houjia didn't say it, Wei Wu and others could guess the result.

Road construction can indeed make money, but it is not a business that makes money directly. It takes a lot of time to make a profit.

Moreover, the initial investment is particularly large. For this kind of business, even Zhang Houjia himself has to find ways to raise more funds.

Moreover, he had the support of the big man Wei Wu. He dared to do it only with Wei Wu's endorsement, because even if he lost money, he would be guaranteed in the future.

If it were not for this, Zhang Houjia would never get involved in this kind of business that takes a long time to pay back and has high risks.

Even Zhang Houjia was so cautious, let alone his brother-in-law who had neither a lot of capital nor any business experience.

You have to know that even Zhang Houjia could only sit at the table thanks to Wei Wu, while his wife's brother was not even qualified to sit at the table.

Even if he got the information, it would be impossible to make money from it, so there was only another way.

Thinking of this, Wei Wu looked at Zhang Houjia and asked:

"So, he sold this information to someone else?"

Hearing Wei Wu's words, Zhang Houjia's face suddenly turned dark, and he looked like he wanted to kill someone.

"If this piece of shit is really sold, I'll still look up to him. No matter what, it's still a profit."

"But he sent the message directly to others. He just drank two cups of yellow soup and couldn't recognize who he was."

"If he hadn't come to me a few days ago and boasted about collaborating with someone else, I would still be in the dark!"

At this point, Zhang Houjia might have been too angry, and the amplitude of his chest rising and falling increased greatly, and the frequency was also very fast.

Helplessly, he had to stop and took a few deep breaths before continuing.

"When I learned he had spread the news, I immediately continued to ask questions and dug deeper, and I actually found out some information."

"When he first approached my wife to ask for information, he was just a puppet being manipulated from beginning to end."

"He thought he had found out about my fundraising, but he didn't know it was a gift from someone on purpose."

"Once he got the news, someone immediately offered him money to cooperate, and then he told them everything."

Zhang Houjia said this with gritted teeth, his chest heaving again, and then he adjusted his breathing again.

After finally calming down, he suddenly started swearing.

"This son of a bitch is so complacent, he thinks he's so great.

"Not only did he try to steal my business in advance, but he even came up to me and showed off how great he is. Damn it."

"And what happened? When I asked him to go find that person again, he couldn't even find a trace of him!!"

When Zhang Houjia said this, the expression on his face was full of bitterness and hatred, and his eyes were red.

Seeing this, Huang Tianfeng stepped forward and patted him on the shoulder.

"Okay, don't get yourself mad. Also, we're in front of the Marquis, so be careful with your words."

After hearing Huang Tianfeng's reminder, Zhang Houjia suddenly realized that the person in front of him was Wei Wu.

So he quickly bent down and apologized to Wei Wu.

"Please forgive me, my Lord. I didn't mean to be so rude in front of you. I was just so angry!"

"Okay, okay, I understand how you feel."

Wei Wu waved his hand and responded casually, but to be honest, he really understood.

As the saying goes, cutting off someone's source of wealth is like killing their parents. Zhang Houjia's brother-in-law is not just stupid, but extremely foolish.

My brother-in-law found a business opportunity and was raising funds to start a big business, but he ran in and tried to snatch it away.

Just like stealing business secrets in later generations, isn't this clearly cheating one's own brother-in-law?

That would be fine, but he didn't even realize how to trick people. He didn't make a penny and just gave the benefits to outsiders.

Not to mention Zhang Houjia, anyone would be furious if this happened to them.

However, this incident made Wei Wu think of a possibility: the group of people in Jiangnan might have noticed something was wrong a long time ago.

There are basically no fools who can do business. In order to bid for the imperial court, the Sihai Chamber of Commerce put up one million taels of silver.

Who would do something that has no benefits? I'm afraid they have been wondering whether there is any benefit in it.

Zhang Houjia's brother-in-law was just a test for them, and they actually found something good.

This also explains why they are so united and spare no effort to gain access to the Eastern Front.