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With a "snap", Xie Liuzheng closed the account book and pressed his brows tiredly.

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Qiuyue brought her some hot tea, rubbed her shoulders from behind, and gently advised: "Don't worry, Miss. You will eventually be able to sort it out slowly."

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Xie Liuzheng was not anxious, but heartbroken.

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The main business of the Xie family is silk. The Silver Shop was just a shop that Xie Xiangyu bought on a whim when she was young and liked jewelry. She did it for her own convenience and only hoped to make money from the Silver Shop.

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But how could something that Xie Xiangyu likes be bad?

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The chef's craftsmanship is top-notch in the Jiangnan area, and his ingredients are also solid. All the wealthy families in Yangzhou city are regular customers.

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Not to mention the slightly poorer families, if their daughter can wear a piece of Yuxianglou jewelry when she gets married, the whole family will be proud.

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Xie Liuzheng remembered that when she was a child, Xie Xiangyu would bring her to Yuxianglou to choose jewelry during the New Year holidays. Every time, she would see the masters and clerks in the store busy and orderly.

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In the short few years since Qin Guangjin took over Yuxianglou, more than half of the employees had been replaced, and none of the skilled masters had left. In their place came a group of people who only obeyed Qin Guangjin's orders.

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The few old people who stayed behind could only act according to Qin Guangjin's mood, and their business plummeted.

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The price of gold and silver is fixed, and what is valuable is the style and workmanship. In order to make money from the silver shop and secretly keep a mistress, Qin Guangjin squeezed out several skilled craftsmen, so the business naturally did not improve.

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Several big clients did not want to cut off Yuxianglou's business for the sake of Xie Xiangyu, but they only ordered a small number of simple head accounts as rewards for their servants.

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What Xie Liuzheng was worried about was not the money he lost, but Xie Xiangyu.

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It is easy to imagine how difficult it is for a woman to support such a large Xie family. All her time and energy are spent on business. It is rare for her to buy a jewelry store at her own will, so she must be very fond of it.

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But she was ruined by Qin Guangjin and became what she is now.

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Xie Liuzheng took a deep breath and cheered herself up. No matter what, she had to restore the silver building to its previous state.

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Through observation and checking the accounts over the past few days, Xie Liuzheng concluded that the two biggest problems in the silver shop were confusion in the accounts and unclear responsibilities of the personnel.

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She decided to start with the personnel situation first. People are the foundation, and once other aspects are sorted out, everything else will fall into place naturally.

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"Qiuyue, clear the area, hang up the inventory sign, and gather everyone to the lobby. I have a few things to announce."

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A new emperor appoints new ministers. When Qin Guangjin took over the silver building, he made a major staff change. Now the person in charge has been replaced by Xie Liuzheng, and almost everyone knows that there will be another major change.

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What's more, Qin Guangjin was divorced from the Xie family because he kept a mistress, so Xie Liuzheng would naturally not treat Qin Guangjin's people well.

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Qin Guangjin's close associates knew that Xie Liuzheng would definitely not keep them, and had already secretly sought other ways out. Others were also hesitant about whether to stay or leave.

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It is easy to change a boss, but each boss has different rules and different mindsets. It is not easy to adapt to a new environment. If you can't get along well with your old boss, you might as well stay in your old boss.

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But if they stayed, they were worried that Xie Liuzheng would suspect that they were Qin Guangjin's men and make things difficult for them.

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Xie Liuzheng had been keeping quiet for the past few days, and everyone was feeling uneasy. But when they heard that a meeting was going to take place, they felt more at ease.

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Whether you go or stay, there will always be an outcome. Just accept it, whether good or bad. It is better than being worried all day long.

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Xie Liuzheng waited until everyone was present and asked Qiuyue to take the roster and call out the names.

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Whenever Qiuyue was greedy for someone, Xie Liuzheng would follow and take a closer look. After calling the names, Xie Liuzheng had a general impression of them.

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"You have all worked for my Xie family for more than three years. I would like to thank you all for your hard work."

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Xie Liuzheng looked at everyone indifferently, raised his hand and signaled Qiuyue to lift the red cloth on the table next to them, revealing the silver ingots piled up like a mountain underneath.

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"I'm sure you've all heard about Qin Guangjin's affairs, so I won't say any more. Anyone who is related to Qin Guangjin can go get an ingot of silver and leave."

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A few people walked out from the crowd with their heads lowered, bowed to Xie Liuzheng, took the silver and left.

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Xie Liuzheng looked at the people who stayed behind again, "I know that you have done some things against your will in the past few years, and I also know that it was not your original intention. I will not ask what you did specifically, and you don't have to tell me. Just pretend that nothing happened."

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"I just hope that this kind of thing won't happen again in the future. Otherwise, even though my Xie family is headed by a woman, I can't let anyone deceive me."

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"If you can do it, just stay. I still say the same thing. You have worked hard for our Xie family, and our Xie family will never treat anyone unfairly. If you can't do it, just take the money and leave. We can still be friends when we meet next time."

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Xie Liuzheng paused intentionally to give everyone time to think.

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No one moved for a long time. Xie Liuzheng smiled faintly and personally distributed the silver ingots on the table to everyone.

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"You have all suffered a lot of injustice before. Just accept this money and think of it as my apology to you on behalf of the Xie family."

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A master weighing a scale took the silver ingot, his hands trembling and he couldn't help crying, then he fell to his knees and said, "Miss, I am too embarrassed to take the silver."

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"I have been using the scale since I was an apprentice. The first thing my master taught me was that if the scale is off by one point, the business will suffer. In the past few years, none of the scales I have used have been accurate. I feel so ashamed of my young lady and my master."

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Zhang Cheng acted on his conscience, and it was a great humiliation for him to have to succumb to Qin Guangjin and do things that were against his conscience in order to support his family.

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Xie Liuzheng remembered that this master was transferred to Xie Xiangyu's wing along with the silver shop. He had given Xie Liuzheng rice dumplings and candies before. He was a very kind and gentle old man. After not seeing him for two years, the old man seemed to have aged by more than ten years, which showed that he was in great pain.

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"Master Gong, I've already said it just now. I will not hold you accountable for what you did before, as long as you don't do it again in the future." Xie Liuzheng raised his hands and called him master, giving him gentle words of comfort, and at the same time, he was also saying this for everyone to hear.

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"No one is perfect, and what you did before was not your original intention. The regret and suffering in your heart should be regarded as God's punishment for you."

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Master Gong was very grateful and thanked Xie Liuzheng repeatedly.

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The others also felt more at ease - even the master could be forgiven, so their mistakes were much smaller than the master's, and they didn't have to worry about Xie Liuzheng settling scores later.

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Xie Liuzheng comforted everyone with a few words and gave them half a day off. The next morning, they began to thoroughly review the accounts and count the inventory.

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After everyone expressed their gratitude and left, Xie Liuzheng got on a carriage and headed out of the city.