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How could Gu Chan tolerate these bastards?

With a disdainful grin, she stood up and slowly walked in front of Guo Huai.

Guo Huai smiled triumphantly, thinking that Gu Chan was going to come over and apologize to him properly.

Unexpectedly, when he was feeling proud, Gu Chan opened her mouth and cursed, "Old thing, do you think you can scare me? You won't let me run the business? I'm not afraid of you!"

"Oh, you little bastard, are you rebelling?" Guo Huai cursed angrily.

Everyone present was also shocked. They could never have imagined that Gu Chan was so fearless that she even dared to scold the respected old president of the Jiangnan Chamber of Commerce.

Gu Chan was not afraid at all. She patted her chest and said, "Isn't it just that you don't allow me to occupy the land for business? I don't care. At most, I can occupy the water for business. You can't complain about this, right?"

"Ah? Water management?"

"What do you mean? I've never heard of it!"

"That's right! What on earth is Shopkeeper Gu talking about?"

Everyone was dumbfounded and expressed their confusion.

Yan Xishan was also confused and asked quickly, "Manager Gu, what do you mean?"

"Lord Yan, the imperial law stipulates that local chambers of commerce have the right to prevent merchants from occupying land for business. But this law does not stipulate that merchants are not allowed to occupy water for business, right? As long as I do business on the water, it does not count as occupying land for business!" Gu Chan said with a strange smile.

"Uh...this..." Yan Xishan was dumbfounded and speechless.

Guo Huai also looked at Gu Chan with his eyes wide open, unable to even fart.

Aunt Hong laughed and said, "What Manager Gu said makes sense. There is such a big river outside Jiangnan City. Can't he just do business on the river? And to put it bluntly, if he goes a little further, there is also such a big Tiancang River! As long as he is on the water, he can do business anywhere! Does he need to occupy land?"

"Yes, I think what Shopkeeper Gu said is valid. Anyway, the court law does not forbid him from occupying water for business!" Aunt Cheng followed suit.

Everyone on Guo Huai's side opened their mouths wide and stood there dumbfounded, not knowing how to refute for a moment.

The four people from Changde who were sitting in the back couldn't help but laugh out loud.

Chang Wei laughed and said, "It has to be Manager Gu! He is so smart that he can even think of this."

"I think what he said makes sense! He is not short of money anyway. The worst that can happen is that he buys a big ship and stops it on the water, and then he can open a business on the water! What can the Jiangnan Chamber of Commerce do to him then? He doesn't occupy any land to operate, so it's none of your business, right?" Chang De said with a wry smile.

"Oh! I'm convinced. Manager Gu is a talented person." Xiao Xiang said with a giggle.

Xiao Shan looked at Gu Chan with shining eyes, he really admired her very much.

Gu Chan took advantage of everyone's dumbfounded moment and pressed on, "Old Chairman, don't just stand there! Speak up! What's the matter? You can't speak now?"

"Hmph! You little brat, you have guts! In that case, you'd better not open the Yaoduoduo Commercial Building on East Street. Close it! Go run your business on the water." Guo Huai roared, gritting his teeth.

"If you don't want to open it, then don't open it. What's the big deal? Can't I use that building specifically to stockpile goods? And I'm telling you, I'm going to stockpile goods there. If anything happens to my building one day, such as being burned down, I'll be the first to sue the Jiangnan Chamber of Commerce. I won't suspect anyone else but you guys, who are taking revenge on me." Gu Chan rolled her eyes and said cunningly.

"You..." Guo Huai was so angry that he was speechless again.

Yan Xishan quickly tried to smooth things over and said, "Mr. Guo, he is just a child, don't bother with him. Since he wants to occupy the water to do business, let him do it. This matter is settled today. If he dares to sell goods on the ground in the future, I will definitely arrest him and give an explanation to the Jiangnan Chamber of Commerce."

"Okay, today I will give Lord Yan a favor and not argue with a young boy like you. Just go and do your business on the water! I want to see how long you can run it." Guo Huai said angrily.

After saying that, he stood up, leaned on his crutches, and walked away quickly in anger.

When the shopkeepers saw that he had left, they did not dare to stay any longer and stood up to bow to Yan Xishan and take their leave.

After a while, Gu Chan and her friends were the only ones left in the huge front yard, staring at Yan Xishan in bewilderment.

Yan Xishan said, "Manager Gu, please stay for a while! There is someone in the lobby who wants to talk to you alone."

"Five aunts, just follow Di Lin and the other three and go back to Yao Duoduo's shop and wait for me." Gu Chan ordered.

The five of them nodded quietly, and immediately left with Di Lin and the other two, returning to Yao Duoduo Shop first.

The four men from Changde left the Censorate and waited for her in the carriage outside the door.

After they all left, Gu Chan followed Yan Xishan into the lobby.

At this time, Xuanyuan Lie and Bai Jingtian were sitting at the table in the lobby waiting for her. Gu Chan walked over to sit opposite them and said, "If you have anything to fart, hurry up and fart. I'm still busy!"

"How dare you speak to the Second Prince like that? You are seeking death." Yan Xishan said angrily.

"Get out! Don't force me to beat you." Gu Chan glared at him fiercely and cursed.

Yan Xishan was about to retort, but Xuanyuan Lie waved at him and said, "Okay, stop embarrassing yourself here. Go and do your thing. I'll talk to him alone."

"Yes, master." Yan Xishan swallowed his anger and said respectfully.

After saying that, he glared at Gu Chan angrily, then turned away with a gloomy face.

Xuanyuan Lie didn't care about him at all. He just looked at Gu Chan and said, "Of course! You are not afraid of even the old president of Jiangnan Chamber of Commerce who is so virtuous and respected. I really have to admire you."

"Bah! He thinks he is highly respected? As the former president of the Jiangnan Chamber of Commerce, he doesn't think about the welfare of the people in Jiangnan area, but only thinks about the interests of businessmen. I despise him so much. If I weren't here, I would definitely beat him up first." Gu Chan said angrily.

Bai Jingtian laughed out loud because of her amusement and said, "I just like your temper. No wonder my grandfather accepted you as his apprentice. Now it seems that grandpa really did not accept the wrong apprentice."

"Okay, stop talking nonsense and just say it straight! What exactly do you want to discuss by keeping me here?" Gu Chan said unhappily.

"It's like this. The second prince has already told Yan Xishan to raise 1 billion taels of silver within three days and send it to the Chang Mansion for you. I just want to ask you, when can the new weapons, namely the 100 cannons, be delivered to us." Bai Jingtian explained.

Gu Chan lowered her head and thought for a while before saying, "According to their current speed, it will take at least two months, and they can't guarantee that every cannon is of qualified quality, so they have to give me three months to deliver the goods."

"The prince gave you half a year to come to Jiangnan to raise silver for border relief. Two months have passed now, plus the three months for delivery, five months have passed. I'd like to see how you can get 3 billion taels of silver and send them to the border in the remaining three or four months." Xuanyuan Lie said with a sinister smile.

Gu Chan's face stiffened and her brows furrowed when she heard this.

She had to admit that she was unsure at the moment. She didn't know whether she could raise 3 billion taels of silver to send to the border in the remaining four months.