The two attendants who received Chu Xianzhao and Shen Chuxia were full of smiles like pugs, and when they saw Shen Chuxia, who was dressed in a willow green and white dress, they were busy saying all kinds of flattering words on the road, even if they were the watchdogs in Qingfengju, who was not a human spirit who listened to the six directions and looked in all directions.

Shen Chuxia's identity is naturally known to them, only knowing that since Shen Sanqian was expelled from Luoyang, she was treated as a key object as soon as she entered the business house, and Shen Chuxia, who seemed gentle and amiable in the eyes of her own family, was more decisive than many of the directors of the business bank who were far older than her when she arrived, and rose like a star in Luoyang City in just a few years.

As for the young man in a golden silk robe beside Shen Chuxia.

He is?

The two attendants kept guessing his identity, and soon the answer popped up in their minds, like a thunderbolt on their bodies.

White hair, purple eyes.

Recently, he has been constantly talked about by various characters in Luoyang City, the only apprentice of Her Royal Highness the eldest princess, the illegitimate son of Shen Sanqian, a name that everyone remembers in less than half a year after coming to Luoyang.

Tang Huang, the emperor in his name.

Although it is called a private room to the outside world, it can set up a banquet of nearly 100 tables here, a boxy mahogany table, as neat and orderly as a cavalry queue, and dozens of principals, including the four big bank presidents, are all figures who can call the wind and rain in the business world of Luoyang.

At this time, the most important person has not yet arrived, they sit together in groups of three or five chatting and laughing, talking is really just some gossip, such as whose daughter has just turned eighteen, and plans to marry a knowledgeable Ruyi Langjun, but the content of some people's conversation is a little appalling, for example, there is a master who scratches his little remaining hair and says that his wife is old and decrepit, and there is no motivation for the recent life in the house.

What's more, the son of the family wants to go to the household department to find a vacant job, so as not to always be idle at home, one of the heads of a household official who can be called friends will recommend him to go to the household to do things, with the nepotism between the merchant and the courtier, the child who does not learn and has no skills will soon be able to put on the court clothes and rise to the top, this position may be something that many poor students struggle for a lifetime can not get, just because of the words of a certain principal.

There is naturally an invisible gap between circles, and in their small talk, all kinds of wealth and resources are distributed casually, and most of them have never felt the pain of life, even if they are still proud of their teenagers when they reach middle age, and there is a great sense of pointing out the country in the conversation, which is more than that of cabinet members.

It wasn't until a white-haired golden-robed man stepped into the field of vision of all of them that the noisy and noisy private room suddenly fell silent.

Some of the principals present also followed Shen Sanqian when they were young, so they naturally recognized the robe on Chu Xianzhao's body, and they were inevitably so excited that they burst into tears, as if they had seen Shen Sanqian in the past.

Chu Xuan summoned the subordinates of these business house principals, waved his right hand lightly, and said, "Sit down, eat first." ”

"Thank you, Young Master, for giving me a seat. After the principals handed over their hands and straightened their clothes, looking at the gentle smile on his face, and the woman in the plain skirt who was already familiar to them standing beside him, the originally nervous mood relaxed.

Chu Xianzhao squinted his eyes and looked at these principals, most of the people present seemed to be respectful to themselves, but in fact, there was more disdain for themselves in their eyes, and there was a calm demeanor in the face of trouble.

After he glanced at it a few times, he immediately found a few objects that he wanted to kill chickens and monkeys, and he looked like he had a big belly, and he looked like he had eaten a lot of oil and water from the Shen family on weekdays.

Chu Xianzhao smiled faintly, without revealing any displeasure, first said the purpose of the eldest lady for letting him come to see them today, and then beckoned them to sit down and eat.

Soon a maid brought a silver basin for them to clean their hands, and a moment later the table was already full of dazzling dishes, and the chefs in charge were all the top chefs in the city, who had been to the palace many times to cook when the palace was winding.

Today's dishes are also a little interesting, they are all dishes that Chu Xianzhao has not seen, the main dish is a soup called Buddha jumping over the wall, which is full of abalone and sea cucumbers, Yak skin gum, mushroom conpoy and other precious ingredients gathered together, added to the broth and old wine simmered, followed by the fat crab and fresh asparagus full of thick meat, not luxurious but by no means ordinary, can only be said to be decent, but this is the ultimate luxury but not lack of poetic scenes, plus a lunch full of color and aroma, it is easy to make people appetite.

Chu Xianzhao had never eaten such a thing as a crab when he was in Yinguo, and he didn't know how to start with the six kneeling female crabs, Shen Chuxia didn't move his chopsticks, and used eight crabs to pry open the crab shell for Chu Xianzhao in an orderly manner, this scene can be called pleasing to the eye, giving Chu Xianzhao the feeling of playing music, but it also made many people who secretly looked at Chu Xianzhao sneered in their hearts, feeling that he couldn't even eat a crab, if it was really a wild seed that Shen Sanqian picked up from outside, it was difficult to get into the elegant hall.

This group business banquet almost included the leading figures in the entire Shen family's business house, and who was not as cunning as a fox was there, and his eyes fell on the famous young master of the Shen family intentionally or unintentionally.

This illegitimate son named Tang Huang is filming

The matter of selling 10 million taels of silver to buy a sword box of unknown origin has long been a household name, and he will be in charge of the Shen family's industry at a young age, and secondly, he is the only disciple of Qing'an Longxian, and his future achievements must be difficult to guess.

He is now wearing Shen Sanqian's former golden toad robe to be the master of all of them, which makes many of the older generation businessmen present can't help but sigh, these bastards surnamed Shen are really richer from generation to generation, even if this little bastard is not surnamed Shen, this personality is very similar to Shen Sanqian, it must be his own.

The time for greetings and meals passed quickly, and it was time to make an example of the chickens and monkeys.

Chu Xianzhao picked up the wine glass and stood up and looked around, the sound of eating vegetables and meat gradually lowered, and the atmosphere in the venue gradually calmed down, and only when the audience was so quiet that he could hear the sound of a needle, he opened his mouth and said: " Presumably everyone here knows who I am, that's right, it's me who inherited the Shen family's family business with a hairless mouth, don't look at me like this, I haven't met Shen Sanqian before, but I have killed people on the battlefield, I will say some things directly, I came to see you this time, mainly because I have a few questions I want to ask you. ”

Everyone present and the colleagues sitting next to them glanced at each other, and listening to his gentle but firm tone, they knew that the eldest young master must have something very important to say, and they were full of curiosity about what he was saying now, and wanted to hear what this child wanted to say.

Everyone present stood up and lowered their hands and said, "Please speak, young master." ”

Chu Xianzhao smiled and said: "I recently looked at the account books of our family in the past two years, and found that the trading house has no bad debts and no bad debts under the management of your lords, and there is nothing illegal and unusual, which really makes me admire." ”

The merchants hurriedly waved their hands and said that they should be.

Chu Xianzhao neither drank the wine in the cup nor put down the glass, but said with a smile: "I have a new question now, the Chamber of Commerce doesn't know if it's really as good as I said, or is it ...... You have concealed some things layer by layer, and you have pressed down some things layer by layer, and even if the laborers sue the yamen, they will not be able to defeat you people in the end. ”

The principals and businessmen of the major banks are all worried, full of incredulity, because of the salary cut in the past two years, the workers of the four major banks will indeed make trouble from time to time, but even the eldest lady doesn't care about this matter, I didn't expect this kid to take this matter out and choke them. ”

Chu Xianzhao looked at them calmly, "I know about this, is it very unexpected for you?"

A little master stood up with courage, and smiled at Chu Xianzhao: "This matter must be a misunderstanding, the young master doesn't know, the business is like sailing against the current, no one knows what will happen next, but occasionally there are a few times when the account released has not had time to be recovered, the wages are a little late, and the workers are a little dissatisfied and gather to make trouble, and then we have made the compensation they deserve, the young master doesn't have to worry too much...... There are a lot of such things, and the young master will slowly understand them in the future. ”

Chu Xianzhao gently shook the wine in the cup, and said with a smile: "Ladies and gentlemen, calling you the chief really regards yourself as a master, to put it bluntly, you are not much different from them, you are just workers who manage the workers for the Shen family, since you and they are both workers...... Picking out the flesh from between the workers' teeth, who is willing to listen to you, what's so strange about making trouble, and in the end it is our Shen family's reputation that will be damaged. ”

Listening to his words, everyone inevitably looked embarrassed, but they didn't dare to refute his words in public, and they pat their chests to ensure that such a thing would never happen in the future.

The only few people who didn't do so lowered their eyes to look at the half-eaten dishes on the table, and their faces gradually became ugly.

Chu Xianzhao shook his head and sighed: "Your guarantee is always too late and useless, if it is useless, I will not say it in the future." ”

There was a deathly silence in the private room.

Chu Shuzhao waved his hand and said: "But I know that this matter is no longer able to deal with it, after all, the things have already been eaten by you, so you can't let you pull them out and let them be eaten again, right?"

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief, and before they could wipe the sweat off their heads, they were startled by his next sentence.

Chu Xianzhao suddenly made a move that surprised everyone, slowly poured the wine in the cup on the ground, and said with a smile: "This cup of wine is for some of you here, so you should serve the wine in advance." ”

Everyone's pupils suddenly shrank like pinpoints, and they didn't know what he meant by this?

These principals know in their hearts that because the profits of the Shen family firm are really profitable, and the wages of the workers in the four major banks are the highest in the entire Luoyang City, and the number of them is as many as 60,000, not including all kinds of people in charge of logistics, in addition to their own salaries, reaching out from the workers' wages and rebates for goods has become their biggest shortcut to swallowing oil and water, and this kind of thing is already an open secret, even when Shen Sanqian is here, he will turn a blind eye to such a thing.

Could it be that this kid really wants to play the game of a son of heaven and a courtier?

Chu Xianzhao didn't seem to feel the surging gaze present for a while, and continued to say without being shocked: "But our Shen family's money is not coming out of the wind, and every money has our hard work, so I still dare to ask all of you here, you have obviously taken so much money from the workers, why do you still disappear every year for four million taels of silver for no reason, as if you have never been."

Where did the money go?"

At this time, someone finally couldn't sit still, stood up with a wave of his big sleeves, and said word by word in front of Chu Xuanzhao: "It's just nonsense!"

"Oh, who are you?" Chu Yanzhao glanced at him with great interest.

Of course, Chu Xianzhao knew the identity of this person, he was a chicken that he used to kill chickens and make an example of monkeys today, Wei Jing, one of the four major bank presidents, specializing in the management of the copper and iron industry of the Shen family firm, one of the famous Luoyang giant businessmen, was also a self-made worker when he was young, and he came to his current status step by step with the support of Shen Sanqian, seemingly taciturn and impersonal, more sophisticated than Shen Sanqian, acting treacherously to the point of taking the sword sideways, and always carrying a lot of golden beans on his body, and rewarding a few when he meets a pleasing subordinate, and he can also use it to kill people when necessary。

Back then, there was a gorgeous move for Shen Sanqian to snipe the sudden rise of the Longqing Commercial Bank, otherwise now the share of salt and iron will inevitably be divided into half to the Longqing Commercial Bank, and in the past 30 years, it has become a towering giant tree supporting the Shen family commercial bank.

"In Xia Wei Jing, the young master has just come to power and takes power, maybe he doesn't know the current situation of the firm, but he is responsible for what he said, we may have arrears of workers' wages, but the slow return of funds happens from time to time, and there is no way to do it, but we have accurately recorded every account in the account book, and the eldest lady has personally seen it, there will never be such a large gap in money, and the disappearance of the four million taels of silver in the young master's mouth is simply out of nowhere!"

Chu Xianzhao squinted and smiled: "Dare to ask the identity of the adult?"

Someone hurriedly stood up and introduced: "Lord Wei is the chief of the first bank, specializing in the management of salt and iron. ”

Chu Xianzhao stared at Wei Jing for a long time, and then suddenly spoke: "Do you think I made something out of nothing?"

Wei Jing sneered: "Young Master has to come up with evidence to speak, otherwise it will not be easy to convince the public, you must know that even your father Shen Sanqian will not dare to question us on the spot, and empty words will come when you open your mouth, which is as annoying as the barking of wild dogs." ”

The heads of everyone present seemed to explode with a bang, thinking that Lord Wei usually doesn't like to talk much, but today he was really bold to say this, and he dared to question the eldest young master in person.

Chu Xianzhao's eyes narrowed, his eyes narrowed into a beautiful straight line, and said softly: "A domestic dog dares to spill urine at the owner's feet, I have to say that it is also a skill, I am afraid that the dog will not be able to change its, and as soon as he opens his mouth, he will squirt feces all over his mouth, and he is not disgusting, and he will stink everyone in the room." ”

The president of the first bank was stunned for a moment, and his face gradually became ugly, he didn't expect this kid to dare to scold back, and he scolded so ugly, after snorting coldly, he stared at this young man who was born early.

"If it weren't for the fact that I had something to try you today, now Young Master Ben would be closing the door and beating the dog, now shut up and sit down and listen to me. ”

"You wild seed!" Wei Jing suddenly shouted angrily, since he became the big master, he had never been so humiliated, gritted his teeth and said: "Calling you a young master is to give you face, you don't want to get an inch!"

Everyone in the private room was suddenly at a loss, eager to leave this troubled place now, the atmosphere in the venue was almost murderous, even Shen Chuxia, who was sitting next to him, lowered his voice and said: "Brother, save some face for them, they are all heroes of the family, what can't you say?"

"Hero, I think it's a traitor, right?" Chu Xianzhao sneered: "I'm here today to tear open their faces and see what is hidden inside." ”

The presidents of the other three lines finally couldn't sit still at this time, their status in the business house was respected, no one had ever dared to insult them like this, and at this time, they could no longer keep their calm and stood up one after another, one of them raised their sleeves at Chu Xianzhao and said disdainfully: "Since our status is so lowly in the eyes of the young master, we must not want to stay with us, then forgive us for leaving, what the young master said today, I will definitely tell the eldest lady the original words!"

Chu Xianzhao gently tapped the table with his index finger, looked at these few people who stood up, the smile on his face froze little by little, and then retreated away.

The coercion of the qi released from his body made all the merchants and principals present feel extremely suffocated, and the silence in the hall could only hear the sound of him banging on the table.

The businessmen present have also seen many masters of the rivers and lakes, but this is the first time to face such a strong qi machine coercion, as if someone is releasing the invisible pressure on them bit by bit, making them feel the gap that money cannot make up, and some of them have already experienced shortness of breath, this kind of pressure that almost crushes them, maybe they can only kneel down to be comfortable.

Shen Chuxia suddenly pulled Chu Xianzhao's sleeve, and the merchants got rid of this invisible pressure, and exhaled heavily, their backs already soaked with sweat.

"Tang Huang!"

Several bank leaders didn't expect that since he dared to attack them, they knew that the other party wanted to be friendly with them at all, even more than Shuwei, but wanted to force them into a corner.

The governor of the first bank became fierce, "If you don't give us an explanation today, we also have a way to make you unable to stay in Sunset City, it's a big deal!"

A faint smile reappeared on Chu Xianzhao's face, and he asked, "You want to ask me to explain the law, right?" Okay, I'll give everyone here an explanation and bring him in for me!"