At the banquet at the Xianghou Mansion that day, in addition to confirming the position of the president of the Luyang Zhao clan in the Luye Freemasonry, Zhao Yu did put forward several proposals.

For example, the unified business flag.

The merchant flag, as the name suggests, is the flag hung when the caravan travels, generally a certain county, such as Luyang Zhao, Yexian Wei, etc., but Zhao Yu proposed to hang the banner with the words "Luye Gongji" in a unified manner, so that outsiders can see at a glance where they belong to these caravans.

As for the benefits, not to mention far away, Zhao Yu only gave one example, that is, forcing back the soldiers under Wang Shangde.

The soldiers of this world, their bad deeds are actually not much different from the robbers, just because the soldiers have backers, and ordinary people dare not provoke, and this has gradually developed the unscrupulousness of some soldiers, such as the time when Zhao Yu personally led the team to Wancheng Military Market, he met three groups of soldiers under the command of Wang Shangde, and was blackmailed by these soldiers.

If they don't send some money at this time, these soldiers will definitely make it difficult for the caravan for various reasons.

Of course, at that time, Zhao Yu only showed the certificate of the city stamped with the seal of General Wang Shangde, and scared the three groups of soldiers away, but the problem is that there is only one certificate of the city, how can he ensure that more than 200 merchants in Luyang and Yexian are not extorted by those county officials?

In view of this, Zhao Yu put forward the idea of hanging the banner of 'Lu Ye Gongji' in a unified manner, this joint chamber of commerce must be much better than more than two hundred, as long as those soldiers know that Lu Ye Freemasonry is a chamber of commerce that has obtained the certificate of the same city from the hands of their general Wang, even if they can't scare off all, they can at least eliminate a considerable number of soldiers.

This suggestion was finally accepted by the merchants present, and only individual businessmen such as Wei Pu could vaguely feel the second prince's skill: uniformly hanging the banner of Luye Freemasonry seemed to protect the interests of the merchants from being violated by those soldiers, but in fact, this was a disguised weakening of the merchants and the reputation of the Luye Freemasonry.

Some people may ask, even if the Luye Freemasonry gradually grows famous, what does this have to do with the Xianghou Mansion?

The reason is very simple, because the Xianghou Mansion, or the Luyang Zhao family, is the president of the Luye Freemasonry, and when someone asks about the Luye Freemason in the future, the Luyang Zhao family will definitely be mentioned, but it will never count the more than 200 merchants under the name of the Luye Freemasonry.

Over time, uninformed people may think that the Luye Freemasonry completely belongs to the Luyang Zhao clan.

In fact, when the night was approaching, the topic of discussion had already been talked about almost, but at this moment the night was dark, whether it was Luyang or Yexian, the city gate had been closed, and the Luyang Township Marquis Mansion did not have enough empty houses for more than two hundred businessmen to stay for a night, so Zhao Yu thought of a tricky way, and asked Cao Ju and Zhang Chun to bring some guards to accompany these guests to drink and drink until tomorrow morning.

You can't drive these businessmen out of the mansion in the middle of the night and freeze, right?

With each other knowing, a new round of wine pouring was launched in the banquet hall, and the guards led by Zhang Chun frequently persuaded them to drink, and the merchants who did not drink very well were directly poured to the ground and carried to the guest room by the guests of the township mansion to rest - anyway, they were all drunk, and there should be no problem for a few people to squeeze on a couch, right?

At this time, Zhao Yu also felt sleepy in his heart, so he took Jingnu to prepare to return to his house to rest, anyway, the next thing, there are two people, Cao Ju, the chief steward and Zhang Chun, the chief of the guard, really can't do it, his father Luyang Xianghou is still holding on.

Seeing Zhao Yu leave the table with a personal maid, Yexian businessmen immediately realized that the second prince was afraid that he was going to leave the banquet to rest, he quietly glanced around at the businessmen who were still drinking and celebrating, and quietly rushed up.

Unexpectedly, when he was about to step out of the threshold of the banquet hall under the pretext of going to the toilet, and was about to catch up with the second son, he suddenly found that a person almost crossed the door side by side with him.

Turning his head to see, this person Wei Pu is not a stranger, and he is also a businessman from Ye County, Lu Kuang.

In all fairness, Wei Pu is in the wine and rice business, while Lu Kuang is mainly a seller of bamboo and wood products, and they can't talk about each other's rivals, so the relationship was not bad in the past.

But at this moment, when the two of them met their eyes, both of them faintly felt something, which made the atmosphere a little stiff.

"Brother Lu...... Hehe, where is Brother Lu? ”

"Hehe, where is Brother Wei going?"

"Oh, I'm just looking for a place to go to the toilet."

"Haha, so am I."

“……”

“……”

Glancing at each other, the two of them smirked dryly, and walked in the direction where Zhao Yu left.

When the two of them approached the East Courtyard, they bumped into a servant of the Township Mansion, who asked in surprise, "Where are the two honored guests?" ”

Wei Pu and Lu Kuang still used the excuse of finding a place to go to the toilet, seeing this, the servant said with a smile: "The two of you have gone wrong, the front is the east courtyard, which is the residence of the two sons of my family, if you want to find a thatched house, please come with me." ”

Seeing that this servant who suddenly had something bad was about to lead them to find the thatched house, Wei Pu and Lu Kuang glanced at each other, and they were a little impatient.

"Brother Wei...... Actually, I'm here to see the second son alone, right? ”

"Hehehe, isn't Brother Lu too?"

"No, no, no, I'm just here to apologize to the second son...... What about Brother Wei? ”

"......" Wei Pu frowned, and after glancing at Lu Kuang meaningfully, he said tentatively: "I am looking for the second son, naturally there is a ...... Important things, as for what matters, I can't tell Wei at the moment. ”

Lu Kuang also took a deep look at Wei Pu a few times, and said tentatively: "In this case, you and I will go to see the second son together, so as not to freeze here and arouse suspicion." ”

"Okay."

"Please."

Somehow, the two suddenly reached an agreement, and the servant next to them was confused.

At this time, Zhao Yu and Jingnu had already returned to their own room, only to see Zhao Yu lying on the bed, and said tiredly: "I'm tired to death...... Who says children don't have waists? ”

Jing Nu didn't understand the words of her young master for nothing, and when she saw her young master lying on the couch with her shoes on, she smiled helplessly, stepped forward to take off her shoes for the young master, and placed them on the side of the couch upright.

Immediately, she gently pushed Zhao Yu and said, "Young master, can you get up first, so how can I spread the quilt?" ”

Zhao Yu on the bed didn't move at all, and said lazily: "Let me lie down first, I don't want to move now." ”

Jingnu puffed out her face and said kindly: "Young master, wait for the slave to lay down after the quilt is laid out, okay?" You're going to catch a cold like this......"

As she was talking, she suddenly heard a tuk tuk knock outside the door of the house, and then a voice asked, "Excuse me, is the second son in the house?" ”

“……”

Jingnu was startled, and hurriedly walked to the door of the house, gently leaned against the door, and asked with a little vigilance, "Who is outside the house?" ”

Hearing Jingnu's inquiry, the voice outside the house replied, "In Xia Weipu, I have something important to ask to see the second son." ”

As soon as the words fell, another voice said: "In Xia Lu Kuang, there is also something important to ask to see the second son." ”

"Weip? Lu Kuang?'

Zhao Yu, who was buried on the bed, was slightly stunned, immediately sat up, put on his shoes and walked to the door, and at the same time commanded: "Jingnu, open the door." ”

"Yes." Shizune obediently opened the door.

Sure enough, there were Wei Pu and Lu Kuang standing outside the house.

Seeing this, Zhao Yu arched his hand towards the two, with a little puzzlement on his smiling face: "These are the two of you...... Let's talk about it in the first room. Jingnu, instruct someone to prepare a pot of tea. ”

"Yes." The Silent Girl answered the call and left.

And Zhao Yu invited Wei Pu and Lu Kuang to the table in the room, invited the two to sit down, and immediately waited for the two to express their intentions.

He thought that these two people came together, but how did he know that these two people were not actually all the way, and they were guarding against each other.

No, after that moment of awkward silence, Lu Kuang licked his lips and arched his hand and said, "Second son, Lu Mou came here this time to apologize for not trusting the second son a while ago and stubbornly asking to see General Wang. ”

With that, he took out a gift slip from his sleeve, put it on the case, and slowly pushed it in front of Zhao Yu.

"You're really prepared?"

Wei Pu glanced at Lu Kuang with some surprise.

Glancing down at the gift list, Zhao Yu didn't pick it up and take a closer look, shook his head and pushed it back in front of Lu Kuang, and said with a smile: "Lu Laojia is serious, then Japan is me...... Hehe, in short, I won't care, Lu Laojia, please rest assured. ”

Of course, Lu Kuang knew that Zhao Yu deliberately gave them the opportunity to contact Wang Shangde that day, because the second son in front of him was completely sure that Wang Shangde would not issue them a certificate for the city.

And the facts also proved that Wang Shangde didn't say that he would issue market access certificates to Lu Kuang and others, he didn't even look down on these businessmen, and sent Lu Kuang and his party away in a few words.

It was this incident that made Lu Kuang realize the ability of the Marquis Mansion of Luyang Township, or the ability of the second son in front of him.

After all, Wang Shangde didn't bother to talk to them, but he listened to the second son's suggestion and raised the price of the purchased goods by 20%.

If this incident only made Lu Kuang realize that he had to have a good relationship with the Luyang Zhao family and the second son in front of him, then Zhao Yu's words in the banquet hall made him feel even more that the second son was not simple.

Yes, Lu Kuang is also one of the very few people who can see through Zhao Yu's actions, and he resists rudely - look at the banquet hall at that time, almost nine out of ten people were coaxed by Zhao Yu's various promises, and few people could perceive the crisis.

Of course, he, Lu Kuang, could choose to expose the second son, announce the other party's intentions to the public, and warn the guests present that the second son formed a Luye Freemasonry to collect the power of everyone present for himself.

But what are the benefits of this? This second prince holds Wang Shangde's market certificate, as well as the price that exceeds the market price by two percent, even if this matter is exposed, I believe that more than half of the businessmen are willing to follow, anyway, these people's family wealth is not as good as the Luyang Zhao family, even if the situation is clear, they will not think that there is anything shameful about following the Luyang Zhao family - what will really be dissatisfied with being restrained by the Luyang Zhao family is some businessmen whose family wealth is comparable to the Luyang Zhao family.

For example, he Lu Kuang.

But the problem is that in this situation, even if he is dissatisfied, he cannot reverse the situation.

What could he do? Quitting the Luye Freemasons with some other disgruntled people?

Save it!

The second son in front of him taught them how to use the advantages of Wancheng Military City to suppress and bankrupt their competitors a few days ago, God knows if he will be used against them?

Even if they have some family wealth, they can't resist the joint squeeze of hundreds or even two hundred merchants in the Luye Freemasonry.

Since you can't resist it, join it!

Thinking of this, Lu Kuang arched his hand and said: "Lu thinks that the second son should need someone to respond in the Chamber of Commerce to help the second son gradually increase the prestige of the Luyang Zhao clan in the Lu Ye Freemasonry. ”

Hearing this, Zhao Yu's face showed a little surprise.

And the most shocking thing is Wei Pu, who came with Lu Kuang.

"Actually ...... by this guy Get the first shot?!'