On November 20, just ten days before the Chinese New Year, the Marquis of Luyang Township invited the merchants of Luyang and Yexian counties to the Hou Mansion of other townships for a banquet.

Speaking of which, the Marquis of Luyang actually didn't plan to entertain these businessmen before the New Year, after all, the world attaches great importance to the New Year, and there must be various things to be busy with before the year, but Cao Ju, the chief steward, thinks that this matter should be decided as soon as possible.

At Cao Ju's suggestion, the Marquis of Luyang finally decided to implement the matter a year ago.

On the same day, around noon, there were businessmen from Luyang who came to the Xianghou Mansion one after another, and then the businessmen from Ye County also arrived one after another.

In all fairness, if in the past, the Marquis of Luyang definitely did not have this face, in the final analysis, it was still stained with the light of Wang Shangde's certificate of the city, those businessmen wanted to make money from the military market in Wancheng, and they made money at a price of two percent higher than the market price, then they must have a good relationship with the Marquis of Luyang and give themselves the coat of 'Luye Freemasonry'.

Some time ago, some businessmen led by Lu Kuang in Yexian County didn't try to contact Wang Shangde privately, but Wang Shangde didn't dump them at all - a small businessman who also wanted to negotiate terms with General Wang, who had an army of more than 100,000 or 200,000 troops? Crazy, right?

It is no exaggeration to say that if it weren't for the fact that Lu Kuang and those people followed Zhao Yu to Wancheng that day, General Wang would not have bothered to see these people, after all, there is too much difference in the status of each other.

Since they can't get the certificate of access to the city from Wang Shangde, if these Yexian businessmen want greater benefits, they are destined to follow the Luyang Township Marquis Mansion honestly.

And their willingness to come from Yexian County to the banquet has actually shown their hearts to a certain extent.

After the chief steward Cao Ju heard the guests in the banquet hall one after another, these guests greeted each other in the banquet hall.

I have to say that this banquet of the Luyang Township Marquis can be described as a pot in Luyang and Yexian, but all the people with heads and faces in the two counties have been invited, and this means that the number of invited guests is extremely large, almost more than 200, how to arrange the seats of these guests, the chief steward Cao Ju really spent a lot of energy.

But even so, some of the merchants and heads of the family in Ye County were still a little dissatisfied with their seats, thinking that their seats should be higher, but fortunately, they all knew the importance of this banquet, and they did not show any dissatisfaction.

After a while, Zhao Yu changed into brand new clothes and took Jingnu to the banquet hall.

At this time, a very surprising scene happened, and the businessmen of Yexian County got up and saluted one after another, greeting the second son, which surprised the businessmen in Luyang.

It's no wonder, after all, when Zhao Yu went to Luyang County that day, he saw that the overall situation had been decided, and he didn't perform very well in front of many businessmen in Luyang, and even some of them were still the chief steward Cao Ju to do it on his behalf, but it was different in Ye County, when the celebrities of Ye County who were fortunate enough to be invited to the county government by Mao County Order, they still remember the calmness and conceit of the second son who talked to everyone at that time.

"My father invited you to a banquet today, thank you for your support."

Zhao Yu returned the salute to the guests who saluted him one by one, which was really a thorough courtesy.

After a while, the Luyang townsman also changed his clothes and came to the banquet hall, announcing the beginning of today's banquet.

At this time, the Luyang townsman sat on the main seat, looking at the guests in the banquet hall, and he really felt some emotion in his heart.

He knew that these people were not actually here for him, it was his son Zhao Yu who brought these people together.

"Daddy?"

Zhao Yu, who was sitting in a small seat under the main seat, turned around and reminded in a low voice.

The townsman of Luyang nodded, got up with the wine bottle and said an opening remark, to the effect that he thanked everyone present for coming to the banquet, and there was nothing new to talk about.

Even today's banquet is not like the banquet held by the Marquis of Ruyang, with music and dancing and those bells and whistles, but the guests who go to the banquet don't care about these, what they really care about must be the 'Luye Freemasonry'.

After a toast, the Marquis of Luyang sat down on the main seat, looked around at the guests present and said with a smile: "Inviting you to my house today, in fact, there is no big event, that is, you have met each other in the past...... After all, I also know that although Luyang and Yexian are next to each other, and the distance between the two counties is only dozens of miles, everyone here still has face-to-face life, and they just take this opportunity to get acquainted with each other, and they will be their own people in the future. ”

He said it very subtlely, but the guests could still understand the meaning of the words, and they all nodded their heads to show their friendly side.

Think about it, in the future, each other will have to borrow the name of Luye Freemasonry to trade with Wancheng Military Market, aren't they all their own people?

At this time, the Marquis of Luyang looked at Zhao Yu and asked, "Yu'er, what do you say?" ”

Zhao Yu smiled and said, "I'll talk about it later." ”

Hearing this, not to mention the Luyang townspeople, even the guests present also understood.

So much so that in the next banquet, although the guests present toasted and chatted with each other one after another, they always looked at Zhao Yu from time to time.

They knew that this second son, who was not like an ordinary child, must have said something about Luye Freemasonry.

Sure enough, when the wine had passed three rounds and the atmosphere in the banquet hall was strong, Zhao Yu suddenly stood up.

Quite miraculously, many of the guests who were still talking to each other stopped talking, and the banquet hall suddenly became quiet.

This scene, even the Luyang townspeople were a little surprised.

At this time, I saw Zhao Yu saluting to all the guests present, and said with a smile: "I guess, everyone here may have been thinking about it recently, what is this Luye Freemasonry?" It's also because I didn't explain it to you in detail that day, but today I will take advantage of this banquet to explain it so that you can have a clue. ”

After a pause, he continued: "The Luye Freemasonry is essentially a chamber of commerce established by our Zhao clan in order to help the Luyang County Government raise money and food for disaster relief, or the United Chamber of Commerce, the most fundamental purpose is to earn that one percent of the commission from your pockets, don't mind this. ”

"Hehe......"

"Hahaha......"

Seeing that Zhao Yu said it so bluntly, the guests present couldn't help laughing.

At this time, Zhao Yu continued: "But since my Zhao family has earned one percent of your commission, then I will naturally try my best to help you, to be precise, it should be to help each other." …… For example, some time ago, I negotiated with General Wang in Wancheng and finally persuaded him to buy the goods in your hands at a premium of 20% over the market price, which is an example. All in all, as the president of the Luye Freemasonry, although I earn a commission from you, I will also try my best to help you earn more benefits, which is my promise to you. ”

Hearing this, most of the businessmen present nodded slightly.

If the Zhao family extracted 10% of their profits for no reason, even if they knew that the other party was to raise money and food for the Luyang County Ya, they would inevitably feel a little uncomfortable in their hearts; But if the Zhao family would not only ask them for money, but also help them earn more benefits, they suddenly felt much fairer.

However, a small number of people heard a different meaning from Zhao Yu's words.

For example, Zhao Yu deservedly placed him Zhao in the position of president of the Luye Freemasonry.

No, there was immediately a businessman who considered his choice of words and cautiously opened his mouth to probe: "Second son, I have no objection to your mansion, or the township marquis taking the position of the president of this and this Luye Freemasonry, but I am just curious, this president...... Is it the one who governs us? ”

"No, no, no."

Zhao Yu shook his head and said: "I can promise here that I, the Zhao family, or my father as the president, will never have any requirements or constraints on you......"

As soon as they heard this, all the businessmen present secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

I have to say that although you need to rely on the Zhao family to make more money, if you want to be constrained by the Zhao family in Luyang, I believe that most of them can't stand it, after all, in terms of family wealth, even if you are here, there are many people who can compete with the Luyang Township Marquis Mansion, why should you be restricted by the Zhao family for no reason?

"Really?" Someone asked tentatively.

"Of course!" Zhao Yu nodded, and then said with a smile: "Maybe you think that maybe my Zhao clan wants to take the opportunity to blackmail you, but the fact is the opposite, my Zhao clan is sitting in the position of president, which is actually serving you......"

As he spoke, he saw that all the guests present were stunned and puzzled, so he smiled and said, "You forgot the example I just gave you in a blink of an eye? I said that since I have earned a commission from your pockets, it is natural to let you earn more, and the more you earn, the more I will get from the Zhao family, which is a win-win move. …… There should be a lot of similar things in the future, to put it simply, it is to negotiate with the other party on behalf of you and strive to get more returns. ”

"Uh-oh." The businessmen present nodded slightly, thoughtfully.

Seeing this, Zhao Yu said again: "This is the first, as for the second, that is to settle the dispute between you." …… I guess you probably have some business conflicts on weekdays, right? For example, the Zhang family's things were sold cheaply and robbed of my family's customers......"

"Hehehe......"

The guests smiled slightly.

Business, this kind of thing is too common, as the so-called peers are enemies, for the sake of the price, in the early years to make each other bad and trouble, this is not uncommon.

At this time, Zhao Yu said with a smile: "In this regard, I, the Zhao family, do want to restrain you, each other are all members of the Luye Freemasonry, if there is a foreign enemy that violates our interests, we can join forces to fight, but between each other, we will be more harmonious in the future, as for the price contradiction, we can get a unified price in the future, as for selling more and selling less, then it depends on God, we can't fight by our own people, right?" What else is this called being in the same boat? …… If there is really a contradiction or conflict of interest that cannot be resolved, the two sides can propose it to our Zhao family at that time, and my Zhao family will find a way to reconcile it at that time. ”

After listening to Zhao Yu's words, most of the businessmen present nodded slightly, acquiescing to the position of the president of the Luyang Zhao family.

In their opinion, as long as the Zhao family is the president and does not restrain them, the president will not grow, in fact, it is nothing.

But there are still people who see Zhao Yu's cleverness.

For example, Shangjia Weipu in Ye County.

"Right now, the Luyang Freemasonry Association has just been established, and the Zhao clan has no prestige in this chamber of commerce, so the promise of this second prince may not be a lie, but when the facts are settled in the future, the Zhao clan has gradually established prestige in this chamber of commerce, and it may not be the case today...... Is it really that kind? Hey!'

Looking at the reactions of everyone present, Wei Pu was secretly amused.

After laughing, he decided to take refuge in this second son.