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Lu Shaobei looked at a thick document in his hand, his face was a little shocked, he placed the document on the table, and looked at Shang Yu who was standing in front of the table.

"Xiao Yu! Where do you get these business information? These contents are really detailed, and they actually evaluate the source, quality and sales of various goods in the world, and where did you get these maps? ”

After speaking, Lu Shaobei pointed to the thick stack of parchment paper placed on the table and the jute paper in the Central Plains, which were part of the trade maps in the hands of merchants from all over the Fanbang and the Central Plains.

"Master! This is the business planning made by the apprentice in January, and the five family members led by Ding 17 kept recording the types and quantities of goods transported by the merchants in the city to the provinces every day, plus the various goods transported to Quanzhou by the provinces, the number of merchants was calculated, and the needs of the merchants were calculated! ”

"It's the same in Thornton Harbor, except for the official ships, we can't approach it for the time being! The quantity and origin of all kinds of imported goods, plus the territory of the merchant ships of each state, we have found out clearly, they are spitting out the goods of our Central Plains and the country in one out and one in, and the demand for goods in each state is calculated clearly! And these maps I bought from those merchants for a little silver taels, and they will be of great use in the future! Shang Yu said to Lu Shaobei excitedly.

"What do you want to do with this?" Lu Shaobei didn't have a happy expression, but his face sank immediately.

"Master! If on the basis of these calculations, if we use the financial strength of our Lu firm, we will be able to grasp several kinds of scarce and high-priced things in our hands, and then whether it is in the Central Plains or in the transaction with Fanbang, the trading volume of our Lu firm will increase dramatically! I handed these over to the master, just to let the master transfer me back to the business, in Lu Mansion to do the purchase of a house is actually an idle errand, if it is not for the recent I and Master Luo Biqing to learn the art of strengthening the body, I am afraid I will be idle! Shang Yu didn't pay any attention to Lu Shaobei's face, and continued excitedly.

"Bastard thing! Kneel down with me quickly, how can you do this, do you know that you have committed a felony by doing so? Lu Shaobei immediately slapped the case and said angrily.

It was the first time for Shang Yu to see Lu Shaobei so angry, and his heart was immediately shocked, and he immediately fell to his knees as soon as his face changed, and asked with some grievances: "Master!" I don't know what mistakes the disciples made? ”

"I've been teaching you the art of business, but I forgot to teach you the criminal code, how can you plan your business as a businessman? Not to mention that doing so will attract the pity of other merchants, even if the official knows about this, he will definitely take you to prison! Especially if you actually acquired these idle maps of Fanbang, is this the business doing? Are you the city envoy of the city shipping department, or the coordinator sent by the imperial court? Lu Shaobei's eyes swept towards Shang Yu with a reproachful light and said sharply.

"Master! How so? I just made a discussion on the trade routes of the whole city and the supply and demand of goods between the Central Plains and Fanbang, why did I commit such a big taboo? Shang Yu couldn't help but be a little dumbfounded for a while, kneeling on the ground and still a little puzzled.

"Say you're a bastard, you can't think about it yet! My Lu Mansion in Quanzhou Mansion is just the first armor of the Han business, and the official government is also speaking to the outside world, the purpose is only to calm the dissatisfaction of our Han people in the interior of the city, but in fact, the head armor who really controls the business is actually the first to make his own people! What good do you do by doing all this useless work? If the people of Semu know about this, our Lu firm will definitely be wiped out in Quanzhou! Lu Shaobei continued to say angrily to Shang Yu, the look in his eyes flashed as if he was angry and had some regret for Shang Yu.

"Master! It turns out that what you said a few days ago that my Lu firm is counted as the first business name in Quanzhou Mansion is just in vain, and it turns out that it refers to those Semu families? Shang Yu said with some sudden realization, but he didn't feel any regrets about what he had done, and within a month of negotiation, Shang Yu basically remembered all the business news that could be collected in the world in his heart, that is, decades later, these business news would also bring him unexpected benefits.

"Do you know why the dead Razakcha forcibly oppressed the Eight Great Merchants? That is because except for our Lu firm, the remaining seven major businesses are all controlled by the Semu people behind the scenes, if it were not for Za Kecha's connivance with his soldiers to do the things that were only feasible in the grassland, so that Quanzhou was in chaos, I am afraid that at this time, the eight major businesses in Quanzhou Mansion would all fall into the hands of the nobles of the Yuan Court! Lu Shaobei finally changed the word "Yuan Court" to "Yuan Court" in front of his disciples, but when he spoke, he had no scruples, because he and Shang Yu often talked about the tyranny of the Yuan Court, and Shang Yu also knew many major events in the world.

Shang Yu, who was kneeling on the ground, heard the master talk about the real reason why the eight major businesses in Quanzhou Mansion were suppressed by Za Kecha for the first time, and couldn't help but say in surprise: "Master! It turns out that Nazakocha acted excessively to lead to the disaster of killing? ”

"That's right, Quanzhou Mansion has always been a place that the Yuan court both loved and hated, Quanzhou Mansion in the Tang and Song dynasties, never civilized land evolved into the world's most prosperous port and city, the production of taxes accounted for twenty-three tenths of the world, even if the Yuan Court came here, did not want to destroy this God-given money bag, the Yuan people, the Han people, overseas and the Western Regions migrated to this place of the Semu people and merchants multiplied here, now if you talk about the prosperous scene, it is the capital of the Yuan Dynasty that the emperor lives is far less than Quanzhou!"

"And the battle in the dark of this place has not stopped for a hundred years, and our Han business has struggled to survive in the gap between the Semu people and the Yuan people! This is also the reason why there was a military rebellion in Quanzhou a few years ago, and the Yuan court once again sent Zhao Qing's generals to Quanzhou Mansion to station. ”

"Later, he sent Za Kecha to suppress the power of the Semu people in Quanzhou City, but because Za Kecha did not know how to restrain his subordinates, he failed, and the factional dispute within the Yuan Court arose, so Zhao Qing had already set off for the Shandong border half a month ago, and Quanzhou was in a situation of no defense."

"In order to prevent the Red Turban Rebels from abroad, the two volunteers of the Lustmu people will be temporarily ordered by the Yuan Court to take over the military defense of Quanzhou, and the Quanzhou Mansion and the port will also be under its control in the near future! Xiao Yu, what you have done this time, don't you want to give people a handle? This document and these maps are kept by the teacher for you, and you must not tell anyone that you have done such a thing in the future! Otherwise, the business and even the Lu clan will cause a catastrophe because of what you have done, do you understand? When Lu Shaobei said this, his cold voice retreated slightly, but he looked at Shang Yu and sighed.

Shang Yu knelt on the ground, and couldn't help but break out in a lot of cold sweat on his body, and immediately replied, "I understand!" In the future, I will never do such things as Meng Lang again. After all, he was still young, and he couldn't think about many things comprehensively, and through Lu Shaobei's words, he immediately understood how dangerous what he was doing was to the Lu firm.

"The front is the world's business news, the back is the world's business map, especially the back of the business map, if you piece it together, it will become a complete military map, you do this is simply putting your head between the blades! Let's go back! Take some silver taels from your purchase and seal the mouths of those family members, this matter is over, there are still important things to do for the teacher! You go and see your mother, and then go back to the house! Lu Shaobei said with a sigh.

The matter has come to this point, and this matter can only be covered up as much as possible, otherwise before most of the property of the Lu family is withdrawn to other places, the power of the Semu people will come to the door, and now Zhao Qing has gone north to Shandong, and the prefect Lu Mian is only a civil official, and there are only dozens of officials in his hands, so he can't control this kind of thing.

When Shang Yu heard this, the previous excitement completely dissipated, replaced by a sense of frustration, stood up, said yes and walked out, after walking out of the door, Shang Yu's tears flowed down, this is a business plan that he is proud of, I thought it would be praised by Lu Shaobei, but I didn't expect to love it so much, although I knew that the master was reasonable, but he was not yet an adult, so he naturally couldn't afford it psychologically.

Lu Shaobei stood up in the middle of the room, flipped over the documents and maps on the table again, and sighed after a long time: "Xiao Yu! Only you can make such a detailed plan, and in time, if you can join the rebels! It will definitely become a generation of famous generals! Whether it is a merchant or a general, I will be the best choice, and I can see that the future is limitless with his scheming! But he was too bold to dare to order his family to go around to find out the news, but fortunately, there was no accident at the moment! ”

At this moment, Xiao Si ran in from outside with a pale face, and shouted before he could gain a firm foothold: "Sir! Oh no, something big is wrong! ”

After Lu Shaobei heard this, his face immediately became nervous, and he said in his heart: "Could it be that someone reported Shang Yu's business plan to the Semu people so soon?" ”

"Little Four! What happened? Speak quickly. Lu Shaobei asked in a very bad mood.

"Sir, something happened to the caravan, they encountered bandits on the last stretch of the desert on the way to Jining, hundreds of camels and goods were looted, and only nearly a hundred were released! This is the book of flying pigeons, take a look! Xiao Si said with a very bad face, and handed a somewhat curly letterhead to Lu Shaobei.

Lu Shaobei's face couldn't help but change after hearing this, and he couldn't help but say urgently: "How can this be? How could Shang Jian, as the leader, lead the caravan into a place where bandits are rampant? As he spoke, he opened the letter and looked at it.

After dozens of breaths, Lu Shaobei couldn't help but be furious, stretched out his hand and slapped the table, raised his head and said angrily: "Shang Jian died two months ago, and he actually fell into the most bizarre quicksand in the desert, why didn't the caravan report this matter to me, and even told the truth at this time?" Little four, wait for me to repair a book, you take it to the front yard to release the pigeons! As he spoke, he picked up the brush with great anger and sadness, dipped it in ink, and began to write.

Xiao Si asked with a sad face on the side, "Sir, will the news of Uncle Shang's death inform my stepmother and Xiao Yu now?" ”

"Little Four! The matter of the caravan's accident cannot be spread out for the time being, otherwise my Lu business will definitely lose its trust, and this time I went to the Western Regions to take a special item, if this matter is reported, it will bring unpredictable harm! I'll talk about this matter with Xiao Yu's mother and son later, if I say it at this time, their mother and son will definitely not be able to accept it. ”

At this time, Lu Shaobei remembered the ecstatic expressions of Shang Yu and Shang Mei when they saw the letter last time, and if he heard the news of Shang Jian's death, he would definitely be heartbroken.

It is necessary to wait a few days for the main wealth of the merchant to be withdrawn from Quanzhou before Shang Yu can be transferred from the Lu Mansion, and at that time, the head of the Lu Mansion will also take part of his family to leave Quanzhou and move west to Yangzhou Mansion, which is the land of the inland canal operation, which is regarded as the Lu family's business name, and it is also the second important commercial town of the descendants of the Shang League. After arranging all this, Lu Shaobei wanted to inform Shang Yu's mother and son of the news of Shang Jian's death on the road.

If it is said at this time, with Shang Yu's young personality, he will definitely be heartbroken, and when the news is revealed, it will not be conducive to the move of the business to the west, so he will stop Xiao Si.

After hearing this, Xiao Si immediately understood Lu Shaobei's meaning, after he became the steward, he was quite trusted by Lu Shaobei, and naturally knew that the business alliance and the caravan matter had an impact on the credibility of the business.

"Yes! Sir, it's just that my uncle Shang also died too strangely! The letter did not state. After Xiao Si agreed, he couldn't help but ask with tears on his face.

"After the business moves westward, I will go to the branch where Jining Road is located as soon as possible to investigate the matter, you will send this letter immediately, and I will go to Yinzhuang later to exchange the last silver tael for a silver ticket!" Departure in a few days! This Quanzhou business will be handed over to you temporarily, although you are not very old, but the ability to do things is still more than when I was established, go to send a letter first, and I will entrust you with something at night! Lu Shaobei sighed, blew the written letter a few times, folded it carefully, put it in the letterhead, and handed it to Xiao Si.

When Xiao Si heard Lu Shaobei's words, he did not have any joy because he wanted to take charge of the Quanzhou business, but showed nostalgia, his parents died, except for Shang Yu's mother and son, Lu Shaobei can be regarded as the only person he regards as a teacher, but he didn't say anything, took the letter and walked out.

After Lu Shaobei walked out of Xiao Si, a trace of tears flashed in his eyes, but they didn't fall.

"Shang Jian is a low-key person! Since then, I have been out of the Western Regions many times in my life, and this time I was forced to travel, but I ended up dead in the quicksand, which is my fault! Brother Shang, Xiao Yu and I will definitely become a person in the business road, which is my position as the leader of the alliance, and he will succeed him in the future! When Lu Shaobei said this, he sighed again.

When Shang Yu handed over the brazier and charcoal that Mu Thirteen had bought to Shang Mei's, Shang Mei's was simply overjoyed, looking at the delicate brazier and the sack containing pear charcoal, Shang Mei's was overjoyed, holding his son and shedding tears of joy, having a brazier, that would have warmth in this cold winter, and her son's filial piety made her happy.

More than ten catties of bacon are also hung in the corner of the room, that is Shang Yu spent hundreds of dollars to buy the high-grade Suzhou bacon, that is still the kind that the seven major stores specially supply to Lufu, plus a few winter cotton robes without patches, that are all popular styles in Quanzhou, Shang Mei happily tried several times, after all, he was still reluctant to wear, just looked at the time, knew that Shang Yu could not stay for a long time, and immediately pushed Shang Yu out of the door, and asked him to return to Lu Mansion immediately.

Shang Yu's mood this time was a little better, he didn't dare to say what he was reprimanded by Lu Shaobei, lest his mother be unhappy.

Back in Lu's mansion, as soon as he walked into the courtyard where he bought a house, Shang Yu saw Lu Wan standing in the courtyard with his back to him pinching his waist, scolding Ding Seventeen and four other family members.

"A few of you are too disobedient, seeing that Miss Ben actually dares to be disobedient! I asked you to go and call Shang Yu back for me, didn't you hear? The more Lu Wan spoke, the more angry she became, and Shang Yu looked from behind, her body trembling as she spoke.

"Second Miss! What did you do to get to where we stayed? Shang Yu couldn't help but ask with some annoyance.

Recently, although Lu Wan was liberated from the boudoir ban, he was strictly ordered by Lu Weixuan not to go out, so he could only walk around the house, and the most frequented place was Shang Yu, who often entered Shang Yu's steward's room for no reason, and often messed with Shang Yu unreasonably, Shang Yu was naturally very annoyed.

Lu Wan turned his head, a hint of joy flashed in his eyes, but it was fleeting, and he said in a cold voice: "Shang Yu! I heard that you have recently taken your family around the market, and run to the dock to play, to your butler's room, I have something to ask you! ”

After Shang Yu heard this, he couldn't help but say, "Second Miss! After I do my job well, I can naturally take my subordinates to increase their knowledge outside! Tell me anything! ”

"You, you ......" Lu Wan didn't expect Shang Yu to talk to her like this a few days ago, and she couldn't help but be a little angry and speechless, and her face couldn't help but turn red.

When Ding Qiqi and the others saw this scene, they immediately gave each other a look, signaled everyone to leave the courtyard, and let the second young lady be furious.

Mu 13 saw Ding 17 wink, and the five family members didn't say anything, and quickly walked out of the courtyard.

After several families walked out, Shang Yu sighed and said, "Second Miss! What do you always come to us for? Isn't it enough for you to torture me? Shang Yu also couldn't understand that he risked his life to save Lu Wan, and this Lu Wan didn't say thank you until now, but came to buy a house to mess around, but the other party was always the second lady, a female streamer, and it was inconvenient for him to be a little steward to contradict her.

Seeing that all the family members disappeared in front of him for the first time, Lu Wan said angrily: "I have something to say to you in the room, you come in!" As he spoke, he ran into Shang Yudi's steward in a rage.

Shang Yu was stunned for a moment, and said in his heart: "Why are these two young ladies so difficult for me?" I still couldn't figure it out for a while, so I could only walk helplessly to the room.