"Uncle Wang, Uncle Zheng, don't be busy today, stay and help me maintain the mansion first, there is a banquet to be held today, and some deterrence is needed when necessary." Early the next morning, the banquet in the mansion had begun to be arranged, Dian Wei ran to Linfen to deliver the letter and did not come back, the guards around Chen Mo were a little insufficient, and it happened that Wang Biao and Zheng Tu were there, and Chen Mo left the two behind.

It may not be an accident, but after all, it is a county that is too guarded, and the scene cannot be too sour.

"The last general commands!" Chen Mo politely called uncle, but Wang Biao and Zheng Tu can't go beyond it because of this, both of them are characters who go south and north, they know the rules, Chen Mo is so close to him, they can't be close.

Chen Mo smiled and motioned for the two to familiarize themselves with the banquet process, while Chen Mo came to find Yun Si, the servants and maids in the mansion are now in charge of Yun Si and Juan'er, how to run the banquet, Yun Si is naturally rich in experience.

Chen Mo invited him to a banquet, no matter what kind of attitude he had, the things on his face could not lose Chen Mo's face, Chen Mo was not a puppet Taishou, now the military and political power in the Hedong area was in the hands of Chen Mo, to put it mildly, if Chen Mo made a mess and recklessly did it, the Wei family would be able to clean it up, not to mention their small families.

Before noon, there was already a lot of traffic outside Chen's mansion, and a wealthy gentleman named Anyi met from time to time to greet each other, chatting with each other, and Cai Yong was also invited, but he was not outside with these people, but in the backyard to discuss some knowledge with Chen Mo.

"Brother Tian, you said that this time the envoy invited me to come, it wasn't just to celebrate, right?" During the banquet, there were already many people seated, and the maid in the house brought some pastries and wine fruits for the guests to enjoy.

"Probably not." Mr. Tian rolled up a peach and said: "It is rumored that this envoy has been poor since he was a child, and he often participated in the banquet when he was in Luoyang, but he rarely took the initiative to be the east. ”

"I heard the envoy talk about business the day before yesterday, does it have anything to do with it?"

"Perhaps." Mr. Tian nodded, he could probably guess some of Chen Mo's thoughts, although Hedong is temporarily safe, but Chen Mo used various methods to swallow a lot of land and property of the Hedong squires in order to settle the displaced people who migrated from Luoyang, although it is reasonable and well-founded, but if the corresponding compensation cannot be made, I am afraid that Hedong will have more than civil strife in the future, but how to compensate? It's nothing more than fame and fortune, if you take out the official title to compensate everyone who is willing to do so, but Chen Mo has just launched the new order, and the election of officials in Hedong has a charter, and at this time, he suddenly took out a large number of officials to calm down, isn't that a slap in the face? Therefore, Mr. Tian also thinks that commercial matters are more likely.

"Although this business is low, but the inside is not simpler than officialdom, this young envoy does not know the stakes, do you really think that you can understand the mystery after reading a few days of books?"

"Be careful!" Mr. Tian's face changed, he looked around, and saw that no one of those household servants paid attention to this, so he sighed and said, "No matter what, it will be harmless to us and others, just see what he does." ”

Although this business is low, there are many ways to do it, not to mention the layman, it is many people who have been in business for many years, and they dare not guarantee that they will be able to make a steady profit without losing money, Chen Mo really wants to intervene in it, and there are ways to make him vomit blood, but this can not be said.

Near noon, Wei Qi also came with a few servants, and everyone hurriedly got up to salute, no matter how strong Chen Mo is now, but the status of the Wei family in everyone's hearts is higher than Chen Mo's, after all, it is a century-old clan, whether it is the foundation or the family, it is not comparable to Chen Mo's airborne guard.

"Mr. Wei, please come here!" The steward personally ushered Wei Qi to the second seat.

"Bastard, what kind of person is Mr. Wei, how can he be relegated to the second place?" Several gentry stood up with some dissatisfaction, just like they would sit in accordance with their identities when they sat down in Luoyang, whether it was a formal banquet or a small banquet, this time was also a kind of etiquette, and if it was not arranged well, it would not only be laughed at, but also offended.

"Don't mess around, Cai Gong is in front of you, this lord doesn't dare to sit down." Wei Qian sat down generously and smiled at everyone, even if Chen Mo had the intention to insult him, it was impossible for him to insult him in this kind of thing, that was not to insult Wei Qian, but to insult Chen Mo himself, with Chen Mo's intelligence and mind, it was impossible to do such a childish thing, as for this land east of the river, who is qualified to sit at the head of his Wei Qian, it is nothing more than Cai Yong and Zang Hong, one is the great Confucian of the world, and the other is Chen Mo's mentor, but now Zang Hong is still in Linfen to rectify the rule of officials, and the person attending the banquet today is naturally Cai Yong.

"It turned out to be Cai Gong'......" Several gentlemen who got up and scolded sat down curtly, Cai Yong is not from Hedong, but with Cai Yong's reputation, if attending this kind of banquet is not the main seat, then there is a problem, in fact, these people may not be ignorant, they just want to show favor to Wei.

The people had arrived, and soon, Chen Mo helped Cai Yong out, and first sent Cai Yong to the top position in person, which was like Wei Qi arching his hand and saying: "Mr. Boru, I haven't seen you more and more healthy for a long time." ”

"The gentleman's demeanor is still the same, and it is also a blessing to be able to see Bo Gong today, there was a slight misunderstanding before, and I apologize to Bo Gong on behalf of Wei again, and I hope Bo Gong will forgive me." Wei Qi smiled and returned the salute, and then saluted Cai Yong.

"The past is over." Cai Yong nodded, returned the salute, there was still some pimple in his heart, his daughter ran to the Wei family and went around, and became a widow without doing anything, and the chattering attitude of the Wei family after that also made Cai Yong really angry at that time, but now Cai Yan is about to marry Chen Mo, and the wedding date has been set for next month, the Wei family has apologized first, and secondly, after all, it is a Hedong clan, and it is not good for Chen Mo to develop too stiff with the Wei family in the future, although Chen Mo did not set up a banquet completely for this matter, but invited himself, most of them also have the intention of resolution.

Chen Mo came to the throne, smiled and picked up the wine and said: "Today's banquet for the gentry of Anyi, one is to celebrate the victory of the thief, and the other is that Mo has not officially gathered with this Hedong virtuous since he became the Taishou of Hedong. The third is to discuss the future of Hedong with you, and you will drink this cup to your heart's content. ”

After speaking, he drank all the wine.

Although the first two sentences are mostly polite, Chen Mo still feels good, gentle and polite but bold, at least it won't be too annoying.

The atmosphere of the banquet suddenly warmed up a lot, and Chen Mo raised his hand slightly and said, "Have fun, start the banquet!" ”

After all, Chen Mo has participated in various banquets in Luoyang, although most of them are running to rub rice, but how to drive the atmosphere of this banquet is also considered to have some experience, from time to time to chat with everyone here, he has done some understanding before, he does not know what he knows here, his name and general family background have long been known, and when he speaks, he can always make the other party feel quite valued, even if it is Cai Yong, Wei Qi, a person who is used to seeing the world, can't find fault with Chen Mo's response.

"Uncle Gong, I respect you again, I can get such a good son-in-law as the king, I really envy others." Wei Qi looked at Chen Mo and said to Cai Yong on the side with a smile.

Cai Yong nodded, raised his head and sighed with Wei Qian: "When the old man and Zhongqing intersected at the end of the year, you and I were also friends in the world, but it was just Yan'er's business......"

"Don't worry, this matter is the loss of the Wei family, the uncle is willing to sit with the coveted today, it is the generous mind of the uncle, the things of the past, the coveted was not the master of the Wei family at that time, and he couldn't be the master." Wei Qi bowed down and smiled.

Cai Yong nodded, no longer mentioned the matter, and turned to talk about the past.

After three rounds of wine and five flavors of food, Chen Mo put down the wine and smiled and began to discuss business with everyone, although everyone had a lot of speculation before, but when they saw Chen Mo coming to the head of business, everyone also tried to say a few words of hidden wit, but they were easily resolved by Chen Mo, and Chen Mo's contempt for business affairs suddenly received a lot, and the concept proposed by Chen Mo was also quite exciting.

The government is not responsible for the operation of the salt transportation for the Hedong gentry, but in addition to the money for buying salt, they need to pay taxes, which sounds like they are deducting money everywhere, but in fact it is only opening up part of the salt transportation trade, which is a good thing for the gentry, and Chen Mo collects taxes according to the money they buy salt instead of selling them, the gap is big, and it is not that Chen Mo does not understand, but deliberately benefits them.

As for the need to sell at a parity price under Chen Mo's rule, no one cares, the real profits of this salt trade are outside, Chen Mo wants the local salt trade in Hedong to be grasped in his hands, so as not to raise the price of salt.

Wei Qi was also interested in this matter, looked at Chen Mo and said, "Is the envoy saying that he will not meddle in this business?" ”

"Yes." Chen Mo nodded and said: "The government office is only responsible for supervising and maintaining commercial affairs, but it will not interfere in it, of course, if there are casualties, some need to be added, this part will be used as the beard of the casualties, and in addition, it may be traded with the princes, which is not counted in commercial affairs." ”

Opening up the salt trade and reducing the commercial tax at the same time, Wei Qi silently calculated in his heart, smiled and hugged his fist at Chen Mo and said: "Make you smart!" ”

It can not only calm the anger of these gentry who lost their fields, but also increase the income of the government office, of course, this is because of the existence of the salt prison, which is only applicable to Hedong, and the interests of the salt are enough to wipe out the losses of everyone, but if Chen Mo expands to other places in the future, this method will not be useful, unless he can sit on the world and open up the salt and iron trade in the world, Chen Mo's current governance method is applicable to one state at most.

Chen Mo nodded and smiled, and the banquet continued, but the atmosphere was much warmer than before......