"Hou Ye has been doing justice for our businessmen, what he has done has made the business community grateful inexplicably, Yu came today, but also wants to make a modest contribution to the construction of the Oriental Road, of course, this road has a huge investment, Yu can only do his best, and I hope that Hou Ye has a lot of Haihan!" Zhang Yu was respectful enough, but his speech and momentum were still very different from Qi Mao and the others.

"Then Ben Hou will thank Zhang Gong in advance, I think as long as there is the support of your business colleagues, this road should not be a problem, and when the road is completed next year, Li Xiang will definitely not be able to break his word, Ben Hou will inevitably promote the revision of the law that suppresses merchants, from now on you can freely operate and buy all kinds of goods, and the business tax will be greatly reduced, and your efforts will inevitably be greatly rewarded at that time!" Chen Xu nodded calmly and said.

"But it is rumored that Dongfang Dao will need tens of millions of stone money and grain for investment, I don't know how Lord Hou plans to raise it? After I say it, I'll wait and prepare in advance! Zhang Yu arched his hand and said.

"I have already told some business friends who came first about this matter, and it is only a preliminary plan, and within these two days, the head of the Fan family in Nanyang and some business colleagues from the Central Plains counties will come to Xianyang, so after Fan Gong arrives, Ben Hou will prepare a banquet in Qinghe Garden, and then invite some business leaders in Xianyang to discuss the specific arrangements, this matter will be said tomorrow, what do you think?"

"Okay, Yu will stay in Xianyang for the next two days, and wait for Fan Gong and other colleagues to arrive and discuss together!" Zhang Yu agreed.

"I won't bother Master Hou when I wait, say goodbye!" Hearing Chen Xu say this, a room full of businessmen stood up and said goodbye.

"Well, after you go back, you will also discuss with your business colleagues who have the same thoughts, and it will be impossible for Ben Hou to invite everyone to participate in the banquet at that time, so I hope that everyone will elect some representatives, and the matter of discussion will also be passed on to everyone in a timely manner, this time we must work together to do a good job of this matter, which is not only for the prosperity of Daqin, but also for your vital interests!"

"Hou Ye rest assured, this time we will only look forward to Hou Ye's horse!" A group of merchants saluted again and left together, and the cloth merchant Zhang Yu naturally quickly understood Chen Xu's fund-raising plan from a few merchants, and then left by car with a few people.

After seeing a group of businessmen leave, Chen Xu beckoned a guard leader to whisper a few words, and the guard leader nodded again and again and left the Hou Mansion with a few guards on horseback.

"Come on, help me send an invitation to the Mansion of Lord Meng in Supervision Province, and say that Ben Hou invited Lord Meng to have a banquet at the Qinghe Hotel!"

Chen Xu entered the study and wrote an invitation for the housekeeper to send to Meng Yi's house.

In the evening, at the end of the unitary hour, the sky was already dark.

A single-bridle carriage came to Li Sixiang's mansion, and a tall man wearing a straw hat showed his waist card and entered the mansion unimpeded.

After entering the mansion, the man lifted his straw hat, and it was an old man with gray hair, about fifty years old, who was Zhang Yu, a big cloth merchant who was famous in the Inner History Mansion.

"Is it really just this arrangement for Qinghe Hou?" In the living room, Li Si asked after listening to Zhang Yu's story, holding his beard and being silent for a long time.

"Indeed, I have asked several business colleagues who visited Qinghehou, and they all said the same, according to Qinghehou's plan, he is indeed ready to use the operation rights of these so-called service stations and liuku warehouses to mortgage the fundraising, I roughly calculated, I can probably raise nearly 70 million dollars!" Zhang Yu replied respectfully.

"Hiss~" Li Si's hand shook and tore off a few whiskers.

The figure of 70 million yuan scared him a lot, but soon his face relaxed and said: "Chen Xu's whimsical ideas are indeed very different from ordinary people, and this method can even be imagined, but 70 million yuan is indeed a lot, but compared to the total investment of 10 million stone money and grain, the gap is still very large, relying on this money alone, the old man wants to see how he can build this road?" ”

"Xiangye, fellow businessmen reacted very violently to this matter, today in the city, all I heard about was discussing the gambling contract between Qinghe Hou and Xiangye, and Nanyang Fan's family will arrive in Xianyang in the last two days, they will definitely fully support Qinghe Hou, if we can't find a way to stop it, I'm afraid maybe Qinghe Hou can really build this road, and then Xiangye will not be able to control it!" Zhang Yu said a little anxiously.

"Hmph, how do you stop it? The old man has agreed to this matter in front of the Manchu Dynasty and His Majesty, I am afraid that what the Marquis of Qinghe hopes most now is that the old man will secretly stop him, as long as there is a slight disturbance, he will inevitably start to make a big noise, once the person who is caught has anything to do with the old man, is this gambling contract still worth betting? He didn't need to repair the road directly, he ran to the court to visit the old man, and the old man lost in advance......" Li Si snorted coldly.

"Why do you use Xiangye to do this matter, as long as the subordinates arrange it, it will definitely be done seamlessly......"

"Smack~" Li Si slapped his palm on the coffee table and interrupted Zhang Yu's words, his face trembled a few times and said coldly: "The wall has ears, and Fu Kou is on the side." If the wall has ears, it is also said to leak out. There are some things that you think you do without the people of the ghost knowing, don't you know that the wall has ears? It is rumored that Chen Xu is a disciple of the immortal family, and now his reputation is like the sky, and this son is smart and sophistry, not an ordinary person, although the immortal art is inexplicable, but I don't know that he may suspect your actions, you have nothing to do with him, but today you suddenly went to visit, this is obviously not in line with the etiquette, more than 100,000 merchants in Xianyang, there are very few, all of them are old with him, you rush to go, how can he not doubt, maybe you came to the old man's house, has already been secretly targeted by his people......"

"Huh?" Zhang Yu's face was suddenly distorted, and he lowered his head in horror and didn't dare to look at Li Si.

"Stupid and brainless, you don't have any bad behavior in this matter, everything is at the command of the old man, if you cause trouble to the old man, you know the consequences!" Li Si scolded with a cold face.

"Yes, everything under his subordinates is arranged by the minister!" Zhang Yu's frightened forehead was covered with sweat, and he didn't dare to wipe it as it dripped down his cheeks and beard.

"After Nanyang Fan's arrives, you can contact them on behalf of the Xianyang business community, try to figure out Chen Xu's true intentions, remember not to be too enthusiastic, this matter has just begun, since this old man dares to go next, he will naturally not be unprepared, knowing that he knows his own party will not be defeated in a hundred battles, and those who mess up the battle before the enemy moves, will be defeated, you go first!"

"Yes, the subordinates are retired!" Zhang Yu saluted and prepared to leave.

"Remember, leave through the side door!" Li Si couldn't help but still admonish.

"Yes, subordinates won't let people see their identities!" Zhang Yu exited the living room, then wiped the sweat from his forehead with his sleeve, and left through the side door of a servant and subordinate of the Prime Minister's Mansion after a large circle under the leadership of the steward.

At the end of the day, the streets were dark, and it was already curfew, and the streets were sparsely populated.

In Li Si's mansion, a man wearing a straw hat walked out of the side door of the prime minister's mansion and looked left and right, and then walked quickly to the street, but he didn't go far before he saw a group of patrolling soldiers holding Changge kicks and came along the street.

"Stop, it's curfew at this time, who sneaks around and hasn't returned home, why are you running in the streets and alleys!" As soon as the first captain shouted, a group of soldiers surrounded Zhang Yutuan.

"A certain is the steward of Prime Minister Li's mansion, who dares to stop it!" The visitor lifted his robe to reveal the bronze medal around his waist.

"Oh, it turned out to be from Prime Minister Li's house, let it go!" Wu Chang waved his hand to let him go, but he accidentally knocked the straw hat on the man's head out, it was Zhang Yu, a cloth merchant who had just left Li Si's mansion.

"Forgive sins, forgive sins! If it's not intentional, please hurry up and do something! Wu Chang hurriedly picked up the straw hat and handed it to Zhang Yu.

"Humph!" Zhang Yu snorted coldly, put his hat on, and hurried away along the street.

He didn't pay attention to this matter, and these patrol soldiers were just people from the Lieutenant's Mansion, and they definitely had nothing to do with Qinghe Hou, but what he didn't pay attention to was that the patrol lieutenant forbidden army plus the captain should have been six people, but there were seven people in this team.

However, this subtle difference is not that the people in the barracks will never be able to react in a short time, and even if they do, they will not think much about it, for people who don't care about these things, there is no difference between three or five and seven or eight, they are all patrolling and checking waist cards.

Walking without a belt tag after curfew will be fined five dollars, and if you can't come up with the money or give a sneaky answer under cross-examination, you will be arrested and taken to the lieutenant's palace and imprisoned.

After Zhang Yu disappeared on the street, the head of the Wu Commander took off the leather armor and waist card on his body and threw it to a big black man of the same age next to him and said with a smile: "Okay, black egg, thank you for your help today!" ”

"Thank you, don't you block a knife for me back then, I've already died in the Wei Kingdom......" The big black man said while wearing his clothes and hanging a waist card, and after putting it on, he couldn't help but ask curiously: "Big footboard, this road only leads to the side gate of Li Xiangfu, and the people who enter and exit must be from Xiangfu, we don't care about it on weekdays, why do you want to look at their waist cards?" I even knocked down the hats of five or six people in a row......"

"Hehe, you don't have to worry about this matter, and I also told everyone not to talk about it, take this money to find a place to be happy tomorrow!" Bigfoot took out a finger-sized golden cake from his bosom and threw it to Black Egg.

"Wow, Jinzi, it seems that you have really made a fortune with Qinghehou!"

"That is, the Marquis of Qinghe is a disciple of the Immortal Family, we will naturally follow the blessings, if you want to go, I will tell the Hou Ye after a while, the property of the Hou Mansion is getting bigger and bigger, and the guards are becoming more and more insufficient!"

"Really, okay, then please trouble Brother Footboard to tell Master Hou well, my black egg will definitely go to the soup!" Black Dan nodded in surprise.

At this time, there was a sound of bamboo flutes in the distance, and it should be that the nearby patrol team had discovered a thief and other characters in the rivers and lakes, so the big foot board once again told him to keep it secret and turned to leave.