"Are you sure you can talk about your sister?" Li Cheng said strangely.

"It can be done." Li Chengnei's wife replied to Li Chengnei, but her eyes kept staring at the twenty taels of silver, "I've never seen so much silver, this time, our family may not be transferred, you know that the brother is good." ”

"That's, bad people, I don't make friends yet." Li Chengnei said proudly.

Wei Bao came out of Li Chengne's house, and Hou San, Lin Wenbiao and others took turns to carry it.

Practitioners like Hou San and Lin Wenbiao can easily walk dozens of miles with individuals on their backs.

Wei Bao was a little embarrassed again, and said enviously: "It seems that I also have to practice some kung fu." ”

Hou San, who was carrying Wei Bao, said with a smile: "Childe wants to practice martial arts?" Then you have to endure hardships, and you have to choose a good master. ”

"I don't want to practice how powerful, just practice some strength, do you have any internal strength?" Wei Bao laughed.

"Internal strength?" Hou San and Lin Wenbiao looked at each other and asked, "Childe wants to talk about qigong, right?" Yes. "But I feel that Wei Bao calls it internal strength, which is also quite appropriate, the exposed kung fu is called external strength, how can the internal kung fu not be called internal strength?

When Wei Bao heard that there was qigong, he couldn't help but be overjoyed: "Well, I'll just practice some qigong." When you have free time, you can find a master. "Who doesn't yearn for the chivalrous life of killing people without leaving a trace and leaving a thousand miles without leaving a line? However, Wei Bao knew that it was impossible, otherwise, he would not have let his two revolvers be forked into this position.

"Among the people I know, my senior brother has the best kung fu, but it's a pity that my senior brother didn't vote for Gongzi." When Hou San heard this, he couldn't help sighing.

Lin Wenbiao also said: "Chang Wuye's kung fu is the best in Lao Linzi. That's really hard kung fu, kung fu doesn't rely on strength, Chang Wuye is in his forties and almost fifty years old, and five or six masters can't get close. ”

"It is said that the blue is better than the blue, you are younger than your senior brother, and you have been practicing for so many years, it shouldn't be bad, right?" Wei Bao saw that they seemed to miss Lao Linzi a little, and forked.

"I'm not even half as good as my senior brother, kung fu is getting purer and purer the more I practice, and when I am fifty or sixty years old, my strength will fade because of my age, but my strength will not be hot." Hou San replied solemnly: "Moreover, it varies from person to person, my understanding is not as good as my senior brother, and in some places, my senior brother has taught me many times, but I still can't do it." ”

Wei Bao sighed, "What about your master?" Isn't it more powerful? Can you ask your sect? Wei Bao secretly thought, it should be right for him to ask this, right? There should be a sect, right? Martial arts sect is right?

"My master is a top master, we are Shenyang's Tai Chi Gate, is a branch of authentic Tai Chi, my master and his old man have not seen him for many years, and the gate is occupied by the golden dog, and he can't be contacted." Hou San replied: "I don't know how it is now?" ”

Wei Bao sighed, secretly happy in his heart, it turns out that there is Tai Chi in this era? "I will definitely be able to get in touch in the future, and when I go back this time, we will find a way! What kind of kung fu do you have? ”

"Our team is majoring in Mixed Yuan Fist and Xuanwu Stick." Hou San couldn't help but look overjoyed when he saw Wei Bao, and said with a smile: "Childe, if you can receive my master, you can learn the most authentic kung fu, Childe is so smart, you can be on par with me after practicing for three or five years." ”

"Don't give me a high hat, I don't have the perseverance, I don't do anything, practice for three or five years, then I have to become a martial arts idiot. I just want to be fit, to be better than the average person. Wei Bao smiled, "It's best to be immortal." ”

"Yes, Tai Chi pays attention to the changes of internal strength and yin and yang, stresses the coordination and unity of meaning, qi and force, and the movements are calm, the posture is subtle, the strength is strong, and the mind is leisurely. It coincides with the Taoist idea of being quiet and weak, indifferent and inactive and the Taoist cultivation of the Three Treasures, refining and refining qi, refining qi and transforming gods, and refining gods and returning to emptiness. Hou San introduced.

Wei Bao snorted, "When you're busy with this, you teach me some basics first, and let me practice first." ”

"That's my brother's nod." Hou San couldn't help but feel a little gloomy again, "The rules in our sect, if you can't find a master, you have to be the senior brother to decide whether to teach martial arts, I know where the senior brother is, I can't treat it as not knowing." ”

Wei Bao sighed, didn't say anything more, secretly thinking that there are too many rules for martial artists, no wonder the Chinese culture has been passed on to future generations, and most of them are left, it is troublesome to practice, and the threshold for teaching is extremely high. However, Wei Bao is not fanatical about Chinese studies, he is the person who has the strength of the 'first in the world' (he has a pistol, there is no more in this world, and the power of the gun cannot be compared with a pistol), and if he wants to learn some kung fu, it is really just to strengthen his body.

Hou San saw that Wei Gongzi stopped talking, so he said: "Childe, my senior brother is not in big trouble, I will find an opportunity to tell him, he will not object, and Gongzi has a secret weapon kung fu that is unique in the world, and it is already great to practice martial arts or not." ”

Wei Bao hummed happily, seeing that Hou San wanted to find out about his 'secret weapon' by the way, but said with a smile: "My secret weapon kung fu comes from a master outside the world, but unfortunately he doesn't know when he can meet it again, I want to pass on the secret weapon technique, and I have to nod from that master." ”

Lin Wenbiao and Hou San and other martial arts practitioners couldn't help but sigh slightly regretfully when they heard Wei Bao say this, especially Lin Wenbiao, Lin Wenbiao had seen the power of Wei Gongzi's secret weapon with his own eyes, although Hou San had also seen it, but that time Wei Bao hid behind the carriage and fired the hidden weapon, he only knew that Wei Bao's strength was great, and he could actually hurt the horse, but he didn't know how 'accurate' Wei Bao's secret weapon was.

Back at the inn, Wei Bao was not idle, and arranged for a group of subordinates to start acting, his target was the idle shops in the entire Beijing city, the main target was Shiwangfu Street, as well as the street shops outside Zhengyangmen, such as Zhushikou, Luomashi Street, Dongsanlihe, and Xisanlihe.

Wei Bao's acquisition targets also include a good location, spacious large area of residential mansions, Wei Bao is actually not very interested in private houses, just interested in storefront houses, are fixed in later generations of thinking, he for this era, the price of residential and storefront houses is about the same, very incomprehensible, but when you encounter a particularly suitable price of luxury houses, you will also consider eating in.

In Haiyang Town, Funingwei, Lulongcheng to several inn owners under the acquisition target, is to change the residential streets in the future, change the storefront, the city of this era is too lack of planning, east and west streets, too messy, in Wei Bao's heart, just get it, the overall decoration, the most important thing is to get the sewer of the street, when the time comes, make the overall image, whether it is a separate storefront room for rent, or for their own store, it is a very good choice, Wei Bao is not for sale, He is very confident in the prosperity of the Ming Dynasty, at least the city should not be like this.

Wei Bao also made a special confession that in the process of investigating the news, he drew the entire capital, as well as the detailed streets and alleys around the capital, and marked the names of them.

Wei Bao's modern map, the general mountains and rivers are quite accurate, but after all, it is different from the Ming era, especially the city streets, it is even more impossible to borrow, so every time you go to a place, Wei Bao is used to draw a new, detailed and accurate map, which is a common habit of people who drive, and there is no navigation in this era, if you are not familiar with the road, you are very insecure.

For these things, Wei Bao's subordinates are already mentally prepared and have a little experience, although they are all wondering, I feel that there should not be much cash around Gongzi, why are they still so interested in buying a house? But no one will ask, and the things ordered by the son will be done carefully and carefully.

Especially Liu Chunshi and Fan's big head, Liu Chunshi helped Wei Bao manage the accounts and money, and he knew best how many silver taels he had on his son.

"Childe sent everyone out, we have so much silver, buy houses and land everywhere?" Fan asked softly in confusion.

"Just now the son said that he gave Li Chengnei twenty taels of silver, and now our silver is not even 130 taels!" Liu Chunshi replied softly: "Don't tell anyone about this, Gongzi doesn't like to talk nonsense the most." ”

"Let's talk nonsense, right? Am I not your companion? Fan's head sneered.

"I'm reminding you, don't talk about this with others, no matter what Childe does, there must be a reason for Childe." Liu Chunshi is serious.

"Don't worry, I don't know anything? Won't talk nonsense. Alas, Chunshi, what did you say Childe was busy with all day? We piled up so many goods in the inn, he didn't seem to be in a hurry at all, and he was busy helping the sister of the poor clanging royal relatives to make a birthday, why? Fan asked worriedly.

"Where do I know where to go? If Childe needs to discuss with us, he will naturally say, if Childe doesn't say it, we will do what Childe says. Liu Chunshi said.

"No, I just can't figure it out, what I'm most afraid of now is that when the time comes to leave Jingshi, all such good goods will be sold to the black market, and they will be sold as rags." Fan's head frowned: "Then I must buy a few high-quality furs from Gongzi and bring them home to my father and sister to wear." ”

"It must not be sold to the black market!" Liu Chunshi was particularly disgusted by Fan's big head saying this, glared at him and left.

"I like to sell to the black market, huh?" Fan's head was glared at inexplicably by Liu Chunshi, and muttered, "Don't I want my son to make money?" What's the anger? I mean, when you really can't help it, you might as well bring a few more with you. ”

Early in the morning of the second day, Li Chengnei took his wife and three sons to the palace to 'visit relatives' according to the agreement with Wei Bao the day before.

Li Chengne's sister Concubine Li Zhuang lives in the easternmost part of the Forbidden City, commonly known as the Outer East Palace, called Renshou Palace, and the Xiluan Palace where Xi Li lives and the Feng Palace where Lady Fu lives, are all next to each other. This piece of the palace is the place where the palace concubines retire.

Wei Zhongxian and Kebaba were not bad to the widows of Emperor Taichang, because the two of them were originally old men in the imperial womb.

Zheng Guifei does not live in such a serious palace, although Zheng Guifei's son Fuwang Zhu Changxun is rich in the world, but his mother Zheng Guifei can only live in a small courtyard like a cold palace.

In fact, Wei Zhongxian, Kebaba and Zheng Guifei didn't have much contact, and they couldn't talk about hatred, but because of Zheng Guifei's relationship, Emperor Taichang didn't have a good life for a few days in his life, and they were all old people on the side of the palace, and this hatred was passed on.

Originally, the most respected woman in the palace should be Zheng Guifei, she is the favorite concubine of Emperor Wanli, and she has been a concubine for decades, it stands to reason that Zheng Guifei deserves the title of imperial concubine the most, but from the emperor to the minister, they are disgusted with the people of Xi Li and Zheng Guifei, and they do not give them the title and power, but continue to take Liu Zhaofei of Emperor Wanli of Mingshenzong as the concubine of Xuanyi, in charge of the seal of the queen mother and the exercise of the power of the queen mother.

Therefore, it was Concubine Xuanyi Kangzhao who lived in Cining Palace and was in charge of the seal of the Queen Mother.

The entrance and exit of the Outer East Palace are a little looser, but they also have to go through layers of inspections, and when they meet, there are eunuchs and palace maids in charge of security in the palace to watch. If it is an inner imperial city, the concubines or queens in the palace meet with their families, most of them cannot be in their own palace, they have to go to the designated place, and when they reach the queen mother, and they are the queen mother who holds the real power, the family has the opportunity to enter the palace to meet, the rules are very strict, and the royal bloodline has no chance to be confused.

Unless it is a formal channel, otherwise, even if it is a respected position like Wei Zhongxian and the Hakka family, there is no chance to bring a man into the palace, and it is impossible for a child.

Concubine Li Zhuang was surprised when she heard that her younger brother was going to hold a birthday banquet for herself: "I almost forgot that tomorrow is my birthday, do you remember, where did you get the money to hold a birthday banquet?" I don't have any money in my palace, and I often feel guilty that I can't help you more. ”

Li Chengnei then told the matter of Wei Bao, a merchant in western Liaoning.

Concubine Li Zhuang frowned and said unhappily: "How can you easily marry a merchant as a brother?" What is this system? Businessmen are mercenary, and this must not be done. ”

Li Chengnei listened to his sister's refusal, and immediately worried, and stopped talking, but Li Chengnei's wife had already taken Concubine Li Zhuang's attitude into account, and talked about it with Concubine Li Zhuang, no longer mentioning what happened just now, only talking about how difficult it was at home, Li Chengnei was a decent person, and would not be able to understand officialdom affairs, etc., seeing that Concubine Li Zhuang's defense was not so heavy, she turned the conversation back and said a few good words about Wei Bao.

As soon as Li Chengnei's wife said good things about Wei Bao, his three sons also helped to describe Wei Bao's appearance.

Concubine Li Zhuang said curiously: "This person went out to do big business at such a young age? ”

"Yes, Daddy's newly recognized uncle is very good." Li Chengnei's youngest son is more likely to come to trouble, and leans coquettishly on Concubine Li Zhuang's side.

"We celebrate my sister's birthday, just a heart, knowing that my sister doesn't like to be lively, and we don't let my sister associate with anyone." Li Chengne's wife took the opportunity to say.

Concubine Li Zhuang sighed: "You want to be promoted from the small flag to the general flag, but also so that the family can live in the capital." This is not a big deal, but I don't like Wei Zhongxian and the Hakka family, so I won't tell them that the palace is their world right now, and if I hold a birthday banquet, it will definitely alarm the emperor. ”

"Although Your Majesty grew up in the palace of Xili Niangniang, but my sister did not take care of her when Her Majesty was a child, Your Majesty is still very good to my sister, otherwise my sister will not be the only one in the palace who has been promoted to concubine, I don't need my sister to say anything to Gonggong Wei and Mrs. Ke, just hold a birthday banquet, and the expenses will be paid by the husband's righteous brothers, and I will not dare to bother my sister in the future." Li Chengnei's wife said.

Concubine Li Zhuang saw that this family had stayed for a long time and refused to leave, and secretly wondered if they had made up their minds this time, or not to delay the livelihood of her younger brother's family because of their own affairs, so she had to say: "Then according to your wishes, don't be extravagant, and besides, be more careful when interacting with people outside, I am an idler in the palace, and I can't help anything, did you tell that person?" ”

Li Chengnei's wife saw that Concubine Li Zhuang agreed, and responded happily: "Sister, don't worry, who is my husband, doesn't my sister know yet?" He won't make friends with bad people, Na Wei Gongzi is indeed a good character, although he is young, he is a decent person. Our family has no power or power, he doesn't covet anything, he just fell in love with his husband, and he made friends. Wei Gongzi is in the leather business, and he wants to take this opportunity to offer high-quality fur to his sister, so as to make a name for himself outside, that's all, there will be no side things. ”

Concubine Li Zhuang thought about it, since Wei Bao was not for promotion, but just to do some business, she didn't say anything anymore. She disliked Wei Bao just now that he was in business, but it was just a common idea in this era, and she was afraid that if she got into a businessman, she would be looked down upon. If Wei Bao was an official, she would be more vigilant.

Seeing that his sister agreed, Li Chengnei asked his wife and three sons to stay in his sister's palace to talk, and he went to the eunuch in charge to contact his sister about her birthday.

There are tens of thousands of eunuchs in the palace, thousands of eunuchs in charge, and it is more difficult to see the emperor at the level of Wei Zhongxian and Wang Tiqian.

Under these people, there are also stewards in charge of various affairs, and Li Cheng's sister and the female official in the palace found Liang Dong, a steward of the celebrant supervisor.

Liang Dong heard that Li Chengnei found him for Concubine Li Zhuang's birthday, and he was very curious, because he had always known that Concubine Li Zhuang was upright and refused to associate with Mrs. Wei Gongke, "Uncle Guo, have you told your sister about it?" ”

"Okay, my sister is not young, and her health is not good, so we respect it a little." Li Chengnei said, and took out the two taels of silver that had been prepared a long time ago, "Little meaning, Wang's father-in-law smiled, and helped bring a word to Wei's father-in-law." ”

Liang Dong knew that Li Chengnei's family had no money, and Concubine Li Zhuang only had a little bit of money and silver every month, which was not too little, so she put it in her sleeve pocket and nodded: "This is not a trivial matter, I'll go and help you go, wait." ”

"Thank you, Grandpa Liang." Li Chengnei hurriedly made a move.

At this time, Wei Zhongxian had just left the early dynasty and was discussing business with several of his henchmen and eunuchs. Emperor Zhu Youxiao has not been in charge of government since the second year of the Apocalypse, and most of the government affairs are decided by Wei Zhongxian, but after thinking about it, he has to inform the emperor.

Wei Zhongxian saw Liang Dong probing his brain outside the hall, and knew that he had something, so he said, "Come in and talk about something." ”

Liang Dong hurriedly nodded and entered, and greeted everyone first: "Good godfather, good fathers-in-law." Then beside Wei Zhongxian, he whispered to Li Chengnei that he wanted to hold a birthday banquet for Concubine Li Zhuang.

Wei Zhongxian hummed in surprise, and said after a moment: "I heard that Concubine Li Zhuang is not in good health, and their family is also a small family, and it is difficult to live a difficult life, and they are still in the mood to hold a birthday banquet?" Concubine Zhuang's younger brother, do you have any silver? ”

"I don't know, he said yes." Liang Dong hurriedly replied.

"Tell me all about it." Wei Zhongxian looked lazily at a few henchmen and eunuchs, this matter was not a big deal, and he didn't bother to think about it.

"Chitose, that's a good thing, isn't it? The palace has not been lively for a long time, Concubine Zhuang Niangniang usually does not like to associate with people, since she agrees to hold a birthday banquet, it can be regarded as supporting Mrs. Ke to take charge of the affairs in the palace. "Wang Ti said.

Several other eunuchs also said that this was a good thing.

Wei Zhongxian nodded and said to Liang Dong: "Then you go and talk to Mrs. Ke and ask her what she means." ”

"Yes, godfather." Liang Dong saw that Wei Zhongxian was very happy and agreed, and hurriedly bowed and retreated.

In addition to dealing with the big and small things in the palace in a day, the Hakka family revolves around the emperor of the apocalypse, and the emperor revolves around carpentry, and it is not difficult to find the Hakka family. Liang Dong took small steps all the way, and he didn't walk slowly, and after two sticks of incense, he arrived at the Qianqing Palace and saw Mrs. Ke.

The Hakka family heard that Li Chengnei wanted to congratulate Concubine Li Zhuang on her birthday, and Concubine Li Zhuang agreed, and she was also surprised, but she was overjoyed in a blink of an eye, this is a good opportunity for her to show her face in front of everyone, although she has achieved the status of 'first woman' in the palace, but it is not very clear outside the palace, I am afraid that she is just a nurse in the original uterus, "Since Gonggong Wei nodded, let's do it for Concubine Zhuang, their family is not well-off, this expense, let's go out of the big house, be decent, All parts of the palace have been notified, and the imperial relatives in Beijing have also been notified. ”

"Yes, ma'am." Liang Dong hurriedly agreed, secretly wondering how decent this is? This is going to be a big deal, "What about Your Majesty and the Queen's mother?" And do Concubine Kang Zhao and Concubine Zheng Guifei want to report? ”

"Didn't you just say that? All over the palace. Mrs. Ke frowned: "Your Majesty, I will tell him in person." ”

Liang Dong saw that Mrs. Ke seemed impatient, so he hurriedly agreed and went down to do something.

After Liang Dong returned Mrs. Ke's meaning to Wei Zhongxian, he returned to inform Li Chengnei.

Li Chengnei couldn't help but be overjoyed: "Take the silver in the palace?" That's thanks to Mrs. Fengsheng and Grandpa Wei. ”

"Well, Mrs. Fengsheng and Grandpa Wei are good to your family, you have to make this clear to Concubine Zhuang." Liang Dong nodded.

"Definitely, definitely." Li Chengnei hurriedly agreed, and asked: "I have a sworn brother, and I also want to enter the palace to celebrate my sister's birthday and offer a birthday gift, this is ......?"

Liang Dong saw that it was not a big deal, and after asking Wei Bao's name and hometown, he said: "Let's enter the palace with the people of the troupe, bring someone to get out of the way, just tell the people outside, when the time comes, Your Majesty and the ladies will be present, don't talk nonsense, cause something wrong, otherwise it will be you and Concubine Zhuang who are unlucky." ”

Seeing that Liang Dong agreed, Li Chengnei said happily: "Father-in-law Liang, don't worry, my righteous brother is a scholar who knows the general situation, and he won't make any trouble, so I will give my sister a birthday and a gift." ”

Liang Dong nodded and arched his hand: "Then I'll go first, and I wish Concubine Zhuang Niangniang her birthday first." ”

"Thank you, Grandpa Liang." Li Chengnei hurriedly returned the gift happily, anxious to take his family out of the palace first, and then inform Wei Bao of the good news.

Wei Bao was busy decorating at this time.

Shiwangfu Street is more than 1,600 meters in total, and there are thousands of shops on both sides of the street, but less than a quarter of them are actually open, and the other three-quarters of the houses are empty.

Wei Bao used the remaining more than 150 taels of silver, and only used more than 130 taels to buy a row of 8-even shops!

It's hard to buy three consecutive shops, let alone eight consecutive shops! It's also too cheap.

Wei Bao was overjoyed, and became more determined to use cash to invest in real estate, and let people carry out simple decoration.

Of the 8 shops, two of which are next to each other are wineries, Wei Bao has made people open up, and they are still wineries, which can be doubled in size, and an inn that has been closed down has also been revitalized.

There are five shops left, two of which are opened, as a guild hall, Jin merchants can have Jin Chamber of Commerce hall, and Wei Bao must also have a guild hall.

Finally, the remaining three stores were also opened, and samples were exhibited as warehouses and warehouses and flagship stores of the Heaven and Earth Chamber of Commerce.

In this era, the decoration is also cheap, mainly carpentry, carpentry does not need money, and it is just a matter of materials and cooking.

Wei Bao simply asked people to recruit a large number of people, restaurants and inns, and businesses, and people with skills and specialties, men, shopkeepers, and craftsmen, so it was not lively.

With such a little money can do so many things, this is something Wei Bao really didn't expect, and he happily stood on the street and looked at his eight consecutive shops.

A few of Wei Bao's entourage were originally carpenters, and a large number of carpenters were invited to come, and it was not a problem to renovate the shop, and the houses of this era were all wooden structures. A group of people were busy, and the smell of sawdust and paint was everywhere.

Ancient paints were made of tung oil.

The main raw material of tung paint is tung oil: an excellent vegetable oil with dryness, the main component is the glycerides of tung (oleic) acid, and contains a small amount of oleic acid and linoleic acid glycerides. It has the characteristics of fast drying, light specific gravity, good gloss, strong adhesion, heat resistance, acid resistance, alkali resistance, anti-corrosion, anti-rust, non-conductive, etc., and has a wide range of uses.

It is the main raw material for the manufacture of paints and inks, and is widely used as waterproof, anti-corrosion and anti-rust coatings for construction, machinery, weapons, vehicles and ships, fishing gear and electrical appliances, and can be used to make oilcloth, oiled paper, soap, pesticides and medical vomiting agents, insecticides, etc.

"Childe, the signboard of the Heaven and Earth Chamber of Commerce, I'll let people do it, what is the name of the inn, restaurant and guild hall?" Liu Chunshi asked.

"The inn is called Tiandi Inn, and the restaurant is called Tiandilou, and the guild hall is called." Wei Bao is in trouble, Liaoxi Guild Hall? The pattern seems to be a bit small, and there are not necessarily 4 million people in Liaoxi and Liaodong together, and they can't catch up with Shanxi, let alone overwhelm the Jin Chamber of Commerce.

"Childe, let's be by the sea." Liu Chunshi reminded that he could see that Wei Bao thought that the sign of the Liaoxi Hall was small.

Wei Bao was reminded by Liu Chunshi, and couldn't help but be overjoyed: "Your head is getting more and more smart, yes, it's called the Maritime Chamber of Commerce!" In the future, whether it is outside the customs, or directly under the government, or Qilu, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, as long as it is a merchant from the seaside provinces, you can come to our maritime chamber of commerce! Let's eat by the sea! ”

"Maritime Chamber of Commerce? Atmospheric. Fan's head first clapped his hands and said: "It sounds much louder than their Jin Chamber of Commerce." ”

Hou San, Lin Wenbiao, Liu Chunshi, Li Nan, Peng Mingbo, Gao Du, Liu Jintang, Zhang Haobo and a large number of followers also said yes, and this is decided.

Wei Bao was so embarrassed, secretly thought: The Maritime Chamber of Commerce Pavilion is good, atmospheric, and faintly contains the meaning of embracing all rivers, and it is impossible to raise any big chambers of commerce and Jin merchants in the north at the end of the Ming Dynasty, and the merchants of Nanzhili to compete in the south, I can only look at my Maritime Chamber of Commerce!

Wei Bao's group of people are busy on the street, the people of the Jin merchants and the people of the business community of Zhili on the street of Shiwangfu have also stretched out their heads to look, this street has not been so lively for a while, especially in this cold winter of lack of food and clothing, there are earthquakes everywhere, which makes people panic, I didn't expect that there are still people who come here and buy so many shops to do business?

Shiwangfu Street, the most important and core commercial street in Beijing, has three-quarters of the shops vacant, because there are too many empty shops in this era, and no one will think of taking real estate as an investment. The entire vacant shop in Jingshi does not necessarily have 50,000 taels of silver.

"With the little goods in his hand, can he use so many stores? A villager is a villager, which is the same as eating with a basin. Yang Mingchen, who was standing at the door of his own business, said to his father next to him.

"It's all you, originally his batch of goods has already been said to be sold at a second-class price, how big a deal is this? What does it mean to open a few shops? You have to talk to someone! Yang Siqing said angrily.

"Dad, he's bluffing, he doesn't understand the market of Jingshi, how big is the fur business? They are all doing the business of high-ranking officials and nobles, relatives of the emperor and the country, or they are only worn by big merchants of our status, and the rich people in the township are not necessarily willing to buy it. He thought that if he opened a bigger store, someone would come into the store and buy it? If it's so simple, why can't our family's leather goods be sold to Qiao's family? Yang Mingchen said with a smile, "After a while, those goods will be suffocated in his hands, and he will still have to sell them cheaply." ”

"It's all your words! Now if that batch of goods arrives in our hands, most of them will be sold before the Lantern Festival, and this time we have lost tens of thousands of taels of silver, do you know? The more Yang Siqing spoke, the more angry he became, and he didn't bother to look at Wei Bao's decoration face, so he walked to his business with his hands behind his back.

"Anxious all day long, anxious about what? I can't eat hot tofu in a hurry. Yang Mingchen shrugged his shoulders, he didn't take it seriously at all, he still looked at the excitement coldly, and when he saw the eldest son of Jin Shang Qiao who was diagonally opposite, he also arched his hand to say hello.

Qiao Dongsheng also heard that Wei Bao was decorating the store, and came out to see the situation, and when he saw the son of the Yang family diagonally opposite, he politely arched his hand, the Yang family did not get this batch of goods, although it was a pity, but it was also people who stood on the same line with him, and he appreciated this.

Qiao Dongsheng saw the 8 consecutive shops that Wei Bao bought, a long row of shops, all of which were unified in color, but also a little magnificent, and couldn't help frowning, I don't know what Wei Bao is going to do? Do you want to do business in Beijing for a long time? Think the business world in Beijing is so easy to stand on? The merchants on this street, except for a few big businesses such as the Yang family opposite, have only risen in recent years because they have the support of newly rising officials.

After a while, Qiao Dongsheng's father, Qiao Guangjin, the most powerful shopkeeper of the Qiao family in the Jin Dynasty, also came out, and when he saw Wei Bao's people decorating, he immediately understood what the situation was, and patted Qiao Dongsheng on the shoulder angrily: "You did a good thing!" ”

Qiao Dongsheng was taken aback and complained: "Dad, what are you doing?" Scary, huh? ”

"You could have eaten the goods in the hands of the village boy who robbed the Wu family's goods at a price between second-class and third-class grades, what did you do? Do you have to push the business outward, and you have been watching the business at home for more than 30 years, right? That's all there is to it? How can I trust you to take care of my business in the future? Still yelling all day long that I want to make an outer cabinet!? Qiao Guangjin was unwilling to count his son in front of his subordinates, so he lowered his voice and said to Qiao Dongsheng.

"I know this townsfolk are so weird? It can't be, right? Throughout the year, there are always times when you meet people with bad brains, right? The villagers have never been to Jingshi, and they have never suffered losses. After a few days, he knew what it was, and he thought that if he opened a big shop, someone would come to buy fine furs? Qiao Dongsheng said: "When the time comes, let people collect it at a low price, it is still our family, except for our Qiao family, who has the ability to operate high-grade fur in Jingshi?" On the other side, the Yang family didn't dare to do anything with us, and doing business was not a matter of anger. ”

"Do you know that doing business is not about gas? Then you will talk to someone for a thousand taels of silver? Qiao Guangjin glared at Qiao Dongsheng and said in a low voice: "I think this young man is not simple, since he dares to rob the Wu family's goods, he dares to go to the capital to sell the goods, maybe there are people in the court!" ”

"Who in his family can compare with our Qiao family? Who of us doesn't know each other? In the palace, outside the palace, in the official face, which mansion can't enter? Qiao Dongsheng said disdainfully.

Qiao Guangjin heard his son say this, and glared at Qiao Dongsheng angrily: "You must know, there are people outside the world, and our business can achieve this success, it is your grandfather, grandfather's Lao Tzu, grandfather's grandfather, and your Lao Tzu, several generations of people have worked hard with their tails between their legs, not silver falling from the sky!" ”

"Yes, yes." Qiao Dongsheng saw that Qiao Guangjin was about to start a tirade again, so he hurriedly stopped his father's words: "Dad, don't look at it, I will take care of this matter to the end, if I can't even clean up such a little cub, I am not your son, not the descendant of the Qiao family." ”