At this time, Wu Xiang came with Wu Sanfu.

Because he knew that Wei Bao and Wu Sanfeng were not quite right, Wu Xiang still did not bring Wu Sanfeng here today.

Wu Xiang saw a group of grain merchants surrounding Wei Bao, spitting and threatening to transport all the grain away immediately.

Wu Xiang quickly understood what was going on, and secretly sweated for Wei Bao.

To be honest, in the face of such a big pressure, even Wu Xiang thought to himself that he couldn't cope with it.

Wu Xuexia, Wang Qiuya, Princess Zhenming, as well as Liu Chunshi, Fan Datou, Zhao Kehu, these people on Wei Bao's side, are all anxious for Wei Bao, and others can't talk casually about such a scene.

"Shopkeepers, everyone take a break and take a sip of tea. You want to sell to Wei Bao for three times the market price, and Wei Bao wants to buy it at the market price, according to me, both sides will give way, right? How about trading at twice the market price? Wu Xiang saw that the talks were about to collapse completely in a blink of an eye, so he could only come forward in person and mediate.

"Twice the market price?" Qiao Dongsheng smiled: "Lord Wu, you don't seem to be our master, right?" Your market in western Liaoning also depends on what we mean, why do you help us set the price? Three times the market price, that's our bottom line! That's it, these grain shopkeepers are still timid, according to me, at least four times the market price! Wei Bao, you give me a happy word, if you really don't plan to buy it, don't pretend, we'll pull it away! But I didn't warn you grain merchants in Liaoxi, from now on, not a single grain of grain in the customs will come to Liaoxi, and how much grain you have in Liaoxi, how much we want in the Guan, I will see if you Wei Bao has more silver, or we people have more silver. ”

Wei Bao was almost mad by Qiao Dong's anger, this threat is too red, Wei Bao knows that he now has forty or fifty million taels of silver, which can be regarded as good in Daming, at least he should be the one who has entered the ranks of the top ten richest people.

But compared with the entire Daming shopping mall, he is just a drop in the ocean and cannot be compared.

Also, Qiao Dongsheng's family is the leader of the Jin merchants, and Qiao Guangjin is a person who has the ability to invite people like Wei Zhongxian to the mansion to eat and drink, this level, Wei Bao is not yet high.

If you talk about the challenge of skipping the level, Wei Bao challenged the Qiao family, I don't know how many levels I have crossed, it is not a matter of two or three levels.

Wei Bao has a vast land and a population of five million, these things are very powerful in the eyes of people at the bottom, but in the eyes of people above the level of Wu Xiang, at most they can say that the development prospects are promising, but they are not to the point of being awe-inspiring.

After all, who can say what the future holds?

Most people in the world only look at what you are now.

Wei Bao has suffered a lot in modern times, and there is no way to develop.

But in ancient times, he had his own career and took a pure and honest route.

This route may seem unremarkable at first, but the gateway is large.

Wei Bao firmly believes that in the future, it will develop to the realm of profundity, and it will be able to develop to infinite power.

All in all, Wei Bao is developing very well now, but in front of a real powerhouse like Qiao Dongsheng, it is still not enough.

If it weren't for the huge profits, this kind of business would not have to be personally present with Qiao Dongsheng, the young owner of the Jin merchants, with Qiao Dongsheng here, all the decision-making power would inevitably be in Qiao Dongsheng's hands, so he could be so crazy.

Seeing Wei Bao's face, it was difficult for everyone to maintain a flat expression, and they each had mixed feelings.

The people who were facing Wei Bao, such as Wu Xiang, Wu Xuexia, and Wei Bao's subordinates, all sweated for Wei Bao, and I don't know if Wei Bao can bear this breath.

The people on Qiao Dongsheng's side were fully emboldened by Qiao Dongsheng, and felt that they should force Wei Bao.

And most people have the mentality of watching a good show, whether it is a businessman or an official family in western Liaoning, most of them are like this, they hope to see Wei Bao unlucky, and see that heaven and earth will collapse.

Because the Heaven and Earth Society is a newly rising force, the rise of the Heaven and Earth Society will inevitably take away the benefits they think, whether these benefits are their share or not, they don't want anyone to take them away, and Wu Xiang, a traditional family, will take it for granted, and they will not be so jealous.

"Can we talk later?" Although Wei Bao was angry, he still kept calm and did not say anything to death, originally Wei Bao was forced by Qiao Dongsheng so much, he really wanted to say that he would never buy food in the customs in the future.

Qiao Dongsheng sneered: "How long will you wait?" What's there to wait for? It's the same when you wait, unless you have enough food in Liaoxi, you don't have to buy food from the customs in the future. If that's the case, I don't think the court needs to help you every year, right? ”

"Let's talk about it after dinner!" Wei Bao said coldly: "Buying and selling is not benevolent, there is no need to force each other hard, affect friendship, after all, they are all walking around in a shopping mall, and they will not look up and see each other in the future, and it is inevitable that there will be a reunion in the landscape." ”

Wei Bao's words were already quite hard, with a faint meaning of rejection, but he didn't say it clearly.

Qiao Dongsheng snorted heavily, he didn't expect Wei Bao to be so tough, and he actually dared to refuse himself?

The grain number shopkeepers who came with Qiao Dongsheng were also shocked, thinking that things should take a turn for the better.

Wu Xiang was even more anxious, and looked at Wei Bao again and again, in Wu Xiang's opinion, the price of grain twice the market price is not completely out of chance, and then talk to Qiao Dongsheng about it, it is beneficial to both parties, if it really doesn't work, the price of two and a half times the market price is fine.

"Come on, come on, all the shopkeepers should go and eat first." Wu Sanfu is very good at getting things done, took out his communication skills, and said to Qiao Dongsheng: "Master Qiao, how many drinks will I have with you?" You can't help but give me this face, right? ”

Stretching out his hand not to hit the smiling man, Qiao Dongsheng glared at Wei Bao coldly, and followed Wu Sanfu.

Wu Xiang pulled Wei Bao back to the back hall of the Maritime Chamber of Commerce.

"Xiaobao, can you bear with it first?" Wu Xiang walked as he walked.

Qiao Dongsheng walked with Wu Sanfu, and also said to the grain merchants around him: "Have you seen it?" I've already made concessions according to what you said, three times the market price, and he's still so sideways! What's wrong? This kind of person can't give him too much face! After eating, let's leave! In the future, all families are not allowed to associate with heaven and earth, have they all heard it? ”

"Yes, don't give him a hard one, he thinks we're joking!" Fang Yuantong echoed loudly.

Wu Sanfu glared at Fang Yuantong coldly, Wu Sanfu and Fang Anping, and Wei Bao, they were all classmates, Wu Sanfu and Fang Yuantong naturally knew each other.

Fang Yuantong's son Fang Anping, who was following behind Fang Yuantong, saw that Wu Sanfu's eyes were not good, and hurriedly said, "Sanfu, you have a good relationship with Wei Bao now, and your relationship with me can't be bad?" ”

"If you don't have a good relationship with anyone, as a native of Liaoxi, if you encounter conflicts with other places, should you be a peacemaker? And shouldn't fan the flames? In the shopping mall, harmony is precious, and harmony makes money. Wu Sanfu was unhappy or unhappy, but his tone was still gentle, he seemed to be born to be a person who would never get angry.

"Am I wrong? Isn't Wu Ergongzi used to hearing it? Wei Bao just lacks discipline, doesn't know the height of the sky, and doesn't understand the truth of strength in the mall! Fang Yuantong didn't appreciate it, he felt that now that he had climbed the high branches of the Qiao family and the Jin merchants, he didn't have to be afraid of the Wu family, let alone Wei Bao.

"Who are you talking to like that?" Wu Sanfu sneered: "I'm talking to Mr. Qiao, do you have to talk to you?" Do you take Prince Qiao in your eyes? ”

"No, I didn't mean that." Fang Yuantong hurriedly said.

Qiao Dongsheng was not interested in bickering and did not answer.

On the other side, Wu Xiang had already dragged Wei Bao into the back hall of the Maritime Chamber of Commerce: "Xiaobao, you listen to me, bear with me first!" Didn't Han Xin still have the humiliation of his crotch back then? If you don't buy the grain in the customs, the merchants in Liaoxi will have to follow you unlucky in the future! You're going to offend a lot of people, you know? If you want to report today's stubble, you can only wait, and when your strength is stronger than the Jin Merchants in the future, and in the future, those Henan grain shopkeepers, Shandong grain shopkeepers, and Nanzhili grain shopkeepers will have a friendship with heaven and earth, you don't have to be afraid of Jin Merchants anymore, it's not too late to take revenge, understand? ”

Wei Bao never spoke, and was pulled by Wu Xiang to sit down on a chair.

Wu Xiang sat next to Wei Bao, and saw that Wei Bao seemed to calm down a little, and then persuaded: "You don't have to worry about this matter, I promise, the price of grain will not reach three times the market price, and I will try to negotiate it for you with twice the price!" If you really can't, it's two and a half times. If you want to buy a large amount of grain at market prices, this will definitely not work, merchants are all profiteering, and they do not make money in trading, who will want to do it, don't you say? ’

"In terms of market price, although they are profitable, they are not unprofitable! One and a half times the market price is fine, why buy at least twice the market price? More than 8 million stone grain, half the market price, is tens of millions of taels of silver! Wei Bao said.

"Xiaobao, you, at a critical time, in the face of big business, it is still a little tender, of course I think you spend as little silver as possible, I hope you buy it at the market price, even lower than the market price, and even without silver, you can!" Wu Xiang was a little unhappy, feeling that Wei Bao was not enlightened and admitted death, is it possible to admit death in business? "You have to understand it thoroughly, you have to judge the situation, you, the talent is good, but you are still too young, young people are always vigorous, I was the same as you back then, I couldn't think about it if I suffered a little loss, and then I slowly understood that some losses really have to be eaten, and it is a blessing to suffer losses. Suffering a little loss can sometimes save you endless trouble. ”

Wei Bao is not unable to suffer losses, and besides, he grabbed countless gold and silver from the Jin merchants last time, as well as a large number of antique treasures, even if he buys all the grain at three times the market price this time, he will return two or three percent at most, and he can't afford to lose.

Wei Bao is unwilling, mainly for the sake of future business, if he suffers a big loss this time and is led by the nose by the Jin merchants, then he will basically have to deal with the merchants in the customs in the future, basically this routine, every time he has to be ruthlessly knocked off by them, it will make the world will not be able to earn money for a long time, and he will not be able to raise his head to be a man!

If you can't earn money, you can't hold your head up and be a man, this is the last thing Wei Bao wants to see.

Wu Xiang saw that Wei Bao stopped talking again, thinking that he had changed his mind a little, and then persuaded: "There are some things, it's good to figure it out, but it's not a big deal." Do business, lose a little this time, and next time you will earn more back, and you still have to take a long-term view. You can rest assured, Liaoxi will always be the world of our Liaoxi people, and the hand of Jin merchants can't reach out. If you dare to be presumptuous here, I can have them serve their people and goods immediately! ”

When Wei Bao heard this, his eyes lit up: "Really? That's what I thought, let's just get their goods served, right? With this batch of grain, neither Liaonan nor Weijiazhuang has to worry about food shortages! ”

When Wu Xiang heard this, he couldn't help sweating, he just said casually, and said a happy word to relieve his anger, but he didn't expect Wei Bao to listen to anything else, but he listened to this sentence, "Xiaobao, I said are you stupid?" At this time, you moved their goods, and fools know that you did it, and the Jin merchants are in the court, how powerful they are in the business world, don't you know? Will they be able to give up? Unless you want to rebel almost. Otherwise, what is the difference between moving the goods of the Jin merchants and rebellion? ”

Wei Bao didn't want to rebel, but was brought over by Wu Xiang's words, "Hehe, uncle, I just said it casually, there are just the two of us here, and there are no outsiders." Uncle, I'm fine, you don't have to persuade me, but I'm still in charge of this matter, right? You can't help me. ”

"You're in control, and you still don't want to make this deal? Co-author: I just said so much, all in vain? If you talk to Qiao Dongsheng again, it is definitely not as good as me talking to Qiao Dongsheng. Wu Xiang was puzzled.

"I know, I'll do my best to make this deal happen." Wei Bao said: "I don't want my uncle to be angry with me. ”

"It's okay, you and Xuexia are already like this, isn't your business just my Wu family's business?" Wu Xiang said with emotion.

Wei Bao was a little moved when he heard Wu Xiang say this, nodded his head, and didn't say anything more.

"Okay, there are a lot of guests, you should also go and greet the guests, you can control it, I will help you, but you have to remember, you have to bear with it! Take a step back and open the sky! Wu Xiang said.

"Got it." Wei Bao smiled slightly. Thinking of the inseparable relationship with the Wu family before, he was almost made by Wu Sanfeng, it is not too much to say that he is an enemy of life and death, but he didn't expect that Wu Xiang is really good to himself now.

Man, many times, if you really want to open something, you can only increase your troubles if you want to be more serious.

The two of them returned to the street hand in hand, and sure enough, many guests had already come, all of whom had received invitations from the Heaven and Earth Society.

In terms of Wei Bao's current face, coupled with the relationship with the Wu family, the local merchants and officials in western Liaoning, one is counted as one, and it is very rare for someone not to give face.

The reason why Wei Bao wanted to hold such a banquet with great fanfare today was mainly to show his strength to Qiao Dongsheng and a group of grain merchants in the Guan.

For businessmen, how many friends there are, how many partners, this is the greatest strength!

Although it may not be of much use, it may not be able to frighten Qiao Dongsheng and a group of grain merchants in the Guannai, but if it is born out of nothing, it can at least secretly increase some of Wei Bao's bargaining chips.

Good Qiao Dongsheng and a group of grain merchants in the Guannai knew that he Wei Bao didn't dare to offend them easily, but they didn't go too far, offended Wei Bao, and it would not be easy to have dealings with Guanwai in the future!

Tearing the face is not good for either side.

"Inspector Sun has arrived!"

With a call to the whistle, the audience was solemn, and everyone stood up in unison.

Everyone knows that Wei Bao is a disciple of Sun Chengzong, if it weren't for this, the Heaven and Earth Society would not have risen so fast!

Sun Chengzonggui has a high reputation, and he did not form a party for personal gain in private, nor did he defect to the eunuch party or the Donglin party, basically belonging to the neutral faction, if he is familiar with the Donglin party bosses, some things to do with it, it is reasonable, but he is definitely not the Donglin party boss.

In fact, Sun Chengzong is not afraid of many people, he always looks like a kind elder and rarely loses his temper.

Therefore, everyone shows respect for people like Sun Chengzong, not fear.

"Teacher, why are you here?" Wei Bao really didn't expect Sun Chengzong to come. Although an invitation was sent to Sun Chengzong, the people sent out yesterday afternoon would at least get evening when they arrived at Ningyuan's Jiliao Governor's Mansion, and if Sun Chengzong wanted to come over for dinner at this time, it would take at least four or five hours from Ningyuan City to Shanhaiguan. In other words, Sun Chengzong had already set off in the second half of the night, and he basically spent the night on the road, which surprised Wei Bao too much, and moved Wei Bao too much.

"What? Don't want me to come, still send me a post? If you go to Beijing to take the exam, I will definitely come to practice it for you. Sun Chengzong smiled.

Wei Bao nodded with emotion: "Teacher, please take a seat!" ”

Sun Chengzong smiled and nodded, and he was not polite, and sat on the main seat.

As the emperor's teacher, and Sun Chengzong's age, on any occasion in the Ming Dynasty, it is appropriate to sit on the main seat, unless the emperor is there.

Wei Bao's banquet, the emperor naturally will not come.

Sun Chengzong not only came by himself, but also brought hundreds of Jiliao officials and generals, and they were all about to catch up with the highest-level military meeting.

Wei Bao still had to be busy greeting these people, "Senior Brother Chonghuan, it's so good that you're here, you want to kill me." ”

Yuan Chonghuan smiled, his perception of Wei Bao was very ordinary, and he didn't believe how good Wei Bao could be to him, "I miss you too, junior brother." ”

The two of them laughed hypocritically together.

"I'm already grateful that the teacher can come, how busy the teacher is." Wei Bao didn't have anything to say.

"That's also thanks to you, Xiaobao, your people have restrained Jiannu, this spring is one of the few such a clean year in recent years, Jiannu is busy suppressing the people you sent on their own territory, and they don't have the time to invade Liaodong." Yuan Chonghuan replied in a slightly sour tone.

"Hehe, that's good. Senior brother, please take a seat with your teacher. Wei Bao nodded to Yuan Chonghuan and then greeted the other guests.

"There's nothing here, all the officials and generals who came from the Jiliao department, most of them came for Sun Chengzong's face, Sun Chengzong is now very sad when he is being squeezed by Gonggong Wei, there was news that he was going to be ousted from the position of Jiliao Governor last year! It's not easy to survive to this time, you wait and see, Sun Chengzong will definitely be driven away this year! Today's imperial court is the world of Gonggong Wei! Qiao Dongsheng whispered to several grain merchants beside him.

"Inspector Sun's reputation is still very big." A grain merchant shopkeeper in the customs reminded.

"So what? In this world, whoever has the most power and who has the most power has the final say, and I will let Wei Bao not come down under Sun Chengzong's nose today. Qiao Dongsheng said disapprerovingly.

The next ones are some small characters, still merchants and officials in the western Liaoning area and outside the Guan.

Some of them are a series of local families, most of them are here for Wu Xiang's face.

In the Jiangmen forces of Liaoxi and Liaodong, Wu Xiang is only the second position, far inferior to Zu Dashou in the first position.

Therefore, Wu Xiang's face is actually not much.

But being able to come to some generals outside the customs still impressed Qiao Dongsheng and a group of grain merchant shopkeepers in the customs.

In particular, there are some of Mao Wenlong's generals, You Jinghe, Wang Fu, Geng Zhongming, Shang Kexi, and Kong Youde, all of whom are generals stationed in the Phoenix area.

They can come, which is already very face-saving for Wei Bao.

Wei Bao estimated that if it weren't for Mao Wenlong on Phi Island, it would be too late to notify, and even if the notice arrived, people might not be able to catch up, otherwise, even Mao Wenlong might buy face for himself and would come here.

"General Zu Dashou has arrived!"

With a loud announcement, the audience was in an uproar again, and the momentum was no less than when Sun Chengzong came just now.

Wei Bao really didn't expect that even Zu Dashou would come?

He also sent someone to post to Zu Dashou.

Mainly because of the post to some generals in Liaodong, Zu Dashou will definitely know about it, so he has to post to Zu Dashou if he is afraid of the surface.

But Wei Bao really couldn't imagine that Zu Dashou would come?

Not only Wei Bao couldn't think of it, but it can be said that everyone, none of them could think of it.

Including Qiao Dongsheng and the grain merchant shopkeepers in the Guannai, one is counted as one, and the people who come today are either high-ranking officials and nobles, or big businessmen, all of whom are well-informed people.

Wei Bao has a dislike for his ancestral family, and he almost used a knife and a gun several times, which is something that everyone knows.

Why did Zu Dashou come? Will you give Wei Bao this face?

Wei Baohu looked suspiciously at Wu Xiang, who was accompanying Sun Chengzong to drink.

Wu Xiang and Sun Chengzong both looked at Wei Bao suspiciously at this time.

Wei Bao could see from their expressions that it was not Wu Xiang who asked Zu Dashou to come, and Sun Chengzong should not have made any moves behind his back.

This makes Wei Bao even more strange.

Zu Dashou came, as long as he didn't come to make trouble, the significance to Wei Bao was not trivial, and it was basically a positive meaning.

Although Zu Dashou is still only the official position of a deputy general at this time, and he is far from Sun Chengzong, but for businessmen, it is the most important thing outside the border!

Because Jinzhou, which was guarded by Zu Dashou, was at the forefront of the fight against Jiannu.

Whether you want to do business with Jiannu or with the Mongols from Guannei, you can't avoid Jinzhou of Zu Dashou!

Zu Dashou has a small cavalry force in his hands, and these people may not be able to fight Jiannu, but it is more than enough to deal with merchants who do business secretly.