"Does that have anything to do with me passing out?" Wei Bao blinked his eyes seriously, stifled a smile, pretended to be very worried and anxious, and covered his head, "Oops, I'm still dizzy." ”

He naturally knew that he had fainted just by pretending to be himself, but he still deliberately asked this, secretly thinking that these people seemed to be quite superstitious, and superstitious people should be able to find reasons on their own.

Sure enough, Yuan Chonghuan immediately said: "Master Wei, it's because you're not suitable to talk about marriage, so you're dizzy." Wei Gongzi, in the past five years, you must not talk about marriage casually! Otherwise, either you will restrain the woman, or the woman will restrain you! For example, the eldest lady of the Wu family, who was born rich and noble, must have a hard life, and the two of you talk about marriage at this time, which is not good for both parties. In a few years, it will be fine. ”

"Oh, so powerful?" Wei Bao said gratefully: "Thank you Lord Yuan for your advice." ”

Wu Sanfu touched his chin and whispered, "Wouldn't that make my sister wait for five years?" ”

When Wu Xiang heard this, he immediately glared at Wu Sanfu! But the face is not ugly, and he is not angry. It's just that Wu Sanfu talks a lot.

In fact, Wei Bao suddenly appeared with a wife, and it is not suitable to talk about marriage for the time being, not only Wei Bao breathed a sigh of relief, but Wu Xiang also breathed a sigh of relief!

Wu Xiang and Wei Bao almost didn't laugh, they both endured it very hard!

Wei Bao is happy because he doesn't have to choose in a hurry, and Wei Bao didn't want to marry a wife so soon, his life has just begun, and there are countless Zi Yanhong waiting for him in the future, right?

What's so good about marrying a wife so quickly and being bound by your family?

No matter how beautiful the flowers are, you don't have to give up the whole sea of flowers so early, right?

Wu Xiang's happiness was no less than Wei Bao's, because he was eager to win over Wei Bao just now, and he was caught up by Mao Wenlong's words, so he was forced to let Wei Bao immediately express his intention to marry his daughter in public, Wu Xiang did not make up his mind to recruit Wei Bao as his son-in-law, and on the other hand, he was reluctant to marry his daughter so early.

Wu Xiang immediately snorted: "Since it is not appropriate for Gongzi Wei to talk about marrying for the time being, it is not too late to talk about it in a few years!" Wei Gongzi, the old man is very optimistic about you! ”

"Thank you, Lord Wu, for your love!" Wei Bao said politely.

Mao Wenlong was also very happy to see that Wu Xiang could no longer use his son-in-law to win over Wei Bao, and said to Wei Bao: "Wei Gongzi is a promising young man, and if he marries a few years later, he can even pick Mrs. Ruyi." ”

"Many auspicious words." Wei Bao laughed.

"A good man is determined to have a career, and the old man doesn't get married until he is in his thirties." Mao Wenlong said with a smile.

Wei Bao smiled: "Where can I compare with the general?" ”

"Well, when the banquet is over, I want to delay Mr. Wei for a little time and talk about something." Mao Wenlong said, looking at Wu Xiang with a provocative expression, secretly thinking about what else can you do this time? Just now you wanted to use your family affairs to win over Wei Bao, but now Wei Bao is not suitable to talk about family affairs for the time being! Can you still stop me from talking to Wei Bao?

Wei Bao wished that Mao Wenlong would find himself, and now it is clear that Mao Wenlong has asked for himself, which will only be more beneficial to the negotiations. Originally, Wei Bao was talking to Mao Wenlong about contracting North Korea's commercial rights to the Ming Dynasty through Mao Chenglu on Shuangdao.

The trade between North Korea and the Ming Dynasty, North Korea belongs to the passive party, only the Ming merchants travel between North Korea and the Ming Dynasty, and the North Korean merchants do not have this authority.

If he can monopolize the trade with North Korea, Wei Bao can use this to infiltrate and break into North Korea, so as to obtain many opportunities, the most important one, Wei Bao wants to use this to develop maritime trade, and the power to mine all kinds of minerals! Otherwise, Weijiazhuang's steel industry will never be able to take off.

Between Wei Bao and Mao Wenlong, there is already a very broad basis for cooperation.

Wu Xiang naturally understood what Mao Wenlong meant by his provocative expression, squinted his eyes, and the anger rose in his heart, but there was no good way! said to Wei Bao: "Master Wei, now that you have such a good relationship with the local bigwigs, you just take this opportunity to show your strength locally!" Liaoxi and Liaodong are rich in land, and Wei Gongzi is a local, young and young, which is a good opportunity to display his talents. ”

Wei Bao smiled and nodded: "Thank you Lord Wu for your guidance and encouragement, and you will have to rely on Lord Wu to take care of you in the future." ”

"It should be." Wu Xiang smiled slightly, seeing that Wei Bao's attitude towards him was as deferential as usual, he felt very comfortable.

And Mao Wenlong was very uncomfortable, although Wu Xiang didn't say it explicitly, he could still easily hear Wu Xiang's threat from it, meaning that if Wei Bao dared to get involved with him, he would be ostracized locally!

"Lord Wu, you're back to the old story! Wei Gongzi should naturally show his strength locally. But the world is big, and while developing locally, you can also look outward and look at a wider area, isn't there a conflict? Mao Wenlong smiled.

"General Mao, as the old saying goes, you can't chew more if you are greedy! Whether it is the energy of an individual or the power of a business, it is limited, and I think that everything should be taken one step at a time, and it is better to stand firmly in front of you. Wu Xiang smiled: "Don't do the thing of picking up sesame seeds and throwing watermelon." ”

"Maybe you picked up a watermelon and threw sesame seeds?" Mao Wenlong smiled: "A small place in western Liaoning, besides, your Wu family controls the bulk business, how can others pick up watermelons?" ”

"What watermelon does General Mao's Dongjiang have? General Mao's subordinates can't even eat, and there are millions of homeless people who have nowhere to settle! Mixed with General Mao, I am afraid that no matter how big the family business is, it will have to be hollowed out, not to mention that Wei Gongzi is just starting now! After Wu Xiang finished speaking, he said to Wei Bao: "Master Wei, you have to think clearly, you are a local, you are a local, and it is convenient for everyone to help each other!" Out of Liaoxi, even if you get involved in the court, the emperor is far away, and he can't control some mountain generals! Don't be buried alive and don't know how you died! ”

"Wu Xiang, who do you say is General Shanye!? I'm into your mother! Mao Wenlong immediately got angry and pushed Wu Xiang.

Wu Xiang was weak, and was pushed by Mao Wenlong, and immediately shook back, and Wu Sanfu, who was losing, hurriedly helped his father to avoid Wu Xiang making a fool.

The atmosphere between Mao Wenlong and Wu Xiang suddenly became tense again.

Wu Xiang's entourage heard the movement, and immediately rushed in from the outside, and immediately blocked in front of Wu Xiang, Wu Xiang was also forced to be anxious, if it was in normal times, he would not dare to talk to Mao Wenlong like this.

Mao Wenlong's troops are all fought in the wilderness, for Wu Xiangzu Dashou, the border troops who live in eastern and western Liaoning, the combat power is not the same, so they will instinctively fear Mao Wenlong, mainly because of Mao Wenlong's subordinates!

Sure enough, Mao Wenlong's retinue also came over immediately, and more than a dozen of his subordinates looked like Kong Wu's powerful practitioners, each of them was very fierce, in comparison, Wu Xiang's entourage was completely incomparable.

"What? Do? ”

"Looking for death, aren't you?"

The subordinates on both sides were about to make a move, and Mao Wenlong's subordinates had already begun to draw their swords.

Wei Bao sweated, anticipating what would happen, but he didn't make a sound, but retreated to the side under the protection of his own men, and a group of singers were all cowering in the corner and shivering in fright.

"General Mao! What do you want? Don't mess around, this is Shanhaiguan! Wu Xiang panicked.

Wu Sanfu also nervously followed his father's side, Wei Bao motioned to Wu Sanfu to stand with him several times, but Wu Sanfu turned a blind eye.

"What's wrong with Shanhaiguan? Damn, Shanhaiguan is your territory, isn't it? Is your territory scared? Mao Wenlong said angrily: "Don't talk about Shanhaiguan, fighting Jiannu on the battlefield, Lao Tzu has never been afraid!" Crawled out of the pile of dead people several times! ”

"The gentleman doesn't move his mouth, General Mao, you are also a member of the imperial court, don't come nonsense!" Wu Xiang said.

Mao Wenlong saw that Wu Xiang was scared to death, and smiled contemptuously: "Just like you, Lao Tzu is too lazy to pinch you!" You Liaoxi and Liaodong have made a fortune, eat fragrant and drink spicy food, my Mao Wenlong is not red-eyed, and I can't care about it! I, Dongjiang, are struggling to eat, if anyone dares to obstruct and cut off my way of life, don't blame my surname Mao for killing people without blinking! ”

"What did I say? I didn't say anything! Who dares to cut off your General Mao's way of life? Wu Xiang said in a low voice: "Everyone is a member of the Ming Dynasty and serves the imperial court, so I naturally hope that you General Mao will be good and Dongjiang will be good." ”

Mao Wenlong snorted, "I hope you can speak to the heart!" Although our Dongjiang grandmother doesn't love my uncle and doesn't love us, even if I Mao Wenlong is a mountain general, as long as I have helped the Dongjiang Army, we will never treat our friends badly! ”

Mao Wenlong said, turned to Wei Bao, and didn't wait for the banquet to end, he actually said solemnly in front of Wu Xiang: "Wei Gongzi, if you can owe me 1 million stone grain and grass on credit at a price lower than the current market in Liaoxi, I promise that within three years, all the merchant ships from North Korea to and from Daming will be under the jurisdiction of the Heaven and Earth Firm!" ”

Wu Xiang secretly thought, this is to exchange three years of commercial power in North Korea for 1 million stone grain and grass? The deal is about the same, and it's reasonable.

Wu Xiang was shocked, he didn't expect that Mao Wenlong would negotiate with Wei Bao in front of him, but he didn't think it was anything when he thought about it, no matter what they talked about, he would always know afterwards! Mao Wenlong bought grain and grass, can he not transport it away?

"Dare to ask General Mao, I will give you 1 million stone grain and grass, and you will give me the right to trade between North Korea and the Ming Dynasty? Shall I give you another piece of silver? Wei Bao asked, "I don't need you to take credit, I can give you grain and grass directly!" Save the trouble of cashiering! ”

"If you give it to me directly, you can pay me another 200,000 taels of silver every year! To tell you the truth, I have almost collected so much money in a year! If all of them are handed over to Wei Gongzi, Wei Gongzi will earn back 200,000 taels of silver for a year, which will definitely not be a problem. Mao Wenlong replied.

"Then I'll give you 2 million stone grains and grass! You give me six years of business rights! Wei Bao offered: "I will pay you 200,000 taels of silver every year!" In addition, you need to hand over all the areas south of Golden State City, including Golden State City, to me for management! When Jiannu comes to attack, I will defend against the enemy by my heaven and earth business! ”

The reason why Wei Bao wanted six years of business power was because he knew that in the original history, Mao Wenlong might be killed by Yuan Chonghuan within five years, and it would take one more year, for the sake of insurance. In fact, Wei Bao not only wants to control North Korea and the Jinzhou Peninsula, but also wants to control all the territory of the Dongjiang Army and replace Mao Wenlong!

Wu Xiang and Mao Wenlong were shocked at the same time, they didn't expect Wei Bao's appetite to be so big, and he actually wanted a large piece of land on the Jinzhou Peninsula?

Wang Qiuya, Wu Sanfu, Zhao Kehu, Yuan Chonghuan and others were also secretly surprised, and they didn't know what Wei Bao wanted to do with a large area of land on the Jinzhou Peninsula?

Especially Yuan Chonghuan, he immediately suspected that Wei Bao had great ambitions, because Wei Bao, as a common person, even if he wanted to develop because of the business, he didn't need such a large piece of territory, right? Don't you want to cut off the male? After all, the Jinzhou Peninsula is located in southern Liaoning, and it is theoretically under the jurisdiction of the Governor's Mansion, but in fact, it is Mao Wenlong's people who are in charge, and Mao Wenlong's people, the Governor's Mansion is actually not in charge.

Mao Wenlong secretly calculated that with 2 million stones of grain and grass, the Dongjiang Army would no longer have to worry about grain and grass for at least two years.

In Mao Wenlong's view, the Jinzhou Peninsula was originally undefinable, and it was able to hold it this time, mostly because of the relationship between Wei Bao and his efforts. Anyway, sooner or later, the Jinzhou Peninsula will be lost to Jiannu, rather than this, it is better to push the boat to Wei Bao!

"Wei Gongzi, I can promise you! However, if I need it in the future, can the 200,000 taels of silver you pay me a year be exchanged for one or two pieces of silver and three stones of grain and grass for me? Mao Wenlong said: "Moreover, the grain and grass given to me by the Tiandi firm must be guaranteed to be in good condition, and it is not allowed to be mixed with sand and gravel!" Every stone of grain and grass must be guaranteed in quantity! ”

The reason why Mao Wenlong said this was because he had suffered too much, and the grain and grass that Denglai transferred to him were either moldy or mixed with sediment, which was not enough to weigh the grain and grass.

Wei Bao said with a smile: "Of course there is no problem, our Heaven and Earth business has always been a fool, not to mention supplying the army, you are heroes who want to fight with Jiannu, and give your grain and grass to do tricks, which is equivalent to a traitor!" ”

Wei Bao, a traitor, said to Mao Wenlong's heart, "Wei Gongzi, I can withdraw the soldiers and horses of Jinzhou City and Nanguan to Shuangdao and Dongjiang, but the guards and civil officials still have to stay, after all, you are a common man, and you cannot govern on behalf of the imperial court!" ”

Wei Bao nodded, "Yes." But you have to make it clear to them that all affairs are subject to the name of heaven and earth, and they are not allowed to shake hands at will. Just keep a dozen or so people, and low-level civil officials don't have to stay. ”

"Yes. I'll tell them. Mao Wenlong thought for a while, and then said, "Master Wei, what are you going to do?" ”

"Help you completely solve your worries, from now on, you don't have to worry about food and grass, you can concentrate on building slaves, you can tell the brothers below, if you want to be promoted and make a fortune, you must beat Jiannu fiercely, Jiannu has food, you have food, Jiannu has money, you have money. Moreover, if you kill more Jiannu, the court will also give you credit. Wei Bao laughed.

Mao Wenlong smiled, it was indeed like Wei Bao said, if this kind of cooperation could be achieved, it would really eliminate his biggest worries at once, and how could he persist in Dongjiang without worrying about eating and drinking.

"Wei Gongzi, you can't hold the Jinzhou Peninsula! No one can hold it, Liaonan is too close to the base camp of Jiannu! In addition, there is no basis for your words, be careful that the grain and grass you send out are all lost! Wu Xiang couldn't help but remind.

Although he was angry with Wei Bao, he actually talked about cooperation and business with Mao Wenlong in front of him. But Wu Xiang didn't want Wei Bao to be 'deceived' by Mao Wenlong. It will only be Mao Wenlong who will benefit from that.

Mao Wenlong glared at Wu Xiang: "Lord Wu, what are you talking about?" I, Mao Wenlong, am this kind of person? I, Mao Wenlong, spit on a big nail! ”

"General Mao is angry, Lord Wu cares about me, and what Lord Wu said is also very reasonable. In this way, there is no basis for your words, and you need to write a document! And personally sign and draw, and there must be the signature of my heaven and earth firm and the superintendent's mansion, and there must be the signature of Inspector Sun himself. Wei Bao said: "Moreover, now all the officials of the Governor's Mansion must sign and approve!" Moreover, foreign officials from Liaoxi, Liaodong, and Africa, including Lord Yuan, must also sign and approve! In this case, there is no need to worry about the change of officials, everything is not clear, and no matter how they are changed, it is impossible to change all officials in six years. ”

Wei Bao is not worried that the change of supervisor will cause accidents, all he wants is official recognition!

Even if he changes the supervisor in the future, Wei Bao is confident that he will have a good relationship with the new supervisor. Wei Bao has made it very clear about the contradictions between Liaoxi and Liaodong, the officialdom forces in the capital, and Dongjiang Town, as long as Liaoxi and Liaodong are not allowed to take advantage of Liaodong, and the officialdom forces in the capital are not allowed to smash silver and grain on the Dongjiang River, other contradictions will retreat to secondary contradictions and will not affect his business.

What's more, after all the current foreign officials have signed, these people can also be a witness! The most important thing is this Yuan Chonghuan in front of him.

Mao Wenlong frowned, secretly thinking that Wei Bao looked young, a young man in his teens, but he was very old and spicy, and he thought about things very thoroughly. To make a note, but also to the signature of the superintendent himself? And to get so many officials to sign?

However, Mao Wenlong is not worried about this layer, secretly thinking that the soldiers and horses are in his hands, and if something goes wrong, he immediately changes the hexagram, Wei Bao, a common man, can still do it himself?

"Yes!" After Mao Wenlong hesitated for a few seconds, he immediately agreed: "I'll arrange this." ’

Wei Bao also nodded happily: "Deal!" I hope General Mao can spit on a nail as you yourself said. ”

"If I didn't pay attention to integrity, there would not be hundreds of thousands of horses following me! The imperial court will not be relieved to let me lead so many people alone. Mao Wenlong said proudly.

Although Yuan Chonghuan accompanied Mao Wenlong, Mao Wenlong never had anything to do with Yuan Chonghuan during the negotiation process.

However, Yuan Chonghuan is very unhappy that the negotiation process has nothing to do with himself, but why do you Wei Bao ask me to sign? Why didn't you Mao Wenlong ask, so you agreed? Do you think you're the Overseer? Do you still have the power to help the Overseer call the shots? It's too aggressive, isn't it?

Although he accompanied Mao Wenlong, Yuan Chonghuan and Mao Wenlong are by no means of the same heart, Mao Wenlong will have nothing to do with him if he makes meritorious contributions and benefits.

Wei Bao smiled: "I naturally trust General Mao's character, otherwise I wouldn't have paid such a big price!" I'm a businessman, and it's one thing to help the Heaven and Earth firm make money, but my main thing is to contribute to the Ming Dynasty's fight against Jiannu! Dongjiang Town can gain a firm foothold behind enemy lines, whether it is for General Mao, or for the imperial court, or for the governor's mansion, or even for Liaoxi and Liaodong, everyone is beneficial! Restricting Jiannu, trapping Jiannu, and leaving Jiannu without a chance to stretch out their hands to North Korea and Monan plays a vital role in the overall strategy! Even if a lot of money is wasted, even if it is thankless, I am willing to do it. ”

Wei Bao's words were extremely beautiful, and even Wu Xiang felt that Wei Bao was a little 'noble'. Anyway, from Wu Xiang's perspective as a businessman, he really can't see what Wei Bao wants to do? Although cooperating with Dongjiang Army is a big deal, Wu Xiang doesn't think that this deal can benefit Wei Bao much? But the risk of losing money is huge!

Because Jiannu first bears the brunt of the worries, Jiannu's worries are to destroy the Dongjiang Army and completely control Korea, so that after that, only then will they have the strength to deal with Monan, and then unify the entire Guanwai, and then have the spare strength to deal with the Ming army in Liaodong, Liaoxi and Guannei.

Could it be that Wei Bao is really a person who is dedicated to the Ming Dynasty? Or do you want to rely on Mao Wenlong to reap some benefits? It's unlikely, Mao Wenlong's own people are poor and called Huazi, and people starve to death every day, what benefits can be gained by relying on Mao Wenlong? North Korea is also poor to death, and pays Mao Wenlong 200,000 taels of silver a year, in Wu Xiang's opinion, it is even more of a discount!

However, there was a conflict with Mao Wenlong just now, and Wu Xiang didn't dare to say anything more now, and he didn't want to say anything more, because the matter had become a foregone conclusion!

"Lord Wu, General Mao, everything has been said, do you want everyone to quit first?" Wei Bao smiled slightly and said to Wu Xiang and Mao Wenlong.

Mao Wenlong nodded: "I went to such a big heart disease, I should have a few drinks!" It is really a joy of life to be able to reunite with old friends today and get to know young talents such as Wei Gongzi. ”

Wu Xiang snorted, "The old man has a limited amount of alcohol, and the time is not early, so he will leave!" ”

"Play a little longer, shall we? Lord Wu, I haven't drunk much, and there will be a lot of activities to do. Wei Bao looked reluctant and graciously retained.

Wu Xiang snorted again and motioned for Wu Sanfu to leave.

Wu Sanfu snorted and glanced at Wei Bao, which means that his father is really angry this time, look at the good things you Wei Bao has done!

Wei Bao didn't care very much, smiled slightly without skin and face, as if there was nothing, and said to Mao Wenlong, Yuan Chonghuan and the others: "Since Lord Wu is a little tired, I'll send one first, two adults, please wait." ”

Mao Wenlong said unhurriedly with great grace: "Master Wei is busy by himself, don't worry about us." ”

Wei Bao smiled apologetically, and then beckoned Wu Xiang, Wu Sanfu and others.

Wu Sanfu walked out of the private room in a huff and was about to walk in the direction of the gate of the Maritime Chamber of Commerce.

"Lord Wu, I drank some wine and tea just now, and let's talk about it again?" Wei Bao smiled slightly.

"What else are you talking about? Wei Gongzi climbed the high branch of Mao Wenlong, and he didn't have to take the locals of Liaoxi in his eyes in the future! Wu Xiang said angrily.

Wei Bao smiled: "My lord, take a cup of tea and go back to the house, and when you go back, you will be able to dissipate your anger." Besides, if I contracted Mao Wenlong's side, it may not be a bad thing for the local big families in Liaoxi and Liaodong, right? ”

When Wu Sanfu heard this, he raised his eyebrows: "Xiaobao, have you already asked someone to send back the Wu family's 120,000 taels of gold?" ”

Wei Bao smiled: "Yes, didn't I already arrange it this morning?" The 240,000 taels of silver from the Governor's Mansion and the 120,000 taels of gold from the Wu family were transported at the same time, and I am afraid that they have arrived at this time! ”

Hearing that his 120,000 taels of gold was back, Wu Xiang's anger suddenly disappeared by a small half, and he looked at Wei Bao strangely.

Wei Bao smiled: "Lord Wu, can you have a cup of tea?" ”

Wu Sanfu also said: "Yes, Dad, I didn't eat well just now, it's not too late to take a break and leave." ”

"Upstairs is the first floor where I live, except for Lord Wu and Brother Sanfu, I have never invited others to go up, Lord Wu must give me a little face." Wei Bao said flatteringly.

"In that case, let's have a cup of tea!" Wu Xiang was praised by Wei Bao, and his anger disappeared a little.

"Please, please." Wei Bao couldn't help but be overjoyed. Reaching a cooperative relationship with Mao Wenlong, in fact, in Wei Bao's view, it is not difficult! Because the two sides have a strong need for cooperation, have a good foundation, and a foundation for cooperation, it can be said that they can hit it off!

The key is Liaoxi and Liaodong! The difficulty of engaging in relationships is here, it is by no means an either/or, it is so simple to stand in line with iron!

Although Wei Bao is only at the bottom in modern times, he has also had part-time work experience, which can be regarded as a kind of system, no matter what kind of system, it is always the king to be comprehensive in all aspects, this is the most testing person, what are the rivers and lakes? The rivers and lakes are sophisticated! Every aspect of human sophistication must be taken care of.