"Shopkeeper Cao, someone from the Zhang family sent an invitation just now, asking you to go to the dinner tomorrow night." Xiao Er of Mijia Inn in Anping County took an invitation card and said to their shopkeeper.

"Where's the person who sent the invitation?" Shopkeeper Cao asked.

"I've already left, and I said that I would send invitations to the treasurers of other chambers of commerce." Xiao Er replied.

In this morning, all the shopkeepers who have joined the Anping Chamber of Commerce and have shops here received invitations from the Zhang family, inviting them to attend the dinner, saying that they are grateful for their support to the Chamber of Commerce this year.

Of course, all the merchants also know about the Zhang family, although he is not named in the government, but he has always taken the lead as the spokesperson of the government, and the chamber of commerce is also supported by Anping County. After all, with the help of the resource sharing of the Chamber of Commerce, everyone has earned more in the past six months, and everyone is just a small and medium-sized businessman, and they will not be stupid enough to refuse such an advantage.

It is said that this is close to the end of the year, and the expansion work in Anping County, under the auspices of Tian Feng, has already been completed a week ago, including the tower originally planned to be built next year. Today's Anping County, if in the eyes of unclear outsiders, it will never be just regarded as a county seat, outside the city of fertile land thousands of hectares, people and cars in the city, so prosperous, coupled with the city wall is tall, it is completely a county-level city only the scene.

Zeng Yu therefore specially approved Tian Feng as his own special frame to help him check and fill in the gaps, which is meaningless to others. And Liu Neng's household registration reform work in Anping County is also steadily implemented, and now living in the county has been handled by the new household registration, although there are some scholars who are slightly resistant to this, but under the general trend of the government, Anping County has no big wealthy families, so it is still steadily implemented. If it weren't for the fact that there were too few people, and the household registration work itself was very cumbersome, and it was necessary to check and confirm them one by one, I am afraid that this work would have been carried out to the following villages.

For foreign merchants who settled in Anping County, Zeng Yu also asked Liu Neng and Yin Zhuo to cooperate and apply for temporary household registration certificates for them, which was limited to one year. If there is no violation of the government's regulations within one year, you can apply for a new temporary certificate free of charge the next day, and if there is an illegal act caught by the government, you need to pay a certain fine and ensure that you are not an example before you can apply.

For these, various merchants expressed no opinions, and some even applied to move into Anping County, Liu Neng of course welcomed it, whether it was himself or Zeng Yu, he knew that the population under his rule was the foundation of power.

It is worth mentioning that after Liu Neng issued a notice that the government solicited farming experience and skills from the people, there were old farmers in each of the districts under the jurisdiction of Anping County to offer different ways, and Liu Neng sent people into various villages to have a thorough understanding of the grassroots units under his rule, at least these old farmers appointed by the government as the field code in the village, responsible for supervising and guiding the farming of the villagers in the village. These old farmers did not expect to be recognized by the government in their old age, and they have taught the villagers their hidden farming experience and skills without reservation, and the villagers are grateful to them, but also sincerely support Zeng Yu's governance.

The next thing Zeng Yu has to do is to use this iron plate as the fundamental to create a sharp blade to fight for more land for the people under his rule. Once the New Year is over, it will be the seventh year of Emperor Guanghe of the Han Dynasty, that is, the year of the Yellow Turban Uprising in history. Although Zeng Yu didn't know which month and day they were, according to his speculation, it should be in the summer. Because the drought was used as an introduction in history, the land that hundreds of people worked hard to cultivate was not harvested because of the drought, and at this time, Zhang Jiao took advantage of the situation to play the banner and opened the curtain of disputes in the late Han Dynasty.

So after all, he only has half a year to prepare, and he can be said to be both excited and regretful about this. I am excited that the multi-handed preparation I have made is finally about to come in handy, but it is a pity that the 400 years of national fortune of the dignified Han will dissipate because of this.

Not much to say, the next night, in the Zhangjia Restaurant, the largest restaurant in Anping County, the lights were hung high, illuminating the entire restaurant as if it were daytime. Many merchants gathered together, and many of the shopkeepers of those merchants who settled in Anping were the heads of the families, but there were also owners who were not responsible for specific businesses, but the people who participated in the dinner this time, except for one family, were the principals of each family.

The exception is the Mi family, but this time it was not the shopkeeper Cao, but a middle-aged man who looked very shrewd, he did not dress very luxuriously like other wealthy merchants, on the contrary, his dress looked very simple, and even slightly Confucian temperament. The reason why he knew that he was a member of the Mi family was because at this time, the shopkeeper of the Mi family restaurant was waiting for him respectfully, and he immediately let people know that this person should be regarded as the core figure of the Mi family.

At this time, I don't know who said that President Zhang had arrived, and everyone turned their heads to look out of the door after hearing it, and saw Zhang Fuguang and Yin Zhuo walking in together. Although everyone was slightly surprised by Yin Zhuo's arrival, they were relieved when they thought of the Zhang family's background, so they bowed to Yin Zhuo and Zhang Fuguang.

The two of them naturally returned the favor one by one, making everyone feel like each other's friends. When Yin Zhuo walked in front of Shopkeeper Cao, the two suddenly stopped, and Zhang Viceguang asked, "Shopkeeper Cao, we haven't seen this person next to you before, don't you introduce us to each other?" ”

Before Shopkeeper Cao could speak, the middle-aged man stepped forward and saluted Yin Zhuo and Zhang Fuguang and said, "In Xia Mihong, I am the housekeeper of the Mi family, and I have seen the master of the bookkeeper and President Zhang. ”

"It turns out that Your Excellency is a member of the Mi family, no wonder you have an outstanding temperament and attract attention." Yin Zhuo said.

"It's not as good as the Lord Bookkeeper in power, I am in charge of the Mi family's affairs in Anping County on the orders of the head of the family this time, and I have to count on you and President Zhang to take care of me in the future." Mi Hong flattered and said, as a qualified businessman, he naturally knew that he had to leave a good impression in the hearts of the government, and Mi Hong would naturally be no exception.

Mi Hong is the housekeeper of the Mi family, originally a foreign surname, but he has been helping to take care of business since Mi Zhu's father's generation, and he is loyal to him, and the Mi family let him change his surname to Mi, which is a real son of the Mi family. After Mi Zhu succeeded as the head of the family, he also relied on him a lot, because when he checked the accounts, he found that the income earned by the shopkeeper Cao in Anping County in the second half of the year was much greater than that of other shopkeepers, so Mi Zhu specially sent him over to understand the situation, which can be said to be a real temptation and investigation before the Mi family bet.

"The Mi family has a heart, and when you have time, the Mi housekeeper might as well come to my house and sit down."

When Mi Hong heard Yin Zhuo say this, he didn't know what the other party meant, and he arched his hand and said: "I don't dare to ask for ears!" ”

"The dinner is about to start, please take a seat in the Yin master's book, and the housekeeper Mi doesn't have to be polite, when you come here, you will treat it as if you are your own family, and you are all guests of my Zhang family." Zhang Fuguang saw that the two had talked, and he also stood up and proposed in a timely manner, after all, this occasion is not suitable for the two to talk all the time.

Under the auspices of Zhang Fuguang, the dinner was held very smoothly, and it can be said that both the guests and the host were happy. During the period Zhang Fuguang on behalf of the Chamber of Commerce thanked everyone for their support, in the Chamber of Commerce internal resources and channels sharing, although a single business is not enough to compete with those big families, but everyone concentrated their efforts, but also in the four states of Merge, Hebei, Yan and Sili to gain a firm foothold.

Yin Zhuo also said on behalf of the government that he would continue to support it in the future, as long as everyone abides by the law and pays the transaction tax on time in accordance with the provisions of the tax law, Anping County will provide convenience and protection for everyone to do business under the rule, and even if everyone has a request, the government can also provide escorts to protect everyone to go to other places to do business.

At the dinner, Mi Hong also saw with his own eyes the dependence of various small and medium-sized businessmen on Anping County and the Anping Chamber of Commerce, and felt that Anping County was not small. However, this is also just right, the current development of the Mi family has reached a bottleneck, since squeezing into the position of the five wealthy businessmen, although the status in the business world has improved, but you can vaguely feel the suppression of the other four wealthy businessmen.

And the Mi family is under the rule of Xuzhou, Xuzhou Thorn Shi Taoqian has lost the sharpness of the year, and the power is gradually seized by the Xuzhou family, and the Mi family is just a family of businessmen, and there is no strong backer in the officialdom. Although the Mi family has been operating and cultivating in Xuzhou for generations, raising servants and diners, and also has a certain friendship with the wealthy family of Xuzhou, such a big mouthful of fat is at the door of the house, and the interests are in front, if those families in Xuzhou do not want to start with their own family, it is impossible.

At present, with Tao Qian's protection, the various families in Xuzhou do not dare to do it, but Tao Qian has been declining, and since Mi Zhu can make the family business so big, it relies on a long-term vision. In Mi Zhu's opinion. At present, the Mi family urgently needs a force that can provide strong protection for itself in the imperial court or locality, and it cannot be too old, at least ten to twenty years can protect itself. At present, Anping County, headed by Zeng Yu, is protective of commerce, but what he is worried about is whether Anping County has enough strength to protect the Anping Chamber of Commerce that relies on it.

Thinking of this, after the dinner was over, seeing that the other merchant owners had left, Mi Hong walked up to Yin Zhuo and said, "Is it convenient for the master to be here now, on behalf of the Mi family, I want to discuss a deal with the lord." ”

Yin Zhuo thought that Mi Hong would not come to visit him until at least the next day, but he didn't expect the other party to be so anxious, but this is fine, which shows that the situation of the Mi family is not particularly good. He readily agreed: "Steward Mi is polite, the official just has time now, and Steward Mi can just propose any deals." ”

Mi Hong looked around, Yin Zhuo understood, and said to Zhang Fuguang: "Fuguang, I don't know if your restaurant can be suitable for conversation?" ”

"My lord, please come with me, you two can go to my study, it is very quiet, I will give a command, and there will be no outsiders to disturb me." After Zhang Fuguang finished speaking, he led them to the back of the restaurant.