Genghis Khan said, "If you want to fight, then fight!" "Because there are wars that you can't avoid at all.

As with the situation I am currently facing, it is imperative that the Blade Sea Chamber of Commerce establish a foothold in Hakata, as it is destined to be the next port to open and the frontier of development. From the very beginning of our stay, however, the local business federation was very unfriendly – a mixture of an instinct to defend one's interests or hostility towards outsiders.

In recent years, Otomo Sorin, who has become more obsessed with his beliefs, is no longer as diligent as in his early years, and has actually neglected the management of the territory, and many details have been handed over to the industry association. To a certain extent, this is also the reason why the Shimazu family, which was originally stronger than the enemy in the south, was later overtaken by the Shimazu family and defeated and annexed.

As for the siblings Smith and Afra that we saved, it is said that they also have British royal blood. There is no way to verify this, but it can be vaguely seen from their temperament and bearing, especially Afra, that they do not seem to be lying.

And Smith, the man who calls himself "*", is more of a snitch who is skilled in pickpocketing, forgery, smuggling, and a series of dishonorable businesses than royalty, although he himself calls this "tech stream", but we are quite unimpressed. And Smith doesn't seem to be in a hurry to approve of us, but laughs and says that time will tell.

Who knows?

I don't know how amazing his tech stream really is, but I do know that our trouble is coming soon!

On the third day after we received the "fine" from Ono, we received a letter signed "Kitakyushu Hakata Chamber of Commerce". When I opened it, we were invited to the 14th Joint Conference to discuss the development of Hakata Port.

I took the letter and sneered in my heart, sure enough, there is no good banquet and no good meeting, this time it is clear that it is a Hongmen banquet for us!

But what am I afraid of? That's what I'm here for!

The next morning, I took my group to the second floor of Nakayama Nakahara's izakaya, the largest restaurant in the western part of Hakata Port. It was a large and empty room, and the sliding doors that separated the rooms were removed and covered with tatami mats to create a large conference room that could accommodate 300 people. This is already quite a big deal in a small place like Dongying!

Leaving the others waiting outside the house, I entered the conference room with only Suzu and Nine Ghosts Masataka. After all, reason is not loud, I am a reasonable person, how can I bully others? Right!

When I entered the conference hall, it was already full of bigwigs from various chambers of commerce, and when they saw me come in at the end, they all cast unfriendly glances - the disdain for latecomers was vividly expressed in their gaze!

I sneered slightly in my heart, and informed me that I had come at nine o'clock in the morning, and I had come at eight forty o'clock, but it turned out that the seats were already full, and it seemed that they had deliberately informed me of the wrong time!

But who cares? I Shi Shiran walked in and sat in my seat - how to say it, this seat can't be said bad, but ...... Seems a little too good!

The whole seat is in a circle, divided into three circles, the more inside, the bigger the chamber of commerce, the stronger the local chamber of commerce in all aspects of the trade volume, the more out of the more it must be the more out of the door. And my position, in the center of the south, in the inner circle—the one that protrudes alone, facing the five directors opposite, well, just sitting face to face with Chairman Jishin Ono!

This posture reminds me of the three sessions of the Ming Dynasty, and it definitely doesn't look like the posture of a business association meeting.

I looked back and forth, and I could see everyone's expressions. About half of the people were watching the joke, a third were hostile, and about a sixth were sympathetic. It seems that this action will not be too small! I thought to myself.

Seeing that I was seated, Ono Jishen, as the president, showed an evil smile, cleared his throat, bowed slightly, and said, "Thank you for your support!" Today, we, Hakata Port, 122 chambers of commerce, large and small, gathered here for the 14th Joint Meeting of Business Consortiums! The main thing is to discuss the development of the Hakata business community in the next stage! ”

As he spoke, he glanced at me with a fierce look in his eyes, and continued to say in a deep voice: "Of course, since the beginning of this year, there have been some new chambers of commerce in our industry, and they may not understand our rules, and I hope that everyone who is doing it can generously explain, so that new friends can understand our requirements as soon as possible!" It's all about making Hakata better! Please, everybody! ”

As he spoke, he glanced at the people below with a rather informative look. I know, this is the beginning of the first act!

Sure enough, a middle-aged man sitting in the middle of the inner circle jumped up, pointed at me and shouted, "Ah! Elder, the recently opened Sun Kee Noodle Shop is just east of my family's Chamber of Commerce, and we always have an east wind here, and his house is all wooden, and there is a fire from time to time, and the fire hazard is very huge, which is really unsafe! Request the association to study and ban Sun Ji Noodle House! ”

I turned my head to look at him, and it was indeed our neighbor, Daisuke Nitta, the owner of Daisuke Rice House. This contestant was extremely attentive in order to sign a grain purchase and sales contract with us before, but now he jumped out to accuse me, it seems that Ono and his gang are also together!

I looked at him and didn't say anything. Ono Jishen coughed, stared at me and asked, "Mr. Sun!" What do you have to say about Daisuke Nitta's allegations? ”

I smiled slightly and said loudly, "Because I'm new to the Chamber of Commerce and haven't joined any of your associations, I don't know much about your rules. So, who's going to explain to me your rules about fire prevention? ”

The third person sitting at the bottom of Ono Jishen's left - it should be the fifth director of the Chamber of Commerce - said in a loud voice: "Fire prevention is heavier than the sky!" Do you need to talk about this? Your noodle shop directly threatens the security of the surrounding chambers of commerce, and should be banned! I'm in charge of the fire prevention business of the business association, and that's the rule! ”

As he spoke, his saliva flew almost five meters between us and sprayed in my face!

I took out a handkerchief and gently wiped my cheeks, with a very disgusted expression on my face!

Suddenly, there was a slight laughter in the room. I smiled and said, "I see! You are the wife of Kaseki Kiki, Watanabe Kashiro! It's really 10,000 suitable to choose you as a fire prevention supervisor! But I would like to ask, how is this possibility of a fire defined? Does anyone think it's okay? Or how is it assessed? ”

Watanabe Yoshijo said angrily: "The stove in your store is on fire for a long time, isn't it a hidden danger of fire?" ”

I laughed and said, "Childish! Excuse me, how many cases of stove fires are there in Hakata Port every year? What's more, if the stove is lit and the fire is going to be banned, then ......" I raised my hand and looked around, and said loudly: "I have counted, there are 36 restaurants in Hakata Port, will they all be banned?" ”

As I spoke, I pointed to the ground under my feet and said, "The izakaya where we are located also has a fire from time to time, so should it be banned as well?" ”

There was a burst of laughter all around! Everyone knows that this izakaya of Nakayama Nagasuke was opened by the brother-in-law of Otomo Sorin, and this one is banned? Whoever bans, who bans! This one is unequivocal!

Watanabe Kashiro was speechless for a while, and his face was flushed with anger! The surroundings suddenly began to buzz and began to exchange ears, no one had ever seen these directors suffer such a big loss, today was really an eye-opener. I heard that this Sun Ji noodle restaurant has a grudge against the president, it seems to be true!

Ono Jishen coughed a few times, stopped the exchange of ears next to him, and Fang said in a deep voice: "Hmm! This matter can be studied by the council! No one else is allowed to argue! Well...... Let's move on to the topic below! ”

It seems that he knows that this trick will not work well for me, so he wants to turn the page and open up a new battlefield.

But I bowed down and said, "President, I have a question! ”

Ono Jishen glared at me fiercely, and said with a gloomy face: "If you have any questions, just mention them!" ”

I smiled and said, "Fire prevention is indeed a big deal, I just want to know, according to the rules of our Hakata Business Association, if there is a fire, it will be removed and banned?" ”

Seeing that I was talking about this topic, Ono Jishen was very annoyed, glared at me, and almost gritted his teeth and said, "Exactly!" So you must be careful not to catch fire! ”

I nodded, but said no more.

Ono Jishen was very surprised, he thought I was going to chase and fight, but he didn't expect it to pass like this, and he was a little confused. After settling down, Ono Jishen continued to speak: "Let's move on to the next topic!" ”

As soon as the words ended, someone jumped up again, this time it was a young man in the second row, behind me. He pointed at me and shouted, "Grow up! I want to report it! ”

Ono Jishen said majestically: "Oh! What do you want to report? Although engaged in the matter-of-put-all, the Federation calls the shots for you! ”

When I looked back, it was the owner of the Masuda Maru sashimi shop across the eight streets, Masuda Maru.

He pointed at my back, snorted and complained to me with tears, saying that my noodle restaurant used spoiled ingredients, which caused his family to have collective food poisoning, and he is still lying at home and can't get out of bed! Asking for a thorough investigation of my raw material warehouse, it must be a black-hearted businessman who uses spoiled ingredients, demanding that my noodle restaurant be banned.

Ono Jishen looked at me again and shouted, "Mr. Sun! How do you explain this? ”

I gently plucked my ears and said lazily, "President, can you use your brain before you ask?" As he spoke, his right index finger lightly pointed at his head, and the contempt leaped on the paper.

Ono Jishen looked at me viciously and said, "You make it clear! What do you mean? ”

I smiled and said, "Yesterday alone, my noodle shop sold 1,071 bowls of noodles in one day, which means that 1,071 people ate my noodles." Why was his family poisoned? And is it poisoned? What kind of poison did you get? I said Masuda Maru, do you dare to ask the doctor to come to your house for a consultation now? ”

Masuda Maru's face changed greatly, and he said: "After these few days, it must have been better!" But that day he was poisoned! ”

I laughed and said, "Your family didn't eat the puffer fish meat you coaxed the guests by mistake!" ”

Hearing this, the whole conference hall resounded with earth-shattering laughter, which could be heard from afar.

Without waiting for anyone else to speak, I asked again, "May I ask Mr. Ono, if you use spoiled ingredients in the restaurant, will you also ban it?" ”

Ono Jishen replied with a blushing face: "Exactly! Mr. Sun, are you sure you haven't used spoiled ingredients? ”

I smiled and said, "Only people who are dark in their hearts feel that everyone else is dark." My pasta stands up to scrutiny. I believe that many of you have eaten it and have their own judgment! ”

Suddenly, many people in the house who had eaten at my noodle restaurant spoke one after another, saying that the noodles at Sun Kee Noodle Restaurant tasted very good, the quantity was sufficient, the price was not expensive, and they were very loving.

Ono Jishen was so angry that his face turned purple, and he hesitated for a long time before he said in a deep voice: "Today is the temporary adjournment!" Two days later, the meeting will continue here! ”

When he had said that, he did not salute, but went away.

Naturally, I got up and walked out, and the people behind me consciously gave way, and I honestly and unceremoniously raised my head and went out.

In the face of a flock of sheep, the lion does not have to express humility.

That's my principle!