Chapter 359: Secret Fight
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As soon as Zhang Chun'er finished speaking, everyone turned their heads and whispered. It was the first time for Li Qi to hear this Zhengmeng meeting, and when he saw Cai Minde and Fan Shaobai's different faces, he knew that there must be something greasy in them, and said curiously: "Outside, Fan Gongzi, what does this Zhengmeng mean?" β
Cai Minde narrowed his eyes, then smiled, stretched out his hand towards Fan Shaobai, and said, "This matter is the best for Fan Gongzi." β
Fan Shaobai nodded undetentively and said, "If you want to talk about this Zhengmeng meeting, you have to start from the time of Emperor Shenzong." β
Li Qileng paused, and said with a smile: "Emperor Shenzong? That's a lot of history, and I'm really going to have to listen to it. β
Fan Shaobai smiled bitterly: "Here's the thing, when Emperor Shenzong Xining changed the law, because the production of koji at that time was very large, the more koji was more wine, and the price was cheap, and the court made less profits, so he implemented the method of reducing koji and increasing the price of koji, and nearly 600,000 catties of koji were reduced within two years, and the price of koji was increased by nearly thirty percent. Therefore, Weng Weng united seventy-two stores at that time, and selected the respected predecessors of the twelve o'clock to establish the Zhengmeng Association, and its main purpose was to ask the imperial court, hoping to reduce the price of the song. β
This is probably the earliest chamber of commerce, and it seems that the economic system of the Northern Song Dynasty does have some capitalist flavor. Li Qi was curious: "This is a good thing, then why has this Zhengmeng been canceled again?" β
Fan Shaobai sighed: "This is all because the ancestor once bought 50,000 catties of koji from the imperial court during the period of Emperor Renzong, so the price of koji from the imperial court to our Fan family has always been cheaper than that of other restaurants, which has been no secret from the beginning." β
Li Qi said: "If I guessed correctly, when your Weng Weng and their negotiations with the imperial court reached an impasse, Youjin proposed to let you Weng Weng use the 50,000 catties of wine koji as a bargaining chip to put pressure on the imperial court." β
Cai Minde was surprised: "It turns out that you know the son." β
Li Qi said, "Guess, guess." β
"You guessed it right." Fan Shaobai nodded and said: "But it is precisely because of the 50,000 catties of wine koji that there is today's Fan Lou, how can I Weng Weng be willing, the two parties have been arguing about this matter, and the court has not negotiated a result, but the price of wine has not risen again, and then the Zhengmeng Association was dissolved due to internal strife, and the whole thing is like this." β
"I see."
Li Qi nodded slightly, although the status of Shang Jin is higher than that of other dynasties, it is still very low, even if the alliance is established, the court will not necessarily buy your account, and this kind of change is very beneficial to the court, based on this background, you go to negotiate Isn't it to find guilt.
Cai Minde asked in a low voice: "According to what Gongzi has seen, what is the purpose of Zhang Niangzi's re-mention of the Zhengmeng meeting this time?" β
Li Qi said: "Since the staff already knows, why do you bother to ask me." β
Fan Shaobai sighed: "It seems that my father is right." β
Gao Yanei couldn't understand the dumb riddle they were fighting, and asked curiously: "What are you talking about?" What else does she have for this purpose? β
Li Qi looked at each other, smiled but did not speak, and did not have a point to wear.
At this moment, the shopkeeper of the Lion Building suddenly shouted: "Yes, I think what Mrs. Zhang said is very reasonable, now those small restaurants have been repeatedly oppressed, it is time to set up a Zhengmeng Association to make decisions for everyone, do you say?" β
"Yes, the old man agrees."
"Well, there's some truth to that."
Many of them raised their hands in agreement, and some of them were silent, but none of them objected.
Li Qi smiled evilly: "Outside, they are obviously talking about you, and you still haven't explained a few words." β
If I explain, it's not me, it's me. Cai Minde rolled his eyes and said, "I said that they were talking about you, and if you want to explain, you have to go." β
Zhang Chun'er swiped his eyes, glanced at the crowd, and an imperceptible smile flashed in his eyes. Another one said: "Qianbrittle will be chaired by Mrs. Zhang." β
Zhang Chun'er hurriedly waved his hand and said: "No, this plan will never work, how can the little sister be able to sit in this position, if this is the case, then the little sister has not said anything, I hope you will mention it again, so as not to let it into a joke." β
Another one stood up and said, "I see that there are still many people who have not agreed, and it is a bit premature to say these at this time." β
Boom.
Zhongjin suddenly focused his attention on Li Qi's table, knowing that in addition to the Golden Building, the proprietors of the other three major restaurants were all on this table.
riγ If I knew this, I should have gone up to the fourth floor just now. Richie tilted his head, looked out the window and yawned.
Zhang Yuanwai of Yang Lou stroked his beard and said with a smile: "I don't know what Cai Yuanwai thinks?" β
This abominable old man. Cai Minde's face showed embarrassment, and said secretly, if I agree, it means standing aside with Zhang Chun'er, if I don't agree, Zhang Chun'er will definitely think about it again, and this matter is not good for me, it's better not to make a choice first. coughed lightly and said to Fan Shaobai: "At the beginning, the Zhengmeng meeting was proposed by Fan Gongzi's Weng Weng, I don't know what Fan Gongzi thinks?" β
Fan Shaobai was not stupid, he secretly scolded the old fox for being shameless, dragged himself into the water, and said: "At this time and that time, how dare the younger generation talk nonsense if he is still young." β
He obviously said this to this Zhang Chun'er, Zhang Chun'er also knew it, but he deliberately pretended not to understand, glanced at Li Qi, turned his head to Wu Furong and asked, "Shopkeeper Wu, I don't know what you think?" β
Wu Furong didn't pay attention to it for a while, and secretly handed Li Qi two glances for help.
This woman is really smart enough, and she started from Uncle Wu. In desperation, Li Qi had no choice but to stand up and say: "Today, we are all here to congratulate Mrs. Zhang, and it is a bit disrespectful to talk about this." Besides, the shopkeeper Wu and I can't make a decision, so we have to go back and ask the husband to enter, and this matter is very important, so I think it's better to change the discussion. β
After everyone listened, they secretly scolded Li Qi for being shameless, now everyone knows that he is the helmsman of the Drunken Immortal Residence, Qin Fujin is just a pretense, and he is using a widow as an excuse, this is not shameless.
Cai Minde nodded and said, "Yes, yes, this matter has to be discussed in the long run, and it must be discussed in the long run." β
There are also a large number of nods in agreement, Bi Jing's mind is turning slowly, whether this matter is good or bad for them, they haven't figured it out yet, of course, they have to think carefully.
Zhang Chun'er said with a smile: "Guan Yan's words are reasonable, but the little sister is too radical." β
The shopkeeper of the Lion Building said: "Since this is the case, then we will discuss again at this year's annual meeting, what do you think?" β
"I have no opinion."
"Neither do I."
Zhongjin focused on Li Qi's table again, and several of them did not agree, saying that it was in vain. Cai Minde nodded and said, "Cai doesn't have any opinion on this. β
Li Qi spread his hands and said, "I still say the same thing, I have to go back and ask my husband to enter." β
Fan Shaobai also said that he had no opinion.
The shopkeeper of the Lion Building hurriedly said: "Okay, this matter is decided." β
After the meal, Li Qi came out of the Golden Building, suddenly pulled Xiao Jiu aside, and whispered: "Xiao Jiu, do you remember the gambling that I proposed at your house." β
Hong Yaojiu was stunned for a moment and said, "Remember." β
"This four-state banquet is a good opportunity, and I plan to take this opportunity to open the betting."
Hong Yaojiu wondered: "But you have to discuss this matter with my father." β
Li Qi glared at him and said, "You are not too young, it's time to do something for your family, and you will be responsible for this matter." As he spoke, he took out a piece of paper from his sleeve, handed it over, and said: "I have written on it about the specific matters of this betting, you go back and show it to your father, and let him assist you in the back, remember, this piece of paper can not be shown to others." β
Lottery? It seems to be quite interesting. Hong Yaojiu smiled: "Okay." I'll leave that to me. β
Li Qi advised: "You still have to remember, these ri, you called the imperial chef of the Kuana Jin Kingdom who was working hard outside in the Gao Ya, because he was the victor of the previous session, and he gave me a piece of news, so how mysterious and how to say it, don't let it go of Xixia and Dali, you know?" β
"It's my favorite thing to do."
"Okay, you go back and discuss it with your father first."
"Hey, I'll go first."
After Hong Yaojiu left, Ma Qiao said curiously: "Deputy Marshal, it seems that you don't just want to make money by doing this?" β
Li Qi sneered: "Now the imperial chefs of the other three kingdoms are very low-key, especially the imperial chefs of the Jin Kingdom, they don't even show their faces, there is a way to know that they know that they will win a hundred battles, as long as this gambling is opened, the people want to win money, and they don't try to find news for me, and then they will have nothing to hide, I'm afraid where to go to, they all know, so that even if I don't go out, I can master their white spoon action." β
Ma Qiao's eyes lit up, and he gave a thumbs up and said: "Deputy Marshal, your move is really too high, then we are in the dark, and they are in the dark." β
Li Qi smiled, I want to see how you guys still wolf bΓ¨i for jiΔn. With a wave of his hand, he said, "Let's go." β
At this moment, Wu Furong suddenly walked over quickly, and whispered: "Master Li, Mrs. Zhang wants to set up the Zhengmeng Association, maybe she is coming for us." β
"Let's get in the car and talk about it."
Sanjin returned to the carriage, Li Qicai said: "No, maybe, it must be coming for us, she knows very well that her golden building can't shake us at all, and we have the big weapon of chain stores, so we will always be on the active side." She naturally understands this, and she wants to set up the Zhengmeng Society, which is nothing more than to gather everyone's strength to restrain us. To put it bluntly, this Zhengmeng will be used to weigh the interests of all parties, our interests are the greatest, and we will definitely be the first target of their attack, even if we are strong, it is impossible to defeat the remaining dozens of restaurants. β
"This woman is really cunning enough."
Wu Furong scolded angrily and said, "Then let's ignore him." β
Li Qi smiled bitterly: "Things are not so simple, if we agree, we will undoubtedly make a cage to trap ourselves, but if we don't agree, what do you think of the proprietors of other restaurants." β
"So what are we going to do?"
Li Qi sighed and said, "Now that the Four Nations Banquet is imminent, I don't have time to think about these things for the time being, after the Four Nations Banquet, let's discuss it slowly." β