Ye Chen arrived at Old Man Ye, Old Man Ye has been very idle recently, and at the beginning, he would ask Old Manager Wu to collect some news about the Ye family and tell him about it, but after half a year, as long as no one comes to him, Old Man Ye will not take care of the Ye family's affairs at all.

The Ye family handed over to Ye Chen, and the old man Ye was very relieved, he didn't even ask, he raised flowers every day, occasionally drank tea from the south, and the rest was to hang out.

"Grandpa, it's been good lately." Ye Chen came to Old Man Ye's courtyard, came in directly without anyone notifying, and saw Old Man Ye watering the flowers, so he stepped forward to say hello.

Seeing Ye Chen coming, Old Man Ye put down the scoop in his hand and said with a smile: "Okay, okay, now every day is leisure, see I have gained a few pounds recently." ”

Old Man Ye's complexion is indeed much better, mainly because he has no worries and so much pressure.

Old Man Ye pulled Ye Chen to sit down in the pavilion in the courtyard, and the next person sent melons and fruit tea and went down.

"Chen'er, what's the matter with coming to grandpa at this time." Although Ye Chen often came to see Old Man Ye, his time was relatively regular, and he usually came over to eat with him, so Old Man Ye knew that Ye Chen had something to look for him.

"It's not a big deal, I just want to ask about the relationship between our Ye family and the Zhen family."

"Our relationship with the Zhen family is the best among the four major business families, but unfortunately their previous generation of family heads has passed away, otherwise I have a very good relationship, and the current family head is my nephew, although the etiquette of the festival is still there, but our Ye family has no suitable people to move around and socialize, and the relationship has slowly faded in recent years."

Old Man Ye recalled the previous eventful years, and couldn't help but feel a little emotional.

The relationship between the Ye family and the Zhen family was indeed very good at the beginning, and it is not bad now, but after all, the old man Ye is old and has not been out for many years, and the Ye family has no one except for him Ye Chen, Ye Chen in the past is a pile of mud, and now Ye Chen is not free to take care of it, it can be said that the Ye family and the Zhen family have not moved around for several years.

Next, Ye Chen told Old Man Ye about the Zhen family's actions in Youzhou and Ye Chen's own analysis.

"Well, Chen'er, you're right, this Zhen family is not hostile to us, but sees a business opportunity, after all, we have withdrawn from the grain trade."

"Well, grandpa, I also came to confirm with you, after all, we have a good relationship with the Zhen family, and we need to maintain it carefully, I have to go to Luoyang recently, and I will visit the Zhen family when the time comes."

"Well, we and the Zhen family have indeed not moved around for many years, and we need someone to walk around, otherwise after a hundred years, this relationship will be completely broken."

"Grandpa, rest assured, we have a friendship with the Zhen family, and there are many opportunities for cooperation at the moment, I believe that the relationship will not get worse, it will only get better and better."

It is necessary to befriend the Zhen family, because the Zhen family's base camp is in Jizhou, and Youzhou and Jizhou are next to each other, the next step is to quickly expand in Jizhou, if he has a bad relationship with the Zhen family at this time, then the impact will be great.

Ye Chen chatted with Old Man Ye for a while, and then went back.

In the past few days, Ye Chen has been arranging, and has arranged in detail the development direction and some strategic tactics of the Ye family, because he is leaving Liaodong and going to Luoyang.

Why did Ye Chen go to Luoyang, because last year, the matter of his filial piety had already been decided, and he should have gone to Luoyang to report according to the rules, but because too many things had happened, he really couldn't take care of it for a while, not to mention that no one in the imperial court now cares about these things, and if he didn't follow the rules, he didn't follow the rules.

But this matter can't be delayed all the time, Ye Chen's strategy must be an official, otherwise it will be inconvenient to do many things.

Of course, Ye Chen couldn't go alone, after arranging things, he decided to take Tai Shi Ci and the five hundred guard battalion with him, and the Ye family needed to be guarded by a general, so Guan Yu was left behind.

After arranging all this, Ye Chen set off, carrying a bunch of gifts in the car, which were to visit the Zhen family.

The Zhen family is in Jizhou, and if you want to go to Luoyang, you have to pass by, so Ye Chen has to visit the Zhen family before going to Luoyang.

Jizhou, Zhongshan Wuji, Zhenfu.

"Big brother, the Ye family in Liaodong sent someone to send a post, and Ye Chen, the young master of the Ye family, is going to visit the Zhen Mansion." Zhen Ming said to the head of the family, that is, his eldest brother Zhen Yi.

"It's time to walk around, Old Man Ye has a deep friendship with his father, but after his father passed away, the two families rarely moved around."

Zhen Yi is about forty years old, with a beard, a clear face, and the style of an elder.

"Big brother, you said that the Ye family's sudden visit will have something to do with our affairs in Youzhou?"

Zhen Yi smiled indifferently, motioned for Zhen Ming to sit down, and then said: "Of course it's related, but this is just to advance the meeting between our two families, even if we don't enter Youzhou, the two families will contact sooner or later." ”

Zhen Ming nodded, looking thoughtful, he didn't understand what Zhen Yi meant, but he didn't ask. "Big brother, can we buy the agency right of Du Kang wine from the Ye family this time, this Wei family and the Mi family are already selling Du Kang wine, and they are making a huge profit."

"Second brother, now our Zhen family doesn't have to care about wealth at all, the wealth of our Zhen family can already be described as rich and rivaling the country, if we want our Zhen family to go to the next level, then increasing wealth has no effect, but should increase influence."

"Influence?"

"Yes. In fact, if our Zhen family wanted Du Kang wine and went to the Ye family, they would definitely sell us the Zhen family face, but I didn't do it, not because I didn't want Du Kang wine, but because I wasn't in a hurry, even if I didn't have it, there was no pity. ”

"Big brother, why?"

Zhen Yi thought for a moment and said: "In the past few years, I have vigorously expanded the grain business, and this time the Ye family withdrew from the grain market in Youzhou, and I chose a good time to enter in a big way, and arranged it in every county in Youzhou.

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"I aim to control food, people can not drink Du Kang wine, but they can't not eat food, they can even control the price of food if they have enough food in their hands, and my Zhen family will have a decisive right to speak in the future, even if the giants of one side of the force have to befriend our Zhen family."

Zhen Ming understood a little this time, to put it simply, now that the Zhen family is very rich, the sale of Du Kang wine will only increase the wealth of the Zhen family, and the role of the Zhen family is the icing on the cake, even if it does not affect the strength of the Zhen family, and the food can control the livelihood of one party, and the influence is huge, no one can ignore it.

Zhen Yi knows that even if there is no influence on how much wealth there is, then others will not take it seriously, but with influence, even if the Zhen family loses wealth in the future, then others will not dare to despise it.

If Ye Chen heard these words, Ye Chen would probably only smile and not refute them, but he would definitely not agree.

If he is ruling the world, then what Zhen Yi does will definitely make the Zhen family prosperous, but then there will be troubled times, and the Zhen family itself does not have a strong force, so the food in his hands will become a dish in other people's mouths.

Fortunately, Zhen Yi was smart and knew how to deal with the great family, and later attached himself to the Yuan family and became an important part of the Yuan family, and the Yuan family was able to form hundreds of thousands of troops, and the unprecedented strength was inseparable from the support of the Zhen family.

After the fall of the Yuan family, the Zhen family relied on Cao Cao again, allowing the family to continue. This can be said to be a very normal strategy for the Zhen family, but it is destined to be unsuitable for Ye Chen.

Ye Chen also knew the importance of food, which coincided, but the Zhen family used it to control food prices and enhance his influence, while Ye Chen only bought and did not sell, saving to raise soldiers.

A few days later, Ye Chen traveled all the way and finally arrived in Jizhou. Ye Chen rested for the night, tidied up, and went to visit the Zhen family with gifts.

The Zhen Mansion is huge, as the head of the four major business families, the wealth is naturally needless to say, Zhen Yi himself is also a hereditary official, and he is definitely a behemoth in Jizhou.

"Nephew Ye Chen, meet my uncle."

Zhen Yi received Ye Chen ceremoniously, after all, the Ye family is not a small family, they are both giants, plus the two world friends, Zhen Yi should give full courtesy.

"Haha, nephew, please get up, come, take a seat."

Zhen Yi smiled and helped Ye Chen up and asked him to sit down.

"Uncle, because my grandfather is old, although he wanted to visit for a long time, he was weak, and grandpa asked his nephew to say hello on his behalf."

Of course, Zhen Yi knew the situation of the Ye family, Old Man Ye was really not suitable to travel before, the entire Ye family relied on him alone, Ye Chen was underage, and Old Man Ye was powerless.

"Uncle Ye is fine, I should have visited Uncle Ye."

"Uncle Xie is worried, grandpa has been idle recently, and his health has improved a lot."

"Good, good, good health." Zhen Yi said with a smile.

Ye Chen chatted with Zhen Yi for a long time, the two families have not moved for many years, of course, this must be based on reminiscing about the old days first, and other matters are really not cost-effective to talk about at this time.

After chatting for a long time, Zhen Yi left Ye Chen after eating.