On this day, Ye Chen was checking the resettlement of the displaced people, and someone found him and said that there was a guest at home, and Old Man Ye asked him to go back immediately.

Ye Chen was a little puzzled, knowing that it should be an important guest, otherwise Old Man Ye would not have sent someone to urge him to go back.

Who is it?

On the way back, Ye Chen was a little puzzled.

Ye Chen walked into Old Man Ye's courtyard, and in the living room, Old Man Ye was chatting happily with a young man in his twenties.

"Is he a guest? It's not like ah, it doesn't matter how old you are. Ye Chen secretly guessed.

"My grandson has seen my grandfather." After entering the door, Ye Chen hurriedly saluted Old Man Ye, and made enough courtesies, there were outsiders who couldn't let people look down on the Ye family.

"Chen'er is here, let me introduce you, this is Xuzhou Mi Zizhong."

At this time, Ye Chen carefully observed the other party and saw that the other party was gentle and elegant, although he was young, he was not impetuous.

"I've seen Brother Zizhong."

"Brother Ye is very polite, I have long heard of Brother Ye's name, and I wanted to come to Liaodong since Brother Ye auctioned the agency of Du Kang wine, but I am entangled in mundane things, and now I can make the trip." Since Ye Chen didn't have a word yet, the other party could only call him Brother Ye.

Ye Chen looked at the other party as gentle and reasonable, like a scholar, he didn't know what the origin was, and he hadn't heard what Old Man Ye said, but the other party was polite, and he couldn't lose his manners.

Ye Chen saluted the other party again, and then sat down opposite him.

"Zizhong, if you want to talk about business, you have to talk to my Sun Chen'er now, my old man doesn't care anymore." After speaking, Old Man Ye laughed, and then picked up the teacup and drank it.

"I heard that Brother Ye was a young genius, and the Ye family's business was prosperous."

Ye Chen knew at this time that the other party was here to discuss business, but no matter how he looked at it, the other party didn't look like a businessman, but like a scholar.

However, there is no rule that scholars cannot talk about business, and they may be representatives of a large family.

"I don't know what kind of business Brother Zizhong wants to discuss?" Ye Chen thought in his heart that the other party was probably here to ask for Du Kang wine, but he still wanted to confirm.

"Haha, my Xuzhou Mi family does all kinds of business, but this time I came to Liaodong mainly to do Du Kang wine and fur business."

"This Du Kang wine is easy to say, as long as you follow the rules, you can come, as for this fur, it was easier before, but after the invasion of the Wuhuan people, our Ye family also cut off contact with the grassland, so we don't have a fur business to do."

Ye Chen deliberately said "according to the rules", Ye Chen didn't want to break his rules because the other party was familiar with Old Man Ye, and the agency fee that should be paid should not be less.

The other party didn't know if he heard it or not, his expression didn't change, and he still looked elegant.

"Of course, this Du Kang wine comes according to the rules of the Ye family, but I think there is still a fur business."

"Oh, what does Brother Zizhong mean? But what a good way? Ye Chen suddenly became curious, the other party must have known that the Ye family had just fought with the Wuhuan people, and both sides suffered very heavy losses, and the other party even said such a thing, so Ye Chen became curious.

"This war is a war, and doing business is a business, and we businessmen don't look at who the other party is, and we don't care if there is a grudge or not, we will do business if we have it."

As soon as Ye Chen heard what was going on, the Wuhuan people came to loot, so they naturally wanted to fight them, but now that they are gone, doing business with them is not considered a collaborator or an enemy, and it is purely a business, and it has nothing to do with the national righteousness.

It's just that doing business with the grassland now may be dangerous, and if you send a large number of goods to the door for them to rob, then you will be a big fool.

"Well, what Brother Zizhong said is reasonable, you should give it a try.

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Seeing that Ye Chen said this, the other party no longer continued to talk about this topic, believing that Ye Chen had his own plans in his heart.

"I have been in Liaodong for two days, and yesterday I saw a kind of plow in the Ye family's field, and I observed for a while that the efficiency of this plow is quite high, so I want to introduce this plow to my Mi family, I don't know if Brother Ye can allow it."

Mi Zizhong looked at Ye Chen with a smile, waiting for Ye Chen's answer.

This Quyuan plough is actually very simple to make, there is no difficulty, the other party can not say it at all, go back and imitate it yourself, the Ye family did not deliberately keep the Quyuan plough secret, and it can't be kept secret, people go to the field to see, go back and experiment a few more times, unless the Ye family does not use it, otherwise there is no way to keep it secret.

"That's no problem, I'll ask the craftsman to draw a detailed drawing and hand it over to Brother Zizhong." Since you can't keep it secret, it's not bad to take it out as a personal favor.

"Then thank you Brother Ye, next time Liaodong was able to find a brand new plow, but it was a worthwhile trip." Mi Zizhong continued: "Brother Ye, there is only one Ye family restaurant in Xuzhou, I don't know if the Ye family can continue to expand, my Mi family has a good network in Xuzhou, if the Ye family wants to open a restaurant in Xuzhou, the Mi family can help one or two." ”

Ye Chen didn't immediately answer the other party's words, thinking to himself what was going on with this person, didn't he come to talk about business? It's not that I want Du Kang wine, but now it's nonsense everywhere, it's just that Old Man Ye is here, and Ye Chen can't say it directly.

"Well, now that the Ye family restaurant has a certain amount of experience, it can be expanded appropriately." Recently, Ye Chen has the idea of expanding, because the business in Youzhou is not good for a short time, he must find new sources of money, and the training of the personnel of the Ye family restaurant is almost over, it is time to expand.

Ye Chen only said that he wanted to expand, but he didn't say where to expand, although Xuzhou is a good choice, but compared to Xuzhou, Qingzhou and Jizhou are the closest to Youzhou, and Ye Chen has more relationships in these two places, so Jizhou and Qingzhou are Ye Chen's first choice.

"This time I came to Liaodong to gain a lot, except for the accident of Tan Sheng, I found the Ye family's money village, and I am very interested in the money village, and I want to ask Brother Ye to introduce it."

Ye Chen couldn't help but be angry when he heard the other party's words, but because Old Man Ye didn't say it, whether this person was here to talk about business or spy on intelligence.

"Chen'er, we have been friends with the Mi family for generations, if you can, you might as well introduce Zizhong."

Seeing that Ye Chen didn't seem to be willing to say it, Old Man Ye said a word for Mi Zizhong at this time. Ye Chen is not afraid that the other party will learn and compete with him for business, and the Ye family will not be able to do much in a short period of time.

To do it in this era, many conditions are needed, all of which are indispensable, one is that the strength must be strong, and this strength includes economic strength and force; The second is that customers should be willing to deposit money.

These two conditions are currently difficult for most families and merchants to do, this is a prerequisite, not to meet these two conditions can open a bank, after the money bank's business philosophy, as well as business methods and so on are very important.

So Ye Chen wasn't afraid that the other party would learn, even if he really did, it would be nothing, Ye Chen was just annoyed that the other party didn't talk about business and talked nonsense about what else to do.

However, since Old Man Ye had spoken, Ye Chen introduced the benefits of Qian Zhuang, and as for the rest, he just talked about it briefly.

Mi Zizhong listened very seriously, and nodded from time to time, with a look of fascination, as if Ye Chen was talking about the way of a saint.

"Brother Ye is really talented, Mi Zhu is really an eye-opener." Mi Zizhong said with admiration when he heard it.

"Wait, Mi Zhu, Mi Zizhong? Why didn't I think that this Xuzhou Mi family is not the best in their family. Ye Chen's heart was shocked, but he didn't expect that the other party was sitting on the same big man from the four major business families.

According to historical records, Mi Zhu: a wealthy merchant in Xuzhou, his ancestors have been engaged in reclamation for generations, and have nearly 10,000 servants and diners.

Not to mention how many assets the Mi family has, there are nearly 10,000 servants and diners alone, raising so many people, and there are no huge billions of family assets, who can raise them. Moreover, when Liu Bei was in Xuzhou, the Mi family equipped Liu Bei with thousands of soldiers and horses, and also funded him with a lot of grain and grass, which is not the same concept as raising thousands of people.

Ye Chen also raised 5,000 soldiers and horses, but he knew that he couldn't be equipped without hundreds of millions of dollars, and the follow-up cost of raising soldiers was also huge, of course, the Ye family's standards were super high, but raising soldiers was never cheap.

Knowing who the other party is, Ye Chen doesn't have so many worries in his heart, the other party is a business tycoon, and he was already the head of the family when he was the same age as Ye Chen, and the Mi family has developed rapidly under his management.

More importantly, the other party's vision and courage are extraordinary, and he dared to invest when Liu Bei was down, and became Liu Bei's guest, and his status has always been above the five tiger generals.

Even if his younger brother later surrendered to Eastern Wu, resulting in Guan Yu's defeat and death, Liu Bei did not blame him, and he was relieved.

"Brother Zizhong has won the award, Ye Chen's qualifications are shallow, how dare he compare with Brother Zizhong, Chen has to learn more from Brother Zizhong." Although Ye Chen was shocked in his heart, he didn't show it on the surface, since he knew the identity of the other party, of course, he couldn't be taken lightly.

So the two sides began to talk happily, talked a lot, talked about the current politics, talked about some of their business ideas, and talked about some possible future cooperation.

Although the Ye family is still in a corner of peace now, and its strength is shrinking, it is certain that it will expand again in the future, and this day will not be too far away.

Although they talked a lot, they didn't talk much about the current cooperation. The two sides are relatively close to each other, so there is no obstacle to communication.

"Brother Ye, you must go to Xuzhou when you have time, and when the time comes, Brother Yu will definitely bring your younger brothers and sisters to entertain you well and do a good job in the friendship of landlords."

"Brother Zizhong, it must be, when my Ye family goes to Xuzhou to open a branch, I will have to ask Brother Zizhong for more help."

"Haha, Brother Ye is polite. So about Du Kangjiu, I also know the conditions of the Ye family and the Wei family, if there is no opinion, can I give the agency of Xuzhou to the Mi family according to the conditions of the Wei family. ”

Mi Zhu didn't mention the matter of Du Kangjiu until the two sides were about to talk, and he showed that he would not bargain, and he didn't want the Ye family to bargain.

His Mi family and the Ye family are world friends, and the Wei family does not have much friendship with the Ye family, so if the Ye family can give the Wei family, it will naturally be able to give them the Mi family, so Mi Zhu did not plan to negotiate conditions with the Ye family from the beginning.

Of course, Ye Chen didn't have any opinions about this, and he agreed without thinking about it, just like Mi Zhu thought, such conditions can be given by the Wei family, what can't the Mi family do.

Even, if Mi Zhu bargained with Ye Chen, Ye Chen would also make appropriate concessions, the friendship was there, Ye Chen was not good at doing too much, since Mi Zhu didn't talk about it, then it would save a lot of trouble.