Chapter 377: The Fog of War

Kanazawa's words were not loud, but his words and deeds, after all, Cen Lin was also a person who was good at observing words and feelings, he looked at Kanazawa's expression and posture, looking very indifferent, and looked at the guards that Kanazawa was carrying, looking like he was smiling and ready to watch a good show, and he couldn't figure out the other party's path for a while. However, Cen Lin also thought that Kanazawa's arrogance to this point today may be deliberate.

Cen Lin hurriedly suppressed his anger and said calmly: "Very good, since Mr. Jin can call the shots, then please." The old man is indeed only the deputy of the Chamber of Commerce, counting the bigwigs behind the scenes, he can't even rank among the top five leaders of the Chamber of Commerce, so he is indeed not qualified to be angry with Mr. Jin. Please forgive me. At the banquet today, there are many old-timers in the Beiyi business community, if Mr. Jin doesn't think it will be boring, please follow me upstairs. ”

Jin Ze looked at Cen Lin as if he had changed his face all of a sudden, and he was secretly surprised, and his evaluation of Cen Lin was a few points higher in his heart. Even as a chief of guard, perhaps because he has been following Tan Weiying, he has always been contaminated with some of Tan Weiying's lively and jumpy personality, and his temperament is more flamboyant, but he has a good impression of people with flamboyant personalities. In his opinion, it is actually normal to be able to publicize and have the qualifications to be public. If such people don't get along well, the most they can do is not get along. But people who can be publicized but restrained are relatively rare. And the Cen Lin in front of him may be this kind of character that Kanazawa admires more.

Jin Ze also put away his previous arrogant posture, lightly responded to the request, and followed Cen Lin upstairs. And the soldiers and guards of those special battalions, except for two people who followed Kanazawa into the banquet and stood behind Kanazawa, the rest of the people scattered and faintly occupied all the key points of the entire Qingfeng Building. And in this way, it has also invisibly increased the evaluation of Jin Ze and his master by the Beiyi Chamber of Commerce, such a guard force is by no means something that ordinary people can train and can afford.

Although the Beiyi Chamber of Commerce invited Ye Tao's caravan to be temporary, after all, it has been operating on this route for many years, and the relationship between the various families is very familiar, and the invited guests range from officials to local gentry, although they may not all be the leaders in all aspects, but at least they are also the ones who speak. Although he doesn't have a deep understanding of Beiyi, looking at the tone of these people's speech and the content of what they say, he can also see the level of these people in Kanazawa's eyes. And in the amiable compliments of everyone, Kanazawa was embarrassed to keep straining his face and intimidating everyone, and after revealing a little bit that he had a great background, this time he just took this road to test the waters, and saw if the profits were rich enough to attract them to go a second time...... Everyone looked at each other, not knowing how to answer Kanazawa. But in fact, everyone present did not really want this path to be squeezed into new power all of a sudden. Moreover, looking at Kanazawa and the people around him, and then thinking about the owner who was too lazy to come forward to deal with them, everyone didn't have any temper.

In Dongping, with Dongping's military regulations, internal affairs regulations, and the temperament of several masters who Kanazawa served before and after, although Kanazawa had a good time, he never had the opportunity to play a kind of person: a slave. And now this situation is just a good time for Kanazawa to get over it. He can enjoy everyone's compliments, while revealing a little bit of his master's power to these people, and then pretend to be profound in these people's thoughts and guesses. However, Kanazawa's high-profile and skillful guidance of the conversation made these people present tell a lot about the situation in Yizhou and Yinan.

Yizhou is okay, although it is not far from the Tiangao Emperor, but because of its unique location, even after the Chunnan Raider went down to the Great South Pass, it was not affected, but its status was improved. After all, Yizhou submits the commercial tax to the central government every year, which is real, and Yizhou is also one of the few places where you can get some sensitive and sophisticated instruments, tools and even ordnance. Recently, however, the situation in Yinan has gradually begun to change. Although the Samir family has successfully fought in the war for the founding of the country and has fully established itself in the Middle East, the Samir family is not strong enough to dominate the situation. Distracted by the sea and land wars, the Samir family's current navy has not been able to fully regain its strength after a series of hard battles. And those surrounding countries and super families began to use their brains to pry into the corners.

For example, the Samir fleet is not as diligent in coming to Yanan as it used to be, because they have to draw more ships to deal with the enemy at sea and the privateer fleets of certain enemy countries. However, Yanan did not become depressed because of this, but became more and more prosperous because more forces wanted to get a piece of the trade route. Needless to say, the Seven Seas Trading Company and the Chunnan Sea Merchants had no conflict with the Samir family before, and although they would not be taken care of, they would not be hostile. Nanami Trading Co., Ltd. established its own branch in Yanan, which is also the westernmost branch of Nanami Trading Co., Ltd. Further west, it is directly the nest of the Samir family in Dubai Harbour. With the good relationship between Nanami Trading Company and the Samir family, which was so good that they were brothers and sisters, sharing business information, ships and naval warfare technology, and even began to share airship and tethered balloon technology, the Samir family actually supported the entry of Nanami Trading Company when they were unable to take care of Yanan Port. But the Samir family's control over Yanan has waned after all. At such a time, the forces of all parties began to enter Yinan, and all kinds of people with good intentions began to connect with each other in various places, trying to establish their own ground paths, and trying to destroy the trade routes of competitors and even enemies...... And the toasts who have received all kinds of benefits, some still firmly support the original partners, or choose partners who are more suitable for themselves, some see who has the highest bid, they are swaying there, changing the order day and day, and some are ignoring all parties and waiting for the price to sell. On the one hand, it is more troublesome to deal with a large number of toasts, and on the other hand, the toasts themselves are aware that the larger the territory they control, the stronger the strength they have, and the stronger their bargaining power with those merchants or kingdom representatives who can bring them various benefits, and they have also played the brains of their weaker neighbors around them. Although Yinan can be said to have never been stable, there has never been a chaotic situation like today.

At this time, the appearance of Ye Tao's powerful caravan also especially touched the heartstrings of the Beiyi Chamber of Commerce, a group of people who rely on this route to eat. On the one hand, they wondered if this was a temptation and signal for Xiling to be ready to intervene deeply in Yinan, but they were worried that the intervention of a powerful force would destroy their painstaking operation. At present, the Beiyi Chamber of Commerce has spent a lot of money to barely maintain the passage of goods without being greatly affected, and the transportation cost has not increased much. Yinan is too complicated, even the Beiyi Chamber of Commerce has not figured out the entire Yinan now. Many places in Yinan still seem to them to be shrouded in fog.

In the end, the Beiyi Chamber of Commerce once again proposed that they did not want to hinder their business colleagues from making money, but they still hoped that Kanazawa could go back and tell his master that in order for everyone to make money peacefully, it was best to go through the channels they could control. They only need to pay a small amount of money, but it is certainly a very good deal. The Beiyi Chamber of Commerce not only provides passages, sends guides, and even sends liaison officers to help them along the way, so that they will not have other troubles along the way, nor will they be subjected to other forms of exploitation...... If the road maintenance fee collected by the Beiyi Chamber of Commerce is less than the actual expenditure of the Beiyi Chamber of Commerce, they will not ask the master of Kanazawa to collect more money, they just hope that this route can be stabilized...... Hello me, hello everyone......

Now, Kanazawa doesn't know what to say. Met such a group of people with their hearts...... At least it sounds like someone who is fisting with their hearts, what can you do? On the contrary, Kanazawa felt that the previous arrangement was a bit meaningless, and it was too bad to give face to these conscientious businessmen. Although the Beiyi Chamber of Commerce has used violent means to attack competitors, or some toasts have done this kind of thing, at least for now, it can be seen that it is still more sincere. Moreover, although the Beiyi Chamber of Commerce has never shown mercy to its competitors, as long as it has reached any agreement or contract with them, it has never heard of them regretting or dishonesty. Kanazawa felt that maybe this matter should be asked back, at least the Beiyi Chamber of Commerce now looks like a group of pure businessmen.

Although there was a not-so-good beginning, both sides achieved their goals at the party. Kanazawa fully demonstrated to the Beiyi Chamber of Commerce: we are very awesome; The Beiyi Chamber of Commerce has also achieved a situation of conveying its own ideas and forming a good communication. The difference is just that Kanazawa, who attended the meeting, did not have the willingness and qualifications to make a decision on the spot.

But when Kanazawa went back to talk about the matter, it aroused great interest in Tan Weixin. In Tan Weixin's view, if the current situation in Yinan is indeed more chaotic than before, and the Beiyi Chamber of Commerce is not arrogant and can really maintain transportation routes and cost control, then the strength of the Beiyi Chamber of Commerce should be stronger than imagined. If there are few toasts in Yinan that need to be snorted and can be completely controlled, it is almost impossible to do this completely by paying tolls or routine dotting. And in this way, the behavior of the Beiyi Chamber of Commerce to kill competitors has also become logical.

Tan Weixin has no objection to some degree of cooperation with the Beiyi Chamber of Commerce, and their goal now is to reach Yanan, not to kill Yanan. If you can avoid trouble, in fact, whether it is Ye Tao or Tan Weixin, they are still willing to pay some travel expenses. Since the Beiyi Chamber of Commerce is so "affectionate and friendly", it is disrespectful. Ye Tao and Tan Weixin postponed the departure by one day, and asked Kanazawa to send the "road maintenance fee" required by the Beiyi Chamber of Commerce to the letter before noon the next day. Jin Ze is not an easy person to deal with, he faintly threatened again, if the Beiyi Chamber of Commerce does not handle things well after receiving the money, then they will definitely take action when they turn back. The Beiyi Chamber of Commerce, which has never figured out the number of Ye Tao and his party, has never thought of making a second, but it has once again confirmed the strength of Kanazawa.