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This year's winter is colder than usual, even in Shanghai, it is extremely rare to have heavy snowfall, and for those beggars who have wandered here from the north, after such a cold winter, I don't know how many people will freeze to death overnight.

"Kind, uncle, poor and poor baby, I don't have a mother......"

Wrapped in a shabby torn cotton jacket that exposed cotton wool, Gancang hummed over and over again, his face was cold and blue, his lips were tight, and his big toes were peeking out of the wrapped rags, all of which were cracked like a baby's mouth. Begging and wandering all the way from the north, even though he survived the bitter cold of the north, the clammy cold in the south of the Yangtze River still made him shiver and stiff.

I'm going to die, mother......

Although I can't remember what my mother looks like, my will is even a little vague when I am frozen, and at this time, I still think of my mother

Mother, I'm hungry, I'm cold......

At this moment, he saw a person standing in front of him, looking at the figure, and he hurriedly mourned for help.

"Uncle, I beg you, have pity on this little beggar...... Thank you, uncle, thank you! ”

He raised his head while begging, and when he saw the person standing in front of him wearing foreign clothes, he saw that the man took out a steamed bun, a steamed bun that exuded heat, and he was hungry and cold while thanking him, and took the steamed bun and ate it.

At the moment of food, he will take care of other things, and the big steamed bun in two bites of three will be eaten, and when he is not full, he listens to the man say.

"You're not full, are you?"

Liu Tao, who pressed the brim of his hat, looked at the little beggar who was almost frozen to death.

"Want to be full?"

For Liu Tao, the life and death of the little beggar in front of him has nothing to do with him, the reason why he bought the cake is not because he has a good heart, but because he needs the beggar to do something. And this little beggar just appeared in the right place.

"Yes, yes!"

Gancang nodded vigorously.

"You go and help me deliver the letter, and when you get to the man's house, the man's house will naturally give you food, and ......"

As he spoke, he took out another piece of Eagle Ocean and threw it on the ground.

"This is the errand money that was given to you!"

Looking at the silver dollar on the ground, looking at the letter that the man took out, Gancang would still hesitate a little.

"Thank you, uncle, don't worry, uncle, I will definitely send you the letter!"

After pointing the way, looking at the beggar who flew over, Liu Tao's brows couldn't help frowning, betrayal! Now he finally realized what it was like to betray his master.

"Master, don't blame me, I, I'm ......"

Muttering in his mouth, Liu Tao's fists clenched from time to time, watching the little beggar knock on the door, people entered the Zhu family, he was very entangled in his heart, and the stone in his heart finally fell, at least, now more than a million silk households in Jiangnan have been saved!

Outside, it was snowing, and inside, the atmosphere was oppressive.

"I'm really ashamed of the owner!"

Liu Yixuan sighed, his eyes closed, his face was full of bitterness, at this moment, he even had a thought - perhaps, he thought things too simply, well, maybe his decision was made too early, the food with the foreigner is not delicious, and it is even more difficult to grab the food from the foreigner's pot.

No, before they snatched food from their mouths, they were already eyeing the owner. Fortunately, I haven't resigned yet, but fortunately, I just inquired privately with my friends.

"It's not on you, Yuyang, in the end, it's me who underestimated those foreigners!"

Originally, Zhu Yifeng took it for granted that this was just business, even if he took advantage of them, what could they do? Could it be that those so-called powers will still make a big deal out of business between merchants? No, there are a few countries in the world that would be foolish enough to raise a large army because of a dispute between merchants, unless the intent is to invade.

It is true that it is impossible for the US government to raise troops in China because of the personal "mistakes" of businessmen, but it does not mean that those foreign devils will allow the "colored people" who are despised by them to be bullied, just like now, all foreign companies refuse to buy raw silk from themselves! Not only did they refuse to buy raw silk, but they also lowered the price of raw silk by another 10%.

"Yes, we do underestimate those foreigners, in the Shanghai Concession, there are only 84 foreign firms, and only 47 are engaged in the trade of raw silk, between them, as long as they communicate with each other, no one will buy our raw silk, they are forcing us to reduce the price, and, and this price, tomorrow will be reduced again......"

How so?

The brows are tightly locked, Zhu Yifeng has no smile on his face, isn't the silk goods originally very sought-after? Why don't you want anything now?

"If not......"

The cigarette in the cigarette pouch pot was burning, Li Ziyuan smoked the cigarette, and after he finished speaking, he shook his head violently and said.

"The price of this silk can't be reduced, once it falls, from now on, how is the price of this silk, maybe it is the cause of trouble from us!"

Although the price of this batch of raw silk is extremely low, if these foreign merchants are allowed to set the price, then the price of this silk in the future will be at the mercy of foreign merchants.

Before Li Ziyuan's words were finished, there was a knock on the door outside the study, as well as Zhu Wang's words.

"Young Master, someone sent you a letter."

Letter?

"Who sent it?"

"It's a Hanako! He said that someone else sent it, and said that if you read the letter, you will definitely reward him with two dollars and a hot meal! ”

Beggars? Give someone away for someone else, reward money?

Zhu Yifeng opened the letter and looked at it, gradually frowned, then handed the letter to Li Ziyuan, and sneered:

"You can also take a look, what should be going on with me, the reason why our raw silk can't be sold is because someone is secretly cheating us, let's return to Shanghai on the front foot, they will move on the back foot, taking advantage of the momentum of Thompson's foreign devils, and joining forces with Cantonese compradors to block us, taking the opportunity to push down the price of silk this year!"

"What!"

Liu Yixuan's face changed suddenly, maybe others don't know the power of that group of Cantonese compradors, how can he be unfamiliar with him who has been in the comprador industry for many years, it can be said that those Cantonese compradors almost monopolize the foreign comprador industry, and he is a very small number of local compradors in Soviet Province.

Li Ziyuan was also shocked, after reading the letter, he gave the letter to Liu Yixuan and said:

"Owner, it seems that we are really being targeted this time, who is it this time?"

Because the letter did not mention who planned this matter, naturally Li Ziyuan did not know who it was.

sneered first, then Zhu Yifeng took a sip of tea and said:

"I only guessed this before, and now this letter doesn't mention who planned it, but I can guess about it."

Who else could it be?

When did you offend a Cantonese comprador? Who else could it be besides that "Uncle Shi"?

"Boss, what now?"

Zhu Yifeng glanced at Liu Yixuan, then frowned and said:

"This matter, it's really not easy to do, we used to do business with Thompson, and now, what they do, in the final analysis, is also business, you do business, people also do business, can you still let others do the same business as you?"

Zhu Yifeng said this is a little blocked, this business is different from business, he bought Thompson's goods with information advantages, "the goods were sold at the time", at least at that time, Thompson did not suffer a loss, but now this gang is quietly joining forces.

This...... With his fists clenched and his brows locked, Zhu Yifeng said again.

"That's not what I'm worried about right now!"

"Not really!"

Liu Yixuan frowned and said:

"The owner, I thought about this for a while, and their tricks clearly don't look like doing business, but they are squeezing us and can't get along with us! But the most important thing is not to lower the price of silk and not buy our silk, but their hands on the customs side! ”

"Isn't it, the owner, although there is no real evidence to prove that we went over there, but now as long as they are stuck and don't let the Pacific out of customs, then these threads must rot in our hands!"

Because Liu Yixuan had previously considered the relationship between shipping raw silk to Hong Kong, Li Ziyuan would have this worry, raw silk would not rot, but if it was put down like this, raw silk could not be sold, how to stock up.

"The owner, the commercial sea is sinister, like a battlefield, we can't help but guard against it. Host, haven't you already guessed who's going against us? ”

Zhu Yifeng was stunned for a while, and finally said softly:

"If that's right, nine times out of ten it's Liang Wenzuo!"

Hearing Zhu Yifeng mention his grievances, Liu Yixuan's face suddenly changed, and the worry on his face became even stronger, if he was just a little worried before, now he really regrets it, regretting the decision he made too early.

"The owner, this, in the Shanghai comprador house, everyone knows that he is not a light character? You, you're making a mistake! ”

"Wrong?"

Li Ziyuan snorted coldly and said:

"The owner, although the previous road may have been wrong, but now that someone intends to get along with us, let's prevent them from coming up with other tricks, after all, if they can do this now, they can also do other things?"

Zhu Yifeng was stunned for a while, and suddenly burst out laughing:

"Do you know who I like to deal with the most? What I love most is dealing with people who think they're smart! ”

Liu Yixuan glanced at Li Ziyuan, looking quite disapplieving, and just about to speak, Zhu Yifeng had already spoken first:

"Okay, now even if others do something to us, then let's do one thing now, Zilin, as for Su Songdao, you don't have to go over, you go and do it yourself!"