Liang Shuo didn't speak just now, the two iron galls in his hands kept spinning, and suddenly said: "Big brother, isn't what Wei Chiqin did to collude with the Turks and cause trouble in the Central Plains, if the Central Plains fights, won't we be able to do business and suffer huge losses?" ”

Li Fan smiled and shook his head: "Brother Liang, Yang Jian, the emperor's control over the Central Plains is more than any emperor in the past three hundred years, and the past few years have also been the most difficult time for our families, sooner or later he will send a cool official to our Liangzhou to sweep up, and then our four major families may be forced to move to Guanzhong and supervise like their ancestors."

So if this Wei Chiqin can really get in touch with the Turks and raise troops against the Sui, it may not be a bad thing for us, and when the time comes, we can make a lot of money by selling war horses to the Central Plains and iron ore to the Turks, and we don't have to worry about someone coming to disturb our business, didn't the ancestors do this? ”

The four of them looked at each other and laughed when they said what they were proud of.

Cao Zhen was the first to put away her laughter and said, "Big brother, in fact, before coming to me and Brother Liang this time, you had obviously agreed to this matter with Brother An, but you still want me and Brother Liang to vote here, just to explain this truth to us." ”

Li Fan nodded: "Yes, the reason why our four major families have been able to join forces to control the Silk Road for so many years is to rely on unity, Lu Xingyun was once quite powerful, above the four of us, but he was still expelled by our four families, relying on unity, what are the different opinions, the heads of our four families sit down to discuss, don't eat alone, and must speak with one voice to the outside world, this is the long-term way." ”

When Li Fan said this, his eyes suddenly sounded like lightning, and his sharp gaze stabbed at An Xinggui: "Brother An, in the future, I will contact outsiders privately and make promises, I don't want to have a second time." ”

An Xinggui's lips jumped with two mustaches, and a smile appeared on his face: "Big brother, I didn't make my own decisions, I knew that this matter couldn't be decided by myself, so I came to discuss it with you as soon as possible." ”

Li Fan said coldly: "If you want to discuss in the future, you don't have to look for me in advance, just call everyone together to discuss, the four of us are a whole, don't let the two of us discuss something first, and then create a fait accompli, and then let the other two come over to listen to the results, this is not good." And please remember that your allies are the three of us, not the brothers and sisters of the An Sui family. ”

Beads of sweat began to appear on An Xinggui's forehead, because of the background of the An family, who is also surnamed Zhaowujiu, he has always been very close to An Suiyu, and even threw away the other three several times and secretly traded with An Suiyu alone.

Li Fan pointed out him in advance, but he didn't care at all, after hearing An Suiyu's proposal today, the first thing he thought of was to win over Li Fan, when two votes were against two, since Li Fan was the president, one vote counted as two votes, and the result could be decided.

Li Fan saw that An Xinggui was a little nervous, and sneered in his heart, this chamber of commerce of the four major family alliances is generally succeeded by the eldest person as president, and in the past six or seven years since he became president, the other three families have all used this method openly or covertly, trying to win over the other two by winning over the other two, and this kind of thing has intensified in the past two years.

When Wang Huaqiang came here to open a store the year before last, Liang Shuo strongly agreed, and Cao Zhen strongly opposed, in order to achieve their own goals, they had private contact with themselves before the vote, and finally they probed Wang Huaqiang's family background to confirm that he was not a nail sent by a wealthy businessman, so he was relieved to support Liang Shuo's opinion.

But today An Xinggui used this trick again, it seems that Liang Shuo and Cao Zhen are a little dissatisfied, if they don't stop this situation, the alliance of the four major families will disintegrate, and at least they will be forced to give up the position of president.

After Li Fan warned An Xinggui, he also turned to Cao Zhen and Liang Shuo, and said: "Two virtuous brothers, this is also for you, the reason why our four families have been able to stand in this Guzang City for so many years depends on unity. Engaging in small tandems in private, even if we can take advantage of it for a while, will only make us deviate from morality in the long run, and eventually be broken by others. ”

Liang Shuo, Cao Zhen and An Xinggui got up at the same time, saluted Li Fan Zhengse, and said, "Follow the teachings of the eldest brother." ”

After sitting back in his seat, Cao Zhen said, "Then now do you call Wei Chiqin and An Suiyu in and tell them that we have agreed to their conditions?" ”

Li Fan waved his hand: "Don't worry, we just said that we will take over the iron ore business, and we haven't agreed on how to take it over, do the three virtuous brothers have any good solutions?" ”

Liang Shuo glanced at An Xinggui and said, "Brother An first contacted An Suiyu, there should be a plan, let's talk about it." ”

An Xinggui smiled and said: "I see that everyone will work together in this matter, Brother Liang and Brother Cao will say hello to Na Yu Qingze, let him turn a blind eye to our goods, Brother Li will ship, such as silk silk and the like, the four of us will go out of the car and people, and mix the iron ore in the normal goods and transport it out of the Sui realm, as for leading the team to escort the car, and deliver the goods and collect the money after arriving at the boundary of the Western Turks, I An Xinggui will do it myself." ”

Cao Zhen said coldly: "Brother An, the risk is borne by us, the most difficult thing to do with Yu Qingze is done by me and Brother Liang, and the matter of collecting money is handed over to you, isn't it a little unfair?" ”

An Xinggui's eyes flashed with a hint of cunning: "Brother Cao, why did you say this, the reason why I asked the two of you to deal with Yu Qingze is because you all have official identities, and it is more convenient to speak and do things, when we smuggled goods in the past, it was also the two of you who went to discuss with Yu Qingze." ”

Cao Zhen crooked her mouth and was about to speak, but Li Fan took over the conversation: "Brother An, I think it's good, when trading, in addition to you, all three of us have sent a reliable steward to follow the past, the team is planted with the banner of the entire Chamber of Commerce, and the flags of the four are all played, Brother Cao and Brother Liang want to come forward to deal with Yu Qingze, the risk is greater, each of them has to get three percent, you and I don't have to take this risk after all, one person has two percent, what do you think?" ”

An Xinggui secretly scolded this Li Fan is really an old fox, with an income higher than one percent to stabilize Liang Cao and the two, when transporting the goods, the banner of the four companies, the risk is evenly shared, he himself is not independently responsible, only need to prepare some goods, the most dangerous joint transaction fell on his head, but he sent someone to monitor, and it was not easy for him to secretly eat kickbacks.

But An Xinggui knew that this proposal would definitely be supported by the other two, and sure enough, Liang Shuo and Cao Zhen both looked happy, nodded slightly, he gritted his teeth, a smile appeared on his face, and arched his hand: "Brother Li has spoken, dare to obey?" Do as you say! When the time comes, the eldest brother Li will collect the goods of Wei Chiqin, and the younger brother will finally transport them to the Turks to trade, and after coming back, he will share the profits with Wei Chiqin according to the five or five points, and the four of us will divide it again. ”

Liang Shuo suddenly said: "How much money is this?" Is it at the current price or at the provisional price? Brother Li, do you want to fix this? ”

Li Fan didn't think of this just now, nodded after listening to Liang Shuo's reminder, and said: "This is indeed an important matter, it must be agreed as early as possible, I think it will be according to what Wei Chiqin said, iron ore will be charged at ten yuan per catty, and after arriving in Turkic, it will be sold at thirty yuan per catty with An Suiyu, and it will be at this price for the next five years." ”

Cao Zhen muttered: "Yu Chiqin, this kid looks very slippery, is he willing?" And the freight and labor costs from Daxing to here also have four or five dollars a catty, I listen to him, here I want to calculate the price of fifteen yuan, even if An Suiyu does not sit on the ground to bargain, according to thirty yuan, the profit is only fifteen yuan, and our four families only earn seven yuan and five yuan a catty. ”

An Xinggui frowned and said: "We don't recognize his freight, tomorrow we will set the iron ore in the city at ten yuan, the same price as Daxing, big brother, this kid is determined to make this transaction, and he won't care too much about money." ”

The two iron galls in Liang Shuo's hands collided for a while, and he suddenly raised his head and said, "If this kid buys our iron ore here on the spot, what should I do?" ”