In the first year of Jiaqing, on the twenty-second day of the fourth month of the lunar calendar, many people gathered in Yang Lin's office study, but the room was extremely quiet, so weird, and there was an unpredictable taste.

Under Master Liu's suggestion and arrangement, all the merchants of the Thirteen Banks in Guangzhou gathered in Yang Lin's study, all of them were business leaders, and they were all under the jurisdiction of Yaxing.

In the study, although the wealthy businessmen occupy a position, there is a trend, faintly like the stars holding the moon, one person lives in it, playing the role of the leader and the leader.

Yang Lin sat on the upper seat, next to the desk, still looking lazy, calm and relaxed, quietly looking at the people below, scanning them one by one, expressionless, but the thoughts were tumbling in his mind, combined with the registration file in the data room and Master Liu's return information, one by one, echoing everyone's messages.

In the end, his eyes stayed in front of him, and after looking straight at him for a while, he pretended to be unintentional and focused on the submission on the case, and the corner of his eyes still glanced at the young man sitting in the center of him, intentionally or unintentionally. Of course, the word young is relative to other thirteen merchants, who look like they are in their thirties.

At the same time, Yang Lin's heart was also thinking about the information about the young man, as well as Master Liu's prompt, and his words were full of respect and awe for the businessman, and he didn't dare to say bad things about the other party, and he even showed a trace of admiration.

"My lord, the merchants of the thirteen lines in Guangzhou, others can ignore it and reprimand them at will, but one of them must not ignore it, if it can, try to make friends with one or two, it is the best policy."

Thinking of what Master Liu said before was extremely solemn and the meaning of the reminder was very serious, Yang Lin couldn't help muttering.

"Wu Bingde, the leader of the Thirteen Lines, the leader of the merchants, was active between the foreign merchants and the Qing court, and acted with great grace. Whether it was an official of the imperial court or a foreign businessman, they all spoke highly of him and vied with him to do business."

"It seems that in this feudal society that values agriculture and suppresses business, it is not easy for Wu Bingde to be able to mix with each other, and it is easy to move between the two."

After a long time, the merchants were still not in a hurry, did not feel any nervousness, and were not interested in the new head of the dental bank. Seeing this situation, Yang Lin knew that the tried and tested trick had failed, and he couldn't help but sigh in his heart.

"It's not that the tricks are too old, it's that these traders are too shrewd and calculating."

Therefore, Yang Lin no longer rubbed time, broke the quiet atmosphere that had been there, and said lightly: "Everyone, the reason why I let you come is because a few days will be the frequent season of transactions every year, and this official will not be long after he arrives, should you talk about those things, should you let this official know in advance?" Otherwise, not only will I be troubled, but your business dealings with foreign merchants will also be restricted. ”

However, no one of the merchants answered, and there was a hint of touch, and they couldn't help but glance in one direction, and looked at Wu Bingde's position like a Buddha's heart. seemed to feel everyone's attention, out of the responsibility of a leader, Wu Bingde straightened his clothes and said calmly: "Lord Qiyu"

At this moment, the door of the study was suddenly opened, interrupting Wu Bingde's next words, and a servant broke in with a crawl, panting and saying: "My lord, my lord, something is wrong~~!" ”

In an instant, being disturbed, everyone frowned angrily. However, Yang Lin only lasted for a moment, then stretched out and urged: "Tell me quickly, what's wrong?" ”

At the same time, Yang Lin felt an inexplicable pleasure in his heart, and when he saw Wu Bingde's pretending to be forced, he was very unhappy, as if he was the boss of the tooth shop, and the person in charge in the study had to listen to him. Now that he had just said the beginning, he had not yet expressed his opinion, and he was interrupted, looking deflated, Yang Lin felt comfortable and quacked when he looked at it.

"Lord Qiyu, something happened to the cargo ships on the Pearl River, and they were all burned~!"

"What? It's all burned, what's going on? Yang Lin looked incredulous, and secretly said that what was wrong with him, how he always encountered fires, and he was still in contact with himself.

"Adults, I don't know about the little ones, and I also heard from other brothers who were on errand in the yamen."

At this moment, all the merchants in the study were instantly as silent as death, and then they could not sit still, because there were not only foreign merchants who did business with them on the Pearl River, but also their own cargo ships, whose value was immeasurable. If it weren't for Yang Lin, their top boss, who was still there, they would be eager to grow two more legs and immediately go to their respective cargo ship terminals to verify whether the news was true?

Yang Lin calmed down instead, looking at these people in a good mood, just now he was still a pair of five people and six people, and he didn't take himself as the president seriously. Now it's okay, something happened, I didn't speak, who dared to leave blatantly. Otherwise, hey~~

However, Yang Lin just rubbed for a while, didn't dare to go too far, and saw that everyone was already so anxious that their faces were almost green, so he pretended to be panicked, and hurriedly said: "Let's go, come with me to the dock to have a look, see how big the fire is, and what it looks like?" ”

So Yang Lin took the lead, walked in front of the crowd, walked quickly as if he had taken a stimulant, and in just a moment's effort, he was far ahead, leaving the merchants far behind. Hearing that the fire on the Pearl River burned all the ships, all the merchants forgot to take a sedan chair to go, and all ran on two feet, wanting to see the scene and see their own ships in the shortest possible time.

A group of people ran on the street in a hurry, causing pedestrians on the street to frequently sideways, and almost at the same time exclaimed: "What is going on?" These rich uncles are in a hurry to become like this? ”

In the current situation, the merchants who are still in the mood to pay attention to the voices of the people on the street are like the wind, quickly blowing through the streets along the way, and going straight to the East City Gate and the Pearl River Ferry Wharf.

As they got closer to their destination, they saw black smoke, smelled a thicker and thicker smell of burning, and even more billowing dust came and filled the air. Before arriving at the place, when they saw their own goods, everyone had already believed the words of the busy servant, ten percent of them were true, and for a while, except for Yang Lin's side, everyone else's hearts were heavy, as if they had died of their father's mother.

It's closer, it's getting closer and closer, and finally we reach the destination, the Pearl River Ferry Wharf, only to see a pair of fires rushing into the sky, billowing smoke, one by one cargo ships are shrouded in black smoke, and the sea surface is also covered with a layer of flames, which will not stop for a long time.

Yang Lin was stunned, all the people were stunned, this kind of scene was far beyond their imagination, it was no longer as simple as the cargo ship being burned, and the casualties would be a frightening number. There was fire everywhere, smoke everywhere, and the originally bright sky became gray, making people feel depressed, suffocated, and almost out of breath.

In the stunned and shocked of everyone, a voice broke the oppressive silence and woke up the dreamer.

"My lord, little Wu Bingde is going to take a look at the foreign merchant ships that are guaranteed and see how they are doing? What are the casualties? ”

At the same time, the others also woke up and said, "Adult, villain is going too~!" ”

"Adults, small ones are going too~!"

Looking at these merchants, Yang Lin no longer embarrassed them, some felt the same way, sympathized, and said in a deep voice: "Go, busy with your business, do what you should do." ”

After a short pause, Yang Xiao and Master Liu had already caught up, standing left and right respectively, without speaking, standing there quietly.

Yang Lin's dark eyes flickered, and he thought a little in his mind, and then ordered: "Yang Xiao, you go back quickly, take care of Amin, don't go out of your teeth, Master Liu and I will go to the customs office to do some things, see if we can do anything for this natural disaster, and then go back." ”

"Okay, young master, I'll go now, you have to be careful and pay more attention to safety."

Looking at the figures of the people who gradually disappeared, Yang Lin only stopped for a moment, and said again: "Master Liu, now accompany me to the customs office, meet the superintendent, and see what we can do?" ”

"Well, okay, my lord~"

Then, the figures of Yang Lin and Master Liu disappeared into the thick smoke and walked quickly to the Customs Department with a solemn look on their faces. (To be continued.) )