Shuangyu Port is a smuggling base, with this as the center, the coastal area of Daming in the north of Zhejiang, as long as the people involved in smuggling, will generally trade goods to Shuangyu Port. These businessmen come from all over the world, most of them don't know each other, coupled with the particularity of the smuggling industry, every smuggler wants to sell the goods in their hands as soon as possible, so in this case, a trading center like Beigang Tea House appeared.

The main role of the trading center is not to make money for the port, but to allow the merchants who arrive at the port to find the trading partner faster, and sell the goods in the shortest possible time, so that they can leave the port as soon as possible, which is obviously conducive to improving the utilization rate of the port, and at the same time to attract more businessmen to come.

The three port areas of Shuangyu Port also have three trading centers, each of which is in the form of a tea house, and the internal operation mode is also similar, basically the tea house provides some convenience, but in the end, it is up to the two sides of the transaction to find the object of the transaction, so it is obvious that the role of the trading center can not be maximized.

At the beginning, Zhou Zhong didn't think of the significance of the trading center to a port, but the knowledge and experience in his previous life made him instinctively feel that there was something wrong with the operation mode of the Beigang Teahouse, so he put forward some ideas of his own to Uncle Camel. In the eyes of later generations, these ideas are actually very old-fashioned things, such as putting out the transaction information publicly, and then letting all the people who need it choose for themselves, but if it is placed in the era of the Ming Dynasty, it seems extremely novel and advanced.

It is also these ideas put forward by Zhou Chong, coupled with the experienced Uncle Camel to improve, so a plan for a comprehensive reform of the teahouse appeared, and soon began to be gradually implemented in the teahouse, according to Uncle Camel's estimate, with the implementation of these reforms, it will definitely increase the transaction volume in the Beigang teahouse, thereby increasing the cargo throughput of the Beigang District.

But the experienced Uncle Camel miscalculated this time, because he didn't know what a major reform he and Zhou Zhong had made, just after the Beigang Tea House announced the "shipment list", in just two days, the transaction volume of the entire Beigang skyrocketed, even exceeding the transaction volume in the past month.

Of course, this is mainly because some goods have been backlogged for a period of time, so take this opportunity to burst out all at once, and after this outbreak period, the daily trading volume will drop to the normal level, but even if it declines, the daily trading volume is several times that of before, and even wait until the "buying list" comes out, coupled with the teahouse's familiarity with this new model, the daily trading volume is likely to be more than ten times that of before.

The transaction volume has increased several times, that is to say, the time required for a batch of goods from the arrival at the port to the completion of the transaction has been shortened to a fraction of the original, and the utilization rate of the port has naturally increased several times, and the merchants can ship so quickly in the North Port, which has also attracted many smugglers to dock their ships in the North Port, and even some ships in the South Port and West Port have also turned to the North Port, in order to be able to sell the goods on the ship as soon as possible.

The Chinese New Year is coming soon, and it is said that at this time in the past, it was the lightest season for business in Shuangyu Port, but because of the reform of Beigang Tea House, the smugglers of Nangang and Xigang also attracted to Beigang, which made Beigang's business not only cold, but more prosperous than before, which not only benefited Nanyang Chamber of Commerce, but even other potential forces of Beigang were also stained. It's just that in comparison, the South Port District and the West Port District are particularly deserted.

In the backyard of the Xie Family Chamber of Commerce in Nangang District, there were bursts of girls' laughter in a separate small courtyard, only to see that in the warm pavilion of this courtyard, the small charcoal stove on the table was burning, and there was a hot pot sitting on the stove, the white soup in it was tumbling, and there was a stream of aroma, and there were all kinds of ingredients on the table, and three women sat around the table, playing while tasting the food, showing the love between the deep sisters.

The woman at the head is tall and plump, it is the president of the Hong Chamber of Commerce, Hong Feiyun, on Hong Feiyun's right hand is the quiet and elegant Xie Lingyun, and opposite Xie Lingyun sits her cousin Zheng Youyi. Speaking of which, Zheng Youyi and Hong Feiyun's body and temperament are very similar, the only difference is that Hong Feiyun has the temptation of a mature woman, while Zheng Youyi has the innocent temperament of a sunny girl.

"Cousin-in-law, why don't you let your cousin and the two children come to eat together, so that everyone can sit together and be lively!" At this time, I saw Xie Lingyun saying to Hong Feiyun who was sitting in the middle, but her "cousin-in-law" was really surprising.

"Oops~ It's so hot! Table...... Cousin, you don't know how to do it, my brother took two children to build a snowman and have a snowball fight, I really don't know how big he is, sometimes he still looks like a child. At this time, Zheng Youyi picked out a shiitake mushroom from the hot pot and put it in her mouth, but she was scalded, and even said while inhaling the cool air, she finally waited for her to swallow the shiitake mushroom in her mouth, and then said to Hong Feiyun in the middle, "Sister-in-law, you don't know how to take care of my brother, you are all a father, but you don't have a steady look, and you are always scolded by my father!" ”

At this time, it is estimated that everyone knows that Hong Feiyun's mysterious husband is actually Xie Lingyun's cousin Zheng Longhai, but because Zheng Longhai is the senior level of the Xie Family Chamber of Commerce, and Hong Feiyun is the president of the Hong Family Chamber of Commerce, so the combination of the two of them will inevitably make the relationship between the two chambers of commerce extremely intimate, but for some considerations, the Xie family and the Hong family do not want too many people to know the intimate relationship between the two chambers of commerce, so the marriage of Hong Feiyun and Zheng Longhai was concealed by the two families. Almost no one in the outside world knows about the marriage between the two families.

I saw that Hong Feiyun heard her sister-in-law's complaint, but she smiled indifferently: "Youyi, you still don't know your brother?" He is originally a jumpy character, and if he wants to train children with a straight face like our father, it is more difficult than climbing to the sky. ”

At this time, I saw that Xie Lingyun also smiled and said to Zheng Youyi: "That's right, cousin, my cousin and uncle are completely opposite personalities, and I see that the relationship between my cousin and the two children is so close, which is much deeper than the ordinary father-son relationship, so I think that instead of training people with a straight face all day long like my uncle, it is better to accompany my cousin to play with the children." ”

Hearing that his cousin and sister-in-law were standing on the side of his brother who was not in shape and wanted to marry him out of Lu every day, Zheng Youyi still disagreed: "I don't think my brother is any good, he is not in shape all day long, he likes to rob me of snacks when he was a child, and when he grows up, he thinks about marrying me out of Lu all day long, sister-in-law, it's a pity that you marry such a person!" ”

Hearing Zheng Youyi say this about her brother, Xie Lingyun and Hong Feiyun both looked at each other and smiled, in fact, the relationship between Zheng Youyi and Zheng Longhai is still very good, but Zheng Youyi is about to be a twenty-year-old girl, but she has not been able to marry Lu yet, so Zheng Ling and Zheng Longhai father and son force her to marry every day, Zheng Youyi didn't dare to say that her father was not, so she could only sprinkle all the anger on her brother Zheng Longhai.

Speaking of Zheng Youyi's background is not bad, and her appearance is also very beautiful, but the main reason why she can't marry Lu is that she is too tall, and a girl of one meter eight is rare in later generations, not to mention that in the era of Daming, men's height is generally lower than that of later generations, and men's mainstream aesthetics of women are mainly small and exquisite, and few people are willing to marry a woman who is taller than themselves. Not to mention that Zheng Youyi is still in the era of male supremacy in the Ming Dynasty.

Of course, if she is just tall, Zheng Youyi will not be unable to marry, the key is that her vision is also very high, she grew up in Xie Mansion with Xie Lingyun when she was a child, and she has read a lot of books, plus she has been influenced by some stories of talented and beautiful women, so she has long set a standard for herself, and she will not marry a non-scholar in this life.

But most readers like that kind of cowardly woman, a sunny girl like Zheng Youyi who is too tall is really unacceptable, and the result can only lead to her marriage has been delayed until now, and even Zheng Longhai now as long as he sees a young scholar, he will come forward to sell his sister, and Zhou Zhong was one of the victims last time.

Although Zhilu Dao Zheng Youyi doesn't like others to talk about her marriage, as her sister-in-law and her good sister, Hong Feiyun feels that she still has something to mention, so she said with a smile: "Youyi, sister-in-law knows that there are some things that you don't like to hear, but you are about to reach the twentieth year, and it is indeed time to find someone to marry, otherwise not only your brother and I are worried, but even my father and his old man will definitely worry about your marriage from time to time. ”

Hearing her sister-in-law's words, Zheng Youyi couldn't help but be silent for a while, and then murmured: "Sister-in-law, I know that because of my marriage, the whole family is worried about it, in fact, I also want to get married, but where to find the right person?" ”

"Why not, isn't there a person who is very suitable for you right now?" Hong Feiyun suddenly laughed at this time.

"Who?" Zheng Youyi raised her head a little strangely after hearing this, but Xie Lingyun next to her seemed to understand something, and her face showed a somewhat complicated expression.

"Giggle~, this person is not simple, just a few days after coming to Shuangyu Port, he has already pulled away most of our business in Nangang and Xigang, and he is not only a scholar, but also looks very handsome......"

When Hong Feiyun said this, Zheng Youyi finally understood who her sister-in-law was talking about, but she saw that she was looking at Xie Lingyun next to her, and at the same time waved her hand again and again: "No, no, that Zhou Zhong and my cousin are a natural pair, how can I marry him?" ”

"Stupid girl, with Lingyun's identity, it is impossible to be with Zhou Chong, and now they are only maintaining a superficial relationship out of business needs, so it is just right to introduce him to you!" Hong Feiyun is worthy of being a long time, and she also sees the relationship between Zhou Zhong and Xie Lingyun very clearly, and for some reason, she doesn't want Xie Lingyun and Zhou Chong to get too close, so she wants to make Zhou Zhong and Zheng Youyi a pair in front of Xie Lingyun.