"Alas!" Ma Bingchang sighed and sat down in his chair.

"Old Ma, isn't it just that you don't want to be a maritime merchant?" Qin Tao stepped forward to comfort: "What are you afraid of?" In the past, our brothers have been through many storms, and it's not that they can't get by? ”

"Lao Qin, it's still my carelessness!" Ma Bing smiled bitterly: "I know that Fu Cheng is narrow-minded, and every time he fights with me on the price of the boat, the cost of the boat is delayed for several years." ”

"If you don't sell the boat to him, some family members will jump out and make peace, as if someone was unkind. But no matter what, I can't give up my face and do that with him. ”

"Eight or nine times out of ten the rumors on the street are related to this person."

When Xu Xuan came in, he was standing behind Ma Bing, and his expression never changed.

At this time, he raised his cup and signaled, and the next person hurried to pour the tea, and he drank the tea unhurriedly.

"Brother Ma, things are not as bad as you think." Xu Xuan said slowly: "As far as Xuan knows, Master Cai's family will definitely join, at least several will be driven." ”

"Now that Cai Taishou and the Zhao family are in-laws, who will they not help?"

"Besides, Brother Ma and Brother Qin don't think that everyone has the financial resources to join, right?"

"What does Brother Xu mean?" Ma Bing's heart was uneasy.

"Didn't Brother Ma know that in addition to coming to Jingzhou and Yangzhou this time, Zilong also joined forces with the Xuzhou Mi family and the Wuji Zhen family?" Xu Xuan was a little reserved: "Their financial resources are no worse than Brother Ma!" ”

"That's that!" Ma Bing is not humble, he may have the most money in Jingzhou, and there may be some distance between him and the world's well-known merchants, after all, those are accumulated over several generations.

"The Mi family and the Zhen family, we won't talk about it." Xu Xuan talked eloquently: "The Zhao family is the richest man deservedly. ”

"What does Brother Xu mean?" Qin Tao was also a little confused, Zhao Yun came all the way to Jingzhou, didn't he want everyone to join, so what was the purpose?

"Zilong meant, not so-and-so." Xu Xuan corrected: "The world's most rich businessmen have gathered together, what else do they need to go to the sea to do business, don't you two still understand?" ”

Big ship, boatman! Qin Tao and Ma Bing glanced at each other and understood.

Don't look at Fu Cheng's majestic spirit when he left just now, the Cai family gave an order, and many boatmen wanted to come in, after all, everyone relied on the Cai family to eat.

Fu Cheng and the boatmen they can win over or own account for about 20% at most, and the rest of the people don't listen to them at all, after all, there are people behind each family.

Qin Tao is in the livestock business, and the cattle slaughtered every year in his family's cattle farm basically account for about 30% of Jingzhou.

Cattle are a good thing, in the era when there were no machinery, cattle could replace people to work in the fields, and the price was only a little lower than that of horses, but horses were useless to ordinary people.

"Don't talk about Brother Ma and Brother Qin, even my Haixi Xu family, their role in the fleet is minimal." Xu Xuan encouraged: "Joining in is victory!" ”

"Well said!" Ma Bing's depression was swept away: "Let's go, our brother won't get drunk today!" ”

"Hehe," although Qin Tao didn't know what position he could occupy in the fleet, he was also greatly encouraged: "Old Ma, your amount of alcohol is not as good as mine, and you must be the first to fall today." ”

"Not necessarily!" Ma Bing took the two of them and went straight to his study.

At first, thinking that things would go well, I held a banquet in the hall.

Now that everyone is gone, it just so happens that the three of them can have a good chat together, especially to have a good relationship with Jingzhou Thorn History.

Seeing the wine jar on the desk, Xu Xuan's eyes instantly lit up: "Good guy, the gods are drunk, Brother Ma, I really have you!" ”

"Mr. Zilong's love!" Ma Bing was very reserved: "Before leaving, I insisted that someone give me five altars." ”

Qin Tao was not qualified to participate in the reception banquet that day, but he had already heard of the prestige of the immortal drunk.

"I don't believe it, this fairy can get drunk on me!" He was a little proud: "I can only get drunk with old horses, people like you who can't drink enough, today I want to taste the fairy drunk!" ”

Xu Xuan and Ma Bing glanced at each other, laughing, waiting to see Qin Tao's appearance.

said that in Cai's mansion, Cai Yan's face was pale, and he watched Zhang Quan and Xi Jun leave.

"Brother Ziping, I can't imagine that even the Zhang family will go against you!" Kuai Quan sighed slightly: "Could it be that the Zhang family in Nanyang wants to be a Jianglong?" It's hateful that the Xi family has been mixed with them! ”

The reason for Cai Wei's anger is nothing else, his brother-in-law is Zhang Wen, and Zhang Quan doesn't even give his face now.

Originally, I regarded them as a family, what conflicts are there between family members, we have met many times in the past few days, why don't you talk about it privately? insisted on slapping his face in front of others.

But he didn't expect that it was precisely because of the precautions he had been taking all the time that Zhang Quan was angry, and this time he took advantage of the situation to open up the relationship under the provocation of the Xi family.

It must be said that people think about themselves and do not think about others.

The young people who all went to greet Zhao Yun, Zhang Yun was the only one missing, such a thing, no one could stand it, if it happened to his son Cai Mao?

Originally, the two elders were drinking in the study, and Huang Chengyan, the junior, was not qualified, but who asked him to represent his family? Naturally, I attended the table on the side.

Eating is not a word, it is a serious meal. The study looks casual, like in a wine shop.

"Father-in-law, in fact, things are not that bad!" He spoke first: "At present, for Zilong, the biggest difficulty is not a problem of money at all. ”

"Oh?" Kuai Quan raised his eyebrows: "Let's talk about it." ”

Huang Chengyan was silent, staring at his father-in-law.

Cai Yan secretly praised a good son-in-law in his heart, and nodded gently: "Although your loyal uncle and I have not been married, we are like brothers, so you can tell each other directly." ”

"That's good, the little nephew has the courage to analyze for his father-in-law and uncle." Huang Chengyan is very responsible, and he is not stage frightened: "The wealth of the Zhao family is the best in the world, if it weren't for Zhao Zhong's protection, it might have collapsed long ago." ”

"What's more, there is the Zhao family of Shu County behind it? Yan Xingong's grandfather is also the third prince, and his prestige is not small. ”

"The Zhao family still wants to be a maritime businessman, but in fact, it is just to tie everyone's interests together, and in the future, they can help each other, and the forces behind each family are gathered, and even the emperor has to give in."

This is one of them, and one of them is the most important one. In the course of my conversation with Zilong, I found that he was not selfish at all and was very honest. ”

"We cooperate with anyone, and we have the bottom of our hearts when we cooperate with such people."

"The Zhang family in Nanyang County also has an uncle and a third duke, so what? In the future, they will not be able to control our fleet at sea. ”

"Zilong hopes that everyone will complement each other, those martial artists in Nanyang, follow the fleet, and command the battle. Of course, more people are needed. ”

"For example, I was able to get into his eyes because I had studied some of the things on the ship, and he wanted me to follow the fleet."

According to Zilong, wooden boats at sea usually do not have a better lifespan than on land, and they are easy to break. He gave the example of a salt worker who had been in contact with salt for a long time, and his hands were rotten. ”

"So, I'm on board to think of ways to delay or even eliminate damage to the big ship."

What a smart person Kuai Quan was, he knew right away what a great business opportunity it was.

The gossip on the street is naturally reported by others, and a wise man like him just laughs at it.

Then Kuai Quan's words made Cai Wei overjoyed.