Qi Wei has always been obsessed with Wujin because of the million taels of fake silver tickets, and he himself is strongly advocating to defect to the prince, and his niece Qi Fengwu's words make him very disapproving.

"Father, he said this very lightly, without any basis, could it be that the Qi family would change their original plan because of this sentence?"

According to the plan of the Qi family, today the prince comes to celebrate the birthday of the head of the family, and the Qi family will take this opportunity to officially join the prince and let the prince become the backer of the Qi family, which is a major decision made by the Qi family after repeated discussions.

Qi Wei's words are undoubtedly reasonable, and the decisions made by the Qi family will not be changed because of an outsider's unrelated words.

But Qi Wannian was still a little uneasy in his heart, when he made this decision to join the prince, not everyone supported it, and the eldest son Qi Mao raised objections, and the reason was very clear, they didn't know the prince, Uncle Shen Guo is a wolf, but will the prince be a sheep?

But the situation at that time was because Uncle Shen was very urgent, so they had to make a choice as soon as possible, and Qi Wei's words also played a key role, the prince would be the future emperor, for the continuation of the Qi family's career, of course they should take refuge in the prince.

Thinking about it now, this sentence is still very reasonable, Qi Wannian was also a little confused for a while, and he asked Qi Fengwu again, "Then what else did he say?" ”

Qi Fengwu sighed and said, "He said that our Qi family's birthday this time is too public, and it is the way to cause trouble." ”

Qi Wei was furious, "How can he be so rude? ”

Qi Wannian waved his hand to stop Qi Wei's anger, and said to his granddaughter with a solemn expression: "You continue to speak, tell me what he said as it is, not a word can be missed!" ”

Qi Fengwu told her grandfather the original words of Wu Jin word for word, and at the same time said the words of the four people one by one, and finally she said: "Grandfather, I think he has a point, our Qi family will not only be retaliated against by Uncle Shen, but more importantly, we have business competitors, Donglai Commercial Bank and Baifu Commercial Bank, both of which are official businessmen, they will not compete with us fairly, if it weren't for the fact that the Qi family contributed ten times the tax to the imperial court is ten times that of these two families, they would have used their power to destroy our Qi family, although they didn't dare to come openly, I'm worried that they will join forces to deal with the Qi family, and now that we are so swaggering, isn't it just an excuse for them to join forces? Grandfather, I think I should take his advice. ”

At this time, Qi Linglong, who had been relatively silent, also said: "Father, although the crown prince will be the emperor in the future, we really don't know him, to what extent will he protect the Qi family?" How much money will he make our family contribute, and what will we do if he is too high for us to afford? What I'm most worried about is that before he ascends the throne, the Qi family has already been hollowed out by him, after all, he is not like the King of Chu, he has strong financial resources, and he may not be rare for the Qi family's money, and as far as I know, the prince has no income, and he also needs huge financial resources to maintain the army, can our Qi family afford this financial demand? ”

It should be said that Qi Linglong's worries are not unreasonable, if the prince has a long-term vision, he will not go all out to catch fish, and obtain financial support from the Qi family to a limited extent, but if the prince does not take the Qi family to heart, he will not care about the life and death of the Qi family, desperately squeeze the Qi family, and finally let the Qi family become his money-making machine and become a victim of his ascension to the throne, the key is to see what the prince thinks, this is the core and key of the problem, they don't know the prince, they don't understand a person and send it to the door themselves, This is really not a wise decision.

Wu Jin reminded them that this is this, it is easy to get on the boat and difficult to get off the ship, even he said that he would rather take refuge in Uncle Shen Guo than the prince, what kind of information does this sentence tell them? That is what kind of person the prince is, is he really as generous as the legend?

Qi Wannian fell into deep thought, and he began to reflect on the Qi family's decision, was it too hasty?

There were footsteps outside, and the eldest son Qi Mao appeared at the door and said, "Father, most of the guests have arrived, we should be able to pass." ”

The eldest son came just in time, and Qi Wannian said to Qi Wei and Qi Linglong: "You go to greet the guests first, and I will arrive later." ”

Qi Wei knew that his father wanted to discuss with his eldest brother again, and he didn't want to leave, "Father, let the child stay!" ”

Qi Wannian glared at him, "You go!" Your father is not an idiot, he knows better than you in his heart. ”

Qi Wei had no choice but to go, and Qi Wannian said to Qi Fengwu again: "You go too, ask Huangfu Wujin, what kind of gift does the Queen Mother like?" ”

Everyone left, and only Qi Wannian and his eldest son Qi Mao were left in the room.

"Sit down!" Qi Wannian waved his hand to his eldest son.

Qi Mao already felt that the atmosphere in the room was a little depressing, so she asked, "Father, what's wrong?" ”

Qi Wannian sighed, "Our Qi family may encounter the biggest challenge in a hundred years, and it is a matter of life and death for the Qi family." ”

Qi Wannian told Qi Mao what had just happened, he stopped talking, and looked at his son with hope, he has always trusted this eldest son very much, the eldest son is not like other sons, other sons are good at business, but they don't know much about officialdom, and the eldest son understands better than them, and is very sober-minded in major matters, some time ago, the Qi family discussed whether to take refuge in the prince, all the Qi family was one-sided, but the eldest son opposed the prince, his opinion was consistent with Huangfu Wujin, and now, Qi Wannian wanted to hear his opinion.

Qi Mao listened to his father's story, and at the same time was thinking, and when his father finished speaking, he basically had a rough idea in his mind.

"Father, my idea is that we don't need to rush to take refuge with the prince today, originally we were in a hurry to take refuge with the prince because we were afraid of Uncle Shen's retaliation, but now Uncle Shen has not retaliated, then let's not worry, wait and see, and observe the prince carefully."

Qi Wannian nodded, the eldest son is still sober-minded and can find effective countermeasures, indeed, they can wait and see, and there is no need to rush for a while.

Qi Wannian asked again: "Then what do you think of Huangfu Wujin's suggestion?" ”

Qi Mao nodded, "The suggestion of the four of them, I think it is very incisive, we should fully adopt it, it is indeed the case, if these four people are enveloped well, the Qi family is expected to restore the title, as for the choice of the crown prince and Uncle Shen, ....."

Qi Mao pondered for a while, and said: "I think Huangfu Wujin's suggestion is very meaningful, maybe it is his own experience, I know that he was originally the prince's person, and sent silver to Beijing for the prince, but today he actually came with Shao Jingwen, which is very strange, of course, he is now the Duke of Liangguo, and he doesn't need to be attached to the prince, but I always have a feeling that something must have happened between him and the prince, so he said that it is better to take refuge in Uncle Shen than to take refuge in the prince, maybe the insidiousness of the prince is not something that we businessmen can know." ”

"You say it very reasonably, your sister Linglong also means this, if the prince offers a sky-high price, my Qi family can't afford it, then we will take refuge in Uncle Shen, the prince will not spare our Qi family, then it will be a betrayal, there will be very serious consequences, I'm afraid even the emperor will not forgive us, well, let's make the first decision first, don't take refuge in the prince for the time being today, and then continue to wait and see."

Qi Wannian finally made the final decision, suspending the Qi family's original plan to defect to the crown prince, still remaining neutral in the power struggle of the imperial court, and adopting Wu Jin's suggestion to encircle the four extremely important people and follow the emperor's route.

．．．．．．．．．．． At this time, it is almost dusk, most of the guests have arrived one after another, and the ten large tents are crowded with guests who come to participate in the birthday banquet, talking and laughing, singing and dancing, and it is very lively.

The Qi family's arrangement of the guests can be said to be meticulous, the identity and background of each guest must be taken into account, and the magnates and merchants are absolutely separated, the merchants have two special tents, and the celebrities in the capital with honors are another tent, and the powerful officials occupy most of the tents, and their conditions are much better than the merchants.

A businessman sits at a table with two people, while a powerful official has a small table each, which is very readable.

When Wu Jin came to the tent, he was already a late arrival, and he didn't know where his seat was? Ten large tents stood in front of him like ten hills.

"Childe, I'll show you the way."

A beautiful maid came up and saluted Wu Jin, they were full-time guides, there were hundreds of people, Wu Jin handed her the invitation, this was his invitation, and the invitation card had his seat number on it.

Wu Jin's invitation was given to him by Qi Mao in the jewelry store, when he had not yet become the Duke of Liangguo, Qi Mao just regarded him as an ordinary businessman, so his position was to sit with the merchants.

The Qi family didn't expect that Wujin would use this invitation, they all thought that Wujin would use the invitation of the king of Lanling, the king of Lanling had already sent someone to say hello, and his grandson Wujin would attend the banquet on his behalf.

Wu Jin was reluctant to use the invitation of the King of Lanling County because he didn't want to sit and eat with a bunch of bad old men, especially since he was probably the Huangfu Yibiao next to him, which would ruin his appetite, and he would rather sit with the merchants, at least in a relaxed spirit.

Wu Jin followed the maid for a long distance and came to a tent in the easternmost part, where there were famous merchants from all over the country, who made a special trip to Beijing to celebrate the birthday of Qi Ruifu's head of the family.

It is estimated that there are more than 500 people in the tent, and it is very lively, everyone is talking loudly, and the laughter and talking almost drown out the music.

This is not because businessmen lack etiquette, but this kind of opportunity to exchange business opportunities will not be easily missed, and many people go to Beijing to participate in the birthday banquet for the purpose of meeting more people at the birthday banquet and looking for opportunities to make money.

So basically everyone is talking about how to make money, which is also the nature of businessmen.

"Childe, your seat is here."

The maid led Wu Jin to an empty seat, which was not far from the tent gate, and belonged to the relatively close seat, which was in line with his status at that time.

Wu Jin sat down with the encounter, and suddenly, he heard someone behind him calling him, "Wu Jin, is it you?" ”

As soon as Wu Jin turned around, he was stunned.

(To be continued)