After the new momentum of Mingli Bao, by the end of April, the golden million who lived in the Huizhou Hall of Beijing ushered in the day of the crowd, and the number of visitors was endless. Most of them were southern merchants who were entrenched in the capital, as well as officials from Huaiyang and Huizhou, and the topic of discussion was naturally inseparable from the exchange of silver bills.

Gao Changjiang, another wealthy man who lived in the same courtyard, was also hit by an arrow without psychological preparation, and Li You used his name to hype up the concept of exchange between Jingshi, Yangzhou, and Hankou, which made him have a hard time. It is useless for him to deny it repeatedly, but others would rather believe the newspaper than believe him to refute rumors, what is written in black and white, can there be anything wrong? It's better than empty white teeth.

There are too many people there in the golden million, and those who can't squeeze in come to find the senior staff, and there are also a vote of Huguang and Jiangxi fellow villagers and neighbors who are also frequently harassed, so that the senior staff are tired of coping, and their normal life has been greatly disturbed. It is a pity that the law is not perfect in these years, and the senior officials who have violated the right to reputation are helpless.

"Do you want to be driven ducks to the shelves?" When staying up in the dead of night, the senior staff sighed at the broken candle.

Although he was interested in learning more about this exchange, he was only curious and did not really make up his mind to do it, which was unprecedented. But now, familiar fellow villagers have said that they will return to Huguang with a silver ticket next time, and ask him to take more care and charge less fees... Thinking of this, the senior staff couldn't help but cry without tears.

The spring was warm and the sun was shining, and after Li You went to the Yamen, he read the official document and went home again. Now his official position can really be called light. The biggest advantage is that you don't need to sit on the board of directors all day long.

Taking advantage of the good weather, Li You took out a son and a daughter and played in the yard. When he was enjoying himself, a disciple came to report: "Master Cheng Jiayu is visiting." ”

This Master Cheng Jiayu naturally refers to Cheng Yucheng, the elder brother of Li You's four-room concubine Cheng Xiaoniang. Li You doesn't look down on Cheng's father-in-law, so he doesn't have much contact with the Cheng family in the capital, but Cheng's uncle is not bad, and he often comes to visit the door.

Cheng Yu does know how to be a man. I bought two colored leather balls, and Miss Li and Second Young Master Li gave one to each other, and they each played happily. Then he said to Li You: "I came here today, and I was also entrusted by others, and I really can't refuse." ”

Li You asked, "Who is it?" ”

"The master of the Xishang Lu family, you have also seen it." Uncle Cheng replied, "If you are free tonight." He wanted to set up a banquet to entertain him. ”

The Lu family, the Lu family of Western merchants. Li You suddenly understood. Again, there are some people who can't sit still.

For the Western businessmen who run the silver shop and the bank, the true details of the Huichang silver account are not a secret, and the relationship between Jin Million and Li You can be found out with a little inquiry. Both sides are deeply involved with Li You, and if it is not Li You who manipulates the exchange of silver bills, it is simply a humiliation for everyone's IQ.

Speaking of the Lu family, the relationship with Li You is also quite deep. Last year, after Li You entered Beijing, he served as the governor of the Five Cities Imperial History. The youngest son of the head of the Lu family was imprisoned for several months, but he was implicated in the court battle. A series of things were triggered. Although the Lu family is rich, they are also tossed unclearly.

The final result was that the head of the Lu family was forced to turn his back on Peng Ge Lao in order to protect himself. voted for the eldest princess as a backer, and the old family owner had no choice but to let his own account bureau guarantee the discredited small silver shop that Li You took over, which is now the Huichang silver number that has caused discussion in the capital.

To say that Lu Zhaojie's old staff is also a time-honored brand in Beijing with a capital of 200,000 taels, and it is one of the largest in the silver deposit and loan industry. To vouch for the business of Li You, the enemy, was really forced to be helpless at that time. Although they were reluctantly reconciled, the hatred was even greater.

However, in the eyes of colleagues in the industry who are also in the Western business lineage, they always feel that there is always a bit of confusion between Mr. Lu and Li You. …,

When Mingli News hyped up the cooperation between Huichang Silver and Jin Million, the Lu family suddenly doubled the pressure. First, other families think that it may be the Lu family that supported the Huichang Yinhao; The second is that other families exert pressure to let the Lu family talk to Li You and find out Li You's intentions.

Old Man Lu said that he was suffering about this, feeling like he was being roasted on a fire, and if it was possible, he would never want to deal with Li You again. But colleagues are not stupid one by one, and they all recognize him, intentionally or unintentionally, and they must come forward.

There is really no way, and Old Man Lu can only accept it with a sad face. He thought about it, but remembered that there was a niece in the second room of the family who married Cheng Yu, the son of the Cheng family, and the Cheng family was also related to Li You.

Therefore, the old man Lu asked Cheng Yu to be a middleman and invited Li You to talk. That's why I have today's trip to Cheng's uncle Li's house.

But Cheng Yu has no psychological pressure, he knows that Li You is determined and not a good talker. It's just that he was routinely asked by someone to ask, and Li You didn't agree and it didn't affect him.

Li You thought about it for a moment, but nodded and said, "You can do it tonight." ”

Uncle Cheng was stunned, he didn't expect Li You to agree so happily, he almost thought he had heard it wrong, and involuntarily confirmed: "Tonight? Then I'm going to report it to Uncle Lu quickly. I heard that the location is Dongting Tower, and Uncle Lu has chartered today and tomorrow, just to wait for you. ”

"Go!" Li You waved his hand. After seeing Cheng Yu leave, he ordered to go down again, and sent people to Huichang Yinhao and Huizhou Hall respectively, and asked Mr. Dai, the treasurer outside the silver number, Jin Million, and Gao Changjiang to go to the Dongting Tower tonight.

Lu Zhaojie got Cheng Yu's reply, and he couldn't say what it was like in his heart. He dares to provoke others, but Li You is the only one who is not easy to provoke. Since betraying Peng Ge Lao, who is also from the Western Province, he has only one way to rely on the eldest princess of Guide, but it is obvious that Li You has more weight here in the eldest princess of Guide.

At dusk, Mr. Lu and Cheng Yu rushed to Dongting Tower together. I thought I had arrived early, but someone arrived before them, and after passing the name, it was the recent hot gold million, Gao Changjiang, and Huichang Yinhao's shopkeeper in the newspaper.

Although Old Elder Lu only wanted to talk to Li You in secret, and did not plan to entertain others, since Li You had called everyone here, he had no choice but to increase the number of seats.

As for Li You himself, it was long overdue. At this time, the first five people had been chatting for at least half an hour. As the only official in the banquet and the fifth grade, this frame should be and understood.

Li You entered the table, ignoring the female music in the corridor and the maid who accompanied the wine, and said to Lu Zhaojie coldly: "I heard that you want to talk to this official?" ”

Hearing that the other party took the initiative to get to the point, Lu Zhaojie couldn't help but feel relieved in his heart, the main purpose of tonight was to be entrusted by industry colleagues. Picked out the words from Li You's mouth. I was afraid that he would play the Tai Chi kung fu of the official routine, but he took the initiative to mention it.

The old man thought about it and said: "The matter of Huichang Yinhao opening a silver bill exchange has spread to the public, and the old man is in the same industry and is very concerned about this matter. This is really not a trivial matter, so I would like to ask for advice. ”

Li You pointed to Jin Million, Dai Shopkeeper and others, "The official has already called all the parties involved." Whatever you want to ask, just ask, and they will answer. ”

Old Man Lu pondered his tone and asked, "The business of exchanging silver taels in different places." How sure are you that you will succeed? ”

"Hahahaha!" Li You suddenly burst out laughing. He also said just now that he would let the "party" answer, but now he grabbed the conversation again, but there was no one present who had anything to do with him. "Lu Yuanwai, what are you asking about, the matter has come to this, how can it not be done?"

Li You stretched out his hand and pointed at the golden million, "You should know who he is, a famous giant businessman in Yangzhou." At the beginning, the Son of Heaven donated 500,000 taels to the south, such financial resources. How many people in the world can be compared? You don't have the courage to donate 500,000 taels, right? With such financial resources in Yangzhou, is it difficult to turn over the silver bills? ”…,

changed direction and pointed at the shopkeeper Cheng. "On the Jingshi side, Huichang Silver now has two or three hundred thousand counters of silver, as long as the expenditure is moderate, stop other lending, and temporarily support the turnover of the exchange of bank bills is not a big problem.

Moreover, the Huichang silver number is a new creation under my inventory, and the golden old man in Yangzhou is also my old Taishan. With this relationship, it is very easy for both sides to cooperate seamlessly, and there will be no mutual suspicion! Work together, its benefits are gold, what can you say you can't do? ”

Li You paused slightly, raised his hand again but pointed at Gao Changjiang: "In addition to this high-ranking officer in Hankou, he is also a timber merchant, grain merchant, and tea merchant with strong financial resources. He also intends to participate, if Hankou is added, it will be enough to form a network foundation with Jingshi and Yangzhou, and the hinterland will be wider, and the chance of success will also be increased! ”

Gao Changjiang opened his mouth, wanting to explain that he didn't have this plan for the time being, but when the words came to his mouth, he was glared back by Li You with a fierce color.

Li You drank all the wine handed over by the maid in one gulp, and continued to say to Lu Zhaojie: "You probably don't know that the business of exchanging silver taels in different places is the intention of the eldest princess of Guide and strongly promoted. ”

This sentence made the old man change color slightly, could it be that His Royal Highness Chitose ate half of the shares of Huichang Yinhao, and this factor is included? That's probably the biggest takeaway of the day.

Just thinking about it, he heard Li You reprimand: "So your question is ridiculous!" There are people pushing above, there are people demanding below, and there are enough financial resources to operate in the middle, and they trust each other and work together. You say, what's the possibility of not being able to do it? Why can't you do that? ”

Immediately, Li You stood up and said unceremoniously to Old Man Lu: "If your problem today is at this level, then there is no need to continue talking!" Leave! With that, he threw up his sleeves and left.

Rude! It's rude! The old man's beard trembled, but he could only endure it, and a night banquet broke up.

On the way back to the hall, Jin Million walked with Gao Changjiang all the way, Gao Changjiang deliberately provoked the conversation, shook his head and sighed: "Little brother, I said something that I don't like to hear, which makes my son-in-law a young man, too arrogant, a little arrogant." In the long run, he will inevitably suffer a big loss, and Brother Jin must persuade him to be good. ”

Jin Million pondered for a while before replying: "Brother Xian, it's true that Brother You has these faults as you said, but I know that he is a person who understands and will not be arrogant for no reason. Beneath the surface, there must be another meaning, but now you and I can't see it. ”

Gao Changjiang saw that Jin Million was helping Li You speak, and he didn't say anything anymore, but said that Jin Million was a good son-in-law, and he was not an outsider to talk too much, and it was easy to provoke disgust if he talked too much.

It's just that Li You was re-evaluated in the hearts of the senior staff, and Li You's friendability was lowered by a notch.

Although this person has a deep background in young age, is very influential in the capital, and looks promising, his personality determines his fate, and the end may not be good. An arrogant and arrogant person is destined to be defeated, and if he has too much to do with him, he may be dragged into the water.

didn't mention it, but said that when Lu Yuanwai returned home, he was still indignant about the contempt he had suffered, and his anger could not be suppressed. I can't help but be ruthless, since you Li You are blindly optimistic and regard this matter as nine out of ten, then I will teach you a lesson!

They monopolized most of the silver deposit and loan business in the capital, and their attitude towards Li You, a possible spoiler, was already very interesting, and they were even secretly hostile because of the pressure of competition. So tomorrow I went to the Shanxi Hall, met with my colleagues and provoked a few words, saying that I would unite to create some problems for Li You!

Western businessmen join forces, there are at least millions of silver, what will Li You use to fight hard? He didn't believe it, Li You could cover the sky with one hand and arrest all their Western businessmen and put them in prison! In the capital, no one can do this, and neither can the Son of Heaven! …,

The next day, Mr. Lu left for the Shanxi Guild Hall, where colleagues in the industry were waiting for his news.

After seeing each other, Lu Yuanwai said worriedly: "I talked to Li You last night, this person is very arrogant and arrogant, relying on the financial resources of Guide Chitose and Yangzhou Golden Million, and does not put my generation in his eyes, if he takes this opportunity to sit big, it is inevitable to annex my generation's industry." You must know that he is from the south, and his father-in-law is a Hui merchant, so he is not a fellow traveler with us at all. ”

Lei Changwen, the owner of another big silver village in the capital, asked suspiciously: "Is this really the case?" ”

"Sure! So we had to guard against it! Lu Yuanwai affirmed.

Lei Yuanwai and several other people looked at each other, and then threw a newspaper to Lu Yuanwai with a cold face: "This is today's Mingli newspaper, you can take a look." ”

Lu Yuanwai looked down, and there was an eye-catching article on the homepage - "The five giants conspired for a great cause, and they met in Dongting Tower last night!"

Today's news and the gentlemen know: Last night, the head of the Lu family of Western businessmen, under the recommendation of the eldest son of the Cheng family of the Beijing Salt Merchants Association, secretly met with Yangzhou Gold Million, Hankou Gaoyuan, and Huichang Silver to wear the shopkeeper.

According to the chief writer of this newspaper, the Lu family, who owns the Xiangchang Accounting Bureau, intends to get involved in the exchange business in different places, and wants to cooperate with the previous three parties.

In addition, according to the analysis of the industry gentleman, Lu Jiaxiangchang Accounting Bureau is actually the guarantor of Huichang Yin, and has always endorsed the business of Huichang Yin, and the relationship is very close, so it is not surprising that he took the initiative to take the boat with a tailwind this time. ”

Raising his head to meet the skeptical and distrustful eyes of his colleagues, the old man wanted to argue without words and cry without tears, and issued the same emotion as Gao Changjiang, how could a newspaper named "Mingli" be so undisciplined? Not all things in black and white are true.

"Brother Lu, everyone is in the same vein as Jindi, and you can't lose your temperance with your fellow villagers." I don't know who muttered something in a whisper. (Your support is my biggest motivation.) )