Yiyang Fang, located in the northeast of Chang'an City, and has the "Merry Xue Ze" of Pingkang Fang and the "Pillar of the Country" cradle of the Wuben Fang as neighbors, go north to the place of a square to turn left, you can go to the door, and move to the east, it will not take a moment to reach the prosperous East Market, it can be said that the geographical position is superior, the cultural atmosphere is rich, it is a rare blessed land.

The west is rich and the east is expensive, the west of Chang'an is rich, the east is more noble, but today it is a little strange, in a big house in Yiyangfang, but the businessmen and craftsmen gathered, gathered together, if there are discerning people here, you can definitely find that the people who come here, most of them are in the jewelry industry, at this moment, the purpose of their gathering together is to witness a competition, a contest about the fate and future of the Datang jewelry industry.

The grandson of the Gong family, Su Susu, is the behind-the-scenes owner of the Jinyu family, Liu Yuan.

Even though there were a lot of grievances in the past, no one spoiled the atmosphere at this time, all of them complimented each other, talked and laughed, as if they were like a family.

Businessmen show their faces, travel thousands of miles, seek wealth but not wealth, and can't put everything on the surface, but unlike those martial artists, they turn their swords at every turn and add their fists, so they have to fight to the death.

A young man of about thirteen or fourteen was in the corner, watching the people in the courtyard talking to each other, intersecting cups from time to time, and couldn't help but say with some curiosity: "Dad, look, aren't the two under the osmanthus tree Sun Guangren and Yao Quan?" One of them is a northern faction and the other is a southern faction, each of them is not convinced by each other, and threatens to give each other a good look, why do they meet now, like brothers? Reconciled so soon? ”

"Reconcile?" The middle-aged man looked at the two in the shade of the tree. shook his head, and then said with a disdainful expression: "The orthodox dispute has not yet been decided, where will the southern faction and the northern faction have a day of reconciliation?" Now they can't hate to eat each other alive, where are they willing to stop easily? However, they are too deep to show it easily, and besides, isn't it a critical juncture now? ”

The existence of every thing has its meaning of existence, the existence of each industry, and its explicit or unwritten rules. Just like the jewelry industry, in the eyes of outsiders, they all sell gold and silver jewelry, but the people standing behind the counter are different, and the style and quality are different. In fact, it is not the case, and the jewelry industry also has its own entrenched "territory". It's like a king of the mountains. Driven by Liu Yuan's abundant funds, the Jinyu family has developed very rapidly, and has stepped into other people's territory, harming or trying to damage the interests of others, which naturally caused a strong backlash from a group of people, if it weren't for Liu Yuan's backstage being too hard. It is estimated that there is no slag left after being crushed long ago.

In addition to this imminent crisis, the jewelry industry has always been turbulent, and the biggest contradiction is that it is divided into northern techniques and southern techniques. The northern technique is good at building momentum, focusing on layout and shape, and most of the works are atmospheric and heroic; The southern school pays attention to details, pays attention to details, and most of the works are graceful and delicate, both of which say that they are orthodox of the Tang Dynasty, and open and secret battles have always occurred from time to time.

The young man said with some envy: "The crisis that Daddy said, General Liu Yuan and Liu of the Jinyu family."

"Well, who else but him?" The middle-aged man nodded, and said with a worried face: "This time the Gongsun Susu of the Gongsun clan represents our comparison with the Jinyu family, if we lose, it can be said that the share of high-end jewelry in the Tang Dynasty is only afraid that they will have to take most of it, and the vast majority of us can only eat in low-grade jewelry, where these people don't look down on it. ”

Low-grade jewelry and high-end jewelry can not be compared, a high-end jewelry profits, may be higher than ten or even dozens of low-grade jewelry, if you come across a piece of jewelry like Cui Wang's "Songhe Yannian" often more than a thousand taels, that one profit is lower than the sum of the profits of those small gold stores in the past few years.

With fat, who wants to gnaw bones?

"With the power of one person, challenge the entire industry, it is really good, if I have the majesty of General Liu, it will be in vain." The boy said with some wistfulness.

"If you are comparable to a finger of others, your father and I will die, and I will laugh at Jiuquan."

When the father and son were discussing in a whisper, there were more and more people in the house, and the acquaintances and deep friends greeted each other one by one, which was very lively:

"Brother Yu, it is said that you will eat a batch of gems in the hands of Hu Shang, and as soon as you change hands, you will make a full bowl of money, which is really gratifying."

"Shopkeeper Zhou, you are not kind, my craftsman did a good job, and suddenly he was about to leave, causing Chen to give half of his salary before he stayed, and later I realized that everything was thanks to you."

"Brother Hu, Sun heard that you received a big order, more than three thousand taels, no, no, you have to do it a few times, otherwise Sun will not follow."

Everyone you say, I chatted word by word, in their opinion, this is not only a watch battle, but also an opportunity to get together, take the opportunity to exchange experience, share intelligence is not bad, just when everyone is chatting happily, suddenly someone shouted: "President Zhao is here." ”

Hearing that Elder Zhao was coming, everyone fell silent for a moment, and then couldn't help but stand up together to welcome this respected elder.

President Zhao is named nine, his full name is Zhao Jiu, it is said that he ranks ninth in the family, simply called Zhao Jiu, President Zhao can be the jewelry industry Taishan North Dou, not only superb skills, fair for people, but also willing to help peers, jewelry industry has received a lot of people who have received his favor, usually speak and do things, not to people, it can be said that "iron selfless, respectable", won the respect of everyone, Chang'an jewelry industry president was originally occupied by the gold supreme, but after the collapse of the gold supreme, He was elected as the president of the Chang'an Jewelry Guild and the general president of the Datang Jewelry Guild.

Of course, these are civil society organizations, and they do not have the power to enforce the rules, and when they implement some rules, it is entirely up to the consciousness of the members or the personal prestige of the enforcers.

"Elder Zhao is good."

"Elder, I haven't seen you in a few days."

"It's going to be good."

Many people hurried up to greet the elder Zhao Jiu, and although Zhao Jiu said that he had white hair, he was well maintained, not only his face was ruddy, but his steps were also calm. His eyes are bright, his face is always with a faint smile, and he has been nodding his head gently with the support of two glamorous maids, and he has been saying a word to acquaintances from time to time, which seems to be very self-contained.

"Yo, the elder is here, the slave family is not welcome, please take care of the adult." In the crowd, a delicate voice suddenly sounded. Then, a beautiful woman walked out, smiling like a flower and saluting while saying to Zhao Jiu with a coquettish smile.

This woman has a beautiful face. The figure is bumpy and her appearance. It seems to be specifically to confuse men. The pretty face is always with a spring breeze, there is always a smile on the mouth, the eyes are always releasing style, the beauty is always desirable, and this kind of stunner is even more flawed, this woman. It is the shopkeeper of the Jinyu family and the talent hired by Liu Yuan with a high salary: Jin Qiaoqiao.

As soon as Jin Qiaoqiao appeared, not only did many men present stare at Jin Qiaoqiao, as if they wanted to look at her clothes with their eyes, and then they could appreciate the wonderful carcass that could not be hidden under the clothes. Even Zhao Jiu, who was over the age of six, couldn't help but light up when he saw Jin Qiaoqiao.

A beautiful woman who has the upper hand a lot of the time.

Although Zhao Jiu also has emotional fluctuations, he has seen a lot of winds and waves, and he has passed such an impulsive age, so he quickly reined in his mind, nodded lightly to Jin Qiaoqiao and said with a smile: "Don't dare, now the gold shopkeeper is a man of the year in the Datang jewelry industry, Zhao is already an old man, and now it is not as good as in the past." ”

Jin Qiaoqiao smiled and said coquettishly: "It's just some trivial things, but I didn't expect that Elder Zhao would come out in person, it's really a sin." ”

"Hmph, this is not a trivial matter, now the whole industry is still counting on the golden shopkeeper to reward the food and give so many peers here a way to live" President Zhao didn't speak, a fat man with a big belly on the side stared at Jin Qiaoqiao, and said unceremoniously.

"Yo, isn't this Shopkeeper Ji?" Jin Qiaoqiao looked at the fat man, there was a look of ridicule in his eyes, and he smiled and said, "Are Ling Lang's feet so neat?" Don't leave a stubborn disease, if you become lame, it won't be a good girl. ”

Jin Qiaoqiao recognized that the fat man in front of him was the shopkeeper of a family called Cui Yuxuan in Zhengzhou, relying on his brother-in-law to be the master of Zhengzhou, it can be said that Cui Yuxuan is a tyrant in Zhengzhou, occupying the vast majority of the market share of Zhengzhou's jewelry industry, and his son Ji Yu is a famous gentleman, famous in Zhengzhou, when the Jin Yu family opened a branch in Zhengzhou, this brainless gentleman wanted to scare a family, let people retreat, do not grab business with themselves, many incense burners and many ghosts, I didn't expect to see Jin Qiaoqiao, It was shocking, this product is a womanizer, as soon as he sees a beautiful woman, he will only think about it, and Jin Qiaoqiao is not used to carrying Liu Yuan's name to do things, Ji Yu thought it was easy to bully, so he came to the door to tease, the result is needless to say, Zhengzhou is close to Qinghe, and Zhengzhou Thorn History is from Cui's family, after learning about this situation, Master Ji naturally ended up very miserable, and his feet were discounted on the spot.

Sure enough, at the mention of this matter, Shopkeeper Ji was so angry that his face turned red, and his eyes were also fierce, but when he saw Jin Qiaoqiao's vague smile, the looming light in his eyes, and then thought about the huge power behind her, he was startled, but he just turned his face away angrily, and didn't even say anything to refute.

Knowing that you can't fight, why bother to be bored? If she angers the master behind her, then she has no way to go to heaven and earth.

Seeing that the two had a dispute, Zhao Jiu immediately acted as a peacemaker and said: "Okay, Jin Shopkeeper, Ji Shopkeeper, you are all among the peers, why bother to be angry, this competition is a competition between skills and skills, since it has been decided to fight Wendou, please also ask Zhao to be this judge, it is better for the two to sell Zhao a certain face, this matter has been revealed, how?" ”

"The old president has said so, this face slave will definitely give it" Jin Qiaoqiao said with a smile, giving Zhao Jiu enough face.

If it was by force or by taking advantage of the situation, there would be no such gathering, Liu Yuan said, don't take advantage of the situation, don't make trouble this time, use techniques to defeat them, make them lose convincingly, and threaten the shopkeeper Ji, but in Jin Qiaoqiao's eyes, it is a strategic means.

"The old president is right," Shopkeeper Ji hurriedly said, "It's okay not to mention this matter." ”

Shopkeeper Ji Zhilu said, this is the old president to find himself under the stairs, and it is also to resolve the hatred between the two, after all, in terms of strength, he can't be compared with the behemoth behind the Jinyu family at all.

After a small episode, a white and pale old man, with a beautiful woman about fifteen years old, walked up to Zhao Jiu with a smile and said with a smile: "President Zhao is really old and strong, Gongsun admires it." ”

Zhao Jiu, who had been very calm just now, suddenly came to his senses, and the old man's body seemed to become lighter, holding the old man's hand and saying, "Brother Gongsun." Some days I haven't seen you, although you and I are only separated by one place, but it is really not easy to see you. ”

This white-haired old man is Gongsun Ren, the patriarch of the Luozhou Gongsun family, and this time he is accompanied by his confident granddaughter Gongsun Susu, who competes with Liu Yuan.

"Alas, I'm old, I can't walk, even if I ride in a carriage, I feel that my body is not shaking" Gongsun Ren shook his head, and his eyes seemed to be a little over. seemed to be lamenting that the era that belonged to him had passed, but he pointed to the little beauty who was following him and said, "Su Su, this is your Grandpa Zhao." ”

Gongsun Susu smiled slightly, respectfully saluted Zhao Jiu, and said respectfully, "Hello Grandpa Zhao." ”

"It's a vegetarian. Well, not bad. It's really the eighteen changes of the female university. The more it changes, the more delicate it becomes" Zhao Jiu touched the nonsense and said, "I didn't expect it, it seems that in the blink of an eye, I grew up like this"

"yes, we're all old."

Zhao Jiu said with some jealousy: "Brother Gongsun, it's just old." also cultivated such an excellent successor, but I hate that several brutes of Zhao's family are focused on eating, drinking, and having fun, and they have not grown at all, it seems that my hand art still has the signboard of Zhuoyue Building. It's almost impossible to keep it. ”

"Where, Brother Zhao is still old and strong, how can young people not have a snack, just hone it slowly."

"I hope so." Zhao Jiu nodded, the two old friends exchanged a few more words, Zhao Jiu suddenly turned his head to Jin Qiaoqiao and said, "Shopkeeper Jin, the time is coming, what about the representatives of your Jinyu family?" ”

Now the time is almost up, but Liu Yuan has not yet been seen, as the chief judge this time, Zhao Jiu couldn't help but say.

Jin Qiaoqiao also has no bottom, today I wanted to call Liu Yuan to set off together, but I didn't expect that someone who looked like a soldier temporarily had something to discuss with Liu Yuan, so it was decided that Jin Qiaoqiao would go first, and Liu Yuan would arrive later, and now the judges are related, and the opponent Gongsun Susu is also in place, even if the time for an appointment is approaching, but Liu Yuan has not yet appeared, no need for Zhao Jiu to urge, Jin Qiaoqiao is also in a hurry.

How did this owner drop the chain at the most critical time?

"The owner has been delayed for a little time, and Elder Zhao can rest assured that he will show up on time." Jin Qiaoqiao said with a smile.

Zhao Jiu nodded, and said with a straight face Jin Qiaoqiao said: "If the time comes, the representative of the Jinyu family does not appear, then Zhao can only sentence the clan to the clan." ”

Although there are some personal relationships, Zhao Jiu is absolutely fair and impartial in the face of major events, which has earned him the reputation of "iron-faced selfless".

"Yes, the slave family knows that there is Elder Lao Zhao." Jin Qiaoqiao said calmly, but his heart was up and down, because what happened, he didn't know, he was most afraid of an emergency, if he was sentenced to lose this time, then the previous efforts would be in vain.

"I'm not old, the shelf is not small, I obviously made an appointment for the competition, everyone came, as long as he didn't show up, he wouldn't be afraid, right?"

"That's it, Elder Zhao also came, and the Gongsun clan also came early to show respect for competitors, this Liu Yuan, alas"

"He is a high-ranking official in the fourth rank of the dynasty, where will he put us cheap people in his eyes, to put it mildly, people can pinch us to death like ants"

"The official's original income is not thin, but I didn't expect to still engage in these cheap industries and compete with the people for profit, why didn't anyone impeach him?"

"As soon as Jin Qiaoqiao took refuge in the Jinyu family, Jin Supreme went out of business, hum, what a Chang'an beauty, it's just a pair of broken shoes."

The Jin Yu family expanded rapidly, touching the interests of many people, and they held a lot of grudges against him, they didn't dare to say it in front of Jin Qiaoqiao, but they discussed it in the crowd, and in addition to attacking the two, they also deliberately let Jin Qiaoqiao hear it, in order to vent their inner dissatisfaction, although Jin Qiaoqiao was anxious and angry, she wanted to take out two slaps in his mouth, but she was so silent that she couldn't hear it, her eyes looked at her nose, her nose looked at her heart, and she still had a calm smile on her face, just shouting in her heart:

Liu Yuan, you guy? Why can't you pay it back? I'm in a hurry to die slaves, hurry up (to be continued......)

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