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Fortunately, they didn't wait for a long time, and it was just a cup of tea, and the general manager Chen Dalei, who had recently become famous, hurriedly ran over, and when they met, they bowed their hands again and again, saying that they were sorry, saying that they had just picked up a batch of goods outside the city, and they would come back quickly when they got the report from the guys, but the place was really far away, so it was delayed, and I asked you to forgive your sins.

In short, compared to the pressure given by this luxurious environment, Chen Dalei's attitude was still very humble and polite, which made those grain merchants feel a little more comfortable. You must know that almost a year ago, when Chen Dalei first entered Beijing, he visited local merchants everywhere, and they all received the "General Manager Chen" post. At that time, few people took it seriously, and some people even lost the post casually - what kind of title is the "general manager" written on the post? How do you call each other when you meet? You are a southern barbarian in Luzon, and no one cares about yourself behind closed doors, but we are here in the Ming Dynasty! If you don't want to follow our rules, let's stay and go.

-- The business circle of Jingshi is so arrogant, and there are not a few strong dragons who want to enter the river over the years, but in the end, they are not all honestly bowing to the major guilds of Jingshi. Even if you have someone behind you, even if you have a lot of money - what can you do? The most important thing in Jingshi is power and wealth.

-- Beijing's business circles have always been so confident and proud. They had firmly believed that this was the golden rule that all merchants who tried to enter the capital must follow. However, the appearance of the Southern Shorthair has shattered all this, no matter in terms of business scale, business methods, or the forces behind it, the monster of Qiongshifang definitely does not seem to be what should have appeared in this era - it is indeed true.

But now that this big guy has appeared, all the rules of the business circle in the capital and the ideas of all the merchants in the capital must change in accordance with this fact. These grain merchants are no exception -- they all rummaged through the cabinets at home before they came, and they were happy to be able to find out Chen Dalei's previous post, which proved that they had dealings with this "Manager Chen", and they did not come to the door rashly. And those who can't find it...... After scolding the housekeeper or servant, he had to prepare more gifts, hoping that people would not care about such "trivial matters".

Fortunately, Chen Dalei really doesn't have any shelf, everyone greets each other, whether they have a greeting post or not, they are treated the same, but they don't put on a superior posture. And those grain merchants at this time, of course, never dared to look at him with the old eyes, and called him "General Manager Chen" one after another, although they still didn't know what this title meant.

After a greeting, after each sat down, they said a little gossip, and it was easy to get to the point: the most valuable and highest-ranking people among the grain merchants looked at each other for a long time, and finally explained their intentions - it is nothing more than hoping that Qiongshifang can control some grain sales here, and it is best to set an upper limit every day, such as the appearance of a thousand catties, so that everyone can make money happily together.

-- Actually, these grain merchants had a meeting to discuss before they came, and they were still very arrogant at that time, and they all said that this time they would let Shorthair close all the grain shops in Qiongshifang, and even if they didn't close it, at most they could only sell 100 catties of grain at a "flat price" every day. Why do they dare to be so arrogant? It's nothing more than four words: peer discussion, this is the requirement of our grain merchant guild!

In those days, merchants were rarely involved in multiple operations, and most of them only sold the same kind of goods, so the power of the relevant guilds was very large. If the foreign traders are new to the place, if they don't worship the wharf and don't serve the people in the guild well, they will often face the problem of not being able to rent a house, not being able to hire workers, not being able to organize a supply of goods, and many other troubles, which are still legal, and if they are illegal and all kinds of sneaky tricks, it is even more difficult to prevent.

Therefore, although the "guild" was not an official organization of the Ming Dynasty, and could only be regarded as a group formed spontaneously by the people, it managed the commercial order of the Ming Dynasty. In the minds of these grain merchants, their "peers" should be binding on Qiongshifang, which also sells grain.

It's a pity that this self-confidence was greatly hit when they sat in this reception room, and at this time they can still make a bold request, which can be regarded as their will is relatively firm. Of course, consciously lowering the requirements a lot, this must be inevitable.

Chen Dalei only smiled at the request made by the grain merchants' guild, but he was not surprised or indignant -- the grain merchants' guild was not the first guild to come and make a request. Everything is sold in Qiongshifang, which means that almost all guilds in Beijing can be related to them. Therefore, during this period of time, they often received all kinds of wonderful requests, and the grain merchant would ask for restrictions on the sale of grain, which is still relatively "normal".

Of course, the guild can make their requests, and it depends on their own mood whether they take care of it or not. For those who are generally not too excessive, or even if they want to fight a little autumn wind, they can fool around with a few dollars, and they don't mind a little loose in their hands.

Chen Dalei himself is a cautious character, in his dealings with outsiders has always adhered to the purpose of "harmony and wealth", which is also the habit he has developed over the years of doing business under the rule of the Spaniards in Manila, to the side of the Ming Jingshi, which is also a place where the power gathers, it is not unusual for him to act on the basis of his previous experience in Manila.

If Chen Dalei's style is completely followed, Qiongshifang will inevitably suffer more losses in the process of opening up the Beijing market -- of course, it may also be less troublesome, and no one can say for sure. However, Chen Dalei is not a man of his word in Qiongshifang, although he has the title of "General Manager of Qiongshifang", but here, Chen Tao, as a "real shorthair", still has a higher voice than him. And although Chen Tao himself is relatively gentle and doesn't like to cause trouble, but after all, he is a modern man, and he is a young man, knowing that he has an invincible army and a group of strong partners behind him, so it is impossible to compromise like Chen Dalei in many things - anyway, regardless of the martial arts, soft and hard, bright and dark, we are not afraid!

Some time ago, there was a group leader in the Nancheng area, that is, the beggar leader, who came to extort bamboo and demanded that he be paid a sum of money every month, otherwise the beggars would come and make trouble. According to Chen Dalei's idea, it is just a matter of destroying wealth and eliminating disasters, giving some money to fool things over. But Chen Tao refused, saying why should we be blackmailed by such people? He wants to play hooligan? Then let's talk to him about the law. So he sent a post to Luo Yangxing, the commander of Jinyiwei--this old man has had frequent contacts with Chen Tao since he had the experience of traveling to Beijing at night with Chen Tao, and he can be regarded as a friendship. Chen Tao also learned from him that the incomparably tall organization in the impression of Jinyiwei was still in charge of the small things in the streets and alleys of Beijing: such as night patrols, watchmen, fire prevention and theft prevention, etc., the Yamen of Shuntianfu did not care at all. In other parts of the Ming Dynasty, it was basically left to the people to take care of themselves, and sometimes even beggars were left to do it. But the capital division is important, and it is not easy to ignore it, so Jinyiwei took over the burden, and there is a group of people in charge of this matter, headed by a general banner.

With the idea of trying it out, Chen Tao sent a post to Luo's commanding envoy's mansion, and Luo Yangxing's side was really face-saving, and soon arranged for someone to clean up the ground in Nancheng, where Qiongshifang was located.

Things were done very neatly, but in Chen Dalei's opinion, it was a bit of a fuss, it was too wasteful to use the relationship of Jinyiwei for the sake of a few beggars. Besides, Luo Yangxing himself is willing to give face, but when he sent his subordinates to help, how could he not express it at all? Chen Tao was arrogant and couldn't imagine that in the end, these omissions were not quietly made up by him - the money spent may not be less than that of the beggar leader.

So at this moment, when Chen Dalei heard the request of those grain merchants, the corners of his mouth couldn't help but curl slightly--You guys are unlucky. If it's a little earlier, or a little later, when there is only one "real shorthair" here, maybe it will be successful. Can ...... now Now the few people in Qiongshi Fang who have the final say are much more difficult than Chen Tao.

By drinking tea to hide the smile at the corner of his mouth, Chen Dalei put down the teacup after thinking for a while:

"The meaning of what you brothers are saying is already clear below. It's just that you must also know that this Qiongshi Fang is the industry of Qionghai Town in the south. Now in this city, you can't be the master. ”

The grain merchants looked at each other, and they also knew that Chen Dalei was right, and who in the Beijing division didn't know that there was a short-haired brigade of people in the capital now. The big forces behind these grain merchants are still thinking about going to the knot, and this time they came over, and they originally wanted to take the opportunity to make friends.

So a few people asked if they could ask "General Manager Chen" to introduce one or two on their behalf, but the latter was not hypocritical, and nodded in agreement after a little consideration. Then he walked to the corner of the drawing-room, took a strange curved ruler-shaped metal cylinder from the table and pressed it to the edge of his cheek, and then took a curved handle on the table and shook it a few times, and finally spoke into it.

After a few words to the cylinder, Chen Dalei put down the object and nodded to the grain merchants:

"Okay, a few directors happen to be free, let's go over."

The grain merchants looked at Chen Dalei inexplicably, but the latter obviously didn't intend to explain the mystery to them, so he only stretched out his hand and made an inviting gesture, and led them out of the reception room. (To be continued.) )