Of the sixty merchants invited by King Zhao, although only more than ten of them "saw" King Zhao through the golden gauze tent in the Chengyu Palace, the sixty merchants all lived in the Ninghe Palace, and naturally lived and ate together. The garden was overcrowded one after another, and there were more than a dozen round tables, although the meals on each table were not extravagant, but as far as the eye could see, there were flowers and more than a dozen tables of meals, and they couldn't help but be full of dazzling, and the deserted Zhao Palace suddenly became lively.

The merchants began to find their own seats and sit down, chatting with the others in the room, asking about the customs of various places and exchanging business. Businessmen gather for profit, and there is talk and laughter in the garden.

Shu'er and Lin Ying saw the two brothers of Song Guoqiao's family again. Before coming, Shu'er deliberately wanted to make friends with the merchants of the Song Kingdom, and felt that maybe she could follow them into the Song Kingdom without customs clearance documents, so at this time, Shu'er pulled Lin Ying and walked towards Qiao Jing and Qiao Ling with a smile on her face.

Qiao Ling turned his head and saw Chen Guo's Yan Shu and Su Ying, and whispered something to Qiao Jing, Qiao Jing turned around, and the two brothers also walked towards Shu'er and Lin Ying.

Some of the merchants at the banquet stopped eating, drinking, and chatting for a moment, and looked curiously at the two pairs of brothers Chen Guo and Song Guo who were walking towards each other with pleasant faces.

In contrast, the two brothers of the Song Guoqiao family are extraordinary, tall and tall, and have a noble and noble air that comes out of the mud and is not stained. And the Yan and Su brothers of the Chen State...... Although the tall one is very handsome, he is not as delicate as a man, without a heroic posture, and a little hunchbacked, with a pair of peach blossom eyes full of real and false smiles, like a naughty child, but also seems to see through the desolation. The thin one is also a little white face, if it is a woman, it is a fox, but it is a man...... It's no wonder that I heard that they were a pair of broken sleeves.

When Shu'er saluted, he thought that the kind-faced Qiao Ling would talk to them first, but he didn't expect the cold Qiao Jing to ask, "Boss Yan, Boss Su, I don't know if you would mind sitting at the same table with our two brothers?" ”

Shu'er smiled and said, "It's an honor." ”

So Shu'er and Lin Ying chose a clean seat with Qiao Jing and Qiao Ling to sit down, and the four of them occupied the four chairs of the same table, so that no one else was willing to sit on the remaining chair, so as not to be embarrassed between the two great businessmen of Chen and Song.

From time to time, everyone glanced at the four-person dinner table of Chen and Song, and saw that they didn't talk much, and they each concentrated on eating, but they seemed to get along well and were not formal.

A merchant from the Chu State whispered to a merchant from the Zhao State: "Look at the two young people of the Qiao family of the Song State, they are really talented, and they are even graceful when they eat. Although the power of the Qiao family in the Song Kingdom has not been as prosperous as in previous years in recent years, the future is terrifying, and the sons and nephews of the Qiao family have such a temperament, which is worthy of being the largest family in the Song Kingdom. ”

Zhao Guo's merchant laughed in a low voice: "It is rare that the Qiao brothers of Song Kingdom, with outstanding demeanor, actually took the initiative to invite Chen Guo's two little white faces with broken sleeves who became rich overnight to eat at the same table. Although the two industries with broken sleeves add up to the richest man in Chen Guo, no matter how you look at it, I don't think those two little white faces can be on their own. ”

The merchants of Shu at the same table heard the conversation between the people of Chu and Zhao, and said dissatisfiedly: "People should not be disgraced. Don't look at Chen Guo's two brothers who are young and thin, they are not as imposing as the Qiao brothers of the Song Kingdom, but the tall boss Su Yingsu is a genius among painters, even if he doesn't do business, just selling calligraphy and paintings, he can be fine clothes and food for a lifetime. But he still designs cosmetics containers, even if there is no spice from our Shu Kingdom, their cosmetics shop only sells containers designed by him, and they can open all over Chen Kingdom. He arranged the furnishings of the various shops of the Su family and the Yan family, making them flourishing and elegant, and other shops spent a lot of money and couldn't ask for his guidance. The short Boss Yan is even more amazing. Don't look at him as thin and small, but he has unique skills and is invincible all over Xiling. The ten sects and eight factions in Xiling, which we Shu people dare not provoke, actually obeyed him. I heard that His Royal Highness the King of China is very close to him, and he specially assigned two of the best guards in the Zichuan Shu Palace to be his guards. ”

Another businessman from Shu was excited when he heard this, as if Boss Yan was not from Chen but from Shu, and interjected: "Although the Qiao brothers of the Song Kingdom have extraordinary temperament, can they eat with their temperament?" I've never heard of those two names in Song Guoqiao's clan! King Zhao sincerely invited, why didn't the Song Guo Qiao clan send a somewhat famous person to the Pingliang Chamber of Commerce? Sending two young nephews who have no achievements and can't control the scene, is it possible to perfunctory King Zhao? Boss Yan and Boss Su have a big family and are the richest people in Chen State, and both of them came to Pingliang in person, which is enough to see their sincerity. In the final analysis, we who do business can always rely on sincerity. The Qiao family of the Song Kingdom is a wealthy family, the man is proud to be an official, and the woman is proud to marry into the White Jade Palace, and he is not a serious businessman at all. If you want me to say, King Zhao will send invitations to the people of the Qiao family. ”

The previous Shu merchant asked, "Speaking of invitations, why didn't King Zhao invite the Zhuge family of Chu?" The Zhuge family has been a business family since the Great Zhou Dynasty was not divided into Kyushu. For hundreds of years, they are also the only merchants of the Great Zhou Dynasty who have survived intact, and they should always have a set of enduring strategies for making money, and they can draw a few at will and share them with King Zhao. ”

The merchant of Chu State in front of him coughed and said, "Probably because there is no name of Zhuge father and son in the merchant list written by King Zhao, it is my turn to come from Song State all the way to the old man of Shengwang County. He asked the Zhao people beside him in a low voice: "Brother Ren, do you know, why did the Zhuge family, which is so rich in Chu that rival the country, that King Zhao actually didn't let them be on the list of merchants?" but one is firmly at the top of the master list, and the other has inexplicably fallen to the top of the beauty list. ”

Zhao Guo's merchant looked at a loss and said, "How do I know this?" ”

A few people turned their heads to look at the four-person table of Chen and Song, and saw that after they finished eating, they chatted while drinking tea, as peaceful as their own brothers. The two magnificent brothers of the Song State did not dislike the two thin and broken sleeves of the Chen State, and the two younger brothers of the Chen State did not praise the two brothers of the Song State in a shameful manner. They spoke earnestly, occasionally frowning and occasionally smiling, as if they had cut off the other merchants in the garden, and only humbly asked each other for advice.

The elderly merchant of Chu State couldn't help but sigh: "The future life is terrifying, and the future life is really terrifying." They can actually step on the blood that Chen and Song can't erase and talk and laugh, and I don't know if I can live until the day when Kyushu is unified, old man. Although no one believes it, looking at the descendants of the Chen and Song dynasties, maybe one day, even if Kyushu can't return to the prosperous era of the Great Zhou, at least it can be extended in all directions and travel around the world, without any customs clearance documents. "If you want to talk about "The Ups and Downs of the Nations" with more like-minded people, follow "Hot Network or rd444" on WeChat to chat about your favorite books with more book friends