Chapter Seventy-Eight: Going to the Banquet

"How's it going today? Fengxiao, three days will be there soon, Mi Zhu can't think that this is a trap, right? You won't have a short circuit in your head, so you won't come! Zhou Yu was so bored sitting in Biyue Xuan, he had been talking about the past and the present with Xuzhou Taishou for the past two days, plus Guo Jia and Cheng Yu were on the side, there was really a feeling of seeing each other late. Tao Qian has reached middle age, he once served as a county commander, Youzhou Taishou, because of his meritorious service in Youzhou to resist foreign enemies, he was transferred by the imperial court to Xuzhou Taishou. He came to Xuzhou for two years to pay attention to people's livelihood, develop agriculture, and drum commerce, and the people under the rule of Xuzhou were relatively rich compared to the people in other states and counties, and the worst could also solve the problem of food and clothing. He is not unaware of the things in the court, and it is precisely because he has seen through the darkness in the court that he wants to come up with the ruling party to use his enthusiasm to do something practical to complete his dream of enriching the country and strengthening the army, and one day he will be able to reproduce the glory of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty.

"Put your heart - if Mi Zhu can't see the strangeness of things like this, then he really won't take the Mi family to glory, but to perdition——, if he doesn't come tonight, let's leave early tomorrow morning, with your Zhou Gongjin's insidious energy, such a stupid thing will be played bankrupt in a few moments, and I Guo Fengxiao will be used? I'm not good at this kind of thing, so I might as well have a drink and a nap—" Guo Jia said as he stretched his waist, not paying attention to his image, but the people here were also used to him being so promiscuous.

"It's still Fengxiao who knows Gong Jin, since I know Gong Jin, I haven't seen anyone make him suffer - I also think Mi Zhu will be there tonight!" Cheng Yu also took the opportunity to close Zhou Yu's chin, and Zhou Yu rolled his eyes.

Tong Yuan was not used to the way they chatted with young people, and anyway, it was nothing for the old man to go out and find a place to take a walk.

"Gong Jin! The old man really can't compare with you young people, he drinks too much as soon as he drinks! I'm really ashamed, ashamed—" They were talking and a middle-aged man with a kind face came down the stairs, he was Xuzhou Taishou Tao Qian. Tao Qian was dressed in an elegant outfit, and no one could tell that he was once a decisive person.

"Haha--Lord Taishou is too humble, we juniors can compare with you!" Guo Jia said with a hippie smile, anyway, Guo Jia is used to being a child, and he is this kind of virtue in front of everyone.

"Stop-Fengxiao, I said don't be too guarded, the old man takes advantage of you, just call Uncle Shi! If it's really a good idea, the old man will leave, and if he hasn't returned for a few days, it is estimated that the official documents on the table are almost piled up. I can't drink anymore today - I drank too much and made a mistake! Tao Qian immediately pretended to be angry when he heard Guo Jia say this, and his face exuded a high-level aura for many years. He can see that these few things in front of him are not in the pool, he is determined to soar into the sky one day, and he can also consider it for future generations if he has formed a good relationship early. The back waves of the Yangtze River push the front waves, a generation of new people replace the old, and the future world is still the world of young people!

"Uncle Tao, you really can't leave today, and there is a dinner in the evening that must be attended by your old man. We juniors really can't hold tonight's field alone! Zhou Yu saw that Tao Qian was pretending to be angry, and immediately slapped him with a sycophant.

"Oh? There are not many people who need the old man to accompany them in this Xuzhou territory, is it a relative of the emperor? In Xuzhou, there are just a few marquis, but they don't have any real power, even if they see the old man, they have to give the old man some face, and they don't dare to be arrogant! If these are trivial things, the old man can write a post for you in the past, and the matter will be settled. Tao Qian frowned and thought for a long time, although Zhou Yu was much younger than himself, he was now appointed by the imperial court Yangzhou, and he was on an equal footing with himself according to his official rank. Although he spent money to buy Taishou, he can have so much money at such a young age, which shows that Zhou Yu is not an ordinary character. Moreover, although he was an official in the same dynasty as Zhou Yu's father Zhou Xian, his Zhou family's background was still clear, so he received Zhou Yu's banquet and rushed to come, he also wanted to see Zhou Yu, who was famous in Luoyang, Zhou Gongjin is really as legendary as the legend? In the past few days, he feels that the outside evaluation of Zhou Yu is a bit low! Even if he wanted to break his head, he couldn't think of anyone on the Xuzhou boundary who would have trouble with Zhou Yu and them.

"Uncle Tao, it's not a big dispute, Xuzhou's business family is the largest in the Mi family, and the scope is the widest, if the Mi family doesn't sell salt and grain for three days, how many people will be fed in Xuzhou's official warehouse?" Zhou Yu smiled and threw such a question to Tao Qian.

"Mi family? Could it be that tonight's banquet is Mi Zhu, the head of the Mi family? If according to Gongjin. It's really that if the Mi family doesn't open for three days, the old man's rule will be a mess! It's a bit scary to think about - if it's Mi Zhu, the old man can still speak, but although the Mi family's business is the largest in Xuzhou, some other states and counties also have their salt, iron, cloth, and silk business, which can be regarded as a giant. This Mi Zhu took over the position of the head of the Mi family at a young age, and he is also a figure that should not be underestimated. Speaking of the Mi family's Mi Zhu, Tao Qian's expression is also a little dignified, Mi Zhu can be regarded as a business wizard, under his leadership the Mi family's industry has doubled several times, he himself belongs to Xuzhou Taishou, to protect the local business still has to do, otherwise the Mi family will withdraw from Xuzhou and the huge loss will be his Xuzhou Taishou.

"Uncle Tao rest assured - I want to talk about cooperation with Mi Zhu for a win-win situation, not to lose both! Even if the business is not benevolent, it will not hurt the foundation of Xuzhou. When Mi Zhu comes, only Uncle Tao needs to drink and drink, eat and eat, and the rest will depend on us! Seeing Tao Qian's worries, Zhou Yu immediately gave Tao Qian a shot in the arm, the reason why he stayed to help Zhang Shiping was that Zhang Shiping was building his own business empire for himself, and second, he also wanted to see whether Mi Zhu, who had a unique investment vision in history, would change the flag early and follow him. Even if Mi Zhu doesn't think about himself now, he will definitely think about it for his Mi family one day in the future, anyway, he has already started to develop, and Liu Bei doesn't know where to sell straw sandals!

"Well-you always put a hundred and twenty hearts in your stomach, if we want to use official power to force Mi Zhu to comply, we don't need to let you come here to sit down, isn't this a slap in the face? Anyway, Gongjin is now a state and county guard, so he won't be so unkind about doing things, and since he is doing business, the trader is the most kind and profitable! Guo Jia also hurriedly came out to play the round, and finally got enough foreplay, just waiting for the protagonist to appear? I didn't expect the town to be gone, it wouldn't be a joke.

Having said that, the reason why Tao Qian was invited to be present is not to say how powerful he can be, but that a stranger can meet a familiar person at a banquet, and this person will approach this person intentionally or unintentionally, and his thoughts will be somewhat influenced by acquaintances. Compared to this kind of chat environment, as long as this acquaintance helps, the chance of getting things done is not very large.

"If that's the case, then the old man will hide in the back and drink, and the front will depend on your young people's own fighting methods, as long as you don't go out of line - it's still early, the old man will go back to the house first and come back later." After Tao Qian finished speaking, he looked at the sky and decided to go back to the house and come back when the banquet came, so that Mi Zhu would not criticize him.

"Sure enough, it's the old rivers and lakes - neither end can be offended!" Zhou Yu watched Tao Qian leave, and suddenly said this.

"How can you gain a foothold in officialdom without such a Taoist, he can be regarded as an evergreen tree in officialdom, don't look at him like a kind elder, in fact, there is a certain reason for his official to get better and better. It seems that we are still too tender-" Cheng Yu took Zhou Yu's words and sighed.

"Actually, he is already a good official when he does this, there are really not many good officials in this era, not many-" Zhou Yu thought that Tao Qian was willing to hand over Xuzhou to someone else to govern in order to prevent the lives of the people of Xuzhou from being ruined, and sometimes there are really many people who can afford to let go.

When they were chattering in Biyue Xuan, Mi Zhu also sent someone to inquire about the identity of the person who invited him to the banquet. Zhou Yu Zhou Gongjin, the son of Zhou Xian of Luoyang Ling, saved the car as the prince's companion, but was demoted to a white body because he offended the general He Jin, who knew that he had a song full of red power in the world in about half a month, and won the reputation of "the world's first talent", and used two songs to help a Qinglou woman win the Oiran. Later, taking advantage of his father's absence from Luoyang, he directly sold his ancestral house and spent a huge amount of money to donate a Yangzhou Taishou official. At this point, Zhang Shiping's identity is self-evident, it seems that this time he is competing with himself in Xuzhou, I am afraid that it is Zhou Yu, Zhang Shiping is just a spokesperson. He Mi Zhu was a little lonely when he couldn't find someone to fight with him in Xuzhou, and when he saw Zhou Yu's resume, his eyes were shining, just like a wolf seeing meat, and he felt that he would definitely have a good harvest when he went to the banquet.

"Master, it's not too early—don't you think? The cars outside are all ready-"

"Okay-you go and bring a few jars of good wine from my cellar--tell the second master not to wait for me to come back-"