Chapter Seventy-Nine: On the Wine Table
"The head of the house - it seems that there is a carriage of Lord Taishou Tao in front, and it looks like the situation is waiting for you!" Mi Zhu, who was sitting in the carriage, heard the butler talking, lifted the curtain of the carriage and looked out, and the carriage in front of him was indeed the carriage of the Taishou Mansion.
"Lean over - say hello!" Regardless of whether Tao Qian was waiting for him or not, since he had met him, he had to go over and say hello. When ancient people went out, in order to show their status, they put the family emblem on a carriage, so that people could know who was coming from a distance, just like the second ancestor young man who pasted my father on the door of his head in later generations. In ancient times, I looked at the carriage, and now I look at the license plate, which is the same thing.
"Is Master Tao in the car? Mi Zhu paid a visit to Master Tao-" Approaching Tao Qian's carriage, Mi Zhu got out of the carriage directly and walked to him.
"Master Mi, the old man has been waiting for you here for a long time! Get in the car and go-" Tao Qian lifted the curtain and said with a smile to Mi Zhu.
"Okay—Lord Tao, please!" What Mi Zhu didn't expect was that Zhang Shiping was so big, and he could invite Tao Qian to move, but after thinking about it, it was impossible for others, but if Zhou Yu came forward, Tao Qian would have to go! In this case, it makes sense - it seems that there is no good feast!
Looking at Tao Qian's carriage in front of him, Mi Zhu lay down for a sigh of relief, casually lowered the curtain raised, and the carriage began to move slowly.
"Uncle Tao is here—welcome, welcome—the latter is the head of the Mi family, right? Next Zhou Yu Zhou Gongjin, please inside, please inside, please-" Zhou Yu glanced at the person who got out of the car behind Tao Qian, wearing an elegant outfit, wearing a square hat, his eyes were bright, and he had two mustaches on his lips. He saw that the lantern on the car had the word Mi written on it, and there was no doubt that the person who came must be Mi Zhu. Zhou Yu repeated this sentence again in his mind, Lu Zhu is a wealthy merchant in Xuzhou, his ancestors have been engaged in reclamation for generations, raising nearly 10,000 servants and diners, and assets of hundreds of millions. Such a person is so low-key, it seems that he is also the number one person.
"Gong Jin - this is Mi Zhu Mi Zizhong, the head of the Mi family, in the future, it will be the world of your young people, how close you are." Tao Qian introduced Mi Zhu to Zhou Yu with a smile on his face, and then turned his head to Mi Zhu and said: "Zizhong, this is Zhou Yu and Zhou Gongjin, the one behind who carries the wine gourd is Guo Jia Guo Fengxiao, the other is Cheng Yu Cheng Zhongde, and the last one is Zhang Shiping." ”
"Mi Zhu, the head of the Mi family, is a myth in the business world, and the younger brother heard it when he was in Luoyang, but he didn't expect Brother Zizhong to be so young and promising! Brother Zizhong, please inside-" Zhou Yu made a gesture of invitation on one side of his body, and Guo Jia, Cheng Yu, and Zhang Shiping behind him all stood quietly behind him and did not speak.
"Zhou Dacai is a real young and promising, how can the title of the world's first talent be wasted - Lord Tao and Lord Zhou, please first!" Mi Zhu found that his aura was a little suppressed, although he was calm and composed, but his sideburns were oozing a trace of fine sweat. The moment everyone in front of him turned around, he secretly wiped a handful of sweat before following in.
Tao Qian sat in the center of the private room in Biyue Xuan, Zhou Yu sat in the upper left hand and Cheng Yu, Guo Jia, Zhang Shiping sat at the bottom, and Mi Zhu sat in the upper right hand, but Mi Zhu knew that he was also stained with the light of the VIP, otherwise he could only be at the bottom. Although the businessmen of this era were rich, the sentence "Shinong Industry and Commerce" reduced the status of businessmen to the minimum, Tao Qian, Zhou Yu, Cheng Yu, and Guo Jia were basically counted as members of the scholars, and he and Zhang Shiping were counted as comrades-in-arms on the starting line.
"Master of the Mi family, I was offended a few days ago-please forgive me, the younger brother apologized for the first time-" The atmosphere on the table was a little awkward, and Zhang Shiping picked up his wine glass to apologize for the events of the previous two days.
"Wait—Boss Zhang, what offended? What did you do the other day? I haven't been at home for a few days, and as soon as I came back, I heard that Boss Zhang sent me posts for three days in a row, so I came over non-stop immediately! Could it be that what have you done to my Mi family these days? How I didn't know! The Mi family has eaten well and slept well these days, and nothing special has happened, which makes me a little confused. Mi Zhu is a little difficult to take this stubble now, in fact, he knows that Zhang Shiping is looking for someone to make his Mi Mansion restless, but if he follows Zhang Shiping's words at this time, the next thing can only go according to the will of others.
The people present secretly said one after another, Mi Zhu is really a smart person!
"Haha-I'm sorry, the head of the Mi family is what I said wrong, what I want to express is that it is abrupt to send the worship post directly to the house three times and five times, and the place to disturb the head of the Mi family is to look at Haihan - this cup of wine The head of the Mi family will not refuse, right?" Zhang Shiping immediately turned the muzzle of the gun and stopped mentioning the incident, and directly talked about his faux pas.
"No-Boss Zhang, I will drink this glass of wine, but I can't drink it as your sin, just drink a glass for our first acquaintance. I don't know what Boss Zhang thinks? Although he is a giant of Xuzhou business, but Zhang Shiping he has heard of some people, two years of sudden emergence in various states and counties have opened restaurants, cloth villages, jewelry and other industries of shops, half a year ago after entering Xuzhou with lightning speed to win a third of the share of Xuzhou restaurant, cloth village and other industries, and his hand began to gradually reach into the salt, iron these profiteering industries, Mi Zhu is not a vegetarian to see such a sudden opponent immediately began to counterattack suppression, Relying on the Mi family's operation in Xuzhou for many years, the forces are intertwined to deal with Zhang Shiping, who has not yet gained a stable foothold. If Zhang Shiping was an ordinary businessman with no official background, he dared to guarantee that Zhang Shiping would be swept out of Xuzhou in less than three months.
"Okay-Brother Zizhong, since you have also said it, how about we have a good drink? The sea is born with a bright moon, and the end of the world is at this time-Uncle Tao, Fengxiao, and Zhongde raise a glass together-forget other unpleasantness-cheers-" Zhou Yu is not good at letting the table be cold, since Zhang Shiping has made a good start, then skip the unpleasantness and go directly to other pleasant links.
After three glasses of wine, the faces of the people present were flushed, and Zhou Yu saw that the heat was almost over, and suddenly said, "Brother Zizhong, how do you understand the meaning of the words rich and rival the country?" ”
"Gong Jin, are you bullying me for Mi Zizhong's lack of study? A rich country is that a person's wealth and a country's wealth can be equated with a country's wealth, do you think I'm right? Mi Zhu's head was a little dizzy, but he felt that his relationship with Zhou Yu was also a lot closer, and they also showed that they did not come to get along with themselves, but to work together to achieve a win-win situation for both parties, which made Mi Zhu's heart hanging in the air fall a little bit.
"Zizhong, have you ever heard of the Taishou who broke the family's county order to destroy the door?" Seeing that Mi Zhu was a little disrespectful to Zhou Yu when he spoke, Cheng Yu understood what Zhou Yu meant, so he said.
"Brother Zhongde, what do you mean? Could it be that Gong Jin, Lord Zhou, is going to be full of people without me, or is Lord Tao going to make a move? However, although my Mi family is a merchant family, it is not at the mercy of others. Mi Zhu's face suddenly turned cold when he heard Cheng Yu's words, did they want to control themselves, if they were disobedient, they would destroy themselves, and suddenly a anger that could not be concealed burned in their hearts.
"Brother Zizhong, this person is also so uncontrollable, everyone drinks together just to solve some foreseeable things, don't misunderstand what Brother Zhongde means, what he actually wants to say is that you have a lot of money and belong to a person or a family, haven't you heard that a lonely tree is difficult to become a forest? Fortunately, you are still lucky for your Mi family under the rule of Uncle Tao, and for the time being, your Mi family can still protect the safety of the party. If one day you bring in someone who is too guarded with your money, there will be many reasons to kill you, including your whole family—at this time, what can you do if you are rich and powerless? It's not a man-made knife, I'm a fish-" Guo Jia saw Mi Zhu's face change, and knew that this kid must have wanted to be crooked, so he hurriedly gave Mi Zhu a set of combination punches in order not to run too far.
"I'm a little confused, what do you mean?" Mi Zhu's head was completely clouded, she didn't know what Zhou Yu, Cheng Yu, and Guo Jia were trying to express, so she was a little confused.
"Brother Zizhong, according to your current development, all the shops in Xuzhou have more or less something to do with you, right? If you are not satisfied with the Taishou Lord's approach one day, you only need to say a word, Xuzhou will fall into chaos within three days, and a series of things such as lack of food, salt, and rice will continue to happen. Of course, you Mi Zhu Zizhong will not be stupid enough to do this, but when you encounter something that you can't predict, although you have a lot of money but you are weak, so do you think your fat will become someone else's appetizer? Having said all this, although I, Zhou Yu and Zhou Gongjin, are considered members of the imperial court, my goal is not to want the people of the world to lack food and clothing, so I will establish a chain business alliance to cooperate with each other according to the differences of each region. For example, Brother Zizhong needs to go to Bingzhou to buy minerals and return to Xuzhou to make iron, and then sell them to Youzhou or Liangzhou, how big the escort team and artificial force that Brother Zizhong needs to invest will be, and when he encounters bandits and rogues, he may lose all his money. And if Brother Zizhong only needs to wait in Xuzhou for the minerals to be sent to you, and then you have here to process and produce them and then hand them over to someone to send them to other places for sale, the two things you only need to do in the middle are to pay for the goods and deliver the money. In this way, Brother Zizhong has earned a lot more than he does now-" Zhou Yu paused, took a sip of tea and continued: "This is an alliance model, the following one is to avoid other people's money addicts' minds to do something to you, if you are violated in Xuzhou, our alliance can cut off his wealth and salt roads in various forms, and the most serious thing can be smashed with money, and he can't even spend a dime if he loses his official position and abandons his son." The latter is still a business model that is not yet allowed to be implemented - but once it is achieved, who do you think will dare to try it, even if you are rich? If you move your whole body, everyone will weigh it well. Having said all this, the obedience of the deliberative model I created must be childlike! ”
Such a large amount of information poured into Mi Zhu's head at once, and he felt as if he had discovered a new world, but when he saw the new world, he stood there like a helpless person, not knowing where to go!
Mi Zhu needed to digest Zhou Yu's words, and the wine was almost here, Tao Qian and Mi Zhu got up and said goodbye.
"Gong Jin—let me think about it, and I'll definitely give you a perfect answer."
"Okay-but if I see you again, I can only wait for Brother Zizhong's big ride in Yangzhou-"