A group of people led by Bai Rongcheng and Bai Rongxin all looked serious, and even Bai Rongxin, who had always loved to joke, was not smiling.

Of course, Meng Qingyun felt it, otherwise he wouldn't be as well-behaved as a quail just now.

"What do you mean?"

Bai Xiuqing said mysteriously: "Let's go and eavesdrop." ”

Meng Qingyun frowned: "The elders probably have important things to discuss, why should we girls join in the fun." ”

Bai Xiuqing was unconvinced: "Why can't girls participate in important things?" Is our Bai family's business only based on men's hard work? Bai Fujian is still a hairy boy, so he follows up every day, and he always takes me as a sister in his eyes, he made a face at me just now, he can participate, I can't participate? I'm going to have to check it out. ”

She insisted on pulling Meng Qingyun back and touching it from the Shan Hall.

Meng Qingyun is also half-pushed, and the men of the Bai family are busy with only one major thing these days, that is, the city department goes to sea to buy and buy, and today Bai Rongcheng and the others have solemn expressions, could it be that this matter has changed?

After all, she was also the heir of a multinational consortium, and she was naturally interested in the operation of large-scale commercial projects.

The two girls held hands and sneaked into the gate of Congzendo, and Asakusa and another maidservant followed behind the two masters with a stomach full of worries.

After the masters and servants entered, they did not pass through the middle of the courtyard, but followed the corridor next to it, and lightly touched the outside of the main hall.

The door of the main hall was open open, Bai Rongcheng and the others were sitting inside, and they didn't shy away from people, and the maids who served the tea were also standing in the corner.

Bai Xiuqing and Meng Qingyun didn't need to find a place, they just sat down with the beauty under the verandah near the door outside the hall, and the voices inside could naturally be heard.

"Has the news been confirmed? Does the Hu family really want to participate in the bidding? ”

The first to open his mouth was Bai Rongcheng, and his voice was a little heavy just by listening to it.

"Yes, the news revealed by Governor Feng is undoubtedly confirmed."

Syllable!

I don't know who slapped the table and said angrily: "The Hu family is a merchant in the north, and the trade at sea has always been done by our southern merchants, why do they mix?" ”

"This Hu family, it turned out to be just a salt seller and a horse seller, because Taizu opened the border state field, only to make a fortune, but also a 'richest man in the north' name, now outsiders say, are 'the south has the Bai family, the north has Hu business', our Bai family is a hundred years of business, but their Hu family is a nouveau riche, how to be worthy of us as famous!"

That's what you say. Although the Hu family has a shallow background, but the business is really not small, their Delong Bank, known as the world, and now even our Bai family's business is the account of the Delong Bank. The name of the richest man in the north of the Hu family is only worthy of the name. ”

"He is the richest man in the north, and he can't hinder us, but now the city is a businessman's territory, and the Hu family is entrenched in the northwest, but I am afraid that he has never even seen the sea, and now he insists on interfering sideways, don't you take us in your eyes?"

Everyone in the hall began to talk about this.

Speaking of which, because this dynasty only opened two cities in Mingzhou and Guangzhou, because of the geographical location, it is true that the southern merchants are doing maritime business. Now all of a sudden, the merchants of the Northland have intervened strongly, and the so-called comers are not good, and their own territory has been invaded, so they are naturally hostile.

After the room was full of discussions, Bai Rongcheng spoke: "The Hu family wants to intervene, everyone competes fairly, we are naturally not afraid." However, salt, horses, and money villages, these businesses are inextricably linked with the imperial court, and the Hu family has been operating for decades, and has a deep relationship with many officials in the court. ”

I only heard Bai Fuli's voice and said: "They have a recommendation from officials from the DPRK and China, don't we have it?" ”

There was an awkward cough in the hall.

Bai Rongxin sighed: "This is the difference between us and the Hu family. Although both of us have the title of the richest man, the Hu family in the north, the salt, horses, and money farms operated are either people's livelihood plans or military and political priorities, if there is no official protection, there will be many obstacles, so the Hu family has always flattered the powerful, and there are many alms and bribes, and over the years, they have already woven a network of relationships in the northern government; A high-ranking official from the north in the center, ten of them have received money from the Hu family, so they naturally have to endorse the Hu family. Although our Bai family is also known as the richest man in Jiangnan, but the operation of the shopping mall has its own pattern, and the people in Shilin have always believed that businessmen value profit over righteousness, and if they have too deep contacts with merchants, they are greedy for money and lose their integrity; In order to seek words, we and other businesses are also self-contained, and they only need to operate their own business, and they do not need to curry favor with the government. Because of this, there are real interest supporters in the DPRK and China, unlike the Hu family. ”

Bai Fuli said: "But now that it has become a dispute between northern and southern merchants, our Bai family, as the leader of the southern shopping mall, if we lose to the northern merchants, won't we lose the face of the southerners?" Officials in the DPRK and China, don't they have the same righteousness? ”

Da Lang has always read, and sure enough, he was angry.

"Whether the Bai family wins or loses, what does it have to do with them as officials? Our businessmen have just lost face, and their official positions under the ass are still very solid. It's none of my business, so it's naturally hanging high. ”

"To put it bluntly, if we only fight for financial resources and manpower, we are not afraid of the Hu family at all, but now, there is no one in the court to recommend and guarantee us. If it is in the center, the officials in the south can also collectively support our Bai family like the officials in the north, and they will naturally win. ”

On the verandah outside the hall, Bai Xiuqing and Meng Qingyun heard it very clearly.

Bai Xiuqing said gloomily: "The current situation of our Bai family has been based on the hard work of several generations, and the relationship between officials has always been very weak. If you look at Feng Zhenzhen's attitude towards us, you can see that the people in Shilin despise the merchants. Because of this, the family has high hopes for the eldest brother, hoping that he will be able to shine on the lintel of the Bai family in one fell swoop, and he will not have to suffer the white eyes of those people in the government. ”

Meng Qingyun said: "The southern officials in Beijing refuse to support our Bai family, on the one hand, because they have no interests and have nothing to do with themselves; On the other hand, it is also because our Bai family does not have enough influence on the southern Shilin, unlike the Hu family and the officials in the north. ”

Bai Xiuqing was annoyed and depressed: "Yes, that's why uncle and father are so helpless." ”

Meng Qingyun said casually: "Actually, it's not that there is no way to ......."

Bai Xiuqing followed the conversation and asked, "What way?" ”

Meng Qingyun replied casually while pondering: "Although the Bai family has a business in seven states and sixteen roads, and is rich in Jiangnan, but this is only as an economic benefit of the enterprise, if you want the government and Shilin to support the Bai family, you must enhance the social benefits of the enterprise, especially the cultural influence, so that the local and even southern-born officials in Huizhou will identify with the Bai family, and regard it as a fellow villager, sharing honor and disgrace." In this way, the officials of the southern department will naturally support the Bai family. ”

"What economic and social benefits ......" Bai Xiuqing was frightened by these new terms, and seeing that she analyzed it clearly, she couldn't help asking, "What you said is the Tao, could it be that you really thought of a way?" ”

Meng Qingyun's mind was running at a high speed, immersed in his own thoughts, his eyes were actually empty, and he didn't really pay attention to the people around him, and when he heard Bai Qingxiu's question, he just subconsciously replied: "There is a way......

Bai Xiuqing exclaimed in surprise: "You really have a way!" ”

This loud voice was so loud that it finally alarmed everyone in the hall.

"Who's out there?!"