"The governor is coming, Wang has missed the distance, sin, sin!"

Ma De didn't let the welcome roll call loudly, but just took Hai Liu and Na Risong into the door leisurely, and walked directly towards the main hall. However, although he was silent, how could the welcome dare not really report his name?

Therefore, before he had walked a few steps, the "birthday star" Mr. Wang, who got the news, came out with his family and a few important guests, bowing and pretending, although he did not speak loudly, but he also attracted everyone's attention.

"Haha, Master Wang is polite. Don't be busy, don't come to buy any gifts, this gadget is my carrying, it's not a good thing, it's a birthday gift, and I hope to smile! Ma De grinned and took out a snuffbox from his bosom and handed it to the old man.

"My lord is too polite, such a heavy gift, Wang really can't accept it......" "Master Wang" held the enamel snuff bottle handed over by Ma De in both hands, and said cautiously. Snuff bottles, now called snuff bottles, flowed into China from the West at the end of the Ming Dynasty, and now they are not very widespread. However, as one of the few figures in the Hui merchants, this old man Wang knew this kind of thing. He also knew that this kind of snuff box for painting enamel was only available in the palace, and it was made in the palace by Kangxi who ordered Westerners who were good at painting enamel. Now Ma De gave this thing out as a birthday gift without blinking an eye, so how dare he accept it casually? That's more valuable than the gold and silver jewels!

"I said, Master Wang, can the gifts you gave out be taken back? I don't have this habit, haha, you can keep this thing! "I don't have a habit of snuffing, why do I keep it? Ma De laughed twice, and walked towards the hall again, "Master Wang" hurriedly held the snuffbox to the family members around him, and followed closely.

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"Your Excellency, please take a seat!"

There are dozens of tables of banquets in the hall, plus there are almost one or two hundred tables in the courtyard outside the hall, not counting the side halls, other courtyards, and backyards. Ma De didn't care about any of this, and went straight into the hall. "Master Wang" followed, gave up Ma De to the chief, and then pulled out the chair on the upper seat.

"Master Wang, you are today's birthday star, of course you are here to take a seat, please!" Ma De smiled, pulled the old man and pressed him to the chair, and then he sat down on the seat next to him. …… The chief was not full, and there were a few seats that were not occupied, so I think there were some guests who had not yet arrived. However, it is now certain that there will always be a qualified guest who will not be able to make the chief.

"My lord, you won't make a special trip to celebrate Wang's birthday, right?" Although the appearance of Ma De caused a little twist and turn in the birthday banquet, all of the people present were people who had seen a big scene, and after Ma De sat down, the scene quickly returned to its original state. And this "Lord Wang" also began to whisper to Ma De in the air.

"Master Wang, why be polite? Can't I come and celebrate your birthday? Ma De also smiled and whispered back. Hai Roku and Na Ri Song were invited to the side hall before entering the hall, although they came with the governor, but there was still a difference in status. Of course, they are not bad, and they can still get a seat, but the retinue brought by the other guests, no matter how big or small, can only go to a certain remote corner......

"Hehe, sir, you're laughing. Wang is a businessman, and the presence of adults has already flattered Wang, so where can there be anything that can't? "Master Wang" laughed twice and didn't ask any more.

"Master Wang, it's good that you can think so. I was worried that it would have come too suddenly! Mader smiled again.

"Where is it, as soon as the adults arrive, Wang Mou's canopy is shining, how can there be anything abrupt?" "Master Wang" coped with it with his mouth, and secretly scolded Ma De for not having a backache when he stood and spoke! I was living my birthday, and a governor suddenly broke in, isn't this abrupt? At first, he thought he had committed some serious crime!

"May I ask you, Your Excellency, why did you suddenly come to congratulate President Wang on his birthday?" "Master Wang" didn't want to pick Ma De's purpose for coming here, so he glanced at the other people at the table, and in Yu Zhong, a person immediately asked Ma De.

"President Wang? Could it be that our lord Wang is still ......," Ma De said in surprise.

"My lord, don't you even know that Master Wang is the president of our Hui Merchants Association?" A young businessman at the table couldn't help but be surprised. As a result, as soon as his words came out, he was gouged out by the businessmen at the same table with his eyes. Isn't this tantamount to explicitly saying that Ma De was "mixed"?

"Hehe, this friend is right, I really don't know! Unexpectedly, he actually broke into the longevity banquet of the Hui Chamber of Commerce. Looks like I'm really lucky......" Ma De replied with a smile. The businessmen at the same table suddenly fell silent. Luck? What luck does the governor want? Or the luck of breaking into the longevity banquet! Oh, this guy seems to be like other officials, he is here to ask for money!

For a moment, several of the guests pondered.

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Mader: Where they are are the chief!

All of you here are big businessmen and wealthy people, so there are often people in other seats who look here.

However, the other seats were all staggered, but the chief suddenly quieted down! So, the people who saw this situation immediately calmed down, and then, the situation chain reaction continued, and soon, the whole hall was quiet, and it was spreading to the courtyard outside the hall.

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"What's going on? Come on, everyone salute our President Wang with a cup, and wish him a long life than Nanshan! "It's a bit awkward. This was not what Ma De wanted, so, after a slight startle, he stood up and raised his glass to the "old man". And under his leadership, the other people in the chief and the people in the hall also stood up, and at the same time, these people also raised their glasses.

"Don't dare, don't dare, thank you!" With so many people's face, "Master Wang" has to drink even if he doesn't want to drink for the time being. So, he did it all!

"The birthday banquet will officially start later, please feel free first!" After "Master Wang" finished drinking, someone at the second table immediately stood up and said to the people in the hall, so that the hall quickly resumed its liveliness. Ma De looked at this person's appearance very similar to the old man Wang next to him, and it was estimated that he was the second generation of the Wang family.

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"Lord Liu, President Tang has arrived!"

The scene in the hall had just resumed, and before the chief could find a topic, he heard a loud roll call outside.

"Lord Liu?" Ma De smiled slightly, and cast an inquiring gaze outside the hall. After a while, I saw a slightly obese man with a mustache rushing into the hall at a trot, and while walking hurriedly towards the chief, he laughed and said to "Master Wang":

"Hahaha, Brother Peacekeeper, long time no see. Tang wasn't late, was he? ”

"Alas, Brother Tang! I can't imagine that you are really here, unwelcome, unwelcome! Master Wang, that is, Wang Weihe, the president of the Hui Chamber of Commerce, also left his seat and greeted the fat man, the so-called President Tang.

"Brother Peacekeeper, what are you talking about? Your birthday, how dare I not come? Tang Fatzi smiled.

"Yes, yes, President Tang is right. President Wang is celebrating his birthday, how dare I not come? After the fat man, an official wearing a four-grade uniform also walked in laughing, and as he walked, he also bowed his hand to some of the guests next to him, showing that he was an old acquaintance of these businessmen.

"Alas, Lord Liu, there is a loss of welcome, there is a loss of welcome!" Wang Weihe bowed his hand to the "Lord Liu", and at the same time made a look, rolled his eyes upward, signaling this "Lord Liu" to be careful! Since he was welcoming the guests outward, with his back to Mader, Mader did not see it.

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"You two, please be seated!" After being polite for a while, Wang Weihe let Tang Jimei and the four-grade official surnamed Liu to the chief, and most of the other guests on the chief also stood up to greet him. However, of course, Mader did not stand up, he just sat there leisurely, smiling at the two new guests.

"This is ......" Originally, Tang Jimei and "Lord Liu" should have sat first on the left and right of Wang Weihe, but now Wang Weihe's first place on the left is occupied by Ma De. And Ma De was dressed in civilian clothes, and he didn't get up to greet him. As the introduction is great, Tang Jimei and "Lord Liu" both felt unhappy.

"Don't dare, little surnamed Ma! You two, you may be seated! Before Wang Weihe spoke, Ma De said to the two with a smile.

"Surname Ma ......?" Tang Jimei is a big businessman, not a reckless person, and when he was thinking about where a big businessman surnamed Ma could come, Lord Liu beside him had already thought of the look Wang Weihe gave just now. Can Wang Weihe warn himself with a look, and his surname is Ma? ...... "Lord Liu" swallowed his saliva, and regardless of Tang Jimei's thoughts, he hurriedly pulled him to sit on Wang Weihe's right, and at the same time, he did not forget to carefully bow his hand to Ma De.

"I don't know President Tang yet, and ...... this Lord Liu is" Ma De asked with a smile as he watched the two of them sit down.

"Don't dare to ask. Xia Guan is Liu Yingxia, the grain road of this province, originally wanted to go to see Lord Futai first today, but who knew that the Lord was not there when he arrived at the Yamen, and he happened to meet President Tang who congratulated President Wang on his birthday, so he came with him. …… President Tang is the president of the Yangzhou Chamber of Commerce. Liu Yingxia replied respectfully.

"Oh! ......" Mader nodded and didn't say anything more.

The atmosphere of the chief is getting heavier!

But that's not the end of the day!

After Ma De took the lead in saluting Wang Weihe a few more glasses, a well-dressed guy who belonged to the level of the chief manager hurriedly rushed into the hall. …… This situation made the chief several people beat their hearts again! When I came from outside to report that Ma De had arrived just now, it was such a scene.

Sure enough, this person ran directly to the chief, regardless of the others, and whispered to Wang Weihe! Then, the first few guests saw Wang Weihe stand up all of a sudden, just like when he heard Ma De's arrival just now.

"President Wang, what's wrong?" Mader asked.

"My lord, this is a bit of a faux pas! Wang is afraid that he will go out to meet someone, and he can't ......" Wang Weihe's expression was a little embarrassed.

"It's nothing, just go and greet President Wang! It's just that...... Who is this? Mader asked with a smile.

"This ...... Lord Yu, here is the son of Jiangning Weaving Cao Yin Cao! Wang Weihe replied with his head down.