Chapter 192: Welcome
The dinner was held in the largest building in the west of Qi Province, Rong'an Hall.
Lu Yunzhou, as a junior of the Qi family and the proposer of the Qi family restaurant, greeted guests outside the main gate of the Qi Mansion early.
Qi is located on the coast of the East China Sea, through the industrial and commercial industry, the benefit of fishing and salt, since the first monarch Jiang Taigong, generations are prosperous economic powers, the capital Linzi is a world-famous commercial and trade city. There are many merchants in Linzi City, such as carp crossing the river, and the list is endless.
Since the Spring Festival, the Qi family has begun to build momentum for today's dinner, and has sent out invitations to invite those famous businessmen from all walks of life to the Qi family gathering, which has already spread throughout the business circle in Linzi.
The banquet where businessmen gather is naturally full of business opportunities, and those businessmen who have not received invitations smell business opportunities, so they look for friends everywhere to ask for relationships, just to get the qualification to enter tonight's dinner.
And those businessmen who had already received the invitation letter were smug and proud to be treated by the first family of Qi, the Qi family.
"Boss Jia, a grain merchant in Xueling, has arrived!"
"Qicheng timber merchant Boss Niu has arrived!"
"The eldest son of the Luoyang Shi family has arrived!"
"Master Duan, the Grand Manager of Qi Country, has arrived!"
"The boss of Weiguo Paint Merchant has arrived!"
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When Lu Yunzhou saw Duan Yuhong coming with Duan Heng, he hurriedly rolled up his wide sleeves and respectfully stepped forward to greet him.
"Uncle Duan Shi is here, the younger generation has missed the distance, I hope you forgive your sins!"
Duan Yuhong pressed Lu Yunzhou's hand to stop him from saluting, and said with a narrow smile: "The old man has a breeze on his sleeves, he is here to eat with a cheeky face today, you don't have to greet me, I'll just go in by myself!"
Lu Yunzhou said with a smile: "Uncle Duan Shi is willing to come here, it is already an honor to come to the mansion, please come in!"
Duan Yuhong saw that he had dealt with it properly, nodded appreciatively, and followed the Qi Mansion servants into the mansion.
Duan Heng followed behind, patted Lu Yunzhou's shoulder affectionately, and also went in.
After Lu Yunzhou greeted Duan Heng's father and son, he quickly stopped Tu Xian, who was about to blend into the Qi Mansion in a low-key manner.
"Brother Tu, we're meeting again!"
"Oh, Qi Gongzi, I saw you busy just now, so I didn't go up to disturb you, you are busy, I can go in by myself!" Tu Xian looked familiar, and looked very harmless with a smile.
"How can this work, Brother Tu, it's the younger brother who is not well entertained, forgive me, forgive me! Ah Feng, treat Boss Tu well!"
Lu Yunzhou called the servants of the Qi family on the side, and secretly glanced at him, asking him to keep an eye on Tu Xian.
Before the dinner began, Lu Yunzhou had made arrangements for this, and the servant immediately understood and courteously invited Tu Xian to the table.
After that, the old acquaintances of Linzi also came one after another.
The biggest cooperation goal of Qijia Restaurant this time, Zhongsun Long, who is known as the richest man in Qi to the outside world, came with Zhongsun Xuanhua, the old fox did not reveal his tone at all, congratulated him with a smile, and then took Zhongsun Xuanhua into the house. However, Zhongsun Xuanhua showed great interest in the Qi family's intention to open a restaurant, and claimed that he wanted to patronize the meal, and was dragged into the Qi Mansion by his father.
Xie Zhengqing also brought Xie Ziyuan to be invited, and the top bureaucrats and wealthy patriarchs of Qi who were full of Confucian temperament politely congratulated him and entered the Qi Mansion.
And the last of the four great families of the Qi country, the Hou family only came to a junior Hou Sheng, and he put up enough shelves, which clearly did not match the path of the Qi family.
Hou Sheng's big nose squinted, and he smiled sadly: "This Linzi City is spread all over Qi Yu, you are a skilled chef, you are a worthy chef, today this son specially came to open his eyes, taste and evaluate your craft, what is the mystery!"
Hou Sheng said a word, put Lu Yunzhou in the position of the cook, Lu Yunzhou naturally would not be polite to him, sneered, and said with a smile: "There is actually nothing to say about this craft, but the acquaintances in Linzi City are almost invited, and I am really ashamed to accidentally leave you behind! I said brother, if you want to try my craft, you can just say it, if you don't say it, I will easily ignore you!"
This is ironic Hou Sheng is lonely and unheard, has no sense of existence, and his popularity is bad again, others have already come to Qi Mansion as guests several times, and Linzi City is spread everywhere, as far as he has not tasted it, it obviously shows that he has been excluded from the mainstream circle of Linzi!
Hou Sheng's face suddenly turned pale, he glared at Lu Yunzhou hatefully, and stepped into the Qi Mansion without saying a word.
Fu Qing, the general of the Hou family who came with Hou Sheng, respectfully bowed to Lu Yunzhou, and then followed his master into the mansion.
Dusk is approaching, guests from all walks of life are coming one after another, guests are full, and the carriages and horses in front of the Qi Mansion fill the whole street.
And Lu Yunzhou, who had been standing outside the door for about half an hour, also felt a little dry at this time.
Luckily, the guests were almost there.
Kuang Ziyin and Danhu, the general who had not yet left Linzi, came hand in hand, but these two military bigwigs, just like Duan Yuhong, made it clear that they were here to have a banquet and join in the fun, and business matters naturally had nothing to do with them.
And the tall and mighty Dan Chu followed him like a guard, and the promising young general of the Qi State also expressed his closeness to Lu Yunzhou.
In addition to these bigwigs who were invited to witness as witnesses, most of them were businessmen from all walks of life, the sky was getting dark, most of the old friends had been invited, but Tian Dan's figure was long gone, Lu Yunzhou Rao was confident, and still had to worry a little about Tian Dan's change of attitude.
Just as Lu Yunzhou was about to wait any longer and was about to return to the mansion, a woman in black with a beautiful figure suddenly came down from a beautifully decorated carriage outside the door.
"Mrs. Lan!"
Lu Yunzhou was a little surprised, he didn't expect Mrs. Lan to come to the banquet.
Among the businessmen who went to the banquet today, many of them are the owners of the Qinglou in Linzi City, the Qi family's dishes are famous in Linzi, and now they want to open a restaurant, and the business of the Qinglou also partially overlaps, these Qinglou bosses come to see the situation, and Zhongsun Long's purpose is similar, but it is also the proper meaning of the question.
However, Mrs. Lan has a special identity after all, and her arrival was unexpected by Lu Yunzhou.
Could it be that Mrs. Lan is here to spy on Tian Dan?
These questions flashed through Lu Yunzhou's mind, but on the surface, he stepped forward to greet him with a smile on his face.
"Mrs. Lan, welcome to the dinner party in the Hidden Mansion!"
"Gongzi Qi has been coming to my Magnolia Building for a long time, and the slave family has to come to look for you in person!"
Mrs. Lan was dressed in a tight black dress, and her body walked enchantingly, like a charming elf in the dark night, and she said flirtatious words, which immediately attracted the attention of all the businessmen around her.
Mrs. Lan walked to Lu Yunzhou's side, and suddenly put her face to Lu Yunzhou's ear, as if lovers were whispering to each other, Lan breathed lightly--