In the end, the four of them decided to call each other brothers, although this title did not necessarily mean anything, and they immediately became more close to each other.

The three people who came to visit Zhao Dagui are all famous in history, and strictly speaking, they are still Zhao Dagui's biggest competitors, but whenever possible, Zhao Dagui really wants to beat all these people out so as to monopolize the business of foreigners, but he knows that this matter is impossible, only good words and good words are entertained.

Among these three people, the person who is the leader is surnamed Wu, his name is Jianzhang, his name is Tianxian, and he is a person from Xiangshan, Guangdong, whether it is now or a few years later, he is a well-known figure, and he has also left a strong mark in China's modern history, although it is not necessarily a good one.

This Wu Jianzhang was quite poor when he was young, and he could only sell chickens for a living, and was nicknamed "Selling Chicken Shuang", and later called "Wu Shuangguan" after his career.

As for how he made his fortune, there are many rumors, but there are not many that historians really recognize, only that this Wu Jianzhang felt that selling chickens had no future when he was young, so he went to work in a foreign company, learned to speak fluent Cantonese English (the kind of English that does not speak grammar, only speaks words), and then slowly grew up in the process, and finally became a regular merchant of the Thirteen Foreign Companies.

When the Qing court abolished the merchant system on July 27, 1843, there were actually only 10 foreign firms left in the 13 foreign firms, and this Wu Jianzhang was the proprietor of the 10 foreign firms.

However, many people should know that Wu Jianzhang is really famous because he later entered the officialdom, originally donated more than 500,000 taels of silver to become a nominal supplementary platform, but he didn't know which incense was burned right, and he was appointed as an acting Taoist platform with real power, which is commonly known as the Demon Capital Taoist platform;

Later, although he was removed from office because he offended the French, he was also Jane in the emperor's heart, and a few years later he was re-activated as a formal magic capital platform, and he did a lot of things during the period of the Little Knife Society and the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, and had great influence, and had considerable research value in the process of China's modernization.

Among the two people who came with Wu Jianzhang, the one surnamed Lin is called Lin Aqin (just transliteration), he is a casual businessman in Guangzhou, and his family wealth is actually not much, and the capital that can be taken out is estimated to be less than 2,000 yuan.

The British were eager to seek talent during this time, and they valued this merchant surnamed Lin very much, so they actually made up 8,000 yuan to lend Lin Aqin and asked him to set up a trading house called Yisheng Bank to help buy or sell various goods.

In fact, Zhao Dagui pays great attention to this Boss Lin, and even attaches more importance to it than Wu Jianzhang, because his path to making money is, from a certain point of view, a copy of the story of this Master Lin's fortune.

Historically, Lin Aqin's Yisheng Bank started with 8,000 yuan of borrowed ocean as capital, and made a fortune quickly in the process of acting as an agent for British merchant ships, almost getting rich, and its development speed is more legendary than Zhao Dagui's 100,000 yuan of silver earned in a month, and his income reached more than 1 million yuan in a year;

In 1845, Yisheng Commercial Bank once monopolized more than two-thirds of the import and export trade of the magic capital, which was unprecedented and unprecedented in the history of the development of the magic capital.

In 1845, the import value of the magic capital was 5.2 million yuan, and the export value was 6.05 million yuan.

It is a pity that Yisheng Bank blindly expanded in the process of development, and its transaction volume reached its peak in 1845, and then at the end of 1845, because of the unsalable foreign cloth, it owed 900,000 yuan outside, thus declaring bankruptcy, becoming a typical case of death due to addiction.

However, if you can blow a pig so big, at least you are a god.

It is worth mentioning that this Boss Lin is also really lucky, after he went bankrupt with a debt of 900,000 yuan, he was not hacked to death by the debt collectors, and he was able to return to his hometown with his whole body;

Two or three years later, this Boss Lin returned to the magic capital to do business, and the scale was not small, but it didn't take long for him to owe more than 40,000 yuan to the tea merchant, and he couldn't pay it back, so he could only go home gloomily.

This time, this Boss Lin's luck seems to have really run out, he has not been able to make a comeback, and he has not left other records in history, but at least he should be said to be a rather legendary person.

This third guest's surname is Yang, called Yang Fang, and book friends may be more familiar with it.

This is also a lucky person, who is only in his twenties now, and until not long ago he was working as a low-level guy in a silk village in Ningbo.

As a result, Yang Fang was young and good at gambling, owed a lot of gambling debts in Ningbo, and was collected by the casino (this debt is estimated to be not much), so he ran to the magic capital in desperation.

Then, this Yang Fang somehow entered the Jardine Matheson & Co. to do things, officially squeezed into the ranks of compradors, and then began to develop, and was already worth more than one million taels around 1850.

During the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, Yang Fang entered the officialdom through the doorway, and was very prosperous for a while, and even married his own daughter to the famous captain of the foreign gun team, Huaer, and then when Li Hongzhang and others did foreign affairs, Yang Fang also came forward many times.

However, the current Yang Fang is just a gangster who just ran from Ningbo to the magic capital, and he just started to do things in Jardine, and now he is just a poor guy.

Among the four people present today, Wu Jianzhang is a shopping mall old-timer and a million-dollar figure, whether in the British circle or Chinese, he can mix;

Lin Aqin is actually a small businessman, just borrowing 8,000 yuan from people and just starting to do it;

Yang Fang has the lowest status, not even a businessman, just a guy, and usually worries that a certain casino boss in Ningbo will not send someone to hunt him down.

Zhao Dagui looked at these three people, and the pressure in his heart was actually very great, these are all the protagonists of the plane's luck, at least the characters favored by the God of Wealth, compared with these people, he relied on the advantage of knowing history to earn 100,000 yuan in a month, which is just a simple inspirational story.

It is said that when the big man was born, there were sages who visited, and Zhao Dagui was happy to move, and three sons of luck came to congratulate him, which was enough to comfort his life.

After everyone sat down and finished greetings, Wu Jianzhang, as the leader of the three visitors, opened his mouth to say the true intention of this.

"Brother Dagui recently moved in, and the three of us came over today, first, to celebrate Brother Zhao's successful establishment in the magic capital, but secondly, there is a reluctant invitation. ”

"Oh, if there is anything, please talk about it. Zhao Dagui replied, but his heart flashed with the stalk of "reluctant request, don't say it".

"The three of us have just arrived in the magic capital, and we don't know how to do business here, can you ask Brother Zhao for some guidance on how this business should be done."

For example, what should be done to report the price of tea and the purchase price of foreign cloth to foreigners? ”

After Wu Jianzhang finished speaking, he stared at Zhao Dagui for a moment; Zhao Dagui instinctively wanted to refuse, but his heart moved, and he suppressed the words of refusal.

This price information has always been extremely sensitive and is considered the most important secret by anyone doing business.

Wu Jianzhang's three people and Zhao Dagui are actually just nodding friends, just because they are mixed in the same circle of foreigners, so they have met a few times, and they usually don't have deep friendships at all, and even the time they know each other is less than a month.