"Haha, Sister Hong is indeed not an ordinary woman. Even men with such abilities are rare. This is my first time coming to your place, but I see that there is a lot of traffic here.

Sister Hong is definitely a gold sign. If this can be discounted, I think it will probably be of considerable value." Li Cong said with a smile. This was also to cover up his embarrassment just now. No matter what kind of person,

They all hate it when someone investigates them. If he does that, he is the most unfriendly person in the eyes of others, so Li Cong must find another topic to cover up the past.

"My place is not that special. The most luxurious and fun place in the city is the Grand Hyatt Hotel. I heard that they are making a big move. A few days ago, they seemed to have bought a piece of land in the north of the city to build some kind of water park.

I have never heard of such things as a paradise." Sister Hong said with a smile, but there was always a hint of inquiry in her eyes. Talking about the Grand Hyatt Hotel in front of Li Cong really made Li Cong

I don’t know what to say. Is she really a hotel owner? It doesn’t seem like it. The scale here is not very big. There are only about a dozen tables every day. The food is not very expensive. I think

Relying on this hotel to let this woman use such spices is probably a dream.

"I've also heard about this. Some things in the Grand Hyatt Hotel are different from what we have here, but they are indeed very thoughtful. Now we are used to such things. Sister Hong can also do it.

This place has been expanded. I think there are only a dozen tables here, which seems a bit small. The business here is still very good." Li Cong said with a smile, there are really a lot of guests here, and now there are only a few tables downstairs.

There are already customers waiting for a table.

"Haha, I built this place by myself. In fact, my family is not very short of money. It's just that I don't like living in the provincial capital. I heard that Jiangning City is beginning to expand and it hopes to become the largest city in the south.

Naturally, I brought some of my own personal money and some of the money that my late husband left to me to come here to see what was going on. I didn’t expect that the hotel we built was really good. As for the big one in the future.

There is no need for development. As you can see, when the business is small, I can control it. If it grows, I will not have the support of official forces. I will inevitably suffer a loss." Sister Hong said with a smile.

It was as if he and Li Cong had been friends for a long time. At this time, someone asked Sister Hong to come in for a drink or two, so Li Cong said goodbye. The restaurant owner is his busiest time in the evening.

Li Cong just walked around outside and then the intelligence officer came back. This work efficiency is still acceptable.

"Master, we just found some basic information. This woman's name is Jiao Hong, and she comes from the Qi family in the provincial capital. The Qi family is the imperial merchant of the Ministry of Internal Affairs in the south. They are responsible for purchasing some things for the masters of the East Sixth Palace. It turns out that

He was a small businessman at that time, but the Qi family has been developing very well in recent times, mainly because the Qi family seems to have relied on a prince. As for who he is, we haven't been able to find out, but the proprietress here is

Now the head of the Qi family, Qi Tianyuan, is the god-sister. Their relationship is rumored to be very ambiguous. People say that Jiaohong is actually Qi Tianyuan's little lover. It is only said that she is the god-sister to cover up their relationship."

The intelligence officer walked to the corner and said to Li Cong.

Li Cong nodded and asked him to go down. Huangshang? Businessmen who purchase various supplies for the royal court are called "Huangshang". These people often rely on power to bully others and dominate the market.

Incidents of "people" were banned endlessly. During the war, they were responsible for supervising the manufacture of weapons and transportation of grain and grass for the royal family. After the political situation stabilized slightly, they had closer contact with the imperial court by virtue of their previous image, such as being responsible for purchasing large items for the imperial court.

Internal supplies range from lumber for palace construction, to weaving clothes for the emperor's harem, to planting flowers and trees in the palace, and women's rouge and gouache. Although the items are small, they are large in quantity and well-paid. Therefore, being an imperial merchant can be regarded as a very good job.

, which is equivalent to the company department currently responsible for government procurement. However, the connection between the imperial merchants and the court was too close, and the influence of one incident affected the whole body. Just like what is said in "A Dream of Red Mansions": "Every loss will be a loss, and a prosperity will be both prosperous."

Businessmen with close ties to the imperial court could easily get involved in the struggles between imperial factions.

The Cao family also started as an imperial merchant in the past. At the beginning, Jiangnan Weaving also purchased some cloth for the palace, but later it became an intelligence agency. Li Cong still knew about these people.

Although they look like businessmen, to be honest, sometimes their abilities are very powerful, and they can be even more powerful than the governor. This Sister Hong is not simple. She came to Jiangning City just to open a hotel.

?Will not.

Li Cong thought for a while, but he really couldn't think of any relationship between himself and the Qi family. Maybe the Cao family in the past had something to do with the Qi family. After he went back, he would just ask the old people of the Cao family slowly. It's still the same now.

Go back quickly, you have been out for such a long time, and you still don’t know what these people are like. They are about to go out soon, and drinking is harmful to your health.

Several people in this room are a little drunk now. The brothers haven't drank together for a long time. Everyone is very interested in Li Tie's personal affairs. Isn't it this time?

I have to ask Li Tie what's going on. I can't just bring him here to eat. He has to take some practical actions.

"You've got a lot of things to do. I'm here to help you, Brother Tie, to advise you on what's going to happen in the future. You're going out now. This guy keeps coming here to eat. Go out and take a look. There aren't even a hundred people eating here.

You must be 80 or so. You want to take people and restaurants back just by eating. Isn't that ridiculous? I saw a seventh-level warrior downstairs just now. He was so coquettish that he didn't know what to do with him.

, if you lose at the starting line, you will have nothing. In love, there is a reward for first place. No matter whether you are second or fifth, the result is the same. There is nothing to say.

." Hong Zhan was on the side and was starting education as a veteran. Everyone knew that this guy had good theoretical knowledge, and his practical experience was probably in the brothel.

"Don't talk nonsense. I walked around downstairs but I didn't see a seventh-level warrior downstairs. The mercenaries really don't like coming here." Li Cong said with a smile. This Hong Zhan is like this.

The words came out as soon as I opened my mouth. This is not the Warcraft Mountain Range. How could a seventh-level warrior suddenly appear? Is being a seventh-level warrior really so worthless?

"That's right. I didn't see it either. It's just Lao Hong who is so troublesome. But Tiezi, what Lao Hong said just now definitely needs to be considered. If you really lost at the starting line like that, how unjust.

No. You go and confess your love to her tonight." Zhang Shuang said loudly. After this guy said this, Li Tie's head was like an ostrich. This confession sounds very nice, but if you really pursue it,

If you don't, this thing will become more exciting, and you may feel depressed sometimes.

"Okay, okay, I think he knows what's going on with Tiezi, so let's not make fun of him here." Seeing Li Tie's look, his brother Li Gang couldn't stand it anymore and said something fair.

, but these words were so feeble, and many people just ignored it. They immediately started making noises about dragging Li Tie to confess to Sister Hong. The meal was so noisy that it was finished.

Everyone ate happily, except of course Li Tie. When he arrived at the door after finishing the meal, Li Tie wanted to pay the bill. As a result, Sister Hong was not happy with anything, so everyone just ate a plain meal.

Although it is not very expensive. It is not comparable to the Grand Hyatt Hotel. A table of meals for several people only costs more than a dozen taels of silver. However, this free treatment still made Li Tie feel the unfriendly looks of some people around him. But

Li Tieke didn't think about that at all at this moment. It's up to you how you want to see it, but we won't care about it.

It was not very late after we went out. Naturally, a few people wanted to go to the sauna. They didn’t know what happened before. Now, everyone has fallen in love with this thing. They steamed their whole bodies.

Not to mention how comfortable it is.

Li Cong naturally had something serious to do. After saying that he was going to treat this time, he walked around and said that he was dizzy and was about to go out. It was very comfortable here, but there was something more important to Li Cong, the sauna.

This thing will indeed make you a little dizzy at the beginning. So people didn’t pay much attention to what Li Cong said. This is true. Do you want people to be dizzy and stay here? Li Cong smiled and resigned, here

The conditions here are really lagging behind compared to those on Earth, but they are already very good here. These people are extremely happy, so they can throw away money as hard as they can.

This time it was Li Cong who was treating the guests. Li Cong was also very dissatisfied with the consumption. Damn it, five or six people were just taking a sauna. We were looking for two people to sleep with. They wanted me to have a fucking price of 120,000 yuan for one night.

Two taels of silver, this is still the membership price, it costs 20,000 a night, why don't you die, 20,000 taels of silver can feed thousands of people for a month, but I think that the money will eventually go to me.

I don’t want to think so much about what I have in hand.

Li Cong wanted to investigate the Qi family, and Sister Hong was not idle. Li Cong looked like a mercenary, but he didn't talk like one. He also became curious about Li Cong.

, so an investigation and counter-investigation began. Both sides were very powerful, and no one would give in easily.

In fact, it is definitely not a simple matter for Jiaohong to enter Jiangning City. Jiaohong looks like a restaurant owner, but another purpose of coming here is to investigate the Cao family business. The original investigation of the Cao family has already been completed.

It started, but after the appearance of the so-called "master" Li Cong, all the things against the Cao family stopped. They didn't dare to go against such a senior. Behind Jiaohong was the Qi family.

The family does not have the courage to go against the Cao family. In the past, the Cao family was one of the big families in the south under the care of Lord Long Live. Now it is even more powerful. The princess has already been married. This is

This is rare among the major families in the south.

What really wants to investigate the Cao family is another behemoth, that is, the Southern Business Alliance. What a huge organization the Northern Empire Southern Business Alliance is. In this way, if the Cao Family Trading Company is a small business that can start to develop in the Eighteen Provinces,

As for children, they are behemoths with hundreds of provinces in the southern part of the empire. Except for the imperial merchants managed by the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the entire empire is basically the largest commercial alliance in the south. It only takes a minute for them to deal with the Cao Family Trading Company.

thing, but thinking about the old guy behind Li Cong, everyone was a little scared. Although Li Cong's background was also very scary in the past, many of them in the Magician's Guild could still find someone similar to Yage.

The person Dawson competes with, Yage. Dawson can't protect Li Cong for the rest of his life. He has half the magician union to consider. He won't be too biased towards Li Cong, but when this mysterious master comes out, he will be completely different.

Well, this old guy does things completely haphazardly.

The Cao family also had their own business in the past, but it was limited to one province. Even if they had some of their own properties in other cities, most of them were just purchased shops to collect rent.

They will never be involved in real business. Many people say that businessmen actually do not have much status, and it is better to be an official. In fact, this is what the so-called scholars who have never had any money say.

Rich people have always been guests in this society. Whether they are officials or powerful people, they all need the support of rich people. If you have not entered their eyes, it is because of your money.

Not enough, as long as your money reaches a certain level, you can enter many fields that you have never thought about before. This Southern Business Alliance is composed of ten big families, and each of them looks like

There is no relationship, and there is even competition, but when facing new threats, they will unite. This has been established for hundreds of years. Now Li Cong lets these people all unite.

Saw the threat.

The first is grain trading. Now Li Cong's grain trading has begun to spread in the eighteen southern provinces. Boss Cui is indeed very fast in doing things. When the Southern Business Alliance began to pay attention to him, he had already

The Southern Province was conquered. By the time the Southern Business Alliance finished its meeting, all eighteen provinces had their own provincial capital offices, and counties and cities had also begun to establish them. Within half a year, these

The grain trading in the eighteen provinces is probably owned by the Cao Family Trading Company. The Southern Commercial Alliance didn't pay much attention to grain trading in the past. After all, they felt that such profits were too small, but when they took full control of it,

By that time, each of them felt uncomfortable again.

The second is Li Cong's elixir business. They never expected that Li Cong would have so many elixirs in his hands. In the past, any of these elixirs would kill people, but Li Cong actually had such a lot of elixirs.

Many, to put it bluntly. Basically all medicines below the second-grade elixir are in Li Cong’s hands and can be produced at any time. A lot of the Southern Business Alliance’s business has been robbed. They want

In order to obtain huge profits, we must start to speculate on the price of the elixir, but in the end it was Li Cong who benefited. There was nothing we could do about it, as he had his own alchemist.

What frightens the Southern Business Alliance the most is that Li Cong has entered the Warcraft Mountains. Many businesses in the Warcraft Mountains are controlled by them. Even the large mercenary groups are somewhat afraid of them. In fact, they are

His strength is too strong. Li Cong's current share in the Warcraft Mountains is not even 0.1%, but this is not a very good start. Their people have also investigated Li Cong and know this guy.

As long as you enter an industry, this industry will definitely be eaten up by this guy very quickly. This is something that you don’t need to consider at all.

When the Grand Hyatt Hotel opened, they suddenly discovered that if the Cao's Firm really opened the Grand Hyatt Hotel everywhere, they would wipe out all the upper class society everywhere. This thing is not just a hotel, it has accommodation inside.

, one-stop shopping services, and so-called personal butler services, which will simply include all the mercenaries' transactions, and they will not give others a way to survive.

The so-called personal butler service means that the Grand Hyatt Hotel will assign a personal butler to you. As long as you enter the hotel, if you want to do anything here, as long as it is the starting price you pay, we can do it for you.

Now, many mercenaries will basically stay at the Grand Hyatt Hotel when they return to the city. Then the rest is their personal butler. If they have to sell some of their things, they have to visit friends to buy them.

Gifts and other things, as long as it is something they can think of, this personal butler can handle it for them without any delay. They also like this kind of thing very much. The result of this is a servant

When the soldiers came back, they lost contact with the outside world. The hotel relied on this to earn all the money from the mercenaries, and the merchants outside had to work hard to establish a good relationship with the housekeeper.

The personal butler got the World of Warcraft materials from the mercenaries. They must sell them to their own trading house. The price is also suitable, but the transaction fee and service fee are a bit expensive, but if the mercenaries come back, they will have the most

Good enjoyment. They don't care about these things. It doesn't matter if the money is more than hundreds of thousands or less than hundreds of thousands. They don't care about the money.
To be continued...