"Shh, be quiet." Zhao Yunyan pulled Boss Fang away. "People are coming and going, so don't talk without restraint!"
"And from his point of view, the prince is such a noble person, why bother using his reputation to deceive them?"
"Going overseas to do business must be something real."
Zhao Yunyan's eyes were serious.
"...Boss Zhao trusts Wu Wang Diandong so much." Boss Fang teased. "My family runs a rice shop. Wu Wang Diandong's affair a few months ago must be based on a lot of money, right?"
"If the master of the palace comes again, wouldn't I, Zhaojia Rice Shop, ask for bankruptcy and be expelled?"
"..." Zhao Yunyan's eyes dimmed. What Boss Fang said was actually true. The previous "donation" of rice grains and Wu Wang Diandong's investment in the "rice business" really caused their Zhaojia Mi Shop to suffer a lot.
Merchants from other families stocked up on grains, seeing that the price of rice was about to rise, so they planned to stock up at extremely low prices, buy at high prices, and sell at high prices. Although they stocked up on so much grain, the owners of the family relied on other businesses. For example, they were confiscated to stock up on grains.
Although the Ma family, a salt merchant, suffered heavy losses, it did not damage its roots.
But the Zhao family is different. What the Zhao family wants to do is the rice shop business. The lack of rice in the grain depot will inevitably affect the overall business operation of the Zhao family's rice shop. If the rice shop has insufficient grain, how can it open its doors for business?
"...Boss Zhao, why don't you go to the prince and talk to him?" Seeing Zhao Yunyan's sad face, Boss Fang felt that he was teasing a little too much. "Then since the prince is very involved in the shipping business, it means that he doesn't want to cause trouble.
It was too tense."
"After all, he is a young prince. How can there be any reason for the emperor of the capital to live in a foreign country?"
"Just go to Shen Yuan and cry and beg. I wonder if my rice grains will be returned soon. After all, my family is different from theirs, so I can't really cause my family to be ruined, right?"
"No need..." Zhao Yunyan raised his head and looked at Boss Fang, but shook his head. As the saying goes, it's not about scarcity but about inequality. If he alone begged for the food back, what would other colleagues think of him?
It is inevitable that you will make mistakes and reject them. How can you care about yourself and whether you are a good rice trader?
When a businessman does business, the most important thing is connections. Without connections, even if he gets food back, his rice shop will not be able to survive the rejection of many Suzhou merchants.
Moreover, Zhao Yunyan also has unknown ambitions in his heart... The master of the palace made glass and auctioned it, and made tens of millions of profits just by selling the glass to the Shen family. How could he, Zhao Yunyan, not know?
How could such a person be so short-sighted that he would sacrifice his integrity and just ask for tens of thousands of stones of food and grass... Your Majesty, if you want to raise food for disaster relief, is there anything you can do?
Although everyone else did not believe it, he, Zhao Yunyan, did not believe that the "shipping business" mentioned by Prince Wu was true.
And if it's not true, just tens of thousands of grains of stone were used to board the big ship in the palace, it's worth it!
If this is a big gamble, if it succeeds, the Zhao family will prosper from now on.
If you fail, you just have to start over from the beginning.
Zhao Yunyan had confidence in the wrong prince who made the glass and auctioned it.
"Hey, isn't that Mr. Chaxuan? How come he's here too?" Boss Fang interrupted Zhao Yunyan's thinking. Zhao Yunyan turned around and saw several Confucian scholars with high-level diplomas filing in at the door.
The leader's face was indifferent, and he was obviously not Gao Qi, a very famous celebrity in Su Song.
He saw Gao Qi, his eyes fixed, leading a group of Confucian students directly to the stairs.
"Did Mr. Gao also come to the banquet?" Zhao Yunyan was not surprised. Gao Qi was indifferent to fame and wealth, and did not admire glory. He would not be able to invite ordinary people. He even resigned from the post of Minister of Household Affairs given by His Majesty Dong.
Not accepted.
He actually came to that banquet?
"With Mr. Chaxuan here, there will be a good show tomorrow night." Boss Fang said in amusement and touched Dongba.
"Mr. Chaxuan is upright. If Prince Wu wanted to trick the red wolf with his bare legs, he would definitely have asked Yan Zhijian to offend him."
"Besides, Sir has brought so many scholars. With those scholars here, the prince will not dare to do anything wrong no matter what they do."
"If I offend those scholars, my name will be recorded in the annals of history!"
Zhao Yunyan didn't say anything, so he quietly raised his head and looked at the guests upstairs from the patio. He saw that with Gao Qi upstairs, many people stood up to greet Gao Qi: Magistrate Wei Guan, Wu County Magistrate Zhang Cai, Suzhou Wei
Commander Yang Lu... almost all the famous people in Suzhou City have arrived.
"Hiss... After hosting such a big banquet, does King Wu Diandong want to make any big moves..." Zhao Yunyan thought to himself.
As the night got darker, the atmosphere in the three-story restaurant gradually became noisy. Zhao Yunyan was listening to Boss Fang's complaints, when a high-pitched eunuch's voice suddenly attracted his attention.
Pulled back:
"The King of Wu is arriving from the east!"
People did not dare to neglect, and they all stood up, and saw Wu King Zhu Su wearing a prince's python robe, surrounded by soldiers, appearing at the gate with a smile on his face.
"See the east side of King Wu's palace..."
Everyone bowed to greet Zhu Su. The young King of Wu in the east of the palace smiled slightly. He raised his robe sleeves and said, "You don't have to be polite."
"Tomorrow is New Year's Eve, and I would like to congratulate you all on the New Year in advance."
"Thank you, Lord!"
"The east of the palace congratulates you on the new year!"
"The common people wish the east of the palace a happy New Year!"...
Thinking of the New Year's Eve tomorrow night, the faces of the group of people suddenly became a little more joyful. They greeted Zhu Su in a messy manner. Zhu Su nodded, walked through the crowd on the first floor, and stepped on the stairs.
This building is a restaurant, but its external structure is more like a large theater. Except for the lobby on the first floor, the second and third floors are all surrounded by a patio. There is even a bright moon on the third floor.
The main seat is in the middle. Those occupying the main seat can overlook the overall situation and can also be seen by the entire building.
Zhu Su went straight to the third floor and stopped in front of the main seat on the third floor.
"Everyone, let's go. I suddenly summoned you here tomorrow night. Do you think that after I arrived in Suzhou, I have not yet had fun with you." The echo structure was adopted in the building. The volume emitted by Zhu Su was not loud, but it was not.
Let everyone hear clearly.
"To celebrate the New Year tomorrow night, I will have a banquet with you all. I am here alone, and I feel really lonely during this festive season. I will trouble you all to join you in the fun!"
"I don't dare to thank you for your service, I don't dare to thank you for your service, thank you Diandong for the banquet..." Didn't let them join him in the fun, and Didong immediately responded with a voice of gratitude. As for how many people were complaining, it is unknown.
"Well, with all the eminent sages in Suzhou Prefecture as my companions, I don't feel lonely anymore."
"On the bright moon festival, they will not talk about official matters, regardless of their superiority or inferiority, but just drink and sing loudly!"
"Come on, play music for me!"
Following Zhu Su's command, the band, who had already taken their seats at some point, began to play and sing. The atmosphere suddenly became joyful, and then many waiters filed out, delivering delicacies to everyone's tables.
forward.
The sentence "No business matters, regardless of superiority or inferiority" immediately made all the worried businessmen feel a little relieved. They all followed Zhu Su at the head and saw that Zhu Su had begun to tear up the drumsticks in front of them.
, they also picked up their chopsticks and concentrated on enjoying the delicious food in front of them.
"Does the master of the palace really want to have a banquet?" Zhao Yunyan couldn't believe it!
I have something to do at home, so Qianqian will update a chapter first. I will update it early tomorrow morning.