The old man understood what Meng Xinghe said and said with a smile: "I'm just like you."
While they were talking to each other, the man who had met Meng Xinghe before stood in the middle of the hall, facing the shopkeepers sitting on both sides of the hall, and said politely: "Dear shopkeepers of Dongdu Trading Company, Jiangsu and Zhejiang Caojia Trading Company People from the Southwest Xiao Family Trading Company also came to the auditorium, and the Roushui Alliance Conference will now officially begin,"
After the man finished speaking, everyone in the auditorium looked curiously at the entrance of the auditorium. People from the Bai family and Chai family were already sitting there, and the Southwest Xiao Family Trading Company and Cao Family Trading Company, which had not appeared in front of the public for decades, , which aroused their full curiosity.
"Look, they are from the Xiao family and the Cao family." The businessmen present saw the arrival of people from two of the four major trading houses that rarely appeared, and began to discuss in whispers, as if they were very curious about these two major families. , it’s no wonder that the Cao family and the Xiao family’s trading houses opened their shops in the places where their ancestral homes were. In Dongdu and Chang’an, even if there were shops, there were very few. However, today people from the four major trading houses gathered in Dongdu, and everyone They all had a hunch that something important might happen.
Meng Xinghe was originally chatting with the old man, but the discussion around him became louder and louder, so he hurriedly looked up and saw a woman in goose-yellow clothes in the middle of the auditorium, holding hands with another woman in a red short skirt, shoulder-to-shoulder The girl in the red leather jacket stared fixedly at Meng Xinghe, as if she had eaten him into her belly. Then she saw the girl smiled evilly and had already arrived at the four separate positions in the middle of the auditorium. sit down.
Mengdie and her junior sister are from the four major trading houses. Meng Xinghe almost couldn't help it and stood up from his seat. After all, there are so many things about his grandma and master sister that he is hiding from me. It makes people so overwhelmed. Wait a minute. Erfei had to ask her to find out everything.
Meng Xinghe's face looked rather ugly, but the old man next to him smiled and asked: "Why, the master is not feeling well?"
I'm feeling well, Meng Xinghe said with a smile: "It's nothing, I just feel that there are no people in these four major business houses. Why are the people who come to host them all women? I am a tall and dignified man, but I have to sit with these women." If you spread the word below, I'm afraid it will make people laugh."
The old man felt that Meng Xinghe's words were a bit biased, and said with a smile: "I also wonder why today's Yan Shui Alliance is full of women. However, we are just listening and being witnesses. Why do we care about men being inferior to women?"
The old man looked away, but Meng Xinghe felt it didn't matter. When he was staring at Mengdie and his junior sister in front of him, another woman walked up from the seat next to him. She paused for a moment and immediately sat next to him.
Smelling the intoxicating aroma, Meng Xinghe turned around, took a look, and immediately smiled and said: "Xiao Sizi, why are you here? Where is Xi Jia?" Meng Xinghe looked around, but did not see Princess Xi Jia following Xiao Si. Isn't she here to attend the Rouge Conference?
Xiao Sizi smiled lightly, and the gentle smile on his face could almost make people forget their temporary worries. "Still in the inner hall, we will be out soon," Xiao Sizi pursed his lips and smiled, looking at the entrance to the back hall. place.
Meng Xinghe just looked up and saw Miss Bai and another shockingly beautiful woman walking out side by side. Both of them were wearing long gauze skirts, one white and one purple. They were indescribably noble and generous. They seemed to have been together for many years. The sisters who have never been seen walk side by side and whisper to each other, with a faint smile on each other's words. They are really beautiful.
Meng Xinghe was obviously shocked. How come the women he knew were all representatives of the four major trading firms, Mengdie, junior sister, Miss Bai, and Princess Xijia. Miss Bai knew her background, but Mengdie and junior sister also knew her background. The presence of Princess Xijia was indeed unexpected. It seemed that if he wanted to discuss business with them later, he would have to disown his relatives, so he would have to be ruthless.
The two came to the middle of the hall, greeted the two women from the Cao family and the Xiao family, and then sat down in a decent manner.
"Cousin An Xu, you can start," seeing that the scene had quieted down, Miss Bai, who was sitting in the middle, said to the tall man with thick eyebrows and starry eyes in front of her.
The man seemed to obey Miss Bai's words. He paused and saw that the door to the Star Building had been closed with a creak, and the atmosphere was a bit dull.
The synagogue suddenly became dark, and maids had already turned on the lights around the synagogue. The dim candlelight quietly spread around, illuminating the synagogue with mottled shadows of people.
What they wanted to do was so mysterious, Meng Xinghe sat on a chair and waited quietly to see how this group of people were going to proceed with the Yan Shui Conference.
"Every shopkeeper of the Dongdu Chamber of Commerce, everyone knows that this is the most prosperous place in the Tang Dynasty. It is connected to the canal directly to Jiangsu and Zhejiang, and to the imperial capital Chang'an, which can be connected to the northwest outside the Great Wall, to Liaodong in the north, and the official roads along the way to Goryeo are smooth, and to the south is The southwest counties and counties can reach the southern border of Tubo. It is not only the hub of the canal, but also a place where merchants from the north, south, west and east gather. Now that the Tang Dynasty is getting stronger and stronger, it is an unprecedented opportunity for business families like us, so , In order for our Dongdu Chamber of Commerce to present a prosperous scene in the future, in order for the products in our respective stores to be sold to various places, and to prevent some foreign merchants from breaking the agreements made by the local chamber of commerce in the early years due to cheap trading, through the suggestions of all the shopkeepers here, more After careful consideration, we decided to form a large chamber of commerce, formulate better treaties, seek more benefits for everyone, and establish the first special chamber of commerce, the Roushui Alliance."
The young master was not too tired. He first introduced Dongdu's special geographical location and increasingly prosperous economic situation, and then laid out a bluff for the common benefit of everyone to advance what he was going to say next.
Many people did not listen to these exaggerated words. Since they were here to participate in the Yan Shui Conference, Meng Xinghe naturally wanted to get involved and said: "Mr. An, then according to what you said, since the Yan Shui Alliance has been established A special chamber of commerce is bound to choose someone as its leader, I don’t know who Mr. An proposes,”
After Meng Xinghe stirred things up, everyone thought he was right. Since the Yan Shui Alliance was to be established, of course a leader had to be elected. Obviously, the newly established Yan Shui Alliance was a chamber of commerce with great power. Moreover, there was plenty of oil and water, so everyone focused on who would be the leader and put the issue of making a treaty behind them.
Meng Xinghe is deliberately stirring things up. He has only one purpose here today, which is to try to undermine the establishment of the Yan Shui Alliance. If he cannot destroy it, he must also ensure that he does not suffer any losses when the Yan Shui Alliance is established.
Mr. An's mouth twitched. Seeing the heated discussion among the shopkeepers below, he did not dare to insist on his own way. He cast a questioning look at Miss Bai behind him. Miss Bai glanced at Meng Xinghe and said with displeasure or anger: "Since Mr. Meng has If this proposal is made, we have to first elect the president of the Roushui Alliance Chamber of Commerce,"
After Miss Bai finished speaking, Mr. An understood what she meant and said: "As my cousin said, let's first elect the president of the Rouge Alliance."
Just after Mr. An finished speaking, someone suggested: "Miss Bai is now in charge of the Bai family business, and the Bai family is also the first family in our eastern capital. I propose that the position of president be held by Miss Bai."
"Yes, Mr. Bai is highly respected, and the Bai family is also the head of the four major families. We have no objection,"
"Miss Bai is expected to be the president of the association,"
The discussion started to sound. It seemed that Miss Bai, a woman who had just taken over the Bai family business, had a relatively high reputation in the eyes of these shopkeepers.
"No, I don't agree." Before everyone could nod in agreement and the position of the president was finalized, Princess Xijia, who was sitting next to Miss Bai, said calmly: "I think it's not just me who disagrees. The Cao family sitting next to me and The two young ladies of the Xiao family would not agree, either."
Hearing the tepid answer from this young lady from the Chai family, everyone's voices for recommendation became much quieter. After all, the Chai family also moved from Dongdu to Chang'an, and there were not a few supporters behind it.
At this time, Mengdie, who had always remained silent and mysterious, sighed softly: "Miss Chai is right. Although our Xiao family only has a few shops in Dongdu, they are our ancestors' heritage after all and we dare not throw them away. Therefore, I also I disagree with Miss Bai being elected as the president,”
The people below don't know what these women are doing, but seeing how they are tit for tat, there may be some reasons behind it, otherwise a small Rouge Alliance will not let people from the four major trading houses sit together. People with discerning eyes even have some more terrifying thoughts in their minds. It is very possible that these four major families are using the Roushui Alliance to fight openly and secretly again. Maybe after today, major changes will occur in commercial banks across the country.
I'm a little excited. If the four major families fight each other, then the business situation originally divided by the four major families will definitely be disrupted. By then, the Chai family may not be the only one in Chang'an, and the eastern capital will not be headed by the Bai family. The hometown of corn in Jiangsu and Zhejiang will also allow everyone to share a piece of the pie. The Xiao family in the southwest, which is uniquely endowed with the leading position in the silk and tea trade, will also suffer a certain amount of trauma. Isn't this situation an opportunity for everyone to fish in troubled waters? In the four major families On the land, several more shops will be opened.
Some smart shopkeepers have already seen the mystery, and do not regard this Roushui Alliance meeting as simply setting up a chamber of commerce. Perhaps the real purpose is that people from the four major families want to be the president. , thereby controlling the remaining three companies in a legitimate name. This is simply an unprecedented merger of large commercial banks, and a new bank president is elected from the beginning.
These businessmen are all old goblins, and they can see the frowns on their faces. They will not give an easy answer to whomever they originally planned to support. They are all observing. If anyone has strong momentum and can be elected as the president of the Roushui Alliance, they will Slowly move closer to which company, and wait for a major rebirth of commercial banks across the country in the future.
Therefore, there are almost no voices supporting the Bai family, and the voices supporting the Chai family have also disappeared. The Xiao family and the Cao family who have not spoken yet are obviously the two most mysterious families in the hall in the eyes of everyone, because of this The two families have rarely appeared in the northwest area. This time they dispatched, they must be well prepared and will not give in easily.
The scene was silent for a while, no one dared to say a word. The women on the stage must have had their own plans. For the benefit of the family, no one gave in to each other, and they made the situation a stalemate. He played right into Meng Xinghe's hands.
Come on, just work hard. It's best if everyone breaks up today. Tomorrow, I will open a few more shops in the Dongdu market, and then expand the aloe vera cultivation base in Jiangdu. Then Dongdu will be the hub. , let my laundering be sold as far as the north of the country and south of the Yangtze River.
Meng Xinghe calmed down at this time, sitting on the chair and humming a tune happily. Mr. Chai next to him was also relaxed and said with a smile: "Third brother, I'm afraid this meeting won't happen. Those women above seem to have no one." Who are you not convinced?"
"Whatever, there are four women performing a play, and you can't see the ending until the end. Let's just sit and wait." Meng Xinghe raised his eyebrows, as if he was sitting in front of the stage watching the performance leisurely. There was no pressure at all, but , not long after, he felt a gentle gaze falling on him. Meng Xinghe felt a little uncomfortable. When he looked up, Mengdie's eyes actually twinkled at him and blinked a few times.
It's over, Meng Xinghe's heart thumped, and after understanding the flattering words thrown by Mengdie, Meng Xinghe suddenly became restless. After a long time, he coughed twice, paused, and stood up from his seat.