As the chief secretary of the prefecture, Cheng Xu usually dealt with these merchants the most, and he was also Li Dai's de facto deputy. In terms of position and ability, he was indeed capable.
Zhao Cheng asked: "Master Cheng doesn't care about his reputation? If you push these rich masters into a hurry, they might spend money to buy your life like Du Xu Chengdu did."
Cheng Xu still bowed his body and said: "As the young prime minister said, opening a supermarket is beneficial to both the court and the people. As an official of the court, how can I only care about my own interests and ignore the court's people's livelihood?"
"If you ask the young prime minister and Mr. Li to fulfill your wish, you can think of it as giving me a chance to make meritorious deeds!"
Zhao Cheng and Li Dai looked at each other and nodded.
Li Dai took a sip of wine and said, "Cheng Xu, thank you for your hard work."
Cheng Xu breathed a sigh of relief and when he raised his head, he saw Zhao Cheng staring at him.
The two people's eyes met and they understood each other's thoughts.
Zhao Cheng knew that Cheng Xu was not a selfless person at all. He was just trying to be a high-sounding person in order to win a position beside him.
It is true that Cheng Xu was promoted by Yuan Yun, but the people promoted by Yuan Yun and the people brought out by Zhao Cheng were completely different concepts.
Yuan Yun's people must be from the imperial court, and they are following the official career with normal procedures.
As for Zhao Cheng's people, some are officials and some are doing business, they are more flexible and can obtain more benefits.
What's more, Zhao Cheng is on the upswing, and really smart people want to get on the boat.
It was just when Zhao Cheng needed someone that he decided to test Cheng Xu's skills to see if he was really a useful talent.
Zhao Cheng knocked on the table and motioned for Cheng Xu to sit down.
"Master Cheng, Xiaojiu, please cooperate with Boss Xiao on this matter, so..."
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The Yanchuan businessmen did not eat at the Dongfang Restaurant and continued to eat and drink after returning to the Fulai Inn. They asked for the largest and best private room, and while pushing cups and cups, they frantically complained about all the bad things in the supermarket, which made Xiao Luomu's ancestors very angry.
Yashiro cursed him all over.
Some people drank too much and even scolded Zhao Cheng.
"Xiao Luomu is really lacking in virtue. I have never seen such a shameless profiteer!"
"His supermarket is not in Jingdong County, but he came to Yanchuan to harm us. He has no good intentions!"
"Do you think he doesn't want to open a supermarket in Jingdong County? He doesn't have the ability! When Xiao Tian was still alive, he supported the big merchants in Jingdong County. How dare a little brat like Xiao Luomu offend them?
I’m afraid our ancestral graves will be digged up!”
"Then why does Xiao Luomu dare to come to Yanchuan?"
"Because he has the little Prime Minister to support him!"
Yin Nan didn't talk so much when he was in the Oriental Restaurant, but he was very lively behind his back, dancing and saying: "Without the young prime minister, do you think Xiao Luomu's Oriental Chamber of Commerce can be opened? The young prime minister brought the fairy wine with him.
He went all the way south and expanded his business to Jiangyang County and Yunjing County, and even signed a cooperation agreement with Nanzhou. If Xiao Luomu was not helped by Xiao Luomu, the Oriental Chamber of Commerce was just a small chamber of commerce in Jingdong County!
"
"I really don't understand why the young prime minister wants to help him, Xiao Luomu. The young prime minister wants to make money, why can't he support our local merchants in Yanchuan?"
"The young Prime Minister's thinking is wild, and we can't guess what he's thinking, but as long as we work together, we can control Xiao Luomu to death!"
"I agree with what Boss Yin said!" Yan Lu raised his fists and shouted: "Anyway, Xiao Luomu wants to open a supermarket in Yanchuan, but he can't do it! Everyone, we will spend the night in the city tonight. When the city gate opens tomorrow, we will
Just go home and contact the local officials in the county and ask them to be united with us and boycott Oriental Supermarket!"
Yin Nan said: "We still have to spread public opinion and promote that the supermarket is actually designed to deceive the people and get them to side with us!"
"Boss Yin, this is a great idea! Well, well, have a drink!"
Yan Lu picked up the wine glass and suddenly caught a glimpse of Song Baiyu sitting listlessly in the corner, and asked: "Boss Song, are you okay? I feel like you haven't spoken much today."
"I really have a bad premonition that I don't know what to say." Song Baiyu looked sad.
Yan Lu patted his chest and said loudly: "As long as we are of the same mind, we have nothing to fear!"
Song Baiyu stroked the jade pendant in his hand and frowned: "Then have you ever thought about why Xiao Luomu chose Yanchuan in the first place? What if they are also of the same mind?"
"Them?" Yan Lu asked, "Who are you referring to?"
"For example, the Right Prime Minister's Mansion and the Marquis' Mansion, Dong Twelve, Li Zhi, Zhu Guoneng, and the Yanchuan Prefect's Mansion and the Central Government Office. If they collude with the powerful officials and businessmen, they will all be with Xiao Luomu... Of course I also know this.
This guess is not very practical!"
"That's too scary!" Yin Nan said with a look of fear: "How can Xiao Luomu have such great energy?!"
Yan Lu shouted: "That's right! Does Xiao Luomu still want to establish an independent country?"
Yin Nan stopped Yan Lu's mouth: "Be careful what you say!"
"I'm just making random guesses." Song Baiyu stood up and said, "You guys keep drinking, I'm going to use the toilet."
Leaving the noisy private room, Song Baiyu walked out of the first floor of the inn, entered the backyard, and took a deep breath.
Although he is older than Yan Lu and Yin Nan, he is more calm and cautious in doing things than them, always making the best preparation for the worst.
This has something to do with his tutoring in the Song family.
In the Yanchuan area, the Song family's status and wealth have never reached the top of the business world, but over the past hundred years, the Song family has been the family with the least ups and downs, and has always been ranked in the top five.
Just one word, stable.
The sense of crisis he had developed since childhood made him very vigilant, and he always felt that something was wrong when he came to Yanchuan City this time.
Especially when Xiao Luomu told the story about the supermarket on that occasion, Song Baiyu suddenly felt that his group of people...
It's like I've fallen into a trap.
But he couldn't see the whole story, and he didn't have the ability to analyze the truth, so he didn't dare to say anything.
After using the toilet, Song Baiyu shook his head and walked out of the hut. Before the first breath of less smelly air he inhaled entered his lungs, he felt his body being pulled violently, and then his head felt dizzy, and in an instant he was hit in the back.
Go to a tree in the corner of the backyard.
Song Baiyu looked around and found that he was being dragged over by two big men.
A slightly thinner figure appeared in front of him.
He was stunned for a moment and said in surprise: "Master Jiu?"
Jiuzhi walked out of the shadows, and the moonlight only illuminated half of his face, making his face with a sharp mouth and monkey cheeks look a bit ferocious.
"Boss Song, I'm offended."
Song Baiyu was a little panicked and asked, "What do you want to do?"
"Because of our friendship, I want to give you a chance."
"what chance?"
"An opportunity to make the Song family stable for another hundred years."
"ah!"
"Bang bang!!"
"What are you doing?!"
Hearing the noise coming from the inn behind Jiuzhi, Song Baiyu's face became even more ugly.
"Don't panic, my men are a bit rude."
Jiuzhi said in a pitiful voice: "It's time for the Song family to come to the corner. Heaven or hell, Boss Song, you choose it yourself."
