The guests are still coming one after another. There are friends in the calligraphy and painting industry, the managers of Christie's, the servants, the Mi family, Pan family, and the Ji family, and other wealthy families sent by wealthy families with the name of the owner and the gifts. There are even the managers of Wanglou, Panlou, Fenglelou, Yuxianlou, Qingfenglou, Baxianlou and Xiefanglou. Now the "Courtess of Courtesan" is not over yet. The owners or shopkeepers of Kaifeng's famous buildings still want to ask for Yu Wu Haogu!

Wu Haogu's old friends Guo Jing and Liu Wuji also came. This time they all brought their families with their families. Guo Jing brought their girls and mothers, and Liu Wuji came with Yan Po'er's older prostitute. In addition, the parents and brothers of the monk Fu who traveled to Japan also came to the Wu family for a New Year's Eve banquet.

Oh, by the way, Yan people and Ma Zhi arrived too. He came alone, and he didn't ask anyone to inform him. He just showed the invitation to the servants of the Wu family at the door, and then came in alone.

He was a distinguished guest and should have sat in the main hall of the Wu family. However, he did not meet Wu Haogu, but wandered around the bustling Wu family hall. Because it was placed in a flowing mat, there were no fixed seats in various places except the main hall. So Ma Zhi chose an inconspicuous shed and crawled in, sitting with a group of farmers who came from somewhere.

The reason why he was so low-key was that this time Ma Zhinan's mission had been completed many times. He had already taken Tong Guan along the Wuhao Gu line and also joined the Song Dynasty court. Although Tong Guan and the Song Dynasty officials did not give him any benefits, it was already explained that they would send Wuhao Gu to the Daliao mission with the re-visit delegation.

Wu Haogu is now the Hanlin Academy of Painting, and the Hanlin Academy of Painting in the Song Dynasty has always been responsible for spying on information from other countries, and Wu Haogu is also close to him.

After some imagination, Ma Zhi guessed some of the truth. He thought that the Song Dynasty court sent Wu Haogu to meet the person behind him, and the second-person of the Ma family in Yiwulu Mountain, Linya Ma Renjie, south of the Linya Linya Yuanya in the Great Liao Linya Yuan!

Because Ma Zhi established contact with the Song Dynasty court more than ten years earlier in this time and space, he was not the leader of the "separatist" force among the Han tyrants in Yanyun who was dissatisfied with the rule of the Liao Kingdom and was devoted to the Song Dynasty. The current leader of this group of people is his uncle Ma Renjie.

As Zhang Dun and Ji Yi guessed, these Han tyrants in the Liao Kingdom who were interested in the Song Dynasty did not love the Song Dynasty unconditionally... Now is not an era of nationalism and national liberation and prosperity. These Han tyrants were not very miserable in the Liao Kingdom. The reason why they developed two hearts was of course due to national feelings, but it was mainly because they found that the Liao Dynasty was already declining and collapsed.

The collapse of the Great Liao Dynasty, for these Han tyrants, risks and opportunities coexist!

Because the demise of the Great Liao Dynasty will inevitably mean a round of power reshuffle for the Northern Dynasties, or even a round of power reshuffle for the whole world. By seizing the opportunity in this round of power reshuffle, you can take advantage of the situation! Otherwise, you will become a victim of war and may even be destroyed.

Therefore, the Han tyrants who noticed that the Liao Kingdom was about to perish were frightened. At the same time, many people were born with ambitions. If the Khitans were finished, would they have the opportunity to take advantage of the situation and take advantage of the situation and govern the governor?

That's right, it's just that the Jiedu side is not the name of a Jiedu, but is like the Jiedu side of the Five Dynasties, controlling the world and commanding tens of thousands of soldiers!

This is what a real man does!

The Han tyrants of the Liao Kingdom were not the same as the nobles of the Song Dynasty or civil officials who came from the imperial examination. Theirs were family members and powerful people, and their minds were still stuck in the Sui and Tang dynasties.

Look at the prosperity and prosperity of the Song Dynasty, the prosperity of Kaifeng Prefecture, the world's best city, and look at the strength and fighting skills of the Western Army of the Song Dynasty. Now the Han clans in Yanyun dare not think about imitating Guanlong, so they can only settle for the second best to be a military governor.

If the Song Dynasty court could follow everyone's wishes, then the future chaos of the Liao Kingdom is the time for Yanyun to recover, and maybe even Liaodong and western Liaoning can be taken down together!

But can the officials of the Song Dynasty agree to establish vassal states in Yanyun, Liaodong and western Liaoning?

If the Song Dynasty officials refused, then it would be difficult for Yanyun's Han tyrants to work together...

...

While Ma Zhi was sitting in the corner eating and drinking while thinking about it, Wu Haogu was already busy pasting door gods, peach talismans, worshiping ancestors, and then going to the table to toast and greet the guests... I couldn't stop for a moment.

Except for a few of the visitors who had no family members in Kaifeng Prefecture or who came together, the others were all here to have dinner. Especially the owners and shopkeepers of the calligraphy and painting business, all of them were rich, and many people in the family were waiting for them to go back. If Wu Haogu hadn't been too busy and had no time to gather with everyone until now, they wouldn't have come here in person.

Because I want to talk about something inside the industry, the Wu family set up several large tables for these people in the inner hall of Dongqianyuan where Wu Haogu lives, full of Luoyang flowing mats with "eight colds and sixteen hots" and also all kinds of good wines.

Wu Haogu and Wu Chengzhi walked around the courtyards and halls where banquets were placed, and finally came straight to the inner hall of the East Cross Courtyard and entered the banquet amid the greetings.

After attending the banquet, there was another round of toasts, so naturally, I first toast Wu Chengzhi and then pour Wu Haogu. Fortunately, Wu Haogu's body "brings" a good amount of alcohol. After drinking so much, his mind was quite clear, but his face was a little flushed, which did not affect his speech: "Everyone, a lot of things have happened in our Kaifeng Painting and Calligraphy Business School this year! There are good things and bad things, but there are always more good things! As for what will happen next year, please tell me about it by Du Laoxing!"

Du’s head is Du Yongde. He took out Fan Zhongyan’s "Shi Lu Tie" and a granddaughter who was as beautiful as a flower. Wu Haogu naturally supported him as a head, so now he made it clear. And he casually designated a head of head, which was actually telling these Dongwen and the shopkeeper of the calligraphy and painting industry. The head of head is nothing special, but it was just a saying by Wu Haogu!

Why did Wu Haogu give Du Yongde the position of the leader? Even if he doesn't know it now, he will soon figure it out...

Another leader of the calligraphy and painting business, Xia Guocheng, the assistant chief of the Hanlin Calligraphy Bureau, was the first to agree. He could sit in this chair, but he was naturally a fox. He immediately guessed that Du Yongde had spent a lot of money to flatter Wu Haogu. Du Yongde was not polite, and stood up with a wine glass. Smiling meant that he had given Wu Haogu a cup.

Then he smiled and said, "Since Wu Dizhao looked down upon me, then I will say a few words, where can I start to beat me?

Oh, let’s start talking about Fenglelou’s singing and selling a few days ago! This is a big event in our calligraphy and painting business!”

As soon as he said this, the originally noisy face suddenly became quiet, and everyone turned their attention to Du Yongde.

Old Man Du smiled and said, "It's a matter of this, everyone must have ideas... The price of selling is expensive, but the things are guaranteed. We buy and sell are all satisfied. Only we, the ones who were originally in the middle, suffered a loss. But have you ever thought about who we are relying on to make a living? Are we not buyers or sellers? In the past, we could really make a fortune by relying on both ends of concealment. I may not be sure. First, the miscellaneous transactions are difficult to open; second, we all have sources of goods in other places, and Kaifeng Mansion mainly sells antique calligraphy and paintings, so singing and selling is also beneficial to us. Third, this singing and selling is a brand new activity, and Christie's is just the first one to set the precedent."

The first one to make the first move!

It means there can be a second and a third...

But can Wu Haogu agree?

Everyone hurried to see Wu Haogu's face. Wu Haogu smiled and said, "It's not big for a family to eat alone, and the singing and selling houses can sell not only calligraphy, painting and art. My Christie's is a pioneer, and everyone in the calligraphy and painting industry can follow up. Let's make this singing and selling company bigger!"

Singing and selling houses are actually an industry that can develop horizontally. Singing and selling is auction, and auction is an open and transparent way of trading. Almost nothing cannot be auctioned. Art and antiques are just a small part of it. In the history of auctions, the first ones appeared were slave auctions, then spoils, commodities and land. In fact, the exchange business was derived from auction houses.

Therefore, the capacity of singing and selling is unimaginable. The Christie's in Wuhaogu cannot eat it at all, and he dare not swallow it in one bite. He must bring together a group of colleagues with background to do it together.

So he is not afraid of others joining, but he cannot give up the dominance of this industry.

His eyes swept around the hall, then he said in a deep voice: "After the New Year, I have a job to go out. When I come back, I don't want to hear that someone has run a second singing and selling house... But I am not trying to block everyone's financial situation, but I have to discuss the rules with you. Once the rules are discussed, it will be much easier for you to start a business, right?"

"Yes!" Du Yongde immediately interrogated, "I mean that's the same... Before Wu Dizhao came back, no one could open a second singing and selling shop, otherwise it would be a perfect match for the entire calligraphy and painting business."
Chapter completed!