And when the Han brothers were in Tianjin to solve problems and develop their careers.

At noon on the second day, Hangzhou merchant Le Boan suddenly came to the Japanese concession area of the public concession and came to find his son Le Pingbo.

Le Pingbo, who is in his early twenties, is a foreigner.

But he is different from Charlie's Western, he is Western, he is Eastern.

Although he studied in Japan, he is a Chinese, but his speech and demeanor have a strong Fuso style.

It's no wonder, because Le Boan sent him to Japan when he was fourteen.

It was 1895, the year after the First Sino-Japanese War.

Seven years have turned a teenager into a young man.

After returning from school, he had no intention of his father's business, so he stayed in the Japanese Overseas Chinese Bookstore in the Japanese Concession of Shanghai as an administrator.

Naturally, he also knew Charlie Han's name.

But he didn't care about the family business, but he didn't know that this Charlie Han was his father's opponent.

It wasn't until one day that Leboan came to him that he learned the truth.

Because of the growth environment, the father and son rarely talked when they met, and Le Boan just said a few words, and threw some money to him before going to work on his own business again.

And then came the day.

"Father?" Le Pingbo, who opened the door of the residence, looked at the haggard man outside the door in surprise.

His impression of his father has always been upright and full of spirit.

But Le Pingbo didn't expect that Le Boan, who was still high-spirited when he left him last time, would lose a lot of weight, his hair was messy and his eyes were bloodshot.

He hurriedly invited his father to come in and sit down.

At this time, a Japanese woman with delicate eyebrows and a medium figure came out of the inner room and poured tea and water for Le Boan.

Le Pingbo looked at Yamaguchi Hezi with some embarrassment, so he had to introduce himself to his father: "Father, this is my classmate Yamaguchi Hezi in Japan. ”

"Why didn't I hear you talk about it last time I came?" Leboan asked in surprise.

Le Pingbo explained that Hezi had just come to Shanghai and was about to take her to meet her father.

Leboan tried to squeeze out a smile and expressed his kindness to Yamaguchi Yuko, and sighed with his son, "I lost." ”

"What did my father say?"

"It's still the last time, Xiang Shuai is really calculating, and he actually used He Peiqi to involve Lord Duanfang, and now I am not sure whether Duanfang can successfully take over the post of Governor of Liangjiang."

Leboan hung his head down, and what made him even more frustrated was that his optimistic shipping plan for Shanghai would also be in vain.

"Charlie Han is covering the sky with one hand in Shanghai!" Leboan looked up to the sky and sighed.

Then he told his son about Han Huaiyi's actions these days.

"I lost the lead in Wei Yungong's case, and the Birmingham landed in his bowl at a very low price. Then because of He Peiqi's matter, I had to hide in Tibet and slowly find out the news, who knew that Xiang Shuai actually asked He Peiqi to be a bait and hang out of the end side. During this time, I don't know what kind of ecstasy Shen Shenzhou took from Charlie Han, but he desperately helped him roll up all the business in Zhejiang. ”

Le Boan was distressed: "One wrong step and one wrong step, son, do you know that if my father could have started shipping earlier, these businesses should have been mine." Even if he Han Charlie has a background, he still can't stop the road of the Zhejiang Township Party! ”

That's the same future as the gold and silver seas.

Thinking of these things, Le Boan was extremely depressed.

Anyway, back then, he also had the opportunity to choose to invest in Wei Yungong, but that person was too hard!

Listening to his father's complaints and remorse, Le Pingbo could only try to persuade: "Father, it's a big deal to start over, Charlie Han has the ability to do it again, as you said, if you start shipping, the Zhejiang Township Party will always give you face." ”

"No, it's useless now, Charlie Han takes one step and counts three steps, and Shen Shenzhou has already signed all the waybills for Zhejiang merchants for him in the coming year! If you don't sign it, you can't force it, but since you sign it, who dares to break the contract with him? Even if you have to pay a lot of money in a lawsuit, how can a father have such ability. ”

Le Pingbo said: "Then we will survive a year and fight a price war with him." ”

"Even if you are willing to do a loss-making deal, no one will believe it."

Le Boan's sentence is the truth, the price war is just a bad move to kill a thousand enemies and lose eight hundred, and whoever uses it first will also damage the reputation.

Because merchants are not stupid, they know that you are fighting a price war to drive away your opponents, and you will still be when you raise the price in return.

Maybe it's even more expensive!

But at this moment, Hako Yamaguchi, who was hiding in the house, suddenly spoke some Japanese.

Le Pingbo was stunned for a moment, and immediately replied a few words.

Leboan was stunned and said to his son: "What are you talking about? ”

Yamaguchi Hezi walked out, bowed slightly and said, "Uncle, what I just told Lesang is that if there is a problem with Charlie Han, won't those merchants choose you?" ”

Leboan looked at her in surprise when he heard this.

You don't know what to call an Oriental girl, you're here to be funny.

He immediately said dissatisfiedly: "Is there any other way you can make Charlie Han's business bank go bankrupt?" ”

"The younger generation can ask the elders of the family to come forward to seize Han Charlie's ship in the East China Sea when the uncle needs it, causing a delay in the delivery."

"What?" Le Boan stood up in shock, and Le Pingbo said: "Father, several uncles of Yamaguchi Hezi are all working in the Japanese Navy Headquarters, and you also know that the East China Sea is the sphere of influence of the Japanese after the First Sino-Japanese War. ”

"But what?"

"But." When Le Pingbo was about to speak, Yamaguchi Hezi raised his head and said, "If Uncle Le agrees to run the business together with the Yamaguchi family, all this can be done." ”

Leboan was stunned for a moment.

He didn't expect that the woman his son was looking for would have such a background.

And the purpose of Yamaguchi's request is so obvious.

Leboan is a shrewd businessman, and he has a sharp calculation in his head, Charlie Han has a lot of power in the French Concession, and the British and Americans, and it is impossible for me to start there.

But if what this lotus said is true, our Lejia may not be able to turn over in the Japanese concession.

But there is no basis for words.

Le Boan looked up and down at the seemingly young and dignified Yamaguchi Lotus, but after the shrewd eyes of Yamaguchi Hezi were half loud, he laughed and said, "If you marry my son, then I will agree to your request for cooperation." ”

A shy look flashed on Yamaguchi Rinko's face, she bent down slightly, and said without hesitation: "As long as Lesang is willing to marry me." ”

"Then how can you help me deal with Charlie Han, you must know that his business house has foreigners' shares."

Yamaguchi Hako said confidently: "Uncle, as I said before, using my family's connections to create some obstacles on the sea under the pretext of checking contraband, this will not cause too much conflict, but it will have the effect of making him miss his schedule." May I? ”