The news about the bet between Qinghe Hou and Li Si above the court spread more and more, and by the next day, not only all the people in the Hou Mansion knew about it, but even the peddlers and pawns on the street had heard about it, and many people gathered together to discuss, and the most fierce noise was in the south of the city, because there were a large number of businessmen and rich people gathered here, and there were more than 100,000 households.

In the room on the second floor of a tea house, five businessmen dressed in fancy clothes were gathering together to drink tea and chat, if Chen Xu must have known each other, because these five people were the five businessmen who invested in the bus company.

"Who do you think will win the bet between Li Xiang and Qinghe Hou?"

"It must be the Marquis of Qinghe!"

"I think it's Qinghehou."

"Hmph, it must be the Marquis of Qinghe!"

"But I heard that it will cost 10 million stone of money and grain, if the court does not come out of so much money and grain, where did the Marquis of Qinghe come from?"

"Qinghe Hou is a disciple of the Immortal Family, there will inevitably be spells, maybe he will point a finger, and a cement road from Xianyang to Linzi will be built!"

"Qinghe Hou is just a disciple of the Immortal Family, how can he get such a great mana?"

"The Marquis of Qinghe this time is because he helps us and other businessmen, so he will be forced to make this bet with Li Si and abolish the business laws that suppress our businessmen, which will inevitably make those nobles dissatisfied, Hou Ye is under a lot of pressure, but it is a pity that such a big investment, even if we invest all our net worth to help, it is estimated that it will be a drop in the bucket, alas~"

"Yes, but we can't sit idly by, this is a situation where both losses and prosperity are lost, if Hou Ye's preparation for this new Oriental Road fails, not only Hou Ye will lose his right to speak in the court, but we will have no chance to turn over."

"Song Gong is reasonable, I will go to Hou Ye later, and at the same time, I can also contact some business colleagues to make suggestions together, and Hou Ye must not be allowed to bear this huge pressure alone......"

"I just returned from Qianzhuang, I heard Fan Niangzi say that the head of the Fan family, Fan Fan Gong, will arrive in Xianyang in the near future, and it is said that there are also Taiyuan Wen clan, Xinzheng Ximen clan and other big clan patriarchs in the Central Plains, these people are all deep-rooted family wealth of tens of millions of giant businessmen, and the first six countries are not involved, and our identity is different, if we contact them to come forward to discuss, there will inevitably be more colleagues willing to make ......a move," salt merchant Song Yan said with a beard.

"Is that really what Fan Niangzi said?" The rest of them excitedly put down their teacups and stood up.

"Yes, otherwise I wouldn't have summoned you here to drink tea, in fact, this road is not only a huge adventure, but also a great opportunity to make a fortune, I heard Fan Niangzi say, Hou Ye said so......"

Song Yan said some of Chen Xu's plans to raise funds from Fan Caiying, and finally said with a calm face: "These five logistics warehouses and more than ten service stations, if you can get one, you will inevitably make money in the next few decades, I just roughly calculated, even if a service station stops 3,000 people a day, the average cost is ten yuan, 30,000 a day, 900,000 a month, more than one million income a year, two million investment, two years can return to the capital, In ten years, he has become a huge rich man with a net worth of tens of millions, which can be compared to a wealthy family like the Fan family......"

"Even so, even if we all invest in all the merchants who are wealthy and unite with Xianyang to win all the service stations and logistics warehouses, it is far from enough to build this road!" Although a businessman was excited, his face was still worried.

"So I guess that Hou Ye must have other plans and arrangements, it just so happens that the Fan family and the Ximen family came together, and they will inevitably discuss this matter with the Hou Ye, if there is the Fan family and the Ximen Wen family, these business leaders and families join, then the business colleagues across the country will stand up to support Hou Ye, although there are tens of millions of stone money and grain, but all the businessmen in my business community add up, and it is not too much of a problem to get enough money!"

"Well, Song Gong is reasonable, but we'd better go and meet Hou Ye to find out, and prepare money and food in advance!"

"Yes, let's go, let's go!"

The five people all stood up and sorted out their clothes and went downstairs, and then each took a carriage to the Qinghe Marquis Mansion.

And just when Chen Xu's five business partners went to the Qinghe Hou Mansion, some merchants gathered and other merchants also set off together, and the destination was also the Qinghe Hou Mansion.

Today's matter has long been beyond the scope of the court, not just a bet for Chen Xu and Li Si, but a matter of vital interests and the future of businessmen in the world.

It's a bet that borders on a war.

If the businessmen are not victorious, as Chen Xu originally said, then there will be no chance to turn over from now on, and if the businessmen do not support Chen Xu in this matter, Chen Xu will also be completely disappointed, and from then on, these short-sighted businessmen will be left to fend for themselves, and will instead develop and promote agricultural reform, and at the same time secretly cultivate their own forces, just wait for the arrival of the catastrophe after nine years, since things cannot develop according to their own plans, then simply change their ideas and methods, and the big living people can't let the urine suffocate to death.

Chen Xu met with Song Yan and other five partners in the living room of the Qinghe Hou Mansion, and when he was introducing the road construction and fund-raising plan, the steward came to report: "Master Hou, there are businessmen outside the mansion who want to meet!" ”

"Please!" Chen Xu hurriedly ordered.

The second group of people here is a group of businessmen led by Qi Mao, there are eight of them, although they are not the top rich, and their family assets are also at the million-level level, but Qi Mao's own reputation is now very hot in Daqin, and a large group of businessmen from all over the world have also gathered around him, and they have a newly rising leadership style.

When a group of people arrived, Chen Xu introduced each other, and most of them had already known or heard of each other, and they were all businessmen, so they naturally became active soon, and they were all talking about the construction of the Oriental Road, in addition to understanding the process of fundraising, discussing how to help Chen Xu raise more money, food and funds.

Just when a group of people were discussing enthusiastically, the doorman came to report again: "Master Hou, there are businessmen from outside the house who are coming to visit!" ”

"Please~"

"Well, it seems that colleagues in the business community have come to support Master Hou!" A businessman said excitedly.

"If anyone retreats from this matter, they will never have any business dealings with them in the future!" Qi Mao said directly with a gloomy face.

"Yes, this matter is related to the life and death of my businessman, and I have to fight, this time I must let those Legalist disciples above the court see the strength of our businessman, and it is definitely not a soft persimmon that can be manipulated by others......"

"Exactly, Hou Ye rest assured, although he has a meager net worth, he will still do his best to stand with Hou Ye."

Just as a group of people were discussing things one sentence at a time, an old man with gray hair and a tall figure in a fancy dress followed the steward in.

Seeing this old man, many people in the room stood up and bowed: "It turned out to be Weinan Zhang Gong, disrespectful and disrespectful!" ”

"Okay, it turns out that your colleagues have already arrived, it seems that Zhang is late!" After the old man and a few people entered the door, they smiled and bowed their hands left and right, and finally came to Chen Xu and bowed together, "Weinan cloth merchant Zhang Yu pays a visit to Qinghe Hou!" ”

Chen Xu had already stood up to greet him, and after greeting him, he asked the servant to arrange a seat for tea.

"Hou Ye is not strange, Yu Fang has just arrived in Xianyang City, originally looking for a few colleagues to talk about the purchase of silk and linen and cloth, I heard that Hou Ye and Li Xiang are a huge bet through the ages, so I can't wait to come to visit, and I hope that Hou Ye will forgive my sins!" Zhang Yu said with a smile after sitting down.

"Hehe, Zhang Gongnai is the largest cloth merchant in the entire internal history, not only providing nearly half of the cloth in Xianyang, but also the quality of the cloth is quite praised, and Ben Hou has already heard of it!" Chen Xu smiled and nodded.

At present, there are three kinds of businesses in Daqin that are the most profitable, one is grain, the second is cloth, and the third is salt.

Among them, the grain profit is the thinnest, the loss is the largest, but the demand is also the largest, the daily consumption of grain in Xianyang alone reaches more than one million catties of ten thousand stones, at present, Xianyang City in addition to the official warehouse storage of millions of stone of grain, the private storage is more, most of them are in the hands of grain merchants, and the entire Xianyang City storage of grain is enough for the whole Xianyang to eat for several years, if the war breaks out, with the minimum supply can insist on eating for ten years, so several large grain merchants who have close contacts with the government are the kind of rich rival countries, The status of grain merchants is also much higher than that of ordinary merchants, policies and taxes are different, after all, it is related to the food security of Xianyang, the emperor attaches great importance to several large grain merchants, and often receives commendations.

The second is the cloth business, involving the problem of dressing the common people, and the same as the grain is a must, although the sales are far less than the grain, but the profit is relatively high, the loss is small and resistant to storage, and the cloth is used as money like the grain before, the official rank issued by the official includes two kinds, that is, grain and cloth, this Zhang Yu is the largest cloth merchant in the entire Inner History Mansion, Chen Xu has long heard of it, and his net worth can be called a rich rival country.

Finally, there are salt merchants, although the sales volume of salt is the smallest, but it is a necessary item for daily life, clothes can not be worn, but salt must be eaten, otherwise people will get sick and have no strength, but because the origin of salt is in the southeast and northwest, the quality is different and the price is not the same, Ba Yan Shu salt is mainly supplied to the rich ministers and nobles, and the bitter sea salt is mainly supplied to the common people, which also leads to a lot of salt merchants in Xianyang, and their net worth is different, but they are all rich families.

In addition, there are daily consumables such as pottery and bamboo and wood utensils that make money, but there are more than 100,000 merchants who have migrated to Xianyang, which leads to more fierce competition in these industries that cannot be monopolized.

The reason why the business is getting worse and worse is because of the harsh business laws, the inability to operate freely, the heavy tax burden, and the fierce competition, which makes the more than 100,000 wealthy merchants in Xianyang who migrated from the six countries almost unable to see the future, but the appearance of Chen Xu made the businessmen see a bright future.

Once the law that suppressed the merchants was abolished, the merchants could operate freely, and with the reduction of taxes, the merchants would inevitably be able to obtain higher profits, have more funds to invest in business, and would inevitably be able to get rid of the impasse of eating and waiting for death.

Therefore, as long as the businessmen who are not blind will naturally find a way to support Chen Xu, and only if Chen Xu succeeds, can they hope to come true.