At noon, Yi Zhizu squinted on the chair for a while, and listened to Kong Jian'an's anxious voice in a daze, "Big shopkeeper, big shopkeeper!" ”

When he opened his eyes, he saw Kong Jian'an's anxious face, and Yi Zhi's heart jumped, and he hurriedly asked, "What's wrong?" ”

"The tea market is closed." Kong Jian'an said hurriedly: "All the large and small tea shops in Xiguan suddenly closed. ”

"Sudden closure?" Yi Zhifu didn't react for a while, Xie Xiuyuan said: "Big shopkeeper, in the morning, the bank hall convened a meeting of all the ticket number money banks, and the tea market was suddenly closed at noon. ”

Kong Jian'an nodded slowly and said: "Last year, the Tea Association joined forces to raise prices, and it was also a means of boycotting the market, forcing the Thirteen Banks to agree to the increase in tea prices. ”

Yi Zhishu was completely sober at this time, grabbed the pu fan and fanned it unhurriedly, and after a while, he spoke: "Don't worry, the thirteen lines have a large amount of tea in their hands, and the thirteen lines can't be coerced by the strike, as for the government?" At least it will take some time for the government to come forward.

Besides, can't the Tea Guild see the situation clearly? I don't believe that Huang Zichang will make a desperate bet, the tea shop has already experienced a tea crash, and he doesn't dare to take risks, because the tea shop can't withstand the twists and turns, don't worry, let's wait and see what happens. ”

Seeing him so calm, Kong Jian'an and Xie Xiuyuan couldn't help but feel a little relieved, glanced at the two of them, and Yi Zhizhi asked, "What's the situation over there in the bank hall?" Is it scattered? ”

"Nope." Xie Xiuyuan said: "The guy who ran the street just reported it, but I didn't see anyone come out. ”

"Tell someone to inquire closely into the outside world." Yi Zhicontent commanded.

After the two of them exited, he got up, frowned and paced around the room, could it be that the bank hall was not dead and wanted to be dying? So what is the purpose of the tea market closing? Block the funds of the thirteen lines to enter the tea market? This may not be big, not to mention that Yuan Qi still has two or three million cash silver, and the Wu family, the Pan family, and the Lu family estimate that they can also mobilize millions of cash.

Threaten the government with a strike? It doesn't seem to make sense, tea prices are now rebounding, and tea merchants are eager to do so, so how can they be willing to strike the tea market? Unless the strike is good for the tea merchants, the strike is difficult to sustain, thinking of this, his heart suddenly brightened, the bank club is not dying, but compromised! The tea market is closed to prevent the price of tea from skyrocketing!

"Big shopkeeper!" Kong Jian'an, who had just left, went and returned, and said excitedly: "Rishengchang, Zhicheng, Wei Fenghou, Tianchengheng... Waiting for the Shanxi ticket number, all the shopkeepers came to visit. ”

The visit of the ticket number shopkeeper undoubtedly confirmed his conjecture, Yi Zhishu nodded and said, "Please let them in." ”

Invite them in? Kong Jian'an glanced at him with some suspicion, Shanxi ticket number has strong capital, and has never put the money village in his eyes, but a group of money banks in order to obtain low-interest loans and exchange business from the ticket number deliberately welcome the ticket number, and now a number of ticket number shopkeepers in Shanxi came to visit, for Yuan Qi, this is simply a big face, and Yi Zhizhi actually ordered them to come in!

After a little hesitation, Kong Jian'an said: "Xipiao is powerful, all the shopkeepers are coming to the door, and the big shopkeeper is not going out to greet him." ”

Yi Zhixiang glanced at him and said with a smile: "Do you know why the shopkeepers of the West Ticket came to visit together?" Because from now on, in Guangzhou, on the territory of Guangdong, all Western tickets will depend on Yuan Qi's face, we are the master, they are the guests! ”

Hearing this, Kong Jian'an's blood surged, his face was swollen and red, and he said in disbelief: "The big shopkeeper is saying that the bank hall has failed?" Yuanqi is going to unify the money line in Guangzhou? ”

Yi Zhishu nodded slightly and said, "Go ahead, don't neglect the guests." ”

After a while, a group of shopkeepers of the West Ticket walked into the courtyard accompanied by Kong Jian'an and Xie Xiuyuan, Yi Zhizu stood on the steps and stood with a smile, he did intend to end the shelf, this shelf is not good, the bank hall has fallen, Yuan Qi is the financial overlord of Guangzhou and even the whole of Guangdong, and the Shanxi ticket number will become Yuan Qi's opponent sooner or later.

A group of West Ticket shopkeepers headed by Wang Dechang, the big shopkeeper of the Guangzhou branch of the Rishengchang ticket number, saw Yi Zhi's contentment go out to greet him, Wang Dechang breathed a sigh of relief, he was really worried that Yi Zhi's contentment young man was ambitious, and his eyes were empty, so that everyone couldn't get off the stage, and immediately stepped forward quickly, and said with a smile: "I have heard that Yi Da shopkeeper is suave and suave, and his intelligence is unparalleled, and he is fortunate to ...... today." ”

Yi Zhishu hurriedly returned the salute and said with a smile: "Such a high praise, I don't dare to be in the next place, spread it out, I don't know how many scholars will come to the door to kick the hall, everyone, Yi Zhicontent is polite, please in the house." ”

After the greetings and sitting, Wang Dechang said straight to the point: "Yuanqi's unification of Guangzhou money is just around the corner. ”

"The words of the shopkeeper Wang are out of sight." Yi Zhizhi said with a smile: "Guangzhou is just a corner of the place, Shanxi ticket number is a semicolon all over the world, the prosperity of Guangzhou finance, can not be separated from Shanxi ticket number, in the future, I hope that you will take care of Yuanqi, Yuanqi is willing to be mutually beneficial and reciprocal with the ticket number, hand in hand." ”

Hearing him say this, all the shopkeepers of the West Ticket are relieved, whether they can achieve mutual benefit and reciprocity hand in hand and not to say, at least this Yida shopkeeper is humble and polite, not arrogant or impatient, and it is much easier to talk in the future, and with his words, at least there is no need to worry about Yuan Qi not recognizing the negotiable bills of various ticket numbers.

The two sides exchanged a few polite words, and Wang Dechang said with a smile: "Yida shopkeeper is busy with affairs, and it is inconvenient to delay more in the inferior. ”

This is to climb friendship, easy to be content is naturally not easy to push, and immediately said: "You are graciously invited, how dare you push it down." ”

"The shopkeeper of Yida is refreshing." Wang Dechang got up with a smile and arched his hand: "Then say goodbye to the inferior first, and wait for you tomorrow in the Zhuxi Tower." ”

The shopkeeper of the West Ticket was sent out of the gate of the Yuanqi General Account diligently, and he was content to stop, and the shopkeeper left in the sedan chair, before he turned around and entered the backyard, and ordered: "The shopkeeper Kong, the shopkeeper Jie, prepare it, and follow me to the bank hall later." ”

Kong Jian'an was puzzled and said, "Why is the big shopkeeper so anxious? ”

"It's not that I'm in a hurry." Yi Zhishu said with a smile: "It's the bank hall and the tea office that are in a hurry, and someone will come to invite them soon." ”

Xie Xiuyuan said: "How to unify the money bank, the big shopkeeper has thought about it?" ”

"I plan to go west first, then the city, big first and then small." Yi Zhizu said slowly: "Xiguan is mainly composed of four horizontal and four vertical streets, and the two of you are each responsible for the horizontal and vertical four streets. ”