Xirong Lane, outside the gate of Yuanqi General Number.

He Shutai and Wang Chaoyi waited anxiously, looking at the gate from time to time, hoping that a guy would come out and call him in, more than eight million taels of silver tea smashed in their hands, both of them were anxious, eager to know the attitude of contentment in order to discuss countermeasures, the longer the time dragged on, the more unfavorable it would be for them.

The expected guy didn't come, but Liang Jiemin came out, the hearts of the two sank, Liang Jiemin came out, it means that Yi Zhizhi will not see them, however, Liang Jiemin, who is waiting to see, looks quite relaxed, and the two of them rekindled hope in their hearts, and hurriedly greeted them.

Without waiting for the two to ask, Liang Jiemin smiled and said, "Good news." ”

Hearing the good news, He Shutai hurriedly asked, "The shopkeeper of Yida agreed to meet and negotiate?" ”

"The big shopkeeper asked me to tell the two ......." Liang Jiemin said, saying the original words of Yi Zhixin word for word.

"Woe and blessing? The loss of the tea market, Yuan Qi helped us double the income" Wang Chao said with a suspicious face: "There are such good things?" Shouldn't the shopkeeper of Yida want to stabilize us first? ”

He Shutai said: "What is the shopkeeper of Yida doing in Shunde? Disrupting the raw silk market? ”

"This is not the place to talk." Liang Jiemin said and pointed diagonally to the opposite side and said, "Go to that teahouse and sit down." ”

Zhang Ji Teahouse is a newly opened teahouse, the scale is not large, but the business is excellent, many businessmen who come to Yuanqi to do things like to come here to talk about things, the three of them entered the store to ask for a private room in the inner hall, after taking a seat, Liang Jiemin said slowly: "With your current situation, there is no need for the big shopkeeper to lie to you, and he will not lose his trust in the old man because of this matter, you can rest assured."

As for the big shopkeeper going to Shunde, first, because Yuanqi is about to start integrating Shunde's money village, and second, the big shopkeeper is very interested in Shunde's silk reeling industry. ”

Yuanqi wants to monopolize Shunde's money store and raw silk market? He Shutai and Wang Chaoyi were all shocked, Yuan Qi's ambition was too big! After thinking about it for a while, Wang Chaoyi said: "This is unreasonable, Yuanqi monopolizes the raw silk market in Shunde, can't it be to help us make money?" ”

He Shutai nodded and agreed: "Yes, Yuan Qi can't be so kind. ”

Hearing this, Liang Jiemin smiled, took a sip of tea, and then said slowly: "What if ......, if the monopoly of the Shunde raw silk market is just the beginning?" ”

What do you mean? The two glanced at each other, and He Shutai said: "The little nephew is stupid, and I still hope that my cousin will dial it." ”

"If you don't understand, think slowly." Liang Jiemin stood up as he said and said: "The ambition of the big shopkeeper is far greater than you think, it is your blessing to be supported by Yuanqi, the old man still has urgent matters, you think about it slowly." With that, he turned and left.

Seeing that he said that he was clueless and left under the pretext, both of them were a little unable to react, and after a while, Wang Chaoyi hesitated and said: "Monopolizing the Shunde raw silk market is just the beginning...... Shunde is the center of the silk weaving industry in Guangdong, divided by geography, there are three major silk weaving centers in the Qing Dynasty, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Guangdong, Fujian, is it difficult to do, Yuanqi wants to monopolize the three major silk weaving industry centers? ”

"How is this possible?" He Shutai said without thinking: "If it weren't for our funds trapped in the tea market, would Yuanqi be able to monopolize the Shunde raw silk market?" ”

"Brother Zi'an, did you dare to imagine that someone could monopolize the money store in Guangzhou?" Wang Chaoyi said slowly: "Yuanqi not only monopolized the money store in Guangzhou, but now he wants to monopolize the money store in Shunde, and it is likely to continue, and then monopolize the money store in the entire Guangdong. ”

He Shutai didn't want to argue with him, and instead asked, "Even so, what does this have to do with making up for our double losses?" ”

"I can't figure this out." Wang Chaoyi groaned, "However, I guess it should be related to silk reeling. After a slight pause, he continued: "President Liang will not help Yi Zhicontent to deceive us, and wait for a few days with peace of mind." ”

"How to settle down." He Shutai shook his head and said, "We can't hide the news that we are trapped in the tea market, we have to go back to appease, and by the way, we will see if there is a chance to meet the Yida shopkeeper in Shunde." ”

Three days later in the morning, easy to know enough to take a boat to Shunde, the provincial capital to Shunde has two roads on land and water, the land to take the post road, the hot day to go to the post road is purely self-inflicted, although the waterway around some, but more comfortable, to Shunde there are passenger boats, but he naturally does not need to squeeze the passenger boat, Wu Changqing ordered a moderately sized dhow for him a day in advance, and also sent two bodyguards - the Wu family's nursing home.

The clipper went all the way down the river, and soon turned into the inland waterway, and the water surface became narrower, and Yi Zhizhi was content to see the scenery at the bow of the boat and then returned to the cabin, and chatted with the shopkeeper of Yiyuan Silk Satin Line who accompanied him to understand the silk weaving market in Shunde.

The shopkeeper of Yiyuan Silk Satin is not the chubby Yao Qichang Yao shopkeeper that Yi Zhicontent has seen in Rong Qingyuan, but a middle-aged man in his early thirties who is quite thin - Li Anfu - Li Shopkeeper, Li Anfu is a native of Chen Village, Shunde, and knows the silk weaving situation in Shunde well, and is very talkative.

But an hour, a bodyguard came in and reported: "Yi Gongzi, there are three clippers behind us who have been following our ship unhurriedly...... ”

Yi Zhishu was stunned for a moment, and then said, "Have you been tempted?" ”

"Hmm." The bodyguard nodded, and said in a deep voice: "Fang has already tried, we are slow, they are slow, we are fast, they are also fast." ”

Yi Zhi's heart sank, the possibility of thieves is not big, the other party is obviously from Xiguan all the way, most of them will be enemies, Yuan Qi manipulated the tea market, monopolized the Guangzhou money house, if these accounts are counted on his head, he will offend more people, speculators, tea merchants, Shunde silk merchants, as well as those bankrupt money banks and the owners of the pawnshop printing bureau that were forced to close their doors, it can be said that there are all kinds of people.

Li Anfu was obviously also frightened, and said with a pale face: "Could the other party want to go with us?" ”

"Traveling in a group?" Yi Zhishu asked rhetorically: "Isn't this channel very smooth?" ”

Li Anfu shook his head again and again and said, "No, I haven't heard of water thieves for several years." ”

If there are no water pirates, then why go together? It's daylight! It's a waterway with a lot of boats! Yi Zhishu didn't say much, and hurriedly got up and walked out of the cabin, ready to rush to the stern to check, but didn't want to go out of the cabin, the hull of the ship suddenly tilted, and then there was a shock, there was a muffled sound, followed by the loud shouting and scolding of the boat boss, obviously colliding with the oncoming ship.

It's not good to be content with the secret, the other party is doing it!