Where is Assam? Myanmar? How can you say India? Wu Shaorong was confused when he heard it, but he didn't dare to ask, but Wu Changqing opened his mouth and asked, "Grandpa, where is Assam?" ”

"In Yunnan on the border with India and Myanmar." Wu Bingjian said slowly: "It is said that it is a small country established by the descendants of the Dali people, and it was later occupied by the Dai people, and it was a vassal state of the Qing Dynasty, and after the Anglo-Burmese War, it was occupied by the British. ”

What does it mean that the British captured Assam, which was able to grow wild tea plants? Wu Shaorong frowned, and said in a deep voice: "Yi Zhixiang is young after all, if his tone is not strict...... Moreover, since Yi Zhishu dared to blackmail once, he dared to blackmail twice, and the child was worried that he would have to make inches. ”

Hearing this, Wu Bingjian sighed secretly, his heart was full of helplessness, the old five were cold-hearted, too suspicious, and really not suitable for business, and he groaned a little, before he said: "The British secretly transplanted tea trees in Assam and opened up tea gardens, what a secret?" There is only one possibility that it can reach the ears of Yi Zhi, and the British have succeeded. ”

Wu Shaorong and Wu Changqing were stunned when they heard it, what does this mean? It means that the tea trade on which the Thirteen Lines rely on the pillar will be greatly reduced in a few years, which is definitely a fatal blow to the Thirteen Lines!

After a while, Wu Shaorong was puzzled and said: "Since this is the case, why does my father still support Fu Taixing?" ”

"Pay off your debts." Wu Bingjian's voice was a little floating.

Debt? Wu Shaorong and Wu Changqing couldn't help but stare at each other, the Wu family is rich and rivals the country, how can they owe the debt of Futai Bank? What kind of debt is this?

After a while, Wu Changqing said boldly: "What kind of debt does Grandpa repay?" ”

"Debt of favors." Wu Bingjian leaned back as he spoke, leaned back in the chair, and said with a raised face: "Back then, the chief businessman Chen Taoyang inadvertently rescued Pan Zhencheng and appreciated him greatly, which is why there is the Pan family's Tongwen Xing, and it is Pan Zhencheng who appreciates your grandfather and rescues him several times, so there is our Wu family's Yihexing, and now, our Wu family should also return this favor." ”

Speaking of this, he sighed and said: "Over the years, I have been looking for a candidate who can succeed the general merchant of our Wu family's thirteen lines, but I have never met the one I like.

Yi Yunchang of Futai Bank is more cautious and less open-minded, but Yi Zhi, the third son of the Yi family, is unique-eyed, courageous, and can forbear, know how to advance and retreat, is a rare business talent, if the Wu family wants to remove the title of the thirteen merchants, I am afraid that they can only rely on him. ”

Hearing this, Wu Shaorong and Wu Changqing couldn't help but look at each other, just after a short conversation, Wu Bingjian actually spoke so highly of Yi Zhicontent, and had such great expectations for him, which was unexpected by both of them.

However, neither of them dared to take this stubble, both of them knew that the general merchant of the thirteen lines had become a heart disease of Wu Bingjian, when he was the chief merchant, in order to quit the business, he removed the title of the chief merchant, and spent five or six hundred thousand taels of silver up and down for this purpose, which took more than ten years.

As a result, the imperial court only allowed him to withdraw himself, but did not allow the Wu family to quit the business, and the title of general merchant still fell on the head of his fourth son, the young Wu Yuanhua, who was shrewd and capable, and good at management, served as the chief merchant for seven years, was devastated, frightened excessively, and died young at the age of thirty-three.

The general merchants of the thirteen lines are like a burning red coal, the Chen family, the Pan family, the Lu family, the Wu family, all of them are afraid of it, and they do everything possible to push and dodge, and the Pan family is even more blunt to say, "Rather be a dog, not the head of the business." "The head of this merchant refers to the general merchant of the thirteen merchants.

Seeing that the two were silent, Wu Bingjian glanced at the two of them and said: "The situation of Fu Tai Xing, you pay more attention to it on weekdays, and you can help as much as possible, which can be regarded as a good relationship for the Wu family. ”

Wu Shaorong dared to say more, and hurriedly nodded: "Yes, the child wrote it down." ”

"Changqing and Yi Zhizhi are the same age, and their temperaments seem to be compatible, you have to try to make friends with him." Wu Bingjian continued: "He wants to run a newspaper and build righteousness, you can mix it up, I asked the account office to prepare 10,000 oceans for you, you consider the arrangement, I pondered, these two things are not like to make money, nor do they seem to be for fame and reputation, he seems to want to set up a large-scale workshop ......." ”

Wu Changqing didn't like to stay in Yihexing, he felt that it was too boring, and he couldn't help but be secretly happy when he heard this, whether it was running a newspaper or building a school, it was much more interesting than staying in Yihexing, not to mention that the kid seemed to be quite fun, he was busy and said: "Yes, my grandson understands." ”

Early the next morning, Yi Zhishu woke up and felt more energetic than yesterday, it seemed that he was recovering very quickly, and the two maids had just helped him clean up his ropes, and Li Wang, who listened to it, reported outside the door: "Young master, Yan Gongzi is here, outside the gate of the mansion, saying that he is inviting the young master to go to drink morning tea." ”

"Morning tea so early?" Yi Zhixiang muttered a sentence before saying, "Got it." ”

After going to the main room to greet his parents, Yi Zhizhi left the house, and when he came out, Yan Shikuan hurriedly greeted him, and said with a smile: "Why did you come out in the middle of the night?" ”

Yi Zhizu glanced at the two green cloth sedan chairs outside the door, and said, "I came to have morning tea this morning, and I got the lottery yesterday?" ”

"That's ......." Yan Shikuan smiled and said, "You don't know, my father praised you to the sky last night." ”

"Well, if you praise the heavens, you just ask for a morning tea?"

"Can you be less philistine?"

"Philistine? How I didn't feel it. Yi Zhizhi said with his chin raised, and said, "Let's go, don't sit in a sedan chair, let's walk in a car." ”

Don't sit in a sedan car? Yan Shikuan blinked his small eyes and said, "Where does the third brother want to go for morning tea?" ”

"Let's go to the riverside, I like to see the river." Yi Zhishu said and raised his legs and left.

"River-side? You mean the provincial river? Yan Shikuan said with a sad face: "Then it will take more than half an hour, you are a heart, right?" ”

There are many streets in Xiguan, the streets of all sizes are densely packed like cobwebs, strolling in the middle of it is like being in a huge labyrinth, most of the streets are not wide, ranging from three to five meters, some are paved with stone slabs, and some are simply dirt roads.

Although the genius was not long in the light, but the street was not deserted at all, many people were busy, and from time to time he could hear the distinctive shouts of the small traders and vendors, all of which made Yi Zhixin feel fresh, he deliberately slowed down his pace and looked all the way.

Yan Shikuan walked side by side with him, complaining: "With this way of walking, when the sun comes out, we may not be able to reach the river." ”

"Nothing to do, what are you anxious about?" Yi Zhixiang glanced at him and said, "Walk more, you won't be so fat." ”

"What's so bad about being fat? Fat is a status symbol. Yan Shikuan rolled his eyes, "Look at how many fat people are there on this street?" ”

Fat people are so popular these days? At a glance, it was really difficult to see a fat man on the street, and when he thought about it, Yi Zhizhi smiled and said: "Less smelly and beautiful, people who get up early in the morning to work hard, can they be fat?" ”

Laughing and laughing, a pungent smell of tobacco wafted into the nose, at first smell of smoke, easy to be content with the addiction to smoke can't help but be hooked, stop and look over, see a middle-aged man squatting on the eaves of the street outside the door smoking cigars, he can't help but feel strange, cigar smoke has become popular so early?