Cutting over the end of the Ming Dynasty: a dog-leg knife at the beginning

Chapter 544
Linjiang Xian Restaurant is located by the river and is one of the most famous restaurants in Wuhan. It has always been famous for its wine, fish, and beauties.Gather a few distinguished guests, find an elegant seat to order a few delicacies with all kinds of flavors, and then find some beautiful singing girls and dancing girls to accompany you, taste fine wine and delicacies, and watch the sails on the river come from the sun, and give advice. It is a joy to inspire words in Jiangshan.The restaurant was not damaged by the war, but the business became more and more prosperous.However, because the rebel army attacked the vassal kings, gentry, and landlords too hard, many big families with tens of thousands of hectares of fertile land and millions of dollars returned to the pre-liberation overnight, and their sons and grandsons naturally had no money to go around tasting wine and enjoying flowers. The wind and the moon are singing.Now sitting in the Linjiang Xian Restaurant are merchants who are most looked down upon by the scholar-bureaucrats. They talk about the construction progress of their factories, market prices, and business opportunities they have found in various accents. Several scholars came to the restaurant to drink, and they were all screaming unbearably because of the smell of copper on their bodies.

There are fast food restaurants around the restaurant, which provide workers with simple but nutritious meals. Don’t expect such fast food to be delicious, but at least they can fill them up and ensure that they can work vigorously.These fast food restaurants are much more popular than Linjiangxian Restaurant. Almost every fast food restaurant has a long queue at the door. Workers with lunch boxes in their hands go to the window to receive the meal one by one, and hand over the copper coins in their hands. After paying the money, a large cube of rice and a spoonful of mixed meat and vegetables were poured into their lunch boxes, and those who received them sat on the street and gorged themselves. After eating, they washed the lunch boxes and continued to work.From time to time, you can also see four-wheeled carriages driving out of fast food restaurants, with drawers of hot rice on them, buckets of vegetables and soup, all covered tightly with white cloth to prevent dust from falling Put it into the food, and the driver will drive it to each construction site or factory... The whole Wuhan has become a large construction site. Many old scholars lamented: "The world is going down, and the elegance is gone!" What they yearned for The quiet and elegant pastoral life that I lived in has been completely destroyed.However, the common people will not miss the previous life. The previous life was indeed quiet and elegant for the scholar-bureaucrats, but for them it was a stagnant pool with no hope in sight. It is not like now, everywhere They are all construction sites that need workers, and there are factories that need to recruit workers everywhere. As long as they can take care of it, they can even work two jobs at the same time, and their income is much higher than that of farming.

Businessmen also prefer this chaotic but passionate life, where there are business opportunities everywhere!The rebels have uprooted the intertwined interest relationships that have been maintained in Huguangda for hundreds of years, giving them a lot of space. If they don't seize the opportunity to open up the market and accumulate contacts, they will be too stupid. They might as well find it themselves. Just hit him to death!
Yang Menglong brought Liu Ziyan, Cheng Qi, and the foreign girl who had opinions on him to the restaurant, and immediately attracted everyone's attention... It's a pity that people didn't look at him, but the beauties around him, especially the foreign girl. Girl, those self-proclaimed well-informed businessmen were amazed by those snow-white skin and big blue eyes, and their hearts were itchy, but none of them dared to strike up a conversation, joking, and didn't even look at the bastard next to her who is it!Yang Menglong coughed and waved to everyone: "How are you all these days?" He knew most of these guys, so a greeting was the right thing to do.

Someone among the group of businessmen subconsciously wanted to kneel, but was kicked by his companion. He suddenly realized that the champion Hou didn't like others kneeling, so he handed over his hands as a gift and smiled heartily: "Thanks to Mr. Hou, my career is booming! "Someone shouted: "Champion Hou, you brought so many beautiful wives and concubines to show off, are you going to let us live?" Someone else shouted: "I heard that Concubine Zhuang and Concubine Chen, who are the most favored by the slave chief Hongtai, are beautiful and beautiful. They are as beautiful as a fairy, one of the most beautiful women in a million. When will you kidnap them and let everyone open their eyes?" As soon as these words came out, everyone laughed heartily.

Yang Menglong said with a smile: "You want to see Concubine Zhuang and Concubine Chen? It's easy. Once I conquer Shenyang, I will capture them back to Nanyang for you to visit!"

A group of businessmen shouted: "Okay! One day, even if we go bankrupt, we will have to help!"

It seemed that these guys were in a good mood, they were happy, and Yang Menglong was also happy, and found a seat by the window to sit down.Before he could ask the waiter to come over, the restaurant manager ran over happily, rubbing his big chubby hands, his round face was smiling, and his eyes were narrowed to only a slit, which made Yang Menglong feel very friendly—— -The guy's face is as round as his.The shopkeeper said enthusiastically: "The champion Hou is here. Our restaurant is really full of glory! Just ask Mr. Hou what you want to eat, and I will let the best chef cook it for you personally. You are guaranteed to be satisfied!"

Yang Menglong touched his pocket and asked, "Aren't the things you have here quite expensive?"

The shopkeeper said boldly: "Hey, is it expensive or not? It's a great honor for you, Champion Hou, to come to our store. How dare I ask you for money! Don't worry, eat. This meal is my treat. You The more we eat, the happier we are!”

A businessman in the cloth business said: "The champion just orders, this meal is mine!"

A businessman in the construction business exclaimed: "Forget me!"

The cloth merchant was annoyed: "Why? I was the one who spoke first!"

The builder said, "It's yours if you say it first? Are you kidding me!"

Yes, it's a fight.

Just as they were arguing, Cheng Jun and Cheng Ji came over talking and laughing, and Cheng Jun said, "For me, for me." As soon as he opened his mouth, everyone had nothing to say, and even the deaf knew that it would be too late. Yang Menglong was going to marry Cheng Qi in two months, so it was normal for the brother-in-law to invite his brother-in-law to dinner, and there was no way to argue.

Yang Menglong looked at the two of them in surprise: "Why are you here?"

Cheng Ji said: "Didn't you say that? Wherever your territory expands, my factory will be built." He poured out a cup of tea and drank it, and clicked loudly: "I want to open a factory in Wuhan. Three large grain stores built fifteen large ships to transport Chumi and Xiangmi to the whole country!"

Cheng Jun said: "I plan to open six branches in Xiangyang, Jingzhou, and Wuhan to further expand and strengthen the business... Shopkeeper, serve all your special dishes!"

The shopkeeper happily responded, and hurriedly went to work.

Yang Menglong glanced at Cheng Jun: "You haven't made less money in the past few years, have you?"

Cheng Jun smiled complacently, and said: "In the past two years, he only made a small profit, but this year he has made a lot of money." The main reason for his profit this year is that the rebel army vigorously attacked the Huguang Jinshen Group, which frightened many Jinshen to spend large sums of money. Saving money, Cheng Jun opened branches in major cities, and fled to Nanyang in a f*cking manner. Some of the money was saved, but people died on the road, and these savings were in vain for Cheng Jun.In addition, a large number of businessmen went south to flex their muscles in Xiangyang, Jingzhou, and Wuhan. Due to insufficient funds, they went to the bank to borrow money, and the business volume of his bank increased by more than ten times.

The two brothers have become business maniacs, only focusing on doing business in Wuhan and other places. It has been so long since Yang Menglong came back, and they have not gone back to see each other. Now that they have bumped into each other, Yang Menglong will certainly not be polite to them. Whichever one is the most expensive will be Whichever one I ordered, I ordered eight dishes and two bottles of good wine in one go, determined to make these two people's wallets bleed.It's a pity that people with such little money don't take it seriously at all.

Cheng Qi asked softly, "Big Brother, Second Brother, how are you doing?"

The two brothers said in unison: "Busy, too busy!"

Cheng Qi said: "If you really can't bear it, just take a rest. You can't make enough money, and it will be bad for your body if you are exhausted."

Cheng Jun sighed: "Little girl, you don't know what it's like to watch gold mountains and silver seas flow by your side! I can't wait to become Avalokitesvara and put all those gold mountains into my pocket!"

Cheng Ji said: "That's right! Who would be willing to not earn so much money!"

Cheng Qi said: "You are already rich enough, that's enough!"

Cheng Jun said: "It's not a question of whether you have enough money or not. We just like to make a lot of money and see the feeling of thousands of money coming in and out of our hands!"

Cheng Ji said: "Yes, you can't experience this wonderful feeling. Only a successful businessman is qualified to enjoy it!"

Quite a number of businessmen present nodded their heads and echoed their sympathy... Frankly speaking, anyone who can sit here and drink is not short of money. For example, Cheng Ji monopolized the sales of potato noodles in the Heluo area. He can make huge profits every year, plus the dividends from the steel factory and the glass factory, his property has already exceeded 100 million taels, and Cheng Jun is even more fierce, and has already broken through the 200 million mark. Money has been lost to them However, they are still sharpening their brains looking for business opportunities, never satisfied, to put it bluntly, what they are pursuing is that sense of accomplishment.

Yang Menglong knocked on the table and said: "Okay, okay, don't be so shy, I know you are rich! Well... I have to ask you to generously contribute to the construction fee of Wuhan University!"

Cheng Jun said straightforwardly: "No problem!" He has rich experience in this area, because he spent money to build the Nanyang No. [-] Technical School, in exchange for opening a bank in Wuyang, and paying military salaries for the Heluo New Army, etc. Power, and then step by step his fortune, when it comes to building a school, his first reaction is: the opportunity to gain reputation has come!
Cheng Ji said leisurely: "How can such a beautiful thing make my brother special? I will contribute to whatever I say."

Yang Menglong smiled: "That's great! Well, let me introduce to you, the blue-eyed beauty next to me is from Taixi. She comes from a family of merchants and has rich experience in business, finance, bank credit, and shipping. You can ask her for advice."

The two brothers turned their gazes to Catherine together, with surprise expressions on their faces, as if a beggar had picked up a treasure.The experienced Liu Ziyan and Cheng Qi grabbed the chopsticks and started grabbing food...

Just when the two brothers were getting close to Catherine, Yang Menglong started eating like crazy, with a look that could be said to be sweeping across the world and invincible...

(End of this chapter)