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Speaking of a banquet, of course it’s not just as simple as sitting together to eat and drink. Before the banquet, there will be a summary meeting. Those who can participate in this meeting are members of the General Chamber of Commerce. To become a member of the Jiangnan General Chamber of Commerce, in addition to obtaining The recommendation of a member with status and status requires that the scale of their own industry is strong enough to be recognized by the General Chamber of Commerce.

As an independent manor, Chengning Villa has its own one-stop industrial chain, from the production of raw materials to sales, as well as the branch line of tourist attractions. Not to mention the scale, after several years of operation, at least in terms of reputation It has already been typed out.

The Huahuo Factory has signed a long-term cooperation contract with the Jiangnan General Army Camp and the Jian Family Army behind it, which is equivalent to half an imperial merchant; there are also agricultural tools made by the Huahuo Factory, etc., basically every farmer in Yangzhou has a set.In terms of qualifications, except for the lack of seniority and the fact that Situ Meng is too young, he fully meets the conditions for joining the Jiangnan General Chamber of Commerce.

When Situ Meng saw the invitation, he knew that the uncle must have put a lot of effort into this matter.

Although he lived a life isolated from the world in Chengning Mountain Villa, he needed to come forward in person to purchase and ship goods and find partners. Joining the Jiangnan General Chamber of Commerce is almost impossible.

Compared with him, Situ Li has been rooted in Yangzhou Mansion for a long time and has a wide network of contacts. Before the manor was famous in the early stage, Situ Li used his personal connections to help him a lot, so Chengning Villa can So much development in such a short period of time.

It can be said that Situ Li is more like a golden finger than the bronze mirror system.

Of course, Situ Meng would take the olive branch handed over by the Jiangnan General Chamber of Commerce. In a few days, he and Situ Li set off for Yangzhou.

At this time, Jing Shen, who had disappeared for a whole day after arriving at the manor, appeared out of nowhere and followed them swaggeringly.

Situ Meng knew the identity of Jingshen. Of course, Situ Li, who was once an official in the sixth department of the capital, had never seen the sixth prince. Even if he had never seen Jingshen, at least the second prince had. The degree of similarity, as shrewd as Situ Li, naturally it is impossible not to guess his identity.

"Uncle, you knew the true identity of Jing Shen a long time ago, right?"

Situ Li glanced at his nephew and rubbed his head, "What's the matter? You suddenly asked about this?"

"……nothing."

When Situ Meng thought that the two foxes, one big and one small, had fooled him around, he became a little angry, and kept silent in the carriage of the train going to Yangzhou Mansion.

In fact, he doesn't know why, obviously he is not a coquettish person, why did he become more and more hypocritical after reuniting with Jing Shen?

The two foxes, Situ Li and Jingshen, can see that Situ Meng is angry at once, but Situ Li doesn't care about his own business and just concentrates on doing his own thing, as stable as Mount Tai.

Knowing that Situ Li had thrown the trouble on himself, Jing Shen had no choice but to catch it, and greeted the eighteenth generation of Situ Li's ancestors in his heart.

"Do you want to know the content of this secret decree?" Jing Shen moved closer to Situ Meng and whispered in his ear.

The hot air exhaled by the depth of field sprayed on Situ Meng's ears, he felt his ears itchy, and unaccustomed to dodging back, "I want to know, will you say it?"

"Of course!" Depth of Field successfully distracted Situ Meng's attention, he moved his buttocks again, put it next to Situ Meng again, covered it with one hand, and said in Situ Meng's ear: "...so I came this time The purpose is to catch a person... or a group of people, whoever cares, you have to do me a favor at the banquet, and help me keep an eye on it, the person I want to catch may be there."

It's not that Situ Meng is really hypocritical, it's just that he was a little angry after being conspired and deceived for so long, and what's more... he felt that he was really stupid in the past, even though he lived one more life than others.

Now when he heard that Jing Shen asked him for help, he immediately changed back to that steady big brother, and worried about Jing Shen, "But you don't have an invitation card, how do you sneak into the banquet?"

Regarding this issue, of course Jing Shen has his own way. On the day he disappeared, he went to Ji Lao during the day and told him about someone in Jiangnan reselling lighter engine oil to other countries.

The reselling of fire engine oil has been happening endlessly since the previous dynasty. All kinds of black market reselling merchants will appear on the stage. Even the emperor himself has colluded with black merchants who secretly sell fire engine oil.

Back then, Ji Lao also received a secret order from the late emperor to go to the southwest to find out a series of mice that specialize in pounding his own rice.

Ji Lao has retired for many years, and his connections are still in his hands. Although he does not want to return to the court, he still helps if he can in such a matter that endangers the country.

He created a false identity for Jing Shen, pretending to be a relative of a member of the Jiangnan General Chamber of Commerce. He came out this time to gain insight with his parents.

After arriving in Yangzhou, Jing Shen parted ways with Situ Meng and the others. He pretended to be his fake relative, while Situ Meng and Situ Li went to the banquet by himself.

Knowing that Jing Shen had a way to get into the banquet, Situ Meng was relieved. Before leaving, he said to Jing Shen: "You have to be careful. If there is anything you can't deal with, don't be impulsive. Call me together, you know?"

Jing Shen nodded, and seeing catkins on Situ Meng's hair, he helped him pick off the catkins, "I'm going first, see you later!"

Situ Meng looked at Jing Shenyuan's back, turned his head to follow Situ Li, and the two took a rest at an inn under Situ Li's name to prepare for tomorrow's banquet.

"The banquet will last a whole day. During the day, it will be the internal reports and meetings of the General Chamber of Commerce. The banquet will not officially start until the evening." Situ Li introduced.

Situ Meng kept his uncle's words in mind, and the latter looked at the sky outside, "It's so late, go to bed early after washing up, and you have to wake up early tomorrow morning, I will introduce some people to you."

Situ Meng was indeed a little sleepy. After listening to his uncle's words, he lay on the bed after washing up, but maybe he just washed away the drowsiness, so he didn't feel sleepy now.

He remembered what had happened recently, from going to Beijing with the Jiangnan caravan, straying into the royal hunting ground in Jincheng, accidentally bumping into the plot of an assassin, and then being assassinated by the assassin, he was rescued by Jing Shen, came to the camp of the royal hunting ground, met Many people who should not have met.

Met Jingshen, returned to the capital together, opened a store, and now, they came back here together, back to Yangzhou.

All this happened so naturally, as if it should have been so.

Situ Meng thought, I don't know what happened to the fifth prince in the palace, whether he was successful in rehabilitating drugs, whether Situ Lan was caught...

And Depth of Field, I don’t know if his task is difficult or dangerous, did he make any arrangements in advance?Is there anyone here to help him... Oh yes, the officer in the Jiangnan General Army Camp... Commander Jian is his own uncle. With such a powerful person around, he shouldn't be in danger...

He thought about it, and fell asleep like this. Soon after dawn the next day, Situ Li knocked on his door.

Situ Meng just woke up, he was still a little dazed, Situ Li clapped his hands, and a group of people filed in one after another, and placed the washing utensils, clothes and hot tea for Situ Meng.

"Get ready, I'll show you a few people later."

Situ Li dropped these words and left with those people just now. Situ Meng sat on the bed and waited for the low pressure from getting up to pass before going down to wash and change clothes.

After a while, Situ Li knocked on the door and came in. He prepared a new dark blue dress for Situ Meng. The dark fabric made Situ Meng look much calmer.Situ Li nodded in satisfaction, and led Situ Meng to the box on the other side.

After they sat down and waited for a while, people came one after another. Situ Meng remembered that he had seen two of them in Memories of the Ru River, and they seemed to be well-known wealthy businessmen in Yangzhou.

Situ Li introduced them one by one, and said to Situ Meng: "They are all core members of the Jiangnan General Chamber of Commerce, and this one, this is the president of the General Chamber of Commerce, Mr. Gao Wendegao."

"Hello, seniors! Hello, President Gao!"

After everyone sat down, they chatted enthusiastically about the business experience. Chairman Gao said: "The times are different now. The emperor's suppression of the fire mechanism technique has caused our technology to lag far behind that of other surrounding countries. Today, the Holy Spirit , to re-support the fire mechanism technique, but decades of suppression have made the fire mechanism technique remain decades ago, but as businessmen, whether it is the use of fields or daily needs, the position occupied by the fire mechanism more and more important."

"Mr. Situ, everyone here must have heard about it. He established a firework factory, which raised the use of fire organs in our entire Yangzhou Prefecture, and also made Yangzhou Prefecture's fire organs ahead of other prefectures." Gao Hui Chang continued: "Today, I specially called you before the banquet to let everyone know each other. Mr. Situ represents the new trend of fire mechanism. I hope that the new fire mechanism technique will not only develop in Yangzhou, but also go out of Yangzhou. Carry forward in the whole Jiangnan, even the whole Great Zhou."

A wealthy businessman in Yangzhou said: "Mr. Situ and I have been friends for a long time. The fire mechanism and farm tools we use in the fields are all imported from the Huahuo factory. I have to say that manpower is really not as good as the fire mechanism. With these farm tools , the harvest in our fields is at least twice what it used to be!"

Several businessmen from other state capitals couldn't help showing a look of surprise, "Twice?! This is a huge amount! Mr. Zhu, are you telling the truth?"

"Naturally, if you have any doubts, you can go directly to the fields under my name." Said the rich businessman in Yangzhou.

In any era, food is the most important part of people's survival. It is needed in peaceful times and even more so in turbulent war years.

Seeing that the merchants in other prefectures were a little moved, Situ Li took the opportunity to say: "There are also direct stores of Huahuo Factory in other prefectures in the south of the Yangtze River. If you need it, you can also buy it in the direct stores. There are a lot of gadgets for the fire mechanism, I believe your family will like it."

Situ Meng wondered why President Gao was so familiar with the Huahuo factory, and his views on the fire mechanism unexpectedly matched his own, but it was more mature than his ideas.

President Gao was originally talking with other business leaders, and seemed to sense Situ Meng's gaze, so he turned his head and smiled with Situ Meng.

Situ Meng smiled back at President Gao, saying that this President Gao is much closer than he imagined. From the time he came to sit in the box to now, he has always been smiling and speaking kindly. Look down on others.

He also found that President Gao has been talking about Chengning Villa since he opened his mouth. President Gao has a deep understanding of Chengning Villa, and he is very familiar with the affairs of Chengning Villa.

It can be seen that this President Gao either has true love for Chengning Villa, or he has done enough homework before coming here. Situ Meng feels that these two guesses are not very reliable, but he can't think of other possible.

Situ Meng found that there was still a vacant seat at the table, between President Gao and his uncle, and he expected that there were still big bosses coming.Sure enough, in the middle of the morning tea, someone came into the box.

The person who came this time seemed to be in his 20s, and his wheat-colored skin made him look very sunny and energetic.

"I'm sorry, the caravan has been delayed. This junior will replace wine with tea, and punish himself with a cup!" He poured himself a cup of tea and drank it down. When other businessmen saw him, they greeted him with smiles.

"Hao Si is here too!"

"Going to deal with the caravan business early in the morning, haven't you had breakfast yet? Come, come, sit down!"

"I haven't seen you for several months. What treasures did your caravan bring back this time? I like the glazed screen you gave me last time!"

Gao Haosi sat in the only vacant seat, and Situ Li filled him with a cup of hot tea. The waiter came in, and Situ Li gave some instructions in a low voice. Soon, several plates of good-looking breakfasts were placed on the table.

Gao Haosi drank his tea and looked at the people around Situ Li out of the corner of his eye. Situ Li waited for him to put down his cup before introducing: "This is President Gao's son. Gao Haosi is also the person in charge of the Jiangnan Sea Caravan; Haosi , This is what I often mention to you, my nephew, Situ Meng."

"Situ Meng... May I call you Meng'er?" Gao Haosi had two small dimples when he laughed, and his two canine teeth made him look a bit mischievous. He is a very attractive type that can inspire motherhood.

Situ Meng offered Gao Haosi a cup of tea, "Hello, Mr. Gao!"

"It's too strange to call Mr. Gao, call me Brother Haosi..." He glanced at Situ Li, "Well, is the seniority messed up? But I'm several years younger than your uncle!"

Situ Li patted his forehead, "You're only two years younger, so it's okay to call you uncle!"

"No, I'm younger than you, I don't want to be an uncle!"

Situ Meng suppressed a smile, "Well, Brother Hao Si!"

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