Xiaosheng is not a nerd

Gu Xianting came back and sat down, and asked in a low voice: "Mr. Xie, I'm doing okay."

"Boss, it's really better than I expected. I've wronged you."

Gu Xianting felt a little weird when he heard Xie Fu calling him his boss, and said calmly: "It's a small matter, why should I be wronged?"

In terms of showing up in public, today's scene is far worse than what she has been in for more than a year.

While talking, several people came in from the guild hall, and there was one person in front of him, who was over sixty years old and had graying sideburns.

The grain merchants in East Jiangnan Road immediately embraced him warmly and greeted him respectfully: "Master Zhu."

It is completely different from the attitude towards Li Baiyong.

Ye Jieyi whispered: "Your biggest competitor is here. That old man is Zhu Zhengliang, the head of the Zhu family in Hangzhou, and the one next to him is his son Zhu Shide."

"Jiangnan Dongdao's grain economy and trade has always been run by Zhu Shide. Zhu Zhengliang has already retreated behind the scenes, and today he is here to support his son."

After Zhu Zhengliang greeted a group of Jiangnan grain merchants, he looked at Li Baiyong meaningfully, but he didn't intend to go forward to chat and get acquainted, and sat down with the support of a group of Jiangnan grain merchants.

From this move, a hostile atmosphere filled the air, and the guild hall was divided into two camps, and Li Baiyong also brought a lot of people.

Ye Jieyi whispered: "It seems that the Zhu family in Hangzhou is very popular."

Xie Fu smiled and said, "That's not necessarily the case. After all, the Zhu family in Hangzhou, as the general merchant of food in the east of the Yangtze River, is like their parents. How can they be disrespectful, unless you don't want to eat this food."

After a while, a man with a square face appeared, and everyone stood up and said hello: "Master Ye."

Ye Jieyi whispered: "This is my father, Ye Meixun."

Xie Fu looked back at Ye Jieyi, and said with a smile: "Fortunately, sister Jieyi, you don't look like your father, otherwise you would be square and square."

Ye Jieyi scolded: "What do you mean, are you courting death?"

Gu Xianting next to him looked at the two talking and laughing with beautiful eyes, his expression full of suspicion.

Ye Mei raised her hand and gave a unified reply. After publicly announcing the requirements and conditions of the bidding, she was about to leave.

Zhu Shide got up and left quickly to catch up: "Master Ye, please talk over there."

"Master Zhu, I'm sorry."

After Ye Meixun responded politely, she said to the middle-aged man beside her, "Wan Li, if there is anything unclear about Master Zhu, please tell Master Zhu."

Zhu Shide was stunned for a moment, Ye Meixun had already left the guild hall.

Zhu Zhengliang, who was sitting upright, frowned slightly.

Ye Meixun's behavior conveyed a message to everyone - this bidding, no old acquaintances, no favoritism.

Zhu Shide returned to the table with a gloomy face, and the father and son cast complicated expressions at Li Baiyong who was not far away.

Suspiciously guessing, is it because Li Baiyong did something secretly that made Ye Meixun so indifferent towards the Zhu family.

There are so many grain merchants here today, but in fact, only five participated in the bidding, and the others were all witnesses.

The five families are Zhu Shide from the Zhu family in Hangzhou, Li Baiyong from the Li family from Boling County, Yuanle from Longxi, Huoduan from Yangzhou, and finally Gu Xianting from Suzhou.

The other four families more or less knew about it, but this Suzhou Gu Xianting came out of nowhere, and she was a beautiful little girl, all of them showed surprised expressions, this is not a joke.

But when they saw that the other party carried a box full of tenders and moved boxes of silver into the guild hall, it was confirmed that this beautiful little lady was not joking with them.

Based on the size of the box, it should be 200 taels, and there are more than 80 boxes, that is 10 taels.

The high threshold of 5 taels of guarantee is enough to keep most businessmen out, and 10 taels shows its strength.

Zhu Shide frowned slightly, when Gu Xianting would appear, but before that, he hadn't heard any news, it really made people wonder.

As for competitors such as Li Baiyong, Yuan Le, and Huo Duan, he had already made some adjustments to understand them.

Zhu Zhengliang, who was sitting beside him, asked in a low voice, "Shi De, what's going on?"

"Father, I don't know either."

From the point of being able to take out 10 taels at once, the origin of the other party is definitely not simple. How can ordinary businessmen have the ability to come up with 10 taels.

It's fine if it's just a rich businessman, but if there is some kind of power behind it, it will make people a little afraid.

Jiang was still old and spicy, Zhu Zhengliang said calmly: "Be safe and don't be impatient." He whispered to a person beside him and asked: "Go and find out where the 10 taels came from."

Zhu Shide was overjoyed when he heard the words: "My lord father has a solution."

10 taels is not ten taels of silver, it cannot be concealed and cannot be hidden, the delivery process must be ostentatious, as long as you know where the 10 taels came from, you will know who is behind Gu Xianting.

Li Baiyong seemed to have the same doubts here, and was whispering to the people around him.

Huo Duan secretly showed surprise, his surprise did not come from Gu Xianting, but from Xie Fu.

As a big businessman with business all over the country, his news is naturally very well-informed. As early as a few days ago, he had already learned the amazing news that the new commander of Huainan Road was about to take office.

At first, Huo Duan didn't take it seriously. It was three years ago that the last commander of Huainan Road took office.

The previous commanders of Huainan Road did not live for more than a month, and they either died on the road or died in office.

The reason is that many people in Jiangnan Dongdao don't like the appearance of such a character to get in the way.

After three years, the imperial court once again sent someone to take up this post. The sensitivity of Huo Duan businessman made him investigate the matter in depth.

If you don't check, you don't know, but when you check, you are shocked. The upcoming Huainan Road Jiedu Envoy is the one everyone expects.

At the same time, I was strongly recommended by the sixth prince and the prince. You must know that the six princes and the prince are not in harmony. It is always you who sing the right tune, so I will sing the opposite. It is rare that we have the same opinion once.

More than half of the civil and military officials in the Manchu Dynasty agreed with this matter.

Benzhuo recommended Wang Junheng, the former minister of the Ministry of War.

Wang Junheng is a member of the royal family, and at the same time, it also leads to the fact that Xie Fu is the son-in-law of the Wang family.

What kind of person can snatch Wang Wanzhi from the sixth prince and other famous princes? This person is absolutely low-key and terrifying.

With the backing of the royal family, the strong recommendation of the sixth prince and the crown prince, and the approval of half of the courtiers, Huo Duan felt that this time was really different.

I'm afraid that this time Huainan Dao Jiedushi will let Xie Fu take the position firmly, which is why Huo Duan took the initiative to curry favor just now.

After all, he will be the local emperor who will rule the entire Jiangnan East Road in the future. Can he, a businessman who needs to look at others to eat, not take the initiative to show his favor?

Earlier, when he saw Xie Fu appearing in the guild hall, he thought that Xie Fu wanted to know about Jiangnan's grain management in advance, and hoped that Xie Fu could secretly help him and support him.

Gu Xianting's participation in the bidding made Huo Duan aware of a problem. Xie Fu hadn't taken office yet, and he was already planning to reach out to the Jiangnan Dongdao Grain General Merchant. What could be more reassuring than holding it in his own hands.

Huo Duan pondered, should he fight or help?

His participation in the Jiangnan Dongdao Grain General Merchant was driven by interests, and he was also targeted by others...