After being divorced, my identity as a poet was exposed

The cigarette hunchback was standing behind the counter with his old smoking gun in his mouth.

He was blowing smoke out of his mouth, and his old eyes were narrowed by the smoke.

He was flipping through the ledger and dialing the abacus.

There were not many guests in the inn lobby at this time. After all, it was already midnight, and the businessmen staying in the inn had already had breakfast and went out to do their own things.

There were only four guests in the lobby sitting around a table making tea.

Before he stepped through the door of Yuelai Inn, Li Chenan heard a voice:

"Brother Bai, your idea is of course a great one."

"It's just that the Eight Blessings Bank... is run by the Duke of Qi!"

"It has been more than 300 years since the founding of Ningguo, and the Qi Mansion has been running the Bafu Bank for more than 300 years!"

"Although your Bai family's Wanguan Bank has some foundation, it is far different from the Bafu Bank... I said something that I shouldn't have said!"

"During the Kyoto Incident two years ago, the old Duke of Qi stood firmly behind the Regent. Although the Regent banned the five major Dukes' offices in Ning, in fact, not only was the Qi House not affected at all, On the contrary, I am more favored than before when Ji Tai was in power..."

Li Chenan stood in front of the door and looked at the old man who was speaking. The old man had his back turned to him and did not notice Li Chenan's arrival.

He shook his head and said:

"Rebuilding the Guangling Navy is an extremely huge project. The amount of money invested by the imperial court is a huge amount!"

"I'm afraid it's unlikely that the Prince Regent would store that much money in your Wanguan Bank..."

"But since you said this, wait until Brother Su of the Su family arrives in Linshui City. I will help you. You can talk to Mr. Su and see if you can send a letter to his son Mr. Su, Shizhong Su, through Mr. Su. .”

"After all, the regent has been kind to Mr. Su. If Mr. Su goes to the regent and says a few words about your bank... maybe the imperial court can share some money and store it in your bank."

"It doesn't take much, the main thing is that your Wan Guan Bank can make a name for itself. This is the biggest benefit!"

Sitting on the side of the old man was Bai Zhiwei, the boss of Zhiweixuan.

Li Chenan took a look at Linshui Pier from a distance and had some impressions in his mind, but he didn't expect that the owner of the restaurant, Boss Bai, had a money bank in his family.

Now that he heard it, he had some more ideas in his mind.

Bai Zhiwei nodded and cupped his hands towards Chen Dingmao:

"What Mr. Chen said is reasonable. I don't dare to think of depositing this large sum of money into Wanguan Bank. It is the best to be able to name Wanguan Bank."

"The Bank of the Eight Blessings is an insurmountable existence. My father has talked about it many times."

"My father said that the Eight Blessings Bank is a big tree, and our Wanguan Bank is just the grass under this big tree."

"We in Ningguo are very big, so we will do some work in places that the Blessings Bank does not cover, or places that the Blessings Bank does not bother to operate."

"Wanguan Bank's business in Jiangnan Road is all due to the Bai family, who are originally from Jiangnan, and it all depends on the support of those businessmen."

"As for expansion beyond Jiangnan Province... try not to conflict with the Blessed Bank."

"So I thought about it last night. In fact, I was very worried that this move would offend the Eight Blessings Bank. If the Duke of Qi was angry...it would be more than worth the gain!"

"Of course, my idea is a bit redundant. After all, the regent has so many things to do, how can he have time to care about such a small thing..."

Li Chenan has led Qiu Balou and others into the lobby door of Yuelai Inn.

The cigarette hunchback holding the cigarette rod in his mouth had raised his head, and his old eyes suddenly lit up in the thick smoke!

The sunlight shining into the lobby from outside the door was blocked by Li Chenan and others.

Xie Tongju, who was sitting facing the door, looked past Chen Dingmao's shoulders. His eyes were full of shock, so much so that his mouth opened wide.

Chen Dingmao turned around.

Bai Zhiwei turned his head, and Liu Rui, who was sitting on the other side, also raised his head.

At this moment, everyone's eyes fell on Li Chenan's face!

Yantuozi was naturally very happy. The young master came to Linshui City and the Yuelai Inn in Linshui City. This was considered his return home.

Before he could shake off the ashes from the pot and go to greet the young master, the four of them, Chen, Dingmao and Chen, all stood up and left the table.

They stood opposite Li Chenan.

The four of them lifted up their clothes and knelt down in fear.

Chen Dingmao shouted: "Caomin, Chen Dingmao of the Chen family in Yingzhou, pay homage to the regent!" Li Chenan walked over.

In Qiu Balou's sight, he bent down, stretched out his hands, and carefully helped Chen Dingmao up.

"Mr. Chen, the Chen family of Yingzhou was awarded by the late emperor!"

"I, Li Chenan, greatly admire the righteous deeds of the Yingzhou Chen family..."

"You all get up, I really don't like this."

Qiu Balou had some understanding of Li Chenan's behavior and habits.

He knew that the regent was indeed unusual, especially in matters of etiquette.

He didn't care about these so-called rules. He could even sit on the threshold with the old farmer and chat casually.

This is what makes him different!

This is also the hope for Ningguo's future that Qiu Balou sees.

But Bai Zhiqiu and the others didn’t understand!

As a businessman at the bottom of society, he was lucky enough to meet the future emperor... This was enough to make them extremely frightened.

How dare they get up?

Even Chen Dingmao's head is buzzing at the moment.

He didn't expect to meet the regent here either!

Logically speaking, when the regent travels, there should be a big battle.

Not to mention the dignified regent, even if the magistrate of Yingzhou travels, there will be gongs and drums to clear the way!

But the regent came to Yuelai Inn quietly with a few people...

By the way, the Prince Regent didn't take a few people with him when he went to Linshui Pier yesterday!

The poor old man, now being supported by the regent's arm, was so excited that his face turned red as he listened to the regent's praise of Yingzhou Chen family and he didn't know what to say.

Li Chenan said to Bai Zhiqiu and the others again:

"You're all up, do you still need me to support you one by one?"

As soon as these words came out, Bai Zhiqiu and the others couldn't kneel down. If they waited for the regent to help them, wouldn't they be ignorant of the rules.

The three people stood up quickly and bowed respectfully:

"Thank you, Regent!"

Li Chenan waved his hand: "Are you the shopkeeper Bai of Zhiweixuan?"

Bai Zhiqiu quickly bowed again: "That's right, you villain!"

"I'm going to invite a few guests to Zhiweixuan at noon, and I have to trouble you to arrange the arrangements."

Bai Zhiqiu was flattered and said, "I'll go back now!"

"Wait a minute..."

Li Chenan looked at Xie Tongju and Liu Rui, "Are you two businessmen too?"

Xie Tongju quickly bowed and replied: "Xie Tongju, the little man, is a tea merchant in Linshui City."

Liu Rui also replied nervously: "The villain Liu Rui, a descendant of the Liu family in Shuzhou, is going to Kyoto to rest in Linshui City."

"Okay, I'm not free now. You three, let's have a drink together at Zhiweixuan at noon... Shopkeeper Bai will also come."

"It's nothing special, and there's no need to be formal. I'm also in business. You all know that Huapingchun is my property."

Li Chenan held Chen Dingmao's old hands and said, "Don't treat me as a regent. This is just some business exchanges."

"You...you continue to drink tea, I will take care of some things, and we will meet at Zhiweixuan at noon!"

"Shopkeeper Bai, get a big table!"

Chen Dingmao and the other four were dumbfounded.

Li Chenan had put down Chen Dingmao's hand, looked at Yan Tuozi, and walked towards the backyard of Yuelai Inn. (End of chapter)