Concubine's three acres of pastoral garden

Chapter 151 No good wine, no good banquet, no good banquet (2)
Lian Ke came here five years ago. At that time, Xu Zongde wanted to build a relationship with him, so he forced Cao Mingquan to have a banquet with several other well-known businessmen in Huikang Mansion, but later found that Lian Ke didn't care about the family business at all. , Xu Zongde's relationship has not been established, but if he thinks about it this time, if he can help him, the previous meal will not be in vain.

After he came to Jujinyuan, he asked the buddy that Lian Ke was really here.

Coincidentally, Lian Ke came here for Xianglai. The name of Songning Rice spread to the capital, and some small merchants and peddlers came over and were snapped up. After Lian Xiu found out, he felt that this was rare. So he wanted to send someone over to take a look. No one wanted to do such a wasteful and time-consuming job. It happened that Lian Ke liked to wander around, so he asked for his life.

Because he felt that this errand was not something urgent, he stopped for two days to rest after arriving at Huikang Mansion.

Xu Zongde came at the right time, Lian Ke had already planned to leave for Songning the next day, but Xu Zongde blocked him the night before.

After the meeting, Xu Zongde explained his intentions and presented him with the bloodstone seal. He begged and begged, pretending to be pitiful and miserable, until he finally revealed that the new owner of Huiyuan Bank was Chen Xianglai, a rice planter from Songning. Only then did the Third Master Lian finally agree to meet him, but he reminded Xu Zongde in advance that he could help out with a few words, and whether he could do it would depend on Chen Xianglai, telling him not to have too much hope.

Xu Zongde begged him with an old face and refused to move him. Xu Zongde was already thankful if he was willing to come forward. Besides, in Xu Zongde's opinion, no matter how courageous Chen Xianglai was, he could not fail to give face to the concubine's younger brother. As long as he opened his mouth, it would be a sure thing. He left with a thousand thanks, and went back to find Cao Mingquan.

Lian Sanye has invited him, but it is definitely useless to ask Chen Xianglai to come out to see this one by himself, I guess he can only rely on Cao Mingquan.

Cao Mingquan couldn't stand his flirtatiousness, thinking that anyway, he just invited a guest in his own name, even Xu Zongde spent the money, so he just went, so he agreed.

Although Xianglai's collection of the store this time is based on her previous collection, the procedures are still the same, and the collection cannot be completed in a day or two.

In the early morning of the next day, before all of them left their homes, the messenger from the prefect's yamen arrived, and respectfully handed in Cao Mingquan's post, claiming that the prefect was hosting a banquet at Zhixiangju tonight, and Boss Shen must come.

Xianglai took the post and looked at it, only the time and place of the banquet and Xianglai's name were written in it, and nothing else was said.

Yu Zixi leaned over from the side, glanced at the post, snorted coldly, and said, "Hmph, it must be for Xu Zongde's success, there is no good wine, no good banquet."

Xianglai pinched the post and pondered, if Cao Mingquan wanted to stand up for Xu Zongde, he should have taken action as early as when he confiscated the shop, why did he delay until now?

But if it is said that he is not speaking out for Xu Zongde, there is no reason to entertain himself at all.

As she was thinking here, Xu Che behind her also spoke, and said in a cold voice: "It's just a magistrate, nothing to care about, Young Master Luo said before leaving, Miss can do whatever she wants, and he will do anything big If you can take care of it, if Miss Yan wants to go, I will accompany her and keep it safe, if you don’t want to go, just tear up the post.”

His words were much more aggressive than Yu Zixi's. The messenger who heard the letter glared at him sideways, but he didn't dare to say anything. There is no need to ask for his errand, so the errand was angry, but he didn't dare to say a word.

Xianglai held the invitation and thought about it, as long as she was in Huikang Mansion, she would definitely deal with Cao Mingquan in the future, and it was useless to hide, it would be better to go and see what he was going to do.So he said to the officer: "Go back and tell your masters that I will go to the banquet on time, but I don't want to see people I don't want to see at the banquet."

The officer was very happy to see her promise, nodded and said: "Yes, I will definitely tell my lord."

After the guard left, Xianglai took everyone to continue to collect Xu Zongde's shop. From morning to night, he finally collected half of the shop that should be collected. After a short rest, he and Yu Zixi brought Xu Che and Qi Xing to Zhixiangju .

At this time, there was only one table in the Zhixiang Building, so of course the magistrate's banquet could not be taken lightly. Without Cao Mingquan's order, the boss of Zhixiangju cleared the place consciously, and refused all the guests who wanted to enter at night.

Since Xianglai had something to say in advance, he didn't want to see Xu Zongde at the banquet, so the old guy didn't dare to show up, but he hid in the cubicle and eavesdropped. He couldn't feel at ease if he didn't know the result of such a big matter right away.

Cao Mingquan's appointment with Xianglai was a little earlier than Lian Ke's time, no matter how he was Xianglai, there was no reason to make Lian Ke wait.

Xianglai likes to get straight to the point, and after she sat down, she asked, "I don't know why Mr. Cao called the minnv here. The minnen feel that their status is low, and it seems that there is nothing worthy of an adult's banquet."

Cao Mingquan had seen the power of Xianglai a long time ago. Although the two met for the first time, Cao Mingquan was deeply impressed by what Xianglai did when he first came to Huikang Mansion two years ago. Calling from the mountain village to the magistrate's office is not a fuel-efficient lamp without even thinking about it.

So at this time, Xianglai's attitude didn't surprise him. In order to help Xu Zongde get things done, he forced a smile on his face and said, "Hehe, Boss Shen really lives up to his reputation. He really is a quick talker."

Xianglai sat silently, but she wanted to hear what Cao Mingquan could say.

Seeing that she didn't speak, Cao Mingquan continued with a dry smile, "Well... Actually, it's not a big deal for me to invite Boss Shen, but I just want to introduce you to a friend."

Xianglai thought that he was [-]% helping Xu Zongde, but he didn't expect him to say such a nonsense sentence, and asked strangely: "What friend?"

Seeing that Xianglai finally responded, Cao Mingquan's embarrassment improved, and he said: "This friend is also in business, and his business is very big. In the past, when the relationship between Beiliao and neighboring countries was good, his business was so big. It is spread all over the northern and southern Liao and Korea, and even if they can’t leave the country now, they are still the number one wealthy businessman in the Northern Liao.”

Sitting there, Xianglai wondered why what Cao Mingquan said sounded like the Lian family, but the Lian family was far away in the capital, and the owner of the Lian family would come to Huikang mansion in his spare time?Even if he came, he wouldn't meet him specially with the help of the magistrate like this, would he?

When she was groaning in doubt, Lian Ke had already arrived.

This person looks to be in his 30s. Although he is not tall, he is well-proportioned. He has a face like a crown jade with some elegance. From his demeanor and temperament, it can be seen that he is a laid-back person, unlike other businessmen. Philistine.

Cao Mingquan got up to greet him, and said, "Master Lian is here, please sit down."

(End of this chapter)