I’m Marquis in Great Tang

In May, the Imperial City became a bit hot.

Pedestrians on the streets are getting less clothes, all with thin clothes.

Today’s Imperial City, as the Imperial Capital of Xia Country, is not only the people of India, but also countless people from Great Tang, and countless people who have migrated here. Countless merchants flooded it, making the Imperial City business extremely prosperous. The prosperity of commerce has also attracted countless Great Tang businessmen here, and these businessmen have made countless money.

Because Great Tang’s satin cloth, paper, tea, etc., as well as many of Great Tang’s utensils, are all popular in India.

Although Du Qi’s industry also deals in tea, cloth, etc., India has a large market, so the Great Tang merchants who gather here can share a piece of the pie and make money from it.

Even the merchants of Great Tang doing business in the Imperial City set up a special hall.

The name is An Le Tang.

The meaning is peace and happiness.

I also hope that all Great Tang merchants in Anletang will abide by the law and the rules. Because this is Xia Country and Great Tang. Only by observing the rules can you be in business for a long time.

An Le Tang, located in the inner city of the Imperial City.

It is in the south of the city.

This house in Anletang is not very wide or magnificent. It is just decorated in the style of the Great Tang house. In the house, there are attendants who are responsible for cleaning, but normally there are very few people here.

After all, the Great Tang merchants in Anletang are busy with their own affairs.

Only on the first day of each month, all the businessmen in Anletang will gather together to talk about the current situation, talk about the latest happenings, and talk about the difficulties encountered. Help each other.

The first day of the new year is a set time.

As for the rest of the time, there are usually special things, and then someone will be specially notified.

At this moment, a Carriage stopped at the gate of An Le Hall.

Carriage’s curtains are raised.

But I saw a white-haired old man in his early fifties walking down from the Carriage.

The old man’s name is Pei Qingzhi.

He was born in Great Tang Hedong Pei Surname, but he is not a direct line of Hedong Pei Surname, he belongs to a collateral origin. In the early morning, he was specifically responsible for business. With the commercial development of Imperial City, and Xia Country accepts Great Tang merchants and allows Great Tang merchants to do business, Pei Family sent Pei Qingzhi to Imperial City to take charge of Pei Family’s business.

The business of Pei Family covers a wide range, from grain, to cloth, to tea, and even some salt. In addition, there are many other industries, which are very extensive.

The business of Pei Family has the greatest influence in the Imperial City, so Pei Qingzhi is the master of Chamber of Commerce.

He is President.

The other merchants are members of An Le Tang.

After Pei Qingzhi stepped in, he walked to the main seat of the lobby, and then waited quietly. Today is not the first day of the month, so it is not the time to gather together. However, Pei Qingzhi notified everyone, because just today, a special event happened, the Xia Country government issued a notice, and the target of the issue was a Great Tang businessman.

The notice stated that the Emperor of Great Tang Li Shimin had arrested Xia Country’s merchants in Great Tang. Under normal circumstances, Xia Country should be a crazy counterattack, and the same applies to the arrest of Great Tang businessman A Tooth For A Tooth Blood For Blood in Xia Country.

But the government has said that the businessmen in Xia Country can do business with peace of mind.

Xia Country will not target any merchant. As long as it is the Great Tang party who is doing business in Xia Country in compliance with laws and regulations, they will be protected and recognized.

This is the attitude of Xia Country Imperial Court.

It is also Du Qi’s guarantee.

Pei Qingzhi learned of the news, so he immediately notified everyone to see him.

Xia Country has responded, and they should also respond.

A little bit of time passed.

Not long after, a businessman stepped in. The person came with a smile and a smile like Maitreya Buddha on his chubby face. He bowed his hand to Pei Qingzhi and took a seat below.

Following, another merchant entered.

The number of people who finally sat in the lobby was 36 people.

These all are members of An Le Tang.

They are all people from Great Tang doing business in the Imperial City and even in Xia Country, and these are also powerful businessmen. In fact, there are many ordinary Great Tang merchants in the Imperial City. These people are not even qualified to enter the Anle Hall because of their small business.

Pei Qingzhi looked around and nodded said: “People should be there. Now, let’s talk about the emperor’s arrest of merchants in Xia Country in Great Tang. This matter, You should all know it.”

“I know!”

Everyone answered together.

After all, the government issued a notice, especially in the official Newspaper of Xia Country, which is also specially published. Under this premise, as long as it is a business person, there is nothing unaware.

Pei Qingzhi has sharp eyes and continues: “The official of Xia Country has already given a clear answer. Said Xia Country will not target Great Tang merchants. As long as we follow the law in Xia Country, we will get Protection. The arrangement of the Emperor Xia Country is highly appreciated by the old man.”

“Now the battle between Xia Country and Great Tang has started a few years ago and has actually been ongoing until now.”

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“It’s just intermittent.”

“To this day, the situation of this fight has become extremely complicated. The methods of both sides are also very ruthless. For example, Emperor Li Shimin , He directly arrested the businessman in Xia Country. This move may be beneficial to Great Tang, but in fact, it put us in a desperate situation. Once the emperor of Xia Country arrested people like this, none of us could escape. Drop.”

“The Emperor Xia Country is kind, but we can’t treat it as it should be by rights. So I think we should do something now to thank the Emperor Xia Country for the arrangement. “

Pei Qingzhi continued: “So the old man’s plan is to call you all to talk about how to deal with this matter now. Only if this matter is handled properly, we are here Xia Country is the one that can last forever.”

Everyone thought about it.

Because Pei Qingzhi’s plan is actually very simple. It is to help Du Qi. This is a starting point.

Among the crowd, a businessman from Zheng Clan of Xinyang said: “Pei Gong, let me say that if we directly help Xia Country under the current situation, It’s definitely impossible. Once we do this, it’s easy to suffer. At the disposal of Your Majesty, the Emperor of Great Tang. So I think that we are now, even if we want to help Du Qi, we should be from the side.”

Pei Qingzhi: “How to do it?”

Zheng Family merchant said: “It is still unknown for the time being. After all, dealing with Du Qi is not a matter with no difficulty. You need to plan for such a thing together.

Pei Qingzhi looked around everyone and said: “If you have any thoughts, just say it directly, although you can speak freely. You are all smart people, and you should all know that our interests are tied to Du Qi’s interests. If Du Qi is really affected and the body of Xia Country is damaged, then our business income will also drop a lot. “

“Pei, I have a plan. “

At this moment, a young man sitting at the end of the crowd spoke up.

The young man is only in his early twenties.

Everyone present The businessman is either fifty-sixty-year-old or from the Great Family, but without exception, they are all famous, so the young man salutes the rest again.

The young man’s name is Li Xi.

Born from the Surname Li family in Zhaojun.

Surname Li from Li Yuan is Li Clan of Longxi. There are still some differences between the two sides.

Pei Qingzhi smiled and said, “Li Xi, what do you suggest? “

For Li Xi, Pei Qingzhi is quite appreciative.

Because Li Xi is a good restaurant manager even though he is young. He only manages restaurants and hot pot. In particular, the hot pot bottoms developed by Li Xi are not lost to Du Qi’s subordinate industries, so Li Xi’s restaurant is very popular. In terms of business, it is actually better than many people present.

It’s just that Li Xi is young and low in seniority, so he sits at the last table.

After all, in Anle Hall, we still have to discuss seniority.

Li Xi said resolutely: “Pei, We are all businessmen, and what we can do is actually very limited. So I think we can do two things now. “

Pei Qingzhidao: “Say directly. “

Li Xi opened the mouth and said: “The first thing is that we send letters to our respective families, and ask our respective families to work hard, not to spare no effort, but at least to use the power of the family. Inciting public opinion, creating pressure on the emperor in Cháng’ān and even Great Tang, begging the emperor to give up capturing the merchants of Xia Country. “

“The second thing is that all of our Great Tang merchants who do business in Xia Country jointly wrote a letter and wrote the Wanmin book directly. This Wanmin Letter states that our Great Tang merchants are doing business in Xia Country, but they support many Great Tang people, so that Great Tang people can have something to do. Countless people Chen Qing begged to directly play the emperor, asking the emperor to release the Xia Country merchant. “

Li Xi said: “This is my suggestion. “

After listening, Pei Qingzhi stroked his beard under his jaw and nodded: “Li Xi’s arrangement is very good.” The old man thinks that Li Xi’s suggestion can be adopted, what do you think? “

Following Pei Qingzhi’s statement, the others nodded in agreement.

All agreed.

Pei Qingzhi reached a unified opinion and continued. : “In addition to Li Xi’s suggestion, do you have other suggestions? “

Everyone shook their heads.

They all said they would follow Li Xi’s suggestion.

Pei Qingzhi said solemnly: “Li Xi’s suggestion is feasible, but These suggestions are only applicable to Great Tang. But when we do business in Great Tang, we still have to express our views. Our statement is very simple, that is, we are only businessmen, only doing business, not involved in politics, and will not participate in wars. Whether it’s Xia Country or Great Tang, we don’t interfere. “

paused, Pei Qingzhi said: “The war belongs to the war, the two countries belong to the two countries, and we are only businessmen, only responsible for business. In this statement, one is to show Du Qi that we are definitely willing to abide by the law. On the other hand, it is to show the country that we are Great Tang people and will not fall to Du Qi’s side because of a war. “

“Pei, this is probably wrong. “

At this moment, someone spoke again.

The speaker’s name is Gao Shi.

He is about the same age as Pei Qingzhi, and he is also good in business, except Without a background, he is just an ordinary businessman. He looked calmly, opened the mouth and said: “Pei, Great Tang, are now all merchants targeting Xia Country. It can be seen that the emperor is already a little impatient, and even wants to target Du Qi. “

“Especially the emperor has repeatedly lost to Du Qi. Although we expressed our position to show that we are the people of Great Tang, in fact, the emperor may not appreciate it, and may not agree with it. “

“So at the moment, I don’t think we are suitable to make this statement. We only need to play Wanminshu and invite our respective families to exert their efforts to raise public opinion. “

Gao Shi said: “After all, we played Wanmin Shu, so that we can do business steadily in Xia Country. Even if the emperor has some ideas, it is difficult to be harsh. But it’s different once again. “

Pei Qingzhi also fell into contemplation after hearing this.

There is a certain truth in Gao Shi’s words.

Li Xi opened the mouth and said: “Pei, I think Gao Gong’s words also have some truth. For Xia Country, we have played Wanminshu and our respective families have also worked hard, and we have already done send charcoal in the winter. For us, we don’t need to shoot. But we have taken action, and we have done our best. I believe that the Emperor Xia Country will not criticize us. “

As soon as the words came out, everyone nodded.

They all agreed with Li Xi’s words.

After hearing this, Pei Qingzhi opened the mouth and said : “If this is the case, then follow Gao Shi’s virtuous brother’s suggestion and do not make a joint statement. Our actions are arranged in accordance with Li Xi’s suggestion. “

Immediately, Pei Qingzhi quickly arranged the arrangement and asked everyone to prepare the Wanmin Book.

With all the arrangements in place, Pei Qingzhi began to let people sign and draw, and this was the only thing. It must take time to think about it, because this Wanmin book is definitely not only the people of An Le Tang, but also other Great Tang merchants who do business in Xia Country.