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Tang Tongchang looks fierce, but not very ugly. However, people who come here call him ugly, so that even his smile seems a little weird. No matter who sees him, the first impression will not be good.
Xu Si was a person of low status, or to be more precise, a high-level eunuch and a steward of Shengze Guijiayuan, a place with half-closed doors that was dedicated to training high-level singing girls.
Guijiayuan had always had business dealings with the former Menglong Gang. Some of the girls abducted by the Menglong Gang were sold to Guijiayuan. Xu Si didn't know about the big changes in the Menglong Gang a few days ago. It was not until he came to Changzhou that he learned that the Menglong Gang had undergone a big change and had a new gang leader.
Although Xu Si was ugly, he was an extremely intelligent man. It was because of his management that the Guijiayuan business continued to prosper, gradually becoming famous in Jiangsu and Zhejiang from a small place.
It didn’t matter to Xu Si who would become the leader of the Raptors Gang. What was important was that the business he was running had to continue. So Xu Si didn’t leave, but came to the Raptors Gang’s territory to take a look.
Although he didn't know who the current gang leader of this place, Heipi, was, he knew at a glance who was the boss of this place. It can be said that Xu Si had a very sharp vision. After all, he was a man who had been rolling in the dusty world for half his life, and he had learned the ropes.
"Xu Si, you came at the right time. Last time you returned to Guijiayuan, you still owed us some money. Are you here to pay it back this time?" There were several people present who knew Xu Si. One of them, in order to curry favor with Tang Tong, took the initiative to ask Xu Si for money.
"Haha, it's Master Hu. I heard that you now have a new gang leader. Could you introduce him to me?" Xu Si felt more relaxed when he saw his old acquaintance, and asked the man.
"No, Xu Si, don't call me Master Hu. I'm not a gangster anymore. The Menglong Gang has changed its name to Nanyang Development Company, and I'm the manager of Nanyang Development Company. You'll still call me Manager Hu in the future. Come, let me tell you, this is our Changzhou Qianhu Lord Tang, the chairman of Nanyang Development Company, and this is our Nanyang Development Company's general manager, Mr. Hei, and these two are Lord Tang Xiaohu and Lord Liu Xiaohu, and they are now directors of our development company." Although the man surnamed Hu didn't understand what a manager was, it didn't stop him from showing off to Xu Si, because the less understood something is, the more profound it is, just like the abstract poems of the post-1980s, although no one understood what they were talking about, it didn't stop the author from calling himself a poet.
Xu Si was completely baffled by the numerous titles the Hu man had mentioned. He didn't understand why the well-established Menglong Gang would want to join the rather confusing Nanyang Development Company, and he was even more confused about what the manager, the chairman, even meant. However, Xu Si was a man of great intelligence, so he immediately bowed to Tang Tong and said, "Oh, Lord Tang, it's you. Your humble servant, Xu Si, greets you. I hope you'll forgive me for my indiscretion earlier."
"Haha, don't be so polite. What are you doing here?" Tang Tong could see that the man was a shrewd person and looked like a businessman, so his tone was very gentle.
"Sir, I wonder if your gang...that company is still operating the previous business?" Xu Si asked. Although he was just a humble manager of the Guijiayuan, he had seen many dignitaries, so he did not seem restrained in front of a thousand households like Tang Tong. He just didn't understand what this company did.
"Previous industry? You mean the trafficking of women and children, right? How can I, a thousand households high official, do such a heinous thing? The current Nanyang Development Company is doing a legitimate business, and the profit will be much better than the trafficking of women and children. If you are interested in participating, you can talk to Mr. Hei. I still have something to do and need to go back to the match factory to take a look." Tang Tong pointed at Hei Pi, intending to let Hei Pi talk to Xu Si.
"Match factory? Sir, are you talking about the matches sold on the street now? I bought a box on the street before. It's a good thing, but I don't know why it is only sold in Changzhou. I have never seen it in other places?" When Xu Si heard Tang Tong talking about the match factory, his heart moved. Guijiayuan also had some shops under its jurisdiction, all of which were managed by Xu Si. He had tried selling matches before and knew that this was a very convenient new thing. It would definitely sell well, so he wanted to get the sales rights in Zhejiang area.
"Haha, it seems that you are interested. However, the matches have already been sold to someone else. You are a little late. If you are interested, I am also planning to open a soap factory and a perfume factory. I wonder if you are willing to invest?" Tang Tongyi already had a plan for the sale of matches and did not need to look for merchants anymore, but he had no idea about the soap factory, so he asked casually.
"Soap? Lord Tang is talking about soapnut powder? And that perfume, Lord Tang is talking about the kind of perfume from the Western barbarians?" Although Xu Si didn't know what soap was, he had guessed a little from the literal meaning. As for the perfume, Xu Si had seen it once brought by the Western barbarians.
As early as the 14th century, perfumes mixed with alcohol had appeared in the West. In the late Ming Dynasty, the production of perfume in the West was not large. It was not until more than 80 years later that a large-scale perfume factory was built.
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