Chapter 347 Special Seat
Wu Ren quickly found a reason to celebrate.
As the County Magistrate's Mansion and Liaodong Academy were completed one by one, the building that the Liaodong Chamber of Commerce bought the land and built with its own money was also completed.
The reason for the celebration was the completion of the Liaodong Chamber of Commerce Building, and the celebration took place in Tianshui New Village.
It’s that simple and crude!
After the decision to celebrate was made, Wu Ren and his subordinates began to prepare.
Because part of the Liaodong Chamber of Commerce's function is purchasing, they don't want too many things in their warehouses.
A long list of things needed for the banquet was made, and after the list was made, someone was responsible for going to the warehouse to pick up the goods.
All members who participated in this operation, whether indirectly or directly, were notified to return to Houcheng one after another.
The three brothers of the Qin family were also secretly notified to return to Houcheng.
Upon learning that a banquet with a hundred tables would be held, Qin Zhao even organized people to go hunting in the mountains.
They go out for a day, leaving in the morning and coming back in the evening.
In total, they hunted seven wild boars, four large ones and three small ones, five roe deer, fifty-three rabbits, seventy pheasants, and a number of other game.
Everyone else was happy, except Qin Zhao, who wasn't very satisfied with the prey he had hunted. At this moment, he missed his little Liu very much. If it was Xiao Liu who led the group to hunt, the prey would definitely have doubled.
The head chef of this banquet was Master Chef Chen. In addition to him, Wu Ren also personally went to the major restaurants in Liaodong County to invite four or five chefs to help.
The banquet was held in the large courtyard in front of the Tianshui New Village Comprehensive Ancestral Hall.
The courtyard was large enough, with Lu's private school to the south and a comprehensive ancestral hall to the north, separated by a screen wall.
Every household in Tianshui New Village is a recent relocation. The construction of the integrated ancestral hall takes into account their need for ancestral worship. Each household can offer a tablet for their ancestors in the integrated ancestral hall.
This is the public activity area of Tianshui New Village. During the autumn harvest, this courtyard can also be used as a drying yard.
After Wu Ren's statistics, they decided to set up a hundred tables for this banquet.
Because there are currently more than 500 members of the Liaodong Chamber of Commerce, and business guests will also be invited to the banquet.
For this banquet, they even built a temporary porch on the edge of the courtyard and erected ten stoves.
Two or three days before the banquet was decided, Tianshui New Village was full of joy. Women like Old Mrs. Xu brought their own small stools every day and went to help spontaneously.
Wash and scrub, kill the chickens and ducks.
Everyone was talking and laughing while working.
"My son told me that the Liaodong Chamber of Commerce made a lot of money this time, so they wanted to celebrate the opening of the Liaodong Chamber of Commerce building by setting up a hundred tables."
"I heard that after this banquet, there will be another round of welfare distribution."
“I wonder what will be sent down?”
"No matter what happens, the people above us will definitely not treat us unfairly."
With the return of Wu Ren and his group, the news from the South also spread in a small area.
The managers of the Liaodong Chamber of Commerce, both big and small, all vaguely knew that their Liaodong Chamber of Commerce's pills, books, paper, threshers, etc. were selling very well in the south and they made a lot of money.
As for the inside story of the Liaodong Chamber of Commerce's trip to the South, only the core management personnel knew it.
In Tianshui New Village, many young people were recruited into the Liaodong Chamber of Commerce. Those with talent were assigned management positions. Those without were employed in workshops like paper mills and livestock farms, where being a laborer was also quite rewarding. Consequently, these village wives were well-informed.
On the day of the banquet, Tianshui New Village was really bustling.
The meal starts at 1:00 PM and lasts until 5:00 PM.
At the hour of You, dusk enveloped the earth.
There was a special table that was not placed in the open courtyard, but inside the house.
Those present were all core members of their group.
When Le Guicai was invited into the house, his eyelids twitched when he saw everyone.
He recognized the people in the room at a glance: County Lieutenant Xu Zheng, and Liaodong Chamber of Commerce General Manager Wu Ren; in addition, there were the three brothers of the Qin family, as well as Ma Jin, Zhou Da and other outstanding figures in the army; Lu Wei and Xiao Kun, one kind and the other serious. Although he did not know them, they did not look like ordinary people.
They were obviously all acquaintances, gathering in groups of three or four to chat.
Qin Zhao pulled him over.
They chatted for a while when the boy outside the door called out, "Master Lu, Madam Qin Liu is here!"
Upon hearing this, everyone quickly straightened their clothes.
Le Guicai was a little confused. Lord Lu was the governor of Liaodong County, so he should be the last one to arrive. But who was Madam Qin Liu?
Just as he was wondering, Lord Lu came in with a woman. That woman should be Madam Qin Liu. She was half a step behind Lord Lu.
But he was puzzled: why was there a woman among all these important people? And why did everyone seem to be used to it? He looked carefully and recognized that this woman was Lord Lu's daughter! She seemed to be married to Qin Liu?
The Qin family is still under criminal scrutiny, yet she is being called the Sixth Madam? Is it because of her status?
"Everyone, please feel free to take your seats!"
As he was talking, Lu Desheng took the first seat, with Lu Songli sitting on his left and Qin Heng on his right. If Qin Sheng was in Liaodong County, this seat should have been his.
Then Qin Yan, Qin Zhao, Wu Ren, Ma Jin, Zhou Da, Lu Wei, Xu Zheng, Xiao Kun and others took their seats in turn.
It’s a pity that Xue Xu, Qin Sheng and Yang Wei are not here.
Le Gui was the last person to arrive at the table, and everyone was looking at him.
Except for Le Guicai, almost all the people present were key figures in charge of the exile.
The reason why Lu Songli asked Wu Ren to invite him was because he could not hide the little tricks of the Lu family and the Qin family. Rather than letting him feel resentful in the future, it would be better to let him express his position now.
Le Guicai had witnessed the changes in Liaodong County. Compared to the previous governor, the new governor, Lü Desheng, was undoubtedly much better.
With this arrangement now, it is obvious that Lu Desheng wants to pull him on board.
Isn't it just joining a small group? He can.
Le Guicai took his seat quietly.
His actions were seen by everyone.
At this time, Lu Songli picked up the wine glass, stood up, and looked at everyone with a smile.
Except for Le Guicai, everyone else present was an old partner. After arriving in Liaodong County, these people had achieved some success in the military, politics, and business.
Xu Zhengzheng has been promoted to county lieutenant, Wu Ren is now the general manager of the Liaodong Chamber of Commerce, and the three Qin brothers, as well as Ma Jin and Zhou Da, all have large and small groups of supporters in the army.
For example, Lu Wei, Xiao Kun and others are also the decision-makers in each department in the Liaodong Chamber of Commerce.
In fact, people like the current Houcheng County Magistrate Guo Chunsheng, Wuliu County Magistrate Liu Heshan, Wangping County Magistrate Chen Ping, and Chief Clerk Li Dan are all pro-Lü factions.
If there is a table for deputy seats, they can also attend.
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