Merchant Cheng has been living a miserable life these days.
After returning from Yuncheng, he never had a peaceful day.
He thought that by processing all the tea, his family had escaped a disaster. Not only did he get back several hundred taels of silver, which was enough to offset the tea tax, but he also gained access to the county magistrate and the powerful Qiao family. His old father would look at him with new eyes.
But he didn't expect that so many people came to his door in recent days. His old father was originally glad that he didn't have to lose too much money and praised him for handling the matter well. But today he actually blamed him for acting on impulse and losing more options.
Merchant Cheng felt that his father was really getting old and confused. He couldn't tell the difference when others provoked and flattered him.
He didn't even think about the fact that his family was just a small merchant in Anhua County. If it weren't for the fame of Fubrick Tea made by the Qiao family, who would know who the Cheng family was?
If it weren't for the Qiao family, this batch of tea would probably have been treated as moldy tea and disposed of, and the family would have lost everything and ended up living on the streets. How could they live as peacefully as they do now?
He knew from a young age that his father favored his second brother. As long as it was not excessive, he would turn a blind eye and not care much about it.
The second brother was a guy with high aspirations but poor skills. Apart from playing some tricks among women in the backyard, he had no idea about the ways of doing business. He never took the other party seriously.
Now listen to what he said, the Xia family cannot be offended, a powerful dragon cannot suppress a local snake...
He is not a fool, how could he not know these principles, but would he offend the Qiao family?
The signed agreement was cancelled just like that. Do you really think the Qiao family is made of clay?
At least he is alive now because of the Qiao family, but what about the Xia family? Do they care about his life or death?
Now he is asked to eat the Qiao family's food and smash the Qiao family's pot. He can't do this!
Now you are trying to push him into the fire pit like this, without even considering your own weight!
In a rage, he stopped providing support to the second wife and spent a few taels of silver to go out and have fun.
He made so much money but never was willing to be generous to himself. Cheng Keshang felt that he was so stupid!
He plans to be nicer to himself from now on!
When President Meng found Merchant Cheng, he was in a tavern, drinking with some young colleagues from the Chamber of Commerce.
It seems that we all share the same pain!
"Uncle Meng, why are you here?"
Merchant Cheng had a look of surprise on his face. During this period of time, Chairman Meng and County Magistrate Wu were inseparable, and many people saw it!
Others say that President Meng has climbed up the social ladder by leveraging everyone's financial resources, and he no longer looks down on this small chamber of commerce.
The rumors are true!
This has caused people in the Chamber of Commerce to be uneasy during this period!
It can be said that their families were built up by Chairman Meng. Even so, the older generation in the family could not sit still when faced with temptations from all sides!
They believed that President Meng was not a person who would forget his principles for the sake of profit, but they could not persuade him not to confront his elders openly. They could only get together to get drunk and hope that President Meng could come up with the charter as soon as possible!
"I'm so busy that I don't even have time to eat, and you guys have the leisure time to do this?" President Meng laughed and stood aside, not sitting down.
Merchant Cheng quickly ordered people to clear the leftovers from the table and serve up a table full of delicious dishes.
President Meng waved his hand and said, "Don't bother with that. Just pay them!"
The waiter looked at Merchant Cheng, not knowing who to listen to.
"Listen to Uncle Meng and pay the bill!" Merchant Cheng paused and said.
President Meng turned around and took them to his private residence, where Qiao Xin currently lived!
Many people had already received the notice and were waiting here in advance. The servants of the Meng family brought them in from the Qiao family, and the people who came with Qiao Xin had left the city with her early in the morning.
Apart from Shunzi who stayed behind to conduct the handover with him, the only people here today were from his chamber of commerce.
The twenty or so flying chairs and twenty small side tables were already half full.
Originally, the place was noisy and lively, with scattered words, most of which were: "Good luck to Boss Wang, he has been having many distinguished guests recently, congratulations!"
"Same here, Mr. Cui's doorstep is about to be broken down by people!" and other business greetings.
Not long after, President Meng walked out from behind the corridor, followed by four or five young people.
They all look familiar!
Upon closer look, aren’t they the young men from those families who are usually very close to President Meng?
Others stood up and bowed to make way for him: "President!"
Several men looked curious about what kind of banquet was being held today and what play was being performed.
President Meng raised his hand in return, smiled, walked to the leftmost chair at the front, and then asked everyone to sit down.
Looking at the empty chair on the right, everyone's eyes fixed. Is there someone else coming?
Most of the people present were middle-aged men in their early forties. There were a few young faces occasionally, some of whom were looking down and hunched over. They did not look like the heads of the family, but rather like the housekeepers, or the second or third in command.
President Meng pursed his lips, lowered his brows, and concealed his emotions.
He raised his eyes and smiled very kindly: "Boss, good luck this morning! I have called you here in your busy schedule because I have something important to discuss. Please wait for a moment and wait for the honorable man with Meng!"
A sneer suddenly sounded, and President Meng glanced over. The other party immediately turned around to drink tea and hide his gaze!
But those present were not fools, and saw everything clearly. Just as they were about to check President Meng's reaction, they heard a loud voice coming from the corridor: "Hello, President Meng, hello, all the bosses, Qiao is late!"
Everyone saw Shunzi, the manager of the Qiao family, walking in with two guards.
The other person had a smile on his face, his body was straight and he walked with a breeze, revealing an air of neatness and decisiveness.
President Meng took the lead and greeted them, saying with a smile: "Not too late, not too late, everyone just arrived. Come in!"
Shunzi sat naturally at the upper right, leaned over to serve the tea, took a sip, then turned around and glanced at everyone, his eyes full of smiles: "Let's get started!"
President Meng was stunned. He obviously didn't expect Shunzi to be so direct. Wouldn't you be polite?
Shunzi has already opened the account book and is ready, the meaning is clear!
I'm busy and don't want to waste time!
President Meng's throat choked and he immediately realized: Others really weren't being polite to him!
Shunzi placed his hands flat on the chair and said calmly, "I am here to help you settle the accounts. As for the internal affairs of the Chamber of Commerce, the Qiao family will not interfere. President Meng will have to take care of it. The old lady has already started work. After I finish here, I will go over to help."
The people in the audience looked at each other, or talked to Jie'er, and finally turned their eyes to President Meng.
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