On May 17th, the day of guarding oneself, everything is suitable, especially for meeting guests and banquets.

After finally waiting for the lights to come on, I drank a little drink, and after taking a shower, I wore in incense clothes, and rode in a carriage with people following me in the cool night breeze, slowly sailing towards the city.

The venue for this banquet was in Longque Garden in Shangcheng, so we were able to officially enter this city of villas and gardens full of wealthy families.

Unlike the street lamps used for lighting in the outer city, the slightly slight kerosene smell under the rust and mottled texture, the street lamps in the upper city are more delicate and slender, and people wipe and maintain them every day, making the copper lampshade shine like silver, and it also has a faint fragrance when burned. It is said that because the fuel of the street lamps in the upper city is made of special whale oil.

The distinction between the two classes and different worlds slowly opened up an invisible distance from the small difference on this street.

Not to mention the fragrance of ubiquitous spring pools, flower beds, grass bars, potted gardening, and various brightly colored street signs and instructions, all of which require a lot of investment and manual maintenance.

However, it is said that some people think that the scenery in the upper city is too sunny and snowy, and the high-end and elegant things are not close enough to the public's life and entertainment, and they especially go to the more friendly outer cities to find fun and hang out.

The purpose of this invitation is to provide relief to the people in the city to provide relief for the people who have suffered military disasters. In fact, it should be time to share the spoils and reward the gifts.

Although the final ending was unexpectedly disrupted and had to stop, the previous gains were already impressive. I thought to myself and arrived at the brightly lit destination.

The welcoming bell shed made of bamboo, wood and colorful silk extends from the front of the garden gate to the street entrance. The ground is covered with soft Persian velvet blankets, and every three steps there is a pair of glass hanging lamps. From a distance, it looks like a long dragon of lights crawling behind the huge courtyard wall.

Smell the fragrant smell of the dragon head, the fragrant chicken feet and frankincense in the air, as well as the neutral and peaceful silk and bamboo and singing style.

"For Mother Mao, I feel like I've become a rustic..."

He pretended to be enjoying the night view and couldn't help complaining.

"Calm down, calm down, you are a person who wants to do a big career...How can you be so angry?

I calmly comforted me.

"You can think of them as just some big dog lovers who are reincarnated..."

The servants dressed in neatly dressed in common, stood under the two walls in groups, holding basins, towels, and flower boxes of sesame oil, listening to the guests' orders.

"You are virtuous, you are here just right..."

Mrs. Chen came over from the crowd she was talking to sue, and the mysterious creature walked to the side to call the servants.

She led me to the side, and hesitated for a while before she said

"I heard that Cui Wanting is in your house?"

"yes"

I nodded and calmly

"What's going on with her..."

She said with some complicated expression

I briefly talked about the causes and consequences of being chased halfway through and I was picked up.

"Well, I still think she has suffered something unexpected..."

Mrs. Chen glanced at me deeply before sighing

"But this is also your injustice..."

"Mao, sister, you know..."

I was surprised.

"Even if I didn't know it before, I know it now..."

"After all, I am the descendant of my old friend, and I have a rare encounter with you... As a guest in my house, I suffered a disaster."

She stopped talking.

"I can only tell you that sometimes rumors are always untrue..."

"Sister, you are..."

I scratched my head in confusion. Did she misunderstand something?

"If you want it, just accept her..."

She suddenly said as if she had made up some determination.

"What……"

I opened my mouth wide in surprise and almost choked by saliva. She actually said this. I thought I would take the opportunity to say a few words to me, but I actually went with the flow and jumped to the stage of collecting the house.

"Although she has compromised her in terms of her status, there is no better way to do it now...

OK, I'm completely Spartan (ˇoˇ), sister, what are you thinking about in your mind? Where are these and where are they?

"Otherwise I'll send it to me...I'll persuade her."

As a good thing that was suddenly lost from the sky, I was smashed and didn't know how to answer, so I could only answer a few sound sections in my throat.

"Wanting's identity is quite subtle, and there are still people who overestimate themselves. At least you are the least bad choice..."

But she continued to ponder in a certain mood.

"I just hope that for my sake, you don't care too much about what has happened..."

I continued to be as quiet as a chicken. After hearing this for the hair, I felt like I was the victim.

"If you don't have the heart, then send it out as soon as possible... to avoid more impacts."

"From now on, you will be a person with a great future and high expectations. Don't hinder your reputation because of this little thing..."

"I understand, thank you for your concern."

Well, after hearing this, I was a little confused and finally got back to part of my normalcy.

Although I know that there is a bit of utilitarian nature, I still can't help but feel a little moved. It seems that I am becoming more and more into the role of ordinary siblings.

According to her introduction, the information vaguely revealed during her introduction process, gathered here tonight. Although it does not represent the most powerful, influential and financially important level in Canton, there are undoubtedly many candidates with the most potential and prospects that have emerged in various fields in recent years.

It would be even better if we could get along well with each other and achieve some kind of mutual assistance and mutual benefit. The master here is a shogunate and a senior from the court who has retired for many years. He likes to promote those new talents and talented people the most.

As a night banquet to a certain extent, although there is no traditional style of nouveau riche who wish to pile up good things on the face, the various exquisite details show the historical accumulation and family background of the master's family for generations.

A large fiery red coral like a tree branch, a makeup mirror made of giant clams with wheels, a whole tortoiseshell grinding screen fan, a fragrant couch made of sunken wood inlaid with large pieces of mica and crystal,

The precious porcelains such as Yueqing and Xingbai from the ridge, even if they are carved with the royal secret colors of the Zhenguan and Kaiyuan periods, are just the most common items of Panzhan.

Just take one out, it is enough for an ordinary family of five to have a half-month meal and clothing, not to mention those precious and fragrant medicines that are burned as candles and lamp oil, and even I can't say they are famous for.

As for the dishes that were eaten by the Chen Chou, we can only describe them as dazzling, such as the golden scented fish sashimi cooked with shark egg paste and sea turtle egg paste, the yellow and white soup fried with unknown fish and squid paste, the scale soup stewed with flying fish and jumping fish, and the three treasure plates roasted with elephant trunk deer lips and tongue.

I could probably recognize these dozens of things, and the others could only be tasted by blind people. Even if it was a dish of scallion that looked the most ordinary, the soup might be made of more than a dozen kinds of delicacies as the base, and it was repeatedly boiled and filtered.

"This is Xingdong from the Southeast Branch of Nanhai Club... Another name is Gu Liancheng, and he is also the underwriter of the official debt of Southeast Road."

"This is one of the few major copyists in Guangzhou, and the Beijing News... Mr. Zhen Xu is said to have some connections with the Censorate."

"This is the owner of the Longchuan Road and one of the largest foreign merchants in the military weapon supervision..."

"This gentleman is the imperial supplier of the Danei, and he has the title of Shang Jincheng in the palace..."

"This is Du Gong, the largest family in Guangzhou, and the slaves driven by his subordinates, and is known as one hundred thousand...

"This is the person behind Fu Chunxing, who specializes in the precious local products of various continents of the South China Sea. He is a special supplier designated by the government..."

"This is Song Xiaoxiu from the Secretariat, but his father is Song Yuangong, known as Tadaweng in the South China Sea... he likes to buy property in various places the most."

"This is Mr. Chen, who is my family far away, and he runs a pharmaceutical business... His name is Baicaotang, which is spread all over the eastern part of the country, is also one of the designated suppliers of the Imperial Hospital and the Medical Office."

"This is Shen Baiyi. His ancestors have done the Imperial Heaven and Volcano Order of the Northern Dynasties, and are also one of the prisons of the Cantonese Institute of Materials and Manufacturing and Yanhua Institute..."

"He is named Zhang Tiancheng, and he is also a background similar to you. He is from the foreign vassal tribes of Tiancizhou, Xikaido. The Zhang family in Shanwai... is very influential in the southwest of Tianzhu."

"This time he brought more than a dozen ships of sea cargo treasures to Guangzhou to develop the family business..."

"This bald man is Pingkov. His ancestors were the Ping clan divided by naturalized Japanese nobles. They operated Hanhexing in Guangzhou, and specialized in imported goods from Xifan...the scale is quite large."

Under her arms, the names and backgrounds of the various guests at the banquet were presented to me one by one.

Most of them mentioned at most that the topics they discussed and were passionate about were the content of the Canton Reconstruction and Revival Project after the war, or the content of the project after the chaos, as well as various real and false speculations and rumors.

There are tens of thousands to tens of thousands of households in each city, not counting the twelve major regions. There are thousands of wealthy families and rich people of various backgrounds who live in the period.

Compared to my small-scale quarrels like me who rely on short-term speculation to make money by making money, they are the real big players because they are doing industrial speculation.

I believe that after this period of time, the large areas of fields, manors, fruit forests, plantations, workshops, and workshops in the 12th districts of the Five Cities of Guangzhou will all change their new owners. It’s nothing more. In this era, for most people, land and property are the source of truly stable output and income, and commercial activities are just derivatives sent to all of this.

As the economic and political center, the added value of the land and industry in Canton is the first of all the country. Over the years, it has almost happened and reached a very high level in various transformations. If it were the ordinary year, even if the sky-high price was at the forefront, there would probably not be many people who would take action.

Therefore, the war and destruction caused by this mutiny actually gave these emerging forces from other places an opportunity to intervene on a large scale. They could buy real estate properties that were "owner" due to their family destruction, or were bankrupt and unable to operate and maintain at a price far lower than usual.

It also gave me a glimpse of the capital appetite and power of this era, and naturally, it is inevitable that more people will be rejected by the second family and their families will be destroyed and their wives will be separated.

Although the Borneans behind me and me are one of them, at least under my leadership, the conditions given will be slightly better, and I cannot use any means to eat fruit fruits and have more choices than others. For example, provide them with the possibility of replacement and employment.

This is also the maximum possible way I can do. After all, my strength is not enough, and I am neither enough to break the unspoken rule called "market", nor can I be so noble that I sacrifice my own interests to infringe on public anger in order to avoid others' wishes, and gain dispensable gratitude and reputation.

after all,

Capital itself has no compassion and justice to speak of. The only thing that can restrain it is the law and order under the regime. Only under the constraints of a powerful and relatively enlightened regime can it fully exert its advanced nature and superiority, and turn the competition for pursuit of interests into the driving force for social progress.

Once the regime loses the constraints or turns to the power behind the scenes of manipulating the regime, it is like a greedy beast, desperately devouring all the nutrients that the person can find, even if he can't swallow it and starts to devour himself until he breaks out.

The short-lived commercial city-state regimes in history are the best examples. On the one hand, they have become emerging forces and pushing forces to drive social change, but on the other hand, because of the reality of capital's pursuit of profit, they have to give up slightly longer-term and more optimized choices, driven by instinctively, and make many strange behaviors that are known to be short-sighted or called brainless.

I can understand why dynasties in history have vigorously suppressed merchants and the social classes and influences they represent, because compared with farmers tied to the land, these merchants' feudal dynasties' tax and corvee system were obviously one of the unstable factors, especially in the face of natural disasters and man-made disasters, the merchants' own profit-seeking nature will easily become the focus of hatred and responsibilities of various social classes.

Therefore, rulers of all dynasties have a very complicated mentality about their existence. On the one hand, they need the existence of merchants to maintain the liquidity of basic social materials. On the other hand, they are naturally vigilant of the ruling class, and they will use privileges and discrimination to suppress them. Even after they are listed as farmers and craftsmen in law, the bottom of the social class at the end of the Five People is to avoid this force with greater liquidity and difficulty in controlling.

In fact, in the middle and late periods of the dynasty, the capital power generated by commerce has been closely linked to the upper class through various means of payment, marriage, etc., and together with the large and small borers in the foundation of the creeping of the regime, becoming one of the catalysts for the collapse of the regime and the decline of dominance.

It seems that after the founding of the Southern Dynasty, this trend also occurred. It was only covered up under the superficial prosperity created by the import of overseas resources, and the upper class also had new determination and plans to reform and make new mistakes. In addition, there were still a vast area outside the Northern Dynasty and the Ridge, as the direction of the transfer of contradictions, so there was no decline yet.
Chapter completed!