Inside the box on the second floor.

Zhou Jianyu was sitting opposite a slightly fat middle-aged man in a gorgeous cardigan and gold silk cannon, and had a great chat.

"Shopkeeper Zhou, I haven't seen each other for three years. How are you doing recently?" the middle-aged man put down his teacup and said with a smile. He was greasy and gave people a sense of treacherousness of smiling but not smiling.

Zhou Jianyu then put down the teacup and said with a smile: "It's not as good as the shopkeeper Li. I heard that he has a very famous reputation in the Li family's cloth shop in Jiangnan. Half of the people use the fabrics of your Li family. I guess he's going to make a fortune every day, right?"

Li Kaizheng smiled and said modestly: "How can I compare to Manager Zhou? Huiyun's ships are now spread all over the Ming Dynasty. There are Manager Zhou's ships everywhere, so I am ashamed..."

Li Kai was saying ashamed, his face full of smug expressions.

Zhou Jianyu looked at Li Kaizheng's fat face and squinting eyes. He didn't know the purpose of his visit this time. He said with a smile on his face: "Shopkeeper Li is humble, you don't know. I just attacked Master Fu. The title of "Shopkeeper Zhou" is all politeness from his colleagues..."

Li Kai was looking at Zhou Jianyu, with a smile in his little eyes and said, "That's right, who doesn't know about the Ming Dynasty? Master Fu is a master in the mall and has a high prestige. I came this time to ask Manager Zhou to help introduce the master. Mr. Li has some things and wants to ask for advice in person."

The so-called "asking for advice" is nothing more than talking about business. Zhou Jianyu smiled but said nothing and picked up the teacup again.

Li Kai was smiling, the fat on his face shook, and said, "Don't worry, Shopkeeper Zhou, Li still has some connections in the south. Many goods used to be on the post station. As long as I say a word, I can change to the waterway. I dare not say that there are more. There are more than 100,000 taels a year."

Zhou Jianyu immediately smiled on his calm face and said in his heart, "I was going to see you, but I've earned more than 100,000 taels in vain."

He smiled but didn't say anything.

Li Kai was stunned, then gritted his teeth and said, "I heard that Manager Zhou intends to open a special line in Suzhou, and is willing to run for Manager Zhou to save some trouble."

Opening up a new route does not mean that there is a boat or a wharf. All aspects of the relationship are not just an order from the government. If there is a local snake to take care of it, it will not only be smooth, but also not worry about business!

Zhou Jianyu's eyes lit up, which was unexpected, but he waved his hands repeatedly and said, "No, no, Shopkeeper Li misunderstood. I'm not afraid to tell you that Mr. Fu will be in office soon, and he is a third-rank official."

Who in the world knows the relationship between Mr. Fu and the emperor? He is the butler of the emperor's wallet!

What kind of trust is this!

Li Kai was stunned for a moment, and his heart didn't turn around.

Their merchants have low status, and they can enter the court as officials?

After all, Li Kaizheng had been struggling in the mall for many years and said in a blink of an eye: "Who is the one in charge of Huitong Trading Company now?"

Zhou Jianyu thought about it and said frankly: "Shopkeeper Li is so generous, Zhou doesn't hide it. Huitong Trading Bank started integrating last year and is now preparing to establish a large general chamber of commerce, including the following chamber of commerce industries. Now it is basically completed, and is preparing to change its name and set up nine supervisors to jointly handle all the matters of the chamber of commerce."

Although Zhou Jianyu said it lightly, Li Kai was not so relaxed when he heard it.

Huitong Trading Bank is a giant. Someone once quietly estimated that various industries combined will probably be worth 200 million taels of silver!

If this is integrated into one, no businessman can compete in the world? What's more, there is an emperor behind this behemoth, who dares to compete!

There is also a cloth business that Li Kaizheng does. It is also under Huitong Trading. It was rectified by Jiangnan weaving and other products. It is not necessary to choose whether it is resources or workmanship. In the past, they were very low-key and made a fortune silently. If this is integrated and mass production, he will probably go bankrupt in a short time, right?

Li Kaizheng had countless thoughts in his mind for a moment, and forgot his purpose, frowned and refused to speak for a long time.

Zhu Xu, downstairs, took a step back, thinking that he was not losing his demeanor, and was quite handsome to avoid the fat woman's saliva attack.

Cao Bianjiao's face changed slightly, he took a sudden step forward, held the sword at his waist, and scolded coldly: "Rareless! Immediately call the people upstairs down, otherwise you will be responsible for the consequences!"

The fat woman was stunned, then furious, pinched her waist and almost shouted: "Dare to behave like a slut with me! You don't even look at where this place is! I'm blinding your dog eyes, come!"

As soon as the fat woman finished speaking, seven or eight big men rushed out of the door, holding big sticks in her hands, all with fierce looks on their faces!

The leader stared at Zhu Xu and the others with fierce eyes and said, "Sanniang, how to do it?"

The fat woman looked at Cao Bianjiao with a sneer, then looked at Zhu Xu, and said in a cold voice: "What else do you do? Where is this place? How can you even cats and dogs behave wildly? They can't get out of bed for a month after beating me, so that they can't get out of bed, so that they know how many eyes Mr. Ma has!"

"Brothers!" The leading man led his men to surround Zhu Xu and others.

Zhu Xu held his hands behind his back and squinted his eyes, but he was already angry inside.

Someone dared to commit crimes in the street at the so-called emperor's feet!

Cao Bianjiao's eyes flashed with evil spirits, and with a gesture, the imperial guards not far away walked out from all corners and reached out to behind him.

Zhou Jianyu upstairs was waiting for Li Kaizheng to speak leisurely. He was determined to come this time and wanted to join forces with him to jointly carry out maritime trade development.

The Jiangnan Weaving Company's transformation is based on the middle and upper-level route, with low output and high price, but Li Kaizheng is different, with large output and low price. If it is sold to Franchise Man and Red Haired Man, it is unimaginable that the profit is rich!

Just as he was waiting bored, listening impatiently to the noise below, Zhou Jianyu walked over and opened the window and looked down.

Seeing this, my face suddenly changed and my legs were shaking!

The emperor stood in the middle of the crowd with his hands behind his back, with a plain expression. The commander of the imperial guard Cao Bianjiao held the hilt of the knife in his hand and his face was full of evil spirits. Cao Huachun, the chief supervisor of the inner steward, stood on the other side of the emperor. Seven or eight big men surrounded them together and approached with a sneer. Not far away, there were more than a dozen people approaching, and a cold light was revealed on their waists!

"Stop, and you'll get back!"

Zhou Jianyu was covered in cold sweat and shouted in anger. After saying that, he turned around and hurriedly ran downstairs.

The fat woman naturally knew that the upstairs was a distinguished guest who could not afford to offend, so she hurriedly said, "Stop, stop, and return!"

As he said that, he looked at Zhu Xu again, but still couldn't help but sneer, and said in his heart, "Bah, I'm a poor man at first sight. I guess I can't pay the bill even if I have a meal in my restaurant!"

While wiping his sweat, Zhou Jianyu hurriedly ran down from the upper floor, pushed the fat woman away, and was about to kneel down for Zhu Xu. Seeing that he shook his head slightly, he stopped quickly and raised his hand and said, "Emperor... Master, why are you here?"

Zhu Xu smiled and said, "What, is there any place in the world that I can't go to?"

Zhou Jianyu's face was stiff, and his heart was filled with a thousand pounds of stone. He smiled and said with a pity: "Yes, yes, what the young master said."

Li Kaizheng followed him downstairs and looked at a group of people with some confusion and said, "What's going on?"

When the fat woman saw it, she quickly said, "Brother-in-law, this poor boy wants to go to a restaurant. I was just asking someone to deal with him, but was stopped by Manager Zhou."

Li Kai looked at Zhu Xu, his mind was still full of what had just happened. He didn't think much and said to Zhu Xu with a smile, "It's not a big deal. For Brother Zhou's face, it's all right. Brother, you can leave."

"Brother-in-law can't let them go!"

As soon as Li Kai finished speaking, the fat woman said fiercely: "If they were let go, our restaurant would still not be able to open? Even cats and dogs can come over, which will ruin Feng Shui..."

Zhou Jianyu felt anger and wanted to tear the woman's mouth now!

Zhu Xu looked faint, and his anger rose, and he couldn't help but sigh that for many years no one had spoken so presumptuously and casually in front of him, which really made him miss him a little. He was not so angry when he looked at this vicious woman.

Li Kai was just listening to the fat woman's words and his mind was barely changing, but he decided to turn big things into small things, and said, "Okay, I'll forget it. Brother Zhou, please tell me the story upstairs. I have many things to ask for advice..."

Huitong Trading Bank wants to integrate into a giant, and Li Kaizheng has to lower his attitude.

Zhou Jianyu dared not leave. Just as he was about to speak, the fat woman said anxiously, "Brother-in-law, you have to beat them up, otherwise where will we put our face..."

Zhou Jianyu could no longer bear it. If this continues, he would have to implicate him. He ignored the two of them and said to Zhu Xu, "Emperor... Master, please, the private room here is very good, their tea leaves are particularly good. You can calm down, and you will vent your anger later..."

Zhu Xu muttered, nodded, and walked forward.

Zhou Jianyu accompanied him carefully and did not dare to be careless at all.

Li Kai was stunned for a moment, and suddenly woke up, and hurriedly approached and whispered: "Brother Zhou, this person is..."

Zhou Jianyu followed Zhu Xu, turned to look at Li Kaizheng, and roared fiercely: "Li Kaizheng, try every means to me, even if I die here today! If you can't let the young master calm down, I promise that you will lose all your money within an hour, sit in prison, and exil to Qiongzhou!"

Li Kai's expression changed drastically and he suddenly felt panicked.

He knew very well what Zhou Jianyu’s background was. He was the celebrity in front of Master Fu, who had been in the palace and was rewarded!

If he can be careful to deal with it, the young man must be not simple. If he really lets him lose everything and sit in prison, I'm afraid he won't be talking about it!

When the fat woman saw Zhu Xu and others really entered the restaurant in a big way, she was immediately angry and shouted at Li Kaizheng dissatisfiedly, "Brother-in-law, isn't it just a man named Huang? She hasn't grown all the hair. I'm afraid that he will do anything. Even if he sues him, he will force himself to break into our restaurant..."

Li Kai was shaking his body, and there was a flash of lightning in his mind. He turned his neck stiffly towards the fat woman. His small eyes were wide open, and the corners of his mouth were difficult to open, saying word by word: "What did you say he was last..."

The fat woman was very dissatisfied with Li Kaizheng's performance today, and snorted coldly, saying, "There are so many people in the surname Huang, and my brother-in-law, and we will beat him today..."

Smack

Li Kai slapped hard and slapped him hard!

There were four very deep palm prints on the fat woman's face. She covered her face and turned her head, looking shocked. She opened her mouth and was about to speak when she saw Li Kai's expression on her face, and her whole body was trembling!

She was frightened and didn't dare to say a word.

Zhu Xu came to the private room on the second floor, looked at it, and said, "It's really good."

The exquisite screen, exquisite materials, and luxurious arrangements all show dignity.

As Fu Tao's Huitong Trading Company gradually expanded, coupled with his special identity, a series of discriminatory regulations that were already ineffective in implementing merchants was wiped out. At least in terms of clothing and utensils, there was no obvious difference between them and Shilin.

Zhou Jianyu stood aside, laughing and cried, and said with a stiff face: "Yes, this is all purchased by Li Kai. Originally, Li Kai was asking Weichen to discuss something, but he didn't expect to hit the emperor. Weichen deserves to die."

Zhu Xu sat down and looked at him and said, "I came to find you specially."

Zhou Jianyu's whole body trembled, and he was unstable. If it were usually the supreme glory, now he only prayed for the emperor to be magnanimous and did not take his anger on him.

He didn't know how to talk, so he could only stay stiffly, lower his head, and sweat kept falling.

"ah……"

"ah……"

"ah……"

Suddenly, a scream came from downstairs. You can tell that it was the fat woman without looking at it, accompanied by a loud sound of squeezing her face.

Cao Bianjiao went to the stairs to take a look, and came back and whispered in Zhu Xu's ear: "It was the woman who was beaten by her shoes, and the shopkeeper knelt downstairs."

Zhu Xu slapped his hand on the table, looked up at Zhou Jianyu and said, "This little thing is not in my heart yet. Who is still a little bit reasonable, please bring him up."

Zhou Jianyu's mouth moved, he took a deep breath in his heart, and said hurriedly: "Yes."

Zhou Jianyu went downstairs and brought Li Kaizheng, who was also sweating profusely on his face.
To be continued...