"Tuk tuk."

There was a knock on the door without warning.

Everyone in the private room was silent for a while, Wei Chifeng held the handle of the knife, and Zi Yuan silently touched the door.

Yan Xi looked at Han Yuqin.

Han Yuqin said to the door, "Who is it?"

"Master Han," said a philistine voice outside the door, "I'm Wu Xiao, I'm here to talk to your master about the food business."

Han Yuqin whispered beside Yan Xi: "Master, this is the businessman I wrote to you earlier, who can be the master of Mo Di's purchase of grain."

The people outside the door guessed that the people inside were hesitating, and said: "Master Han, I saw Master Shen also went in. The person who can mobilize the crowd and make the two big shopkeepers rush to see him must be the master behind you."

Hearing this, Shen Qian blamed himself and knelt down to plead guilty—because of his selfishness, he exposed Yan Xi's whereabouts, which is a serious crime.

Yan Xi waved his hand, Shen Qian knelt halfway in embarrassment, had to straighten up.This is not the time to admit mistakes, it is important to deal with Wu Xiao outside.

The Wu Xiao outside spoke in a ruffian way: "What's the matter? Your master is shameless? Or is our Wu's grain business not big enough to be worthy of seeing your master?"

Yan Xi's eyes flashed across the door coldly, and he raised his head slightly, Wei Chifeng immediately understood, and handed over the curtain.

Shen Qian turned to open the door, and saw two people standing outside.

One is Wu Xiao, a grain merchant from Mo Di, and the other is from the outside world, tall and tall, with sharp eyes and a fierce look.

The door opened, and without waiting for Shen Qian to greet him, Wu Xiao couldn't wait to step in with his entourage, and went around the screen to look at the person in the main seat.

Wu Xiao has long suspected that Heqing has a big boss behind him.

He dealt with Han Yuqin and Shen Qian several times, and every time he talked about the key points, he couldn't make a decision on the spot.

He guessed that there was a master behind the scenes, but they tried a few times, but they couldn't ask a single word.

The business talks were stuck in the middle, and Mo Di's winter food had not yet arrived, and Wu's food business was in a hurry, so he asked people to keep an eye on Shen Qian and Han Yuqin's movements.

Seeing the young master wearing a curtain fence coming to the exchange market today, the group of people were all unfamiliar, and the people from Wu's grain shop took a few more glances, but didn't think much about it.After all, there are a lot of people in the market, especially in the recent autumn, which is an important time to prepare winter supplies. Every day, new merchants come, some of them are sons of family backgrounds, in order to avoid trouble, some people choose to cover up one or two wearing veilsfence.

Until seeing Shen Qian hurriedly rushing to the tavern, Wu Xiao immediately guessed that it was probably the Lord who came.

Wu Xiao has been living in the exchange market for the past few days, staring at the winter grain business, and finally got a handle on the movements of the master behind Heqing, so he followed the opportunity right away.

Wu Xiao entered the private room and sat down directly opposite Yan Xi. When he took his seat, he greeted his followers and said, "This is my clan brother Wu Sen, who is doing business with me."

Yan Xi didn't ask the younger brother to sit down, but nodded to Wu Xiao through the veil, as a greeting.

It was the first time for the people from the two companies to meet, it was obviously frivolous for Yan Xi to greet him like this, but if he treated this kind of uninvited person with face, he would appear to be inferior to others.

What's more, with Yan Xi's temperament that is extremely tired of being manipulated by others, it is impossible to give this self-righteous Wu Xiao a good face.

Wu Xiao knew that he was abrupt, and didn't mind Yan Xi's attitude. He had a businessman's face, his eyes were full of calculations, and he said glibly: "I think this is the big boss of Heqing, so mysterious."Ah, I don’t know who’s name or where?”

Wu Xiao looked at Yan Xi while talking.

The white curtain was made of Husha, covering the face of the person, only showing the vague outline.The arc of the chin drawn in the light and shadow is so wonderful, even a sage hand can't draw such a proper measure; and the snow skin is so white that even the veil can't cover it.

It is this ambiguity that makes the person behind the veil look like a fairy and a dream.

Wu Xiao stared at the fence, and stretched out his hand across the round table to lift it.

Zi Yuan Tingting sat gracefully on the seat beside Yan Xi, stretched out her hand to gently push Wu Xiao's hand away, leaned her elbow on the table, and said charmingly, "Boss Wu, it's not polite to touch your hands or feet.My master is a son of a family background, you, you are not worthy to look at it."

She said it very mercilessly.

Wu Xiao immediately slammed the case and said angrily: "Don't take yourself too seriously, after all, you are all businessmen, who is much more noble than anyone else! Besides, at the moment of Da Jing, the young masters with family background must be caughtAs a man with a tail, anyone who dares to trust him will almost die."

Wu Xiao said, his eyes fell on Yan Xi's veil frivolously, and he continued: "What kind of nobleman is your son? His eyes are as high as the sky."

"The old dignitaries are gone, and the new dignitaries are about to rise. This has been the case since ancient times." Zi Yuan looked at Wu Xiao and said politely, "My girl advises Boss Wu to know what is good."

Businessmen who have no friendship on both sides do business, and they must weigh each other at the beginning.It was Yan Xi's intention that Zi Yuan dared to throw her face at Wu Xiao like this, as long as Yan Xi didn't scold her, she couldn't say anything too much.

At this time, the last thing you can do is to increase the ambition of others and destroy your own prestige.At this moment, the more Heqing puts on a high profile, the more Wu Shi Liang Xing is not sure about Heqing's details, and on the contrary, he has to carefully handle the relationship with Heqing.

"Do you guys do business like this?" Wu Sen, who was standing by the side, saw that even Zi Yuan, a close maidservant, was sitting at the table, and then he slapped the knife on the table. Dama Jinwan also sat down and said, "My clan brother came here sincerely, is this how you entertain guests?"

It was only at this time that Han Yuqin realized something was wrong, and came out to talk unhurriedly: "My master seldom sees outsiders. Letting Boss Wu in today is an exception. If we have business, we will talk about it.Don't hurt your peace."

Shen Qian also said along the way: "The food you asked for a few days ago, we, Heqing, can raise it, but the price still needs to be negotiated."

Both sides are masters who play tricks in the business field. If they can get by on the surface, they will no longer be entangled. When Wu Xiao talked about the business, his face turned serious and his eyes stopped wandering.That’s the price for every family business.”

Shen Qian and Han Yuqin looked at each other, and because Shen Qian had been in charge for a long time, it was up to him, so Han Yuqin nodded to him, and Shen Qian said: "That's because the food cost of the two of them is low, we transported so much food from other places., and a lot of money will be spent on the way.”

"That's a small quantity, and the cost cannot be spread." Wu Xiao shrewdly said, "What if we want more?"

There was a "ding" in Shen Qian's heart, this was what Yan Xi told them to wait all along.

Shen Qian was already excited, and said calmly, "That depends on how much you can get, it's too little, and our price really can't be lowered."

Wu Xiao looked up and said triumphantly, "400,000 shi."

Hearing this number, Shen Qian and Han Yuqin couldn't help but exchanged glances again, and they were all heartbroken.Because Yan Xi had told them before that no matter what amount Wu's Grain Company said, it would be calculated as three times the amount.Then, this business is worth 1.2 million shi.

Putting this in the grain store is a huge amount.

If they win this deal, they can use trade routes to control Mo Di's military situation.

Yan Xi said at this time: "The amount of 400,000 shi is too large. It will take a long time just to adjust and transport the grain. We dare not accept it lightly. It depends on when you want the grain?"

His voice was light, he seemed to be looking at people through the veil, but he didn't seem to be looking at anyone, he just said casually.

Once he opened his mouth, he was very noble, and his voice was clear and melodious, which was a very typical beauty's tone.

Wu Xiao felt that this young man's voice was too nice, and he fixed his eyes on Yan Xi's veil, as if he wanted to burn through the veil.He rubbed his chin, thinking some bad thoughts, secretly said: "The sooner the better."

Yan Xi said unhurriedly: "Our old grain is only 200,000 shi. If we want to get 400,000 shi, we have to wait for new grain to come in."

Wu Xiao glanced at Wu Sen, his entourage, and said, "There are still two months before the harvest, we can't wait so long."

Yan Xi said happily: "Even if you want to use it, it is impossible to eat the 400,000 shi of grain at once. We can pay the 200,000 shi first, and pay the remaining two months later."

Wu Xiao secretly calculated the cost, and asked in a low voice, "How can you guarantee that you will be able to collect enough food in two months?"

Yan Xi chuckled lightly and said, "If the Heqing Company can't collect enough new grain by then, you can go to other grain merchants to buy it."

This is a threat to Wu Xiao's ears. With such a large amount of grain, apart from Qian and Bai's, there is no other grain store that dares to accept business, even if they dare to brag that they can get all the grain together.

Since Qian and Bai's family suddenly said that there was a problem with the grain a few days ago, they have asked many grain companies. Heqing dared to take over this kind of big business.

Wu Xiao calculated quickly in his mind, and looked at Wu Sen again. Seeing Wu Sen's complexion was serious, he didn't respond to Yan Xi's words first, but instead asked: "When will you get the two hundred thousand stones you have now?"?”

"One tael of silver per stone." Yan Xi said bluntly, "This is the price of half a month's payment of grain. Because the people, horses, and carts were brought here in a hurry, they were all used now, and they were more expensive than usual. If there is more timeIn a month, we can make another 20% of the price."

The price of one tael per stone is actually very affordable in Wu Xiao's opinion. What makes him secretly excited is that as long as he waits for half a month, the price can be reduced by another 20%.This is really a good deal, Wu Xiao couldn't be tempted, he looked at Wu Sen eagerly, seeing that Wu Sen was still calm, he didn't dare to agree, just said: "It's been too long, I want to see you firstOtherwise, if you can’t provide food at that time, the people on our side will starve.”

Yan Xi calmly said: "We have 50,000 shi of grain stored in Yuexi County. You can ask Boss Wu to look at it. The other 150,000 shi are also within five days' walking distance. Our Qinghe business is trustworthy., if it is fake, I can give you the fifty thousand stones for free."

Yan Xi spoke grandly, Wu Xiao and Wu Sen looked at each other, with some confidence in their hearts, they said, "Yes."

Yan Xi raised his hand to close the tea cover, which meant seeing off the guests.

Han Yuqin and Shen Qian were about to say something to imply that they would give it away, but Wu Xiao asked the question that had been puzzling him first: "You are the grain merchants of Da Jing, why are you willing to sell grain to us?"

Yan Xi's tone showed a little displeasure: "Originally, the mutual market is for each country to solve the shortage of goods, and the mutual aid between friendly countries is also the meaning of the courts on both sides. It is for mutual assistance and peace, and to make the world peaceful. We are doing serious business., both in the country and on the border have made meritorious service. Moreover, the Qian and Bai families can sell grain, why can't we sell it?"

Yan Xi's light and rambunctious tone made people feel that it was natural for him to be superior, and they couldn't help but want to think about him.

During the conversation with Yan Xi, Wu Xiao unknowingly lowered his tone, as if speaking loudly in front of Yan Xi would be insolent and abrupt. He could hear Yan Xi's displeasure, and he couldn't help but say in a kind voice: "It's worth selling!Yes. It’s just that there are rumors that you Da Jing and Mo Di will have a battle, and you grain merchants still dare to sell waves to Modi, aren’t you afraid of being punished by the court?”

"I would like to ask Boss Wu, you are Mo Di's grain merchants, do you think there will be a war this year?" Yan Xi asked curiously, but he didn't seem to care.Laughing, he didn't wait for an answer, and said directly, "Qian and Bai's family have been selling grain for many years, and they haven't been accused.In two or three years, if you don't sell it, the fifty thousand shi of grain will rot in your hands. Looking at Dajing, where can I find such a big buyer now?"

But Wu Xiao tensed up when he heard it. If it wasn't for Yan Xi's subsequent behavior that seemed to be a joke, he would have doubted whether Heqing still had spies from the imperial court. He skipped that question, and said in response to Yan Xi's words: "Your new governor maypurchase."

"He Qinghao has asked about it a long time ago. The Governor's Mansion means to buy grain on credit." Yan Xi snorted lightly, and said disdainfully, "We have already found out that there are not many soldiers in the western region, even if we buy military grain.We can't buy much; moreover, the Governor's Mansion has no money, and the Western Territory has been emptied out in the past few years. The court credits are nothing but empty-handed wolves. We don't want to do such a business that loses money. Sending 10,000 shi of grain to the government is considered as best.Without duty and sympathy, there is nothing more."

Yan Xi's words were mean and vicious, Wu Xiao was terrified when he heard it, and went to look at Wu Sen, but he saw Wu Sen had a playful smile, as if he was really interested in doing business with this mysterious big boss.

Wu Xiao hurriedly responded dutifully: "Then you are not afraid that we will not accept it after you sell it to us?"

"We don't do business on credit at all. If you are thinking of negotiating on credit, today's talk will be useless." Yan Xi got up as soon as he spoke, "Why don't you go find a grain company that can pay on credit to talk. It's a waste of money today.We spent time with each other, and we will never see each other again in the future."

Wu Xiao felt Yan Xi's strong indifference. He has been in the grain business for many years, even in front of Qian and Bai, and he never put down his dignity.He stared fiercely, and said fiercely: "Da Jing is not just a grain store of yours!"

Yan Xi propped his elbows on the edge of the table, leaned slightly to look over, through the veil, people could feel his confidence, he said: "Then you can go to the grain store next to you to see if anyone hasIt can supply such a large amount of goods as you. However, you Mo Di don’t produce grain, and I dare say that if I don’t sell it, you won’t be able to find any grain you can sell right now.”

Wu Xiao felt something like the gaze of a falcon staring at its prey. He couldn't help sweating from his forehead, and forced himself to calm down: "Qian and Bai's family didn't reject us, but they didn't respond for the time being. Your He Qinghao alsoDon't be too complacent!"

Yan Xi snorted lightly, and sat up straight: "Let me tell you, the Qian and Bai families may not be able to respond to you this year. Most of their food is stored in Beiyuan, but Niangziguan is not letting food pass through now.Their food cannot be transported, and they dare not answer your orders."

Wu Xiao has been investigating the matter of Qian and Bai's family recently. They vaguely knew that the problem was with the grain road, but they didn't expect it to be with Niangziguan.Now when he heard that it was Niangziguan, he immediately exchanged glances with Wu Sen, and it became clear in his heart.Niangziguan was originally controlled by the Western Region, but now it is jointly governed by Beiyuan and the Western Region. Beiyuan has always been difficult to talk about military resources. Qian and Bai probably really have no way to get food.

Wu Xiao originally came here today with the determination to win, but when it came to the present, he fell into a disadvantage. He asked in disbelief: "Then how dare you agree?"

Yan Xi breathed a sigh of relief with the winning ticket in his hands, and said: "Heqing's food is not in Beiyuan, so he dares to accept it. To tell you the truth, we came here to replace Qian Bai's family. They are outdated, and the four surnamesThe relationship is too deep, just like transporting grain, they can’t get customs clearance documents, and their grain can’t be shipped to the Western Region. My price this year is just to grab their business.”

Yan Xi said this as if he was going to swallow the grain market in the Western Region in one gulp. Hearing this, Wu Xiao broke into a cold sweat. He became more and more confident, and went to see Wu Sen frequently.

On the contrary, Wu Sen became more and more interested in today's discussion, and raised his eyebrows to let him continue.

Wu Xiao asked suspiciously: "I need to know which company is behind you?"

"The original governor and merchants of the Western Region relied on the Jiang family for their livelihood. Once the Jiang family collapsed, they would collapse too." Yan Xi said inscrutably, "The lesson from the past is right in front of us. We, Heqing, cannot bet all our treasures on the Jiang family.One family, we rely on many families, but who it is, I can’t tell you.”

The more Wu Xiao listened, the more flustered he became, and he forced himself to say: "We still don't understand why Heqing is willing to sell us food? Are you afraid that we will give the food to Mo Di's army instead and beat you Da Jing instead?"

"Since I'm a merchant, I only recognize money, and I can't afford it without profit. It's okay to do things that are not profitable to save face, but not to hurt your vitality. If this grain is not sold this year, our future business will be chaotic." Yan Xi likeHe finally looked at Wu Xiao squarely, and said seriously, "A centipede is dead but not stiff. The Qian and Bai families are deeply rooted in the western region. If you don't replace them this year when they are in danger, wait until next year when they recover."Well, it will be even more difficult for us new food companies to bring them down. Moreover, as long as we win your business this year, the food of the two of them will become old food if we can’t sell it. By thenThe two families have to find us to solve the problem of grain roads or grain collection. At that time, we will eat their old grain at a discount, and Heqinghao is the largest grain store in Da Jing. Don’t miss this opportunity. If you lose it, you will do business., will you let go of such a god-given opportunity?"

Wu Xiao understood everything this time, and he was shocked at the same time, but fortunately, such an opponent was in Da Jing and not in Mo Di, otherwise they would be the next one to be replaced, he couldn't help sighing, "Young master is really powerful, and Wu Mou sighs that he is not as good."

"To each other, we seek wealth and wealth." Yan Xi smiled lightly, as if he was flattered by Wu Xiao, and then said something even more shocking, "Furthermore, we only do this business for one year.Just destroy Qian and Bai, and we don’t need to talk about it next year. After all, we are selling food to foreigners, and we are not sure whether the food will flow to the military camp. If this kind of business is done too much, it will always beThe imperial court is watching, our Heqing name is Da Jing's business name after all, we still have to rely on the imperial court."

Yan Xi paused, before Wu Xiao could answer, suddenly raised his voice, and said coldly: "If you want to talk about business, you have to speak clearly like me to be sincere. Boss Wu, do you think our Heqing is sincere enough?Is it gone?"

Hearing this, Wu Xiao was not worried at all. He went to see Wu Sen, and seeing that Wu Sen had no objection, Wu Xiao rubbed his hands together and said, "Young master is a straightforward person, every word is sincere, Wu is really serious.I am very grateful. But, there is one more thing, I want to see what you look like. The business of hundreds of thousands of shi grains, you can't cover your face?"

"I advise you not to look at it." Yan Xi threatened coldly, "If you lose your life, it will be bad."

However, Wu Xiao sneered, and he shot like lightning to unmask Yan Xi's screen.

However, Zi Yuan, who was sitting on one side, made a quicker move. She struck with the short blade in her sleeve, the edge of the blade flickered with cold light, blood splashed in the air, and her four fingers fell on the table in unison, dripping with blood.

Wu Xiao was stunned, he didn't see what happened at all, when the pain came from his hand, he stretched out his hand suddenly, only to find that his four fingers were cut as flat as his thumb.

He screamed in fright, and covered his fingers with his left hand, but the blood couldn't hold back the broken wound at all, the blood seeped out from the crevices of his left fingers, dripped all over the table, and splashed all over the place,The smell of blood permeated the air.

Yan Xi sat motionless. Wei Chifeng had already raised his hand and used his sleeve to block the blood dripping for him. He sat there clean and tidy. The white gauze and plain clothes were spotless.to the hem of his robe.

In this brutal scene, he calmly took out a veil to cover his mouth and nose, blocking out the unpleasant smell of blood.

Wu Xiao's blood rushed to the top of his head, his face was grim due to the pain, he was in pain and angry, and screamed: "How dare you hurt people! Come on!"

But all the people present in Heqing looked at him coldly with no shame on their faces.

He called for someone to come, but now he was at Heqing's place, and the people he brought had been invited to drink tea by Heqing's people before he knew it.

All he had left was Wu Sen, who was his attendant.

Wu Sen who was next to him jumped up, drew his sword and glared, "You guys are so brave!"

"Boss Wu." Yan Xi was too lazy to look at the miserable situation of "Wu Xiao", he turned his head and said to "Wu Sen" indifferently, "You said I dare not show my true colors to others, why don't you? Get a substitute, just want to bluffGet our Heqing name? It's really meaningless to do business with someone like you who is so cunning."

Yan Xi has long seen through that "Wu Sen" is the real Wu Xiao, and the person who has been playing "Wu Xiao" is actually Wu Sen.

Wu Xiao was surprised that Yan Xi had already seen through his identity, he laughed and said, "I think it's very interesting to do business with a sensible person like Young Master."

As he spoke, he straightened up and didn't go to help Wu Sen whose finger was severed. Wu Sen seemed to be abandoned by him like this, and he couldn't even get a wink to comfort him.

After Wu Xiao laughed, he raised his knife and walked away, but when he turned around, he turned around suddenly and reached out to pick Yan Xi's curtain.

Wu Xiao shot very quickly, and the wind brought him was so sharp that it cut people off.The position where he was standing deliberately blocked the direction of Wei Chifeng going to rescue Yan Xi; at the same time, because he was standing, he was much taller than Zi Yuan who was sitting.

With this move, he directly took Yan Xi's curtain, and his subordinates acted like a gale, and the angle was extremely tricky, so that Wei Chifeng and Zi Yuan were too late to rescue Yan Xi.