pole. It is impossible for the Zhu family to gamble with all their wealth, so although they are prepared, it is only for emergencies.
Now that Prime Minister Wen has also come forward, the matter may not be that simple!
128. Chapter 128
At this time, a person came to the old master Zhu, looking thoughtfully at the backs of Ming Yu and Prime Minister Wen.
Old Master Zhu raised his eyes and saw that it was the old man of the Wang family, "What does the master of the Wang family think?"
The Zhu and Wang families have always been relatively close, and they are not only in conflict with the Ma and Zhou families, but also have some faint cooperation entanglements. So the four families are friendly on the surface, but they compete with each other in private, and they all want to be one step ahead of each other, or to suppress each other.
Master Wang pondered for a while before shaking his head and said: "Is there anything strange about this matter?"
"Strange?" Old Master Zhu asked calmly, squinting his eyes.
"Otherwise, why would Prime Minister Wen come here?" Master Wang expressed his opinion directly, "Didn't it mean that the court doesn't care about this matter? But what can Prime Minister Wen represent if he doesn't represent the court? I don't think it's easy!"
He kept half of what he said, but the old man Zhu had already seen through it. "You're right, no matter what, King Duan is still the emperor's youngest son. Although what the court says is up to King Duan and the court doesn't interfere in this matter, isn't Prime Minister Wen coming here to support King Duan? He came It has already indirectly expressed the attitude of the emperor."
This matter has to be handled carefully, Old Master Zhu reminded himself secretly.
Master Wang made some calculations, but fortunately he had made some extra preparations, "Then we can only take a step forward, but I am afraid that if the Ma family really wants to catch up with us, we will suffer a loss."
Said that Cao Cao and Cao Cao will be here, and as soon as he finished speaking, Ma Siyong led Ma Jinyu over, "Mr. Zhu, Mr. Wang, have you seen each other for a long time?"
"Thank you for your concern, brother. Thanks to my blessing, we two bad old men will be fine." Old Master Zhu laughed.
No matter how you do not deal with it, you still have to maintain it on the surface. Several people are friendly and happy.
Master Wang nodded and said meaningfully: "Brother Ma is extraordinary once he makes a move. No wonder the family business of the Ma family is booming under the leadership of my brother."
Ma Jinyu frowned when he heard it behind his father. He was still young, and he was far from learning how these old foxes behaved.
Ma Siyong has long been used to it, and with a smile on his face, he said politely: "The old lady is too much, I have no skills, I just hope that there will be no mistakes in business transactions, and that I can stabilize the Ma family. It's not like the two of you need to have a vision, You have to be bold and courageous, the grain business at the beginning of the year made a lot of money, which really made my brother envious."
As soon as these words came out, the two were highly praised, making it hard to pick one.
Master Wang was very proud when he heard the words. He and the Zhu family saw the trend quickly at the beginning of the year. They cleverly seized the business opportunity and hoarded it. In two or three months, I earned almost a year or two of benefits.
When other businessmen reacted with hindsight, they had already made almost the same amount of money, so they stopped in time and only left some leftovers for others.
It has to be said that this is his proud work. Although it is manipulated by the Zhu family, it also shows that he has a good vision. Turning your hands into clouds and turning your hands into rain, now that I think about it, my blood is still surging.
For the praise of Patriarch Ma, Mrs. Zhu completely disdained it. Ma Siyong did one thing in front of the other and another in the back, he was simply shameless.
At the scene at the beginning of the year, the two of them manipulated the price of food in the south on the bright side, and many people cursed and scolded them for hoarding. However, their Ma family made a lot of benefits secretly, but on the surface they pretended to be good people and gave porridge and rice. Therefore, everyone said that the Ma family was benevolent and righteous, and gave a lot to the public. Come on, he gets the benefits himself, and it's really shameless to call them names.
"It's a long time ago, so it's not worth mentioning at all." Mrs. Zhu was very deep in the city, and his emotions and anger were invisible. He took Ma Siyong's words lightly and did not show too much emotion.
He waved his hands with a smile, and continued, "On the contrary, Patriarch Ma has a unique vision. Look, even someone like King Duan can climb high. This is the method I can't wait for."
Ma Siyong smiled faintly, "Hey! This is really not my method. It's just that the youngest son Jinyu met King Duan at the princess's banquet, and King Duan treated him as a friend. Otherwise, what would King Duan be? Can I make friends easily?"
These words hurt my heart, he knew about that banquet, and the juniors of the Zhu family also participated. It's just that when they came back to talk about it, they didn't take it seriously, and they never thought about making friends with someone like Duan Wang.
In fact, it is not because of their selfish motives, after all, King Duan is excluded from the situation, it is impossible to involve him in the movement of the court, even making friends is useless.
This allowed the Ma family to take advantage of the loopholes and sent Ma Jinyu to attack Duan Wang, not only to find out about Duan Wang's layout, but also to gain the trust of Duan Wang. Otherwise, it would be impossible for the Ma family to make such a big move, right? Fortunately, the fire could not be covered with paper, and the Ma family's big move caught their attention. No matter what the Ma family plans, the two of them must be prepared.
Of course he didn't know that Ming Yu's deliberate element was also in the Ma family's plan. Otherwise, with Dayan's status as a businessman, it would be fantastic to make friends with the prince, right
Old Master Zhu looked at Ma Jinyu who was behind Ma Siyong, and sighed: "The tiger father has no dogs, so the young son will be awesome!"
Hearing the praise, Ma Jinyu stood up generously and saluted, "Master Zhu is too much for the award, the kid is a little talented, and he has to learn from the elders."
Ma Siyong was very satisfied with his neither humble nor overbearing attitude. Of course, his son is his own good. He was very pleased to hear that the other party praised him for his wealth.
"It can be seen that brother Ma has long been prepared for today's event. At this time, don't you want to reveal a little bit of the inside story?" Old Master Zhu asked sincerely.
Ma Siyong laughed a little more, "There is no inside information, it's just hearing those rumors."
How could Mrs. Zhu believe what he said? He really didn't believe that the Ma family could spend all their wealth just by relying on rumors. This is impossible without knowing the exact benefits. Therefore, he is more inclined to this matter. How rich are the benefits? Only then will people sink their boats.
"Really?" It seemed that it was still difficult to extract the real news from this old fox.
Ma Siyong smiled mysteriously, "Why is Mrs. Zhu so impatient? I've been waiting for so long, so why not wait a little longer? Let's see, isn't Lord Duan's bidding going to start soon?"
Mrs. Zhu can't, what else can I do? I can only wait.
Prime Minister Wen sat down on the main seat. He said that he was surprised by the bidding meeting held by Mingyu. This was just one of them, and it was more of a worry. These businessmen are all cunning people, if there is no one to control the place, he is really afraid that Ming Yu will suffer.
Ming Yu understood his reason for coming, and was grateful in his heart, he never thought of making friends with courtiers before. One is because of the taboo, what does it look like for the prince to have close contacts with the ministers? Secondly, it is also because in Ming Yu's mind, there are so many sour and old-fashioned ministers in the court, and it is very boring to deal with them, hehe, is he fed up
However, Prime Minister Wen broke Ming Yu's stubborn opinion, and had an unprecedented agreement with his ideological realm. The two get along more like a year-end friendship.
The two talked for a while, and Prime Minister Wen said: "I'm just here to observe this meeting, the prince doesn't need to worry about me, just implement what kind of regulations should be."
Ming Yu raised his eyes to look at the sky, and it was almost time, "Alright, Prime Minister Wen sits wide, and Ming Yu will come when he's done with work."
After speaking, he ordered his servants to call everyone to sit down and make preparations.
Ming Yu stood on the rostrum, and the people below were still whispering nervously and excitedly. Ming Yu pressed his hands down to signal everyone to be quiet, and everyone gradually became quiet.
Ming Yu cleared his throat, and raised his voice: "Today, the king invited everyone here to hold a bidding meeting for the Xiqi Corridor. I think everyone has heard about it, right? Otherwise, I wouldn't have traveled all the way to Beijing on purpose." .”
Everyone nodded, that is indeed the case, the nature of businessmen seeking profit cannot be changed. If there is no interest in this bidding meeting, it is impossible for them to appear here. Now they are waiting for the regulations of Duan Wang's bidding meeting.
Seeing everyone's reaction, Ming Yu smiled, waved his hand, and asked someone to distribute a pamphlet with pictures and texts. Looking at this thing is much clearer than other people's explanations, so that everyone can have a score in their hearts.
Ming Yu went on to say: "The regulations of the bidding fair that everyone cares about are written in detail in this booklet. You can read it first, and if you don't understand something, you can ask it according to the list, and there will be a dedicated person to answer it."
He specially trained a lot of people to answer questions, which saves time and effort, and is much easier than answering them one by one in person.
As soon as the booklet was in hand, everyone couldn't wait to look through it.
Prime Minister Wen also had a copy in his hand, and he flipped through it carefully. It introduced the rules of the bidding meeting in detail, and many things in it were refreshing.
Mingyu's bidding meeting is just a title, and compared with the real bidding meeting in later generations, it must not be completely copied. After all, the actual situation is different, and measures should be taken according to local conditions.
Or to be more precise, this is just Mingyu's name of the bidding meeting, mainly to raise funds and raise money, at least the start-up capital must be raised first, and it can be done slowly in the future.
It's just the money in other people's pockets, and it's impossible to take it out willingly with just a few words from you, without enough benefits, and attraction