Chapter 49 The Secret Meeting of the Humble Administrator's Garden

In the evening, Chen Xiaobai and Tan Yiyun returned to Hu Mansion together. As soon as they entered the study, they asked Hu Chuyuan, "Do you want to go back to Suzhou?"

Hu Chuyuan nodded unwillingly, let them sit down first, and said, "Although I'm not happy, I can only avoid it for the sake of the business of the business. It just so happens that Lord Zhongtang also gave me a suitable step. As soon as I leave, you will say that I will go to Suzhou and Jiangsu governor Tan to complain.

Chen Xiaobai said, "I have been secretly checking these days while mediating with the people of the Shanghai Chamber of Commerce. In fact, these people are also holding their breath in their hearts. Shanghai merchants, in the final analysis, are nothing more than silk merchants, tea merchants, salt merchants, money merchants and real estate merchants. Except for real estate merchants who operate locally, the rest are the owners in Shanghai, and the family business is in the nests of various places. When the master was here, we have offended the vast majority of silk merchants in Shanghai, and now we have cut off the way of many salt merchants. They also say that we will enter the tea industry, rice industry and the land industry in the future. Of course, everyone is afraid and angry.

Hu Chuyuan smiled bitterly.

Speaking of which, the salt merchant is the most offended.

Since the implementation of the unified marketing law, there have been the support of Prince Gong and Wan Qingli in the capital. In the locality, Zuo Zongtang and He Jing support each other. Even those salt merchants know many officials, and even can even be brothers with these officials, but they only know magistrates and magistrates. Hu Chuyuan's supporters here are either Shangshu or Governor, governor, how to fight?

is not at the same level at all.

What's more, those magistrates and magistrates also owe a lot of debt to the Hu family. The officials in the capital can take care of the dredging, and Hu Chuyuan's dredging is more powerful.

In the salt industry, in the past, big salt merchants were in Shanghai, while small salt merchants sold salt in Shanghai to various places. Each of them has a way to live, but Jiangnan Commercial Bank caught it together from beginning to end, and no way to live was given to others.

Even in the area of shipping, Jiangnan Commercial Bank relies on financial resources and goods to constantly suppress prices. Everyone dares to be angry and dare not say anything, which has led to more disputes.

In the final analysis, there are too few places to invest in China, and there are only a few kinds of businesses that can make money. Everyone gathers in it to fish for meat. If you want to open up a little, you will definitely offend many people.

In this situation, as long as someone instigates the support in the back, of course there will be more people who can't get along with the Hu family.

Tan Yiyun said with hatred: "At present, I'm afraid it can only be a little shelter from the wind, but it's really shameless to leave with such a gray face. In terms of financial resources and power, who dares to fight against us in Shanghai?

Hu Chuyuan sneered and said, "It doesn't matter. I'll be back sooner or later. Manager Chen, after I leave, you can buy two more things for me. The first thing is to buy more than 20 mu of land near Hu Mansion, expand the industry, and build new gardens and foreign-style villas. If anyone wants to ask, just say that my family will move to Shanghai in the future. The second thing is to continue to open more banks in the five provinces of the south of the Yangtze River. When I come back, I will offend the money merchants.

Chen Xiaobai smiled and said, "If you don't do business, you can't make money if you don't offend people, then I will do as you order."

Hu Chuyuan said to Tan Yiyun, "You should continue to take care of the affairs of Jiangnan Commercial Bank. In addition, I think Xu Shou and Fu Lanya are a little scared. You have to be steady for me. If the students of the rich children of Gezhi College want to drop out of school, you can let them quit. The newly recruited students are exempted from tuition fees, and they will be recruited from the children of the poor.

Tan Yiyun said, "Oy, I know. It won't cost much anyway!"

Hu Chuyuan said, "The matter of the silk industry should be taught to Manager Liu to deal with it. These things were the best to be done in Shanghai, but now they can only be done in Hangzhou.

Chen Xiaobai and Tan Yiyun can only smile bitterly.

The wave of exclusion of Shanghai businessmen is indeed very sudden, and the impact on them is not small, but they can't tell when Hu Chuyuan will come back after leaving.

The most important thing is to damage his reputation. I'm afraid that from then on, these Shanghai businessmen will talk about it every day. When it comes to Hu Chuyuan, he will talk about how he let him get out of the beach with his tail between his legs.

This face is really too folded.

But no matter what, Zuo Zongtang has given the steps.

I discussed with the two shopkeepers all night. The next day, Hu Chuyuan deliberately waited until the busiest time at noon before taking a bus to Suzhou River.

Even if he walks, he will walk openly.

Sure enough, when he left at noon, the Chinese business community in Shanghai held a grand banquet at the Central Hotel in the evening, boasting about their contributions one after another. At this time, what they said was even more unpleasant, and they laughed at Hu Chuyuan as a wild dog.

However, several real giant merchants did not speak at the same time and did not attend the banquet, including Tang Yanshu and Xu Run, and Sheng Xuanhuai immediately took a boat to Tianjin.

Because he took a new-style river ship, Hu Chuyuan arrived at Suzhou Port in the evening, and then went to the Humble Administrator's Garden to visit Zuo Zongtang.

At this time, the Humble Administrator's Garden has been divided into three reading gardens. The West Garden was purchased by Zhang Li, a rich businessman in Suzhou, and renamed the supplementary garden. The Middle Garden has become the Eight Banners Fengzhi Guild Hall. The East Garden has been the temporary office of Liangjiang Yamen and is still in the hands of Liangjiang Yamen.

Zuo Zongtang temporarily lives in the East Garden.

The sedan chair entered the East Garden. As soon as Hu Chuyuan got off the sedan chair, Hu Ruilan came forward with a smile and said, "Oh, Chu Yuan, you have worked really hard recently!"

Hu Chuyuan knew what he said and said with a wry smile, "The teacher's words are heavy. Where is Lord Zhongtang?"

Hu Ruilan said, "Zhongtang is resting in Lanxuetang. Chu Yuan, please follow me!"

Hu Chuyuan nodded silently and followed him along the road into the depths of Humble Administrator's East Garden. He circled more than a dozen bends along the covered bridge with water before he came to Lanxue Hall, which was brightly lit.

Hu Ruilan pushed the door open. Hu Chuyuan looked at it and saw that Zuo Zongtang was closing his eyes in the hall. Tan Zhonglin, the governor of Jiangsu, looked at the letter, and Yang Changjun was on the other side.

Somehow, Yan Shizhang was also invited by them to sit in the staff's seat with Yang Changjun.

Hu Chuyuan immediately came forward to see him and said hello to Zuo Zongtang and Tan Zhonglin one by one.

Zuo Zongtang also asked him to sit down first, and then asked, "Chu Yuan, have you suffered a lot of grievances in Shanghai?"

Hu Chuyuan replied, "It's not a big deal!"

"Wrong, it's just a big deal!" Tan Zhonglin put down the letter, said solemnly to Hu Chuyuan, and said, "It's nothing for young people to be wronged, but if this matter is related to the salt administration in the five provinces of the south of the Yangtze River, the merchants join hands to speculate on the price of salt, so that the unified marketing law will be lost halfway, it will be a big deal!"