Most of the people present knew about Tiger Flag. Even those who were unfamiliar with it had heard of it and knew that it was a powerful business name in Datong.
Liang Binbin said, "The tiger-character flag is in Datong. It doesn't seem to have anything to do with our Xuanfu side, right?"
After speaking, he looked at Fan Yongdou.
"Don't worry, Mr. Liang." Fan Yongdou signaled Mr. Liang to be calm, and then he said, "Not long ago, the shopkeeper of my shop in Datong received news that a total of fifteen carts with the Tiger Character Flag had gone to the grassland, and they were all Their big four-wheeled vehicles.”
Wow...
The scene was in an uproar, and all the proprietors at the table were whispering to each other.
They naturally understood what Fan Yongdou meant. He was obviously talking about Tiger Character Banner smuggling goods to Beilu.
Although they are also doing this kind of thing, they can only carry four or five carts of goods at most at a time.
Some people are envious for a while, and some are jealous.
When the surrounding voices became quieter, Fan Yongdou continued, "Everyone here is more or less related to Beilu. Many of them even earn some money by going to the grasslands to do business. Now the fleet of tiger-character flags has begun to spread on a large scale. If we go to the grassland, I believe that soon most of the profits on the grassland will be eaten by the Hu Ziqi family, and the interests of everyone here and my Fan family will be damaged."
Tian Shenglan, who was sitting aside, curled his lips and said, "I think your Fan family has suffered the most."
Fan Yongdou lowered his head, glanced at Tian Shenglan, and said, "Proprietor Tian is right. The interests of my Fan family have indeed been harmed the most, but the interests of all the proprietors here will not be harmed because the Tiger Character Banner opens up the business routes of Beilu." Damage?"
Tian Shenglan said nothing.
"There are so many tribes on the grassland, so even if there is one more Tiger Flag, it won't be a big deal, right?" Wang Dayu, sitting at another table, said hesitantly.
Many people around him nodded in agreement with his words.
Many of the Shanxi merchants from the northwest have been doing business with the Beilu for generations. There are so many tribes on the grassland that one family cannot eat them all. Even if there are more tribes, they will not be able to meet the needs of the Beilu.
Fan Yongdou shook his head slightly and said, "Fan understands what you all mean, but Fan wants to say that this time is different. One of Tiger Flag's four-wheeled carts can carry several loads of our ordinary carriages. As long as Tiger Flag can carry We send a dozen of their carts to the grasslands every half a month. I believe it won’t be long before Tumut and Ordos and other ministries will only have goods from the Tiger Flag family, and it will be difficult for us people to gain a foothold in these places. , if you want to continue to deal with the Northern Barbarians, you can only go to the tribes farther away and reopen new trade routes, and the danger will also increase."
The scene where there were some whispers suddenly fell silent.
Liang Jiabin suddenly said, "Dongzhu Fan is right. We must not let the Tiger Flag open up business with Beilu. They are cutting off our financial path."
As his words fell, several more proprietors shouted in agreement.
"Yes, we must not let people from Datong take away the business of us Xuanfu people and ruin the business of everyone."
"Destroying people's wealth is like killing their parents. We must never let the Huziqi family dominate the grassland."
"Dragon Fan, we all listen to you. You give everyone an idea and we will do what you say."
At this time, many people looked at Fan Yongdou at the main table.
Just listen to Liang Jiajia say, "Dongzhu Fan, if you call everyone here, there will definitely be a way to solve this matter. We will all listen to you."
"This..." Fan Yongdou showed a trace of hesitation.
Seeing this, Liang Jiabin said eagerly, "Dongguan Fan, don't hesitate. This is going to set the house on fire. Do we really have to wait for the Tiger Flag to cut off everyone's money before you are willing to do this for everyone, Dongzhu Fan?"
"No," Fan Yongdou said, "Fan is afraid that if he reveals the solution to the tiger-character flag, everyone here will disagree, and Fan will offend everyone for nothing, so it's better not to say anything."
"Dongzhu Fan, just say it, everyone knows that you are doing good for us people, and no one will blame you." After speaking, Liang Jiabin looked at the others and said, "Is that right, everyone?"
"Yes, Dongzhu Liang is right."
"Don't worry, Dongzhu Fan, everyone knows that you are doing it for everyone's benefit, and no one will blame you for this."
A few proprietors spoke sparsely, but most of the others were silent.
"Alas." Fan Yongdou sighed.
Immediately, he added, "Since everyone wants to know the solution to the Tiger Flag, then Fan will just tell you."
"Dongzhu Fan, please tell me quickly!" Liang Jiabin urged.
Fan Yongdou glanced around and said, "Establish a chamber of commerce to compete with the Tiger Flag!"
After saying this, there was a sudden silence.
Many people looked at the wine glasses in their hands, at the plates on the table, and some even looked at their toes.
"Dongzhu Fan is right. We Shanxi merchants in Xuanfu should set up a chamber of commerce to compete with the Tiger Flag." Liang Jiabin spoke in support.
Tian Shenglan, who was sitting at the main table, looked extremely ugly.
The last time he proposed the establishment of a chamber of commerce, Liang Binbin took the lead to leave the meeting. Now he is also proposing the establishment of a chamber of commerce. Just because the person who made the proposal was Fan Yongdou, Liang Binbin was the first to speak out in support.
He is not a fool. How could he not see that Liang Jiabin has been bribed by Fan Yongdou and has been speaking for Fan Yongdou.
With the support of Mr. Liang, several business owners spoke up to support the establishment of a chamber of commerce, but most people present did not take up the matter.
"Proprietor Tian." Fan Yongdou looked down at Tian Shenglan and said, "I heard that Proprietor Tian was going to establish a chamber of commerce not long ago. How about proprietor Tian joining the chamber of commerce established by Fan?"
Tian Shenglan sneered and said, "I'm really sorry. Recently, I suddenly lost interest in establishing a chamber of commerce. I hope that Boss Fan won't blame me."
Fan Yongdou twirled his beard.
Huang Yunfa, who was sitting at the main table, suddenly said, "Mr. Tian, didn't you say before that we would help Huzi Banner establish a chamber of commerce? We also wanted to win over other businessmen in Xuanfu. Why did you suddenly change your mind now?"
When he spoke, he did not deliberately lower his voice. The voice was loud enough for everyone sitting at the surrounding tables to hear clearly.
"You..." Tian Shenglan's expression changed.
He didn't expect Huang Yunfa to say these words suddenly, and in front of so many Xuanfu businessmen.
Chen Liyun on the side glanced at Huang Yunfa thoughtfully.
Just listen to Huang Yunfa continue to say, "Since Boss Tian is not interested in establishing a chamber of commerce, Huang can only join the chamber of commerce established by Boss Fan. I hope Boss Tian will not blame him."
Tian Shenglan's face turned livid.
How could he not understand at this time that all this was caused by Fan Yongdou.
Fan Yongdou said with a smile, "Dr. Huang is willing to join Fan's chamber of commerce, and Fan will welcome you."
Huang Yunfa cupped his hands and said, "Dragon Master Fan is willing to stand up for me, the Shanxi merchants of Xuanfu. As a member of Xuanfu, Huang will naturally do his best."
"Haha, Dongzhu Huang is righteous." Fan Yongdou said with a smile, then looked at Chen Liyun and said, "Don't you want Mr. Chen to join Fan's Chamber of Commerce together?"
Chen Liyun put down the wine glass in his hand and said with a smile, "Chen is not interested in joining the Chamber of Commerce."
"What a pity." Fan Yongdou looked at him and shook his head slightly.
