After the banquet at Zuixian Tower, most of the Xuanfu merchants left, but a few powerful Xuanfu merchants were left behind.
The dishes with leftover food were removed, and the waiter from Zuixianlou served hot tea.
The water is clear spring water from the mountains, and the tea is the best Longjing tea in the south. Fan Yongdou himself likes to drink tea, and he asked his housekeeper to bring the tea from the Fan family.
Fan Yongdou personally filled a cup of tea for several people present.
"Good tea, just by smelling the aroma, you can tell it is a rare and good tea." Liang Binbin praised.
"Please." Fan Yongdou smiled and made a please gesture.
Liang Jibin and others present raised their teacups one after another. Everyone put the teacup to their mouths and took a sip.
Putting down the tea cup, Liang Jiabin said, "Now that our Fanji Chamber of Commerce has been established, what about the Tiger Character Banner and the Tian family?"
"Tian Shenglan is just a clown, nothing to worry about." Huang Yunfa said disapprovingly.
Fan Yongdou twirled his beard and said, "The key lies in the tiger-character flag."
Wang Dayu, who was sitting at the bottom, said worriedly, "We have no connections in Datong, so it will be difficult to deal with the Tiger Flag."
Liang Jiabin said, "Dongzhu Fan's business is spread across several houses. Why don't you, Dongzhu Fan, come forward and find someone from the Datong officialdom to deal with the Tiger Flag from the officialdom?"
"Yes, this is a good method." Huang Yunfa clapped his hands in agreement, and then said, "I heard that Liu Heng, the proprietor of the Tiger Character Banner, was born a bandit, and his background is not clean to begin with. As long as people in the officialdom want to deal with him, they can't catch him. thing."
After saying that, he looked at Fan Yongdou.
Fan Yongdou pondered for a moment, shook his head slightly, and said, "I'm afraid not."
"Why is this?" Huang Yunfa looked puzzled.
Several other people also looked at Fan Yongdou with puzzled faces.
I heard Fan Yongdou say, "The Tiger Character Banner's foundation in Datong is much deeper than you think. The people in Datong's General Military Office and the Governor's Yamen have all been bribed by the Tiger Character Banner. It is difficult to deal with them purely on the official level." effect."
"That means there is no way to deal with the Tiger Flag." Wang Dayu looked disappointed.
Not only him, but also several others.
They joined the Fan Family Chamber of Commerce just to make money following the Fan Family, but now if they really want the Tiger Flag to gain a firm foothold on the grassland, it would be like taking meat from their plates, so why should they join the Fanji Chamber of Commerce? What, you might as well do your own thing as usual.
"There is still a way to clean up the tiger flag." Fan Yongdou picked up the tea cup on the table, blew the hot air on it, put it to his mouth and took a sip.
Several people on the side looked at him.
"Is there any way?" Liang Jiabin couldn't help but ask.
Fan Yongdou put down his tea cup and said, "If we can't deal with the Tiger Flag in Datong, we can go to the grassland to deal with them. With the relationship between several people working in the grassland, we are afraid that we won't be able to deal with a Tiger Flag that has just arrived on the grassland."
After saying this, Liang Jiajia and others did not answer.
They have been dealing with tribes on the grassland for so long, and many of them know Taiji from some tribes, and they even have contacts with some small groups of horse bandits.
However, if they attack the Tiger Flag through their connections on the grassland, they will completely offend the Tiger Flag, and they will have no choice but to stand on Fan Yongdou's side in the future.
The few people present are not fools, otherwise they would not be able to occupy the position of the head of the family, so they naturally understand what Fan Yongdou is up to.
For a moment, the scene became quiet.
Fan Yongdou picked up the teacup, stopped talking, and slowly sipped the tea.
After a long time, Wang Dayu said, "On the grassland, my Wang family is the weakest. I am afraid that this matter will not be of much help and will disappoint Dongzhu Fan."
Fan Yongdou put down his teacup, looked at Wang Dayu who was speaking, and said with a smile, "Last time, the caravan sent by the Chen family to the grassland was robbed by a group of horse bandits called Woulibeng. I heard that someone from the Xuan Mansion deliberately The news was revealed to the horse bandits on the grassland, and even the goods carried by the Chen family's fleet were known to the horse bandits in the nest before they took action."
Wang Dayu's expression suddenly changed as he held the teacup in his hand.
The other few people looked at Wang Dayu with vigilance.
Wang Dayu suppressed his uneasiness and explained, "Maybe the Chen family offends too many people, so things like this happen."
"These are not important." Fan Yongdou said with a smile, "The key lies in what others think and what Chen Liyun thinks about this matter."
Wang Dayu looked thoughtful.
At this time, everyone except Fan Yongdou guessed that the group of horse bandits jumping around on the grassland had secret connections with Wang Dayu. Otherwise, they would not have mentioned the Chen family being robbed by the horse bandits. Wang Dayu had such an expression. .
My family knows their own affairs. They are businessmen who often go to the grassland to do business. Because they have dealt with the northern captives for a long time, they will more or less have some contact with the horse bandits on the grassland. However, this kind of thing cannot be put on the table. Even if it is necessary If the horse bandits came forward to do anything, they would only send someone to contact them privately.
The horse bandits could rely on the information they sent to rob the caravan's goods, and they could also use this to attack their competitors.
But this kind of thing can only be done secretly and cannot be talked about at all.
Several people sitting in the seats understood that although Fan Yongdou was talking about Wang Dayu, it was not a warning to them.
This kind of private communication with the horse bandits should be an extremely secret matter. No one expected that Fan Yongdou would know about it and become a handle for Fan Yongdou.
Fan Yongdou looked at Liang Jiabin and others, and said with a smile, "The matter of the Tiger Character Flag is not my Fan family's business, but also yours. If everyone is not willing to work together to deal with the Tiger Character Flag at this time, wait until the Tiger Character Flag Once we establish a firm foothold on the grassland, it will be time for the Tiger Flag to take care of us. I think you guys don’t want to see the Tiger Flag grow bigger on the grassland!"
"What does Mr. Fan want from us?" Liang Jiabin asked.
Fan Yongdou said in a gentle tone, "I hope that the several people here can activate their respective relationships on the grassland and join forces to deal with the Tiger Flag."
The few Xuanfu businessmen he left behind not only had the largest net worth among the other Xuanfu businessmen, they also had the deepest connections with the people on the grassland.
Liang Jiabin hesitated for a moment and then said, "Since Boss Fan said so, my Liang family knows some herdsmen on the grassland, and they may be able to help."
Huang Yunfa also said, "My Huang family also knows some herders who can help."
Fan Yongdou nodded with satisfaction.
As for the herdsmen mentioned by the two people, he naturally would not really think that they were herdsmen and knew that they were horse bandits on the grassland.
"President Wang!" Fan Yongdou shouted to Wang Dayu.
Wang Dayu knew he couldn't hide, so he smiled bitterly and said, "My Wang family is willing to work together to deal with the Tiger Flag."
"Haha, Fan knows that Wang Dongzhu understands justice and will definitely agree." Fan Yongdou smiled and twirled his beard.
