Along the broad Wei River, the spring sun sparkles.
Several fishing boats were docked on the shore, drifting with the waves. In a simple tea shop, there were a few travelers and fishermen taking a rest.
The tea shop owner leaned on the pillar of the thatched shed and fell asleep.
At this time, an old man with gray hair walked slowly to the tea shop with a cane.
"Boss, bring a pot of tea and heat up three Guokui Yazi!"
A hoarse voice suddenly reached the ears of the tea shop owner. The boss subconsciously said "here we come" before looking around and focusing on the old man.
"Hey, old man, please sit down and I will serve you tea and heat up the pot!"
The tea shop owner came up diligently, wiped the table, and helped the old man sit down.
"No hard work, no hard work, I can do it myself, please do as you please."
The old man calmly handed over his hands, turned around and lifted the table.
The tea shop owner hurriedly gave way, surprised by the old man's strength. He accidentally slipped and fell to the ground.
"Oh my God, I didn't slip on purpose. You can't let it rain!"
After the tea shop owner fell, he did not get up immediately. Instead, he knelt on the ground, kowtowed to the sky, and prayed loudly.
The few fishermen around were not surprised, but the two travelers looked strange.
At this time, one of the travelers in white clothes walked over quickly: "Boss, men fall into clear weather, women fall into cloudy weather, and old people fall into continuous cloudy weather. You are only thirty years old, are you still afraid of continuous rainy weather? "
The owner of the tea shop couldn't stop laughing when he heard this: "My lord, I think you are a noble person. This curse is well solved, very well! You are only thirty next year, how can you fall into the rain? Continuous? You can imagine that! The old Qin country is in good weather!"
The white-clothed traveler smiled and said: "The people's heart is the heart of heaven, how could heaven not comply with the people's heart? Boss, go make some food quickly, don't let me go hungry!"
"Okay, okay, I'll do it now! Just do it now!"
When the tea shop owner heard the words of the traveler in white, he remembered the old man with white hair and quickly got up from the ground and ran to the tea shop stove.
At this time, the white-haired old man had already taken his seat and looked at the traveler in white with a half-smile.
"Ah! Sir is a man of God!"
When the traveler in white saw the old man looking at him with a half-smile, he rolled his cunning eyes and suddenly let out an exclamation.
The old man was stunned and said with doubts in his eyes: "How can future generations see it?"
"No secret sir."
The traveler in white blinked his eyes, cupped his hands and said, "I am from Xinqin, Han, and my name is Zhang Liang. When I saw you today, I felt that purple clouds were surrounding you, and you were filled with immortal energy, and you knew you had met an immortal family."
As soon as he finished speaking, another traveler laughed at him: "Who are you kidding here? Why can't we see it?"
"That's right, we didn't see anything!"
Several fishermen also laughed and booed.
It was obvious that they did not believe Zhang Liang's story at all.
But Zhang Liang said indifferently: "How can you see if you don't understand the law of God?"
Not only did the old man like to hear this, but even the tea shop owner who was close to him and Zhang Liang also listened with gusto.
After a while of greetings, Zhang Liang asked again: "Where are you going, sir?"
The old man smiled and said, "Go back to Xianyang!"
Zhang Liang asked: "Do you have any relatives in Xianyang?"
"Didn't you see this? I'm lonely and helpless. I only have this bag of luggage. Where do I have any relatives?"
"It will be inconvenient on the road without relatives to support you. I happen to be going to Xianyang as well. Why don't you go with me and have someone to take care of you?"
"this"
The old man hesitated for a moment, then looked at Zhang Liang carefully and said with a smile: "Then you will be born through hard work!"
"You're welcome, old man. As the saying goes, meeting is fate!"
Zhang Liang laughed, then sat down next to the old man, and asked curiously: "I haven't asked my name yet, where is he from?"
"My surname is Tang, and my family is all over the world."
"Oh, Mr. Tang."
Zhang Liang nodded suddenly, then picked up the teapot and poured a cup of tea for the old man.
At this time, the tea shop owner happened to bring Guokui Yazi and the mutton ordered by Zhang Liang.
The two chatted for a few words, and then rode the bullock cart towards Xianyang.
However, before they arrived in Xianyang, the sky gradually became overcast, and gray clouds quickly covered the sun.
Zhang Liang, who was sitting on the bullock cart, looked at the sky and said unexpectedly: "It's really going to rain!"
"Isn't that right? Changes can happen today."
The old man smiled, then raised his head to look at the majestic Xianyang in front of him, his eyes gradually blurred, and after a long while, he silently muttered to himself: "Ying Zheng, I, Tang Juzhi, am back again."
On the other side, the west side of Xianyang City.
The Qing's trading house occupies a very large area and has as many as a thousand servants.
Someone in later generations has calculated it.
It is said that at its peak, the Ba Qing clan had 5.8 million gold assets to their name.
Although after the death of Ba Qing, the Qing Trading Company's business shrank rapidly and was eventually lost in the tide of the times. Few people mentioned this trading firm.
But it is undeniable that the Qing Trading Company was extremely wealthy in the Qin State at that time.
As for why Qing's business declined, the main reason was that after Ba Qing's death, her husband's family began to seize power.
Today, although the Ba Qing clan is not dead, her husband's clan members in Xianyang are still coveting the Qing clan's business.
After all, Ba Mi was not the child of Ba Qing and her husband, so it was unreasonable for him to control Ba Qing's property in Xianyang.
Therefore, after several infiltrations from the Bai family, Ba Qing's husband's clan decisively raised the banner to seize power.
At this moment, in the side hall of Qing's trading house, Ba Qing's uncle, a fat man in his sixties, was sitting at the head.
There were three middle-aged men sitting there, about forty years old.
"Brother, we have to stand up today. If we don't stand up, that little bastard will kick us out of Qing's Trading Company. It is said that Ba Qing is seriously ill in Shu, and I'm afraid he won't live long."
"That's right! Ba Qing is our daughter-in-law. How can you turn your elbow outward and hand over the family's property to an outsider?"
"One more thing. It is said that Ba Qing handed over most of the interests of Qing's Trading Company to Gongzi Hao. How is this allowed? The Qing's Trading Company also has our contribution, why should we give it to him!"
"Brother, I think Ba Qing must have fallen in love with Young Master Hao, otherwise it would be impossible for Ba Mi to obey him. How about giving Ba Mi some money and sending her away. Whoever she wants to listen to is hers. It’s nothing, it has nothing to do with our Qing’s Trading Company anyway!”
Everyone in the hall was talking to each other, everyone wanted to express their opinions.
To sum up, it means one thing, that is to drive Bali out of Qing's Trading Company.
Uncle Ba Qing, who was sitting in the first seat, pondered slightly, then shook his head and sighed:
"Having said that, we always have to be cautious. If it weren't for the cooperation between Gongzi Hao and Ba Qing, Qing's Trading Company wouldn't have been able to become so big. If Gongzi Hao came back to intervene in this matter, we might end up in a mess. !”
After hearing this, everyone didn't know how to respond.
They are not afraid of anything but this.
After all, they still vividly remember what Zhao Hao did in Xianyang.
The Wushi Trading Company, which once kept pace with the Qing Company, has now been divided up by the four major families headed by the Bai Company. Even the racecourse was almost sold by them.
The main reason for all this was that the head of Wushi Trading Company, Wushi Luo, was forcibly sent to the Western Regions by Young Master Hao.
It's been three years since I left.
Three years is neither long nor short. But it is not difficult for Gongzi Hao to bring down a family.
Therefore, their fear of Zhao Hao was a fear engraved in their bones.
But after Bai Li's instigation, they discovered another issue that they had to pay attention to.
That is, the interests of Qing's Trading Company over the years have been almost all used by Zhao Hao to develop other industries, such as the port in Kuaiji County and various large and small projects required by the court.
It is obviously a private enterprise, but it has become a "state-owned enterprise".
This simply makes no sense.
And for this reason, Ba Qing's husband's tribe had an irreconcilable conflict with Ba Mi.
Ba Mi strictly followed the orders given by Ba Qing before leaving and fully supported Zhao Hao in doing what he wanted to do. The Baqing husband tribe did not understand this order, so they were very dissatisfied.
Seeing that everyone was silent, a dark-looking middle-aged man stood up from his seat, cupped his hands and said: "Everyone, brothers, we don't have to be afraid of Young Master Hao now, we can just do it. I'm afraid Young Master Hao has no time to take care of us. ”
"oh?"
Everyone's eyes lit up, and they couldn't help but focus on the dark middle-aged man.
But I heard Uncle Ba Qing, who was sitting in the first place, say: "Lao Wu, what do you mean by this? Is there any news that we don't know? How sure are you?"
Facing Uncle Ba Qing's three questions about his soul, the dark-skinned middle-aged man smiled confidently:
"Brother, I had tea with Bai Li some time ago. He introduced me to a person. This person told me that Young Master Hao was imprisoned by His Majesty in the Hu Palace in Ganquan Shandong. It seems that he made some big mistake!"
"ah?"
Everyone was surprised and couldn't help but look at each other.
Uncle Ba Qing couldn't wait to ask: "Who is this person?"
The swarthy middle-aged man smiled mysteriously, and then said proudly: "This man is the emperor's celebrity, Zhao Gao's confidant, Zhao Chi!"
Zhao Chi?
Speaking of Zhao Chi's name alone, I'm afraid very few people know it.
But Zhao Gao, the popular figure next to the emperor, was unknown to everyone.
"So, this news came from Zhao Gao?"
"Exactly!"
Hearing the swarthy middle-aged man's affirmative answer, everyone in the hall showed joy.
If it were anyone else, I'm afraid they still wouldn't believe it.
After all, Zhao Hao is one of Ying Zheng's favorite sons, otherwise it would be impossible to condone Zhao Hao's misdeeds in Xianyang.
But this news came from Zhao Gao, but they couldn't help but not believe it.
Because Zhao Gao could not simply convey this kind of news to them, he must have his own plans.
As the saying goes, there is no free lunch in the world.
"Lao Wu, are there any conditions under which Zhao Fu Ling told you this news?" A short middle-aged man asked unexpectedly.
The swarthy middle-aged man glanced at him, then scanned the crowd, and finally set his sights on Uncle Ba Qing, and said solemnly: "Zhao Gao wants 30% of the assets of our Qing Trading Company!"
What! ?
Everyone in the hall was in an uproar.
This Zhao Gao really dares to speak. When he opens his mouth, he gets 30% of the assets of Qing's Trading Company. Does he know how big the industry of Qing's Trading Company is?
You must know that the Guangqing Trading Company's property in Xianyang is worth hundreds of thousands of gold. Not to mention the property in Guanzhong and even the Six Kingdoms, it is worth millions of gold.
An industry worth millions of gold, even 30% of it is worth millions of gold!
This is an astronomical figure that ordinary people can't even imagine. How could Zhao Gao have the nerve to ask for 30%?
At first, everyone was full of joy when they heard that the emperor's celebrities were helping them, but now there was suddenly no movement, and everyone's face was ashen.
Thirty percent of the assets of Qing's Trading Company is really too much.
They had to be allowed to refuse.
However, before they could think of a response, a middle-aged man in a hurry came outside.
"Chief Steward, we just received a secret report that the emperor passed away during his eastward tour!
The emperor's death order, the eldest son Fusu committed suicide according to the imperial edict!
The emperor died, and General Meng Tian was sentenced to death and imprisoned!
The emperor has decreed that the young prince Hu Hai be made the crown prince! "
"What!?"
Uncle Ba Qing, who was sitting at the front seat, suddenly stood up from his seat.
At the same time, the rest of the Baqing clan members suddenly stood up.
The First Emperor actually died?
How can this be!
The eldest son Fusu committed suicide according to the imperial edict, General Meng Tian was sentenced to death and imprisoned, and Hu Hai was made the crown prince.
This, this, this.
Continuous shocks, like thunder, exploded in the side hall of Qing's Trading Company.
They never imagined that Great Qin would change at this moment.
"call"
Everyone in Qing's Trading Company was so shocked that they finally took a deep breath and looked at Uncle Ba Qing, who was sitting in the main seat.
After thinking for a moment, Uncle Ba Qing made a decisive decision: "Promise Zhao Gao that as long as we can take back our property, we will give him 30% of his property!"
"good!"
Everyone said in unison.
But I heard the swarthy middle-aged man say: "I'm going to ask Zhao Chi to bring us justice and let that little bastard hand over power! Then get out of Qing's Trading Company!"
Everyone in the hall cheered, and then, except for Uncle Ba Qing, a group of people followed the dark middle-aged man out of the side hall, went straight to their carriages, and walked away.
At the same time, the Bai clan members who had been guarding the door of Ba Qing's trading house immediately ran towards their own trading house.
Obviously, this is the time they have been waiting for.
On the other side, Ba Mi, who had been handling the accounts of Qing's Commercial Bank, also got the news and couldn't help but murmured to himself: "Finally, you can't help but take action?"
She looked a little sad.
These days, she has been waiting for this day to come.
She knew that these extremely greedy people would sooner or later take action on the Ba Qing family's property.
Nowadays, the Ba Qing family is far away in Shu and is seriously ill. There may have been no news from Gongzi Hao for a long time. It is difficult for her to control all the situations by herself.
She hesitated slightly, then showed a firm look and ordered her servants: "Contact Director Xiao immediately and say that Ba Mi is willing to give everything and ask for help from Young Master Hao!" (End of Chapter)
