In the afternoon.
Today is a rare sunny day. There is an endless flow of people coming and going in Huaiping City, and many people come out to play.
The small businessmen and hawkers on both sides of the road shouted energetically, and the ladies who had not been out for a long time were looking around reservedly and curiously.
There are also martial arts practitioners with strong muscles and strong breaths walking around quickly.
It can be said that it is peaceful and peaceful.
The aftermath of the strange sound of the black Buddhist beast a few months ago has completely disappeared.
Huaiping City regained its prosperity and once again became a rare peaceful city in the world.
We have to admit that although life is the most fragile, it is also the most adaptable thing.
They are silent and depressed, but they can find insignificant gaps and truly live towards the sun.
In a true sense, this is also the charm of life.
Tenacious and gentle.
only……
Lin Mo was walking on the street when a fragrant breeze suddenly hit him.
A rich woman in a white lotus skirt approached a rouge and gouache shop on the street. Without much choice, she chose a lot of flowers, noodles and similar things.
He looked at the store owner with a kind smile, and his mood became a little complicated.
In fact, he knew this store.
A few months ago, it specialized in selling hot braised noodles. It was a time-honored restaurant that tasted very good and he often ate it.
But that night, the gang of thugs and thieves broke into the house, and it eventually disappeared. Only later did this rouge and gouache shop exist.
Lin Mo looked away, not looking at the very strange boss.
Yes.
Life is tenacious and gentle, but the greatness only appears under such a large base. When placed above individuals, it is a kind of indescribable sadness.
The sorrow of the weak.
Lin Mo's pace quickened slightly, and he walked through the prosperity under the sun without any nostalgia.
Practice martial arts in the winter and Sanjiu in the summer.
It doesn't matter whether you succeed in practicing or not. Even if you succeed in practicing and get involved in martial arts, you can't tell when you will die unexpectedly.
But every day and every night, there are still young men who are like carps crossing the river, trying to cross the rivers and lakes one after another, trying to cross the rivers and lakes. For what reason?
Isn’t it because he doesn’t want to be a miserable individual under such a large base?
To put it simply, I just want to take my life into my own hands.
He turned off the main street and walked into an alley.
"grown ups."
"grown ups."
As soon as they turned into the alley, Ding Yi, a fat man with fierce eyes, and Xu Gui, a bloody wolf man, quietly walked out of the crowd and greeted them.
"How did things go?"
Lin Mo asked calmly without stopping.
Two days ago, after leaving Lingxi Villa, he ordered the two of them to secretly investigate the current situation of Blue Split Whale Trading Company.
The focus is mainly on the four major families of Wang, Qian, Sun and Chen.
Because he understands that Blue Split Whale is now very popular, but its true heritage lies in the latter.
As for Xiao Zhengyang, who is now openly in charge, although he is strong, he is only a master.
In Lin Mo's absence, there are four major families supporting him. He is the famous Blue Split Whale Steward, but if no one supports him, then he will be nothing.
Not to mention being in charge of the Blue Split Whale, it's not bad even to save one's own life.
"Mr. Wang, Mrs. Qian has a very good attitude. After knowing that we are your lord's subordinates and your true identity, you are very cooperative and have compiled all the recent affairs into a file and given it to us."
Ding Yi is very obese, just over two meters tall, with a big belly that looks like a mountain of meat. His eyes are extremely small. Because his eyes widen with joy and anger when killing people, he earned the nickname Fat Man with Evil Eyes.
He was dispatched by Lin Mo to be responsible for communication between the Wang family and the Qian family.
"Ms. Sun, Mrs. Chen is in a similar situation, but Ms. Sun seems to be a little careful. Hey, what she says is half truth and falsehood. I really think we don't know."
The Xu Gui who spoke was very ordinary.
Ordinary figure, ordinary face, ordinary clothes.
The only thing worthy of praise is the inadvertent flash of sternness in his eyes, which makes the hearts of those who look at him shiver.
In fact, even though he is ordinary, he is indeed the strongest person among the four great river bandits.
At the peak of the second level of the Grandmaster, he even developed a true assassination method, and once assassinated a master of the Third Level of the Grandmaster.
The work is very meticulous.
"Do you know what's going on with the Sun family?" Lin Mo asked calmly.
He said and looked towards the courtyard wall on the right.
Behind the tall courtyard wall is the Taihuai Ferry.
At this time, noisy voices can be heard.
That was the annual meeting celebration held by Blue Split Whale Trading Company.
"According to my inquiry, it's because a second-generation direct descendant of the Sun family is relatively close to the little girl named Ao. Haha, young people love to be romantic for no reason."
A trace of ridicule appeared on Xu Gui's face.
"Second generation?" Lin Mo was startled.
"When did the Sun family fall into a situation where a second generation could dictate important matters in the family?" He frowned.
"You can directly tell Sun Bujue to call that so-and-so back and take a good look at him, lest he sinks into the river one day and makes everyone look bad."
Sun Bujue is the current patriarch of the Sun family. He has a good sense of general knowledge and is relatively measured in dealing with things. Now he has no intention of messing with the younger generation.
"Haha, yes." Xu Gui replied with a smile.
Just in case, Lin Mo asked Ding Yi to follow Xu Gui.
The two of them face the enemy head-on, while the other hides and assassinates them. Together, they can produce the effect of one plus one greater than two.
In Sun's case, only the old man who was regarded as the foundation could take action to keep him, so many unexpected situations could be avoided.
After arranging many things, Lin Mo continued to walk to the ferry.
In two days, he almost got a rough idea of what happened in the Chamber of Commerce during this period.
What made him slightly relieved was that he originally thought there would be many clowns, but in fact, there were still many smart people.
Except for a so-called Sun family and a few people from Yuzhou who were jumping around, the others were pretty honest.
It is enough to show the correctness of personally going out on that day to fight from the main gate of each ethnic group to the ancestral temple.
"Sure enough, people cannot use trust to test human nature, they must use force."
Lin Mo whispered to himself.
Go straight to the headquarters of Blue Split Whale Trading Company.
.......
Outside the house, the noise was still scattered in the wind.
Faintly audible.
On the lacquered carved wooden chair, Xiao Zhengyang was holding a tea cup, constantly touching the tea with the lid and blowing gently from time to time.
The light green tea was rippling continuously and was getting colder, but the person holding the cup had no intention of drinking.
Lin Mo sat aside, also holding up the tea cup, and gently sipped the fine tea.
This tea is called Caoxian rock tea, and it was born in a place called Caoxian in Yuzhou.
Its leaves are like green strips, and the fragrance soaks the teeth, and it can also make people feel refreshed.
It's good tea, he likes it very much.
Every time I talked to Xiao Zhengyang before, I would weigh a few pounds on each other when we parted.
It's just that the fragrant tea remains the same, but the people are a little different.
Lin Mo's mood was a little complicated. He gently put the tea cup aside and quietly looked at Xiao Zhengyang, who was frowning at the side.
For a long time, Xiao Zhengyang let out a long sigh, and finally didn't take a sip. He put down the tea cup and turned to look at Lin Mo:
"Old Lin, are you...really determined...?"
"Old Xiao, this is the simplest and most effective method. You have to know that doing this will be beneficial to me, you, and even the other side." Lin Mo said calmly.
"It's just that the name Blue Split Whale has been used for so long. If I change it directly, I'm afraid that someone will fish in troubled waters and take advantage of this opportunity to cause chaos."
Xiao Zhengyang frowned and said, with hope in his words.
"Changes will inevitably be accompanied by labor pains. I am already prepared. Of course, there will be various problems, and I need your help, Lao Xiao." Lin Mo said softly with a slightly serious look.
Just now, he had already exchanged his thoughts with Xiao Zhengyang.
Not surprisingly, Xiao Zhengyang resisted.
As an old man who truly built the Huaizhou branch of Blue Split Whale Trading Company from scratch with his own hands and feet, he has devoted almost half of his life to this establishment.
Now after hearing that Lin Mo was going to reorganize and change his name, he naturally had complex emotions in his heart that he couldn't explain to others.
"Don't worry, I will compensate you in other ways in Yuzhou and won't make it difficult for you."
Lin Mo continued to talk to himself.
"Well, in fact, without you, maybe the Taizhou Incident not long ago, the Blue Split Whale would have been submerged in the torrent of troubled times like other chamber of commerce gangs.
Since success or failure depends on you, naturally whatever you want to do, then do it, and we who eat with you, just do it. "
After a moment of silence, Xiao Zhengyang shook his head with a wry smile.
Things have changed again in Taizhou recently, and I heard that many strange things have happened.
The most widespread one is the fish monster incident on the banks of the Taihuai River.
A brief summary is that a half-human, half-fish monster suddenly appeared on the river bank. It is different from the sea tribe in the Seven Seas, but another race.
Witnesses on that day, whether they were ordinary people or martial arts practitioners, all experienced horrific changes in their bodies when they were ordered to do so.
Such as large fish scales appearing on the body, skin getting smoother and smoother, webbed hands and feet, liking water but hating the sun, bulging and huge eyes, closing frequency less and less, and other inhuman abnormalities.
This change is incomparably in line with the Taoist influence of the profound immortals and ghosts in the Qianyu Realm, the land of the realm.
In the past, such characters rarely appeared even during wars.
Now that it appears in Chixian, people can't help but worry about Taizhou. .
It just so happens that the blue-cracked whale exists right along the Taihuai River.
Under such circumstances, the Chamber of Commerce will undoubtedly not be able to survive without a truly powerful person taking charge.
In other words, in today's world, the survival of a power depends on one person.
Therefore, only with Lin Mo's presence can Blue Split Whale gain a foothold in troubled times, survive in death, and find real hope.
Lin Mo looked at Xiao Zhengyang seriously and said slowly:
"I'll help you later, Lao Xiao."
"No, it should be said that I have helped you." Xiao Zhengyang said solemnly as the smile on his face slowly disappeared.
"I will communicate with Shi Ziyi and the others privately later, so I won't make it difficult for you. Then I will communicate with the Chen family, the Sun family, and those other families. There should be nothing..."
"Old Xiao, there's no need to go to such trouble." Lin Mo said in a deep voice.
"I'm going to leave soon. Time is running out. It's better to cut through the mess quickly and deal with all the people who need to be dealt with at once."
"This... is good." Xiao Zhengyang was startled and subconsciously wanted to persuade him.
But looking at Lin Mo, he finally nodded slowly.
........
Huaiping City, Jinshi Street, Sun Family.
It's the New Year's Eve, and as everyone in the city, the Sun family, a century-old wealthy family, has already hung up all kinds of red lanterns and posted red couplets with pen and dragon and snake on them.
A scene of great joy.
Like other major powers, the Sun family holds annual meetings as well.
The meeting hall.
Sun Bujue sat in the first place.
On both sides are high-level figures representing the pillars of each house.
Anyone outside is managing a large number of Sun's properties.
It can be said that whether it is status or strength, even Sun Bujue does not dare to underestimate him.
On the first seat, Sun Bujue held his head high and his chest high, calm and calm, with a pair of tiger eyes that seemed to be filled with electricity. He was wearing a gold-rimmed red dress and looked very majestic.
"The income sharing of each house at the annual meeting has been agreed on a few days ago. Today I just want to make some additions. If you have any objections, you can raise them." Sun Bujue said in a deep voice.
After speaking, there was still silence.
It's just that the eyes of everyone sitting down began to contact each other, as if they were conducting a different kind of negotiation.
Sun Bujue didn't take it seriously and looked outward, looking at the blue sky and white clouds outside the hall.
The exquisite rockery green plants are covered with white snow, showing the feeling of winter.
He has hosted this annual meeting for several years.
A big family, a big family, has great power and entangled interests, but every annual meeting is not troublesome.
Because the exchange of interests between each other has ended long ago.
Today's annual meeting is just a formality to show family harmony.
"I have something to do." At this moment, under Sun Bujue's right hand, an elegant man in green robes and jade crown suddenly spoke out.
Suddenly attracting the attention of everyone present.
"Huh?" Sun Bujue frowned and looked at the man, wondering what he meant.
The person named Erfang was Sun Buming, who was in charge of Sun's business operations. Although he had a high status, he had always been a transparent person and didn't speak much.
Now it turns out...
He raised his eyebrows, thinking of what happened not long ago, and vaguely knew what the other party was thinking.
"What's the matter with cousin Buming?"
With his thoughts flowing, Sun Bujue smiled, put his hand on the armrest of the seat, and said in a deep voice.
"Actually, it's not a big deal. My second wife is in charge of the family's commercial operations, including land and water transportation. Now the main profit comes from the members of the Blue Split Whale. Just think of this year.
The Blue Split Whale's dividend alone accounts for 40% of the clan's commercial interests. "Sun Buming said softly.
"Isn't this a good thing?" Sun Bujue frowned slightly, his tone was calm, and he began to tap the armrest with his fingers.
The other tribesmen in the hall who were unaware of the situation had an unknown expression on their faces.
Didn't expect the profits to be so high.
You must know that it only took a few months to invest in Blue Split Whale, but it took hundreds of years for Sun's business to be firmly established.
"It is indeed a good thing, but if you think about it carefully, it could be better." Sun Buming continued,
"In my opinion, with my size, Sun, I can definitely play more roles, assume more responsibilities, and gain more benefits in the Blue Split Whale."
"What do you mean?" Sun Bujue was already sure of Sun Buming's intention.
"Master Miao'er, Master Bibo, has agreed to accept Miao'er as a disciple, and he has also decided to be my Sun family's guest. Since then, compared to other major families, my Sun family has two great masters.
One plus one can have an impact greater than two. "
Sun Buming finished speaking in one breath and looked at everyone with a somewhat proud expression.
"This is indeed a good thing." Sun Buming also nodded.
But his brows still furrowed.
"It's just that the Azure Dragon King came to the clan that day to discuss matters with his father, and finally decided that we would only participate in the shares and be responsible for the dividends.
This already means that the other party's strength is not lower than that of my father. If we do this, wouldn't we harm the other party? "
Speaking of this matter, the others also frowned, remembering the scene that day, their faces felt aggrieved and looked very ugly.
After all, there were so many people there that day, and despite being outnumbered, he was still beaten from the gate to the ancestral temple. Naturally, he was extremely embarrassed.
But when I feel embarrassed, I am more afraid of what I don’t want to think about.
So they all fell silent.
"Blue Dragon King?" Sun Buming also frowned. "I know how powerful it is, but the other party obviously has something important to do and is not interested in this. I am waiting for a great master to help guard the Chamber of Commerce, which will also be beneficial to them.
And the other party knows my current situation with the Sun family, so he must be able to understand. "
"No, we should discuss this matter with father before we discuss it." Sun Bujue did not speak immediately, but after a little silence, he still refused.
The others were equally silent, obviously agreeing.
Sun Buming frowned, feeling very impatient.
He had already arranged everything, but now he refused directly in front of him. How would he deal with it?
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